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　The Divine Realm, where the gods of a certain world reside.

　In a temple at its farthest reaches, an Evil God was clutching his head in his hands.

　”It’s so damn annoying how the Creator God brings people from other worlds to be heroes and has them defeat the Demon Lord I raised.”

　As the Evil God muttered this, a heavy, negative aura overflowed from him.

　”That’s because all the people from other worlds who come here via transfer or reincarnation end up in special classes like Hero, Sage, or Holy Knight, and they defeat the demons and the Demon Lord that you prepared with such ease, Evil God-sama.”

　The young girl waiting by the Evil God’s side replied. She was one of the shikigami who served the gods.

　The Evil God would collect the negative energy, such as fear and despair, that accumulated in the world governed by the Creator God, and use it as his own sustenance.

　”How many times have I thought about just killing the hero myself?”

　”The Creator God-sama strictly forbids gods from directly interfering with mortals, so even for you, Evil God-sama, doing that would be really bad, you know.”

　”Yeah, I know… but this time, wasn’t the time it took for the Demon Lord to be defeated just a little too short?”

　”Yes, it was the shortest time on record. Because of that, the amount of negative energy we obtained was too small, and when you subtract the energy it took to prepare the Demon Lord, we’re actually in the negative.”

　”…Seriously?”

　”Seriously.”

　At the shikigami’s answer, the Evil God once again clutched his head.

　”In that case, how about you reincarnate a hero before the Creator God-sama does, Evil God-sama?”

　”…Is that even possible?”

　”Only Creator God-sama can reincarnate or transfer a hero unconditionally, but under certain conditions, you should also be able to bring someone from another world here as a hero, Evil God-sama.”

　”Oh? But what’s the merit in me reincarnating a hero?”

　”You just need to place a curse on the person’s soul when you reincarnate them into this world. A curse that will make it impossible for them to succeed as a hero.”

　”I see. So, you’re saying I should deliberately create a useless hero.”

　”Yes, that’s exactly right. Bringing a hero here via transfer or reincarnation uses a considerable amount of divine energy from this Divine Realm. If we can make him waste that energy on a pointless reincarnation, it will serve as an obstruction to Creator God-sama.”

　”That’s perfect! I’m sick and tired of getting pushed around by that old Creator God geezer. Let’s do it. Can I count on you for the preparations?”

　”As you wish.”

　After that, the Evil God would interfere with the fate of a young man from another world, take his life, and reincarnate him into this one.