Otherworld TRPG Game Master Chapter 60

EP.60

Third day of stay at Abraham’s house.

Bennett used magic to strengthen his mansion. Boundary magic to check for intruders, interception magic, etc. And I was finally able to get some sweet sleep. In the meantime, I stayed up all night to get through it.

Niore once again suggested that she sleep since she would be on watch, but she was still not convinced. If a suspicious person comes in, she may be able to find out where he or she is hiding a weapon, what hands he or she usually uses, and even the smallest details.

This is because I felt like I would get away with it if the suspicious person was holding a newborn baby and made an emotional move or something.

Tara became very close to Abraham. I don’t know why it happened, but now it’s to the point where I stop even calling professors and only call them by their first names. He said, ‘You need to get information, so you’ve been collecting it all day. ‘Do you have any complaints?’ Although he made excuses, I knew he was enjoying it even though he was pretending.

And for the third day, Niore had been debating whether or not to read the diary she had found earlier. This is because when I fell asleep, I kept feeling like I was being sucked into somewhere in my dreams.

It felt similar to the strange sensation I felt in the diary, so I was hesitating whether to investigate or not.

In terms of daily life, I was slowly getting used to it. Roles in the household were also distributed. Niore cleaned the mansion, while Bennett was in charge of lounging around doing nothing, including occasional hard work and guarding the mansion.

Then one day, it started at a dinner table.

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#2: Abraham’s Study

Tara held a knife and cut the yolk of a well-cooked fried egg in half. The runny yolk flows out. Dip the bacon with a fork and take a bite with the egg with plenty of yolk. yes.

Tara asked Abraham, feeling the taste of breakfast in every corner of her mouth.

“What is Abraham doing?”

The old man was about to begin his explanation when Bennett pointed sharply at Tara with his fork.

“Don’t talk while chewing your food.”

“Don’t care how I eat!”

“You can see everything in your mouth. It means you lose your appetite.”

“Then stick your nose in the plate and eat!”

As Tara growled at Bennett, Niore scribbled a sentence on the whiteboard. And then lift it up.

[Still, I don’t think it’s a good habit! Because it seems rude!]

“If Niore says that…”

Bennett clenched his fist for a moment in a surge of resentment. Why does the saint only talk shit to me? Is the face the problem?

I glance at the mirror. Even though he has a scar on half his face, he doesn’t look like he’s going to be criticized…

Abraham smiled warmly when he saw that. I felt like I was watching siblings bickering. It was the image of a harmonious family that he had once imagined in his imagination.

The old man chewed the bacon finely and swallowed it before answering Tara’s words.

“On the days I have lectures, I go to lectures, and on the days I have free time, I do research. Are you curious about what research I do?”

“Yes! Abraham always goes up to the rooftop when the sun goes down.”

“There’s no reason to hide it. Would you like to come up with us after dinner? Not just Tara… but you too. I’m sure it’ll be a great experience.”

A pure, childlike starlight twinkled in Abraham’s eyes. He seemed to have great love and interest in his work.

Everyone in the group was curious about Abraham’s research and expressed their approval in their own way.

So it’s evening. Abraham finished eating and led the group to the rooftop.

If you go up the trap door on the second floor, you immediately reach the rooftop of the mansion. There were various items there. A thick stack of paper and a quill, a primitive calculator, several books related to celestial bodies, and a large, elongated telescope.

“I teach astronomy at a university.”

“By astronomy… do you mean astrology?”

Abraham slowly shook his head in response to Bennett’s question.

“Attaching meaning to stars and making wishes may be romantic, but it is not the job of a scientist. We observe and analyze. Like the stars in the night sky, we have made it our calling to uncover countless unknowns one by one.”

Abraham pointed to the sky with a wrinkled finger. Stars were shining brightly on the pitch-black drawing paper, and the moon was looking down at the ground with a gentle smile.

But the old man’s eyes seemed to read even more.

“How stars are born, grow old, and die. What is in the void of space? How strong is the star’s attraction? Beyond that, we are fighting against many unknowns.”

[Do stars ever die?]

“Humans die for unimaginably long periods of time. If you look at the universe through the eyes of humans who live a short life, it appears to be eternal and unchanging. Nothing in this world is permanent.”

[…….]

“These days, there are strangely few clouds, so the stars are very visible. There are also some good specimens. Would you like to take a look?”

Abraham carefully stroked the large telescope with its tripod. Tara jumped out first and quickly sat down on the chair in front of the telescope. Niore waits in line at the back with an excited expression.

Following the old man’s guidance, Tara looked at the stars in the night sky. In the pitch black darkness, sparkling dots were nailed and shining.

“Is there a star that shines particularly brightly?”

“Just as each person’s appearance is different, so are the stars. There is a very interesting constellation over there…”

Tara looked at the night sky for a while. I was struggling to resist Niore poking me on the back and urging me to do it. I asked Abraham the name of the star, listened, and left a comment.

When Abraham gently advised her that she should give up to her friend, Tara bowed her head and quietly stepped aside, like a child seeking attention. Niore finally got his hands on a telescope.

In Niore’s eyes, the stars of this world felt closer… than their own world. Both sides may be in a far, far away place that is out of reach, but for some reason, when you look at the night sky. It feels like it’s so close.

It’s like it’s going to come down at any moment.

Niore got goosebumps and felt a strange sense of fear. I was absorbed in the feeling of the universe approaching, counting the stars with my mouth slightly open.

Bennett didn’t want to use a telescope to look at the stars, so he looked up at the sky with his naked eyes and said,

“Are you doing stargazing research?”

“To be specific… I am studying strange changes that have occurred in the night sky recently.”

“You mean change? The night sky?”

“Yes, it’s a strange thing. Things like this have been happening since five years ago. Stars that were supposed to be there disappeared in one night, and new stars that weren’t there were born. The distance between stars suddenly became longer… and the shape of the constellations became distorted. Wait, did you see it just now?”

“…….”

One star went out. Bennett clearly saw a star being swallowed up in darkness. Although it was only a very small change visually. It chilled a corner of Bennett’s heart.

Abraham testified about rapid changes in the universe. As mentioned earlier, cosmic time is very different from human time. Noticeable changes in the night sky are something that must be observed by building up history.

Strangely enough, a very rapid change had occurred and was still occurring.

It was always the universe that was relaxed and humans that were impatient. That long-standing relationship has been turned around. The universe lingered and changed its form as if its feet were on fire.

The old constellations are torn down and new constellations draw unfamiliar and bizarre shapes. Too fast for human cognition to follow.

The old astronomer expressed his hypothesis.

“I think there is a huge energy that cannot be observed with the human eye… that is crossing this universe. Just as everything in nature gets tangled up when a storm comes, a cosmic natural disaster is passing by.”

“Storm… you mean?”

“That’s right. A huge cosmic storm that humans can’t do anything about. I’m… studying which direction this huge energy is moving. Is it approaching the Earth, moving away, or passing by?”

“…….”

Bennett pictured a hypothetical natural disaster in his head. It is said that the 『Meteor Crash』 cast by the Archmage is enough to blow up a city. So what if a huge energy approaches that will erase and move the countless stars in the night sky? What form will it be? What I vaguely remember was a giant invisible hand.

A huge hand is slowly covering the ant.

Although we did not know what specifically would happen, one thing was clear.

“Everyone is going to die.”

“It will be fleeting. The civilization, knowledge, and history that humanity has built will all return to the dust of the universe. The universe will forget that the species called humanity ever existed.”

“…….”

“I am calculating the relative acceleration α value. If this value is greater than 1, a huge amount of energy is approaching the Earth. If it is less than 1, it will be a great luck for humanity.”

The death of everything. It was a concept Bennett had never imagined. He thought that even if he died somewhere, this world would be maintained. Only a madman would think about the destruction of the world.

Enemies, friends, the earth, wild grass, and the wind. If everything dies and scatters to dust. There will be nothing more vain than that.

In the void where everyone dies, only God exists.

Bennett had a strange feeling. It seems overwhelming and resembles nothingness, but it also has the quality of fear. It was an ‘unpleasant feeling’ that was difficult to pin down and express. So he asked Abraham.

“Have you finished calculating?”

“Sufficient data will be collected in the next few days. However, it will be a huge calculation that cannot be done with just one old man and one calculator. Estimating the universe requires enormous numbers. I will need the help of my friends.”

“What if it helps?”

“I have a friend who has an interesting mechanical device. He said it has a calculation ability that far exceeds the human brain. I think it was called a brain in a vat. You could rent that machine and have it do the calculations…”

Abraham While stroking his beard.

“There’s a math ghost at Miskatonic University. He’s Lot Russell from the math department. He’s sensitive and nervous, but he’s better at calculating numbers than anyone I know. He might be able to find the value of α.”

I ended by explaining two possible cases in which the value of α can be calculated. And then he took one look at Tara.

“It’s chilly late at night. Tara’s cheeks are already red. Why don’t you go down slowly? I’ll make you some warm cocoa. If you drink a cup, you’ll fall into a deep sleep.”

“Yes Abraham! It’s in the second cupboard from the left, right? Let me help you!”

“Of course.”

The explanation is over. Tara went down the trapdoor stairs, supporting Abraham. Bennett was about to take a step when he noticed Niore, who still couldn’t take his eyes off the telescope. I tapped my shoulder.

“Neore?”

“……OMG.”

I flinched and my body trembled violently. Niore let out a shriek that was almost like a slurred, small babble. Then he looked at Bennett with wide eyes.

“…Did I startle you?”

[I’m sorry, I was concentrating… Have Abraham and Tara already gone down?]

“Yes. I heard Abraham was giving me cocoa. Didn’t you like it too?”

[I like sweet tastes. I have to go quickly.]

Niore got up from her seat and ran at a brisk pace. I’m curious as to what on earth I was watching so intently. Bennett sat down in his chair and looked through the telescope.

There was nothing.

“……?”

In the night sky that Niore was looking at, there were no sparkling stars anywhere. There was only an empty void fluttering quietly. Was there something she was able to discover because she was so observant?

Bennett strained his eyes and glared into the void for a while. There was also nothing to be found. He brushed himself off and left the rooftop for the last time.

Afterwards, Bennett drank the special cocoa with marshmallows that Tara had prepared for him, without knowing it.

There was an incident where Tara grabbed Bennett by the collar and shook him.

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#3: Threatening Letter

While living together, Abraham left only one request. Do not check packages without a sender’s name. Called.

It was Abraham who smiled and forgave Tara, who was messing around in the mansion, so the instruction not to open the package was quite curious.

Tara kept Abraham’s words as if it were natural, but Niore and Bennett were different. They were just waiting for an opportunity to check.

While Abraham went to Miskatonic University to give a lecture.

Tara was kicked out by Bennett who nagged her, saying, ‘Please keep your room clean. This is not a pigsty, it’s a place where people live. Why are you spilling things like that?’ He must be fussing and cleaning his room, so he must have time.

And in front of me was a package with no sender address.

[Shall we open it?]

“It could be a trap, so be careful.”

[It smells like rot.]

It’s a smell…”

Bennett pulled out his longsword for the first time in a long time. Even if a small undead came out, he could cut it to death in an instant. Niore also carefully opened the package from a distance with a poker.

“…!”

Niore frowned, covered her mouth, and took two steps back. Bennett also clicked his tongue when he saw the contents of the box. A

warning sign made out of collage with the horribly mangled corpse of a cat. Chapter.

Abraham should quit his studies and follow God’s will.

It was a frightening warning. Considering Abraham’s request, this threatening message must have been repeated over and over again.

There was a high possibility that the culprit was connected to the suspicious people who were watching the mansion. . Given the circumstances, it was unlikely that it would end with just a warning.

“…Are they trying to block the research? Why?”

[I don’t know the purpose, but I sense malice.]

“I agree. Maybe they could attack us while we are in care…”

What is the reason? It was a question that cannot be answered yet.

A word from the author (author’s review)

The celestial body has spun again and the weekend has arrived.

Sunlight Even the hidden stars are shining, blessing the rest for the first time in a while…!

I’m sorry… I’m late! But I think it would be nice to have that collaged letter together…

I hope you have a good day today. Again on Monday. See you next episode
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