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Chapter 2 - I Don’t Want to Work…! chapter 1

Day ?

I hadn't been doing anything special on that day. It all happened when I

was, like always, sleeping in my ash gray shirt and sweatpants that were

much more comfy than pajamas.

"Hey. Would you mind waking up? Mr. Keima Masuda?"

Someone I didn't know was calling out my name, and before I knew it,

everything except the clothes on my back was gone. My bed, my pillow, my

apartment—heck, the apartment building, and even the ground were all gone,

leaving me stranded in a star-dotted vacuum that looked a lot like space.

After making sure that I could breathe properly, I opened my eyes. I felt a

floaty sensation, as if I were still asleep. For a second I wondered if I had

been kidnapped, but after seeing my surroundings, I assumed I was dreaming

and tried to go back to sleep.

This feels nice and floaty. I'm definitely getting a good night's sleep

tonight.

"Um, would you please listen to me? I am a god, after all."

"Huh...? Yeah, yeah, I'm listening... zzz..."

"Is that true? You're not sleeping or anything, right? I don't have much

time here. You're being summoned to another world right now. You'll regret

it if you don't listen to me, okay?"

"I'm listening, I'm listening... zzz..."

"Mmm, I don't know if I've ever met someone so lazy before. But if you

really are listening, I guess I'll go ahead and start explaining. First of all..."

His explanation really dragged on, so I listened halfheartedly while focusing

on sleep.

"So, you get one present from me. Is there something you want to do in

the world you're going to? I'll try to help you grant that wish. But in return,

I'd like you to help me too, with what I just told you about."

Something I want to do? My friend, how about the opposite.

"I don't want to work." That was my response to the person who had

called themselves a god.

Helping out a god sounds like a lot of annoying work. No thanks.

"...Um, what am I supposed to do about that? I want to know what you do

want to do, so I can help you with that."

"The best life is one where you don't have to work..."

"...Should I just reincarnate you as a tree?"

"Aaah, that sounds like it'd be nice."

The god sighed and shook his head at me.

"Hey. Did you forget why I was asking you what you wanted to do?"

"Huh? Yeah, I guess I did."

It was probably something about restoring the flow of mana or

exterminating monsters or whatever. I hadn't been listening very closely.

"You were studying things like golems in your world, right? I thought you

would be pretty excited about this..."

"Huh? Hahaha! Not a chance, not a friggin' chance. That's just how we

youths are nowadays."

My dream was to create a maid robot that could take care of everything

for me.

People always look at me like I'm a waste of space as soon as they learn

about that. Don't expect too much from me, Mr. God-being-whatever.

By the way, my "research" was just me playing around with robots about

thirty centimeters tall that I got from ready-made kits. Huh? I should build

them myself? That sounds like a lotta work...

"Well, it looks like we're out of time... I hate to let you go, but I guess I'll

just have to ask the next person that comes by here."

"Whaaat..."

"...But I'll at least make sure you can understand the other world's

language. And if you do help me out, I'll make sure you're repaid for your

efforts."

"I wish not to wooork..."

"The world you're being summoned to has magic, but civilization there

hasn't developed very much. You'll have to work to survive. Plus, the fact

you're being summoned means someone out there wants you to do some kind

of job for them."

"I want to go home..."

"Well, good luck."

A bright light enveloped me, blinding my vision