Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious

Now, assembled gods and goddesses, your attention please!

It seems that this salvation difficulty level will be S-class.

"Salvation Difficulty Level" It seems that this salvation difficulty level will be S-class.

And the one who has been chosen is...

...the Goddess of Healing, Ristarte!

"Ristarte"

"Ristarte" That's incredible, Rista!

That's a real worthwhile task!

Once you overcome this, you'll be a full-fledged goddess!

"Goddess of Healing: Ristarte" Once you overcome this, you'll be a full-fledged goddess!

"Goddess of Healing: Ristarte" Thank you. I'll do my best to gain as much experience as I can

Thank you. I'll do my best to gain as much experience as I can

and become a high-ranking goddess as soon as I can.

Are you kidding me?!

Difficulty level S-rank?!

I, Rista, short for Ristarte,

was born into this Unified Divine Realm roughly a hundred years ago.

I've summoned heroes from the surface

and saved distressed worlds five times so far.

Though, compared to veteran gods, five times isn't a whole lot.

Both the gods and goddesses average ten times,

and those on the far end have saved over a hundred worlds.

Incidentally, difficulty level S...

...means that the world is dreadful enough to give even veteran gods pause.

I've decided, like always, to choose a young man from Japan

"Hero candidate list, Earth Area, Japan" to summon as the all-important hero.

"Hero candidate list, Earth Area, Japan" In Japan, books about people being reborn on alternate worlds

In Japan, books about people being reborn on alternate worlds

are apparently popular, and they get the big idea in no time at all.

And although the one-time excitement has waned a little,

stories about other worlds are still booming.

The market is still as thriving as it used to be.

Wait, who am I explaining this to?

I must be pretty tired, huh?

I can only summon one hero for each world.

"Yuuko Suzuki"

"Yuuko Suzuki" Suzuki...

"Atsushi Sasaki"

"Atsushi Sasaki" Sasaki...

Suzuki... Yamada... Sasaki... Sato...

Suzuki... Tanaka... Sasaki... Yamada...

Sasaki... Suzuki... Yamada... Yamada... Tanaka... Yamada... Sasaki... Suzuki...

Aw, they're all starting to look the same.

It's as though just anything will cut it!

What's the big idea?!

"Seiya Ryuuguuin"

"Seiya Ryuuguuin" Huh? Huh? Huh? Hold on, what's this?

This guy is Level 1, but he has such outstanding spec stats!

I-I've never seen a human with stats like these!

He's a phenomenon! He is without a doubt a phenomenon!

And a one-in-a-million--no, one-in-100,000,000 phenomenon, at that!

He'll be able to gain control of Gaeabrande in the blink of an eye!

And I'll be one step closer to becoming a Great Goddess!

Wah, how did I get so lucky?

In the name of the goddess Ristarte, I now summon a hero here.

Come to me,

Seiya Ryuuguuin!

M-My, how handsome!

He's over 180 cm tall,

with noble features beneath such energizing dark hair!

The aura emanating from his body is as empyreal

as the Great Gods in the Unified Divine Realm.

Ah, I'd like to fall passionately in love with a man like this.

Wait, what am I thinking? Love between goddesses and humans is forbidden!

How do you do? I am Ristarte, a goddess who lives in the Unified Divine Realm.

It was necessary for me to summon you from Earth to this dimension.

Listen to me, Seiya Ryuuguuin.

You are the hero that will save the world of Gaeabrande from the Demon Lord.

You appear to be enchanted by me. Well, I am a goddess.

And, to be honest, a fine woman.

You're at a loss for words over my perfect feminine beauty--

Sure I am, being spoken to by someone so freaky.

Freaky?! Are you referring to me?!

Whoops! Dignity! I must maintain my dignity as a goddess!

Ahem, I am not as mystifying as you may think. I am a goddess.

A goddess who has summoned you, a hero, up to the heavens.

If you're really a goddess,

you could just save that whatever-you-called-it world yourself, right?

Th-There are rules.

The gods have created uncounted earthly worlds

for humans to prosper by human means.

Thus, these human worlds must be saved by humans themselves.

Do I get any veto power?

There is no such thing.

What about discretionary powers?

No.

Voting rights to revise the rules?

I said no!

Hmph, sounds pretty self-serving.

What a pain...

Now, he just may be flustered to be suddenly summoned here like this.

When that happens, most Japanese get hyped up by doing this...

Okay, why don't we start by you calling out "Status"?

Why?

Huh? I guess you haven't done a lot of gaming. In any case,

if you call out "Status," your abilities will appear in number form.

Go ahead, say it.

Properties.

"Properties"? No, I told you "Status," right? Wait what are "Properties"?

--Huh? I don't understand this! --Ho...

Sure enough, there's data written here that only I would know.

That fishy story you told me just gained a little more credibility.

Y-You've been acting pretty rude toward a goddess, you know.

"Sta-tus"! Say "Status" for me!

Come on, come on, please do it.

Status.

Well? See that? These are stats many times greater than regular heroes.

You are a one-in-100,000,000 phenomenon!

"Seiya Ryuuguuin"

"Seiya Ryuuguuin" The only one who can defeat the Demon Lord of Gaeabrande

The only one who can defeat the Demon Lord of Gaeabrande

is you, Seiya Ryuuguuin!

Incidentally, what happens if I die on this world?

You're such a downer.

Not to worry! You won't be able to go back to Gaeabrande;

you'll just go back to the world you came from.

Hmm, I don't know...

He sure is doubtful, isn't he?

Maybe he's the type who has to actually go there to have it sink in.

In that case...

Seiya, I'll explain everything to you in detail later.

Doorway to the other world, open!

Come, Seiya Ryuuguuin! Come together with me.

The fate of Gaeabrande rests in your hands!

No.

It's so exciting to see what kind of a world it is--

Wait, huh? What did you just say?

I said no. You expect me to just drop in on a dangerous world?

B-B-But, but, but... Your stats are pretty high, you know.

I'll be right next to you to back you up, too. So just relax.

It's not going to be very good backup, is it?

H-How rude! I am a goddess! There's no way you will die,

and if you do get hurt, I'll restore you with healing magic.

You have a background role, though.

You can't do all that much in the way of saving worlds, can you?

What kind of attitude is that to take with a goddess?! I'd like to slug him!

Whatever, if I can't refuse to go to this other world,

then I have a condition, as well.

Condition? What condition?

What is this?

You don't mean... with me...?

No way! No, no! Love between goddess and human is--huh?

At least let me carefully prepare myself.

Until I'm good and ready.

Wh-What kind of hero is this?

Just then, I finally realized something.

I had overlooked a very important item.

"Personality: impossibly cautious"

That boy is extremely out of the ordinary!

So, what eventually happened?

He's been training this whole time. In a vacant house near my place.

"Goddess of the Seal: Ariadoa"

"Goddess of the Seal: Ariadoa" Normally, they'd want to see the other world right away, right?

Rista, you're taking control of the world of Gaeabrande, which is level S.

Maybe it's better to be at least that cautious.

But it's a misuse of time. Going on-site and fighting monsters there

will increase his level faster.

It's okay. You don't have to be in such a rush.

The flow of time in the Unified Divine Realm

is much more relaxed than it is down on the surface.

Ugh, but I want a more normal adventure, you know?

In any case, you have to support him.

If he's training, you should be looking after him.

Looking after him?

Those rooms are so bare.

Did you provide him with a toilet, a shower room, and a bed?

'Ulp!

He's probably getting hungry, isn't he?

Now that you mention it...

And another thing, Rista...

He may not appreciate you lording over him like a god.

What if you treated him more like a friend?

Mm-hmm, thanks, Aria.

Leave it to you!

You're the same as ever.

Seiya! I'm sorry for leaving you here by yourself, okay?

Ooh, six-pack...

Hey, how about knocking before entering my room?

Oh, sorry.

Wait a minute, this isn't even your room.

You must be hungry, right?

What's that?

You're Japanese, right? So I brought onigiri.

This one has umeboshi, and this one has salmon.

Hmm, strange food made for me by a stranger.

Look, I'm not a stranger, okay?! How can one person be so rude?!

You eat it first.

Wha--?

It may be poisoned, after all.

Do I have any reason to poison you?

You see? It's fine! Honestly, I worked as hard as I could to make these!

Hmm, so there's no fast-acting poison in them.

There's no slow-acting poison in them, either!

Look, just so you know,

push-ups and sit-ups won't increase your stats all that much.

I'll leave three meals a day outside your door.

Once you're ready, let me know by ringing this buzzer.

Until you ring the buzzer, I won't come into the room, no matter what, okay?

What? Is it still not enough?