“So then, why are you being so stubborn about this!”

A goddess who could easily be called a peerless beauty shouted while making an exaggerated, distorted face.

The one she was shouting at was an utterly ordinary middle-aged man with nothing remarkable about him.

The middle-aged man was refusing to be reincarnated into another world.

“Why do I need to redo my life again, life itself is crap.”

That was the middle-aged man’s argument.

No matter what kind of proposal the goddess made, he refused to listen at all.

The middle-aged man’s life before death had been one hardship after another.

Born to parents who pulled off the perfect combo of being toxic and abandoning their parental duties, the middle-aged man nearly died many times before even reaching adulthood.

No, his heart had actually stopped before, more than once.

Even after becoming an adult, he continued to be dragged down at every turn.

Because of that, the middle-aged man’s life had been completely filled with suffering.

“I’ll give you cheats and kind parents too and I’ll even make sure you’re born into a wealthy household!”

“But I refuse!”

The middle-aged man’s resolve was firm.

Even if the goddess was a peerless beauty and tried to tempt him with her looks, it did not matter.

He had experienced enough bitterness in life to know when there was no sincerity behind such things.

Convincing this middle-aged man was an extremely difficult task even for a goddess.

In the end.

The goddess gave up on persuading him.

Wanting someone to reincarnate willingly was a god’s goodwill.

A person’s own intentions did not actually matter to a god.

Even so, she tried to follow proper principles because she wanted him to accept it, even just a little.

But the middle-aged man was strong.

So strong that he even made the goddess break down in tears.

And so, she forcibly reincarnated him.

Even then, the goddess did not hate the middle-aged man.

If anything, she felt sympathy for him.

Many people wish for a favored life.

Yet he did not waver at all.

Just how little hope for living he must have had.

That was why the goddess made a wish.

That the middle-aged man’s new life would be a happy one.

For that purpose, she properly kept every promise she had made.

It could be said that she did everything a goddess possibly could.

Whether that would turn out to be a blessing for the middle-aged man, however, was impossible to know.

After all, the goddess was not all knowing and all powerful.

* * *

On that day.

In one of the three ducal houses of the Amesverta Kingdom, the Karasebed Ducal House, a single baby girl was born.

Inside was a middle-aged man.

The fact that the gender ended up being female was the goddess’s little joke.

Li Earlychar Karasebed Quewa. [TL: Will use Li Earlychar as name but also functions as Li Karasebed, confusing noble name culture.]

The middle-aged man who was given that name grew up healthily as a young lady of a ducal house.

And then, the day of fate arrived.

In the Amesverta Kingdom, once a child turns seven, they are made to undergo the Oracle Rite.

Originally, it is a ritual meant to receive blessings from the gods.

However, the goddess got a little too enthusiastic.

Rather than a blessing or divine protection, she made the child a divine child, meaning a beloved child of the gods.

That divine authority was strong.

No, it was far too strong.

Strong enough for the middle-aged man to recover memories of his previous life.

She tried to make up for the blunder of forcibly reincarnating him.

It would be a lie to say the goddess felt no sympathy.

Because of that, she gave it her all.

This was a case of overdoing it and making things worse instead.

The middle-aged man was confused by the fact that he had become an unbelievably beautiful young girl.

And after understanding that he had been reincarnated, he shed tears in the quiet of the night.