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Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody

Chapter 668: Completion Memorial Short Story: "Keepsake" 🎉

Published: September 10, 2025

"To commemorate world peace, let’s give Master a gift!"

I gathered everyone and declared this.

“Arisa, what’s gotten into you all of a sudden?”

Even with a suspicious look, Lulu’s beautiful girl charm remained intact.

“It’s not sudden. I’ve been thinking about it for a while! Master has done so much for us, but we haven’t been able to give anything back. So, at least as a commemoration of world peace, I thought we should give something.”

I explained to Lulu and everyone.

“That sounds good, Arisa-chan!”

“Yes, I think it’s a great idea!”

Starting with Hikaru-tan and Zena-tan, everyone agreed.

“But what kind of gift should we give?”

Lulu tilted her head with a cute expression. Even though she’s my older sister, she’s still adorable.

While everyone was pondering, Pochi raised his hand energetically.

“Yes, Pochi-kun?”

“I will write a story. A story about Master’s adventures!”

When I called Pochi’s name like a teacher, he stood up cheerfully and declared this.

Sounds good to me. If we wrote everything straight, it’d probably take seven years and about 3.14 million characters, so we should probably skip some parts, right?

“Tama will draw pictures~?”

Tama stood up next to Pochi and announced.

“A portrait then?”

“Yes.”

After nodding, Tama said, “Like this~” and quickly sketched a rough pencil drawing.

So good. It’s a very soothing picture of Master sitting in a blooming meadow, gently patting Tama’s head as he sleeps on his lap.

We could even add Arisa-chan in there, you know?

“How about Ms. Liza?”

“I’m only good for spear work…”

“That’s not true at all.”

“That’s right. Wasn’t it Ms. Liza who taught me how to cook?”

Lulu added in support of me.

She taught us during our first trip from Seryu City.

“Lulu, cooking then?”

“Yes. Since I always make the feast, maybe I’ll prepare a dish full of memories.”

What would a memorable dish be?

Maybe the first meat skewers and offal dishes we had, or perhaps the incredibly delicious grilled fish that Master cooked for the first time?

“If that’s the case, I think I can cook something too. There’s a memorable dish we ate in the labyrinth.”

“Frog meat steak~?”

“Yes, you remembered well.”

“Pochi remembered it too! Master said it was delicious!”

Despite being pretty heavy food for Master when he first came to this another world, he ate it well.

“Mia?”

“Music.”

“Classic choice.”

Mia and music go hand in hand.

“No, like Pochi, I’ll perform a story about Satou together with the spirits. Aze and Shia taught me, and I’ll gift music that paints vivid scenes just by listening. Really!”

“That sounds nice. Maybe I’ll sing a song to go with it?”

Appearing before Mia, who was making a long-winded claim, was Aze-tan.

“Oh! Here she comes—the main wife!”

Since rotating with other High Elves to come out of the Forest of Boruenan, she’s been visiting us quite often.

“W-wait, main wife?”

Aze-tan flustered and fidgeted.

She acts a bit calculating, but she’s pretty genuine.

Maybe that’s what struck Master’s heartstrings?

I shrugged slightly and brought the conversation back.

“Nana?”

“I’ll give Master a larval form as a gift—”

“That kind of thing is out of the question.”

Since Nana’s figure is Master’s type, if she were serious, he’d probably be easily swayed.

“Too bad. Then I’ll make a handmade doll as a gift.”

“That sounds good.”

Recently, the kids in the orphanage have liked them too.

“What should I make...? Handmade gifts are difficult for someone clumsy like me.”

Karina crossed her arms, lifting her heavy chest from beneath.

If she had super mass “puff-puff” (boobs), she’d probably be grinning from ear to ear, but that’s definitely something I dare not say out loud. Absolutely not.

Ignoring my inner voice, someone spoke up.

“Giving a boob voucher would make him happy, right?”

“Mii-chan!”

The fool speaking is Kagura, also known as Mii-chan.

“Boob voucher? What kind of voucher is that?”