Chapter 2 THE OTHER WORLD WAS AT PEACE (PART 2) (1/2)

Guided by Lilia-san, we left the dark underground room and arrived at a large hall with gorgeous interior decorations. It looks like the explanation for the Hero, Mitsunaga-kun, will be done here, making him stay behind here together with religious-looking white-robed people. I was guided to a different room with the two high school girls.

The room was about half as big compared to the large hall before, sufficiently wide and decorated in a middle-age theme. There is a long table and chairsーーthough there wasn’t an air of a different world on it, so I really can’t feel like I’m in another world.

“Please take a seat. Luna, give our three guests something to drink.”

“Understood.”

Lilia-san sat across us and gave an order to Luna-san who took off her robe who knows when revealing a maid uniform underneath it. I couldn’t see well in the dark room earlier and she was also wearing the hood of her robe, so I didn’t notice that Luna-san’s well-trimmed, shoulder-long hair was light blue in color… there it exists, the so-called air of a different world.

After seeing Luna-san bow and leave the room, we timidly took a seat. First, I sat facing Lilia-sanーーa chair to the right from the chair directly facing her, and Kusunoki-san and Yuzuki-san sat two chairs away from me.

“Firstly, please let us apologize once again for suddenly calling you to a different world, as well as taking so long to explain the situation to you due to our side’s circumstances.”

“Ah, please don’t mind us……”

“Uhm, what are we…… what is going to happen to us from now on?”

It was Kusunoki-san who asked the thing that I’m the most curious of. Her expression that suits the words Yamato Nadeshiko1 together with her long, shiny black hair and slender figure, looks a little calmer compared to me. I’m sure that she’s a strong woman in her core, yes, that comparison doesn’t have anything to do with me being a coward or anything.

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“First, as a major premise, I shall take an oath that in the name of my “House of Duke Albert” that we shall not do harm to the four of you including Mitsunaga-sama.”

“……House of…… Duke Albert?”

“Oh. Please excuse me. I should have explained my status first. Once again, my name is Lilia Albert. I am…… a noble of Symphonia Kingdom, holding the noble title of a Duke.”

“My Lady Lilia is the His Majesty the King’s half-blooded sister, having a noble title as well as possessing the fourth in succession rights to the throne. That is why, the words that My Lady swore in the name of her household can be taken as the Kingdom’s consensus.”

Duke?! Succession to the throne?! Although I’ve expected this, she was an absurdly noble person.

“By the way, she is currently 22 this year, and in this Symphonia Kingdom where one would usually marry in the age of 15 to 19, she is a rare case of being single as a noble Duke.”

“……Luna? Why are you spouting out such information? Those things, they’re absolutely not needed right?”

“Please forgive me My Lady, I just thought that it is already shameful for you to be called “My Lady” recently……”

“……I think that we need to have a proper talk later, Luna.”

This, what is this? Why do I feel pity… although she looks like a very noble beauty and her manners and the tone of her voice were kind, it’s like…… well, Luna-san is also pretty ruthless.

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“……I-I’m going to continue. I am going to continue to answer Kusunoki-sama’s question earlier. I believe that the thing that you are most worried about is whether you can return to your previous world, but please be assured of that point.”

“W-We…… can return?”

The one who asked back with a slightly frightened voice is Yuzuki-san who has a short brown hair and looks as cute as a small critter. Seeing Kusunoki-san gently hold the frightened Yuzuki-san’s hand, adding Yuzuki-san’s small stature to that, one could easily see that they’re in a senpai-kouhai relationship. But, Yuzuki-san’s chest is moreーーstop, what am I thinking?!

“Yes…… it’s just, uhm……”

Lilia-san who heard Yuzuki-san’s words showed an expression of having difficulties on how to say it. This, is it really like that? There’s a Demon Lord-like being, and we can’t go back until we defeat it.

If that’s the case, then trusting Lilia-san will be difficultーー

“It will take…… a year before the summoning magic circle can be reused.”

“A-A year?!”

Hm? This is a little different from what I expected. The two girls were probably surprised about it being as long as a year, but I was surprised in a different sense. That’s right. The clear condition feels a little, loose…

Normally, in this kind of development, shouldn’t we be unable to go back until the Demon Lord’s defeated? Oh yeah, maybe that’s the case with Mitsunaga-kun. That might be the reason why he’s receiving an explanation by himself.

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And although I called it loose, to be missing for a whole year, one won’t be easily convinced considering the influence it would have when we go back.

“……no way, the competition’s so near too…”

“Hina-chan, that’s not the problem, it’s……”

Is Yuzuki-san a natural air-head? I’m rather impressed that she’s able to worry about her competition in this situation.