Chapter 565: "Diverted Future" (1/2)

It happened 1020 years after the signing of the Treaty of Friendship…… the year of the 102th Festival of Heroes.

The Summoning of someone from another world has already been repeated more than 100 times. Each country does this on a rotating basis, and this year, where the Archlesia Empire was the one in charge…… the first irregular summons occurred.

Two otherworlders appeared from the Hero Summoning, which would normally summon only one person. One of them was definitely this year’s hero, but the other one was an irregularity in every sense of the word.

Since the signing of the Treaty of Friendship, the Hero Summoning Magic Circle has been adjusted to summon otherworlders close to the age of the First Hero when she was summoned, so the otherworlders who visit should have been in their late teens.

However, the other person who appeared was “23 years old”…… A being that was originally shouldn’t have been possible to summon. His name is “Miyama Kaito”…… The first clear irregularity since the Treaty of Friendship……

The Marquis of Archlesia Empire, who was in charge of the Hero Summoning this year, was puzzled by the presence of this Miyama Kaito. This was an unprecedented situation, and he didn’t know how to deal with it.

Even though he was an irregularity, they couldn’t treat a person from another world, someone from the same hometown as the First Hero, without respect. However, they didn’t know how to treat this being that is clearly unusual.

As a result, Kaito was prudently sheltered by that March as if he was some sort of tumor.

(T/N: March is apparently the Duchy equivalent for a Marquis)

It may sound good when one hears how he is being cared for. By no means did they treat Kaito unfairly. Rather, he was treated so hospitably to the point that it feels like Kaito was an important patient in a hospital.

Perhaps, was that the reason why? He was suddenly thrown into a strange world, and suddenly being treated like a tumor deeply hurt him.

He isn’t being treated unfairly. But that doesn’t mean they welcome his presence. This environment, which made him aware that he was an irregularity, made the loneliness in his heart grow larger and larger.

The most ironic thing is that he had a great talent for a magic called Sympathy Magic, even though he didn’t realize it yet……

And even though he was unaware of his magic, he still found out…… that he wasn’t welcome here……

He found out…… that they’re not happy with his presence here……

He found out…… that he had no place here……

As a result, Kaito confined himself to his room in the mansion and rarely went out. The Marquis, who was in charge of him, pretended to be unaware of this matter, thinking that it would be better if he could live through this year without any trouble.

Just like that, Kaito endured and spent the year with painful loneliness…… isn’t what happened.

Yes, there was a being who found Kaito, who had almost already become a hikikomori in the March, and took an interest in him. It was the God of Creation, Shallow Vernal, the God of this world.

She took an interest in the irregularity, Kaito, and invited him to her Sanctuary…… Or rather, she forcibly kidnapped him and drank tea with him.

Then, perhaps on a whim, Shallow Vernal made a suggestion to Kaito. “If you wish for power, I will give it to you”…… she asked.

In response to this suggestion, the weak-hearted Kaito reached out his trembling hand, turning his imploring eyes to Shallow Vernal…… but still, he “refused” her suggestion.

He himself didn’t know the reason. But somehow, he felt that if he accepted it, he would never be able to get what wanted.

However, the change that answer brought to Shallow Vernal was dramatic. Shallow Vernal, who liked the way Kaito’s mind worked, made another suggestion to Kaito. “Why don’t you stay here in the God Realm?”…… she asked.

Although her suggestion was sudden…… Kaito accepted.

At first, Kaito was puzzled by Shallow Vernal’s lack of expression and intonationless voice, but for better or worse, he thought of Shallow Vernal as a natural airhead.

The unreserved way in which she stepped into his mind was extremely comforting to him, who had been treated like a tumor.

And then, since he began to stay in the God Realm, Kaito has gradually started changing. Because he was invited by Shallow Vernal herself, the Gods treated Kaito with a certain amount of courtesy, but it wasn’t excessive.

The three Supreme Gods were especially concerned of him and were friendly to him as he was caught up in the Hero Summoning.