Chapter 9 (1/2)

The smell of the quest’s reality in the other world

“Will it be alright? No, I am happy with it but this might be the key to regaining your memory. Are you fine with it?”  [Sh.e.l.lo]

“Aa, yes.”  [Ayase]

Aa, yes notttt!!!!!

Even though my memory loss was just a setting, wasn’t it strange to him that I was giving out my possession easily? I seriously don’t get it……..

But well……I hadn’t really lost my memory in reality so is good!

I have already understood those type of people well enough!

“That’s right. I have not felt anything even though I have been carrying this with me for some time so it is fine. I think it’s good if I get my memory back bit by bit.”  [Ayase]

It could be that Sh.e.l.lo-san was either somehow convinced by that reason or that he really wanted the knife. In the end he received it without pursuing the reason.

Once he has received that, I had thought that my [Quest] will be cleared.

All of the sudden, Sh.e.l.lo-san and I began to s.h.i.+ne brightly.

Then the vocation board emerged in front of me.

Then….

PON  (sfx)

A PON sound resounded and the board shrunk, transforming into a cute palm size fairy. Seriously? I should calm down.

“Yo~yo. Nice meeting you. Why are you showing such a dumb look? Here is a congratulatory item. It might not be necessary to value it but since it’s the “First Spirit Stone”, there are many people who kept it as a momento. See ya. From now on do your best for the sake of the world and the Spirit-sama.”

PON.

…….Eh?

What was that just now? Was I daydreaming?

Since I have the blue stone in my palm, it was not a dream after all?

I looked at Sh.e.l.lo-san for help. There is a similar stone in Sh.e.l.lo-san’s palm as well……What is going on?

“Sh.e.l.lo-san, what was that just now?”  [Ayase]

When I asked him, he admitted that there was a stone in my hand and held my shoulder.

“Ou, Jirou has achieved your guidance too? Congratulation! I have just achieved mine too!”  [Sh.e.l.lo]

“Etto? In other words, what is going on?”  [Ayase]

Rebecca-san explained it to me instead since Sh.e.l.lo-san was getting excited there.

Apparently once we have achieved our guidance, our guidance board will take the form of a spirit and the spirit will award us with a “spirit stone”. The spirit stones were believed to be the blessings of the great spirit itself, so even if I were to remove the fact that it looks like a genuine jewel, this seems like an expensive deal.

So if the people here received the “guidance”, they will do their best to try to “achieve” the guidance.

Sh.e.l.lo-san has a spirit stone in his hand too so he must have achieved the guidance. So this could only mean that the guidance was….. a quest generated when he first met me……So that was the reason. Certainly I think he did mention that it was in accordance of the guidance or something similar…..

“……..Is that so…….Fufufu.”   [Ayase]

When I finally understood that he has helped me not due to his own free goodwill, I somehow felt slightly disappointed. I ended up laughing to myself when I remembered it.

I had not expected myself to be the type who would mind such things myself.

And…..in truth, the result did end up all right anyhow. Pertaining to the situation where I pretended to lost my memory, I mean. I was even able to hide the part about my inherited job.

So in a way it was not really a debt of grat.i.tude.

Somehow, I wonder if my heart has weakened since I am still not accustomed to the other world.

I suddenly felt that it doesn’t really matter anymore….. well, I would be returning to j.a.pan soon anyhow.

When I started thinking like this, everything seems pointless.