Chapter 1 (1/2)
Chapter 1: Getting caught up in the hero summoning
My name is Mukouda Tsuyos.h.i.+. By the way, I’m 27 years old and single.
I am a plain old salaryman living in Tokyo.
If you ask why I am in this fantasy world of swords and sorcery that looks medieval Europ-ish, it’s because I got involved in a “Hero Summoning” ritual.
To kill time, I often read web novels and thus, have read a lot of similar stories, but I never did expect this to happen to me in reality.
Moreover, I’m not a hero but just a random person that got involved …… It’s become a joke.
That joke of a ritual, “Hero Summoning”, was conducted in a country called Reijseger. (TN: Reiseheru in j.a.panese)
Even though 3 Heroes were supposed to be summoned, 4 people appeared, causing everyone at the ritual to show a bewildered expression.
But you know, the four of us who had been suddenly summoned in an entirely different world are the most surprised.
And despite all that, we were also called “Heroes-sama”.
I often read light novels so I soon realised that we had been summoned in another world. (TN: this confused meピンときたけど; I guess this is the sfx of realization?)
Honestly, with them calling us Heroes-sama, I had expected something great of my abilities.
Nevertheless, my expectations were let down.
That’s because we had our status appraised immediately after our summoning.
Using some magic instruments or some random tool, they had examined me.
From the appraisal of our status, everyone else (who seem to be wearing uniforms and are probably high school students) had “Hero from another world that finally came” as their job t.i.tle, whereas mine was simply “Person from another world that got involved”.
Furthermore, the three of them had physical strength and magical power stats at between 700 and 800, while mine was at around 100.
Even so, it can be said that I had some decent powers because it exceeds the average of this world.
Still, I unmistakeably do not need consoling because of the huge disparity in stats with the other three.
The number of skills I have and the other three have are totally different.
Apart from the common skills and item box, they also have the holy sword technique, holy spear technique and the holy magic skills which greatly shocked the esteemed people. (TN: seems weird that the author calls them that but in the raws: お偉いさんたち)
In addition, their magical skills comprised of other elements like fire, water, earth, light, electric and ice.
I’m sure they are cheaters.
In comparison, I have a unique skill called “Online Supermarket”.
I had the “no way, what the heck is this” feeling.
Well, I do know what the “internet supermarket” skill is.
I’m so going to be completely in their care. (TN: I think the MC is saying he know his skill sucks and he is gonna get carried by the other three?)
But a skill is a skill.
Although there will be many other variations of magical stuffs (TN: skills and tools).
For us who came from another world, we have completely no clue about current situation. Perhaps because they were ignorant, the three other heroes started to joke about how I would be treated as useless thanks to my unique skill. (TN: not sure about this paragraph. Could someone enlighten me? Raws: 異世界人には何のこっちゃさっぱりわからん状態だし、勇者な３人には笑われるしで、この固有スキルのおかげですぐさま役立たず的な扱いになったよ。)