Chapter 17.1 (1/2)

TL : Cnine

ED/PF : akshaythedon, Timberlord

「It was surprisingly easy」

No one was able to resist my sleeping magic till I arrived here. I made everyone who I met so far to sleep.

If I knew that it’ll be this easy, I wouldn’t have worn my dark knight armor. I considered the possibility of things turning out into a fierce battle, but….

I just shake my head, as carelessness will bring your fall, after all. Better be safe than sorry.

As long as I open this door to the altar room, I expect to meet Rena there.

I send a telepathic order to the spartois to stop anyone from entering this room.

After I open the door and entering it, I find the altar room to be extremely wide. The room is being illuminated by several light magic tools.

A huge magic formation is drawn at the center of the room.

And there was a stone lantern which is just a bit higher than me standing at the 4 corners of the magic formation.

The stone lantern is somewhat similar to the one that I saw when I was summoned by Modes. Undoubtedly, these are tools for summoning assistance made by god of craftsmanship, Heibos.

And then, a woman was standing at the center of the magic formation with her back facing me.

「Have you captured the intruder, chief priest？」

Rena asked that question without even turning around.

「My apologies, I’m not the chief priest」

Rena turns around after hearing my words.

「Dark knight… No way, DIEHART！ ！ 」

Rena stammered with a panicked face.

「Transfer,（TELEPORT）！  ！ 」

But the magic formation couldn’t be invoked.

「My apologies, I sealed transfer magic the moment I started this temple raid. No one in this area can utilize transfer magic for now」

Rena showed a surprised expression.

I remember hearing that the magic to seal your opponent magic cannot be used if there’s a big difference in magical power level with your opponent. So, I guess the amount of Rena’s magical power and mine isn’t that much different.

If this method didn’t work, then it can’t be helped. I’m relieved that everything went so smoothly.

When I approach Rena, she took astep back while scanning her surroundings.

Perhaps, she is looking for a weapon.

But, it seems nothing in this room can be turned into a weapon.

「Your target is… me」

I shake my head in denial and then take off my helmet.

I can hear Rena catching her breath.

「Nice to meet you, Goddess Rena. My deepest apologies for intruding your temple in this manner」

Thus, I displayed my manner while holding my helmet on my side.

I became anxious as to whether I’m following the proper manners to her.

I learned from Modes regarding the manner toward the gods of this world. I thought that I needed to learn the manner after guessing that I will end up travelling this entire world.

The manner of this world wasn’t that much different with the one from my world. Since it seems that there’s no point of contact nor similarity of the cultures of the countries with my world, maybe it just happened to be similar.

The matter of me showing my manner is because it’s not yet decided that Rena is a bad person.

Though she may not be a bad person, I can’t just display an impolite gesture in front of her.

When I raise my head and look at her, I saw a figure that was even more beautiful than her image.

Rena is gazing intently at my face.

I was waiting to hear Rena’s words.

But, she just kept looking at my face without saying anything.

「Goddess…. Rena？ 」

I timidly call her name.

「Yesh…. EH…」

It seems she finally came back to her senses. Rena is slightly confused.

「I-It seems that your target is not me. What are you coming here for then, dark knight？ 」

Rena smiled gently. Unintentionally, I was charmed by her smile.

Maybe she’s relieved since I’m not aiming for her life.

「Goddess Rena, may I confirm something from you?」

「A… confirmation？ 」

「Yes.   Are you…. going to summon the people of spirit world like me again？ 」

There, I told a lie. I was thinking of getting as much information as possible from Rena, since I’ve come all the way to this place.

「Ah, so it’s about that huh… You’ve misunderstood, dark knight Diehart」

It seems that Rena was thinking that I had come here to prevent the summoning.

「Then… what？ 」

「It’s to send the comrade of the heroes back. Wouldn’t that be more convenient for you？ 」

Rena’s still thinking that there’s antagonism between the hero and me. Maybe she thought that it’ll be more convenient for me if the comrade of the hero became non-existent.

「It’ll only decrease my war potential since the summoning of the people from spirit world has already been banned by the god world. So, there’s absolutely no summoning」

「Is that true？ That’s strange, as far as I know, returning the summoned people to their original world with this arts is…. supposed to be impossible, right？ 」

「Ah, it seems you already know about that from Modes… But, you have no choice but to trust him. No more summoning is the truth, you know」

「Understood, let us assume that I trust your story. But then, your actions will put the comrades of hero in great danger, right？ 」

「That’s certainly is true.  But, it has nothing to do with you, right?」

When I heard Rena saying those words, I wear my helmet again.

I’ve confirmed everything.

「Dark…. knight？  」

Since my state changed so suddenly, Rena is calling out to me with a bewildered voice.

Further questioning is useless.

I draw my sword while jumping high and then sliced one of the summoning assistance devices.

「W-WHAT….」

It’s Rena’s surprised voice.

The top part of the assistance device crumbled down and crashed to the floor with a bang.

Following that, I sliced the second, and the third device.

After slicing the fourth one, I point my sword toward Rena.

「What are the heroes to you？」

I’m saying so while supressing my rage.

Rena is confused upon hearing my question. There’s a little fear mixed in her expression.

「… That’s right… It’s natural since you’re a summoned person, too」

Rena’s mumbling with slightly misunderstood guess.

「Why are you going as far as to trick the heroes…」