1 Episode 1 "Summoning and The Kings Vessel" (1/2)

I was at my wits end, so I turned in my resignation to the company and said, ”Let's move on! I walked out and found myself in a forest.

...... Funny.

I just left the company building a while ago.

I went to a convenience store and bought some mineral water, chocolate and rice balls. It's still in my possession. I was walking towards the station with them and ...... before I knew it, I was here.

......It's in the woods, for all intents and purposes.

There are no buildings around me.

There is a tall tree growing high above my head.

The ground is a little damp. The ground is a little damp. I wore light walking shoes so that I could resign and get out of here quickly, but if I had worn leather shoes, it would have been very difficult to walk.

But ......, really, where am I?

I don't know at all. I'm not hallucinating, am I? You can smell the grass, and when you grip the ground, ...... yes, there's wet dirt on it. It's been a long time since I've messed with the ground properly, so there's no way I'm hallucinating something this real.

What should I do ......?

How can this be happening right after I quit my job?

It's not like there was a backdoor rule that said anyone who ran away would be left in the mountains ....... .......

Anyway, let's walk towards the direction of the people ......

I'm sorry!

Suddenly, I heard a voice.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!　I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!

I turned around and saw a person.

Or rather, it was floating in front of me.

He was bowing deeply to me.

”I was going to transfer a young mortal soul with aptitude, but ...... you're alive, aren't you?

”...... What?

I don't know. This person ...... no, is not a person?

What I see floating in front of me is a girl with wings.

I see a blonde girl with feathers, wearing a shimmering robe, moaning like, ”Oh no.

”You're alive, right?　I'm sure of it!

...... Who is this?

Please tell me you're alive.

I'm alive. ...... I think.

When you ask me that seriously, I start to get worried.

I think he's alive. His memory is intact. He's unharmed.

”What is your name and age?

”Kiryu Shoma. Twenty-eight years old. I'm about to be Alaska .......

...... Ah.

The girl fell back with her head in her hands.

I've done it!

Are you the one who summoned me here, by any chance?

”Yes!

Even if you nod so vigorously.

I'm the one who summoned you. I'm sorry about that.

...... Summoned?

You mean you summoned me into this world?

Yes. I'm Rukia, one of the goddesses who regulate this world.

The feathered girl bowed her head once more.

Thank you very much for your time. I am Kiryu Shoma.

I bowed back like a working adult.

I'm really sorry for the trouble I've caused you with my mistake!

I'm really sorry for the trouble I've caused you!

Yes. It will be a different world, a little less ...... civilized than yours.

...... Why did you summon me?

No, no, I didn't invite you.

You were called, weren't you?

It's a mistake. I'm sorry, sir!

Enough with the bowing, please explain. And if possible, take me back to my world.

I've just handed in my resignation and quit my job.

The work I'd been doing was just too much.

Overtime after overtime. I'm trying to finish my work early, and when I try to streamline my work without permission, I get angry, and when I push through, the next job comes at me for finishing early. It wasn't that I didn't like the work, it was that it was never ending. So after six months of hesitation, I turned in my resignation.

I didn't think much about what would happen next, but...

”Return to the world?

”Yes. Yes, please.

I can't.

The goddess said, keeping her head down.

I thought I misheard her.

I can't. The gates of transition that the Absolute has opened will close soon. And if we don't.

You and I will be found. I've left a letter with your equipment explaining the details of this matter.

Suddenly, the girl's figure climbs into the sky.

”Wait!

”Wait a minute!

I stopped the girl.

I didn't get any explanation other than 'I called you here by mistake'.

At least explain the ability!　Isn't this kind of summoning supposed to give the summoned person amazing abilities?

I'm pretty sure I've heard something like that before.

I'm sure you've heard of it, but I don't think it's possible to leave a different world without it.

I don't have any skills to give you.

The girl said.

My mind went blank.

”I don't have any skills to give you.

”Are you kidding me? ......?

I looked around.

For all intents and purposes, it was a forest.

I don't know what kind of world this is. I'm pretty sure it's another world. I don't know if there are demons, but even if there aren't, this is pretty dangerous. We don't know where the settlements are. There's no food or water. We're out of luck if we run into any wildlife.

No.

As if reading my mind, the goddess Rukia shook her head.

The place was already up in the sky.

She almost looked like a small doll.

”You will be able to live in this world. Because... you...

That's absurd!　How can you do that ......?

There was no response.

The figure of the goddess climbed higher and higher and then disappeared from sight.

Leaving me alone in the forest.

I wish I had ...... dreamed it or hallucinated it. ............ ......

I slumped down at the base of the tree.

I don't know what to do.

In my world, I was treated like an unwanted object. .......

In my former world, the company I worked for had a huge faction, and I was forced to work endlessly.

Because I was hired in the middle of the year, I had no peers or bosses to take my side, and I was treated as a lower rank. I worked hard in the hope that one day they would treat me as an equal, but ...... I had reached my limit.

I wonder what it's like to be treated as an unwanted ...... thing even in this world.

I don't know what's going on.

Is it my fate? I don't want that fate.

I've got food and water, at least.

In the convenience store bag, there's mineral water, chocolate, and rice balls that I just bought.

Next to it, there was an unfamiliar object. It was a sword.

By the way, the goddess said that she would give me equipment. I wonder if this is it. I've never used a sword before. ...... But it's at least a blunt instrument.

There is a letter with the sword.

It reads: ...... Well...

”I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

That's right.

The summoning was originally supposed to summon the souls of dead youths.