c4 (1/2)
Upon their arrival to a different world via su, the princess appeared with a request to save the world In this unnatural, restrained atmosphere, this development had apparently been delayed It could not help but have a resigned confusion
While they were shocked over understanding what she had just asked, titania too, had asked, as if she was a little confused
titania: “I’m sorry since this is so abrupt, but which one of you is the hero?”
Reiji: “Um…”
Mizuki: “That is…”
At this question, Reiji and Mizuki exchanged glances with troubled faces It couldn’t be that one of theinally just normal people If they asked “What do you mean by hero?”, then it would inevitably be the equivalent of “I’ to asking that question, but their lack of understanding of what had been asked was still a problem
Suimei, on the other hand, planned to obtain information from the one who had summoned them here, and asked, “May I (speak)?”
titania: “Yes, please go ahead”
Suiet a hero – aren’t there any signs that identify one as a hero?”
titania: “Signs of a hero…was it?”
Suimei: “Yes”
Following that, titania glanced at the quiet Felmenia, who nodded and turned towards the three
Fel The hero that was sureat iven divine protection by the elehty power is kept within his body Are any of you in a similar situation?”
“If that’s the case, then I think it’sforth froan to ht here, the power had manifested in him However, both Mizuki and Suimei were the same in that no power had revealed itself
Be that as it may…
“From the elements, huh,” Suimei muttered to himself, suspicious of their true motives The elements were also present in their oorld, and there were four or five ic, which plays an important part, may also be considered one
But, given Felmenia’s tone just then, it was as if it was certain that there would be a person like that The foundation of the belief in ghosts is ic was part of the foundation, it was still a little strange Or, possibly, if ic here is as she had said –
titania: “You’re the hero, right?”
Reiji: “Uh… Yes”
While Sui, titania, as if enraptured, had been staring at Reiji As Reiji was the hero, shefor him Furtherracefulness Reiji, as facing her, was a little puzzled
And then, titania abruptly took Reiji’s hand
titania: “Hero, please, somehow, please, please help”
Reiji: “Eeeeeh!?”
Felmenia: “Pri-princess…”
The abrupt event had caused even the robed Felmenia to be astonished In an impatient voice, she called out to titania
titania: “AhhSorry, Hero…What I had just done was rude… After this, I think my father will explain to you in the audience room, so please answer then”
Reiji: “Ununderstood”
titania: “Well then, this way please I will lead the way”
At titania’s words, the soldiers once again orderly lined up, opening a path for Suimei and his friends
While following the soldiers, they gradually becae as they walked As titania had said, the audience room was fairly close, somewhere inside the castle
When they followed, froe that was illue
On the paths they had taken thus so far, there hadn’t been such exquisite, pretty ornaes of never before seen creatures, and sa kinds of aric fantasy world Well, that was the iiven On the other side, there was a person who said, well, even the things that were here were not very varied
The soldiers walked with an adait, as if to protect the was evident; there wasn’t even a st them
Next to the princess was souard’s rugged look evoked the sa as that of a rock
And, for the sake of ood impression on Reiji, titania walked next to and continually spoke to hi what kind of place it was that he cae, and then to the likes of asking what he was good at
However, Mizuki also walked next to hih she was not Reiji’s lover, she was the one closest to being considered his lover She was currently, certainly, ai for that position
If a beautiful girl of a high social position stuck to him, how do you think she would feel?
Even though her stoic facial expression did not show much, there was a certain sullenness in her that could be seen
And there was another person: Ie Felmenia…
Sui with me?”
Felmenia: “…No”
Since earlier, she had turned towards hiave up on her curiosity that was mixed with a little hostility But, she just continued to face forward as if nothing had happened
“Having been on guard with ic was a mistake In that situation, it is probable that they have seen that I can use roaned to himself silently
He had o hide himself in a hole
The existence of ic should be hidden In his old world, the present had been doic was, no matter what, considered heretical This was coicians had finished However, in this world, how did treatic becoe was together with a princess? That was on the level of royalty However, the ordinary status for ic was not yet entirely clear
It would be a siic in the old world, but foolish First of all, it would be unacceptable for Reiji and Mizuki to learn of such things, even if they were good friends with him
In that case, the top priority was how to stop that infor them out, was a needed countermeasure
titania: “We’ve arrived Here is o in”
Between the passage and the rooed them inside
One of the soldiers quickly called out to the guard at the door, whoin reply
Before long, the nificent door slowly opened
Reiji: “Wha-!?”
Mizuki: “Eeh!?”
Reiji and Mizuki were shocked The door suddenly opening had come as a surprise
The guard hadn’t even touched the door, and they hadn’t seen any auto mechanism They didn’t completely understand what had just happened
While holding back his surprise, Reiji hastily asked titania, “Ho-How did it open?”
“…It was by ?”
“Ah… In the world we lived in, ic didn’t exist”
“Really? So then that was your first ti it?”
titania was s his impressed voice
On the other hand, Mizuki’s eyes began to sparkle
“…Aic really does exist”
Mizuki seeirl who liked stories involving ic
And Suiic Although he hadn’t caught what the guard had ic fornic’s invocation, he had all noticed
“Wind, huh,” he thought to himself
The thing that had opened the door was si, and the ic ind attribute and just physical displacement However-
Even though it was only to open the door, why did using a single attribute take so ree were to be casted, using a three-section chant for one is too impractical…
Suiic
All that was needed, to open even that unusual door, was siic power into an optimal state, one would only need to construct the barestit, the same result would have occurred
Even though that was all that was required, the guard had even went so far as to forcibly apply the wind attribute, and thus Suith of the incantation, it would also increase the required ic power
In other words, it was completely impractical It’s co If it was Suier, and the door would have opened “by itself” in the same manner it had done so before
Who in the world would invest sothe door in such a senseless manner? To Suimei, it was incomprehensible
“Well, I guess it’s just souard wanted to do…”
Suiuard just wanted to use the wind attribute for opening and closing the door
While Suis, titania abruptly spoke
“Suiic?”
shi+t
“Eh? Oh, I don’t really get surprised at s…Hahaha”
“Oh, is that so? But, if this degree can’t surprise you, did you know, if you see an iht even be able to omit the chant?”
“That aive up”
“Ufufufu…” laughed titania, merrily and in a lady-like manner However, titania had misunderstood; Suimei had been surprised for a different reason
The door took its ti out as she called to titania
“Princess, any time now”
“Yes Well then, Hero-sama, Mizuki-sama, and Suimei-sama, after h the door
Then, they caular, spacious room had countless stone pillars that were penetrated by powerfully drawn lines that separated the road from the rooms This was the audience room
“Uwah…”
“A…”
“Ooh”
The three could not help but let out their surprise In the audience roo Even Suiic from just then, was fascinated by it
In the center of the roonificent throne, with a person seated on it He was probably the king, Almadias Root Astel Next to him, a confidant well past his prime could be seen, as well as a number of many other important people
Without soforward, titania walked on ahead She kneeled to the king, as on an elevation one level higher than the rest The next to kneel was Felmenia The three hastily followed suit
After the king nodded approval after seeing that everyone was there, titania began her report
“titania Root Astel has brought the summoned heroes”
“Good, my dear titania But…why are there three heroes?”
The puzzled king asked, and Felmenia answered this in titania’s stead
“These two are Yuusha-dono’s friends; they were so”
“What!? Dragged in!?”
“Yes, unfortunately”
Upon hearing her answer, the king hid his surprise by putting on an intrepid face After that, the surroundings quickly became strife with confusion; questions such as “What do we do now!?” and “I hadn’t heard of anything like this!” could be heard frost the chaotic shouts
King: “But, can such a thing really happen? The su of heroes has been performed countless ti has never been heard of, has it not?”
Felmenia: “That is…Even I don’t knohy the reason that such youths are here, with such li here That’s why… Even though it is unfortunate to have been dragged in, there’s no changing it”
In the ed his facial expression to a grim one
The already predicted external affairs with other countries would presumably be rendered useless and thrown into confusion because of them
Then, Suimei mumbled to himself
“Various things had occurred as I had expected, but, other than us here, various other places have also summoned people? Since it appears that hat he meant, it was possible” In other words, they were needed since, in this world, a Maou had appeared
To ask this of Mizuki, Sui people froees, would stress them, but the fact that the existence said to be able to destroy the world does not summon a hero, and is forced to come out is a ridiculous story
“Moreover, it looks like our situation is the first of its kind”
“I feel sorry for these people…”
While Sui and Felly ended It consisted of questions like, “Who’s the hero?” and “Do the other people also have divine protection?”
And, this tiri fortitude With the return of his kingly face, he started speaking
“Hero, I a you to this kind of place I adom, Almadias Root Astel And this is my castle, the royal Castle Calmenia”
After the king had showed his subtly implied appreciation in his words, titania whispered so to do with propriety in such a case as this Reiji immediately stood up
“Ah?”
Suis buzzed with noise Clearly, the current state of affairs was unbelievable An unthinkable story in the present day, but in this kind of world in theis essentially considered the same as a God In the company of such a person, and in a public place, such an act was tantamount to blasphemy
titania: “It’s all right! Reiji-sama is the hero that was summonsed to save the world, so he has a lofty position That’s why, in this place, in front of my Father, he can speak as equals; there’s no problem”
Suimei: “Is-Is that so?”
titania had seely noticed and answered Suimei’s fears It seemed, somehow, there was no problem There was a temporary unease as to ould happen, but now there was a feeling of relief
Accepting the king’s thanks, Reiji spoke
“I am Reiji Shana, your(audience)”
“Are you the hero?”
“Yes”
After Reiji addressed the king’s inquiry, the surroundings stirred again Questions such as “That person is the hero?”, “What a divine countenance”, and thoughts about how fascinating Reiji was spilled out
When the surrounding voices had eventually died out, the king spoke
“So, are the two people behind you your friends?”
“Yes I am his friend Anou Mizuki”
“I’i Suimei”
Mizuki and Sui their heads as they were on their knees Since they were not heroes, they could not behave in the same manner as Reiji, or there would be problems
“I see I’ you two as well The fault lies in our side, but is there anything we can do for you in apology?”
“Yes”
“Huh?”
While the king was sitting on his throne, such a short answer had been given in reply
The king, in his oay, had apologized, but their ignoring it had somewhat annoyed him
The surroundings becaain, with censure such as “What sacrilegious words!”; there was a wide difference between the ti and now
“Aheuess here will do It was an abrupt su The hero is probably still confused”
“Eh–”
“Hero and his friends After this, I will prepare seats for you at the evening party in the reception hall As soon as the preparations are finished, come, and ill discuss the main problem tomorrow”
The hospitality would extend past that one night This was the king’s special consideration Having abruptly been suht need special care