Chapter 7

Chapter 1, Childhood Friend And I — Episode 7 : Opening of the False Story

————School for the first time in 6 months.

「Sendō-san is absent today.」

「I saw it. And Yamazaki-kun, he’s absent too.」

「Yeah, hey–hey, did you know? Those two were…」

「Eh? What’s what?」

The girls form a group and are engrossed in gossip. That Yamazaki guy, did he change girlfriends again… I’m really jealous that he’s popular with so many girls.

There’s the guy named Hanayama, who is also a riajuu, but his attitude is different from before.

「Hahhahha! You’ve learned to make jokes like that in six months. I’m impressed.」

Surprisingly, Hanayama seemed to take my words as a joke and laughed, clutching his stomach. There was no sense of mockery at all, like when I messed up in PE. It just seemed like he laughed because it was genuinely funny.

「No, it’s true…」

My parents, the police, the teachers… When I told the adults, they didn’t believe that I had been transported to another world, so in the end I didn’t tell anyone the details.

But I don’t know why, but even if the adults don’t believe me, I want the kids my age to believe me, so I answer in a whisper to Hanayama.

「Well, I’ll ask you in my spare time, so talk to me.」

「It would be long, though.」

「When I get bored, I’ll go away on my own.」

What a self-imposing move to do…

If I had to choose between annoying and not annoying, I’d say, yeah, he’s really annoying. But I was about to tell Hanayama about what happened in the other world because he would think I was lying anyway and I had no one to talk to.

Uguuuu……

Suddenly, a strong pain shot through my extremities. I fell to the ground and plopped down on the desk.

「Hey! Are you alright? Shall I take you to the infirmary?」

「I–I’m okay… It’ll settle down after a while.」

Haa… Haa… Kuh…

I’ve been having【Phantom Pain】ever since I used my Unique skill… I can’t believe it’s going on like this, all five of my senses.

My expression was distorted by the pain that lasted for about thirty seconds, and my face was dripping with greasy sweat. But I came back like this thanks to that person. This is just nothing. When I thought about it, the pain I had felt earlier disappeared like a lie.

「Haah—— It’s settled.」

「Hey–hey, are you seriously just fine? You’ve been missing for six months. Don’t take it easy. I’m taking you to the infirmary.」

I exhale deeply and look at Hanayama’s face as I come to my upper body. He looks like he’s really worried about me.

「I’m totally fine. My body doesn’t hurt. My brain just remembers the pain.」

「I don’t know about that, but the next time you look like you’re in pain, I’m sending you to the infirmary.」

「Okay.」

Was this guy really that nice? I never tried to get involved with him because he was meddlesome, but…

When Hanayama looked at me with concern, I think I saw all the girls in the class looking at me. Well, Hanayama is a good-looking guy despite his brains, so he is popular with the girls in his class. His troubled face must also be a good meal for the girls.

I thought that Kaneko-san, a beautiful girl with glasses, was quite a face-painter, especially since she looked at Hanayama with a loose smile that almost made her drool.

Hanayama took the chair in front of me and faced me. His voice was so bouncy that I could hear him asking me questions.

「About that another world you’re talking about, how did you get into there? Was it that or getting hit by a truck or something?」

「No, it’s not Reincarnation in my case. But a Transfer. I almost died in the process, though.」

Of course, you could say that my Transfer to another world saved my life. Because if I had stayed in this world, I would have died. That may have been true for other transferees as well…

Hanayama’s eyes lit up as if he was looking forward to a fairy tale told by his parents before he went to bed, and he listened to my words, so I began to speak as if I wanted to ease his mind by confiding in my painful past.

* * *

————Transfer to Another World

「T–This place is…」

Unlike the gray, lifeless world I had just been in, the ceiling was high, the chandeliers were opulent, some of the windows had stained glass windows, and the large domed roof and walls shone in chalk.

Besides, the decorations are carved with reliefs of heroic tales, such as kings and knights fighting dragons and various demons. Obviously, this does not seem to be Japan.

I’m surrounded by three other people, Shirakaba-san, who approached me before I came here… Everyone was looking around suspiciously, scurrying around, not knowing where they were.

I was only concerned about the top, but when I looked down at my feet, I saw that the magic circle-like design, which was glowing purple, blue, and green when we arrived here, had completely disappeared, and black lines and indistinguishable letters were engraved on it.

Outside the magic circle, a group of priestly men in squid-like mitras and loose-fitting white ceremonial robes surrounded us in a circle.

「We did it! It’s a success!!」

「Now we can be saved!」

「The heroes!!!!!!」

Priests spring up, pumping their fists in the air like they are fans, as if they were incited by the artists at an outdoor festival.

I know what you are saying, even though I was obviously a foreigner.

On the opposite end of the spectrum are those who have no idea what is going on. We were caught up in a disaster, and for some unknown reason, the five of us came face to face. I was smiling with a thin smile, hiding my mouth, thinking that there is no such a simple summoning to another world.

(No way, I can’t believe I’m being transported to another world.)

That’s when…

With a bang, a large, gold-painted, ornate door opened.

「This is wonderful! Four brave heroes. Now my kingdom of Alastair will be safe…」

With many attendants and maids at her side, she appeared as a woman hugging her own plump breasts. The bust emphasizes the cleavage like a bunny suit, and the ridges of the chest from the collarbone show off the bare skin.

The fabric of her back was also gouged out, exposing as much skin as possible. A princess-like figure in a rose-red décolleté with an open bosom, as if she were going to murder a virgin, folds her arms and shivers.

No, there are five of us, right?

「Umm, you are…?」

Unexpectedly, the old Shirakaba-san asked the princess.

「My apologies. I’m sorry I am late in saying my name. I am Yurielle Aesha Alastair, First Princess of the Kingdom of Alastair. We are extremely grateful to you for responding to our summons. On behalf of the King, I thank you all.」

She plucked the hem of her ornate dress and greeted us with a beautiful cathecism, and Shirakaba-san straightened his posture and returned the salute.

「I am Capt. Shirakaba Harunori, a member of the Ground Self-Defense Force, Nakashino Garrison. The fact that we are responding to a… summon means that this is a different world than the one we were in. Is that correct?」

Shirakaba-san, whose muscles seemed to float up to his face, was trying to see through Yurielle with a sharp look, but she answered easily without showing any sign of being fazed by it.

「Yes, this is no doubt about it. This is Dragalea, the other world you speak of. You all have been sent to us by an oracle.」

When the remaining three had identified themselves, Yurielle opened her mouth, which was colored with red, bewitching lipstick, and…

「Now then, everyone. We aren’t here to have a long talk in a place like this. We have prepared a banquet for you, so please come this way.」

Accompanied by Shirakaba-san and others, she was about to take them somewhere.

No, they forgot me.

「My name is Kirishima Kaname. Nice to meet you…」

Hurrying forward to greet Yurielle and the others, I was hit by the back of a chamberlain and pushed away. The four brave men and Uriel and the others quickly leave.

The big door closed with a creak…

Eh!!? Don’t tell me I’m not being treated like a hero?

As I was leaving, for a brief moment, Yurielle’s beautiful face was a snake and scorpion… No, I saw goblins and orcs, and I didn’t miss the look of intense disgust that turned into a look of repugnance and distorted her face.

The obvious disparity…

I was standing between the summonees, stunned, when a voice called out to me from behind.

「My sister was very rude and disrespectful. I apologize from the bottom of my heart. O hero.」

Unlike Yurielle, her eyes are gentle, but her facial contours, nose, and mouth are exactly the same as the beautiful princess. The fragile atmosphere that lingered in the air made her seem like a hard worker.

「You are… I’m Kirishima Kaname. Just a high school student.」

「I am the Second Princess Marielle.」

A blonde-haired, blue-eyed, good-looking girl of about the same age, just like her, who greeted me politely with a beautiful cathecy of gestures that was no less beautiful than Yurielle.

I can’t believe that for an introverted, otaku, chubby like me would know that such a friendly princess existed. Marielle was more hospitable than the flamboyant Yurielle. Her white, neat dress seemed to represent her very self.

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