Chapter 2
Hero Summoning
Translator : PolterGlast
Just when they thought
they were chatting and laughing in class, the members of class 1-A were
enveloped in the light of a mysterious magic circle that suddenly appeared, and
they lost consciousness.
The next moment, they
were in a glittering space.
"Oh, is it
really...?"
They had arrived in a
stone room they had never seen before.
And watching them as
if observing them were big men wearing heavy-looking armor and a
nervous-looking man wearing a monocle.
"What is this
place...?"
While everyone was
looking uneasy, a boy with short, light brown hair—Kazuma Hijirikawa, a genius
who excelled in both academics and athletics—stepped forward.
"We've been
waiting for you, Heroes!"
Just as he and the men
were about to clash, a girl suddenly appeared.
Her name was Misha tsu
Grust, a face so perfect it was almost frightening.
As the first princess
of the Grust Kingdom, she had been given the role of welcoming the heroes.
Having prepared in
advance, she eloquently began to talk about this hero summoning.
This was a completely
different world from the one they had been in.
In this world, there
was a demon king who was trying to destroy humans by commanding ferocious
monsters.
In order to save the
world, the Gurst Kingdom made a desperate move and summoned heroes.
They wanted everyone,
who should have been given gifts, to save them.
As those who had been
summoned without consent, they were not happy.
Kazuma was about to
protest, but the voices of his classmates behind him took the wind out of his
sails.
"They said
'heroes'."
"Hey, could this
be..."
"Status open...
whoa?! It really appeared!"
Excited voices could
be heard from behind.
When he turned around,
wondering what all the fuss was about, he saw his classmates making a fuss
while looking at something like a light board.
Kazuma muttered the
words they were saying.
"Status...
open?"
Then a light board
appeared in front of him as well.
It seemed... or
rather, it was clearly brighter than the boards of the other classmates.
Kazuma Hijirikawa
LV 1
HP 120/120
MP 25/25
Attack 52
Defense 49
Magic Attack Power 72
Magic Resistance 33
Agility 50
Gift
[Hero]
Skills
Light Magic LV 4
Fire Magic LV 3
Wind Magic LV 3
Water Magic LV 2
Earth Magic LV 2
Physical Enhancement
LV 3
The board that
appeared in front of Kazuma had some numbers lined up on it.
Princess Misha, who
saw it from the side, looked at it with shining eyes.
She naturally took
Kazuma's arm and pressed her ample breasts against it.
"Amazing, Kazuma-sama!
And with these stats and skills at LV 1... As expected of someone with the
[Hero] gift!"
According to her
explanation, the average adult male had around 30 HP and around 10 for each
stat.
On top of that, he
could use five attributes of magic, including light magic, which is extremely
rare.
"I've never seen
such high stats at LV 1 in my life!"
Misha looked up at
Kazuma with a melting face.
Kazuma was used to
beautiful women, but Misha was so attractive that he couldn't help but swallow
his saliva.
When Kazuma turned
around, everyone's eyes were on him.
In this class, his
words were practically absolute.
As the heir to the
Hijirikawa conglomerate, Kazuma's parents had instilled in him the art of
leadership and the art of winning people's hearts, and his words were so
persuasive that one could not help but nod in agreement.
They could convince
themselves that what he said was right.
It was difficult to
deny him, who had consistently produced results in everything.
Because achieving
results beyond that was impossible for ordinary people.
The people in this
class, even as high school students, understood the absolute gap between
themselves and him.
"I can't just
ignore people who are in trouble right in front of me. So, if possible, I would
like to save this kingdom."
"I, I agree with
Kazuma. My father also said that we should help people who are in
trouble."
"T-that's right!!
I'll follow my brother-in-law's lead!"
"I-I'll be with
Kazuma-kun no matter what!"
Girls came one after
another to stand next to Kazuma, who was standing gallantly (Misha was still
pressing her chest against his arm).
The beautiful girls
known as Kazuma's harem were so outstanding that even the knights of the other
world couldn't help but sigh.
Aina Hijirikawa, his
stepsister who had come to the Hijirikawa family as an adopted child due to
certain circumstances.
Akari Kotegawa, from a
samurai family that has been in existence for more than several hundred years.
And Elena Mitsurugi, a
current exclusive model for teen magazines and a half-loli model influencer
with over 500,000 followers.
"Y-you're right.
Now that we have this power, we should use it to help someone!"
"Just as
Elena-chan says, let's all do our best!"
When these beautiful
women said so, the boys who wanted to be liked by them started to say
flattering things.
And the women couldn't
ignore the words of those who reigned at the top of the class caste, and in no
time at all, the conversation turned to lending their power to the kingdom.
"Tch, how lame...
They're acting tough when they don't even have the guts."
There was a shadow
watching Kazuma and his classmates, who was desclaring their intention to
defeat the Demon King in the heat of the moment.
Akira Mitsugawa, a
self-proclaimed delinquent with spiky blonde hair, was lighting a cigarette he
kept in his chest pocket.
He had such an
intimidating presence that a knight who tried to complain about him smoking
backed down just from being glared at, and he had a physique that was hard to
believe belonged to a high school student.
He was absolutely
unwilling to become a lapdog of an untrustworthy kingdom, but he couldn't
abandon his best friend Kazuma.
(In any case... I need
power.)
He looked at his own
stats, then at the word [Overlord] in the gift column, and clenched his fist
tightly.
He emitted an aura
that frightened the knights, but when he saw the girl sitting next to him,
Akira scratched his head roughly.
He looked like an
ordinary student.
"Miku, crying
won't change anything."
"Ugh,
sniff..."
Sitting next to Akira
was Miku Arisugawa.
She had won the
Shishigawa High School beauty contest despite being a first-year student, and
she was crying while clutching something.
Her big, round black
eyes were captivating, and her long, trembling eyelashes were irresistible to
anyone with a protective instinct.
She was a
strong-willed woman whom Mitsugawa respected as the only equal besides Kazuma.
The reason Miku was
crying was... the reason was in her arms.
It was a blood-stained
pajama.
"Kazuno is dead.
Accept it."
"Kazuno isn't
dead! He's still alive somewhere!"
She was close to Aina
and Elena and always acted with them, so she was seen as a member of Kazuma's
harem, but Miku didn't particularly like Kazuma.
Rather, she had a
slight contempt for Kazuma, who was trying to add Misha to his harem even
though he was being courted by so many women.
She actually had a
crush on someone.
That person was Masaru
Kazuno, a classmate who hadn't come to school for over three months.
But Kazuno, who should
have been here, was nowhere to be seen.
Miku, who had been
speechless when she saw his familiar pajamas covered in blood, was told the
reason by Princess Misha.
"A classmate who
wasn't in the class... I'm sorry, but our powers were insufficient..."
The fact that he
wasn't able to come here meant that he had probably suffered an unfortunate
accident due to being forcibly summoned from a remote location.
The reason why only
his blood-stained pajamas were here was probably because his body couldn't
withstand the strain of the summoning magic.
But Miku didn't
believe her words.
She could see that
Misha's sad face was an act.
The princess didn't
think for a moment that Kazuno's death was a bad thing.
Such a princess's words
were not worth believing.
(I haven't... seen
Kazuno's body with my own eyes yet.)
Miku could be a bit
naive, but her core was strong and unyielding, as Akira acknowledged.
She took a slow, deep
breath to calm herself down.
Crying wasn't going to
help.
When she stood up, her
eyes were burning with determination.
"Status
open."
Miku Arisugawa
LV 1
HP 50/50
MP 42/42
Attack 22
Defense 54
Magic Attack Power 33
Magic Resistance 22
Agility 25
Gift
[Saintess]
Skills
Light Magic LV 6
Water Magic LV 4
MP Recovery LV 2
According to Misha's
earlier explanation, light magic can be used to heal even bodily dismemberment
if mastered.
In other words, no
matter how serious Kazuno's wounds are, they can be healed if Miku's level of
light magic is high enough.
"I'm going to
find Kazuno-kun somewhere in this world. And I'll heal him with my light magic.
Even if he's dead, I'll learn resurrection and bring him back to life."
"...Heh, is that
so."
Akira smiled faintly,
happy that his friend had stood up again. He tossed his cigarette onto the
expensive-looking carpet and crushed the flame with his foot.
Miku, who had
completely recovered, calmly watched the boys who were blushing as they
listened to Misha's words, and her classmates who were convinced that they were
the heroes of a tragedy.
"I can't trust a
kingdom that casually uses summoning magic that could kill people."
"I agree with you
on that."
"We're going to
gain power so we can leave the country quickly if we need to."
"Yeah."
Thus, with various
motives intersecting, the members of class 1-A were welcomed into the kingdom
as heroes.
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