Chapter 9
Smoke at Home
Translator : PolterGlast
The information
gathering went ten times more smoothly than I had imagined.
This was because the
kingdom didn't seem to have any intention of hiding the hero summoning in the
first place, and it was already common knowledge that the heroes had come to
this world.
About half a month
ago, the king apparently gathered the people and gave a speech.
[My people, who are
suffering from monster damage, please rest assured! They are the heroes who
have come from another world! --From now on, we will go on the offensive
against the demons! With the heroes, there is nothing to fear!]
Next to the king, who
was talking with flamboyant gestures, was a black-haired, black-eyed boy with a
gallant face.
And next to him, the
first princess, Misha, was standing amicably.
That's definitely...
Kazuma Hijirikawa.
I thought he had high
protagonist potential... but I never imagined he had already won over the first
princess.
Apparently, his harem
life knows no bounds even in another world.
But from what I've
heard, it seems that everyone in class 1-A is definitely being sent to the
front lines.
Even though we were
given gifts when we were transferred, we are just slightly smarter high school
students who went to a good school.
I'm worried about what
will happen if they have such high expectations... I wonder if it will be okay.
For now, I can be
relieved that there are thirty people including me--in other words, no one
seems to be missing.
I was wondering why
the king said something that would put so much responsibility on the heroes,
and as I was listening to the story, the smell of something fishy kept getting
stronger.
Apparently, the
current king of the Grust Kingdom, Izel II, doesn't have a very good
reputation.
There was no one who
openly said bad things about him because they didn't know who was listening,
but everyone frowned when they talked about the king.
The kingdom has
clearly started to decline since Izel II took over, and the economy seems to be
getting worse and worse due to his mismanagement.
And the first princess
Misha, who was standing next to Kazuma, is also a big spender and apparently
the second most disliked person after the king. Her famous saying, "No
bread? Then eat the grass on the roadside," seems to be so popular that caricatures
are being drawn all over the place (of course, it's sarcasm).
I wonder if it's just
my imagination that they're trying to shift the blame to the demon king and the
heroes, and if something happens, they'll just throw the heroes away to vent
the people's anger...
But from what I've
heard, there seems to be a lot going on behind the scenes of the hero
summoning.
I have a strong
feeling that defeating the demon king and living happily ever after won't be
that simple.
Anyway, I don't have
enough information... but it would be dangerous to snoop around too much and
get noticed, so I'll stop for today.
I decided to go back
home to calm down and prepare for tomorrow.
I went into an
alleyway so no one could see me, faced the white wall, and activated the [Home]
gift.
Since my home is in a
space created by space-time magic, the gift can be activated without any
problems even in a place with no space.
But it seems that it
would be a problem later if it's always unknown where I'm staying.
Once I have a bit of
financial security, it might be a good idea to stay at an inn for camouflage
purposes.
I went inside, took
off my shoes, and plopped down on the sofa on the first floor.
After calming down a
bit, I realized that my body was craving sugar from exhaustion.
I took out an apple
juice from the refrigerator and gulped it down.
Unable to resist, I opened the lid and poured
it down my throat.
"Glug, glug...
puha! The juice tastes so good after a hard day's work!"
After finishing the
500ml juice while acting like an old man, I got thirsty again.
I poured barley tea
from the refrigerator into a cup and drank it all in one gulp.
After making my
stomach full, I went back to my room to relax.
Today was an eventful
day... I went out of my house, used magic, walked to Grisnia, became an
adventurer, and then gathered information...
There are many things
I need to think about, but first, let's start by checking my current status.
"Status,
open."
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