Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist? Chapter 104

104: Circ.u.mstances of the Hero

After the trouble at the Adventurers Guild, we arrived at the Lakeside Hotel. Unfortunately, there was no other available room but their best room, but the current us had enough money to stay there for even a few years.

When we were relaxing, we were informed of a visitor.

「It's probably the girl called Akane from a while ago.」

The ones entered after knocking the door were the young lady known as Akane and the 10 year old Catkin girl attendant that we had met at the Adventurers Guild. The Catkin attendant was naturally a slave of Sydnia, but she didn't have a slave mark but was affixed with a slave collar.

The difference between the slave mark and the slave collar is, if an order is defied or if the contract is violated, the slave collar tightens and takes the life of the slave. It is only used for criminal slaves in this country.
For Sydnia, it seems it is standard to attach a slave collar to all slaves aside from the human race.

「Welcome, this way please.」

Marnie, who is wearing a maid outfit, led the young lady who calls herself Akane to the sofa.

「I will introduce myself once more. I am Akane Misato. Tak.u.mi Irumsan, you don't look j.a.panese, butare you a descendant of a j.a.panese ancestor summoned in the past?」

The young lady in front of me asked with a serious expression.

「I'd be very glad if this information isn't leaked to Sydnia.」
「I will not tell Sydnia!」

Well, they already sent a.s.sa.s.sins to me though.

「I am j.a.panese. No, it might be more accurate to say I was j.a.panese. I was a salaryman in my 40's that was dragged into your hero summoning and had lost my life.」
「Eh?!」

She couldn't believe the silver-haired me who didn't look j.a.panese.

「The truth is that G.o.ddess had kindly picked up my soul, which was destined to die, This body was also something that Norn-sama had prepared.」
「………………」

Akane was at a loss for words when she heard that I was dragged into their hero summoning and had lost my life.

「Umm, are you alright?」
「……yes, umm sorry.」
「No, you don't have to apologize. The wrong one is Sydnia who had used the hero summoning, a forbidden magic.」

After that, Akane-san talked about matters after the hero summoning.
It's disconcerting how, not even a year having pa.s.sed here, high school boys in j.a.pan had been able to a.s.sault someone without any hesitation. When I asked Akane-san about this, it seemed she didn't know either.

「They've always been the type to easily get carried away, but it's like they've lost all restraint since coming to this world.」
「…………Hmmm, well, leaving that aside. Was there something you wanted to talk about with me as someone from the same place?」

Right, was there something she wanted to talk to me about that she even went out of her way to go to the inn we're staying?

「Irumsan, please help Lulu and I!」

When Akane said that, she got off the sofa and bowed.

Among the three summoned, only she realized the ulterior motives of Sydnia and was waiting for an opportunity to escape. Moreover, for those two to not notice is strange, but my heart is not hard enough to abandon these two girls.

「Dispel」

Kacha, the slave collar on the Catkin attendant made a sound and fell.

「?! The collar, the collar is off!」
「Eh!」

Tears welled as Lulu-chan touched her neck. Akane-san was surprised and looked at me.

「It's better that that collar is removed.」
「Th-thank you very much!」

I a.s.sumed it likely had good-for-nothing conditions on it, so it would be better to remove that slave collar.

「For now until things settle down, it would be better if you're at the house I have in Volton town.」
「That's true. I believe it would give peace of mind since t.i.tan and Kaede will also be there.」

After that, I took Akane-san and Lulu-chan to Volton and entrusted them to t.i.tan and Kaede, then I teleported back to the royal capital.

「(Now then, I have another job to do.)」

I snuck into the Light G.o.d Church in the royal capital, left a parting gift for the hero party. I'm sure that right about now, the church officials were moving about in immense confusion.