episode_0002

4.

Pow.

With a small explosion, the tip of a small tree branch caught fire.

“Okay, that’s it!”

I cheered and stood up, holding the burning branch.

“Barce! Look at this! it’s okay! That’s it!”

“Uh, yes, congratulations.”

Barce, the royal wizard and the best wizard in the kingdom, took offense at my fuss and gave me a congratulatory message that was nothing more than a pretense no matter how I looked at it.

Barce was wearing a typical witch’s outfit, wearing a robe over a white dress and a pointed hat. Under the thin material of the dress, a pair of majestic peaks boasting a heavy presence attracted attention.

Her height was about a span shorter than mine, and the front of her dress was open, so when I looked down from above, I could clearly see her exposed upper chest and cleavage.

The fact that my eyes kept turning to that place was like a natural phenomenon that could not go against gravity.

“Where are you looking so intently to prevent the man from being careful?”

Barce noticed my gaze, his face turned a little red, and he closed the front of his robe to cover his upper chest.

“It’s too much to ask people not to look at such openly revealing clothes. If that’s the case, why don’t you dress neatly in something that doesn’t expose much?”

“I don’t like it, it’s uncomfortable to wear it wrapped up like that.”

“Then I can’t help but see it. Accept it.”

“No, what kind of man, haha…”

Barce stuttered as if speechless, then sighed.

In a world where men and women are reversed, it felt like in the previous world where a woman was looking closely at the raised area between a man’s crotch. Although Barce was embarrassed, he didn’t look that upset.

“More than that, look at this! Barce, it was a success!”

“It’s too late. Also weak and unstable.”

When it came to talking about magic, Barce immediately spoke to me with a serious look on his face.

“Having a talent for magic means being born with one or more of the three skills at a high level.”

Barce explained, spreading three fingers and folding them one by one.

“First, a large amount of magical energy, second, a brain that can chant spells quickly and accurately, and third, excellent control over magical energy.”

And Barche snapped her fingers at the flame that I had just managed to light with the magic I had learned from her. Then the flame died out in an instant.

“The flame you lit does not show any of the three elements required to become an excellent wizard. To be serious, even by the standards of an ordinary person, let alone a hero, he is ordinary.”

The tree branch in my hand drooped down. It seemed as if it symbolized how I was feeling right now.

“Then, if I can’t do swords or magic, then why on earth was I summoned as a hero? What can I do…”

“I don’t know that either. But,”

Barche, standing straight in front of me, looked directly into my eyes with his glowing red eyes and said.

“The hero summoning magic circle that summoned you is a work that I have already confirmed with my own hands. There were no errors there. I’ve reviewed it several times, but I’m sure. You are definitely the hero who will defeat the devil and save us. Even if no one else knows, I trust you.”

While learning magic, we became close enough to talk to each other, but Barce treated most things indifferently and insincerely.

So, when she told me in a sincere tone that she believed in me so seriously, nothing touched my heart that much.

“Even if it’s not necessarily a sword or magic, there are things that only you, a warrior, can do. Don’t be too hasty, let’s find out slowly.”

“Barce….”

I felt my eyes becoming sore and couldn’t overcome my overflowing heart and hugged Barce’s body.

“Uh, huh? Hehe! Me, me, how could a man abuse a woman’s body so carelessly… Ugh, I really am, so you’re accepting it because I’m me? huh? Don’t get the wrong idea that you shouldn’t do this to other women. Got it?”

Barce, who at first trembled loudly and made a loud noise as if he had been struck by lightning, soon turned bright red and started talking gibberish as if making excuses, then hugged me and patted my back.

5.

“What? What are you talking about! I will never allow a plan like that!”

A conference room where Anis, Elise, and Barche gather together.

The three of them were each given full authority over the summoning of heroes and management of the summoned heroes by the royal family, church, and witches’ association.

In other words, the three of them had the authority to make the final decision on everything regarding the hero.

It was no exaggeration to say that the warrior’s treatment was determined exactly as the three agreed upon here.

“But Barche, you also confirmed that the hero does not have the strength to fight the Demon King’s army right now.”

“So you’re going to take away the hero’s power and use it yourself? Do you think that makes sense? Do you really want to pretend to be a hero like that?”

“I have no such greed. I’m talking realistically.”

Anis looked directly at the very excited Barce with calm eyes and continued speaking.

“I received a report from the Grand General that the front line would be extended all the way to Fort Agerton. It is said that it is difficult to defend the fortress without the support of heroes, so if this continues, it will only be a matter of time before Fortress Agerton falls. Even if we consider the sacrifices of the soldiers to have been made so far, the next place after Fort Agerton is Fort Quinda Valley, and the next place is Queens Bay, the royal capital.”

“…….”

“As you know, the warrior has no talent for combat. I heard it’s the same with magic, but is that wrong?”

“That’s right, the hero doesn’t even have magical talent. But, as I said, there was nothing wrong with the hero summoning magic circle. I checked several times when I heard that a male hero had been summoned, but it was certain. I’m sure the hero has other powers to defeat the Demon King, even if it’s not a sword or magic, we just haven’t found it yet.”

“Barce, I trust your claim that there is no problem with the hero summoning magic circle. It’s guaranteed by the best wizard in this country and kingdom, so I can’t help but trust it. But how much longer do you have to wait until you find the true heroic power you speak of and develop it to the point where you can defeat the Demon King? You don’t know either.”

“That’s….”

Barce lowered his head, unable to find anything to say. This was because everything Anis said was completely correct.

She was able to find out that there was no problem with the hero summoning magic circle, but she could not find out specifically what power was given to the summoned hero.

If you think about it, it was ultimately her lack of ability, so she had nothing to say.

“The kingdom cannot afford to wait any longer.”

Barche, who had closed her eyes tightly upon hearing Annis’ sentence-like words, soon opened her eyes again and turned her gaze to Elise.

Seeing Barce’s gaze as if she was hoping for salvation, Elise said with a slightly sorry expression.

“Sorry, but I also agree with this.”

“Uh, why? That could happen in church…”

Barce stuttered at the unexpected words that came out of Elise’s mouth.

Among the forces represented by the three people here, the most conservative one was the church that worshiped the goddess.

Although the hero summoning magic circle is a magical realm, it was created with the wisdom bestowed by the goddess long ago, and the church’s longstanding claim has been that the summoned warriors are imbued with the goddess’s will.

Even if the hero summoned this time is a man, there is no way the church would agree to the unholy act of extracting the strength of a hero from a hero who is said to have the will of the goddess.

Barce, who was thinking that way, could not help but be shocked as if he had been stabbed in the back when Elise, the representative of the church, sympathized with Annis and voted in favor.

“I am concerned.”

“What on earth do you mean?”

“If the front line continues to be pushed back like this, the warrior will eventually have to go to the front line soon, whether he likes it or not. Even if I can’t find the true power of the warrior that Barche spoke of. Right?”

If the Demon King’s army came to the royal capital, it was bound to happen.

At that time, he would have to lend a helping hand to a cat, so no matter how unprepared the hero was, he would have no choice but to fight. When fighting on the front lines, there was a possibility of awakening the power of a true warrior.

Elise continued speaking to Barce, who could not deny it.

“Is sending a warrior to the battlefield like that really what the warrior wants?”

“Is this what the warrior wants? Everyone knows how hard a warrior works because they have seen it from the side.”

“Okay. The warrior may have been desperate, but is that really what he wanted to do? Aren’t you doing this because you don’t want to betray the expectations we placed on you?”

Not only Barce, but even Anis fell into a moment of reminiscence at Elise’s words. From what I heard, it was clear that the warrior did everything he was told to do, but it seemed far from something he did because he wanted to enjoy it.

“The warrior is a person with an upright and kind heart. You try your best to help us just because you were summoned as a hero, but… I don’t know if sending you to a bloody battlefield is really for your own good. I’m not saying this because the hero is a weak man. In my view, before gender or strength, the warrior was not someone who wanted to harm anyone.”

The saint’s words also penetrated the heart of a modern warrior who was not accustomed to killing anything.

“Okay, you guys have a point, so I won’t just completely disagree, but there’s one last problem, right?”

Barce looked at Anis and Elise alternately and spoke.

“The warrior is a man, so he will utilize the discharge of essence to receive power. Ultimately, it involves sex, and you know how terrible it is for a man to be in a relationship with an unwanted woman. If the warrior refuses, I will never agree to this agenda.”

I will risk my life to prevent the hero from going through the humiliation of being forcibly violated by a woman he does not love.

Putting Barce’s desperate resolve to shame, the three of them reported the results of the meeting to the hero, and the hero asked with a refreshing expression.

“So who are you doing it with?”