<“To think that Raidou-dono was someone that had come from another world, I wouldn’t have expected it. A hero would be one thing, but for a merchant to be summoned is something I wouldn’t have been able to imagine.”
A talk with prince Joshua.
In this place where no other noble is present, I was here alone with her.
What was reflected in my eyes when I was given permission to enter the room, was the figure of prince Joshua in a simple dress.
After finishing our remembrance talk about Rotsgard, prince Joshua suddenly brought out such a conversation.
“?!”
“I heard it from Hibiki. You are a resident from the same world of Hibiki, and also an acquaintance of hers. Of course, this is only known by me and his Majesty. We haven’t even told the Hopelace household that was together with us in Rotsgard.” (Joshua)
Information from Hibiki-senpai huh.
Then it wouldn’t be strange for Joshua to know.
But for her to talk about such information as well, it seems like there’s proper trust between her and the Limia royal family.
Because the nobles go to the frontlines frequently, and there’s also the background that the power of the nobles is strong, I had some strange thoughts of it, but it seems like it ended with just being thoughts.
It was the type that would be better if it ended in needless anxiety, so I am relieved.
“From Senpai, I see. Ah it is certainly true that Senpai and I were from the same world. I don’t know how to explain it, so it is a personal history that I haven’t spoke of much though.” (Makoto)
“…Must be. Special cases like Hibiki and the personage in the Empire have their background assured by our God, but Raidou-dono was a sudden happening huh. When I heard the story from Hibiki, I was surprised, and at the same time, I felt respect towards you who became a merchant even after that.” (Joshua)
“It is not as much as you say.” (Makoto)
It was just that my misfortune turned into fortune.
The truth is that there’s not much I have achieved myself.
After saying a relative amount of details that Senpai told her of me, I could tell that prince Joshua doesn’t know much.
If I were to speak with Hibiki in detail, it would be necessary to explain that the root reason of coming here was because of me and the Misumi household.
Be it Senpai or Tomoki, they originally shouldn’t have had a trigger to be related to this world.
And yet, because of me, they were forcefully selected by the Goddess.
Even if it’s the result from a selection, those two are totally victims.
In the first place, a decision like abandoning your world isn’t something that can be decided in a short amount of time.
I decided to do so because of my own circumstances, and yet, I am regretting it even now.
That’s why it is not a certainty if those two would have changed their answers now.
I do think that one day I have to properly apologize to Senpai and Tomoki, but how am I going to break it? The time where I am just brooding over it continues.
Because of the matter of Tomoe, it is even harder to talk with Tomoki about it after all.
It is still easier to tell Senpai, but…hah…
There’s that matter and I know it is difficult, but if possible, I don’t want to oppose them.
It is something that Tsukuyomi-sama asked of me, even if it was only moderately.
How vexing.
“At the same time, it allowed me to comprehend that power of yours. When Hibiki came to this world, she had the ability to fight with the leader of the knight division. She said she studied in Nakatsuhara and had learned about a variety of subjects; her knowledge and wisdom was quite the thing as well. In that case, you who have studied in the same place as her, beginning a business when coming to this world isn’t such a strange thing.” (Joshua)
I feel like she is having an incredible misunderstanding.
It is beginning to sound as if high school is an incredible place.
Also, it would be very troublesome to talk with Senpai as the standard.
I am one year younger than her, and if asked if I can become like Senpai, I would have to say I can’t.
Even if I were to try for my whole life, I think it would be impossible.
In the first place, for a high schooler to begin a business is something obvious? Just what’s Senpai?
“Hibiki-senpai was a special and exemplary person even within the people in our world. I am way inferior compared to her. And when talking about the business, it would be one thing to finish the test of the guild, but in practice, I am being hindered by my own inexperience, and there are a lot of things that don’t go well for me, that’s why, I don’t have the ability that Joshua-sama thinks I have.” (Makoto)
“Hibiki evaluated you pretty high, you know? She even said that there’s no one as reliable to have at one’s side than you, and that surprised his Majesty. I have heard that there’s the need to study a long time before being able to do the Merchant Guild test. And yet, you were able to call the test ‘one thing’, that must mean that even if Raidou-dono himself doesn’t notice, you are an exemplary person.” (Joshua)
…I think that the gaze of Hibiki was directed at Mio and Beren when she said that.
I don’t think she has noticed that it was us in Limia, and she doesn’t know that I was the one who defeated the purple cloud either, so I can’t think of a reason as to why she would evaluate me so highly.
Even if it’s Senpai, she shouldn’t have the foundations to evaluate me that high.
I am aware that I am incredibly blessed in talented people after all.
“Ahaha, when you say it like that it scares me. Right, speaking of surprise, your Joshua-sama’s attire has surprised me. As expected, when you are indoors, you dress normally huh.” (Makoto)
“…No, even when I am indoors, I normally don’t dress this way. It’s been awhile since I have released myself from crossdressing.” (Joshua)
“Ah, is that so.” (Makoto)
“Right now this room is being paid attention to in a lot of ways, so there’s the point that there’s no worries of the inside being peeked, and the guest that I was receiving is you, which serves as a big reason.” (Joshua)
“Is it because I already know of the circumstances?” (Makoto)
“Yeah. It would have been fine if that was only a hobby of mine, but…” (Joshua)
“As I thought, that’s not the case.” (Makoto)
“Me crossdressing is not something that I do because I like to. For me, it is nothing but a mean. It is something that if necessary, I won’t hesitate in doing, but if there’s no need to, I would prefer not doing it.” (Joshua)
“A mean… It sounds complicated.” (Makoto)
Even so, I don’t want to stick my nose in that, so I decided to just leave a vague response.
Whether the crossdressing is a hobby or a mean, I don’t have much interest in it.
If this will only steer unnecessary trouble, I would prefer to change the topic.
Well, I was trying to avert from the topic of Japan, and in the end, I ended up in a conversation that doesn’t have a good air, so my thinking was the shallow one.
Let’s be careful…at least.
“In terms of feeling at home, this way feels more comfortable. And that’s why a part of me has used you in order to be dressed in this way. Please forgive me.” (Joshua)
“No no, if it is only for this much, you can freely use me. Ehm, the normal gallant prince Joshua is lovely, but I think that the relaxed Joshua-sama is also beautiful.” (Makoto)
I go for a compliment.
In Limia, there’s a lot of moments when compliments are necessary, so I have been taught a few of what they said I should remember, and I have now used some.
In the talk with the nobles, it was a barrage of questions, so I didn’t have much chances to use it.
Prince Joshua in his female appearance won’t be that noisy about it, so it is the perfect person to use them.
“Use those kind of compliments when you are at parties, or nobles that boast their wife. It is necessary for you to first learn how to say it in a more natural manner though. Ehm, in other words, it is out of the question.” (Joshua)
So she has said ‘ehm’ huh.
That’s bad.
“Ah, sorry. I am just not used to say that. Because you are an acquaintance, I ended up trying it.” (Makoto)
“…I am still this country’s prince, you know?” (Joshua)
A slight silence is created with prince Joshua making a complicated expression.
“You are in that appearance, so I thought that maybe it is fine to not mind about social status at this moment.” (Makoto)
Since she is not meeting me as a prince, that means this matter is not about the country after all.
“It doesn’t seem to be enough, but you do have a relative amount of ability to make plans, so what’s needed is to pay attention to the other party’s feelings as well.” (Joshua)
“Ugh, that’s a harsh evaluation.” (Makoto)
It was kinda soft, but I feel like she was basically telling me I was showing my uselessness.
“And it seems like Raidou-dono doesn’t understand completely the reason why I am dressed this way. Hibiki is good at reading this kind of things, so I was unconsciously expecting that of you.” (Joshua)
The reason she is dressed this way?
The security of this room is reliable, and since I already know her circumstances, I thought she just wanted to relax.
Prince Joshua herself said so.
Prince Joshua waited for my words for a while, and after letting out a short troubled sigh, she looked at my eyes.
“Raidou-dono, you have learned of my secret.” (Joshua)
“Y-Yes.” (Makoto)
“And then, I asked you to keep it a secret and returned to my country.” (Joshua)
“Yeah.” (Makoto)
“…”
“…”
What’s happening?
Confirming the obvious, we once again fell into silence.
It is certainly true that I learned of prince Joshua being a woman, and after being asked to keep it a secret, we have met again like this in Limia, but…
What about it?
“…Hibiki told me that Raidou-dono is not someone that would plan a conspiracy, but I see, she referred to this huh. I now understand why when she was talking about Kuzunoha Company, she corrected herself and spoke of Raidou-dono himself.” (Joshua)
“E-Ehm…” (Makoto)
“At that time, I was unable to give any clear collateral to Raidou-dono, and didn’t even give anything like a deposit; the only thing I did was say some vague things. Then, how do you think I thought of Raidou-dono?” (Joshua)
“That you wanted to quickly present a collateral and be done with it, maybe?” (Makoto)
“No.” (Joshua)
“The capital was made a mess and it was no time for this, maybe?” (Makoto)
“No. That’s something that deviates from the preamble of ‘what I thought of Raidou-dono’.” (Joshua)
That’s true.
But, something that prince Joshua thought of me.
It isn’t a collateral.
Even so, there hasn’t been so many thought transmissions lately.
I thought that maybe it was because the reconstruction was hard work.
When I met with Hibiki-senpai before, she didn’t say anything about it though.
Hm…then what would she think?
If it were me, regarding a faraway person that has learned of something that’s bad to be known and have only done some simple secret keeping….
…I would definitely be uneasy.
Depending on the situation, I probably would want to eliminate that person as fast as possible.
But there wasn’t a single assassin from Limia.
Then, investigate?
To learn if that person has told anyone else about it.
There weren’t reports of that either though.
If it’s not this, I am out of ideas.
“Then, you were uneasy, so you wanted to know of the person’s movements?” (Makoto)
“That’s right. And from what I could tell, you haven’t disclosed my secret. You haven’t used it as a figurative talk either.” (Joshua)
So she was really checking us huh.
What method did she use?
I didn’t hear anything from my guys though.
“Yeah, and in truth, I haven’t told anyone.” (Makoto)
She did tell me not to tell anyone, and something like the secret of the second prince of Limia has no way of use for me.
“That’s why I will trust you from now on. With that meaning in mind, I showed myself in this appearance.” (Joshua)
“Could it be, I was being suspected quite a lot?” (Makoto)
That’s kind of…shocking.
The royal family that has been living a sheltered life even within the hyumans, that’s something…
In the case of this person, it feels like it would be possible, but even so.
“Let me ask you back, why would I be able to trust you? A merchant that I suddenly met in Rotsgard and know nothing of his personal history.” (Joshua)
“…”
That’s certainly suspicious.
Even if I don’t have the intentions to, it is natural from the viewpoint of the other party.
“At that time, I even estimated that my ruin would be coming. To the point that I even thought about how to dispose of my body so that it won’t cause problems for his Majesty. But you didn’t seem to have disclosed it, and there were no actions towards me with the knowledge you had.” (Joshua)
Disposing of her body, she means suicide?
That’s scary.
“Like I said, I haven’t told anyone.” (Makoto)
Saying it in a slightly hard manner, I return the same response.
I didn’t even tell the people of Asora, or more like, I forgot about it.
“It is the secret of a second prince. Depending on how it is used, it is a suitable ingredient to increase your position as a merchant to one or two steps higher. To utilize it in some way is natural and logical for a merchant.” (Joshua)
“…”
Ah, so that’s why.
They did ask me things like: ‘Do you have any plans in having a business in Limia?’ or ‘Don’t you have anything you wish as an accommodation for what happened before?’.
I remember those thought transmissions I got before coming here.
‘I currently don’t have any plans of opening a store in Limia, so please don’t mind it and concentrate in the reconstruction’, is what I always answered every time it happened.
“Not only did you not utilize this secret, you didn’t even speak to the nobles, and you don’t have plans on opening a store in Limia; this, I have confirmed. Honestly, it is a hard to believe answer.” (Joshua)
“It is also because of the lack of personnel, but there’s a lot of circumstances going on in Kuzunoha Company, so we can’t increase the amount of stores that readily.” (Makoto)
To tell the truth, I have a fe~w of my people doing peddling in Limia, but it is not to the point of making a store.
I was thinking about telling them this in our stay in Limia, but in terms of a store… Ah, right.
In that case, there’s the method of revealing it to prince Joshua and have her convince the nobles so they don’t go clamouring.
“I went further into thinking that you were different from a merchant, for example; a military personnel or a person that has ties with a noble, and that increased my caution even more. But after hearing Hibiki’s story and your own talk, it seems like everything was just my own imagination going wild.” (Joshua)
“About that, there’s something that I was planning on saying in time, so I was thinking about telling Joshua-sama first.” (Makoto)
“…It feels like you just thought of it though, but well, tell me.” (Joshua)
This is something that I have been thinking on who I should tell in the time I am in Limia.
It is just that I didn’t think I would be telling this to prince Joshua at this moment.
The topic itself is not something that I thought of just now.
“In the Kuzunoha Company, there’s something like an out-of-store sales, or more like a peddling unit. There’s the fact that the unit has been doing business in a small part of the settlements in Limia, and in a small scale.” (Makoto)
“Hm… I didn’t get reports of it, but I see.” (Joshua)
“It is probably not in the direct jurisdiction of the royal family, but I have received reports that we have done several transactions specially close to the borders in the territory of nobles.” (Makoto)
“And?” (Joshua)
“I was thinking about obtaining the consent of the royal family and the nobles.” (Makoto)
“Are you asking me to help you convince them?” (Joshua)
“If needed, I will also give you the reports of the sales and pay for the taxes as well, so please.” (Makoto)
The transactions don’t deal with big amounts of gold, so even if we talk about taxes, it shouldn’t be that big of a deal. Probably.
If necessary, I should investigate about the tax of Limia.
Prince Joshua makes a thinking expression for a while.
The time she was thinking was a lot shorter than the times she showed me a complex expression, and then, she returned her gaze to me.
“…If it’s that much, there’s no problem. It also depends on the amount of money, but I will manage the part of the tax. I promise.” (Joshua)
“That will help a lot.” (Makoto)
“At the reception, no, in the conversations a few moments ago, there were a lot of people wishing for Kuzunoha Company to open a store, right? There were people that didn’t say anything, but there were few who were opposed.” (Joshua)
“Ah, now that you mention it, yeah.” (Makoto)
“Even if there are people that wish for you to increase the scope of your business, there’s most likely none who would actively ostracizes you. Just in case, can you tell me the settlements that you know of have been in those business of yours?” (Joshua)
Saying that, prince Joshua stands up from his seat and takes out a map of Limia kingdom from the shelf.
Just that it was quite a rough map.
I can tell the territories, but I can’t tell the insides that well. It was close to being a blank map.
Only a few major points were drawn, and the paths were sparse.
Are the normal maps like this?
It is quite different from the one we normally use.
For now I just say ok, and point out the position of the settlements I have received reports of.
There’s around 20 places.
If we include the villages they have gone to only once or have only seen, the numbers would increase by a lot, so I have only mentioned the villages that we have done trades with and the name of Kuzunoha Company has resonated.
Depending on the medicine selling of the Kuzunoha Company, I mean, the peddling, some people have begun calling the Forest Onis with a sad nickname like ‘Kuzu-san’. <Kuzu means trash>
They are probably being called ‘Kuzu-san’ by the innocent kids and the elders that are enjoying their retired life. Honestly, that’s quite the psychological attack.
And in truth, when they learned of it, they were quite down.
I have heard a few times that the village heads wants to meet me, but I didn’t want to be called the boss of Kuzu-san, or the representative of Kuzu, so I haven’t gone to any of those places.
“That’s quite the number. But it looks like the number is higher in the west side.” (Joshua)
Prince Joshua writes down the places that I point out.
As a result, from the west side of Limia’s national border to the south of it had been marked here and there.
“It seems like at the west side there’s a lot of poor villages, so our people bring them goods often.” (Makoto)
“…Why? In poor villages, they won’t be able to provide you the money, right?” (Joshua)
Prince Joshua tilts her head.
Did I say something strange?
It is not like our place is selling high-class items though.
“But in poor villages, the people will need goods, right?” (Makoto)
We are only selling everyday goods and household medicine in places that are in need of those.
I don’t think that’s strange.
“Ehm…”
“What is it?” (Makoto)
It seems like prince Joshua frequently shows this kind of expression and stiffens up in silence.
It feels like she is bewildered because of meeting a mysterious being, or like she is surprised by it.
As I am not a rare animal, I am a bit sad about it.
“…No, it is true that if you are going through this kind of villages as your focus, it is understandable that the reports of the feudal lords are coming late. This is still something that hasn’t been confirmed, but I will think of a method so that Kuzunoha Company can move more freely in the Limia territory. It is something that can be done since it is only on the scale of peddling after all.” (Joshua)
“Easier to move…Like giving us a transition pass, or something like that?” (Makoto)
Like the time in the demon race territory.
“A transition pass huh. A passage permission for the highway, permission for peddling inside the country; I still don’t know what kind of form it will take. Just that, I will lend you my strength as thanks for protecting my secret.” (Joshua)
“Thanks.” (Makoto)
“By the way, what other plans do you have here, Raidou-dono?” (Joshua)
“Ah, an acquaintance of mine requested me of something, so I was thinking about going out for around half a day.” (Makoto)
Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow there’s a lot of blank time.
To the point that if I were to move the plans of tomorrow to the day after, I would have one whole free day.
“To where?” (Joshua)
“The lake.” (Makoto)
“Ah, Seiko? At that place there’s a lot of people going for sightseeing, and it is close to the capital.” (Joshua)
Yeah, I did hear about that.
A big lake at the vicinities of Limia that was created by the Devil, or so to say, me.
It is receiving a relatively good amount of sightseers, and in terms of practical use, they have been receiving resources from the lake or something like that.
If I were asked if I wanted to go there, as expected, I would have to shake my head sideways.
No way I would want to go there.
“No, it is the Meiris lake. I heard that it is a famous place in the Limia kingdom.” (Makoto)
The place that Root told me is that.
I am grateful that it isn’t that far away.
Moreover, it seems like it isn’t as heavily managed like the desert of Gritonia.
“Meiris… It is certainly true that it is famous, but didn’t your acquaintance make a mistake in the place or something?” (Joshua)
“No, I am sure that person said Meiris. He said that the entrance isn’t prohibited though. Is that not the case?” (Makoto)
“That’s true. This lake is famous, and as long as we confirm the need to enter, there’s no prohibition in entering.” (Joshua)
“That’s great.” (Makoto)
A part of me was internally nervous that maybe Root was trying to create more trouble again.
I remember the face of that guy that said: ‘My joints still hurt’, as he gave me the egg.
It was an aloof smile that as always, I couldn’t tell what he was thinking.
“Just that it is dangerous. It is a lake where a superior dragon and the kingdom had an agreement. It would be one thing if it’s people that are going there to test their strength or take the trials, but Raidou-dono is someone that our country has invited, and our side would prefer if you didn’t go to such a dangerous place.” (Joshua)
“…I see.” (Makoto)
Now that I think about it, the Gritonia desert was supposed to be a dangerous place as well.
It was a beautiful place, and since I was easily able to pass, I forgot about it.
Is this place also considered relatively dangerous as well?
‘It is opened to the public and there’s a beautiful lake shore, so go and have a walk around the lake when you return’, is what Root told me though.
In that case, I will have to think of a way to stealthily leave this place again huh.
“I will tell his Majesty, but please don’t expect much. If it can’t be granted, I still have a few places I want to guide you to.” (Joshua)
“I am counting on you.” (Makoto)
It is an answer that feels like it won’t work.
If I say I will be bringing Mio, will it work?
It is fine if it is Lime.
Senpai knows of his skills, so maybe I can have her give her word as well.
After that, we did casual talk and talked about the state of the business, and with nothing special happening, the talk ended.
I could tell her about the Forest Onis selling medicine, and have heard a positive answer for this.
For me, it was a beneficial meeting.
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Joshua thought that he was a troublesome person.
It was a truly frank evaluation.
This was practically the first time Joshua had talked with Raidou properly, but she felt like he was completely different from what she imagined him to be.
(Even though it was a verbal promise, he acted as if he had formed some sort of contract. That’s something for me to be happy about, but turning it around, it would also mean that for him, verbal promises are as strong as official contracts.) (Joshua)
A deceptive promise might become an unexpected restrain.
For Raidou, there’s the need of a different standard in negotiations. Thinking this, a sigh unconsciously came out from Joshua.
(Also, his way of thinking when doing business. Even when compared to Hibiki, he is way too incomprehensible. His speech, tone, and expressions, it made me feel as if he was doing charity work or something. I do think that there’s something wrong in me for thinking that way, but it throws me off.) (Joshua)
Raidou didn’t use her secret to threaten her.
He didn’t ask for advantages in his business either.
The only thing he asked for was to give consent for the small scale peddling he did.
Even that, Joshua was doubting if he actually thought of it in advance before asking her.
(…No good. The information is way too limited, it would be better to just leave it like that. He is from the same world as Hibiki, moreover, someone that was studying at the same learning facility. I don’t think he is just an ordinary person. It is also a mystery as to why he wants to go to Meiris instead of Seiko. If possible, I would want to observe him with a subordinate of my own, but I wonder…) (Joshua)
He is not someone that can be left alone.
At that point, Hibiki, the Limia king, and prince Joshua are of the same opinion.
There was confusion after actually meeting him and talking with him, but Joshua’s root way of thinking had not changed.
The highly efficient personnel of Raidou, and the rare ability of his Company.
And also the ability of the students he taught that can overturn common sense.
All of those points are things that they are unwilling to ‘give to other countries’.
Especially Gritonia, if it were to go there, the balance in countries would crumble.
That’s why, for Joshua, no matter where she looked, Raidou was….
“What a troublesome person Raidou-dono is.” (Joshua)
Being in the middle of its reconstruction and still calling him in a hurry, does mean that Limia has ulterior motives.
From the royal family, Joshua and the King.
The hero Hibiki.
A number of quick witted nobles.
Right now they are still being docile, but Joshua expects that the merchants will be moving as well.
Tomorrow she will be dealing with those people, and moreover, she is thinking about showing him the current capital.
She filled her free time with things that had somewhat of an objective.
But if Raidou has a different request from that, even if the chances are low, she has no choice but to take it into consideration.
That request of his was also something that troubled her, and made her want to groan.
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At the welcoming banquet, I was made to drink quite a lot, but my waking was pretty pleasant.
I conversed a bit with Senpai and her group, and the nobles asked me to try doing business in their areas no matter the scale.
His Majesty told me that he was anxious about the reconstruction of the city.
Once the support unit that went to Rotsgard returns, the reconstruction speed should increase, and there’s good materials as well, but as expected, since it is winter, there’s probably going to be more damage coming which made his Majesty feel depressed.
It won’t be like Asora that has summer tomorrow.
In this one point, the demon race got them good huh.
And in truth, if you just do one step to the big street, you can see that the situation is like that of ruins, and at the outside of the reconstructed outer walls, there’s still a lot of camps.
For me, it looked like the reconstruction of the capital was only beginning.
I am not unsensitive enough to say something like that to the people that are happy that it has advanced quite a lot, so I zipped my mouth though.
“Then I will guide Raidou-dono. Even if it costs me my life, I will assure you a safe journey. Please don’t worry.”
The journey to Meiris that I requested of prince Joshua yesterday has been granted in a strange form.
With the minimum amount of luggage, I was carrying the bag with the dragon egg, and in my front, there’s Senpai who is completely armed.
Those words just now were something that she directed to the Limia people, Mio, and Lime.
It seems like my going to the Meiris Lake has been approved, if I have the hero Hibiki go with me.
The talk was made confidentially within a limited few and approved, so there are people that have puzzled faces seeing us two going to the lake.
Or more like, I am also bewildered.
Not even in Japan I had a chance to be alone with Senpai, but this is the second time already, counting the time when we were at the room of the company.
I was incredibly bothered by Mio, but she had shockingly accepted it and stepped back easily.
She is definitely plotting something.
She even made a Root-like laugh.
Root laugh.
Actually, the one protesting was someone from the hero’s party.
It is a warrior-looking person.
If I remember correctly, it is Prince-sama.
If I am going to be resented(well, I can just separate from them in the middle), I don’t have any problems in having him accompany us though. But in the end, because of the shout of the King-sama, he gave up.
Even so, the priestess is not here.
She hasn’t opened her eyes yet?
Or could it be that she is feeling unwell and can’t come?
It is worrying since Mio is going to be staying.
When I return, I will ask about her state again.
Mio is persistent in saying that she didn’t do anything, and it didn’t feel like she was lying.
But if Mio really didn’t do anything, I don’t think the priestess would turn that way after looking at her and I.
It is true that I am ugly by this world’s standards, but even the first villager that I met in the wasteland only screamed and did a rocket dash.
…Only, huh.
No, let’s not think about that.
That’s why, even if the concealment of Sakai didn’t work and she was able to see the Magic Armor, I don’t think the priestess of the hero party that has experienced many things would faint because of it.
Just remembering it hurts.
At first, the Priestess-san looked dumbfounded, with an expression different from all the other expressions that were shown towards me.
When I looked back at her thinking it was a unique reaction, after a bit, she looked as if she had noticed something and opened her eyes really wide, her whole body trembling, and then, she went ‘kyaaa’ and falls.
Ah, it was shocking.
Even if it’s as Mio says and the Priestess-san actually did something, I want to know the circumstances.
“Have a safe trip, Waka-sama. If the Hero-sama is with you, I don’t have anything to worry about-desu wa.” (Mio)
“Be careful. Uhm, please leave the matters here to us.” (Lime)
Lime seems like he wants to say something.
Even if he says to leave the matters to them, I know that it will be hard for him to hold back Mio.
Well, they will be guided by Joshua-sama and a number of retainers to the areas close to the castle.
If they just take care in that aspect, it will probably be okay.
“I will be going. Make sure not to trouble Joshua-sama and the people of Limia, okay? If anything happens, I will leave the decision to you two, just that, try not to obstruct the reconstruction work.” (Makoto)
“Understood.” (Mio)
“Even if it costs me my life.” (Lime)
Hahaha.
Lime is imitating Hibiki-senpai. Even if you do that now, it isn’t funny.
He even has a strangely serious expression too.
When I finish today’s delivery, even if I pass the time being washed around by the other party, there won’t be any problems in Limia.
I was unexpectedly able to speak with Senpai today so, how to say it, Limia is working well.
It feels like it will be more comfortable than the other tours in the foreign countries.
On our journey and at our arrival, there still hasn’t been any unreasonable happening since coming here.
Gritonia is a major power as well, and since I had a preconceived notion that the nobles were oppressive, I probably misunderstood Limia.
“Well then, let’s go Raidou-dono.” (Hibiki)
“I am counting on you today, Hibiki-sama.” (Makoto)
I thought that it would be bad to call Hibiki with -senpai, so I tried using -sama instead.
Senpai didn’t seem to mind me changing my way of addressing her, she just nodded lightly and rode her horse first and began moving towards the Meiris Lake.
I turn around once to Mio who was waving at me, and then, I quickly follow after Senpai.
If it’s Senpai, she will probably let me go alone if I just tell her the circumstances.
Now that I think about it, things like: ‘Give me that person’ and ‘Show me your power’, happened at Gritonia, and reminds me that I had gone to a problematic country.
It is one of the few tasks I have to do in Limia, so let’s quickly deliver this egg.
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Thx 4 the chapter.
Next chapter should be the part where Hibiki learns the truth about Makoto's real strength and would panic , freaked out , would do anything to make makoto go away out of fear on his power >:D although if that fear turned into a development wherein she would gather allies from the rest of the hyumanity to do a crusade on purging Kuzunoha company before his influence grows more THAT WOULD BE DELICOUS!!
I'm more interested in the contrast in the hero's reaction to Makoto's abilities.
Tomoki plans to fight Makoto with everything he has, so I suspect a conversation between him and Hibiki (after whatever happens to her next chapter) on this absurd leader of Kuzunoha.
I don't think those two will ever make an united front, both are way too drunk with their power and want to eliminate/enslave each other to be the only "chosen one". I predict Tomoki will die while Hibiki will be another Hinata (Slime Tensei) and will be saved getting away with everything.
I'm not really thinking about them united so much as two opposing forces talking about a third party before they fight.
Yeah...Tomoki unfortunately has a lot of death flags set up for him. It's strange, but I almost want both heroes to survive to the end, just to see the sort of route they could go after being swallowed up by Makoto's power.
I really don't get why people keep talking about Hibiki like she's the Anti-christ.
You want to see drunk on power? Look at the United States right now. THAT'S what drunk on power looks like.
Hibiki is a politician. But a politician who is hoping to better the society she lives in. (Remember, Demons are her enemy.) This includes trying to get rid of corruption in the Nobles, and (Gradually) bettering demi-hyuman treatment.
We'll, the comments have already fairly heavily covered Hibiki's faults in the past chapters, so there's not much need to go over them again.
I more or less agree with you. Hibiki has a flawed mentality and is a bit too eager to manipulate Makoto, but overall she's trying to make the best of an unfavorable situation. I can't really blame her that much for what she's doing most of the time.
@Blue
It's something most people tend to ignore but both heroes are equally fucked up, Tomoki is a bullied child that suddenly gained a cheat there's no need to explain anything here.Hibiki was bored on earth because she was too perfect and wanted a challenge.
There's something bothering me please tell me. When Hibiki was summoned in Limia she didn't trust Bug, what happened to make stop questioning her?
@DB AV
I'm confused as to how being bored on Earth because she was too good is a BAD thing. She's a bit spoiled, yes, but unlike the typical rich-girl archetype, she doesn't look down on other people, spend her time whining, or using her influence to bully people. She makes friends (who she genuinely likes), she trains to become stronger, she does everything expected of a hero (unlike harem-master Tomoki), etc. etc.
Now, an example of a BAD character who was bored of Earth is Yuuki. Dabbles in human experimentation, does brain-washing ala Tomoki, sacrifices children for summoning experiments, and kicks off the apocalypse. Because he's bored.
I think the issue with that can all fall under that "spoiled" description.
Hibiki had no problems abandoning her life in her old world just to do this, and that sorta implies an underlying problem with her thinking. More importantly, even though she's serious, there's this feeling that she's treating this whole hero thing as a game she's destined to win.
From another perspective, I guess these don't have to be considered negatives either. I just sorta categorize Hibiki as a parody of Sue hero characters.
Put another way, Hibiki is basically the stereotypical protagonist of any other "different-world" story. Which might make her boring, but not evil.
She's a flawed character, but so are Tomoki and Makoto. (Tomoki is obvious. Makoto's a psychopath in the making, if his dreams are any indication.)
I'll agree that Hibiki started out with an attitude of not taking this seriously enough, but I think that all changed with Naval's death. Hibiki struggled with the insecurities from the loss and death, and eventually overcame it.
Even now, while she likes Makoto, she takes him seriously as a threat to Limia. (She even has a monologue of how she can't let herself believe that just because they're acquaintances he won't do anything wrong.)
I don't know if she can count as a parody of a Mary-Sue character, because she was only in that position back on Earth. In this world, she has failed multiple times and encountered others who are more powerful than her.
@psychronia if you want them to survive I have a good news to you, thanks to Tsukuyomi sama benevolence I can speculate that Makoto will at least spare the lives of his countrymen/women, save them even.
Though it probably a bare minimum effort "as long as they alive" policy. With that I cannot speculate if Tomoki will have intact limbs attached... well as long as he alive right ?
@Blue
" she doesn’t look down on other people" C'mon, she's so high, she could spit on clouds. Basically, the way she looked at MC-chan in Japan, was just intrigued. Just like you would watch an ant carrying a big pebble.
If it weren't for that Spider, she would have tried to use him like a disposable tool.
"She makes friends (who she genuinely likes)" Though, she would cast them aside without hesitation if there was any profit to do so.
Talking about her caring side : "it is something that I can’t throw away until the last moment."...
As that Spy(lol) said, " Something that can’t be thrown away until the last moment, is something that can be considered will be thrown away when that moment comes, ".
Like she did with her Earth's relatives.
"she does everything expected of a hero (unlike harem-master Tomoki)" Too bad it's just a mask that will peel itself off (like that Skeleton's skin) when she'll lose control aka when she'll realize MC-chan's power.
At least that Trashhero openly bath himself in his filth.
@DB AV
she started to want to erased tomoki after she learned he prepare a to invade limia after the war against demons, not your 'only “chosen one”'
she doesn't show doubt nor faith for the godess, she is just dealing with her.
@Sakamaki Izayoi
she may be a little prideful, but I don't see her as looking down on people like 'she’s so high, she could spit on clouds'. she may act 'detached' whith people she doesn't know, but I don't feel contempt from her.
People conplaim about makoto having low self esteem and respect authority, people complain about heroes having high self esteem and holding authority,
I am lost, how people want character to act? act though and big or act docile?
that part where she trown her past life without consideration bother me too. If she is the stereotype of "idol high school girl" in manga she would be friendless, and with poor familial relationship, but if that's not the case, that's rather extrem to trow away family and friends on a whip because of boredom.
tho in the end, abandon friends to reach the goal fixed of saving limia, or all die together fail everything, and see limia burn
I suppose the right answer is just a mater of opinion.
So being consciously pure evil is somewhat better than failling to be perfectly good.
I definitively can't agree with that opinion.
I'm with Blue here.
I don't think that Hibiki is trying to manipulate Makoto anymore than anyone else. When Shiki and Tomoe were talking they admitted they were both manipulating Makoto, though they were doing it for his own good.
It's true that Hibiki has her own agenda and is trying to get Makoto to help her with that. However, it's not like she's making him do something against his own interests. She doesn't think badly of him and doesn't plan to do anything bad to him.
In regards to Hibiki's mask. Hibiki's mask is actually quite thin, she's simply not the perfect hero she's pretending to me. She is still trying to help people and make their lives better, purely based on her ideals as opposed to a personal taste for power. Her thoughts about her mask, as well as her thoughts about being manipulative are actually a form of self-deprecation.
People are dissing Hibiki's (self-proclaimed only) willingness to sacrifice but are ignoring Makoto's insane lack of empathy.
* In the first town he visited, he told Mio to eat the humans that attacked Tomeo
* He wasn't bothered when Tomoe and Mio destroyed the town they first visit, except for how it inconvenienced him
* He wasn't bothered when he learned he accidently created that lake, killing thousands of humans and demons in the process
* He let hundreds of people die in Rotsguard because it made him look better when he saved everyone later
* He didn't care at all when Sophia killed most of the people in the capital with her first attack, compared to Hibiki who refused to leave to city to the demons
* He let those fairies die in the Asora Forest just because they were annoying.In fact, most of the people trying to enter Asora are doing so because of how terrible their situation is
@redcolonel
I have serious doubts about her sanity since at first Hibiki seriously doubted Bug but when she met Makoto the first time she was looking him like he was wrong for angering Bug you now like 0 mercy, Bug is the absolute virtue while you are evil for angering her. She reeked of hyuman fanaticism a lot.
Regarding the talk about the "chosen one" it's just my guess, reinforced a bit when she ignored Makoto during this visit and the attitude she took with Mio (Mio....-san)
@DB AV
chapter 175
-He was hiding it, but the reason he’s using a fake name is because he doesn’t want his whereabouts to be known by the goddess, right? I didn’t feel a shred of respect for her in his words. I was summoned in a castle, but he told me that he was summoned at some corner of the world. It’s probably true, but if that’s the case then it’s basically indirect murder. Which means that it’s quite likely that Misumi-kun and the goddess don’t have a good relationship. Is it alright to accept someone like that as an ally?
-anyone who endangers the kingdom of Limia’s existence would be undesirable
-If I were to ask Misumi-kun for assistance and he turned out to be the goddess’s enemy, it is quite possible that it would become a great reason for the empire to start a war between hyumans.
- Makoto did not give any impression of being on either the hyumans’ side or the demons’ side. Hibiki has an ominous feeling about him that will not disappear. So she has decided that as a hero, she should make her decisions without taking into account her personal feelings.
-ll meet him in the kingdom in the near future and ascertain his standpoint there.
what I understand from her:
-she took Limia side (chapter 64) because she bonded with limia's people
-limia is the country with the hightest faith in the godess, thus she supporte the godess
- she understood the godess was a bitch to makoto, and understand why makoto doesn't like her.
-if makoto become an enemi of the godess, his first target will most likely be the country with the bigest faith to godess, thus being a great danger for limia
-she understood her responsabilities as a hero and won't let her feeling obstuct her decisions.
she stayed far from makoto most likely because joshua and the nobles were testing him at that time
"he has shown some signs that he could become a source of evil"
I think that's the only time she spoke about justice or moral, but in that sentence it sound more 'he will rampage around the world', not being wrong considering how easily he can take the genocide route from the dreams. tho that's only my personnal interpretation.
PS: does someone know how to reply to a third coment? that's a pain in the ass to reply like that...
@redcolonel
" People complain about makoto having low self esteem and respect authority, people complain about heroes having high self esteem and holding authority" That's not the point, but I think people would be less pissed by other characters if the MC was a bit more aggressive. However, I recognize that makes the charm of this novel.
"So being consciously pure evil is somewhat better than failling to be perfectly good." No, I'm saying that being consciously evil is better than faking Good. I don't care if you're evil or not, but don't speak like a saint when you're acting like a fox. See the point ?
@moridin84
"She doesn’t think badly of him and doesn’t plan to do anything bad to him." Wanna bet on her course of action when she'll roughly know MC-chan's power and acts ?
I bet on : Branding him as evil, "misunderstanding" him for a mass murderer and saying things like :
"I know that I'm still weak compared to you, but even if you're stronger don't think you can do whatever you want ! Aren't you ashamed !? Where is your moral !? I'm gonna train and make you pay for what you did !"
Or something like that. Well, that is my opinion, I'm not denying any of yours. Don't take it too bad, guys !
AHAHAHAHAHAHAH !
@DB AV
"I have serious doubts about her sanity since at first Hibiki seriously doubted Bug but when she met Makoto the first time she was looking him like he was wrong for angering Bug you now like 0 mercy, Bug is the absolute virtue while you are evil for angering her"
Errr what?
I don't think she thought that he was wrong for upsetting the goddess. Just noted that he seemed to have a bad relationship and that she didn't think it would be a good idea for her to ally with him if he turns out to the be the Goddess's enemy. Limia is a country that worships the Goddess and she's a hero of that Goddess so it wouldn't really work out.
"Regarding the talk about the “chosen one” it’s just my guess, reinforced a bit when she ignored Makoto during this visit and the attitude she took with Mio (Mio….-san)"
She didn't ignore him. It was kind of glossed over but he did say this chapter "I conversed a bit with Senpai and her group".
@Sakamaki Izayoi
"I bet on : Branding him as evil, “misunderstanding” him for a mass murderer and saying things like ..."
Why would she brand him as evil? She knows how strong Mio is. Mio teleported directly into Chiya's room, despite the defences, so she knows that Mio could kill her whenever she wanted. Antagonising Makoto makes no sense and Joshua mentioned in this very chapter how neither she, the King or Hibiki wanted to do that.
Tomoki has already said to Lily that he was "going to get stronger and make Makoto pay for what he did" so he's already taking that role in the story.
Hibiki is too smart to misunderstand Makoto as a mass murderer. If she started thinking that he was a mass murderer then it's probably because it is one. Hibiki was in one "alternate timeline dreams" and in that she really hated him. Probably because he became a mass murderer. Since that is something that Makoto generally ended up doing in those alternate timelines.
"No, I’m saying that being consciously evil is better than faking Good. I don’t care if you’re evil or not, but don’t speak like a saint when you’re acting like a fox. See the point ?"
No, I don't see... A fox can't be good?
I think a "fake good" would be someone acting evil, selfishly, but would claim to be good. like a priest who will rise charity donations, but to keep it for himself.
everything she does is for limia, and until now, I don't think she really showed selfish desires.
even in the worst case, she wouldn't be worse than tomoki.
that would be like saying Zef is worse than tomoki because he say he will save the demon race but use use and genocides for that.
tomoki is by far the worst.
@redcolonel
"A fox can’t be good" It can but it cannot be a saint then ! Don't mix up analogy and exemple.
The fake part would be to herself. Lying to others is a thing, but lying to yourself is another. That's just weakness hidden behind hypocrisy. She's not saving hyumans because she must, or thinks it's "right". She's doing it because she choose a side and don't want to lose the game.
That Ikemou is far more dedicated to his duty and is ready to shoulder every sins in the name of his race.
@moridin84
Because she's so used to win that she doesn't know how to lose. Of course, she'll never try any frontal confrontation, she's quite good in reading minds. That's why she knows MC-chan will be reluctant to kill her, as long as she doesn't go too far.
Let that Trashero alone, and nothing will happen. If he was the kind of guy that actually trains hard and gives results, he wouldn't go for enslaving every bouncy women that passes. I'm more concerned by his puppeteer...
She's smart enough to not misanderstand him as long as her mask is put on. As I said, I think the Bitchiki everyone see now is nothing but a facade even to the person herself. When she'll be confronted to her own inferiority, she'll belittle the opposing side. Like a full grown man whining that you cheated when you beated the crap out of him ! AHAHAHAHAHAHAH !
fair. a fox can't be a saint.
but isn't it be the same for tomoki who said " I am a hero. I am fighting for the sake of this world. Defeat the demon lord and after that I will create a peaceful world." when the only this he desire is power and a big harem?
and I don't think she would be so much conserned with limia's politics if she only wanted to win the game. the revolt she support is like shooting her own foot with the state of the war, though she may have changed since the time she decided to do that.
that may only be my impression, but I feel like she changed since she receved the 'faith blessing' power up
@Sakamaki Izayoi
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“A fox can’t be good” It can but it cannot be a saint then ! Don’t mix up analogy and exemple.
The fake part would be to herself. Lying to others is a thing, but lying to yourself is another. That’s just weakness hidden behind hypocrisy. She’s not saving hyumans because she must, or thinks it’s “right”. She’s doing it because she choose a side and don’t want to lose the game.
That Ikemou is far more dedicated to his duty and is ready to shoulder every sins in the name of his race.
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It being a game she wants to win... probably isn't wrong.
However, it is also true that she stayed in the capital to fight the demon general because she didn't want to abandon the people in the city. Despite how dangerous is what.
https://isekailunatic.com/2016/09/06/chapter-154-participation-of-the-devil-%E2%91%A2/
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Because she’s so used to win that she doesn’t know how to lose. Of course, she’ll never try any frontal confrontation, she’s quite good in reading minds. That’s why she knows MC-chan will be reluctant to kill her, as long as she doesn’t go too far.
Let that Trashero alone, and nothing will happen. If he was the kind of guy that actually trains hard and gives results, he wouldn’t go for enslaving every bouncy women that passes. I’m more concerned by his puppeteer…
She’s smart enough to not misanderstand him as long as her mask is put on. As I said, I think the Bitchiki everyone see now is nothing but a facade even to the person herself. When she’ll be confronted to her own inferiority, she’ll belittle the opposing side. Like a full grown man whining that you cheated when you beated the crap out of him ! AHAHAHAHAHAHAH !
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My point about Tomoko is that he's already done the "I'll get stronger and beat you" thing so Hibiki doing the same would be superfluous. Overlapping their roles in the story. Much of the other stuff you are saying such as "confronted to her own inferiority, she’ll belittle the opposing side" also already apply to Tomoki.
I think that Tomoki is an "anti-hero" and Hibiki is a "regular hero". Makoto is... lacking in qualities to be either so they serve as a contrast to him, amongst other things.
You seem to think that Hibiki is going to be an antagonist. I can't imagine that happening because she simply doesn't have the ability to harm him in any way.
Here's a summary of the very long chapter:
- Hibiki wanted to test Makoto's real strength thus they have a bout , although Makoto deliberately lose it ended with Makoto stopping Hibiki's full powered final strike with a single hand.
- now that she learned Makoto's a real monster and threat to the world. he shouldn't be exposed to war at all cost and thus she made an attempt to invite him to her cause only as a merchant that would supply Limia exclusively
- Makoto refused under the premise that Kuzunoha company is open to anyone that needs their help.
- Hibiki then explained that if he continued to do so the war would prolonged thus creating more strife and suffering on both sides
- She also added that only after the war have ended she can make a move to make the other world a better place
- Makoto begged to differ that as long as BUGdess is up there nothing would change as she will interfere on the hyuman society
- Hibiki defended her ideals by saying this world need the BUGdess and the world would be plunged into chaos without her
- Makoto replied that surely without her there would be confusion but after a generation everything would be stabilised if hyuman learned to adapt
- Hibiki attacked Makoto saying that he is having a discrimination on Hyuman race as a whole and that is he trying to be a god or king of a country
- This is when Makoto realized that was he is unconciously discrimanating on hyuman race at least on the upper echelon of ruler class
- Even so he replied that his company's objective won't change and would continue to do so.
Why.
Why, oh why would you spoil an entire chapter like that. I don't know if you're answering a comment I don't see or have forgotten about, but I really wish I hadn't read that whole summary, regardless of how soon it'll come.
heh i know you're interested that's why you read it don't worry this would come a chapter or two
In case I wasn't clear enough, I don't want spoilers. Stop.
So much for enjoying Reigokai's next chapter.
......... *sigh* GOD FUCKING DAMMIT
why not try to spoil me on rezero then?
Also get surprised Hibiki vs Makoto won't end simply with Makoto simply slapping her she would give a performance that would surprise even Makoto
While I personally don't mind spoilers being told to me at all, I do find this sad for the people who do mind it.
I'm very much the latter group. It really sucks.
I really, really, hate spoilers and it's probably one of the few things trolls can do to rile me up to the point of degenerating as a human being.
Don't bother spoiler him. From the look of it, he doesn't care about being told spoilers... or he does care and is actually caught with ReZero and just lied about it. Who knows.
Anyway, he's not worth your time.
Yeah, I know. Even if that wasn't the case, it wouldn't be cool to put spoilers here out of spite because it could catch other fans in the crossfire.
I considered talking sh*t about the seriea instead since they apparently like it, but that's not fair to the story either.
So instead, I'm just going to hold a petty grudge for longer than anyone else will probably remember or care.
And so, Psychronia, in the end the only thing we can possibly do about it is ask a moderator to delete his spoiler comment and to ban him from being able to comment.
I'd settle for being able to hide the specific account's comments from me, but I don't think that's possible.
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zettai since we live in the normal world and murder is illegal... i'll say this I HOPE YOU DROWN !!!!!!!!!!!!!
SINCE CURSING SOMEONE ISN'T LEGAL NOR ILLEGAL MUHAHHAHAHAHA
Anyways I wonder what other LN you are currently behind on...
It seems odd to me that so many people are criticizing Hibiki's willingness to go to another world.
Again, she's basically the stereotypical protagonist of "other-world" stories. Either they get killed and reincarnated, or they're summoned away. And NONE of them go "Oh, my life back home!"
Also, I feel like something that gets forgotten a lot is that Hibiki is a teenager. Is it really that awful that she might have suffered from a touch of "chuunibyou" at the time of her summoning?
Really? I've seen a couple of MCs wanting to go home. The cases where they don't want to go home usually feature exceptionally bad lives at home.
Anyway, in most stories, consent to summoning isn't much of a factor(while reincarnation is just getting more either way so there's no reason to refuse).
Really? The following is just what comes to mind (to be fair, a number of them died first. But again, zero time is spent going "send me back." Just, "Oh. died. Ok, cool. Time to have fun."):
Death March
Isekai Shihou Skill Taker
Growth Cheat
Slime Tensei (I get he died. But he spent zero time caring about it.)
Risou No Himo Seikatsu
Kujibiki Tokushou Musou Harem ken
Manga wo Yomeru Ore ga sekai Saikyou
Prodigy Sefira's Program to Overthrow the Higher Ranks
Spirit Migration (to be fair, amnesia)
In Different World with Smartphone
Only I know this world is a game
Skeleton Knight in a Different World
Legend
I was a sword when I reincarnated
A Realist's Kingdom
My Pet is a Holy Maiden
Himekishi Classmate
I Aim to Be an Adventurer with the Jobclass "Jobless"
Konjiki no Word Master
Knights and Magic
My House is a Magic Power Spot
Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shojou Dorei Majutsu
Re:Monster
A Man Chosen By Gods
Whoa. I haven't even touched a lot of those titles.
Anyways, although I obviously don't know the circumstances and thus can't refute a lot of them, some of those titles do apply to what I mentioned before.
Isekai Maou's MC has interpersonal issues and no reason to be attached to the old world so much as afraid of the new one. Slime Tensei and Realist Kingdom seem to have more well-adjusted MCs, but the impression I got was that they didn't have anything particularly important to live for. Death March seems to have a reason for the MC's calmness that hasn't been revealed yet, with the implication being that his memories were tampered with for some big plan.
Anyway, I do get what you mean about the trend of eerily quick adaptation. There might be a psychology to it, but it's probably mostly for the writing's convenience(also should note that a lot of these stories end up with technology being introduced to make the new world slightly closer to the old one).
In which case, I think the relevant point to make here is that both Makoto and Tomoki hesitated to come during the initial summoning and Makoto wants to go back to the point of his homesickness affecting Asora's ecosystem(as speculated by the visiting gods).
Oh, how could I forget Isekai Tensei Soudouki? One of the personalities even spent his youth leaning facts for the SOLE purpose of cheating if he was ever summoned to another world.
I do agree that Reincarnation is a different case, but all these guys moved on REAL fast. Like..1.5 sentences fast. Unlike say, Youjo Senki where the MC keeps criticizing his new world, or No Game No Life where the MCs hated the original world.
With Youjo Senki the main character is actively being punished for being a terrible human being, so it's a different thing.
The difference between Hibiki and regular isekai/reincarnation MCs is that regular MCs then to have a dull or bad life. Or they died so don't have an option to go back.
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I think that in isekai stories where there is a "real hero" separate to the main character, that person gets hated on a lot. Probably because the MC represents their unpopular self being giving a chance at an interesting life, whereas the "real hero" represents cool popular guy that they couldn't be in the real world. So by surpassing that "real hero" they are surpassing the cool popular guy in the real world too.
Or something like that.
Ah, but Hibiki's life WAS boring. Putting aside her personal circumstances (wealthy, popular?) she was bored and that's why she wanted to go to another world.
It's not THAT surprising if you think about it. When things come easily to you, life starts to get boring. That's why you see rich kids do stupid things for thrills. Or even regular kids. (You don't see teenagers in Africa trying to drive 100 MPH so they can show off on a Facebook live broadcast. Or something.) This is Hibiki's stupid thing.
I have to agree with you about when the MC is summoned alongside the traditional hero, the traditional hero gets bashed often. Arifureta comes to mind. (it basically devolved into a Kouki-bashing wank-fest.) The one exception I can think of is Isekai Mahou Okureteru, where they're pretty good friends.
By bashing I mean by the readers, not by the story itself.
The hero in Arifureta was designed to seem like an awesome hero but late turns out to be messed up. He's supposed to be disliked. The heroes in Word Master are similar.
For what I'm talking about, there people were hating on the new heroes in "Sendai Yuusha wa Inkyou Shitai", even though they were all pretty cool.
Hayato in Death March is another example.Though I don't think they hated on him for too long, probably because he's a lolicon.
I cringe on Sendai yuusha and Desu macchi although i liked Word master and Arifureta at first it became too messed up with all those harem shit
Thanks for the chapter. Looking forward to the next one as the Hero group will probably witness Makoto's power.
How is the "Hero group" gonna witness Makoto's power when its only Hibiki and Makoto going ?
Maybe the priestess will wake up while makoto and hibiki are at the lake and starts freaking out and saying that makoto is like a god or the demon lord. She did look at him and im guessing she saw just how much raw power he has. Like maybe her eyes showed her something akin to roots rawr. Maybe?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Rawr
no I can't stop imagining root staring at makoto, he raise his hands as if making claws with his finger and say "Rawr"
chiya is too young and too pure to handle that vision and thus scream and black out.
I meant Hibiki and her group, I consider her sort of like a hero. But the other one think of him more of a anti-hero group.
Thank you for the chapter.
Do you have a picture of Hibiki & Tomoki? I only found it on volume 10, but I wonder what hibiki look like when she has long hair. :)
http://www.alphapolis.co.jp/dreambookclub/image/2784/2784_0.jpg
Thank you momongamymonga :)
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T.hanks for the ct
[spoiler]Testing [/spoiler]
FAIL! XD
-Testing-
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...yup, definitely going to use this next time.
Eh? What do you mean a Truck can't use this?
Wow, thanks!
About Makoto's naivety: I think it all comes down to this: "I have power to destroy the world, so whatever happens happens". So, he simply doesn't care!
"When Hibiki came to this world, she had the ability to fight with the leader of the knight division."
This just sounds so funny compared to Makoto's first actual life-or-death battles.
Man, i just checked and next two chapters are HUGE! And Makoto is not that stupid, he just behaves like a god, doing whatever he wants, some charity here and there and choosing not to interfere too much in the livelihood of his subjects. I think that's why Tomoe wants him to get rid of his prejudice against hyumans but at the same time being able to keep his distance and not being too meddlesome like some bug.
Maybe the other gods want to test makoto to see if he can be the new god of bugs world? Like to merge both asora and the parallel world into one with him as its new deity?
Looking at athena "test" and others blessing to him, yes they trying to create new god to fill tsukuyomi vacant spot, just as Susanoo says, Taukuyomi job maybe trivial but the amount are not something to be laugh at... they are really become shorthanded after Tsukuyomi goes off to "vacation".
"he just behaves like a god, doing whatever he wants, some charity here and there and choosing not to interfere too much in the livelihood of his subjects"
Heh, that's concise way of saying it.
And it's accurate too.^^
Why do some people here think that makoto has something agaisnt hyumans? He is treating them like they treat him. And he is treating his students like a teacher from our world would. He teaches them but doesnt get involved too deeply with them. Just because they are interesting characters doesnt mean makoto has to care deeply about them. His job is to make them stronger and he did. His job is not to be warm and comforting towards them.
Shiki and Tomoe were talking about it a couple of chapters back. It's not just the opinions of some of the readers.
I guess you can disagree with Shiki and Tomoe... but in the story their opinions are being presented as gospel truth.
At first he only had a dry teacher-student relationship with them but those students fell in love with the Kuzunoha company and Makoto. So it's only normal for him to make a small place for them in his heart, he is avoiding them and that worries Tomoe and Shiki.Long story short hyumans might be trash but Makoto should open his heart a bit more to the people that earned his trust and is incapable of doing this at the moment, notice that they used discrimination with quotes" " marking it as a slight dislike not full-blown hate.
The students may love him and the company but that does not mean makoto needs to reciprocate it. He is going at it like a teacher would. Cold sure but he himself only thinks that it is bormal student teacher relationship. And sure he needs to start thinking that not all hyumans are trash but most seem to be.