Right after we entered we were seen by the emperor and he then called for us,
" Hm, welcome yuusha and cain you too, the esteemed guests will be arriving in a while so both of can familiarise yourself with the people that are here right now,
Yuusha you may come with me, we have got people from the south that wanted to see you,
Cain, you may….umm….go and relax yourself while both me and the yuusha will be back in a while,
As for the maids, you both can stand at the corner and wait till we come back,
Let's go now yuusha. "
The emperor said and then went with Rei to the people that were waiting for him,
Both Penelope and Rei's maid went too,
" *sigh* And now I'm left all alone…….I should probably get some fresh air outside, this whole….suit like clothes may look cool but they are kinda uncomfortable for me to wear and even hard to move in. "
I then go outside through one of the doors and then enter the balcony, there was only one person just a few metres away but I don't wanted to start a conversation with someone I don't know, at least not when I don't even know who or what status the person itself have,
Otherwise it might cause issues for Rei or the emperor itself, so I kinda went away and just looked at the view, gazing at the clouds and admiring the beauty,
I don't know if my ears heard it right but I think I heard that person calling out to me,
" *distinct voice* hey……..hey….
HEY !!!!!! "
That person yelled out to me,
I then tried to cover up my ears after realising how loud her voice was because I didn't realise that she was calling out to me,
" ( Holy mother of jesus, just who is this moron- ) "
I looked at the face of this girl…….she was beautiful, her eyes…..sky blue, her hair…..pure white….. and her skin….just like the colour of the snow,
" Ah- *ahem* I apologise for not hearing you call out to me before, do you need my help with something or ? "
I asked the woman who was now full on pouting,
" About damn time you answered me, I have been asking you this for god knows how long,
State your name and your purpose to come here, this is not any small gathering that just anyone will come to,
Did you not know ? Only people from high class nobility were invited here, were you even invited here ? Or do you even have the invitation on you ?
No- first and foremost,
Who are you ? "
*eyes twitching*
" ( Hah ? What did this bitch just say to me ? Who I am and what my purpose here is ? Even if she doesn't know who I am, isn't she acting too arrogant ? She could have asked me calmly but nope. ) "
" First of all, your way of talking to me is rude, second of all, I'm not just a nobody, my name is Cain, third of all, yes I was indeed invited here, guess by who ? The emperor himself, so you may rest assure as I'm not a nobody,
Are we good now ? "
" You- even if you were invited by grandfather, you don't get to speak to me like, no one can, so who do you think you are ? "
The girl gets angry and starts to stomp her feet onto the ground while speaking to me,
" Grandfather ? "
" Yeah that's right, I'm the granddaughter of the emperor, Emilia De vancles, hehe, now do you feel like begging to me ? Are you thinking of apologising now ? I will forgive you if you do it ya know, so c'mon, hurry up. "
Yup, she's definitely your villainess heroine straight out of a novel, tho I can't really do anything if she's really the granddaughter of the emperor, I will not apologise since I didn't really do anything,
" Young lady I- "
Just when I was about to say something, Rei entered the balcony and then called out to me,
" Ah, so you were here. "
" Rei ? What are you doing here ? "
" Well I met the people the emperor introduced me to and then excused myself plus I was getting bored since my comrades didn't really arrived yet so I thought I'll pass the time with you,
But then I couldn't find you anywhere so I asked your maid if she knew where you were, and she told me you went to the balcony, Anyway,
Who is this lady ? Were you talking to her ? "
" Wait- Rei ? You mean, as in the Yuusha Rei ? You are the hero ? "
" Uhh yes ? "
" Oh where are my manners- I'm Emilia,
Emilia de vancles, the granddaughter of the emperor, it's a pleasure meeting you yuusha, I hope to meet you often from now on. "
" Ah, I'm Rei, the hero as you may know, it's a pleasure to meet you too, I'm not interrupting you or anything am I ? I just wanted to spend some time with my big brother so I hope I wasn't. "
" No no no, you absolutely weren't- Huh ? Big brother ? Wh- who may that person be ?
( Please god tell me it's not who I think it is please please please ) "
" Uhh hello ? I'm the only person here so who do you think it may be ? Not you, that's for sure. "
I said with a smirk on my face,
" You- you- I will get back to you sooner for this. "
Emilia says and stomps off pouting,
" Hahaha, well now that was fun. "
" Uhh what just happened here ? "
" Don't mind it, she just didn't know who I was, anyway, now that you are here, tell me, how is it ? The people ? The living style ? And of course, you being the hero- yuusha of this whole world in short. "
" Honestly, it's somewhat believable that we are in a different world but me being the hero ? It feels……weird ? Because I'm not really worthy to be called a hero, I mean I was just chosen right ? Otherwise it could have been you or any other person even,
But I guess I want to protect people, especially my family. It may have a connection or a sort……I don't know, it's weird that's all I can say to you. "
Hm……I understand his point all too well, it's not like I'm enjoying or feeling down because I'm in a different world than ours, but it's hard to explain this feeling,
It sometimes feels like a dream yet it feels like we were meant to be here……..strange yet not strange at all.
The clashing of swords and blades that give goosebumps to the even the gods while they just watch the war go on," Brother- No……..The general of demons, Raphael, even after your comrades have been defeated, you do not stop…..tell me-Was this the only way ?All those sacrifices, all those people,The innocents getting killed and the demons doing the evil,Tell me, Why do you still want to fight me !?!?!?!Why do you still want to fight us !?!?!?!Why won't you- why won't you end this already and return with me, to the place that we belong, to the place that we call home, to the place where our parents are waiting for us to return.Tell me,For what reason do you keep on fighting ? "The boy- No, the man in front of me says and asks me while he looks down.Is he avoiding making eye contact with me ? Well not that it matters, nothing really matters at this point…..... oh right the answer to his questions," Rei, the chosen one, the hero of justice and the one who will bring peace, the
" ( The prophecies hero ? Their last hope ? What- what the hell happened just now ? I'm not dreaming am I ?Those people- No, there's something more important than that- the hero…….if what they said is true, if all of the things we just saw was real- then that means the hero is among us, Urgh- My head is hurting so bad, it hurts, I should have stayed home today, even if I sleep all day, it's still better than getting headaches from time to time. ) "I thought to myself and then checked my phone.[Message notification]From- Mom[ Cain, where are you ? Did you get the eggs and milk from the store ? ]From- Dad[ Why is it taking so long for you to come home ? Do I need to remind you what will happen if you don't get home before 7pm ? ]" ( Seriously, he should be grateful that Mom is such a softie, otherwise I would have kicked him out of the house already, he's such a waste of a human being. ) "I thought to myself in anger.That's right, I don't have a great relationship with my so
" Hmm……….hm ? What time is it ? "I woke up and was looking for my phone.I got it and looked at the time,It was still 8 in the morning," Urgh- Why do I have to get out of bed when it's not even 10 yet…...wait- oh crap, the hero summoning- it is suppose to be happening today. "I got up and went to the bathroom to wash myself up and after that wore my clothes and left the house.I was running to that place from 2 days before where it all happened, I was running and was on my way to the place when it all started to happen again, the clouds were changing the colour and the weather was going all cold again." Thankfully I wore a hoodie today and some more clothes underneath so I'm not feeling that cold but man……..it was all real huh ? "I thought to myself and was almost about to reach the place from yesterday when it happened.There were thunderstorms starting and it was not safe anymore for the people outside because this…….was not what we would call normal,The thunderstorms…..their
" Even if something were to happen to the hero, because of the mark on his hand, his soul will vanish from our world and he will simply teleport to his original world, he would indeed die or rather cease to exist from our world but because of the mark that was bestowed upon him by the gods that confirms that he indeed is the hero, he will not die in the true sense, Now, may I ? Hero, we shall go now, it’s almost time for us to depart. "" W-Wait a second,What if I were to tag along of my own accord anyway ? It's not like I'll die immediately or like I have to fight the demon king myself, I can simply tag along ya know ? Plus he's still my brother so I can keep him company too. "I said to the old man while stopping him on his tracks," Boy, I appreciate that you want to come and take care of our hero, but this is no small matter, and don’t you dare say you want to tag along just because it would be fun to be at the side of the hero and adventuring with him, you may be the hero's bro
*Fwoosh* " We have arrived, this is your first time travelling through like this so both of you may throw up, don't try to hold it in, even I threw up at my first time- Huh ?Where did they both go ? "" Sir, both the hero and his brother are right there. "…" Woah……..this is……so beautiful…isn't it Rei ? "I asked him." Yeah….this place looks so different and beautiful. "" ( Both of them are fine ? I could understand if it was the hero who stood up and didn't face any backlash but his brother too ? Hm….now that's interesting. )Yuusha, Cain, both of you come here, there are people waiting inside the castle, we have to hurry. "Gazef called out to us," Fine, Rei, let's go. "I said to Rei" Ok brother. "Rei and I then proceeded to run towards Gazef-sir.All of us then started to walk towards the castle, Rei and I saw many people along our way, from different races to different kind of people with status/authority, there were many people looking at Rei and me very surprised….or h
" Hm ? Who is this other person you have brought Geraz ? "The emperor asked Geraz," He is the older brother of the yuusha my lord, I have brought him on the yuusha's request as he would have felt lonely otherwise far away from his people and land, I hope it doesn't- "The emperor then waves Geraz to stop talking and looks at me and says," So, you are the older brother of our hero……what is your name boy ? "" It's Cain my lord. "I said and gave him a quick bow," Well we never guessed our hero would bring someone from his family from his world with him here, I hope you can cooperate with us as we were not informed in advance so we don't really have anything prepared for you. "Oh….so this is what Geraz was talking about, well it's not like this will be a real pain in the butt for me……yet that is, guess I'll play along, " Yes of course, like Geraz-sir said, I'm only here for my brother alone as it wouldn't be right for me to leave him all alone oh and I don't plan on being a nuisan
Rei's POV on how his encounter with his new maid went,*knock* *knock*" Come in. "" Hello yuusha, I am your newly assigned maid, my name is Lumine and I shall assist you with the best I can, if you have any questions, do ask me. "" Hm....for how long have you been working for the emperor and how much experience do you have with assisting people ? "" I have been working as a maid for the emperor for almost 5 years now, I have working experience of 8 years as I had to go through training in order to become a perfect maid for the yuusha itself, which means my whole life has been dedicated to you and you alone yuusha. "" Hm…..I'm not doing to argue with you like a fool nor I will try to change the things that you have been doing for all these years now,You have put in both dedication and your hard work into this,Surely you wouldn't want a nobody hero like me changing it will you ?Just keep doing what you have been doing for the last 8 years, just don't push yourself too much, yo