Kaida-kun discovered Stranded Victims.
He offered Okayu to those who were weakened.
After that, he served retort curry.
“Oh…! Delicious, delicious! How delicious!”
One of the four Stranded Victims, the leader, a man, is gobbling down the curry.
“It’s really delicious…” “This is the most delicious food I’ve ever had!”
The Stranded Victims consisted of three men and one woman.
The young leader bows his head to us.
“A goddess in the Underworld! You are a goddess!”
“O-oh, that’s an exaggeration…”
What’s a goddess in the Underworld…?
“Mogumogu… ‘A Buddha in hell’ is what you’d say in this world… mushamusha…”
Sinri is stuffing her cheeks with curry. This girl is really going at her own pace…
But I see, there’s no Buddha in this world, huh?
There’s a similar expression. Yeah… so these people don’t necessarily know that I’m a God. Yeah… no need to worry.
“Nice to meet you. I’m Mika-rin.”
I give a fake name.
Well, it’s a bit of a weird name, but,
“Mika-rin!?”
Eh, why is the leader so surprised…?
“Mika-rin, as in, that hero who saved the Empire!?”
“Eh, I don’t know anything about that…”
What’s this about a hero who saved the Empire?
I look at Sinri.
“Mushamusha… Mika-rin is a hero who saved the Madukas Empire from the Magic Bug damage. Her name is known in the surrounding countries… mushamusha.”
Sinri is stuffing her cheeks with curry.
Seriously…?
“I didn’t do anything that great…”
““Ooh! As expected of a hero!””
I somehow got admired…
“Mika-rin-san, nice to meet you. I’m Doran! This is Nobin, Sees, and Jaiko.”
““Nice to meet you.””
They’re like characters with names that would show up on TV at 7 PM on a Friday…
“Mika-rin-san, and who are these three?”
Doran asks.
“Adventurer companions.”
I’ll just say that. Explaining is a pain.
I introduce Oberon, Kaida-kun, and Sinri.
“You’re awfully lightly equipped for adventurers. Especially that child over there.”
He’s talking about Sinri, who’s been stuffing her face with curry the whole time.
Well, this indoor bean sprout doesn’t look like an adventurer at all…
“Looks can be deceiving, you know. I may look this cute, but I’m actually a high-performance eeh…”
Oberon physically silenced Sinri.
Wasn’t this kid about to say she was an AI…?
Seriously… What an idiot…
“By the way, Doran-san, why are you all in this Tower of Sealed Gods?”
Oberon asks Doran.
“We came to rescue the [Imprisoned Great Hero, Chuuni Mika]-san.”
““Pfft…!””
Huh…?
W-what…? W-what did you say…?
“W-what did you say…?”
“? About the Great Hero Chuuni Mika-sama?”
…Great Hero!?
Chuuni Mika… you mean Mass-Produced Mika?
“W-what does this mean…?”
“Oh, you don’t know? A mysterious adventurer suddenly appeared here in Photuatua. That’s Chuuni Mika-san.”
Ah, that guy… she left my side and became an adventurer…!
“She appeared at the Adventurer’s Guild Photuatua Branch and became an S-Rank adventurer at an incredible speed. And she cleared one high-difficulty quest after another that even we adventurers had trouble with.”
“H-heeh…”
That kid did such a thing…
“And then, one day. Circe came to Photuatua and occupied this Tower of Sealed Gods.”
Circe… The source of all evil who turned Kaida-kun into a monster.
“Circe tried to turn all the challengers who were still in the tower into monsters. And the one who saved them was…”
“Chuuni Mika, you mean?”
“Yes. Thanks to her efforts, all the challengers who remained in the tower were able to escape Circe’s clutches.”
I see… So that’s why she became revered by everyone as a hero who saved the challengers…
“Then why are Doran and the others here?”
“We are a rescue team that gathered to help Chuuni Mika-sama, who has been captured.”
I see… Doran and the others formed a team to help Chuuni Mika and entered this place…
She’s well-liked, that guy.
“Doesn’t it defeat the purpose if you go in to help and end up getting stranded yourselves? It’s like the rescuer becoming the rescued.”
Sinri says, sounding exasperated.
…Well, I guess so.
“They were worried, weren’t they?”
“Yes…”
…But, I see. Chuuni Mika became a hero in a place I didn’t know about.
She did her best, that kid.
“But… how did you know about this place?”
Doran asks.
Certainly, this is a hidden room.
“How did you know, Kaida-kun?”
“Somehow, I knew. That this place… was suspicious. My intuition worked.”
Come to think of it, he said a Skill might have manifested.
Hey, Sinri.
“Keh… Master, dessert.”
“I’m not dessert.”
“I thought you’d say that, so I ordered some pudding for dessert.”
“Wha…!?”
Suddenly, a KAMIZON cardboard box appears in front of us.
Doran and the others are dumbfounded… Oh geez!
“Sinriiiii!”
Oberon pulls on Sinri’s cheeks.
“Ityai Ityai! DV~!”
Sinri screams. Meanwhile, I explain.
“Umm, umm, well… I, uh, have an Item Box. I took out a delicious dessert from the Item Box.”
“Ah, so it’s an Item Box…”
There are few people with Item Boxes, but they do exist.
…I’m the only one with the KAMIZON Skill, though.
“Well, how about some dessert for now?”
I open the cardboard box.
Inside, dry ice was spread out.
Inside the cardboard box is an assorted pudding set.
“Hoo! What is this! I’ve never seen such a dessert before!?”
“It’s a traditional dessert from my hometown. Here, please.”
I distribute the pudding to everyone.
“Master!? What about mine!?”
After distributing it to Doran and the others, Oberon, and Kaida-kun, it was all gone.
…This guy was planning to eat this much pudding all by herself…
“When we get home.”
“Shonnya~…”
Doran is looking at the pudding curiously.
Kaida-kun too. Huh? Did they not have pudding during wartime…?
“How do you eat it?”
“Like this, scoop it with a spoon.”
Doran picks up a disposable plastic spoon that was included.
“Light… and thin. What… is this? Is it perhaps a spoon?”
“Yes, well… it’s our… traditional craft…”
Ugh, this is getting tough…
But Doran doesn’t say anything else, scoops up the pudding with the spoon, and eats it.
“Whoaaaa! What is this…! D-delicious! Cold and delicious!”
Doran and the others are gobbling down the pudding. Well, it’s certainly delicious, pudding…
“My pudding…”
“I’ll give you mine.”
“Yay~♡ Master shuki~♡ Oberon’s nagging hag.”
Oberon’s veins pop out on her forehead as she grabs her head.
“Itatatata, no violence!”
“Oberon, that’s enough… and, Sinri. Kaida-kun found this place because he used some Skill?”
Sinri nods.
“Kaida-kun’s eyes have evolved into [Spirit Eyes].”
““Hah…!””
Everyone in the room (except for me and Kaida-kun) was surprised.
“Eh, what are you surprised about…?”
“S-Spirit Eyes!? Are you serious!?”
Oberon is somehow surprised.
“It’s true. Omniscience doesn’t lie.”
“Shut up, Omniscient Incompetence.”
“Omniscient Incompetence!? Master! I have received a terrible insult! I’m going to report you to child services!”
This guy, geez…
But, Spirit Eyes…?
Kaida-kun’s eyes, when did they become like that…?