Episode 85: The Reason Behind His Inexplicable Actions
Pari, pori.
Zuzu…
“Haa…”
“Maya-san, you’re totally slacking off, aren’t you?”
While I was relaxing at the table set up in front of the house, enjoying green tea with the nukazuke I got from the farmer Jonas, Nara-kun, who happened to be passing by, said that to me.
“Well, yeah, nothing’s been happening lately, so it’s boring as hell.”
By the way, tea trees exist in this world because black tea exists.
Apparently, green tea is made by turning those leaves into tea leaves without fermenting them.
I got this from Jonas’s farm too.
The previous Summoner really seemed to have been trying to spread Japanese culture in this other world.
Unfortunately, it didn’t catch on at all.
“…Somehow, when Maya-san says that, it sounds like a flag.”
“Stop it, you idiot. If you say that, it’ll really…”
…Haa… that moron.
“Ah, it was a flag after all.”
“No way. Wasn’t your comment the one that set the flag?”
“Eh?”
Because Nara-kun said something like that, more trouble came barging in.
Multiple large Magic Powers are approaching from the Forest.
Judging from the size of the Magic Power, it’s the Demon Tribe.
The last time a Demon Tribe Nation noble rudely barged in, Weimar was naturally informed, and they officially protested to the Demon Tribe.
Well, I was the one who made them protest, though.
I thought that would quiet them down, but it seems my foresight was too optimistic this time.
“It seems the Demon Tribe are even bigger idiots than I imagined.”
I was disgusted by the foolishness of the Demon Tribe who were still coming here even after receiving an official protest from Weimar, but Nara-kun had a stiff expression for a different reason.
“What’s wrong? Nara-kun?”
“Ah, no… I might be mistaken, but…”
Nara-kun hesitated, saying that.
“Just say it. It’s often worse to ignore those kinds of feelings.”
“…Yeah. One of the Magic Powers heading this way… I recognize it.”
“You recognize it?”
If Nara-kun recognizes it and has a stiff expression, then…
“The size of the Magic Power is nothing compared to before, but this is probably Ota’s Magic Power.”
“Seriously?”
What are you doing, Ota-kun?
I thought that Ota-kun, who wanted to use magic, might be going to the Demon Tribe Nation to ask for guidance soon, but coming here with the Demon Tribe means he’s already been absorbed into the Demon Tribe Nation.
“Does he know that Maya-san is here?”
“Of course, he knows that, right? After all, wasn’t the purpose of summoning you guys to defeat me?”
“Ah, that’s right. So, he knows and he’s coming here… Is he trying to die? Or is he just an idiot?”
He’s probably just an idiot.
Listening to Nara-kun’s stories so far, he gives the impression of a kid who can’t see reality and has a desire to be unrivaled in another world.
However, well, there are some slight differences from Nara-kun’s stories.
“Even so, I never thought his Magic Power would grow this much…”
“Ah, so that big Magic Power is Ota-kun after all?”
“Yes. At first, I thought it couldn’t be, but there’s no mistake.”
“I see.”
So, Ota-kun had a Summoner bonus after all.
With that much Magic Power, there probably isn’t anyone in this world who can beat him anymore, right?
That’s how much he’s grown.
And when people can grow this much in such a short period of time, they make a certain mistake.
“Knowing him, he’s probably thinking of defeating Maya-san, who’s fallen to the dark side, and building a harem in another world, right?”
Yes, from the perspective of the people in this world, Ota-kun is definitely classified as a genius.
And he’s deluding himself into thinking he’s a special existence.
“He’s probably drunk on power. That’s why he was tricked by the Demon Tribe’s sweet talk and came all the way here.”
“…As a former classmate, it’s embarrassing.”
“Hee, is that so?”
In light novels and such, when popular and unpopular classmates are summoned to another world, there are many stories where the popular one gets carried away and gets what’s coming to him, and the unpopular one rises to the top, but here, it’s the opposite…
“Ah, I see. So that’s why he’s misunderstanding.”
“What is it?”
“The story of why Ota-kun doesn’t try to see the reality of this world.”
When I said that, Nara-kun temporarily stopped being wary of the approaching Magic Power and looked at me.
“Eh, what is it? I want to know.”
“First of all, it’s the relationship between you guys who were summoned together. Nara-kun, you were popular in the original world, right?”
“…I don’t really like those categories of popular and unpopular.”
“Oops, you’re surprisingly serious. Well, regardless of what Nara-kun thinks, Ota-kun probably thought, ‘Another world summoning! And the popular Nara-kun and the unpopular me are summoned together, so is this a story where the unpopular me rises to the top in another world?'”
When I said that, Nara-kun muttered “Ah” as if he remembered something.
“‘Another world summoning!’ He said that on the first day he was summoned.”
“I knew it. So, he misunderstood that this world is a world centered around him. That’s why he believes that only things convenient for him will happen in this world, and he acts like the protagonist of a novel. But in the end, what he’s doing and the results don’t match, so his actions seem inexplicable to us, right?”
When I said that, Nara-kun’s eyes widened.
“Indeed. His words and actions were as if he thought the world revolved around him.”
“That Ota-kun has finally obtained power. This is…”
Just as I said that, there was a big reaction from the Barrier.
Ota-kun had unleashed a huge magic towards the Barrier.
“This might become troublesome.”
Considering he’s taking such actions when Weimar’s Guards are nearby, it seems he still hasn’t seen reality.
I decided to head towards Ota-kun, feeling a sense that things would become quite troublesome.
“Ah, Nara-kun, wait here.”
“I’m supposed to be dead, after all. Ota knows about me. Understood, please be careful.”
“Yeah.”
Well then, I’m off to meet this Ota-kun I’ve been hearing about.