Chapter 267 What Kind of Person is She? (1/2)
I happened to meet again in the Hydra Kingdom this year’s hero, Mitsunaga Seigi, who is an otherworlder just like me.
Surprised to see that Mitsunaga-kun has clearly changed from the last time I saw him, I slowly spoke.
[……It’s been a really long time. Have you been doing well?]
[Yes! Miyama-san seems to be doing well too…… I’ve heard lots of rumors about you, you know?]
[R- Rumors?]
[Yes. I’ve heard a lot of things from Cathy…… Ah, no, from Princess Cattleya, who’s been accompanying me.]
Mitsunaga-kun said that he had heard rumors about me…… Come to think of it, as I recall, the Second Princess of the Symphonia Kingdom is accompanying the group who have the role of Hero, and I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s exchanging letters with Ryze-san, Amalie-san, or with Orchid.
However, fumu…… Princess Cattleya…… Is Cathy her nickname? It seems like it was as Alice said, they seem to be good friends.
[I heard that you got to know the Six Kings-sama and won in the Sacred Tree Festival……]
[A- Ahaha…… No, it really was just an accident……]
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[No, that’s amazing! I haven’t even met one of the Six Kings-sama yet, so I’m feeling envious. They’re the top of the Demon Realm, so they were definitely quite majestic…… They must feel like those last bosses in RPGs, right!?]
[………………..]
I think only Megiddo-san and Magnawell-san can adapt to that kind of impression of yours.
[S- Speaking of which, is Mitsunaga-kun…… come to this city for the pilgrimage of the person who has the role of Hero?]
[Eh? Ah, yes. I came to this city the other day after I finished my tour around the Archlesia Empire.]
[Hehhh…… Do you make speeches or stuff like that?]
[Yes, but even though I say that, I mostly just read the script they give me, and there are only a few instances where I think and speak for myself.]
With a refreshing smile on his face as he speaks, I think Mitsunaga-kun has really brightened up.
No, I don’t know much about how the old Mitsunaga-kun was, but from his expression and the way he spoke, I could tell that this pilgrimage had been a good experience for him.
It wasn’t a great idea to just stand there and talk about stuff, so we decided to move around a little bit and continue the conversation while sitting in a place that seems to be a plaza.
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[……Aoi-chan and Hina-chan were also worried about you.]
[Really? I can understand if it was Kusunoki-senpai, but wouldn’t Hina just say that “it would be great if Idiot Seigi gets hurt somewhere”?]
[……Ah, no, that is……]
[She has always hated me even back then, you know…… Well, it certainly was my fault.]
She did say something like that. She said that he was so full of himself when she met him back at the evening party…… Apparently, Hina-chan seems to be very harsh only when it comes to Mitsunaga-kun.
[……Are you two childhood friends?]
[Yes, well, rather than just childhood friends…… We’re “cousins”.]
[Eh? Eeehhh!? R- Really?]
[Yes. I was born in April while Hina was born in March, so she was born a bit earlier than me.]
What a surprise, it seems that Mitsunaga-kun and Hina-chan are cousins.
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I don’t feel like they resemble at all, but since they’re male and female, I guess they wouldn’t resemble each other just like some brothers and sisters do.
[……Well, I’ve always been selfish and acting big around my relatives, a no-good person. They hated me to the bone. Moreover, there’s that trope, right? About how they speak all these sorts of things about how they hate you, but deep inside…… Well, my case isn’t like that, they hate me inside too, so they would speak out their hate to me.]
[T- That is, how should I say this……]
[No, I guess it can’t be helped. I don’t really like the person I used to be either.]
[…………………]
Somehow, I think that Mitsunaga-kun was trying to change himself, and that’s why he became the way he is now.
I feel like he encountered a big turning point in this world, just like I did when I met Kuro. That is what I feel.
As I was thinking about this, Mitsunaga-kun looked at the people walking in the plaza with a distant look in his eyes and calmly spoke.
[……Back when I first arrived in this world. I felt as if I was the protagonist of the story. Being in a story about a Hero summoned to another world…… I liked that kind of story too, and thought what it was like being one.]
[……I actually thought so too, because of all the light novels and all the other stuff.]
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[Miyama-san too!? Isn’t it great, being summoned to another world! Well, I never thought that I really would be summoned……]
[Unnn.]
Mitsunaga-kun happily laughed when he heard that I had the same hobby.
[In such instances, the Hero would often have a cheat ability, so I wondered if it was the same for me too.]
[That’s right. However, there’s also that pattern of multiple heroes being summoned, and you aren’t chosen as the hero.]
[Right!? Well, I didn’t have the composure to think about it……]
After speaking up to that point, Mitsunaga-kun’s face slightly drops down and a somewhat regretful expression appears on his face, as if he was regretting his past.
[……I really was an idiot. It’s not like I’m a great person, but I ended up thinking that I can do anything and got carried away with my own selfishness…… If there’s a hole somewhere, I feel like I want to bury myself in it.]
[……I would have done the same if our positions are reversed though. I think I may grow impudent from all the politeness I receive. Besides, the fact that you feel that way means that you’re not the same now, right?]
Yes, if I had been in Mitsunaga-kun’s position, I might have also been carried away.
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