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It felt like I saw something terrible. Like I was being played with. There must’ve been some kind of mistake. A display bug of sorts. Believing so, I decided to confirm my suspicions.

“Lullus, about your status.”
“You couldn’t see it, right? I was told that I was at my peak strength but that I also didn’t belong to any world right now. It’s apparently so that I can be easily retrieved if something were to go wrong.”

(Oh my god! Ah! I’m not calling you God, so you don’t need to answer. Actually, wait. There’s something that I want to complain about, so could you pick it up?)

“What’s up?”
“Don’t what’s up, me. What’s wrong with this spirit? Don’t tell me it’s like that?!”
“Fufufu. Well, you could say that.”
“So you’re telling me to take care of it, aren’t you? It won’t be good if normal people see this, you know?! Why is it that you’re always like this?”
“Ahahahaha…”
“What’s with the sudden laughing?”
“So that’s what you wanted to complain about.”
“That’s right! Didn’t you send Lullus here so that I’d have someone to travel with? To be honest, I’m fine with that. It’s not like I’m trying to rebel against you or anything, but on a serious note, you can’t kill me because I’m not from this world.”

Lullus had no status, thus it didn’t belong to this world. This meant that Lullus could be the only existence in this world that could stop me.

In other words, a stopper for when I did something wrong. I didn’t know exactly how powerful the spirit was, but just having it around made me instinctively hold back.

“You could say that. Imagine if God were to bring ants from your old world into this one. Those ants would be able to kill you, Fi. An existence born in this world cannot kill you. However, since the heroes were summoned from another world, they have the potential to harm you. The spirit that you named Lullus is also able to kill you.”
“That’s not what I’m worried about. Come to think of it, is the current generation of people able to trap the spirits?”
“Not likely. They were only able to do it in the past thanks to technology from another world¹.”
“I understand. I’ll call you again.”

I said and hung up.

It felt as though God was withholding something or not telling me the full story, but I decided to let it go for now. Besides, I suspected Lullus had been created as a being detached from this world to ensure it could safely escape its eventual collapse.

“What’s wrong, Master Finis?”
“It’s nothing. I was just talking with God. Lullus, do you think you can keep up with me at full speed?”
“How fast are we talking?”

Thinking about it, Lullus had no idea what I was capable of—then again, neither did I.

“I can reach the capital from here in less than half a day.”
“I could have kept up with that pace in my original form. But in this human form, I’m not yet accustomed to it. It would be difficult.”
“In the worst-case scenario, I can just carry you,” I said with a shrug.

Not that I intended to push myself to full speed in the first place. My goal was simply to check on the situation between the Fraus and Nigel Kingdoms. Checking in once a month should be enough to avoid missing anything significant.

Besides, I didn’t need to bring Lullus every time. It might get upset about being left behind since it was sent to be my travel companion, but I didn’t see a reason for it to be angry. Its role was to accompany me, not to follow me everywhere. Case closed.

What else needed sorting out?

“Lullus, how much has God told you about me?”
“I know a bit about you, Master Finis. You were one of the summoned heroes, known as Makoto Toriyama. After certain events, you died and later became the Demigod Finis,” Lullus replied.
“So you already knew.”
“Yes, but only in broad strokes. I could vaguely sense what was happening in the castle.”

This saved me the trouble of explaining everything. Or so I thought—until Lullus suddenly stopped and looked at me with a serious expression.

“I don’t know if the choice you made was the right one, Master Makoto. But I feel like you deserved to be rewarded for it.”
“I see. That’s nice to hear,” I said.

The words felt good, even if they didn’t carry much weight after all this time. Still, Lullus left a positive impression by not pushing further. Any attempts at pity would have only made it worse.

I was fine with Lullus knowing the basics: the common sense of this world and the fact that I was once Makoto Toriyama. Anything more was unnecessary.

“By the way, Master Finis, how do you plan to cross the border? You might be an adventurer, but your rank isn’t high enough.”
“You even know that? I’m impressed, Lullus.”
“It came up in the castle. Besides, I traveled a lot before I was captured. While much has changed, some things remain the same.”

That made sense. In terms of common sense, I could say I was just above average. Most of the castle’s population consisted of nobles, whose understanding of the world often seemed insane to the common folk. While there were differences, there were also overlaps.

Now, back to the matter of crossing the border.

“We’ll bypass the barrier,” I said.
“But aren’t you an adventurer?” Lullus asked, tilting her head.
“I am. At first, I considered going through legally, but honestly, that seems like way too much hassle. So, I decided to smuggle myself out. If you go deep enough into the woods, you’ll eventually find yourself outside the kingdom.”

Crossing a kingdom’s border usually required passing through a wall and a magical barrier². But the wall didn’t encircle the entire kingdom.

In most areas, the borders were natural barriers—forests filled with high-grade monsters or rivers that were difficult to cross. Those places were inherently risky, so I decided to bypass the barrier instead.

Naturally, being caught smuggling would create huge issues, but it was unlikely anyone would patrol the depths of a forest teeming with A-grade monsters. And if the kingdom truly were surrounded by a wall, I could just go over it.

“You see, I’ve realized I don’t have to follow boundaries set by others. After all, I’ve already trespassed into the castle. It can’t get any worse.”
“I agree that you don’t need to follow the rules set by others, but you do intend to blend in, right? Have you thought about how you’ll enter towns after crossing the border?” Lullus asked.
“I’ve got experience with that from when I first arrived in this world as Finis.”

It would work out. I just needed to craft a backstory that included Lullus. The title Genius Wizard seemed like it would suit her well.

1. Robinxen: Huh, so that answers that comment from the previous chapter!
2. Robinxen: “We must conserve our resources! ALSO BURN ALL THE MAGICAL ENERGY WE HAVE ON MAKING USELESS BORDER WALLS!

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