Author: SS Samurai	Original Source: Syosetu
Translator: rm31439	English Source: Re:Library

“Sorry, that was a bit much,” I muttered.
“Hm? There is still more to talk about…”
“C-Could we continue this another time?”
“What, did you come here even though you’re busy today? This was Our fault; we shall leave it for now.”
“My apologies, we’ll be off…”

Mika and I left the city and used an item that took us home without relying on Kanata’s power. In any case, there was a lot to sort through.

“…I never though Mr. Mitsuo would be the Guide.”
“True, but it makes sense,” Mika replied while scratching her cheek in a way that also propped up her head.

What does she mean by that?

“Why do you think so?”
“Look, didn’t he absorb the Demon God into his own body? The evil gods we fought so far… take Samaeyl, for instance. She possessed Karuna, one of the people with the power to find the Hero. And didn’t Surtr possess Shuu, one of the Sages? So, it was strange that Mr. Mitsuo, who’s neither Hero nor Sage, could absorb an evil god this easily.”
“If you put it that way…”

Evil gods couldn’t possess people who weren’t Hero, Sage, or those of a predisposition related to them… If such a law existed, there would’ve been no way for the Demon God to be absorbed into Mr. Mitsuo so easily, no matter how often he stored her in Droprot. I saw the whole process, and at no point had there been any visible rejection. If he was the Guide, then the easy process made sense.

Heh-heh, Mika is as smart as always.

“But does he himself remember that he’s the Guide?” I wondered. “This must’ve been more than 100 years ago.”
“Didn’t he tell us that he slept most of that time? If it was like Urashima Tarou for him, he still might remember it.”
“Huh, I wonder. We’ll have to ask him…”

But we can only go there once it’s Saturday on Earth. And that’s the day we promised to watch Shuu’s prefectural tournament.

“When are we going to talk to him?”
“I think Monday should work. We only have classes before noon until all the club tournaments are over.”
“Oh, that’s right!”

In that case, let’s go ask him next Monday.

There probably wouldn’t be that many people since it was a weekday, which should make it easier to talk to him. While we did exchange our contact information, we could only ask him directly while the circus was still in town.

“The bigger issue is the evil god on Earth…”
“Right, that’s the scariest part.”
“The people of this world seem to think it won’t be an issue since you can’t use magic over there… If only if was that simple.”

But doesn’t that mean the evil god really is rendered powerless? Hang on…

“Didn’t all these strange events occur around the Jizou statue? Like that ball of flames someone saw.”
“Oh, yes, they did.”
“And Lord Jizou was the one who brought us to this world. And from what Shuu told us, there was a reaction when Rir performed the Anazuman prayer.”
“So, what you’re trying to say is that it might be possible to invoke magic on Earth, Ayumu? In that case, this ball of flames might have been the beginner spell Fireball.”
“Exactly.”

Mika’s expression darkened. If the phenomena I just mentioned were related to Anazumu and magic, then it might already be hopeless. We’d have no idea when and where the evil god would resurrect.

The ones we’d seen so far had used attacks that befitted the word “god” in their names, like scattering particles that caused instant death on contact (while ignoring any obstacles) or creating a different dimension. If such an evil god appeared on Earth, with neither magic nor magic tools available, the number of casualties would be immense.

Our level of technological development wasn’t that bad, so if guns and bombs were effective, it could prevent the destruction of the planet. Though it might still wipe out Japan and various other Asian countries.

“In that case, we need to find that vajra ASAP.”
“But we have absolutely no clue where it is.”
“Maybe Mr. Mitsuo knows something.”
“Well, he might, or he might not. Let’s ask him when we have the chance.”

Still, have we really been in such danger up to this point? Living in a house without knowing an old bomb is buried beneath it is bad enough already. In any case…

“How did they even bring the vajra to Earth?” I wondered.
“Bwuh?”
“I mean, when we go from Anazumu to Earth or vice versa, we can’t take anything with us, right? The only exception was when Shuu and the others were summoned as Sages.”
“Hm, that’s true. But it feels like there should be other ways. With this world being how it is, there might be a feature we can add to the Jizou teleporter.”

True enough, extraordinary things were normal in this world. If she put it like this, I couldn’t refute her.

“Hm~… What should we do?”
“Nothing happened so far, so we probably don’t have to rush our search. First thing is to talk with Mr. Mitsuo, and then we ask King Rama about the investigation.”
“You’ve got a point… Also, we’ll have to tell King Rama at some point that we’re not from Anazumu.”
“My gut tells me that he’ll practically force you to become the Guide, the moment he learns that.”
“Yes…”

Mika’s intuition was usually spot-on, so… the chance of the king conscripting me as the Guide was high.

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