Chapter 30 – Turchen Castle (7)
In fact, when she received the bracelet from Princess Aria, she immediately tested to see if it was possible to summon the character.
“There are not enough materials for summoning.”
I don’t know if it doesn’t contain the power of God, or if it’s not enough, but unfortunately, I couldn’t summon additional characters.
I will have to receive additional game items through Princess Aria and try them out.
It would be nice if I could summon the next character as well.
Originally, I had planned to go straight to Turchen Castle, but meeting Princess Aria was an unexpected harvest.
I already had to rely on uncertain information to find traces of game characters, but there was a clear path to finding them.
Moreover, Princess Aria saw that I could use items and easily gave me her bracelet.
I don’t know how complicated the situation is, but most things can be resolved with the help of Ellie and Yuria.
We decided to wake up tomorrow morning and listen to what it was about, so we lay down in the tent and went to sleep.
I decided to install Ellie’s 〈 Divine Field 〉 just in case the knights over there might do some harm and additional monsters might appear.
I feel like every day I meet my character is very dramatic.
【Jinunim…】
Um…Um…
【Jinuni, can you hear me?】
Um, what is it?
I opened my eyes to the sudden sound of a voice.
If you look around, even the wind blowing on the barren land without a single blade of grass is cold.
Where are we?
I was apparently sleeping in a tent, but I woke up in a completely unknown place.
And the most noticeable thing in front of me was a very large door.
The door had several layers of chains around it and was locked with a padlock to prevent it from being unlocked.
【Nice to meet you, Jinu. No, should I call you Jinwoo Kim?】
I turned around when I heard a sweet voice behind me, and there was a brightly shining sphere floating around.
“Are you really a god here?”
【Yes, that’s right. I can finally meet you.】
It is finally the long-awaited meeting with God.
“Call it whatever you want. It doesn’t matter now. Is this a dream world?”
【To be precise, it is not in a dream. I called Jinu here.】
Huh? Of course I thought it was a dream!
“Oh.. Huh? So I’ve been summoned here now?”
【Yes. First of all, I borrowed Jinu’s soul and brought her here for a while. In many ways, it would be better for me to go to Jinu, but as you can see, the situation is the way it is…】
I think the last time he spoke to me, he thought it was a really urgent situation, so he lent his strength.
“So, we’re going back after the story is over? Are there any side effects from separating the body and soul?”
【You don’t have to worry about that. After we’re done talking, I’ll send it back to you safely. So shall we begin the story? I think you probably have a lot of questions.】
Good night. I think it’s finally time for some of my questions to be answered.
“Then, without hesitation… Let me ask you the one thing I want to ask the most. Why… Why me? Of all the fake people, why did you summon me to this world?”
Yes. First of all, of all the questions, this is the one I don’t understand the most.
Why me?
【…】
“If I needed strength, I would have just summoned a game character like I did in past history, and there are a lot more strong game characters besides Ellie and Yuria, which I raised.”
I was living happily enough in the original world.
Some people might ask what’s good about a life that repeats itself between home and work, but it wasn’t that bad just watching funny videos after work or giggling at the stupid things game streamers do.
Then, it was fun to turn on Elion and play dungeons and raids with my gaming friends using the character I raised.
If someone had explained why I came to this world and why I was chosen, I would have lived with understanding.
But it was so unfair to be summoned to this world with just one body.
The situation, where I didn’t even know who was responsible for what happened and who I could blame, chipped away at my spirit.
Before I met Ellie, I think I had attempted suicide or lived with a closed door in my heart.
And now, at this moment! I think I can finally hear the reason why I wanted it.
【…】
But God says nothing.
No, if you have a mouth, talk about it. Are you going to say that it is just a glowing sphere and has no mouth?
【For that, all I can say is that I am truly sorry…】
“Just tell me the reason… It’s happened so far anyway, and I don’t have any intention of getting angry. I just want to hear why I was chosen.”
God, who heard me, simply remained silent.
【It is true that my strength was not enough to protect this world from demons, so I called in a hero from another world.】
That’s all I know.
【However, the power of the demon that came over gradually became stronger, and I realized that my power was not enough to summon a suitable hero.】
“Is that why you called me here?”
It was obviously just a glowing sphere, but I felt like it was nodding its head and affirming what I said.
【Yes. You’re right. I learned that there is a being connected to the warriors by some unknown power, and I learned that if I call the warrior through that being, the power of a small god is enough to call the warrior.】
“I expected that much. Besides Ellie and Yuria, you will be able to summon more game characters through me.”
But it hasn’t been resolved yet.
“But you haven’t answered my question yet. Why on earth did you pick me?”
【To be honest, the reason… Was because of my relationship with the hero.】
Relationship?
“What does that mean?”
【As Jinu said, if we simply look at the strength of the heroes, there were far stronger heroes. But what was important to me was being able to summon that hero.】
“Do you mean that in order to summon another game character, my relationship with Elina Yuria must be close?”
【Of course my power is needed, but if I am not summoning it myself, the most important thing is that the heroes must also respond to the summons.】
If God calls a game character directly, he can call it right away without asking for permission, but it is different if he calls it through me.
It seems to be a system where I can summon the game characters only if I summon them and the game characters agree to it.
When I think about it, Ellie said that she came to connect with the world I am in to the creator god of her world.
【I tried various simulations before summoning Jinu. There is no one who can summon a hero as surely as Jinu.】
“That’s amazing. I’m sure there are people other than me who care about game characters.”
【After researching, it was important to know what each hero thought of the being who gave them strength. The person who had great power and thought the most precious about the being to be summoned was Jinunim.】
I definitely cared about the game characters I raised.
I developed each character by paying for them instead of throwing them away whenever possible.
When I moved from my main character, Lien, a martial artist, to Renia, a summoner, I had no choice but to focus on one thing because I was a student, but later, after I became an office worker, I started raising it again.
Usually, there are many people who delete characters that they don’t raise.
Still, I don’t understand why I was the best fit.
There seems to be a different reason, but it feels like they are just glossing over it.
“I feel reluctant for some reason, but let’s move on. Next question. I think the material needed to summon my character is an item imbued with the power of a god. Is that correct?”
【Yes. You can use the power contained in the equipment used by the warriors I summoned previously. Normally I should have given it to you myself like last time, but… I’m sorry.】
“Then I would like you to at least tell me where it is. If I hadn’t met Princess Arya this time, I would have gone to Turchen Castle and searched for an item I don’t know where it is.”
The shining sphere, which was a god, swayed from side to side as if shaking its head.
【I don’t know that far either. Sorry for not being of help.】
“Hmm… Then, please tell me this. Where is Numeron, the dimensional gate behind me now?”
【I can tell you that. We are now in Norden, the northernmost tip of the Arpe Continent.】
I was worried that they wouldn’t tell me this, but that wasn’t the case.
Bang!
Then I heard something crashing on the door behind me.
I looked back in surprise, and fortunately, the chain and lock that seemed to seal it had not come off, but I could see that the door that had been closed was slightly ajar.
And all I could see were creepy eyes in the endless darkness.
Moreover, there was not just one pupil, but dozens or hundreds.
【As you can see, Demon is trying to come over to this world at any time. I think my conversation with Jinu will end here. We will send you back to where you came from.】
If that many demons come over, this continent will really end.
“Yes. Then, I will try to collect it as quickly as possible.”
Soon my body began to be surrounded by pure white light.
【Before sending it to you, Jinu, I also had a question while talking to you. What on earth is the ‘game character’ you were talking about earlier? Although I understood it as referring to a hero in the flow of conversation.】
“Huh? No, literally? Is this a concept you don’t know?”
【Yes. I don’t know what it is. I would appreciate it if you could explain it next time.】
When I finally opened my eyes, I was back in the tent and the morning sun had risen.
When I looked around, it seemed like Ellie and Yuria had gotten up and left the tent before I did.
I soon went outside and saw Princess Aria and Ellie talking together.
