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Volume 6 Chapter 136

Haruto and the Four Heroes (1/7)

「──Eh?」
Wh-why?
Why is my name from my original world on the stone monument?
「Haruto-san, is something wrong?」
Luna doesn’t know my original name. So, there’s no way she could make it up.
—-Unless my name really is inscribed on the stone monument.
「Saijou Haruto-sama…… Yes, it’s Haruto-sama. The Hero who cleared this dungeon with me also had the name Haruto—Oh, is that…….?」
Tears were overflowing from Tina’s eyes.
「W-why? The tears, they won’t stop」
It seems Tina has regained her memories regarding the Guardian Hero’s name.
「Haruto-sama……」
Tina came to the side of the stone monument. Probably calling out to the Hero Haruto.
Tina touched the stone monument—-
At that moment, something flowed into my mind again. It was the memory of me touching the stone monument.
However, it was slightly different from what I saw earlier.
Tina was standing beside me.
And on the polished black stone monument, my face was reflected.
It was me in my original world, before my reincarnation.

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When I realised it, I was in a pure white world.
「Oh my, it seems the contract has come to an end」
I turned towards the voice.
There stood an exceptionally beautiful woman, smiling gently.
「You are…… the Goddess of Memory」
I know her.
「Fufu, it’s been a long time, Haruto」
「Long time no see… I’m sorry for breaking our contract」
I had a contract with her.
「No, it’s totally fine. Thanks to our contract, it brought me a lot of faith」
The contract I made with the Goddess of Memory consisted of three parts.
I would lose the memories of my time in this world.
All the inhabitants of this world would forget my name.
And the 『feelings』 they had for me, the gratitude and affection from the people I saved a hundred years ago, would all be converted into 『faith』 and become the nourishment for the Goddess of Memory.
—-That was the nature of our contract.

『Feelings』 referred to the gratitude and love towards me. All of the people’s gratitude had transformed into faith for the Goddess.
As the price of that contract, I received—-
Magical tools to protect Tina. And just a little time to hand them over to her.
That was all.
But at that time, I desperately needed that time.
Due to Tina regaining my name, the contract with the Goddess was broken.
「The magical tools have already been broken, and Tina has also regained her memories. But I am already satisfied because I received plenty of faith」
The Goddess smiled.
「Actually, I never thought Haruto would come back at all」
「Yeah…… Me neither」
I was gradually starting to regain the memories of my time in this world. I remembered the time when I made the contract with the Goddess.
「In that case, I will return the memories of Haruto that I got from you」
「Is…… Is that okay!?」
「Of course! I’ve had plenty of fun already」
Saying so, the Goddess drew close.
Her lips felt soft.
The Goddess’s translucent skin was right in front of me—-
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This place is……
I was walking along a familiar road.
—-No, I wasn’t walking. Yet my body was moving on its own.
It felt as if I was in the cockpit of an automatically moving humanoid robot, sharing its field of view.
I stopped at an intersection.
A car passed in front of me.
Right now, I wasn’t in the world where Tina and the others were; I was in my original world.
But I have not returned to my original world.
This is my memory.
My body was moving without my will.
Yes, I am about to be involved in the summoning by a god from another world at the park ahead.
I know that, but I can’t stop.
I arrived at the park. I pass through this park every day on my way between home and school. I’m returning from school now.
Four familiar figures are approaching.
Takato, Daichi, Yuri, and Kana. They are the four who will be summoned by the god from another world. They are students from another school who attend the cram school near my high school.
And they will be my comrades in defeating the Demon Lord of another world, over the next year.

We pass by each other at the centre of the park.
—- And at that moment, our feet are lifted up.
It’s coming!
The summoning by the god from another world.
I feel my body being pulled somewhere. I’ve gotten used to teleporting myself, but being forcibly moved by someone else feels strange.
Amidst this—
「Help me」
A voice that sounds like it’s about to disappear reaches my ears.
It’s Tina’s voice.
Thanks to hearing that voice, I was able to save Tina from the monsters.
Well, I’ll have a hard time since I didn’t receive any skills or statuses from god, but……
That doesn’t matter.
Alright, the 『me』 in my memory!
Hurry up and go save Tina!
It’s okay, Sarion will come to help you soon.
You just need to buy some time!
First I meet the god.
Perhaps he’s an important god among them.
He seems to have more power than the evil god.
I immediately ask the god to teleport 『me』.
Yes, that’s good.
The god seems a bit flustered. At that time, I didn’t realise it, but I might have asked the god for an impossible favour.
In any case, 『I』 received level 30 status and a single skill and was teleported to another world.
Alright, do your best, 『me』!
It doesn’t matter if you look pathetic.
I just have to save Tina!!