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The Sage Summoned to Another World Volume 2 Chapter 21

Translator: vysio_seth

Editor: ryunakama

Unwanted Guests

She had climbed on top of me again and like before, I had to calm her down. But this time her temper was higher than ever.
「They have surpassed me in levels……!? How did they surpass me in just a few days!? Touya! What did you do to them!? It’s not fair! You’ll have to teach me as well—! 」

「Okay, okay, first you’ll have to calm down……」

She inhaled sharply and took a minute to calm down.

「Fine, I’m calm. So go ahead, explain」
Should I tell her they only killed monsters……?

「Natalie-sama, Touya, for the past few days, had us fight monsters and have mock battles, but……」
「…… Yes……?」
「Touya-san also lent us a great deal of equipment that can increase our statuses, and……」

Char looks at her left hand and her cheeks turn pink.
「I think it was also the power of love」
「The power of love……?」
…… What?
The only thing I gave them were items I had on hand and wasn’t using.
「Yes, love. I have raised my level so much since I received this ring. It surely must be the power of love」
「What ring……?」
…… No, that ring is just another item I lent to you. I said so, didn’t I?

Al nods. She agrees with Char?

Natalie turns to me with wide eyes.
「Young priest, you gave both of them rings, and slept with them…… Were you already planning on taking them as wives?」

「……Eh?」
This is ridiculous. What is she talking about?
「Why do you look stupefied? You only give a ring to the one who is to become your wife. It’s a symbol of marriage here」

「I didn’t know……」
They avert their gaze when I look at them.

「You guys knew about it…… Is that why you were acting so weird……?」

「How can you not know that……? If you want to dissolve the marriage, all they have to do is take off the rings. Do you mean to tell me you will annul both a princess and a noblewoman, young priest?」

I stare blankly at Natalie.

「Hmmmm…… I said before I will help you guys. Now, if after the Emperor is rescued, he gives us his blessings I will marry both of you」

I’ve already decided to help them. Even though they kept this from me, I am not going to change my mind now.
Char and Al gleefully smile at me.
「Only two of them……? You are not including……me? I was part of the bedroom session. You will have to take responsibility and take me as a wife too」

I sigh as Natalie grins at me expectantly.
I take out another ring from Dimensional Storage. Char and Al keep watching me with smiles.
I took out a 30 times experience enhancement ring just like the one I gave Al.
After she receives the ring, Natalie has a bigger smile on her face than before and happily slips the ring on her ring finger.
「Now that is sorted…… Let’s get ready for tomorrow’s departure…… We need to stock up on food and—」
Ferris appears, interrupting me.
「……Touya, visitors」
At a time like this? I stood up, thinking that.
The knock at the front door does not sound meek in the slightest.
I sighed and opened the door anyway, and my visitors turned out to be ten soldiers in armour, and two expensively dressed men who were standing front and centre.
「—Are you Touya? I am the deputy of this city, Galan von Sinan. I am here to retrieve the two people from Lunette Empire who are currently hiding in your house」
……This is awkward. In just a day, I would have avoided this.
Sigh.
Now then—
「No, I will not hand them over to you. Now please leave」
My candid and prompt response was met with stunned silence for a few seconds.
「A guild registrant refuses us?」
A different man also in snazzy clothes barked in rage.
Is this the guildmaster Efland was talking about?
「Do I have to repeat myself? I said no」
The man I suspect is the guildmaster at my repeated refusal clenches his fists, trembling in rage while the deputy with a swift of his hand, orders the soldiers, 「You have made your choice…… You, arrest him!」
The soldier comes toward me, but I easily kick him away and stand intently in front of Galan, closing the door behind me.
「Arrest me…… If you can」
I say as I am threatening the deputy with ten fireballs that have emerged from my hand that is pointed right at him.
「A Mage!? You’re not a Recovery Priest!?」
So you know about my guild registration details?
「I’m waiting. Are you going to arrest me or what?」
At that moment, the soldiers’ eyes turned to the other 「thing」.
「I’m glad you came」
The Obsidian Battlehorse, Kokuyou, my pal, stood large and intimidating next to me.
Right before he bit my head.
「Read the mood, will you!?」
When I was done wiping my drool-stained head with my sleeve, I turned to the deputy and the soldiers again.
「So…… Where were we?」
Their faces twitched and glistened with sweat as I smirked at them.