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The Sage Summoned to Another World Volume 3 Chapter 10

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Translator: Cryus

Editor: ryunakama

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Volume 3 Chapter 10

「M-M-Master Touya!? From the Salandir Kingdom!?」

The receptionist sprang out. I subconsciously took a step back and nodded.

「Someone contact the Guildmaster Representative now! And give me a nomination request now! I’m taking Master Touya downstairs!」

The other receptionists, who seemed unmotivated earlier, immediately sprang to action.

What just happened……?

The receptionist I had been talking to suddenly grabbed my arm, and brought me behind the counter.

We went down the stairs, and she burst open the door at the end of the stairs.

I saw a large field that looked like a training ground of some sort. But most of the injured there were sleeping.

Furthermore, they weren’t only humans. There were also many demi-humans.

「This is……」

The war should have been over a while ago. Having this many injured during this time was a strange situation in itself.

「Master Touya, I’ve heard mention of your name from the Guildmaster Representative. Now that you have come to this guild, we wish to give you a nomination request and have you treat the injured. Although you’ve come from another country, I assume you know about the situation here?」

I nodded honestly in response. I had heard a lot of information when I was in Lian, and also gathered more information in the town on the way to the Imperial Capital.

But I couldn’t believe that the demi-humans who had fled to Lian and other countries knew that much even back then……

「The war is already over, right? Why are there so many injured at this time? And I thought the demi-humans had already escaped……」

The receptionist stuttered, then her expression darkened.

「But even if we’re going to talk about this, we need to do something about the injured first.」

I walked towards the injured who were sleeping on a simple sheet. The receptionist looked a little surprised, but caught up to me.

「You may be a Recovery Priest, but you’re just one person. You’ll run out of mana just by treating a few people……」

I ignored the receptionist’s concerns and proceed to the middle. The injured who were conscious looked at me, a stranger, as I went on boldly towards them.

「Here should be alright……」

I focused magical energy into my hands, and cast a Recovery spell.

『Area High Heal』

A silver circle of light of about 20 meters in diameter surrounded me, surprising the injured who were awake.

The light lasted for about a minute, and as it disappeared, I heard the surprised voices of the injured.

「Hey…… My wounds are healing!!」

「Y-you’re right……」

「I-I can’t believe it……」

I ignored the men who got up, and moved to the next spot where I repeated the recovery spell.

It took about six times to heal everyone there.

I confirmed that the magic had worked on everyone, then nodded to myself. The receptionist is dumbfounded, with her mouth agape.

「Wh-wh… Th-this is…impossible…… A high level, area healing spell……? And multiple times at once……」

Normally if I were to hide my own status, I would have rejected her on the grounds of running out of mana from casting healing magic repeatedly. That might’ve been logical.

But I just couldn’t do it.

That’s because both humans and demi-humans alike had suffered similar injuries. It was the utmost proof that they hadn’t sided with the Generate Kingdom.

Surely they must have done something to warrant such serious injuries. And taking into consideration that the Adventurer’s Guild were in hiding, I think that it was evidence that the Adventurer’s Guild was still seeking protection in the Lunette Empire.

「That should be everyone. Does this complete your request? Also, I’d like to hear the details about what happened.」

The receptionist looked startled, then nodded vigorously.

「Yes, it does. Would you be so kind to follow me to the Guildmaster Representative? He shall meet with you and compensate you.」

The adventurers who were now healed showered me with words of gratitude. I raised a hand in acknowledgement, and left the training ground.

I was taken to a private room, which looked rather luxurious.

「Please wait a moment. I shall bring the Representative here.」

The receptionist poured some black tea and left it in front of me, bowed, and left the room.

「I didn’t really want to attract any attention, but…… I guess I’ll have to explain it to Alice later……」

No matter how I look at it, I didn’t follow her advice to keep a low profile.

Even then, I couldn’t help but think that I would’ve acted any other way upon seeing their plight.

A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door. The receptionist brought in a man in his forties with a trimmed beard.

He looked like a former adventurer. He had a sharp look in his eyes, and I could see the outline of his muscles from his clothes.

He sat boldly in front of me, and our eyes met.

It must have been a few seconds before his expression suddenly softened.

「The receptionist told me. I thank you for helping my guild in our dilemma.」

「Well, it was a request for a Recovery Priest.」

I gave a casual reply, to which the man smiled with glee.

「We haven’t introduced ourselves yet. I’m Grucia, the Sub-Guildmaster of the guild here in the Imperial Capital. Perhaps because the former Guildmaster was a noble, he was arrested by the soldiers of the Generate Kingdom, and has already been executed. So essentially, I’m the one running this place.」

「I’m Touya, a B-Rank Adventurer and Recovery Priest, from the Salandir Kingdom of the Fendi branch.」

I placed my guild card on the table in case he wanted to verify it.

Grucia took my guild card, and whispered something into the receptionist’s ear before giving my card to her.

「We’ll process your card for the guild request. Please wait a while. Until then, shall we talk?」

I’d prefer not to talk about myself, but to be honest, I wanted to ask about the people in the training ground who had been injured.

「You must’ve seen that horrible sight earlier. I suppose I should explain it first.」

The Adventurer’s Guild provides subsidiaries to the countries they’re located in, but they’re strictly neutral. The guild is free to participate in wars according to the members’ own will, but no one is compelled to do so. In contrast to the Lunette Empire’s stance on coexisting with demi-humans, the Generate Kingdom treats humans preferentially, and demi-humans are recognized only as slaves.

As for the Adventurer’s Guild here in the Lunette Empire, where there are many demi-humans, they had been supporting their war efforts discreetly.

However, the Imperial Capital was occupied by the Generate Kingdom thanks to the unexpected appearance of the Hero.

Not every demi-human who lived in the Imperial Capital escaped. Many of them scattered and hid in facilities, the underground, and even in the slums to prevent being found. But somehow the Generate Kingdom soldiers gained some information, and raided the slums where they had set up camp.

They were able to escape thanks to adventurers who had protected them, but many adventurers were lost, while others were injured as a result.

That was a few days prior.

Having listened to Grucia explain all that, I raised a hand.

「Are you sure about telling me this much……? What if I were a pawn of the Generate Kingdom? And how did your receptionists know my name in the first place……?」

Grucia burst out laughing and slapped his knees in response to my unexpected questions.

「You, a pawn of the Generate Kingdom……? Then that emissary of the Generate Kingdom who was in the Salandir Kingdom — why did you kill him?」

So he heard the news……

Tension coursed through my body, but Grucia continued laughing.

「It’s all right. The Salandir Kingdom passes information to its Royal Capital, but in the Lunette Empire, information is gathered here in the Imperial Capital. And this time, I’ve stopped it from going anywhere else. So don’t worry.」

「……As I thought, the news came here……」

「Yes, the Guild Headquarters in Salandir Kingdom passed the information here regarding the war crime of killing the nobility of the Generate Kingdom. Personally, I think they deserved it. When I heard that the Generate Kingdom noble was killed by an adventurer, I got a kick out of it.」

That means I’ll be okay here in the Lunette Empire…… I’m thankful for it.

Just then, there was a knock on the door. The receptionist came in.

「Thank you for waiting.」

She brought a tray with a small bag and my guild card, as well as an envelope.

「Touya, your reward is two gold coins. I had wanted to give you more, but we’re in a bad situation. Right now, we’re not getting any subsidies from the castle, as it’s under the control of the Generate Kingdom, so please bear with us. In exchange…… Well, take a look and you’ll understand.」

I took the guild card that was placed on the table, and saw that the card was now a golden color. On the card were the words “A-Rank”.

「……I don’t think I’ve done enough to earn a rank upgrade. Are you sure about this……?」

「Yes. I’m essentially in charge of the guild in this country. It’s by no means formal, but I’d like to do things my way until there’s a new Guildmaster.」

「So then, what’s in this envelope……?」

I took a glance at the envelope with no address written on it.

「You see, this is a letter from Efland, the Sub-Guildmaster of Fendi. He’s an old acquaintance of mine. In the letter he wrote 『If Touya comes your way, please take care of him.』 He even predicted that if you escaped, you’d come to this country. How thoughtful.」

Efland, huh…… He’d always looked out for me in the town of Fendi. I opened the letter with a feeling of nostalgia, and read the letter. He wrote about his concern for me, and also about Char, Al, and Natalie.

Feeling a deep sense of gratitude, I put the letter back into the envelope and stored it in my clothes.

I noticed that I had been in the guild for a longer time than I had expected, so I told Grucia that I was returning to the inn.

Alice would probably be worried if I was out for too long.

「I’m planning to stay here in the Imperial Capital for a while. I don’t know if I can do it everyday, but I’m planning to come to the guild.」

「That would be helpful. Please tell me which inn you’re staying at, so that I can contact you if anything urgent happens.」

I told him the name of the inn I was staying at, then left the guild and returned to the inn with casual steps.

Alice was already in the room when I returned.

「You took some time, Touya. What happened……?」

There was no reason for me to hide anything, so I told her about my day at the guild. Halfway through, ther expression looked a little grave, but as I finished my story, she nodded and smiled happily.

「Yeah, that’s alright. We can trust Grucia.」

I was a little relieved when I heard her response, but she continued speaking.

「You had no choice this time, but let’s try to keep a low profile as much as possible. To be honest, your magic — is an anomaly.」

Honestly, I’m aware of it. After all, I had no problem casting such a high level spell continuously.

And the other Recovery Priests in the Guild had always told me that they’d run out of mana after a few healing spells.

I know that there’s no one else with the advanced job of Sage.

「We need to stay quiet until the Rescue Mission Event.」

「You’re right. I’ll also keep a low profile from now on.」

I took out two wine glasses and a bottle of wine from my Dimensional Storage, and poured wine into the glasses.

「Let’s drink to our success.」

「Yes, I’ll just have one cup.」

We toasted and drank the wine.

And a few days later, it was finally the night to sneak into the castle.

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