Chapter 2 – First meeting with the king.
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"Sheath your swords! It must be a coincidence, we don't know the appearance of the people from the other world and Leliah has been dead for more than 3000 years, there is no way it’s her." Even while saying so the king never stopped looking at me while trembling a bit.
(It seems that this man is a bit better than I thought, not letting himself be swayed too much by a tale.)
"But! Your Majesty!"
"I said to wait Gabriel! Or you can't even follow the orders of your king now?"
(Ok, I take it back, now they’re just shouting at each other to ease their fear.)
"Please forgive my rudeness my king.” With these words Gabriel sheathed his sword, but was still glaring at me with his hand on the hilt.
When he saw that Gabriel obeyed his command the king took a big breath and straightened himself while looking at me with a wry smile and after a moment began to speak.
"I am the king of the Holy Olivedias Kingdom, August Lucian Olivie. The place where we are now is the palace at the centre of Phosforia and I’ve summoned you here to act as the hero of humanity in this time of need. You have to excuse the captain of my guards, your appearance is similar to the demon of an old story of our world, but I will put my trust in you for the time being, despite your appearance"
(Wait a moment… hero!? I’ve been summoned to be a hero? What’s with this sudden demotion? And it’s obvious that he doesn’t trust me, he started shaking again!)
“…”
(Oh right he’s probably waiting for my name. Aaaah! It’s always been a pain dealing with kings, but I also kind of want to know more about this world so I think I will go along with this for a little bit. But I've been given many names on Earth but which should I use? Lakshmi? Tyche? Lamia? Well, I was going to visit Rome so...)
"It’s an honor to meet you King August, my name is Fortuna. I thank you for your trust, but may I ask exactly for what reason I’m here?" I said while doing a small bow.
"As I said, we called you to be the hope of humanity. The Demon King is leading his army against the other races and is steadily gaining territory every day; we can barely slow him down and need you to stop him for us."
(What kind of overly used plot is this? Have I become the protagonist of a badly written novel?)
“I don’t think I will be of any use against an army of demons with my ability though.”
(I could probably wipe them all off in an instant but I think I will keep the play going.)
“Do not worry, the people summoned as heroes are given a boost to their capacities and the ability to grow faster than any other human. Gabriel here, along with our court magician, will be in charge with your training, starting tomorrow”
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As the king said so the man in full plate armor at his side made a step forward, I tried looking at him using the special ability of my eyes and this came up:
Name: Gabriel Canturos Race: Human Lvl: 63 Job: Knight HP: 6953 MP: 1284 SP:2597 STR: 324 DEF: 412 AGI: 136 INT: 98 WIS: 86 Skills Sword mastery lvl8 Polearm mastery lvl5 Hand to hand combat lvl4 Shield mastery lvl 7 Will of the knight Magic manipulation lvl 3 Sense danger lvl 5 Titles The Sword of The King
(What's this? It seems like the status window in one of those games that are popular now on Earth. Could it be that the ability of my eyes translates to this in this world?) I looked at myself out of curiosity and a status window similar to the one before popped out.
Name: Fortuna Race: Human (Incarnated God) Lvl:1 Job: Hero HP: 123 MP: 137 (#ERROR) SP: 109 STR: 104 DEF: 103 AGI: 106 INT: 105 (#ERROR) WIS: 104 (#ERROR) Skills Sword mastery lvl 1 Dagger mastery lvl 2 Hand to hand combat lvl2 Alchemy lvl 1 (Divinity [LOCKED]) Evasion lvl 2 Holy magic lvl 2 (lvl MAX) (Luck manipulation) (All matter manipulation) (Parallel thinking lvl MAX) (Thought acceleration lvl MAX) (Divine teleportation) (All seeing eyes) Titles (God of Luck and Chance) Hero of Humanity
(My abilities really turned in a game-like status! Even techniques I learned in my previous lives appeared in the status. But what’s the deal with these errors?)
“I am Gabriel Canturos, commander of the royal knights. I ask your forgiveness for my previous behavior”
(Oh right, we were doing this.)
“Don’t let it bother you, for what I could grasp from your words it was a misunderstanding caused by my appearance. I look forward to training with you.”
“Very well, now that we explained the situation one of our maids will show you the way to your room. Lucilla, come in.”
The moment the king finished talking a maid in a long, plain, brown dress entered the room and, even if she was startled by my appearance for a moment, she immediately regained her composure and bowed in the direction of the king.
“At your service, Your Majesty.”
(What a good maid, she’s more composed than the king. It’s a real pity that she’s not wearing a maid dress though)
“Lucilla, show hero Fortuna the way to her room.”
“Yes sire.”
“Please hero Fortuna, follow me, I will accompany you to your room.” After she said so to me with a light bow she started walking in the direction of the door she came from.