Seiju No Kuni No Kinju Tsukai
/ Seiju no Kuni no Kinju Tsukai Chapter 3
「…Uu」
This is the second time I woke up.
This is… a pillow?
「Hmm, you awake?」
The voice of a woman.
I opened my eyes slightly.
「Here is…」
Ah, right.
I passed out again.
「Let me see―」
I jumped out in surprise.
「T-that’s right, there was a giant tree I’ve never seen before―」
*SMACK*
I hit something really hard with my forehead.
「Uwaa!」
「Kyaa! …That hurt! What the hell are you doing?」
When I looked, I saw a woman with a wavy-looking bob cut holding her brow with teary eyes.
Because I woke up with such force, it looks like I head-butted her near her ears.
「So-Sorry.」
「I’m… I’m sorry.」
While I apologized, I quickly looked at my surroundings.
They also laid me in bed.
The bed I’ve been sleeping on is simple but clean.
「…」
My consciousness is… steady.
While her ears are still tinged red, the woman wearing what I’m guessing are white robes asked something.
「That doesn’t matter now. So, do you know why you passed out? If you have any sorts of illnesses, I can give you advice, you know? Despite my appearance, I’m the doctor in charge of the infirmary of Saint Runethread Academy. If it’s for the students, with pleasure I can consult with you.」
「Nn? My name? I’m Lisa Logosta. Age 25. And I’m currently taking applications for a lover.」
「…」
It seems that she’s a foreigner.
It’s a mystery why she added her age and is taking applications for a lover though.
「Ah, my name is… Sa-Sagara Kurohiko.」
I was supposed to ask a question, but I ended up introducing myself.
Lisa put her hand to her mouth and let out a small 「Hm.」
「Fumu, Sagara Kurohiko… If I had to guess from your name, you’re a student from the Eastern Nation perhaps?」
Eastern Nation?
So she’s asking me if I’m from Asia?
I heard that Japan is called the 『Far East』 by foreigners, but this is my first time hearing it called the『Eastern Nation』.
Well, at any rate.
And… that giant tree.
Moreover, that building and townscape.
But that giant tree looking over the pretty townscape…
I recalled that overwhelming and majestic appearance.
It was so sublime that it made me want to kneel before it.
Since I had unimaginable amounts of free time, I looked at every site about the world’s heritage, and there wasn’t such tree from what I saw.
What is happening?
That’s right.
This situation, I’ve read it several times somewhere, it’s something that many yearn――
I raised my hand.
「Ex-excuse me.」
「Here is…. Where is the place?」
Lisa suddenly fell silent for a moment.
「We are in the infirmary of Saint Runethread Academy.」
「I don’t understand what you are asking…」
「What I’m asking is what is this―」
What is this world called?
When I was about to ask, I noticed how strange of a question it would be.
This question is just like…
I often hear that question in manga and anime when the protagonist gets lost in another world.
At that moment my, heart beats harder.
No, but, it can’t be, I’m―
When I placed my hand on my mouth immersed in thinking, Lisa was looking at my face.
Now I can see that she too is classified as a beautiful woman.
「Ah, umm…?」
「Eh?」
「Eh?」
「If you came for the entrance ceremony, it already ended, so you are asking where to go now, right? But it was as if… Yes, you’re reaction was like you just learned about the existence of this country right now.」
She gets off the bed.
She placed the portrait in front of me.
「What is reflected here is Sagara Kurohiko, correct?」
What she brought was a mirror.
I looked closely and I saw myself reflected in the mirror.
Before I noticed, I was touching every part of my face.
「Uh?」
E-Eh?
But, this is… me, right?
But I feel that something is not right…
I looked in the mirror again and stared intently at myself.
What?
This is―
This is… rejuvenation?
There is no doubt that I’m the one that is reflected in the mirror—Sagara Kurohiko.
My skin is smooth.
Realizing that I look younger, I don’t know what to feel.
I looked at the ceiling.
It hurts.
I didn’t wake from my dream, and I didn’t go back to my gloomy room.
「…」
Is this kind of thing… possible?
Again.
There is only one possibility.
Another world.
That light wrapped me… sent me to another world?
…
There is one thing that doesn’t have an explanation.
That giant tree.
If there was such a tree in my previous world, I would have at least heard about it from the media or by some other chance.
The existence of that tree gives me a reason to believe that this is another world… That’s what I thought.
No, maybe I wanted to deny my previous world only because of the existence of that tree.
Well anyways.
If this a different world from my previous one, that explains various things.
That beautiful woman I met with silver hair and her strange clothes.
That mysterious and giant tree too.
All have easy explanations.
In other words.
And that mysterious and giant tree doesn’t exist in my world.
I’m in a world different from my previous one.
For third time I look again in the mirror.
Why did I age younger?
「…」
If this was normal, maybe I have to be more surprised.
But putting aside my concerns, there was one more thing had me thinking.
And that was―the thing I lost some time ago, a burning feeling in my chest.
Is it possible to start over?
Can I restart my life here?
One more time.
This is… another chance that God gave me, isn’t that right?
When I was in my previous world.
But I didn’t know from what point to redo my life in my 『previous world』.
But… if this was a different world from the 『previous world』 then―
No, it is different.
It isn’t the same world.
This new environment will give me the chance to start over with a new life.
But, unless I put the effort to change, it is useless.
That’s right.
Although I have rejuvenated, the inside of 『Sagara Kurohiko』 is still the same.
Therefore.
I have to change.
And this time… I’m going to find it.
Because this is surely my last chance.
I tightly made a fist.
I was given this unexpected chance.
Let’s try to do what I can do.
「…」
Strange.
Even a only a little, but I felt that something that was stopped is now starting to move again.
Or is was because… I was released from my obligations?
I laughed at myself with a smile and breathed.
「In that case, it is now…」
「Eh?」
When I saw her, Lisa was folding her arms and looking at with a doubtful face.
I was so absorbed in my thoughts that I forgot about existence of Lisa.
「Your changing facial expressions on the bed, well, was enjoyable to watch.」
「…So-sorry.」
I stop being embarrassed.
What I’m doing…
「Although your emotions changed in unusual ways, can you answer my question? There is no doubt that the man reflected is Sagara Kurohiko?」
Although I rejuvenated.
There was a knock at the door of the room.
Lisa answers with a 「You can enter.」
「Excuse me.」
A man entered in the room, suitable of being called a palace guard.
And the man asked.
「Did the new student who didn’t attend the entrance ceremony due passing out near the gates wake up?」
Lisa turned her face.
「Yeah. He just woke up right now.」
「Yes, apparently it’s Sagara Kurohiko. His memories are a mess due to his fainting, but he remembers his name clearly. It appears that he is from the Eastern Nation.」
「Is that so? Umm…. A Sacred Tree Knight who didn’t finish the cadet registration today, Sagara Kurohiko… Sagara… Sagara… Saga… ra… Uh? Sagara? Uuh?」
The guard (which I call him) frowned and came near me with a bitter smile.
「Nn〜? Sagara… Kurohiko?」
「Ah, nothing, only that I can’t find that name in the list of new students… Strange, right?」
「Ah, that’s right. First, show me the application certificate, it’s faster that way.」
The guard and Lisa are watching me.
「Eh?」
「A-application certificate?」
The guard and Lisa looked at each other.
The shocked guard says to me.
「In order for a Sacred Tree Knight cadet to finish his procedures in entering the academy, they must send an application certificate beforehand, then you get accepted. It is common sense.」
Silence.
Lisa looks slightly doubtful.
「It can’t be that… you didn’t bring an application certificate?」
The mood changes.
The guard’s glance turned into a dubious one.
「Then, why are you here? Lisa-sensei, this young man, who is this…」
「That means he is an intruder!?」
「Um… Who knows? I was certain that he was a new student, so I was treating him cordially.」
It appears that the situation has become quite suspicious.
The guard had a severe expression and had his hand on the sword on his waist.
「For the time being, I’ll hear your circumstances. But I’ll cut you down if you resist… What will you do?」
Umu.
I’m only an ordinary person with no special skills at the moment with no chance of resisting.
It’s not like I can use martial arts, and of course that applies to magic too.
This is bad.
No, far from that, if they caught me, it’s possible too that they are going to say 「For the time being, he will be executed because he is unidentifiable and suspicious.」
Please wait.
Before understanding anything, I’m going to be imprisoned.
The future that I was hoping for, I felt that is now gone.
Wh-what I can do?
What is possible for me to do?
Then, Lisa placed her hand on the guard’s shoulder.
「Wait a minute, it looks like he doesn’t have any weapons, and it’s not necessary to be on guard so suddenly. Just now he said his memory is a mess, and it would pitiable to go violent.」
But the wariness didn’t disappear from the guard’s eyes.
「It’s possible that he is an Art User, we shouldn’t relax our guard. He might be a potential spy from a foreign country aiming to mix in with the new students. Or perhaps a companion of the man who ran away from the discipline chamber the other day…」
The guard is pointing the tip of his sword at me.
「So―What will you do, Sagara?」
I disappointingly dropped my shoulders and sighed deeply.
The other party had weapons, it would be wise to surrender quietly.
There is also a possibility that my life is going to be in danger if I’m reckless.
In order to show that I have no intention to resist, I raised both hands.
「…」
In spite of being in this situation, a question came to my mind at that moment… Indeed, a carefree doubt.
…In this world, does surrendering with your hands up even exist?
Chapter end
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