[As I explained before, Sakura and I, together with everyone in the school, came from the country called Japan. We were summoned here as heroes by the royal palace, but we were thrown out of the royal capital because we didn’t have any gifts.]
As I start talking, Mio asks a question immediately.
[I heard summoned heroes usually have a gift. Why didn’t Master have one?]
[I will explain a little bit later, but it seems we don’t have a gift because we have special power(s).]
[Is that the miracle Jin-sama caused?]
It seems Maria is recognizing me as a god. If I don’t stop her, she will worship me as a god. Yeah, just stop calling it a miracle.
[It isn’t a miracle, but that is right. It was the reason why I could heal Maria and bought Mio, too.]
Let’s skip the details about special powers, I will explain it during the travel.
[Those people from royal palace only judge “Hero” from the gift alone. We were thrown out because we didn’t have any gifts.]
[But Jin-sama, you said you were summoned together with others, why didn’t your acquaintances stop it?]
Hmm… Maria exactly notices that. How should I put it? Sakura is special case…
[Yeah, no one stopped it. In fact, we could feel hostility from their eyes, too.]
[Eh, isn’t that too unnatural?]
[Yeah, I also don’t doubt they were brainwashed or something, too. So we plan to leave this country quickly.]
[That means masters are escaping from this country…]
Mio murmurs something like that.
[Wait a second. An escape?]
[[Eh?]]
Sakura and Mio simultaneously raised their voices.
[I’m not going to hide it. Because we hate this country, we want to leave.]
[Is that so? I thought you were fugitives…]
It seems Sakura and I have different perceptions.
[In our current condition, we won’t have any problems when pursuers come. We don’t have to be sneaky like fugitives.]
Because living a life on the run is nerve-wracking and unpleasant.
If pursuers come, we have to defeat them. It is a valuable source of skill points.
[I have no intention of avoiding trouble, but I won’t forgive anyone who is hostile towards us and causes a problem. In short, “we won’t hold back”.]
[That’s quite bold.]
[If not that bold, how could I go and buy slaves?]
That’s right. It might be good to learn about it for now.
[Let’s confirm it. Did you two have a sense of belonging to this country? To be honest, our current situation is nothing short of being hostile towards this country.]
Maria reacts to my words.
[I don’t mind. I will be where Jin-sama is. My only acquaintances of this country are in the village from my hometown, which sold children off to reduce the number of mouths to feed. There would be no deep emotion even if I reappeared in front of them again.]
Her loyalty is still the same. Maria should be safe for now. What about Mio?
[I don’t think I belong here, either. Even the matter of mayonnaise is slightly bad. They branded me a criminal without hearing the details. Beside, my hometown is still Japan, too.]
Mio still feels she belongs to Japan. She gave a nostalgic smile and says,
[Originally, I was very sick, but I have good memories because my parent were really gentle. I was about to recover, but I died in a traffic accident…]
It seems she doesn’t mind if I fight against this country.
[Understood. Let’s move to the next topic.]
[[Yes.]]
Both of them answer cheerfully.
[We were driven out of the royal capital because of my power… Since it is troublesome to explain, I’ll just call it “special power”.]
[[Special power?]]
[I will explain after this. You can think it is a mysterious power that I have.]
[Jin-sama has something like that, after all.]
Maria isn’t the least bit surprised.
[We reached a nearby village with this special power, and then we made preparations before traveling to this town.]
Mio asks another question.
[How did you make money? Summoned people usually don’t have any money.]
[I defeated monsters with the special power and sold the monster cores.]
[Did you defeat monsters without any weapon?]
[I defeated them by strengthening myself with the special power.]
[Come to think of it… Why do you know you have a special power but not any gifts?]
[I confirmed it with my special power.]
[Hmmm… The special power helps you with everything.]
[You could say that.]
With that line, it makes the special power look really amazing. Well, it is understandable.
[And then we came to this town. Oh! Before arriving here, we exterminated a band of thieves named “Black Wolf” using the special power.]
[Master. There is a rumor about thieves’ extermination going around.”
Oh, it seems those thieves were quite infamous for a lot of people.
[The income was quite good. An item box was there, too. Since Dora was caught there, I helped her, and we became companions.]