Epilogue

Under the light of the moon, a figure dressed in black appears in a certain general store. The person takes one of the daggers hanging on the wall of the general store, wraps a black cloth around it and then places it on the counter. That is a sign for the hidden face of this general store owner…… A sign of a commission for a worker in the underworld.

[……A commission huh?]

The shopkeeper clad in a stuffed costume looks at the figure clad in black before asking in a cold voice.

[……I want a certain person be abducted.]

[……Not kill, but abduct huh……]

[Yeah, he’s someone whose existence itself has worth.]

[Well, I suppose that depends on who it is and how much you’re paying.]

Following the stuffed costume wearing shopkeeper…… Alice’s words, the black-clad figure took out a paper with his target’s physiognomy and white gold coins from his pocket, placing it on the counter.

[10 white gold coins as an advance payment…… 30 white gold coins for your success.]

[That’s quite the tasty treat…… So, this person…… is someone I’m not familiar huh?]

[He’s not a being from this world. He’s a human from another world. His name is “Miyama Kaito”.]

[Heeehhh~~ An otherworlder huh…… I see.]

To the words told by the black-clad figure, Alice replies to him indifferently, without getting shaken at all. Thereupon, after looking at the physiognomy for a while, she picks up the white gold coins.

[……I will accept it. When’s the deadline?]

[The sooner you can, the better…… I need you to bring him to the place stated there.]

[So, I’m not handing it over to you, but bring him here? Am I going to deal with a pretty dangerous person here?]

[Here’s the information about him.]

Saying that, Alice flips through the proffered bundle of papers, and without seeming to be bothered at all, she spoke.

[……Well, I don’t see any problem. Then, it’ll be done in a few days.]

[I’m counting on you.]

Hearing Alice’s words as she tells him that she’ll accept the request, the black-clad figure turns away, as if to say he has nothing more to say, leaving only those few words. After seeing the figure off, Alice looks at the paper with Kaito’s face drawn on it and mutters to no one.

[……Well, this is one of the paths fate leads us huh…… What a shame. I like Kaito-san quite a bit but……]

After muttering to herself, Alice took a silver coin out from the counter and flicked it upwards with her finger. Thereupon, the silver coin that was falling due to gravity, before one knew it…… was nailed on the wall, with a thin knife pierced through it.

[You want to believe in me huh…… Hey, Kaito-san? You really are strange…… An interesting person. That’s why, “I will miss you”…… It’s a little sad. Well, goodbyes are inevitable in life after all, so I suppose it can’t be helped. Well, it’s just time for the curtains to fall. That’s all there is to it.]

What Alice had muttered “were words Kaito shouldn’t have spoken out loud”. The eyes of the masked girl in the stuffed costume, illuminated by the light shining through the window were…… as cold as ice.

(Volume 4 End)

Afterword

For picking up the 4th Volume of “I was Caught up in a Hero Summoning, but That World is at Peace”, thank you very much.. Since this is the 4th time I’m writing an afterword, I’m running out of things to write about. Well, with that out of the way, I’d like to talk about the contents of Volume 4.

First of all, there are some new characters that have made their appearances.

The first one would be…… the Behemoth that became Kaito’s pet, Bellfreed. She’s a cute fluffball, so she holds the position of a mascot.

The second one is Archlesia Empire’s Emperor, Chris, bringing about with her an unexpected fanservice. Rather, the 4th Volume got the first fanservice in the series huh. For a Light Novel, I suppose it was rather rare.

Next, there’s Illness, Albert Duchy’s Maid, and at the same time, one of the Phantasmal King’s Executives. In the Web Novel, she didn’t appear until much later, but she made an entrance in the Light Novel early. Excluding the Fairy Razelia, she’s the shortest character in the series, being 120cm tall, but she has an overflowing motherliness. I personally like characters like her who seem suspicious at first glance, but is actually a good person.

The fourth and fifth would be the twins, Eta and Theta. In the future, I think the two of them will be depicted a lot as a set, just like how they’re depicted in this volume. Incidentally, their red hair and green eyes may have been the same color scheme as Sieglinde’s, but they aren’t related to each other.

Finally, there’s the War King, Megiddo. Our illustrator, Ochau-sama, did a wonderful job of designing them, and they looked very cool. As for that true form shown in the setting pictures, I won’t mention anything about that for now. Rather, they haven’t even shown their true form in the Web Novel…… so this matter is still a little secret.

Also, although she hasn’t appeared in the illustrations yet, Kaito has finally met the Phantasmal King No Face for the first time in this volume. It seemed that she has been trying to coerce Megiddo in a roundabout way, and even spread information about Kaito, but every work she had said shows that she likes Kaito, a being whose purpose and identity are unknown. However, the role of the Phantasmal King No Face is gradually increasing, and she will become the center of the story, especially in the next volume,so I hope you’ll look forward to that too.

Now that we’ve talked about the 4th Volume, I’d like to make some announcements and advertisements. “I was Caught up in a Hero Summoning, but That World is at Peace” now finally has a manga. A little later than the release date of this volume, the serialization will begin in August 26 issue of Compa Ace. It has a different hint of goodness from the novel, so I would be honored if you could pick that up as well.

Thank you very much for reading until the end. I’d be happy to talk to you about the series in the next volume. Finally, I would like to say thank you very much for picking up my work. I hope to see you again in the afterword of the 5th Volume.