Is He A Hero? 「Yup」 Chapter 1

Novel:
Author: Karumi Ayumu

― The Hero Sets Off for Another World ―
Chapter 1: The Hero's Summoning

Kingdom Cupulm, the royal palace. The king and priests were conducting a summoning ceremony.

"Your highness! The summoning circle is responding!"

"Oh! Has the goddess answered? I humbly thank you, o god!" The king had been worried whether the ceremony would be successful or not since they'd lost some important tools for it, but it seemed they'd managed.

"Hahaha…" A divine woman's voice reached the king's ears as he offered prayers to the gods. "You should regret this as much as you can……"

The king was shocked at those words. "What?!"

Whoosh!

A shock wave ran through the summoning circle; a lone man made his appearance.

"Oooh, welcome, hero! Your highness? Is something the matter?"

"N-no, it's nothing."The king came to his senses at the priest's words. That voice earlier was probably just a hallucination brought by his worries about the kingdom's crisis. The smoke from the summoning circle cleared up, and he could now clearly see the hero. It was a nude, androgynous man, kneeling on one knee.

"Ouch ouch ouch… Huh?! Why am I naked?!"

The king quickly realized the situation at hand. "Someone's here!"

"Yes, what is it?" Some maids appeared from somewhere, bowing to the king.

"Bring the hero some clothes right away."

"Certainly. Now, hero, our apologies." The maids brought some measuring tape and clothes from somewhere, surrounding the hero.

"Eh, just let me change by myself!"

"We're finished now." The maids had already put on some medieval-like clothes on the hero.

"That fast?! You maids are amazing!"

"That's very kind of you to say."

As the king took a step forward to the hero, the maids dispersed left and right to make room.

"I apologize, sir hero. It seems our ceremony was rather overbearing, so things turned out like this. I hope you'll forgive us. And now, I thank you for responding to our summoning for someone to save this country from this crisis."

"No, please don't worry, I've heard about the overall situation already. Though I feel like I was thrown here against my will… Oh, your highness?"

The hero looked curiously at the king's face.

"Is something wrong, sir hero?"

"You're surprisingly young, aren't you? I thought you'd be some old man with a beard and whiskers."

"So you've noticed, it hasn't been long since I became king at a young age as you say. Although, it would've been better if my father and mother were still alive…"

"Excuse me, that was an impolite thing to say…"

"No, it's fine, hero." The king held his chin, muttering something. "I wonder, should I at least have prepared for a false moustache?"

The hero didn't quite catch the king's words, asking him again, "Did you say something, Your Highness?"

The king quickly denied it. "It's nothing, sir hero! Well then, let's discuss the details in the council room.

The hero and the others moved to the council room.

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