I wake up in the morning and there's a bag with the criminal's head inside of it, in a frozen state not to give any smell. I go downstairs and eat my breakfast first then picked up the bag then head to the guild.
I notice since yesterday, the area becomes more crowded but ignore it. I didn't really care what festival they celebrate.
I arrive at the guild a little early, then I went in. As usual, people looked at me and maybe judging me by carrying a big bag behind me.
I walk toward the criminal board and searching for some faces. Lucky me, there are two people that had a bounty on them. At least my memory didn't betray me.
'Hmm... Let's see. 150 gold coins and 200 gold coins. Not bad.'. I pull the posters and went to report the bounty.
Rita is glaring at me, Elise looked scared at me. I wonder what happens. I stand to wait in line and put my bag down. After a minute past, I can feel someone hugging me. 'Since when?'.
I turn my head to check who it is. I jumped a little after noticing it was Elise that hug me. Some people stare at me with a deadly glare. "Emm... Elise, what are you doing?" I said while scratching my cheek.
The situation was pretty awkward. Everyone starts to whisper. Then, Elise crying. Now, I'm troubled. The whisper becomes louder, everyone now talking. I start looking around for help.
The people that made eye contact with me either turn their head away, avoiding eye contact with me or just smile wryly at me.
I looked down at Elise that hugging me and crying. She notices I looked at her and looked up. "*Sniff* Arthur, *Sniff* don't make *Sniff* that face *Sniff* again."
I tilt my head and ask her "What face?". She touches my face, her hand is warm. "The face you made before. You looked lifeless, scary. I.. I don't want to see that." She said while keep sobbing.
'Noticing someone care about me feels really good but looking at her crying face, made my chest hurt more. It's not anger, is it guilty or sorry?' I put my hand on her hand that touching my cheek. I smile at her and rub her hair. "Okay.. okay... I'm sorry. Is my face okay now?"
She embarrasses but keeps looking at me. "Then, I will go report for a second. Do you want to keep me on a check?". She nods since maybe her spontaneous action takes all the courage she had.
I walk to the counter while Elise kept looking at my face beside me. "I'm here to take this bounty." The woman named Lin shocked and jumped back a little "Sorry, did you said to take the bounty? not take the quest?".
I nod to assure her. "Do you have the body? or some proof about your catch? Is it inside the bag?". I nod at her while dragging my bag.
"I don't think, I should take it out here. Is there room for me to report this?". I said before opening my bag. Lin looked startled "Yes, follow me." She led me to the room next to the counter.
Elise drag my clothes not to leave her. "Elise, I can't let you see this.". She shakes her head, then change her face with confidence "No, Please let me inside too."
Looking at a determined person's face made you feel bad to reject her request, so I let her inside. Inside the room are guild staffs that already prepare to maybe identify the body or maybe someone commits fraud by using magic to change the face.
I open my bag and warn Elise "You should turn around, Elise.". Elise turns her body away. I start taking out the head, one by one the face still looked perfect and frozen.
"Is it enough?" I said while people inside felt tensed. They aren't scared by the body but to me because the expression of the people I freeze still there.
"Ye... Yes, is it Arthur-san right? Do you mind if I modify your card for this achievement?" Lin said avoiding her eyes from looking at the table with heads. "Sure, Here is my card." I gave it to her and she ran outside the room.
"Since I had finished here just take the rest as a gift." I said and stand up from the chair to walk toward the door. The room filled with complete silence.
I pat Elise's head and said to her "Let's go out.". First, we go out and then she checks my face. After noticing nothing like before she relieved and ran back to her table. She ran since she's embarrassed, her face becomes red, her movement becomes stiff.
Before I move toward the counter where Lin stands. A magic circle appeared below me. Everyone quickly run away since the magic could be offensive magic. Elise that ran to her table notice the light and turn around.
When she saw I'm in the middle, she quickly ran to me, she tried to pass people that ran away from me. The situation became chaotic.
She extends her hand try to reach me. I could see her face. It looks like she cried again before my vision shifted.
I become nausea, dizzy, weak. I drop on one knee. My knee hit a floor, I still retain my outfit. At least, I'm not dead. I couldn't think about what happened. 'Teleportation magic?' I thought while looked around. The room is dark, then I notice people on the ground.
After my eyes adapt to the dark. The building looked exquisite, expensive. This building is big, even bigger than the noble house room. The people on the ground looked familiar.
I walk to one of them, their faces. I try to think before something hit me. They're my classmates, their uniform, High school uniform.
I start to look around. 'am I still in the same world?' I thought before saying "Status".
Name: Arthur Kursvelt
Age: 17
Title: Fallen Noble, Hero from Another World
Level: 1 (0/1000)
Skill point : 0
HP: 23500/23500
MP: 120000/120000
Strength : 500
Vitality : 530
Agility : 550
Intelligence : 1030
Wisdom : 1100
Skills
Master Mana Manipulation
Level 2/10 (1780000/2000000)
Master Meditation
Level 6/10 (4350000/6000000)
Master One-Handed Sword
Level 1/10 (478000/1000000)
Master Two-Handed Sword
Level 3/10 (2470000/3000000)
Expert Dual-Wielding Swords
Level 4/10 (215000/400000)
Expert Spear Handling
Level 2/10 (134000/200000)
Expert Dagger Handling
Level 9/10 (873000/900000)
Expert Dual-Wielding Dagger
Level 7/10 (124000/700000)
Advance Hand to Hand Combat
Level 4/10 (23000/40000)
Weapon Enchantment
Level -/-
Magic
Fire Affinity ( 100/100 )
Earth Affinity ( 100/100 )
Water Affinity ( 100/100 )
Wind Affinity ( 100/100 )
Ice Affinity ( 100/100 )
Light Affinity ( 23/100 )
Advance Fire Magic
Level 5/10 (32000/50000)
Advance Earth Magic
Level 4/10 (11000/40000)
Master Water Magic
Level 1/10 (230000/1000000)
Master Wind Magic
Level 1/10 (110000/1000000)
Master Ice Magic
Level 3/10 (2700000/3000000)
Intermediate Light Magic
Level 2/10 (13000/20000)
Magic Enhancement
Level -/-
God's Blessing
God of Knowledge's Blessing (Divine Rank)
Increase Learning Capability (10x)
God of Wisdom's Blessing (Divine Rank)
Increase Skills Mastery (10x)
God of Magic's Blessing (Divine Rank)
Increase Spell Mastery (10x)
King of God's Blessing (Divine Rank)
Multiply Level Experience (10x)
I relieved that I still in the same world. My leg felt soft and I drop to the ground. It's been a long time since I look at my status.
Then my eyes widened, my status looked different but before I could think about it. The door behind me opened.
I quickly wear my hood, since this seems suspicious. Soldiers start pouring out from the door. Encircle the room, since I drop on the ground. I pretend to unconscious like the other.
I heard the soldier whispering after their on the position. "The hero summon is complete, are all of them the hero? If there are this many heroes. We could survive."
"Ssshh... Let them rest. The summoning must be made them tired." The soldier chatting. I kept waiting then a minute past, 5 minutes, and 10 minutes.
I could hear someone's grunt. The others soon follow, then I copied them. People start calling one another. There's one student that wears casual clothes. A girl wearing casual clothes seems lost. Maybe she skips school today. I couldn't see her face.
Then the soldier lights a candle to made them adapt to the dark. One soldier gets out of the line and approaches one of my classmates.
"Excuse me, but please don't panic.". The soldier said. Since he didn't bring any weapon, no one did. The guy just nods. "Soldiers!! On your knee!!"
"Yes!!" Everyone gets on their knee. Then the one soldier that approach the hero start talking "Hero from another world, We had been waiting for your arrival. Please this way, to the banquet room."
Then the one that looked like a leader, which I couldn't see his face in detail since I wear my hood and the room is dark, Assure the other student to follow the soldier.
Now everyone is walking through a big hallway. I follow them from behind, surprisingly no one asks me any question but the casual clothes girl kept glancing in my direction.
The time outside is night time. Then we arrive at the banquet room. The room is so bright, too wide. So, I guess this must be the palace.
Now I notice each and every one of them. The one that is being a leader is Kataraki. The usual type of ikemen. The girl in casual clothes is Iseri, when people start to recognize her. Her friend all calling her and hugging her, the usual type of popular girl in class. Daiki and his group also there.
Then I got disturbed by someone shouting before I looked at the other classmates. "Welcome, the hero from another world!! Our world had been invaded by demons that start attacking the city, their leader demon king is too strong. So we pray to the Goddess and the Goddess sends all of you here. Please, save our world. O'Hero."
I just stand there, analyzing the situation. My classmates start to panic, scared, angry, confuse. Everything shown on their faces, except Kataraki, Iseri, Yatanagi which is the class president, Rime the martial arts type girl, Takeru the big muscle guy.
Yatanagi starts asking a question to the king "Before that, shouldn't you introduce yourself?". The king then apologize " Where's my manner? I'm Leon Galeran and beside me is my wife Edlyn Galeran. The last one is my one and only daughter Arlette Galeran."
Yatanagi then bows to the king "I'm Yatanagi Kazaki. Do you mind explaining the situation to me?". The king to ease the tension in the room speak once again. "To celebrate your arrival, please enjoy the feast in the room."
People start walking around the table. I had to say, it's a nice move. "You!" I felt someone call me. Iseri looking at me, her eyes looked tired. There's a black circle under her eyes. "Why it feels like I know you? Ryūtarou? No, he's dead." She said startled me but covered by the hood. She then glared at Daiki with death glare and killing intent.
"Emm... Sorry, miss. It's the first time that we meet." I said and move away to stand on the other side. Soon, her friend starts to surround her. "Iseri, Where had you been? Why are you like this? You never go to school again. Is it still about Ryūtarou?" The one saying that is Miyara Ishi, Kataraki's fangirl.
She got a chilling glare from Iseri "So, what? Why do you care?". She kept advancing " Still, Look at you. Ryūtarou isn't the only one that handsome. Look at Kataraki."
I quickly move aside, but too late. Rime notice me. "Hello, who are you? Are you also people from this world? I'm Rime, Rime Esaki. Nice to meet you." She extends her hand to shake hand but quickly pull her hands back. "Sorry, for you to look at my hands."
I had some conversation with Rime in the past, so I know her problem. "Is it because your hand isn't as smooth as other girls? Or is it because you had a swordsman's hand? For me, it looked beautiful."
Rime starts blushing and turns her head "Tha... Thank you. You're the third person that said that."." No need to embarrass yourself. Here my hand even looked worse than you." I said while giving my hand.
She then smiles and shakes my hand "Thank you. So, if you from this world. Before they explained it to me, can you explain it to me?".
" Aren't you trusting me too fast? We just met, and what happens if I misled you." I said avoiding her question. Rime just smiles while blushing "People that warn others like that, I can't help but trust you can't I? Even then, aren't we in the middle of a heavily guarded room? You won't try anything funny to the hero." She said while sticking out her tongue.
"You really are one smart girl." I said to her. She blanks for a second and mutters my old name "Ryūtarou?". I try to wake her up " Hello?, Rime-san?"
She then wakes up and startled "Ah! Sorry, You looked like someone. Someone that I like." She said while blushing. "Oh! Sorry. I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Arthur, Arthur Veltis." 'Thank God, I already prepare another name. If not it would look suspicious.' I thought while Iseri came walking.
"You! As I thought. You look familiar. The way you talk. Your behavior avoiding attention from people. Your kind attitude. The way you talk to Rime. All looked like our crush." Iseri confront me. Rime quickly panic "Ssshh... Chaki. You're being rude. This is Arthur, Arthur Veltis. Even though I felt heartbroken when I heard the news about Ryūtarou."
"No, He's not dead, Rime. I could feel it. He's alive." Iseri said while touching her heart. 'Is Iseri usually like this? Isn't she usually the calm type girl.' I start to doubt myself. "Show me your face!!" Iseri shout getting all the attention in the room.
"Please... Please miss, I'm a shy man. This is the first time we met. I swear." I tried to convince her. She kept walking toward me and I kept stepping back. "No, I need to know. Your smell is the same." "Chiaki, since when did you smell him?" Rime cut her talk.
"Shut up for a second, Esaki. I had his PE clothes to smell at home." She said blatantly. 'I feel scared right now. She is the reason I lost my PE clothes. I thought someone prank me.' I could feel chill on my spine.