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Chapter 2 - Cat Eared Girl

I take back my words because it turns out that humans are born with weapons, not just from thoughts. I woke up with a tail-shaped weapon in my hand right now.

"Hey, why are you holding my tail?"

No matter how many times I saw her, she would still be a human with a cat's tail and ears.

Having a shorter height than me, silver hair with a hint of blood red, silver cat ears and tail, and beautiful eyes, she looked at me after pulling her tail from my hand.

"Not polite!"

"Why do cats talk?"

"I'm not a cat."

"Ah, I see, so you're the girl with the fake cat ears and tail. Why are you using that? Are you shameless?"

"These are not fake tails and ears, these are real! I am half cat-human."

"Certain?"

"One hundred percent sure."

Looking around me, finding a mirror there, I held her head and forced her to reflect.

"You're a girl pretending to be a cat. If you pay attention to your face, you will see the indulgence in you."

Rebelling and forcing me to take my hands off her, she looked at me with an annoyed expression on her face.

"What are you doing? I told you, I'm half cat-human. You should be thanking me, not bragging about it. No matter how much you brag about yourself, you are still in this world."

After waking up and asking her a lot of questions, then fainting because a green light from her entered my stomach to pick up the bullets, and waking up with a cattail-shaped weapon, I vividly remember what happened before I arrived in this world.

According to her, I was summoned to this world by her, saving me from execution. But when she managed to make the summons, I fainted from wounds on both sides of my stomach, and she brought me here, which she said was her room.

I had explained everything to her before I arrived in this world, and she proudly said, "Oh, you're lucky, I saved your life," and made me feel as if I were indebted to her.

"If you know yourself, you'd better be my subordinate now."

"As expected, you think I owe you one."

"Of course. I saved you, so you owe me one. Even if you surrender to your death, you still have to pay this debt of gratitude to me. Otherwise, I will give your body to the minotaur."

"Minotaur? Ummm, looks like I've been with that."

Thinking for a moment, I finally found my confusion.

Seeing her not an "ordinary girl", I guessed that this world wasn't the kind of world I lived in.

"Hey, what world is this? Is there a world where dinosaurs still exist?"

"Hah? Dinosaurs died out thousands of years ago."

"Means?"

"This world is a world… umm… what is it called?"

She put her hand on her chin as if she had a brain to think.

"Nightlife?"

"No, that's not it."

"So what?"

"Let me think for a moment!"

Letting her think, I carefully looked around the room.

To be honest, these things looked ancient, none of them looked like sophisticated things, not even for the doors to be made of pure wood. There is the only one that looks sophisticated, namely the deer's head that blends with the ancient wall clock.

The floor that always creaked as she paced back and forth, the mattress as it was; looks like it's made of wood and some unmashed cotton, walls that can be easily shattered with a single blow, and messy interior designs, it's clear that this era is ancient.

"Oh, I know. This world is a world of… destruction."

"Destruction? What world is that?"

"A world where many monsters kill each other various humans, and the demons who rule over this world after successfully defeating the angels."

Thinking for a moment after that sentence, looking at my hand which was still in handcuffs there, I realized that this world didn't look all right.

"Is there a war in this world?"

"Yes."

"Ah… wherever the world is, there is always war."

"Why?"

"Nothing, just forget it! So this world is a world of destruction, huh? I see I understand."

Before I asked about the red moon, I asked her a few questions, and she answered some of my questions.

If you guess from the answers to some of my questions, this world is a fantasy world, a medieval world that still has monsters and an adventurer.

I once read a book about a world like this when I was little. In the book, it is explained that the fantasy world is filled with monsters, demons, angels, kings and queens, lands, adventurers, various human races, abundant natural resources... and also what is said to be a "hero".

Not only that, a world like this was filled with danger and had a near 100% death risk, compared to the world I lived in before which had a 5% death risk.

If nothing is done, the world will have a death rate of 70%. If you become an adventurer, this world has a death ratio of 90%. If you become a knight, this world has a 75% death rate. If you become a king or queen, this world has a death ratio of 50%.

How can it be different from the world I live in? This was only natural because in this world there were monsters and demons ready to attack at any time. That's what she said, I only guessed the ratio and risk of death in this world.

But even so, this world still has good natural resources, compared to my world which is filled with tall buildings.

Even though I haven't seen that, since I'm in her room right now, at least I can feel the oxygen in this world is so fresh.

In addition, it was also evident from the clothes of the girl, who was wearing brown natural clothes, to be more precise, wearing clothes made of star skin.

Even though I didn't ask where the clothes came from, I could already guess everything.

And besides, I'm not too surprised that a world like this exists. There have been many cases of losing someone that has occurred in this world. Maybe they were like me, summoned to this world by someone. So, when I saw it or heard the answer to my question, I wasn't too surprised.

The thing that I should question right now is that red moon, a moon that is so big and red.

I was summoned by her to this world while I was being executed. Bleeding from the wounds from the two gunshots, I fainted and woke up in this room. Saying I'm lucky or not, I don't know that, but clearly, I'm already in this world.

"What moon is it?"

"Moon? Oh, that red moon?"

"Yes. Why is there such a moon in this world?"

"Umm… Well, thanks to that moon, I was able to summon you to this world. It was I who got the turn to summon a Pelastaja, and it was you."

"Pelastaja?"

"Yes. You are the Savior of this world."

"What the hell is that? How tacky."

"What did you say!?"

She was mad, mad that I said that was tacky.

"That's tacky. If you can do it, why ask someone else? If you depend on other people, you won't be able to survive."

"...I don't know why you're right. To be honest, I also don't like the expectations of the people of this world who expect too much from a Pelastaja. They had always relied and relied on Pelastaja, without wanting to try to defeat the monsters that had killed their family. But even so, I… I want this world to be safe and comfortable for all humans, no more humans lying on the ground covered in blood."

Humans will depend on others if they can't do something they can't do. Simply put, they hope with certainty to survive at the expense of others. Honestly, it's a little selfish, they easily sacrifice other people to keep them safe. But seeing her sad when she said that, it seems that this world is not safe to live in.

"So, what happened? If you summoned a person who was said to be the Savior, what would you do to that person? Do you want to make that person your subordinate, or do you want to sacrifice that person for your safety?"

I'm a little harsh, but it has to be said. After all, facts are facts, lies are lies, and I hate both of them, so it's better to just tell the truth than to act in your care but you don't.

"I… I summon you because it was my turn. So, since I managed to summon you, I have a request for you. Please... please save this world from the evil of monsters and demons. In this world... the angels have lost, there's nothing else to do. So, you are the hope of this world!"

Begging me with her tail constantly moving here and there, she seemed like she had no other way to save this world and hoped for me.

"Do not want to! I do not want to."

"Uh, why? Why don't you want to? I tried so hard to summon you to this world with my magic, but you refused my request? Seriously!"

Okay, she's mad.

I raised my hands.

"I can't do it if my hands are handcuffed."

"Eh?"

She approached me with a confused look on her face and immediately saw the handcuffs on my hands.

Poking at these handcuffs, she was curious about it.

"What is this thing? Why is this thing so hard and bind your hands? Could you be a criminal?"

Continuing to ask, she finally realized something I had said earlier.

"Oh, you said earlier that before arriving in this world, you were being executed, right?"

"Yes."

"So... you're a criminal?"

"Yes, it is true."

"Oh no, why did I summon a criminal instead? No... I should have summoned a brave knight who had a benevolent soul, but instead, I summoned a villain. No."

She vilified me after realizing that I was a criminal.

Several times she screamed, several times glanced at me, and even took a few steps back in fear when she saw me.

"Your face… It's true, your face even explains it all. You must be the bad guy who raped hundreds of women. No..."

Having a sharp gaze, she thought I was nothing.

Well, maybe she thought that just looking at my face already knew my bad character, then I just understood that. After all, a lot of people have met me like that the first time, so I won't take it seriously.

"Umm… can you stop doing that? You're so loud for a girl."

"In the end, I mistakenly summon someone to help with my request. You bad guy, why can I summon a human like you? Also, what have you done to get executed? You must have raped an animal or a granny, right?"

"…Um, I just killed someone I hate, killed my father."

"Eh?"

She backed away until she bumped into the door there as a result of my sentence.

"W-What do you mean? Y-You're a killer? A-And... a-and you killed your father?"

Startled, she turned around and ran out of this room.

"Oi, can you take these handcuffs off first before running away? Ah~ troublesome, I have to destroy these handcuffs myself."

Standing up, walking around looking around this room looking around, looking for something, arriving in front of a table, I found something that wasn't an object to destroy the handcuffs; but rather a letter containing writings that I can read.

"Letter?"

Lifting the letter, strangely, I could read the contents of the letter even though the writings in this world were different from mine, then I read every detail of the contents of this letter.

"If you want your imouto to be safe, come to Rojali Forest. I will be waiting for you, so hurry over here!"

Reading the letter in an audible voice, I understood that there was something wrong with the contents of this letter.

"Umm… did a kidnapping happen? Was the imouto kidnapped?"

"Don't read my letter!"

Surprised by her presence who immediately took the letter from my hand, I turned to her who was looking at me intently.

"Was your imouto kidnapped? Who kidnapped her?"

"You can't know! You're also a criminal, so you won't understand how I feel."

"Umm… I see."

"Well if you understand, please leave this room, you crook! Sorry, I called a Pelastaja wrong, and have summoned you to this world. At least you're safe and you don't have to thank me. So, I beg you, get out of here and find another place to live!"

"Okay."

Leaving this room after passing through, walking out of this house, I let out my breath.

"At least, that's what she wants. I have to find something to destroy these handcuffs."