Her golden hair was dancing. The girl who jumped out of the coin stood up between me and Gideon. A beat later, the gold coin fell to ground, making a clinking sound.
“Nice to meet you.”
The girl looked back at me. Her sparkling eyes are like the morning sun.
“I’m Solana.”
Clad in white dress, she smiled brightly at me with her exceptionally beautiful face. She placed her hand on the chest as she told me her name. On her right arm is a golden bracelet with the same color as her hair.
“I’m the goddess of the sun!”
I was taken aback. The only things moving right now is her long blonde hair and her white dress that is swaying with the wind. Like the sun, the girl who appeared in the back alley had undoubtedly put an end to the ruthless violence just now.
But that didn’t mean the crisis had passed for me or anything.
“……Hey Rion, who is she? A magician?”
Gideon gets up after being kicked. There is a clear mark on his jaw. His well-groomed face is now seething with anger. That is to be expected I guess. After all, there is no way a noble will remain silent after being confronted like that.
“I don’t know what kind of magician you are, but I’m a noble. The noble who lent money to that guy! Don’t interfere with my collection!”
However, the girl in front of me, Solana, did not flinch at all.
She looks like she’s only about 14 years old, the same age as me, but she’s surprisingly very calm.
“…… Is this a duel?”
“Haa? Between a noble and a commoner? A duel with him is revolting.”
Solana gave a small nod.
“I’ve been watching.”
In an instant, the atmosphere changed. Her golden eyes blazed.
“With these number! Surrounding him! Harassing him!”
“-uh”
Solana’s voice rang out, and it was clear that the soundproofing magic had been destroyed.
“No matter what the reasoning is, it’s not a respectable act!”
She was explaining the truth that I was too scared to say.
Gideon’s companions came forward, but just one glare from Solana was enough to make them lose consciousness.
“With what you’ve done, do you really think you are worthy of facing the sun?!”
I’ve never seen a nobleman so defeated.
In fact, Gideon’s face is red with humiliation and his cheeks are twitching. Gideon already had his hand on the hilt of his sword but he suddenly turned around. Solana’s voice started to attract people’s attention after all. He also know that they had made too much racket.
“…… Damn it! Rion, I’ll step back for now.”
Gideon’s face was filled with anger and forced smile.
“But remember, your family owe me money.”
Finally, the back alley become quiet.
I was lucky.
The people who had been peeking also dispersed when Gideon left. It would be wiser not to get involved in disputes between the nobles after all.
“Thank goodness……!”
I hurriedly picked up the gold coin that had fallen to the ground.
“I’m glad it wasn’t stolen……”
Now I can buy medicine for my sister. However, the figure of the girl engraved on the coin is no longer there. There is only a flat gold surface.
Could this be a different gold coin?
No, it can’t be. The size is exactly the same.
I feel relieved but I also turned pale. I looked up and my eyes met Solana’s.
“Are you the one who woke me up?”
“……W-woke you up?”
Come to think of it, I think a skill was activated while Gideon was punching me. I picked up the now blank gold coin and looked at it closely.
“Was it, unseal……?”
This person jumped out of the gold coin. At least, that’s how it looked.
Something that had been sealed inside—
—don’t tell me, my skill had freed her?
“N-no, that’s impossible.”
I denied my own thoughts. Such a great thing can never happen to me.
But it seems like a good enough answer for this person.
“Yes, that’s what it is.”
Solana folded her hands together as if praying and brought them to her cheeks.
“I knew it! Uwaaa, a believer, finally! I’m so happy! I’m sure it’s been hundreds of years since I last saw one.”
She is grinning and looks overexcited. Her long blonde hair swayed as she moves. It was only at this time that I realized how much this person had helped me just now. And how I pitted her against a noble.
I stand up and brushed the dust off my body. My clothes were only reinforced with leather at the knees and elbows, but if I stuck my chest out, perhaps I would look a little more like an adventurer.
“Thank you!”
Making this girl defy a noble was a huge risk. I should straighten up and thank her properly.
Then I ask,
“I know that I got things in the wrong order…… but, who are you again?”
“Oh, right. My apologies. I’m Solana, the goddess of the sun.”
Solana put her hand to her chin and looked at my face and arms with furrowed brows.
“You’re injured.”
Then she took my hand and gently wrapped it with both of her hands. The pain in my cheeks disappeared in an instant, and my face heats up instead.
“Uhm……!”
I felt embarrassed and bewildered. I want to slap myself for the mixture of emotions I’m having. It’s like my heart stopped beating too.
Solana looks at me and smiles.
“You’re cured.”
The cold morning air caressed my hot cheeks. I no longer felt the pain I had after I was beaten up. My swollen arm and the cut at the back of my hand were healed.
This is not the first time I’ve had a magical treatment. My mother works at a clinic, so I’ve been cured by her many times. But Solana’s recovery magic is different. It feels like a warm feeling fills my whole body and the wound heals from the inside. It’s like being injected with life itself.
It’s a super advanced magic that I have never received before.
To have someone do something like that for me was like…..
“Goddess-sama……?”
“Yes. I am.”
Then Solana suddenly looked serious.
“I want to hear about it. What happened to the other gods? Is the war over?”
I blinked my eyes.
“Uhm. Anything is fine. I just want to know if Thor, Frey and the other famous gods are safe—”
Question marks filled my head, and my mind cool down quickly.
I asked in turn,
“When you say God, do you mean the main god, Odis-sama?”
“Huh?”
This time, Solana was the one who froze.
“O-Odis?”
“Yes. Don’t you know Odis-sama?”
He is the source of the 『God’s voice』 that we adventurers hear most of the time. He is also the giver of our skills. Here, in the Kingdom of Asgard, he is enshrined as the main god.
“What are you talking about? Wait, you mean—”
Solana trembled.
“I see….. The seal on the gods has spread to the whole world—so that’s why the war is over……”
Right after saying those words, Solana’s body burst into light. When my eyes get used to the glaring brightness, I can no longer see the beautiful girl in the back alley.
Don’t tell me….
I thought so and confirmed it by looking at the gold coin.
As if nothing had happened, the “girl” carved into the coin is there again. I’m sure that it was just a flat surface until a while ago.
“W-what is going on……?”
My voice trembled.
Something happened to my useless outlier skill “Alarm”. That is the only conclusion I can think of.
I chanted, trying to confirm what had happened to me.
“Status.”
| Status: |
| Rion (14 years old, Male) Level: 3 Skill『Alarm』: ➥ 【Wake Up】⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅ Wakes up a sleeping person refreshed. ➥ 【Unseal】 ⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅ Cancel any type of sleep. Skill『■■■■■』 |
The main god, Odis-sama, not only bestows skills, he can also show you your status.
Bigwigs said that “God teaches us talents known as skill so we can go on the right path”. But I don’t really like those lines because it reminds me of the despair I felt when my bestowed skill was 『Alarm』.
Sure, in God’s eyes, it’s a waste of talent if someone with the 『Swordsman』 skill aspires to be a chef, or vice versa…
For someone like me who had a useless skill, it’s pretty cruel to be able to see my aptitude.
“But, my skills can grow after all……!”
The useless skill,『Alarm』 now had a second ability, 【Unseal】.
Skills are like “trees”, and as they grow, they bear “fruits”. Those fruits are in the form of our abilities. By leveling up and using the skill more, the tree will grow and produce more fruit. Until now, I only had the ability【Wake Up】, which can only be used to wake people up.
“Come to think of it, it’s a skill and the ability to ‘wake up’…….”
I never thought I would have a chance to grow…..
If I didn’t care about what others might think, I might have jumped up and down now because of excitement.
Then I realized that there is another skill that I can’t read.
“Eh? Hmm, there’s one more skill……?”
You’re only supposed to have one skill in your lifetime, so maybe I’m reading it wrong. But, there was definitely a mysterious area in my status displayed as 『■■■■■』.
I racked my brains, but I did not get an answer.
Anyway, right now, let’s focus on 【Unseal】.
“With this, does it mean that a God really came out of the gold coin….?”
I look at the gold coin intently. My heart was racing. I felt that my skills, which had been jammed, now had a tremendous potential.
Doong! Doong!
I heard the bell ringing from a distance. My next appointment came to my mind, and I turned pale.
“I-, I’m late!”
I should be going to the Adventurer’s Guild at this time. To make matters worse, I have been asked to collect medicinal herbs first thing in the morning today. The trouble with Gideon completely threw me off my schedule.
“The last person to wake up will hear this early morning bell, and the next bell will be…..!”
I have no choice but to run.
No, not just run, I should run fast!
Then as I sprint up, the familiar neighborhood passed by behind me.
—It was like I’m flying.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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