“That’s right! This city was saved by me, hero Orion! It was a close call, but it’s all fine now!”
“Uh-, R-Reus!?”
Using magic to skillfully control my vocal cords, I shouted, perfectly recreating Orion’s voice. The people, believing it to be Orion’s words and not expecting a baby to be impersonating him, erupted in cheers.
“W-what are you talking about? You guys are the ones who saved the city!”
“Mm, that may be true but no one expects that. What the public wants is the hero.”
I had intended to push the honor for this subjugation on Orion, the hero.
I mean, no one would believe that a baby saved the city from crisis after all.
“Uu……I’ve been praised again without my permission… I’m not worthy of being called a hero.…”
Facing the lamenting Orion, I said,
“I don’t think so though.”
“Eh?”
“Honestly, I think Oniichan has the talent of a hero.”
That hero, Leon, wasn’t always strong either.
He was a righteous man. He wanted to save people, and he worked hard to do so, and in doing so, he grew to the point where he could fight the demons.
What is important is the fighting spirit.
This time, Orion volunteered to accompany us to the dungeon in order to save the city. Her appearance overlapped with that of hero Leon.
“Oniichan looks a lot like the hero Leon, not only in appearance, but especially in her brave heart.”
“You speak as if you know the hero, Leon-sama…… Who are you really……?”
“I’m just a baby though.”
“No matter how I think about it, you……”
Then, as Orion had predicted, the martial arts tournament was canceled.
If the match had continued like that, he would probably have missed out on a fifth consecutive title, which might have been better from his point of view.
★★★
“So it’s true that you caught the perpetrator?”
“Yes.”
Meltera nods.
“Well, I did find them too….. but they ended up self-destructing.”
“I thought something like that might happen so I froze them all first. I don’t know what triggers the explosion, but that should usually prevent it.”
“I see, as expected of you.”
“After that, some of them failed to escape and exploded…… but I managed to make them talk.”
“So, what did you find out?”
After departing from the Arseral Empire, we are now traveling north across the continent in an airship. Guided by Meltera, we are on our way to the location of the culprit who once stole the taboo items from the Tower of the Great Sage.
“I can see it.”
“That is…… a city?”
She pointed to a huge city built in the middle of the wilderness.
“Yes, the magical city of Enderzen. It is probably the most developed magical city in the world today. From what I have found, it seems that the perpetrators were people from this city. They were following orders from their superior to commit crimes in various places using the taboo items.”
In the center of the city stood a tower that towered high in the sky. It’s very similar to the Tower of the Great Sage that I built in my previous life.
“No, it’s not just similar, it’s the exact same one.”
“Yes, I think this was definitely modeled after your tower. And that tower, just like the Tower of the Great Sage, seems to be a place where the best magicians of the modern age gather and study magic day and night.”
A barrier was stretched around the perimeter of the city.
Since it is called a magical city, it’s quite strong.
“It looks like it’s going to be hard to sneak through.”
“Mm, there is a high risk of detection. Let’s enter through the castle gate quietly. In fact, a journalist I have a good relationship with once went inside to do an undercover investigation by blending in with a group of immigrants. Fortunately, he said that the rules on who can enter and leave the city are not that strict.”
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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