Isekai Trip no Wakiyaku datta Ken Chapter 4

When we came to, Maki-chan and I were in a white room.

It was as s.p.a.cious as a cla.s.sroom, the walls and floors were made of stone, the surfaces polished sparkling. When I observed closer, the floor had mysterious hand-painted black patterns drawn onto it.

In between the layered circles of various meters in diameter was letters that weren't j.a.panese packed closely in writing, umm, this is almost like…… It looks like a magic spell, though?

And, Maki-chan and I were snuggled up close in the middle of those circles.

There was a number of imposing stone pillars standing in the room, there was even an altar-like place, and because its construction was foreign-like, it felt like an attraction house at some amus.e.m.e.nt park.

And in that room, there were over 10 people in white garments, staring intently at us.

The facial structures of these people don't look j.a.panese?

Their hair and eye colors don't look human either?

Are they wearing wigs and colored contacts maybe?

「……Wigs?」

Hou, Maki-chan seems to have a similar thought process to me.

Thinking that in a corner of my head, a voice called out to us who were too shocked by the situation and just stood stock still.

「Oohh, our Savior Priestess-sama, welcome」

Savior Priestess?

What is this…… It's like the starting scene of an RPG.

Starting off his sentence with『oohh』, I've never heard that in everyday life.

While making a question mark inside my heart, I looked at the white bearded old man talking and kneeling in front of the black circles. Even though he had a white beard, his hair was green with streaks of amber, he was extremely fancy. There were wrinkles not only on his face but his neck and his hands, with a grandfather-like appearance it seems he really was a person advanced in age.

And the other strangers in the room, they had fantastic appearances that if they were spotted in j.a.pan, they would be taken as cosplayers. Yes, they had looks that you would see in characters that appeared in a fantasy RPG game.

Really, what is happening here?

Where are we?

「Senpai……?」

Being stared at by the fanciful mysterious old man, Maki-chan looked at me imploringly, but I didn't have anything to respond wit……。

No, actually I had several hypotheses.

Ahaha, I wonder which one it isー?

For a dream the sensations were too real, so 2 was eliminated.

Then maybe it's 1. To gather a real grandpa and the obviously non-j.a.panese ikemen that were standing over there, what amazing preparation!

But for a prank, would they make us take so much drugs to knock us out?

……Normally, they wouldn't.

A prank……doesn't seem like it.

And, why we were able to understand the language caught my interest.

Because, this grandpa isn't speaking j.a.panese, you know?

At that moment, the stone in Maki-chan’s hands visibly brightened, getting everyone's attention.

「We sent the Magic Summoning Stone to you so you could save our Esteiria country, Priestess-sama. Please aid us」

The old man spoke with a very earnest face, and the others put their hands to their chests like in prayer, lowering their heads.

It looks like Maki-chan, who has the stone, is something called the Savior Priestess.

Un un, everyone is really serious, and the feeling of reverence they had towards Maki-chan was keenly communicated.

Maki-chan stepped back and spilled out a voice with an expression that shouldn't be used by a girl.

「Hiii……」

Un, you would go "hii" in this situation.

「Mi-Michiru-senpai」

Maki-chan who was earnestly being prayed to by the surroundings turned to look at me with a pitiful face.

I clapped my hands on her shoulders and spoke.

「Hey, isn't this development similar to the light novel I lent to you before? It looks like me and Maki-chan have been summoned to this world to save it. Ah, it seems I'm an extra though. Looks like Maki-chan's role is the『Savior Priestess』.」

「Other world! Other world trip! Savior Priestess! Something like that, Senpai!?」

Maki-chan spoke while fl.u.s.tered.

I recalled how the overflowing light from the stone before enveloped Maki-chan.

That stone that was recommended by the mysterious person in a black veil gave it to Maki-chan for the purpose of bringing her to this world, in other words, it was the『key to cross over worlds』.

And it seems like I was entangled in that.

Ahaha…… I can only laugh now.

Women are creatures that can surprisingly remain courageous when the time comes.

Like with enduring the heavy stress of childbirth, I've heard they were equipped with a tougher force of will than men.

For about 15 minutes, without weeping or causing a disturbance, we received the grandpa's explanation of the situation, turning to face each other afterward.

「Senpai, is this really just like a light novel? I don't really have any supernatural powers though, is it ok?」

「You might discover an unknown power from now on. Hey, maybe light novels are actually nonfiction」

「Maybe. It's good I read some」

The authors of isekai light novels might actually be returnees who've actually experienced other worlds. Meaning that in short, there was a possibility we could return to j.a.pan!

According to the grandpa, unsurprisingly, Maki-chan was a personage indispensable to this world, so it was decided that she would come to this world since she was born. As expected that stone's purpose was to summon Maki-chan and cross her over worlds. The person in the black veil seems to have been an apparition made via magic.

And normally, Maki-chan would have been called here by herself, but for some unknown reason the extra that is me came along, so they were perplexed.

「Senpai, seriously, thank you! If I was alone I wouldn't be able to bear this, I'm begging you so please don't abandon me!」

Maki-chan clung onto me with teary eyes.

「No, I'm just the third wheel that got entangled in this, so I'm wanting to quickly return home, or something like that……」

「NOOOOOOOO, SENPAAAAAAAI! Don't leave me!」

Clinging onto my arm was Maki-chan who had a better physique than me. Her height was 167 cm, while on the other hand, I was 160 cm. And furthermore Maki-chan had an outrageous BOING, squeeze, BOOM body, and we were incomparable in physical power.  I was tightly captured, there was no sign I could escape.

「Senpai-sama, please save this world alongside the Priestess-sama, please, lend us your power」

「Senpai-sama, we will do everything we are capable of within our power, so please decide to remain with the Priestess-sama」

「Senpai-sama, this meeting must also be G.o.d's will, it's extremely rude of us, but we beg you to show compa.s.sion」

This time, the old man and the people waiting behind him appealed to me with burning eyes. And Maki-chan pleaded me with her eyes along with them.

「Senpai! Senpai!」

「Senpai-sama! Please, Senpai-sama!」

「……Ahー jeez……」

Yes, I was recognized by everyone of this world as the Priestess’ emotional support.

I just find it really funny they mistake Michiru’s name haha xD