Chapter 18

AS Chapter 18~The Present From Commander Saran~

「I’ll give this to you . 」

He said this, and what Commander Saran took out was, a katana .

…wait, where did he get that from just now?

Before I could ask him, Commander Saran presented the katana to me without hesitation .

I lost to Commander Saran’s friendly smile and reluctantly accepted it .

With a black handle, a black guard, and a black sheath, it was a katana that appealed to the second year junior high school student within me .

TN: what the author had here was ‘廚學’, and I don’t know what that means, but ‘廚’ could also sound like the kanji ‘中’ and ‘中學’ means junior high school, which makes more sense, so that’s what I’m going with

…or rather, they had katanas in this world .

I hadn’t seen one until now, so I just thought that there weren’t any .

「This is??」

「It is a weapon that the first hero-sama forged with his own hands called a katana . If I’m not mistaken, you came from the same world as the first hero-sama, did you not? You should know about katanas, right?」

「…no, yeah . How should I put it, why are you giving this to me who isn’t even the hero? Or rather, is it ok for you to give that to me so unreservedly?」

When I pulled it out a little to take a look, the katana blade was splendidly pitch black as well .

…you sure know how to do things, first hero .

「Of course, I had thought of what to give Tsukasa-kun, but since he doesn’t have the curved sword skill, and there is a holy sword that’s passed down from one generation’s hero to the next, I discussed it with Zeal-kun and we decided to give it to you . 」

「…what about the king?」

「…this is a secret, but this, was stolen from the royal treasury . Your weapon was broken during today’s fight with the Minotaur, so this is the perfect timing . 」

I was a little horrified at Commander Saran who nonchalantly said something unbelievable .

Didn’t he just say that he stole that from the treasury?

「It’s true that I said that I stole it from the treasury . Besides, rather than being buried under those glittering bars of gold, being useful would make that katana happy was well . Besides, the dagger that you were using was a stolen item too . 」

…he’s psychic .

Also, I didn’t tell anyone about where I had gotten the broken dagger .

It’s already broken, so I’d like it if you didn’t talk about it anymore .

I drew the katana out completely .

The blade had the form of the so-called Kogarasu Zukuri, part of the back of the blade, just the tip, had an edge to it as well, it was a double-edged sword .

TN: the Kogarasu Zukuri is a type of katana that has a very unique form and are distinctive in their double-edged sword tip .

It was a katana where you couldn’t say, 「Don’t worry, I’m hitting you with the back of the sword」 .

「There’s no inscription?」

「It seems like there is . Look, it’s on the side of the base of the katana . We can’t read it though . 」

When I took a look at it, there were words engraved there .

In kanji .

As expected, it seems that the first generation hero was a Japanese person .

The kanji that I haven’t seen in a long time filled me with nostalgia .

「So, what does it say??」

Urged by Commander Saran who had an excited look on his face, I read those words .

The inscription on the katana blade was engraved in white, and it was extremely eye-catching .

「It says ‘Yatonokami’ . If I remember correctly, it seems to be the name of a god . 」

「Yatonokami…there was such a god in your world?」

「Aah, it’s a god from my country, though . In the country that we were born in, in Japan, we believe in many gods, and it is taught that gods dwell in all things . Especially when, there are a lot of gods who are quite similar . 」

「Gods dwell in all things . …I see, I’ve never thought about that . In this world, there’s only one Creator-sama . 」

His eyes sparkling at the novel information, Commander Saran started talking about this world’s god even though I didn’t ask for it, but I ignored him, and looked down at the katana .

「…huh?」

Next to the inscription, there were inconspicuous words that weren’t engraved in color .

Reflected in the moonlight, I could barely read them .

‘In the future, I pray that it would be of help to my kouhai’

At those words that were flowing down on the left side, I unconsciously smiled .

In my heart, I thanked my senpai .

Without a doubt, these words had become my emotional support .

「…I want to meet the first generation herooo . 」

「…」

When I looked up at that extremely clear starry sky that you wouldn’t be able to see in Japan and I said that, Commander Saran didn’t say anything either and looked up at the sky .

Unfortunately, there weren’t any constellations that I knew, but the anguish and anger that I felt towards the idiotic hero and the scheming king up until yesterday had, completely disappeared without a trace .

「Hey, Commander Saran, I—-」

I asked Commander Saran, for a favor .