I Surrendered My Sword for a New Life as a Mage: Volume 7 [Parts 1 to 5] by Shin Kouduki

Author:Shin Kouduki
Language: eng
Format: epub

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“Am I only imagining that you mean to imply it isn’t, in fact, a coincidence?”

“Well...I think it’s definitely a coincidence that we met up again. And as for ancient hieroglyphics being Japanese and there being a ton of them here... I can’t really say.”

“Hmm...”

That meant he thought the other parts were different, though. That reminded Soma, there was something he’d had in the back of his mind from their discussion upon reuniting...

“Do you mean to say that it isn’t a coincidence that you were summoned to this world and I was reincarnated into it?”

Iori didn’t immediately respond to the question, which was a response in itself.

“It’s not like I have any proof.”

“But there must be some way to prove it.”

It made sense to Soma—his friend was in the world he’d been reincarnated into. How big of a coincidence would that have to be?

“Well, maybe if you wanted to say we’re connected by a red string of fate, it’d be different.”

“I’d like to refrain from that.”

“Me too, don’t worry.”

“I’m glad to hear that. So what do you mean exactly?”

When Soma asked that question, Iori looked up. Soma followed his gaze, but all he saw was an unfamiliar ceiling. However, Iori’s eyes crinkled as if he saw something else there, and he opened his mouth slowly.

“Did I tell you about how I got summoned here as a hero?”

“Well, we just went over that. I don’t believe you’ve told me the details, however. Do you mean to say that this is related to that?”

“Yeah. So, actually... Apparently I wasn’t supposed to be summoned in the first place.”

“What do you mean...?”

Soma hadn’t heard the details from Iori, but he knew the general story of how the heroes had been summoned. Veritas had summoned them in order to eliminate the threat of the Dark Lord. They’d done so because they hadn’t had enough forces to resist him on their own. So what did Iori mean, he wasn’t supposed to be summoned?

“Oh... Well, this is just what I’ve heard, and some of it’s from Veritas, so I don’t know how trustworthy it is... But apparently they summoned me on their second try.”

“Second try...?” Did that mean that someone had already been summoned before Iori?

Iori shook his head. “No, apparently their first try failed.”

“Failed... Do you mean that nobody was summoned?”

“Yeah. They did the ceremony and nothing happened. They cracked down on anyone who knew that information, though.”

“Hmm...”

That made sense. If they’d failed out of incompetence, it would have led to criticism of Veritas. They must have laid groundwork all over if they were going to summon a hero, but Soma had heard that Veritas’s power had been unparalleled at the time—so much so that they’d become the center of the fight against the Dark Lord. It must not have been especially difficult for them to suppress a minor failure.

“Yet they tried to do the same thing that had already failed once? Were they really out of other options?”

“No... What I heard is that they meant to fail again.

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