I, Atla, who became a resident of the Shield Spirit’s world, am always watching over Naofumi-sama!
It seems like Naofumi-sama and the others were able to retrieve the hero they were looking for.
We were able to confirm it too thanks to the projection we were watching in the Shield Spirit and Mirror Spirit’s World.
“So this is the Four Holy Hero of another world… the Hunting Tool Hero if I remember correctly.”
I’m pretty sure she’s called Kizuna. But… how should I put this? This is a Four Holy Hero that is on equal footing with Naofumi-sama?
The impression I have of the heroes other than Naofumi-sama was that they were absentminded in some aspects, but even among them, she’s a particularly strange one.
What’s strange is that she’s stiffly stuck in place, with a fishing rod in hand.
I don’t like the possibility of Onii-sama making a statue of me, similar to the one before me, during Naofumi-sama’s absence in the village.
“She’s petrified in a fairly peculiar way.”
The person who let her impression slip out was Ost-san, a fellow inhabitant of this space.
I got a little uneasy, so I checked the best I could… She’s petrified like a stone, but she seems to be alive.
But… the more I try to sense her, the more I tilt my head.
“Somehow, she has an aura that resembles Naofumi-sama’s… but it’s a little too bright.”
“It’s unusual for Atla-san to be saying such things. I thought you’d have called her out for being an imitation of the Great Shield Hero.”
“If I were to describe it as a feeling, it would be her being of a different vector. They are intrinsically similar at their core, but there is something different… that was what I felt from her.”
It’s so frustratingly ambiguous that I might get them mixed up.
That being said, I, Atla, can never mistake Naofumi-sama!
“Considering she is the hero who was called upon on preference by the Great Hunting Tool Spirit, their resemblance may be a natural result. But… she was left with one or two peculiarities as a parting gift by the enemy.” Ost-san interferes with the Hunting Tool Spirit to confirm.
It seems that this hero has got more troublesome things stuck onto her besides petrification.
For you to have brought trouble onto Naofumi-sama’s hands… unforgivable!
“Could the resemblance be due to the nature of their weapons? If I’m not wrong, this person is seemingly unable to harm people with her weapon for the most part. The Great Shield Hero is similarly unable to attack people for the most part too after all.”
“Ost-san, you’re still naive, aren’t you?”
“Even if you call me naive…”
I should make a correction first.
“I’m not talking about the superficial details involving their weapons. It is Naofumi-sama’s inherent affability and kindness that I’m talking about, you know?”
Yes, from the Kizuna that is in front of us, I can see an affability and kindness similar to that of Naofumi-sama’s being present within her.
“I understand the kindness part, but affability is…”
Ost-san is now speaking ambiguously for some reason. What part of Naofumi-sama is she dissatisfied with?
Well, it can’t be helped for Ost-san. She’s a pitiful person who didn’t get to talk much with Naofumi-sama after all.
“You still have a long way to go, Ost-san. Continue on like this and your efforts to support Naofumi-sama will be in vain.”
“I have trouble understanding why Atla-san is so triumphant about that.”
And this atmosphere continued while we watched over the developments unfold.
