I Was Caught up in a Hero Summoning, but That World Is at Peace

What do you dislike? When asked, the old me answered without hesitation. "I hate myself"...

I didn't like my own name, which resembled that of the prime minister. I didn't like the look on my face that it was OK or not. I hated my cowardly personality.

To the extent that I wanted to disappear, I hated myself from the past.

I was born as the eldest son of a wealthy family running a fairly large company. Perhaps, yes, I was a blessed man.

I didn't remember being stuck with money since I was young, and I got most of it if I wanted to. However, if I were asked if I was happy, I would twist my head a bit.

I had a younger brother. When I was young, I was close and I remember doing something together. But since when did that change?

While educating me and my brother in the same way, my father often said that he would choose one as his successor until we reached adulthood.

I mean, my brother and I competed to get the seat of heir.

To be clear, objectively speaking, it was "my brother" who was superior. There was not much difference. But my brother was one step ahead of me in all respects.

My brother was a hard worker and an ambitious man at the same time. When he became his successor, he had a lewd atmosphere. At least in terms of feelings, I would have lost to my brother.

... but as soon as I graduated from junior high, my father declared me his successor.

The decisive factor is' I was the eldest son ', that's all. From my father's point of view, the difference in ability between me and my brother was within the range of error, and the strength of each other was reversed. So I named my eldest son as my successor.

I still can't forget my younger brother's eyes. Looking solemnly convinced by my father's words, those eyes that were staring at me with a strong hatred in their eyes... [without you], I can't forget.

Oh, yes, my brother. You have been good, you have worked hard, and you deserve a real successor. You certainly surpassed me in every way, even if it wasn't a big difference.

... only one thing, that I was born only a year early, denied your efforts.

I could understand my brother's thoughts, and I thought he was the right person to succeed him. Still, I couldn't turn down my successor or face my younger brother...

I just wanted to get out of this world if I was going to make it happen. Without me, my brother would be the heir... well, I didn't have the courage to kill myself.

At that rate, I was summoned to another world by the Hero Summoner. Of course, the confusion was great. However, fortunately, I was educated as a trailblazer for a large company, and I was able to perform my role as a hero without difficulty.

Rather, what mattered was whether to return to the original world or move to another world after it was over... I chose to move to another world.

I'd be lying if I told you there was no mistake in the original world, but I still thought it was like a boat on the other side.

... no, that might just be an excuse. After all, I just ran away. I didn't have the courage to face my brother's eyes.

I'm sure my brother hasn't given up on his succession yet. I didn't have the courage to compete with my brother again. Someday, my eyes will have the same hatred as my brother, and we will hate each other... it was terrifying.

Having chosen to emigrate, I politely declined the idea that I could get a title if I wanted to, and went on an unsuitable journey.

Running away from all sorts of things doesn't mean you have a purpose or a desire to do something. However, it became a wandering traveler like a fluttering rootgrass.

Then, the companion joined in the journey that somehow was alone.

There was nothing particularly dramatic about it, and the woman on the edge who just stopped by the tavern and said that it was the seat next to it happened to feel like it was a trip that didn't fit in, so the two of them changed into a trip that didn't fit in.

Since then, the number of people accompanying them has increased and decreased. Travellers with various circumstances gathered to travel together, such as a weird couple who were traveling frivolously out of an elf forest to see the world on their own feet, or antiques merchants who were traveling from the city to the city in search of antiques they really wanted to get.

In many cases, it was about 10 people, right? Sometimes there was less if more could be done. There were people who stopped their journey and went home. There was something that reached its purpose and stopped the journey. Some people decided to spin the edge of the city and stay there.

A journey of many encounters and farewells. Even though I got married and had a child, and the child grew up and nested, I was still travelling.

It is difficult to come up with an answer when asked why? It's just that I still haven't gotten the "reason to stop the journey" of Nanica that everyone else who stopped the journey had.

At the end of a long, very long journey... I suddenly looked back as I reached the countryside of the Hydra Kingdom. There was a smile on my wife's face... the first companion to keep me company on my journey.

When I saw his face, I remembered the moon that had travelled with my wife for more than forty years. It was a journey that had no purpose, no meaning... but it was different when it came to telling me that I didn't get anything.

There were definite memories of the days I kept walking, and I felt that the footprints I had trampled on were the right things to shape me now...

Looking back on myself until now, I finally decided to live in the countryside of Hydra Kingdom with my wife.

As I relaxed around the edge with a cup of tea, I heard footsteps and saw a nostalgic face.

Hey, Shigenobu, I'm here to play.

It's been a long time, Ray.

"... oh? Really? It's been about three years, hasn't it?"

"I still can't follow your sense of longevity." For me, three years is quite a long time. "

Long blonde elf... Rajhardt is an old friend who has been traveling with us for a long time. A strange elf who wanted to walk around the world on her own feet, traveling with her childhood lover and Sylphia.

Is Fear wearing it too?

Oh, here's the thing.

After a little listening, I can hear my wife's pleasant voice, so I think she's talking to Fear.

"Listen to me, I actually have a lover in my daughter." That said, it was a little over two years ago... "

”Huh, my daughter, who was just doting on me... doesn't seem dissatisfied with her face”

You're such a good girl, aren't you?

Looking at Ray who sat next to him and spoke with a calm expression, I thought that the free-running guy was a lot calmer now, and it had nothing to do with it.

"So, this is my lover's child... he's actually the same alien as Shigenobu."

Is that a brave man?

"No, I'm not a brave boy." Did you know that there was an accident in the last summoning of a brave man? "

"I don't know... did that happen?"

Frankly speaking, I was quite surprised. Or is it something unstable like an accident? "No, I can't even understand the transition between the worlds because it's too advanced..."

"Ah, so there were three children who were involved and summoned, but one of them was Miyama Kaito, who became Zeke's lover."

"Oh, I'm curious." What kind of girl are you? "

"You're an amazing girl." I might think it's a joke when I hear it, but... "

I listened to Ray's pleasant conversation, not without interest in the story of the hometowner I'd heard for a long time.

I used to hate myself. But... I don't hate myself that much now. There are so many things I couldn't do, and there are so many things I regret.

Now, if I hadn't run away from my younger brother at that time, I wouldn't have thought that there was a different future.

But there are countless things I've earned. My beloved wife, my children, my grandchildren, my odd friends... at least, I have more memories than I have carved.

If so, I'm sure my life hasn't been abandoned. I'd like to talk to the kids from my hometown who became Ray's daughter's lover.