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

Chapter 2454 - Requested Item ⑫

After finishing her explanation about Blessings, Olivia-san paused for a moment before resuming.

[……Now then, with the basic explanation of Blessings for Mizuhara Kaori concluded, I will explain the Blessing that I personally performed. To begin with, I would like to explain why I decided to bestow a Blessing upon Mizuhara Kaori in the first place.]

Both Kaori-san and I already knew this well, but Olivia-san was serious to an almost excessive degree. Since we had asked her for a detailed explanation this time, it seemed she intended to explain everything thoroughly, including the true reasons why she had performed the Blessing at all.

The explanation was likely to be fairly long, but both Kaori-san and I wanted to understand even the smallest details. Important information could be hidden in parts we hadn’t heard before, and for Kaori-san especially, since it concerned her personally, it was only natural that she would want to know everything in detail.

[Since being guided by Miyama Kaito-sama, I am keenly aware that I have been helped by Mizuhara Kaori in many different ways. Regarding meals at the diner, I pay the appropriate monetary compensation for the food provided, so there is no issue there. However, beyond that, I have sought Mizuhara Kaori’s advice on personal matters, and she has explained things to me or guided me in practice when my own knowledge was insufficient. In many respects, she has provided me with extensive assistance, and for that, I am deeply grateful to Mizuhara Kaori.]

[N- No, it’s not anything that grand…… I just happened to help out or listen once in a while, that’s all……]

Kaori-san scratched her cheek shyly, but in truth, she was quite good at looking after others. Apparently, she had given Olivia-san a lot of advice about date-related matters as well, so from Olivia-san’s perspective, she must have felt greatly indebted.

[In response to this various assistance, I wondered whether there was something I could do to repay her. From our daily conversations, I determined that Mizuhara Kaori primarily harbors concerns regarding aging, skin, youth, and romance. With regard to youth and romance, there are many abstract elements, and due to my own immaturity and differences in race, I judged it difficult to present concrete solutions. Therefore, I excluded those. Instead, I considered whether I might be able to address, with my own power, the matters of aging and skin, which Mizuhara Kaori seems to be particularly concerned about.]

[I- I see…… u- umm, Olivia-sama…… when you analyze it that seriously, it’s kind of…… embarrassing, or rather……]

[Mizuhara Kaori frequently speaks about aging and skin, but what she mentions most often is…… first, the influence of aging. Regarding this, there have been multiple statements about a decline in physical ability, such as being unable to push herself as hard as in the past. When examined in light of the characteristics of Humans, it does feel somewhat early for the influence of aging to appear, but I judged it to be within the range of individual variation. Next, regarding skin, there were cases where she expressed concern over deterioration due to aging, as well as mentions of skin trouble caused by work involving water or other external environmental factors…… However, comparatively speaking, there were many statements that used aging as the reference point….. From this, I arrived at the conclusion that Mizuhara Kaori may be more susceptible to the effects of aging than other Humans.]

[That’s not…… haaah…… h- how embarrassing…… I’m going to die of shame……]

I don’t know why, but although Olivia-san was speaking in an extremely serious manner, it felt as though Kaori-san was being subjected to public humiliation.

Well, it was true that there were effects of age, but from Kaori-san’s perspective, it was probably just casual chatter, things like “My skin doesn’t have the same firmness it did when I was a teenager~~” or “Pulling all-nighters is harder than it used to be~~”, the kind of everyday remarks people make when they start to feel they’re getting older.

However, ultra-serious Olivia-san had taken those remarks as genuine worries, compared them against her knowledge, and concluded that “Kaori-san has a constitution that is particularly susceptible to the effects of aging, and she is troubled by that”.

From Olivia-san’s point of view, human aging probably only truly begins at stages like middle age or early old age.

In reality, this was simply a difference between races and couldn’t be helped…… but Kaori-san, whose harmless small talk had been subjected to such earnest analysis, covered her face with both hands, looking overwhelmingly embarrassed.

[I did consider granting a Blessing with an effect that would resolve those concerns. However, since I do not possess the concept of aging, I cannot judge the deterioration caused by it, and because I do not know Mizuhara Kaori’s prior condition, I was unable to accurately grasp what state she herself desired. Therefore, I concluded that it would be best to leave that judgment to Mizuhara Kaori herself. By linking it to my Authority, I experimentally bestowed the following effect: while she is living within the Friendship City, any condition that the individual herself judges to be the result of aging will gradually return to her ideal state.]

[……Errr, so in other words, it’s not just a simple rejuvenation kind of thing?]

[Yes. To use Mizuhara Kaori as an example: if her skin has become more youthful…… that would be because she recognized its previous condition as being “due to aging”. Conversely, the fact that her height has not changed would be because Mizuhara Kaori herself recognizes an increase in height not as aging, but as growth. The effects manifest gradually, and the influence of the individual’s own will is also significant. The reason the effect on her skin is particularly noticeable is, I believe, because Mizuhara Kaori strongly felt the effects of aging in regard to her skin.]

[……That’s true…… I was worried about my skin, but…… hearing it said out loud by someone else…… it’s really…… so embarrassing I could die……]

Olivia-san calmly explained the effects of her Blessing, but Kaori-san, whose worries about her skin had been unintentionally laid bare, had turned bright red all the way to her ears.

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [I think she’s probably more embarrassed because Kaito himself had heard it. She talked about it with people like Akane, but in front of Kaito, she never said things like wanting to get younger or anything like that…… d*mn it, isn’t she totally acting like a heroine!?]