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

Chapter 2456 - Requested Item ⑭

Olivia-san used magic power as an example, but since this Authority has effects on many different things as long as one is within the Friendship City, it’s probably not just magic power that increases.

In fact, it wouldn’t be strange if each of her abilities were multiplied fiftyfold.

[There likely won’t be much of an impact.]

[No, no, that’s ridiculous enough, you know!? I mean, it’s fifty times we’re talking about here, fifty times! That means I’ve basically gained incredible combat power, at least within the Friendship City……]

[But there are hardly any opportunities to fight within the Friendship City, are there? So wouldn’t the impact be negligible?]

[Ugh…… th-that’s…… y-yeah…… that’s true……]

That was an overwhelmingly sound argument. Even if combat power were multiplied fiftyfold within the Friendship City, there would hardly ever be a chance to fight there in the first place. And if an opponent that Kaori-san would need fifty times her strength to defeat were to go on a rampage inside the Friendship City, Olivia-san would surely deal with it herself.

Seen that way, there really doesn’t seem to be much opportunity to make use of fiftyfold combat power. Of course, it probably isn’t only about combat power, but still……

After hearing Olivia-san’s words, Kaori-san put on a thoughtful expression for a moment. Since she’s the type to switch gears quickly, she was probably organizing her thoughts and preparing to come to terms with it.

Then, as if she’d finished switching gears, she turned toward me and flashed a sly grin.

[……Fufufu, look, Kaito-kun. It’s a coincidence, and it’s location-limited, but it’s still an incredible power-up…… I can definitely feel power welling up inside me…… This is it, the overwhelming magic power multiplied fiftyfold!]

[No, since it should be adjustable at will, I believe Mizuhara Kaori’s magic power hasn’t changed at the moment though?]

[………………….]

[It also affects physical abilities, and a sudden change would cause confusion when adjusting your strength and so on, so I’ve made it possible to switch it on and adjust it at Mizuhara Kaori’s discretion. You’ll need some getting used to it, but you should be able to fine-tune the multiplier as well, and even focus the increase on specific abilities only. If necessary, I can instruct you on that, though it’s also fine if you simply grow accustomed to it naturally as you use it.]

[…………………………………………]

Olivia-san is fundamentally calm and logical, so it seems she had properly considered the effects of a sudden increase in ability and taken countermeasures in advance.

That really is wonderful, and the fact that it can be kept off when not needed is reassuring too, there’s no worry about accidentally breaking things with suddenly increased strength.

……That said, if I had to point out one problem…… Kaori-san, who had jokingly talked about things like “this overwhelming power” to psych herself up, ended up crouching down and covering her face after thoroughly embarrassing herself.

Combined with Olivia-san’s calm, matter-of-fact tsukkomi, that embarrassment must have been pretty severe.

[……U- Umm, Kaori-san? Are you okay?]

[……I’m so embarrassed I’m going to die, yeah, you might as well kill me…… When you think about it, for something that’s supposed to be fifty times, things in my life didn’t really feel like it changed that much…… I even thought maybe the effect hadn’t been applied yet…… This is so embarrassing……]

It’s not that Olivia-san meant any harm, but somehow it feels like Kaori-san has been put through one embarrassing situation after another today.

Well, after writhing around with a bright red face for a while, Kaori-san recovered and stood back up.

[……Errr, Olivia-sama. Would it be alright if I try it out?]

[Yes. Just thinking about it should cause your abilities to increase. Fine adjustments will require some practice, but at maximum effect, no adjustment is necessary.]

[O- Okay. I’ll try it…… mmh…… o- oh……]

As Kaori-san clenched her fist as if focusing her resolve, even I could tell that her magic power was steadily growing larger.

[S- So this is fifty times my magic power…… Kaito-kun, what do you think? Amazing, right?]

[It certainly is impressive magic power……]

[……Ah, that look. That’s the face that says “There are too many amazing people around, so compared to them it doesn’t seem that huge”.]

Kaori-san’s magic power after being multiplied fiftyfold…… just going by feel, it was about on the same level as Eta or Theta. I’m not very good at measuring magic power, so I can only tell roughly, but compared to Lilia-san or Anima, it felt considerably smaller.

I mean, compared to me it’s on a completely different order of magnitude, but still…… Incidentally, when compared with the likes of Isis-san or Megiddo-san, their magic power is so immense that I can hardly measure it at all.

It’s like looking out over the ocean with the horizon in view, you can tell it’s unimaginably vast, but you can’t really gauge how vast it is.

Well, there are plenty of powerful individuals who usually suppress their magic power, so maybe it’s only natural that I can’t really tell.

When it comes to people like Kuro, Shiro-san, or Canalis-san, I can’t tell at all anymore. It’s like looking up at the stars from the ground, you can see them, but you have no sense of how vast the universe really is. That kind of feeling.

[No, compared to me it’s an absurdly huge amount of magic power, and…… errr, since you weren’t in charge of cooking, you might not have talked much with them, Kaori-san, but I have two red-haired maids at my house named Eta and Theta……]

[Ahh, errr, the two who look like twins, right? I had a brief greeting with them at the ship party.]

[Yes. Those two are Baron-rank Demons, and your magic power felt to be about on par with theirs.]

[I see. From your perspective, Kaito-kun, that’s nothing special…… no, wait, it is special, isn’t it!? In other words, doesn’t that mean my current magic power is on par with Peerage Holders!?]

……Now that she mentions it, that’s true…… Lilia-san and Anima are on the level of Count-ranks, so there’s naturally a difference there, but considering that Baron-rank Demons themselves number fewer than fifty thousand across the entire world, making them truly among the elite upper echelon, having her magic power rise to that level is nothing short of extraordinary.

Unnn, it’s just that my sense of scale has completely gone numb.

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [Well, he’s recently started getting acquainted with Otherworld Gods, so even though he was already interacting mostly with people at the top before, his range of interactions has now expanded even higher. It’s only natural that his sense of scale would end up getting numb.]