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

Chapter 2527 - Bipolar God Tiana ⑩

Around the time when the future of Lilia suffering from stomachaches had quietly become inevitable, Tiana, who was happily drinking tea with Kaito, suddenly looked as if she had remembered something and asked him a question.

[Come to think of it, Kaito-kun. When I arrived here earlier, you looked a bit puzzled…… that wasn’t because I made a movement like I was checking something, right? You already seemed suspicious even before that…… did you feel something strange?]

[Eh? Ah, errr, I’m not sure how to describe it…… It felt kind of like being in water without weight, like the air had changed a little. That’s why I thought it was strange.]

[I see. That must be because I protected the space around us, so you sensed something off. That must have been sudden and surprising.]

[I was definitely surprised, but it didn’t feel unpleasant at all, so there wasn’t really any problem.]

Hearing Kaito’s reply, Tiana nodded in understanding, took a sip of her tea, and smiled gently. After a brief pause, she spoke to him again.

[By the way, the name Tiana that I’m using now was something I came up with for this world. I suppose I should also tell you my real name. My name is ∇∮◆￡. Can you hear it properly?]

[……Ah, sorry. It was the same when Canalis-san said it earlier, but…… it just sounds like a high-pitched noise to me.]

[Ahh, that can’t be helped. My name doesn’t fit within the linguistic structure of this world, and it’s not something that can even be pronounced within the vocal range of the beings from this world or from Kaito-kun’s previous world either.]

[Ah, I see. When worlds are different, the languages would certainly be different too. When we were summoned to Trinia, it seems some kind of magic automatically translates languages for us, but I guess other worlds are still outside its scope?]

[No, I think speaking with ordinary residents of another world should still work just fine. But if there are words or sound ranges that don’t exist in the language you can perceive, even Translation Magic can’t do anything about that. Besides, names aren’t really the kind of thing that can be translated in the first place. If there’s no corresponding word in your world, you’ll probably just recognize it as a strange sound.]

[I see……]

Watching Kaito nod, Tiana quietly let her thoughts wander, a gentle smile resting on her lips.

(……Just as I thought…… “he can hear it”. My name exists in an extremely high-level dimensional layer, so unless someone possesses a special ability, beings from lower dimensional layers shouldn’t even be able to hear it in the first place. But Kaito-kun can hear it, he simply can’t recognize it as a word. Even when I came to this world…… he sensed the power I used to protect the space. But Kaito-kun shouldn’t have any ability that adjusts the difference between dimensional layers……)

If it were someone like Canalis, who possessed omnipotent power, they could recognize Tiana’s name and power even across dimensional layers. And if Kaito somehow had an ability that allowed him to perceive higher-dimensional beings across such layers…… then, setting aside the fact that the gap in power would normally render such an ability ineffective, it might still be possible for him to recognize Tiana’s name and power.

(……There’s definitely something there. Inside Kaito-kun…… Even using omniscience I can’t figure it out. Canalis and Electrone haven’t noticed it either, even Nebula-san hasn’t realized it at all. The only reason I noticed was because Kaito-kun happened to look puzzled when I came to this world. And even now, standing right in front of him, when I use omniscience because I feel there’s something there…… I still can’t tell. A power that can’t be recognized by any ability, including omniscience, whose existence can’t even be sensed, and which no one can even realize is there…… there’s only one thing it could be…… Epilogue…… perhaps, a fragment of that power? If something like that exists inside Kaito-kun and is nullifying the effects of dimensional differences, that would explain everything.)

Although Tiana suspected that some kind of unfathomable power resided within Kaito, even she, who ranked among the very highest of the World Creators, could find nothing. By the process of elimination, the only possibility left was a power connected to Epilogue.

(Did Shallow Vernal place it inside him to protect Kaito-kun? Or is Epilogue itself trying to protect him? I don’t know…… but when it comes to Kaito-kun’s safety, it certainly couldn’t be more reassuring. Well, in the first place, there probably isn’t any World Creator reckless enough to meddle with Shallow Vernal’s world. And if anyone tried to harm Kaito-kun, before Epilogue even became relevant, an enormous number of World Creators, including myself, would move immediately to eliminate them. And Nebula-san is here as well, so there’s absolutely nothing to worry about.)

A fragment of the power of Epilogue existed within Kaito. If her speculation was correct, that it would activate as a counter, then even if Tiana were to try to kill Kaito at this very moment, the only thing waiting would be her end. Kaito would remain perfectly safe.

(……In that case, there’s really no problem at all.)

Her realization had been born from coincidence, and it was still nothing more than a hypothesis…… but it wasn’t something that would affect Kaito or anyone around him in any meaningful way. At most, it meant that Kaito could nullify the difference between dimensional layers, and that someone who had already been excessively well-protected had now become even more invincible.

(……Eh? Wait a minute. If that’s the case, then if he really wanted to, Kaito-kun could even come to my world in the higher dimensional layer…… which would mean that giving him the kinds of gifts I excluded this time wouldn’t be a problem after all. If that’s true, there’d be even more items meant for lovers that I could recommend to Shallow Vernal…… and I might even be able to get permission for free visits…… right?)

Following Canalis’ advice, Tiana had already introduced Shallow Vernal to various items for lovers that didn’t exist in this world when negotiating with her. However, because of the difference in dimensional layers, she had excluded anything she believed Shallow Vernal could handle but Kaito would never be able to experience.

But if Kaito could ignore those dimensional differences thanks to the fragment of Epilogue within him, then she could introduce those things as well…… and if she used that as bargaining material, there was a chance she might win the same kind of visitation permission Electrone had.

(Well, I can think about that later. For now, I’ll just enjoy this tea with Kaito-kun.)

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [So she’s actually the first one to notice the Little Epilogue that even Shiro herself hasn’t realized exists……]