Your Highness, is that it?"
The next day after we saved the princesses from the Shadow Castle, we formally visited Rumooku Kingdom with the tour ministry's airship.
After doing some greetings in the Royal Castle, I requested to take a look at the Japanese-summoning site, and since they pleasantly agreed, I immediately went to see it.
"That's right, we can't go from here due to the fissure. It's a bit troublesome but we need to go around the spire over there."
The crown prince of this country is graciously guiding us.
At first, the half sister of Princess Menea, the fourth princess was the one going to do it, but he volunteered to be the guide almost forcefully.
"Viscount Pendragon, this is the place where the Japanese were summoned. As you can see, the building has collapsed from the greater demon's attack, the magic equipment for the summoning have been broken, and more than half of the summoning magic circle is damaged."
The crown prince led us to a partially destroyed palace.
The scenery that can be seen from there is completely different than the town where we enjoyed the festival at yesterday.
The town on the opposite side of the Royal Castle is in shambles.
Burnt carbonized pillars and wreckages are piled up, crows seeking the dead flesh are eerily crawling.
Nevertheless, it seems they've started rebuilding, slaves are engaged in labor supervised by the soldiers.
"Was that done by the greater demon?"
"--That's right. If they felt like it, this country might have already been erased from the map."
The crown prince answered me while looking grim.
It's understandable seeing that there's hardly anyone strong enough to fight a demon-class enemy in this country.
"Viscount-sama, let us confirm the magic circle."
Hikaru who's acting as Lady K the guard reminded me about our original purpose.
"Ah, that's right--Your Highness, may I?"
"Of course."
We already got the permission from the king, but I checked with the crown prince who's accompanying us to show deference.
"Hm~m, so this is the magic circle used to summon people from another world..."
Hikaru muttered in a low voice.
--What is this? I can read it normally y'know?
『Hikaru, can you read this magic circle?』
I silently asked through 『Telephone』, Hikaru lightly waved her head.
Apparently, only I can read it.
"The weaselkin magician was boasting how they had remodeled the transcribed summoning magic circle of the Saga Empire. Apparently, it was written in an ancient language."
Crown prince, thank you for the information.
Apparently, I'm able to read it thanks to the [Age of Gods Language] skill I got from the fight with the Silhouette of the God's Soldier.
Easy mode is nice indeed.
I can understand the content to some extent even if it's broken as long as I can read the writing.
There's probably no point to this in simple form, but I might be able to learn the way to go back home if I compare it with the hero summoning magic circle in Saga Empire.
I'm already fully planning to stay here, but I don't want to sever my connections with the people in my former world dryly, and I might use it to send Aoi and Shin back to their worlds if they wished for it.
After getting the necessary information, I saw some kind of purple thing in the gap of the wreckage.
According to the AR reading, it's a [Yuriko's Hair].
It's probably the reincarnated person, the king's little sister and the pivot of the summoning, Yuriko's hair strand.
"Viscount Pendragon, that hair is of my aunt."
"By aunt you mean--"
The crown prince holds out his hand while looking stiff toward me who's holding a purple hair strand.
After I gave him the hair, he wrapped it in a handkerchief and preciously put it in his chest.
"Due to the greater demon's magic attack, there was not even a body remaining of my aunt to mourn for. Even though she might be a great criminal to your kingdom and Saga Empire, she was our important family.... I'd like to put at least a hair into her royal family grave."
--No body was remaining huh.
It's not unusual with ranged advanced level magic or forbidden spell, but if this were a shounen manga, she might reappear while saying, "I'm actually alive all along" or something....