Chapter 396: Hero Summoning

The night Robbie saw the pillar of light shining in the great sky, time goes back a little, in one corner of the upper noble street of the Mainz Kingdom royal capital there was a residence with a vast grounds and in the basement of the mansion inside it there was a large room.

That night though a full moon was shining brightly outside people had gathered so as to avoid eyes on purpose. In the center of the basement a large magic circle was drawn and in its center a large purple divine stone was placed. Surrounding the magic circle stand Mainz Kingdom King Wilhelm, beside him first prince Green, and beside him the king’s third consort and Green’s mother Isabel. On the opposite side of that magic circle stand palace magic corps head Hütter, Prime Minister Cromwell, and High Priest Andropov dispatched from the Sophia Divine Country. Behind them stand each one’s close aides and subordinates. Already the inside of the room is ruled by an abnormal excitement.

Told that from now Hütter would perform the Hero Summoning rite the gathered faces. Each one’s aim differs but hearing the Hero Summoning rite that had become legend and was thought a dream story would be reproduced now at this time, they are all ones who came to see it with one glance.

King Wilhelm, if Hero Summoning is performed and the heroes are expected to become a great war power, is scheming to step into war with the Empire. In Hero Summoning he has been told boys and girls of no age are called. If such ones, if he talks them around and makes them hold women or threatens and gives them luxury they would become obedient to this side. Anyway calling the heroes and making them war power is the important thing.

First prince Green has pushed Hero Summoning together with the magic corps head. This country’s crown prince is not fixed also because the king is still young. Green aims to succeed at this Hero Summoning and by making that merit recognized by the king and senior vassals become crown prince.

Now here everything necessary for Hero Summoning is prepared. After that Hütter only needs to do it well. He is waiting now or now for the summoning rite to begin.

Third consort Isabel at first was not called. But hearing the Queen was away from the royal capital and absent from the rite she begged the king and it was decided she would attend. Still the inner palace is ruled by the Queen. But if her child Prince Green becomes crown prince she should be able to rule the inner palace as crown prince’s mother. And leading the currently dull main house to prosperity should be something she can do with her own power. By putting elder brother and younger brother in important posts she should be able to see the prosperity of her clan. Actually son Prince Green sees through his mother’s thought and expecting the Queen to leave the royal capital had adjusted the schedule of the Hero Summoning rite.

Isabel, if she attaches the heroes to Prince Green’s side and makes them hear what she says, power should naturally roll in. Thinking that even though the summoning rite has not yet begun her face almost smiles. She is desperate enduring that.

Prime Minister Cromwell for the Hero Summoning rite, also with Prince Green’s strong working, distanced the Queen and Ambassador Marie from the royal capital but was thinking was this good? He thinks distancing foreigner Marie was a good judgment but thinks distancing the Queen from the royal capital may have been a bad move. Seeing the third consort floating a wicked smile on her face he thinks it may have been better to have the Queen attend this place and have her glare as a weight. Was there not another method of leaving the Queen and distancing only Marie from the royal capital? even now he thinks and regrets. Only seeing and hearing how the Queen favors Marie he had thought that would be impossible.

He has asked the Queen if something happens in the royal capital to return to the royal capital with only her body no matter what. How much time she can return to the royal capital, there is anxiety something will happen in that interval. He is afraid the first prince and third consort will do something.

Magic corps head Hütter is simply moved. Finding a description about the Hero Summoning rite on a bookshelf in the depths of the depths of the palace library was chance. But that it was a thing of the legendary Hero Summoning rite performed hundreds of years ago he understood at one reading. The manner of the rite written in a book he happened to take in hand while organizing the shelves of the palace library. Taking that book in hand was chance and reading it was chance. Everything is a thing that can be made to think a god led Hütter to perform the Hero Summoning rite.

He prepared what was written, carefully wrote the magic circle for summoning, stored mana in the divine stone and is about to begin the rite here now. A rite said to be illusion, no legend, is about to be performed here now by his own power.

High Priest Andropov of the Sophia Divine Country is trembling in expectation. At first when there was a secret approach from the Mainz Kingdom church that they wanted to perform the Hero Summoning rite so wanted to borrow the divine stone he thought surely? He also thought was it some joke? But when magic corps head Hütter came to the Sophia Divine Country and begged he felt it was a true thing and also a fairly high-realization thing.

Persuading the high priests who hesitated and hesitated, headed by the pope who made a face of not much interest, he carried a divine stone of one or two size even in the Sophia Divine Country to the Mainz Kingdom and stored mana. And now the rite is about to be performed. Attending this rite, if Hero Summoning succeeds he thinks he can draw the next pope’s chair fairly. He who is in the last seat of next pope candidates would jump out to the head. He wants it to succeed no matter what. No, it will succeed!

"I am late, I am sorry."

Coming down the stairs from the first floor as if rolling was the Duke of Vélez.

"I was waiting. With this the witnesses are gathered. Begin."

At the king’s words Hütter answered,

"Yes, understood."

and stepped one step forward and faced the divine stone.

Prime Minister Cromwell clicked his tongue inside. Why did he call the Duke of Vélez. Is this one not merely a mood-taker of the king. He would be a hanger-on who follows the king and only flatters and takes mood.

Since the confrontation of that Marie and Count von Kirchhoff he has come to curry further with the king. The king is glad of that too and an intention of putting the duke into one corner of national politics can be seen. This kind of guy, so as not to hinder national politics, should only play around yet why did he come to this important place. And the duke is on good terms with third consort Isabel. He does not know why Isabel favors the duke but anyway he is favored. And being on familiar terms with the mother, naturally a duke on good terms with the first prince. This too stirs the prime minister’s anxiety. Is this one too dreaming of putting the first prince on the throne? And is he dreaming of becoming prime minister himself? Guys who have no ability yet only ambition is large forming a clique he thinks is true.

"Quiet! I begin the rite."

At Hütter’s voice all close their mouths and stare at the purple divine stone in the center of the magic circle.