Chapter 21.5. A shocking meeting and an unexpected message.

Chapter 21.5. A shocking meeting and an unexpected message.

After going around the entire corridor and already approaching the stairs, I noticed someone familiar in silhouette.

It was Karu Kishirami... yes, I knew her, because I had to deal with this lady once, during the last festival that she organized. She brazenly shouted at my son and ordered him to do his job. In principle, she did the right thing, even I supported her, which is why a conversation arose with her then.

But how did she end up in this empty world? Of course, I could not know this and went to her to ask her about it.

- Good day, Karou– - I said, approaching her, at that moment she was standing near the stairs and reading some book. Her hair was lying so that the title of the book was covered with it

- Hello, do we know each other? I don't know you personally, and somehow I don't want to know. – she replied.

Yes, it can't be… By the look of it, it's definitely Kara... but her behavior was completely different from what it was in the past. Most likely I met an alternative version of her, which is the complete opposite of the one I knew.

— Are you imprisoned here too ? – she asked me without taking her eyes off the book.

- Well, how to say… I'll be honest. I was imprisoned here by a version from an alternate world.

She laughed out loud and wiping away tears of laughter said:

— I was also imprisoned by my version from another world, because I wanted to get rid of evil in that world… And that world certainly cannot be brought out of the darkness in which it is mired. And you... do you think there should be peace or evil on earth?

- Peace of course, because peaceful life is much better than senseless wars and battles, and even without magic in this world it would be better.

- Liar, such a liar! Grandiose wars, the best that can be! This world in which I lived will soon completely absorb the evil!

While she was saying this, a black hole appeared on the ceiling and an envelope with a letter fell on my head.

— And what do you have here? - trying to take away the letter, Karou said.

I was dodging it, and yet, having given up trying to evade it, I opened the envelope with the letter and read it together with Karou.

The letter told us that they were in the book that we took, it was said about a sword that can cut this space and with its help you can get out of this world.

- Haha thanks for the information! You'll never get out of this world, old man..." said Karou and immediately ran up the stairs.

Well… New problems have appeared, but the girl also needs to be taken to the city, it's good that she lives in the city to which I need to go for the sword, but I need to get ahead of Kara. But how to do it? I have no idea…

Suddenly, in the midst of my thoughts, a girl came up to me and said :

- Don't worry, uncle, I can help you with my magic, manifestations. Maybe show you the magic of speed and then we will be able to get to the city we need faster. I can't show magic on myself, this is a limitation of my ability. The road is going to be long , so I can suggest trying to buy horses here and…

I interrupted her from her thoughts by saying that I had no money.

— So you can get a job in the guild, so you will pump up the experience and earn us a little money. – she said, putting her hands on her belt and smiling broadly.

Of course we didn't have much time, but there is no other option, still I didn't want to run several thousand kilometers. I nodded my head and then went outside to find a guild and immediately get a job there.

I went down and was already tired, because I had gone through this huge pile of floors again, but after sitting a little bit on the bench that was at the entrance to the hotel, I went to the nearby guild, at least that's what my map said. The guild building had a triangular roof, small, made of wood slightly overgrown with grass. There was a sound coming from the guild, as if someone was quarreling inside. And indeed, when I went inside, I saw that Karou was yelling at the receivers for refusing to take her there. And so, when she noticed me, she drew her blade and held it to the receptionist's throat.

- Stop! If you move one step, I'll kill her on the spot. She shouted, bringing the blade closer to her throat.

— What a bad thing she did to you! She's just a damn receptionist, if she was told you can't register, then you can't! These are the conditions. There's nothing you can do about them!

- There's nothing I can do.… Then I'll just steal the money and get out.

She took the money and was already approaching the exit, but I prevented her from leaving by delaying her with my attack from the sword that Zetsu gave me. Suddenly her gaze clouded and she fell to the ground. Everyone was horrified by what was happening, with bulging eyes and with surprise.

Suddenly someone from the guild hall said:

—This is... the same sword that strikes everything that only touches it."… He will die or fall into a prolonged coma. The sky-black sword! One of the most powerful swords, only a chosen one can wield it! Are you ready to join our guild?

- Of course I'm ready, and that's why I came here, because I wouldn't have come here without a reason.

- Here he is! A real hero. Not knowing about the problem in the guild, he himself was in the right place at the right time! Let's thank him for getting rid of this unpleasant, dangerous stranger!

Everyone shouted solemnly: Hurrah! And they began to prepare tables with food and drinks. Yeah, I definitely didn't expect this… A celebration was held in my honor, although I did almost nothing…

Well, I won't stay here for long, I haven't had a good rest for a long time, and even more so in such a huge campaign. I was seated at a comfortable place and given quite a large amount of food. But suddenly, I noticed that some of them were sitting without food at all, I went up to them and gave them some of my food.

They were so happy about it that they almost bowed at my feet… I asked them to stop, because I just wanted to please them and myself, because it's not nice at all to see when someone is starving and you're gorging on delicious food. Eh ... Even in this world there are poor... Zetsu did the right thing to build his hotel, because just for such poor people, the very hotel was conceived ... And it somehow pleased me that someone still cares about poor, ordinary people, and not just about the rich.

I stayed in the guild building that evening and everything was calm until an explosion was heard from the street…