essed about it. What do you plan on doing?」(Est)

「I’m going to enter that place and directly transfer every member in there to here. After that, I’m wondering if it’s fine to completely destroy that fortress」(Touya)

That will easily finish everything without fighting against the Knight Order. I wonder why I haven’t thought about this method now? I must be having a predisposition to settle issues like this with a fight. Lately, I’ve been using nothing but brute force to settle the problems that come my way...

「Can you really do something like that?」(Est)

「That’s easy. However, I want someone to come along with me and explain the situation to the people over there because I don’t think they’ll believe what I say. 」(Touya)

「I WILL GO!」(Nia)

Nia raises her hand first. I have no objections with the chief coming, but is this okay for the rest of them?

As I give a scattered look at Est-san, she breathes out a long, deep sigh and gives an order to the golem Akagane standing next to her.

「Akagane, go with Nia. I order you to guard this girl」(Est)

GIGI! The red-armored warrior nods. Is he different from Fenrir wherein unlike Fenrir, he can’t speak? Or is he just reluctant to do so? Maybe it’s just normal for golems not to speak.

Oh well, it’s fine either way. Besides, it’s better to hurry up if we want to settle everything right away. It’ll be troublesome to execute our plan once the battle starts.

「Gate」(Touya)

From being next to Nia who’s absentmindedly watching the spectacle in front of her, Akagane slowly and steadily goes through the opened “Gate” in the middle of the strategy room first. Is he being cautious in order to ascertain the safety of the gate? Following after behind the golem, Nia jumps into the door of light as well.

「Well then, we’re going off now. We’ll be sure to rescue everyone immediately」(Touya)

「Thank you very much」(Est)

I move through the gate while seeing off the bowing Est-san, and I find myself amidst the forest after that.

Nia is looking around restlessly, and so does Akagane. He keeps vigilance of the surroundings.

「Well then, which way is the direction to the fortress?」(Touya)

「Ah, aah. It’s this way」(Nia)

We walk through the forest as Nia guides us. After advancing for a short while, Nia points at the mountain side.

「Look. It’s over there, and it should be visible from here.」(Nia)

「Eh?」(Touya)

I could see nothing but mountain trees in the place Nia points at. Once I expand my senses with “Long Sense”, I then notice that a fortress has certainly been built from what appeared to be logs, like a log-house, hidden in between the trees. Aah, so they are camouflaging the fortress in this manner, huh? It won’t be noticed with just a mere glance.

Or rather, it should be invisible from a distance this far, normally speaking.

「Alright, I’ll be able to jump there at once since I can now accurately see the place. Let’s go 」(Touya)

「Ah?」(Nia)

「Teleport」(Touya)

Holding the arms of Nia and Akagane, I immediately teleport toward the room of the fortress built from logs and boards like a log-house.

(Black: The author really loves to repeat a lot of things, huh? It’s not like readers have short-term memory loss, you know.)

The men in the surrounding area unsheathe their weapons due to our sudden appearance, but then they relaxed their guard once they notice someone they knew.

「Chief!? W-What are you doing here?!」

「Oh, ooh. Is everyone safe?」

Although she is surprised at the sudden change in a scenery, Nia greets everyone present here. The members, who remained inside the fortress, come out to her one by one after hearing her voice.

「Gather everyone quickly. EVERYONE. We’re escaping from here. This place will be abandoned」(Nia)

By the order of the chief, everyone jumps into the newly opened “Gate” one after another.

Excluding Nia and Akagane, they transfer into the hideout beneath the royal capital. Just in case, I confirm that there’s no one left here besides us using my map app. In the meantime, the blue markers begin to approach this place.

「Oops. The Knights Order began to move. Shall we blow up this place before they get caught in whatever we’re going to do? Nia and Akagane, return to Est-san. This is the part where we must separate」(Touya)

「”Separate” you say? What’s the meaning of this?」(Nia)

「I too have a lot things that I have to do, you see. And tomorrow, I have to return home. I’ll ask for the reward for today the next time we meet, so I’ll be counting on you at that time」(Touya)

There might come a time wherein I’ll be asking them to lend me their strength. The “Red Cats” seem to be famous on this side, and giving them a favor is by no means a loss.

「... Got it. Thanks! You’ve helped us a lot! Next time we meet, I’ll show you my golem. It’s sooo cool, you know!」(Nia)

「That will be a pleasure. Then I’ll also show you my Frame Gear, a giant golem that is being boarded and piloted by a person」(Touya)

「Hahaa! What the heck is that?」(Nia)

Nia laughed. She probably assumed that it was a joke. I should’ve been able to bring a unit to this world had I stored one in “Storage” beforehand. The frame gear would’ve likely caused an uproar if it has been seen.

「See ya then. Teach me magic next time. Till we meet again, Touya」(Nia)

「Yeah. See you later. Give my regards to everyone」(Touya)

Nia and Akagane pass through the “Gate”, getting transferred right away. Well then. Should I wrap things up in here? Though I feel that destroying this fortress is a waste.

I camouflage myself with “Invisible” and soar into the sky with “Fly”. Watching over the now-deserted fortress below me, I then fire a flashy explosion magic.

「O fire burst forth, exploding blaze of purgatory. Mega explosion」(Touya)

A huge explosion is produced along with a thunderous roar, blowing the fortress to smithereens. It’s not just the fortress though. A part of the mountain gets blown off as well. Did I overdo it?

The surrounding knights became noisy and swarmed the site of the demolished fortress. Well, there are no dead bodies there, so the fact that all members of the thieves group have already fled should be obvious.

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I’ve surely ended up taking quite a detour, eh? Still, that, in itself, has been a productive diversion from my original intention in this world.

A robot-like machine that old man Palerius wrote in his notebook. There’s no mistake. It’s a golem from this world.

The golems, which had been created in this world, crossed over from this world through some unknown means. They then arrived at the other... to our world. It was during that time that old man Palerius had met them. Could it be that some sort of hint on how to traverse to other worlds might’ve been taught to him?

“Golems capable of talking”. It doesn’t sound impossible. By my guess, it was probably a golem who repaired a world barrier.

It’s said that golems, that are being called “Legacy”, have peculiar magic-like abilities. Moreover, the types called “Crown” seem to possess even more outrageous abilities.

Assuming that it was a “Crown” who came to our world 5000 years ago and repaired the world barrier, then...

「Right now, it’s nothing more than an assumption」(Touya)

It’s now getting dark. For starters, I should do things I can do before the morning arrives.

I land down in the middle of the forest after distancing myself for a bit from the fortress and cancel “Invisible”.

Opening up a summoning circle, I then call upon thousands of birds, who are under contract with me, and send them into the sky. They are summoned to supplement my map data and to find a suitable location that people in this world don’t approach.

I have to find place where we can build a dimensional gate to this Reverse World. Though I think that the coverage of my search won’t expand by a lot since it’s only until the morning.

Even this forest might do the trick if I apply a barrier similar to the one on Palerius Island. However, it won’t be safe from people who may try to examine this area while thinking of anomaly produced by the barrier as some sort of problem. It will certainly be safer to construct it not close to a city but on a boundary between a man and the devil.

Having set loose the birds, I start soaring for the time being with “Fly” without thinking as to where I’m supposed to go. Eventually, the veil of darkness descends, and everything in the vicinity becomes gloomy.

It’s a moonless night, but my field of view remains wide as it was. Is this also an effect to myself caused by my increased divinity?

Say, I can even see the light on the street to the opposite side of my field of view. Rather than saying that I “can see” those... Isn’t it that I’m seeing too much?

「What’s going on...?」 (Touya)

*Sparkle* A swirl of shining neon light being fired comes to my view. The light is shining everywhere, making it painful for my eyes. What the heck is this flashy city that I am looking at now? It could be mistaken by someone for an amusement park.

「Casi— no... Casino? It is a Casino」(Touya)

The giant letters written on a signboard confirm my suspicions. It other words, it’s a casino city.

Well then, what shall I do? I don’t have experience in gambling. I’m minor, so of course it’s natural. There aren’t that many laws in this different world, so perhaps I should say that I didn’t have a chance to simply try gambling.

It’s not like I don’t have no interest in it or anything. What I mean is that I have a huge interest in it.

I have a leeway in terms of money, and... everything is an experience, right?

「Alright, should I give it a try?!」(Touya)

With my chest swelling with expectations, I set foot in the casino city.

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「... Gambling sure is scary...」(Touya)

I’ve played various games until the morning, and I’ve ended up penniless in the end.

I definitely could’ve done something if I used magic, but it was impossible to behave sneakily in a place like that, as expected. The end result is the sorry state I am in right now.

Looks like I have no talent in gambling.

「I still managed to win that one time...」(Touya)

I waged a lot in order to regain my loss, and that chain of increasing my loss even further didn’t stop.

“Haa”. I breathe out a sigh.

「In the meantime, I should probably return through the divine realm.... I have to give Kami-sama his souvenir」(Touya)

I then open a “Gate” to the divine realm in order to return to my former world.