"My Destined One" • Tensura x Arifureta

Ch.2:Tortus

Hajime closed his eyes because of the strong light from the bright circle and when he opened them, the first thing he saw was a 10-meter mural. On this mural was a blond man with a halo on his back. When Hajime looked around he saw that he was in a very well designed marble hall.

He looked at his classmates and saw that Kaori and her brother were fine. He was relieved and everyone began to assess their surroundings. Besides his colleagues there were 30 people kneeling before them.

These 30 people wore white clothes with faint blue details. The person who was closest had the most prominent clothing and clothes reminiscent of a priest, he had a staff in his right hand. This man approached and spoke

"Welcome to Tortus Hero-sama and his companions. I am Ishtar, Pope of the Church of the Eth, let us get along well from now on."

This man appeared to be 50 years old and spoke in a solemn and respectful voice while showing a gentle smile.

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Rimuru was the only one who was not confused. In his world there were summoning rituals that required 30 mages or one powerful person to perform them.

But by the looks of it these didn't seem like bad people as they introduced themselves politely and didn't attempt an enslaving curse like the summoners in Rimuru's world did. Obviously there was a chance that they just didn't have knowledge of this magic.

All the students were taken to a very luxurious room with a long table that had seating for all of them.

Aiko and Kouki's group sat at the end of the table as close as possible to Pope Ishtar. Hajime sat in the last seat with Rimuru beside him.

Then the doors at the back of the room opened and beautiful maids came out and served water to the students. The pubescent boys stared at them with desire, real maids who looked like they were straight out of a movie stirred their teenage desires. Meanwhile the girls cast them cold glances.

Hajime looked at the pretty maid who served him, but then he felt a chill run down his spine from the smile Kaori was giving him and stopped staring.

Riimuru wouldn't fall into traps like that, not least because his world he was used to being served by various beauties, but more importantly he had a bride in the other world with whom he kept in touch regularly.

Eh? You want to know who the bride is? We'll talk about that later.
*Well I thing some will already know*

After this Ishtar spoke in a voice that everyone could hear.

"So I know you are confused, so let me explain..."

What Ishtar explained to them was basically is this...

This world had 3 Races, Demons, Humans and Demi-humans. These races lived separately and always clashed, the humans were outnumbered, the demons were stronger and the demi-humans were unbeatable in their territory because of their natural abilities.

The demons and humans were always at war, but none of them attacked because their strengths were balanced by numbers and strength. Magical Beasts were animals that acquired magical power, they varied in power, but having them on your side would be a great advantage in war. So with the Magical Beasts on their side, the demons now broke the numerical advantage of the humans and could attack at any time.

"That's why Eht-sama summoned you to take part in the war to save humanity from the evil demons. Because you come from another world and have passed through the barrier separating the worlds, you are much more powerful than the people of this world, you are our "salvation".

Apparently the person who told them that this was "Eht-sama's" wish was an Oraculum who could contact God. Hajime and Rimuru were suspicious of this "Will of God" and thought that Ishtar was distorting the world for her own convenience.