Since I wasn't a Saint, I decided to become a cook at the Royal Palace!

Chapter 02: Pigs' summoning ceremony?

"Ohhhh!!!!"

Rina slowly opened her eyes at the sound of cheers and found herself lying in a poorly illuminated room.

--It's very dark and I'm not sure what happened... but apparently I'm lying on a cold floor right now, I think it's marble.
Where is this? Am I in heaven or hell...?

"The summoning was a success this time!"

After someone... a man said that, more loud cheers were heard.

-- Who is he? Why is he yelling? Is he okay?

Rina tried to accustom her eyes to the environment and started looking around.

There are some persons surrounding her, they were all uniformly wearing black robes that cover completely the body, from head to toe, because of that she couldn't discover if they were men or women, and nothing about their face features.
The robes were only leaving their eyes visible, those seemed more deep and bright probably by the dark clothes surrounding them.

There was a person, standing in the middle of the room, surrounded by all the others placed on a circle formation.
He or she... was illuminated by a strange light.
She didn't know if it was a lantern or a lamp on the roof, but it was very bright.
And Rina couldn't help but to think to herself as she looked at the figure in a daze.

-- ...the Grim Reaper.

"Please, light."

A high-pitched voice echoed through the room, and the room, suddenly became brighter as if a fluorescent light had been turned on.
But the suddenness, made her suffer a headache, "so bright!!" was the only thing she could think of at that moment.
A slightly higher pitched voice came closer to me from the side of the black robe's man in the middle of the circle.
Opening her eyes little by little, she could notice the person approaching her, it wasn't a black robe's man like the others.
It was a blond haired, blue-eyed handsome boy, who said in a trembling voice.

"...is... is she--"

Rina discovered the high-pitched voice belonged to him.

Suddenly, he turned around and looked at the man in the middle of the circle... his face was unable to hide his agitation and dissatisfaction.

"Mmmm? What's wrong?"

The boy's next words, shocked her greatly. He wobbled and clenched his hands tightly and shouted at the people in the room.

"There's no way that such a fat girl is the Saint!"

"How--"
"What...!"
"No, but..."

This was probably unexpected for the men in black robes as well.
Even she, who was in a daze, was unable to hide her bewilderment after hearing those words.

"I told you to summon a Holy Maiden! A Saint! Not a pig!"

The boy said, pointing at Rina and yelling to the people who had come a little closer to her.

... Excuse me!!
I'm not sure what's going on, but all I know is that this spoiled brat with handsome baby-face is pointing at me and saying I'm a pig!

"But... The ceremony... She surely has to be a holy maiden...."

"What kind of Holy Maiden is this?"

He interrupted the man's words, as if he couldn't contain his anger, pointing at Rina again and yelling.

"You don't know what those words mean?"

"I'm sorry but you don't understand!"
"How can I report to the Emperor that we summoned a pig in the "Holy Maiden's Summoning Ceremony"!! I put so much effort into it!"

The boy, in front of her, was arguing about what a pig she was.

....

"Waaa!"

Something snapped inside me.

"Shut up!"

By the time I realized it, I had raised my voice involuntarily.

"SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!"

...

"This is just not possible!"

He said looking at me, still complaining.

"I'M THE ONE WHO WANTS TO COMPLAIN!"

I don't think they expected me to raise my voice so much.
The boy was so startled... that he kept silence, not only him but everyone on the room.

"...explain the situation to me."

Rina said, correcting the volume of her voice

"I don't understand it at all.
I was crossing the bridge just a moment ago...
That didn't look like a dream or a joke... it seemed very real..
I thought it was like the light at the end of the tunnel...
And yet, just when I think I reached the light, I found myself in a place I'm not sure about.
And then there's this."

"I don't know what happened. Where am I?"

"..."

Rina said putting effort on not raising her voice again but firmly letting those unmoving boys know that she won't leave without a clear answer.
Even so, they were still in complete silence.

---a few seconds later... Maybe minutes.

Finally, the person who looked like the leader of the robe men, took off his robe in a hurried manner and began to explain.

"Emm, Miss. Let me explain.

This world is covered in a noxious gas called Miasma, and when it reaches the surface of our lands, monsters come out of nowhere.
We don't know yet if it's the Miasma that turns the animals that live here into those monsters, or it's the monsters that came from the Miasma that infect our animals and turns them into others monsters...
But, the miasma generated by this noxious gas fades when those monsters are defeated.
There are some years, the Miasma's levels rise up too so it's easier that it reaches the earth, making monsters appears more frequently.

It has happened before but each time it happens a "Saint Maiden" or "Brave Hero" appeared.
They purify the Miasma, making it slowly disappear and defeat the monsters.

Sadly, this time no one seems to be showing up at all.... In this world.
If this continued, this country... our country!
"Valtar Empire", which is most susceptible to Miasma than others, will be most likely fated to perish.

"So, this -beautiful- boy is..."

"Rather than waiting for them to appear, Prince Eugelyus gathered the mages of all the country and performed a ceremony
to force any of them to appear... Summoning someone from other world."

"And the one who appeared was me... Rina."

After asking him a few questions, I said.

"I'm sorry but I don't care about that at all."

The Prince Eugelyus opened his mouth like an idiot, it was a sure thing that he didn't expect to receive such a response.

"I'm sure I'm not the one you were looking for so.... Can you return me back to my world? Please..."

I know better than anyone that I'm not a saint. And I don't want to be involved into something like this.

If so, it should make sense to return me back.

"..."

A long silence. 

Uniformly, they turned their gaze away from Rina.

"...send me back home"

Rina said as she looked at Prince Eugelyus.

But he also turned his face away and said nothing.

Rina, already angry, yelled as if she were going to die.

"Let me go back! Give me back my home!

Again, everything... 

I want to go back, I want to go back! I don't care about Japan but...

Even if they aren't there anymore, my family...

It's where we lived together... The memories of our happiness.

"Give it back to me!"

Honestly, I was going to die ...

The time I spent with my family.

All the thing she was trying to avoid... These feelings began to overflow.

"...give it back to me!"

Rina was crying... before she realized it.

The tears she didn't want to share... The ones she didn't cry when they notified her that all her family was gone.

They were pouring out now.

I want my old life back.

The memories from her family began to cover her mind... 

They were also taken from me before I knew it... Just like now!

Even, if she knew these persons weren't at fault she couldn't help but to reflect her feelings into these people.

"Give me back! Let me go! Let me go!"

"..."

Rina just kept crying...

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