Alice, who was looking at Yuuta in surprise as he happily examined the outside, could not understand his sudden actions.

'What is he doing? I’ve never seen anyone become so happy just by looking outside a damn window!'

Just as she was going to ask him about his weird behavior, Yuuta turned from the window and spoke first.

“Grivois-san! Although I am already pretty sure about this, let me ask you something!”, he said loudly.

“Eh?!”

Alice stared at him in anticipation as Yuuta continued.

“What is this world’s name?”

“Aruneya. Why?”

Yuuta let out a long sigh after which a satisfactory smile appeared on his face.

'As I thought, this truly is a different world…'

“I see. Then, can you tell me where are we now, what is this place and which country am I in?”, he continued in a much calmer tone of voice.

Alice looked at him as he spoke, all the while trying to make sense of his questions. Why would he be asking such things when it’s pretty common knowledge here? How could he not know this?

Alice sighed while walking over to the round table close to the window. She sat down on one of the chairs and made a gesture which meant that Yuuta should sit as well.

As he sat down, Alice began to explain with a stern look on her face.

“We are inside the ‘Hungry Dragon’ inn, which is located within the city of Brurradin - capital of The Brurradale Kingdom. It’s a coastal kingdom overlooking The Brurranean Expanse from one side and The Overgrown Forest from the other. Alongside Brurradale, there are two more human kingdoms: The Holy Kingdom of Sihranon to the west and The Gastrian Empire to the south. Besides the human kingdoms, there are also several non-human nations to the east. Most notable would be: The Khurdarum Empire, The Great Beastmen Alliance and The Enneas Dynasty. That’s all, unless you’d like a history lesson too.”, she said in a slightly annoyed tone.

“No, it’s fine. Thank you for explaining this to me.”

“Then I believe it’s your turn now, wouldn’t you agree? How did you get here and why?”

Her words pierced through him as he himself did not know exactly how and why he showed up here. He knew he was summoned, but he didn’t know anything about magic apart from what he saw in games or manga and he couldn’t use that as reference.

“I was…summoned here, apparently.”

“Summoned?!”, she blurted out quite loudly.

“Yes. A childlike voice spoke to me in my dream saying I was being summoned and then I saw a bright white light and soon woke up here. That’s all I know, really.”

It seemed to him like he just said something truly unbelievable as Alice’s face froze in surprise. He could see droplets of sweat slowly forming on her face.

Despite doubting his words at first, Alice realized there was indeed a possibility that he was summoned to this world if one took in consideration his unusual behavior so far, but then who summoned him and for what reason? He was above average-looking, a bit of a pervert and wore an unfamiliar outfit, but that was all. He didn’t seem like someone special to her. Just why would someone go through all the trouble of summoning a man like him?

More importantly, the person responsible for bringing him here must be a powerful magic user as a spell of this magnitude is something she never heard of before. She began to question what little knowledge she had about magic. She was quite skilled with a number of Illusion spells and a master of the delicate Shadow Arts, which used several Conjuration spells, but still she had little insight in other schools of magic.

Alice stared at Yuuta, lost in her thoughts, until his words snapped her back to reality.

“Grivois-san? Are you alright?”

“A-Ah, yeah! It’s just…”

“What is it?”

She cleared her throat and calmed herself before continuing.

“Well, as you probably realized by now, magic exists in this world. It’s divided into eight schools of magic: Protection, Conjuration, Divination, Enchantment, Elemental, Illusion, Necromancy and Transmutation. Each school has several sub-schools of magic. Conjuration magic – the type of magic used on you – is used by wizards, sorcerers or priests to summon familiars or the undead by using low-tier spells. However, the potency and type of spell like the one used on you is something I’ve never seen or heard of before. Whoever summoned you must be a very powerful magic user. Then again, I do not know that much about magic and I could be wrong about this. That being said, you should consider paying a visit to the Brurradale Royal Magic Academy as you might find some proper answers there.”

After listening to her explanation, Yuuta let out a loud, hearty laugh. He could not stop himself from laughing at the fact that this world’s magic is actually quite similar to what he saw and read in games or manga.

“I see. Thank you again, Grivois-san!”, Yuuta said with a wide, honest smile on his face.

Alice blushed a bit as she forced a smile back. She was afraid she might’ve said something weird, but Yuuta’s smile somehow assured her that was not the case, so she ignored it.

“I’d like to visit the Magic Academy as soon as possible, then, but I do not know the way to it nor anything about this city. I’d hate to impose on you any longer, but since I do not know anyone else around here, could I ask you to lead me to it, Grivois-san?”

“Eh?!”

While she did not particularly mind leading him to it – as it would be a great chance to get him off her back – she couldn’t do so with him looking like a fancy hobo.

“…Fine. I’ll help you, but you can’t go out looking like that. I’ll go buy you something to wear, so you stay here and wait for me. I won’t be gone for long, alright?”

“Y-Yes, I understand.”

Alice stood up from the table and walked to the room entrance. As she was about to open the door, Yuuta called for her.

“Grivois-san!”

“What?”

“…Thank you.”

“Don’t worry about it. See you later, then.”

The sound of the wooden door closing some steps away from him marked a new beginning for Yuuta and the end of a certain old man…