“Ahh, look—those are the heroes~”

Folcaf looked genuinely delighted as she watched the heroes.

Was that a normal reaction? I wasn’t sure—my memories were too hazy.

But when I looked at the three main heroes standing at the center of the procession, I felt as if I recognized one of them.

Especially the pink-haired girl, who looked visibly uncomfortable standing there.

“No… Miss Folcaf, excuse me for a moment.”

In the end, I left Folcaf within the crowd.

Every step I took was haunted by a strange feeling I couldn’t understand.

I felt bad for leaving her alone, but for the sake of my mental state, I couldn’t let my mind explode from all the overwhelming information I felt just by looking at the heroes one by one.

“I should go to the church and calm myself down.”

On the way to the church, the same question kept looping in my mind:

Was I really me right now?

This strange sensation made it hard to think straight, and nothing in this world made sense if I followed my instincts.

After walking for quite a while, strangely… I knew every street and every alley in Kindes City.

Perhaps it was just leftover memories resurfacing unconsciously—that’s what I told myself.

Eventually, I reached a fairly large church.

A young nun was sweeping the entrance.

“Ahh, sir over there—are you here to pray?”

The young nun approached me.

I felt nervous—apparently even without my memories, being approached by a woman always made me tense.

“Are you the nun here?”

“Yes, for now it’s just me. The other sisters went to the cathedral because of the hero summoning. Ah—did you not watch the heroes’ parade?”

“No…”

“Pft—”

I didn’t understand why she laughed, but she soon smiled sincerely and invited me inside the church.

Wait… who was I supposed to pray to here?

I didn’t know the deity of this world, and I had no idea why I instinctively walked to the church in the first place.

But that didn’t matter.

The moment I took my first step inside—

[Confirmed. Welcome back, “Master”.]

Wait—Master?

I thought it was the nun behind me speaking, but the voice sounded completely different.

Whatever.

When I took my second step, an explosion blasted behind me.

“What was that!?”

[Master, detecting incoming anomaly.]

That voice again.

I immediately abandoned the idea of praying, and when I turned around—the entire city of Kindes was already in chaos.

Wait—did I really not notice anything?

How could a city fall apart so quickly?

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In the end, I managed to calm the foreign thoughts inside my mind.

Even if it felt odd, I was still me.

Not someone else.

There was no point thinking too much about it.

When I looked up at the sky, I saw a dragon—burning down every corner of Kindes City.

“Sister! What’s happening!?”

The young nun looked devastated.

I didn’t understand why—had something triggered that dragon?

“T-this is impossible… the Demon King is already moving—he actually sent a Calamity Dragon…”

A Calamity Dragon?

I had no idea what she was talking about.

[Master, Luck has increased to 1. Skill {Observation} acquired.]

Again… that voice.

Wait—was Folcaf safe over there…?

Without thinking, I sprinted toward the heroes’ parade, even though I could faintly hear the young nun shouting for me to stop.

“Wait… was Folcaf really important to me before all this…?”

In the end, I was faced with two difficult choices:

To save the nun—who, given her location, would likely survive…

Or to save Folcaf—the one who first greeted me,

the one who gave me a warm smile

when I was lost and confused in this strange world.

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