The blonde female knight took me in
The blonde female knight took me in
[Supporter: Park Ja-geun]
[Grade: Gold]
[Reward: Reward sex with Golden Bird Knight Commander Hena-nim]
The bespectacled female strategist who opened the book with the pentagram frowned.
"This... he's definitely insane. Knight Commander... we must not accept this support."
"No, we must. With so many soldiers sacrificed, we must recruit as many supporters as possible."
"...Common sense dictates he's clearly abnormal."
"It's fine. The escort party departs tomorrow, so our duty is to secure the princess's safety by recruiting even one more person. Don't think about anything else."
The strategist was appalled at the summoner's condition demanding a night with the Knight Commander. But the Commander herself, utterly unbothered, had dispassionately accepted.
"Still, wouldn't mercenaries be better than a summoner who desires such a barbaric reward? How can we trust a guy who sets conditions like that..."
"Mercenaries? You're still on about that? Two years ago the prince was unjustly murdered by those filthy mercenaries. Absolutely no mercenaries. Strategist."
"I'm thinking of you, Knight Commander. Having sexual relations with a man you don't even know... it's unacceptable!"
"There's no need to worry about me. If the princess can return to the kingdom safely, I can offer anything."
"But...! You, Knight Commander, hold an equally important position! This condition is an insult...!"
"Enough... Those who openly display their desires like that are better than mercenaries. This conversation ends here."
"Knight Commander..."
The strategist holding the Summoner's Book hung her head in despair.
The Golden Kingdom. As the name suggests, it's a kingdom rich in gold. Using the power of the mineral gold, they organized the princess's diplomatic mission to foster relations with other kingdoms.
The diplomatic results were a massive success. Truly, gold's power was astonishing, helping them forge positive relations in every kingdom they visited.
Now, only the return with these excellent results remained for the Golden Kingdom's princess.
But not everything went smoothly for her. While passing through the Blue Tooth Forest between the kingdoms, a horde of monsters had claimed many lives of soldiers and knights.
Though they said they'd reach the Golden Kingdom in a week, the monsters of Blue Tooth Forest were not to be taken lightly.
A flock of wyverns rampaging in the sky. A collective of drakes dominating the ground. Due to the monsters' indiscriminate slaughter, the princess's royal guard lost half its soldiers and had no choice but to retreat.
Only after withdrawing to a village with the forest in sight did the princess's closest aides seek a solution for what to do next.
"The princess will not forget the Knight Commander's sacrifice."
The first word spoken in the crisis was 'mercenaries,' but the Knight Commander did not permit it.
The tragic prince murder incident. The situation back then was similar now. The mercenaries guarding the prince's carriage suddenly turned on him and murdered the prince. Without even knowing if they were under someone's orders, the prince met a cold death.
The Golden Kingdom vowed to remember this. From then on, the Golden Kingdom did not trust mercenaries.
And so the solution they came up with was using the Summoner's Book.
They believed that as long as they had rewards to offer summoners, they could use them as combatants too. Of course, recruiting them took a long time and their desired rewards all varied, making it a headache, but the Knight Commander considered it better than mercenaries.
"Including the summoner who wants to have relations with me, how many have gathered?"
"About ten."
"That's not a large number..."
The idea of forming a princess escort party using the Summoner's Book was ingenious, but in reality, there weren't many recruits.
Though the strategist had followed the Commander's opinion that they could reward the summoners as long as they reached the kingdom, seeing the summoners' rewards and numbers, she couldn't help but be displeased.
'Haah...'
The strategist sighed as she looked at the paper listing the summoners' rewards.
The princess's shoes, the royal door, royal underwear, a glass bottle stored in the national treasury... there were many demanding strange things, but the most insane thought among them was wanting to have sex with the Golden Bird Knight Commander, Hena-nim.
On the day of departure, Siena, the strategist holding the Summoner's Book, looked up at the blue sky and called out.
"Knight Commander Hena accepts all conditions."
While the Commander was by the princess's side assisting her, Siena took her place and summoned multiple summoners.
From a man in a bamboo hat and martial arts uniform, to a bulky thug with a strange mechanical arm attached, to a being materializing a glowing sphere in midair—they were all unique and didn't seem like people from this world.
"To see so many users gathered like this, how fascinating..."
"Hey, Mr. Bamboo Hat, are you a newbie?"
"Newbie? What does that mean?"
"Is this your first time using the Summoner's Book?"
"It's been about 100 years. That arm... impressive."
"Whoa, so you're an old-timer. Let's be friendly, Mister."
The moment they were summoned, everyone had their own things to say, looking around, no different from a disorderly mob.
'To think they'll make the princess be protected by those sorts of people...'
Having done her first summoning, Siena's expression was growing more disgusted by the second.
"Phew... Miss, don't hate it so much~ We work better than most people, you know."
"I never said I hated it."
A woman puffing smoke from a long pipe grabbed Siena's shoulder and laughed.
"Your expression says it all. So, where is the lovely princess and knight we're supposed to protect?"
"They'll come shortly... And who might you be?"
"Evelyn. Chemical engineering magician."
"So you're the plague magician who wanted the royal door..."
"Well... in this world, that's how they call my profession."
"You appear unarmed... The Blue Tooth Forest has many monsters. You'll be forging a path on the front lines; will you be fine?"
"Oh, really? Don't worry~ Just prepare the rewards well and I'll even conquer the world for you. Phew~"
"Cough..cough.. Ah, yes."
"Alright, then until the princess comes, I'll take a few photos for old times' sake."
Evelyn reached into the smoke and pulled out a small metal bar, then tossed it into the sky. In midair, the metal transformed, becoming a small, fluttering dragonfly that began observing everything around.
'Is that an object from this world... Fascinating.'
Turning her gaze from Evelyn, who was beyond her understanding, Siena checked the others as well.
They all grouped up among themselves and seemed to get along fine. At least they weren't showing the rude behavior of fighting and brawling like mercenaries, so Siena felt a bit relieved.
'Instead, they're all just weirdos... Especially that sleeping guy...'
One man lying on the floor. He looked ordinary by anyone's standards, but for some reason he kept catching her eye. Even when she turned away, the face she'd seen once kept coming to mind.
"Hey, sleeping friend, wake up."
"Mmm... Yawn.. smack.. smack.. Where is...?"
"The princess escort party. Keep sleeping and you won't get your reward, friend."
"Yaaawn... I stayed up all night waiting and fell asleep; looks like I've been summoned now."
"Haha! What an innocent friend~ Is this your first time using the Summoner's Book?"
"Ah, that. It's been about five days, I think."
"Huh... Really?"
"Yes. But why do you ask?"
"Whoa, shit... Hey everyone! This guy's a newbie who's only had the Summoner's Book for five days!"
"What!?"
"A newbie? Where, where!"
In an instant, all the summoners gathered around the sleeping man.
"My, my, what a rare specimen. To think the Summoner's Book would still be unsealed these days."
"But didn't they say the grade condition here is Gold or higher? How is a 5-day newbie already Gold?"
"Yeah, are you really Gold?"
"Yes, if you think it's strange, ask the person who summoned me."
"Seeing your confidence, it's definite."
Everyone was marveling at the sleeping man. From afar, the strategist heard the word 'newbie,' and though she wasn't sure of its meaning, she wondered if he possessed surprising power.
"Are you something like a reincarnator?"
"There are reincarnators?"
"This newbie... I wonder if he has talent as a summoner?"
"Seems like it~ Where in the world did you come from?"
"Earth."
"Earth? Huh? I know that place, it's a world with severe pollution. The air was so murky you couldn't see stars in the sky."
They looked at the sleeping man with eyes that seemed to gaze upon a long-lost comrade. Siena also grew curious. She pretended indifference while observing the guy from a distance.
"What's your name, newbie?"
"I'm called Park Ja-geun."
"Park Ja-geun!?"
"Huh? What? You, the lady who summoned us on their behalf! You two know each other?"
"Ah... no, I don't know him!"
Park Ja-geun. Even if she wanted not to know the guy's name, she had no choice. Because that guy is none other than the madman who boldly set the condition of wanting to have sex with the Knight Commander.
She would watch that man from up close. If the guy who would take the Knight Commander's first experience showed a trashy personality and attitude, Siena firmly resolved to find any way to annul the condition.
Anyway, I hadn't expected there to be so many summoners.
Meeting the gold-haired female knight and arriving in this world was a happy thing, but everyone was calling me a newbie and showing interest.
At first, I'd woken up and thought it was a dream.
"Summoners, you will advance together with me at the front."
The host who had gathered the summoners appeared. It was her, wearing full-body golden armor, but that butt and leg line that looked ready to burst couldn't be hidden just because she tried to hide it. She exuded such healthy beauty that I wanted to head straight to bed and uncover what she was hiding.
"You must love your soldiers. Sending us to the front~"
"I apologize. I want to keep the soldiers by the princess's side as much as possible."
"Don't mind it too much. I only said it because I was bored. Honestly, it wouldn't be a problem even if I were alone at the front."
As expected, their kingdom's soldiers would guard the princess's side while we'd be bullet sponges.
Hearing about it, since they'd lost many soldiers before coming here, they seemed to want to preserve as many royal forces as possible.
"You seem quite strong."
"Well, of course."
The woman smoking her pipe radiated confidence.
"Hey, newbie. Even if you have no combat ability, don't worry. Just stay beside me and I'll protect you."
"Ah, thank you, Huro-ssi."
Huro-ssi, who wore a fedora, said he'd protect me, the newbie. The reason: everyone who used the Summoner's Book was either a senior or an old-timer, but this time I was the youngest, so he took responsibility for me, grinning from ear to ear.
When I first opened my eyes, it felt exactly like being a fresh recruit transferred to a military base. It subtly gave me a sense of kinship, and the fact that they were summoners like me was fascinating too.
"Why bother helping a weak guy like that... The world's in its final days."
"Hey, grandpa swordsman. Looks like you've already reached the end of life, so now try caring about others a little. You know better than me that enjoying things alone has its limits."
"Back in my day, there was none of that. As soon as we were summoned, we'd start duels. Those using the Book these days lack grit and passion, tsk tsk."
"Ugh, that boomer stench."
"You got a problem, youngster? If you do, how about we settle it with strength?"
"Grandpa, your schemes are too obvious, so I won't fight you."
Along with the bickering summoners, the escort party began to set off.