The reincarnated cheat space wizard wants to hide his true identity and stand out! ~I'm being sought out by a party of some of the country's most beautiful girls, but I can't say it's me. - Chapter 1 — The scale was completely unexpected

“Isn’t that wizard here! The male one that wore a black robe that covered his eyes!”

“No … Even if you say that …”

Although broken here and there, the armor the blonde girl pressing the receptionist for an answer was clad in should have originally been of good quality.

In contrast, maybe due to the pressure of the strong-spoken woman, the female receptionist standing before her drew back a little and tears started to pool around her eyes.

“Li-Like I’ve said earlier, no personage fitting that description had visited our guild. One person applied for registration before Aisha-san came, but they were a swordsman, not a wizard, so Miss A-A-Aisha might have seen or heard it wrongly …”

“Are you trying to say that I’m crazy!?”

The woman the receptionist had called Aisha raised her fist and then, facing the receptionist desk, she swung it down vigorously — it led to the sound of breaking wood reverberating through the entire guild.

Perhaps because she felt that she might have gone too far, an awkward expression showed up on Aisha’s face.

The receptionist before her was trembling.

“Hiu …!? S-Sorry, I’m sorry!!”

“Ah, no … Sorry … I didn’t mean to scare you …”

“Oi, Aisha. That’s enough. I understand your feelings but …”

The one that said that while also catching the hand Aisha had extended towards the receptionist was a tanned, large-framed woman who, in contrast to the battered armor-clad Aisha, was only wearing the barest minimum in terms of defensive equipment.

Wasn’t she taller than 180?

However, her body wasn’t just muscular — it was also feminine and charming. Also, due to the scar traces that marked her whole body and told the story of how many battlefields she had gone through, her presence alone might frighten some fainthearted men.

“Lilitan … No, I was only …”

“Doing anything more than that would have an opposite effect. I’m sorry, but please call the guild leader. I have something to report regarding this incident.”

“Ye-Yes …! I-I understand …! Right away!” The receptionist opened the room behind the reception and left the room.

When she registered me to the guild, she gave the impression of an extremely capable woman but seeing this, I ended up feeling that the gap was quite huge.

While thinking that such gaps are nice and watching the event unfold, before long, the one that came through the door was a large-built old man.

He was shirtless.

I wonder why.

The old man, who had a muscular body just as covered in scars as the tanned woman known as Lilitan, did a side chest pose. Then, he pointed his thumb behind him and retired back through the door.

It probably meant something like “Come along.”

Aisha and Lilitan exchanged a glance before nodding to each other and following after the old man.

And the moment the two left, the liveliness gradually returned to the guild, which had been quiet to the point of being almost suffocating.

Thinking that I could finally take a breather, I sprawled over the table. For the sake of escaping reality, I let my thoughts fly away and just laid my face down.

But, it is only during such times that the voices around could be easily heard.

“Oi, oi … Just what the heck had happened … Why are the members of [Chalk Sword] in … tatters?”

“What? You don’t know? I heard that a monster so strong that even [Chalk Sword] had to go through a hard fight has appeared. [The Witch] and [The Hunter] also got hurt at that time and are still recuperating at the church.”

“Wha …!? T-That’s a lie, right!? Let alone Boris, [Chalk Sword] is a top party even in the whole country, you know!? If they had to struggle with the monster, we would have no chance …!”

“Calm down, it seems to have already been subjugated. It is said that an unknown wizard leisurely took it down.”

“… Ha? W-What do you mean?”

One man reacted to the anticlimactic ending.

To that man’s words, yet another one let out a “Right~”

“I don’t know either. That’s probably why the members of [Chalk Sword] are also looking for him. Apparently, he also shared some healing potions with them. And for free, at that.”

“T-There was such a thing … But, right. It should be because of that that they are searching so desperately … He was their lifesaver, after all. Getting thanked by the [Chalk Sword] which is filled with only beauties. Since it is a lifesaving grace, are they going to do something like tempting him at night? Khh, I’m so jealous!”

“Maybe I should announce myself!” The adventure behind him laughed good spirits, probably having had some drinks already.

“Well, since your neck’s gonna kiss goodbye to your body if you do that, you shouldn’t. But … the search for that wizard will start soon, I think. Not only around Boris … but around the whole country …”

“… Probably so. It’s only natural if he leisurely took down an opponent even [Chalk Sword] suffered casualties against.”

“Just who could it have been?” the adventures behind me brought an end to their conversation.

“I’m in a situation where I really want to have fun but … why! The story got so far beyond my expectations that’s actually scary …! And what’s that — around the whole country!? I didn’t want it to reach such a grand scale this fast!!”

If it was just about standing out it would have been alright to just stand out but!!

There are stages to that, right!? Even though I thought it would be nice if the rumors started to spread from the bars around the outskirts or something … why did it go to the last stage from the start!?

While showing absolutely nothing of that emotion, I stood up by my lonesome.

If it’s come to this, I don’t care anymore. For now, I have to earn money.

Even the potions that were my precious savings …! The ones that I thought I could turn into money if worse came to worst …! It’s … really awful that I gave them away just to act cool …

A day has not passed yet since I came to this town. World, rather. It’s necessary to get some capital in order to live. He who does not work, neither shall he eat.

By nooooo means am I trying to escape reality. It’s a strategic retreat.

From among the request forms posted on the bulletin board, I choose the one that I can receive at One Star — the lowest rank. The contents are about gathering medicinal herbs in the forest beyond the town of Boris. Since they can be found close to the entrance of the forest, the request is relatively safe even for newly registered adventures.

“Excuse me, I would like to receive this request.”

“Understood. Please sign here, then. I can write on your behalf if needed?”

“I can write so it’s no problem. Thank you.”

Receiving a duplicate of the request form from the receptionist, I signed it. Seeing the word [Tohri] written in the language of another world on the request form, the receptionist gave a curt “Certainly” and bowed.

“I pray for your safe return.”

“Thank you. Then—”

Seeing the receptionist bow politely before me, I also lowered my head reflexively. A surprised expression appeared on her face due to my actions but she soon turned it back to blank.

And with that, I quickly left the guild behind and made a beeline towards the gate leading outside the city. Although I didn’t let it show on my face, I was actually anxious about when those two women would come back.

After exiting the town, gaining some distance and checking around for anyone’s presence, I got away from the path leading to the forest and whispered.

“[Transfer].”

After experiencing a moment of floating, my vision reflected no longer the road, but a dense forest — the place I landed right after I had reincarnated. Even though it was close to the city, it was quite a walk, so I made it a little easier.

If one walks a little further from here, they’ll be able to reach the entrance of the forest.

“… What should I do.”

On the way to the entrance, I collected the medicinal herbs that had been requested and tore apart the attacking monsters with [Rupture] … but since that was a scene hard to look at, I just bounced them off with the wall I made with [Separation] and scattered them.

“No, I certainly thought that was what I wanted to happen and acted accordingly. I also saved some cute girls as a … mysterious and resourceful wizard! Similar rumors are already spreading so I killed two birds with one stone! But come on …”

Higashiyama Tōri. 25 years old. A reincarnator who reincarnated into this fantasy-like world from modern day Japan thanks to the power of God.

… And also a boy with a pure and innocent heart who just wants to stand out by pretending to be someone he’s not, and then grinning while hearing the rumors about him while drinking in a corner of a bar.

“I was able to stand out but … the girls that I’ve saved were the top players in this country? The incident also became a national scale one? Just who told you to take it so seriously …!!”