Chapter 3

When I realized, I was in the great cathedral of the grand temple.

I recognized this great cathedral.

It was probably the great cathedral of the sword and magic world where I was summoned in the tenth and fourth previous summonings.

There was no mistaking the gargoyle-like stone statue, which stood out as a divine body in front of the altar, with the stained glass windows of the grand temple as its background.

A girl, dressed in fine clothes that indicated her high status, stood next to the gargoyle statue, looking around worriedly, and several priests were moving around busily.

The priests, divided into several groups, were already waking up the classmates who had been summoned one by one, measuring their statuses, and ranking them.

It was a hero appraisal!

They were looking for the true hero, the main target of the summoning, among the summoned students, which was me.

On the wide marble floor of the great cathedral, only a few classmates had regained consciousness and were sitting down, while most of the students were still unconscious from the shock of the summoning and lying on the floor.

I pretended to be unconscious and checked my status.

If the priests had checked my status first, it would have been immediately revealed that I was the true hero who had been summoned.

If it was revealed that I was the true hero, it was obvious that I would be sent to the front lines to fight the Demon King again.

It would be a simple job to just defeat the Demon King.

However, the last time I was summoned as a hero to this world, after defeating the Demon King, I was restrained and sealed in the underground labyrinth, which was a bitter memory.

Therefore, I wanted to avoid becoming a hero at all costs.

The work had to be done quickly.

I immediately began to appraise my abilities.

> Name: Takayama Alto

> Job: Omnipotent

> Level: 1

> HP: MAX/MAX (SSS)

> MP: MAX/MAX (SSS)

> STR: MAX (SSS)

> VIT: MAX (SSS)

> INT: MAX (SSS)

> LUK: MAX (SSS)

> Unique Skill: [Omnipotent: Super] Level 1

> Skill: [Interpretation: Super] Level 5

This status was clearly no good.

To put it simply, it was too strong and would immediately reveal me as the true hero.

Incidentally, MAX means that the status has reached the display limit, which is the maximum level.

The level would display MAX when it reached around 60,000, but when I returned, only the job level and skill level were reset, and now they are both Level 1.

Incidentally, even when the status reached the display limit, the level continued to rise.

I think the level just before my return was in the hundreds of thousands.

Even though my level is 1, my high status means I could probably kill the Demon King with a single punch, even with my bare hands.

When I say "punch," it's more like a tap with the tip of my little finger, just enough to nudge the Demon King.

I could knock the Demon King out and send him flying to the far wall with a headbutt, rendering him unable to get back up.

I think this status is exactly the same as when the summoning started about ten times ago.

It's natural that the status would only get stronger with each summoning and never weaker.

When I was first summoned to a different world, most of my statuses were near zero.

To be honest, I was weak back then.

I had bitter memories of struggling to fight even the goblins and orcs that were supposed to be experience fodder outside the city.

Defeating the Demon King was a fierce battle.

I managed to defeat him with the help of my companions, despite being battered and bruised all over.

It was tough, but it felt like an adventure and was quite enjoyable.

But then,

I was summoned,

fulfilled the summoner's wish,

returned,

and was summoned again, repeating the process of inheriting all my statuses and starting a new game with my strength.

My statuses reached the maximum display limit.

I think the reason my statuses are so strong and I can start a new game is probably due to the unique skill [Weaken Immunity] that I have.

This skill's original effect is to nullify the enemy's weakening magic.

For example, it would nullify weakening magic that lowers status, such as paralysis, poison, or reduced attack power.

However, after training the [Weaken Immunity] skill to its maximum level to counter the Demon King's snake women who used paralysis and petrification weakening attacks, I changed.

Thanks to the [Weaken Immunity: Super] skill, when I returned to Japan after being summoned, the effect of resetting my statuses and acquired skills was also nullified.

Originally, after fulfilling the summoner's wish and returning to my original world, my statuses would return to the level at the time of summoning, and everything except my memories would return to the state before the summoning.

However, my statuses remained the same, and my acquired skills were not erased.

Of course, the skill levels and job levels were reset upon return, but the acquired skills themselves were not erased, making subsequent summonings much easier.

Repeating the process of being summoned again with my statuses and skills inherited and becoming even stronger through adventures.

It's a repeat of being strong and starting a new game.

That's how I became explosively strong.

I think I have inherited all the skills and unique skills I have acquired, so I should have all the existing skills.

With this strength, after defeating the Demon King, I would be called a "living disaster" or a "moving calamity" and would be confined until my return, which is a certainty.

Probably so.

If I had the power to vaporize a mountain with a single sword swing, it would be natural for that to happen.

The last time I was summoned by the Demon King, it was a world where strength was everything, making life easier.

After eliminating the heroes who were the hands of evil and the human royal family, the source of all evil, I lived as the Demon King in the Demon King's palace.

I even got a cute demon wife, and it was really good.

Life as a comeback Demon King.

In contrast, being summoned as a hero is a bit troublesome.

If I were directly summoned by the king, it would be fine, but since the church is involved this time, things won't go well.

After all, in a world where the highest authority is the king, who is not a priest, a hero with power greater than the king would be nothing but an obstacle under the church's command.

But, summoning a hero from Japan to a different world and then, after defeating the Demon King, using them harshly and discarding them as a nuisance, isn't that cruel?

Indeed, the last time I was summoned to this world, after the victory party for defeating the Demon King, the drinks served were heavily spiked with sleeping pills. When I woke up, I was bound with skill-nullifying and magic-nullifying artifacts and sealed deep in the underground labyrinth in a concrete coffin.

While it was my mistake for not setting resistance skills after defeating the Demon King and letting my guard down, I was too naive to be tricked by the church, which I thought of as family.

If that damn priest were still alive, I would have given him a good punch in that hateful face.

That said, the reason I was confined in the underground labyrinth was because, after the previous summoning, I got a strange sense of justice and, after defeating the Demon King, I got fed up with the king's corruption and the royal family's decay, and killed the entire royal family, which was self-inflicted.

I think the legend of "heroes are dangerous!" has become a fixed rumor in this world.

Well, whatever.

I don't want to get involved in troublesome things, so I decided to take emergency measures.

"System! Can you hear me?"

"Yes! It's been a while! I'm System-chan!"

When I shouted in my mind, a young girl's voice, with a clumsy tone, replied.

She is a fairy or AI girl who lives only in my heart.

I know it's different, but I want you to think of her as such.

This girl manages my skills and tutorials, sells items at the [System Shop], and manages my inventory with the [Item Box].

She is a very convenient girl who can do anything.

I think my strength relies a lot on her abilities.

She is a reward from the hero summoning about thirty times ago.

"Yes, hero. What can I do for you?"

"Sorry, but can you activate the [Status Falsification] skill in my skill slot right away?"

"Understood. Hero... Yes, it's done."

"Thank you."

"Not at all. If you need anything, please call me again."

I immediately checked my skills.

> Skill: [Interpretation: Super] Level 5, [Status Falsification: Super] Level 1

Good!

I see that I have the [Status Falsification] skill in my skill slot.

With this, I can freely rewrite my apparent status.

The [Interpretation] skill at Level 5 next to the [Status Falsification] skill at Level 1 was probably automatically attached during the summoning.

As evidence, the [Status Falsification] skill, which I originally had, remained at Level 1, while the [Interpretation] skill is at Level 5.

Since it would be very troublesome for the summoner if the summoned hero couldn't communicate, this skill is usually automatically attached during the summoning.

I think the summoning magic circle has such an effect.

Since this is the third time in this world, I can speak normally even without the [Interpretation] skill, and since the [Interpretation] skill has grown to [Super] and become passive, there's no need to put it in the skill slot.

Incidentally, passive means that the skill is always active, and you can benefit from the skill's effects without putting it in the skill slot, which is a very convenient state.

Passive is usually attached when the skill rank reaches [Super].

Furthermore, the skill rank goes from no prefix, [Small], [Medium], [Large], to [Super], with the effects becoming increasingly powerful.

Similarly, as you use and become proficient in a job, you can sometimes transition to a higher job, separate from your level.

For example, a priest can advance to a saint or a holy maiden, and a mage can advance to a witch or a sorcerer, making the job growth quite complex.

I'll stop here with the unnecessary summoning trivia...

Now, let's start the status falsification. To avoid being revealed as the true hero, I will falsify my skills to look like a failed hero or a disappointing hero.

> Name: Takayama Alto

> Job: Merchant Level 1

> HP: 8/8 (E)

> MP: 64/64 (B)

> STR: 4 (E)

> VIT: 4 (E)

> INT: 8 (D)

> LUK: 128 (S)

> Unique Skill: [Item Box] Level 1, [Item Shop] Level 1

> Skill: [Business Acumen] Level 1, [MP Recovery] Level 1, [Interpretation] Level 5

There!

I'm a merchant!

It's going well.

Are you making a profit?

I'll study!

I'm a merchant from Osaka!

I've perfectly falsified it!

The falsified job is a general job, a merchant.

It's a non-combat job.

Incidentally, I haven't learned the Osaka dialect skill, so the Osaka dialect I used just now was just a fake one based on the