Day 63 of the Otherworld Summoning [Despair of the Summoned One] Part 2:

"What...?

In response to Ryoma's question, Anamaria said without moving an eyebrow.

'I said we would drift forever between time and space which means you're going to die.'

You're kidding me.

Something that had been pushed down inside of Ryojin ever since he was summoned to this other world burst out.

Dan!　

Ryoma's fist was plunged into the wooden desk, and countless cracks ran across the desk's screen.
It was a rather expensive looking desk, but it didn't matter to the current Ryoma.

"Ryoma-sama!
My hand!

Laura and the other sisters, who were silently waiting behind Ryoma, screamed.
Blood dripped from Ryoma's fist as he was slammed into the desk without taking it easy.

''Ryoma-sama! Hands.

Shut up! Get out of my way!

Shaking off the sisters who rushed to treat her, Ryoma ignored the drips of blood and glared at Annamaria.

'Say it again,'

There was a dark, cold hatred in his eyes and a clear killing intent in his voice.

'Being threatened won't change the conclusion. You are your original world. In other words, you can't return to the Underworld [Riaas].

The underworld, Riaas?

Yes. Your former world. That's what we call the Rears, the world we live in. It's the world we live in, the other side of Earth.

Ryoma's mind regained its composure at Anamaria's explanation.
No matter how agitated he gets, the conclusion remains the same.
Then listening to the story is the top priority right now.
(But.........is this world "earth"? (That's the name people in this world gave it...)
This is a common story in the real world.
It is like naming a country the Land of the Rising Sun when the sun shines equally on all countries, or naming a country China when the earth is round, meaning it is in the middle of the world.
It is natural for the human mind to consider the world we live in as the front and back of the world when naming things.
Anamaria continued.

The other world in which humans live is not the same as the world you live in. It was named for convenience because we could only find two other worlds for humans to live in, yours and ours.

'I don't care which one is in the front! Tell me why I can't go home!

Anamaria shrugged her shoulders and said.

''It's very simple. In order to summon a human being from the Earth's underworld to the Earth, you have to offer your vitality to the god of Earth to get his permission to summon him. The reason for this is that there is a ward around the earth, which prevents the outside world from entering the earth, but the ward also extends to the earth's underworld, the Riaas.

Wait a minute? It's a good thing the warding is in place. I was summoned to this world in real life, right? Isn't it enough to pray to the God who let me into this world?

No. Whether or not they can enter the boundary is up to the gods in each world who give their permission. In other words, in order to enter the Rears after leaving the Earth, you have to get permission from the god that controls the boundary of the Rears.

Ryoma's head translates Anamaria's words into plain English.
(Free to leave? (But you have to be allowed in... isn't this the same situation as being locked out of your room in a hotel with an automatic lock?
Auto-lock systems are common in hotels and other facilities.
They open easily from the inside, but when the door is closed, it locks automatically, and from the outside, a key is required to enter.
It may be easy to imagine the two worlds as a hotel room and the space-time gap as a passage in a hotel.

In other words, it is possible to cross the boundaries of the Earth, but it is not possible to cross the boundaries of the Riaas side of the earth. As a result, the space-time gap? You mean you're going to drift off to die in....

I see.

''But then, if we can find out the name of the god who is warding the Underworld, Riaas!

Ryoma was anticipating the answer in the corner of his mind while refuting Annamaria.
I don't know how long the people of the earth have been summoning earthlings, but it's not 10 or 20 years, that's for sure.
In other words, tens of thousands of people were forcibly summoned to this Earth.
Some of them may have tried to escape and return to their home world, just like Ryoma did.
At least, you can be sure that Ryoma is not the first Earthling to try to return to Earth.

Thud!

Anamaria threw the faded books out onto the cracked desk.

'This is the record of every otherworldly person you have ever tried to return to your world.'

Anamaria continued, opening the book, which was about as thick as a dictionary.

'The repatriation formula isn't too difficult to put together. It can be done with a few modifications to the summoning ceremony. But we can't do anything about it if we don't know the name of the god we are praying to.

Anamaria opened the page with the book and held it out to Ryoma.

Here are the names of the gods of your world. In other words, the techniques in the names of these gods have already been used and have been proven to be ineffective.

So unless I know the names of any gods not mentioned here...

The truth is that there is no way to return to your world.

A ruthless pronouncement pierced Ryojin's chest.


'Tsukuyomi, Susano, Amaterasu.......Jehovah, Yahweh.......'

When Ryoma returned to the inn in Mireish, he locked Saara and the other sisters out and was frantically going through the books he had borrowed from Anamaria.
As Ryoma returned from Anamaria's house, a look of sadness crossed his face, and Saara and the other sisters were unable to even speak to him.

Saara and the other sisters were standing in the passage in front of the room Ryoma was holed up in.
Their eyes were focused on the door of Ryoma's room.

''It's already five hours...''

Laura nodded at Saara's words.
The time is already approaching midnight.

''Ryoma-sama........''

The sisters knew painfully well how Ryoma felt.
Just imagining what it would be like if they were in Ryoma's position was enough to make them shiver.
But the sisters could not save Ryoma.
All they could do was stand in front of the room and worry about Ryoma.