Chapter 4: Summon

Allen attempted at summoning. (Alright, let’s see, I can summon a beast or an insect, right?) Insect and beast were listed on the 2nd page as the creatures which can be summoned. (I am indoors so, I guess I will try summoning an insect.) He had no idea what would be summoned. However, he assumed that at first, he would only be able to summon some low ranked monsters. That being said, it would be greatly troublesome if a big wolf or a bear were to be summoned if he chose beast (H). The summoner class is supposed to be even higher ranked than the demon king. After taking utmost care and being even more careful on top of that, he chose to summon the insect. A year had passed since he was reincarnated in this world. This past whole year rushed through his head like a revolving lantern. Memories of sucking his beautiful mother’s breasts. Memories of his mother giving him showers and wiping him. Memories of his mother changing his diaper — all of these revolved in his mind. (No good, no good. I had completely switched to idle thoughts mode. Alright, let’s summon! Insect summon!) Allen hoisted his hand up in the air and thought of summoning an insect in his head, just like how he moved the book. However, nothing happened. The child’s room Allen was in remained silent. (Hmm? Nothing’s happening. Is it on the floor?) As there had been no changes whatsoever, he got up and looked around the room. He had already finished dinner. The serfs’ nights were early and it was already starting to get dark. If possible, he wanted to finish his inspection now, when it’s dim. (Hmm? Was my wording wrong? ‘Summon insect’) [TL note: said in English] Seems like nothing is happening still. He changed up his word choice and tried several things. “Com porth, inset!” Thinking that just ‘thinking’ about it won’t do it, he tried saying it out loud, despite his lisping. Even then, nothing came out. (Ah man, now this is a bummer. What to do?) He decided on looking at the grimoire once again, thoroughly. Nowadays, if you go to a walkthrough site, they would have walkthroughs even for very detailed games. If you visit an anonymous bulletin board site, you will find threads where the users would answer your question. Generally, no one is troubled when they do not understand something these days. (Perhaps I can’t summon something if I don’t create it first?) It would appear that he built up his first hypothesis about the skill. As he had summon, create and delete, he thought that maybe he could create it. (Insect, creation!) “Eh?” The grimoire shone faintly. It wasn’t the page portion which lit up, it was the front cover. As the room got dimmer, he noticed the dim shine better. (Oh? There’s something written!) [Which rank of insect would you like to create?] On the cover of the book, a question appeared in silver letters. (Which rank... That means this ‘H’ really is the rank, eh? H rank creation!) He said it out loud reflexively. His eyes were glued to the locust which naturally fell down outside the bed’s wooden fences. (Hmm, hmm, it’s somewhat big, about 15 cm? I wonder if it’s a migratory locust? It looks like the big-eyed locusts which live in Southeast Asia or Africa.) He observed the locust. The locust seemed to lack a plan and a course of action as it kept leaping around. Their gazes never aligned either. (I summoned it so will it listen to me? Come here, come here.) In that moment, the locust’s eyes met Allen’s. (Oh, did it notice? No matter, come here.) He tried to guide it towards him by flapping his arms. However, the locust looked away and started leaping around without any destination again. (Ah, no good, it’s just a normal locust. Not a single bit of intelligence. Is there nothing written about it on the grimoire either? Mm? There’s an extra page.) As he was successful in summoning for the first time, he went to check if the number of pages increased and to his delight, the 3rd page which wasn’t available was now there. (I see, so when I do something new, this page also gets the info on it, eh? Hmm, hmm, this is the locust’s status, eh?) The locust’s status was listed on the 3rd page. [Type] Insect [Rank] H [Name] None (please give it a name) [Strength] 3 [Magical power] 0 [Offense] 2 [Stamina] 5 [Agility] 5 [Knowledge] 1 [Luck] 2 [Divine protection] Stamina 1, Agility 1 [Special ability] Hopping (Hoho, it’s quite weak but it’s relatively good compared to the baby me. I mean, it has more offense than me? Mm? What’s divine protection? Can it be that I get divine protection? Wha?! My status has increased!!) “Amajing!!” Allen’s status had increased from the last time he saw it — +1 Stamina and Agility. Being surprised seeing that summoning also increases my status, I spontaneously did a triumphant pose and roared. “Now, now, Allen, you have to sleepy-sleepy, alright?” Theresia, who was in the garden, returned after hearing Allen’s voice. (Wha?! No good, she is already inside. Would it be bad if I took out the locust now?) “Chorry, mama.” “Fufu, it’s alright... eh?” The locust and Theresia’s eyes met. “Noooooooooo, an inseeeeeeecctt!!!!!” Theresia’s leg attacked the locust. (Ah–my summoned insect is being trampled upon!! I-it’s disappearing...) The locust disappeared like a shining bubble. Theresia, who thought that she lost sight of it, tried tracking it down. Although shocked by this situation, Allen didn’t let it show on his expression. He kept his composure and went back to sleep. And like this, Allen’s activities as a summoner had begun. Our boi Allen here is starting from the very rock bottom, it seems.