Summoned to Another World
~ Going back in time to thousands of years ago ~
"Misty, appraise this child."
Sanada Ginjiro, 14 years old, was summoned to the Kingdom of Aristoria to defeat the Demon King. Since he was completely naked when summoned, something like a coat was thrown over him, and then the court wizard Misty conducted an appraisal on the boy.
"You majesty, this child possesses an exceptionally high magic power and could potentially become a Sage.... no, a Great Sage."
Misty told the king with great frustration. Ginjiro did not understand what was happening.
"Oh, that is wonderful news. Then, Maverick, you all must continue your training and surely succeed in defeating the Demon King."
The king said this to his son, Prince Maverick.
"Understood. We will definitely defeat the Demon King."
After that, because of his exceptionally high magic power, the court wizard Misty became Sanada Ginjiro's magic instructor, and they began the training to defeat the Demon King.
ー Misty's Laboratory ー
"What is your name?"
Misty, with a scowl, asked Ginjiro.
"Umm, where is this...?"
"You were summoned to the Kingdom of Aristoria. Tell me your name first."
Misty glared at Ginjiro as she asked for his name again.
"Sanada Ginjiro."
"Sanada Ginjiro? That's a long name."
"Sanada is my family name, Ginjiro is my given name."
"What is a family name?"
"Like the name of a household, I guess?"
"Are you perhaps from a noble family?"
"Noble? No, no. I'm from an ordinary family, or rather, everyone has a family name, right?"
"I see, in your world, everyone has a family name, huh."
"Yeah, or rather, was I really summoned to another world?"
"I just told you that. Let me telll you this in advance, it's impossible to return to your original world."
"So, do we have magic and stuff here?"
Misty had imagined that the summoned person would be more panicked, but she was surprised to see the child in front of her excited for some reason.
"What are you so excited about?"
"Well, I mean, I was summoned to another world. I can't believe something like that is actually happening to me. A different world is a world where you defeat monsters with swords and magic, right?"
"Hmm, well, you're basically right...."
"So, I'm an otherworlder, right? There must be some summoning perks or gifts, right? Maybe something like a magic sword or being able to use chantless magic.... That's right, you called me a great sage earlier, right?"
Ginjiro jumped up with joy and suddenly shouted.
"Status Open!"
"What nonsense are you shouting all of a sudden...."
"Oh, here it is. My magical power is 4000. Is that a lot?"
"What!? Can you see your own magic power value?"
"I can see it. Umm, my magic aptitude is uniformly high. Non-attribute is SSS and others are S. How many ranks are there?"
"W-What are you saying!?"
"Look, magic has attributes, right? Let's see.... fire, water, earth, wind, light, dark, and non-attribute, seven in total. Do you know what can I do with light, dark, and non-attribute magic?"
"You, what are you seeing...?"
"Huh? My status window. I only have SSS and S labels on my magic aptitude, so I can't tell how many ranks there are. Usually, the order is F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS and so on, I think?"
"I asked what you saw!"
“You appraised me earlier, didn’t you? Then you must have seen it, too.”
"All I could see was your magical power value."
"Huh? You're a wizard, right? Why can you only see that much?"
"That's just how appraisal works."
"Really? Can I try appraising you?"
"Appraisal is a special kind of magic and only certain people can use it...."
"Let me try first.... Oh, I did it! Your name is Misty and your magic power is 3882, correct?"
"What!?"
Misty, the court wizard, was stunned.
"Yikes, 377 years old? You are a loli-baba then."
"How could you even tell my age? And what's a loli-baba?"
"It is how we call a woman who looks like a little girl but is actually an old hag. It's a cliché."
"Who are you calling an old hag? And I don't look like a little girl either!"
"You look like a little girl."
Ginjiro said this while staring at Misty's chest.
*smack*
Ginjiro, having said something unnecessary, got smacked on the head.
"Ouchie! Don't hit me out of nowhere. Wizard → Loli-Baba → Flat Chest are a set, so it can't be helped."
"I've never heard of such a set before."
"You've got the whole set."
Ginjiro was still a child, so he lacked delicacy. Ginjiro then calmly soothed the furious Misty, who was growling, and once her anger had subsided a bit, the conversation finally began.
"Is there magic in your world too?"
"No, but magic is a staple in light novels and anime. I also learned about reincarnation in other worlds and otherworlders summoning from light novels and anime."
"What are light novels and anime?"
"Just think of them as stories. They were supposed to be fictional, but here I am."
"I see...."
Misty thought for a moment after Ginjiro said that.
"Could you tell me about it more?"
"Sure thing."
Ginjiro happily shared his knowledge from light novels and anime.
"Hmm, your story might have solved the long-standing mystery about magic all at once. By the way, how does it look to you when you appraise someone?"
Ginjiro explained by drawing a picture of the status window. He couldn't read or write the characters of this world yet, so it was in Japanese.
"So, this reads as Ginjiro, right?"
"Yeah. Is Ginjiro a rare name here?"
"I've never heard that name. The pronunciation is difficult too."
"Then it's better decide on a name to use here."
"Is it okay to change your name so easily?"
"It's like a nickname, so it's fine. It's going to be a pain to teach other people how to pronounce my real name otherwise."
"This might be strange coming from me who summoned you, but aren't you accepting this too easily? You must have family you left behind."
"Now that you mention it, I'm sure my family would be worried if I suddenly disappeared from my room. There might be a big fuss about me running away or going missing...."
Ginjiro'face turned pale.
"Umm, about that...."
Misty brought up something.
"What? Can I go back if I want to?"
"No, but I think your original self is still in the other world."
"Huh?"
"It's impossible for a living human to travel between worlds."
"What do you mean?"
"It's probably more accurate to say that I didn't actually summon you, but rather copied you."
"Does that mean the original me is still in Japan?"
"I can't confirm it, so I can only say 'probably'."
Misty carried out the otherworlder summoning ritual on the king's orders, using the magic circle she designed herself and a ton of magic crystal as the power source. However, she didn’t like the idea of summoning people from other worlds. Even if the summoning succeeded, she felt heartache thinking about how someone suddenly summoned to another world without consent would feel. Therefore, she came up with a formula to summon a copy of the summoning target instead.
"Did Misty come up with and create that magic circle all by herself?"
"That's right. I hold the highest rank among the court wizards, after all."
"You must be a genius!"
Misty possessed the highest magic power in this country and was the leading expert in magic and monster research. But she was also treated as an eccentric, so while she was often used by others, she wasn't used to receiving praise.
"O-Of course!"
"Then, please teach me a lot of things. Magic is limitless, isn't it? I'm really curious about what it can do."
"I-is that so? Y-You want me to teach you?"
"That's right. Can you make magic tools too?"
"W-Well, it's no exaggeration to say that I created the system for magic tools in this country."
Misty puffed out her flat chest
“Perfect! Please tell me what kind of magic tools there are. And let's try to see if the things from the world I came from can be made here."
"The things from the world you came from?"
"Yeah, according to the templates, the tools from my world are more convenient, so I want to confirm it."
Ginjiro was told that his original self was still alive and living in Japan, so he decided to focus all of his attention on this world, as if he had been waiting for this. After that, he took the character '真' from Sanada and the character '銀' from Ginjiro, to create 'Margine' name.
"Shouldn't it be Sanagin?"
Misty asked so, but he thought that name wasn't cool. Ginjiro, who changed his name to Margine, then devoted himself to researching magic, monsters, and magic tools together with Misty.