“Mr. Naofumi, calm down! I understand your anger, but the Bow Hero doesn’t mean anything by it,” Raphtalia said.

“I’m not really angry, don’t worry. Just tell me, Itsuki, are you doing that on purpose?” I asked him.

“What do you mean?” he intoned. It looked like he really didn’t understand why he was rubbing us the wrong way. If he had no self-awareness, then there was no helping it.

“. . . Itsuki, this seems like a good opportunity to learn the magic that activates when performing music, like Filo sometimes does. It might prove useful,” I told him.

“Very well,” he agreed. With that, following my orders, Itsuki went over to the musicians to start learning the magic. I hadn’t expected to uncover another one of Itsuki’s talents after coming to another world. It just went to show that you could never tell what was going to happen.

Maybe all four of the holy heroes had this kind of hidden ability. Mine was related to cooking, and Itsuki’s was music . . . so what about Ren and Motoyasu?

I absolutely had no idea.

From my first impressions, I’d thought Ren was pretty cool, and Motoyasu looked like a normie with a non-otaku life. Any hints there, then?

Nope, nothing.

Motoyasu looked good at picking up women, but at the moment he was obsessed only with bringing in more wild filolials. It would be almost impossible to search for a talent the owner had no idea they possessed. You could ask them anything and everything, and they still wouldn’t know.

“Huh?” As I sat thinking about Itsuki’s hidden abilities, I noticed that Shildina and S’yne had started playing cards. I decided to go talk to them next.

“Ofuda? Was there such a convenient weapon in this world?” Shildina was asking.

“It seems so. They can act as the trigger for weapons and magic in this world. Ah, S’yne has won,” said her familiar.

“I lost, but these cards do seem fun. I want to learn more card games. When I get back to the village, I’ll play them with everyone else,” Shildina said.

“How’s your hunger?” I asked. “Are you feeling better?”

“Huh? I’ve still got some space left,” she replied. “Your food is so delicious, Naofumi.”

“Glad to hear it. Eat lots and grow up big,” I told her. She nodded, a little embarrassed, as I patted her head. She was just so amenable. If Shildina would just stay this size, rather than turning back into Sadeena’s size, she would be so cute . . .

“Hey, Naofumi. I’ve just been told that cards are a weapon in this world,” she told me.