I Was Caught up in a Hero Summoning, but That World Is at Peace

The second person I drew was Makina-san…… Now, among the anxiety-inducing factors in this party, she reigns near the top. During the last birthday party, she suddenly kissed me, outrageously presenting herself as the present, and ended up getting seriously attacked by Kuro and the others.

[As expected, my beloved child has great luck with draws! To pull your mother here, it must mean my beloved child was looking forward to my birthday present! And getting it early must make you happy, right?]

[……Y-Yeah, I guess.]

Rather, she was the first person that came to mind as a cause for concern, so I did want to know what her present was as soon as possible. In that sense, I might have actually wanted an earlier turn.

""Ah~~ I'll say this just in case, but if you try anything ridiculous like last time, we'll beat you up before you can even act. Canalis-san, I'll be counting on your cooperation too."

Well, fortunately, it's not just me———- Alice, Kuro, and the others are also on high alert when it comes to Makina-san's antics. We're not as careless as last time, so there's a high chance we'll stop her before she does anything.

And as Alice pointed out, this time Canalis-san is here as well, so the safety level should be even higher.

[Of course, I'll help when the time comes. Also, it just so happens that a ridiculously strong friend of mine is nearby, so if anything happens, I'm sure she'll lend a hand.]

[……Stop that. That God has like an 8:2 or 9:1 advantage over me…… No, even if I go all out, I'd probably lose nine times out of ten…… I've prepared an actual present this time, so please don't call in that ultimate-evolution form of "punch-first, ask-later" incarnate.]

I don’t really get what's going on, but Makina-san looked genuinely troubled, so it seems like an incredibly powerful God is nearby. That means the safety level just went up even more.

As I was thinking about that, as if shifting gears, Makina-san cleared her throat and pulled out a book.

[……Once again, my beloved child, happy birthday!!! Here’s a gift from Mother, packed with all my love!!!]

[T- Thank you…… But, um, a book?]

[Fufufu, this is a photo album! A collection of carefully selected photos of my beloved child from childhood to the present! This was really tough to put together!!! My beloved child is ultimately and supremely adorable at every moment, so narrowing it down to 200 pages was an incredibly difficult task…… After much deliberation, I finally completed the ultimate album! Though, well, I did have to build a museum to release my pent-up frustration……]

So that's how that cursed mansion came to be!? In other words, as she was choosing the photos to fit within 200 pages, some sort of madness gauge overflowed, and with an overwhelming love too heavy to contain, she ended up making a full-scale museum, one that destroys the sanity of whoever enters.

I mean, I kind of get it. And honestly, I’m pretty happy with this present. When I was taken in by my relatives, a lot of the belongings from the house where I lived with Mom and Dad were disposed of. Things were hectic back then, so albums and old photos weren’t really preserved.

Maybe my uncle or aunt kept some and would tell me if I asked…… but regardless, having an album that lets me reminisce about the past is something I'm genuinely happy about.

[This is nice. There are a lot of things I've forgotten about my childhood, and I never had a photo album to look back on like this…… Seeing it really brings back memories…… brings back memo……]

When I casually flipped through a few pages to take a look, I saw a picture of me when I was about five years old. In the photo, there was my young Mom and Dad…… and for some reason, "there was also Makina-san". T- This is, errr…… Hmmm, h- how am I supposed to react to this……

It wasn't edited or anything, it was a perfectly natural-looking photo of Makina-san carrying the younger me in her arms. Feeling a strange mix of emotions, I glanced over at her…… and found her beaming at me with the brightest, most satisfied smile.

What do I do? My childhood memories are being rewritten———– no, fabricated right in front of me…… This photo album…… Hey, anyone finding the humidity and insanity levels quite high now, or is it just me?

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [What's truly terrifying is that the person who handed this over could probably rewrite the past for real if she wanted to.]