( Yuuki's POV )
When the portal in the gym was activated in an instant we appeared standing on a platform where the magic circle lost its shine until it disappeared, the place where we appeared was some kind of elegant temple, with many people around us, on the platform there was a group of students like us and I immediately recognized one of them, he was my brother Hajime, I greeted him when I saw him and he quietly joined our group, Ayaka, who was surprised to see him, gave him a big hug and for a moment I felt a dark aura coming from the other group of students.
The other people in the room were a group of people on their knees wearing cloaks, They must be the ones who created the magic circle and among them was an old but commanding person who was dressed like a Pope.
Hajime: Yuuki, where are we?
Yuuki: I don't know, were you brought here by a magic circle too?
Hajime: yeah, Why did this have to happen on a Monday, I hate Mondays.
???: Welcome to Tortus, Hero-sama and his companion, we were expecting you. I am the currently appointed Pope of the Saint's Church, you may address me as Ishtar Lombard, Let's get along from now on, no need to exchange conventional greetings.
While I was talking to Hajime the Pope introduced himself and welcomed us to this world, he had a kind smile but I saw a dirty aura around him and I knew he was just acting, this guy wasn't someone we could trust, but he was someone we could get a lot of information from.
After introducing himself, Ishtar moved us to a room with a very long table, and when we sat down there, some maids brought us food, the other students were too nervous to eat, but I didn't hesitate to bite into it as the Pope explained the reason for our invocation.
In this world there were three types of species, humans, demons and demi-humans, humans and demons have been at war for a long time, The demons were more powerful overall than the humans but they were far fewer in number so neither side had taken a great advantage over the other, But that changed when demons began to command magic beasts.
Magic beasts were the monsters that plagued this world and they normally attacked any living creature, taming them was not impossible, but the number they were using was something that was thought to be impossible.
In short, they are losing the war and they prayed to their god, Eht, and his response was a summoning ritual to bring a hero into this world, according to him, we have gained great powers just by entering this world, but if two magic circles appeared, does that mean there are two people with the potential to be a hero?
As Ishtar was finishing her explanation a short woman dressed as a teacher put her hands on the table and proclaimed that this was absurd, wanting students to participate in their war was ridiculous and that this was basically kidnapping, not something wrong.
The Pope was not moved by her words and when the teacher demanded that we be sent home, he said that they did not have that power and that this was God's will.
Hearing that, many of the students panicked, but there was someone who could lift the spirits of the others just with his attitude.
???: Everyone, it is meaningless to make so much ruckus in front of Ishtar-san. He also had no other choice... W-what I mean is, let's fight. It is a fact that the humans of this world are facing a crisis. Ignoring their pleas for help after knowing all this, I cannot do it. Moreover, since we were summoned here to save the mankind, we may be able to return after this is all over... Ishtar-san, isn't that right?
The other students said that student's name with admiration although Hajime rolled his eyes at their words, that boy called Kouki, he was basically the popular boy in his class, because of his bold words and his overconfidence, he was the popular boy in his entire school and I don't know if it's the best thing to make that big leap in the logic of a world you know nothing about.
Ishtar: That's right. Ehit-sama will definitely answer the wishes of the Saviors.
Kouki: We all have special powers right? I've indeed felt an unfathomable power surging up within me since coming to this world.
Ishtar was watching Kouki carefully and seemed to be planning how to manipulate him perfectly, Hajime's school students fully supported Kouki and agreed to fight a war they knew nothing about, while I just watched.
I felt nothing but bad vibes from this guy Ishtar and I didn't trust this church or that god they mentioned, now the most important thing was to gather information and we needed to leave this place and that was what Ishtar wanted to do.
We left the temple and saw that we were on top of a mountain above the clouds, we stood on a large circular platform and when Ishtar recited a chant the platform began to move, the high ranking members in this religion lived looking down on the rest of world.
As we passed through the clouds we saw a castle built at the base of the mountain and a large city stretched beyond the castle walls, this was the Heiligh Kingdom, this is the place that will be home for a while.
The platform landed on a tower that connected to the castle, we were taken to the throne room and on the way we had more contact with the inhabitants of this world, More maids and people dressed as knights looked on in admiration and pointed in our direction, I don't know if that was intentional but that was a massive ego boost for the normal students.
Upon arriving at the throne room we met the royal family which consisted of five members, we were supposedly the guests of honor, but the first thing that happened was that they welcomed the Pope, Ishtar approached the throne and the king bowed and kissed the ring that the Pope had on his hand, It was obvious that the church had more influence than the royal family but I was more focused on something else.
My gaze was locked on the two princesses who were also staring back at me.