Chapter 2: FAILED SUMMONING.
"Fuck!" Eri screamed, her eyes scanning the pages one by one.
The man was still seated on the chair, eyes focused on the woman.
"Is something wrong?" he asked after contemplating for a while.
Eri could not give a good reply until she was certain.
Finally, she gently dropped the book on the ground and moved closer to the man.
"It would seem I made a mistake with the summoning ritual."
Even a blind man would be able to tell how hard she was trying to play it cool.
The man was confused, turning his gaze to the drawing on the ground that seemed to be a magic circle, but a bit out of shape.
"You'll have to forgive me, but I have no idea what you mean by a summoning ritual," he said.
This made Eri sigh a bit, almost as if she wanted to cry.
"Figures," she began. "While the book did speak of a hero I would be summoning, it didn't explicitly tell me from where. Every priestess before me has trained to summon heroes from other worlds, as they are known to have more blessings than regular people. I am still a novice, but I assumed I would be ready..."