Kikuchi Renji

Summary
Kikuchi Renji is the 5th hero introduced in the story, he's summoned near Rubia kingdom though not exactly affiliated with them.

Appearance
Renji is a short boy, shorter than Japanese men on average height in his age range, he has a long dark bluish hair in a "cool boy" style.

Personality
He is describe as arrogant, rude, a bit chuuni, short tempered fool with a complex about his height under the Japanese average.

The Summoning
Kikuchi Renji a Japanese high school student, from some Japanese rural area summoned to another world as a hero his first day at high school while he was asked to go the convenient store to buy something.

Renji appeared suddenly inside a crater in the middle of the forest from of a small kingdom next to the Rubia kingdom, he was very confused at the beginning why in the world he was in such a place, he heard voices coming in his direction and hid himself in some nearby bushed, what he saw them was a group of villagers wondering what the pillar of light from moments ago was and why the sacred lake got dry, hearing that the crater he appeared in was a lake further surprised Renji and then he run away from the place.

Following a forest path he arrived to the village when he saw there was surveillance at the village entrance he decide to try to sneak into the village through the fields instead where he would meat a lone village girl called Rea.

Renji would try to convince Rea of letting him inside the village without anyone knowing, but Rea after seeing Renji's clothes and how he didn't have anything on him despite calling himself a traveler refused while thinking of Renji as someone suspicious, then she would convince Renji of properly asking the village chief for permission for staying in the village until some peddler who could give him a ride somewhere else would come to the village, Renji reluctantly accepts and it's decided that he would live in Rea's house because she lives alone until for some days.

When they begin to live together he offers Rea to help her with the chores as a thanks for letting him stay with a self important tone as if he's making her the biggest favor in the world, but Rea doesn't care about his arrogance and just says to him that it doesn't matter of course. After the typical conversation about an unmarried girl not mustering to share a house with an unmarried man while during dinner, after finishing they went to sleep.

That night Renji had a dream where a voice explained to him about being a hero and the way of using his powers and divine weapon, after the dream Renji wakes up and he gets out of the house where he test a little his halberd and his magic while his chuuni heart is having the moment of its life.

The next morning Rea tried to introduce Renji to her friends, but Renji didn't hesitated in abusing his power for winning the fight that he picked with them after being said that he was short, in the next day Renji just went out of Rea's house for helping her in the fields and just talked to her despite her attempts of convincing Renji of making up with the other boys.

The sixth day since the summoning a fat nobleman accompanied by ten knights asking to everyone if they knew something about the pillar of light and why the sacred lake that was pilgrimage spot near the village has dried, them all the villagers except Rea signaled Renji as the number one suspect, when the nobleman and the knights tried to interrogate Renji he just gave them rude and impolite answers committing less majestic in every possible way, when he messed up in one of his answers making himself to look even more suspicious than before the nobleman ordered his knights to capture Renji for his rudeness and on suspicion of destroying the sacred lake, Renji panicked seeing the knights attacking him and ended up killing them all and the nobleman, after that he ran away to the Rubia kingdom.

Reiss Trap
After arriving to the Rubia kingdom from the neighboring country Renji became and adventurer, thanks to his hero powers he gained fame fast as a promising rookie that progressed quickly through the ranks and between the adventurers he began to be called the ice emperor, Silvie heard of him and tried to scout him, Renji refused, Silvie and her little sister for some reason found his arrogance and impertinence refreshing and fun and became friends, now they're meeting each other on a inn in Rubia's capital, Renji tells Silvie that it's been some time since their last conversation, Silvie explains that she had to go to the Galarc kingdom to assist to the evening party and that there she met the other heroes too, Renji tries to asks about them but Silvie just says that they were boys and girls around Renji's age, Renji says that lately he hasn't seen Esther either, Silvie says she can't see him because she got ill, in the middle of their conversation Reis arrives and introduces himself with a false name and says to Silvie that if she wants to see Esther now is the moment, Silvie leaves the room with Reis, and this before leaving shows Renji a smile purposefully more suspicious than usual for trying to make hi follow them secretly, Renji looks through the window how Silvie and her bodyguard Elena enter in a carriage with Reis and decides to follow them secretly as Reis wanted.

After following Silvie secretly, he saw from the distance how Lucius' subordinates has Esther captive and decided to try to rescue her without caring about Silvie's warnings of his actions being able of giving the Proxia empire an excuse for destroying the Rubia kingdom if something goes wrong, Renji begins to spout non stop all the arrogant, self-important, selfish, childish, chuunish and stupid things he's capable of while exchanging provocations with Lucius, things like why is she doubting, does she think that he will lose against the people there... bla, bla, bla ... at the beginning it was just about rescuing Esther, a little of provocation and Renji's reason to fight  changed to not being able of forgiving being made light of as an adventurer, after a little more of provocation his only reason to fight was being called shorty by Lucius, then Reis proposes a bet, Renji and Lucius will fight, if Renji wins Reis will give back Esther without any conditions and Renji can have Lucius as his slave ( making Lucius his slave was Renji's idea), if Renji loses he will obey Reis' orders once (accepting to participate in the fight against Rio), they agreed to forbid killing in the fight and that the duel will begin after a stone thrown in the air touches the ground.

Renji was completely defeated by Lucius and took to the royal castle by Silvie for recovering from his wounds.

The Apologize
Renji awoke several days later in a bed, he went into panic right away before being calmed down by Silvy, he wonder how all his severed limbs back in place, Silvy told him his power as Hero did it, Renji then ask what happen with Lucius and Reiss, Silvy tell him that both of them are not there, Renji then tried to leave the castle, Silvy ask him about the wager/debt he had with Reiss, Renji haughtily said there's no point on paying that debt, this infuriates Silvy, she start mentioning how Renji used to challenge many adventurer and asked them to wager their precious item, and how Renji won't let them back down after losing from him, yet now he lose, he readily trying to run away, that she mistakenly thought he's an interesting guy and gutsy for not afraid against royalty and nobility, but actually he's just a coward and childish cocky brat that only had the guts against people weaker than him, Renji triggered to be called a brat, and call Silvy herself a coward, that if only she support him when he attack, they will definitely win, Silvy admit that she's a coward, but it's because she had her country to protect, that Reiss and Lucius are backed by the strong Proxia Empire and she can't deal with them without plan and precaution or else it'll be international problem, Silvy ask Renji if he had the guts to pick a fight with an entire empire, Renji make an excuse that he "didn't know", Silvy object his excuse right away, mentioning that Reiss already several time warning him that he meddle in something that he don't understand, yet he didn't listen and just wreck havoc as he want.

Silvy told Renji that because his action, her country are now in danger, and she also lose her sister, all because of Renji reckless action, Renji can't even return anything at this point, in the end, Silvy totally lose it and force Renji to leave her country, that he will become her country greatest enemy, that if later she meet him, she will slash him down herself, but Renji refuse to leave the bed, Silvy ask why, Renji said he don't want to be her enemy, Silvy said she don't care, Renji then tell her that she will need his hero power, Silvy said it's not even his power, that he got it by chance and he is nothing without it, and it' precisely because he can't understand that that he is childish and naive, Then renji make excuse that if paying his debt to reiss will proof he is an adult then he'll do it, that his pride won't allow him to not payback what Lucius did, This once again infuriates Silvy, stating that his damn ego are His own fuc**in problem and had nothing to do with her and her country, in the end, Renji apologize to Silvy while nearly crying about his recklessness, and from that time on he will follow Silvy direction to make up for that and help her.

The Ambush
Several days later Reiss come back and ask Renji to fulfill his debt, he ask Renji, and Silvia to attack a certain Knight from Galarc kingdom and want Silvy to use her kingdom soldier to do it.

In the Ambush, Renji attack the knight together with 3 of Reiss mercenary and Rubia soldier in the entire fortress, Renji launch a sneak attack from behind the Knight, but his attack easily repelled, the Knight also easily dealt with the 3 mercenary and other soldier attack while effortlessly protect the 2 girls that come with him, 1 of the Mercenary order Renji to attack the girl to create some chance, although he's hesitate a bit, he's still went for the attack seriously at a girls that can barely defend her self, but his attack easily get blocked again by the Knight and the counter attack he got easily sent him flying despite his hero power, Renji wondered what kind of monster they are fighting, then 1 of the mercenary told him that the knight are the one that killed Lucius, hearing that sent chill down Renji spine.

Silvy then come with a corps of Griffin rider, and start bombarding the Knight with magic, yet the knight still appeared unperturbed, Renji tried to attack again, but the Knight attack first, sending Renji, the Mercenary, and all soldier flying back to the fortress in 1 big attack, he then proceed to shot down all Griffins except Silvy's before running away with his companions.

Relationship
Silvia Rubia

Abilities

 * The same that the rest of the heroes and summoned people he has great quantity of magic power.
 * Divine weapon, he has a halberd that controls the ice that he named Cocytus.

Etymology

 * Kikuchi means "chrysanthemum" (菊) (kiku) and "pool, pond" (池) (chi).
 * Renji means "lotus, water lily" (蓮) (ren) and "officer, boss" (司) (ji).

Trivia

 * Renji is the only hero that is trying to cut ties with the royalty that welcome him and not cooping up in the palace.
 * Renji is the only hero that joined the adventurer guild and actively fights monsters.