Mushoku Tensei (WN)

Chapter 18

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Dear Paul-sama,

It has been one and a half years.

I will be 20 soon, and my sisters will be turning 14.

I"m still working for Orsted while continuously training.

Orsted is knowledgeable, but it doesn"t appear that he is good at teaching others.

Additionally, because he rarely uses magic, there is no demonstration.

He would teach chants and give pointers, but probably because he is a genius, misunderstandings often happen.

Maybe I"m just a bad student.

I only get about a tenth of what"s taught.

Owing to the memories remaining from my previous life, I could understand the principles and reach [Saint] cla.s.s in the early years, but to surpa.s.s the walls of [King] cla.s.s, that is not enough...

For example, the Fire Saint Magic 『Flash Flame [Flashover]』 is a way to make the flame spread in a vast area instantly.

By using light to generate heat in the air, like Vegeta[1], but somehow it looks different. (!)

Once I have used a magic with an incantation, I can immediately use the voiceless version of it, which puzzles Orsted.

Orsted does not only teach me about magic, but also other things, such as how to fight other magicians.

Afterwards, he taught me numerous techniques from the Sword G.o.d Style, like what to be careful of and what to counter with.

A magician that specializes in fire magic when mixed in with a swordsman is very hard to defend against.

Therefore, many groups of magicians and swordsmen use this tactic a lot, so we must respond accordingly.

Simple PvP tactics.

As one who boasted high offensive ability due to having numerous offensive magics and a foresight eye, I was told that I could reduce the number of opponents by throwing them into confusion and then dealing fatal blows when facing them one by one.

It"s not much different from what I had been doing in the past, but somehow, the result is different when I do it consciously.

Training with Eris and Orsted, as well as occasionally teaching Sylphy, Norn, and Aisha, has had some beneficial effects.

Through continuous training, I have attained:

[Saint]-cla.s.s Fire and Wind magic

[Saint]-cla.s.s Healing and Detoxification magic

[Intermediate]-cla.s.s G.o.d Barrier magic

It"s very good progress for only a year.

I can see that I have been fooling around too much in the past.[2]

However, despite my other gains, drawing a summoning magic circle is still quite challenging for me, and I can"t draw it very well.

I can"t be playing around now if I want to master so many arts.

Anyway, I have grown a little stronger.

Training with Orsted has also helped me do his jobs.

After the uproar in the Asura Kingdom, there weren"t many difficult jobs to handle.

For example, helping an adventurer that was trapped inside a labyrinth,

Or helping a merchant stranded inside a forest about to become a demon"s meal,

Or going to a slave market, purchasing a slave boy, and selling him somewhere else.

Well, these were odd jobs; my work is mainly helping other people. I also enjoy it.

Basically, those who we help now will become useful to Orsted in the future.

For example, we helped a young female dwarf thief called Tal Qi the other day.

She wasn"t important, but her son would become the a.s.sa.s.sins guild leader in the future.

He would also become a man that would a.s.sa.s.sinate a certain person, but if that dwarf girl is killed, it will become Orsted"s loss.

Of course, it doesn"t really matter since Orsted could go to kill that certain person, who would get in his way in the future, himself.

But by helping step-by-step while considering the future is also a way Orsted could preserve his magic.

By changing the past, he saves himself trouble in the future.

It seems the key is to make sure that Orsted is in his best condition for the [decisive battle].

Orsted has learned [what to do for someone who might die young] from his long loops.

Which will lead to [this person will give me an advantage] in the future.

By adding me into his team, he could move more efficiently than in all the loops he previously experienced.

It was similar to directing someone with hand signals randomly. (!)

That"s what I"m doing, but I"m also somehow making some friends.

That"s basically why Orsted doesn"t help me.

He has something else to do in another place.

Where the important [Flag] has to be set, he will go there himself.

Hitogami also doesn"t interfere that much.

At least, he doesn"t interfere when I"m moving alone.

If you look at it, it"s probably because he"s interfering directly with Orsted, as the missions that Orsted does are probably critical events for Hitogami.

Although, there were times when I worked directly with Orsted.

When I do, one or two of Hitogami"s apostles will definitely appear.

Strangely enough, it was never all three at once. Maybe one has been working behind the scenes?

For now, I"m not worried at all.

Is it all right that Orsted is only doing some odd jobs?

More than that, why doesn"t he take any offensive moves toward Hitogami?

When I asked him about that, Orsted only shook his head lightly and said,

[According to the future diary, Hitogami is still trying to change the future.]

So, it"s okay with what we"re doing right now.

Hitogami is trying to change the future.

...By my prediction, the next big confrontation would involve Cliff.

In the diary, Cliff was dead.

Hitogami is probably involved, but I can"t be sure of that yet.

Orsted also hasn"t told me much about this matter.

Anyway, I do my job, report back to the office, meet my friends and my family, and then do some training in my spare time.

Such is my life.

Oh, and speaking of work.

I also implemented some long term solutions for work.

First is the office--the hut in the Magic City Sharia suburbs.

The place where we made the [Magic Armor][3] has become our office.

Because it will be inconvenient for us to continue to use it as a base from now on, we have to renovate it.

It is a one story building, but inside there is a conference room, a sleeping room, and a research room.

It"s a good place to carry out strategy meetings and to some extent, sleeping.

I mean.... sometimes I need to rest a little because I am too anxious.

Doc.u.menting and scheduling a meeting about where to go, what to do, and who must survive, as well as what kind of impact it will have in the future, there is no way I could remember all of that. (!)

Anyway, I also made an a.r.s.enal.

That is where I put the [Magic Armor] and other magic tools or Magic ItemsImbued products I often use.

Miniaturizing the [Magic Armor] was a success... but let"s not go into the details on that right now.

The armory has large amount of tools that I use for work.

If stolen, it"s worth an entire life"s fortune.

With that in mind, I used Earth magic to lock it, but the thought that it might be stolen is scary.

Maybe Orsted didn"t want the ha.s.sle of managing the company"s equipment, but it"s something that needs to be done. (!)

Again, I should hire a manager.

But that"s not all.

A bas.e.m.e.nt has been added to the main office.

It is a huge bas.e.m.e.nt and is also a labyrinth, made by my earth magic.

The bas.e.m.e.nt is divided into 20 rooms, and there is a magic teleport circle in each room.

When you step into one of the rooms, you will be transferred to one of the major places around the world... well that"s the plan.

Only five of these rooms have magic teleport circles so far.

Asura Kingdom, Holy Kingdom of Milis, the Great Forest, Kingdom of the Dragon King, and the southern part of the Demon Continent.

Only those so far.

It"s because I also need to setup magic teleport circles at the destination as well.

Also, Orsted doesn"t go to places that have low population, but if there are too many people, Teleport Magic is difficult to set.

Due to this, the number of teleport destinations are few.

Of course, more will be added.

Well, Paul-sama.

That"s enough about work, I"m sure you"re bored of it by now.

I"m sure you"re feeling impatient.

Now let"s talk about the children, or rather your grandchildren.

First, my eldest daughter.

Lucy Greyrat.

She is growing up fast.

We celebrated her third birthday just the other day.

She could now walk and runs around the house with a [Dotadota] sound.

After she learned some words, she began to speak loudly- I think it"s due to Eris"s influence- and the house has become lively.

In addition, Sylphy also began to teach her magic and human language recently.

This girl got a special education from the age of three.

Sylphy is ... becoming a teaching mom.

When she puts on the triangle gla.s.ses,[4] her night lessons with me suddenly become so intense.

Well, let"s set aside Sylphy for now, and talk about Lucy.

She seldom meets me because of my work.

Sometimes, there are times when her expression is a little surprised when I come back.

It is a face that says [Who is this guy].

It is very sad.

However, if Sylphy says [Greet your Papa], she says [Welcome back, Papa.]

When she says it, she is so cute that I want to eat her, but what immediately follows is [Where is Papa?] as she faces me, and she hides behind Sylphy.

I am very sad.

The way this is going, it looks like I won"t be referred to as a respected father by her in the future.

If it becomes that way, I will be sad.

Once, I brought Lucy to Orsted"s place.

This was to test whether Orsted"s curse would affect Lucy.

Testing whether what Hitogami said is true or not.

I took her to him thinking that.

As it turns out, the curse did not work on Lucy.

When Lucy met Orsted for the first time she was showing beaming eyes.

Reaching for his silver hair, she shouted [Papa! Papa!]

She said Papa!

It was an att.i.tude that even made me perplexed.

At the time, I thought of killing Orsted on the spot.

That"s a lie, I"m sorry.

There is no way I would harbor such strong murderous intent.

Yeah, I didn"t have even a bit of interest in that.

This is because Lucy is used to seeing Sylphy"s white hair, and Orsted who has a similar hair color might look like a relative.

When I told Orsted"s name to her, she remembered the name immediately saying [Osute~tsu, Osute~tsu!]

It"s how she p.r.o.nounces it. (!)

While giving sidelong glances to my bitter face, Orsted went and gave a piggyback to Lucy.

Lucy grabbed hold of Orsted"s hair and tried to tear it off.

When I said [Pulling hair is bad],

Orsted gave me an interesting answer [Don"t worry, just this much won"t hurt my saint dragon touki].

He doesn"t seem bothered by my daughter"s approach.

Of course, since Lucy is cute.

However, with this, Hitogami"s words also increased in credibility.

[Orsted ... and my descendants will work together to defeat Hitogami.]

When I told Orsted about it, he responded with,

[Do not trust Hitogami"s words.]

And, he stared at me with a scary look on his face.

I didn"t mean to trust them of course.

However, I feel that not all of it is a lie.

It is just a convenient way of thinking.

However, recently, I started being able to read Orsted"s mood, and Orsted"s mood when playing with Lucy is good.

Even I will drop my guard in front of such cuteness. (!)

Not only that, since he experienced the same things over and over again in his loops, of course he"s delighted to experience something new.

Considering how many loops he"s been through, I can guess that much.

As a subordinate, I want to try to make Orsted"s daily life merrier.

And we"ve gotten sidetracked, haven"t we?

Back to the topic, children, Roxy also gave birth.

On that day, there was a heavy snowstorm.

The office had not yet been completed.

Orsted was waiting on me when I returned from a successful mission.

It"s not uncommon that the president meets people directly.

At that time the office only had one room, and I also needed to give a report to Orsted.

Orsted, after finis.h.i.+ng his own tasks, often has plenty of downtime until the next task.

When I was reporting in as usual that day, he said.

[Isn"t it about time?]

First thing he said.

What"s about time?

That"s obvious.

Because I was also quite anxious during work.

I did not think that I would say this to Orsted, but... I am also a father, so I said [I will give my report later], and left the office immediately.

When I was in the street, I ran through the snow like a snow plow and returned home.

After returning Roxy was in her last month of pregnancy.

I was there just before she gave birth.

If I waited two days, I wouldn"t have made it back in time for when she give birth.

"Yeah, Rudi...I wonder if it"s alright, I wonder if I"ll really be able to give birth."

When I got home, Roxy had a worried expression.

Repeating again and again, she asked, [Will it be be all right? It might be impossible], with a pale face. I did not let go of her hand.

During the time when mother Zenith gave birth to me as well, I"m sure it was that kind of feeling.

During that time all I was thinking was, [Roxy really is the worrying type.]

- But, Roxy"s worries ended up right on the money.

It was a difficult birth.

The baby"s shoulder got caught.

It must be a the so-called shoulder dystocia. [5]

I do not know the cause, but it could be because of Roxy"s small body.

She was in the normal birthing age of Migurudo tribe, but because the child is a half-blood child who has a big body, it was like she was giving birth at an early age given the size ratio.

It was more than likely because I"m the father and human.

Roxy ... was in a dangerous state for both mother and child.

But, the worst did not happen.

Lilia"s skills and experience in this matter are very high and Aisha is a genius.

With me bringing in midwife and Doctor-san through the heavy snow, the party a.s.sembled was perfect.

Aisha had experience as midwife from the time with Lucy and settled Roxy down.

Her birth was dealt with smoothly, with no complications.

As for Roxy"s child, she gave birth to a girl. Safely.

We didn"t have to give a C-section, and both the child and mother survived.

She gave birth safely.

The one who was born is a girl.

She was slightly bigger compared to Lucy when she was born.

It"s not like she was fat, but she has a fearless look.

Who does she resemble..?

[Her eyes are like Roxy, her mouth is just like Rudi], according to Sylphy.

Maybe that fearless look is a mix of Roxy and me.

Well, if you"re a child between Roxy and I, you have nothing to fear.

"It was a girl .......so her name is Lara."

She was named Lara.

Lara Greyrat.

We found out that she has the same hair color as Roxy soon after her birth.

She had beautiful blue colored hair.

It is the color that can be called the symbol of Migurudo race.

Seeing that, Sylphy and Roxy both made a complicated face.

I did not know why they made such a face at first.

Roxy"s hair color is gorgeous, and Lara is a girl.

You will definitely become a cute girl when you grow up, trust me.

Sylphy then told me why--she might be bullied because her hair color is different.

This city is mixed with a large number of various races other than human; however, most of the population is still human, after all.

If her looks differ from the human race considerably then she might be bullied.

Whether her original hair color might cause problems for Lara, such as whether or not she is bullied, I don"t know yet; however, I believe that she will always have love from her family.

As a side note, Elinalise also gave birth along with Roxy.

Probably because she"s used to it, hers went without a hitch.

According to Cliff, I heard that his child will be [Born Soon!], but the next time I met Elinalise she had already recovered from giving birth and had her slender body back.

She is a veteran at childbirth.

Her experiences in it is on a whole different level.

Well, the first child of the Grimoire family was a boy, who was named Clive.

Clive Grimoire.

Elinalise was very pleased, [I gave you an heir!]

Heirs.

I don"t think only boys can be heirs.

Lara and Lucy can too.

If they want to follow my footsteps and help Orsted, I won"t stop them.

Also the curse didn"t seem to work on them.

But, there is one person who is inspired by Elinalise"s words.

It"s Eris.

She was often going to work with me until then.

Like a part timer of Orsted Corporation?

By my side, as my vanguard, my sword, she cut through all the insects standing in my way.

But in response to Elinalise words, she said [Next is my turn!] and proceeded to suck me dry, even when we"re at work.

As long as there is an opportunity, she won"t let it go and goes commando immediately on me. (!)

I ... my maiden heart got crushed, but let"s not talk about that.

No matter what, maybe bad luck, but she wasn"t blessed with a child.

Eris felt really troubled about this.

I often found her talking with Sylphy night after night after I got home.

She didn"t want her insecurity known to me, so I won"t give the details of the conversation, but I might have heard some dreadful remark such as [...maybe I need to do it more often].

Anymore than this... I won"t survive with that much of a nosebleed.

Even though I thought that, it"s a husband"s job to help his wife overcome her insecurity.

With that thought, I gave my best.

Using all of my knowledge that I"ve acc.u.mulated, from the basic knowledge to Ougis[6], whether changing her diet, or having her do some kind of training, I tried everything in my power in order to ease her worries.

Well... I would be lying if I said I didn"t enjoy it.

I heard my mother, Zenith, also suffered from infertility for a period of time.

Father must have worked hard to ease that worry once.

Doing your best every night.

And that"s how Norn was born, who"s currently diligantly attending school.

... Let"s talk about Norn another time.

Our efforts bore fruit, and Eris got pregnant safely.

The next month, she toned down her training level.

It looks like her intense training every day was the main cause of her infertility.

When one trains hard, it"s harder to get pregnant.

But if the child is strong, she could get pregnant, but in Eris"s case her training was far more intense than normal training.

Even if the egg already fertilized, if it"s not implanted, it"s the same as nothing happening.

That"s why Eris took a maternity leave.

Even though she can"t come with me to work, she"s still happy.

While stroking her already swollen belly Eris smiles happily while muttering [Mufufu].

As the only one who knows her since she was young, I can tell you it"s her true feeling.

Somehow ...... Eris looks like she has become respectable.

The late Sauros-sama and Philip-sama, I wonder if you are sobbing happily on the other side right now.

I learned of Eris"s pregnancy about one month ago.

She"s 4 months pregnant now.

If she seems to be quiet these days, it"s partly due to morning sickness.

When I came back from the next job, she already entered her fifth month pregnancy.

She might start training hard again once it reached stable period. It worries me.

I"ve sent a letter to Ghyslaine the moment I found out.

Ghyslaine would be very busy now because Asura"s king, who was on sick bed for a long time, pa.s.sed away.

Ariel will become Queen soon.

First Prince Gravell tried for his last stand, but that"s already futile.

It"s not likely Ariel will lose to him.

However, with that kind of rival, Ghyslaine won"t have any free time for the next 2-3 years.

After Eris"s child is born, we will try to visit Asura Kingdom.

By the way, Eris only thought of boy"s names for her child.

So, I decided to think up a girl"s name in secret.

Whether it"s a girl or boy, as long as the child is healthy, I"m good with it.

So that"s the wives and children.

Family life, training, and work.

Besides lacking time for my children, it has been a fulfilling life everyday.

Finally.

It is about Zenith-Okaasan"s memory.

There are still no signs of it returning.

At some point her emotions stopped improving as well.

She almost didn"t speak a word.

I tried asking Orsted about her, but didn"t find any clues to a cure.

If even he didn"t know... then I can"t think of any way to heal her.

Well, maybe this is the first loop for Orsted where Zenith became an invalid, so he doesn"t know.

Maybe some Magic ItemsImbued products exists that can cure her.

I won"t give up, I will definitely find a way to cure her.

Anyway, I think for now we"ll just be taking it step-by-step without worrying too much.

Dad, once, in Holy Kingdom of Milis, you scolded me.

That I"m ditching my mother and more worried about other women.

Although I didn"t intend to, please forgive me, with my current situation for now I have to defer her again.

I will do everything I can.

Sincerely yours,

--- -

And with that I closed my diary like usual.

Rather than a diary entry, more like a letter addressed to no one.

However, by writing these things, there are days when I got a sudden motivation from it.

With such strong motivation, I could move my body better.

"All right, let"s go"

Feeling motivated today, I stood up, and went ahead toward the magic circle.

My work begins.

Angelique Karentail, nicknamed Ange.

She was born in a small village in the west edge of the Kingdom of Dragon King, close to the jungle.

Her parents were pharmacists. Ange was raised to become one as well.

Before she reached adulthood, her parents died in a magic beast"s [Goblin] attack, but that"s not unusual in a village like this.

After finis.h.i.+ng their funeral, with the villagers" help, and overcoming her sadness for their death, she took over her family home and business.

Ange has one person whom she could call a close friend.

Fam Haindora.

A hunter born and raised, she is both Ange"s companion and guard. Her mother caught a disease that infects only adults, and her father was killed by a goblin [7], along with Ange"s parents, when they went in the forest together to collect medicine for her.

In other words, Fam"s father couldn"t protect Ange"s parents.

Thus, Fam feels indebted to Ange.

Once upon a time, Ange also begrudged Fam.

But after some conflict, it was settled.

Now, this duo of best friends is known to everyone in the village.

Like that, these two people will be 20 years old this year.

"Oh... I wonder if there isn"t a good man somewhere."

Muttered Fam.

Skillfully removing fur from her vest, and leather pants. [8]

Wearing thick leather boots, carrying a long bow and quiver of arrows at the shoulder, and machetes on the waist.

She is dressed like a bandit, and looks dirty. But, overall, it can be said that she is a beautiful woman with well-defined features.

"At least, he won"t be in a place like this."

Ange answered.

She"s a pharmacist, but she wears leather pants so she could move easier.

There was also a knife strapped on her waist, and an adze as well.

If there was a very large difference between these two girls, it was that Ange carries a large basket.

The basket"s contents were a variety of nuts and medicinal herbs, which were arranged orderly and took about half of the basket"s total volume.

These two girls, now inside the forest.

They"re harvesting medicine supplies for Ange"s pharmacy.

"Well, he has to be rich, handsome, but naive, and a bit awkward in company of women. The kind that blushes full bloom from holding hands."

"Just an average guy for me. He doesn"t need to be rich, as long as he"s nice and normal."

"Ange, you have no dream!"

"Fam, let"s look at reality."

In the village inhabited by these two girls, there is no such young man like in Fam"s description.

It"s not like there is none at all, but most of them are already married.

Millis devotees are not so much in number in that village.

But having more than one wife is prohibited by law, other than the village chief of course.

The current chief is almost 50, and already has five wives.

He won"t get married again.

"Also in reality, and If I get married, maybe it"s with Dochin."

Dochin son of the Village chief, 20-years-old, he"s the same age as these girls.

However, he"s already married to his fiancee who was selected since their birth. He also already has an heir.

There is also a rumor that he will become village chief soon.

If that happened, he could marry his second wife.

According to the village tradition, when someone is appointed to become village chief, he must choose his second wife and marry her.

It"s the talk of the village on who will be his number two right now.

For that man, there are plenty of unmarried maidens to choose from.

"Well, Dochin probably won"t choose me."

"Fam was always bullying Dochin when we were young."

"No, what if he selects me to exact his revenge? And bullied me at night?"

"I don"t think so Fam, I think Dochin is still scared of you."

Because they"re from the same generation, they often played and hung out together from a young age.

There were seven of them, and Fam is a bully child from their age.

At the time, Fam often made Dochin cry.

Ange thought she would end up marrying one of them some day, but unfortunately that didn"t happen.

From those seven childhood friends, three of them left the village, leaving only three women and Dochin as a lone bachelor in their generation.

Dochin then married his fiancée, so Fam and Ange ended up as leftovers.

"But, I think Ange has a chance, since you"re so cute."

"Well, I won"t. Cause I"m the only pharmacist in the village. I can"t work if I married the chief. It would just cause trouble for the village."

"No ...... you will somehow manage it, and has some remembrance about his time " [9]

"I hope you are right, ha-ha-ha-ha."

And, Ange said that with a laugh.

But, the truth was she was thinking about something else entirely.

(I wonder ... that ...... a Prince, won"t come and take me as his wife, huh?)

Although Ange told her close friend to look at reality,

When she was a child, she heard such a story from the bard, and longing for it.

It is a story of a little adventurer with blue hair.[10]

She was journeying alone as an adventurer from Millis continent to all over the Central Continent, becoming an A rank adventurer in no time.

That story made her young heart race.

But still, at that time it was just a simplistic story from the other side of the world.

But it"s no longer just a fantasy, it happened 10 years ago.

A certain adventurer appeared in the village vicinity 10 years ago.

On the way leaving the forest, she tried to reach West Port.

That adventurer stopped at Ange"s village.

A small adventurer with blue hair.

She was just like how the bard described about her.

It was in that moment that the other side of the world, the story became reality.

She stayed overnight in the village, and told the 10 year old Ange at that time about her adventures.

It"s not a fantasy story product from someone"s delusion, it was a real story.

Fam"s eyes shone when she heard her story about her fight against the boss of the Labyrinth.

Ange"s heart was racing when she heard the part of [Entering a Labyrinth searching for a cool man] was the purpose for her adventure.

The adventurer succeeded in capturing the labyrinth but still failed to fulfill her purpose, that story never-the-less left a great impression in Ange"s heart.

From that day after she heard the story onward, Ange had some kind of admiration for adventurers.

Sometimes, her head was full of such longing of delusional encounters.

She was in a pinch from being suddenly attacked by a demon, suddenly a prince gallantly appears to her aid. And to that person, she offered herself as a form of grat.i.tude.

(Kya!)

And, it"s where her delusion come to an end in agony.

The longing is just longing.

A delusion is just a delusion.

There was no way such a convenient thing will occur, and Ange knows about that.

Delusions about such marriage is only a pipe dream.

Mere fantasy.

The Ange now was only looking properly at reality.

5 years ago, she felt the feeling of sadness and loneliness from losing her parents, and she hated those feelings.

"Ange be careful, we"re entering that guy"s territory."

"Yeah, I know."

They have come to a cave in the deepest part of the forest. Ange places her basket by her feet.

This time, these two girls came to this cave in search for material for a certain medicine in this cave.

A disease called Iburi Disease, which as become an epidemic in the area. The main ingredient for the cure is inside this cave.

"It cannot be helped, if it"s for Dochin."

"Yeah."

Currently, the son of Village chief Dochin was infected by Iburi Disease.

The Iburi Disease, it"s a disease that spreads all over the body and will cause certain death, if the patient didn"t drink the medicine within 10 days.

However, there is a sure way to cure it, that was by using intermediate detoxification magic, and it"s not contagious.

From this view, it is a disease which isn"t dangerous in most of the world"s cities.

But, this deadly disease is feared in a remote area like the village where Ange lives.

Because it takes at least ten days to travel to the nearest city, where an intermediate detoxification magician could be found.

Their childhood friend and future village chief, Dochin, is inflicted with such a disease.

For that matter, this same disease is also the one which caused Fam and Ange"s parents" deaths.

Fam"s mother was also infected by Iburi disease,

In an attempt to cure it, Ange"s parents and Fam"s father entered the forest to search for its medicine.... and perished.

It is a disease that caused these two girl"s relations.h.i.+p to become closer.

And that accursed disease is now sinking its poisoned fangs into their childhood friend.

"......"

Carefully, the two girls take each of their steps.

The ingredient for the medicine is a flower that only blooms at the foot of this cliff.

They don"t need a lot to make a single portion.

Just five or six petals.

With that amount, it"s enough for one person.

"...... Gulp" [11]

These two girls gulp when they reached the clearing.

The gap between the trees suddenly cleared, and they come out in a place that look like a plaza.

There in front of them, a high cliff.

With blue flowers blooming at its base.

"...Gasp!"

Even while looking at the beautiful sight, their expressions didn"t relax one bit.

Ange quickly went to the flowers and tore a handful of petals with her trembling hand.

The next moment.

"GroaaaaaaaaRRRRRRRRRRR!!"

A thunderous roar could be heard.

"Ange, run away!"

Fam cried.

However, Ange"s feet were already frozen the moment she heard that roar.

"Ange! Hurry!"

While she grabbed her long bow and an arrow from her quiver, Fam yelled at Ange.

"!"

It appeared on top of the cliff.

A Giant lizard with purple-red skin, at least ten meters in length.

Master of the forest.

Iburi Lizard.

That reptile has no wings, so it"s similar to the giant lizard inhabiting Begaritto Continent.

So why is the lizard, called [Iburi] Lizard?

Because near the area where that lizard lives, Iburi Disease always spreads.

And because the flower necessary to cure Iburi Disease is only found within its territory.

Because of this a group of scholars came up with a theory,

They said that the Iburi Lizard is spreading the Iburi Disease.

By spreading Iburi disease, their prey will come to pick the flower to cure the disease.

But, that truth has yet to be confirmed.

Regardless, this village has been haunted by this lizard and the Iburi Disease for the past five years.

Ange"s parents, Fam"s father...

Everyone has been killed by this guy.

"AAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGHHHHHHH!"

Fam shouted to strengthen herself, and fires her arrow.

That arrow flew and stuck itself on the scales of the Lizard with a [Ting!] sound.

In that moment, Iburi lizard also made its move.

It ran down the cliff at a tremendous speed like a gecko.

It looks like Fam"s arrow didn"t have any effect on it.

"Ange, please get up! Run! "

With Fam"s voice, Ange stood up at last.

But she didn"t run away immediately, she was indecisive.

Such impatience tangled Ange"s legs.

She finally turned around and ran.

Seeing that, Fam also turned to make her escape.

However, it was already too late.

"GuuuAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"

"A Gyaa A~a~a~a!"

The thin Iburi Lizard caught up to Fam at a tremendous speed, with its chaotic movements and sharp teeth it cornered Fam and glared.

The Iburi Lizard grabbed Fam in its mouth and lifted her like a doll, she was swung about while screaming in a way not befitting a young girl, and was thrown back towards the cliff into the bed of flowers.

Ange was looking at that.

Her eyes reflected Fam being thrown through the air.

She saw Fam"s desperate face.

In that moment she hesitated.

She had thought to help her best friend.

Then when she noticed it, the Iburi Lizard was already in front of her.

"Ah"

I will die.

Ange realized this.

Someone would come to save her at the last minute.

Sometimes she has such delusions.

A delusion is only a delusion.

While in fact, there is no way someone will come to her rescue right now.

At this moment, she will die.

That was reality.

So surely, everything after that moment must have been a dream.

Suddenly, the Iburi Lizard was blown off to the side.

"What?"

Ange did not understand the scene in front of her.

Suddenly, the monster that almost killed her, changed its direction.

Suddenly, the body of that giant lizard flew off in an impossible direction.

"GRRRRR...."

With its blood spilling from its mouth, the Iburi Lizard frantically looked in the direction of whatever had managed to blow it away.

Ange also looked in that direction.

Standing there, a man.

Wearing a dark grey robe, fluttering with the wind, with a black armor hidden below.

In his left hand he carried some kind of tube.

With his dazzling brown hair dancing in the wind, he walked toward the Iburi Lizard.

"GrAAAAAAAAWWWWW!"

The moment it saw that man, Iburi Lizard opened its jaw and rushed at that man.

Huge fangs approached that man, but he faced it calmly.

The man was bitten without mercy - that was what Ange predicted.

However, the man was alive.

The man, he caught the Iburi Lizard"s head.

He stopped the giant Iburi Lizard"s movement with one hand.

Then, as if in slow motion, he directed his left hand at Iburi Lizard head.

"Shotgun Trigger!"

Next, something fired from the tube.

Seeing that, Ange didn"t know what just happened.

But she concluded that it fired something at very high speed.

After Ange"s point-of-view, it was over in a flash,

Because the Iburi Lizard"s head has already vanished from this world.

"......"

Its head exploded into a million pieces, the long neck that was caught in that explosion"s momentum caused the Iburi Lizard"s body to fall backward.

It lands with a sound too faint for its size.

An unbelievable sight.

However, bright red blood continued to flow from its severed neck.

"Whew..."

While sighing, the man aimed his right hand to the lizard corpse.

Then, the body of Iburi Lizard burst into flames in an instant.

Sounds of oil crackling and the smell of burning flesh filled the air.

Then, the man turned towards Ange.

With the fire raging behind him, as if nothing happened to that man, he opened his mouth.

"You .... are Angelique Karentail right?"

"Heh?"

He suddenly said that with such a goofy voice.

"Or, Miss Fam Haindora?"

How did you know my name?

Ange wants to say, but the words won"t come out. Still in a daze, she shakes her head. Ange noticed that they"re staring at each other.

"I came to help."

Hearing those words from that man in grey robe, Ange"s heart started beating loudly.

The man called himself Rudeus Greyrat.

While casting skeptical gazes at Ange"s unquenchable throbbing chest, he applied healing magic to Fam who was treated in an instant.

Although Fam"s consciousness didn"t return immediately, even injuries such as broken bones, her leg that was almost torn, and purple bruises on her skin were immediately healed.

He explained that he had been asked to come here by a certain person to help Ange, but he didn"t reveal this much about his request.

Also, Ange has no idea about who could have asked him to come to help her.

"Regardless of what has happened, it was good that I just barely came in time this time."

"Ah ... Right!"

Rudeus is walking through the forest while piggybacking Fam.

Ange is following with her basket of flowers and herbs.

While walking, she is frequently worrying about her appearance.

(No doubt about it my hair is disheveled, my clothes also covered with mud, maybe ...... Yeah, my face looks so dirty. Oh.....what must I do about it? Is my appearance a mess?)

She was blus.h.i.+ng every time Rudeus turned around, and turned to hide herself.

It seems Rudeus didn"t mind such att.i.tude.

Rather, it"s like he convinced himself to not look at her face.

Without looking back, they walk in silence.

He looks back once a while, but it"s really only once in a while.

Ange wanted to see Rudeus"s face more.

(Ee~r, what can I do? Soon we will arrive at the village. And then he will be treated like a hero. Defeating the Lizard, he saved the village. What should I do, if that happens I"m sure, it won"t be possible to talk to him ...)

And then, Ange saw Fam"s figure piggybacking on Rudeus and burned it into her eyes.

Her ample bosom is successfully pressed against Rudeus"s back.

Seeing that, Ange felt a little jealous with her.

"Eh, well, Rudeus-san!"

"Yes, what?"

Rudeus looking back at her remaining expressionless, and Ange riding on that momentum.

"About, Fam! Isn"t she heavy?"

"It"s all right"

"Eh, but you"ve already been carrying her since a while ago, don"t you feel tired?"

"No, I always train myself, so this level of activity won"t make me tired."

Saying so, while rolled-up his robe Rudeus showed her his upper arm.

Although his biceps was not visible because of his black armor, for some reason while watching it Ange was impressed by the words of [After all, I"m always training myself.]

Then Rudeus struck his hands with pop.

"Oh, yeah. I"m sorry I"m not being considerate."

"What?"

(What, What, did you notice it?)

And, Ange"s eyes turned into black and white.

Rudeus said that with a smile while showing his s.h.i.+ning white teeth.

"Say, Angelique-san I"m a bit tired. Shall we take a short break?"

By the way, his teeth s.h.i.+ning is only Ange"s delusion.

"Oh.... Yeah, I"m sorry and thank you very much for your hard work, please take a rest... and please just call me Ange by all means!"

"Ange... Okay."

Rudeus, slowly put Fam down, then sat himself on a fallen tree.

That fallen tree has a V-form shape.

To Rudeus it was obvious that he was only being friendly, sitting opposite Ange.

But, as for Ange, she thought...

This is a chance, and now is the only time.

(Eit!)

As it is, Ange sat down next to Rudeus.

"...!"

Ange could feel that Rudeus was a little startled.

(I wonder ... if it feels unpleasant?)

She takes a glance at his face.

Rudeus had an indifferent face.

But, his expression didn"t look like he dislikes it.

He is just confused.

From what Ange guessed, and from her lips an excuse leaks immediately.

"Su, about this I"m sorry, I was scared. Well, even now I"m still scared, let me sit beside you!"

"Oh!... Yeah, if that"s what you mean."

Ride on the momentum.

Ange was going all-out.

To the end the holy war.

"Oh, and thank you very much."

"No, it"s fine because it"s my job."

Though Rudeus"s att.i.tude looked unfriendly, his eyes swam right and left overlooking Ange.

Ange followed his line of sight.

She"s wondering, what he sees.

Around her neck, her clothes are unb.u.t.toned and her chest is exposed.

"!"

In an effort to hide it in the moment, Ange hugged herself with her own hands.

It seems that Ange"s attempt to be not interrupted.

Is already going beyond the horizon.

"...!"

Ange tried to cuddle next to Rudeus.

But as she tried to get closer, each time Rudeus would move a bit away.

In the end, Rudeus was cornered at the end of the fallen tree and Ange pressed up against his arm.

"That, Rudeus-san..."

"What a... Is it..."

When she could feel Rudeus"s line of sight focused on her chest, Ange swallowed.

Her size isn"t as big as Fam.

But it"s definitely greater than the average size in the village, she often receives s.e.xual hara.s.sment like [Ange-chan, won"t you bring me medicine from the valley of your breast?] from middle aged men.

It was a tool that only made fun of inside the village.

A part of Ange had cursed it, but...

This was a weapon now.

"I said, even if its work but the fact that you saved my life didn"t change, I"m truly grateful for that."

"Errr~... You"re welcome."

"If, after this, we go back to the village, as long as you didn"t immediately go back you can come to my house...and I will give you something as thank you present."

"No, I can"t do that. Because my next job is already waiting for me there."

Her plan failed, but Ange didn"t give up.

This is because Ange was determined to make it to the far end of the journey, to the Eternal City.

"So, that is, well then, at least please let me give my grat.i.tude, but I don"t have anything....except for my body."

Even while feeling her face becoming red, Ange"s arms that crossed around her body to cover her chest.

...then opening her arms that covered her chest, Rudeus"s eyes were immediately glued there.

And then Rudeus suddenly stood up.

"Oh... Rudeus-san?"

"Surprise attack, my chronic disease is almost acting up, I need my medicine!"

While he said that, his line of sight was still glued to Ange"s chest.

But, hearing the word medicine, Ange came back to her senses a little.

She is a pharmacist.

She had thought that if the man in front of her had a chronic disease, her actions might be triggered it to act up.

"Oh, I am a pharmacist! If it"s medicine, I could mix it after we"ve arrived at my home."

"No need to worry, because I brought some with me."

After giving such a vague answer, Rudeus reached inside his armor...

And took something out, wrapped in a white cloth.

Seeing that, rather than a love affair, Ange was more excited by the medicine.

Could it be some kind of recidivistic disease?

Rudeus is a powerful warrior.

He has strong stamina[12], which makes it possible for him to travel while wearing an armor capable of taking the Iburi Lizard"s attacks head on.

In spite of that, he can also use healing magic.

Had applied advanced level Healing magic to Fam.

She often heard that Healing magic and Detoxification magic are learned as a set.

Thus perhaps, he is also familiar with detoxification magic.

Afflicted with a chronic disease without any cure, he seemed to be a person right out of a legend.

He himself didn"t know how to cure his disease, and journeyed the world searching for a cure.

"Is that the drug... for your treatment?"

"Yeah, well, it"s something like that."

But despite saying that, Rudeus took the edges of the cloth and spread it.

At first Ange had thought that the medicine would fall, and motioned to catch it...

But nothing fell, not pills nor powdered medicine.

Other than that cloth, nothing was to be seen.

So, where is the medicine?

A strange thing caught Ange"s attention and caused her to look up as she thought that.

It was pantsu.[13]

Rudeus is holding pantsu.

According to its size, it"s from an adult woman.

When did...?

Eh.

Why.

The... The cloth that was wrapping the medicine until a little while ago...

No, that is the cloth from a little while ago.

That cloth he was holding was pantsu.

What?

Why?

"...? ...?"

"Whew...."

While Ange cast her confused gaze at Rudeus, he.... was taking a deep breath.

He buried his face against the pantsu.

"Su~tsu~u~u ｰｰｰｰ ...... ~Haaa~~ ~~!"

He exhaled a deep breath.

"Suha, bad habit, bad habit, Suwa"

As he said that he continued to take breath after breath...

Smelling and smelling, sometimes he snorted.

He was completely mesmerized by the pantsu.

"......"

At that sight, Ange was terrified.

The scene made cold sweat run down her back, she could not move nor make a sound.

She was perfectly still, she couldn"t do anything but look on in horror at Rudeus.

"Whew......"

Rudeus finally ended his bizarre ritual five minutes later.

"O G.o.d, I give my thanks to you!"

After saying that, while posing like a devotee praying to their G.o.d, he folded the pantsu neatly and return them to his bosom.

"......"

Ange didn"t know how to respond, the only thing that could escape her mouth was a [pacpac] sound.

Her wit could not keep up with the current situation.

She thought this was her chance, then suddenly the pantsu came out and...

She could not comprehend what just happened.

"After all, the holy relic is limited use only."

But, only one fact came to her.

Rudeus"s behavior just now had smashed her delusions to pieces.

Yes, Ange"s love at first sight shattered instantly.

"Well, what was it Ange-san?"

"......I, I, it"s nothing..."

She woke up from her dream.

Then, Ange returned to the village unceremoniously.

Before they entered the village, Rudeus entrusted Fam to Ange.

"Because I won"t make a stop at the village, I will excuse myself here."

"...... Yes ...... Yes"

Hearing his words, Ange could only nod her head in reply.

That bizarre scene still burned strongly in her mind.

"Now, take care."

Then suddenly... he stopped as if he remembered something. Rudeus stopped walking and turned around to face Ange.

He looked back.

"Oh, well Ange-san didn"t you mention about a reward before."

Hearing his words, a chill ran down Ange"s spine.

Thank you.

Yeah.

When she considers it, he did indeed save her life.

She can"t refuse if it"s his request.

No matter how much she wants to run away from the physiologically disgusting man in front of her...

Ange is not that ungrateful to that level.

"Eh, uh... so, I"m troubled that, you want my pantsu too?"

"No, I don"t need that. But, I need you to do something."

"And, what do you want me to do?"

(Oh, What should I do. It must be something amazingly kinky.)

Ange"s resolute face turned pale.

"......"

While scratching the back of his head after seeing Ange"s reaction and muttering [Well, what do I say...], Rudeus took something out of his backpack.

A picture book along with a doll.

"Then, Ange-san, please read this book to your children when they"re born. Please read this picture book to them and tell them that the Supard race isn"t like the Iburi."[14]

"Pardon me? Huh? Supe?"

"This is the Supard race."

"Supard race..."

After hearing those absurdly strange words, Ange"s eyes went black and white.

"At the end of the book there is a table that shows you how to read the characters, so it could be used to teach your children to read. Just that, thank you."

After saying that Rudeus placed the book and the doll in Ange"s hands and left.

In Ange"s hands sat a green haired Magic race doll and a picture book.

Just from the look of that Supard race doll, she felt terrified.

It"s incredibly detailed and painted with vivid colors.

It seems like it could come to life at any moment.

The image of the terrible demon.

There was an impulse that made her want to throw it away on the spot.

However, the fact that it"s a request from someone who saved her life made her reconsider.

"... Let me see?"

Supard race.

She never met them, but she knew about them.

The Supard race she knew was just as frightening as the Iburi.

When she was a child, if she was doing something bad, her parents would threaten her by saying she would be eaten by a Supard.

Was there really another story that the Supard race weren"t bad guys?

(Why such a thing...)

Ange, not knowing what to do about such a strange request, pinched the doll"s head.

"Oh..."

Then the doll"s hair came off.

Now in Ange"s hands was a warrior holding a spear with a rugged face.

"Cool."

Seeing that, Ange laughed.

She didn"t know what his intention was.

But, it"s what the person who saved her life requested.

Let"s do as he asked.

That was Ange"s decision.

A few years later.

By curing Dochin from the Iburi Disease, Ange was chosen as his second wife when he became the village chief.

Dochin is an ordinary man, but he is a hard worker to the point that it isn"t even funny.

However, he is not a pervert.

While feeling grateful for that fact, Ange raised their children while reading that picture book for them.

Over time, the story from the picture book became a staple for the children in the village. The story of the bald warrior from the Supard race carrying out justice. Later it spread through the neighboring villages...

But... That"s for another time.

[Next story notice]

Rudeus that barely escaped from the temptation of cheating.

He who was exhausted both physically and mentally finally arrived at home.

But Eris"s selfishness immediately hit Rudeus who came home seeking some healing from his daughter!

Next time episode 192 of unemployed reincarnation

"Borrowed Cat"

- Tyrant does not return, what he borrowed.[15]

I finished work safely this time around.

Rescuing the hunter Fam Haindora that was supposed to die in that forest.

When I heard the details on the mission, I thought it would be an easy job.

Healing the village chief"s son with Detoxification magic, and getting rid of that fake dragon in the forest.

It"s very easy.

What I didn"t know was that Fam was already inside the forest.

I finally managed to catch up with them after anxiously chasing after them, but Fam was almost dead.

That was dangerous.

When I got to her, she was already unconscious which caused me to break into a cold sweat.

While carrying her on my back, I continuously used healing magic on her.

At the same time, Ange the pharmacist was with Fam.

She was also dangerous.

Too voluptuous. That girl was certainly a femme fatale.

One misstep and I might have pushed her down.

It would have been instant death had I not brought with me the replica of the Divine Relic[16] just in case.

Of course, I wanted to bring the original that is still enshrined in the altar, but there was no choice. If the other party were to ask for it back, I don"t have any choice but to return it. So this was the only option.

"Whew..."

Anyway, I better get back home quickly.

Go home and pat my daughter"s head.

Eat rice cooked by Aisha for dinner during the evening, and do erotic things with my wives once the night is out.

It wouldn"t be an exaggeration to say it"s my raison d"etre.

It is also no exaggeration to say that in my every day life, I"m going back home only for that.

While I was thinking of these things, I arrived at my house.

As I approached the entrance gates, the Beet"s branches suddenly moved and the door was opened for me.

Since when can it do that? I wonder if it"s an automatic door now.

Meh.

Jirou the Armadillo was not in his bed. Maybe he"s still with Roxy at school.

Zenith was enjoying her lunch in the garden, while Lilia was airing the laundry.

Upon seeing me, Lilia lowered her head and went inside the house.

"I"m home." [17]

"Oh, it"s the voice of my brother! Welcome home,[18] Onii-chan! Sorry, your sister is a little bit busy now to welcome you, but at least I could say Welcome back!"

I heard that voice from the bas.e.m.e.nt.

That is Aisha"s voice.

"I hear you."

What was Aisha doing?

I wonder if she is organizing her fertilizer?

"Welcome back Rudi."

While I was thinking of that, Sylphy came towards me from the living room.

Behind her is Lucy, following her like a baby duck.

"I"m home Sylphy... this time I feel so tired."

"Thank you for your hard work."

Sylphy took my robe, then she cleaned it making *papapa* sounds with the duster and hung it with a hanger.

By the way, the Magic Armor was left at the office.

Besides the entrance, I installed a large mirror. I"m looking like a young man that just entered society in this world.

But, the me today was quite tired.

I feel like a salaryman that just came home from work.

"Papa, welcome back"

And when I looked at myself in the mirror, Lucy welcomed me.

Her hair color is bright brown, and she looks dignified.

She"s almost three years old now and her face is handsome like an elf infant.

Her ears are shorter than her mother"s, but she looks very similar to Sylphy in her childhood.

Just like that, she stood there quietly, and welcomed me.

Oh!

Papa, Welcome back!

Aaa!

"Lucy~~ ~~ I"m home!"

When I tried to give her a hug, she suddenly ran away and hid herself behind Sylphy.

She is glaring at me with vigilance.

Shock!

Oh, do I look that dangerous?sob*

"Come on, Lucy"

"Nooooo~~ ~~"

Sylphy scolded Lucy and held her hand towards me.

I caught it immediately.

Lucy"s hand was very small, and warm.

Sylphy is right, her body temperature is higher than normal.

Maybe because she is a bit thin.

Or, was it a characteristic of the elf race?

Oh? Nope, Lucy-Tan, huh, huh ...... Chu-chu, just give Papa a welcome kiss on the cheek, Uhehe.

"Noo, it"s scratchy!"

She hurriedly avoided me when I tried to give her some kisses.

Come to think of it, I did not shave at work.

Regret regret.

Anyway, though I"m a bit reluctant, I will stop for now.

Yeah, I don"t want to force her when she doesn"t want to.

I don"t want her to hate me.

When I put Lucy down, she immediately ran pit-patting towards the dining room, fleeing from me.

Did she really hate me so much?

(´・ω・`).[19]

"Sheesh, that Lucy..."

Sylphy sighed while posing with her hand at her hip.

But, compared to before, I think Lucy was beginning to open herself up to me.

She already could call me Daddy, and no longer made a [Who is this guy?] kind of face.

I feel that there is still a little distance... but, it can"t be helped.

"Ah..."

For now, in order to regain the warmth that I lost, I embraced Sylphy.

Kissing her, and groping her b.u.t.t while doing so.

"Really, Rudi..."

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