Year 7442, Month 4, Day 17
When I"m waiting in front of "Dakkuluton" the two of them quickly appeared.
"Yo, Al, thanks for today."
"Really, thanks for the meal."
"Yeah, It"s fine. Let"s enter?"
While talking we enter the door of the restaurant. Just as expected of a high-cla.s.s restaurant enough for Kuro to be surprised, even though it"s already afternoon
they don"t leave the door open. After opening the heavy Oak door and there"s a carpet right away, the restaurant is lit up by lighting magic tools. The brightness
isn"t set very high but rather a refined slightly dim light. After telling the clerk at the counter near the entrance that I have a reservation and the young 20
something clerk said courteously.
"Customer, the clothing that they are wearing is, um.."
Kuro and Mary"s facial expressions change. My expression changes as well. Ah, it"s true that while Mary and Kuro"s appearance isn"t unclean, but they"re clothes are
ONLY not dirty. The frayed sleeves stand out, the collar of the shirt is stretched out. Even the cuffs are like the head of a worn-out mop. Mary is using rubber
sandals and Kuro isn"t even wearing anything. He"s barefoot. I guess it can"t helped being that it was mentioned.
However, there was a dress code? I didn"t know. It"s true there"s character to a restaurant, and clothes that match the place are necessary. But, I"ve reserved a
private room today. Since we won"t be seen by other customers, I wonder if he"ll let us go?
"Al, umm...we"re fine."
Wait just a second.
"Ah, umm, I"ve reserved a private room so we shouldn"t attract the attention of other customers, is it no good?"
"I"m very sorry, it"s the rules of this establishment, I can"t do anything..."
"Don"t say such stiff things, how about it?"
I put some silver coins into the clerks hand. If this doesn"t work then I"ll have to use my heirloom treasure sword, the Marquis Webdos plate I received from
sister-in-law. Even in the worst case I don"t want her to know I used it for something as insignificant as this though. However, in any world bribes, no, gratuity
works. After the clerk confirms the silver coins I handed him and,
"It"s special for just today."
Said that and let us go. Fu~ Good.
"He says it"s fine. Let"s go."
I say after looking at the two of them and they followed right after me. We were shown through the store the private room but there wasn"t a single customer at a
table in the restaurant. Since it"s not dinner, I guess this is about right for a high-cla.s.s restaurant. However, the last time I came I was too excited since it
was the night before I was on my own, I didn"t pay much attention but it"s really a high-cla.s.s restaurant. The s.p.a.ce between the tables is extremely comfortable and
those tables themselves are high-quality goods. Come to think of it both the table and the chairs are made of wooden but the surfaces are properly processed and
they"ve been plastered with varnish or something so they shine. There"s no tablecloths that cover the tables but there"s something like a luncheon mat at every
table, and u
nusually there"s knives and forks all present. This is bad~ I should have confirmed the fees.
I"m sure it"ll be fine though.
After entering a private room in the back and the table in the room was large enough for 8 people to comfortably fit and there was something like a decorative plant
in the corner of the room, in the middle of the table there was also some flowers. The walls have a white wallpaper like thing just like the halls of the restaurant.
Lighting magic tools are set on the roof of the four corners of the room and are giving off a soft light. I immediately take a seat and Kuro and Mary line up sitting
across from me.
"It seems that for the menu you can only choose today"s course so let"s order drinks. What would be good?"
"Uah~ W..Wi..Is it fine to ask for fine?"
"Really, relax a little bit, I want wine as well."
"Then, I guess I"ll ask for a bottle of wine to match the course."
I get up from my seat and ring the small bell on a stool near the entrance. When I came last time I saw them call the bellboy with this.
The boy quickly appeared with a knock so I ordered wine for three that matches the course today. Ah, don"t worry about it, there"s no brands like in modern day
Earth. There"s nothing but red, white, and rose. There"s no foaming wine either.
"Thanks for coming today. Now then, before the food comes I want to explain a bit of the reason I asked you to come today. Is it fine?"
Both of them quietly nod.
"No matter what I didn"t want anyone to interfere with the conversation today. That"s why I made it a restaurant with a private room and being cautious just in case
I"m going to do the entire conversation in j.a.panese. You get why right, I want to exchange information about the reincarnation. If there"s some personal
circ.u.mstances that you don"t want to talk about then I don"t mind."
The two of them are still paying attention to me. Their faces are considerably serious.
"Then I"ll start things off. Once again my name is Alan Greed. In j.a.pan my name was Kawasaki Takeo. I was 45 years old when I died. I was a Salesperson for a
Foodstuff company. I was married but unfortunately I didn"t have any kids. In Orth I was born in Bakkudo village and until the other day I had never left the
village. In order to become independent I left the village aiming to be an adventurer, ah, no, I am an adventurer. I think you already know about G.o.d, but I met G.o.d
quite a while ago, when I was still a baby."
"Eeh.."
"While you were still a baby.."
The two of them are surprised. Well, since you can"t meet it unless you manage to level up. Depending on your Unique Ability then it"s possible it could take quite a
while, and G.o.d said that among the reincarnated people I was the third one so I was probably one of the faster ones I"m sure.
"First off, try using Status Open on me."
I say that and stretch my right hand across the table. Mary and Kuro quickly touched my right hand and said {Status Open}.
"..You"ve already done, magic training."
"..Amazing! You can use all types of magic?"
Almost simultaneously they both raise their voices. It seems that even reincarnated people can"t see Unique Abilities. Also, level as well. I"m a bit relieved. After
all the red character portion can"t be seen by anyone but the person them self. With this I can say the things I"ve been planning to for a while.
"You already know right? My Unique Ability is Magic Acquisition."
I said a huge lie. However, if we end up working together from here on out the fact that I"m good at magic will quickly be exposed, and anyone with slightly good
intuition will quickly realize the fact that I have a lot of mana. Rather it would be more difficult trying to hide my magic. Even if we don"t start working together
I"m sure the fact that I"m skilled at magic will eventually be exposed, but if I say it like this then it shouldn"t cause any damage.
"During the naming ceremony when I learned Status Open I was amazed. After that I quickly started my own method of training magic. My magic special skill leveled up
quickly and I was able to meet G.o.d."
Kuro gulps down some saliva. Mary is still surprised it seems.
"Well, since that"s the case I"m considerably skilled in regards to magic. I think I should be able to use it as well as any magician."
At that moment, the door was knocked, and the boy carries in an ice pale with the wine and some water. A different boy brings in the wine gla.s.s and a basket with the
tableware. The wine gla.s.s is thick gla.s.s with a green tint, something which is considerably expensive in Orth. I wait for the boys to return and I take out the wine
out from the decanter in the ice pale and pour some wine in everyone"s gla.s.s, then do a toast. I could have sworn that the wine would come out in a bottle.
"Going back to the conversation. Since that was the case I met G.o.d when I was still a baby. I"ll talk about the information I was able to confirm at that time.
You"re interested right?"
The two of them nod.
"I think I talked about the level up bonus the other day. That time you guys said the only thing that you have that levels up is your Unique Ability right?"
The two of them nod again.
"That"s a mistake. According to what I heard there"s at least three types of level up. Depending on your way of thinking you could say two as well."
This time the two of them are making a confused face.
"First, you know that there"s skills other than Unique Abilities right?"
"Yeah, of course. Small magic and magic right?"
"After that is the skills that non-humans are born with."
It seems that they know, obviously though.
"Among those pretty much the only ones with a level are magic. Since magic is a skill just the same as Unique Abilities you could think of them as the same type, so
there"s one more type of level. Do you know it?"
The two of them think for a bit but quickly shake their heads.
"For convenience sake I call it the body level. The two of you, at some day, some moment have you ever felt your body suddenly feel lighter?"
"Hmn, I don"t know."
"Me too, I don"t know."
"I see, but, according to G.o.d it exists. It seems that if you gain experience through jobs, training, practice, and combat this body level goes up. I"ve experienced
my body getting lighter countless times. Since I had heard something like that existed from G.o.d I"ve never skipped out on sword training since I was an infant."
"Body level huh, it"s almost like an {RPG}.. Uwa, how many years has it been since I said the words {RPG}..."
"What"s an {RPG}?"
"It"s an abbreviation for {Role-playing game}. Like Dragon Quest or FF, don"t you know? Those."
"Ah, video games huh. I know the name but I"ve never played them. My son got absorbed into it but, Pokemon I think it was."
"I"m not familiar with them as well but I don"t think Kuro"s understanding is far off. Since I used to play the Famikon {NES} and those sorts of old ones. And, Kuro,
try to remember back to it. There"s level ups in those sorts of games right? What happens when you level up?"
When Kuro was talking to Mary he was surprised that I suddenly interrupted but immediately replied.
"Your abilities grow and you get stronger. Depending on the t.i.tle or what game you"re playing you might learn now techniques or incantations but fundamentally you
get physically stronger. Strength goes up, speed goes up, and stamina and mana increase..Ah."
"It seems you"ve realized. That"s right. It seems that when you level up it"s the same in Orth. However, it seems that it"s a very minuscule thing but supposedly we
reincarnated people have a higher degree of growth. Though since there"s no way to confirm the body level I don"t know for sure."
"He~ You heard that from G.o.d?"
Mary curiously asks.
"Yeah, that"s right. According to G.o.d the growth rate of us reincarnated people is three times that of the people of Orth. It seems that this is the level up bonus
we get."
While the two of them are quiet I continue talking.
"Just as you know, 39 people died in that accident an reincarnated in Orth. And it seems that in the order we met G.o.d I was the third one. Before I met G.o.d two other
people already had. And G.o.d said that one of those had already died by the time I met it. Other than that seven people, in total eight people, were supposedly
already died by the time I met G.o.d."
"E..Eight people died while still a baby.."
"Since medicine isn"t developed it"s understandable that a lot of babies die soon but...it"s still terrible."
The two of the are surprised.
"Yeah, it"s a terrible story. I forget the exact causes of death but starvation, disease, and what was it after that...I forget."
"That seems possible."
"Putting aside starvation, disease is possible."
The two of them are making unusually understanding faces while nodding and Kruo says.
"I"m sure there"s starvation as well. It doesn"t happen very often in the Marquis territory but when I was still a kid I heard that the development of wheat was bad
and a lot of people died from starvation in another territory."
He~ I didn"t know about that.
"Yeah, that sounds possible. It"s just my thinking, but I think that the Marquis territory is considerably blessed. The climate is good and there"s not much trouble
with water. Since the area of flatland is considerably high it should be one of the tremendously blessed places in Orth. I don"t know much about other territories so
it"s just my image though."
After I say that Kuro agrees with my opinion.
"I see..Since I"ve always been in Keel I don"t know much about farming villages.."
Mary said.
"And then. In other words that would mean that there"s only 31 j.a.panese left in Orth for the time being. There might be people who died after I met G.o.d as well.. I
think it"s possible that there"s a lot less."
After I said that far, Kuro says.
"Wait just a minute. The two of us have already exchanged information. We knew from that but the amount of time we had to ask questions from G.o.d was only one minute.
Al, you, why do you know so much?"
Huh? One minute?
"One minute you say? It was close to 20 minutes for me? It was to the point where it said that the time is decided so in order to not waste any time I should ask
things quickly."
"Eh? You had 20 minutes?"
Mary said surprised. Kuro is looking suspiciously at me. Somehow this is bad, is what I thought but I can"t helping something I"ve already said. Just when I was
about to open my mouth there was a knock on the door, after replying the boy carried in the food.
Until the food was finished being carried in and lined up on the table we quietly waited. I effectively use the short time I earned to think but since I had already
planned to talk about things truthfully to some extent I should just continue as planned from here. After the boys leave the room I start talking.
"That"s right, I had close to 20 minutes. I don"t know the reason. At first I asked about things related to me or that I can"t return anymore and about my wife that
I left behind but since I was afraid of wasting any time I started to gather information. Thanks to that I found out several important pieces of information. Though
you might already know."
"I"m interested in the important information, but Al, sorry I don"t have any guarantee that you"re just trying to deceive us "Kuro, stop doubting him so much. Why
don"t we listen to Al"s story first? It"s not like we"ve just lived without thinking about anything until now right? I think it"s better to decide if what we hear is
the truth or a lie ourselves.""
"But you know, doesn"t it suck to be tricked? I hate being ticked."
After all Kuro is a kid. I guess he only sees the surface.
"..What do you want to do? Should I stop?"
"No, please continue. I"m interested."
"I understand. There"s several things but first off about the culture of this world. I think you already have realized but in Earth it would be about the 7th century
to the 15th century, and in terms of AD it would be the era from 600 AD to 1400 AD it seems. Even then the Kingdom of Rombert is considerably high on that ranking in
Orth. As far as I know in terms of farm work, fishing, forestry are at best 10-12 century. Manufacturing and production are about the same but these might even be as
low as 7-10 century. Though when it comes to just woodwork if you look at this table you"ll know but it might be even further. However, if you look at the stalls in
Keel and the service industry might be close to the highest level. The political structure is also pretty high since while it"s feudalistic with n.o.ble rankings the
bureaucratic mechanisms are done properly. Going off of my feel for it, it might be a bit past the 15th century. Of course, it"s still the 7th century in some weird
places. Since I can"t remember much from world history that I learned in the past I can"t say too much. Just think of it as a probably."
"I guess so. I agree with that."
Kuro is listening to the conversation while eating the thick soup and soft white breast.
"But, the military level is considerably poor compared to that, I think it"s probably not past 10th century. Since there"s knights and a knight group, if you just
look at that then it seems to be 14-15 century or maybe even greater, but I still think it"s about that. I came to this conclusion based on gathering information
from various sources along with what I heard from G.o.d."
"From other sources...Ah, since you"re a n.o.ble, you might know various things we don"t know."
"That might be the case. Since my father is a viscount I"ve heard a reasonable amount about the war with the Kingdom of Devas and since my brother retired from the
knight group and returned to the house I"ve heard various stories. My sister-in-law is the granddaughter of Marquis Webdos as well so I was able to hear some things
about the n.o.ble rankings that were good references. Well, if there"s anything strange then ask as I get there. It"s not like I know everything myself."
"I"m envious of guys with such leeway. I had to give it my best just to eat so I didn"t have that much free time."
This guy...he"s gotten quite rebellious. I wonder if Kuro was born in a rich house in j.a.pan and his friends were like this as well? No, I should stop thinking with
prejudices. I"m sure it"s just an inferiority complex because he had an unfortunate upbringing. He said he was born as a serf after all.
"Well, don"t say things like that. It can"t be helped. It"s like I"m the one in the wrong. Is it fine if I continue?"
"Yeah, of course. Kuro, stop doing that already."
"After that is, I guess so. The plants and animals. It seems they fundamentally have the same characteristics as Earth. However, there"s a lot that"s different as
well. The distribution is all over the place as well. It"s not a plant or animal but no matter how you look at it there was no volcano near my village but there was
sulfur. There"s also a lot of plants and animals that didn"t exist on Earth. It"s probably safer to just use the knowledge from Earth as a reference point. If
anything I think that the animals have the biggest difference from the ones on Earth. G.o.d said that the foundations of evolution are fundamentally different. A good
example of this is monsters. They"re someone that definitely wasn"t on Earth. There"s a lot of monsters that come out in legends and myths, literally all over the
place. And non-humans as well."
"That"s right, I remember being surprised about that as well. Kuro, what about you?"
"I wasn"t actually all that surprised..I knew about it from novels and manga after all. And games as well. All of the characters of the monsters that appear are the
same as those as well. Non-humans are as well. They were the same. They are slightly different but it"s roughly the same as a monster with the same name coming out
in a different game. I thought of it as a difference at that level."
I see, I"m jealous of that. I was troubled over how many unexpected things there were without that sort of knowledge.
"Next is the dates and seasons. There"s 24 hours in one day. This is supposedly the same as Earth. But, one week is 6 days. One month is 5 weeks and 30 days. One
year is 12 months and 360 days. You already know this right?"
"Yeah, though it was mostly just that I thought it was probably 24 hours in 1 day. I know that much."
"Me too."
Well, I guess that"s only obvious. It would be inconvenient if you didn"t know.
"After that is magic. For this it would probably be faster to ask how much you guys know first."
I finally start eating my soup. Just as it looks it"s a soup with a deep flavor. There"s a lot of stock and it"s already at the level of one step before becoming
stew. It"s good.
"It"s a special skill where Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, and Void all have levels. Due to something related to mana amount you start training with it once you become an
adult and those with talent can use it. It"s said to be roughly one in ten. That"s why magicians aren"t uncommon but in order to use it practically you need at least
level 2 and in order to get it that far you have to train a bit. It seems that Free People and commoners with a high skill level of magic become adventurers or enter
the army."
"I see, anything else?"
"If you combine magics you can get effects like in games. There"s also names like, {Flame Arrow} and {Wind Cutter}. Also, there"s a healing type where you speak an
incantation to recover injuries. However, they"re all not that much different. In the past I"ve seen {Flame Arrow} used but the speed was about as fast as you can
throw a stone, and if you miss that"s it, if it"s an adult then unless it hits a bad spot you can"t defeat them so easily."
"Yeah, anything else?"
"I guess so, other than that is... I"ve heard that you can control the elements that you"ve made. Not the stuff that already existed but only the stuff that you
create."
"After that is.. there"s various troublesome things if you use magic too much and run out of mana, I guess. I don"t know what happens though. I"ve never seen it
after all."
"I see. It"s somewhat correct until now. However, there"s several things that are incorrect and several things that aren"t sufficient. Things in relation to magic is
knowledge that comes from my experience. That"s why it"s probably not perfectly correct but even then I know a lot more than that. Then I"ll tell you the things I
know about magic."
I pick up some of the relishes that came out with the soup. What is this? It"s an unusual flavor but it"s good.
"First off, you said that you have no experience of running out of mana from overusing magic. Is that the case for both of you?"
"Neither of us can use magic. Want to check our Status?"
After saying that Mary stretches out her left hand. Kuro stretched his hand out as well. While stopping that I said.
"Yeah, Status is fine later. I understand, I"ll have to digress a bit but listen to what I say. You guys said you met G.o.d when your Unique Ability leveled up right.
I"m the same but at the start when you use your Unique Ability don"t you get tired?"
"I did."
"That"s right."
The two of them respond simultaneously.
"When did the two of you meet G.o.d?"
"When I was 8 years old."
Kuro said.
"I think it was when I was 5 or 6 years old."
Mary said.
"I see, after that have you ever gotten tired or noticed a change in your body from overusing your Unique Ability?"
"Just at first. Since I would immediately start to feel tired or feel hungry I only used it once a day or so."
"I also started to be careful using it after I noticed that I would get tired from overusing it, so it was just in the period after I first started using my Unique
Ability."
"That"s running out of mana. If you overuse magic you get symptoms similar to that. By the way, as far as I"ve a.n.a.lyzed, when you run out of mana the desire that
adapts to the situation you"re in is the one that you become most unable to control. Primarily the three great desires of humans. Hunger, sleep, and s.e.xual desire.
According to what you said since it was when you were still kids first off is the desire to sleep. If it"s when you"re a bit hungry then your appet.i.te will
completely come out and you"ll find it difficult to endure. When it comes to your age right now then s.e.xual desire might come out as well."
Both of them were dumbfounded.
"In other words, the usage of your Unique Ability and mana are in a close relationship. Unique Abilities aren"t magic but they use mana. Since I"ve tested this out
quite a bit I"m pretty sure it"s true. For a short while after I use my Unique Ability Magic Acquisition it becomes considerably easy to learn magic. I kept record
of the number of times I could use magic without using my Unique Ability at all and after I used my Unique Ability so I had quite a bit of trouble a.n.a.lyzing
things."
After saying that I drink the soup with a indifferent face and eat some of the oeuvres.
Kuro seems to be nodding as he opens his mouth.
"I see. I get it know. My Unique Ability is.. it"s embarra.s.sing but the so-called Charm. I can Charm the opposite s.e.x, Human women. It"s kind of like a love drug. If
I use this Unique Ability then for a short while after that I can make the woman"s feelings directed towards me. It"s no good against different races and men it
seems. I don"t know for sure since I"ve never tested it though. Ah, of course I"ve never used it on Mary as well. Let alone that, I haven"t used it at all recently.
In order to use Charm there"s some procedures I have to follow but I had G.o.d teach me that...aa, I see, G.o.d came out that time because my body level had gone up!
Since I was too happy I must not have heard it. Sorry, Al. I doubted you."
Hmph, so he has enough discretion to recognize his own mistakes and apologize for them.
I felt a bit of admiration. I just nodded as if to say not to worry about it.
Mary was quietly listening to what Kuro said but since it seemed that Kuro reached the end of talking about his Unique Ability, Mary started to talk.
"My Unique Ability is Resistance, there"s Poison in the parentheses. In the past when I was cutting a fish that had poison I stabbed my finger on it"s fin that was
the first time I used my Unique Ability. Up until then I didn"t know how to use it. It"s not like I could try drinking poison after all and I couldn"t get my hands
on poison. After that I trained it by stabbing my finger with the poison fin. Now it"s level 8 and most poisons don"t work on me."
She properly looked at my eyes while talking. There"s no poison in the food here so relax. However, Resistance (Poison) is somehow amazing. Since there"s parentheses
there might be something other than poison.
"He~ Both of you have amazing abilities. Charm is amazing and resistance to poison is amazing. Well, putting that aside and returning to the conversation on magic
and while you can"t confirm it in your Status, mana definitely exists. You"re using that as a fuel to materialize magic. Even if you use up your mana if you eat some
food or rest then it"ll recover. Even if you don"t use it all up and a bit is remaining it will slowly recover as well. That"s about it regarding mana."
At that time, there was another knock and the boy carried in some food. It seems to be some sea food. There"s a boiled fish that I"ve never seen before. It looks
delicious.
After the three of us enjoyed the food for a bit, I started talking again.
"There"s five types of magic but if you generally cla.s.sify it then there"s three types. Water and earth quite literally create those elements. The amount you can
create is based on the level of the magic of those elements. It"s also possible to reduce them. If you were to try and make even more of the element then if you put
more mana into it, it"s possible but it"s inefficient. If you just use these two types of magic on their own then you create water or dirt and that"s the end. Ah,
the water tastes bad but it"s safe to drink. I think it"s probably pure water. The dirt you can make is a fixed dirt quality as well. I"ve never tried using it in
fields so I don"t know what kind of effect it might have. I don"t there would be any probably?"
The two of them are focused on me.
"Next is fire and wind. Fire magic level you control the temperature in an area based on the level of your magic. It"s possible to raise the temperature and the
opposite of lowering it is also possible. I use it in combination with water magic the most. If you use it on its own without thinking then fire comes out. I think
it"s probably burning some flammable gas in the atmosphere but I don"t know for sure. The composition of the air in Orth might be different from the air on Earth."
It seems they were a bit surprised at my guess.
"Wind is also a bit different. If you use on its own then you create air. And quite a bit I think. Even if you inhale this air it"s not something bad for you. But,
you might hurt your lungs or throat if you use it for breathing for too long. Since it doesn"t seem like there would probably be any moisture included in this air.
Wind magic is the same as fire magic in that you use it in combination with other magics a lot."
I guess they"ve already gotten used to my unexpected story so the two of them are nodding to themselves.
"Lastly is void magic but this is the most important. It"s mostly used to apply some sort of power to the elements you"ve created with elemental magic. Firing off,
changing shape, or controlling. It"s also possible to use it on its own. Since it"s the magic you use the most even if it"s a magician that can use several types of
elemental magic the level of their void magic is almost always the highest."
"He~ The magician adventurer that I did jobs with for a bit in the past didn"t teach me that much. By the way, Al, how do you do magic training? There"s a possibility
that I could be able to use it as well right?"
Kuro"s eyes are sparkling. It seems that Mary is hoping for it the same as Kuro. I guess that"s only obvious. Since you can"t use magic on Earth. I know those
feelings.
"Yeah, I"ll teach you later. It"s nothing particularly hard. Between the method my mother taught me and the normal method, which would be better? The result is
probably the same for both. The method my mother taught me is probably more difficult but you might understand the result right away. I think there"s a bit of time
required to get used to the normal method.. I guess about one week or so but it"s probably not difficult."
"Either way is fine. I want to try both methods."
"Me too."
The two of them are leaning towards me.
"That"s why I said later. I still have a bit more to talk about in regards to magic. And like I just said, it"s common for magic to be used as a combination of
various types of magic. Since the applications are limited with using a single type. For example, using fire and water magic to make ice. I"m sure the ice that"s
cooling this wine down was made with ice magic."
After I say that the two of them were looking at the ice pale. The rough rock ice has already mostly melted. I take the decanter out of the ice pale and put my left
hand above it then made a bit of ice. After the palm of my left hand shines with a bit of blue light some rock ice like ice falls into the ice pale and splashes
water in it around. I return the decanter to the ice pale before opening my mouth again.
"Just like this you make ice. Just now was an example of using fire and water magic. I didn"t use void magic. If I use the appropriate void magic along with them I
can make the ice sharp and shoot it and I can make not just ice but hot water and take a shower as well. Depending on the combinations and your imagination the
applicable uses get quite a bit wider."
After saying that I eat the boiled fish again. This is delicious.
"My story is about that much. After that I want to hear what you guys have to say."
The two of them exchange glances but Kuro nods and looks at me. It seems that Kuro is going to talk first.
"Just like we said, we only had one minute to ask questions. In my case I was only able to ask how to use my Unique Ability and it ended. It seems to be the same for
Mary. Sorry, but I don"t think we have much useful information that we can tell you."
I somehow had that sort of feeling but it really was just that much. I guess it can"t be helped. If they had some more important information about Orth then I
honestly doubt they would be living here like this after all. If you just are aware of the fact that leveling up exists then you definitely know when it happens
after that. And after that you should be able to recognize a lot of things. I guess you could say the fact that the two of them are still low level is a valid point
itself.
Depending on how they train these two can become much stronger than a normal person. There"s no better person than this for my first comrades. However, since both of
them have an occupation and Mary is living with her family. On top of that they both are prejudiced towards adventurers. I wonder how I should go about it.
"I see, don"t worry about it the two of you. I"m not worried about it after all. Well, isn"t it good luck that we were able to get to know other j.a.panese? It"s
valuable to all of us with just that I"m sure."
There"s another knock and the boy carries in more food. It seems to be a meat dish this time. There"s a mysterious sauce on top of a saute of pork. I"ve stopped
using Identify on food so often since I came to Keel. Since the surprise disappears. I"ll use identify after I eat it. Ah, of course if it"s obviously rotting or
suspicious then I"m obviously still using identify though.
"It helps that you"re willing to say that. We don"t have much of any information about Orth. That"s why about the only things we could tell Al are about the society
in Keel or the common sense of a city."
"No, just that is helpful. I"m estranged from those sorts of things. That"s why it helps a lot."
Even if the appearance of the two of them is worn-out they skillfully use the knife and fork to cut the pork saute and bring it to their mouths. You can feel that
they"ve lived in modern society from that area.
"Now then, I still have two more things to talk about. First off is regarding adventurers. Do the two of you have any intention of partying up with me as
adventurers?"
After looking at the faces of the both of them and they were both looking at me with awkward expressions.
"Al, since I was aiming to be an adventurer in the past and have tried it for a bit so I know, but only a small handful of amazing guys can properly earn as it. I
know that you can use magic but I doubt you can match up with monsters. Ah, don"t take what I said the wrong way. Since I"ve seen monsters in the past as well but
those are the lukewarm things like in RPGs. They seriously come at you to kill. You have to always take them on with your full ability. If they come at you in
succession then you"ll eventually run out of mana right? I know several guys who were killed by fighting monsters with that much confidence."
"That"s right, and Kuro can use the sword a bit but I can"t fight. I haven"t used any blades other than a kitchen knife. I have a family and I can"t leave alone the
restaurant. I said it the other day but there"s no way to succeed as an adventurer. It"s better to search for a job and live normally."
The two of them say various objections. Yeah, I expected that.
"I already get that it"s difficult being an adventurer. I have no intentionally of forcing you, since I don"t have any authority to do so after all. However, I want
comrades I can trust. Monsters... Speaking honestly in regards to monsters, I"ve fought and defeated every type of monster in the surroundings of my home town. I"ve
killed four Horned Bear up until now. Putting aside Horned Bears, if it"s Kobolds, Goblins, Hobgolbins, Brown Slime, Giant Leech, or Green Crocodiles, then at that
level even if they come at me in groups of a bit more than ten then I can annihilate them all myself. I have that much experience fighting."
After the two of them made a dumbfounded expression from hearing my story they immediately said, "Don"t lie" just like before. It"s not like it"s necessary for them
to believe my achievements just from talking but I decided to keep talking.
"Well putting that aside, even though I"ve reincarnated, even if the 14 year old I am in orth says that I know it"s hard to believe. But, that I really want allies,
particularly allies that I can trust is true. It seems that it"s common for an adventurer to buy combat slaves and complete jobs with them. That"s fine as well but I
don"t have any experience using those sorts of slaves myself so I thought it would be unlikely to get lucky enough to get my hands on a slave I can really trust. In
the first place, I have a bit of mental rejection towards buying and selling slaves as well. Ah, obviously, it"s not like I want to use you two as a subst.i.tute for
slaves. Believe me on that."
"I wouldn"t particularly think something like that. If you really have the strength you say then there should be plenty of people who want to be your ally. And if
you"re that strong isn"t it fine alone?"
"That"s right. We want to go without getting involved with that sort of world as much as possible. I know it"s weird coming from that"s an exclusive escort for a
caravan though. The company that I"m working for just does round-trips to safe places. But if you"re really that strong then.."
"Wait just a minute, Kuro."
Mary talks to Kuro worried about him.
"Ah, sorry. But if he"s really that strong then shouldn"t he be able to become top cla.s.s in Keel right away?"
Kuro apologizes as if to parry what Mary said, it seems he has some admiration for it.
I guess I"ll leave this topic around here. I bite into the saute while saying.
"Then let"s stop with this conversation for now. Finally is about Begulu. Did Kuro hear why I was searching for Begulu?"
"Yeah, I heard from Mary yesterday. I also heard that it might not be the Begulu I know about as well."
"I see, as a matter of fact yesterday I tried going to a shop called Janlud. I used quite a bit of time but I was able to take a look at Begulu"s face. There"s two
of them. Since I don"t know which one is the one I"m searching for I didn"t try talking to them and they didn"t try to make contact with me as well."
They two of them flinched after hearing what I said but quickly calmed down. Kuro stands up from his seat and slowly lifts his shirt. There"s a celluloid like large
burn scar on his stomach. After Kuro saw that my facial color changed he showed me his back. When I"m eating such delicious food don"t show me such weird things.
"This is the literal branding that was done to me when I left Begulu"s group. It"s horrible right? I thought I was going to die when it was done. I had all my money
stolen from the healer old man as well. Do you understand why we don"t want to get involved with that guy?"
Yeah, I know.
Mary is looking worried up at Kruo while holding the knife and fork.
"How cruel. So you had something like that done to you.."
I said it with pity.
"Yeah, I won"t say anything bad. I think it"s better for you to avoid getting involved with him."
"I see now. I get it well. However, I won"t stop following Begulu. No matter what if I don"t find and kill him there"s a person that can"t sleep in peace after all.
Ah, I"m sorry for saying something like killing. Of course, I think it might not be the two I saw yesterday. Just, even if it was just one of the two of them I
intend to do it. And I think I can probably manage it after all."
Mary sighs and looks at me as she opens her mouth.
"Al, it"s good that you have confidence but you know. Begulu"s group is really unreasonable. Even the knight group has their hands full dealing with them."
"I see, come to think of it there was no proof of their crimes right... I don"t know if the one I"m looking for is one of them or maybe someone different but I think
it"s only a matter of time before that"ll become obvious. If it"s one of them, then I"ll definitely kill them. It"s best if I can wait for them to be alone before
killing but if they never are alone then I"ll kill them both at once. I should know that probably within another three weeks or so."
Since I was saying I would definitely kill them with a serious face it seems that Mary got scared. Kuro says to Mary to try and help her relax, "It"s not like Al is
saying we have to get involved with it right" and said to me "It would be good if you can do it. I feel bad for you but I"m hoping that the Begulu you"re searching
for is that Begulu. There"s a lot of people that would be glad if you could do something about that Begulu. I have no intention of helping but even if it"s just
feeling I"ll be rooting for you." Well, he was done something would make him hold a grudge so I guess it"s only obvious.
After leaving the restaurant when we were about to split up I decided to ask something I"ve thought for the past few days.
"Are you guys dating?"
Since they were just looking at each other without confirming or denying it I gave them a pack of older brother"s present as a gift. Neither of them knew what it was
at first but Mary quickly realized and violently threw it back at me while saying "We"re still 14 years old!".
Ku...she treated the crystallization of us siblings so roughly.