Chapter 94
Chapter 40 - (Chapter 94): Party
Year 7442, Month 10, Day 25
Hmn, there"s no particular problem with telling them about it. There"s no problem but there is a problem. I wonder if I"ll be told it"s unrealistic and laughed at? Will I be told I"m like a child and looked down on? If as a result of that they were to leave at the same time the contract ends then...Ah, I guess they can"t cut the contract from their end huh? Though you know~ Even though I finally made acquaintances of them, and they"re reincarnated people I"ve made into my subordinates. But, there"s no way to completely see through the other sides personality and what they"re actually thinking in this short period of time. I"m sure that"s the same for them as well. I wonder what they could know about me in just a matter of a few months?
I"m not such a fool to believe in illusions like if you hold deep interaction with someone then the amount of time it takes is unrelated. Even my parents who cared so much for me, they listened to and accepted my dream but didn"t sympathize with it. I already understand that my dream is that close to being something absurd. However, if I were to talk to them here while they don"t worry about me as much as my parents did then let alone sympathize I can only imagine that they might not even try to accept it so it"s difficult to tell them about it.
However, someday I"ll definitely have to tell them and it"s my true feelings that if possible I want them to sympathize and cooperate with me on it. From here on out I need to gather even more people but the majority of them should be following me because I"ve offering them something to their advantage. Though it would be more unusual to hope for loyalty greater than the compensation given from the start.
Although, I"m not G.o.d or anything like that, so I"m not so arrogant that I think I could manage over everything all on my own. If I can"t do it myself then trusted retainers are necessary. The problem is whether or not they could pledge loyalty to me in some meanings greater than compensation to me. I don"t think I have anything that could captivate their hearts. Of course, my encounter with both of them took the form of coming to their rescure so I"m sure they at least feel a favor towards me. There is right? If there isn"t then I would cry from the start.
I"m paying them plenty of compensation and not putting them through a lifestyle where they"re especially troubled by anything. I"m sure the way I treat them isn"t all that bad as well. I don"t think I"ve dealt with them unreasonably like a slave even once. Therefore, I want to think that they at least feel a debt of grat.i.tude towards me. But, something like loyalty is completely different from that. Since I"ve gained some amount of information from them you could say we"ve both benefited each other but even in that case I should have paid even more.
I thought about it for a bit.
"I guess so..Honestly speaking, I don"t mind telling you. But, if I tell you then you might scorn me, or at least it"s my true feelings that I"m afraid of that happening."
After I said that and Bel opened her mouth.
"Al-san. I just said it but can you really not trust us as that much?"
"It"s a bit different from whether or not I can trust you. It was only a few months but we"ve eaten meals out of the same pot. I trust you two. However, it"s different from that. That"s right, it might digress a bit but listen to this. Bel, how do you feel about your parents and siblings?"
She was a bit confused when I suddenly brought her parents and family into
it so Bel was a bit lost at words but responded.
"Eh? My parents? I think the Koloil family was probably an average sub-Baron family on Orth. It wasn"t all that wealthy but there was nothing I troubled about in my life. And I knew that I was loved as I was raised. But..I wonder ..I feel like they aren"t my real parents somehow as well. I obviously feel the grat.i.tude towards them for raising me and I can boast that I love my parents and siblings as well but..In the end, in order to search for him I left the house.
Obviously, when I first brought it up they were against it. I think my parents probably wanted me to remain in the village and marry one of the squires or else marry me to the child of a different villages lord. I understand that. Since I understand that they were trying to send their daughter off into a stable lifestyle. However..no matter what I want to find him. I must find him."
Well going off what I"ve seen of her so far it"s pretty much exactly the answer I had guessed.
"I see, Ralpha, what about you? What do you think about Zenom? Ah, if you don"t want to say it then you don"t need to force yourself."
"I"ve always wondered about it but, why do you only refer to me as "omae"? It doesn"t really matter though. Zenom is...after all my father. I was a high school student before I reincarnated but my parents weren"t in the house very often, and honestly speaking I have a weak impression of them. Was it imprinting? That thing with chicks do where they mistake the first moving thing they see as their parents. I wonder if it"s like that? Ever since I realized I was reborn I was always by Zenom"s side and he protected me. There were countless dangerous times. Even then Zenom raised me without abandoning me. It"s true we might not be true parent and child but we"ve already been together for countless years, and we"re completely family."
Well, I figured it was like that.
"I see. However, in regards to your treatment, put your hand on your chest and think carefully~ You"re too cheeky. And Bel is much cuter as well. It"s only obvious to treat you two differently~ Also, if it doesn"t particularly matter then don"t say it in the first place. Be quiet, that part of you is why you"re such a child."
Since this girl says everything she thinks bluntly. In particular to just me. In some meanings you could say she"s similar to Mill.
"Ha...What the, Al, you think Bel is cute? You like her? How unfortunate~ Bel has a boyfriend~ Bel"s chest belongs to her boyfriend~"
Th..This brat...I can"t help but feeling like I want to punch that smile which p.i.s.ses me off. Calm down, my right arm.
"Yeah, Bel is cute right? Unlike you she doesn"t say smart-a.s.s things after all. Also, even if someone of your level doesn"t say it over and over I already know she has a boyfriend. Ah, Bel don"t be bothered over it. Since this girl is an idiot "Fufu...I understand. Doesn"t Al-san probably not think of me as anything more than like an ally or subordinate? I can tell that much. I"m sure Ral isn"t saying it seriously as well."
Right. It"s true that Bel"s chest is worth paying attention to but she"s about average for the Rabbit-people race and not all that unusual for her race. Though it"s plenty strange for the sensations of a j.a.panese. But, I haven"t been caught up in being conscious of Bel"s chest. It"s not that I"m not interested. Rather I am. However, I also know that no j.a.panese women would feel good about attention paid to their chest.
"Well, ignoring something like Ralpha. And, in regards to the matter I just heard about but I like my parents and siblings. I lived together with them until the spring of this year but it"s true I have indebted to them but the feelings of love are stronger than something like that. One of the few things that I felt was good about reincarnating was that my family had increased.
However, my current parents on Orth and my parents on Earth I don"t feel like there"s any difference between them at all inside of myself, might be putting it too extreme. It might not feel the same for you two but when I reincarnated I was 45. In comparison to that my parents at that time were both in their 20s. At first I saw them both as brats. They were both considerably younger than me after all. But, after living together with them and having them care for me I naturally started to be able to respect them. It might have been because I saw the hardships up close to a degree which would have been impossible on Earth."
I use my tough will that"s like steel to hold back my right arm that feels like it would go on a rampage at any moment while looking at the two of them and continuing my words.
"Bel, it"s strange to say this but listen without getting angry. You left your house because your boyfriend was more important than your parents. Is that wrong? It"s not wrong right. No, it"s fine. It"s only obvious in some ways. Even my parents on Earth were important to me but my wife was more important than that. It"s an extreme example but if I were told to choose between them I"m sure I would at least worry over it but in the end I would pick my wife. It"s the same as that.
However, I want you to calmly think about this without feelings. Which of them truly understands things about you more? If you were to commit a terrible mistake, who will cover for you? It"s just for example but even if I were to soak my hands in a far too trivial crime there"s a possibility my wife would lose patience with me and it"s even possible I would be given a letter of divorce, but even if I was mistaken I"m sure my parents would scold and slap me but in the end I think they"d cover for me."
The two of them are thinking at my words. I don"t want to hear their response so I continue.
"Returning the conversation. When I left my house I told my family about my goal. They listened without making fun of me. Probably, I don"t think they sympathized with me but they accepted me, and gave me permission saying to steadily keep with it. I think that was because they had the deep love that they were trying to understand, recognize, and let me be free. It"s a weird way of putting it but even saying, something like that is impossible, I won"t say anything bad so just do this instead, is love as well. It"s not a matter of which is better. Either way is fine. Just, if they aren"t making fun of it from the bottom of their hearts, then that"s love. I think that way."
The two of them are looking at my eyes.
"..Ralpha, Bel. The two of your are my important subordinates. But...But you know, I don"t think you can listen to my objective, my dream in the same way as my parents without laughing at me. Rather, I think you might end up being fed up with me, or abandon me, I"m afraid of that. I"m sorry to say but as expected I don"t feel the same kind of love from you two as my parents. The two of you don"t feel that way right?
Even the two of you, for example, Bel, even you should have some things you can"t say to your boyfriend, but you could say to your family. Ralpha you"re the same right? I don"t know if you had a boyfriend though it"s fine even if it"s a friend or best friend. There should be something that you can"t tell to him or her but you could tell to your parents or Zenom."
After saying that I looked at Ralpha and then looked at Bel. I don"t know if they understood what I was saying or not but it seems that they"ve digested a bit of it and are nodding.
"And the complete opposite of that is also true. I had things I could tell to my wife but couldn"t tell my parents. But, in that case the weight is difference. In this case, if you were to ask, the stronger reason would be in order to not make my parents worried or feel uneasy. In the end my parents would understand, that"s why I don"t want to let them worry over something like this, or I might end up making them be too careful of certain things is what might be more correct.
Just the same, for example there"s things you can only say between guys and between girls. Even among friends there"s things I could tell this guy but that guy. However, when you"re talking seriously the content you can say and that permissible range is probably the largest to your family who understands you the most."
It seems I gained their agreement. Well, this is different from everyone so I can"t say it"s the same though. The two of them were young before they reincarnated, since it seems they were students, I"m sure they were much more dependent on their parents than me. It seems that Ralpha was estranged from her parents but since she"s not an idiot, I"m sure she has some fixed feelings for her parents.
"The details I just stated is the reason why I still haven"t talked about the dream that I think is ultimate to anyone other than my family...I"m still hesitating at this point...I have the feelings of just going all out and saying it and while on the surface you"ll just agree with or understand it but when I"m not around you"ll make fun of it, those sorts of cowardly feelings are mixing up. Do you understand that this is definitely not a matter of whether or not I trust the two of you? I just said it but even if I tell you there"s no direct harm in it. I understand that you to wouldn"t go recklessly spreading it around as well. I trust in, no believe in you at least that much, but you know.."
When I"m stuck on my words and Ralpha says.
"Hn~ I get what Al wants to say, I think. But, are you thinking about such a weird thing?"
Bel continues saying after Ralpha.
"It"s true, I"m sure there must be things that are difficult to say. But, we"ve discussed it with each for several days already. We"ve occasionally talked about it with Zenom-sam, Zulu, and Maruso as well. Everyone, thought it was strange at first. But, at one point Zenom-said to us. It"s a bit long but please listen. "Since Zulu and Maruso are Al"s slaves we"ll put them aside on this occasion. But, the three of us are nothing more than being hired by Al with money. The same as servants. Servants shouldn"t recklessly step into the heart of their master. However, the two of you aren"t just normal servants. If Al would open up his heart then it might be to a reincarnated person the same as you two. There"s the meeting with Bel as well. I"m sure he"s not the type to definitely become an ally just because they"re a reincarnated person. But, even then doesn"t Al want some allies? I think he wants something close to a family that he can honestly speak to his hearts content. I"m sure Al probably has his own way of thinking and his own disposition and pride as well. If you don"t take that into considerations then not just Al but I"m sure that no one would open their heart up to you." and said that. It"s exactly the same word for word but the meaning is the same."
I see, so Zenom said that.
"We"ve already talked every night for more than three months. It"s usually just Bel and I the two of us, but Zenom, Zulu, and Maruso occasionally join us as well. We"ve thought about various things. We think it"s true that Al wants to earn money. We think this is already clear. But, for what reason? If it was just for living expenses then you"re still a n.o.ble for the most part, if you work seriously then you wouldn"t easily be troubled by anything right? Even the earnings we"re making in the dungeon, aren"t they quite amazing. If it was just the 1st and 2nd floors wouldn"t Al alone be able to earn a tremendous amount of money? I think you could live a life of even more luxury.
Honestly speaking, if we just wanted to go on living I think any of us could go into business or start a restaurant and be able to do a decent job of it. That wasn"t the case in the past but thanks to you we"ve made plenty of source founds after all. If it was just Zenom and I, the two of us then I think we would be plenty to do a small business or store. But you know, I"m sure that what Al is seeking isn"t that sort of, several tens of millions or several hundreds of millions amount right?"
That"s right. It"s in the several tens of billions.
"We tried thinking about various things ourselves. What is it that requires that much money? What is it which is necessary to buy slaves? like that."
"Well, we were able to arrive at several conclusions after thinking like that. 1. Buy a lot of slaves and cultivate some land somewhere then receive official peerage and become a lord. 2. Start an extremely large business. A business that deals between countries. Funds for that business. 3. Save up money and use it for bribes. Use it as money that"s needed to find employment as a government official? in the Kingdom of Rombert. Maybe aiming for the royal court sorcerer? 4. It"s close to 3 but use the power of bribes to enter the knight group and aim to be a knight. If you"re lucky then get picked up by some lord as the leader of a knight group. 5. I"ll become the Pirate King! We think it"s one of those."
1 and 2 are extremely proper but what about 3 and 4? Even if I didn"t do something like that, if it"s me then... Well, it"s fine. And what in the world is 5? It sounds like a phrase I"ve heard somewhere before but. Rather~ wouldn"t the pirate king be a completely flawed famous criminal? No matter where I go in the world I wouldn"t be taken seriously. Though it"s the closest among those right now. Well, it"s closest to 1 and 5 with a bit more added.
"From the story we just from Al-san then putting aside 3 and 4, it doesn"t seem like 1 or 2. Could it be you"ve eaten the rubber fruit? In Bakuddo."
So even Bel can say jokes...
"It can"t be that you"re really aiming to be the pirate king but even if that"s the case I won"t laugh. I already know how strong Al is after all. It"s amazing you can use that much magic. Even after I was able to use magic it"s nothing at all~"
Ralpha, you might be surprisingly..a good person.
"That"s right. Even if we hear Al-san"s objective we definitely won"t laugh or make fun of it. I guarantee that."
Bel as well, thanks. But you know..
"Thanks you two. It"s just like this."
Saying that I lower my head. And,
"But you know, I"m still afraid. A middle-age man at a good age, no I"m already and old man. And you never know what I"m going to say and.."
I"m really grateful for the feelings of the two of them, and happy. They"re the same as me and look like brats but the mental age of both of them should be over 30 already. Yeah? Over 30?
"..Just a moment...Wait just a moment.."
I grab the temple of my head with my right hand and face my left hand towards the two of them while organizing my thoughts.
I"m sure it"s true that my mentality is being pulled somewhat by my physical age. There"s times when I act in ways that are unthinkable for how I originally was as well. During those times I"m acting without feeling it"s unusual but afterwards when I try to organize my actions and the results of that time I notice here and there.
In some ways I even think that my dream of "creating my own country" is something like that. The same age as a middle-school student and an immense amount of mana that I could wield violence with, most likely I"ve already exceeded the special skill levels of that something or other Marquis that is the royal court sorcerer of Rombert Kingdom. Thanks to my unique ability I"ve realized the rules of leveling up and furthermore I"ve made use of that to efficiently earn experience points probably three times that of any other person. Even my growth during level up is greater than the average person, this is three times as well.
Thanks to my magic skills and the immense amount of mana that supports those as long as I can detect the enemy first then it"s not even a struggle inside of the dungeon. If I were to think about doing it seriously then on Orth where there"s no guns or cannons, weapons which can accurately aim from a distance (most likely even if they do exist they can only aim accurately within several dozen meters) then I alone could quite literally wipe out several hundred or depending on the situation an army of around a thousand people. If I just have the time and money then I could hire the skilled blacksmiths and even create something that could be considered large scale weapons of destruction as well.
In this situation I often or always, I don"t know which but (probably, I think, always, is more correct. If that wasn"t the case then it would be hard to explain.) if I have the mentality of a middle school student then it"s understandable that "I want to make my own country". Honestly speaking, when I was in elementary school I looked up to the representative of rising up in the ranks during the Warring States era in j.a.pan, Saito Dosan. Whether it be Oda n.o.bunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Takeda Shingen, or Uesugi Kenshin, in j.a.pan there"s a lot of people who look up to them. Rather, there are good members of society, the managers of organizations, and executives of companies who seriously read the business books of "Techniques to Seize the Human Heart Learned From Toyotomi Hideyoshi" or "Strategic Sight That Can Look Ahead: Oda n.o.bunaga".
Everyone likes stories of success in life. Even I"ve read several volumes of books like that. I read quite a few history novels as well. I think a number of people around me at my age we"re reading them. At the very least if you"re a manager then if you don"t continue with your studying it"s difficult to seek anymore promotion than that. Even the stiff business books are using the name of popular commanders during the warring states period to make it easier for their readers to pick up.
Putting that aside, if I"m in a situation where my mentality is being pulled by my body then I wonder if that doesn"t apply to them as well? If you were to mention 14 years old then it could be considered the age where you"re at the entrance of adulthood but in the end it"s {low-teen}. There"s a limit to it. Even I"m in agony remembering some of my actions afterwards after all. I"m sure they might laugh at me a bit but if I think about their appearance right now, I doubt it will end at just laughing at me. I"m sure they"ll at least comfort me.
"Well, I guess it"s fine.. My objective is to make my own country. One day I"ll found my own country and I want to become the King of that country. I think of it as the period to earn funds for that right now. Since I need as much money as possible after all...Hha ha..It"s fine for you to laugh. That"s right, it"s find to get angry as well."
After hearing my words the two of them exchanged glances and then broke out into laughter...as expected. That"s right isn"t it. I had a feeling this would happen. That"s why I didn"t want to say it...With this things will become annoying starting tomorrow. Putting aside Bel, I"m sure Ralpha will make fun of me. In the first place, even Bel said she definitely wouldn"t laugh or make fun of me after hearing my objective, and right after saying that it"s this...It can"t be helped if you say it can"t be helped though.
"Did you hear that just now Bel? I"m going to make my own county, (grin)...he said. It"s the same right."
..What should I do to this girl?
"Ppu, I certainly heard. But, it"s my win right."
Eh?
My win? Win..we"re they betting on it or something? Bel and Ralpha were? A quiz on my objective? Huh? What? I was looked down on to this extent? I felt my feelings of anger boil to the surface. These brats, were they playing with me? If they were to laugh at me for it being absurd or childish then it can"t be helped. I was prepared to be made fun of for those sort of reasons.
However, they were using the feelings I had hidden away as the target of a bet? There"s a limit to how much you can make fun of someone. I don"t want to say something annoying but I"m older than the two of them and their employer. If they were to have endured it here and laughed about it hidden from me later then I could have dealt with it. But, saying to my face "we were betting on it" you say? And laughing at me. It seems I have no eye for people. No, even if I say they"re reincarnated people it was my own will to keep them by my side. I guess I was just unlucky that these two appeared. They died before they had any experience in society and without learning the method to properly work they started over again from childhood.
Ah, I miss my subordinates from my past life. They were honest people. In a place where we were having a serious conversation they wouldn"t blatantly make fun of their superiors. They were splendid members of society that are aware of the {TPO}. There"s no way I can know what they were really thinking but they always casually paid their respects to me. I did the same for my superiors as well. I was the vice-director of the sales department in addition to the first section manager so I always treated and dealt with my superiors that were the company director, sales chief, and managers above that with respect. It"s not the art of conducting oneself. That"s only obvious.
I"m sure right now I have an expression where I"m making a sour face with a vein in my forehead sticking out. I"m so p.i.s.sed off that if it were when I was 14 years old in my previous life it wouldn"t have been strange for me to pick a fight with them. Even though my feelings are being pulled by my physical age, I have experience as well, since my personality is somewhat founded in that experience, I"m sure I"m not just a 14 year old but things that p.i.s.s me off still p.i.s.s me off.
"You two..even though just said those things..s.h.i.t.."
Line up over there! I"ll hit you with a head duster! There"s no way I could do it though. But, if I let this go it"s no good for their sake either. A preaching is necessary. It"s just the right excuse to yell at them. I guess it would be best to let them understand the risks of making fun of your superiors right in front of their face. It"s not like I"ll say something like respect me from the bottom of your hearts, I don"t think something like that at all. It"s fine if you want to make fun of me in your heart. There"s tons of superiors not worth respect after all. However don"t let that out to the surface. Just in the fact that superiors are your superior, just because of that they"re an existence worth honoring and respecting. It"s a fact that superiors like that far exceed the number of superiors not worth respect. It"s precisely because they"re people like that they were able to get promoted that far. Otherwise you could say that an organization that promotes and makes use of people like that is one that it"s easy to get larger and tougher.
"Al-san, I"ll apologize for laughing. I"m sorry. But, it"s absolutely not that we were laughing to make fun of it after hearing Al-san"s dream. I couldn"t but laugh because it was just as I predicted. Please listen. Like we just said we had talked a lot about what Al-san"s objective might be.
One of those was, founding a country. The one who said that was me. I think it"s a good dream. Rather than settling on something small, isn"t it a very large and manly dream? I don"t think there"s anything to be embarra.s.sed about it. It"s true that if someone were to say something like that in j.a.pan I might have laughed and made fun of them. But, this isn"t j.a.pan. It"s Orth. I think there"s plenty of chances to found your own country."
"That"s right. It was bad of me to laugh. I"ll apologize. I"m sorry. Since it was the same thing Bel had said. I thought that Al would use the money he earns for bribes and after using it to enter the royal court, you would take over the country from the shadows or something like that. Though I think that in itself would be interesting. But, isn"t that quite wholesome? I thought that Al was more..the scheming type~ Like killing people who are a hindrance from a distance where it won"t be discovered, if it"s Al then can"t you do it without anyone finding out?
And then you make evidence to put the blame on some completely different person. With magic. Create some sort of evidence that they can"t explain away and after putting the blame on them kill them or something like that. Then you would gradually get promoted and make it to a cabinet minister? Was it? Ah, or regent. Thanks. Just with that sort of feel where you become the highest authority and the King or other royalty are completely afraid of you and live while being careful of your expression. And since we know that sort of Al we"d receive money and live a happy life."
..I thought about yelling at them but they weren"t betting on it?
No, rather than that after all Ralpha, you...What in the world kind of image do you have of me inside you?
"First off, it"s fine that you were able to predict the details of my dream. That"s not particularly a problem. But, if you were betting on that then I"ll get angry. Bel as well..I"ll believe that you weren"t laughing to make fun of me. But, Ralpha, you"re really an idiot.
Did you think I would be happy if you said that?
What was that about receiving money and becoming happy? Don"t screw with me. Even if it ended up becoming like that a fool like you would be the first on the list to send flying to erase future grief. In the first place, you, did you think of me in that way? What"s with that treacherous b.a.s.t.a.r.d feel? Who? Eh? Me? Is it me? I haven"t acted treacherous towards you until now right? You, do you really want to make me into a treacherous b.a.s.t.a.r.d that much? Do you have some kind of a grudge against me?"
After saying it all at once I felt exhausted.
"You"re an idiot~ It"s not particularly like I want Al to become treacherous. Though you have enough connections and intelligence to get along like that right? If you at least have money then Al could manage something like that right? Since you"re pretty smart and you have power as well. If you think about the success rate then isn"t my idea safer and more realistic? The one who wants you to be grateful is me. It"s fine if you give me a bonus for the idea?"
That"s already enough, out of her. But, if I think carefully it"s not like she was laughing at the content of my dream as well. I understand that most likely when she and Bel were talking about they probably said something just like what I did. I somehow feel like my anger has calmed..Now then.
"Shut up~ idiot. What"s that about a idea bonus? Your idea is rejected. It"s not even worth adopting...Rather than that, speaking seriously, how is it? Don"t you think it"s strange?"
I said that and looked at the two of them.
"Al-san, I don"t know if Al-san has realized it but I had some thoughts on it. It was rejected by Ral but..Will you listen?"
Hn?
"Recently, my head is strange. Ah, no, I don"t mean I"m messed up in the head, or going crazy, a disease, or something like that."
After Bel started talking Ralpha opened her mouth.
"Bel thinks too much. I don"t feel anything and don"t think there"s anything strange."
"That"s why I said Ral was originally young..I was young as well but not as much as Ral after all. Al-san, first, in regards to Al-san"s question but I don"t think it"s strange. Let alone that, I even feel that it"s enviable or exciting. As a matter of fact..it"s related to something I thought several years ago. Will you listen to what I say?"
Bel asked me a question again. However, she feels envious or excited over my dream?
"The conversation is about my mentality. I was 21 years old before reincarnating. I think I was someone with reasonably good grades in school as well. However, I sometimes think. This, might not be my way of thinking, I shouldn"t have gotten so happy or sad over something like this... But if I remember back then I can also understand it since I"m in the middle of my teens as well. The time I found it the strangest was a short while after I was born. When I was soothed by my older siblings, even though it wasn"t anything particularly special I felt it was extremely strange or sad. Those sort of feelings gradually decreased as I got older. But, no matter how I think about it, it was strange for an adult at a good age past 20 to go from joy to sorrow after being soothed by quite literally a childish trick. I didn"t think it was particularly a problem at that time but when I thought about it later it was clearly strange. That sort of stuff wasn"t just when I was a baby. It"s the same right now, this moment. Please listen without getting angry. I had somewhat guessed Al-san"s dream. Of course, it wouldn"t have been strange at all for it to be anything other than making a country as well though. I thought it might be founding a country as well."
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"We"re j.a.panese people who lived in the 21st century. It"s a rude way of putting it but I feel something is out of place with a j.a.panese like that saying they want to make a country. It feels more natural if it was trying to get a promotion in the countries that already exist or show your power and become famous. Even then that"s plenty unusual. Normally the only ones who say they want to become the prime minister or politician are those in elementary school right.
It"s because out of the population which has more than 100,000,000 people climbing up to prime minister is believed to be quite difficult. It"s probably not something that can be done with just the power of an individual and I think most people would understand in their early teens that it would be difficult even making use of money and connections inherited from parents that are politicians. I think it would still be more realistic to aim for a professional sports athlete. Even then if you don"t set your sights on it from a young age, do the appropriate amount of training along with being born with talent I"m sure it"s difficult. It"s the same for talents and performers as well."
Bel...
"Right now Orth is just the same as Al-san said before, the level of the civilization and culture are at best around the warring states era. I think there"s a portion which are developed to around the Edo era but there are many places where I think it even might be at the level of the Heian era. Politics are a feudalistic autocracy, social standings are split up by lineage, slaves are only obvious, furthermore there"s magic and monsters. There"s also the places like a game with Status Open and skills, a strange world. Al-san and we were reborn in this world. Putting it frankly, I"m sure with the knowledge of a j.a.panese we could do various things in this world.
I think that making a country is just one of those. If you have the ability and a firm will that supports that then it should be fine whatever you want to do. Even making a military organization and invading some territory, is only obvious right. Like Genghis who founded the Mongol Empire, or Minamoto Yoritomo who opened up the Kamakura shogunate should have killed and had others kill a lot of people. I"m sure even those with no sin at all or babies were included in there. Of course, murder isn"t a good thing.
However, something like that is only obvious. I"m sure even Genghis and Minamoto Yoritomo didn"t kill people for no reason at all. They should have at least had the reason of them ultimately being a hindrance to their rule. Even though that"s the case the j.a.panese of the 21st century won"t criticize them for being cruel. Because, they only did what was normal during that time. During that sort of time, I"m sure there were more people aiming to become the King or royalty than elementary schooler who aimed to become a politician or prime minister. Of course, I"m sure they can tell it"s an extremely difficult path, which is why countless will give up or fail. There"s no doubt there were people who laughed saying it was unrealistic.
I"m sure that"s the same as someone at that time aiming for something like the prime minister or the top of the athletic sports world. But, but you know, we"re different from normal people. We were definitely blessed with talent. The level of our physical bodies increases at three times the normal rate right? On top of that we have Unique Abilities as well. Isn"t that fine, foundation of a new nation. In the first place, please try thinking about it. Even in the dungeon of Baldukk, didn"t we arrive at a floor which normally takes several years to reach in just a matter of months? Of course, I"m sure that would have been impossible without Al-san. But, how about it? Even though he has that big of a body and he"s even gone to war before, Ral is stronger than Zulu?"
Bel..you. Bel patted down her drooping ears along with her hair adjusting the position while continuing.
"Since stuff like that has already been established as fact, isn"t it fine to aim to be a King? Isn"t it cool to make a country? I won"t laugh. I even think that if it"s Al-san then you will be able to do it. Even if it"s difficult then you"ll somehow overcome that and achieve it...I know that I"m strange for accepting these sorts of things. I understand that they aren"t the feelings someone who went past adulthood and spent another ten some years after that. But, I can"t help but think that way. I feel like this is because my feelings aren"t appropriate for my original age but they"ve become closer to my current age. We are in possession of our memories and experiences but we"re growing again from babies. I"m sure our sensitivity has gotten younger.
However, I think that since we have our memories these sorts of things are embarra.s.sing. Since we have the memories were worry about the risks and worry about the failures as well. Of course, if I calmly think about it then I think that founding a country would be difficult and complicated and even if you"re blessed with abilities and level ups I think it might be possible to fail and die. But, don"t we have our memories and experiences in order for that not to happen? We learned before coming. The examples of success in founding a country in this sort of era. The examples of failure. I think just the fact that we know of that is more amazing than the special level ups or abilities.
Among the various things that I thought about and when I thought of founding a country I comprehended and felt admiration for it. I thought that after all the person who saved me was amazing. After I found out that my boyfriend reincarnated, in order to meet him once again I lost myself in that and stopped thinking calmly about anything else. I bent everything in my life towards meeting him and it"s my honest feelings that I didn"t have anything like leeway but that"s just an excuse.
Obviously, I like him. I love him. I want to meet him once again. But, if it"s just that then it"s no different than an objective that"s continued since my life in j.a.pan right. That"s just how it is but if it was just that then I think it"s embarra.s.sing. I"m going to live with him once more in Orth. Not j.a.pan. There"s no other choice than to set roots on Orth, give birth to his children, and raise them. I don"t him to think when I meet him that I just childishly lived solely for the sake of meeting him without thinking about anything.
I want to make a future together with him. I think I want to live a life I can proud of to my children with him. It"s to the point where if I meet him I want to help out."
Bel..you..that was long. But, I see, so Bel noticed that her mentality was being pulled by her body as well? I wonder if Ralpha didn"t realize it because she was originally so young? Putting Kuro aside, I wonder how Mary felt about that.
"Bel you know, you think too difficult about things. I don"t feel like anything is strange at all. But, putting that aside, I was happy that Al told us his dream. I feel like he"s finally recognized me. I won"t particularly laugh about Al"s dream. If Al is fine with that then isn"t it okay? But, if it comes to then raise my wages. Won"t it be even more difficult than right now?"
Ralpha, what is going on, with you...Aren"t you an idiot? It"s making a country. It won"t go that simply. s.h.i.t. I"ll work you harder the wages I give you. Prepare yourself.
"..I see. Thanks the both of you. And Bel, what do you intend to do if your boyfriend, Yousuke-san is against it?"
Bel made a surprised face while saying.
"Eh? I don"t think that You-chan will be against it. Rather he might be glad to help out. I think if I talk to him he"ll definitely understand."
Hnn, I wonder if that"s the case. There"s no way for me to comment on it since I don"t know You-chan at all though, I wonder if he would help out so easily because he was told by his woman? More so if it might put that woman in dangerous. Well, nothing will start if we start worrying about it now. We"ll get to it when we get there.
"I understand. Things in regards to Yousuke-san are fine for now. Let"s think about it again when it comes to that time. Ralpha, what about Zenom? Did he say anything?"
Ralpha was sitting with her right knee standing on the chair but after leaning her body to the left and she farted. Are you really a woman?
"Ah, sorry sorry. The fart came out. But don"t they say tumors are hated depending on the place. Eee~"
"There"s no Eee~ about it! Stop farting you r.e.t.a.r.d! Bel say something as well!"
Bel lifted her eyebrows into a frown. It might just be my imagination but it seems there"s some strength to the droop in her ears. Though it"s not like they"re particularly strong in the first place.
"Ral, I"ve said that"s bad manners right. And we"re in the middle of a serious conversation right now."
"That"s why I said sorry~ And, what was it again? Zenom? Zenom said if that lets me become friends with Al then I can do whatever I want."
Friends? Who is? Me? With this Ralpha thing? Why? No, it"s true that I heard from Zenom before that because he brought Ralpha around she wasn"t able to make any friends but...
"That"s right. Friends indeed. Isn"t it fine for friends to cooperate with each others dreams?"
Bel nods while saying. Eh? You as well? Even if I don"t have any friends in particular...I had a number of friends in j.a.pan but I don"t have any on Orth. I thought that was fine and I even thought that I didn"t need any because I could end up getting strangely emotional. However, friends huh..
"You being my friend is ridiculous. Say it after you"ve at least stood on the same stage as me. Idiot."
"Hmhmn, while saying that Al, you"re grinning."
"He"s grinning alright."
"I"m not grinning. It"s just itchy~ Fool."
"Well, that"s fine. But, I"m your friend and not your girlfriend or anything like that. Don"t misunderstand. Ah, and this isn"t tsundere. Ah, I guess Al doesn"t know about tsundere. In the first place Al"s face isn"t my type after all."
Ha~ I don"t care anymore. No matter what you say to this girl it"s no good. You"re not my type either.
But, today, I think that the three of us became a party.
I was able to make allies.
"Ah, that"s right, can you tell me one more thing? On our days off or the days where we end things early what is Al doing in the restaurant of the prosperous area of town?"
"Huh?"
"I mean, Bel said it. It seemed like you were writing something on memo seriously while staring at the road from a restaurant in the prosperous area."
"Yes?"
I reflexively looked at Bel"s face. It can"t be, I was seen checking for STDs!?
"Eh? I just happened to catch sight of you occasionally..when I saw you I was going to call out but it seemed like you entered the restaurant with a serious face and was writing some sort of memo so I told Ral that I thought you wanted to calmly think about our plans from here on out but.."
"Eh? Ah, so I was seen. Various...plans and stuff..That is, like the formation in the dungeon..I was thinking of them."
"Hmn, so you"re properly thinking about various things. Give it your best. If you just say something then Bel and I will will help out as well. Right.."
It seems that I was able to cover it up, but somehow, I feel like it ruined the mood quite a bit. Though it"s something I brought upon myself.