Author: wayney

《5 One Year Old》

One year has quickly passed since I died on Earth and have been reincarnated in this world.
Though I’m finally able to walk, I’ve not been allowed out of the house.
Sarah is immensely overprotective, she continuously says『It is dangerous outside, your first outing will be with your Mama, ok?』, but it is natural for me to want to see the townscape of a parallel world……
When I try to stealthily sneak out, without fail, Sarah or Airi would tell me off.
It is a mystery how the two of them seem to sense it. Our house has 5 rooms including the dining room. It’s not a very large house and it can’t be helped that there is no backdoor,
My father, Dan, still continues to work as an adventurer. Well, that’s his occupation, so I guess that’s natural.
As a consequence of that, he goes out almost every day. Depending on the quest, he might be gone for days at a time.
I don’t know if my mother, Sarah, has retired as an adventurer because even if she goes out, she is back within the day, usually at the latest, in the evening.
There is a calendar made of wood in the house.
From what I can understand from the calendar, this world has 360 days. A month is 30 days, there are 6 days in the week and a day consists of 24 hours. The week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
There are usually no visitors in the house though Dan and Sarah’s adventurer companions come to play once a month.
Galwin, who is a friend of Dan and Sarah’s, is a man with a tough-looking face and body and he has a scar of about 5cm in the upper right of his right eye.
His intimidating presence is so great that when I first saw him, I thought he was a burglar. he has a loud voice and he is told time and time again to turn it down.
In addition to him, a woman named Lisa comes to visit too. She’s an elf with pointy ears, a doll-like face, beautiful blonde hair, slender body, she is an extremely glamorous woman.
Though she has a bit of an uptight personality and she is always telling off Dan and Galwin due to Dan being too merry and Galwin’s personality being too rough, but her remonstrations seem to have not much effect.
My mother, Sarah is usually calm and gentle but in this situation, she often tells Dan, Galwin, and Lisa off like she would younger siblings.
I learned that Airi was the daughter of a senior adventurer who took care of Dan when he was a rookie.
However, said adventurer and his wife didn’t come home one day around 2 years ago and left Airi behind, an orphan without parents.
Then Dan took her in to live with us and due to Airi’s skill and the wish of the person herself, it was arranged for her to work and live as our maid.
Dan and the rest of them told me that the city we are living in is called Dallas and the name of the country is Ustenia.
As it is the royal capital, Dallas is a little larger than your average city, it is a large metropolis when Ustenia is concerned.
Apart from that, I’m finally turned 1 year old and though I can move my mouth and tongue with some degree of dexterity, I still can’t speak fluently. To be honest, my faltering tone is embarrassing…….
Even then, I’m able to speak a little, so I’ll be able to continue steadily building up my knowledge.
I’m recognized as a very decile child as I only cry when I’m hungry or need a change of my diapers.

I had a look at my status again today.

Sex: Male Race: Human
Age: 1 Level: 1 Title: Heaven sent child of creation
　ＨＰ：80/80　ＭＰ：1100/1100
Strength:9　Resistance:10　Agility:8　Dexterity:12　Magic:120　Spirit:125
Skills
Creation Lv1・Status Enhancement Lv１・Raise Maximum MP Lv２・Accelerated MP Recovery Lv１・
　Accelerated Skill Growth Lv１

【Concealed Skills】
　Appraisal Lv２・Concealment Lv３・All Language Comprehension

This what my newly created skills look like.

【Status Enhancement】
Skill can be used once a day.
By consuming 500 MP, one can increase the ability value of either strength, resistance, agility, dexterity, magic or spirit.

【Accelerated MP Recovery】
Increases the natural recovery speed of MP.

【Accelerated Skill Growth】
Increases the growth speed of sill proficiency.
The increase is 10% × skill level.

【Concelment】
I can hide the status and skills I have specified.
I can invalidate 〈Appraisal〉 up to the level of the skill.

Due to me fainting often or becoming unwell when using 〈Creation〉, I use it sparingly.
I have to do it behind my parents and Airi’s backs as much as possible……I’ve realised that I’m starting to worry them about the condition of my health.
As my maximum MP level has risen considerably, I think it is time to increase the frequency of 〈Status Enhancement〉.
Having acquired 〈Concealment〉, I decide to hide 〈Appraisal〉 and 〈All Language Comprehension〉due to me having a hunch that revealing it would be unpleasant to say the least.
Due to the state of 〈Concelment〉being always on, the skill level has obviously risen.
As it seems I will be appraised at one year of age, shouldn’t I at least hide 〈Appraisal〉? I think it is at least prudent to do so.
Moreover, I want to learn the skills that my parents and Airi have, I have to put that on hold as I have no opportunity to use them yet. I am tempted by the desire to try and use magic, but when I think about using magic in the house, it’s scary thought ……
As such, there is one thing I want the most now is a books to gain more knowledge……
On my first birthday, I thought that I would get books. Though in this world, it seems that it isn’t a custom to celebrate birthdays, so my wish did not come true after all.
While I was thinking about various things, Sarah and Airi entered the room, smiling.

「Louis, today is the day that we go to church and get your appraisal. The church is close by, so let’s take a walk.」

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When I was thinking about the 【Appraisal】 results, the man named Dan spoke to me.
Dan has a muscular body that gives the feeling of him being macho. He has red, short hair, and an enviable handsome ikemen¹ face.

「O, It looks like you are up Louis, It’s papa. Have you slept for a long time? Did you hear about it form Sarah? You have your Mama’s cute face. Though I hope you inherit my strength, don’t you?」
「Louis-chan, good morning. You finally got up? I was a little worried? However I thought it best to let you sleep, you had a relaxed look on your face and gentle steady breaths. However, Dan, I hope he inherits my strengths instead. 」

Aaah, I was sleeping all day because I was unconscious, I worried them. I can only say sorry in my head.
Even so, I know now that these two are my parents, but who is that Airi girl who is about ten years old?
My parents started to chat a lot about various things but the information I was after did not come so easily.
After a while Dan left the room.
I heard a knock on the door then Airi entered the room, I decided to use 【Appraisal】 on her.

Name : Airi
Gender : Female Race : Human Age : 9
Level : 6 Title : Maid
HP : 255/255 MP : 275/275
Strength : 53 Resistance: 51 Agility : 52 Dexterity : 68 Magic : 50 Spirit : 55
Skills
Service Lv5 ・ Life Magic

Her service level is quite high.
I wonder if that’s why she is working as a maid? Or is it because she has been working as a maid that her service level got that high?
I wonder 『Which came first, the chicken or the egg?』, honestly, I don’t know.
〈Life Magic〉that’s a magic that everyone has and Airi was probably born with the 〈Service〉skill.
Un, what skill should I create next with 〈Creation〉?
As it takes a lot of MP to create a strong skill, it is necessary for me to build a strong foundation for MP growth first.
In relation to MP… It would be good to raise my maximum MP or speed up the rate of MP recovery.
Once I’m done with that, I would like to do something about a growth skill.
While I think about it, two people change my diapers and I got breastfed, so I just gave myself up to it.
For the time being, my top priority would be to create a skill. I need to think about what kind of skill I should actually create.
My parents are adventurers and this is a world of magic……
I can expect that this world is not as peaceful as Japan.
If so, it would be better to create a skill to raise various martial skills early and maybe a skill to defend myself, maybe?
What sort of skill should I create? I’m not very good and thinking about such things……
Well, apart from that, there is much that I don’t know about this world, so I want to know more… How should I do this?
However, due to being in a body of a baby, I get tired easily. I will start to feel sleepy due to that.
As I was thinking about that, I was assailed by a strong sense of drowsiness.
I decided to quickly create a skill before drifting to the land of nod.
Alright! Let’s create a skill now!

【Do you wish to acquire 〈Raise Maximum MP〉? 】
【Skill 〈Raise Maximum MP〉has been acquired】

【Raise Maximum MP】
Maximum MP increases. The amount of increase is skill level X 10%

Then, my consciousness faded to black again――

TN Notes:

1. Ikemen – [イケメン] – a Japanese term for a pretty boy.

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《4 Status Verification》

When I acquired 【Appraisal】, I lost my consciousness, but it slowly came back to.
How much time has passed?
When I looked out the window, I could vaguely see that it was bright outside.
Based on how hungry I am and considering it was bright outside, did I lose my consciousness for a whole day? If so, I must have slept for quite awhile.
Since my consciousness has cleared up, I decided to survey my surroundings.
Someone was in the room as I heard a voice. It seems Sarah and a strange man were having a conversation.
Since I was able to acquire【Appraisal】 skill before my consciousness faded, while I am conscious I should use 【Appraisal】 on myself, a translucent plate appeared before my eyes.
As I look at the words floating above.

Name : Louis
Gender : Male Race : Human Age : 0
Level : 1 Title: None
HP: 50/50 MP : 650/650
Strength : 9 Resistance: 10 Agility : 8 Dexterity :12 Magic: 120 Spirit: 130
Skills
Creation Lv1・Appraisal Lv1・All Language Comprehension

Magic and Spirit are very high, do you want to examine each item?

HP : Displays vitality or life force. You die when it drops to 0.
MP : It is required to use magic. If it drops to 0 you will faint. Moreover, when your MP residual quantity decreases, fatigue becomes severe.
Strength : Represents physical attack power.
Resistance: Represents physical defence power. It has an influence on maximum HP.
Agility: It represents the speed at which your body moves.
Dexterity: Represents the ability to move the body accurately and skilfully.
Magic: Shows your magical attack strength.
Spirit : Shows your magical defence strength. It has an influence on maximum MP as well as recovery.

Would you like to know more about your skills?

【Creation】
By strongly imagining the skills that you want to create, you can create new skills and acquire them.
You can also improve acquired skills.
The consumption of MP varies depending on the skill being created.
The higher the skill level of 〈Creation〉, the lower the consumption of MP when creating skills.
It is only possible to use this skill once a day.
You can’t create this skill itself.

I noticed something when I looked at the explanation. Due to me consuming MP when creating skills and consumption being so intense, I fainted.
For the time being, I understand my status and skills to a certain extent, so I pointed my consciousness towards the stranger and the woman named Sarah.

Name : Dan
Gender: Male Race : Human Age : 23
Level : 45 Title: A ranked adventurer
HP : 2250/2250 MP : 1540/1540
Strength : 572 Resistance: 450 Agility : 572 Dexterity :396 Magic: 308 Spirit : 308
Skills
Swordsmanship Lv7・Shield Art Lvl6・Axe Art Lvl5・Martial Arts Lvl5・Body Strengthening Lvl6・Life Magic

Name : Sarah
Gender : Female Race : Human Age : 22
Level : 42 Title : A ranked adventurer
HP : 1640/1640 MP : 3280/3280
Strength: 164 Resistance: 328 Agility: 165 Dexterity: 492 Magic: 652 Spirit : 656
Skills
Fire Magic Lv7・Water Magic Lv6・Earth Magic Lv5・Light Magic Lv7・Magic Absorption Lv5・Cane Art Lv6・Body Strengthening Lv3・Life Magic

【Magic Absorption】
The magic and the MP are temporarily absorbed from the subject such as the demon and the person, and it is added to one’s ability.
The amount that can be absorbed is skill level ×1000. The absorbed amount returns to the original level after 1x hour.
When the amount beyond what can be absorbed is absorbed, magic would explode in the body.

Both of them are pretty strong in comparison to me……
Be that as it may, Adventurers, huh. Isn’t it an occupation that was in mangas and light novels that I borrowed from friends in the old days?
If you look at the quality of the house and furnishings, it appears to be of really high quality, so it seems like you can make quite a bit of money if you are ranked A? I think perhaps, rank A is pretty high.

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《3 Appraisal》

―― I regained consciousness in a daze, thinking that I heard the chirping of birds.
Suddenly, when I looked inside the room, I noticed the woman with silver hair from yesterday, sitting in a rocking chair while napping with a blanket over her.
When I looked away from the woman with silver hair and looked at myself, I’m still a baby after all ……
Yesterday I definitely heard a voice in my brain ―― at the same time, I lost my consciousness.
What should I do now?
Although I’m not sure of my current situation, I finally conclude that it is impossible to do anything about this situation no matter how I think about it.
As I was still drowsy, I felt that something was going on. I moved my line of sight towards the source of the sound. The woman with silver hair spoke while approaching me.

「 Louis woke up, good morning – 」

Eeehhh?! — I understood what she said?! ……
Aaaa, is it the 【All Language Comprehension】 skill the mechanical voice bestowed upon me yesterday?
The silver-haired woman’s hand reached forward and caressed me.
And, as it is, the silver-haired woman smiled as she cuddled me.
Perhaps, I am now able to speak? However, if I was to speak all of a sudden it would be, to say the least, troublesome…
After a little deliberation, I opened my mouth and uttered 「Ahhhh, Uuuuu」¹. as I try to open my mouth.

「Ahhhh, Uuuuuuu, Ahhhhhhhhh」

Huh? My mouth or rather my tongue does not move as I’d like it to.
What’s this? — I don’t understand why I can’t speak as of yet, I guess it is necessary for me to practice.
Apart from that, I noticed that I was very hungry.
Though it is embarrassing ….. can I do anything but cry?
I made my mind up and cried「ogya, ogya」².
Then the silver-haired woman opened her mouth to speak.

「 Are you hungry?」

　―― As she said that she exposed her breasts.
Th.. this is embarrassing, really embarrassing! However, I put up with it and drank her milk.
I wasn’t able to drink properly at first, but I think I gradually got to the point of drinking effortlessly.
When I started feeling full, I ceased drinking and the silver-haired lady put her clothes back on.
The silver-haired woman rapped my back with a ton, ton ³ and I let out a burp, I attempted to express my thanks to the silver-haired woman with a smile.
The silver-haired woman returned my smile and moved back to the rocking chair while cuddling me.
The woman spoke to me quite a bit until I drifted off to sleep. As the silver-haired woman talked a fair bit to me yesterday, I can now understand what is being said, more words for information gathering! With conscious determination, I will never miss a single word from the silver-haired woman.

「Louis, will you grow up healthy drinking your mother’s breast milk? What kind of skills and what status will Louis acquire? I would like to appraise Louis as soon as possible, but I can only get you appraised after you become a 1-year-old.」

Will you know your skills after appraisal?
Why do I have to wait till I’m 1? I’d like to know why.

「Ahhhh, Uuuuu」
「Hmm? What’s wrong Louis?」
「Ahhh, Ahhh, Uuuu」

I attempt to speak out because I want to know the reason somehow but it seems that my intention doesn’t seem to be transmitted at all.

「Fu Fu, you are full of energy aren’t you?」

I gave up trying to communicate my intention and stopped talking.

「I wish I had the 〈Apprasial〉skill. Then I’d be able to see Louis’ status and skills.」

She looked away from me and started to murmur aloud.
Though the woman with silver hair was talking to herself, there was a wealth of information to be gleaned from it.
In this world, it is said that God gives everyone a skill from the moment of birth to the age of one, at latest.
In other words, to prevent the hassle of being constantly appraised, the appraisal is done at the church after the age of 1.
Other than that, she was talking to herself and to me and just constantly moving her mouth.
So as we spend time together, the two of us, the sound 『Kon Kon』⁴ was heard as someone knocked on the door.
A 10 year old girl quietly opens the door.
I can see that child is wearing the uniform of a house maid. I wasn’t quite aware of this before, was the wearing the same clothes the last time? Nnn, I can’t quite remember.

「Sarah-sama, good morning, your meal is almost ready.」
「Thank you, Airi. All right, I’ll be there soon.」
「I will watch Louis-sama, so please take your time and enjoy your meal.」

As I was laid down in the cot, the woman with the silver hair named Sarah left the room.
As for the 10-year-old girl named Airi, while looking at me with a friendly grin, she spoke to me with baby talk.
The child named Airi has blue hair and a well-balanced face that would indicate that she would be beautiful in future.
While I was listening to Airi, I remembered the important points the woman Sarah was talking about.
Though the skill of 【All Language Comprehension】 was acquired yesterday, to begin with, the skill acquisition made it very evident that this was not Earth.
You have to accept the reality that this is a different world, I had to force myself to accept it.
However, a parallel world, huh. Well, I died on Earth, I think I managed to protect Ayaka ……
So I will start here again from the beginning with my consciousness intact? Is it OK for me to start over?
For the moment, let me leave Earth in the back of my mind ……
Yesterday I got the skill 【All Language Comprehension】, it was said that I will gain an understanding of skills and statuses after 【Appraisal】, I need to figure out the thing called status.
First of all,unlike yesterday’s acquired skill, somehow or another I doubt I can get 【Appraisal】,

【Do you wish to acquire 〈Apprasial〉?】

――And the same voice from yesterday resonated in my brain, I was inwardly very pleased and excited.

【Skill 〈Apprasial〉 has been acquired 】

【Appraisal】
Gives the power to obtain detailed information about people and objects.

YES!⁵【Appraisal】 get⁶!
And my consciousness went dark, again. ――

TN Notes :

1. Ahh, Uuuu – [あー、うー] – an onomatopoeic word for the sound Baby babbling.↩
2. Ogya, Ogya – [おぎゃー, おぎゃー] – an onomatopoeic word for the sound Baby crying.↩
3. Ton, Ton – [トントン] – usually refers to an onomatopoeic word for the sound that a Japanese drum makes or tapping on a hollow surface.↩
4. Kon, Kon – [コンコン] – usually refers to an onomatopoeic word for knocking.↩
5. Yoshi – [よし] – an expression of positive excitement, this was the closest word I could think of.↩
6. Getto – [ゲット] – Japanese Gairaigo (外来語) (foreign loan word) for get, commonly used with Japanese grammar.↩

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《2 Reincarnation》

―― Suddenly, I was struck by the feeling of waking up from a long sleep.
Then I heard a voice that I’ve never heard before somewhere.
I tried moving my body but it felt somewhat strange and I couldn’t move well at all.
Do I have any injuries? In the meantime I’m going to check out my current situation first and opened my eyes.
I then saw a face that I don’t recognize looking at me.
Nn? Who is this person?
When I look closely, it is a woman with a dazzling smile looking at me full of affection.
Her face has silver hair with drooping eyes and was very well-balanced.
She is extraordinarily beautiful. She has a beauty that rivals Ayaka. Actually, Ayaka would be considered more cute than beautiful.
I hear an audible voice, but I do not understand what is being said.
What is this situation! What?
I decided to try and recall the situation before I woke up anyway.
Surely, I ran to help Ayaka, pushed her away ――
and was I hit by the car?
By that – is this a hospital? Although it does not look like a hospital as far as I can see.
Have I been saved from that state? I must be pretty lucky.
If so……
first of all, should I confirm my level of injury?
The woman with the silver hair gazed upon me whilst I tried to figure out my injuries ――
what I found astonished me.
Eeeeh! What? What … this is … I’ve become a baby …
No, I don’t understand it, seriously, but maybe it is reincarnation or something like that?
Furthermore, looking over the room ――
There was an atmosphere of furniture all around and I seemed to be lying on something like a crib.
I heard a 『KonKon』 knock coming from the door. It looks like someone has just come through the door. When I looked towards the door, it appears that the person is a girl of about 10 years old.
The girl speaks to the woman in front of her.
After her errands were done, she left the room.
The woman with silver hair smiled whilst speaking in a language I did not understand.
I do not understand the words but because I’m in a state of not understanding anything, I was desperately listening to every word and trying to decipher them somehow ――
suddenly in my brain, an inorganic mechanical voice sounded out.

【〈All Language Comprehension〉Do you want to acquire it?】

Replying to the voice in my brain, I prayed to acquire it.

【The Skill〈All Language Comprehension〉has been acquired.】

【All Language Comprehension】
You will be able to understand any language. (Reading and writing is now possible). There is no skill level.

I heard the mechanical voice in my head again, simultaneously my consciousness faded to black ――

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《1 On Earth》

Today’s weather resembles the recent state of my heart, overcast and cloudy.
As I walked to the convenience store along a tree lined boulevard lit by street lamps, I saw a familiar figure about 50 metres ahead.
I walked a little faster to get a closer look. When briskly walking for a better look, I, Kashiwagi spotted my childhood friend, Tendo Ayaka, walking while looking up at the sky.

「What’s up with that girl?  It is dangerous to walk at night, alone 」

I muttered to myself.
She was a childhood friend, we got along well as children, but recently we have become estranged.
Even though I said to myself, it was me who started taking a distance from her, and not the other way around … …

Tendo Ayaka has no idea why. It just got that way before I was aware.
Around first grade in elementary school, I started going to a neighborhood Karate Dojo.
I did not know until I started going, but Ayaka was my karate sensei’s daughter .
However, due to a certain event at high school, I no longer attend the karate dojo.
The bullying started in class after entering high school, I helped my classmates who were being bullied, I appealed to the other classmates to stop the bullying, and consulted the teacher … …
The guy who initiated the bullying had a veneer of being a good guy and was good at curry favouring with people.
My classmates were all influenced by him one after the other, my persuasions were ineffectual.
Contrary to my persuasions, I started getting bullied.
What astonished me, in addition to that, the classmates that I was protecting fell prey to his flattery and started bullying me instead.
Following that, I come to dislike unjust behaviour and betrayal in particular.
Because I did Karate when I was younger, only when I am first attacked, only then do I reciprocate with [BokoBoko]¹ . After that, the ignoring and backbiting, and more insidious harassment began.
Before long, word of my fights got to the ears of my karate sensei and I was driven out of the dojo.
Ayaka said, 『There is a absolutely good reason for that』to my karate sensei… but it all fell on deaf ears.
My parents were summoned to the school and, at that time, even my parents heaped the blame on me for the incident.
Even the school teachers were siding with the bully from the beginning.
Since then, I’ve lost all trust in adults.
There maybe trustworthy adults out there but I’ve yet to see or meet any of them.
Likewise, I’ve lost all faith in my classmates, so it is not only the adults that I lack trust in.
Since Ayaka is a different class, I do not know if she is aware of the bullying or harassment. If she was with the current me, there is a risk of harassment spreading over to her, so I decided to take some distance. So, that is how I started to take some distance from her.
Ayaka is the most popular girl in the school year, she is cute enough to compete for first or second place…
but I’ve known her for such a long time.
From a bullied person’s standpoint, I lack the courage to spend time with a popular person.

When my attention reverted from my distraction, I spotted Ayaka again. She began to cross the crosswalk whilst the signals were still flashing.
Suddenly when I glanced to the right, a car that was clearly going to run the red light and was not slowing down.
I started running in haste. When I was about to catch up to Ayaka, I yelled out with everything I had.

「Hey! Ayaka! There is a car coming !!」

Ayaka looked back and smiled as she noticed me. However, she then noticed the car.
Her cute face instantly turned pale. At that moment, the worst case scenario came to my mind.

「Damn! Make it in time!」

I increased my running speed further, reached the side of Ayaka, and pushed her back.
Although Ayaka raises a small scream with a 「Kya!」, she managed to get out of the way of the car’s path.
In that moment of relief, I bounced off the car and was dancing in the sky…

「Nooo, Ahhhhh!!! Ruiiiiii!!!」–

I thought I heard my childhood friend screaming at the end but my consciousness faded there ――

TN Notes :

1. BokoBoko [ボコボコ] usually refers to an onomatopoeic word for the sound that a severe beating makes.↩

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Disappointing reunion and farewell

Translator’s Note: This version has been abandoned by the author due to it being monetized on Alphapolis. I will retranslate the published version from here.

When I was trying to get information on Lisa and Airi, someone yelled at me suddenly, I then turned around.

He yelled out about me asking about Lisa and Airi.

Is he acquainted with those two?

I looked at the man with dubious eyes.

And almost at the same time, the door at the entrance to the guild opened, so I moved my line of sight for a moment.

The next moment, two familiar figures came into my sight.

I was surprised at the sudden reunion, but Airi and Lisa seemed not to notice me.

The two of them were talking to a man named Cross.

When I looked at the man called Cross again, next to him — some girls that resembled people I know.

「Cross-san, why did you yell out so loudly?」

Airi said worriedly to Cross.

Those 2 seem to have a fairly intimate relationship.

Cross who was questioned by Airi slacked his jaw while distorting his face.

「Ah no, this guy is pretending to know Lisa and Airi from some time ago and was enquiring about you. Both of you are really beautiful women so isn’t it ok to worry about you? That’s why I yelled at him」

I see a blush rushing onto the cheeks of the 2 people that were declared by Cross as beautiful.

However, Airi and Lisa immediately stiffened their face and spoke to me.

「Have you met us somewhere before? There is a nostalgic atmosphere around you… … I feel there is something about you that is familiar… … but I wonder, it feels kind of strange and mysterious ……」

「Lisa-san too? I got a similar impression. 」

I was surprised to be reunited with the two of them, but I recovered my composure when I looked at the 2 of them again.

Lisa’s blonde hair is beautiful as ever.

In addition to that, he has maintained her stunning figure from the past.

To match that, what’s worthy of special mention is her well-ordered elf face and expression, a beauty that would cause one to be enraptured.

Perhaps it is because I’ve gotten older but it seems that I recognise an attractive woman when I see one.

I move my line of sight a little and spotted Airi next.

The impression that I get from Airi is that her blue hair has gotten slightly darker.

Her hair has grown and now is tied up into a ponytail.

She seems to have grown a little taller, is she up to my shoulder now?

Though she was cute in the past, it seems that her cuteness has been polished.

I finished scrutinising the appearances of the 2 that I have not met for a long while, this time I focus on Cross and the woman next to him.

After looking at them for a few seconds, my intuition skill came into play.

My intuition skill was telling me that the 2 are good-for-nothing.

I rushed to appraise Cross.

What came up was Cross having an 【Acting】skill at level 7.

He give out a dangerous feeling.

I then appraised the woman next to him.

I returned my gaze to Airi and Lisa again but the 2 of them still have not noticed who I am.

I decided to tell them that I was Louis as I thought there we would not progress anywhere otherwise.

「It has been a long time both of you… …. I am the son of Dan and Sarah, Louis. I am now 16 years old. I have successfully completed the request from Chronos, so I can to meet you as I promised at that time. 」

The 2 of them that heard what I said stiffed with surprise.

Those faces then changed to ones that looked like they were about to cry.

Though there were about to cry, it seems that they were delighted to be reunited with me.

「Louis-Sama, I’m so glad you are safe. There is not one day that I have not thought about Louis-sama. You have grown up looking really cool and attractive. 」

「Louis, you…… grew a lot stronger…… to be able to finish the request…… you really gotten strong, didn’t you? You also became really cool and attractive, didn’t you? 」

The 2 of them seem really pleased with my growth.

I thanked the 2 of them.

「Aaa, thank you. Both of you have not changed much」

I wanted to talk more about the past with the 2 of them since we have finally met again but Airi originally came here to take the B rank exam.

So, she had to go to the examination room.

As I told Airi and Lisa 「We’ll speak later」, Cross simultaneously butted into the conversation.

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— Going back a few minutes.

Aisha and I came to the Midogal Kingdom upon receiving a request from Toran-sama half a year ago.

We have already completed the request to some degree.

We got 4 beastmen girls, 2 dwarf girls secured with subordination slave collars.

The person that handed us the collars was Toran-sama via an envoy.

We decided to look for elves and demons that we have not caught yet.

As expected, demons are not around here, so because of that I gave up on them first.

Though it was possible to find a few elves.

There are only weak people and elves that are slaves of Midogal Kingdom’s nobles.

As one would expect, we cannot act against the slaves of Midogal Kingdom’s nobles and no matter how much beauty elves have, we have no need for weak people.

I asked Aisha about what we should do but she couldn’t come up with a good idea either.

As I’ve not been to the bar for a while, I decided to take a change of pace and head there with Aisha.

At that time, I found Lisa, an Elf that had both beauty as well as strength at the bar.

In the eyes of Aisha who was with me, I could see the look in her eyes saying that our prey is found.

Since Aisha had acting skills as I did, it would be easy to build trust.

To add to the level of trust, our s ranked adventurer status makes it easier for everyone to accept.

In that way, it was excessively easy to get into Lisa and her friends’ group.

However, the prey, Lisa is an A ranked adventurer.

And she is considerably famous in this town.

Lisa only took requests that are located near the guild.

The risk of suddenly attacking an A ranked adventurer in the vicinity of Midoria would risk excessive attention from people.

Aisha and I have to refine our strategy in capturing Lisa as a slave.

The synopsis of the strategy is that fictional elves are going to be attacked by fictional thieves, we decided that Aisha and I would lead the party from the front and we will ask for help from that elf.

We decided that we would enslave the 2 on the way while pretending to travel to our destination.

Airi is also the trump card to be used when fitting the slavery collar on Lisa.

After that, we can easily sell her to a slave merchant somewhere.

We spent more or less a month on this so far, although you can say that we obtained more confidence that this would work.

After this journey, I’ll make Lisa and Airi slaves……

While we were in the adventurer guild, there was a guy sniffing around Lisa and Airi. Did our strategy get discovered? That’s what I thought.

Then I unintentionally yelled at him.

— With that, there was bad timing as Lisa and Airi entered into the guild just as that happened.

At the point the 2 people saw me yell at him, when I was thinking about what to do, Airi spoke.

「Cross-san, why did you yell out so loudly?」

「Ah no, this guy is pretending to know Lisa and Airi from some time ago and was enquiring about you.  Both of you are really beautiful women so isn’t it ok to worry about you? That’s why I yelled at him」

I said while panicking and in a hurry, I tried to make an appropriate excuse.

Well, it is true that the 2 of them are beautiful girls.

That’s why making them into slaves make sense.

I could not think of any good idea how to make this guy look suspicious.

While no one knows what my inner thoughts are, I was thinking about what to do, then the three of them started to open up to each other, this is bad.

First of all, it is imperative for me to find out who this guy is.

So, I concentrated on eavesdropping on the threes’ conversation.

Then I start understanding from what they were talking about……

From what I understand from what they are saying, he was from Dallas and from the same area that Lisa and Airi came from.

I looked at the man again after collecting myself.

At that moment, I felt a chill go down my spine–.

Aisha and I are strong being S ranked……

I felt by instinct that this man is stronger than that.

My instincts are sounding an alarm…

This guy is dangerous.

I was in a rush so I didn’t really take notice of it……

I thought it was useless to get too deeply involved with this guy and sent Aisha a signal with my eyes.

As I turned my head, I took that moment to refine my strategy.

「Lisa, Airi, we are scheduled to leave tomorrow. However, I think we should leave as soon as Airi’s exam is over. If we wait any longer, Lara……in addition to that, our preparations have finished earlier than I thought. So, we will wait for Lisa and Airi here. 」

Well, actually preparations are not really completed yet though.

Just as we were about to leave together, in order for there not be suspicions that Lisa has gone missing, I made a request to the guild to make an impression on the guild receptionist, I interacted with the other adventurers to foster a good impression.

Being that it is a long trip, it takes time to prepare.

Since I can’t see any other way to do this, I cancelled the request, then…… I’ll have to get supplies somehow now that I have to bring my plans forward.

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The consequences of Cross butting in–

It seems that as soon as Airi’s exams are completed, they are going to be leaving somewhere immediately.

It appears that my intuition skill is telling me that that is absolutely no good…

It is problematic for the 2 to go together with Cross.

As I had run out of time, I decided to get to the point when talking to Airi and Lisa.

「Airi, Lisa, because time does not permit it, I don’t think you have the time to gradually comprehend it. That’s why I’ll get straight to the point. You should not go. That man and woman cannot be trusted. It is obviously suspicious. This warning pertains to the safety of you 2. The reason I say this is my intuition skill is telling me that they are dangerous and they are using their acting skills. 」

It seemed that the 2 of them were at a loss for words for an instant due to the suddenness of my proclamation and were trying to comprehend what I said.

The two people who listened to my words were stunned.

However, the content of my statement might have been understood instantly.

Their faces turned bitter.

So, their faces– Their faces say that they can’t completely believe it or accept it.

「Eee?! Louis, why are you saying such things, Cross and Aisha are good people? Both Airi and I are indebted to them and now we have formed a party, you know? We are about to leave in a while on a request, we will leave for the Steania Empire and will be back in about a month. Anyway, is possessing acting skills any cause for distrust? Besides, is Louis’ intuition skills really reliable? 」

「Louis-sama…… Louis-sama is not the type of person that says rude things on first meeting people. 」 In saying that, I remember the 5-year-old Louis-sama…… a skill is just a skill and does not represent the whole person. I want to believe in Louis-sama’s intuition skill but I believe in Criss-san too. I do not think that the action of the 2 of them who have been gentle up to now are lies. 」

「I’m thinking for the sake of the 2 of you. Will you not listen to me? 」

Cross and friend seemed to have not cast any dark magic on the girls, Airi and Lisa’s status are not showing any brainwashing, so I’ll try to persuade them a little bit more but–

「Did you misjudge? Or has becoming stronger made you arrogant? Louis…… I’m disappointed in you. 」

「The S-ranked Cross-san and Aisha-san…… There is still some way to go, I’ll train without pulling a reluctant face. Besides, in comparison with Louis-sama…… Are you criticising them on first meeting? Isn’t it a horrible thing for a person to do? I too am disappointed……」

The statements coming from Airi and Lisa are cruel.

When I hear their statements, I feel extremely sad…… and I received considerable shock……

I notice those feelings display on my face for an instant.

In that instant, in my mind, I was brought back to my previous life and recalled the betrayal of Tatsuya Arakawa and Utsugi Katsuya who was the bully that was good at getting along with people.

However, I shook my head and immediately moved that memory to the corner of my mind.

Even though…… Although it was supposed to be a long time ago……

What I’m trying to say here is, I feel that I’m gradually getting past the sorrow and shock.

Is it not like that? I have fulfiled my promises–

A year and 7 months have passed and we finally have been reunited, so whatever the treatment I’ve received……

Are you going to believe Cross over me?

It seems that Airi and Lisa met Cross after they arrived in Midoria–

Though I don’t know the actual length of time that they have known each other, I wonder 1 year and 7 months is all it takes to overcome a relationship?

You would believe him over me that has been with you for 5 years?

What is the extent of our bonds?

I understand Lisa with our short relationship.

In saying that, I wish the 5-year relationship I’ve had with Airi whom I’ve spent my childhood with together.

I didn’t think it needed to be said.

I absolutely don’t believe what I’ve heard.

However, I can’t kidnap and run off with Airi and Lisa here, in this situation where they don’t believe what I’m saying, I can’t beat up Cross and Aisha either.

In addition to that, this time with my intuition skill, I’m absolutely convinced that they are using their acting skills.

So how do I convey this to them? Right now, the 2 of them……

I believe that those guys have a stronger bond than I do and presently, jealousy is welling up.

After all, is that all the value that you place on our bond?

Was coming here to see you stupid?

The moment I thought that–

The value of Lisa and Airi, in my eyes……

From my precious parent’s companion and my housemaid, they became a presence that was not going to be part of my life from here on.

I feel that I was becoming indifferent to the 2 of them.

Then I raised a lowered voice devoid of feeling that even surprised myself.

「Disappointed, huh…… disappointed, hmm…… OK……OK……I understand. Mm, that’s fine…… To go so far as to say that, that’s fine. You all can go ahead and selfishly say that, that’s wonderful. In that case… I don’t want to see you 2 ever again. Just as I thought…… we will never meet again. You all and I are strangers as of today. Do you have anything else to say now, even sarcasm? 」

As a last act of kindness, I give them the last word.

「As a final kindness to you whom I have been acquainted, I’ll give you some advice.  Your life will be covered in darkness from here on out. Do not despair as much as you can and try to live with a strong mental disposition. Fuu…… It is a waste of time to talk about this anymore… Let’s go! Eleanor! 」

I have nothing to say to Airi and Lisa anymore.

Just to be sure, I’ll have a word with Cross.

「One last thing. As for you. Cross. Whatever you do to these 2 is fine. From now on, if you meddle with Eleanor and I, I’ll erase you, OK? 」

I glared at Cross as I declared that while I put out an aura of bloodlust.

I looked at the four people like they were garbage.

After that, I tool Eleanor with me and left the guild for the inn together.

However, it was still emotionally painful.

Even when I arrived at the inn, my feelings were still hazy.

Eleanor did not ask me anything.

All she gave me was a tender smile.

Eleanor embraced me gently and affectionately.

As I was enveloped in Eleanor’s warm embrace, I felt my feelings calm down.

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Airi and Lisa

―― Earth History September, 2618 ――

― A certain room in the Stania Empire ―

– Dating back 1/2 a year ago.

3 men and one woman were talking in that room in the Stania Empire.

However, only one person was not sitting in a chair.

That man stands as an escort behind another man that was wearing a number of decorative items.

The overly gaudy looking decorated man floated a repulsive smile.

「His Majesty, the Emperor is likely to extend his reach to the Midogal Kingdom soon.」

The woman, who had the sense of an adventurer, replied to the man’s comment.

「Well, that’s right.」

The other man that had the same sense as the woman, opened his mouth to speak.

「His Majesty is currently ambitious.」

「That’s why I brought you a request. It may not be soon but perhaps Midogal will be covered in conflict. Before that, I would like to obtain a sublime sub-human female as my slave. I want to add a slave to my collection that has good features such as being beautiful, has unusual skills and is strong. My slaves have been tormented recently and some have died and the number has decreased. 」

「As per  usual, Toran-sama has excellent hobbies.」

「Really? 」

The three of them displayed vulgar smiles.

「The better the slave that you bring me the better the request fee? The deadline is 1 year at longest and the more slaves you bring the better. Of course, I trust you…… So, I will ask you in confidence? Though I have no problem with enslaving slaves, it is illegal as expected is it not? I think the Emperor is aware of it but because he imposes the supremacy of humans, slave hunting is prohibited on the only on the surface only to project a good image of the Empire. I’ll give you 10 platinum coins as an advanced payment. After that… I will assess each slave I’d be buying and pay the appropriate amount then. 」

The overly gaudy decorated man petitioned the adventurers.

「Slave hunting as the first request, huh. is more challenging and inconvenient but still worthwhile.

Well, we are S rank adventurers, so it seems that we have to earn money by crossing dangerous bridges. 」

The S rank adventurer man accepted Toran’s request while flashing a faint smile.

「My hobby is a big part of what I am. I like the desperate face of an opponent that is caught in my trap. The feeling of hopelessness of the opponent when the slavery collar is fitted … … It’s the best ever. Of course, I also like money, because I want to buy a magic tool after this job…… 」

The woman floated a more disgusting smile that the S ranked adventurer man while showing madness in her eyes.

「Is it OK to think that you would receive it? 」

「「Of Course (yes) 」」

They agree with Toran with a vulgar smile.

「Then I will pass you the collars of subjugation, if it is just this, it should be enough.」

So, Toran handed over 20 collars of subjugation.

The 4 people left the room in secret afterwards. ――

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――Earth history January, 2619 ――

――Midoria・Lisa and Airi’s residence――

―― It was a month and a half ago when Louis captured the Time of mourning Labyrinth.

I, Airi is relaxing while drinking tea at home as the adventurer work today is finished.

It has been 1 year and 6 months since I have left and been apart from Louis-sama.

The space-time room that Chronos made was said to make the body grow at 10 times the speed.

If you are still in that space now, will you be 20 years old?

While I was thinking about that, Lisa-san, who was at the bar today, came home.

You seem to have brought someone along with you?

Even though no one else has ever been in this house……It is unusual.

「Airiー. I have returned. We have a visitor today. 」

When I heard Lisa-san, I looked over and noticed a pair, a man and a woman behind Lisa-san.

The man has a muscular body.

Is he an adventurer?

He had a neutral face with short, flaxen hair.

Is he not a little handsome?

Although I’m not very interested.

The woman was beautiful with a slender body.

Unfortunately, this place is not very presentable for a meeting.

Her hair dropped down to her waist and like the man, has flaxen hair.

I think she looks like a man somehow.

The male greeted me with a friendly smile.

「Good evening. My name is Cross. Nice to meet you. 」

The woman also greeted me with a smile like a sunflower.

「Good evening. I am Asha. Cross and I are brother and sister, nice to meet you. 」

「Nice to meet you, I am Airi. I live here with Lisa-san and adventure together. 」

「I was drinking with Lisa until a while ago, I heard at that time, did you become a C ranked adventurer one year after registering? And you are close to B rank too, isn’t it a promising future? 」

「No, it is mostly thanks to Lisa-san」

I was praised by Cross-san but in fact, it was because of Lisa-san’s ability.

「What are you talking about, you guys are not S ranked  are you not?」

I was surprised to hear that these 2 were S ranks.

S rank adventurers do not appear very often in Midoria.

Having just a few S ranked adventurers…… is quite strong.

Speaking of which, recently Lisa-san will not party with anyone else but me.

So, my friendship group has been getting very narrow recently.

I can’t speak for other people though……

I’m worried about Lisa-san’s current state.

If these 2 people become friends with Lisa-san, will the current situation change? I tried to imagine it.

After that, I went to bed after a while, but the 3-people seemed to continue be drinking at home and making noise throughout the night.

It is pleasant because I can hear happy voices from my bedroom.

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―― Earth History February, 2619――

―― Midoria outskirts ――

I have trained Airi as an adventurer and made a party with her.

I took quite a bit of a safety margin when doing requests, so I never partied with other people.

I have received a lot of party invitations.

However, I’m an elf who is said to be excellent in appearance and in saying that, I did not want to be invited to a party due to that.

Also, apart from the I have a party with Airi, some people have also invited me to a party of only A ranks.

I felt tired of receiving party invitations.

With such a feeling, a man and woman approached me while I was drinking at the bar and that frustrated me.

That was the brother and sister pair, Cross and Asha.

After finding a kindred spirit in the two people at the bar, and having invited them to a house, I made friends smoothly.

It has been 20 days from that day when I also found kindred spirits in the two.

Now, I am in a party with Airi, Cross and Asha, I am in a captured dungeon near Midoria to improve the cooperation of all four people and train Airi.

I have seen parties with Cross and Asha several times.

As a result, I feel that it is OK for these two parties to organize as a party.

「Airi, suppress the Ogre ahead 」

「Airi, they are not moving while being suppressed, it is dangerous, is there a trap? 」

As expected of two people that are S ranked, the advice is reliable and accurate.

Even so…… Fufu this reminds me of when I was in a party with Sarah, Dan and Garuwin.

「Lisaaa, stop grinning to yourself and help meee」

「Ara, how thoughtless of me, I’m sorry. I will help immediately. 」

I finished the request today in this way.

In that way, on the way back, Cross looked at me in earnest and spoke to me.

Airi was talking to Asha.

「Hey, Lisa, is it OK if I ask you a question for a moment? 」

「What? What’s the matter? 」

For the past 20 days, Airi has been in the favour of Cross.

If it is not something extraordinary, what kind of request do you have?

「Actually…… all four of us have been active in the party…… 」

Cross has never been in a party of 4 people before.

「Amongst the party members that we are formally organising, we have Elves and Humans. This time, decided to diversify ourselves a little more, but I took unilateral action to go to a dungeon with a reasonably hard difficulty…… 」

Cross joined up with the elf in front of me.

When I look at Cross’ face, he was inarticulate in his speech and has an apologetic look on his face.

「Taking separate action, what’s the matter? 」

I felt a little uncomfortable but I urged Cross the continue.

「Well it seems that 2 people got a little injured in the dungeon. And it seems that bandits attacked on their way back from the dungeon. A human named Orion managed to run off somehow, and an elf thing……  named Lara got caught by the bandits. 」

I feel for my Fellow Elf that has been caught by bandits…… I feel bad.

「So, it seems that Lara has ended up as a plaything for the bandits! Orion seems to somehow managed to get some information. And with that information, Orion came to us the day before yesterday. We want to help Lara the Elf! But maybe there are too many bandits? I think it is bad of me but I want to borrow Lisa’s and Airi’s strength. I will not force too much on Airi logistical support is enough. 」

「Whereabouts are the bandits?」

I can’t confirm that we will go without the location.

I would like to help and really want to hear more about the request.

「The bandits are in the Stania Empire near the border of the Midogal Kingdom and the Stania Empire. Though I was hoping that the guards in the Stania Empire would move on them, it seems that they will not bother if it is for elves. 」

Certainly, listening to the rumours about the Stania Empire, it does not seem like they will rescue elves.

I pondered while listening to Cross’ story.

Because I’ve been waiting for Louis in Midoria, I can’t leave Midoria till then.

However, there is an innocent elf that is a plaything for bandits.

I can’t leave this alone……

But because Airi is involved too, I have to consult her too before deciding.

「Please give me a day to decide, I will have to discuss this with Airi first just not here. I’d like to go if possible. 」

I spoke to Airi when I returned home.

As a result of discussion, of course, Louis is a matter of concern, but we decided to ourselves that we are not going to forsake an elf woman in trouble.

I told that to Cross and Asha the next day.

Then, it seems to take about 10 days to prepare, and we were asked to prepare for the trip as well.

So, until the day before departure, I continued doing requests nearby with Airi.

Then, when it was decided that we would depart the next day, I headed to the guild with Airi to accompany her to her B rank examination.

Due to Cross and Asha, I was able to do quite a lot of requests, so the Airi’s ranking points were raised and points needed to qualify for the exams were accumulated at once.

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――Earth History March, 2619――

――Midoria Adventurer Guild――

「What sort of business do you have with Lisa and Airi?! 」

When I entered the guild to take the B rank exam, I heard Cross-san yell from inside.

Though I did not see the reason why Cross-san should yell at me, I also I don’t see any reason for anyone to be rude.

Lisa and I looked at each other in surprise then approached Cross-san with quick steps.

Next to Cross-san, there was a man and a beastman girl.

The human man who was shouted at by Cross-san opened his eyes wide.

It is as if he was surprised to see Lisa-san and I.

From that person.

I got an impression of a nostalgic atmosphere.

But, first, I’ll ask Cross-san about what happened.

「Cross-san, why are you yelling for? 」

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