Chapter 15 They were Family (1/2)

As we ate the delicious barbecue and stunned at Ein-san’s awesomeness, Acht-san spoke to me while holding a huge cup in his hand.

[Oh, Kaito. Have you been drinking?]

[Yeah, this alcohol is tasty, isn’t it?]

[Hahaha, drinking tasty alcohol while looking at good scenery. I don’t think there’s anything more luxurious than that!]

In response to Acht-san’s words who told me so with a lively laugh, I nodded without hesitation.

The setting sun shining on the gently flowing river, contrasting with the bright green trees. This spectacular scenery, which can be described as the great outdoors, provide a pleasant sense of freedom.

[However, you’ve got it rough yourself, don’t you? I’ve heard some things from Kuromu-sama, but you came from the same world as the person who holds the role of the hero, right?]

[Yeah, well…]

[I’m not as smart as Lord Sechs, so I don’t know what to think even if they said you came from another world, but if you get sent to a random place without any reason, it must have been rough, right?]

[There certainly are various things I’m surprised about.]

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I guess Acht-san is acting like an older brother would, he talks to me over alcohol as if he’s worried about me.

Maybe it’s because I haven’t had many opportunities to talk to the same sex since I came to this world, I shifted my gaze while feeling a bit solemn.

When I see these people of species I’ve never seen before on Earth feasting on food…… I realized once again that I’ve come to another world.

[……Well, I know what it’s like to be surprised by all this. The guy named Neun said earlier that he was the youngest person among this group, right? I’m also one of the youngest people in this group right now, and I was surprised at the beginning.]

[Is that so.]

[Even if I say that though, I’ve been alive for over a thousand years, so wouldn’t Kaito still look at me like an old man? Hahaha.]

As I look at Acht-san who is laughing and drinking again, a question comes to my mind.

Come to think of it, the members here are, according to Kuro, her close friends…… but by the looks of it, they’re races were all over the place, and they don’t seem to be her guardian nor siblings. In fact, Sechs-san just said he’s a Lich and Acht-san said he was an Ogre, so what the hell does this have to do with anything?

(T/N: Kuro calls them 身内/miuchi, which means close friends, but it could also mean relatives.)

[Come to think of it, Kuro introduced everyone as her friends, but are all of you in the same family like her? I could see that your races were all over the place, but is it normal in the Demon Realm?]

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[Ah, no, it’s not like it’s normal. How should I say this…… You know that there are various races in the Demon Realm, right?]

[Yes.]

[There are some races like Humans who become parents and give birth to children, but there are also some children who don’t have parents, they who are born from the gathering of magic power. It’s basically like how Sister Raz and I, people of the Fairy race and the Ogre race, are from races where we gather together, while Kuromu-sama and Elder Sister Ein were stand-alone races that are mostly self-reliant. That’s why it’s so rare to see them.]

It’s just as I imagined it would be, and I think I understand the gathering of the same races. However regarding Kuro’s friends, or to sum it up, these people we are currently having barbecue with, it seems that something like this gathering is rare even in the Demon Realm.

What does that mean? I have my doubts, but is that really an area that I, an outsider, am allowed to step into?

As I was thinking about this, Acht-san seems to have sensed what I’m thinking and sat down on the ground instead of a chair and spoke while looking at the scenery with eyes that seemed to stare a little far away.

[……Well, why don’t I tell you a few stupid stories about the old days instead of drinking?]

[Yes.]

[As I said before, I’m an Ogre—- a demon species with its own name. Except, in my case, I’m what they call a “Special Individual”.]

[A Special Individual…… is it?]

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[Yeah, it’s extremely rare that one like me is born. Basically, ogres are green or red-skinned demons with one horn, while I have blue skin and two horns. And that’s why I’m called a Special Individual.]

Maybe it’s a little different, but I guess they’re like albinos or something like that? Anyway, it seems that Acht-san looks different compared to a normal ogre.

[It might sound nice being called special…… but in the end, being special also means that you’re different, and I received not only from the people around me, but even from my own race. Sympathy, fear, contempt…… All of it was very annoying.]

[……..]

[I’m more powerful than most ogres, and I don’t have the personality to skillfully fit in with the others. It didn’t take much time for me to isolate myself from my own tribe and leave my village.]

Being special means you’re different. I can understand that. It’s the same for humans…… Of course, there are some people which are still able to fit in with their surroundings, but Acht-san wasn’t able to do it. As a result, he isolated himself from his own tribe and chose to live alone.

[Then, I did a lot of stupid things when I got annoyed, I fought, rioted and lived my life the way I wanted. I also found partner just like me. That fellow was a black wolf, but just like my case, he was born with silver hair, which made him isolated from the other black wolves, just like me.]