Vol 2 Chapter 1 (1/2)

Chapter 1 - Weak Square/Setting

the Board

Part 1

The country of Idom of Elchea Capital of Elchea, Eastern

Region District 6

In the hall of a gorgeously luxurious mansion were five people seated around

a table, and a nu on

Of those at the table, one's black hair was in a mess and there were dark

marks under his eyes

He was a youngan 'I ♥ Humans' T-shi+rt and jeans, as well as

sneakers

Another was seated on his lap-- one with long hair white as snow

She was a young girl whose upturned eyes were as bright as rubies, wearing a

black sailor uniform

The young irl’s tiara around his arm like an armband

The girl, in turn, was using his crown as a barrette to keep her bangs in place

These siblings were the King and Queen of Elchea, the final country of

‘Imanity’

The brother—Sora 18 years old Virgin Unpopular Hikikomori NEET

Game addict

The sister—shi+ro 11 years old No friends Anthropophobia Hikikomori

Game addict

…………GG

[3]

, humanity

[End]

Is what anybody would think, if they only read this far

However, these two are-- not from this world

In the previous world, they had set undefeated records in the rankings of over

280 games

At the top of the rankings of any game you cared to check would be a

spotless, blank space

Just as behind it was never identified, and that gamer had become an

urban legend

They were known only as-- 『 』

This world was ‘Disboard’, where all wars had ceased as decreed by the

[Ten Oaths]

In this world everything up to and including country borders were decided by

gaic which humans were neither able to use or detect, the

other races cheated in their games and backed the sixteenth race ‘Imanity’

into a corner

Even that final city had alent of

the elves However, these two superficially possessed neither special powers

or ic ability

With only their strength as huest

both in name and reality, these tere seated on the throne

They were certainly, unmistakably, hopeless

They were certainly, visibly, socially incompetent

In [this world], however, these siblings were— the saviors of Imanity

These siblings held the hope of Imanity in their hands-- as the brother Sora,

playing cards at the ready, spoke!!

“Hey, Steph Where do babies come from?”

…………Maybe GG is still a viable conclusion

One of the figures standing near the two responded with a cold stare

“……That’s really not so I want to have to say to the ones

responsible for the future of Imanity……”

She had red hair and blue eyes, and earing a frilly dress suitable for a

fantasy setting

With fine clothing, style sense, and bearing, she was a girl in her late teens

--Stephanie Dora Steph, for short

The granddaughter of the late king of Elchea, descended from a venerable

line, replied

“—Have you finally cracked?”

Correcting herself, she rectified that statement

“Rather, that would i normal until now”

“Hey, I’ perfectly normal!”

“Asking so like that so normally is what’s not normal!”

“Arrrgh, you’re so dense! What I mean is, in this world there are the [Ten

Oaths], right!”

The [Ten Oaths]

A set of absolute laws for this world laid down by the sole God, Tet

It was a coent races of

the ‘Exceed’— namely

【1】 All bloodshed, war, and pillage is forbidden throughout the world

【2】 All disputes are to be resolved through the outcoames

【3】 In gaers will be made on what both parties decide to be of

equal value

【4】 Unless contrary to ”Three”, the gaered do

not matter

【5】 The challenged party has the right to decide the contents of the game

【6】 ”As per the Oath”, the wager will be unconditionally adhered to

【7】 All roup conflicts will be decided by a representative

【8】 If cheating is detected during a gaarded as a defeat

【9】 The above rules are unconditionally everlasting, upheld in the name of

God

【10】Everyone should get along while playing games

“……What about them?”

“I mean, bloodshed is forbidden, isn’t it So how do you ‘make children’?”

“……May I ask why you’re asking that now?”

“I’ that just popped up But isn’t this a huge

problem?”

Aware of the surrounding eyes on her, Steph leaned in to whisper in Sora’s

ear

“……In [your world], are hus?”

The fact that Sora and shi+ro had come from a ‘different world’ was a secret

……which ht in front of a crowd of

servants such a great idea

That hy the eternally dumbfounded Steph spoke with such a frosty

gaze

“--H-hey! Don’t look down on in!! I know

perfectly well that when a boy’s pocket irl’s

secret garden, the world will turn!!”

“……Nii, that way ofspeaking……sounds far too much……like a

virgin”

“If a virgin doesn’t sound like a virgin, what the heck should I sound like!?”

His 11 year old sister as sitting on his lap re of his

extreirlfriend equaled

his age

“A-anyway, doing that stuff will be inflicting an injury, right? Or at least the

first time will!! So with the [Ten Oaths], how does humanity in this world

breed!?”

It see serious But then

immediately--

“……Just let me double check, this isn’t some farce to publicly shame me,

right?”

“—Seriously, thinking ofso like that, what’s up with you?”

An eroge thought in a world without eroge

The power of his iination was almost admirable

“Never mind, I’ll ask someone else later, you useless woman”

“Wha— f,fine, I get it I’ll explain!”

Cough cough, Steph cleared her throat

“What constitutes as an infringing act is extremely obvious”

“Ohh How so?”

“It’s siainst the Oaths--

will be cancelled”

……--huh?

“Eh, so like, real-time censorshi+p of the brain?”

“Yes, I guess?”

Thisway too far

“That hy after the [Ten Oaths] were put in place, most laws became

that we can think of or do must either

abide by the Oaths, result from mutual consent, or simply be an accident”

“Haah……the God of this place just does what he wants”

“He’s the only God, of course he can do what he wants”

--Authority sufficient enough to even remake the laws of the world on a

whim

And by noith that, everything in this world was decided by games

“H babies ok?”

The one who answered however was not Steph, but shi+ro as cutting

the cards on his lap

“……If mutual consent is……'conveyed’……in other, words……”

“Ah, so if it’s an act both parties agree on it won’t count as an

‘infringement’?”

The kicks shi+ro had previously dealt him stillfresh in his mind, Sora finally

understood

If it was shi+ro, he would agree with anything she did even if it was only a

subconscious agreement No wonder

As shi+ro continued to cut the cards, Sora yawned and spoke

“Well, I guess that makes sense If all bloodshed was totally forbidden, there

wouldn’t be any doctors or the like either”

As he thought once again that the Oaths were at least well designed, Steph

spoke to Sora

“So rather than saying that the world functions well, it’s more like the rules are

simply extremely well enforced”

“The world 'back where ere from' wasn’t like that~……”

……Surprisingly, a world without rules can still work

Even if it’s flawed and inconsistent

That was probably how this world worked too before the [Ten Oaths]

“……Still, in that case, I have another question”

“What is it?”

“Why was I able to grope your boo— never mind, that’s all”

If you say just one lare that conveyed

this ht up

“Well, that was a very interesting talk It was a good time killer”

“Did you just say that all this was a waste of time!?”

This was from the other three people seated at the table, opposite a sleepy

looking Sora

They were nobles, stripped to their underwear— three portly old men

Looking on with pity were countless spectators

--He had alame

Sora and shi+ro, along with these three great lords

They were playing a ga they owned' on the line

“……I really, really don’t want to have to see you guys naked or

soive up?”

The three [former nobles] had just now forfeited their entire estates to Sora

and shi+ro

Everything they owned, literally Not just sundry things such as land, assets

and rights, but even including possessions such as their wives and children

They had lost all of that in just two hours, and noere left in nothing but

their underwear

“Don’t, don’t be ridiculous— if we do that we’ll have nothing left!”

“How could we accept such tyranny!”

“If we don’t turn things around on’t even have any clothes! Don’t screw

with us!”

Paying them no mind, Sora yawned as he spoke

“……You’re the ones who started this game, and no one had intended for

things to cos like

your fa else”

The still arguing nobles— rather, ex-nobles, shut up at Sora’s gaze

“I even let slide your corateful”

“……Full, house……theend……”

shi+ro laid down her hand

The sign that the last bastion of the nobles— their underwear had been forfeit

--Thus

The three nobles, leaders of the opposition to the wealth of refor put

in place, were reduced to utter poverty

Along with the

Part 2

Capital of Elchea, central avenue

It connected the North, South, East and West parts of the city as well as the

it the busiest area of Elchea

Having taken even the underwear of the nobles who had been opposing their

agriculturalreforms, they were on their way home

”H, however much they deserved it, that was far too brutal”

While walking along the high traffic road bustling with people and carts, Steph

blurted out

”Itheir families!?”

”They're the ones ent and wagered that of their own accord What do

you have to say about so to bet their oife and kids?”

Walking behind her, holding firmly onto shi+ro's hand, Sora replied

”More importantly, there're far too many people hereS-shi+ro, whatever

happens, don't you let go, ok?”

”N-n, Niias well”

The two of them spoke as they shi+ftily looked around and kept their heads

down

For the two hikiko main street

at noon was nothing short of purgatory

”Wasn't it you, Sora, who said to walk back?”

”I, I had so to take care of, butfor there to be this many

people”

For the month that they had been in this world, most of their time had been

spent within the palace

As the two of thehtened their hold on

one another, Steph heaved a sigh

”So, what are you going to do?”

”D-do what? About what?”

”All the things that you received from those three”

”Eh, ahh, nothing much”

Soether, Sora replied

”The faive those idiots

agered theo back to them, then they're free to do so As for

their assets and the like, I'll leave all of that to you and the ministers”

Their goal had been the eliricultural

reforms

Stripping the their power

Sora was happy to let the state take hold of the actualfortune

”Um, Sorait's my fault that I wasn't able to stop the demonstration this

time, and I'm sorry you two had to be bothered by it in the end, but I can't

help thinkingthis es”

With the knowledge they had brought from their world, Sora and shi+ro

sought to rapidly revive the nation

Having been in this world for only a month, the two of them also had the

potential to blunder due to their unfamiliarity with the culture

To avoid such happenings, they merely dictated policy and left the actual

running of things to the ministers

Their go betas Steph, who had been educated as a member of the

royalfamily

--Was how things went

They avoided the troubles that inherently caovernment

One o, this conversation had taken place--

”We'd just stipulate policies and guidelines The actual implementation would

be left to you, Steph, and thesaid, if anyone had a

proble them to us We'llstrip them and toss

thereed on?”

”That's why! That way of doing things is far too thuggish!+”

”Don't worry Controlling through fear is far too much trouble, but it's fine

doing it once or twice”

Although to be honest at this rate, things would end up beco another

Great Purge

”Actually considering that we've been on the throne for a whole month, it's

surprising that this is the first time we've had to do this”

Such large scale agricultural and industrialrefor about

conflicts of interest

nobles would revolt and guilds would conspire Those sorts of annoying

events you'd see in siames

However, they had left things to Steph and the ministers precisely in order to

avoid tripping such troublesos

That there were so few rebellions after the first month was no small wonder--

”Wellwe've s suppressed up to now”

”Suppressed?”

”Many nobles were initially opposed to the agriculturalreforms that Sora had

presented Fortunately House Auruo and House Bild are closely allied with

House Dora, so with their help ere able to s behind the

scenes”

”Eh? Ah, right”

”With data obtained froe-scale experiments in royal territories, ere

able to convince many of our major nobles With that the more minor nobles

were sloayed over as well, butthere were some who simply

wouldn't budge Those three today were the big shots ast them, so it

shouldn't happen again Still, you should take care not to-- what is it?”

Interrupting Steph as speaking so eloquently, Sora placed a hand on

her forehead

”Hm, it doesn't seem like you have a fever What the- Steph, you just said

so really smart!”

For some reason, Sora seemed terribly shocked

”Is so earlier, I'll take you to a

doctor immediately--”

”U just a bit far too impolite?”

Seeing Steph's shoulders tre, Sora cried out

”No, Iabout, Steph!!”

”Yes it is, what of it!?”

Sora closed his eyes and shook his head

”No, wait, wait, give me a sec, it can't be”

He reseht before

his eyes

Thinking, ”This absolutely cannot be”

He sed painfully

He spoke the incredibly hard to accept truth

”I can't believe it, butcould it beSteph, you aren't actually an idiot!?”

Still harboring doubts, Sora cried out the inescapable reality

”Y-youI graduated top of the class froious academy in

the country you know!?”

”But I mean-- just look at yourself!”

Stephanie Dora

The only granddaughter of the late king of Elchea, a very dignified lady was

now

Wearing a collar, along with dog ears and a tail

A leash attached to the collar trailed in shi+ro's hand as they walked

Along the heart of the city, down the main street

”If you had half a brain there'd be no way you'd let so like this

happen!!”

”The person who did this to !!!”

Indeed, thisSteph had predictably lost in Blackjack to Sora

”Then, for today, you'll be a dog”

And that had been the super appropriate price she had paid

And just as predictably, as they walked down the centralstreet of Elchea in

such a manner

Every passerby was staring at them

It should be noted that in the et-up

the entire time

”C-couldn't you have co better!?”

At Steph's cry as her anger returned far too late, Sora and shi+ro thought

--There hadn't been e from before

”Steph, shake”

shi+ro held out her hand

With a flop, Steph placed her front paw--er, right hand on shi+ro's hand

”U, uuuwhy can't I resist at alllll!”

”You were explaining things so diligently just a while ago, right? That's the rule

of this world”

--Of the [Ten Oaths], nuer will be

unconditionally adhered to

”Steph, down”

As Steph proceeded to lie face down on the street, she lamented aloud

”Uuuuuuuu! Why couldn't I win!”

At that, Sora breathed a sigh of relief

”Ah, so you really didn't knowthank goodness, it's the usual Steph”

”Thinking that you just used ”Steph” as an insult was ht!?

My iht!?”

Ignoring Steph's protests, Sora took out his mobile phone

In any case, her hard work that was beyond their expectations was indeed

quite unexpected

Taking the raph of the

country's data

It appeared that the instructed refored to proceed without too

much trouble

Although the size of the dairy areas they had ed to secure was

so, if it worked the population's transition should

balance things out

At the same time, they had been able to ease the employment problem

somewhat-- he put down a note to check that into the task scheduler

He proceeded to check off itericulturalreform', 'industrial

reform', and 'financialreform'

”Still, in the long terap”

However ht with

them, fundamentally their available resources and national land size had not

changed

Not to mention it would take at least half a year before the results of the

agriculturalreforms bore fruit

Even if they wanted to go as far as atte to introduce future tech, the

country simply didn't have the necessary raw materials

”I guess our only choice is-- 'reclai the land'”

In other words

The time had finally come to mobilize and win back their borders

The question was-- where should they begin

””

Lost in thought, Sora fellsilent shi+ro, perhaps thinking the sahts,

was also quiet

Walking before them, attached to the collar, Steph naturally also quietened

down

But Before long, she couldn't stand the stares anymore

”S, Sora Everyone's staring really hurts, so let's at least talk”

At Steph's protest, Sora noticed soe

”Nn? Don't you think there's so off about the way everyone's

looking?”

”Seeing soet-up like this, isn't that obvious!?”

”No, not thatsohtened?”

Sora noticed a subtle incongruity in the stares being sent at Steph

They were not the a on at some funny cosplay--

In fact, rather, they stared at Sora's group as ifseeing so they'd never

iined

”Since the king of Elchea is taking around 'someone who resembles a

werebeast', it's only natural”

Huh?

”Wait, what did you say just now?”

”For the king of Elchea to do so like this, anyone would--”

”No! Not that part!”

”Wait, Steph with those ears and a tailresembles-- a 'werebeast'was it?”

Sora's brain instantaneously began recalling all the information he possessed

thus far

--The 14th race of the Exceed: 'Werebeasts'

With the largest territory, they were the third greatest superpower in the

world, the 'Eastern Union'

Although information was sketchy, they had superb physical capabilities and

senses

It was rumored that they even had a sort of [sixth sense], an intuition even

able to read the heart

”--Steph, I'd like an answer as fast as possible”

”Hah? W-what is it?”

”These werebeasts-- do they have girls like Steph noith ears and a tail?”

”I don't knohy you're liirls, but--”

They do--is what Steph was about to say

”Alirls have such bodies, you know?”

”So what you're saying is, this country, the 'Eastern Union'--”

Confir, Sora sed hard

”Is filled with girls who look almost exactly like humans, who have animal ears

and a tail and fuzzy pawssuch an Eden of the ultimate pretty animals exists

in this world-- is that what you're saying?”

You're saying the place named the 'Eastern Union'-- is such an Arcadia

[4]?

”Alright that's it that Paradise isto

conquer all those kemonomimi

[5]

! Immediately!

Now!”

Drawing his phone as if unsheathing a sword, Sora opened the task

scheduler!

Seeing hidom- To do: Now', Steph burst

out

”Hey, hat are you on to! Our own country isn't even stable yet!”

At that 'ht with the world's

third greatest power

But Sora would not be swayed

”Silence! I will obtain both the land and the kemonomimis! It serves both my

own and the national interests, so well, who are you to try and block this

perfect plan!”

Then looking around as ifsearching for so, Sora yelled out

”Which way to the Eastern Union!? Call a carriage right now!!”

However, as Sora began to run off alone

His sister, holding his hand, muttered one word

”'Information'”

”Uu--guuu!”

His self-proclai ease

--Yes They had already thought about all this before

And after they had been crowned, in the month since that day when they

declared war on the world

Being reminded of why they had yet to launch an attack up to today, Sora fell

silent

”G, gngnnncertainly, if we don't clear this problem, we can't make a

move”

As both Sora and shi+ro retreated back to their own thoughts, silence fell

again

However, after that outburst it was troubling

The silence was hard on Steph again

”Uh- uhame this

--”

Unable to take it anyht up a topic

But there was no reply

Steph looked back However

”eh?”

The leash that shi+ro should have been carrying was dragging along the

ground

The tho should have been right behind her were nowhere to be found

”Eh? Huh, theyleft?”

Standing alone ahter, a cold wind blew

Part 3

“……Delicious……”

They had just come out from a library situated in one of the labyrinthine alleys

branching off from Elchea’s central avenue

Then they had visited a café, and now Sora and shi+ro’s hands were full with

books, donuts and tea

“Despite our plans to deal with the food shortage……it seems the stockpiles

really are doing badly”

From the central avenue they had entered an open plaza, where they had

brought the donuts and tea

The plaza didn’t have the vibrance one would expect, however

Nor was there anythe shopkeepers' expressions

With just a look, they told plenty about Elchea’s current situation

analyzing the situation, in Sora and shi+ro’s original world, rioting and looting

would have broken out by now

“Hoas it over there, shi+ro?”

“……Nn It seems……there reallywas no harvest……”

“As we thought Jeez, what the hell’s going on What’s with this country?”

“--What’sstrangeis—“

“The nerve of you

guuuuuuuuuyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyssssssssssssssss!!!!!!”

Panting, shoulders heaving, Steph (still dressed like a dog) screamed out

“Ah, Steph Where’d you go We were looking for you, y’know?”

“'Ah' ot!? Are you telling me that

leavinga collar and dressed like a

dog wasn’t harassot'!?”

Steph cried with teary eyes

As if offering a supplicating prayer she clutched at Sora’s feet

“Please! Grant ood one just this once!!

I won't ask for anything else ever again!!”

“W, well……shi+ro sood and was pretty out of it for a

while There was no way I could let go, and I was sure she would be holding

on to the leash, then before I knew it, you were gone……”

“……Stephsorry……Sit”

As shi+ro gave a thumbs up and spoke with her mouth stuffed full of donut,

Sora continued

“So, well, shi+ro had no ill intentions either, so please forgive us”

“Saying ‘please forgive us’, then ordering me to sit really kills the sincerity you

know!?”

While ‘sitting’ like a dog, Steph pointed at Sora and declared

“First tell me why I lost!! If you don’t, I won’t be convinced!!”

“H to be released, you want an explanation?”

”--……Huh?”

“……Steph……you actually……like it?”