Chapter 130: Father’s side grandfather or Request ※Celica POV (1/2)

TLN: 2 chapters today! Make sure you didn’t miss the previous one!

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“What’s the meaning of this? Explain it in a way that I can understand.”

He asked with sharp eyes.

Karen grabbed my sleeve.

It is not the kind of pressure you bring out with innocent middle schoolers, but well, that must be how he is.

I explained the situation.

Grandfather should obviously know about the isekai transfers. But it seems like the people at his age don’t have much interest in a world of swords and magic, he doesn’t seem to be that excited about it like the people of our generation.

People who have no interest in it are thoroughly uninterested about it, and they are mainly interested in the changes the arrival of God has caused to the world.

“There were no signs of struggle at the crime scene, and I think our brother was stabbed without his notice too. Him being chosen to be transferred was truly a coincidence, and if not, I think he would have died just like that.” (Celica)

These are just my speculations from the situation.

But if his grandchild had been stabbed, it wouldn’t be an unrelated matter to him.

The chances of him helping out get higher.

After I explained the situation for a while, grandfather placed a hand on his chin and made a gesture as if he were thinking, and then…

“…In other words, you need me to get his head? Is that your request, Celica?”

“No, that’s not it. I want you to capture him and keep custody of him for a while -faster than the police.” (Celica)

I say this while zooming at the man in the security camera footage.

If he were to be killed, there would be no point.

“In custody?”

“Yeah. If we do that, the culprit will stay unknown, and Onii-chan would most likely be considered the culprit, so I was thinking about having it burn just like that.” (Celica)

“Burn, you say, Celica… You…just what kind of picture are you painting here?”

Can’t really call it painting.

If I don’t do anything here, there’s no doubt Brother will die.

In order to reduce the chances of that happening, we have to increase the viewership and get points.

And the most efficient and fastest way to achieve that is to make Brother famous.

In the current state of things, Brother is simply a ‘mysterious Chosen’.

That sudden mysterious Chosen grabbing the attention of the limited resource of people within the 1,000 Chosen isn’t easy.

There’s most likely no method to gain points and crystals unless you get attention. If he doesn’t get attention, Brother will be dying in that forest unable to escape from it.

…But…

If there were a story like ‘the culprit killed his childhood friend because of his desire to go to an isekai, and has now run away to an isekai where no one can put a hand on him’, and if we were to go around starting the fire in the net around the whole world with me and Karen…

—And if that were to gather the attention of the world…

“See, the viewership is showing here, right? The higher this is, the more benefits you can get from God. The boots that Onii-chan got are also something he got with points.” (Celica)

“What connection does that have with having Hikaru be treated as the culprit?”

“If the story turns into Onii-chan being the culprit, the people of the whole world will hate him, right? Unable to be judged, he would be a killer that killed his childhood friend and ran away to an isekai. Hating him, despising him, wishing for him to die quickly… That’s why they would be more interested in his state, more than any other Chosen, and everyone will be watching. It would even be news on the TV. The truth is that Onii-chan was caught up in this and is no killer, so this is horrible, but…we need to go this far to get viewers, or he won’t be able to get out of that forest. That’s why…the true culprit is a nuisance.” (Celica)

“Celica…you…”

Grandfather doesn’t know me well, so my proposal…no, he was looking at me with eyes as if looking at a strange creature, seeing that I am saying this straight out without changing my expression.

At the time when Brother brought me here, I was acting the innocent little sister, and I have made a lot of requests before, but I always did so with Brother as the intermediary.

Now that Brother has gone to an isekai, me…and Karen too have no need to be reserved for anything. Also, if we don’t do this seriously, I am sure this could turn into an irreversible situation.

I will definitely get Brother back.

In order to do that, we first need him to get out of that forest.

“……If we do that, will Hikaru be saved? Any means to get back here?”

“I can’t say for sure he will be saved. I don’t think it will be easy to get out of a dangerous zone stretching for 370km. Right now there’s no means to return from that world, Grandfather.” (Celica)

“I see… Why did Hikaru get chosen…”

“I don’t know either… We are also surprised. But…now that it has turned out this way, this is our reality.” (Celica)

God swore that it was random, but it must have been a lie.

I don’t think they have investigated the details of all 1,000 Chosen, but there have been common points found to a certain degree. Well, those are also just on the level of rumors though.

“Of course I am not thinking of doing this for free just because we are relatives. I have an account with our money in it, so you can take out as much as needed.” (Celica)

“What will you do if I refuse?”

“I would have no choice but to hire an assassin on the net. I actually want to clean the honor of Brother as well, so I don’t want to kill him though. But I don’t have connections with an establishment to confine people… If it seems like I can’t get help anywhere…at worst, I will have to do it myself.” (Celica)

Maybe because I used the word ‘kill’ in a light manner, or maybe because I said I would do it myself, my seasoned grandfather’s face showed slight surprise.

I don’t have connections to assassins either.

However, for someone like me who can understand a variety of languages, it is also easy to find places where I can make those kinds of requests.

If it is just requesting for a kidnapping anonymously, it shouldn’t be that difficult.

However, in that scenario, it would be more difficult to make it…faster than the police, and honestly, it would be pretty rough.