35 Episode 35 A Mans Monologue (1/2)

............ In the world, it's money.

I still believe that this idea is not wrong.

We need money to live, no matter what.

No matter where you are, no matter how far you go.

Money comes later and later.

In life, or just in life, we always spend money.

Or for clothes.

Or for food.

Or for housing.

Or for taxes.

The money we need to live is always running out, and even when it's not, it's running out.

I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have money.

............ I come from a farming family in a cold village.

My family consists of seven people.

We wake up at the crack of dawn, take care of the livestock, and work on the farm.

Of course, the income of the two parents was small, and they had no money to spare, just enough to feed their family.

The only difference between my family and other families was that my family had a book of legends that mages were said to have.

The rest of the family was almost the same, a common family that could be found anywhere in the kingdom.

In such a family, I was always told by my parents.

Money is valuable because you have to work hard to earn it. Money that is earned with lowly hands becomes lowly.

”Don't steal from people. Don't trick people. Don't steal from others. Don't ensnare others. Money earned that way undermines your own value.

Only have as much money as you need. When you learn to hoard money, you will want more.

These were the words that my parents used to preach to us about the preciousness of work and the value of money.

However, I had always been dissatisfied with my parents' way of thinking.

Certainly, it is not good to commit evil.

Hard-earned money is worth more than the fruits of your labor.

But why is it not good to earn more than necessary?

Living with the minimum amount of money makes people dull.

There is always a shortage of time because life is all about work.

Even the money earned from such work is hardly enough to buy food for ourselves and our livestock.

So, if the harvest is a little less, they will soon be miserable.

How many times have you felt miserable because of this?

I used to look at my two parents, who spent their days laughing despite such a life, and wonder.

Is it really a good thing to suffer because you don't have much money?

Is it really the right thing to be stubbornly protective of your money and live in poverty?

Is it really good to suffer because you earn less money?

When I ask my parents, the answer is always the same.

--Human greed is an ugly thing. When you get something expensive, you want something even more expensive.

--And to get more money, you always make someone else unhappy.

--Money and money are not traded on an equal basis.

--Money and money are not traded equally.

To be able to create such connotations, those parents had a certain amount of education.

It seems that before they became farmers, they got involved in business and made a lot of people unhappy.

As a way of atonement, they do not try to make more money than necessary.

However, I could not accept the idea that we should be the ones to suffer the consequences.

The older brothers and sisters were always occupied with their work.

My younger brothers and sisters were always on the dole.

I hated that kind of life.

That's why I read the scriptures, which had become an ornament, and set my sights on becoming a mage.

If you become a mage, you don't have to do business that your parents don't like.

I would receive a fair reward and be able to help others.

Once I learned to use magic, I enjoyed it.

In my home and village, I received many thanks for using magic.