382 379. New calendar 0002.txt (1/2)

”Second year of the new year.

The 'adventure' up to this year was a dream come true for me as a book lover.

There were 'Fiends' who offered their help to the Apostles, and there were 'Fiends' who planned to rule the continent. Each of the high ranking 'Fiends' in each area were all unique, and there was never a similar story.

If there was one thing in common, there was only one thing in common.

It was that the master, like the 'hero', saved people suffering from tragedy. As the name of the miracle-working 'savior' spread, my cheeks began to break out.

Most of all, I enjoyed seeing my skills grow with each adventure I overcame. Little by little, I could feel that I was beginning to resist the ”curse” of death.

Over the past two years, I've met and fought with many ”demons”.

Along the way, when I heard that there was a village in a remote area that was suffering from demonic poisoning, I would go to support them for free. Of course, we never neglected to develop our 'spellcasting skills' during that time. Everywhere we went, Master and I spared no time to sleep and engaged in a lot of trial and error.

And when we began to quantify and clarify our abilities through our master's knowledge of the other world - the end of the second year of the new calendar year arrived.

On that day, I was heading to the garden of Hoozeyer's Castle by myself to boast to my sister Youtaki about my growth.

I crossed the lake of white 'thread' as usual and said the usual words to my sister Youtaki, who was sitting with her back to a tree.

''--I'm home, Yotaki sister.''

Called out to her, sister Yotaki looked up.

In her hand was a book and a quill pen. Lately, she had been writing a book that summarized the knowledge of the other world that was necessary for Fuzzy Yards Castle.

There is no doubt that each of those letters has some kind of meaning. Right now, sister Yotaki is always doing her best to hunt me down.

''Welcome back, Tiara. Are you safe again?

''Yeah, what a surprise ....... Every time the two of us travel together, my sister Yotaki prepares a lot of things, so it's hard for us.

I always have a romantic last page for you to read ...... but you don't seem to like it very much.

'No, the moment I like it, I'm dead. Of course you're going to say no.

'I thought I'd made it something that you'd suddenly reach for, even though you knew that. I did.

....... I always feel like I'm going to die if I'm not careful, it's really hard.

'Huh. And yet, you're still alive.

Since I don't have a master in the Hoosier's Country right now, I can talk to her quite honestly.

As I talk with my sister Yotaki, I picture in my mind the ending of this 'adventure' - in the western Shulus country, with the skill 'Reading'.

The 'Shulus version' of this trip, but originally, it was supposed to be

”The bloodsucking species with a deep grudge against humanity have been exterminated, leaving only the Kounel Chronicle behind. However, the nation of Shulus would not yet be saved. More than ever before would be needed to save the country that had been devastated during these two dark years. Hence, Tiara Hoozeyers proposes. For the sake of the future battles, let's set up a great trade association in this western edge of the land with the hands of the Foozeyers--

It was.

But I'm not going to let that happen.

”The bloodsucking species with a deep grudge against humanity have been exterminated, leaving only the Kounel Chronicle behind. However, it would not be possible to say that the Shulus nation has been saved yet. In order to save the country that had been devastated by these two dark years, it would need more relief than ever before. Hence, Aikawa Uzumi suggests. Let's make a trade association in this land to protect a girl named Kounel, who alone bore the name of a bloodsucking species--

And I did.

In other words, by pushing the heroine of this 'Shulus Arc' to others, I survived again.

If I had continued to stay in that place and participated in the creation of the two merchant associations, I would definitely have been killed by Kounel-chan, who was encouraged by the 'world'. That's how much power she had as a vessel for all the bloodsucking species.

''--Truly, Tiara is smart. Her skill in guiding her brother and the new girl to become intimate with each other everywhere she goes is brilliant every time.

''That's the best way to alleviate Master's 'curse'. ...... Just like sister Yangtaki, I'm successfully 'defrauding' the girls behind the scenes!

Every time I finish one of my journeys, I get better and better at this kind of induction technique.

Nowadays, it's easier to trick a girl of tragic birth into becoming my master's heroine than it is to trick my Sis sister.

Sister Youtaki, the source of that technique (skill) imitation, smiles as she senses my growth.

''Tiara, your level of skill has really increased in the past two years ....... Compared to when I first met you, you are a different person. After all, it seems that it's the environment of being in close proximity to death that makes one strong.

...... 'Levels'?　'Levels', is that what Master is trying to spread?　That quantification thing, I'm not very good at it.

Recently, Master has been trying to replace the word 'magic power total value' with the word 'level'.

He is also trying to replace the word 'conversion result' with 'status', so that all kinds of powers can be 'displayed' in easy-to-understand numbers.

When I travel with a master, these new words come up one after another, and sometimes it's hard to keep up with them.

This master's habit of coining words didn't seem to amuse sister Yotaki, and she slumped her shoulders in dismay.

''Ah ......, it's not. I used the current one as a level in the original meaning. ...... is ah. Because of your brother's coined words, I need to review the translation magic regularly.''

Immediately, Yotaki sister stands up and comes up to my side and reuses the example spell technique 《Reading》.

While extending even more 'threads', she peers at me with her black eyes.

''I want to say that Tiara's overall 'rank (level)' has risen. If I dare to express it in a big brother way, your skill values are more than ten times higher than those of an ordinary person. The skills that are outstanding are the skills 'Reading', 'Deception', 'Speaking', 'Crafting', 'Brainwashing', 'Assassination', 'Incitement', 'Leading' and 'Provocation'.

While Sister Yangtaki was away at Fuzzy Yards, she naturally grasped the rules that Master had set during the trip.

Furthermore, she also teaches me my growth in an easy-to-understand manner in accordance with them.

'My skill 'reading' in particular is tremendous. If I had to put it in numerical terms, it would be around 4.00. I'd say it's no longer elevated to something else. ...... Tiara, if your brother finds this out, he'll definitely give you a weird skill name, right?　I suggest you change the name of the new skill yourself as soon as possible.

And then I effortlessly respond to the quantification I'm stumbling upon.

I try my best to keep speaking calmly, despite the empty fear in his eyes that seem to see through it all.

'Hmmm, do you think we can keep this up?　I'm so attached to the name 'Reading'. So I'll try renaming the skill elsewhere!　After all, I have ten times the skills of an everyman!　Everyman's, jubai!

'I'm still a lot more than I am when I say ......?　I've bragged about it before, but I'm second to none in terms of the number of skills I was born with. Hmmm.

''Yeah, I know. I'm starting to understand how amazing sister Yotaki is now that I have more skills. I really understand a lot of things that I didn't understand two years ago: ......

Compared to when Sister Yotaki first taught me 'body arts' here, the world I can see has really changed a lot.

It's not just that the garden has visually changed to white.

Now, with my improved skills and level of skill, I can pick up a lot of information from Sister Yotaki's gestures and eye contact. From the depth and fineness of her breathing, I can see the true state of her illness. By reading the true meaning hidden in every word, you can see that the meaning of the conversation will change drastically.

You can see the inner workings of Youtaki's sister's mind, which was once unreadable.

Of course, this isn't just limited to the Youtaki sister.

For example, for example, Master.

When I saw Aikawa Uzumi, my impressions of it have also changed dramatically. What I couldn't see before, I can see clearly now.

You know, Yotaki-sister. There's more than one 'curse' that you carry, isn't there?

I want to answer that question, so I submit one answer to Sister Yotaki.

''Obviously, Master is spreading multiple (...) 'curses'. I've tried a lot of things with the girls in various locations ......, and sometimes there's a phenomenon similar to Tida and Arti's 'curse'. It's pretty small scale, so no one seems to have noticed it.

It's a fact (or thing) that I suspected from the beginning, but didn't want to admit until today.

''So, in order to pay off that master's 'curse', Yotaki-sister came from another world. Pretending to be called (・・・・・・) by the apostles (・・・・・・), (...)

That the siblings of the ”Gentile” are not only saving this world, but - the exact opposite of it.