424 420. Battle of another world.txt (1/2)

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He should have been eating in silence, but it seems like he was able to see right through his heart before he knew it.

Perhaps, but this wasn't Kounel's 'innate difference (skill)', but rather the power of a rule of thumb she had accumulated over a thousand years.

However, there is no mention of it in her acquired skills section.

However, that doesn't mean it's not 'quantified' at all.

While reaffirming that Kounel Chronicle Shulus Legia Ingrid is the highest 'real age' record holder as anyone else, I answer.

'Was that in your face?　Sorry, I was just wondering about my mom and dad.

”-- the Chairman shouldn't meet your parents. 'Please', please don't see them.

Suddenly, I was cut off from the second 'please' hand.

However, although we have a contract, it doesn't mean that I will listen to everything Kounell says unconditionally. I tell him that there are things I can ask for in a request and things I can't.

'I think we should meet,' he says. ...... me and my parents are 'family'.

'Mr. Chairman. What are you going to talk about when you meet with this 'family'?　First of all, they will definitely ask you about your sister Youtaki's absence. Are you going to tell the residents here everything, everything up to today?　To parents who have never even heard or felt 'demonic poison'?

Still, I think we have an obligation to tell you about Yotaki: ......

I don't think so. On the contrary, I think we have an obligation to keep them hidden. If you see your daughter and son turn out to be 'completely different' ......, your parents will be sad. Under normal circumstances, absolutely.

'My parents are not normal. They're very strong people.

'But I heard that you lost all of your ...... position, honour, and fortune when your life was swept away by the chairman and your sister?　Can you really say that they are strong enough to meet with the current chairman and not be affected by it?　Honestly, I don't think there's anyone stronger than the chairman anywhere anymore.

The sudden drop in tension and the speed of the folding made me feel like I was being pushed around.

In a complete change from earlier, she has the face of an old woman and is very preachy.

When I couldn't give an immediate answer, Kounell asked a follow-up question to me.

'Does the Chairman know about ......, Ragne Kaikwola's mother?'

'La Lagune's mother?　I'm rather on the level of how do you know that guy: ....... I thought I was the only person who knew about it already. Even Sera-san, who was close to that guy, didn't seem to know Rielle-kun.

My guess is that it was Ragne Kaikwola's mother who killed Riel Kaikwola. We have interviewed the survivors of Sidoa's village at the time and found many things that didn't add up.

Kounel will answer immediately.

Perhaps, but she was cautious and thoroughly sussed out the person called Ragne Kaikwola during the information gathering stage to defeat the 'Gentile' Hitaki.

That last battle started with Ragne's idiot killing me and the 'Senate', so it was a natural investigation.

And I'm slowly learning what she's trying to say.

'Oh ....... As Kounell thinks, I'm living the same life as Ragne, and I've succeeded in 'affinity' once. Naturally, my parents and that guy's mother are very similar. Really, they're a lot alike.

”My guess is that he's a bitterly cold, rational man. He is not sad about the death of his own child, but rather has the strength of mind to rise above it...

Quunel speaks vaguely.

He says it's a guess, but I guess he's already convinced in Kounel's mind.

That's right.

My parents were cold-hearted people.

Honest in their own desires and very selfish.

The twisted upbringing and neglect of education they gave me as a child is proof of this.

--I've learned the truth that the kind parents I remember were influenced by the Failure Magic.

I have a hunch.

No, this is already a 'premonition'.

I'm not going to be the only one who has a problem with that.

--I'm sure that the influence of Failure Magic on my father and mother, after the passage of a thousand years, is gone.

I'm not going to be able to get the best out of them.

I'm not going to be able to get it right.

That's why my parents, who escaped the clutches of Youtaki and I, are no longer in prison.

They've used their connections well and have already been bailed out by a friend of theirs. In addition, I've been able to cover up the scandal and return to the entertainment industry. He must be fabricating an unlikely story to sell the idea of two people who have unfortunately lost a child but are continuing to move forward.

'-- That's the nature of the people (・・・・・・・・), right (・・・・・・)?　Do such people still want their children to live?　No, would you want to meet with a 'chairman of the board' in the first place?　What will he look like when we meet again?

This is also the same as Ragne's mother.

She wouldn't want to see him because it would interfere with her work.

If possible, she would want him to stay dead.

No, it's more than that: .......

My son, who was supposed to have been missing after neglect, suddenly appeared in front of me .......

Somehow, he can read other people's minds, see the future, and is like 'magic' itself .......

It's ridiculous.

First of all, I can't even believe that it's my child.

And even if I could, I'd be terrified.

And above all--

Please believe in Ateki. It is happy for all of us to think that the chairman of this world was already dead (・・・・・) when he was summoned to Atei's world. Of course, it's also happy for the Chairman. ...... Now, I know that Ate is talking about selfish things. But please, I would like you to think about it for a moment. If I went to see him now, he would be sad.

--the fact that I'm already (・・・・) dead (・・・・・・・・・・).

In this world, I would be classified as a so-called ghost or zombie or something like that.

After becoming such a being, I remember the contents of a certain ”deal of the world”.

I'm not going to be able to tell you what to do with it.

The meaning of the ”summoning” was carefully explained to me by the apostle.

At that point in time, Diprakra-san told me that Yotaki and I were already 'special beings chosen as saviors'. The content of that transaction was the beginning of the other world's divorce tale, and the biggest transaction of the story--

”Perhaps, but the two of you ...... have lost your lives in the 'original world' forever. You can never return. Hence, they are as good as dead once. So the 'world' has judged you to be.

”I suppose I cannot return. At any rate, the 'deal with the world' when you summoned your--

The 'price' of Aikawa Yotaki's summoning is 'Crisis on this planet'.

The 'price' of Aikawa Uzumi's summoning is 'Aikawa siblings will live (・・・・・) permanently in this world (・・・・・・)'.

It was decided. There were many candidates for the 'compensation', but we three of us discussed and decided on it.

Without this much of a 'price', there is no way to make a 'connection' between the two worlds.

And because it is really rare for an entity to make a new ”connection” even at this level of ”cost”, I said at the meeting of the ”Senate” that the invaders ”don't come that often”.

At any rate, there is no doubt that Aikawa Uzumi, as a decent Japanese, is dead.

If I chose to live with my parents in the 'original world', it would be the first and greatest rebellion of the 'deal with the world'.

I don't know in what way the 'curse' will fall around me.

'Kounel's advice is right. Really, very true. ...... but at least let me see them from a distance. I'll see them from a distance ...... and if my parents' lives were going well at that time, I'll stop meeting and talking to them. At least until I can be sure that all the 'curses' in me are gone, it's not safe to meet with my 'living family (・・・・・)' .......

'............!　I think that's a good idea!　Go to ......, heh. Oh, I'm so glad. I'm very happy that the chairman chose ”Atechi-Tachi's World” and now Atechi is very happy!

--I chose (...).

That's how Kounel expressed it to me, and I knew he was right.

And in order to make me say this, I can see that Kounel wanted to come to the 'original world' with me, before anyone else.

To make me prioritize the 'other world' instead of the 'original world'.

I'm really glad, I'm really glad. After all, the chairman is on our side!

Kounell is pleased to have accomplished what no one else could have done, and he is pleased to be able to get it off his chest.

''You half threatened me with the word 'please' ....... If I renege on the contract here, this one has the real power of the 'North-South Union', and I don't know what Quunel will do to me.

That means that ......, the chairman of the board is seriously concerned about our world, right?　Oh, I know what I'm doing.　Hehehe.

Of course I'd be worried. ......

There was no way I could leave it alone.

All along, that place was ”The Different World (・・・・・) where I met Rastiara”.

But after that last battle, it's now 'My World of Living with Rastiara (・・・・)'.