4 Episode 4 "Aiming forskills to live without working".txt (2/2)

They made me buy a book with my own money, thinking that if I could make a website as well as a computer, I could make a reasonably good-looking page, and I was about to quit my part-time job when they asked me, ”Well, who's going to make this page? Update?　Isn't that the basis of working life, not bothering the people you work for?　Ahhhh! I refused to go to work and my cell phone kept ringing and they even picked me up at home.

When I said I'd talk to the Labor Standards Bureau, it stopped, but the last thing she said was ”You're a coward!　Scum! It was. I don't understand.

...... Did Nagi-sama come from a world ruled by a demon king?

Cecil is surprised.

I was in what is supposed to be a civilized world.

'Anyway, when you're trying to please people and you accidentally show them 100 percent, they start to take it for granted. They get used to it and demand 120 percent. If you keep giving it to them, they're going to run out. You have to give people 40 percent of what you're doing, and that's just fine.

This one is non-negotiable.

Hide your abilities, don't show your power, and get through the rest by being creative.

Even with any cheat skill, people will get used to it eventually.

'There's a parable in my world that goes something like this.

It is the useless tree that can get its life span straightened out.

A straight tree is cut down and made into furniture.

An upright tree is cut down and made into a ship.

A fruitful tree has its branches broken off and is taken away.

Greasy trees are cut down and used for firewood.

Pretend as much as possible that you are useless to others.

Then you will manage to live in peace.

In other words, 'Let's hide our power and pretend to be useless to get through the world.'

'...... Huh. As Nagi-sama said, it's not very cool.

In other words, 'play for nothing, play for heaven'.

'Suddenly it's cooler!　Huh?　Is that ......?

Cecil's eyes glaze over and he's impressed.

Words are important.

'So. In order to do that, you need to know about this world first.

Finally, we're back to talking.

I didn't just hire Cecil because Ashtarteh asked me to.

It was because I wanted someone who knew this world well to be by my side.

My goal is to survive normally on low fuel consumption, but I don't know what a normal life in this world is like in the first place.

The only things I know at the moment are monetary value, contracts and skills.

That's where Cecil's knowledge becomes important.

''Since there are demon kings and demons, there are adventurers in this world who fight against them, right?

'Yes. They are normal. They're not like soldiers or anything like that, they're people who take on jobs closer to home.

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Well, we'll play adventurers, too.

At my words, Cecil nodded his head.

'There are two advantages. You can learn about the geography of this world and everyone's life and culture by completing quests. The other is that we can make use of our skills. How do you think we should do the quests that are as easy and profitable as possible, and then when we have a prospect of making a living, we can think about what to do after that...?

Nagi-sama...... you're from another world and you're realistic.

That's because I was trained in the original world of neglect and black work.

I don't know, but I'm sure you've had a hard time: ......

That goes for Cecil, too.

I can't help but nudge each other with .......

'So, do you still have an adventurer's guild or something?'

Yes, sir.

Then tell me the nearest big city to the royal capital, and tell me where the guild is. That's our next stop.

I won't stay in King's Landing for long.

First of all, there's a possibility that I'm on the king's radar.

Even though I've been thrown out, I'm a person from another world.

I'm not sure what kind of cheat skills I have.

As a king, he would want to at least keep an eye on me.

Secondly, I showed my rare skills to the slavers and skill dealers.

If those guys find out who I am, they might find out about the existence of skills that can create rare skills. Even if they don't, they're probably thinking that I might have other rare skills - at least they're thinking about it.

I think the best thing to do first is to leave here and start over in another big town.

'Okay.'

Cecil is a quick swallow, which helps.

Come to think of it, when I negotiated with the slavers, Cecil was the first to notice my intentions.

Is it the characteristics of the demon race or Cecil's ability?

I'll ask him to tell me the skills and parameters later.

'Speaking of the town closest to the royal capital, it's still Metekal. It's a fortified city two days' walk east of here, with a large adventurer's guild. The commercial city of Metekal is also famous in other countries, and due to its size, I've heard that the lord of the city has its own autonomy.

So we'll see you there.

'Um, Master ...... Nagi.'

Cecil sat on the floor and looked up at me.

Ugh, I'm kind of creeped out.

'Why do you trust me so much?

'Huh?　I thought under the terms of the slave contract, Cecil couldn't disobey if he was ordered to.

That's only if you use the power of the ring to command it.

Oh, yeah.

On the ring finger of my left hand, I have the ring from when I made a contract with Cecil.

Apparently a slave cannot disobey his master if he touches this and gives an order.

”Don't you think I'm trying to lie and cheat you, Nagi-sama?

'No, because I owe Ashtarthae a debt of gratitude, and since we're working together, there's no point in Cecil giving me false information.

Contractually, Cecil can't escape me.

And he can't hurt me, not intentionally.

The deal is that I give him to another human being under the terms of my termination, or until I die.

Or until Cecil finishes paying 120,000 arsha.

This means that Cecil will be offset by the amount of work he did for me. If we do the adventurer's quest together, we'll split the reward and Cecil's share will go to pay 120,000 arsha.

Of course, if Cecil wanted it in cash, that was fine with me.

So, for the time being, Cecil will be with me.

So I can't help but wonder about every single thing: ......

But if you ask me again, I'll tell you why I believe in ...... because we don't owe you anything, right?

Because you don't carry ...... on your back, right?

The king and the chief ...... of the part-time job he had in his former world, as well as some great people, but people who carry an organization on their backs can take advantage of outsiders quite a bit. ......

Using the excuse that it was to protect the organization.

Even the King summoned us from the outside and wanted to use us to protect his people.

”Cecil and I are on our own, and we don't have anything else on our shoulders. We're all about survival, we're all about the same thing. So I knew I could trust you.

...... Nagi-sama.

Cecil sat down on the floor and bowed his head with a chop.

'Thank you!　I'll do my best.

Yeah. So let's get to it.

When we're done talking, I say.

'I'd like you to sit on the bed over there. I'd like you to let me mess with your body.