Chapter 211: Invitation and Response (1/2)

Chapter 211: Invitation and Response

“How’s Li country Isn’t it aover the first and second place?” (Makoto)

A vague question froht have answered differently If she had ave my impressions of Limia

I have a few bad iood part of it, it would be that, honestly, I don’t have much of an impression

“Fufufu, a major power huh That’s true But you see, in truth, the ine are quite different It is also a half-hearted country” (Hibiki)

“Half-hearted?” (Makoto)

I don’t think a major power can be half-hearted

It is a ht?

In that case, it wouldn’t be able to function as a country without a superior syste it

“For example, the population, Makoto-kun, how much do you think is the population of Limia?” (Hibiki)

P-Population?

This is a topic I have not cared at all for since co to this world

“…The territory of Limia is wide, so maybe around the tenat its territory only, I don’t think it would be strange for them to have at least this much

“The correct answer is: I don’t know” (Hibiki)

“Hah?”

What’s with that?

Isn’t that cheating?

“In this world, there’s practically no country –including Lirasp of their population Froe Moreover, the ones in possession of the inforovernle company” (Hibiki)

Seriously?

One company?

…I feel like there’s only one who fits the bill

I wonder if he has a grasp on the population even in the current sudden increases it is having, Rembrandt-san

“It is rasp on the number of people…inhabitant’s ballot, no, a census huh

Wait, it should have existed in japan since quite a long tih…

In other words, it shouldn’t be difficult?

Unless it is quite the chaotic era

This world is currently in war, but thinking about the tian in e for the about a chaos that made the docuitated to the point of being unable to keep things like that in mind, it would be…the revolution at the Ounin era, ated in my free time about that era, I couldn’t understand it well

The enemies became allies, and even when the Heads of both poere affiliated to the same camp, the battle continued, and by the tioku period

I don’t think this world is in the same state

“They don’t have the will to do so, they don’t find any reason to do it; it is just because of that They just report about an approximate of the harvest, and from that report, they decide the tax With a syste the population number in check” (Hibiki)

“I-I see” (Makoto)

They decide the tax by the land huh

It is certainly true that by doing that, they are able to leave the rest to the nobles

I feel like they are just pushi+ng all the responsibility away though, but if the inco in, it doesn’t see about obtaining power, it is a topic that can’t be ignored And in truth, I would say that Limia’s population is around 50 million to 70 million, but the tax yields are only around half of that number So it is like they can avoid tax aswould be embezzlement huh” (Makoto)

Limia is practically a despotism of nobles after all

“Yeah I a for a consent after the fact, but we are currently utilizing your help in order to improve this part” (Hibiki)

“Me?” (Makoto)

Did I do so?

“It was a real help Thanks” (Hibiki)

“No well, I don’t have reat Or s like improvements?” (Makoto)

I feel like this has to do with the very foundations of the country

“Improvement is a special skill from japan after all There’s no way I wouldn’t use it just because I aht out the topic of population as an exaed in this world for the better” (Hibiki)

Isn’t that saying tooonly japan does, it is done in the whole planet Earth

“Well it is not like it shouldn’t be used but…it see a lot of zeal into this country” (Makoto)

“…This is the country I have been summoned in” (Hibiki)

“I know that” (Makoto)

“It is the country where I know the most people, and the country where the most people know of me It is the country that has placed their expectations on me Isn’t it a matter of course that I think deeply of it?” (Hibiki)

“Sorry” (Makoto)

I felt like I was being criticized, so I ended up apologizing

Well, I also think deeply of Asora, so it should be about the same

If it’s that, I feel like I can understand

Different from Asora, Limia is connected by land with other countries and if there’s eneh

“…I want you to like this country as well Is it…difficult to desire that?” (Hibiki)

…

The eyes of Senpai were dyed in seriousness

“Makoto-kun, this world and the Goddess, it is certainly true that it is very different froinal world There’s definitely things that you can’t just accept and things that are unreasonable” (Hibiki)

“…”

“I know that you don’t hold positive feelings towards the Goddess At this occasion, I won’t tell you to throw those away Just that, for the sake of finishi+ng this long war… can’t you please lend us your strength? Of course, I won’t be telling you to learn of war either It is fine to supply us with goods at a suitable price” (Hibiki)

“…”

So she is telling oods of Lith to Senpai only, it would be a different case, but if I were to cooperate in supplying the goods in order to finish the war, it wouldthat, even if it’s indirectly, I a in the war

Yeah, can’t do

There’s no choice but to refuse

“…How about it?” (Hibiki)

“Sorry, I can’t If it’s just selling things to Senpai personally, I wouldn’t h” (Makoto)

“I see So you won’t be cooperating ‘for the sake of putting an end to the war’ huh” (Hibiki)

…Ah

Even I could tell that Senpai emphasized the words at the latter half

So they are already suspecting that I have a connection with the demon race huh

They don’t have any positive proof of it, so they can’t ask about this cri the doors of Kuzunoha Company to all that need it Please let me cooperate in the sense of neutrality” (Makoto)

“You see, Makoto-kun…I don’t think that all the actions of the Goddess are correct” (Hibiki)

“?!!”

Senpai?!

No wait, isn’t that so a hero shouldn’t say?!

“She is not the ‘God’ that we think of She has a personality, and individuality I have not heard of the existence of other Gods in this world aside fro to say that she is the only God though” (Hibiki)

“…”

That’s right There’s no way I would accept so like that as a God

The God that Senpai is talking about is probably the alhty one

That kind of God, I have not met one either

But…I do think that there’s no way it is okay to leave that Goddess do as she pleases

“The existence that es and watches over this world The Gods that exist are probably people that do these kind of jobs Honestly, even now, I still think that she is a woman with problems in her personality” (Hibiki)

“Senpai…” (Makoto)

“But Makoto-kun, no matter the existence she is, she lives in a different place fro to do with us, you know? Even for us, the day we ht was the last Until then, I didn’t believe in the existence of God In other words, isn’t she only an existence that we met in a mere instant of our short lives?” (Hibiki)

“…”

“What will you do byof defeat inside of you? It is like having complains about the laws and phenomenons that naturally exist in the world Isn’t it pointless?” (Hibiki)

“Why did Senpai…?” (Makoto)

“Eh?” (Hibiki)

“Why did Senpai coh you had a life of success secured over there” (Makoto)

I don’t understand at all

“You want to know the reason why I came to this world?” (Hibiki)

“Yeah” (Makoto)

“You are interested in the reason of why someone like in with, would come to this world?” (Hibiki)

“!”

Does Senpai know?

The fact that the two being summoned was the fault of ht it was interesting” (Hibiki)

“That’s the main reason?” (Makoto)

“Well, it is not like I don’t hold any feelings of wanting to return to my life in japan However, at that ti in a parallel world was appealing That’s why I am here In the end, the whole reason I as of that instant From then, I created connections in this world er separate fros of that instant” (Makoto)

So Senpai currently doesn’t have intentions of going back then

I can sense that froh she said she wanted to return a bit, I couldn’t feel a single trace of homesickness from Senpai’s words

“The Empire’s Tomoki must be the same Well, if the Goddess had asked hiht have differed There’s plenty possibility that different heroes would be su a peaceful life in japan” (Hibiki)

“…”

Right

At that day, in just that instant, the two decided to become heroes

A decision is a decision

But if ere to call it a thoroughly thought decision, as expected, that wouldn’t be the case

“It is not like I a Makoto-kun Don’t make that face Let me advance the topic In this world, the interference of God is not so like that This world will e more and more If we can finish the war soon and calm down the quarrel between hyumans and de the world” (Hibiki)

“Change…the world?” (Makoto)

“That’s right It can’t be done easily, but I think it is possible to create a society where hyumans and demi-humans don’t discri the very thinking of hyu as the foundation of that thinking lies in the teachings of the Goddess, I think it is is of the Spirits, they are told that demi-humans are existences below hyumans, you know?

“Even if you are a hero, isn’t that way too idealistic? This is a world where a big nuainst that very ideal of yours” (Makoto)

“Isn’t Makoto-kun showing that possibility yourself? In Rotsgard and Tsige It is possible to wake up the hyuht? I don’t think the Goddess would be able to forcefully ae theated decades of activities from her, but she herself is docile and simply has a deep affection for beautiful hyumans, and she doesn’t punish hyu from what she wills At least in public it is known in that way” (Hibiki)

So Senpai is trying to change the Goddess’ world fro should be close to mine, and yet, why is it that I feel like Senpai is so far away?

“In that case, Senpai, even if the Goddess doesn’t exist anymore in this world, for example; even if a different God were to take her place, you wouldn’t ht?” (Makoto)

Well, even if I say a different God, I don’t have a specific God inand see how she reacts

But if Senpai does think that way, I thought that maybe it would be possible to form a cooperative relationshi+p with her

If she thinks that a society where demi-humans don’t face discrimination is better, it would be possible to speak with the deone?” (Hibiki)

“F-Figuratively speaking” (Makoto)

In the case that I actually fight her, win, and punish her, I don’t know if the Goddess will continue ht that since a God is gone, there would be a different God co to fill her place

“If it doesn’t have any effect on the world at all, I wouldn’t mind Just that…” (Hibiki)

“Just that…?” (Makoto)

“If the Goddess is gone, the Spirits that work as her servants will be gone, and then she -the one Who knohat kind of effect would bring to the ic power that serves as the nucleus of this world On top of that, the blessings and divine protection will disappear and the status of the Church will fall There’s also the fear that the very teachings of the Goddess will be throay as well” (Hibiki)

“…”

I didn’t think that far ahead

Because I didn’t care at all about ould happen to this world after the Goddess lost her power or at worst, died

It is fine to just bring the people that want refuge into Asora first, and in the first place, it is a world that existed even when the Goddess wasn’t there

It seems like people like Root where there at that ti impossible to live in

That’s why I didn’t think further than that

But it sees that would happen if the Goddess were to fall

“Even if, for argument’s sake, it turns peaceful at that tireat chaos, and there’s an incredibly high chance that hell will break loose Especially the hyumans that had received the affection of the Goddess, there’s the chance that the other races will view them as enemies” (Hibiki)

“It is certainly true that there’s the chance” (Makoto)

Or more like, it will definitely turn out that way

The blessing will be gone, so leaving aside the people that have true strength,a hard tiht turn into a mess, like the Tower of Babel

They wouldn’t be able to create a big country like now, so the hegeed to another race

“If you are saying you have a le effect like that to the world, I don’t mind” (Hibiki)

“Then if there’s an effect like what Senpai has stated?” (Makoto)

“Even if it costs ainst it” (Hibiki)

“…Even if it costs you your life?” (Makoto)

“If there’s so like that, it would be the same as the de the people that are living in peace and taking away their lives It is enough to call it pure evil The ones facing the e would be the hyumans, but the demi-humans will also be involved with no exception” (Hibiki)

“Terrorist The demons are a different race, they possess a country, and are opponents that you are fighting in war Even though you are doing ith them, you call them in that way Aren’t you a bit too prejudiced?” (Makoto)

Terrorist is a word I didn’t expect

To call the ith the deht by the minority that knew that no n supreot impatient and called the heroes” (Hibiki)

“The deine the conflicts and invasions of places like Russia and China

I remember the words of Zef

If I remember correctly, he said that the demon race population is at most 1 million or 15 million

If Limia has several millions just like Senpai said, the hyuman population is most likely more than 4 times that

They are called the four h

So if it’s 50 ainst a few millions

If the other demi-humans are added to the equation, would it turn into the ten inally composed by mixed races

No, even with that, it would still be an incredibly low number compared to hyumans

Whichever the case, this is not on the level of war

Just like Senpai said, this is on the level of a small insurrection