Chapter 19 (1/2)
Ossan, tells the story of his life DISCLAIMER: I DON'T REALLY KNOW japANESE, THESE ARE MACHINE TRANSLATIONS THAT I TRY TO PUT INTO PROPER ENGLISH READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION This chapter was around 35 longer than the previous ones so far and it gave me more headaches as well, so when i translate the next chapters, if i realize that so in this one totally doesn't ht retroactively correct some of the translations small announcement: First of all, Ithe chapters For ue was chapter 1, for the previous translators it wasn't, so in actuality, I' 2 chapters(12 and 13), which I decided to start translating after I read sohtly different fro to be next week's chapters(I'll try posting them as soon as I finish theies if you just wanted to read what happens next, but this is for the sake of not havingchapters at least, with this one, we conclude the forest excursion arc… probably
Zeros and the others, who subjugated the bandits, finally arrived at the riverside where they would have to spend the night at
Celestina and Zent to sleep first whilst, Zeros and several knights were keeping watch Even in a safe area monsters can appear and attack people
Since they returned fro, their senses have been sharpened enough to be like those of wild beasts, and they would wake up at the slightest sign of danger
The problem hen the beast that appeared this time was just a wild bear, Why did they look so joyous to be able to hunt prey?
Their feral behaviour was quite probleirl approaches Zero, as sorting the seeds of the medicinal herbs he had picked up in the forest
It was Iris, who had the same circumstances as him She was reincarnated into this otherworld due to the selfishness of the Goddess
”Mister, Do you have a minute?”
”I'm sorry, but I's”
”That's not it! What's with that?”
”Ah… well, you see, in the past, there was this girl the sa with co in When I politely refused, she went 'tch, so this one is no good, huh? Piece of shi+t old man', and then proceeded to curse at ize”(TN: 援交 Thank you for having a specific word for 'schoolgirl prostitution', japan It took ether with those kinds of people! I wouldn't do such a thing… That happened in our previous world, right?”
Iris was treated as a schoolgirl prostitute As one would expect, she was, naturally, quite indignant about it
”First of all, why did you think I was that kind of girl!? What the hell, I can't believe it!”
”If you are dressed in such an attire I believe many woulda black shi+rt that dangerously exposed her chest area, a long skirt of the same color, with a deep slit, and a bracelet on one of her aric tool with a luxurious design
It's an outfit that's perfectly fine for icians, but it didn't seem to match with her petite body
It was clearly supposed to be a sexy outfit, so it was quite vexing for Zeros to see a little girl trying to look older by using such a risqué attire
”Ugh… my avatar was supposed to be a tall beauty with a nice body Then what about you, uncle? You look like a coinner so isn't that suspicious as well?”
”That's the inized, in all manner of ways”
”That sounds so shady… What do you wantaround in the city, would wear? Also, the way you're gradually using more of that stupid overly polite tone is so suspicious… Honestly, it's really weird!”
”That's why it works perfectly, and well, the tone is so, and now I only say 'ore' when I get emotional”
(TN: 'ore' as in the manly japanese pronoun)
Zeros' tone was corrected when he first started working for the company, and soon after, it becaedwith that kind of tone, it can't look like anything but strange
Although it sounded aard co
”Heee… What kind of job did you have?”
”Well, it was mainly related to security syste crackers with a counter-program for example…”
”Woah… you're really s with coh?”
”I already said that's not it! Don't say it with such a serious tone!”
In his previous world, he worked for a certain co that ti
(TN: Osako is his family name, Satoshi+, his first name)
He spearheaded several projects, and was one of the major contributors to the company's profits Furthermore, in collaboration ell-known overseas companies, he was involved in several nation-wide projects…
Until a certain incident forced him to leave the co? But, Why did you get fired? That sounds really odd”
”Well, hear this I actually have an older sister and she's quite the troubleso at the company's dor that because ere siblings I should help her out, that sort of reasoning… but she stayed for 3 years and wouldn't leave the place”
”Eh? Wasn't she your older sister? She was an adult, right? Didn't she work?”
”She worked And then, she quit i s…”
”Haaaa!?”
Satoshi+'s sister was quite the selfish person
She spent her half of the money from her parents' inheritance in just two years, and she spent all of her e partner's deposits without per a divorced, it was the kind of story that would get the police involved if it would've gotten reported, but it didn't becoated the fact that her husband was cheating on her, so she used that as leverage against hi herself be unhappy, she's a sly schemer that drives her opponents to a corner
(TN: Not sure about that:むしろ、自分を不幸に見せる事で、逆に相手を追い詰めるほどの策士である。)
That elder sister barged, uninvited, into Satoshi+'s company dormitory
She lived there for three years without working, only eating rice and watching TV
Since all of the bankbooks were ed by Satoshi+, they could be used without fear of her sister using all of their , his roouarded, and the bankbooks were put in a safe in the bank
”Woah! What a sister! She's a complete parasite”
”She would randoe intoit a bit', in order to take whateverit up”
”Did you not try to kick her out? You could've called the police or consult with a lawyer…”
”I would've done it, but she's good at keeping up with appearances If anything happens, I'd look like the bad guy, so it was useless”
A good sister on the outside, a tyrant at hohborhood wives, never giving off a bad i in such a hellish place, Satoshi+ succeeded in forcibly driving her out when he got reassigned to another district for his work And fortunately, the new dornated to, was a men only 2LDK apartment
In addition, his bedrooh for one to live alone
He gazes at the distance with an annoyed expression as he reot away fro, and yet, I'm the kind of woman that needs to constantly spend money… so remember, in this world, I alin”
(TN: That was a really confusing sentence to translate, specially the last part, but I think that's the main idea behind it;この世界にいたら、真っ先に殺してますよ )
”I don't think this will be the end of it…”
And, indeed It was not the end of it
When he went abroad on a business trip, and, naturally didn't return to the dorer into letting her inside the apartra
(TN: I wonder how such a useless woman would be able to hack into a literal cyber security expert's work coot married to another man
”That man… he was one of the top executives of a rival company, and soon after, they announced the stolen software as one of their new products under develop, uncle…”
Naturally, a patent application had already been filled, and so, both coh Satoshi+'s cole, irrefutable, piece of evidence, he was still fired from his job All due to his troublesome elder sister
The rival company's executive, as also her sister's husband at the time, was made to take responsibility for the incident, and was fired as well
It was a night froht so lifestyle
He had always enjoyed playing videogaly comfortable
His older sister, who knew he retired to the countryside, wouldn't even coht it would be impossible to adapt to a far about this, right? By the way, are you going to change your equip else I can wear right now, I do have some materials but…”
”Ahh, are you the kind of person that sells their old equipthen it”
”In any case, it's supposed to be a sexy outfit so you can't It doesn't suitto make some money as a mercenary to buy new equip in so of Iris' situation
She was a player who enjoyed the game quite a lot, and probably had the type of personality that makes her draw into her own shell Very curious, but lacking awareness of potentially dangerous situations
The relationshi+p with her family couldn't be said to be the best, but it also wasn't bad It was a very ordinary family
She had a considerably s
That was how Zeros evaluated Iris, and he seemed to be al, uncle?”
”I'ic to a nobleman's children, but I'll most likely be uneed to get acquainted with such powerful people!? And in less than a month…!”
”I just helped theh?”
”But you can't norht? That's how it is in Ranobe, at least”
Even in this world, there's a large gap between the nobility and the commoners
nobles are the ones with status and power, and also the ones who run the country Normally, it would be an honor to be able to talk to one
Iris couldn't believe he wasn't just arrogantly looked down upon
”In your first ti with someone, half of your words have to be your true intentions, 20 lies, and the re 30, to probe the other person's intentions and feelings
With that, you can e to extract information fros are explored by saying the things, you believe, they're ht ti the full story by differentiating truths frootiation, right? After that, I just need to be able to get through with my skills”
”Shady!! That's so shady, uncle!”
”It's hard to win the trust of the other party during your first ti, and if you do get their trust, theis to not betray it”
”Isn't that what con-artists do? Sounds pretty shady to ain other people's trust The key to winning it, is how reat first impression you can make onto the other party
A noble is like a coht? I've done it sobusiness negotiations abroad, it was very i with the other party, and be able to win their trust That would lead to new business opportunities, and if you succeed, the rewards will be great
Zeros, who has experienced thatwithin the frah, he will be unemployed after a couple of weeks…
”Wouldn't it be possible to be one of the country's great persons if you try?”
”I have no desire to, it's annoying I want to take care of the fields and live leisurely”
”What a waste of talent…”
”Everyone chooses the way they want to live their lives I don't want to change mine just because others say so”
In ter in an iovernh le of the nobles who are in charge of the country's internal affairs is fierce
Currently, most of this world's war potential is due to the contributions of the coh the social status of a ic State(TN: I think the narrator is talking in general about States where that political system exists, not a country in specific; 法国家), they're currently clinging onto power, and don't understand the nuances in tactics meant for real battles
Up until now, the Solistair Magic Kingdom has never been involved in any major war, and for some reason, the chain of coicians and the knights often acting independently from each other
However, when it co a divided chain of command proved to be quite inconvenient
When the tiether comes, the order is transmitted to both divisions, but they try to pull each other's legs and coets the credit as soon as possible
Of course, there were few direct clashes, but given that they did not trust each other, under the surface sparks fleeen them by icians also train for combat, but they've never experienced a real one, in the truest sense of the word On the other hand, knights have strengthen their coordination having bandits and eanization However, their joint operations with the icians result in failures more often than not, due to the divided chain of cos
(TN: I gave up with that last sentence, at least this makes more sense to me than the raw;ここに異なる命令系統を持つ魔導士団が加わり足を引っ張られる事を由としない。 )
Even if they receive the saicians would often interpret it differently, and aging in actual battle (ations) Of course, that could be useful in a war, but it's hts
This could be due to the fact that uing about ill take the credit and gain the upper hand against the others
There are soicians that try to fulfill their role seriously, but if you go against your faction, you could easily lose your job, considering that they're composed of nobles that hold most of the political power in the country
Both the King and the Chivalric Order are overburdened with the internal discord of the Magic Division, but because the leaders of each faction have their hands in the political center, they can't be carelessly irritated
The country is in tur any ti to behave recklessly
”Would you want to serve such a country? I feel like I'd get stabbed in the back eventually”
”Is this country okay? I feel like it's lacking in tere to incorporate serious hts' ranks it'll be a different story, but you'd have to get around all of the factions trying to pull each other's legs That sounds iicians look pretty adorable in their eyes, huh Looks like the ongoing harassment it's mutual, and would be hard for theoing on between the icians' factions”
Creston created his own faction for that purpose, but so far, the situation is not looking good Above all, there were icians that wanted to dedicate themselves exclusively to research, so often, they didn't want to be involved in icians that didn't want to join Creston's faction because they were scared of the other factions Due to that, it was difficult to secure personnel
”I heard there were the Royalist faction, the nobles, and the Knights, right?”
”Do they love creating factions that much? I don't think they'll be able to run the country in that way”
”They seem to have profits in mind, so no one would want to stop each other's despotic actions towards the people, well… there seems to be some fools that try to now and then, but for the ”
Zeros calhts it up, and quietly breathes in the white sarettes… aren't they banned?”
”They're selling theh? This is an irresistible world for sic”
”…And with that e of a fantasy world crumbles down instantly… hey, Why do you look so happy about it?”
”Even if the price was high, I wouldn't stop sarette in the sh in the cold winter? Well, there's no roof here but you get the point…”
”You should stop it! It's bad for your health and the ones around you”
Zeros, cigarette enthusiast
Couldn't stop s fired
Casually haves a s on the fields
”It was hard not being able to s the first few days after I arrived to this world”
”I wish you could just stop sether…”
”When I found a tobacco shop in the city, I, involuntarily, asa Ondo-like dance”
(TN: traditional song; enwikipediaorg/wiki/Hanagasa_Ondo)
”What even…show it to , left money so I earned a little extra incoet mistaken as a street performer!? And you even earned arette's s 'What even are you talking about?'
”W-What is it…?”
”Are you… going to continue working as aas fun as that in this world Moreover, there are even dungeons, right?”
”… And e period? In this world, et married when they're 17, you won't be able to find a partner after you're over 20 years old”