Chapter 32: Lincoln (1/2)
Chapter 31:The Unconscious Princess Chapter 33: Blood Energy 〜 Blood Soul
「That is……No never mind」 (Yurikago Speaking)
Yurikago was about to make some sort of a rebuttal, but she shook her head and swallowed her words back down.
「Abraham Lincoln………America’s former President of the United States, he said a few words which really stuck with me. When someone passes 40 years of age, a person should take responsibility for his own face, that’s what he said」 (Yurikago Speaking)
「Hmm?」(Taiyou Speaking)
Taiyou inclined his neck a little and gave her a look which said, “Why are you suddenly talking about such a thing?” Yurikago was being really roundabout in the way she spoke, this was totally unlike her usual self.
「Don’t look at me with those eyes, it’s not really that Philosophical. I’m not suddenly turning into Sakura, I don’t have an interest in such things. What I am talking about is, the muscles of the face will form wrinkles and such when making familiar expressions he/she has made in their life, that’s what I am referring to」
「An expression one is familiar with?」
I repeated her words like a mechanical parrot whilst having one hand on my cheek.
「Yes, Someone who has been smiling their whole life, will develop strong muscles to make a big grin, people who are quick to get angry on the other hand, will have scary eyes and this will be fixed on their faces, people who like to talk cynically to others will have their mouth distorted…….That kind of thing」
「Ahh, I suppose that how it is」
Taiyou thought that this was the truth.
It is natural that when a part of the body repeatedly does the same motions for their whole life, the body will optimize itself so as to fit a more convenient shape for that person.
「Most of a child’s features if they are new-born babies will come from their parents, however once someone reaches the age of 40, the shape of their face will be made by how they lived their lives. Thus, if you reach that age of adulthood, then you should be able to take responsibility for the choices you’ve made in life, that’s what those words mean」(Yurikago Speaking)
「It’s similar to the words said by Mother Theresa」(Taiyou Speaking)
「In her scenario, it’s about looking towards the future」(Yurikago Speaking)
「Indeed」(Taiyou Speaking)
「Yeah」(Yurikago Speaking)
Yurikago cut their conversation for a little while, and after letting out a sigh she continued.
「Therefore, I plan to thoroughly take care of my face. Although only my face」(TL: “Every man over forty is responsible for his face.” these are the exact words as quoted from Lincoln, the story goes when he was advised to hire a certain man in his cabinet, he refused even though that man could have been a valuable asset. The moral of the story was not the fact that he found the man’s face ugly, but his features showed Lincoln that the man had an ugly personality and a bad disposition)
「Ahh, so you are saying that a person’s face can reflect their personality, right?」
Coming this far into the conversation, Taiyou finally understood what she was trying to say.
「However, in reality as well as metaphorically, a person’s attitude will remain the same for their whole life」(Taiyou Speaking)
「I know that…..」(Yurikago Speaking)
Yurikago lets out a sigh and hangs her head down in dejection. Taiyou could somehow feel grace from her small gesture, and it reconfirmed his beliefs about her being an Ojou-sama from a well-off family.
「Are you that unhappy that I managed to expose your true colors?」
「That much is obvious, but」
「But?」
「More than that I am disappointed in my own worthlessness. If I take the words of Lincoln to heart, I loathe myself who is unable to see my own true nature」
「That is being a little too harsh on yourself isn’t it?」
「……」
Yurikago refuses to comment on Taiyou’s words as she turned her body away, she sealed her lips and stayed quiet after that.
She doesn’t want to say anything more, there was an implicit nuance and Taiyou could read it from her body language, so he also felt no need to pursuit the matter any further.
Knowing anymore about her background, at least in this place and the things they were about to do from here on out, was irrelevant to the task at hand.
What was the most important thing to Taiyou right now, was achieving his objectives and the means to achieve it.
Yurikago has the intentions of obstructing the『Blood Soul Plan』. That was also the main objective that Taiyou wanted to accomplish, and Yurikago’s true colors had no influence that would affect the matter in a negative way.
Even if he took the presumption to its limits and said that Yurikago’s true nature was a 700 year old vampire, or a Martian who came from 100 years in the future, all Taiyou wanted out of her was the fact that she planned to obstruct this project together with him, so that he could regain peace for the three sisters.
Thus, Taiyou decided that he did not want to overstep his boundaries. Having pointed out her true colors, was only because it flowed naturally into the conversation, and he just went with the flow.
He was the kind of guy, which would not ask about it, if a woman did not wish to speak about it. The atmosphere inside the room was becoming a little heavy, Taiyou was still continuing to earnestly gather up experience points.
Before the beginning of the operation, he still had some time left. Until then, if it was possible he wanted to raise at least 1 or even 2 levels.
Pasa, Shuru, Pasa Shuru. (sfx of him taking his jacket off and putting it on)
He continued to whole-heartedly perform his actions, suddenly Hera who was keeping silent watch until now suddenly burst into a dance.
It was the level up dance……He wasn’t really sure if that is what the name of the dance was but, it was the movements he has seen Hera do many times in the past.
Taiyou silently nodded towards her. Before they came into this room, they already predetermined how they would communicate silently with each other.
As per usual, a huge torrent of figures flowed into Taiyou’s brain.
Taiyou became Level 6. His strength value rose up to 42, just as he wished, the fighting power he wanted to increase was definitely higher now.
(Just how strong is a strength value of 42?)
Naturally he had a little bit of doubt.
When his power was at 30, he was already able to bare-handedly pulverize a concrete wall and manage to snap off a steel sword. In this case, just how crazy would a value of 42 be?
He thought that he needed to experiment and find the answer some time in the near future.
Taiyou gave Yurikago a quick glance and she turned her back towards him. Confirming that Yurikago was looking away, he quickly turned towards Hera, and mouthed out the words.
「What–is–the–next–method—to—gain–exp?」
Although his facial expressions were a little strange because he wasn’t able to just speak the words out loud, the message was conveyed successfully.
Hera was just vacantly staring at him momentarily, before long she understood his words.
「Tayiou-chan you still want to continue〜? Didn’t you just level up moment’s ago〜? 」
「Con-tinue」