Vol 2 Chapter 31 (1/2)

The Start of the Walt House

Having experienced Growth, and having shown a painful side of myself to Novem and Aria… as well as all of the ancestors, I stopped by the Jewel’s conference room as per my promise with the First

Unlike usual, the First was standing in front of his own room

And today, the Second was sitting at the table

“How rare, Second”

As I said that, he gave a short reply

『Yeah』

The First was s

I wondered if the two had gotten into a fight like always That in mind, I asked what had happened

“Did you get into another fight? What was it about this time?”

The First shook his head

『As if all we ever do is fight We just talked a bit about the past, and said anted Now let’s go, Lyle Oh, right』

The First opened his own room’s door, but before he entered, he called out to the Second

『I’ll leave the rest to you, Crassel』

The Second merely dismissed hiuys was quite rare, I thought

(They usually do nothing but fight How rare)

As I thought that, I passed through the door with the First Generation to find an old townscape extending before me

There were even so

The style was quite old, and the Walt House’s Weihs Territory was much further developed

And there were even people walking around, carrying out their daily lives

But…

“I can’t touch them?”

As I suddenly tried to dodge a person that caainst a wall

But I didn’t feel anything

『This is my recollections, or perhaps the inside of s you can touch are limited, and it’s useless no uys Hey, c’o already』

As I watched through the , the First walked ahead

It was surely somewhere I’d never seen before, but there was no doubt about it

(Is this the past of the estate? No, for the First’s memory, the scale is off It may feel a little crude, but the area’s scale is on the level of a town or city)

If you think of the extent of the territory, the House’s land shouldn’t have advanced to this point in the First’s time

Following the First, we stepped off the htly narrower path

There, four to five story buildings lined themselves up, as if to make the sky seem small, and the road slender

I couldn’t s, but the path seemed dirty

“Just where is this?”

『Ah? It’s the Iuess?』

Hearing that, I was a little surprised

“Two hundred years!”

『Don’t be so shocked, boy I was born around fifty years into the kingdoht noe’re around three hundred into it, right? So at all』

“R-right”

I had never been too far into Centralle, but I wondered if it was this sort of place as I continued on

And e had slipped out of the alley, we reached a residential area, where houses were lined up

“This is?”

『My parent’s home That back there was a shortcut, so we took it』

Hearing that, I…

(So this is where the Capital’s noble Walt House ell, we’re not related to them at all anymore, or so I heard)

I heard that we became independent, and severed all ties

Of course, with the imperial nobles, it’s not like they could act too friendly to the provincial Count House, the Walt House

I ht house in the capital

Even if you called the, without even erial posts

“So what are we here for? Or wait, do you have so to show me?”

As I said that, the First silently nodded

And his eyes were directed ahead

There, watching a red haired woe piece of luggage in his hand

His age was probably in the early twenties

『… That’s me』

“N-no way!”

I don’t think it rong forself looked like an a man His hair was put in order, and his face was cleanly shaven

There wasn’t anything to point to his characteristic barbarian style

『I-it’s no lie! Like that, I would occasionally catch sight of Alice-san I swore to one day rise up froht house, and resolved my heart to come for her one day!』

It seely pure

And the scene changed

There, a young First Generation was staring at a recruit corps posted on a wall

And the Young First shouted out

『This is it! With this, I can get proo to Alice-san’s side!』

He delightedly sprinted off

『It was at that tiain The other types were expensive, but these didn’t have any popularity, so they were cheap And wait, there wasn’t anything like Magic Tools inyou could do but buy a ge on it later, there was noto it Didn’t know that back then』

The reason the Jeas purchased was because it was unpopular, and cheap…

As always, that’s quite a reason there

『It’s better than having nothing, right? Still, I really wanted a red one, you know』

Taking the cheap blue gely at the red and yellow ones that were labelled at a price far beyond his reach

The First looked at his own form, and found it loathsome

『Perhaps this was a mistake Of course, it’s not like I had a choice For a lowly Knight House, without aoff pension I hated a house like that I wanted to becoht, though』

The scene changed yet again, and this tione by

In a bar in Centralle, a young First, who looked a little wilder than before, was crying into his drink

“… What happened?”

『… I returned to Centralle for a while The village was kinda starting to take shape, so I thought I would go bring a e proposal to Alice-san』

The result was just as I already knew

Aria’s ancestor Alice-san married into the Lockwarde family

『I was just starting to hate any and everything』

“I do get that feeling from you”

The youth drinking liquor before ain and again

In place of his betrothalmoney I heard the First whisper that as he held his head in his hands

(That’s no good, isn’t it? To do that sort of thing all of a sudden He should have brought the talk forward first, or stayed in touch… and wait, the difference in their status’ was still too great, so he would’ve been turned down at the gate)

Love across rank

Without fate lending the slightest of hands, the First’s first love came to an end

And this time when the scene warped, a tranquil landscape extended beforecarried out

A barbarian-styled young First Generation was exchanging bloith another wearing similar pelts

“… What is this supposed to be?”

『Hmm? Ah, it’s that The territory of those who didn’t follow the rule of the kingdom from the start, and my territory overlapped In that case, you have to decide who it belongs to, right?』

“No, even if you call talking with your fists the natural way to sort these matters out… ah, you won”

The First pummeled his way to victory, and like that, he raised a war cry, as the barbarians around him fell to their knees

Even thekneeled before him

『How nostalgic Back then, even thinking became detestable, so I just carried out my job』

Like that, tiain, and a First Generation a littlebout outside

There, he cried out

『Ya see, the wife I’otta have a good head, and nice skin! I don’t got no interest in anything else! These ‘re the Walt Family Precepts, ya’ hear!』

With the drink as his fuel, he let out sos

Looking at his own forhed

『This time is that, you know… I didn’t want to have to deal with anything like e anymore I mean, I couldn’t think it possible that there was a woman out there better than Alice-san』

“You really are cruel Because of this, all the future heads went through hell to get married, you know”

『… Oy, did you seriously think I thought my drunken spiel would be taken seriously?』

That’s what thearound who heard his drunken spiel seemed to have taken his words quite seriously

Hey, whose daughter here fits those conditions?

Ah, hter isn’t too smart

My sister’s a little sickly

They began a serious discussion

And within the man He was older than the First, and he put his hand to his forehead with a troubled expression on his face

His attire wascivilians, and he had sonity to him

『Ah, that person there’s the old ht me quite a bit In the end, this person relied on his influence to bring a noble wife over to me』

By 『old eneration’s Forxuz Head

He looked like quite a decent person to h troubles for the First Generation etic

“So you relied on the Forxuz House from back then as well I wonder just how far our Walt House’s debt runs with them”

『He was a good person, you know』

Having hed

When the scene changed, an expanded village was burning up

The First Generation of his e sword as he confronted the e forelion Subspecies

The sword in his hand, length alone, was le person

(TL: So that hunk of iron really could slay dragons)

“That sword is…”

I was instantly able to recognize the siripped the Jewel

『A ot all the ether, it looked impossible That’s why I stood up front』

The large sword in hand, the First Generation screa the monster

For the beast several tiht of the blade, and cut it down

His figure was truly one of a hero

『Full Burst… that was my trump card I could raise my own abilities from two to five times over』

“Eh? That high? I get the feeling it wasn’t that high when I used it? But if you raise your abilities that high, is there no backlash or anything?”

『Hah? As if I know! Just ignore the side effects Ignore them!』

On the First-like opinion, I gave a strained smile

『I usually saved up my Mana, and exploded it all at once when I used it It raised my abilities in proportion to whatever I had saved up For me, it would be around two to three times my abilities in a month, but it will probably be faster for you』

Between us, the amount of Mana we possessed was too far apart

With the Fifth onwards taking in the bloodlines of ic in the truest sense of the word

While ere talking, the First finally ed victorious

And a single child rushed over to him

… It was probably the Second

『… I guess it was around this tiot around to saying Up to then, I couldn’t do anything fatherly for him, and it wasn’t easy onbehind to the two of them』

The child Second Generation seeure

And the tiain

The village had expanded even further, but my impression was…

“Isn’t that completely irresponsible?”

『…』

The First stayed quiet

As the First Generation of his rown Second Generation shouted at him

『Please givethe fields so far… because of that, there are so the people! Why not think for a second!』

And from that scene, time went on even further, and we found ourselves inside the manor

The estate the First Generation lived in was ridiculously modest in comparison to the current Walt House’s

The First was about to leave with a garden hoe in hand, and he passed by a silent Second Generation

The two of them were unable to look each other in the eye

『… It was abehind, but in the end, all I left to the boy were problems with the territory』

His haphazardly expanded fields caused proble the people, but the First shut theth

The one orked more than anyone else was the Feudal Lord, the First Generation… Basil Walt, and no one would oppose the hero who saved the village tiain

But it looks like their dissatisfaction was to be directed at the Second

『I just wanted to let them eat a little more I cut down the forests, and expanded the fields… by the ti but problems No one would come couy』

“Founder…”

『Back then, he had ignoredco to me… I was honestly happy I was only ever able to have a family shout out with him back when he was a kid, you know』

It seeerent attitude was more decent than how the two of them treated each other before

Both of them must be aard people

And the Scene returned to the First’s fight with the Dragon, and froze there