Chapter. 18. World 4 (7)
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Dear Dana. And my dear assholes.
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“Young master, your mother is not here.”
“So you said you knew-”
“You don’t just know, you have to count it deep in your heart! You can’t escape reality, and you can’t ignore it! There is no mother! When you’re sad and having a hard time, others say, ‘Mom!’ Even though I cried, the master just said, ‘Ugh!’ I can’t help but cry! Now follow along! There is no mother! “I don’t have a mother!”
“Nimi-”
“That’s right! That’s how you start to accept it!”
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Is the wasteland outside still peaceful? Is the sand storm raging today too?
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“You can’t turn away! If you just ignore this great pain, it will catch you in the not-too-distant future! Now, let’s break the egg of pain and take a step forward into the world!! “It’s about squeezing out the poison of life called sadness!”
“Swearing is a very good sign! A strong horse has the drive to move forward through pain! Even if it’s not enough, this Katrea can teach you a little bit: in such situations, rather than equivocating, say, ‘Pluck out this [*&^^#@] by [#*(@#&$) *#*&^@&^# -’ Taking an aggressive position in the same way-”
“Aaaah-”
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I am seeing the spicy taste of a new world.
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Whoop!
The sight of abusive language pouring out of the mouth of a maid who was the most gentle and kind girl in the world was truly a sight that would bring tears to the eyes of an adult.
Free Trade Association. People from this united nation, located to the east of the former Kingdom of Roderick, were famous for being honest and outspoken even 200 years ago. Since it is a country where merchants are the rulers of the country, a culture has been formed where people who are questionable are rejected and honest people are accepted as likable people.
And such a culture has survived 200 years of war, suffering, and countless deaths –
“You have no mother! It’s an embarrassment to the family! “Everyone in the world is just trying to take advantage of you!”
….It is said that the Tarigden Archipelago has established itself as a fearsome custom called ‘facing pain’, which is unique to the Tarigden Islands. It is said to be a unique culture in the archipelago that instead of comforting those who have experienced great tragedy, ridicule and verbal abuse are used to force them to face the pain to come.
Thanks to that, I asked Katrea, ‘Where are Mom and Dad and what are they doing?’ As I asked this question, I was faced with a maid who was pouring out verbal abuse with tears in her eyes. This is not because Katrea is a sadistic maid who pretends to be nice, but rather, it is a situation where the pain is compressed and squeezed into the master who has lost his memory so that he does not feel sad for too long.
Have you seen these crazy people?
“young master! You must keep this in mind. Our Brastol family is a prestigious family with great power that manages the Fardau fortress, but you are the illegitimate son of a family that everyone hates except Katrea! “Young Master’s room is a renovated warehouse, the shabbiest one in this shabby building. Your father is a thorn in your side, and your brothers treat you like a bug eating up your inheritance!”
“Uh…”
“If you treat me like a bug inside the house, I treat you like a bucket of money outside the house! The third son of the Brastall family, who has only a superficial appearance but is solid! When merchants meet you, they charge you three times the basic price, and the only people who approach you pretending to be friends are those who want to empty your pockets or beat you up entirely!”
“Uh oh…”
“Nevertheless, you must fulfill your noble duties as a proud member of the Brastol family! After all, a noble is someone who carries the noble duty of protecting the city and train tracks! In order for the young master who is hated by everyone in the world to survive, he has no choice but to prove his abilities! “You know!”
“Katrea… do you hate me?”
“no! “It’s the most precious thing in the world!”
A 19-year-old maid with tears in her eyes shouting, ‘You worthless bug without the most precious mother in the world!’
Moreover, instead of being in my shabby room, I was walking in the middle of the road and saying to my nine-year-old, ‘You are trash! Bucket of money! bastard!’ A world in which the same verbal abuse is being poured out, but everyone passing by is watching the scene with satisfaction!
‘Are these guys trying to create an era in which the infant suicide rate surpasses the infant mortality rate?…’
At this rate, a wasteland fueled by people seemed quite okay.
“I’ll say it again, my master’s position in the family is very low. “It is clear that you are a member of the Brastol family, but if you disrespect the driver or engineer you will meet in the future, it means you will be in big trouble!”
“okay. “I understood it so well that my ears were bleeding, so let’s stop now, okay?”
“…There’s no way I can understand this much. “I don’t cry, I don’t get angry, um…”
The purpose of the outing that turned the innocent 19-year-old maid into a double-sex bot was to see and judge the leading figures of this era with my own eyes.
‘Professor of Brastol Street. The third of three sons and one daughter. Contrary to first impressions, the Brastol family is a prestigious family recognized even in the Tarigden Islands.’
‘Even though he is an illegitimate child and has no standing in the family, this means that the name Brastol has considerable value.’
‘Among the people who got off the train. There were people who clearly looked like Auror Knights.’
Right now, I only have talent and I don’t have a single aura or mana, but that doesn’t mean the experience of flying around as the strongest player on the continent is going anywhere.
Five men in armor caught my eye at first glance. From his strangely noticeable gait to his arm movements and his eyes.
‘At least two out of five must be knights who use Aurors.’
Katrea said. Our Brastol family is the family that manages this ‘Fortress Fardau’.
So, of course guests from other cities will stay in the place provided by our family, right?
Judging by the fact that the mansion is not in a commotion, it seems that they may have rented one of the good inns in the city in the name of the family to make way for them.
Even if you’re an outcast at home, if you go down there, you’ll be treated like your employer’s son, so you can at least see the faces of the guests who come on the train, right?
I was at a crossroads about which one to choose among the overflowing talent. Isn’t this the perfect situation?
Knight or wizard?
Should I use aura or mana?
Thanks to my birth, I was gifted with both talents, but without a special buffer such as the regenerative power of the past, I would explode and die if I tried to use both, so I had to choose carefully.
That’s why I came down to this unfamiliar and dangerous city to meet him in person.
“Well, we’re all here.”
“Is this an inn?”
“motel? “I don’t know what that is, but this is ‘Fardau Fortress Station’ managed by our Brastol family.”
“It’s a station… Ah, there’s no need for an inn.”
Since the only thing traveling between cities was the rare Magical Train, the only place for outsiders to stay was for people who got off the train.
The useless inn disappears. Even the word inn disappears.
The ‘station’ where fortress guests stay is an important facility and is said to be managed by the family that governs each fortress. This is also the responsibility of the nobles who protect the tracks and trains.
The station, which looked more solid than flashy, was surrounded by a menacing fence, and a group of people were hanging on the gate of the fence and yelling at them.
“This is [Daily Knight] reporter Marsek! Is it true that Knight Voltaeus is among those who came on this train? Are the rumors of the central Polgrad expedition true?”
“From [Fardau Metro]! “I heard that the seventh work of the great master ‘Patuan Grizzhand’ was purchased from Straug at a huge price. Is it true that Straug’s train that arrived this time has a new engine installed?”
“I’m an aspiring train driver! only once! “Please let me meet real train drivers just once!”
“What do you think about the disappearance of chivalry!!!”
Waak!
Clap, clap, clap!
People who hang on iron gates and write evil. From young people with flushed faces peeping over the fence with burning lanterns to reporters hanging on the fence with pens and papers in their mouths.
“stop! “We cannot disturb the rest of those who have crossed the rough, soft land!”
“Go back! Visits are not permitted except for reporters who have scheduled interviews! there! “If you come up any higher, I’ll stab you!”
In addition, the station staff who were blocking them were mixed in, creating a real chaos.
“Katrea. “What is all that?”
“Well, anyway. In a life like this where there is nothing fun to do these days, the only pleasure you get from other cities is taking the train, right? Food not found here New tea leaves The majestic magic train and the drivers who travel between cities The knights who protect the train and fortress and further conquer the Lord’s dungeon! “People like us who live trapped in fortresses can’t help but admire people who are free like that.”
This means that the people who cling to the fence while being beaten with poles by station employees are all extreme fans of the driver.
People who appear to be reporters… these days, people are thirsty for train news, so they are hanging out like that in order to get the news even a moment faster than others.
“Is it okay to do that?”
“Of course not, right? Under the strict management of the Brastol family, the station is only open to personnel with permission from the family-”
“Then all the people over there will be executed?”
“young master! “What such terrible words!”
Until a few minutes ago, Katrea said, ‘Baby! trash! For someone who had said ‘a bucket of money!’, he shook his head in astonishment.
“There’s no way you could be executed for making that much of a fuss! “This is precious manpower!”
“Oh my.”
Human rights are rising due to population decline.
In March World, ‘Let’s look at the noble lady’s face!’ And try hanging on the fence. Whether it was a hundred or a thousand, they would have had their heads ripped off until their shoulders fell off.
Even considering that this is a free trade union region where the original caste system was loose, the gap in the caste system appears to have narrowed considerably.
Now that I think about it, Katrea only said, ‘The Brastall family~’ and never said whether it was a count, a marquis, or a baron.
‘Family-centered aristocracy. It is said that a noble’s duty is to repair and maintain the protective tracks of the city and trains. It is a practical duty without pretense….’
The explosion of the dragon vein seems to have blown up the monarchy-centered aristocratic system.
There is authority of nobility, but it seems to be authority over power and the power to maintain it rather than over lineage.
In some cases, the authority of a certain profession seemed to surpass that of lineage. Isn’t this truly an interesting social change?
“You may not know because you have lost your memory, but people who move and ride trains, even nobles, cannot be treated carelessly. If you make a mistake there, you’ll be in big trouble! “You understand, right?”
“yea, I got it.”
click. Click, click, click.
“I don’t think I’ll be able to get through that crowd anyway.”
“Oh yeah. Let’s see… Is this the chamber and pushing the hammer?”
Clan Chuck!
Katrea smiled at the cute sight of the master lowering his head as if disappointed.
Originally, after ‘confronting the wound,’ it was customary to entertain the person by holding a feast.
So, I listened to the master’s insistence, but the only thing he was capable of was seeing the station from afar.
‘Our poor master.’
Katrea looked down at the master she had cared for for nearly 10 years, thinking that she should at least go back and read the story of her favorite saint.
Crash.
Contrary to what she expected, the master was smiling to the point where his teeth were clearly visible.
“Uh… huh?”
In his hand, he was holding a long object with a flickering blue light.
『Paaang-!』
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A compressed magical sound that resonates in a quiet and sleepy city between breakfast and lunch.
“Uh oh oh!”
“It’s an arcane shooter! “Someone shot someone!”
“Aaaah!”
“It’s a scoop!!”
People escaping from the epicenter of the noise like an ebb and
shouting “Whoa!” This tastes killer! Katrea! Would you like to give it a shot too? This is definitely a different feeling from what I’m used to, but it’s also a strange pleasure-”
“Master Do…? “Where on earth do you get such dangerous items…?”
“Oh this? I borrowed it from the guy who was yelling in front of me. “I thought it would be useful for clearing the road ahead!”
“No…”
The master looked at the Arcane Shooter, who was smoking blue smoke with sparkling eyes.
“This is Professor Brastol, the third son of the Brastol family! “I came to see the people inside!”
Master walked in front of the fence of the station, which was suddenly empty, and knocked on the window with the arcane shooter the size of his forearm.
No, I was going to knock.
terup.
If only the man who appeared without a sound had not grabbed the barrel of the gun.
“you. “The station is treated as part of the train, so what you just did is a crime equivalent to attacking a train.”
Dark scars across the face and scary eyes.
Muscles clearly revealed through light clothing.
Although he is unarmed, he appears to have considerable knowledge of magic engineering firearms, as he blocks the chamber with his thumb when holding the gun.
“It’s Shard Knight!”
“It’s Lord Voltaeus!”
‘found!’
The murmurs of the remaining reporters let me know that the man in front of me was the person I was looking for.
If two of the five who appeared to be knights were Auror Knights.
What are the other three that look even stronger than them?
‘Fragment Knight Shard Knight! ‘I need to find out what these guys are doing!’
A power comparable to that of the Auror Knights, which have a thousand-year history despite appearing only a few years ago.
The center of clearing the April World declared by the system.
A power related to Data Soul that was unable to return to the server for some reason.
There was a person in front of me who put all those questions into one body.
“Is it okay for a knight to leave his sword and wander around?”
“A nobleman and a nine-year-old believer in chivalry… That’s terrible.”
Shard Knight.Shard Knight Sir Voltaeus.
First of all, he was a completely different person from the March World article I knew.
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