A Chronicle of Life in a Different World

The night Eliza was first taken to exterminate the monster.

The atmosphere floating in Dominic's restaurant, which was Lewis's earliest room, was even heavier.

"I'm sorry, Reurus...."

Sometimes Reurus puts his own gear in that room, which is very small.

As Reurus sat on his back in the crate, stripped of his gear, he apologized as if Eliza, who was sitting opposite him in the crate, could not stand the silence.

"Never mind. It's not uncommon not to encounter monsters, and I found herbs to sell."

Likewise, Reus, sitting in a wooden box, laughs away at Eliza's apology.

The number of monsters found is zero, even though it sticks until the sun goes down.

Nevertheless, I was able to explain the wild grass that Sharon could eat, the medicinal herbs that could be sold, and the nuts and fruits that could be found in the vicinity of Laval Waste City by continuing the previous guidance, and actually picked some medicinal herbs.

As a result, the results achieved in today's day are not zero - but they are by no means high.

About three bunches of medicinal herbs were harvested in a single day as the ingredients for the most frequent ointments used by adventurers in the Laval Waste City. After deducting taxes, the reward is three large copper coins per capita, including the reward for vigilance around the abandoned city of Laval.

(Three big bronze coins sticking together for a day... about 3,000 yen if you think about it in Japanese yen. It's dinner and lodging, but that's really tough....)

Sharon, who was in charge of the instruction, didn't seem to care that there were days like this. But when I went to report on today's results, I was afraid that Natalia smiled thinly without saying anything.

I ordered a cheap set meal for dinner, so I didn't run out of money. Still, it seems difficult to save without running out of money if achievements like those of today continue.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."

And more troublesome than gold is Eliza in front of her. I had to narrow my range of activities to get Eliza to train in magic, but it was dented.

Even though Reurus said not to mind, he remained distracted and looked at him in a frightened line of sight like an infant who was afraid of being scolded from time to time. I couldn't say much about Reurus because many of the “causes” were in me, but I wanted to say a word to Natalia, who mentally chased Eliza away.

In the storage, candles placed near the vents light up unreliable lights, lighting the room dimly. Among such poor sights, Eliza's depression was clearly visible, and Reurus sighed small.

"Hih...."

Responding to that small sigh, Eliza trembled. Together, the leaking, push-kill screams slow down Reurus' mood again.

Still, she couldn't hit Eliza, and Reurus laughed bitterly, just saying it wasn't anything.

Why are you in the same room as Eliza in the first place? That's because there's no money, but there's no room to rent.

Dominic's restaurant has living spaces upstairs, but apart from Dominic's and Corona's rooms, there's only one room that Dominic's wife, Corona's mother, used.

Both Dominic and Corona told me not to hesitate to use it if Reurus was against them. However, as a realuse, I felt guilty of using the room used by someone who was important to Dominic and Corona.

I can't simply think that Eliza should use it. Regardless of Reurus, who is a "family member," Dominic is reluctant to deal with Eliza. Corona is passive, but not wholeheartedly welcome.

As a result of these overlapping circumstances, there is Eliza in the warehouse where Reurus is sleeping.

Including the previous life, Reurus, who has lived for nearly forty years, has nothing in particular to think of as sleeping in the same room as a "child” like Eliza. I think it might have been reported in my previous life.

But from Eliza's point of view, she's in a room with a man of no different age than herself. There's also a threat from Natalia, and it's not strange to remember the danger.

"Speaking of which...."

"Nh... what is it?

I hardly know anything about Eliza. For that reason, Reurus tried to ask a few questions, but just shouting deepened Eliza's bitter smile.

"No, I don't think we introduced ourselves to each other somehow."

To bridge each other's gaps, it is important to walk. Reurus, who decided so, was conscious to soften his expression as much as possible.

"Let's name it again. I'm Reurus. I am fifteen years old and I like the salt soup made by Oni-san. What I hate is the village of Shena. Destroy that place."

The truth came out at last, but even if the village of Shena was destroyed by a powerful monster, it would not be regrettable. There can't be a local love that wants to protect it because it's where it was born and raised.

My parents in this world were also attacked and killed by monsters. The monster who killed his parents was chased away by soldiers from the village of Shenna, but the village of Shenna did not have his parents' tombs because he took their bodies with him when he fled. Destroying it will not hurt your heart.

"I see... this is Eliza-Valjebe. I'm not thirteen. My aunt made me something I love...."

It was Eliza who slightly attracted a voice tone that did not seem to be a joke for Reurus, but she began to introduce herself following Reurus. However, it quickly clogs into words and drops its gaze.

"Auntie... has cooked everything for me... I see... I can't eat it again..."

Reurus realizes that he failed to make the choice of conversation before being surprised when he was thirteen. Still, he thinks there will be no progress if he doesn't know what happened to Eliza and asks sympathetically.

"Really... I've been wondering who that aunt is? I heard you were strong as a wizard....."

"My aunt is not my aunt. He was strong and gentle, and he stayed with me even when Kaa-sama and Ta-sama couldn't stay with me."

"... can I ask you about the situation around here?

I think we should get closer, but Eliza doesn't have much time left. Apart from the prostitutes, the inhabitants of the abandoned city of Laval, including Natalia, may not reject Eliza.

"Hmm...."

Eliza nods honestly because she understands the area. And when I raised my face, tears seeped into the eyes.

"I was born in a town called Kermed in Harist. There must have been about a thousand people in town. When you were little... maybe five... no, you were about six or seven years old? They kicked me out because I was a bloodsucker."

There's a slight difference from what I heard when I signed up for the Adventurers Association, but it looks like I lived in town when I was a kid. Reurus silently listens and encourages the continuation.

"My whole family was kicked out while I was dressed... No, I just ran away. I ran into a mountain near Kermed and lived in a cave for the first time. The four of me, Ah, Ta-sama and Auntie...."

Eliza narrows her eyes to remind her of a distant memory. It was an old trick that didn't fit the appearance, but there must have been so much trouble.

"I found a water field in the mountains, I made a house out of cut down trees, I made a field... it was hard, but it was fun..."

"... let me ask you one thing. Was Eliza's family a bloodsucker?

It is not something that can be done by ordinary people, such as setting up the living environment in the mountains where the monsters will live. When Reurus asked, Eliza shook her head sideways.

"I'm not the only one who sucks blood. But Auntie was able to use magic, and Ta-sama was a tough warrior. Kaa-sama was a normal person... um, I couldn't even lift my head, but she was a normal person."

(Doesn't this world have many husbands laid on my wife's butt...)

It seemed to derail the conversation, but it was a revus that I couldn't help but think of. Dominique, the benefactor of Reurus, was also a former senior adventurer, but his wife's woman didn't seem to be smart.

Although I do not recommend it as a realuse, is it still the case that women - mothers who have children - are strong?

"From time to time, I took down monsters and sold stripped material and meat to a nearby village outside Kermed, looking for a place to settle."

"Kermed ran away from town and didn't you go to another village or town? With the help of Eliza's grandmother and father, she could accept it anywhere....."

There is enough skill to survive in the mountains where the monsters live. Even if a proper town or village is impossible, a place like Laval Waste City should be accepted with all hands up.

What does Auntie say about a circular letter? Looks like you were out there. I tried to move to another village, but I didn't have an ID. And the Gregorians kept an eye on me all over the place, saying I was a bloodsucker. "

Eliza's father, a human being, was able to enter and exit the town and village without any problems, but it seemed impossible to take Eliza.

"The old lady thought about leaving Kermed and running away, but Grandma said that it was harder to find a place to hide just near where she had escaped. It was my grandmother who didn't find me in Gregorianism until then."

"... that time?

When asked, Eliza's expression cast a deep shadow. The tears that were floating in those eyes fell out, passing on their cheeks.

"Kaa-sama and Toma-sama, and my aunt died... no, not when she was killed."

――――

In a spinned word, Reurus did not have a word to return. Eliza continues to talk indifferently, wondering if she has noticed such a revulsion.

"I had a child with Kaa-sama... and I went to a nearby village because I couldn't give birth in the mountains."

As soon as I spoke, Eliza's voice was filled with a deep color of hate.

They caught me there and killed me.

It was a voice filled with hatred and resentment from the bottom of my heart. Eliza chewed her teeth tightly into the room, and Reurus made a sound and swallowed her saliva.

"Well, then... why did you do that again?"

"... because they might give birth to a new bloodsucking species like me, right?

Eliza told her to throw up, but the look seemed sad against her tone.

(Ah... what is it... or is it... secular?

Eliza's parents and grandmother said that they were not vampires, but there might have been vampires further back. If Eliza's power as a bloodsucking species had grown over several generations, the newborn child could have also been a bloodsucking species.

It would not be comforting for Eliza to have such a fact.

(... hmm? No, wait... Gregorianism means believing in powerful monsters and hunting, right? And you kill him because he might give birth to a bloodsucking species?

A question that was just behind Reurus' head. It was the exact opposite of what Esther told me about Gregorian behavior.

According to Esther, the Gregorians believe in advanced monsters. A powerful bloodsucker may be comparable to an advanced monster, but Eliza in front of her is unlikely to beat a lower-level monster. The unborn baby, that was before that.

(To get rid of Grandma and Dad who said they were strong, we used Eliza, a bloodsucking species... what kind of "cock” is that? If you have a family name and are a leading player in the town, you may have a power struggle. But from my point of view, there are a lot of places where Gregorianism doesn't make sense....)

Perhaps there are multiple factions inside Gregorianism, each acting with a different doctrine. I don't know about it unless I check with Esther, but now it's time to listen to Eliza.

"I knew it was dangerous, but I and Auntie were headed to the village. And then I found out for the first time that they had been killed... and I and Auntie soon escaped from the village... without going back to the mountains."

The fact that the “aunt” was not with us now made it possible to predict the tragedy that would follow.

"Then I was followed and attacked by the Gregorians who were watching the village... Grandma was strong, but there were a lot of chasers. To let me escape...."

- They killed me.

In closure, Eliza distorted her face in hate.

"Even if I become a crook, it's possible that I'm still alive...."

"- No."

It was a reel of hope, but Eliza shook her head sideways.

"When I was running away, I saw it from afar... where my aunt would be killed. I was chopped with a sword, pierced with a spear, and my neck was choked... no matter how much Auntie lives... it'll be good luck."

Eliza denied even spinning the word. It is now time for Reurus to be completely silent about the words.

The room was filled with silence. Eliza trembled with tears, and Reurus had no idea what to do at a time like this.

I've never had contact with anyone with such a difficult past before, even if I relied on the memory of my previous life. Reurus doesn't have the right words to say to his parents, grandmother, and the person who would have killed his brother and sister.

Eliza's tears increased as Reurus lost her words. She continued to shed tears as she mourned the irrationality of the world, holding her knees and bleeding on the wooden box she was sitting on.

(Did you fail...)

Reurus, who saw Eliza like that, regretted his shamefulness.

I didn't have to ask about Eliza, but I didn't think I'd be able to hit anything so hard.

Or was it high enough that my parents were killed by monsters when I was young and no one was more unhappy than myself who had been treated as a serf for many years? I've never met anyone more miserable than Reurus in the abandoned city of Laval, and you think you're the most unhappy.

There will be no need to compare whether Reurus or Eliza is more unhappy. But Reurus thought that Eliza was more unhappy than she was.

If there is a difference between Reurus and Eliza, it is the memory of the previous life. Instead of common sense, the world itself is a different world, but there was patience enough to endure the predicament of happiness or misfortune in Reurus.

In the village of Shena, he was forced to engage in dangerous and harsh labor, but he had only the wisdom to defend himself with moderation. Even if I wanted to live by sipping muddy water, I was obsessed with not dying like this.

Eliza, who doesn't have that, is just a child. There is no difference between the children that Reurus could not help and that he could only breathe and bury.

Mercy, compassion, empathy. These emotions are mixed up in complexity, and Reurus sighs deeply to spare the feelings of nowhere to go. I regret to hear that there would have been a little more procedure.

--At the same time, I thought it was bad.

There were some mistakes and slashes, but if you can't abandon the girl in front of you squatting on her knees, if you throw her out of Laval Waste City like this, she will die, and there is a feeling similar to the desire for protection.

If this were an act, it would be a big deal. Almost no results were achieved on the first day of the adventurer's apprenticeship, and it is impossible to deny that Eliza made up a story that she determined to be dangerous.

But Eliza's story was really close, and the tears seemed real. It puts extra weight on the heart of Reurus.

"Ugh, Reurus...."

It was an immobile, non-verbal realuse, but I was called back by my name. Then, one day, Eliza stood up from the crate in front of her.

"If you said I was“ like you ”... then I want to hear it... I want to hear it..."

That's what Reurus said to Eliza, who just arrived in the abandoned city of Laval. Reurus said to Eliza that she had nowhere else to go.

Eliza grabs Reurus' collar with both hands and asks him to hold it with tears.

"Did I... do something wrong? I was only born as a child of Kaa-sama and Toma-sama... I was only born as a grandchild of Auntie... I just wanted to protect my newly born child... my brother or sister as my sister..."

Eliza asks as she approaches her face and peeks straight into it. In the meantime, Eliza's tears slipped down her cheeks, creating a rash stain on the floor.

It would have been easy to deny the question. It must have been easy to comfort Eliza that nothing was wrong.

However, Reurus does not have the words of consolation to Eliza, who suffered something very malicious and intense - malicious in a direction different from Reurus. Even if I said a word of consolation, I thought it would be terribly thin.

"I'm sorry... I can't find the words"

Therefore, Reurus apologized for not being able to say anything. Including the previous life, I was strangely angry that there was not a single consolation for the younger girl.

Even a faint word of consolation might be enough to heal Eliza's heart. Had it not been for that, you might have been comforted that it wasn't bad. However, none of them could be translated into words by Reurus.

Still, slowly and gently hug Eliza with her arms around her back as she grabbed her collar.

"So cry now. Even if it's not all of them, spit it out a little bit."

Instead of words, I tapped him on the back, as shown by his attitude. Gently and slowly treat the baby as if it were a baby.

No sympathy, no comfort, no kind words will reach Eliza today. Then Reus thought he would at least listen to the grudge.

If you can spit out what you're holding crying, you can still do something about it. Reurus thought that if he swallowed it without crying, it would one day break and make him look like he used to be.

"─ ─ ─!"

Was it a cut or a coincidence? Eliza presses her face against Reurus' chest and starts crying loudly. With tears, he apologized to his parents and grandmother, as well as to his brothers and sisters who would have been born, and continued to exhale resentment against those who killed his family, which was important to Eliza.

This is a situation where we have only met a few times and we can only rely on the Reurus that we slashed in person for the first time. It is pathetic that there is only one person who cries at such a revulsion, and the hands of the revulsion that strikes Eliza in the back become more gentle.

"Ahh... instead of tears, you're having a runny nose. Damn it... it's a real fucking world, damn it."

Despite a bitter smile on her chest, which was suddenly moist, Reurus continued to gently slap her little back until Eliza was tired of crying and sleeping.