A Chronicle of Life in a Different World

A place called a waste town is basically a place where exclusive air floats.

It's the same as the abandoned city of Laval, cold except for the rest of the town. If the stranger is walking, the information is immediately conveyed and is exclusive to the extent that it can be unnoticed and watched.

Exceptionally, when someone from another Waste City visited, or someone like Gilba who was extra and belonged to outside forces, but benefited the Waste City.

Waste cities are rare for those who migrate from outside, and the whole town can be regarded as a family. As a result, residents remember each other's faces, and the extra person really stands out.

Even without knowing his face, the inhabitants of the abandoned city grew up in a closed environment. Therefore, it is sensitive to the air surrounding the extra person and intuitively discerns that he/she is not a member of the town.

The “sensitivity” is so great that even residents of other abandoned towns who should have grown up in the same environment can sniff it apart.

If you are an adventurer, you may be able to break in disguised as "if you take the identification card outside” because you are hanging something on your neck that proves that you belong - but in the end, you will be noticed with your face and atmosphere.

That's why waste towns are so sensitive to leftovers. It's almost impossible for an outside person to try to break into a secret, so it would be quicker to employ someone who can use Enhancements to charge them electronically.

If there are any more people entering the Waste City, it's only when there's a good reason. In fact, people who could use the "reinforcements" broke into the Laval Waste City and hurt the family, but shortly afterwards, they raised the town and left it behind at the total exit.

Of course, it is not completely closed. Sometimes people who have no other place to go settle in and are recognized as part of the town over time. Alternatively, receiving recommendations from the city's residents may have been acceptable for a short time.

Such a abandoned city of Laval, “strange exceptions” are emerging in the past few months.

The day when winter came to life.

While the water shortage that had lasted until recently was finally resolved and the air was relieved, there was a small figure walking around the waste city boulevard.

The figure is young and looks old enough to be regarded as a girl. The cute face but lacking expression, the more people who don't know anything seem to be observing the surroundings with their real faces.

The blue hair that stretches to the back seems clear and is of a colour not found in Laval Waste City. The outfit was plain for a long skirt made of hemp, a long-sleeved shirt, and leather shoes on the feet.

However, contrary to the calm outfit, the neck is wrapped with a slightly flashy, light blue cloth. It was a fabric that had a cool atmosphere, so I thought it would be like this if the water was solidified.

Residents of the abandoned city of Laval who saw such a girl accidentally stopped their feet and turned to wonder.

Obviously not a resident of the abandoned city. Regardless of the outfit, the light blue cloth wrapped around the neck, the appearance, and, above all, the exotic air convinced me.

But the inhabitants were convinced that the air the girl was wearing was too different.

--Did he pick it up again?

The girls - the residents who saw Neddy - matched her mood.

Nearly a hundred adventurers belong to the abandoned city of Laval, but some of them have made their name in less than a year.

Rumor has it - at first I thought I was out picking up monsters and eating them, and someday I started hunting around myself, and someday the monsters disappeared from around the town.

Rumor has it - every time you go away, you always pick up the girl.

Rumor has it - I thought I had picked up the girl again and nearly fifty dwarves were with me.

Rumor has it - lately, he got tired of ordinary monsters and woke up to a bad diet of eating slime.

It is Reurus, the famous adventurer in the abandoned city of Laval, along with the nickname "Monster Eater."

The first time (Eliza), the residents were also alert.

The second time (Sarah), the residents were already getting used to it.

The third time (Meer), he and the inhabitants threw keys to what he was doing with a large number of dwarves.

And this is the fourth time I've counted. It is the fourth time that Reus has lived in the abandoned city of Laval in less than a year.

If there was a strange “normal girl” in town, he'd be alert, but Neddy wasn't normal in any way. As a result, the residents who witnessed Neddy spoke to each other.

"Ah, again....."

"I've been away from town for over a month...."

"Now you're human? Or are you like Calvin's husbands?

If this were a piece of malice for Neddy, the residents would have decided that Reurus didn't bring them.

Reus has lived in the abandoned city of Laval for less than a year, but there is no way he can bring in those who are harmful to his family - he is “familiar” with it to the extent that he can be trusted, and he is also an adventurer.

Residents start searching their surroundings for “guardians” while remaining vigilant. Then one of the residents murmured.

"Speaking of which, wasn't she the one Reurus brought in to do something about the water shortage?

"Ah... let's see, I saw it in the well near Reurus' house. Looking into the well and doing something....."

Because there were strange girls, residents were accustomed to judging that it would be a revulsion relationship, but I don't think it's enough.

"I saw it, too. There must have been a Reurus with her."

"There was a husband of Gilba somehow in the shade a little further away."

"What are you doing to him..."

A friend of the Waste City (Reurus) brought me here and helped me get rid of the water shortage. When such awareness spreads, the air of the residents of the abandoned city is also relieved at once.

It doesn't matter if it's human or subhuman. There is no confusion in treating me as a family member if I find out that I owe you for saving my town.

Residents are divided on whether to speak up or find Reurus for now. But Reurus showed up before the inhabitants could move on.

Neddy!

"... Reurus. What's the matter with you?

"I'm glad you're okay... I thought something happened because I suddenly disappeared."

Reurus rushing in like a rush, Neddy responding to my pace. Reurus drops his shoulders on Neddy's face and folds his knees to keep his eyes high.

"It's nice to go outside, but then I want you to call me or Eliza. The people in this town are all good for me and Eliza, but not necessarily for Neddy right now... sometimes the extra people come in."

Reurus sighs when he doesn't notice Neddy's magic is diminishing.

Eliza and Sarah, who signed the contract, immediately realized wherever they were, but not Meer and Neddy.

Especially since Neddy doesn't know anything about the common sense of human society. Neddy disappeared a little while back, a realuse that jumped out in a hurry to see where he had gone.

Reurus trusts the inhabitants of the abandoned city of Laval and thinks it's a comfortable place, but he can't guarantee that he will come to the abandoned city of Laval until the shallowest day, Neddy.

Except for Reurus and the others, Natalia and Bartolo and Gilba know that Neddy is the Spirit.

I was going to explain to Dominic and Corona after the situation had settled down, but externally, I was going to explain to him that he was a human brought by Reurus and a wizard who could use ice magic and water magic.

This is similar to Sarah, who fears that various “problems” will occur if the Spirit spreads.

To do that, I want Neddy to remember common sense and other things, but all this has to be learned gradually over time.

"I don't want to tie up Neddy's behavior... but I'm worried he'll disappear suddenly, so I want you to speak up next time. Can you do it?"

"... yeah. Okay, I'm sorry."

"That's a good boy. Let's go home first."

Reurus, who wanted to get used to the abandoned city first, walked out with Neddy's hand to get home. Neddy set his pace so he wouldn't fall, and slowly began to return home.

And the neighbors who were watching the interaction between Reurus and Neddy muttered.

"How old is Reurus?

"About fifteen... sixteen?

"I see....."

- He's getting old.

The residents' thoughts coincided, not to mention words. Eliza and the others are the same, but it's basically like treating your daughter or sister differently.

The age difference between Reurus and Eliza should be about two or three years old, but the residents leaned their necks. It is strange that there is still no discomfort.

Well, it's 'Monster eater'.

I see, it's a 'monster eater'.

Residents who are convinced in unjustifiable terms. Does that make you trust Reurus, or do you give up your thoughts?

Resident men murmur like they're waving away the strange air.

"But that's the girl this time... her breasts are huge even though she's short."

"That's what I thought. I thought Reurus was obviously a hobby for a girl with small breasts... but that bigness seems to keep reaching."

"--hey, what an interesting story they're talking about."

The inhabitants shut their mouths as they heard voices unexpectedly. And looking back afraid, there was Zilba standing in the shadows somehow.

"That's an interesting story... I'd like you to mix it with me. Yeah, sure."

"Eh, hey, hey, Jilba's husband? Why come closer with a smile on your face?"

Without knowing why, the resident man was taken to the shade.