Approximately two months have passed and June is coming to an end.
I've spent the past two months in the guild on holidays talking to a lot of adventurers. That's how I soaked up my promises to Charstena every week, and every time I sat down was turned into a routine event every Monday.
I could hear all kinds of adventures, but unfortunately I didn't know about the back of the cliff mountain at heart.
But one thing I found out. The first time the Fire Dragon was confirmed was on Cliff Mountain.
Other than that, I didn't know anything in particular.
Why that's all I knew, simply because I never go to the back of Cliff Mountain. Because that mountain is wide vertically and horizontally, the quest can be accomplished without going to the back.
In addition, most adventurers don't step into the back of any mountain because there may be S-class etc. nesting behind the mountain. In fact, an adventurer in the back encountered the Fire Dragon and the city was in danger. You think adventurers have been careful not to get behind Cliff Mountain ever since?
For these reasons, many were found who had been to Cliff Mountain, but not adventurers who had gone to the back.
In the end, all I found out was that it was near the entrance, which was nothing unusual or unusual. I got the same information about this as I did when I actually went.
When this happens, I just have to see for myself if the back is unusual.
Do you want to go around the mountains around here?
The Wang capital is in a flat land surrounded by mountains. Mountains of cliff mountain to the north and east, and mountains of unknown size to the west and south, stand side by side, and there are paths to pass between them.
Looks like a natural fortress in a way. The only way to enter the King's Capital is through the mountains where demons roam, or dive through narrow paths. Maybe he made use of these terrain to create a king's capital.
But it's an inconvenient terrain for people to go out with. Because the time required to cross or not to cross the mountain is very different.
For example, to get to the village of Sierra, you have to go through a path that passes between Cliff Mountain and the western mountain, but the village of Sierra is northeast of the King's Capital. It takes two weeks because there is no great distance in the straight line distance, but it has to be quite far away.
So there are quite a few who come across mountains other than Cliff Mountain. But Cliff Mountain seems to think the top is too cleft to pass, and people never pass. This could also be the reason for the lack of information in the back.
I was in a mountain that wasn't Cliff Mountain right now. It is a mountain on the western side of the Wang capital. It's a mountain of ordinary triangles, with no special features like this.
Find out the number of demons in your space exploration as you search the mountains. As he climbed the slope, which was not as tight as it was, and proceeded avoiding the grass leaves, he gradually captured the reaction he was looking for.
"There he is."
Probably A grade. Guess from the shape, it would be the auga that came out of Basil's story.
"Are you there? The problem is number..."
I avoided the auga and stepped further into the back.
Then a few hours later, I was climbing to the top and finishing my investigation.
"6 Grade A +, Cobolt Road 0...... Now, what do we do"
Is this less or is it normal...
Overwhelmingly, I have little experience. I don't know if this is a lot. Why don't we ask the adventurer for his opinion?
They would know if this was normal, and I went down the mountain and back to the king's capital. As soon as I arrived in the Wang capital, I headed to the guild and asked someone I knew. I don't mean Basil by acquaintance. I asked someone more trustworthy.
The result is that no one is checking the number of demons in the mountains. If you think about it, it's obvious.
The guy who did that on purpose couldn't have been an adventurer. If I knew, I'd be some kind of magician or something.
I took the results of the investigation straight back to the dorm.
There were no hacks in the room. She's been hanging out with Charstena and the others a lot lately because she can't get me to stay busy.
I collated my sit-down information on my desk. I thought a lot of things, whining about the word boss in a room where there was nobody but me.
In a quiet room without a hack, I let my thoughts wander.
... I don't know.
Can I just judge by the mountains I looked into today? In the western mountains and cliff mountains the size is obviously different. I feel that Cliff Mountain is more vast even if it sticks together all the surrounding mountains.
And yet can we conclude that it was because we surveyed one mountain?
That's no good. The investigation method is not good. Let's explore a new and different approach.
But that being said, there are no cliff mountain classes nearby. So we have to do something about it in the mountains we have now.
Right...... how about this?
To compare only a certain range from the top of each mountain is to say.
If we averaged these, we'd need a pretty accurate habitat count, wouldn't we?
All right, let's do this. Let's go around each mountain for a while and get some data.
Don't forget to write it on paper.
By the middle of August, I had gradually completed a survey of nearby mountains outside Cliff Mountain.
After much thought, Cliff Mountain decided to do a few random surveys in the depths. Because I thought it would be more accurate.
The school has already finished the test yesterday and is already on summer vacation. If you want to go home, you can go back to Sierra Village, but this time it will be fine.
Because of this, let's say we proceed with the investigation of Cliff Mountain.
After all, Saturday and Sunday alone are inefficient, and surveying a mountain a day was the limit.
And I have to work out. If this is an anomaly, it's because I can't handle it right now.
There's one thing I found out when I started doing my research.
Right now, I don't have enough power to deal with A grades.
When I was investigating the mountains, I knitted a way to incorporate magic sensing into my space exploration that I wanted to know the strength of my opponent. As a result, even demons we had never met could see the approximate strength. This is very useful, and people can also know the approximate amount of magic.
I used this method to check the amount of magic, at least as good as I am now. Almost all unknown demons became more than that.
In addition, I measured the magic power of a Class A adventurer. Then he had roughly twice as much magic as I did.
I mean, I can't beat A's right now. I honestly don't want twice as much as I do now when I think of A-level adventurers as a criterion.
Because you can't win once in your mood. Then he dies in it.
The amount of magic doesn't determine everything. But when you start magic, your skills consume magic. Many quantities can be ignored, but presumably require some amount.
Magic is energy. You'll need to do anything.
So the more magic that is simply energy, the stronger it is. Above all, we can continue to fight. You can't fight and snap once.
What we need now is the amount of magic we can continue to hunt for Class A and the strength to hunt for Class A without difficulty.
If you want to be prepared, you should be prepared. So you can't cut your workouts.
Maybe I don't have to deal with it. You can rely on adventurers and adults.
But when you think about why the anomaly happened, that's never a good way to go.
If this anomaly occurs naturally, we should let them know. But what if it's intentional?
If I rely heavily on the grownups, it spreads instantly. That means nothing more than telling the person who intended this that the plan was made public.
When that happens, I can't predict what will happen. So if you rely on it, I want to keep it just around me (...).
But it's still a problem before you make that decision. We have to make sure that there is an anomaly or a mistake first.
I'll come to a conclusion in a little while, but I can't say it's definitive yet.
Cliff Mountain survey, but I'm not estimating the average now. That's already over. The result was that Cliff Mountain had a little more A grades and was not found in any other mountain when it came to Cobolt Road.
This means that there are more demons and more valuable species than any other mountain.
Honestly, that's all there is to prove, it's still weak. I also think it's because I let it go. I still can't say for sure if I don't know what caused it.
Let's find out what caused it next.
Honestly, I can think of any number of possibilities. You think it simply stays undisputed, or that there's something the demon prefers?
In the end, if we don't find out, we don't know for sure.
Besides, if you're going to go around the world in the future, you should know. If there is a land where demons can be fortified, what we are looking into may be useful in the future.
He said the experience would not be wasted. Let's think about this too and find out for sure one at a time.
"Pii!"
"Hey, what's up?"
In the morning, when I tried to leave the room to head to investigate, Haku, who was rarely up early, bit me and stopped me. Apparently I'd like to tell him I want him to wait, but he's stabbing me lightly, so I wanted him to say it in words.
"Pii!" (Not today!)
"Why not?
"Pi" (river)
"River? Oh, river. You want to go to the river?
"Pii!" (Everybody goes)
"Everybody's like Charstena or something? Well, of course I invite you... but you can't do it today. I haven't cleaned it yet."
Apparently Haku wanted to go to the river. But I was able to get to the river before because I cleaned it thoroughly. If we're going again, we have to clean up. So, it can't be right now.
"Pii!" (Promise today!)
"What? You told me you were going today on your own? I mean, you're talking to them without me."
I questioned Haku with some surprise.
It's always the first time I've been able to interpret. You're telling it right?
"Pie" (only Char)
"Why are you so close to me?"
I've only ever called her Charstena.
I mean, you're close enough to have a conversation before you know it.
Awesome, Charstena. Even though my mother and father can't have a perfect conversation yet... it's a habit I can't calculate.
"Well, that's fine now. Anyway, I'm cleaning today, so apologize to everyone again tomorrow. And from now on, you ask me, and then you promise. Suddenly they say you've made a promise, but you can't do it, can you?
"Pii!"
It's my summer vacation. It's not bad to stop investigating today or so tomorrow and play with everyone. You should do the investigation again.
"Basil secure and"
"Hey, what's this hand?
As soon as I went to the guild, Basil caught my eye, so I couldn't get away with it first. This old man is always here. You live here?
"Is that it? Sister Shara, haven't you?
While holding onto Basil, I whitefully searched for Sister Shara, but I don't see her in the guild.
Maybe today is the day I'm not here. Unlike Basil, Sister Shara, who works well, is hardly in the King's Capital. I want to fry Sister Shara's nail dirt once and let this damned man drink it. It should be somewhat better.
"If he's Shara, he's gone away from yesterday."
"Uh, is it just Basil?"
"Hey, I haven't said anything yet."
"Fair enough, with last year. Cleaning the River"
Let's make it annual now.
"I don't like it. Why should I have to do such a hassle? I don't care if you're drunk."
I don't like it when you drink.
"Well, help me with the magic I told you about last year."
He wanted me to tell you last year. As a matter of fact, I've already refined that and turned it into new magic, so I've already used it. It doesn't hurt or itch to sell cheap like this.
"What no?... All right, all right. I'll help you."
"Instead, say hello from next year."
It's also a hassle to be reluctant every year, so I stabbed the nail there. Because of this old man, he must complain every year that if nothing is done about it.
"What?
"Well, I'll pay for my drinks, including this year."
I don't mind spending any time on drinks. I'm out of money. It will reach 10 million soon. I hunted too many demons. This is how you have to waste it.
"Chip, that's good. I don't know how. It's troublesome, but let's do it right."
"Thanks, Basil. It'll help."
"Heh, that's okay."
Successfully rounded up the basil and we headed for cleaning. This time the two of us broke up upstream and downstream, crushing them in turn.
He rendezvous with Basil in a few hours, and this year he also brought back to the guild a large quantity of demonic stones and materials.
Last year it was wiped out with duplicate magic, but this year I overkill it with a flamewind sword. It was a hassle to activate magic. Very inefficient magic, but suitable for annihilation. I could easily clean it just by waving my sword.
Seeing me cleaning fun like that, Basil has told me to teach magic again, but insisted I never teach this.
It's my trump card anyway.
Saying so, Basil pulled back a lot. If it's a trump card, it looks like it should be. Next time I'll turn everything I can't sell cheaply into a trump card.
"Pii!"
"What's today?
Continuing yesterday, Huck stopped me again when I tried to leave the room early in the morning. Haku's teeth rattled and emptied because he avoided them today. He doesn't know anything about it.
"Pii!" (River today!)
"I know. I'm just gonna go work out a little bit."
"Pii?"
Looks like Haku thought I'd be gone on my own again, so he stopped.
I forgot my promise to Charstena every week, and is it natural that Huck won't trust me? What would happen if I told you I had deliberately forgotten along the way?
Yes, I thought of the furious Charstena. Doesn't look too scary.
"Oh. I'm not going anywhere like I always do. I'm in the arena, so come and get me when it's time."
"Pie!" (Leave it to me!)
Now I can punch into the workout until it's time. Shall we do the trick for twice the magic power?
Uh, evolve. You're already at level 99, so you're going up small.
How are we going to evolve? Should I go to church? Or does age matter again?
With such doubts, he went to the exercise area and conducted a skill-centric workout.
Fighting in the mountains is like every day, so I want to raise the level of skill I never use at that time. Maybe we should narrow down what we cultivate, but we don't know which one will be a powerful skill anyway. I'm not even 10 yet. It's too early to cut it off.
Let's develop our skills in this kind of research for at least a few years later.
This is what it looks like now, by the way.
Name: Ray
Race: Human (Boy)
Age: 8
Level: 99
Vitality: 2056
Muscle Strength: 1112 +100
Health: 1360 +100
Agility: 1210 +170
Endurance: 887
Dexterity: 1536 +400
Intelligence: 1182 +50
Magic: 2750 +240
Normal Skills
"Observation" Level 9: Makes it easier to recognize the subject's condition
"Farsighted" Level 9: Increased Vision
"Hundred Mile Eyes" Level 9: Significantly Increased Vision
"Disconnect" Level 9: Increased Motor Vision
"True Eye" Level 9: Largely Increased Motor Vision
"Night Eye" Level 9: I can see my eyes a little even in dark places
"Dark Vision" Level 9: I can see my eyes even in dark places.
"Magic Manipulation" Level 9: Ability to manipulate your own magic
"Magic Sensing" Level 9: I can sense the magic that is around me
"Signal Sensing" Level 9: Makes it easier to detect signs around you
"Crisis Sensing" Level 2: When danger approaches you, you feel it
"Body Control" Level 9: Makes it harder to get out of balance
"Strengthen Your Body" Level 9: Temporarily Strengthen Your Body
"Air Control" Level 9: Makes it easier to maintain your body's balance in the air
"Calculation" Level 9: Intelligence Rise (Medium)
"Sneaky Feet" Level 9: Don't Make Footsteps
"Signal Blocked" Level 7: Hide Signs. It's pointless if detected.
"Handsome Feet" Level 9: Agility Increased (Small)
"Agility" Level 9: Agility Up (Medium)
"High Jump" Level 9: Increased Jumping Power
"Leap" Level 5: Increases jumping power significantly
"Space" Level 9: Ability to capture movement within space around oneself
Rare Skills
"Space Exploration" Level 9: Ability to know the movement of perceptible organisms in Skill "Space" and the shape of what is present in space
"Fixed space" level 9: Fix a space of a certain size for a few seconds
"Inverted Space" Level 9: Invert the vector of something that touches a space of a certain size for a few seconds
"Rebellion Space" Level 5: Play something that touches a space of a certain size for a few seconds
"3D Orbit" Level 7: Free movement, able to move endlessly. It is possible even from an impossible system. Greater muscle strength, strength, and agility
"Magic Fill" Level 9: Can accumulate magic in substances (excluding organisms)
"Magic Duplicate" Level 9: Can overlap magic
"Magnetic Conversion" Level 3: Can convert magic to magic and magic to magic
"Artist" Level 4: Dexterity rises (immense). You can make works that move people's minds
"Multiple Thoughts" Level 8: Significant increase in thought speed. I can think of three things at the same time.
"Actor" Level 5: Significantly increased acting skills
"Physical Enhancement" Level 9: Temporarily Increases Physical Ability Big
"Five Senses Enhancement" Level 3: Temporarily Enhance the Five Senses
Clairvoyance Level 5: Clairvoyant
Magic Skills
"Fire Magic IV" Level 5: Magic Increase (Greater). Fire Magic Maneuverability and Power Increase
"Water Magic IV" Level 4: Magic Increase (Greater). Water Magic Maneuverability and Power Increase
"Wind Magic IV" Level 5: Magic Increase (Greater). Wind Magic Maneuverability and Power Increase
"Soil Magic IV" Level 3: Magic Increase (Greater). Soil Magic Maneuverability and Power Increase
"Space Magic III" Level 3: Magic Up (Medium) Space Magic Maneuverability Increased
"Healing Magic" Level 6: Magic Up (Extremely Small). Healing Magic Up
"Light Magic II" Level 4: Magic Increase (Small). Operability of Light Magic Increases
Weapon skills
"Swordsmanship": Self-streaming swordsmanship [Fire Sword, Flaming Wind Sword]
Unique Skills
"Experience Accumulation" Level 7: Accumulate excessive experience. Significant increase in accumulation. Automatically activated. Accumulation 678526
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Title: "@ & $" "Rivals in Sierra Village," "Angry Witch Loyal Dog," "Botch," "Guardian of the Genesis God," "Lazy," "Mountaineer"
You're right, it hasn't gotten very strong. It feels like it's hitting a wall.
Talent levels rose considerably when they increased, but have barely risen since Kanst. Skills haven't grown much either. Maybe it's not a good idea to keep this up.
I've thought it's time to increase my skills in the new series, but I don't have a candidate. I don't know what to do with my skills.
If your skills continue to evolve, you may get stronger one of these days, but it's time to go up another step.
You may want to kanst your unique skills without evolving like this once. I don't know if my intrinsic skills will evolve, but you might want to put it on.
What a skill I have.
I still don't have a use for it now, but if it evolves, it could turn into something powerful.
For example, take away the other person's experience and lower the level... strong? I also feel too cheesy, but if you have that skill, I definitely want it. And I don't know what evolution to make. It's worth doing twelve.
"Pii!"
"Oh, time."
It was time for a promise, and Haku came to call. I'll stop working out and join the Charstenas with Haku.
"Morning, Ray."
"Oh, good morning, Charstena"
"Pii."
"hehe, good morning hak too"
"You can really talk."
"Yeah, 'cause I've been hacking around these days."
With that said, Charstena has looked at me half-eyed. The eye said it was because I wouldn't play. I made an inappropriate smile and told him to mislead.
"Ha ha... well glad we could have a conversation"
"That's right... hey Huck?
"Pi!"
You two seem to have a problem with me. Maybe that's no choice.
But I'm not gonna stop living this life yet.
Let's have patience for a little while. Until we figure out what's causing the increasing number of Cliff Mountain demons...
"Come on, here we are, river!
Too bad it's not the ocean. The river is also fun to play with, but I feel inadequate because I lived in Japan surrounded by sea in all directions.
But even on Earth, people who live inside the continent die without seeing the ocean for the rest of their lives. Maybe the environment that surrounds us today is similar to that.
"Charstena's going to polo again this year!
"Never polo!
Charstena instantly blushes a little and denies it.
But you said polo with that last year, didn't you?
I want it to be polo even when I grow up at that rate. I'm not very happy right now. Look at that. What, but I feel so sad.
"Pii (pop)" (embarrassing)
"What are you talking about now?"
What are you ashamed of? You're naked all the time. Too much now. On the contrary, I want to hear what's different from usual.
"Did Charstena polo last year...... too bad"
"Hey, what are you talking about!
Gilk true to desire. It's okay, he'll do it again this year.
"Brother, could you polo me..."
"What if it's normal?
"Right!
I don't think so, Bracon criminal. Sure, it's normal for siblings to see it like Gold said, but in the case of a Bracon woman, it's a different story. I have a feeling I'm going to get caught up in something strange again.
"Well... swim!
I'm here because of you. I have to swim. I dived into the river just like last year.
I wasted my skills and went from high places.
Basharn!
A column of water stands, bashing down from above the heads of the Charstenas.
"Shah."
Charstena was making a short scream and protecting her face from blisters.
"Already, give back"
With his face slightly inflated like a fugue, Charstena has been rolling out waterwaves.
"Oh, hey, do, wow... ugh!
I got caught in a wave of water. And be flushed downstream.
"Hahaha! I'll always pay you back, too!
"Should I do it, too?
"I'm finally here too."
"Pii."
And following Charstena, Anna, Gold, Gilik, and even Haku have been rolling out waterwaves.
and die... my breath...
I got caught up in one waterwave after another and got flushed over there.
Basha
I crawled out of the riverbank making that noise and flirting like a ghost. And I laugh with blue bars on my face.
"How dare you?"
I cast my magic in retribution. The magic I use is my original magic.
Finally finished. Let's give that a try, you guys.
"Water dragon!
Guowoo!
"" "" "" Eh (pi)... "" ""
A vortex of torrents born in the gentle spiral of the river. It gradually takes shape and becomes a dragon.
Four and one that flauntingly solidifies to the sudden emergence of giant organisms.
"Come on, I'll play plenty with this water dragon."
But when I move the water dragon with a nickel smile on my face, I start begging for my life in a hurry.
"Hey, wait a minute! What magic!
"It's original. to avenge you guys."
I said it back emphatically in retribution to the panicking Charstena.
"Time! I just got on the Shall and I didn't want to do it!
"Eh ⁉"
Charlstena was greatly upset by Anna selling her friends without hesitation. But I want you to feel safe. I'm not going to push the blame on Charstena alone.
"You were happy. Guilty."
"You know, I really..."
"Guilty"
"Pi, pi"
"Guilty."
"Me..." Guilty ""
"Hey, I didn't say anything! Let me tell you something!
"Shut up, everybody, this guy's gonna eat you."
I give orders to the water dragon.
"You're all guilty!
The water dragon jumps off the surface with my orders. As if he were flying with his own wings, he steeply approached the person responsible for escaping the water dragon, which he had moved by magic manipulation.
"Hey! Why did you fly and 'pak'?"
"Yikes! Stop it! Don't come! Apologize" Pak ""
"Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow."
"Pipipipipipipipipipipipipipipipipipipipipipipipipi"
"Ugh," Pak. "
All but one were eaten amicably screaming. Gilk was the only one who didn't give me that time to eat Pacri.
The body of the water dragon has a very fast flow. They're flirting with the flow, and they can't even resist.
Even if you resist, you will not strike a water dragon. The magic is also made to interfere to some extent. I mean, I don't think magic can be used in that torrent.
I mean, it's up to me to let them out or not.
Shall we spend some time watching the water dragon?
I was playing with Charstena and the others exposed to the swirling torrents draining all alone in my ass. Occasionally I had fun throwing it in the wrong direction where the water dragon was.
If you occasionally throw a stone with a gilk on it, you played for roughly five minutes, and then solved the magic. Freed from the water dragons, they were glocky.
I can't seem to breathe in a situation where my eyes are turned.
"Ugh, that's disgusting..."
"Why, even me..."
"I wasn't..."
"Pii......"
"My treatment..."
Gilk seems to be bothered with his treatment, but that's not what I found out.
I told you to come with me.
Well, we all seemed to be able to reflect, other than Anna. Anna doesn't seem to be reflecting. You want me to give you another shot?
"No more magic. 'Cause the water snake's next."
"I won't do it again... never again"
"Same to the right"
"Me too."
"Pi."
"Mochiro: 'Well, let's play!' Wait a minute! Aren't you treating me badly? I can't let you say anything..."
"It's my fault. Paranoia."
"... I've never been born to treat you like this"
I've been a little suspicious lately, but I'm a prince. For once...
"Good for you. It's the way you wanted it. Equal for all."
"No, isn't it just weird for me...?
"I can't help it because I'm in charge"
"I'm in charge. ⁉ When did you decide to do that?!
"Charstenaero, Anna Pervert, Gold Nature, Hakulong, Gilk Fun"
I explained the person in charge clearly. I'm telling you, I didn't decide. You guys decided on your own.
"Yea ⁉ I porn ⁉"
"You're porn. Whatever you think."
"No, I'm not horny..."
Liar, I remember. Those intriguing eyes...
"I'm not convinced that I'm in charge of perverts either. What's wrong with me?"
"You're a pervert. Nowhere."
"No, I'm not. 'Cause I'm not a pervert just because I like your brother."
Can I tell you I want Aniki's pants?
When I say it to the public, it's perverse. On the contrary, I'd like you to tell me where you're not a pervert.
"What's my natural rep?
"You're missing something."
"I wonder if it's missing?
That's the place. Something's missing.
"Pii?"
"I have nothing to say about you."
"Pie!" (something!)
Haku has some thoughts, but the dragon rep has nothing but dragons.
"Hey, what's so funny?
"Fun is fun. Hey, I wasn't in charge last year, so come on, mandatory inauguration? Like."
"I don't like it, I don't like being in charge like that!
Prince, live strong.
"What's Ray in charge of?
"Me? I... what?
"No, even if they ask..."
I didn't know for myself, so I immediately asked back to Charstena. But when asked back, Charstena distorts her face like she's in trouble. Anna and the others start saying whatever they like to follow such Charstena.
"Livestock"
"Am I?"
Who's the animal? That's just Temehe. Others are sweet.
"Doctor."
"I don't remember being"
I did teach a lot, but I don't remember being a teacher.
"Pi" (Parent)
"That's not in charge"
Parents, but not. Besides, I'm not your parent, I'm your partner.
"Swinging and scratching"
"Don't get me involved."
I do, but don't get involved in the fun. I don't like being in charge like that. Do it alone.
In conclusion, I am not in charge. Charstena shrugged and groaned at me like she was stubborn.
"Only one is sloppy"
"Ha, I'm tired"
I played alone. I was resting by the river. It's because he avoided all the water he sprayed with all his skills. That took my strength.
"Want some water?
"Oh, thank you"
As I was falling asleep and resting, Charstena brought me the water I had bought into a glass. That's Charstena, I feel it. You must be a good daughter-in-law in the future.
"Come on. You're unusually tired."
"I'm always tired."
With a pervert or something.
"Is that because Ray's doing something these days?
"No, I'm not."
It's the pervert's fault.
"Liar. I missed my eye."
……
No, you said that before. When I tell lies, I turn away.
"I don't know what Ray is doing, but if you're that tired, at least rest..."
"I'm resting. Enough"
"Yeah. I'm not resting. School on weekdays, I don't even take holidays off, I do something. All the way into the summer vacation."
"... sleep will suffice."
I have been tired of training since I went to bed. That shouldn't change now. I do have a sense that I'm doing some imposing, but I'd better do something about it if I were to slow down. Time is limited.
"It's not enough, I'm telling you. You may not have noticed, Ray, but you've changed your face. I'm thinking about something with a much harder face."
I'm just worried about the future.
I don't want to say anything that makes you anxious. Not sure yet, but close to it. If I were to rely on anyone, the Charstenas, who are just children, wouldn't want to get involved. This is serious.
Involve the fathers if you want to get involved.
"Don't delude me. I don't want to see Ray's face like that. What are you anxious about? Why aren't you telling me that?
"... there's nothing disturbing about that."
Yeah, I'll take care of it. Absolutely. Find the cause and deal with it. If it's because of too much, I'll reduce the number. So there's no need to make me remember my anxiety right now.
"What I've been saying is impotent. You say you're worried, you say you're not anxious. Ray, I'm tired of my head. I've been thinking about something for a long time, so I haven't been thinking about anything else."
……
What are you trying to say, Charlstena? I just don't want to upset everyone...
Why are you talking to me like this?
You think I changed my face? That's not true. That's right. What about people's faces... that? What are you talking about now?
... right. You know, my head hasn't turned or something.
"Look, when I try to think about it for a second and say something, nothing comes up.... my head is already at its limit. Ray's been thinking too much for a long time."
"Maybe..."
"And Huck told me, Ray, you're not asleep, are you?
"I'm asleep. Really."
I slept well today.
"Yeah. I barely slept. Haku said. I'll do something when I get back, and I'll only sleep late at night. And he said he was working out early in the morning."
"... you sure do"
Well, it shouldn't be that different from old times. Sleep later than before and get up early. That's all. It's just that I'm growing up every day too. It is only natural that the hours of activity should grow.
"We're just kids, aren't we? If you do that, you won't have a body. Yeah, Ray's already going crazy. These days, what you're saying is completely different from what you're doing."
"That was before. I'm the perfect person to go."
I have the right place. I'm aware of that.
"I think so. But you forgot your promise to me. I don't even realize I forgot."
"... on purpose"
That's on purpose. I kind of forgot.
"Liar. Ray doesn't do that. I'm just assuming it's on purpose."
"That's not true. I deliberately forgot."
"I can't intentionally say I'll forget... if I forget, I'll never remember it again. You don't know what you did, what people you met, how you lived. … so I can't do it on purpose"
Why do you look so sad? It's just that my forgetfulness is a little terrible.
I couldn't understand Charstena, who would float in my eyes and speak in a trembling voice. I've never seen such a sad face before in my life.
"... I can. You don't have to think."
"No. I'm just assuming so. Ray just remembered that every week, every week, he forgot what he promised me."
"What the hell is that? Word games?
He said he remembered...
"Yeah. If you think so, say your word to me."
"Oh, is that... are you going to play?
"Where?
"Where? Didn't you decide that...?
"I made up my mind. Right. With me and Ray."
"Such an idiot. I remember you. I promised you in class in April."
Look, I can remember it right. I can remember it in proper detail. I haven't forgotten.
"Yeah, you are. But then you don't remember making that decision, do you?
"Oh, did that happen?
"You see. I don't remember."
I've looked back over the last few months. But I couldn't find a single millimeter of memory of making such an appointment with Charstena.
"But you just kind of accidentally forgot, didn't you? We all don't remember that long ago, in detail. Look, like when I was a baby."
Memory degrades. The older it gets, the less people can remember exactly.
"Right. A lot of people don't remember until they're 5. But most people remember me from the age of five."
"Why? No way."
I don't have any memories of when I was five in my last life. I don't even remember my junior year. I can only remember it from around the time I was in high school.
"Because it's evolved. The evolution I did when I was five, so people can keep their memories."
"But you can just keep that, and you can't remember it, can you?
Sure, the brain's memory drawer won't open.
I remember. But I can't remember. That should be how the human brain works.
"I can remember. Years or hundreds or thousands of years ago. All... because that's what this world is all about"
"The world's decision?
"Yeah. You were created by Genesis God.... Hey, how do people, yeah, know who lives in this world evolves?
"Huh? Why, to grow, right?
What else could it be? Grow and grow with all kinds of experience. Evolution for that, isn't it?
"You have that too. But that's a means, not an end. No, it could be an end for people."
Whose other purpose is it?
Why would someone else's purpose be involved in an individual's growth?
"It's God of Genesis. This evolutionary determination was also created by the Genesis God. And, yeah, there's a purpose in creating this world."
"The purpose for which you created the world?
Is that it? You mean, let's do whatever we want in the world we create, or God like that?
"Genesis God wants to raise God. I created this world to raise God. If you become a god, you lose your life expectancy. When that happened, we incorporated it into the ritual of evolution so that we could remember it as long as it inspired us to keep our memories."
"Sorry, I can't keep up with something..."
Raise God? I don't know what that means. Does that mean I'm a god? It's not that big a deal, I am.
"I guess it was a little difficult.... Anyway, it's not normal for us to lose our memories because of our evolution when we were five."
"That means I'm not normal right now?
Am I losing my memory because it's not normal? So was Charstena so desperate to convince me?
"Yeah. Losing memory is either beyond the limits of the flesh, like Ray, or someone can only erase it with some magic or skill. So Ray's already at his limit. Please... take a break during the summer vacation."
tears in his eyes and said Charstena as he pleaded.
Was I so worried about Charstena? Have you forgotten your promise to her for the past four months and you've been worried about it instead of getting mad at me?
I did something really bad. Charstena's right, you should at least take a summer break or so.
"... I'm sorry. Let me worry. I didn't realize it myself. Thank you, Charstena. I'll take my time during the summer vacation."
"Really? No workouts, either, huh?
"Ugh, that's..."
"No."
"Yes, I understand..."
I can't help it. It's a punishment that worried her. You can rest for about two weeks. But wouldn't you forget what happened today?
I guess I forgot my promise to Charstena. I might forget.
"Hey, don't you forget about me today?
With a glass in one hand, I asked Charstena casually.
"... it's okay. I won't let you forget."
Yes, in a determined voice somewhere. Charstena said, she took a chest cloth with her hands.
"Bufo!"
"Wow, don't forget!
Charstena rewound the cloth and went into the river to escape.
"... now that I've forgotten, I'm sorry about Charstena"
I shrugged so as I watched her back escape.