Fushi no Kami: Rebuilding Civilization Starts With a Village

Summer sunshine also eased, and the golden wind swayed the fields visible from the city walls of the territorial capital.

I listened to Glenn's report as I stuck to my desk and smashed the papers. [M]

According to Glenn on his way home from Ajol village, the village's fields are slower to bear fruit than those around the territorial capital.

The harvest is still impossible.

"That's the state. Some villagers are complaining about poor fertility in the autumn."

In response to Glenn's question, I look tired from the report that Mr. Itsuki has asked me to prepare.

"You're measuring crop size, aren't you?

"Do as you're told."

"So, have you reached the prescribed size?

"As instructed."

"No problem, then."

My gaze returns to the paperwork again.

Since it was slow from the time it was planted, it is natural that it grew slower than the crops planted in the optimal season.

If we could harvest it, it would be late autumn or winter. Unless there is a strong cold wave as usual, temperatures in this region are expected to be as late as this.

This has been explained so far, no further additional action is required.

"But, Ash, the problem is pretty big."

Glenn made troublesome and noisy words, so I stopped the brush again. [M]

"Were you armed?

"No, no, no, that's not it... There are so many people complaining and sloppy....."

The problem was not big at all. It does not enter the problem to that extent.

"It's only natural that such people come out. For that reason, we are telling people who do a lot of work and people who do watchful work to thicken their food distribution. Even those who are not motivated will not be hurt, but I thought it would be okay because I am starting to lose money.

"Sure, I'm trying my best to do that, but I think it's going to be a lot easier if they complain directly or complain to me."

Certainly not a pleasant job. It doesn't make any sense to be hated, but it makes me a hater.

What's more, I hate it when it comes to complaining crammers. This is hard.

But that's her role now, and it's the only one she can do now.

"Besides, she also instructs her daily field work. Isn't she overburdened?

"I can't say it's light. At least, it's definitely a heavy responsibility."

"Ash thinks so, don't you? Hey, can you help him somehow?"

"Well, that's what you wanted to say."

Very well.

"You don't have to help me. If you have more reports, please rest slowly for a while. Until the harvest in the village of Ajol, I won't be able to move a bit."

The village of Ajol is still in the middle of a harvest on other lands.

Farmers are busy, and in conjunction with that, others are busy.

I'm very busy, too. To the extent that there is simply resentment accumulated, I will ask Miss Suylene to do something about it.

"Hey, Ash."

"Yes, is there anything else?

Glenn will still be calling, but he won't give you a face from the papers this time.

I have to fill out this document and show it to Mr. Itsuki. Future budgets depend on success.

Miss Micah and Miss Renge are also collecting documents or going out to negotiate, and lately we don't even have time for tea while the three of us are exchanging opinions.

At last, it seems that our Territorial Reform Office has reached Hell No. 1.

Glenn, a fellow infernal friend, knocks on his desk and shouts at me in hell.

"Not yet! You're not gonna do anything to Squirrel!

Miss Micah and Miss Renge, who were on their way to the paperwork, stopped in surprise. It is a huge loss because of the lack of concentration between the two excellent people.

Thank you, Glenn. I hear you're getting into Miss Swirley more than I thought. [M]

I sigh and laugh bitterly.

"By the way, Glenn couldn't help her?

"Oh, me?

Glenn expresses his intentions. [M]

"No, I can't do it, so I'm asking Ash."

"Ask for help if you think you can't. It's important."

If you can't do that, it'll be hard enough to die.

"But were you sure you couldn't help Ms. Suylene? When I was teaching Squirrel about my work, I should have tried to teach with Glenn whenever I could."

It is mainly aimed at relieving the tension and diplomatic effects of Miss Sullen, but if Glenn is willing to do so, he should be able to give advice and help.

If I hadn't helped you with my knowledge, I could have been a dish for grievances, or I could have shut you up with a glance.

At least he was in a position to reduce the burden on Miss Sullen.

"Well, yes... I had a job as a liaison."

"As far as today's report is concerned, there seems to be no urgent contact. I wonder if you were able to stay in the village with any excuses, such as feeling a little ill or your horse getting buttered up."

As Glenn's voice decreased, I kept my tone polite. [M]

"Or do you still want permission to go back to the village? What can I say to stay in the village? Have you thought about it?

In response to my question, Glenn feels shame and anger in his face as if he had been bathed in water. [M] I felt like I was being stabbed in the pain.

And Glenn was depressed by his honesty.

"Ash is right. I had something I could do before I asked Ash. I had been taught a lot, but I didn't think of using it. I'm really sorry."

I don't think Glenn is a really good kid around here.

I really want you to be a good boy in the future.

"Sure, that's enough of an apology. Glenn, you're the one who's most sorry."

"Thank you. We will continue to strive for progress."

"Yeah, I'm expecting it. Glenn would be right."

As for Glenn's future, he talks about the village of Ajol, especially Miss Sullen, as he has bright hopes.

"I understand that you're worried about Glenn because he's going to be worried."

"Oh, I think I'll calm down a little and think about what I can do. I want to help Squirrel on my own."

Glenn, who nods seriously, is really a boy.

To be a little more specific, I'm probably in love.

That's funny. Miss Micah and Miss Renge have some kind of warm eyes.

"I think that's very kind. But, Glenn. Is that really going to help you, Mr. Swiren?

"Help me, it will help me. It's only natural."

Glenn leans his neck with a completely contradictory answer. [M]

"I don't think that's the hard part of the world."

The system of reality seems to have an infinite range of random numbers in addition to too high a degree of freedom for inclusion events, and even if it is taken for granted, it is very likely to produce completely unexpected results.

On that premise, I will present Glenn with the agenda for this meeting.

"How much do you think you should help people?

Consider the fallen child as a concrete example.

The child was walking normally and fell normally. There is no sign of injury. I think it was because I was surprised to cry rather than because it hurt.

Now, as an adult who was watching it, should you rush over and help her wake up?

"Oh, shouldn't we? I'm not hurt, but I'm crying."

"Yes, that's also natural."

Every villain has a proverb about trying to save a child.

Glenn's answer is quite common sense. [M]

"But will you always wake her up every time she falls? Not really, but suppose somebody wakes her up every time she falls."

"Yeah, if I had a kid like that, there would have been a lot of nice people around."

Glenn mutters enviously. [M]

Certainly a world made of cotton with tenderness.

"A child who grew up in such kindness has never had the experience of getting up on his own when he fell."

"... yeah, that's what happens, right?

Glenn felt disturbed by my words, and his expression became reluctant. [M]

As expected, I make malicious assumptions.

"One day, when she grew up, she fell with no one around. Now, can the kid get up on his own?

Glenn groaned at what I wanted to say. Meanwhile, Miss Micah and Miss Renge, who were waiting for us indoors, also raised their voices.

Glenn was moaning at the ceiling for a while, but eventually he answered with his head pointed. [M]

"I know I can't tell you that I will stand by myself because I've grown up. At least it would be so hard compared to ordinary people who had the opportunity to stand up on their own."

"Yeah, I think so. In this case, the help you were doing would have deprived your child of the opportunity to grow up."

It's actually very difficult to help people.

It's an extreme analogy, but this happens without realizing it.

The newcomer who has just arrived is having trouble with an unfamiliar job.

The missed senpai laughs at you and does the work instead.

They'll appreciate it, and they'll get the job done faster than the rookie does.

However, newcomers who did not work on their own will remain unfamiliar with the job.

In the long run, it was better not to help him there.

If I wanted to help, I could say I had to devise a way to teach my job.

That's not all.

Rather, this is what I really want to say.

"If you don't know how to get up, there are still a few problems. All you have to do is practice how to get up."

"Well, that's going to happen. It's going to be tough."

"The biggest problem is that I think it's natural to get help."

If that happens, the person will struggle, not much. The surroundings are annoying.

They may say they came alive without doing anything on their own.

I am also insensitive to the hardships of others because I am not experiencing the hardships that are commensurate with the benefits I receive.

If you have any trouble, you can rely on people right away. And if someone who depends on you doesn't help me, I'll be angry at you for your convenience.

When I show Glenn the paperwork, he nods with a strange face. [M]

I see. That's how I behaved about Ash earlier. Ash was busy, too. "

That's what it is. I can't afford it right now.

But considering the future, I thought we should talk to Glenn properly here, so I'm interrupting the paperwork.

"Well, this kind of thing gets bigger and smaller, and it can happen to any human being. I'm also pretty sweet from you all to help me."

If you think about it, you can't say much about people.

Once this matter is settled, I would like to express my great gratitude to everyone in the Territorial Reform Promotion Office.

"Anyway, helping people is such a danger. So I'm going back to Ajol Village... and I'm wondering if they really deserve your help."

That was the beginning of this Hell Invasion plan.

Miss Lenghe told me about her work.

"The small amount of food they have been starving for the past few years has been accommodated from the village of Adele. Without it, the village of Ajol would have long been gone."

The other person who did that told me to take care of the villagers.

It is not strange that I drowned with a tear that was too exciting. A special attack of goodwill.

"In response to her wonderful and kind opponent, Ms. Suylen said, 'The people who abandoned Ajol Village.'"

If they knew how precious a grain of wheat from another village they had eaten, it would be a dialogue that wouldn't come out.

"Ajol Village was lucky. After twenty years of inactivity, he was supported by the village of Adele. Now that it's broken down, I've been chosen as a place for an agricultural test, and I'm getting support from the lord."

No, this is a miracle.

Rather than a local village, it is a miracle that has descended into this world that is not uncommon to destroy the entire territory.

It is also a miracle that was caused not by God, but by the power of man.

"But do you think that luck will continue next?

Glenn shook his head to this. [M]

That's right. Those who expect more luck are neither idealists nor dreamers. I'm just a paranoid.

"This will be our last chance if people in Ajol learn to stand up on their own. At least I'm not going to reach out again."

Instead, I'm going to stab a thorn.

Whether you're scolded by thugs or frightened by demons, you can't afford to waste any more resources.

The resources were meant to reduce other starvation deaths.

If you don't prove that the resources that brought the village of Ajol to life were worth it, I'll get angry.

"Besides, please think carefully about Glenn and help her."

Who do you want to help?

What kind of condition would you say you were saved?

This is a very difficult question with not one answer.

Then I'll send the lost lamb a word of someone else's.

"Kindness is not love," some say. If you really care about the other person, sometimes being tough is also an expression of affection. "

Yeah, now I feel like I know a little bit.

Glenn nods with a serious face.

Do you like to talk about love?