Isaac

Upon a trembling encounter with the unexpected person, Yura guides Isaac to one corner where the sofa and table are laid for relaxation, and asks him to wait for a moment, then fades away and returns with two mugs that rustle up the sand.

Yura sets down the mug in front of Isaac, sits across the hall, and grabs a drink from the mug in her hand, and Isaac looks away with a mug with a familiar aroma that irritates his nose.

“This?”

“Coffee. Long time, no see? It tastes like shit because it's military, but you can still drink coffee. ”

A sip of coffee filled me with bitterness and aroma. It was not the usual stick coffee or bean coffee, but only military coffee intended to consume too much caffeine.

Isaac didn't say a word until he finished drinking his coffee, and Yura smiled and waited until Isaac finished drinking and himself drank two or three cups of coffee.

“It's been a while.”

After putting one last sip in his mouth, Yura said with a smile, frowning slightly at the bitterness.

“Can I get you another drink? ”

“No, thank you. I'm gonna smoke a cigarette. Are you sure you don't want to smoke in here? ”

In Isaac's words, Yura smiles as if she understood.

“Labs are all about smoking. Well, this is an outdoor lab, so you can smoke all you want. ”

After Yura said yes, Isaac pulled the cigarette out of his arms and put it in his mouth, and Yura tilted his head.

“Isn't green grass better than cigarettes? ”

“This is all I have in my hands right now. ”

“Really? Hold on a second. ”

After Isaac said that, Yura got up and went somewhere, and immediately returned with a green herb filled with a small wooden box.

Comparing the cigarette in his hand with the green herb in the box, Isaac finally picked up the green herb, not the cigarette. I like smoking for a long time, but I have no reason to insist on smoking cigarettes that are not good for me.

Isaac raises a green candle and looks Yura in the eye. Yura glanced at Isaac with a relaxed smile.

Isaac's eyes become more complex. Something's different. The image that I remember during the brief encounter is everywhere and I feel good and relaxed. That's why I'm more irritated. Something relaxed wrapped up and covered with a smile kept stirring Isaac.

“I'm so glad to see you. ”

“I wish I could say hello, but I'm surprised. ”

“Are you very confused? ”

“Well, it's more complicated than confusion. ”

With Isaac's words, Yura nods as if she understood.

“Actually, I didn't expect to see you so soon. I was surprised to find out that Joon-young's name was Joon-young in the report after the situation was over, when the report that an Intensive Surveillance subject was suddenly reported kidnapped. ”

“Intensive surveillance? ”

“Once it's clear that there are other people in the world, Central will do close surveillance with intense surveillance. That's what Junyoung did in Newport City, isn't it, Las Vegas? ”

“Well, I did. ”

“Hoho. I didn't know we were going to build a city of gambling and fun in this world. And so is our world, but gambling in this world is a big bad image. ”

“It's not a bad image, it's a bad image. ”

Yura smiles for a long time as he wakes up and blushes his face slightly.

“Sorry, I'm a little excited. I've never met anyone from the same country before. ”

“Were there others? ”

“Yes. Some of us have taken prisoners, and for reasons unknown like ours, but strangely none of us have. I'm the first one called Joon-young. ”

Yura, who was staring into the air as if she had remembered something, suddenly asked Isaac with a mixed gaze.

“So, what do you think? ”

“What emotion are you talking about? ”

“What the hell! We've discovered the existence of the aliens, humanity's greatest mystery. ”

Is this the kind of woman Isaac was when Yura opened her arms trembling with exaggerated exaggeration? He said, stuttering his memory.

“…… It was amazing. ”

Yura, who drank a cup of coffee as if it wasn't fun for Isaac's reaction, said he would frown for a moment at the unique bitterness.

“You can see it in the hallway, but you know the expedition is after the world, right? ”

“The expedition?”

“I don't really have anything to say. ”

“The expedition must be because they're trying to conquer another world. It seemed like everyone was getting involved in a place of empowerment. ”

“You get a lot when you come and go. ”

“In fact, why do you want to come into this world with a gigantic amount of human and material resources wasted? ”

This is once every 10 years, but this is once every 2 or 3 months. Obviously not opposed to the replenishment rate of resources consumed. If number one fails, it's natural to give up or turn in a diplomatic way instead of a war, and you're just trying to break in?

Yura solved Isaac's question in one word.

“Age of Resistance.”

When Isaac heard the word that had a lot of meaning, it made sense.

During the Great Seas, Spain and Europe were able to accumulate enormous wealth thanks to the gold and silver coming from colonies around the world.

It may not be possible to buy slavery nowadays, but there are many rare resources, including mineral resources and forest resources, and you don't have to worry about environmental destruction or ecosystem change in the world, and there are free indigenous labor forces and a new huge market. If you just take over the world, you will quickly recover your investment.

Moreover, there are long voyage periods and loss rates, but this is a different time zone for gates to open once a decade. In other words, we can take the enormous supplies that have been collected in this world for 10 years in less than a few months from the time of the previous world.

“It's eye-catching. ”

Planet-class colonies…… not just resource and economic problems, but also social and demographic problems, all of the previous world's problems were solved in one shot, so it was natural for everyone to rush with their eyes wide open.

Removing indigenous people to pillage resources is the basis of a colonial plan. And the Empire knows that, so it will do everything it can to stop the gate.

Diplomatic negotiations? It may be possible to come into contact with a new world, but the Empire has already watched the history of the old world from above. However, it is obvious that the Empire will react after fighting irreversibly, not with first contact, but after saying, ’Let's settle this with our conversation.'

“Is that why the Empire has been blocking the gates all this time? ”

“Yes, because negotiation itself is meaningless. ”

“Well, we have all the information in the world, so there's not much merit. ”

“Yes, everything is already technologically feasible and gradually being applied to real life. But publicly, slowly, at a minimum, you can control the chaos, you can apply the good, you can filter out the bad. It's a resource. There's enough in the world, and it's not just our world, and we don't need it. If our world's literature, concepts, ideas, etc. are leaked to the empire, it will only have an adverse effect. We have everything we need anyway, so diplomacy and trade with our world is meaningless for the Empire. ”

“It was clear that civilization levels were rising similarly. ”

“Things in our world are being announced and used in disguise as research or inventions on campus. It's a very clever group of people, so it's a perfect buffer, because there's no one suspecting anything when it pops up. ”

“Well, no matter how amazing things come out, it must be because they're geniuses. ”

Yura nods. Maintaining a central authority on this large piece of land, it finally made sense that even if I gave the local government close to the king, it could exist as a single country.

Since the basic information delivery system is different, the things that really want to eat the king's sun are monitored from the stage of the conspiracy. Even if you don't know because you have a very detailed plan, it is simple to devise a plan, because the news will be delivered to the ears of the powerful as soon as you make a move.

“The campus was responsible for most of the basic concepts and implementations, but nothing has been out of my hands since the beginning of the Empire's reign. Joon-young is really lucky. Do you know how awful it was when I fell into this world? I can't talk and do whatever I want to do. It's been really comforting lately. We're not there yet, but as you know, technology is accelerating, so we don't have much time left to catch up with modern civilizations. ”

Isaak nods as if he sympathizes with Yura's sullen complaint. Will you be able to tolerate yourself from basic living to leisure activities? It's too much. The basic infrastructure has supported us, so we can be reckless... If we don't... Huh? Wait a minute.

“But you've been in this world since the beginning of the Empire? ”

“Yes.”

“Wow! You must be... ”

“For one like me, I think the body follows the time zone of the previous world. That's proof that I'm still alive. Ah! Of course, two, three, four follow the rules of the world. ”

“Well, if I hadn't, I'd still be a 15-year-old kid. ”

When I first fell into this world, I was a little boy, but now I think I will not live like Yura for long. I don't intend to... Huh?

“Wait, but it's been a decade. Makeup Hair…… ”

Dallac!

Whether it was a sensitive question, Yura warmed her cup of tea, showing that she could express it with a smile, and Isaac kept his mouth shut. Yura hurriedly turns to look at Isaac's face, wondering if it's too much.

“In the meantime, I've read Joon-young's report on his work. You had a pretty fun academic year on campus. ”

“If you think that's funny, I have nothing to say. ”

“Joon-young doesn't seem to have any common sense in this world. Others are trying to get active because it's a second life, because it's a new opportunity. ”

“…… let's just say I'm not very motivated. ”

Yura smiles bitterly at Isaac's attitude.

“But now you know you can't do that even if you want to, right? ”

“Can't you just live quietly? ”

Yura shakes her head at Isaac's words.

“You've heard that the world has been watching over people like us so far? ”

“Are you talking about being one or two? ”

“Yes. When we find people like us in the Empire, we keep them under surveillance. And then you use the word" uninvited, "not" uninvited, "when you're sure that you're really from a different world. ”

“An uninvited guest... That's the right word. ”