It Seems I Came to Another World, Now What Should I Do

Episode 282: Small, Small Steps to the Exchanger

The maid directs me to the office to proceed. When you enter the office, the large window opens and is bright. Fire is burning red in the fireplace. It's hard to ask for both warmth and light. The new territory is good to have windowpanes in.

"Oh, you're here. Well, it's time for a review of the previous story."

Norweh, who was reading the paperwork at the desk, leans his neck to the left and right, squeaks, and gets up. I was led to the couch in front of the fireplace, so I sit back.

"Exchanger education is a parent's duty. In that sense, I'm behind you because you're going pretty far ahead, but let's have a good conversation around here. After that, the embrace and the sweetness part? The part about her dependence would be better now, wouldn't it? That should improve on its own if it becomes aware of it. You already know that, don't you?

"Right. Yes, I talked to Liz, as long as you're embarrassed."

"I was relieved to say that feeling ashamed was effective enough. She must be a rare being. No, I envy you. I don't even think about drowning once in a while. But I'm old enough not to depend on it. This story is good to this extent. You're gonna take care of it, aren't you? I'm sure you'll get through this. That's all I'm trying to say from here."

If you're bad, you're dependent on someone like your parents and children, so that's embarrassing. More embarrassing if you ask me. But you say it's deep business to say you won't know unless you tell me. I'm just being helped by the depth of Liz's nostalgia. Let's be independent.

"The carry-on part, kind of. I also thought during the Oak Battle that if the exchangers decided to kill them, even their parents would hang up without even moving their eyebrows. When you think of them as kindness, they'll scratch you in the neck one day? I guess that's sweetness. Sweetness looks good for a moment, because I think I can count on it. But sweetness is a gentle poison. It's poison that invades your people. [M] You have to separate kindness, sweetness and currency. [M] You've had a boss before, haven't you? The task entrusted to your manager should be done under your responsibility. Even if you have something to help from behind, the execution and the responsibility lie above. [M] If we don't, the organization won't turn. I'm assuming you can do it."

Norweh smiles bitterly, saying it out spicy. A boulder, a war-torn trader. There is no sway or compromise around here.

"Yes, because I was the head of a small group. I know how to turn power in there, but you don't really feel the way you act from that perspective."

"Hmm. You're turning the party around fine. I can tell by the fact that the revenue and expenditure report is received from the Adventurer Alliance. Excellent management, you are. It's good to be proud of there. But the exchange is a little different. A hundred, a thousand, a thousand opponents can't get into such detail. In other words, if you get into the details, you'll just be goose crossed by a fence. Let's raise our point of view a little bit. You should leave such a fence to your men. I gave him Kabia, and the clerk is about to take shape. You can leave it to me. Besides, you just have to let this one or your father carry the blame you can't carry. There are times when you don't know what you're doing. You, run too far ahead. I think I must have reported it and asked for instructions, Chigu. He leans on his neck with his father to see which one of them is the real you."

Norweh laughs haha and clasps his shoulders on the couch.

"I'm sure your judgment will be dull when you become a human opponent. Hmm, a little different from being dull. Do I feel like I'm taking refuge in hurting you or killing you? There are no inconsistencies between the benevolent part and the merit award part, and we are looking ahead. It is good to say that it is outstanding. But I take heavy evasion for hurting and killing someone. I've decided you've been selling thanks for the previous bandit, but, uh, you just had trouble handling it, haven't you?

"Guess..."

"I had a delicious feeling as a result, so it's good to stay borrowed though. There are people who say they can't kill people. I don't want to tell you to be cold right away. But there's nothing good about carrying it in. One day you lose weight, it just crumbles. Think of it as work, let's handle it. Exchangers are a field of work for people's lives and deaths. For the sake of a thousand people, there is no choice but to kill ten people. If you stay like this, you'll be dragged into a dark world somewhere on that ten. No doubt about it."

I don't get a real feeling about it, but if you follow history, there's a lot of talk about that hand... Do I have to swallow...

"Look, it's that face. I'm trying to hold him again. That's you, isn't it? You know something amazing, don't you? I also feel like I know where to go. But, you know, that knowledge, that's not how living people can do it. Knowledge is only an aid. As long as you can make it and take responsibility for it. That's enough. I have something I can't hold. You're not a king or anything, are you? I can't believe you care about the fate of the country. I can't even tell you if my mouth is torn."

Norweh says with a laugh. The tone you are saying is light, but the content is heavy.

"But I also believe that I have to take responsibility for what I have done."

"Yeah. I think that honesty is a virtue as an individual. But not as an exchanger. If I bore that, I can't move on. Buried in a bottomless swamp with the people on the road. I can't leave it to such a person. It's time to graduate to sweeten. You're already bleeding blue. I showed you one scale. If it stays that way, your wife will sink with you. Let's peel it off."

"... Yes"

"First of all, do the mindset. Exchangers are not sweet enough to go around with knowledge alone. Kindness is sometimes necessary. But sweetness is definitely only poisonous. Put that in your heart. You still care about your father, don't you?

I don't know what look you gave me the moment you said that.

"Ha. I would know if I watched you drop me off in the morning. But Father has no hesitation in taking His Majesty over His uncle anymore. The future you have shown is the light to avert exile. With just one neck, hundreds of thousands of people showed the way to live. So, no more, I don't hesitate. On the contrary, hesitation is evil against His Majesty and against this country. Do you trample on that readiness?

"No... it's..."

"I'm sure this must be kindness. I guess it's not sweet. Is it sad that your father killed your brother? But politically, I can't help it. That's reality. Break it up. It has nothing to do with you. You're right as a human being to show kindness here, but as an exchange man, you're insulting your father. Without that recognition, I wonder if I can leave this to you... I'm sure this is your watershed."

Meditate on the word. Drinking with Rostee, trying and swallowing the results on it, he decided to feed the king. Then I can only believe in Rostee's actions and fully support them. I'm not the one who kills every person. Rostee is responsible for killing Rostee. There's no good pushing my sentimentalism there.

"Hehe. Yeah. That's what I'm ready for. You're finally the face of the exchanger. Congratulations, and welcome to the world of exchangers. With all my heart, I welcome you in."

I don't know what I look like. Blue, maybe he's shaking. Still, believe what you decide to believe. Only that readiness fell on my chest.