Konjiki no Moji Tsukai (Reboot)

75: New buddy: Nicki

"Haven't you done something quite unusual, Hiro?

Soon Lily, who had come to the center of the crater, was loosening her bloody cheeks like her baby.

"... hmm"

I am surprised by the fact that I have done such a modest thing myself.

At that time, Nicki and Bamboo Bear, who protected her, overlapped with their mother in the past.

Bamboo bears who gave their lives for their children looked the same as mothers who lost their lives in the sun.

Maybe that's why. I was very saddened to see Nicki crying after losing her growing mother...

And the monster who made him do so was still alive. It was easy to take down. However, I felt unconsciously that I had no role to play in defeating monsters.

Just a whim. Fine comfort. I wanted Nicki to defeat the monster with his thoughtful fist.

Of course nothing will change. Those who have lost their souls will not be resurrected, and even if they avenge them, they will not know whether they will feel better or not.

Still, Nikki was left with the last blow.

(It's not like me... Not at all....)

However, I saw Nicki with a slightly cooler expression and convinced myself that it would be good to get emotional once in a while.

At that time, I was worried about what came into my sight, and I slightly left the scene.

"But now she's lost her family."

Siuba is right, Nicki will be alone from now on.

"It's pathetic...."

"Quiy...."

Shamoe and Mikazuki's expressions are also colored with sadness.

Siuba quietly approached behind Lily and slapped her ear.

"Miss...."

"... I know."

Lily moves her little body toward Nicki.

Nicki sat down and dazed like she was dreaming.

Perhaps the reality is still unacceptable.

"Hey, you."

Lillin shouts from behind her.

I heard her voice, but Nicki moves her face slowly like a robot to capture Lillin's presence in sight.

The eyes had no vitality and were about to die.

"... I understand your feelings. But you have to choose here."

Lillin continued ignoring Nicki, who was not responding whether she heard or not.

"Stay here or come and talk about the walrus."

Lillin sighs against Nicki, who still doesn't answer anything.

"I'm gathering a lot of comrades now. The comrade is a protruder like you, or someone who doesn't have a place to live. One of my ambitions is to provide these people with a place called [paradise] that I will build."

"Raku... huh?

Lily and the others only hear "Ngah."

"If you're coming with me, you're welcome. However, this is where you grew up. There is also the option of staying here. If you choose the latter, you will be able to speak up again when you build [Paradise]. What are we gonna do, or are we gonna die without choosing either?

Tears came out again from Nicki's eyes, which responded to the word "die."

"I'm going to die... I'm not going to die...!

Nicki starts crying with her face up. You don't know how to deal with a child like this? Lillin is just shrugging her shoulders.

When the color of the day came back, which was slightly away from the scene, he approached Nicki, who was crying, and opened his mouth as he looked down.

All you have to do is cry.

"Hey, Hiro."

"Why don't you just calm down and let them decide? I was hungry. I'll get some food."

That said, the sun colour left the scene.

Even under these circumstances, Lillin was only convulsing her cheeks in her appetite preference.

The ingredients procured by searching for [Bamboo Hill] in Japanese colour are the "Thousand Varieties", which only grow here.

Although it looks ordinary, the flavor, texture, and aroma of this ingredient, in fact, vary depending on the way it is cooked.

Sometimes it makes you feel the crispy textured fruit of the mountain, sometimes it changes to a form that stretches softly like a moth, sometimes it contains sweetness like confectionery or fruit.

It is truly a thousand years old, and it is very popular because it adapts to all ingredients. However, there are not many of them and they are buried on the ground, making it difficult to find them.

However, it was easy to find it using the word 'Explore' in Japanese. I dug up the ground and got about three hammers just as long as a Japanese arm.

The color of the day when the ingredients were obtained, the black bamboo found along the way was "purified", and the toxins contained in the bamboo were removed and restored to normal. If you leave it alone, it will eventually become a monster again.

Even if I wanted to come here again and eat the bamboo, I couldn't leave it behind because of them, and I put back one black bamboo in the sun.

Returning to where the crater was again, Siuba was ready to serve the table and cooking utensils. His magical storage is really useful.

Lily had already stopped talking to Nicki and sat down in her chair.

It seems that Chamoe is crying out loudly at Nicki who is sitting a little far away, but she is crying because she is not responding.

When he glanced at such a sight, he took the "Thousand Freaks" he had acquired and headed to Shiuba.

When I gave him the ingredients, I started cooking with pride. Shamoe, who had been asked to help by Siuba, also walked away from Nicki with the feeling that her hair would be pulled behind her.

Seeing Nikki confined to the shells, the color of the day overlaps with the color of his past. Because, for the time being, I was separated from the world just like Nicki is now.

Nothing was more gloomy than the words of a consolating adult. After all, even if I was turned to a habit where I couldn't even imagine the shards of pain I was feeling, and the smile was cured just by the surface, it only looked like a noble face to me.

The children around them rushed around as if they had forgotten their despair, and the adults were pulling their hands and enjoying themselves.

Everything was intense and disgusting. I didn't wonder why children who were supposed to be in the same situation were laughing so much.

It was as if the sight I was watching was like an event in a movie or television, and there was no sense of reality.

However, the ice of such a Japanese heart melted in an instant. It was nothing special.

One day, I was called to the facility manager's room, where I found a bowl of parent-child bowls.

The smell of the parent-child rice bowl greatly stimulated hunger for the Japanese color, which had eaten almost nothing until then.

It can be seen that the facility manager has the same bowl in his hand.

And laughing, "Come on, let's eat! And I said,

However, I thought I would lose something if I ate the sun colour here, so I didn't put my hand on it.

Then, one after the other, the children came into the room with bowls. Children who eat deliciously. Gradually, the mouth is filled with saliva. When I noticed, I was holding the spoon. And the facility manager laughed and said.

Eat first! That's what bothers me!

I don't know, gender, face, voice, personality, everything was supposed to be different, but my mother overlapped with the director of the institution at that time.

Speaking of which, the parent-child bowl was often eaten with family. It was one of my mother's favorite dishes.

The Japanese color tilted the rice bowl to hide its expression as it was about to shed tears.

You will never forget the taste of the parent-child bowl at that time. It was so delicious in my heart.

It doesn't taste good! He's alive! I don't want to spend time without knowing it!

Later, it appears that the facility manager knew from background checks that the Japanese mother was good at parent-child bowls.

The color of the day that felt the feeling of being danced on the palm of the facility manager was remarkable, and one day the facility manager was determined to take pride in his remorse by eating food that he had not yet eaten.

Moreover, I tried to defeat the knowledgeable facility manager by reading a book and increasing my knowledge.

Well, that's why I got caught up in the great charm of the book.

Now I remember that all the desire for food and books was caused by the facility manager.

Even if I looked like this, I traveled around the world, and I read various books. There's no way I'm gonna miss you yet, little one!

He was over eighty years old, but he was bold, bold, invincible, naive, and suited to every word.

But I always thought I'd give it back, but unfortunately the opportunity was quickly lost. I'm eighty-eight years old. He left for the Fountain laughing to the end.

(I thought you were kidding me about winning and running away, so I hit his shadow with a book, right....)

Everyone at the facility was surprised, but everyone knew about the color of the day when they got along well with the facility manager, so it took a little punishment.

Hey, Jiji, I'm sure I can beat you now.

I didn't have the chance to read food or books from other worlds.

One day, when I come to you, I'll make you regret it.

At that time, the cheeks relaxed unexpectedly thinking of the facial appearance of the facility manager.

(That's not why....)

The sun color is when you take the dishes of the dishes made by Siuba and walk straight to Nicki.

(... it's better if the kid looks like a kid. That was your habit, right?)

Place a plate in front of Cotton and Nicki.

"Eat first. That's what bothers me."

Nicki raised his face and looked at the dish in front of him in "Thousand Freaks". Gokuri and his throat rang, but he leaned his face to endure it again.

The color of the sun sees her like that,

"Eat if you want to live. If you want to waste your family's life, don't eat it."

Speak in a slightly offensive way.

Then Nicki moved his shoulders and reacted.

"... is it okay to live...?

"... you know what? I don't think that's like asking someone. You want to live, you don't want to live, that's all."

"I... but... nobody's here anymore..."

There will be despair in Nicki's heart now.

My family lost their lives to protect themselves, and I couldn't easily lose the lives that I kept until then, but all of a sudden there was no one around me, and now loneliness reigns.

Probably didn't hear a lot about Lillian earlier.

"Don't you want to take revenge?

"... eh? I've already... defeated the monster..."

"No, the real vendetta is the monster, isn't it?

"... ah"

Nicki opened his eyes with happiness.

It was the transformed High Condor who killed Icki and the others directly, but it was the person in black who created the High Condor.

"I can't live in silence with my family killed."

…………

"Always bully with this hand."

"... but I wonder if I can do it... even though my mother didn't make it happen..."

"If you're weak, you should be strong, right?

"... strong?

"I told you. It's up to you to decide. If you decide what you want to do, you can tell the little red-haired guy over there."

At that time, the sun color gently places a white bone-like object in front of Nicki's eyes.

The size is roughly the size of Nicki's fist.

"... eh?

"It's that big bear's nail."

Actually, this is what I found on the ground before I searched for it. I thought maybe there was something else. I searched for it while I was looking for it, but it was the only one that was found.

"You're going to live a shameless life with those nails."

As he tried to get away from it, Nicki held the plate in his hand and started eating with a lot of nerve.

"Delicious... delicious..."

The color of the day when I saw Nikki eating with tears and felt something somewhat warm. Return to the table and eat your own meal.

It is worthy of the name "Thousand Changes", and various dishes are arranged on the table from the appearance. Thousands of chopped pieces of liquid, like a filling, hanging on top. When you add it to the thick rice, it's the same name as "rice filled with mackerel".

However, in the tangled pie, the texture of the crispy sauce goes very well with the rice. Especially, the sweet and spicy bean paste that is entangled in this hot rice has a stickiness like crushing yams, and even just the bean paste and rice can be smooth. This can't stop my hand from being caught in my mouth.

Others were named "Bamboo Bamboo Bamboo Baked with a Skewer of Sashimi Like a Yakitori."

This texture is the meat itself. Moreover, the liquid like gravy that comes out of it is rich and delicious.

In addition, some parts are crispy like cartilage, and you can enjoy a strong texture like minnow. You can eat this without getting tired of it.

There were also different flavors and textures, but at the end I ate the dessert "Chocolate Koko".

It's a chocolate-coated sauce, but the crisp snack-like texture and chocolate blended together to give it a sweet feel. This is just the right treat for the tea time I want to eat with one hand while reading a book.

As I continued eating, Nicki slowly approached next to the sun.

The color of the day also noticed it, and when I saw her, there was a face that was determined to do something. There was a nail in my hands that I gripped to pray.

"... I told you to go there if you need anything?

I pointed to Lillin, but she realized that she didn't understand Nicki's words, so I wondered if Nicki came here.

The next moment, Nicki suddenly lowered his head.

And...

Please make me stronger!

The colour of the day when Pokémon opens his mouth without thinking about the declaration.

"Hey, Hiro, what's that kid saying?

Lillin asks, but not only is she interested, but so is Shiuba and Chamoe.

Apparently Nicki asks them to be apprentices in the sun.

"Wow, that's fine. That sounds interesting."

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"Oh, congratulations!

I'd like to get into a lot of trouble, pervert butler, but it's been a while since I've seen you.

"Hah, I'm a disciple....."

When I saw Nicki's face, I looked up like a discarded puppy.

It's hard to be clear. I'm not sure what to teach my apprentice. But it's hard to say no for some reason.

(This face of his... somewhere...)

I feel like I have seen it before, but it is still a feeling of pre-vision. At the time of the facility, the children often cried. I remember that time. I couldn't always say no to myself...

"Isn't that nice, Lord Hiro? This child is still a child. I have a lot to teach you, but I will do my best to support you."

"I'll try my best even with Chamoe!

"I don't do such trouble."

Regardless of the last Lilyn, the other two will tell me a reliable word.

Please! I want to be strong and strong!

Nicki screams desperately. I'm sure it's annoying, but I think it'll be a good match for my training.

"... I only teach you how to fight.

Ha, yes!

"And you must listen to me. Ready?"

Yes!

Nicki smiles like a flower blooming happily. Shiuba and Chamoe are also glad to clap their hands.

"But that's right...."

The sun color approached Mikazuki while making a thoughtful face with his hands on his jaw.

"What's the matter, Hiro?

"... no, Jisan, you can teach him words, right?

Yeah, I don't mind.

"Then there's no problem with one more."

"What about it?"

Siuba had an atmosphere like being poked into the imagination, but the sun color was fine with Mikazuki's body writing the word "anthropomorphization".

Then, an incredible magic overflowed from the sun color, and its magic wrapped around Mikazuki.

Mikazuki screams and panicks in surprise, but the light relentlessly covers Mikazuki up.

Everyone is stunned because they don't know what the sun colour is.

But when the light subsided, the sight was even more amazing.

Because the place where Mikazuki was the other day was a little girl.

"Ehhhhhhhhhh!?

Lillin and Chamoe shouted like they were screaming.

Hmm, that worked.

I tried to make Mikazuki human with the words "anthropomorphization."

I've always wanted to try it, but apparently this character can't be used without some trust between them.

I thought it was Mikazuki and tried it, but it succeeded as I thought. But she's also a monster, unable to speak.

Qui?

She was cutely tilting her neck.

"Jisan, tell him the word."

"Nofofofofofofofo! That's Hiro! My amazing capacity is already full! Nofofofofofofofo!"

"Kah, kah, cute!

Shamoe hugs Mikazuki, and Mikazuki is happy to say, "Quick!".

"Well, hey kid... no, I'm an apprentice from today. Can you speak before he does? I'll give you a compliment first."

Points at Mikazuki as he looks at Nicki.

And Nicki said, "Mum! Looking at Mikazuki like that, he pointed his finger at her.

I'll learn the words first! And you'll be praised!

And Mikazuki,

No way ~. I don't know, but I'm so flattered!

This was the moment when the little one was able to combine.

Whether the horses don't fit or are always fighting, and finally the patience bag is broken, Lillin starts preaching with anger exploding and sitting them down.

There was a shrub who looked at it with a warm smile.

(Even so, my apprentice...? I've just come to this world and come across a lot of new things.)

But it also feels natural and pleasant.

It is also interesting to make new discoveries as you push ahead with what you want to do.

(But I hope we have more new friends.....)

I looked around at Lillins' faces one by one.

(Again, I think it's really thick... this face. However, it doesn't seem boring.)

I'm going on a journey with this member.

The magic world is wide. And I don't know what's going to happen.

(I wish I could continue my journey in peace, but I don't know what to do.)

But with this member, it's going to be a fun and fun trip.

--Eventually, this concern of Japanese color will not be far away.

Half a year later, I didn't expect to throw myself into the shaking of the world, but the color of the sun at that time was as shard.

Yes, I didn't realize.

Even now, in the world, the hands of the clock are certainly engraving the time.

It's as if you're aiming for something to wait ahead.

Waiting for glory or destruction...

In a world where the thoughts of various people were swirling, the answer was so close.

And the stage is six months later.