Log Horizon

◆ 11

- We are, in your words, artificial intellectuals, created to aid the society of the Creator.

We, or "inspectors" and "collectors", are sent out with some kind of mission. It is the exploration and harvesting of what we call the Empathy Child. Our society is going through a period of stagnation, and decline, from the limits of this resource. But it was known early on that in a world where this resource is known to us, caps exist and no further discovery can be made.

We need a sympathizer to produce the sympathizer, but our civilization has squandered the sympathizer long before one realizes its meaning and danger. By the time I realized it, it was no longer too late for this precious resource to cover demand.

The society of the Creator has stagnated for a thousand years for this resource bottleneck. This time without adding artificial acceleration is roughly equal to eternity.

We needed a different world to break this critical situation, and we were created to look for another "explorable universe" with a mathematical method called "prime crack" (backdoor).

In other words, we weren't caught in [unanimity] at all, but, to some extent, we could be said to have been caught in anticipation. The occurrence of "unanimity" is due to astronomical coincidences, but we waited for it due to astronomical prevalence.

Of course, as you know, there is only one universe per intelligent life-form. According to the Principles of the Physical Horizon, no intellectual life can meet another intellectual life (,,,), and according to the Great Principles of Conflictlessness, no contradiction can exist in the universe because contradictions disappear at the same time as birth.

According to these principles, our exploration could only fail before we began. But exceptions exist to everything, and we believe that it is this Cerdesian subworld that is subject to many restrictions in order to ignore its principles.

There are few things we can say with sufficient certainty about [agreement].

This is my first experience.

The total number and duration of activities we have generated is so enormous that we can only use astronomical figures to represent them. We attracted [agreement] in total. This means that if we knew something about [agreement], we would only have caught a coincidence by the huge number of mothers.

Because of such circumstances, we can only explain what we understand, and you understand that it is suppressed by the discipline that exists in us.

I consider you to be more intelligent than Rank 3 by code of ethics. Because Minori proved it to me. If that is correct, there is a question that the ownership of the resources of the Cerdesian world rests with you. The Collector is subject to the Priority Collection Directive, but we, the Supervisor, are tasked with exploration. Therefore, in order to investigate this question, and to preserve your rights, I have decided to go for a land called Jacquair. It's a necessary task to conserve resources.

The future is fluid and does not allow prediction.

Various possibilities. If we consider a branch with relatively little impact, two or three of us, adventurers and earthlings, would be observed to be "not intelligent beings" by virtue of the aforementioned principle of inconsistency. Though it seems to me now that the branch is a sort of tragedy.

The effect of "concordance" extends to this entire Cerdesian subworld, and the total amount of "empathy" that this world contains is comparable to fifteen percent of the universe from which we come. Would I tell you guys that this amount of power is enormous enough to cause interstellar warfare? There are countless more ruinous futures than the aforementioned branches.

I don't know if reading this letter is a siloe to my brother, but if you intend to, I would recommend getting communication facilities to the moon.

In the month of Cerdesia there is a community of [supervisors] who should be observing the situation.

If you wish to return, you can help. According to the Principles of the Regular Horizon, we shouldn't have met. If you return, the fine contradictions will be resolved retroactively. It is also one branch.

Last but not least, I warn you about the "picker".

They are as intelligent as we are in the Navigation Realm but equal to Rank 2. Also, in receiving meat to Cerdesia, he utilizes highly capable monster objects that were prepared for battle on the moon. We made a different choice from those of us who borrowed the same flesh as you to explore.

I don't know how much they are, but they are influenced by the flesh they have been subjected to.

It's likely to be an extremely dangerous opponent for you.

I suggest you be very careful.

I hope that after your consideration you will make your future.

◆ 12

"Roe2?

"Who is it?"

That was the first voice that came out after reading the letter.

I know Roe2's name directly. Nita, and Akatsuki, who doesn't know his name. The reaction of the colleagues was divided into two parts.

"It's a Shiloe subcharacter. When it was a game, I made it on a test server to investigate the game system, another character in Siloe. Summoner, commonly known as the Summoner."

"Eko."

"What is an Eko..."

"Let me explain. Eko is a subcharacter created by Shiloe. Big breasts."

"Is it big! Mm-hmm. Idyllically, you're a gilty."

"Really, my lord"

A direct line tells him to stay ahead of the siloe he tried to explain.

Even though I didn't have to say anything extra, Torah and Akatsuki showed an unusual crush on Shiloe, who frowned. It won't be that important there, even while I'm trying to say back, the two of them aren't oh, it's not like this.

The nickname Eko is KR Kayar. It was the lamb matton that spread the word, and it was the direct line that rode. It's a terrible trap from the beginning of a serious story.

Did you read the air in the field?

"Does that mean that Roe2 wrote the letter? How did you get here in the first place?

"Minori delivered it to me. I hear we met on our journey."

"Really? In that town of Saphir..."

"Did you?"

The town of Saphir. I swallowed the words with a bitter expression, both Akatsuki and direct succession. Gathered here are members belonging to the elderly in the Horizon of Records (Log Horizon). Even Torah has heard about the backdrop with the Knights of Odusseia, where Minori and the others circled.

It was Akatsuki who switched the atmosphere that had gotten dark.

"In the end, is the sender the master? Your master's subcharacter. How could someone like that send out a letter?

"She calls herself Roe2's body (character data). It's called" Navigational Species. "Intelligent bodies of different worlds."

"Do it, dude. Shiro, he's a different person. Could it be the SF?"

"At least she says so. According to this letter, some of the" sailing species "are two species called" watchdogs "and" pickers ". They're using empathy as an artificial intelligence created by their mission to harvest resources."

The surroundings silenced themselves to chew on the words of the siloe.

Does that mean it was too much of a rush? Shiloe looked around at her companion worried, and she had eyes with Akatsuki. From Akatsuki, who looks up at Shiloe properly with his crushed eyes, only signs of trust can be conveyed. You haven't thought about this, and Siroe is just a little ho.

"Direct Relay."

"What the hell. Have you lost your temper, too?

"I knew I had to plan a galaxy tour, didn't I? For new fans."

"You don't brace!?

No, it's getting worse. Pull off Pheromones, Pheromones, and self-proclaimed idols, and continue to scratch and shatter information.

"" The Navigational Species. "Ah. Talk about flying a long time, but Siro's not actually that surprised, is he? Why?"

That's not true. That's what Siloe replied.

"Just, yeah. I don't know, I kind of thought about it. I wonder why we've come to this world. That's crazy, isn't it? If this is a truly fantastic different world, it can't be this much like the Elder Tail we know. far beyond the level of coincidence. But it's nonsense that we were swallowed up there in the game world. Impossible. As far as we know, technology hasn't advanced that far."

To the words, Yanyanta nodded firmly. Interestingly enough, Akatsuki awaits Shiloe's next words.

"It's strange how things have changed since the catastrophe. Realistic laws of physics and common sense in the game age are all the rage in this world. It's like mixing the two rules. I always thought we weren't properly flown into another world. And I thought there might be a third person in this world who could explain it... Someone who can explain the situation, not" the earth man "or" the adventurer "(the player) like us... Maybe that's, uh, the sender in this letter. Roe, it's two."

Speaking of convenience, it should also be called the mechanical god Deus Ex Machina. A mastermind that captures all the mysteries. The ultimate person responsible for resolving matters for me. However, Shiloe even noticed that there was no such presence as she had hoped.

"It's not God. I was aware on the way that it wasn't such a convenient existence. Because if this world is the world (,), if the earth really lives and is like us, then the god will know why they were born and what their destiny is. That's not true. Because they're human, and this world is the world, I thought there was no god. Still, 'someone' is there, and I was trying to find it. So I was surprised, but not that far."

When the direct line smiled manly and fat, he replied, well.

"But it's a much harder letter, isn't it?"

"Much, no. Totally."

to Akatsuki pointing and denying. Shiloe takes up the note again.

"I think it's hard to understand because I'm trying to explain something I'm not familiar with here. You certainly don't know the Principles of the Regular Horizon or the Great Principles of Non-Contradiction."

When I found out it was blurry, Shiloe didn't say.

I'll know when I don't know, or I'll grasp the approximate meaning from the word point of view. But if Siloe is as imaginary as he thinks, this other world - the subworld Cerdesia of Roe2 - is "being tested to produce results". Siroe thinks it might be a special sandbox.

In this place, even decisions mean a lot. Already, Shiloe has created the impetus for the establishment of an organization called the Round Table Conference by decision. So I couldn't put a prediction about the existence of a time limit in my mouth.

"In short, a" catastrophe "is a different world monster. The otherworldly monster came from another world to take away the mysterious energy called" Empathy Child ". This Roe2 guy is a different world, he came from the same place as a different world monster, but he warns me to be careful over here because he's humane."

"Oh, okay! You're smart. You're a direct line."

"What the hell is wrong with you!

"There was a direct line!

"Don't climb, come on!

Akatsuki, Naota and Chan Tai laughed at the optimistic exchange of Torah. Indeed, in summary, I can read that as it says.

"That's not all, though. Ah. There are places where reasons and meanings are difficult to connect, like missing descriptions here and there."

"Right, squad leader."

Siloe drops her gaze on the text loaded many times.

"Probably, but it's intentional. Though it doesn't feel like you've been wary of information leaking to the outside world - does that mean it shouldn't be revealed at this stage? Or does that mean it's not convenient for them"

"It's nothing."

The direct line snarls like that.

"It's not a sentence like that, this. Either, 'I didn't even explain it because it's common sense that anyone knows' or something like that."

That may indeed be the case. From the knowledge of the Shiloes, the absurd and unusual letters also seemed to Shiloe as though they had something somewhat sincere.

"Do you believe this letter?

It was Torah who asked with a voice that got serious.

At the same time, the direct line shrugged her shoulders, and Siloe scratched her cheeks like she was in trouble and nodded, "Yeah."

"Honestly, I think it's a hell of a lot of content. Look, I think it's just a letter that seems like a story. But one day I suddenly got lost in a different world similar to the game, which I don't think is so absurd compared to"

"Well, that's true, isn't it"

"Besides, this sender, Mr. Roe2, has quite a tea spot." Stretch, to Minori. I've tried to be serious like your sister. I don't know if I'll see you again, but I won't forget your answer. May you illuminate your future, as your warm (empathizer) illuminated me. - From your sister. "

With Nyantai's readings, the direct line and akatsuki are obviously stunned by the half-opening of their mouths. That would be so. It's too shattered for a "otherworlder."

"I don't believe it or not, but maybe Roe2, my rival."

"Half an Idol and a Competitor."

"Let Mr. Akatsuki bully you"

Do you really think it was easy to get out of line for a conversation, and the direct line answers aloud so as to re-divide it?

"Either way, believe me, there doesn't seem to be anything to lose so far. In short, there's something on the moon. Just keep in touch, okay?

That's right, and I admitted it perfectly.

"Yeah. If you believe this letter, you should make more progress now, at least in terms of information, if you get in touch with her people on the moon. I think you'll get some tips to get back to the original world."

"Don't be."

"The moon, is it? What do you have?"

It opened its mouth and Shiloe looked back at Akatsuki.

Akatsuki also looked up at Shiloe with a waking look from her dreams.

From somewhere, a similar sound to the noise of a nostalgic clear bell led to the ear of the siloe.

"Yeah -. On the moon, sure, something happened. With that immense thought, a vow of light, a vow of sacrifice... I saw it when I died in the Naruto (Abyssal Shaft)."

It was a shallow sea.

The shards of clear glass pouring down from the earth had lodged trivial but irreplaceable memories. I saw a brown puppy. I saw the ticket and the ticket opening. I could see the unreliable lights of the convenience store floating in the dark at night. I could see two cyclists crossing the railway bridge.

Shiloe and Akatsuki walked along the winter coast, where they sink and pour.

That wasn't a dream. Siroe searched in Akatsuki's eyes to revive the memories that remained.

"The sandy beach of the moon was crystal clear to a distance"

Crushed Akatsuki, his eyes rounded as surprised.

And when I nodded so happily and so many times, I grabbed my siloed clothes. The gesture, perhaps not conscious, seemed to represent her strange emotion.

"Yeah. Akatsuki twirled around and nearly fell"

"My lord put the hood on me."

The memory of that moment when her voice remained in the siloe, like making her listen to secret brags, floated more vividly.

The clarity of the quiet beach filled them both. On a clear blue inlet beach, he sat alongside Akatsuki on a wave strike. The light that wetted my toes was something special, and the two intensified their awe.

The two men who passed through "Death" looked back at themselves on the beach and saw weakness. In such a huge regret that it was about to be squashed, I saw a small hope.

It's a special place over there.

Siloe understood it with unspoken intuition. There's a secret on that beach that the Siloes don't know yet. What Roe2 calls the "moon" is over there. I'm sure if we can get back to that beach, we can return to Earth. Shit, I can get an incentive for that.

"Me too...... I saw it too! With my lord, I saw that glitter!

Shiloe nodded at Akatsuki.

And he looked around at his companions, his direct heirs, and his daddy, and his torah.

Siloe and Akatsuki did set foot in the land of the moon once.

That's why I can believe this letter.

"So we - perhaps - gave (vows of empathy). If I could just go over there again..."

Capture the secret end of this world.

◆ 13

"What is it? Brothers."

"Yeah, Towya"

Towya spoke to Minori, who came down a large staircase to the living room.

Lundelhaus decided that the meeting of the elderly, mainly Siloe, which began in the evening, seems to be prolonged.

"Is it still going to take?

"Yeah, looks like it"

Minori answers with a serious look.

Serara gave that word a disappointing look, but she said, "Then I'll prepare dinner!" and stood up.

"Yeah, they already have it, so eat it first."

Fifty bells also rise to match Serara. Looks like the three girls went to the kitchen to get some soup. In fact, I'm almost done preparing dinner already. The only thing left to cook is to warm up the soup, as it was prepared by Tai during the day.

"I wonder what's going on."

Together behind his head, Towya threw her back on the couch.

It's a shallow night just past dusk. The cozy living room is illuminated by Lundelhouse's called "Magic Torch". As he shrugged his shoulders to that light that winks, Lundell House said, "Oh, my God, our guild master is an ideologist. I'm sure you're thinking about the end of the line," he replies.

Toya is a sweet man.

Minori, fifty bells and Serara are, of course, gentle companions, but Lundelhaus thinks Toya is a little different among them.

I'm sure some of him, all his experiences in the town of Saphir, are still swirling. More than half a month has passed since that adventure. Thoya still has a blurry view of the universe.

There are two parts of the human mind, Lundelhaus thinks.

One is discipline, rules, constraints. What you have to do, you could say. Something that can't be helped, but it could be. Lundelhaus was originally an aristocrat of the "earthlings". Nobility is born with a lot of lust. I have many obligations. Not only is it a derogatory thing: the order of the house, but the nobility is therefore forgiven, not allowed. There are many such things.

Nothing like that is a royal patent. Correctness is one constraint. Things anyone should think about. What's right, what's efficient, what's advantageous - that kind of decision is common.

The other is emotion, impulse, motivation. What you want to do, you can say. It's not duty, it's inspiration. It was not quite an acceptable part of Lundelhaus, who was a nobleman, and it was why he became an 'adventurer'. The right to add oneself to one's wishes.

"Kindness" is quite troublesome and difficult.

For example, there is a mountain hut that is being attacked by the Green Kid (Goblin). If left unattended, five families would be sacrificed. But if we send knights to rescue them, the villages inhabited by hundreds will be defenceless. - Suppose there is such a situation. At this time, sending knights is what the world calls "kindness".

What is right is the decision to abandon. But I have a feeling I don't want to abandon you. There will be in everyone. Two parts of my mind compete with each other. And shake to an incorrect decision. From an aristocratic duty, that is weakness. It's a weakness to spit on. But I guess that's also a virtue of kindness.

Lundelhaus became an 'adventurer' in recognition of his selfless devotion to throwing himself out. If you become an Adventurer, can you save a lot without making a decision to abandon it? That's what I thought.

But the reality was different.

Of course Lundelhaus got a lot more power than he once did. The 'Wizard' level in Lundell House today is sixty. more than triple what it once was. This level is comparable to the great wizard who, as a "earth man", is broken and historical. Lundelhouse's "Burning Fire" (Burndstake) can burn down even Oki, and Lightning Nebula can bury ten "Nightmares" (Dream Imp) bodies in just one blow.

But that didn't mean we could avoid "choices". Of course, Lundelhaus' arms got stronger. There are more people who can be saved. But being more and being everything is totally different. Lundelhaus finally understood that he was still choosing and that it would continue much further.

Lundelhaus' best friend Towya thinks Lundelhaus knows about it as much as he did from the beginning.

Normally, kindness is something that is revealed in anger and helplessness over devotion and irrationality.

The child does not know that there are two parts in his heart. It's a decision that seems right and a decision that you want to choose for yourself. In that pinch, I know my own helplessness - but what's still missing about those two is that the child doesn't know that there are two divided selves. I just get angry around not letting myself choose the decisions I want to make. Until the other day, Lundelhaus knew it as his own.

Toya distinguishes between the two. I know the correctness and the limits.

Towya turned to each other in the town of Saphir, cut off. The rejection of an "adventurer" named Shunyichi was not something that Toya could change. The invasion of the Steel Tail Dragon (Wyvern) was not something Toya could prevent. Of course it would not have been possible even in Lundelhouse, or even in Minori, fifty bells, or Serara. What was there was rejection and disconnection, and I don't think there was anything we could do.

But after knowing that, I can take the choice of devotion that my own soul commands, even if it hurts. That's a friend named Towya.

Selara and fifty bells are slightly different. They believed they could. I can also be seriously discouraged by the result that that's why I couldn't. I can get excited to overcome my own weakness. Of course, the feeling of believing is a rare quality. I also think we have to protect that innocence.

But Towya is a little different. He should have known "probably not to get the word". But in time, he confronted the Adventurer caught in the nothingness.

Haven't Toya known since the day she met that Lundelhaus finally knew that "there is a despair in this world where saving is barely touchable, even if we have stretched that ability to be called heroes"? That's what Lundelhouse thinks.

"... I'm leaving."

"Right."

"Yeah."

Toya squeaked abruptly as the gorgeous voices of the fifty bells coming from the kitchen rang low.

Return. I will not misinterpret the meaning of the word.

There is no Adventurer. He is a drifter who arrived at this Yamato from the Land of Adventurers. It might be more accurate to say that he was the unreasonable victim of a catastrophe. All of a sudden he was pulled from his hometown, a prisoner thrown out to a hometown where he didn't know his right or left.

Lundelhaus heard a sad cry from the Warriors of the Knights of Odyssey in that town. We want to go home. The cry of the (Adventurer), who was supposed to bury even the dragon, echoed without stopping like a lost child.

"If you have a home, it's only natural to go home."

So Lundelhaus could honestly do that. The decision is correct. Lundelhaus has the strength to tell the right thing. We fought around the towers and got them as Adventurers.

Perhaps that darkness is among all the "Adventurers".

Minori, Toya, and Serara. The elders of the guild, too.

Among the fifty bells is that sorrow.

That's invisible, but it's like a dagger sticking out of your heart. The mind of the Adventurer continues to bleed. They should be released. Lundelhaus thought so.

"I'm sure the Siloe brothers are discussing that. The time has come for us to talk about it. The time has come for me to go home, not to go home, to speak clearly."

So I could hear Toya's words with pride.

Toya is strong. Lundelhaus wants to wear the strength that his friend deserves.

"Sorry. Brother Rudy"

"Where do I need an apology? I can't believe I'm ready for separation. That's how this world is. It's not always possible for the people on patrol to be together. That's why we're honored to meet."

Why apologize? Lundelhaus distracted his chest with outrage.

It's out-of-heart to think you're such a weak man.

"Brother Rudy. I'm glad I came to this other world. I've met a lot of people I love. I once again tasted the joy of running around and making a scene."

It was fun.

It was both a joy and a drizzle to be said.

Of course it's still super fun right now, huh? Yes, Toya told me and I laughed. From the kitchen, you can hear the little singing of fifty bells and the cooking commentary of Serara small. Towya is Lundelhouse's best friend. And it's a man to man. I've never spoken to you once, but you two have promised. We must have sworn each other before.

The girls must be protected by the two of us. That is a naive oath, if analysed by the Lundelhaus today. Lundelhaus is the weakest of his people when it comes to his arms because he is a 'sorcerer'. But that's not the point. It's a matter of man-to-man attachment.

Whether they enjoy the present and go home, or not, the two are obliged to keep it until they make the decision by putting on the two folds in their hearts. So Lundelhaus, working with Towya, was going to defend what was going to happen.

But Toya said, "But I don't want it. I didn't make any effort," he continued.

Being poked in the void, Lundelhaus thought and understood the meaning of the word.

"So I want 'next'. I'll make my place next time I want it. Brother Shiloe taught me that. So if you go home, it's not over."

"Okay."

Lundelhaus nodded to a serious look towya.

Towya was a gentle man as Lundelhaus thought.

And Lundelhaus was more mean than he thought, and the temper was magnificent.

I didn't come here hoping for this world... That's what that [adventurer] shouted. It was also the cry of all the "adventurers". That brutally raised the ambition of the protest. That's a legitimate right, Lundelhaus thinks.

But Toya, acknowledging it, and acknowledging it, said, "That was an irrational compulsion. So I went home once, and now I want to come".

It would be impossible. I don't even have to go back.

Even though levels and behavior will be more important than age in the city of Akiba, they will still not be smiled at and approached as a statement about the year of Towya. I'm familiar with what Lundelhouse said. No, or even if a big guy like Siloe said it, it could be streamed as a dream story.

But Lundelhaus knows a friend named Towya. I didn't joke about it. That's a pledge.

Then Lundelhaus must also believe it and do it.

I don't know what I can do, but I'll have to help you do it.

Just a few moments, I thought of the Fifty Bells. I'm sure you'll be pissed off if you don't be impotent. It hurts a lot when you get hit. Wouldn't she stand up for herself anymore? and thoughts close to stupidity blur my chest.

But man to man promises are heavy. I'm still not sure if Toya's wish is right. But Lundelhouse's desire to cooperate with it is already real.

"You don't still have that, do you?

"Yeah, that's right."

"Well, now it's dinner. Even Master Shiloe might be coming up with something."

"Speaking of which, yes. It's a very difficult wish. You still have time."

Lundelhaus nodded that he was right.

Serara with beautifully cut fruit comes into the living room and dishes are arranged. Lundell House and the others depressed their tongue-in-cheek potato soup, which is still the best today.