The Man Picked Up By the Gods (Reboot)

One cold night...... the aristocratic town of Wang Du lined with brilliant buildings. Reinhardt, the Duke's lord, had visited the mansion, which was small and slightly inferior to the others, and the man who was the lord of the mansion and who had once been close to him.

"Welcome, Your Excellency the Duke of Jameel. Every year, we looked at each other in a social setting, but it's been a long time since we've looked at each other privately like this."

"Right. But as a student, we talked a lot. Let me call you" Senior Polko ”today, as I used to. Seniors, if you will. Just like old times."

"So... no, right"

Then for a while, the reception room sounds like an approximate conversation between two people.

Speaking of which, this is what it was like when we first met.

"Sure. I didn't know people were coming to that place then. I was surprised to hear about it at school."

"I couldn't relate to a bad person. It's going to be my father's trouble."

"Your father's, no,“ the covenant of the divine beast ”does not have the power to ignore even His Majesty the King. Many would have approached at the direction of their parents. I don't think I have a choice."

"Even if that's the case...... listen seniors. Actually, I haven't seen my daughter in a long time before I got here today, have I? I was wondering what kind of life you live, and when I told you to bring your friends, bring four of them. They were all good kids."

"Isn't that a good thing? Why are you so unhappy?"

"It's time, so I told her I was coming here, and my daughter said it.“ Father, did you have friends when you were a student? "

"That was a disaster...... you haven't told your daughter the circumstances?

"I'm giving you a heads up. But I don't want my daughter to feel the same way about me, so thank you... and my daughter doesn't know much about the same age of nobility... for that matter, I'm happy as a parent because she grew up pure and upright"

"I don't know what to say, but it's like you won't regret it later"

He said, "Of course I'm going to have my hands and mouth out if I have to, but it will also be important to go through it myself. Besides, my daughter seems to have gotten five of my friends over the course of six years, so I hope they support my daughter." He said, "With them, or... with him." "Yeah, it's you, Lyoma. I heard you took care of me the other day, and I came to thank you for that."

"I'm not making a big deal of it. Rather, it was me who took care of him. I did everything I could."

"I heard that too. He said he was rewarded with a lot of things."

Porco finds himself in the heart with Reinhardt's words like hitting the lead here.

"Hmm, would there have been any dissatisfaction? I'm sorry, but I can't repay you more than that."

"No. Neither he nor I were unhappy with the reward. Rather, as much as he feared he'd gotten something excessive.

... Again, are you restless?

Reinhardt, who perceives and inquires about the inside of his opponent.

Polko replied slowly, but honestly.

"... to tell you the truth... I'm glad you didn't bring in your identity like you did as a student and that you put me up as one junior also said you wanted to talk that way.

There is, but... I think I'm too old to truthfully accept that word. "

"I get it. We have a crush on each other, as lords, as nobles. Besides, I'm not lying to you about wanting to talk like I used to, but that's not all.

... I don't think I can help you with your belly exploration like this, so shall we finish your story as a nobleman first?

"I'd appreciate it if you could do that"

"Now, let's be frank. Senior Polko, I'd like you to add me to the face of the“ meeting "that you're holding around the center."

"A meeting is an exaggeration. What I'm hosting is a hobby dinner party...... what kind of blow?

"Lyoma told me, did the seniors hear about my territory being rough or something?

"That's for sure.... No way?

"I'm so sorry, but some houses seem to be hand in hand and pulling threads behind them"

Porco gently covers his eyes with his hands.

"What idiot... that looks like, the guys pulling the thread have eye-catchers on them, too? Then the purpose is not to help solve the problem we have now, but for the future"

"Seniors are always quick and helpful to talk to. I don't like belly art or power struggles, so I was hoping you'd take this opportunity to understand what happens when you gently put your hands on my home and territory. And I want to expand my connections so that I don't have a future."

"You don't have to ask me or anything, there will be as many houses as you want to relate to the Duke's house"

"That's true, but it doesn't mean I'm anyone noble, either. It would be comforting if you could help Senior Polko, who has had no loopholes for a long time and still continues to have a facial connection at the Dinner Party."

……

"Regardless, we have consideration. Because I keep my stuff with my men."

"Let me bring it"

When Porco rings the bell placed on his desk, the deacon's piggu enters the room.

And when I asked for it, I immediately brought three boxes, one large and one small.

"Look here first"

The first thing Reinhardt offered was a thin box of rectangles.

"A necklace or something......!!

Polco with a hit from the shape of the box.

The anticipation was not a mistake, but the goods delivered in the box were far beyond imagination.

"Pearl!? It's also the size of a grain from end to end"

This necklace is so luxurious that even one precious pearl can be wrapped around your neck in this country without the sea.

If I wanted to get it, I couldn't imagine how much money Porco would have to redeem.

"Exactly the extreme of eye bliss. That's the only word I can say..."

Porco gently returns the box, and asks.

"What are you gonna do when you show me something like this? This is too much for me. You're not sure this is the price or anything?

"If you say you want a senior, you can have the same thing, but I'm going to give this to an acquaintance at a later date. I just got married last year, and I have a guy who's worried about gifts."

"So much stuff. No, your acquaintance who got married last year...... I see you're dealing with His Majesty the King. And you'll get permission to sell pearls for consideration.

There are many nobles who crave pearls. I don't know what route you got it on, but if you “want" so much product, you can have it. If we give His Majesty more ink, we will have greater financial power and, of course, influence over other houses.

Who can connect with the Duke of Jameel like that, if I get in there, I can get some speech and influence... just like the one who drives the power of the dragon, and seems to make enemies accordingly. "

"To some extent, you will be prepared, but let the Duke of Jameer be your back shield. In the first place, I want seniors to be“ buddies ”who support each other, not“ just buffers ”. Because that's the pearl access route I showed you earlier, but seniors aren't irrelevant either."

"What?"

"I want you to see this one"

Saying so, the box that Reinhardt opened contained seashells.

Its surface is well polished, with a beautiful layer of hidden pearls shining.

"This is this glow, but not this shape"

"Lyoma, you've found it in your senior territory. It's a shellfish that's very commonly eaten there.

"So this is Snaggle, after all?"

"You think the senior asked him to clean the hot springs? They brushed the shell with the medicine they made at that time."

"That one! Well, this shellfish hid such a glow on the inside."

"I heard from him that these shells and pearls are made of the same... I would like seniors to supply this shell in the name of edible"

"Does purposefully want mean that this shellfish is the“ ingredient ”of its pearls"

"To put it in detail, another thing, even dirt like a mass of hot springs that you, for example, Lyoma, cleaned, seems possible to substitute with a few hands. But if you think about a stable supply until now, that shell is still the most desirable."

"... aren't you going to hide a little?

"Sometimes you want to crack your belly and talk, and you won't have to do anything meaningless. You can help us, right? Senior."

Even naturally, when Reinhardt says it off, does Polko shudder or give up? I leave my full weight in the chair and look up at the ceiling.

"I'll keep this on the story, but it's auspicious. Are you more willing to make me say no than to?

"If a senior seriously says no, I don't mind. In the first place, you wanted me to tell you about this shellfish, Lyoma."

"What?"

"It's about the shellfish I could take in my senior territory, and he thought I should tell him. But the poor way you tell it can be alarming or annoying, he said. You didn't know the seniors' circumstances in depth, but you thought that you had" delicate problems ”because of what happened in the village and what you heard. That's why you asked me.

Don't get me wrong, he was going to tell you in complete goodwill. So I'm not going to use this information to force a senior to do anything either. If you do that and he doesn't like you, it hurts. "

"I see. I didn't think he was just a kid, but I didn't know he was spotted"

"Me and my wife were honest at first, and he thought he was a worldless, gullible kid, and he was worried. But there's something strangely sharp about this."

I guess I was also breaking the obsession I had in my chest.

See how Reinhardt talks about that.

"Reinhardt. Is he your bastard?"

"Huh! Goho, guh"

When I happened to be moisturizing my throat with tea.

In an unexpected word from Porco, Reinhardt swallows back.

"Excuse me. But how could you ask such a question?

"No, I'm glad to see you grow up, but you looked sad and complicated somewhere."

"Did you look like that? I am."

"You weren't aware"

"It's not just consciousness, it's not the fact he's my bastard."

"Sure, his face doesn't look alike at all, but he's a little bit of a character"

"Stop joking, I'll get back to you."

"If you mean to feel like you're back in time... ok, ok, so don't smile and stare. So, how far would I have told you?

"With the shellfish story asked for by you, Lyoma, I'm talking about him being surprisingly sharp.

If this shellfish thing goes public, there will certainly be an intensification of the dispute over Lake Latoin's rights under the water. "

"Not at all. If you look at it as an opportunity, there are many people who try to take advantage of it immediately."

"Sometimes your senior father will have built his way. That land was a difficult environment for people to live in, except around the lake, but it's a lot better now than it used to be, and is expected to improve even further in the future. That's how attractive the land must be."

"It's honestly a ship to cross that you get the back shield of the Duke's house. As well as participating in the dinner party, I promise to fully cooperate in introducing the leading nobles to the best of my possibilities."

Thus the two are from neither side, hand in hand.

"By the way, what's in the last box?

"It's a different, similar story from pearls. We have a story we're going to get from each other, so can you help us?

"I was sporadically surprised with the previous two, but is there more? You don't have to do anything meaningless, do you? Tell me the gist."

"Be frank, then. Are you interested in new technologies that don't lose freshness or flavour and extend the shelf life of your food?

"It will be decided to have one. It's a fish whose freshness matters."

"The technology is currently being studied, and these are the magic tools and experimental instruments of refrigeration prototyped in the process."

"If frozen, the flavour of the ingredients will drop. That's supposed to be the norm, but you made it possible?

"The difference is obvious compared to traditional ones. As far as I'm concerned, I think I can use enough at the moment."

"How the hell does that work?

"They say it's important to freeze them rapidly at temperatures much lower than the cold air that can be served with common magic tools. I would use a very strong liquor that I purified for this purpose, something called" industrial alcohol ”.

From what I've heard, there are local liquors in Fatma that can easily be made by amateurs who are "white liquors". "

"I do have one. It takes a lot of work and a maker's arm to make something decent to drink, but flavor doesn't matter if it's not for drinking, but for making strong liquor ingredients. Ingredients are native to the area, and cultivation is not difficult if necessary. You mean it suits my territory even in that sense"

Porco asked one last time, who as a whole showed convincing and understanding,

"Reinhardt, I've been thinking about this for a while now, about a boy's face."

"As you can guess, this is also your research, Lyoma."

"Who the hell is that girl? Next to Next."

"You should talk to your predecessors who will be collaborators...... he is a forgetful sight of the famous sage Mairia and Martial God Tigal. There's no blood connection, he's an adopted child."

"... the bard had given it the blend name" The Wise Man of Wheat Tea, "but it might have been shooting unexpectedly"

Porco smiles that he's convinced.

But at the next moment, the look turns into something serious.

"At this point, let me tell you, the boy may be a little dangerous."

"... do seniors agree"

The look on Reinhardt's face, pointed out by Polko, also tightens.

Too devoted. "I've been inclined to do that for a long time, but I was convinced about this one. He said," Come on. "" I think you're asking, but I made a request, too. He did more than he thought he would do, but he was indifferent to the rewards that followed. "

"That's just one end of what appears on the surface."

"What?"

"The problem he has is more at the root of being human. I thought so."

"There was something to make you think so."

"Yes. But I, no, my family wants to support him in the future. As nobles, as individuals."

With eyes that make you feel that strong will, Porco smiles again.

"Your place hasn't changed in a long time."

"Oh, is that right?

"Even if it hasn't changed...... OK! Then let's say we discuss plenty today, including around there. Eat delicious food, drink alcohol, and listen to work and parenting concerns and stupidity. It would also be a friend and a senior."

"Senior...... thank you"

"What, we're going to work with each other in the future, so I won't shy away. Just like old times."

Porco rings the bell again and gives instructions to Piggu to rush to prepare dinner.

And the other two talked and warmed up the old relationship.