~ Report of the Rotsgard Academy's sector redevelopment plan ~
While in the said investigation, I encountered an unknown person. Its height was
about 1.70m, thin build. Silver hair and black eyes. With an unsettlingly orderly face,
it smiled. Probably a man. His features were hyuman, but he is most likely not. What
should be pointed out is his overwhelming battle power.
I failed to escape, so I decided to escape in the middle of the fight. He activated a ringlooking tool and the thought transmission was sealed. Unknown if there were any
other effects. Not even able to see the boy's true ability, I was defeated. I was somehow
able to hit him once and was successful in marking him.
P.S – In the middle of the fight, there was a scream of a woman. I later confirmed that
she was the Academy's librarian, Eva.
Lost my consciousness and woke up restraint in an underground ward at the area I
was investigating in, popularly known as the abandoned sector. Confirmed that the
librarian Eva was also restraint like me. After confirming the situation, I decided to
escape. I confirm the will of the librarian, guard her and have her accompany me.
There's the chance that Eva is a noble. This is a speculation based on her speech and
behavior.
Being in the facility of the investigation target, I have confirmed that the organization
is medium-large scale. Confirmed about the reality of the "experiments" in my
investigation. The various experiments, also known as research, were inhyuman just
as predicted. I was unable to find a single test subject capable of recovering. There
were mostly demi-humans, but I was also able to find few hyumans as well.
There was no reaction from my marking and have judged that the aforementioned
boy's location is unknown. Determined to continue my mission. Taking into
consideration the target's danger level as well as its immediate battle power, I decided
to promptly dispose them. Because I was in a state where thought transmission was
impossible, I followed my own decision.
In the midst of disposing, I didn't find the aforementioned boy and there were no signs
of reinforcements either. I completed the disposal in a prompt and quiet manner.
Setting up traps and surveillance, I escaped the concerned facility along with the
librarian.
For now there's no movements from the remnants and was unable to pinpoint the
ones cooperating from within the Academy. I intend to pinpoint them in my future
investigations and will report. That's all.
P.S. I wrote something I am not used to in haste, so please do forgive me for its
imperfections. Lime.
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What's up with that last part Lime. Also, your sign is pretty. I also have to learn to write
my own sign. In things like contracts and statement of delivery it is necessary after all.
Moreover, it feels like you jumped a lot of things when writing this. Also, if Lime was
able to wipe out the enemy, he should have been able to easily escape from there. It's
just unnaturalto shift into force just because the thoughttransmission was sealed. You
had Eva-san accompanying you after all.
But, who is the boy in the beginning that Lime is treating as a kid? Lancer can be easily
identified because he would summon swords out. That boy should have some sort of
specific trait as well. That he didn't appear afterwards worries me. Isn't he in the
organization as well? Also the fact that Lime was completely fine when captured. Just
what was the reason that boy fought Lime?
Hmph. Even if he kidnapped Eva-san while at it, if I were the assailant, I would first
take away the equipment of the people I captured. I would do a body check and
restraint them in a way that they can't offer resistance, I think. In that case, Lime had
his katana stolen? If his katana that he declared to be more important than his life was
stolen, then he would definitely want to get it back. But would it end with just getting
it back? That Lime who got pretty angry just because I told him about Rona-san's
distrust?
There's no description of the techniques of the person that stole his katana in the
report. The experiments as well, there's no detailed content in the report. Just that, he
said they were in a state where they can't be saved, meaning they are most likely dead.
Just like what he wrote in the end, it is quite the sloppy report. Let's call Lime at a later
time and have him tell me the report again in person. I don't intend on having him
write another one.
"Raidou-sama, Eva-san says she wants to talk to you"
Eva-san huh.
I, who was reading the report silently, raise my head at Shiki's words. I had Eva-san
wait at the room next door. Well, I plan on having her stay here until Lime cleans up
the related party from the Academy. If she dies, it wouldn't be good for my health.
Also, I have to ask her the reason why she was in such a place. After she was restrained,
it seems like she acted together with Lime, but for someone who has seen how Lime
dealt with things, her attitude is way too calm. For a librarian that is surrounded by
books, this is too strange.
If the other party has resolved herself to talk, then let's proceed. I don't like being in
this room too much either.
Ah right. Having Shiki idle would be a waste. This is an unexpected outcome, but the
situation has progressed. From now on, let's have Rona-san's cooperation and resolve
this in an early stage.
"Shiki, I will hear what Eva-san has to say. I am sorry but, could you go to Rona-san's
place and get her to help with the cleaning of the Academy's related party along with
Lime and the others? It is fine to tell her what Shiki thinks is safe to disclose"(Makoto)
"Understood. Well then, I will go stir up Rona" (Shiki)
…It feels like Rona-san and Shiki get along well. I wonder what kind of relationship
they had in the past.
While seeing off Shiki, I knock the neighboring room's door. Soon after, a "go ahead"
came as answer. Eva-san seems to have prepared herself already.
When I enter the room, there was a slightly exhausted librarian I am used to seeing.
It's just, the eyes she is using to look at me right now were a bit different from usual.
Those weren't the eyes of someone looking at an acquaintance. That's right, those
looked like the eyes of someone probing your worth. It isn't as blunt as appraising, but
it does make me a bit nervous.
"Thanks to Lime-san I was able to escape with my life. Thank you very much Raidousensei. It seems that he is an employee in this company but, he is pretty strong huh?"
(Eva)
[He was an adventurer before coming to work at my place after all. I was surprised
when I received the report. I am glad you are safe]
"Shiki-san, and that man as well. Is there a rule that says you have to be strong in order
to enter this company?" (Eva)
[By no means. It's just that you get to meet the strong ones by chance. And so, I heard
that you had something to talk with me?]
"Yes. You have probably heard the story from Lime-san but… it is about information
and a reward" (Eva)
[Wait, from Lime? He is currently pretty tired and has gone to bed already. Information
and reward huh]
This is a lie. It wasn't in the report, but I have certainly heard about the information
and reward directly from Lime. About the reward, well, if she is giving it to me, I will
gladly receive it, but I am more interested in the beneficial information she has.
"Yes. I promised Lime-san when he was going to rescue me. The reward will be when
the threat lurking in the Academy is wiped out, but I can tell you the information now"
(Eva)
[Let's hear it]
"Yes. It's about the portrait of the two persons you showed me before" (Eva)
"?!!!"
"Sorry, I lied. The portrait you showed me and asked me if I knew anything aboutthem,
I actually have an idea" (Eva)
"…"
The portrait of my parents. It's the one I had Rinon draw for me. I have been asking
the people I am acquainted in the Academy if they know about them. Of course, there
were absolutely none who knew them.
I have asked a number of people before Eva, but I didn't even get an "I think I have
seen them before". It's certainly very beneficial information for me. I can learn about
the parents I wanted to know about after all. It is also one of the reasons I came to this
academy.
"If my memories are correct, those two, one worked in an important post at a certain
country for a noble and the other, I think was a high ranked priest in the temple" (Eva)
Noble and priest? My father and mother?
I totally thought they were adventurers. This is pretty unexpected. Especially about
my mother having a sacred profession. The image I have of her doesn't match at all.
[…Noble and priest. In what country?]
"I don't think Raidou-sensei will tell me what kind of connection you have with those
two, but is it okay to hear it?" (Eva)
[Benefactors. Well, I am not sure if I can ever repay that favor though]
The ones that gave birth to me, the greatest benefactors of all. If they ask me if I can
pledge filial piety, I would only be able to respond with an "I don't know" though. They
didn't match the word "parents". It's also discrepant from the setting I created of
Waka-sama in this world.
"I… see. The last news of their whereabouts were from an adventurer, so this might be
some kind of fate" (Eva)
[Please tell me what you know about them]
"It was a promise after all. Those two were in a satellite country in the already ruined
Elysion. A small country called Kaleneon. The pair of noble and priest were supposed
to marry there" (Eva)
[Were supposed to?]
"Yeah. They were unable to actually marry and were driven out of the country. There's
talk that they became adventurers, but before anyone knew, news of them were cut
off" (Eva)
[Why were they driven out of the country?]
"That's… there's no detailed record of that matter. To begin with, Kaleneon received
an attack by the demon race that was even harsher than in Elysion, and there's barely
anything left of the king's genealogy. On top of that, the world is trying to completely
forget the name of the country itself" (Eva)
Big invasion. The event where 10 years ago, the demon race ran out of patience and
with the Goddess' whereabouts unknown, they marched south. I read in books that
the result was a complete victory for the demon race. Even in a hyuman academy it
was written as a complete victory. I think that war was more close to trampling.
Kaleneon's noble and priest. That's mom and dad's past. And that place is already a
ruined country.
If there's not even records of it, then trying to follow their tracks might be harder.
Wait. That's right, in a country whose name has even been forgotten, a country where
even the king's genealogy barely survived…
Why is it that this librarian knows about this small country and noble? Was it written
in the Academy's library?
[Why is it that you know about the noble and priest of a ruined country like that?]
Could it be that there's something like a poem that's being spread like a story
regarding my parents? There's the possibility that they really did do something
incredible before transferring worlds, just like I first thought.
"There a number of books that have information regarding Kaleneon" (Eva)
A number of books she says. In that place that holds so many books which you
wouldn't be able to finish reading in your whole life, and that's all she has to say? Well,
I did know that Elysion was one of the five major powers that were destroyed by the
demon race, but if it comes to every single one of the small countries surrounding it, I
don't even know their names. And in truth, this is my first time hearing about
Kaleneon.
[A number of books huh. As expected of Eva-san. You really do know the library well]
"No. It is certainly true that there were a number of books regarding Kaleneon, but
there was not a single bit of information regarding those two. There's a different
reason as to why I know those two" (Eva)
[A different reason huh. Is it okay to ask?]
"You already know that Ruria and I are sisters, but you don't know our family name
right?" (Eva)
[Yeah. There are many who don't have family names, so I didn't think it was strange to
not mention it]
"We… did have. Now, no, for the time that is to come, we are in a position where we
are not allowed to say that name" (Eva)
[That doesn't sound peaceful]
"In the fight against the demon race, our parents decided to escape instead of fighting.
In the end, the only ones who managed to escape were Ruria and I. Moreover, even
when we were nobles, to be alive after our own country was burned down. We were
pushed with the brand of cowards…" (Eva)
Eva-san was a noble huh. No, with how she speaks, there's the chance that she still
thinks of herself as a noble.
The nobles of this world have the duty of protecting their land. In peaceful times, they
can just get tax from the populace, spread their name in society and possess a decent
amount of land, and there wouldn't be any complains. No, rather, they are considered
wise rulers. They would be called famous people.
But when their land is facing danger, they have to lead their troops and fight to protect
it. And they must repel them no matter what. If the land burns down, the nobles must
go down along manly. That's how the nobles in this world work.
If the feudal lords don't do anything unreasonable and they protect them on top of
that, then the nobles are doing their duty.
Even the stupid nobles of Limia who have high bad reputation, declared that they
would protect their lands. Those guys who exploit the taxes and their main scenario
is socializing. Of course, their lands have not been exposed to the fires of war, so how
far they would really go when that happens, I don't know.
That's why, the nobles that show their back and escape are treated in a pretty harsh
way in this world. I think that escaping an unwinnable fight is an option, but my way
of thinking comes from the peaceful Japan, so I can't say much.
[So you two were nobles]
"Who shamelessly survived though. Even now, the people that hear about our
circumstances, look at us with eyes of disgust and we have also been pestered. Of
course, I did ask why they didn't just fight uprightly and died. No matter how many
times I asked my late parents, there was no answer. There were many times when we
thought about suicide. But that's no good, that way won't work" (Eva)
[No good?]
"Even if we suicide, the brand pushed on ourselves won't disappear. The people who
died, as well as the burned down land won't return" (Eva)
Well, that's certainly true. When the stigma has been pushed, just killing yourselves
won't make it disappear. However, what does this have to do with my parents? Isn't
the talk straying?
"That's why I decided on getting it back before dying. The country of Kaleneon, no,
even if it's only the lost Ansland territory" (Eva)
Kaleneon.
Eva-san and Ruria are from the same country as my parents. Ansland must be her
hometown. But this is absurd. They have no allies. With just the two of them, what is
it that they can do?
No matter how I think about it, I can only picture them dying in vain.
?! Dangerous! That voice, if that was really Eva-san's voice, was I going to be used by
her for the sake of that plot?! No well, this is such a reckless objective and there's no
way I would go along with it. Yeah, probably not gonna happen.
[What a grand thinking you have there. I see, Kaleneon was Eva-san's native country
huh. I understand now. Thank you very much for the important information]
"…No, I still have more information. Please listen" (Eva)
What an unpleasant pause. Could it be, she hasn't given up on having me cooperate?
If she is going to continue giving me information, well, there's no loss in that.
The talk with the fallen noble Eva continues.