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Chapter 112
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Chapter 112 – Confession
I sat near the north gate and absentmindedly watched the people coming and going.
But I wasn’t really watching them.
It was like a dream or an illusion, and I wasn’t really sure what had happened to me, but I’ve been thinking about it since yesterday.
Yesterday, Felin appeared at noon, using the Oracle as usual.
I greeted her with a pounding heart, but for some reason, Felin seemed completely normal.
She was as energetic as usual, and I didn’t see any signs of embarrassment or strange behavior.
The same was true at dinner time, and when I thought it might be the same today, she simply withdrew her Split Body and left…
Was it just a dream, or was I wrong?
I was drunk, so if she says it was a dream, I have no choice but to accept it, but it’s hard to confirm the truth of a story like that, which is steeped in my own desires, with the person herself.
Well, thanks to the fact that Felin is so normal, I can stay normal, too, so I guess I’ll just have to keep this incident as a memory that I don’t really understand and cherish.
“Hey!”
“Loki-kun!”
“Oh, sorry about today, you two!”
While I was thinking about such things, the two people I was waiting for appeared.
“Huh? Why are you holding a fishing rod, Loki-kun?”
“Are you on your way back from fishing today?”
“Haha… well, I’ll talk about it when we meet Potta-kun. By the way, is Potta-kun’s field far away?”
When I go on a trip, I don’t need a fishing rod.
If I wanted to live as a hermit somewhere, I might take it with me, but basically, I’m planning on going to the hunting grounds from the city, so as it is, it would just be a bulky piece of luggage.
After all, it’s cheap, so it’s better to give it to Zink-kun and the others as a spare rod.
However, if I say that I’m giving them a fishing rod at this point, they’ll definitely ask, “Why?” so, in a case like this, I have no choice but to change the subject for the time being.
“Pottan is about an hour away from the city, right?
“Yeah, yeah. If you go along this road, maybe he’ll come from the opposite direction?”
“…Hee~.”
I’m getting used to the sense of time in this world.
People here walk for two hours without worrying about going to the river to play.
Even if it takes an hour to walk to work, that’s probably normal.
In Japan, at such a time, you’d probably take the train, or a car, or a motorcycle.
But that’s impossible.
No matter how you look at it, I can’t do it with the knowledge I have, and there’s no gasoline or electricity to use as fuel.
But… what if it were a bicycle?
Then, it doesn’t need fuel; if there’s iron, the frame and chain should be manageable with some effort.
I used to ride them a lot when I was a kid, so I can kind of picture it in my head.
The problem is the tires… but if there are carriages, I think it might be possible to use their wheels.
Hmm… maybe I could promote a vehicle that could be used by the common people?
It would be hard for someone like me who travels with a lot of luggage or for a peddler, but I can’t help but think that it would be a big hit with farmers and children.
If I make a saddle out of a piece of wood and wrap it in thick cloth, it should at least protect the bottom.
Ideally, if I could find rubber or a substitute for rubber…
I wonder how long I’ve been thinking about this.
While I’m chatting with Zink-kun and the others about monsters and expanding my bike ideas in my head, Mei-chan suddenly raises her voice.
“Oh, there’s Potta! Hey!”
“He’s with his mother.”
Hearing this, I looked down the street and saw Potta-kun and his mother, who looked very similar to Potta, walking towards us.
“Huh? What’s going on with the three of you?”
“It seems that Loki-kun has something to say to Potta.”
“Not just Potta, but all three of us, right?”
“Yes, that’s right. That’s why I thought I’d go to the field.”
As I said this, I looked up at Potta’s mother, whom I was meeting for the first time.
She’s quite tall for a woman.
She’s more than a head taller than me, and if we were to compare heights, she’d be about the same as Rigal-sama, but she’s also very broad, and her face is exactly like Potta-kun’s.
“Nice to meet you. My name is Loki. Can I borrow Potta-kun for a while?”
“Oh, you’re a polite boy. You must be the rumored Loki-kun.”
“?”
“Potta told me a lot about you. I’m really grateful. Thank you.”
What’s going on?
Potta’s mother suddenly starts bowing to me, leaving me confused.
“Uh… No, no, I didn’t do anything! It’s me who’s being helped!”
“So this is what it means to be blessed with good friends. This boy can find his way home by himself, so you can do whatever you want. Pottachio! I’ll go prepare dinner first!”
“?!”
“That’s right, Potta! It seems that Loki will treat us to whatever we want to eat today!”
“That’s right! He says he’ll even buy us curry!”
“Really? Mom, you don’t have to make dinner for me today!”
The conversation goes on by itself, but I’m too shocked by the new fact that Potta-kun’s name is actually Pottachio to say anything.
They should have told me earlier… Everyone calls him Potta-Potta, so I thought his real name was Potta-kun all the time…
But is it okay to call him Potta-kun, which is easier to say?
While I was thinking about such things, Potta-kun’s mother had gone into the city by herself without me noticing, so there were only four of us left.
“Well, let’s sit somewhere for now.”
I said and sat down at the edge of the road, which was a bit like a bank, and waited for the others to follow.
The only thing visible in the distance was the vast expanse of fields that had been harvested and were now bathed in the light of the setting sun.
The sight of the entire landscape glowing orange was reminiscent of the time the four of us had barely escaped the forest of Palmera.
…Now that I have to tell them, I’m filled with a deep emotion that is unbecoming of my age.
“(I’m really indebted to these three people, both in terms of information and emotion. Really…)”
Perhaps sensing my mood, even the usually boisterous Mei-chan is quietly watching the scene.
“Sorry for coming so suddenly today.”
“You have something important to tell us, right?”
“Yes. Is it okay?”
“Me too! Me too!”
“Well, I’m not good at talking about sad things, but I’ll definitely be back sometime.”
“””…..”””
“I’m leaving Bezart the day after tomorrow to go on a journey.”
“I see…”
“Ugh, just as I expected…”
“Did you know? Hey? Hey?”
“Is that so?”
I was a little surprised that even Potta-kun had predicted this.
“Well, strong hunters leave Bezart eventually. It’s just… it happened sooner than I expected.”
“It’s true!”
“It can’t be helped, since Loki is so strong…”
“I’m just desperate to try my best. Besides, everyone’s income seems to have gone up a lot, so I can go on my journey with peace of mind.”
“That’s all thanks to you, Loki-kun!”
“Yes. Dad and Mom were really happy too.”
“Hey, Loki, how long will you be gone?”
Zink-kun’s question makes me lose my words.
It’s hard to say.
I don’t even know how big this continent is.
I don’t know if it will be a few years or a few decades…
And since I only know this city, I still can’t decide where to settle down.
But I’ll make sure to drop by from time to time.
I made a promise to Yagov-san, and I’ll definitely keep it.
“I don’t know yet. But I’m definitely going to learn teleportation magic one day. Then I think I’ll be able to come back easily.”
“Teleportation…”
“What’s that?”
“?”
“My father always said that some people from other worlds can teleport.”
Yagov-san had the same reaction.
No wonder people think it’s a super-difficult spell that only people from another world can use.
Well, that’s okay. If I continue to increase the levels of my various skills, the hidden Spatial Magic should eventually appear.
And even though Yagov-san said that it hasn’t been solved yet, there’s still a chance that I’ll get a clue from the research institute that Felin mentioned or from some kind of book.
If that happens, there is a possibility that I will be able to get it at an earlier stage, and such things will be revealed in the future journey.
So it is not something to think about now.
That’s right, this is what I should do now.
“I’m sorry for everything up until now.”
I bowed my head to the three of them.
All three of them tilted their heads at my sudden apology, but… I had been pretending all along.
So, the first thing I have to do is apologize.
“My real name isn’t Loki. I’m sorry for deceiving you like this until now.”
“””…..”””
“So, before I go, I think I’ll introduce myself to the three of you.”
As I said this, I took out a case I had prepared in advance from my leather bag.
“My real name is Yuto Mamiya―I am from another world.”
As I introduced myself, I handed each of them my “business card,” the only thing I hadn’t shown to Yagov-san and the others.
“Yuto… Mamiya… These are difficult characters. If you read them like this…”
“What is this? A tree? It’s so thin!”
“Ugh… I can’t read it…”
“Potta, it’s okay! Me too!”
“I can barely do it either, you know? Even if I could read it, I wouldn’t really understand it!”
“Pukuku… Ahahahahahahahaha!!!”
I couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
The three of them were surprised and froze when I suddenly started laughing.
“Ah, that was funny…sorry, sorry. I told you I was from another world, but you were more interested in the business card I gave you.”
I announced that I was an “Otherworlder.”
But the three of them were more interested in the business card and the writing on it.
They didn’t seem alarmed or surprised.
The three of them were still as loud as ever.
“Yes. Because… hey?”
“Yeah!”
“We knew that, right? Right?”
“…Hee?”
What does that mean?
Could it be that Yagov-san and the others leaked the information?
“Because Loki is not normal. You call yourself the Great Demon King.”
“And you suddenly started to understand our language.”
“And the way you cast magic is a little different, isn’t it?”
Huh? Hmm? What?
“So you didn’t hear it from anyone?”
“I didn’t hear it from anyone!”
“Nobody said that Loki is from another world, did they?”
“There are too many unusual things, so I think it’s probably true. However, I told Meisa, who seems to be talking about it, to keep quiet.”
“Hehehe~ I didn’t tell anyone!”
…Seriously?
I made a big decision here, you know?
And yet they found out… I’m so embarrassed!
I’m so embarrassed!
I wanted to cover my face with my hands, but when I thought about it, even though the three of them knew that I was from another world, they still treated me normally…
I understand. I see…
“Heh… If you knew, there’s nothing I could do about it! Besides, I’m actually 32 years old!”
“””Fueeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!”””
That’s right! I wanted to see a surprise like that!
The purpose has changed a bit, but never mind.
It’s better to laugh with these kids.
“So that’s why. I’ve often seen Loki as a father figure. Oh, shall I call you Yuto now?”
“No, you can keep calling me Loki…”
“That’s what you said!”
“Why don’t you ask him to be your father? Loki is rich.”
“Hey, you there, Pistachio!”
Zink-kun doesn’t look too happy either!
Even though I’m 32, I don’t look that different on the outside!
Besides, I’ve never met Zink-kun’s mother… if she was beautiful, I’d be aware of her…
After a while, the group became very relaxed, and we all went back to town for dinner.
On the way, I explained that the name on my business card was written in kanji, a character from another world where I used to live.
I also explained that business cards are used by working adults to introduce themselves and that they contain information about the organization they work for and their job title as a salesperson.
There were times when the conversation about the world caused exclamations of amazement, and even though the currency of the continent should have been unified due to the influence of the Hunters’ and Merchants’ Guilds, I had no money and couldn’t even eat.
The fact that I knew about the mysterious skill called Rush and that no one else knew about it almost completely confirmed the suspicion that I was from another world.
They got excited when they heard about my mistakes, which came out when I asked them about them.
It seems like you weren’t watching, but you were, right, Zink-kun and the others…
Well, it’s too late now.
I didn’t want to tell the kids such a complicated story about whether I was a transmigrator or a reincarnator, but at least I was able to tell Zink-kun and the others my secret.
And since they accepted that secret, there’s nothing more I can say.
I wonder how much they’ll have grown by the time I see them next…
I’m sure Zink-kun will have grown taller, Mei-chan will have become even cuter than her mother, and Potta-kun… well, looking at his mother, I don’t think he’ll have changed much.
“(Fufufu, it’s nice to have something to look forward to.)”
All the more reason to go back to Bezart.
While I was thinking to myself, the four of us walked down the road, bathed in the setting sun, and returned to Bezart.
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