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Rhys, who had been badly tortured repeatedly, was regenerated without a single scar by Nozomi’s [Heal] and is now sleeping as if recovering from exhaustion.
Nozomi, who had healed Rhys while reliving her torture and suffering her pain, hugged me tightly and said,
“I think I want a reward for all the hard work I put in this time.”
She said in a sweet voice.
Well, she really seemed to be working hard, and I would be happy to oblige her depending on what she wanted.
“Um…..it doesn’t have to be today, it can be on a weekend day off or something–just one day, pamper me….like a real girlfriend, or something like that///”
Nozomi says this while her face turns red.
No, I understand. Nozomi, like me, has lived her whole life without being affirmed by anyone.
And Nozomi is starved for love to the extent that she cries a lot when I just said thank you and patted her on the head.
The reason she has found a place in another world is because she needs it.
Nozomi is hungry for approval.
It’s not that she wants followers or anything like that, but more primal–she is hungry for someone to affirm her in front of her eyes.
More to the point, Nozomi is hungry for praise.
When I give compliments, Nozomi smiles, and while I don’t like it when Nozomi smiles–
“Fine. That’ll be enough. I’ll spoil you plenty for one day.”
“R-really……?”
“Yeah, really.”
Nozomi, who is hungry for love because no one approves of her, I will be the only one who praises her.
If you know the joy of recognition, the loneliness and pain of not being recognized will be accentuated. Then someday, when I become Nozomi’s spiritual pillar, what will happen if I shun her?
The look on Nozomi’s face at that moment will be worth enduring a temporary smile.
However, that’s only if I’m done retaliating against the princess.
Nozomi’s words that the weekend is fine must be a reflection of her concern.
Now, what kind of retaliation would be the most effective for the princess?
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To tell you the truth, I’d like to take revenge on the princess right now.
I want to beat her, gouge out her eyeballs, rip out her fingernails, and take out her guts and stick them in front of her eyes in a fit of rage.
But at the same time, I think. I wonder if that is really the worst thing for me to do to her.
For example, with Nozomi, she hates being resented and yelled at more than having her fingernails removed. Her case is unique, but it is not always the case that the other person feels the most pain if you just hurt them.
With my ability to transfer, it would not be difficult to take Limona away, restrain her, and hurt her. But that would not be enough.
I want to hurt her in the most painful way possible and make her reflect on her situation.
To do that, I need to research Limona.
She was rational and tried to avoid hostile actions with me as much as possible, but her conflict with Rhys–with the half-elves–was such that she changed completely and acted foolishly.
I transferred to the Adventurers’ Guild to ask the surrounding area.
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“Sora, I didn’t know you were here. If you’re here for Guild master, he’s not home today, okay?”
When I transfer, Gwynn speaks to me. He is a quintessential super-regenerative person. I had hurt him quite a bit, but he already looked fine. The human receptionist comes to me.
“Sora sama, is it? I am sorry. The price of the Cyclops material was higher than I had imagined, so I haven’t prepared the gold coins yet…….”
“No, that’s okay. ……This time I came to ask about the Rhys–about the half-elves.”
When I say that, Gwynn narrows his eyes and looks suspicious.
“Is there any problem with Rhys san being a half-elf?”
“No, I would say there is, or was. I’d say there was a problem when I let her meet with the princess…….”
“What do you mean !? You can’t be serious…..!”
Gwynn grabs me by the chest.
Rhys has had a bad time of it. The princess kidnapped her and tortured her. So now I’m here to think about how to get back at the princess.
But there is no need to be honest about it.
These people are also residents of the Kingdom of Barbados. If I honestly tell them that I’m going to hurt the princess, they might not tell me about Limona.
“No, we’ve settled that matter. Yes, the princess kidnapped Rhys, but my ability is transference. For me, a cage is nothing.
But I’m not a resident of this world, so I only know that half-elves are somewhat discriminated against.”
“…..I’m sorry. I jump to a conclusion.”
Gwynn honestly apologizes and lets me go.
“But, I see. Sora’s strength comes from being like a hero from another world.”
“I don’t intend to be a hero.”
“Right. I’m sorry. …..If that’s the case, I’ll tell you. Actually, it would be better if Rhys san talked to you directly, but I don’t want to remind her of her painful past.”
Saying that, Gwynn began to talk about how half-elves came to be discriminated against in this world.
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In other worlds, there is a major plague or famine about once every four years.
Crops that have not been improved, sanitation that is lacking.
The streets you walk through smell like a mixture of a garbage dump and a cesspool, and the roads are naturally ridden with rats.
However, the concept of pathogens does not yet exist in this world.
Disease and famine are believed to be occult phenomena such as [curses] and [damnation.]
This is my knowledge base as a student of world history, and what Gwynn told me was from that point on.
“Half-elves are believed to bring pestilence and famine. You’ve been spending time with Rhys san–you’ve at least heard of the term [Bad omen], right?”
“Yeah.”
Only Limona mentioned it, but apparently it was common knowledge in this world.
“However, as someone who has traveled all over the world, I know that outbreaks of plague and famine have nothing to do with half-elves. After all, it is only here, in the Kingdom of Barbados, that half-elves are considered a [bad omen].”
“What about the other countries?”
“Everywhere. Some are demons, some are fuchsbau, and some are humans. Where I come from, we are taught that pestilence and famine are God’s ordeal.”
If we look at the history of the earth, it seems that every time there is a plague or famine, there is a collapse of a dynasty, a coup d’etat, or a revolution.
Humans–or rather, all intelligent creatures, cannot do without someone to blame when faced with the despair of a great calamity such as a plague or famine.
And it should be the job of royalty to take the blame.
But even royalty does not want to die. They want to live only to sip sweet honey. That is why the Kingdom of Barbados seems to have made half-elves into scapegoats.
“Then, on the contrary, why don’t you and the others discriminate against the Rhys?”
“Well, many adventurers have roamed the world.
Even if they weren’t, anyone who wants to be an adventurer has more or less a reason to be.”
Because he was on the oppressed side, he did not abuse Rhys unreasonably.
“Besides, I was really indebted to Rhys san. She saved my life when I was dying, so why would I hate someone who saved my life?”
“I see. …By the way, do you know when half-elves were treated as a [bad omen]?”
“I don’t know. I’m sure it was a long time ago at least. I asked an old man and he told me that he was taught by his grandfather, and his grandfather told him that he was taught by his grandfather.”
The culture is so deeply rooted that it straddles at least six generations.
So, the discriminatory attitudes toward Rhys are not due to Limona’s will–it is due to the environment in which she was born.
“I don’t even know what Rhys san has been through. Because she has never talked to me about it. But I’m sure that she must have gone through a very hard time.”
I see. if you don’t ask Rhys, you won’t be able to understand the details of Rhys’s past—elves and the Kingdom of Barbados, I would not be able to understand the details.
Then, I’ll just ask her.
It’s all right. I really want to hear what kind of painful past Rhys has had and what kind of horrific things he has gone through–I really want to hear about it before I take retribution on Limona.
The best retaliation I can come up with after hearing Gwynn’s story–I have to hear it to make the execution of it more complete. Rhys’s past…..!
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