I Was Reincarnated Chapter 14

Reunion After a Long Time

Even as I sleep I can still feel a person's presence

Only if it's someone I've accepted, I won't mind it even if they're beside me

I've been lying down and sleeping ever since I bought Dea and Rona, and Rau and Rune were squirming and moving

(They're crawling in again)

Even though they have their own rooms

Gradually, I start to want to sleep alone

When I felt the two's presence leave, I lock the door

With that, they probably won't be able to come into my room until I get up

In practically no time I'm dreaming and I enter a deep sleep

(I slept well)

I wonder how many days I slept……

I can tell that at least ten days have pa.s.sed

If I were a person I would certainly already be dead

When I use detect to search for everyone, all four are in the dining room

It seems they are in the middle of their meal

When I move/teleport to the dining room Rau runs up to me crying

It seems I haven't been forgotten

In the short time I haven't seen them, I could tell that the four had become closer

I haven't had a chance to properly talk to Dea and Rona yet

It seems that the both of them have been properly doing their work

Spending time with the four, I thought they were probably lacking some things and when I asked they said they were bored

They certainly seem to have free time

Although that wouldn't be a problem if they slept all the time like me

(The village had fields, right)

While thinking of the time I went to the village Rune lived in I remembered they had cultivated fields

I went outside the castle

"No matter what kind of impact it won't break, castle walls and gate, come out"

The moment I say so, tall walls with a gate appear

The distance from the castle till the gate is far

(As for a field, how should I make it?)

What should I say to make the field?

"Earth, plow, fertilizer come out, mix"

Through magic making fertile ground is easily accomplished

If seeds are planted and watered they will undoubtedly grow splendidly

(Next, for going to town they will need a carriage)

In this world what pulls the carriage is an animal that is like a horse and cow combined and divided by two

It seems it's called ideo

"Four ideo, appear, ideos' stable, come out" (TN: yeah, so who knew atama was also a counter….not four heads but four large animals it seems….probably? I'll go back and edit it)

In a place a bit separated from the castle, a stable with four ideo in it appeared

Ideo are white

It seems there is no other color

By the way, the plush toy I bought for Rau is based off an animal called toytinny

It's a rabbit-like animal with a red body

This world's toytinny can be eaten or a pet it seems, so not much different from my original world

Rune and Rau seemed to have fun planting the seeds and watering them

I left taking care of the ideo to Dea who didn't have much work to do

Though the ideo won't have many chances to be put work either

Going back into the castle, Rau proudly told me that she became able to write letters

(These letters, seem to have been flipped though)

Although they are letters full of mistakes, since it seems Dea will continue teaching her from now on, she'll probably be able to properly do it somehow or other

"You did well"

I patted her head and she smiled looking happy

Incidentally, I noticed Rune looking over here while wandering around aimlessly

"What's wrong?"

When I call out he just hems and haws without knowing what to say

When I seat him next to me he makes a relieved face

It seems Rune was feeling lonely too

"Rune is quite cute"

What he's thinking is obvious from his face

When I pat his head his face turns red and he looks down

That reaction was a bit unexpected

Since I promised to sleep together with Rau later today, I ask him if he would like to sleep together with me tomorrow and he nods

(Hmm? Could it be he's come to like me?)

After we had physical relations, we slept together without talking and since he would take my hand I thought he didn't mind it (TN: this sentence, head meet wall)

A bit after I patted his head, Rune suddenly made a face of realization and then his face became stiff

(It seems he's thinking in circles about something by himself, huh)

At times like this should I leave him alone

When I ask Dea and Rona if they are lacking anything either, Rona says he wants a large pot

In that case let's go buy one, while everyone prepared I made a carriage

"Carriage, come out, hitch up to the ideo"

A carriage came out, I suddenly thought of something and cast a variety of magic on it

This world has kidnapping and plundering, as for killing it's a common occurrence, it's a world with poor public order

If there were not a variety of magic prepared, it unavoidably would be stolen

Although I can just make another new one even if it's stolen, it's troublesome

I wear a veil again

It seems in the meantime everyone was able to finish preparations and come outside

Although Dea is wearing his work clothes, the other three are dressed up

Dea says he doesn't know the way to town from here, but there's no need to worry

I, too, don't know

I say that I'll get a map later and just teleport the carriage to the town

Even though I said a map, it's only around the town that it's needed

The village quickly disappeared after all

If I had something like a real-time map, I would have been able to know that the village had disappeared on the spot

We go towards the town in front of us

The moment I descend from the carriage I can instinctively feel a lot of eyes on me and click my tongue

It's rude to stare that much and it's annoying

This is unchanging, both now and before (previous life)

It would be awkward to leave just Dea behind so I take him along together

In case anything happens, for Dea who only has my divine protection, he doesn't have the power to do anything more than resist

Anyhow the carriage has a variety of fail safes, so there's no problem even if we leave it alone

Dea was worried about the carriage, even though he's just a slave I bought with money and I was a bit moved

Rau also seems to be a bit attached to him, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to strengthen his divine protection a bit

Not to mention Rona who makes the food everyday

The cookware wasn't that expensive

We also got more ingredients

It seems all races eat the same things, it's just a matter of quality

We bought food, when the three heard the cost their eyes went round

It seems Rau doesn't yet understand the value of money, she seems happy just being held in my arms and was smiling

She'll probably be taught when she goes to school, before that Dea would probably teach her

It seems you go to school when you are six, so two more years till then

Should I talk to her about it tonight

When everyone returned, we could hear voices from where the carriage was

The trash numbers three

They are restrained

(In this world, they don't bother enforcing anything up to robbery, huh)

We can only do something about it ourselves

Moreover, since the opponents are human the enforcement against them is the most lenient

Only if they did something like this to royalty or a famous knight would it be strict

But they wouldn't be idle enough to rob such people

(These three are idiots, huh)

Since I'm a demon G.o.d they shouldn't be able to steal anything from me

As for the robbers, they don't have something like human rights

Trash must be fully eradicated from the roots

(Since we've already returned, let's toss them away til there)

When I flick them off with my finger they soar high into the sky

Although they went quite high, it's nothing to do with me

I got onto the carriage and everyone else boarded as well

Although Rune worried about that trash, there was no need to bother worrying about such trash

Even after returning to the castle, Rau constantly stayed by my side

Without really doing anything she wandered around in my vicinity so I picked her up

It was difficult to walk without kicking her

Since I sent the things we bought to the dining room, now, Rona is busy with that

I asked about what happened while I was asleep, it seems Rune practiced swinging his sword

(If that's so, shall I show him the courtyard)

Since it's the place I practiced magic, the courtyard is empty and it has a powerful barrier over it

(Should I call over Rona as well)

Although Rona's magic power seems small, he probably still wants to practice

"Rune, Rona, come here"

I call the two, then reconsider whether I should show Dea the place as well, in the end I take everyone towards it

"Practice your magic and swordsmans.h.i.+p here"

When I bring them to the courtyard, everyone is dumbfounded

(What's this?)

When I look at it as well I realize

(Speaking of, I forgot to restore it, huh)

I see it and recall it became quite worn out

"Restore"

At my words, the castle that was full of cracks and the ground that was gouged up were restored

When I used this place before, the barrier was one of the first things I cast and it couldn't hold up

And because of that the barrier broke

Like this I apply a new barrier over it

"A barrier that won't break no matter what kind of attack hits it, come out"

With this it should be fine

"Why was it that worn out?"

Rune makes a curious looking face

"When I was practicing I made a mistake in moderating my power and so the barrier was completely broken"

"From practicing!?"

Is it that surprising……

Although I dislike putting forth effort since it's troublesome, in order to have a grasp of my own ability it can't be helped

After a long time I still wasn't sleepy so I went together with Rau to the dining room

"Umm, how should I call you?"

Rona asked me and I remembered that I never gave my name

"s.h.i.+n's fine"

I recall that Dea always calls me using master, and although I told Dea as well, since he said he would continue calling me master I let him do as he likes

The name of the me of this world is too long, but even so I won't forget, after all it's my own name

It seems unlikely I will give my name, even forgetting is fine as well it seems

It seems Rau enters the bath alone

The first time we all entered the bath together and I taught her the way to wash, but even though she's only four

She's quite reliable

(Should I enter the bath as well?)

I want to soak

Since my hair is a bother entering is bothersome, but originally I was a j.a.panese that enjoyed the bathing culture

It's already been quite a while since I'd entered the bath

Although I believe I'm not dirty since I can use cleanup

When I head towards the bath, Rau comes along as well

"Does Rau want to go to the bath too?"

"The bath? (Rau will) go in with s.h.i.+n-sama"

Even though she had just told me that she always goes in by herself, it seems she wants to go together

It's not really unpleasant though

I retract my hair when I enter the bath

Was.h.i.+ng long hair is troublesome

Even though was.h.i.+ng even shoulder length hair is annoying as well

"Awa~awa~"

"It's slippery"

Covered in foam from the soap Rau lets out a voice and I wash her hair

(I wonder why it is kids like foam)

In Rau's case, since she had never seen soap before it probably can't be helped

"Don't play around hurry up and rinse, don't catch a cold"

"Ye~s"

There is sickness in this world as well

Since in this world you can be cured with magic it's much easier to cure than in my previous world

However, it seems that that(curing) is difficult, out of the spirits only a portion of them have strong enough power to be able to do anything like that and they almost all only become slave of the upper cla.s.s humans

It seems among humans there are also doctors, but the treatment cost is expensive and anyone aside from humans being treated almost never happens

The progress of medical science in this world seems to be slower than my previous world

So even curable illnesses cause death

When I get up from the bath, Dea and Rona make a surprised face

"What?"

"………your hair became short……."

"Ah, was.h.i.+ng it is troublesome so I just shortened it"

Drying my hair is also troublesome

Dea dried Rau's hair and took care of her, I am thinking of whether I should also request his care

"s.h.i.+n-sama…."

Next to me I could see Rune staring at my hair

"Rune, will you dry my hair?"

"Eh? Ah, un (yea)"

I hand him a towel and sit down on a chair

And at the same time I return my hair back to how it was

"……-"

Perhaps the abruptly lengthening hair surprised him, I could hear his breath catching

(It seems Rune has a hair fetish)

While my hair grew Rune carefully touched my hair

'I can't feel any damage, such glossy long jet black hair'

It's probably unusual

For me it's just a nuisance, but Rune seems to really like it like this

He dried my hair for me, and like that I wanted to go to my room, but Rune asked me to be his sword sparring partner and my feet stopped

"I don't know how to handle a sword, you saw, right? When I hold one, they break into lots of small pieces"

Commonly available swords are no good

Earlier since I grabbed a sword and it broke I tried it out with other swords, but just by grabbing it it completely shatters

"The only sword I can use is a sword made for demon G.o.ds, however that's dangerous so it's better not to"

Earlier, for a moment, just the instant I brought it out, just when I was holding it dark clouds gathered and swirled, (let go, and they disappeared) is there an on-off switch?

Doesn't this give off the intense smell of danger

"…..(sparring) partner, is it"

I tried thinking a bit about it

"Shadow, come out. Swordsmans.h.i.+p is the best in the world, sure to not ever injure your opponent"

To the black figure I attach some conditions

If somehow I make a living creature, it will become an existence that can overcome a demon king

Such a thing is unnecessary to make

"This will be your (sparring) partner"

A black shadow

Since it's not a living thing, it should not have any killing intent (urge to slaughter)

It seems a bit scary but it can't be helped

I can't help but make a guy stronger than a demon king

By the way, speaking of demon kings in this world with the meaning of being king of demons (Mazoku), is not the meaning used in my previous world of a king that governed over evil demons (Ak.u.ma)

Demon kings just name themselves so of their own accord, they are just normal demons

The meaning is a bit different probably because it is a different world

Although it seems that there are no evil demons(Ak.u.ma) in this world, what I can create are evil demons

It seems evil demons' killing intent (urge to slaughter) is quite something, if for some reason I create them I could easily subdue (this world's) demons and conquer the world

In order to exterminate such evil demons it seems that a hero appears from among the humans, but……

Supposing I plan for world conquest, can't I just make evil demons similar to the killed the humans (TLC)

It seems I can add on as many conditions as I like

It seems the demon G.o.d before me created evil demons, and it was defeated by the hero who brought along a the spirit, elf, and beastmen

That is the extent of the information in my head

It seems that that demon G.o.d didn't have immortality like me and after the evil demons were defeated it seems he died

I'm envious he could die

Well, I would like to try having a long life as well though

After watching Rune exchange sword strikes (in Rune's current state he can't raise an arm or leg (helpless)), I take Rau to my room

Since I locked my door, it has been a long time since I slept with Rau

I stopped by Rau's room for a moment and changed her into pajamas

As expected, sleeping in lace covered clothes is unreasonable

"Does Rau like to study?"

"Yea!"

"I see, then, you'd be fine with attending school, huh"

"……..Eh?"

She's making a mystified face

It's obvious, since beastmen don't know about school

They have never seen it either

"When Rau becomes six years old you can go to school, in order to study"

"Rau, is being chased out of here?"

She misunderstood and started to tear up

"You can commute from here, there's also the carriage, Dea can send you off and pick you up"

To begin with, that's the reason I bought Dea

"Rau, can stay here?"

"Rau is mine (my thing) I have no intention of relinquis.h.i.+ng you so rest easy"

I pat her head and she finally seems relieved and showed a smiling face

"Therefore, don't get a person you like, okay?"

She's only four, so is such a talk too early?

Did Rune talk to her about it?

"……Rune, said it was no good, but you know, Rau, has someone (she) likes"

(Huh?)

I don't believe it

"…….who?"

A guy from the eaten village?

She hadn't gone out aside from then, is it someone in the castle?

"Rau, likes s.h.i.+n-sama"

"………me, huh, then that's fine"

If it was some guy from outside I would slaughter him, but if it me then that's fine

I'm happy when my things like me

"Rau, can become s.h.i.+n-sama's bride?"

(Huh? Bride?)

The conversation made quite a leap

"That's impossible. Rau is mine (my thing), but I'm not Rau's"

Rau probably doesn't understand the meaning

She's staring blankly

"I can't get married with Rau, or any other people either"

"Why?"

"Since I'm a demon G.o.d"

She kept her head tilted

It's not being transmitted, huh

"From now on Rau will steadily grow up right? Years will add up until finally you die, right?"

She nodded as she seemed to understand that

"However, since I'm a demon G.o.d, I'll always be like this. I won't grow older and I won't die, my appearance too will always be like this"

I try to simply explain immortality

"Even though Rau will grow older and die, I will alway be like this and be the only person left"

With that it seems she finally understood and I hugged her

"If Rau too was a demon G.o.d it would be good"

Rau cries in my arms while saying so and we lie down

A short time later Rau cried herself to sleep and I, too, fell asleep

TN: was having a bad week and thought I’d translate some nice light-hearted slice of life goodness, but NOPE instead I get this