Chapter 31 - Venus's Evil Plan
Raw link: (29-11-2015)
Translator: twomorefreethoughts / TpstT (29-11-2018)
Editor: Hands of Vecna / Vecna (10-12-2018)
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(Author Note)
I also wrote it in the Activity Report but, the publication has been determined.
(Author Note End)
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Well, this is getting pretty plicated.
I sighed out loud as I was making weapons and bullets for Libra using alchemy.
If I was to put it in words all that I wanted to do whilst I was in this country, that would be to meet with one of the 7 heroes Merak and to determine if the inside was a player just like me or not.
It was my intention, that if I could make that determination, I would quickly leave this place, yet things just didn't work the way I wanted them to.
For some reasons, things progressed to such a degree that we were just one step away from having a civil war, and if I left things alone, this place looked like it would self-destruct.
Self-destruction is no good. And if you ask me why self-destruction is no good, it's because if the country gets destroyed and Merak gets taken down, humanoids would have lost a guardian pillar and get further pushed into the corner.
And… half of the reason for that civil war is me. So I can't just ignore it.
Putting things simply, because I - or rather Ruphas - was defeated 200 years ago, the relationship between the White Wings Supremacists and the Mixed Wings Advocates who already had tension to begin with, reached the point of no return where it wouldn't be weird for them to start fighting anytime.
… so yeahhhh nahh, this is no good at all.
In any case, something had to be done about this situation first.
I requested Libra to capture someone called Jupiter or whatever, but it's probably better to take steps to do what we could in the meantime.
That being the case, the first thing that came to mind was that Merak properly keeping both camps under control.
Honestly speaking, this was the best case scenario with the least amount of effort required.
Personally, I thought all of this was happening partly because he was indecisively sitting on the fence.
So, if I could somehow manage to motivate him to act, then it shouldn't be impossible to stop the civil war before it happened.
However, I just happened to be a nation-wide "bad guy". Furthermore, the people in this country had a long life-span so they totally remembered my face. (TLN: shouldn't it be international)
Or more like there's even a bronze statue of me!
In other words, for me to act in the open brazenly was totally out.
Having said that, full-body robe was also a bad idea. I just looked like a suspicious person, no matter how, I'm looked at.
So in the end, I should try cross-dressing in the way that I thought of the other day.
The problem regarding clothing could be solved with alchemy.
Firstly I tied my hair behind my neck, then I put on fake glasses.
On the head, I wore a black hat, and overall, the impression of me changed a bit.
I bandaged my chests tightly and wore a white t-shirt on the top.
The pants are… black should be fine.
Finally, I wore a red mantle as an overcoat and hid my wings with the stealth bandage.
"Hmm….. after this is… the way I speak huh….."
(TLN: Remember that Ruphas as a character speaks down on others. I don't know about UK or US but, here in Australia, whether you are speaking to a boss, friend, elder, family or younger generation, there's not much difference in the way we speak - yes there's little difference but not much pared to Japan. However, in Japan there's "tier" -if you will - of speech. You speak differently to elders, senior, junior, boss, friend, family, younger sibling, older sibling, etc. English just doesn't have that many tones or way of speech to convey the way Ruphas speaks accurately.)
After disguising, I stood in front of the mirror and looked at myself.
Un, how do I put it? Although it is a bit weird to say it myself, because the original is a super beauty, even after cross-dressing, I still look like a maiden somewhat.
For a man, the face just looks too beautiful.
Maybe, something like a facial hair would…. Nope, I suppose with this facial feature it will only look unnatural.
If I knew something like this was going to happen, I should have taken Strider's Disguise skill…. It was an interesting skill that allowed the user to change the outer appearance for a set amount of time.
Damn it, on top of being a p2w skill, it was merely an appearance changer so I thought "don't need it" and ignored it, but if I knew this was going to happen, I should have taken it.
(TLN: p2w (aka pay2win) is a term often used in gaming to mean paying with real life money to win (either by obtaining p2w exclusive items or gaining an unfair advantage with consumers, equipment, stats, etc), nowadays the term has gotten a little loose and also includes anything you obtain by paying real life money in the game from "cash shop" EVEN IF it's available to other players by playing the game, if you play mobile games, think of it as micro-transaction)
And there's still my manner of speech. Even if I put the effort in, it didn't change at all.
It's as if something was working against it, the way I spoke was stubbornly fixed in the way it was.
Unfortunately, maybe I had no other choice but to be a mute character.
"Ruphas-sama, is it fine now?"
"Un, I don't mind"
While I was taking various poses in front of the mirror, Libra opened the door and came in.
My current location, not that it mattered but, was a small room inside the room of an inn.
Surprisingly, in this inn, each room came with another small room within it.
No, please don't say it's normal. In this world, this setup is actually fairly rare.
Anyways, that was where I was changing into my disguise… was what I was trying to say.
Initially, Libra wanted to help me get changed but I rejected that proposal.
If I left it up to her, I was scared that she was going to make me wear something weird.
"What do you think, Libra? Does it suit me?"
"Ruphas-sama looks good in whatever you decide to wear.
However, if I may be permitted to be rude, it is my opinion that your current appearance might make you the target of this and that from the gentleman who may be interested in others of the same gender."
"……..so what you are trying to say is, I don't look like a man at all?"
"You at least look more like a man than Aries."
For real though, she really had that personality where she would just say whatever the hell she wanted.
Well, it's still better than being overly reserved though.
Or rather, Aries also would just say whatever he wanted and Dina also did the same, so perhaps none of my subordinates even knew the word "restraint".
"If I had to point anything out, I remend sunglasses over normal glasses."
"I see, there was that too."
Indeed, my face was well-known and there's still a worry that normal glasses alone might be insufficient.
I agreed and nodded to Libra's suggestion, and pointed my finger towards the room's corner.
I'd make the sunglasses later.
"By the way, transmutation of bullets is done. It's over there, so take the ones you like."
"Thank you very much."
Libra thanked me and walked towards the place with the ammunition.
Libra then made some 'gacha-gacha' sound and EVERYTHING was stored in her body.
….wait, hang on, how did she just do that?
There's clearly far more ammunition than the size of her body would allow.
"With this, the probability to successfully capture Jupiter has increased. The next time he encounters me will be his last."
Libra said a very promising thing indeed.
It's not that it didn't somewhat sound like a flag but, I really could not foresee losing at all.
(TLN: "flag" is a Japanese slang often used by the younger generations to mean something that might happen in the future. There can be multiple meaning to flags by putting a word before the word "flag" itself but, by default, it means something negative, i.e. death flag)
Basing on the strength of the 7 Luminaries that we had previously fought (laugh) Jupiter's level should at most be around level 300. Furthermore, Libra had the attribute advantage over him.
However I think about it, it should be an overwhelming victory for Libra.
Anyways, I should leave this Jupiter-san to Libra and think about a method to make Merak move.
As for Aries and Dina, I should send them around to check up on the extremists.
I was also interested in the plans of the White Wings Supremacists' [Volunteer Army].
"By the way, Ruphas-sama, since a while ago I haven't seen Dina around. Do you have any idea where she might be?"
"? Are you not able to detect her using your sensor?"
"Negative, there is no response from her within a 100km radius of me. There is no other conclusion but to say that I believe she is out of the country."
Whilst Libra questioned the strangeness, I thought "Ahh
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