14-9. Racial Difference
Satou’s here. ’There is no rule in war and love’, an acquaintance from my college days said so. ’You’ll need faithfulness in love at least huh’, so I thought when I was visiting the hospital room after the guy got himself hospitalized by his five girlfriends.
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"Here I go okay?"
"Okay, co at !"
"Yes, please."
After enjoying the delicious dinner, I called Lulu and Arisa to the soundproofed laboratory.
Of course it’s not for so dubious reason, I’m going to release them from their [Geass].
I have a first hand experience in removing demon lord Shizuka’s [Geass] after all, this should be fine.
Demon lord Shizuka complained about the pain when I released her Geass, so this ti I’ve given them so painkiller beforehand and chosen a place where they won’t be heard even if they scream.
I pick [Geass] from the Skill Column and execute it.
"You don’t need to be a slave. I permit the cancellation of the slave contract."
After ordering them so, so red thorn-like effect appeared around Arisa and Lulu and then snapped.
At the sa ti, Arisa and Lulu scream and cling to .
So the painkiller really can’t completely prevent it.
And then after about one hour--.
"Fuh~, it was far better than the pain from Reset, but it felt as if my nerve had been pulled if I didn’t take the anesthetic."
"I-I am also f-fine now."
After wiping their tears with a handkerchief, I canceled their slavery contract in turns.
"It feels like the coiled headband on my head has been unfastened. My head feels light, but sothing feels unsatisfactory."
Arisa told her impression while swaying her head.
"You’re right Arisa. It feels lonely to have the connection with Master severed--"
In the middle of her monologue, Lulu noticed my line of sight and reddened.
I wonder why?
"--But on the other hand, it’s possible for to beco a bride now. I’ll beco a good woman enough for Master to be interested in during the promised four year!"
Lulu declared to with a captivating smile.
Co to think of it, I rember promising Lulu, "I’ll marry Lulu if you don’t have a partner in five years" when we were in the journey back then.
"Ah! Lulu’s unfair! too! I’ll also beco a woman that will make 1001 people from 1000 people turn their head in nine years!"
"Aren’t there more people who turn their head than the ones that exist."
"You see, I an that the unborn baby in the mother’s stomach even turns his head."
I’m glad that Arisa can already joke around.
After patting their heads, I brough the two to the living room while giving so vague answers.
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"""CONGRATULATIONS!"""
When I told everyone in the living room that Arisa and Lulu have been released from their [Geass], they congratulated the two.
And then the brownies quietly push a cart inside.
"Ca~ke?"
"It’s true nanodesu! Moreover it’s the five stepped cuisuasu version nanodesu"
Pochi, you an [Christmas].
The cake that the brownies have brought is a celebration cake I’ve prepared beforehand.
They put blue tea in front of everyone.
It’s not their birthday, but we ignited as many candles as their ages, and then let them blew it.
"Tama wants to do it too~?"
"Po-Pochi too, she wants to blow candles too nodesu."
"Do."
"Master, wishing for swaying the fire."
"M- too, I want to do it too desuwa."
In the end, it’s not only the youth troupe and the embarrassed Lady Karina, but everyone blew the candles in turns.
I invited the brownies since they looked restless, but they refused since they were in the middle of their works.
I’ll give them so mid-sized cakes with candles on top later.
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"Sheltering a demon lord?"
"Keeping a demon lord just because she’s a beauty, aren’t you too lustful."
After the celebration, I called Arisa and Liza and told them about sheltering a demon lord.
I’m actually confining her in a green prison, but since that sounds like a cri, I said that it’s for protection.
"She’s certainly a beauty, but not at Lulu’s level."
"In other words, she’s at Sera and Karina-tan’s level right?"
Wonder why, Arisa is awfully sharp.
"A 24 year old long earskin huh.... Don’t tell she’s Aze-tan’s substitute?"
"No, I don’t think that at all."
I denied Arisa’s suspicion with a serious face.
"Is that really so? I thought you moved on to her from Aze-tan."
"There’s no way."
I shrugged my shoulder and denied Arisa’s continued push.
"I an, usually we’d have done a celebration like earlier in the elf village right?"
"That’s--"
I couldn’t reply to Arisa’s reasonable words.
"Sothing happened right? Why don’t you talk about it with onee-san?"
Arisa who’s kneeling on the chair beside tells while patting my head as if persuading .
I recall the ti when I told Aze-san about my engagent with the princess about two weeks ago.
◇◇◇◇◆◇◇【Two Weeks Ago】◆◆◇◆◆◆◆
"Satou! Is the Royal Capital alright already?"
"Yes, I’ve settled the problems, I plan to move to the Labyrinth City in half a month."
While saying that I put so cakes from Royal Capital in front of Aze-san.
The nobles of the Royal Capital have been giving box of cakes recently, so I’ve brought so carefully selected ones from among them.
I tell her about my new position after we’re about done with the peaceful tea party.
"Actually I’ve been appointed to beco a vice-minister of the Ministry of Tourism, and I’ll be going on a journey with several of my old friends who will be acting as the attendants."
"Satou, you’re amazing! To be successful as a minister this young!"
Aze-san you forgot the [Vice] part.
"So I’d like to bring new friends here, is it alright?"
"Of course! Satou can bring anyone he’s accepted as many as he wants."
Aze-san easily permitted my request.
She’s quick to decide as usual.
Lua-san who’s acting as the watchdog and looking like she’ll vomit sugar in the room also nodded.
I’ll bring Zena-san and the others when I co here again next ti.
Finally, I speak frankly about so slightly difficult thing to Aze-san.
"One of those attendants is the princess of Shiga Kingdom you see, and for so reason she’s been pushed to as my fiancee."
I look at Aze-san in the eyes and talk with a nuance that tells her that’s it not my real intent.
However, unfortunately, my thought didn’t seem to reach her.
"My! Satou’s bride! Let hold the baby when Satou’s child is born okay."
Aze-san spoke of congratulatory words with higher voice pitch than usual.
--ＷＨＹ？
"But but, is it only one? One is not--I an, nobles of humankin take a lot of wives right? If it’s Satou, you should be able to marry 100 brides and make 1000 babies! And then Satou’s descendants can visit here for around 10.000 years! But don’t stop with just the wives and the children, once in 10 days--"
Unlike her usual self, Aze-san continues talking like a machine-gun.
Since my marriage proposal had been rejected for three tis already, I should be able to laugh off only this much, but Aze-san’s words shocked more than I thought, and I couldn’t listen to most of the latter half of her talk.
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"Haaa--"
After listening to my story, Arisa put her hand on her forehead and let out a grand sigh.
"Are you stupiid? If you talked about that to soone who’s less than a lover, it’s obvious that she’d reply like that."
"Arisa--"
"I’m sorry Liza-san. I’ll hear your scolding later, let talk right now."
Liza was going to scold Arisa for calling with [Anta(you)], but Arisa continued her words while putting her hands on my shoulders.
"And then, even though you always took your ti to visit the elf village once in three days no matter how busy you were, afterward you never go there, never even send short reports through [Telephone] and even when she contacted you with Telephone, you only replied curtly right?"
She’s quite well-inford--.
"Aze-tan consulted with [World Phone] this noon. She was crying, saying 『Satou hates now』 you know?"
--Aze-san did?
"Master, it’s presumptuous of , but would you allow?"
"It’s okay."
Liza unusually participated in love talk.
Naturally, Liza talks to with a serious face without looking like she’s making fun of it.
"Master is a human, Aialize-sama is a high elf."
"Yup, that’s right."
"Human and high elf cannot make a child."
"I know."
I said it slightly displeased when the truth was directly presented to .
I wonder what’s Liza trying to say?
"It seems Master and Arisa’s sense of value is different, but regardless of race, the general common sense in this continent is that breeding is a matter of the highest priority. The grace period for long-lived races is long, so it appears that there are tis when they have relationship with other races, but even them always end up leaving descendants when they’re of marriageable age."
"You’re quite well-inford Liza-san."
"Yes, master Guya and ms. Poa sotis talked about it when I was training in Boruenan."
I see, since it’s from the elf master, this seems to be the common sense among the elves too.
"And, humans have short life. The period to leave descendants is also short--"
"In other words, regardless of feeling of love, it’s a recomndation to marry people of the sa race?"
"--That is right."
Arisa summarized Liza’s words.
"Liza-san already said most of what I wanted to say, but stop getting into misunderstanding and being indecisive like so love cody protagonist, quickly go to Aze-san and reconcile with her with a kiss."
Arisa motivated with so gallant words.
"Wouldn’t it better for Arisa if we break up?"
I said so bitter words to Arisa after getting irritated from feeling like an idiot.
There’s a limit to being uncool.
I imdiately regretted it the mont I said it, but Arisa laughed it off.
"Hahn! Don’t make light of Arisa-chan! I don’t intend to be a hyena who preys on people’s misery! If I fall in love, I’d seize it with my own charm like a lion would!"
As always, I’m no match for Arisa serious mode.
"That sure is disadvantageous."
"I’m aware of it. But, I want to always be ! That’s why--"
Arisa makes a charming smile unbefitting of her age.
"--You can push down anyti you want."
She sent a clumsy wink to .
The part where it fails in the end is very like Arisa too.
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"Good evening, Aze-san."
When I ca to the tree house in the elf village with Unit Arrangent, Aze-san whose upper half of the body was sprawling on the table quickly raised her face.
"Zadou!"
"I-it has been a while."
With a teary voice, Aze-san’s tackle-like intense embrace pushed to the chair.
She’s calling my na repeatedly while rubbing her face on my chest like a little child.
"Oh good, you’ve co at last."
Lua entered the room from the balcony while closing the window.
"It was terrible, Aze-sama kept saying, 『Satou won’t co anymore』, 『Satou hates now』."
"I’m sorry."
While brushing Aze-san’s hair, I apologized to Lua-san.
"Does Aze-san love--"
This way of asking is cowardly.
I changed the way I spoke halfway through.
"I love Aze-san. There is no way I’ll hate you. Does Aze-san love ?"
"Of course, I really love Satou."
--Really love. Really love. Really love.
The wonderful words beco a refrain in my head.
It’s enough as it is to keep happy for three days, but I endure it and continue the talk.
"Then would you be my spouse?"
"T-that I can’t do. Satou is a human, and I’m a high-elf."
So the bottleneck is the racial wall huh.
"Is it not possible with humans?"
"Un, not possible."
Aze-san flatly denied it.
"I an, a human and a high elf can’t make children together."
"Are children that important?"
I match it with Liza’s story.
"Of course! Satou’s children will absolutely makes the world prosperous. That’s why Satou has to leave a lot of children. I an that’s the wish of Creator-sama."
Just like the monotheist of the forr world, it seems the Creator that Aze-san ntioned ordered the gods dispatched to this world with, "Give birth, multiply, fill the land."
"Does that an children from a woman other than Aze-san?"
"Eh? I an.... I can’t give birth to Satou’s children. It can’t be helped."
Good.
Apparently, it seems she’s thinking it’s good as long as I can leave children from the sa race.
"Moreover, even though humans are short lived, their descendants resemble their ancestors. If you leave 1000 children, there might be one among them who’s like Satou. After a long long ti, wouldn’t it be wonderful if I could et a child who’s exactly like Satou?"
Living at the sa ti as Aze-san who is 100 million year old is probably difficult even in a world with life extension thods like this.
However....
"That’s why you were saying 100 brides isn’t it."
"....Un, moreover even though I don’t like it if Satou belongs to other woman, if Satou has a lot of wives, then I’ll just be one of them and he won’t be cold to ."
--How lovable.
Aze-san, can I push you down?
"I’ll never be cold to you. Even if I really have 100 wives, I won’t stop coming here. As long as Aze-san doesn’t refuse it."
I make sure to mix the last words with a joking laugh so that it won’t be misunderstood.
Still, I feel like a husband who has been permitted to have an affair by his wife.
I don’t intend to use that permission though.
"I’m glad that you two seem to have made up."
"I’m sorry to have made Lua-san worry."
I apologized to Lua-san who was putting the tea cups.
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"--Marriage outlook of the elves?"
"Yes, for a future reference. Although it’s fine if you don’t want to talk about it."
I’ve learned that the trouble this ti was because of the lack of mutual understanding, so I asked Lua-san about it at once.
"Right, even though it’s quite different depending on the person, in general a pair who gets along with each other will be tied with 『Conceiving Contract』 after passing the lover period for about 100 years. It’s what the humans refer as marriage. No one shares the sa bed until the contract."
As expected of elves. To spend 100 years as pure lovers....
"Even after the contract has been made, most give birth to a child in several decades or at most 100 years, and then they raise that child as a couple until the child grows up. Once the child becos independent, most couples conclude the contract and go back to be single. Most elves make two or three children in their lifeti, but there are rarely children who have the sa parents."
I thought it was quite a dry relationship, but in actuality, they still spend hundreds of years living together even after the contract is complete.
The reason why the elves have no family na but use "■■, the child of ●● and ▲▲" instead seems to be because of this custom.
"If a couple doesn’t have a child in 1000 years, they’ll be forcefully separated by the Clan Assembly, but that hasn’t happened here in 5000 years."
"Isn’t it about to beco dangerous for Lua?"
"I’m young, so it’s still quite alright. Yes, it is alright."
With a cool face, Lua-san answered Aze-san’s interruption about her being unmarried.
I can see slight sweats from Lua-san’s side profile, I wonder if it’s just my imagination?
--Wait.
"Do high elves like Aze-san not get married in the million years ti?
"I haven’t you know? We high elves can make children among the sa race, but the world tree will produce a new one when there’s a vacant position, so there’s no one who gets married besides the ones who are that whimsical."
"Is that so."
I sip the blue tea while feeling slightly relieved.
"I an we high elves are to be the companion of the god when they don’t get a consort."
Aze-san said the important matter casually.
"God’s consort?"
"Un, the present god pantheon don’t have enough power to form children though, so the call for it is a story from the olden age I think."
Then, in order to prevent them from thinking so unnecessary thing, perhaps I should visit the male gods and chip off their power?
"Satou-san, you’re having a scary smile you know?"
"I’m sorry, I was just thinking of sothing stupid."
I shake my head to drive out the dangerous thought, and then eat the portion of the celebration cake reserved for Aze-san and the others.
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When I asked about it to the demi-god mode Aze-san--.
『It is possible for a god to make a child with a high elf, but it has never happened in reality.』
"Why is that?"
『When a god creates a child, they need to give a piece of their divinity to the child. If the partner is not equal, the ford child won’t be able to hold the parted power, and only weak power will dwell on the child.』
I see, looks like it needs preliminary handling indeed.
I’m slightly relieved that the needs to revolt against the god has disappeared.
For the occasion, I try asking sothing that’s been slightly bothering .
"Is it possible for a human to beco a god or a high elf?"
Aze-san softly smiles hearing my question.
『Satou, I’m happy about the aning of that question, but do not aim to beco an Ascended God.』
"Why is that?"
『There have been ten of thousands heroes and sages who tried to be an Ascended God so far in this world, however, not even one reaches the god’s throne.』
"Is it absolutely impossible?"
If it’s really impossible then the term [Ascended God] shouldn’t have existed.
『From the mory of the world when Creator-sama ca, there were three people who reached the god’s thrones. However, there are only three of them in the span of three billion years. I extrely advise against it for the transient human race.』
It’s such a disadvantageous talk huh....
『Excepting the ones who are created as gods by gods of the higher order and demi-gods who are bestowed divinity, it’s such a tall order that it can only be described with the cliched word of ’miracle’.』
Perhaps, I’ll be like a demi-god if I let the [God’s Fragnt] to dwell in my body?
So I asked since that gave hope.
『Right, it is said that a demon lord whose power runs wild and has lost its mortal reason is of the lowest seat of the demi-gods. But it is only a broken inferior good. Unfortunately, even though the [God’s Fragnt] itself contains the divinity, soone who let it dwells on their body won’t have the divinity itself. Satou, please do not take the [God’s Fragnt] into yourself and goes on a rampage in desperation.』
"Yes, I do not have such a suicidal wish."
Because the marriage isn’t the goal, but a start of my love life.
If it becos an obstacle in my life after the marriage, then there’s no aning in that.
"There’s no use of asking the way to train to beco an Ascended God right?"
Demi god mode Aze-san falls silent to my dumb question.
『I do not mind teaching you the way.』
"Are you sure!"
I jump to the unexpected words.
I’m restless if I say so myself.
『However, I have a condition.』
"I’ll clear any condition!"
The right now should be able to clear most difficult problems.
『Then, please make children from 100 girls of the sa race.』
"--Eh?"
『Of course you can’t force yourself on them okay?』
"Is that the condition?"
『That’s right. If you aim for the godhood, first you have to accomplish your duty as a living being.』
Looks like it’s not a joke, she’s saying it seriously.
『And then, please splendidly reach the god’s throne, and take as your wife. When that happens, let’s make a child with as Satou’s wife, just as you wish.』
I promised, "Absolutely", to the demi-god Aze-san who’s smiling sublily.
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Now then, I promised her "absolutely" earlier, but I don’t intend to do the, "make children with 100 girls" prerequisite.
In the first place, it’s rude for the woman who’s going to be my partner.
I myself intend to seek the way to reach the god’s throne during my free ti.
I’m going to travel around the world anyway, I have a hunch that I’ll probably find the way during the travel.
If by any chance I can’t find it until the deadline for my marriage with the princess, there is no choice but to brace myself when that happens.
The Unknown little girl from before is probably willing to tell , but I feel that it’ll be the direct flag for the bad end, so I don’t want to choose it.
Thus, I’m thinking of struggling with the frontal attack until the ti limit.
Now then, the airship is going to arrive in the Royal Capital soon, why don’t I read so books in the Forbidden Library as a change of pace?
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