Reincarnated into a Game As the Hero’s Friend Chapter 196

I may not be familiar with science fiction, but it would be strange to think that other worlds could not exist other than this world and Earth. I could not deny the hypothesis that there might be a third world apart from this world where the Demon King resided, or that a reincarnated person from that world might have beco the Demon King.

And the hypothesis that the Demon King may have been a reincarnated person from another world other than mine terrified . I was already worrying that if I brought in too much foreign technology into the world, it might go out of control.

Um, Welner-sama.

Oh, ah. Sorry, I was thinking of sothing.

Lilys worried voice brought back to consciousness. I couldnt let her worry. I let out a deep breath and reset my thoughts.

My bad. My thoughts were a little too much focused on bad imaginations.

Bad imagination?

Well

I wondered for a mont how much I should say, but Id already said so many mysterious words earlier, so it was too late to think about it. Still, I thought about it for a mont because I wondered how to express it in a way that would be easy to understand.

Well, I was thinking about what the Demon King is, you see

Yes?

I admit it was a huge leap to go from talking about Mazell to suddenly talking about the Demon King. I think so as well, but anyway, I should explain first.

Nobles have their nobility, while guilds have their guidelines, and people have their common knowledge and skills, and even countries like Bain kingdom and other countries have their own rules and etiquette to follow, right?

Yes.

I was thinking that magic might be a technology brought by the Demon King.

When I said this, she looked surprised, but she didnt speak her mind. She seed to be making an effort to understand the implication of what I was saying.

The Demon King and Magic have a similarity since Magic and Demon can be written in the sa way, right? While God and Magic dont have any similarity at all.

Indeed it does.

So, when I think about where the Demon King who suddenly appeared at the end of the ancient kingdoms period ca from, I think its not unreasonable to think that maybe he didnt belong to this world.

This world So youre saying that the person we call the Demon King is a traveler who ca from another world during the ancient kingdom era, and that person taught them magic?

(T/N: The reason Lily didnt question MC too much about this theory will be better discussed in future plots.)

It might not be a person, but a very smart monster, and it might be more correct to say that the people of the ancient kingdom robbed the Demon King of his skills rather than teaching them.

I wouldnt want people to think that the Demon King was a good being, so instead I was going to put a neutral impression about him. In fact, how the human side acquired magic remained a mystery.

But from what I understood, demons beca more active and attacked people as soon as the Demon King returned, so I doubt that the Demon King was a benevolent being.

I think I understand so far.

Right, and apparently Im thinking that Im becoming sothing similar to him myself.

Huh?

This ti she looked really surprised. I guess that was to be expected.

Its hard to explain, but I have knowledge in my head that is different from this world.

Different knowledge, you an?

Sotis I think differently from others, or use different ideas or expressions based on a different way of thinking, when that knowledge cos out.

I just think that if I use that knowledge too much, it might sohow make closer to becoming a Demon King

It wasnt clear whether uncovering the true nature of the world, or rather its secrets, would be a benefit or a drawback. If it was from the point of view of the ga, it would have just ended with congratulations upon defeating the Demon King, but it was not the sa in the real world.

So, I wondered if it was necessary to do so. Knowing sothing would change sothing, or conversely, would it cause problems elsewhere? Perhaps, in exchange to destroying the Demon King, it might open the door for the creation of nuclear weapons.

The word box garden occurred to . I wondered if God, or the Creator, had tried to put the Demon Lord in the box garden that was this world to improve it, and when that didnt work out so well, He decided to add to the box garden.

Lily must be trying her best to understand, because she was mulling it over, and I took a sip of my tea while watching her. Anyway, the tea was starting to get a little cold. While I was thinking that, Lily looked at and talked.

Um, so you have that kind of Skill?

Eh?

I responded with a montary stunned reaction, but Lily continued, tilting her head.

Well, you see. Dont people also have various kinds of Skills?

Well, yes.

So I guess that kind of different knowledge might also be a Skill. Thats an amazing skill, isnt it?

I was at a bit of a loss to respond to this reply, which I had never imagined. However, in so sense, she could be right. If I put it that way, it certainly would seem like a skill or sothing similar.

And if I think about it in terms of Skills, just as magic they were also used as a deadly weapon to kill people. Just because the Demon King used magic did not an that all people who used magic were dangerous. Knowledge and skill were not necessarily the reason why people were hard.

Above all, it was pointless to even think about it. Or rather, I finally realized that I had been thinking too much about it. It seed that I had been so overwheld with things to do that my priorities had gone out of order in my mind.

As I exhaled heavily, thinking that I needed to organize and prioritize what I needed to do, Lily laughed softly beside .

Thank goodness.

Eh?

Welner-sama had a rather stern expression on your face today. Im glad to see you back to your usual face.

Did I really look so listless? That was a little embarrassing.

Im going to rest my head a bit. Im sorry, but can you make another cup of tea?

Yes. And Ill bring you sothing light to snack on.

Thank you.

After saying that, she smiled happily and left the room once. After stretching, I sat back in my chair and relaxed a little, finally realizing how strange it was that Lily had suddenly brought up the subject of skills in our earlier exchange.

I wonder if, by any chance, she responded to in a deliberately off-topic manner?

I did not know how much Lily understood what we were talking about, but she must have noticed that I was too occupied by it. I think she intentionally tried to keep the conversation on a positive note. If so, I might have really been worrying her a little too much.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Thank you, sorry about that.

Dont worry about it. Well, Welner-sama, if you dont mind, could you tell about this different knowledge?

I dont mind.

I wonder what kind of interesting information a girl would be interested in? Well, that might be a tough question. Even in my previous life, I didnt know much about such things.

I decided to start by talking about fashion in my previous life and started the conversation, while inwardly breaking out in a cold sweat as I explained.