Become A Human In Another World
ACT 3: Chapter 23 - The Bustle in the Morning
"Mhhh" I started to open my eyes, looking at my dark surroundings. Besides, my hand touched something soft on the right.
It was really comfortable to touch, so I happily squeezed it.
No, this is not perverted luck as it is in many novels or manga. From the shape and texture, I could feel that this was the ear of a Beast.
But who's it? It's not like Aina's ears I know, so I turned to the right, and I found Aina sleeping in my hands.
I looked up a little, then I saw another child sleeping near my hand. Her ears moved slightly because I touched them.
"No way! Who her? Why is he on this bed? What's one of those kids?" I'm a little surprised.
Besides, my chest and stomach are a bit heavy, and my left arm is a bit hot. Don't tell?!
"A-Ahh, why?! Why are they gathered here?!!" I almost screamed, when I found out I was in bed, surrounded by children who used to be Weiss's slaves.
I turned to the left, finding Thui sleeping near my shoulder.
Oi oi! She is the daughter of the ruler of this city! How could he do something like this so easily!
Technically, on the right there was Aina, on the left there was Thui, besides above my body and around me there were a lot of other children surrounding me!
"Hey, everybody! Wake up! What's wrong with you guys?" I tried to sit, moving the bodies of those around me.
But what appeared I did not expect, Brother Edna and Suzu suddenly appeared from the door, in a hurry.
"Rin! You're sober! Thank goodness! In that case, I will call master Rice first! This is good news to be told to everyone!" edna shouted, then went out of the room.
"Wait on! How could they be here! Suzu! Help me!" I begged Suzu, as the children around me began to wake up.
"Ah. They wanted to say something, so they waited for you to wake up!" suzu.
"Oh yeah. By the way, how long have I been asleep?" my many.
"2 days." Suzu answered while leaving.
Waitaminute! 2 Days? I didn't wake up in 2 days? What the fuck is that?
Ughh, my whole body still hurts, and when I woke up I didn't realize it, it turned out that my body was wrapped by bandages from the chest to the neck. It's getting a little horrible.
"Hey, all of you, get up. Why are you gathered here!" I tried to wake everyone up.
I count 12 people here. That weiss. Could he have enslaved them, did that person not have a heart?
"Gee! Brother Ren is awake! All of them! Ren is awake!" Aina shouted, making everyone a little surprised. But thanks to that, all the children woke up.
"alright. Now let's hear why you're all here this morning." I looked at them with a flat face.
"We? We want to thank you!" an Elf boy begins.
"Yes! Thank you for saving us from that old man. We were actually scared when we were there." Now Beast's kitten.
"Thank you also for saving Furyuun city." a Beast dog now spoke while slightly lowered his head.
The atmosphere is noisier now, as everyone is trying to express gratitude at the same time.
"Yeah? Ren's point is, we're all your cin-ta-i!" Thui whispered those words in my ear.
I can't not turn red because of that. This kid, where did he learn that!
Ahh I'm happy if anyone likes me, but if this is the case, what should I do? Why did I get the Harem route for Loli? I'm not a lolicon please!! I wanted to scream, but it would be useless.
Butbut wait. I was 12 years old, while they were all about 6-7 years old. The difference is only 5-6 years. Especially I'm human. It's not bad, is it?
No no! Even though I was 12, I looked like I was 15 years old in this world. And if summed up, with my previous age, I was 27!
"Hey all of you! Come to the living room because Uncle Rice is going to have a party!" I heard Brother Edna knocking on the door, and thus, the boy left with his tussle.
There are Edna and Thui inside.
"Well, it's time to change your bandage, Ren!" said Edna while entering.
Oh yea. My body was full of bandages, but I'm sure I didn't get hurt at all.
Because with the power of the "Wrath Mask" my body regenerated very quickly. And when I die and come back to life, my body is also intact.
Whatever it was, Edna opened the bandage, while Thui left for a while, before finally re-entering with a bucket of water.
"My hands?!" I saw it, when I realized there were all kinds of strange signs like writing there.
It was black in color, even it was all the way to the chest, perhaps even up to the neck. You could say, I was like crossed out with a strange emblem writing.
Edna took a bandage, dipped it in water, before re-wrapping it in my hand.
"Ughhh!!" I complained a little when the pain felt in the place wrapped by Edna's sister. And what's worse is a little smoke coming out of there!
"What's this?!" I couldn't help but ask.
"Ohh, I thought you knew, Ren. This is a curse. I really don't know how you got a curse this strong, but this is really different from ordinary curses." Edna explained.
I remember the curse that Uncle Childe said at the time. Which can't even be cured with [Sanctuary].
"What about the curse in Eldergale?!" I shouted quickly.
"Wo wo wo Wait a minute, Ren. You still can't move much! I understand what you're thinking, but it's slow right now." Thui held me back who would stand up.
I took a breath, nodded.
"Then this water?" I touched the water. It was so hot when it touched my wound.
"This water? This is "Sacred Water". You must have known a little about this." Thui answered my question with a smile.
Ahh, this is one of the ingredients to make "Oldian Fabric"? I still remember how the Elves couldn't see it.
"We still have a little of the goods that were saved. Even if it wasn't, it would be very difficult to get it because you have to get some permission from a higher government." Thui actually really read my mind.
Oh yea! Because of this talk, I remembered about Mom! I should ask him immediately.
"Hey brother Edna! Do you know-"
"Everything! Let's go downstairs! And Ren, thank goodness you're sober. Mr. Rice wanted to give me something." A mother appeared who cut my words.
"Hey, Ren. What did you just say?" ask brother Edna.
"No. Nothing." I shook my head quickly. How can I say that when my mother is in front of me? I don't want to make him sadder than this.
I just kept quiet, followed them all down to the main room.
Immediately, I created a similar mask that I wore when I became a "Shinigami" and put it on. Well, I still hope that my identity is unknown to anyone, because there is Diena waiting.
I didn't see Soraya, did she come back?
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. Rice, and Guildmaster Diena." I bowed my head, saluted.
"I'm sorry for dressing so unworthy. Maybe you all know that I just came to my senses, and this was my last dress at the time" I said.
Well, that's right. I immediately used the [Change] skill, and turned into a Shinigami.
I forgot that my clothes did not get good by themselves, and I now wear torn clothes and holes in the chest. It's a little lucky that any dossier of blood has disappeared.
"It's okay. The clothes show how hard you work for all of us. It's not embarrassing, but it's worth being proud of." Rice replied.
"Once again, we say a lot"
"Ahh, sorry. Better get to the point. Don't be formal with me, because I don't like formalities a little bit." I cut out Diena's words that were immediately laughed at by her.
"I understand how Mr. Nier was educated." Diena giggles.
Ahh, Diena doesn't know yet that we are the same person? That's good, but I'm sure Rice knows. Thui knows my real name.
"alright. I'll get straight to the point. In essence, what you're doing is too big for this city, so we don't know what we have to do to thank you."
"I didn't do that much." I just crossed my arms and shook my head.
"Stop down, Mr. Shinigami. What you did was prevent the monster from leaving, and allow the Guild to evacuate. And the time you give us can save a lot of lives and a lot of valuables." he explained.
Waitaminute! It was because of the Guild's alertness, wasn't it? Honestly, I was just thinking about my family's safety. That's the main one.
"Guild and government are also commendable for that." I laughed softly.
"But Mr. Shinigami, what you're doing is huge, and essentially, we don't know what we have to give you to repay." now Rice is taking over.
Hmm, I don't really need the money, because I already got a lot from the sale yesterday. And there's also an addition to Weiss's treasure.
Waitaminute! I fainted yesterday, didn't I? What about the rest of Weiss's treasure?!!
"If you think of something to repay, what about the city of Furyuun itself? Because of this, the city was almost half destroyed loh!" I remember the mess I made.
"Ahh, about that, we found out that Weiss's treasure was very much. We confiscated it to rebuild." replied Diena.
Waitaminute! They confiscated Weiss's entire estate? Nah! That's the money I left!
I purposely left the money so I could take it later! But unexpectedly, I even died in that battle, and I did not have the time to return to the Weiss mansion!
Damnit damnit!! My chance to live a good life without having to work is gone!
"Are you okay, Shinigami?" Diena seemed to notice the difference in my attitude.
"Yes. I'm fine." I tried to cover up the crying on my face while remaining calm.
The atmosphere became silent, as no one started the conversation. Ugh, do I have to ask about the curse now?
"Uhm, sorry. Shinigami, I'd like to ask you a little question." Diena raised her hand.
"Is this related to the events at Eldergale? And what are you gonna do next?" ask Diena. That's a good question, because I'm asking that too.
"Related with the Eldergale incident? Probably right." I just answered faintly.
"If you had said that, you would have been to Eldergale by the time the disaster happened, wouldn't you?" Diena asked with narrowed eyes.
"Well, I was there when it all happened. And I can see that yesterday's monster is similar to the one in Eldergale. So it is likely that these two events are related." I replied.
Besides, I've heard that Weiss knows the cult, and it looks like he's related to it.
"I don't know, but it seems like dealing with things like that is very dangerous" Diena said.
"Dangerous, huh?" I remember what happened.
It all makes me smile, considering I'm going to destroy this guy. I'm gonna be more dangerous for that.
"Yes. It's really dangerous!" I grinned sharply.