episode_0002

Rather than trying to preserve your fate by sitting on a pin cushion and watching the world go by, it is better to let go of everything and start from scratch.

When I decided to become a monk, I was in a lot of pain.

It was the sorrow that my original self, a part of me, felt.

-Are you giving up?

-Is it okay if I don’t get any recognition from my family?

-Even if I can’t wash away my mother’s dishonor?

It was a feeling that I, who had updated my ego to a modern version, could not understand.

Family? Why are those friends my family?

If you’re related by blood, you’re family? That’s an old trend. These days, our industry interprets it a little differently.

And the mother’s dishonor? What dishonor?

Disgrace is the one who ruined Miss Ae-man’s life by playing with her dick.

The more I thought about it, the more I realized there was no reason for me to be stuck here, longing for love and acceptance.

After making the decision, my will to become a monk became stronger.

And it’s not like I’m starting from scratch either. Even though I look like this, I’m an illegitimate child from a noble family.

Even a dog in a private school can recite poetry after three years, but this illegitimate child spent more than ten years in a noble family.

I wasn’t loved enough to receive formal education, but I learned things by watching over others’ shoulders.

magic?

Isn’t the very existence of a person who is aware of his past life a more mysterious magic than anything else?

fence?

As the wise man once said, the pen is mightier than the sword.

I can read and write quite well. If this isn’t swordsmanship, then what is?

Ignore the illegitimate child?

Give birth to another one. I’ll show you properly. Those who have been hit before know well where it hurts.

If there are ranks for illegitimate children, then I was a high-class illegitimate child, equivalent to a B-rank.

With that kind of pride and confidence, I stamp my attendance here today as well.

When you leave the Bendel Mansion and enter the city center, you will come across the Hayeren City Library.

It was an annex located quite far away from the main building.

***

The annex’s access card was much easier to obtain than the main building’s access card, so it was mainly used by people like me.

Here, human beings like me do not mean illegitimate children, but students with shining passion who pursue knowledge even in difficult circumstances.

“…”

The old librarian, who was sitting at the entrance desk working, glanced at me from the corner of his eye, then looked away and resumed his work.

Even though he looks like that, he’s a pretty friendly guy. If I tell him what book I’m looking for, he’ll bring it right away.

When other Bendel family members visit, they immediately stand up, smile kindly, and politely greet them. That’s because real friendship is not restricted by rank.

I walked straight into the forest of bookshelves.

“Let’s see…”

The books stored in this annex were those deemed unsuitable for storage in the main building.

A representative example is a book that is below standard and has poor content.

And, books that deal with knowledge that is treated as trivial.

I became interested in those knowledges that were considered trivial due to a change in thinking.

The basics of making a living is targeting the blue ocean.

If you learn knowledge that no one cares about because it’s trivial, won’t it shine someday?

Again, the miracle of Bitcoin?

Today again, with a greedy mind, I headed to the back of the library.

It is a magical space where sunlight streaming through the window takes shape through dust.

I’ve never seen anyone else here but me.

Even the librarians here are half-hearted about managing this place.

If you buy a book, don’t you have to love every book?

“?”

Oh, but why is there a passenger here?

It was a rare sight to see silver hair.

She had a rare chocolate colored skin.

and-

‘Pointed ears?’

It’s an elf.

That too, a dark elf.

The tall woman, who appeared to be about 170 cm tall, was clearly a dark elf.

I suddenly felt an instinctive discomfort.

Sometimes this happens.

A perception engraved in my instincts – or should I say a prejudice?

They conflict with my reason.

Whenever that happens, I suppress them with reason.

This time it was pretty easy.

Because the interest felt by reason was much greater than the discomfort felt by instinct.

Dark elf.

That dark elf.

It was the first time I had been transported to a fantasy world and seen a different race with my own eyes.

I’m a fan. Can I have your autograph?

I felt like I was meeting a celebrity and wanted to talk to him, but I held back.

I was trying to say something to a person who was leaning against the bookshelf and concentrating on reading.

Thump.

Thump.

I carefully passed the dark elf and headed towards the place where the book I had noticed yesterday was placed.

Where was it?

Ah. Here it is.

{The existence of a cat}

In fact, this book has little to do with blue ocean strategy.

Just curious.

The way cats were treated in a book I read once was quite peculiar.

The book said that cats were spirits, evil monsters.

Even if it’s a spirit, it’s still a monster.

What did the cat do? What can it do?

It is not possible to read only to figure out how to make a living.

You should ventilate like this every now and then.

I immediately went to my dedicated seat by the window, laid down a mat, and opened a book.

***

It was about 30 minutes after I started reading.

“?”

The polite dark elf stood right in front of me.

Tilt your upper body to the side.

What I did was to get down to the level of the book.

“A cat…is a thing? There’s a book like this?”

He wasn’t talking to me.

A monologue. It was a monologue so natural that I could understand it at first hearing.

A woman naturally sat down next to me.

Peek. Stick your head out and take a peek at the contents of the book I’m reading.

Knock knock. He turns his head and stares blankly into my eyes.

What. What are you doing?

I looked into the woman’s eyes with such confusion.

That was the moment when our eyes met.

“…!”

The woman was so surprised that she got up from her seat.

Like a cat, jumping out.

Then he took a step back and said to me.

“Can you see me?”

I, I’m not blind, I’m an illegitimate child.

She was a strange woman who didn’t want to get involved.

I turned my gaze back to the book as if nothing had happened.

“…?”

The woman tilted her head.

“Is this a mistake?”

dump.

The woman came and sat down next to me again.

I read a book, and the woman read me reading a book.

The uncomfortable reading resumed.

‘What is this situation?’

Go away. A little.

Soon the dark elf lost interest in the book.

I lost interest in books and turned all my attention to myself.

“That’s unusual.”

The woman’s long fingers circled my face.

Fidgeting with your hair, patting your cheek, rubbing your skin.

This woman is from a mysterious race called a dark elf.

She is the owner of a beautiful face that has a hard time controlling her eyes so as not to look at others.

Considering all that, it’s a pretty head-scratching situation.

But now I’m surprisingly calm.

The subtle mood contained in a woman’s actions.

The gesture was full of curiosity, as if observing an animal.

Maybe this is how breeders who evaluate horse pedigrees do it?

“Skin like white jade. Shiny hair. And most of all, these blue eyes. Isn’t this noble?”

Another voice came from the book hanging on the woman’s waist.

“A noble is reading a book like this? Oh my. How funny. What could it be? Is it rare for him to recognize the charm of cats? ”

“That’s too much. How can you say something like that?”

“…”

The woman simply moved her hands around with a displeased expression, as if she had nothing to say in rebuttal.

By the way, I’m confused.

Long silver hair flowing down. A purple robe that seems transparent but does not reveal anything inside.

Silver eyes reminiscent of mercury.

This is a woman who could not be described more perfectly as mysterious.

But if you look at just the actions-

‘Are you crazy?’

There was no room for any other interpretation of his behavior as if he were invisible.

‘But, what should I do about this?’

This woman doesn’t seem to have any intention of going.

Those eyes that are staring at me intently. They look like they’re going to pierce my cheeks.

It seems like I’m at a crossroads.

Should I tell you now?

Or do you still not know until the end?

“Over there… ”

This is electronic.

This woman also needs to know that for some reason, the invisible man game is wrong.

Before you make a bigger mistake than playing the game of judging illegitimate children.

“I can see it… ”

“Huh? See? What? What? What?”

The woman buried her head in her book, her eyes sparkling.

“What do you see? ”

Knock knock.

He carefully touched her forearm with his fingertips.

“I can see you.”

“Ouch!”

The woman got up from her seat in surprise.

The two hands that have lost their way and are clinging tightly to the body are cute.

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[I resisted]

[Resistance Target: Cognitive Decline]

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▶Another Tale◀

This is another story.

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[Great Hero Ladola Bendel]

[Hairen is her hometown and the city where her descendants settled]

[Knights from all over the continent came to Hayeren to gain knowledge]

[Under the name of Bendel, Hajer-en prospered and its glory seemed destined to last forever]

[But her visit changes everything]

[Black Witch of the Western Forest]

[The Bendel mansion, which had a long and glorious history, has become a ruin]

[Less] [Less]

[In what was originally the head of the household’s office, a black cat played with a dull sphere.]

[The head of the Bendel family, once a great vessel containing the souls of valiant knights, was now reduced to a pitiful skeleton]

[The black witch lifted the cat and held it in her arms]

[He stroked the cat with a weary expression and looked down at Hayeren through the collapsed wall]

[It was like seeing an ancient city that had disappeared into the back alleys of history]

[Vines sprouting from the ground covered everything in the city]

[even humans]

[They wandered the streets aimlessly]

[In the place where the head should have been, a huge fruit was blooming that resembled a human face.

[Gagagak-gagagak-gagagak-]

[The sound of thorny vines climbing up the ridge echoed through the city]

[The Lost City in the Western Continent]

[People now call it the Black Witch’s Garden]

▶Fate 5: The promised price

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