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I really tried.

For the past seven years since I was reborn as a girl in this world, and the two years since I regained my memories, I have tried incredibly hard to be of help to my family.

However, my talent in swordsmanship was truly hopeless. I was the worst at swinging a sword among the clans I belonged to, I couldn’t fly a sword, I was slow at running, and I was even the shortest among all the members of my family.

Maybe it was because the memories of the modern era in which I lived for about 27 years remained in my mind without disappearing at all for 7 years. In the 21st century, sprinting is really limited to school physical education unless you are engaged in a job that requires such running. It was something I didn’t have to do at all outside of my time, and swinging a long sword was something I would never have to do in my life.

It may be a different story if you have such a hobby, do cosplay, or are an athlete, but my opinion is that 90% of all humanity has no reason or need to go near a long sword.

So, the fact that I can’t do swordsmanship or running in this ‘medieval fantasy’ worldview may be to some extent my fault. I was born in the 21st century, but I still lived in a relatively peaceful part of the Earth, and I was immersed in peace all the time until I died in an unexpected accident. Of course.

However, it is not my fault that I am short.

And the gender of my past life and current life do not match.

“You don’t have to worry about our cutie at all.”

A man who was about 2 meters and 20 centimeters tall, with half his face covered in beard, tapped my head with a hand like a pot lid and spoke. He was 7 years old and was 140 centimeters tall. He had enough strength to stumble.

Of course, in this world, the units are hector and serhector, not centimeters or meters, but you know what. Anyway, if you take a chair in cm units, it will be completely the same.

Because it’s a fantasy ‘novel’. It’s probably because of the author’s convenient setting that only one letter has been changed.

“Because our cutie daughter is smarter than anyone in our family of the same age.”

But father, that’s because I still have the memories of my life until I was 30.

Or perhaps language correction was a perk upon coming to this world.

Whatever the reason, my genius will definitely reach a level of knowledge that it would be embarrassing to even call it genius by the time I turn 15.

I heard that our family plays the role of the chieftain of the Grand Duchy that rules the North. Its role is to protect the Grand Duchy from barbarians and monsters coming from the no-man’s land in the North. Tteokhani Territory is located in the middle of a valley that is just a short walk from a high mountain. Since it was the family that created the , it can be said that it played an important role in its own way.

The reason why a small number of elites were able to confidently block such an invasion was, of course, the fact that the territory was a naturally built fortress, but the fact that the family members were all tall and strong also played a role.

There was a giant among my family’s ancestors. Perhaps the reason I am already 1 meter 40 centimeters tall at this age is because that blood is flowing.

The problem is that despite this, I am still treated as a ‘little girl’. My other siblings and relatives are all 60 centimeters taller than me. That is also the standard for children of the same age, and Brother Harvey is already taller than my father.

Sometimes when I see relatives who are much taller than me

“My daughter doesn’t have to worry.”

Saying that, my father hugged me tightly.

The stiff beard touched my cheek, making me feel extremely rough.

Although it was warm.

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And fortunately, my talents really shined in places other than swordsmanship.

It was a bit special.

To put it accurately, it is ‘an area that no one else has entered’.

I had the abilities of a druid.

Our Baron family was a group of naturalists who lived buried in the snow-covered mountains of the north without the slightest interest in central politics.

My father’s height is 2 meters 20 centimeters, my first brother’s height is 2 meters 30 centimeters, my second brother is 2 meters 40 centimeters… … Anyway, the men of the family are all over 2 meters tall, and they are not only tall and slender, but they are a family with an incredibly powerful appearance that makes you think their entire body is made up of muscles.

In our family, the height of ‘2 meters’ was on the short side. My mother was 2 meters tall, and my father said that he proposed to my mother because he was attracted to her ‘petite body’.

Still, the bodies of the women of the family were somewhat feminine. Still, if you wear a dress that exposes your shoulders, you will be amazed by the size, but compared to the men of the family, it was ‘definitely’ a feminine line.

And the family motto was ‘Nature does not lie.’

Well, it was decided to recite it in front of other families to make it look cool, but in reality, the saying used within the family was ‘If there is an obstacle in life, let’s split it, cut it, and destroy it’… … Let’s skip that for now.

Because it was such a barren environment, our family does not raise animals. There is nothing for people to eat, and after feeding the animals, there is no food to feed the children.

But still, there comes a time when you need a mount. Every few years, when barbarians from the north come pouring in, or very occasionally, when the archduchy that our family serves asks for conscription… … Whatever the reason, there are times when cavalry is needed.

And every time that happened, the people of our family and even the residents of the territory proudly jumped into nature with their bare bodies and took a deer, one by one, that was surviving well in the mountains and rode it.

The trick is as follows.

1. Find a moose that is sufficiently large so that it won’t break its back if I hit it.

2. Approach the deer carefully, leaning down so as not to be noticed.

3. Quickly rush up and grab the person by the collar.

4. Even if I ride, persuade them not to drop me. With their fists.

Note: If your fists don’t work well, strangulation is also effective. However, you can suffocate, so use moderate force.

… … That’s right, nature doesn’t fucking lie.

Anyway, the logic is that if you press down with force, everyone will obey.

The law of nature is the law of force. Isn’t this great logic?

The problem is that most people in the family grow like crazy around the age of seven. Regardless of gender, most Baron people grow from 180 centimeters tall to close to 2 meters tall by the age of seven. Indeed, the blood of giants flows. It’s a family name. Moreover, after that, he continued to grow, reaching over 2 meters in his mid to late teens.

And my height is only 140 centimeters.

Even my father, who thought I was cute when I was five years old, couldn’t help but look at me a little differently around this time.

Of course, it is a family where being 2 meters tall is treated as short. No matter how much other children outside of our family were shorter than us, I was the only one in the family who was this abnormally short.

“Honey, wouldn’t it be difficult to take this child deer hunting?”

My mother said that to my father.

“But, madam, you can’t just leave this child alone.”

That’s right, because nature doesn’t lie.

In order to live in our family, you had to have that level of skill. This is because we are a family that makes a living solely based on skills. If you take away skills, the members of our family end up just taking up space with serious lack of fuel efficiency.

“It’s not that I’m going to abandon the child. I’m just saying that I’m going to see if this child can adapt to nature. If we’re human, we should learn how to negotiate with nature at this age. You didn’t either.”

“That’s right… … .”

For reference, my mother was said to have been 170 centimeters tall when she was my age. Even at that height, she was able to ‘negotiate’ with nature.

Because it is impossible to even compare the strength of our family members with that of people from ordinary families.

My father smiled at my mother, who still couldn’t completely let go of her worries. It was an expression so kind that I wondered if Santa Claus would have been like that if he were middle-aged.

“You don’t have to worry too much. Even if this child doesn’t find a way to negotiate with nature, there will be another way. Maybe he can find a way to marry into another family? Coincidentally, this child is taller than the people in our territory. Since it is so small, it may be accepted without any discomfort.”

“… … .”

After my father said that, my mother seemed to have nothing more to say.

“But that doesn’t mean we can exclude this child from the ritual that everyone in our family has gone through. I will be around to keep an eye on you, so don’t worry too much.”

“Okay, honey. But he’s such a small child. You need to give him time to grow a little more than other children.”

“I know. Even if I can’t do it this time, if I try again and again, this child will definitely be able to do his part. I will make it so.”

hmm.

Even in a world like this, I thought it would be very abnormal for a seven-year-old to negotiate with a deer with his bare hands, but I decided not to say that out loud.

It’ll work out somehow.

Normally, I would have had to go out and fight alone, but since I’m going with my father, I won’t have to fight that huge deer alone.

Do you think my father will let go of me?

… … No, wait a minute. I think I missed it once.