Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 331



Episode 331: To the Future (1)

Sunlight and cool breeze seeping through the bars.

As I drink rum with the grilled meat I brought from the store in front of me I can’t help but exclaim in admiration.

“Okay this is it.”

Is this the first time in a while that I can fully enjoy my daily life?

Maybe it’s because I’ve only been in the drab Noark for several months but the gap difference makes my satisfaction level unbelievable.

Well that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything to worry about.

‘Anyway… it’s already been a week.’

Auril Gavis Lüchenprague Knight of Light Jerome.

This much time has passed since that day when all kinds of big things came out of nowhere and I was completely distracted.

and….

“Ugh.”

I am still stuck in this era.

“When on earth is this guy going to be used?”

As was my habit I took out the record fragments fiddled with them and grumbled but it was a good thing because it bought me time.

At least you can now afford to dispose of the equipment.

‘There are a few things that make me wonder why this guy is still silent…’

Anyway for that reason I decided to take a break for a while and found a place to stay on the ground.

Oh by the way there is only one room.

I was going to split it in two but now Amelia has come and scolded me asking if there was any reason to do that…

To be honest I was convinced.

Well we stayed together as one body for several months?

It is at least too late to discuss the differences between men and women.

“Is it alcohol again?…”

“Oh are you here?”

“I thought you told me to keep the door locked when I’m not there?”

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Amelia who had been out came into her door and threw her coat on her coat rack in a familiar manner.

She didn’t bother to ask where she had been since dawn.

Because it’s obvious.

He must have been secretly stalking her sister today to see how she was doing.

“As soon as I arrived I started nagging.”

“It’s not nagging…”

I quickly changed the subject.

“So how is Laura?”

Perhaps due to the powerful medicinal properties of Lethe’s blessing prototype Laura only opened her eyes three days ago. And when a priest who came to the aid station diagnosed him with memory loss he came to believe that the name on the identity card in his arms was his…

“It’s not Laura it’s Shannon Ellaura.”

“Oh that’s right.”

For your information the name Shannon Elau is a new one we have created. I guess I was a little reluctant to use the identity card that the old man gave me.

Amelia had a hard time exchanging the identification card that was received in one day with the one in the patient’s belongings box and even correcting the patient’s records written at the aid station one by one.

“So what is he like?”

“Unfortunately it seems that the priest who came as a volunteer attracted attention. Today I started learning letters for the first time and the progress was very fast. The priest seems to think that this is a sign that memories will return…”

“Don’t worry. Because that won’t work.”

“I’m not worried about that part. “It’s just that the opponent is a member of the religious sect so it’s just a matter of attracting attention.”

At first I wondered what he meant but I quickly understood.

“Because of the essence?”

“okay. “It would look suspicious for a child who is not even an adult to have the essence.”

If she is left alone she will probably live her whole life without knowing that the power of essence resides in her body.

Her stats are just that her body is naturally low on health and since she has no memory she won’t be able to display her supernormal abilities for the rest of her life.

but….

“This definitely makes me a little anxious. “I can’t believe I caught the attention of a priest who came out to serve.”

It would be a different story if she lived a life closely related to the religious order.

Since she has the power to delete essence there is a possibility that the existence of essence may be revealed.

“… Since losing one’s memory is a rare occurrence she seems to have unexpectedly bought the attention.”

“So what are you going to do now?”

“It’s not like I can force it off.”

Amelia gulped bitterly and said she would just keep watching for the time being and I agreed with her.

And with this this topic ends here.

“Anyway why don’t you change your tone a little?”

As I spoke softly Amelia looked at me with wary eyes.

“…The way you speak?”

“Isn’t the tone too stiff to be used between colleagues?”

“colleague?”

“What is that expression on your face when you hear it for the first time? “There’s no way you’re going to come out and say you forgot the promise you made to me or something like that”

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“No I remember. “I just wanted to know what it had to do with the way you speak.”

“Well actually there is no connection. “I was just curious about you using a different way of speaking.”

“…what?”

At my words Amelia looked at me as if she was pitiful and then she sighed.

“You…really…”

“Why can’t you be curious? “Looking at the way you spoke when you were young it doesn’t seem like you’ve been like this since then.”

“that….”

Amelia blurted her words.

It was an unexpected reaction.

In the past she would have given me a straight face and asked if I was just ignoring me or making fun of her.

“I will try my best to speak.”

“uh?”

“No I will try… I will do it. Is this okay? No it’s okay… Huh?”

What can I do?

I honestly got goosebumps.

So there was a time when she couldn’t say anything.

“Hmm… I think ‘Are you done?’ is a softer tone than ‘Are you done?’ Which do you think is better?”

Amelia began to think about her own tone with a serious look in her eyes.

“Now wait a minute. “Aren’t you trying to change your tone too easily?”

“You were the one who told me to change it weren’t you?”

“That’s true but that’s still the case.”

“Don’t misunderstand. Actually it’s a problem I’ve been thinking about recently.”

“This is the problem you thought about?”

“…Because my sister would definitely have wanted that. And since you said it too it must be true that there was something wrong with me.”

ah….

‘It’s just that the atmosphere was so depressing that I decided to joke around before getting to the point.’

I quickly resolved the situation before it was too late.

“When I think about it again I don’t think it’s an issue to force change. What’s important about the way you speak? “What’s important is the essence of the person.”

At first Amelia showed a lukewarm reaction to those words but she nodded when I told her that she could trust me since she had a history of falling in love with Misha.

“As expected you two had that kind of relationship.”

“ah….”

Why did I say this?

It’s something I haven’t told anyone.

“Hmm you certainly don’t have a fault with your speaking style so I guess you’re not just saying that. I understand first. “Let’s put the tone issue on hold for now.”

“…Okay I thought well.”

It was a rather uncomfortable conversation for me so I hurriedly got to the point where I should have gotten into it earlier.

“Anyway now that we’ve both rested enough I think we’ll have a more serious conversation.”

“Conversation… it’s good.”

Soon Amelia sat down on the chair across from me and we began the meeting we had put off for a week under the guise of a break.

* * *

The first agenda of the meeting was this.

“Are you really not affiliated with the Rose Knights?”

“does not exist. And that conversation must have ended a long time ago?”

I heard later that Luchen Prague thought Amelia was a member of the group and had been pursuing her tenaciously.

Perhaps there is a grudge relationship that is not known to the public…

[Because I can tell you what it feels like to lose.]

Considering that he said these things at that time I think he must have lost someone precious to him because of them.

I guess that’s not what’s important.

“But why are we talking about this again?”

At the time I thought it was just a strange coincidence but as I thought about it one possibility came to mind.

“You said you learned Auror skills from a woman you met by chance at Noark Castle right?”

“Yes I told him I liked the look in his eyes and told him a few things. Of course they only created the basic foundation but awakening Aurors came much later. But… we’ve definitely talked about this before right?”

“That’s right.”

At that time we concluded that she was probably a member of the Order of the Rose.

however….

“But is there any possibility that she is you?”

“…what?”

“Suddenly a thought occurred to me like that. “There’s no way a woman she doesn’t know very well would show such kindness.”

Amelia who had been quite perceptive since she was a child understood exactly what I was trying to say this time.

“Do you really think that’s all we have left to do?”

“okay.”

Creating the framework of an ‘Auror’ for Ngmelia who was left alone in the world.

This may be the homework we have left to do.

but….

“Don’t worry. “It won’t be like that.”

Amelia flatly rejected her chances.

I asked her to give me some evidence but she didn’t explain at length only saying that she could trust herself on this part.

‘Seeing him talk like this it really seems like I was wrong…’

If that’s true then it’s good news for me.

The conclusion is that in order to follow the original history we have to stay here for two more years.

“Then let’s move on to the next item on the agenda.”

The second topic brought up was Auril Gavis.

What kind of variable will this suspicious old man play in the future?

We talked about it for a while.

And it ended with me getting scolded without much gain.

“Anyway why did you do such a dangerous thing? “It would have been better if we had parted ways on good terms.”

“What do you mean? “So you’re saying I had to change my name and face?”

“Even if that wasn’t the case there was no need to say it in a teasing way at the end.”

“ah….”

That’s true.

I felt very refreshed at the time but it is true that I get a little chilled when I think of the old man who was shaking later.

“You’re all good but you need to be more careful with your words and actions.”

“…i get it.”

“I won’t say more because I understand… but be careful. “When I said I would become your companion it meant that I would entrust my life to you.”

I was very grateful for her determination that seemed to exceed my trust.

‘…But didn’t you clearly say you wouldn’t say anything more?’

“Hmm.”

I ended the topic with a cough and moved on to the next item.

This is none other than the core of this meeting.

How do I activate the Fragment Stone of Records?

“I would like to take some time to discuss what exactly the homework we have been given is…”

“You sound like you have something in mind?”

Anyway maybe I said this without thinking.

Two years later in addition to providing Ngmelia with the foundation of becoming an Auror there were several other candidates.

The first of them is this.

“Look at the creation of the world…?”

Amelia tilted her head as soon as the ‘Genesis Noble Phantasm’ was mentioned but she couldn’t rule out the possibility.

Well it can’t be me who steals the ‘Genesis Treasure’ 20 years from now but…

I may have some connection with that in the future.

For example like the ‘Heart of the Barbarian’ commotion.

The result will come much later but I may provide the cause.

“Well it is said that the Noble Phantasm of the Creation is a particularly important item for evil spirits. In that respect it seems to make sense. You too are an evil spirit—”

“Use it.”

“Oh it’s a mistake. “I told you not to mention that.”

It was a sensitive issue for me but Amelia apologized right away so she just gave me a yellow card.

Well here’s the second one.

“If it’s GM… it was definitely the alias of the person who took over the assembly from Auril Gavis.”

“okay.”

“But why him?”

“This is exactly the time when the community was taken over by that guy.”

Should I say it’s a bit elaborate?

Maybe I should meet that guy from the past and do something to get back to the original time.

“This also seems plausible. “Is there a third one?”

Then I guess there won’t be any?

I immediately mentioned the last possibility.

“Hide everything I have collected here so that I can pass it on to the future. “Maybe that will be my last role.”

“Isn’t that… just your wish?”

Well if I put it that way I don’t have anything to say…

“So have you thought about anything? “What should we do?”

“Well… I’ll tell you when I think of it.”

Well I thought something good might come out of it.

It was a bit disappointing but it must be the quality of a leader to embrace the shortcomings of his colleagues.

“Okay so have all the equipment been sold?”

“More than half. If the price is lowered it can be disposed of sooner—”

“No it’s okay if it takes time so sell it for the full price.”

“But there are quite a few valuable things. Wouldn’t it be better to keep a few of them?”

Oh you don’t know anything.

When it comes to equipment maintenance is essential.

This means that the value decreases over time.

Moreover if you are selling equipment from 20 years ago the source will be questioned so in many ways it is cleaner to organize everything except the Demon Crusher which cannot be purchased with money.

‘The question is where should I hide this to be safe?…’

It was a car where I continued to ponder countless times through the stream of consciousness.

“Oh and I have one thing to tell you.”

“huh?”

“I heard while I was out today that Grade 3 Essence will be auctioned off at the Central Exchange.”

“Uh level 3 essence? “Why don’t you go to the Sky Auction House?”

“It seems like Alminus Trading Company is trying something new.”

Hmm are you aiming to upgrade the central exchange?

Even if it was like that the Sky Auction House wouldn’t be able to win.

“So what essence comes out? “Are they going to keep it private until the day before the auction day like the Sky Auction House?”

“That’s true but I already know what the essence is so it doesn’t matter. “Because it was a very famous auction.”

Okay this is a returner’s perk.

Amelia opened her mouth as her eyes urged her to speak quickly.

“It is the essence of Bol-Herchan.”

Is this really fate?

“…!!!!”

Coincidentally it was an essential essence for my training method.