Otoko Nara Ikkokuichijou no Aruji o Mezasa Nakya, ne?

Year 7442, Month 10, Day 25

Hmn, there's no particular problem with telling them about it. There's no problem but there is a problem. I wonder if I'll be told it's unrealistic and laughed at? Will I be told I'm like a child and looked down on? If as a result of that they were to leave at the same time the contract ends then...Ah, I guess they can't cut the contract from their end huh? Though you know~ Even though I finally made acquaintances of them, and they're reincarnated people I've made into my subordinates. But, there's no way to completely see through the other sides personality and what they're actually thinking in this short period of time. I'm sure that's the same for them as well. I wonder what they could know about me in just a matter of a few months?

I'm not such a fool to believe in illusions like if you hold deep interaction with someone then the amount of time it takes is unrelated. Even my parents who cared so much for me, they listened to and accepted my dream but didn't sympathize with it. I already understand that my dream is that close to being something absurd. However, if I were to talk to them here while they don't worry about me as much as my parents did then let alone sympathize I can only imagine that they might not even try to accept it so it's difficult to tell them about it.

However, someday I'll definitely have to tell them and it's my true feelings that if possible I want them to sympathize and cooperate with me on it. From here on out I need to gather even more people but the majority of them should be following me because I've offering them something to their advantage. Though it would be more unusual to hope for loyalty greater than the compensation given from the start.

Although, I'm not God or anything like that, so I'm not so arrogant that I think I could manage over everything all on my own. If I can't do it myself then trusted retainers are necessary. The problem is whether or not they could pledge loyalty to me in some meanings greater than compensation to me. I don't think I have anything that could captivate their hearts. Of course, my encounter with both of them took the form of coming to their rescure so I'm sure they at least feel a favor towards me. There is right? If there isn't then I would cry from the start.

I'm paying them plenty of compensation and not putting them through a lifestyle where they're especially troubled by anything. I'm sure the way I treat them isn't all that bad as well. I don't think I've dealt with them unreasonably like a slave even once. Therefore, I want to think that they at least feel a debt of gratitude towards me. But, something like loyalty is completely different from that. Since I've gained some amount of information from them you could say we've both benefited each other but even in that case I should have paid even more.

I thought about it for a bit.

"I guess so..Honestly speaking, I don't mind telling you. But, if I tell you then you might scorn me, or at least it's my true feelings that I'm afraid of that happening."

After I said that and Bel opened her mouth.

"Al-san. I just said it but can you really not trust us as that much?"

"It's a bit different from whether or not I can trust you. It was only a few months but we've eaten meals out of the same pot. I trust you two. However, it's different from that. That's right, it might digress a bit but listen to this. Bel, how do you feel about your parents and siblings?"

She was a bit confused when I suddenly brought her parents and family into it so Bel was a bit lost at words but responded.

"Eh? My parents? I think the Koloil family was probably an average sub-Baron family on Orth. It wasn't all that wealthy but there was nothing I troubled about in my life. And I knew that I was loved as I was raised. But..I wonder ..I feel like they aren't my real parents somehow as well. I obviously feel the gratitude towards them for raising me and I can boast that I love my parents and siblings as well but..In the end, in order to search for him I left the house.

Obviously, when I first brought it up they were against it. I think my parents probably wanted me to remain in the village and marry one of the squires or else marry me to the child of a different villages lord. I understand that. Since I understand that they were trying to send their daughter off into a stable lifestyle. However..no matter what I want to find him. I must find him."

Well going off what I've seen of her so far it's pretty much exactly the answer I had guessed.

"I see, Ralpha, what about you? What do you think about Zenom? Ah, if you don't want to say it then you don't need to force yourself."

"I've always wondered about it but, why do you only refer to me as "omae"? It doesn't really matter though. Zenom is...after all my father. I was a high school student before I reincarnated but my parents weren't in the house very often, and honestly speaking I have a weak impression of them. Was it imprinting? That thing with chicks do where they mistake the first moving thing they see as their parents. I wonder if it's like that? Ever since I realized I was reborn I was always by Zenom's side and he protected me. There were countless dangerous times. Even then Zenom raised me without abandoning me. It's true we might not be true parent and child but we've already been together for countless years, and we're completely family."

Well, I figured it was like that.

"I see. However, in regards to your treatment, put your hand on your chest and think carefully~ You're too cheeky. And Bel is much cuter as well. It's only obvious to treat you two differently~ Also, if it doesn't particularly matter then don't say it in the first place. Be quiet, that part of you is why you're such a child."

Since this girl says everything she thinks bluntly. In particular to just me. In some meanings you could say she's similar to Mill.

"Ha...What the, Al, you think Bel is cute? You like her? How unfortunate~ Bel has a boyfriend~ Bel's chest belongs to her boyfriend~"

Th..This brat...I can't help but feeling like I want to punch that smile which pisses me off. Calm down, my right arm.

"Yeah, Bel is cute right? Unlike you she doesn't say smart-ass things after all. Also, even if someone of your level doesn't say it over and over I already know she has a boyfriend. Ah, Bel don't be bothered over it. Since this girl is an idiot "Fufu...I understand. Doesn't Al-san probably not think of me as anything more than like an ally or subordinate? I can tell that much. I'm sure Ral isn't saying it seriously as well."

Right. It's true that Bel's chest is worth paying attention to but she's about average for the Rabbit-people race and not all that unusual for her race. Though it's plenty strange for the sensations of a Japanese. But, I haven't been caught up in being conscious of Bel's chest. It's not that I'm not interested. Rather I am. However, I also know that no Japanese women would feel good about attention paid to their chest.

"Well, ignoring something like Ralpha. And, in regards to the matter I just heard about but I like my parents and siblings. I lived together with them until the spring of this year but it's true I have indebted to them but the feelings of love are stronger than something like that. One of the few things that I felt was good about reincarnating was that my family had increased.

However, my current parents on Orth and my parents on Earth I don't feel like there's any difference between them at all inside of myself, might be putting it too extreme. It might not feel the same for you two but when I reincarnated I was 45. In comparison to that my parents at that time were both in their 20s. At first I saw them both as brats. They were both considerably younger than me after all. But, after living together with them and having them care for me I naturally started to be able to respect them. It might have been because I saw the hardships up close to a degree which would have been impossible on Earth."

I use my tough will that's like steel to hold back my right arm that feels like it would go on a rampage at any moment while looking at the two of them and continuing my words.

"Bel, it's strange to say this but listen without getting angry. You left your house because your boyfriend was more important than your parents. Is that wrong? It's not wrong right. No, it's fine. It's only obvious in some ways. Even my parents on Earth were important to me but my wife was more important than that. It's an extreme example but if I were told to choose between them I'm sure I would at least worry over it but in the end I would pick my wife. It's the same as that.

However, I want you to calmly think about this without feelings. Which of them truly understands things about you more? If you were to commit a terrible mistake, who will cover for you? It's just for example but even if I were to soak my hands in a far too trivial crime there's a possibility my wife would lose patience with me and it's even possible I would be given a letter of divorce, but even if I was mistaken I'm sure my parents would scold and slap me but in the end I think they'd cover for me."