Hard Work Will Never Betray Me - CH 112

The day was getting dark after the usual matches, so today’s training was over. I have not yet achieved one of the five required spells , but it was unavoidable because of the sudden happening of the match. I would have to work hard again tomorrow.

I take a break in the living room of Marie’s mansion, remembering a classmate who never got his work done by the due date when he was in school and the amount of tasks he had to complete kept growing due to lack of interest. …… I wonder if he was able to graduate safely. The teacher had announced that he wouldn’t give out credits if he didn’t do the work, but he had accumulated so much that he ended up with several volumes of notebooks worth of work. I definitely think that rate of interest is exorbitant. It was to the point where I was worried about getting tendonitis.

While I was thinking about this and doing meditation on my magical training, Emilia came over and sat down next to me. The sofa sank lightly with a pop.

‘Why do you want to be so strong, Eberhard?　You are already strong enough at this point.”

Emilia asked curiously. Well, that’s a fair question. I am already one of a dozen or so S-rank adventures in the kingdom (several more have been added over the past few years), and even among the S-ranks, I am by no means a slouch. There are probably only a handful of people stronger than me at their peak power, and I am by no means a weak person by any means.

In fact, I have a 100% win rate against demons so far. Well, one of them was no-win situation.

“Hmmm… ……. I guess it’s just in case.”

‘In case?”

“Yes, I know. There’s a lot of turmoil these days with all the demons and illegal immigrants, isn’t there?　There is no guarantee that war will not happen. What if a one million soldiers attacked us?　What if the Demon King revives?　It may sound a bit surrealistic, but I don’t want to have any regrets if it does happen. That’s why I’m training for it.”

This unrealistic story of being reincarnated in another world actually existed in stories from my past life . There is no possibility of the Demon King’s resurrection, or the world vs. the Hylant Empire, or any of a ton of other unrealistic developments. If the non-zero probability comes true and I end up losing my family and those around me, I will be blinded. After coming to this world, my efforts will surely be pay off , and I will be able to protect those around me. I don’t want lose them .

I don’t know if my words were conveyed, but Emilia nodded her head and didn’t laugh at my stories .

I don’t know anything about it . But you are an amazing person ”

What?　Why?

“You looking very far ahead, working hard to achieve far away goals , and still enjoying the peace you has now, right?　I don’t think ordinary people can do that.”

Emilia laughed after saying that normally, people would either be stoic in their training or they would skip it. I was convinced of it .

It is true what Emilia says. Normally, one can either live a stoic life or be lazy. Life is not long enough to choose between the two, and people do not have a lot of energy and energy. Many people are lazy , and even if they are not lazy, they run alone to the point of being stoic without regard for those around them. A good example of this is myself in my previous life. When I was living in Japan, I never made any friends and devoted myself to my studies. Even so, I couldn’t compete with people with talent, and I was fed up with that.

But now, looking back, I realize that my life was not as colorful as it could have been back then. My life back then was not colorful . It was devoted to study, and was gray and dull. But now I am so much happier, surrounded by my precious friends, and my life is shining in seven different colors.

If you want to live a colorful life, you must have experiences. To do that, you need a wide range of relationships and a will to do anything. I have learned this in the 18 years of my previous life and in these short of 12 years.

This may sound a bit a philosophy , but it’s not necessarily wrong. In fact, I am happy now. Then I must be stronger to keep it that way!

I knelled the magic power I had just developed into Tama-chan, the egg I was holding in my arms. Egg is good it’s can absorb magic power one it’s own with a simple touching . So I am looking forweard what will came out of the egg

:I can’t wait for it to be born.”

I muttered to myself as I stroked the faintly glowing surface of the egg.

✳︎

The next day. Marie called us together as soon as she woke up, put her hands on her waist, and declared,

“Although they are still some distance away, the other participants in the training are now approaching within a distance that should be reached within a few days. Because of the suddenness of the situation, there is not enough room for all of them to sleep in the mansion . Therefore, today’s training will be a little different, as we will be training to build a front line base, as well as to secure sleeping space for the trainees!”

It’s really some kind of military-like training, isn’t it? Why don’t you just honestly say, ” I need more rooms, so help me out.” ……

I wonder if she could tell from the look on my face that I was thinking that. Johan, who was standing next to me, came up to me and quietly told me.

Marie is not from the imperial family, but she is now a native of the empire, and has been given the rank of count emeritus and lieutenant general of the imperial army by His Majesty the Emperor.. It is no wonder that she is leading the construction of the base in the name of military training.”

“What?　Lieutenant General!”

I thought she was the most powerful person in the Imperial Army. , but I didn’t expect she was that great,……. I had thought that since she was a recluse, she had little connection with the secular world

“Think about it. In such a faraway place, how difficult would it be to live a life of maintenance and self-sufficiency in such a magnificent mansion, no matter how powerful magic can be used at will? Of course there must be some kind of backup.”

Indeed, for unknown reasons, Marie is living a life that seems quite wealthy despite the fact that she is stuck in the middle of a demon forest. There are any number of questions that I had not been aware of until now, such as how she managed to build such a magnificent mansion in such a remote area in the first place, and where she gets the raw materials for her wonderful daily meals.

“There, . Don’t talk nonsense in front of me. Don’t lick the High Elf’s ear.”

Marie stares at me with half-open eyes while twitching her long ears. It’s kind of cute, like a child in a bad mood puffing up. And I want to touch Marie’s ears. I’m curious to see her reaction.

“As Johann suspected, there is plenty of support from the imperial government. I don’t live here in the forest just for fun. I am living in seclusion while also carrying out a top-secret mission.”

A top-secret mission in the Devil’s Forest: ……. The location of the forest may be used for monitoring the Principality Federation.

I am sure that the time will come when you will learn about it. Tbut it is not now. Concentrate on your training now. ……You are strangely perceptive, you know. Sharpness may be right for an aristocrat in charge of government, but it is a nuisance for a soldier who fights under orders.”

“Yes,”.

The main reason for this is that the owner of the house is a very sharp person.

In the past, the current territory of the Elves was not part of the Hylant Empire, and in fact, it was much larger than it is today. Most of that territory was lost in the Principality’s invasion 50 years ago. I have heard that so many elves lost their lives that I am afraid to even mention it. The Empire of the Highlands, in order to protect its national interests, entered the territory of the Elves and made an agreement with the driven Elves to make it a protectorate to counter the Principality of the Federation. The war is said to have been settled, with both the Empire and the Federation causing extensive damage on both sides.

Marie is about 200 years old. Naturally, she must have been involved in the war at the time. What did she see, feel, think, and decide? Since she does not talk about it herself, I can only imagine .

“What is the purpose of Marie’s staying in the Devil’s Forest and working on top-secret missions? It is not hard to guess.”

“Each of you must cut down as many straight trees as you can, and strive to procure enough wood for construction by noon!”

“Yeas !”

It’s going to be another hard day.