I Reincarnated But Will Try To Live Without Using My Cheat Ability - CH 265

As usual, I’m in the Office thinking.

Maman’s visit is messing up a lot of schedules.

I’ve allowed for some leeway… but I don’t know how many days I’ll be tied up.

Worst case scenario, I’ll have to ask her to leave…

I’m sure she’ll understand if I’m honest with her.

If Maman is a moron, I’m out of ideas.

I know she’s a decent person.

I really wanted to go visit the second city as soon as possible.

Or, better yet, I could take advantage of Maman’s visit and ask for money.

It’s not for me personally, it’s for Ravenna.

If I get rich off of her, she won’t even come to the inspection.

Yes, I’ll do that.

As I was thinking this, Mil poked me in the cheek.

“What are you smiling at, Al? You’re not planning anything strange, are you?”

“No, I was thinking of extorting money or goods for Ravenna in the name of congratulating the marriage of his lovely son when my mother comes over.”

Mil had a difficult look.

“That’s a very difficult trick to comment on…”

“I don’t waste my money. It’s okay to be selfish once in a while.”

As we were discussing the measures for the inspection, a messenger entered the room.

“The messenger has arrived, but he would like to negotiate another day. In addition, he requests permission to visit his old friend, Madam Plunkett.”

“I grant you permission. I will make the arrangements for their accommodations.”

After the messenger leaves, I look at Kiara.

Kiara smiled and nodded.

“Then I will take care of the arrangements for the Elder’s accommodations.”

“Yes, please.”

Eventually, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be needed.

We don’t need a Ministry of Harm.

We still have a long way to go.

The Elder is certainly reasonable.

Let’s see how he comes to terms with our terms… and see how it goes.

I doubt this thing will be settled in a day.

While I was pondering, Abraham unusually entered the room.

Was there a problem with the operation of the law?

He had an unusually difficult looked on his face.

“Is there a problem? Mr. Allston.”

“There was a point in the law, my lord, that I had forgotten to decide. We have discussed it internally, but have been unable to reach a conclusion. I would very much like to hear your opinion on the matter.”

It must be a big problem for him to come all the way to me for advice…

“Let me hear it.”

“It’s about the child that was born. Until now, the chief of the tribe recognizes a baby as a child of the tribe after determining whether it will grow up healthy. In other words…if the child had a limb defect, he would kill it without recognizing it. The tribe could not afford to support the child, after all. But there were parents who still wanted to raise their children.”

Aaaaah… here comes the heavy stuff…

It’s certainly difficult to decide on this one.

I guess everyone noticed after Delphine’s birth…

I folded my arms and thought about it.

I noticed that they were all looking at me.

“Raising a child with a disability is a hell of a lot of work. If they can’t bear that burden, then I guess you should respect that decision. But if they are willing to take on that burden and still want to raise them, then you should probably respect that decision as well.”

Abraham thinks for a moment and then nods.

“So we will make it so that they can decide what to do. What if they choose to raise it, and they can’t bear the weight later?”

That’s a pretty good question.

I knew I was right to leave this to you.

“The decision is made right after birth, and only the first time. I will never allow you to kill a child after recognizing him or her and then killing him or her when it becomes inconvenient. If they do recognize them, the government will have to provide financial support.”

As for detailed care and mutual help, I would like to leave this to the local community.

I would like to see a primitive society, a kind of advisor, in the community.

Would it be good if we could get that person involved in the local government?

If the government intervenes too much, it will surely cause inconvenience.

The basic principle of government is to deal with people equally.

However, in many cases, such equality does not help people who fall into difficulties…

As I was thinking this, Abraham cleared his throat.

“There is one more point. It is when a disability is discovered after the child has grown up. According to the custom of each tribe, they are exiled from the tribe.”

I see… that’s exactly the kind of story that can’t be judged by pre-reincarnation values.

“If the parents decide they can’t raise them, let the government take care of them. It will be like an institution. We would raise them there and even help them to become independent. They didn’t even commit a crime, so I won’t allow it for them to be exiled or killed. It’s out of the question to perceive disability as a crime.”

So once there I look around.

Everyone is pondering.

It’s too heavy of a subject, after all.

That’s why I don’t want to be the one to make the decision.

Of course, I will take responsibility for what is decided.

I open my mouth again.

“As for the newborn baby mentioned earlier… the boundary is ambiguous. Discuss it. A newborn baby becomes a citizen only after its parents recognize it, right? It could even be a case of shifting the recognition for this issue. If you want to make them citizens from the moment they are born, then killing them is not allowed. Please discuss with various people, including issues such as family registers in that case. All I can say is that I will not allow killing from the moment they become citizens.”

“You mean, without regard to the ministry?”

“I’ll leave it to you to make that distinction. If necessary, we can create a new system for discussion.”

We can have some sort of public hearing.

I’d like to see how you make a decision here.

I’ve already decided on the broad strokes of the argument.

Abraham chuckled.

“I understand, you want me to think about it anyway.”

“Yes, I would only add one thing. I don’t want to deprive people with disabilities of their right to live. But I do not want people with disabilities to have privileges. That’s the kind of difference between races. Treat it as the difference between what you can do and what you can’t do, what you are good at and what you are not good at.”

When you make people with disabilities a privileged class, there will be undesirables who will take advantage of them and try to suck sweet honey from them.

And hatred and contempt for the disabled will accumulate among the general public.

When the instigators appear at such a time, massacres and persecution begin.

I am not ready to plant a bomb in the future.