I Reincarnated But Will Try To Live Without Using My Cheat Ability - CH 282

We received a report that Mil and the elves had arrived safely.

In a great hurry, I went to meet them.

I always feel uncomfortable without someone next to me.

When I was on the battlefield, it was not so bad because I was the one who moved.

But when I am the one who stays at home, I feel uncomfortable.

I wonder if it was like this when I went out.

A carriage stopped at the entrance to the town.

When I went to pick them up, Mil was waiting for me.

I was relieved to see that she seemed to be in good health.

I smiled at her.

“Welcome home, Mil.”

Mil rushed to me and hugged me.

I hugged her tightly.

“I’m home, Al.”

The people around me started making fun of us.

But I became used to it and didn’t mind.

I’ll leave the rest for later ……

Mil pulled herself away from me and pointed to the carriage.

A young-looking but calm-looking elf young man stepped out of the carriage.

Mil whispers to me.

“He’s the village chief, Verneli Somervuori.”

I bow to Verneri.

“Welcome to Ravenna. I am Milva’s husband and the feudal lord, Alfred Della Scala. Thank you for accepting my request.”

Verneli smiled, a little surprised that I had said I’m her husband first.

He smiled gently and bowed gracefully.

I think …… he got the message of how much of a priority Mil is to me.

“I am Verneli Somervuori. I am here to help you with your idea of coexisting with nature, even if it’s in a small way.”

After that, I asked Mil to guide them to the residence we had prepared for the elves, and we returned to the mansion.

The residence for the elves has been built in the area where we are planting trees on Mil’s advice.

The trees have just been planted and are small, but ……

Since we originally intended to invite the elves, we are conscious of building a town that preserves nature.

After a while, Mil returned.

The elves must have been left to the Ministry of Immigration.

Kiara smiled at Mil.

“Welcome back, sister.”

Mil smiles at Kiara and then at the aides behind her.

“Kiara, I’m home. I’m home, everyone.”

As for the immigrants, there would be nothing to worry about.

“Mil, you must be tired from your long journey. You can start work tomorrow.”

Mil smiled and pulled up a chair right next to me and sat down.

“Then I’ll just rest here.”

Kiara glanced at Mil with a glare.

“Sister. Please go back to your room.”

Mil deliberately leans on me.

“What are you talking about? This is the best place. Don’t worry about me, Kiara, you go on with your work.”

I haven’t seen a scene like this in a long time.

Let’s get a move on before things get rough.

“Kiara, I’m going back to my room with Mil. Please take care of the rest. I’ll make it up to you later, I promise.”

Kiara sighed.

“It can’t be helped. Don’t forget to make it up to me.”

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Feeling Kiara’s gaze on me, Mil and I returned to our room.

Mil flopped down on the bed.

“I haven’t smelled Al in a long time. It feels like I’m really back.”

With a wry smile on my face, I sit down next to Mil.

“I guess you’re tired after all.”

“Well …… I guess I’m tired.”

“I’m sure your talk with the elves went well.”

Mil raised herself up from the bed and chuckled.

“You don’t have to worry about that. I just got asked a lot of questions about Al. I tried to answer them as objectively as possible …… The village head told me, “He’s quite amazing to make Rayala’s daughter that crazy about him”.”

“It’s not that big of a deal.”

Mil gave me a serious look.

“I think you’d better come to terms with your own worth. Anyway, what happened while I was gone?”

There’s no getting around that story.

Lightly, I sighed.

“There was an accident during the construction of the canal. There were casualties. At the moment, they are investigating the cause.”

Mil, who had been staring at me, smiled gently.

“I see …… I’m glad Al isn’t depressed. It’s not like I’m saying that you’re okay with the accident. I’m just worried …… if you’re feeling responsible and depressed.”

“I know. Mil is in charge of my conscience, after all.”

Mil chuckled at my words.

“You make it sound as if Al doesn’t have a conscience. Al is far too lenient and conscientious.”

Actually, I don’t think so.

“I can afford to act conscientiously. If I have to make a last-minute decision, I’ll do whatever it takes. I’m not even nice. I’m taking steps to make sure that doesn’t happen.”

Mil looked as if she don’t believe it at all.

“Yes, yes.”

I won’t do that unless they cross a certain line.

Before my reincarnation, I became as cold as a changed person to anyone I thought I couldn’t get through to or was up to no good.

I don’t think that ability, grades, or origin are the criteria for failure.

I have never even used them as criteria.

They are the ones who pretend not to see the injustices of their own people, exaggerate the failures of their enemies, and impose their own arguments on others.

They blame others, but become insanely aggressive when they are blamed.

Those who lie about their own interests, but are clearly doing it for the benefit of others.

I was beyond indifferent to such people and did not hide my disgust for them.

Personally, I even think that thieves and crooks are much more decent than those people.

I did not change my attitude, even though I was told it was unprofessional.

I have been told that I am ‘consistent in being inconsistent’ in my dealings with people.

But there is no end to what I can say back here.

I cleared my throat.

“Anyway, even if there’s an accident investigation, I’ll be there in a month to inspect the site. I’m sure the elves will be somewhat settled after that.”

Mil gave a small nod to my words.

“That’s okay. They were happy to see the residence, after all. And they will cooperate with us regarding the nature. When I explained it, everyone in the village agreed with me.”

What I asked them to do was to create the standards necessary for coexistence with nature.

If we only make partial judgments, we will ignore them at some point.

Depending on the environment, the area that can be developed will change.

Present a standard that everyone can check.

Based on that, discussions will be held.

Elves with longer life spans are asked to serve as advisors.

“That’s good to know. If they can help me, I would like to make the most of what they are good at. Also, there is one more thing I want to make sure of.”

“What kind of things?”

“You can exchange words through nature, can’t you? I was wondering if that would be a good way to communicate.”

The quickest way is to ask Mil first, rather than ask the elves directly.

She knows what I want to do, after all.

“Well …… I think that the words that flow through differently are colored according to the emotion at that moment. The depth of the words also depends on the strength of the person’s connection to nature. So you can only approximate tell who is the one who is casting the words. You can’t tell with twins. That’s the only way I can tell. And if you pick it up, the word is gone. I can do it, but it’s hard to communicate often enough to work.”

It doesn’t work that well, huh.

Let’s find another way.

This is just in case of an emergency.

“All right. We’ll find another way. And do the elves have a message for us?”

Mil’s face changed like she suddenly remembered something.

“That’s right! I brought a few barrels of fine wine. A token of our closeness, they said. So serve them to everyone.”

I naturally breathed a sigh of relief.

“I’m glad Silvana isn’t here …… The teacher is over there too, as an advisor to the Governor, so there won’t be any ruckus.”

Mil started laughing nostalgically.

“It’s been over two years now. It feels nostalgic and …… I feel like I don’t want to remember it too… it’s complicated.”

I totally agree.