“Don’t get cocky, you fool! I haven’t said a word about doing it for your sake?!”
“Well, that’s true.”
That’s how it is, but…
“No, but seriously, please stop soon! The slums are going to be destroyed!”
“Th-that’s…”
Oh, did they stop?
I should probably follow up here.
“Um, I think I understand what you wanted to say in the previous debate, but either way, I don’t think it’s right to fight here and hurt innocent people!!!”
“I see… but.”
“And the filthy buildings too! For the people of the slums, every weathered stone wall, every dilapidated shack, is a precious asset! There’s no reason to trample on them, right?!!!”
“I understand… I’ll lay down my arms here.”
Yes!
As I thought, I can handle debates that don’t involve political mystery theories. I have logical thinking and can consider people’s feelings to some extent.
I especially understand girls’ feelings well. The answer isn’t five options, you just need to go buy an apple.
Well, joking aside, just acting normal like I did on Earth makes me popular in this world. Oh, I don’t think there are any extreme virgins who think “acting normal” means obsessively teasing Vtubers about their small chests, but just in case, it’s “acting normal,” okay? Not teasing, but acknowledging the other person as a human being and praising them as much as possible.
Acknowledging the other person as an individual, treating them as an equal, and talking to them. Finding their good points and praising them as much as possible. It’s a super easy specification that makes their affection rise automatically. What a joke.
Basically, if you do everything that’s considered good manners in Japan and have a conversation, you’ll be evaluated as a super-sweet saint! Everyone, come to another world!!!!
“Thank you very much! I understand your feelings, but please be gentle, please be gentle, okay?”
“I said I understand!”
You don’t understand at all, you psychopath.
You still have your sword drawn! It’s really scary!
No matter how used I am to the bad治安 of this world, if there’s someone in front of me dangling a drawn blade, it’s going to be scary.
I’m just a regular Japanese person, okay? I wasn’t raised in South America or anything.
“Hookclaw-sama, please consider this person’s feelings too… A solution through discussion, not a sword fight, okay?!!!”
“That’s what I intend.”
Even though you’re also drawing your sword… no, floating it?! How are you doing that?!
…Are you floating it by channeling Magical Power remotely? Ah, no way… I can do it too, but I can’t do it in the middle of a fight… It’s like a juggling act of being ambidextrous and moving a third arm…?
Anyway…!
“Aaaaah, yes, I understand! I understand, yes! You don’t intend to have a sword fight, right?! So, let’s solve this through dialogue!”
“Of course. …Indeed, you are wonderful, you have a talent for stopping conflicts and appeasing people.”
I don’t.
I just ended up like this after dealing with patients with post-operative delirium and alcoholics and drug addicts who were brought in at night.
I’m pretty scared on the inside, you know?
I can resist with magic, I can guard, that’s true, but scary is scary, right?
Even if there’s bulletproof glass in front of me, does that mean I wouldn’t be scared of being shot at? Any normal person would be scared…
Anyway… yes, so after that, I just threw it to them and faded out…
“Phew, I thought I was going to die!”
“Sensei!!! Are you safe!!!”
Oops…
A fully armed man.
He’s not even trying to hide it anymore, the emblem has been stripped off, but it’s the armor of a priest soldier.
This is Kouketsu…
He’s the uncle who takes care of the slum kids.
He teaches the slum kids, who don’t understand good and evil or morality, the minimum way to live in the slums. He’s a teacher at a school-like place run by Hookclaw-sama.
Seriously, if the slums guys did whatever they wanted, they’d be driven out by the public authorities.
To prevent that, the mafia and Hookclaw-sama teach their subordinates and kids the minimum rules.
You know… even in the modern Middle East, not just in the Middle Ages, there are rules for beggars! I’ve heard stories like that, haven’t I? Not a beggar’s guild, but beggars have rules they must follow, there’s a beggar king! That kind of thing.
It’s the same as that.
So, those who don’t follow the rules, even if they’re kids, are “exterminated.”
“Is Hookclaw-sama safe?!”
“Yeah, some former Holy Knight Elf woman named Collette came and suddenly drew her sword, but in the end, they decided to resolve it through discussion.”
“She did?! How is that possible…”
“Oh, and Stone Eyes-sama was defeated by that Collette-san, so could you tell him to come to the hospital later?”
“I understand.”
Saying that, Kouketsu-sama hurried off towards the command room where Hookclaw-sama was.
…But, Hookclaw-sama was originally a legendary Holy Knight.
I had sensed from the beginning that he was unusually strong, but not to that extent.
However… listening to the conversation with Collette-san, well, um… that’s my impression.
Certainly, they’re both right.
Hookclaw-sama’s way of protecting and guiding the people who are there, the people within reach.
Collette-san’s way of identifying who to protect and protecting the overall system of society.
At first glance, Collette-san sounds more realistic and like she’s making more sense, but Hookclaw-sama isn’t wrong either.
It’s idealistic, but there’s a theory that realism is just the loser’s excuse of someone who can’t voice idealism.
However, in the real world, it’s also true that there aren’t enough resources to prioritize saving the bottom class in this world. You’ll realize it once you see that it’s an aristocracy, but the society is so poor that it can’t be run without this kind of social structure.
As someone who has been watching the bad parts of this world for a long time, I lean towards Collette-san’s way of thinking. Because no matter how you look at it, there’s no value in helping 流民. Those guys are half-bandits. They’re ten times worse than the fake refugees who come to Japan.
But well, they’re both right, both of them.
…But isn’t this the kind of problem that can’t be solved right away?
It requires long-term discussions, the development of society, and changes in people’s awareness.
You’re both admirable in your aspirations, but since it’s not something that can be solved now, shouldn’t you find a compromise and then work together?
…Well, if I said that, they’d probably get angry, so I won’t say anything.