Chapter 22

children alliance

The place that Nein brought them to was like a catchall space.

Between the buildings, a dead space had formed.

In a space about the size of a small park, there was a house made of gathered junk (like a secret base made by children), and as the three approached, a girl who looked a bit older than them appeared.

โ€œHey, welcome back?โ€

โ€œYeah, Iโ€™m back.โ€

โ€œWhoa, whoa, whoa! Why are you bringing unrelated men and women back here? I had no idea we had such plans!?โ€

โ€œIt was a spontaneous event that I picked up.โ€

โ€œHey! Stop acting on such whims! Thatโ€™s how you bring ruin upon yourself!โ€

After the commotion, the girl muttered โ€œCanโ€™t be helped,โ€ and went back towards the house.

Then she returned with a tray carrying teacups and offered them to Kevin and Clay, saying, โ€œItโ€™s just plain tea.โ€

โ€œItโ€™s really just plain tea, donโ€™t expect much from the taste.โ€

โ€œHey, stop saying that, it makes us look stupid for drinking it all the time!โ€

โ€œTastes bad, another cup!โ€

โ€œAnd you, the cute one over there, youโ€™re quite forward, huh!? Asking for seconds even though you said it tastes bad!โ€

โ€œMy shabby dad always said to take whateverโ€™s free.โ€

โ€œI donโ€™t think thereโ€™s a need to drink something bad on purpose, you know.โ€

Clay, who was quickly getting used to the place, shuddered, while the somewhat shy Kevin cautiously sipped the thin tea.

โ€ฆIt was damn bad.

Despite being thin, it had a mysterious bitterness and astringency, but it wasnโ€™t undrinkable.

He endured and drank a cupful of tea, then handed it back to the girl, saying, โ€œโ€ฆHere.โ€

โ€œGot it!โ€

Somehow, she filled his cup to the brim and handed it back.

โ€œโ€ฆโ€

โ€œHuh? You didnโ€™t want seconds?โ€

โ€œItโ€™s you whoโ€™s weird for asking for more.โ€

โ€œEhen!โ€

โ€œIโ€™m not praising you.โ€

Confused, he ended up drinking the tea with tears in his eyes.

Then, the older girl introduced herself again.

โ€œMy name is Stella.โ€

She said.

โ€œIโ€™m a magical girl as a hobby.โ€

โ€œAnd we are the champions of justice.โ€

The boy, Nein, added.

โ€œWell, weโ€™re the top two of an organization called the Childrenโ€™s Alliance, which sounds pretty weak.โ€

โ€œWow! That means you have a lot of members, right?โ€

โ€œNo, just the two of us.โ€

โ€œEh?โ€

โ€œIncluding us, two people.โ€

That means there are no membersโ€ฆ

And as if sensing what Kevin was thinking, the girl who called herself Stella said shyly, โ€œWell, weโ€™re recruiting members for now,โ€ but who would want to join a group of champions of justice that no one knows what they do,

โ€œSo, if I join, Iโ€™ll be effectively in the top three!โ€

โ€œHey.โ€

โ€œAnd Kevin, youโ€™ll be one of the four heavenly kings!โ€

Clara said excitedly, not knowing what to say, and not knowing where to start with so many questions.

So, he decided to ask, โ€œWhat exactly is evil, the champions of justice?โ€ but Stella and Neinโ€™s expressions changed dramatically at that question.

Serious mode.

โ€œโ€ฆHave you two noticed the evil thatโ€™s spreading through this city?โ€

They started talking like conspiracy theorists.

โ€œIn this city, Neon City, thereโ€™s an evil organization thatโ€™s manipulating the flow of people behind the scenes and trying to rule the world.โ€

It was a real conspiracy theory.

Kevin was apprehensive, and Claraโ€™s eyes sparkled.

โ€œWell, itโ€™s hard to describe the organization as simply โ€˜evil,โ€™ but that โ€˜Thirteen Stepโ€™โ€ฆโ€

โ€œโ€ฆThe Thirteen Step? The one that often comes up in the TV sponsor slots?โ€

โ€œThatโ€™s probably the โ€˜Thirteenth Paradise.โ€™ Theyโ€™re like a subsidiary of the Thirteen Step.โ€

โ€œHmm?โ€

โ€œThe so-called โ€˜Thirteenthโ€™ group is everywhere, and if you live in Neon City, itโ€™s almost impossible not to benefit from them.โ€

Stella explained, and Kevin thought, โ€œThen theyโ€™re just a normal big corporation, not bad guys, right?โ€ But since Claraโ€™s eyes were shining even more next to him, he decided not to say anything.

โ€œThe problem is. The โ€˜Thirteen Stepโ€™ operates on utilitarianismโ€”cutting off the happiness of some for the happiness of the majority, and as a result of doing that for many years, some of it is now out of controlโ€ฆ You both know that thereโ€™s been an increase in terrorism lately, right?โ€

โ€œYeah, I know. My dad also said itโ€™s dangerous lately, so donโ€™t go out late at night.โ€

โ€œThey call themselves โ€˜The Resistance.โ€™ But the fact that theyโ€™re causing trouble for ordinary people makes what theyโ€™re doing extremely โ€˜evil.โ€™โ€

โ€œAnd the troublesome thing is that the โ€˜Thirteen Stepโ€™ seems to see even that as part of the natural order, and theyโ€™re ignoring the damage and losses caused by it as part of the โ€˜happiness to be cut off.โ€™โ€

โ€œHmm?โ€

Iโ€™m getting confused.

I donโ€™t understand utilitarianism.

I think itโ€™s good to pursue the happiness of many, but Iโ€™m not sure if itโ€™s right for some people to be unhappy for that, but is there an easy way for everyone in this world to be happy?

And the resentment that arises from that.

I can understand that it would explode, but that doesnโ€™t mean itโ€™s okay to cause trouble for others.

The โ€œThirteen Stepโ€ seems to treat a series of incidents as โ€œignorableโ€ problems.

โ€œItโ€™s like, you know.โ€

โ€œYeah.โ€

โ€œI think thatโ€™s something adults should think about.โ€

โ€œโ€ฆWell, thatโ€™s what youโ€™d think.โ€

Clara was saying, โ€œWhat are you talking about, weโ€™re the champions of justice!โ€ but Nein said without concern.

โ€œThe Childrenโ€™s Alliance, or rather, what weโ€™re doing is making sure kids like us donโ€™t have a bad time. Thatโ€™s why we go to places where terrorism is likely to happen and guide children so they donโ€™t get involved.โ€

โ€œDonโ€™t you suggest anything to adults?โ€

โ€œAs I said earlier, most of the institutions in this city are under the influence of the โ€˜Thirteen Step,โ€™ so everything is ignored. Besides, the police are only supposed to โ€˜eliminate abnormalities,โ€™ and โ€˜preventing abnormalitiesโ€™ is completely outside their job.โ€

โ€œYou might think itโ€™s inflexible, but very few people like their jobs. Everyone is doing it reluctantly for their own happiness, and no adult thinks the job itself is happiness.โ€

โ€œThat isโ€

He thought of his mother.

She works hard and bravely, but he knows she doesnโ€™t enjoy it.

And that itโ€™s necessary for them to live.

โ€ฆAs a child, thereโ€™s little he can do for his mother.

And the thought that his mother might be on the side of โ€œhappiness to be cut offโ€ for the โ€œhappiness of manyโ€ โ€ฆ

โ€œCanโ€™t we do somethingโ€ฆ?โ€

Nein dismissively cut off Kevinโ€™s murmur, โ€œAdults rarely listen to what children say.โ€

โ€œThatโ€™s why we, who have no social status, need to offer something appropriate to get adults to listen to our opinions.โ€

โ€œCompensationโ€ฆ?โ€

โ€œThatโ€™s what we were about to go get.โ€

Nein said with a grin, and Stella hurriedly tried to shut him up.

โ€œDonโ€™t involve us without permission!โ€

โ€œBut this guy is โ€˜special,โ€™ you know that, right, Stella?โ€

โ€œThatโ€™s true, butโ€ฆโ€

โ€œAnd they followed us of their own will. So, we have to ask them to help us with what we can do.โ€

Again.

Nein turned to us and said, โ€œWe want one thing,โ€ and pulled out a map (old and tattered, stained in places) from his pocket.

โ€œWeใƒปwantใƒปtheใƒปholyใƒปsword.โ€

โ€œโ€ฆThe holy sword?โ€

โ€œDonโ€™t you know about it?โ€

As if it was something he should have known, Kevin tilted his head, puzzled.

โ€œWhy?โ€

โ€œโ€ฆWell, if you donโ€™t know, it means you havenโ€™t been told, so I wonโ€™t sayโ€ฆ But now weโ€™re talking about this.โ€

He pointed to a part of the map and said, โ€œThere used to be a โ€˜Thirteen Stepโ€™ factory here.โ€

โ€œI donโ€™t know what was going on or what they were doing. But I know there was a holy sword here, but a long time ago, a natural disaster like a heavy rain closed the factory, and the holy sword seems to have been lost.โ€

โ€œOh, there was a time when there was a local downpour.โ€

โ€œAnd Iโ€™ve found where the lost holy sword is supposed to be.โ€

Nein smiled slyly and pointed to a different place.

โ€œThereโ€™s a shop that seems to have opened recently at this location. There was a reaction to the holy sword there. I donโ€™t know what kind of shop it is because itโ€™s quite simple, but well, theyโ€™re not making anything good.โ€

โ€œThe holy sword, huh.โ€

Clara said, tilting her head as if she didnโ€™t understand, and said what she was thinking.

โ€œWhen you say holy sword, thatโ€™s what comes to mind. The holy cucumber swordโ€”itโ€™s popular on the internet, and I want to try it too. Maybe Iโ€™ll ask my dad to buy it online once.โ€

โ€œHuh? Is that kind of weird thing popular now?โ€

โ€œBy the way.โ€

Kevin, who had been looking at the map and checking what kind of store it was on his smartphone, reported the search results with a very calm expression.

โ€œThat store, where the holy sword is supposed to be. It seems to be making that holy cucumber sword.โ€

โ€œโ€ฆHuh?โ€


I Reincarnated as a Strong Character Type Unrelated to the Story

I Reincarnated as a Strong Character Type Unrelated to the Story

Monogatari Ni Issai Kankei Nai Type No Tsuyo Kyara Ni Tensei Shimashita, ็‰ฉ่ชžใซไธ€ๅˆ‡้–ขไฟ‚ใชใ„ใ‚ฟใ‚คใƒ—ใฎๅผทใ‚ญใƒฃใƒฉใซ่ปข็”Ÿใ—ใพใ—ใŸ
Score 10
Status: Ongoing Type: Author: Artist: Released: 2024 Native Language: Japanese
Just by chance, there was a presence there โ€“ the strongest. A Japanese-style RPG based on modern times, โ€œNeon Lightโ€. I, who spent my life on that game and loved it so much that I played it over and over again, am now standing on the stage of that dream โ€“ no, I was reincarnated. The character I was reincarnated as is a young man in a tired salaryman style named โ€œLux,โ€ whom I have never seen even in conversations, a strong character that makes you worry if the game balance will collapse. Despite living quietly to not ruin the scenario of the beloved gameโ€ฆ saving characters who were supposed to die, being respected by the final boss more than the original protagonist โ€“ how did this happen!? An out-of-setting character unconsciously overpowering!? A new sensation, an otherworldly fantasy!

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