Otoko Nara Ikkokuichijou no Aruji o Mezasa Nakya, ne? Chapter 103

In regards to {Scale}, I actually had some difficulty picking the name on that one. I forget why I went with that but an alternative and potentially more accurate translation for it is {Measurement} or {Measuring}. Since it has to do with taking various measurements and dividing based on those, you could consider most devices to that purpose {Scales} though as well...

Even if I've determined their destination if they end up moving in the time I'm requesting reinforcements then it's the end.

It seems that the carriage is empty and it's going at a decent speed but there's no way it could go at full-speed in the middle of Rombertia. Since it's at best going the speed a child runs as long as I don't lose sight of it I should be able to quickly catch up. I wave the left hand that was holding my inverness while following after them.

"Can you wait for just a moment?"

There's no response. I'm sure they don't think they're the ones being called out to. The two of them sitting in the coachman's seat are talking about something and not turning around here.

"Hey, wait just a minute."

After talking in Japanese and they reacted for the first time. They turned around startled. I breathe a bit heavily while running to the side of the coachman's seat and continue to talking.

"That's great. You're Japanese right? If it's alright with you I want to talk for a bit though."

I smiled while saying that.

"So you're Japanese as well! Wakana-chan, it was just as you said coming to Rombertia was the correct answer."

The elf man said to the dwarf woman sitting next to him with a voice that had a mix of surprise and joy. I guess Wakana is the original name of the woman?

"Ye, Yeah. I'm surprised as well.."

The dwarf woman called Wakana looked at me with her eyes wide open while saying that. Well it's just the reaction I expected from my end and not particularly anything to be surprised about at this point. I assumed it would end up like this when I started forming the net and killing time. It might be possible we could end up meeting one more reincarnated person as well.

"Since it's a bit unusual standing around talking in a place like this. For a long-awaited occasion like this I want to talk in some place we can relax but...Do you have item after this? Do you have any business to take care of?"

I returned to the {Common Language} while saying it. It could be possible that they're from outside of the country or the shitty countryside even further out than Bakuddo so they might not have understood my first words as well.

"Yeah, but I want to return to my house once first. I need to take care of my carriage and horses as after all.."

The dwarf woman responded. It was clearly pronounced in the {Common Language}. I guess they just couldn't hear me calling out to them from behind because the surroundings were noisy.

"Ah, I guess that's true. You, is it fine to talk tonight? We'll come back tonight, let's talk in some kind of restaurant."

The elf man has a bit of an accent to it but he started talking in the {Common Language} as well. By the way, it seems that we're an obstruction to traffic. It seems it would be best to quickly setup an appointment and finish things there.

"I understand. I'll reserve a restaurant. I'll make the reservation under the name Greed. The place is..I guess so, is "Rokidd" fine? Do you know of it?"

Rokidd is the high-class restaurant my sister used once when they celebrated her passing. It seems it's quite famous.

"Eh? "Rokidd"? At an expensive place like that.."

"It seems you know about it. Please relax, the one invited you was me. I'll take care of the bill."

I smile while saying in order to try and relax the two of them. If it's money than I have it, if it's money. If it's the first time then I'll at least treat you.

"Is that so? Then we'll rely on your words. Is around 7 fine?"

"7 it is. I understand. I'll be waiting for you. Greed is my name. I'm Alan Greed. In Japan I was called Kawasaki Takeo."

"I'm Gulinel Akdam. In Japan my name was Nishioka Wakana."

"I'm Tolkelis Kalstalan. Just the same I was Sema Yousuke."

My right eyebrow raised up. So this good looking guy is Sema Yousuke? For an elf he looks pretty human but he's extraordinarily {handsome}. Rather you could even say he's more charming than a normal thin and beautiful elf. Since he's with a woman right now it might be a good idea to keep quiet about Bel. If these two are mutually in love then..I'll be troubled. Since Bel is a splendid adult who can make judgements on her own so in the worst case she might pull back herself. However, I'm sure something like romantic feelings can't be explained away so easily like that. Even more so since I've seen Bel's course of continuing to feel for Sema Yousuke from nearby her.

It's been 15 years since then. Even though it was forcibly done through an accident it's plenty of time for a couple that was split up to find a new partner and have a change of feelings and then some. Rather you could even say Bel is abnormal for being able to continue to feel that way for 15 years already. But, she's my..important..import ally. In my heart I want cheer for Bel. However...

Max and level 8. It's nice that both of them have MP that's exceed double digits as well. If they learn magic then we can raise it a bit further as well. Since their body levels aren't that high as well if they remain conscious of their MP then we might be able to stretch it out like that as well.

Even in the worst case I don't want to let them get away. At the very minimum it's necessary to grasp the location of their house I'm sure. Making reservations at "Rokiddo"? Since it's still 4 pm, I can do anything about that. For Bel's sake as well it would be best to get a good grip on their whereabouts.

I put the inverness I was holding in my left hand on and I started tailing them with a distance of about 50 m between us. There's a lot of pedestrian traffic and it seems they couldn't even imagine they were being followed. They're pleasantly talking about something. While looking at Kalstalan's face smiling at Akdam I bite my lip and paint out my feelings with something while focusing on tailing them. There's no way I have any sort of special tailing technique but something like that, it doesn't matter as long as they're not being care of being followed. After about 20 minutes I confirmed their house. It's a normal house with  nothing out of the ordinary. It seems it has a warehouse and stable as well so it appears to be a small merchant house with no shop. The roof isn't tile but shingles, and there's some small damage that can be seen here and there.

I watched as they opened the gate and Kalstalan follows Akdam's instructions as she guides it inside from a distance while worrying about how to tell Bel about this.

............

As expected I'm not such an idiot to suddenly head straight to Bel's position. Or rather, I wanted to discuss it with Ralpha first. On my way to Ralpha's position I made reservations at "Rokidd". Five people at 7 pm. A course meal in a private room. It was an advance payment of 150,000 Z (15 silver coins). Expensive~ It's 30,000 per person. However, there's no choice other than to separate it as a necessary expense.

Something like money is fine. If I can make connections with some reincarnated people who would definitely be of use then it's a cheap price to pay. The problem is Bel. Always talking politely, without making fun of me like Ralpha, she's always supported me like a shadow in the sun*. I don't want to see her crying face.

Just judging off the appearance of Kalstalan and Akdam they didn't seem like they were in love with each other but there's no way I could figure it out in just that amount of time. If Kalstalan were to return to Bel, I wonder if Akdam would cry? There's no way for me to know how deep of a relationship they have. However, they said they were returning to their "house". I'm sure they're living there together.

In which case, it's very possible that their relationship is reasonably deep. Their races are different but they're the same Japanese. I'm sure their conversations match up and just talking in Japanese is mentally relaxing. For example, if even I were to be living in the same house as Bel or Ralapha with just the two of us I'm sure sooner or later feelings would grow.

I still have some doubts and it's difficult just to organization my feelings but there's no choice than to do something about it.

I found Ralpha. She's standing at the corner of an intersection with the muffler she got from Bel around her neck and wearing the gloves I gave her. She's watching the people pass by while spacing out.

"Ralpha. I found them."

"Al! Don't suddenly surprise me like that, really~"

Since I suddenly started talking to her from the side, she was surprised and started complaining to me but quickly jumped at what I said.

"Eeh!!? you found them? Alright! And how did it go?"

"It's a group of a guy and a girl. I made a promise to talk at a restaurant. Just in case I tailed them and found out their address as well."

"He~ so there was even two of them. Isn't that great!"

Without knowing anything Ralpha joyfully says that. I'm sure I would as well if I was in Ralpha's position.

"What is it..that face, you don't seem very energetic. You finally found them right? A..Are you depressed because there was a man? You're such an idiot."

Even though I went to the trouble of spending time finding the reincarnated person since my face didn't look very cheerful I guess. I responded with a flat voice to the words Ralpha said next.

"No. It might be an even bigger problem. I couldn't tell Bel about it right away. I want Ralpha to listen first."

"Eh? What is it?"

"It's fine so listen. First, the man. He's an elf. His name is Kalstalan and his previous name is..Sema Yousuke."

"Eeh..Seriously!?"

It feels like it's been a while since I last heard seriously said in Japanese.

"Just a minute, there's a continuation. It seems he's living together with another reincarnated woman. They entered the same house. Since I started talking to them in the middle of the road I couldn't keep talking to them forever, since there was a woman with him I didn't tell Yousuke-san about Bel."

"Eh...Well. It's been 15 years after all..I guess things like that..might happen..But"

"Ah, I'm sure things like that happen. That's why I tried talking with you first. And, the other woman, she's a dwarf named Akdam. It seems her previous name was Nishioka Wakana."

"Eeh..Seriously!?"

Why again. What would I do lying about it? Seriously.

"Wakana, so you were still alive.."

Tears appeared in Ralpha's eyes.

"Eh? Is she an acquaintance?"

"Yeah, my friend. We were riding on the bus together.."

"I see.."

This is bad, I wasn't expecting this.

"I don't know how close the two of them are. I was only talking to them face to face for about a minute after all. It could be that one of them is just being hired and they're not dating but it's true they entered the same house together. Probably one of them is a merchant. It was a merchant house with a warehouse. When I found them the two of them were getting along well together on the carriage. If Akdam is your friend then..then one of your friends might end up with painful feelings."

"Yeah.."

"And, since I wasn't sure what to tell to Bel I came to you first but if it comes to this then it's that. It might be best to just say everything I saw.."

"Yeah..that's, right."

Ralpha whispered with a discouraged expression.

"Ralpha, I understand your feelings but it can't be helped for you to worry over it. There's no choice than for these sorts of things to end up the way they do.."

"Yeah..I know. But.."

"Yeah, that's right. However, you really shouldn't worry about it. Since you can finally meet your friend again. Even Bel can meet with her boyfriend. If you're going to make that sort of face I'll leave you behind. I make reservations for a course as a shitty expensive restaurant today. Become more cheerful."

"Yeah, I guess that's true. I'll do that. I can't do anything but watch over. Sorry, I, don't think I'm going to be of any use.."

"Ke..I didn't expect anything like that from the start. Eat something delicious and enjoy it the best you can. That's about your only good point, after all."

I could only say that to comfort her.

...............

The two of us went to the position Bel was in charge of at 5:30 pm and we invited her into a random restaurant for some tea while she seemed suspicious. And I start saying the difficult things.

"Bel, I have some good news, and some news I'm not too sure on. First, let's start from the good news. I found the Japanese. It's a group of tea. One of them is a male elf named Kalstalan."

I started talking while trying to remain business-like.

This isn't because I'm strong. It's because I'm weak. A really strong person wouldn't pick the method of killing someone who's committed or about to commit a since but rather select the route of reforming them. I'm no longer a Japanese person. I'm an Orth person. It doesn't matter if I'm strong or weak. I've decided to continue living using the methods of Orth.

It doesn't matter even if he loves someone else. As long as I can be by his side in the end I'm satisfied.

Even if You-chan were to do something like that I wouldn't be upset with him. I mean, on Orth that's normal after all. It seems that there aren't many of them but there are noble families where a female is the family head and they have multiple husbands as well.

The thing's I'm saying are a mess right.

.....

Now then, time to switch over my feelings.

Chapter end