anti-racism.
These days, those who discriminate against race like a trend should be dismissed as unlearned, but that was no different from the play of the rich.
It’s just a fad that spread like a game among young humans.
A sense of superiority stemming from the so-called ‘we are different from the old people in the capital city’.
Unlike the capital of the empire, which strictly respected human beings in line with lineage, in other cities, it was no different than a shield that was pulled out to assert itself as a more free and new-style intellectual.
Of course, the demi-humans did not openly oppose such a benevolent attitude, even though there was internal resistance.
Even so, he wanted his children to be less discriminated against.
Importantly, one of the reasons why racial segregation is considered an outdated tradition is the austere atmosphere of the imperial capital.
yes, like now.
“Two. It’s disgusting since morning.”
“If it’s possible, I’ll buy the ones that are nice to look at. Young on the reptile side.”
At the words of people passing by, Luna lowered the hood a little more.
A lizard-type demi-human with a metal choker around their neck lowered their head and passed by.
[I don’t understand.]
A blackboard suddenly popped up in front of Luna, who lowered her head. Raising his head a little, Leaf looked at him with an expressionless face.
But is it because the time we spent together has piled up? Even from that expressionless face, Luna could read a little worry and doubt.
“me too.”
since when Who remembers what the reason was?
Just as it was, humans hate demi-humans, and demi-humans hate humans.
for no reason.
No, was there a reason? What racists say.
The belief that humans are perfect and demi-humans are imperfect.
As if Riff didn’t understand that, he slowly closed his eyes, opened them again, and turned around to walk.
The largest library open to the public in the Empire.
The public also includes only people of noble origin, but it is not common to open a collection of books, which is one of the means to easily accumulate knowledge.
The empire was the largest and most populous on the continent, so there were just as many nobles, so Leaf passed easily by just showing the library gatekeeper the fake nobility badge Adelian had made.
“Tsk tsk You must be a rural aristocrat. Seeing that the maid is a beastman.”
Luna heard the gatekeeper’s small tongue click in one ear and followed behind, pretending to be Leaf’s maid.
—… … .
“Shall we look for history?”
Luna laughed at the feeling that Leaf said something.
I don’t know why, but I know what you’re talking about.
If you’ve built a civilization strong enough to create the Leaf, there’s a record of it somewhere.
Because the Empire is a very old place.
For a long time, Luna and Leaf walked around the bookshelves, pulling out a pile of books that might have content and started reading them.
From unnutritious books filled with the content that the archetype of all humanoid life forms is the human race, and that subhumans were created by filling their lacking souls with other things, such as animals.
Even the founder of the empire, who gathered people who had been scattered without a center into one place, cut off the head of a dragon with one sword and put all subhumans under his feet.
I searched for everything from stories like fairy tales to digging materials like papers.
[doesn’t exist.]
“None.”
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Luna grumbled as she piled up the pile of books at once like a tower and placed them on the return table.
As if cut with scissors. From a certain point on, I can no longer go back.
There are definitely dragons that live for 10,000 years, but why are there no stories from the very past?
Is the library open to the public?
For that reason, other types of books other than history have quite secret stories.
Even if you read this and that, it’s just stupid. Or just like a fleeting story. In the end, I couldn’t find the past that Leaf wanted.
“Anyway, the books here seem to be universal. It is not a well-rounded professional resource.”
But I don’t want to see a disappointed riff. As Luna spoke to Leaf as if to comfort her, Leaf nodded slightly.
Then, after thinking for a while, I started writing something on the blackboard.
[I need to ask the manager.]
To the young boy?
Luna looked at the board once and then at Leaf’s face.
Come to think of it, if you can’t find it here… … .
perhaps.
Wouldn’t there be records left in the airship?
Didn’t you say that there are documents with passwords that cannot be unlocked even with Adelian’s administrator authority?
Luna thought of them for a moment, then smiled and nodded.
“Let’s talk to the Bocchan.”
He always finds a solution.
* * *
“I remembered.”
The three of us bought skewers side by side, and then I looked up.
I lowered the corners of my eyes a little with makeup, but I’m sure that’s not Piyan, right?
Do you think it’s right?
“What do you mean?”
Watching Zero finish one skewer and break the wooden stick in half, I said to Rachel.
“A woman smelled like lilies for a while. Do you remember?”
“Huh? I don’t remember.”
“Can you find it?”
I looked at Rachel with the eyes of a police dog, and Rachel, who was looking at me with a look of displeasure, replied sullenly.
“Well, if you want to find it, you have to find it. Just for free?”
Maybe he didn’t like my eyes, so he didn’t treat me well.
“You buy me skewers.”
“They said you were originally responsible for food, clothing and shelter!”
“Oh, so where are you?”
Rachel and I are arguing, but Zero taps my shoulder next to me.
“why.”
“Adelian. I can find them too.”
Zero you guy, since when did you become so competent?
At that moment, Rachel and I stopped talking for a moment, and then Rachel screamed loudly.
“I! I’ll do it for you!”
The bus has already passed, man.
“Zero, won the wish ticket.”
I said with a refreshing smile, and Zero smiled happily and beckoned me somewhere.
“Let’s go over there.”
“Nana. I’ll guide you to the shortcut. Me too!”
“Where over there?”
I put Rachel on my back and walked as Zero guided me.
A little further outside through a fairly neat and well-organized alley.
Slightly old and crude buildings that look a little past the developed commercial district.
However, it wasn’t very outskirts, and the security didn’t look that bad, and unlike the center, you could see a few demi-humans who weren’t wearing necklaces.
For me, this place is a little more familiar.
“There are no monsters in the capital, so what kind of adventurer’s guild is this?”
“There is no labyrinth, so is there demand?”
The place where Zero followed the scent is where the adventurer’s guild is located where all kinds of guilds gather.
I looked at Rachel and Zero at their question.
One is a dragon who was stuck on the border with the taste of defeating monsters, and the other is a doppelganger who has been locked up in the labyrinth for an innumerable amount of time and now comes out.
So you may not know more than the earthlings who have fallen here from another dimension.
“Even if there is no labyrinth, there are dungeons. There is a very large canal under this capital.”
A waterway through which both dirty filth and clean water flow. Did slimes, kobolds, or vampire bats come out there?
The more you go inside, the more strange things come out, and depending on the main stream that explodes later, the undead come out.
So, there is an adventurer’s guild, and there might be a fayan there.
“Because they’re both too conspicuous.”
“Should I use a hood?”
I just silently held out my wooden badge and I put it on my sleeve and went inside the guild building.
One place was noisy as if it doubled as a bar, and on the other side, an entire wall was made into a bulletin board, and requests were posted on it.
From the receptionist to the people drinking, I slowly glanced over, and there was a round head that looked particularly white inside.
“really? I don’t know about that… … .”
“Mr. Lily can only trust us.”
“Don’t worry, just stay behind.”
Long, wavy white hair, slightly drooping eyebrows, and orange eyes.
A waistband and a bag containing small potion bottles, as if they were herbalists or potion makers.
At first glance, it looks innocent and pitiful, but it’s okay.
‘User’s eyes.’
[Paiyan – Masked Lily]
Representative Traits: [Charm (S)] [Formulation (B)]
Hidden Traits: [Subject (B)] [Ceramics (E)]
I don’t remember Payyan’s traits exactly, but I definitely remembered his fascination and cutting symbols.
Is the cutting symbol disappearing everywhere and blending?
It seems that he had a title like a villain that smelled like blood, but now it has changed to a lily wearing a mask.
But the important thing is that the paiyan who approached our party in the past under the name Ruby is right.
Was that red hair and the scent of roses a kind of disguise?
Well, in case something happens and they have to run away, even if others ask them, they will have a strong red hair and rose-scented image, so it will be difficult for them to easily recognize that they are the same person if they change their appearance like that.
“Will you protect me?”
The two men nodded their heads as they gently gathered their hands together on their chests and tilted their heads while smiling lightly.
Are you still living aiming for the backs of other adventurers? By the way, I heard that the bomb potion exploded and no one survived.
‘How did you survive?’
“The two of you wait here.”
After saying a few words to Zero and Rachel, I stood facing Fayan and untied the badge from my sleeve.
As soon as I take out the awareness reduction badge, the gazes that passed by me as if I were not there slowly cling to my body.
“really? I’m so glad… yo. this. I… for a moment… … .”
The eyes of Piyan, who had been talking softly with a smile on his eyes, face me.
The two men worry about their voices slowly cracking and their complexions turning pale, but they jump up from their seats and walk to the back door.
“I’m looking around for some interesting requests.”
“yes? but.”
“There is an Aegis.”
“Scream when something happens. I’ll be going soon?”
I put my badge back on my sleeve and slowly went out the back door.
Payyan stands with his back turned on one side of a narrow alley.
The wavy white hair swaying thinly seemed to be trembling.
Anyone who sees it will know that I am a villain.
“long time no see?”
As I approached and spoke with a laugh, Fayan’s shoulders jumped.
“Who are you? Do you know me?”
“What’s the use of seeing it now?”
If you’re going to pretend you don’t know, you should have done it from the beginning.
Fayan slowly turns around at my words, and her eyes are raised like a cat like before.
Oh my gosh, this time to the tear points around my eyes.
Apparently there was no dot last time. Was it a scar on your cheek then?
“How did you find out? I don’t mind saying this with my own mouth, but it would have been harder to recognize than any magic.”
Unlike An, who was lithe and kind at Guild House, I laughed at his clear voice.
“I didn’t know, but I guess I have a good eye. How did you come out alive anyway?”
“It’s straight-forward. If I just let you know, will you pay attention to me? No, before that, why are you pretending to know? What do you want to be compensated for?”
Contrary to the momentum of the arms crossed and cross-legged glaring at me confidently, the subtle trembling of the body.
“Or you’re going to criticize me for sticking a knife in someone’s back and buying it. What are you going to do with me?”
am i afraid
Are you afraid of retaliation? However, I don’t actually have a lot of ill feelings towards Payyan. Having my leg cut off was part of my goal anyway.
“I don’t know how you lived. I just wonder how he survived.”
At my words, Payyan chewed on his nails before slowly opening his mouth.
“I’m originally a half-blood yoma tribe. Maybe that’s why that day… … .”
Payyan’s orange eyes looked at the floor for a moment and then slowly met mine.
Eyes less poisonous than before.
“Awakened. The abilities of the Yomas… … . That’s why it turned into fog and came out. Are you done now?”
Fog?
As if I had said everything, I caught Payyan trying to pass by my shoulder.
“what. Isn’t the conversation over?”
“I’m not done talking yet.”
When I said it happily, Fayan bit his lower lip as if he was unfair.
But why are you so wary of me?
In Payyan’s memory, I must have been an idiot who was tricked by her and had her legs cut off.
I twisted the corner of my mouth and smiled.
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