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Chapter 4
Ch.4 Let’s Focus on Surviving First
When Leah arrived in the capital and saw the house where she used to live with her master, she could hardly contain her excitement.
‘I’ll meet him soon.’
Having found it difficult to see her master until now, Leah had dreamed of this very moment even in her sleep.
A three-story house with beautiful orange-tiled roofs.
The second floor of that building was where she and her master had lived.
As the house drew closer, her footsteps gradually quickened.
Passing through the shared entrance, she hurriedly climbed the stairs.
Second floor.
Seeing the familiar front door, she knocked.
—Knock knock!
Though she knocked with a heart full of anticipation, there was no response.
“Did he go out?”
Thus, she waited for her master.
She waited endlessly.
How long had she waited like this?
“Where… could he have gone?”
‘I want to see him right now.’
At that moment, a familiar person came up the stairs, and their eyes met.
“Oh? Isn’t that Mary?”
“Grandma Ellis! Have you been well?”
Seeing Grandma Ellis, who lived on the third floor and whom she hadn’t seen in a long time, Leah greeted her…
“Oh my, how many years has it been? You’ve grown so much! What brings you here?”
Delighted to see someone she had known for so long after such a long time, Leah smiled brightly.
“Hehe, I came to see my master.”
At Leah’s words, Grandma Ellis looked bewildered.
“Huh? Do you mean Mr. Hans?”
“Yes! Is my master doing well?”
Thinking of her beloved master, whom she hadn’t seen in so long, Leah spoke—but upon hearing this, Grandma Ellis’s face stiffened.
“Th-that… Mr. Hans moved away a long time ago.”
“What? Th-that can’t be! I’ve been sending letters here… and I always received replies!”
At her words, Ellis replied as if Leah were speaking nonsense.
“What are you talking about? Mr. Hans moved away not long after you left.”
Hearing Ellis’s words, Leah was confused.
“Th-then… what on earth is going on?”
Seeing Leah’s confusion, Ellis spoke with a kind face.
“I don’t know what’s going on, but the sun is setting—let’s go to my place and talk.”
At that, Leah nodded.
‘M-master… where on earth did you disappear to? What is going on?’
Ellis and the visibly confused Leah went up to the third floor.
***
“Phew. Finally, it’s done.”
After confirming that all my luggage had been loaded onto the ship, I headed toward the mansion.
—Clack… clack…
It’s over here too.
Since first arriving in the Destiny world, I’d spent most of my time in the capital. Though I’d grown somewhat attached to this city after living here so long, now I had to leave.
Well, it can’t be helped.
The Hero party might come chasing after me.
It was time to leave this place.
Strangely, I felt unsettled.
When I first arrived here, how panicked and devastated had I been?
Navigating the monster- and demon-filled Destiny world with the pitiful strength of a modern civilized person and not a penny to my name had been quite difficult.
Seriously… when I first started in this world, it was brutal. Ugh, even thinking about it now is horrifying.
In those days, when I had nothing,
I worked at a small trading company for a year to save up enough money to gain free citizen status.
After completing that year and obtaining free citizen status, I started the Pisa Trading Company.
When I first began, I rented a space in a small city to open my business, but before I knew it, it had become the wealthiest company on the continent.
As a fossilized veteran of Destiny, I had extensive experience running trading companies and used major economic events to generate astronomical profits—this made it possible.
Now, I’ve converted all the assets I’ve accumulated…
“I’ll just live well in the New Continent.”
I gazed at the capital’s scenery as the orange sunset descended.
And…
A gray wall about three meters high.
Beyond it lay the large mansion.
What a shame.
I bought that mansion when Leah joined the Hero party.
It saddened me to leave this home where I’d stayed for so long.
Sigh… what sin did I commit in my past life to get caught up in this mess?
I just wanted to save the world.
Some might say I’m complaining despite being blessed with good fortune with women.
First, Leah, Cecilia, Mia, and Scarlet—all of them are truly beautiful and gorgeous.
But the biggest problem is that not a single one of them is sane.
All of them… possess formidable combat prowess and dangerous mental illnesses, making them perilous women.
And now, they’re preparing to chase after me.
To be pursued by a group of psychopaths who’ve slain the Demon King—how terrifying is that?
But I can’t eliminate them.
Well… Scarlet might not be necessary after the Demon King’s death, but to face the DLC bosses appearing next, Leah, Cecilia, and Mia are essential.
And killing Scarlet, the hero, would undoubtedly cause all sorts of trouble.
“Sigh… seriously.”
I just kept sighing.
Later, I’ll fill the large bathtub in the mansion with hot water to relieve my fatigue.
After all… until I reach the New Continent… it’ll be hard to relieve fatigue with water pressure massages in a large bathtub.
How long had it been since I had that thought? Before I knew it, I’d arrived at the mansion.
“Has the chairman arrived?”
An elderly man, appearing to be in his 70s and dressed in formal attire, came out to greet me.
“Has the baron arrived?”
Pierre, the butler of our household.
“I’m here, Pierre.”
This might be the last time I see him too.
“You must be tired. Please come in. Everyone has come out to express their gratitude to you.”
Hearing his words, I entered the mansion… and dozens of servants came out…
“Baron! Thank you for everything so far!”
“It’s so sad that tomorrow is your last day!”
“Can’t you stay a little longer?”
From people in their 20s to their 60s, men and women, young and old—all the servants came out to express their reluctance to see me go.
“It’ll be better here than in the New Continent.”
I too… didn’t want to leave for the New Continent.
It’s a lawless land.
Ugh… seeing them express such gratitude, my sentimental self might start crying.
“Now now… everyone, quiet down.”
Pierre stepped forward and spoke.
“Tomorrow, the baron will leave the capital and head to the distant New Continent. You have all received great kindness from the chairman. How generously the baron has treated us…”
Pierre, his eyes glistening with tears.
Seeing him, both I and the servants frowned.
No… an old man crying isn’t moving at all.
“To such a distant place…”
How long is he going to talk?
Shouldn’t a butler quietly step aside and let me have my turn to speak?
“Therefore, everyone must do your best to serve the baron until tomorrow.”
Thus, his 30-minute speech finally ended.
Judging by the atmosphere, it seemed to be my turn to speak now.
“I’m truly sad that we must part like this. But where there is meeting, there must be parting. Though we part this way, I’ve arranged for everyone to receive your severance pay and this year’s bonus tomorrow. Take care, everyone.”
As soon as I finished speaking…
—Waaah! The baron is the best!
—We love you, Baron!
The reason they liked me so much… was probably because I employed them under such excellent conditions, right?
Five-day workweek, meal allowances, weekly holiday pay, overtime pay if they worked late, bonuses at year-end, and so on.
Since I provided allowances based on concepts that didn’t even exist here…
Isn’t it only natural?
Ah… indeed, money is truly great.
Thus, I prepared for dinner.
Since it was my last dinner, I enjoyed a delicious course meal prepared with extra effort by the head chef…
Then soaked my body in a hot bathtub.
“Ahh… life is good.”
The New Continent…
Personally, I don’t want to go.
Not only is it a lawless land, but it’s also where the second act begins.
Who would want to go to a place where Demon King-level monsters exist?
That’s precisely why I’m fleeing there.
Surely they won’t think I’ve run off to such a remote place?
I think they’ll find new men on their own after about two years.
So…
I’ll return after staying there for two years.
Of course, the New Continent is also a land brimming with opportunities.
It has many rare minerals and plants, as well as hidden artifacts.
Especially if someone finds the concept artifacts existing in the New Continent…
Great chaos will descend upon the world.
Concept artifacts are, as the name suggests, items made purely for player enjoyment.
They completely disregard balance and are created solely for the player’s fun.
If even one of these falls into the hands of someone with ill intentions, great chaos will come to this world.
That must never happen.
Currently, this place is the world I live in.
I must control all variables that could negatively affect me.
And going to the New Continent might allow me to cure my magic insensitivity.
The dragons living there should be able to cure my magic insensitivity.
The first thing I tried when I arrived here was learning magic.
For me, who lived in the modern era, magic remains an exhilarating pursuit—this hasn’t changed.
But perhaps because my modern body fell into this world?
I couldn’t sense magic.
No matter how hard I tried, even after consuming medicinal herbs that were supposed to help sense magic, I couldn’t cast magic.
Well… now I can use simple magic and divine power through concept artifacts, but that’s not my innate power—it’s the power of the artifacts.
Cure my magic insensitivity… is there anything else I need to do?
Thus, I rose from the bathtub, dried myself with a towel, and put on a robe.
“Now… did I forget anything?”
When I first fell into Destiny,
I opened the notebook where I had written down things I absolutely must do in the New Continent.
“Hmm… ah! Right. I need to visit the Test Room once.”
There is a space accessible only after fulfilling certain conditions.
A space within the game where you can summon all items and monsters for testing.
Could such a place really exist?
A space that could never exist in reality.
If such a thing exists… then this place truly is a game world.
“But what if this is a game world?”
Should I return to the original world? No, can I even return?
If I die here, what will happen to me?
Setting that aside…
Are the servants, Pierre, Giovanni, and everyone else I just saw all fake?
The many relationships I’ve formed since arriving here.
Are they all merely game entities rendered by a computer?
Questions piled upon questions.
“I don’t know. For now, let’s focus on surviving.”
Since there’s no way to immediately determine whether this place is the real world… or a virtual game world.
Thus, I pushed aside these complicated thoughts and prepared well.
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