I Was Reincarnated Chapter 53

When I spent some time pampering Alba, it became so that he no longer showed a bewildered expression when he was pampered

I can see that he is still restraining himself a bit, but it seems he's grown a bit accustomed to behaving spoiled

Though it's not like I am pampering him everyday

Moreover, it's not like we're sticking closely together throughout the day either

Since he's diligent even now he continues to clean along with the other five

Perhaps because Alba is still a child and we're not always together, Rune isn't too jealous

(Not amusing at all)

Well, when Alba isn't nearby, Rune is

Lately, Rau is preoccupied playing with Fran

Even though not that much time has pa.s.sed for her learning letters herself, when I see her proudly tutoring [them], it's charming

We also go to Haju's village

Her friends have increased and I feel like Rau has become more and more cheerful

As I thought it would be good if such a peaceful everyday [life] could continue

The peaceful everyday, collapsed just like that

At scene before us, when I took Rau and teleported, I knew in an instant what happened

"Rau, to the castle"

Without delay I immediately teleported Rau to the castle

There was a large number of corpses

I could tell that they seemed to be the elderly

Since there were no young corpses, the ones who attacked this village were humans

"The whereabouts of Haijir ki Nigeenz, detect"

Since Haju is under my divine protection, it is easy to search for him

Although it seems it's impossible for other guys, with a demon G.o.d's power I can

I am coming to understand a lot of the information in my head

Since I've had to retrieve [the information] many times

(In the surroundings……there's nothing?)

Was he abandoned en route?

With how much of my divine protection he has, he can nonetheless still starve to death

"To Haju's location"

I teleported

Haju who I suddenly appeared before, looked on in a daze

He looks like his heart's been broken, quite pitiful

"Water, come forth"

For the time being, let's have him rehydrate

I give him the water I brought out

However, there's no response, he just looks at me while merely lying there

"Drink. Do you feel like dying?"

I hold him and forcibly make him drink the water

Since normally even if you make someone drink the throat won't swallow, I immediately send it to his stomach with magic

It's probably a bit of a burden [on his body], but it's an emergency

His companions were killed before his eyes and his parents and friends were taken

As he's still only 5, it was probably quite traumatizing

Since Rau was [hidden] inside a wall, she didn't see the ma.s.sacre or corpses [in her village] firsthand

Moreover, the opponents were demons, so everyone was taken away to be eaten

However in Haju's case, the killing happened right in front of him where he could see

He was nervous when speaking with me, but when he was playing with other children he often showed a smiling face

Now he is expressionless because of that

When caught by humans, everyone will end up as slaves

It's difficult to search for guys who aren't my things

If I knew their names it'd be enough, but I haven't heard them so I don't know

If it's someone I can specify things about like 'demon king' or 'king' in my head then somehow or other I can do it, but for ones that are in various places throughout the country, the scope is too wide so just specifying 'spirit' wouldn't work

I also don't remember their faces

In other words, I can't help them

"Haju, come with me"

I wonder how many days he's been lying here

His body's also become weakened

When I hold him in my arms he sheds tears while nothing seems to be reflected in his eyes

As I thought, there are too many unnecessary humans in this world

"Come to my castle"

Once Rau sees the current Haju she'll probably receive a shock, but I can't leave him alone like this

If I were to leave him he would probably either weaken and die or starve to death

Haju continues crying without making a sound

Like that I teleport to my room

I hold him so as to comfort the crying child and sit down on the bed

Even though Haju could return to how he was before, it will take time

It wouldn't be strange even for him to stay like this his whole life, but Rau would probably be sad

If his parents were just returned, would he go back to how he was?

"Haijir, tell me you parent's names"

I get the two's aliases and lay Haju down on the bed while I go to another room

Although there is a possibility they were killed, showing such a thing to Haju would cause even more trauma

"Haju's father, Rody, to here"

The next moment, a man with magic sealing handcuffs on appears

It seems he hasn't yet been sold

"…….demon G.o.d-sama?"

He's surprised to see me

"Haju's mother, Naru, to here"

"AAAAAAAA-!"

It seems it was too late for the mother

She already has a slave collar, moreover, it seems she's under the effects of aphrodisiac like medicine

"Naru!"

Rody hurriedly tries to runs over, but I stop him

He's in the way

"Medicine, extract"

Soon after that, she falls limp like all the power in her body is gone

(The rest is just cancelling the subordination)

Subordination done by another person can't be undone

So in that case, I can only overwrite it

"Naru, tell me your name"

"….Narx…….. ki Nigeenz…….."

She probably doesn't even have enough energy to speak

Those words were feeble

"I'll overwrite your subordination. Narx ki Nigeenz, subordinate to me"

The collar broke and the master Naru subordinated to changed to me

Overwriting consumes quite a bit of magic power

I can probably do it [only] because I'm a demon G.o.d

"With this, you are safe for now. Come meet Haju"

When they hear Haju, Naru who should have been completely exhausted raised her body

"Haju……Haju is here?"

"I just found him. However, his spirit is quite injured"

After I show him the two, will he become a bit better?

Taking the two, I teleport to my room

"Haju, it's your parents"

"Haju!"

Haju blankly looks at the two and after a moment light finally returns to his eyes

Haju sobs

His parents tightly hug such a Haju while crying

Seeing a scene like this, as I thought, humans are unnecessary

I believe that there surely must be good humans

However, the majority are bad

Cleanly removing all humans involved in the slave trade, wouldn't change anything

New guys would just appear

It would once again repeat itself

(It would probably be best to make a country excluding humans)

This time, Rau received a shock

Rau's friend Haju also received a shock

Before I abandoned the plan [to make a country], however, even when I seriously think about it it seems like a good idea

(First I'll have to search for some land)

[people belonging to] Races aside from humans are numerous

Should I take a whole country?

It seems relatively easily achievable, though

It doesn't matter which country I overthrow

A country for only three races

For humans, only Alba and the others are allowed

Like that, won't I also have to build a school and such?

However, if I were to build one, then Alba and the others along with everyone could attend

………isn't that good?

As I thought, should I do it

Although I could overthrow any country, it would be best to get rid of the most annoying country

I'll have to make various preparations in the meantime

First off, shall I hurry and complete the history book

Let's have Dea in charge of cla.s.s at first, entrusting it to the other elves [later] should be fine

Even spirits would be fine

If I make a monetary system, other people would probably come join

If there are only the three races, bartering would probably become the standard, though

Since only the people in the castle seem irritating I'll have them disappear, it should be fine to just drive out the guys in the towns

Now then, after this I need to decide which country I will mobilize against

I will tell this plan to the four

If there are beastman, elf, and spirit children, then they can be friends with Rau

Haju and the others are still hugging each other while crying

Shall I have Haju and the others live in the garden too

Rau would probably be delighted

"Demon G.o.d-sama, how can I ever repay you…….I cannot thank you enough"

Rody bows his head

"I'll have you guys live with the other races in the garden. The rules here are don't discriminate by race, don't kill anyone, and don't lay a hand on my things, just these three. There are also humans in the garden, but it's fine not to be vigilant [against them], those guys are still children, moreover, orphans"

The moment I said humans, they showed fear

It probably is something that can't be helped, but as they'll live here, I have to give them a clear explanation

"Haju, Rau is worried about you, please show a lively expression to her"

"Y,yes"

After he returned to how he was before, he also returned to how he interacted with me

I took Haju to the place Rau was and when I told her he would be living in the garden she smiled happily

As expected, Rau is cute