88-82 Luciel's plan

I froze when I saw the Bear Beastman Brian-dono in front of me.

''It's nice to meet you, Bear Beastman Brian. You may look like this, but you're still powerful.

In that reluctant voice, he laughed and introduced himself with a forceful hump.

The sight of him was so cute that I was screaming inside.

(Isn't he a teddy bear~!)

There are bear demons in this world.

The Red Grizzly, Blood Grizzly, and Hell Grizzly are all bears.

Mr. Gruger is also a wolf-beast man, but his physique is such that he is called a bear cook.

That was actually the first bear-beast man I met, a fluffy person about seventy centimeters tall.

''It's nice to meet you, my name is Luciel, an S-class healer. I have been the representative of Yenis for only one year. If you need any help, just let me know and I'll be happy to help you.

I decided to ask him about his appearance as I shook his hand.

''Well this is the first time I've met someone from the bear-beast race, are you all built like that?

Yes. But this is just a temporary appearance...

With that, Lord Brian glowed and transformed into a giant bear.

'This is its true form,'

''Lord Brian, you don't have to lie to this person to be fine.

'No?

When I ask him that, Lord Brian returns to his original adorable form and then opens his mouth.

''Actually, this form is the original form. In the past, because of this loveliness, they were often forcibly kidnapped and enslaved together with the rabbit-beast people. So as a countermeasure, we have a rule that if there is an outside nation's presence, they activate their magical power to transform themselves.''

That's what he told me.

Certainly, a being that is soothing to look at, but moves so adorably, must have had a past of being treated like a lapdog.

It was easy to imagine that.

It's tough, isn't it? Yes, is there anything you need help with?

"...Could you import the honey? I know it's an acquired taste, but I want that one.

When you look at me with those adorable eyes, even if Lord Brian is a man, it can't be helped to make me think.

''........Let's consider it. So what does the bear-beast man usually do?

"We grow medicinal herbs and work with the Dragon Men to expand the city.

Are they more capable of strength and dexterity? I finished my greeting with that thought in mind.

That night, Kefin led me to meet the face of the slums.

''So the reason why S-class Healer-sama came here, are you sure those slumlords are content to just get a job? Are you here to hear that?

'Yes. It seems to be good until this special healing zone is created, but after that there is nothing to guarantee your lives. You seem to have a lot of people living here, is there anything you can do about it?

The half-human and half-fox-beast man called Dorstar glares at us and says, shaking his head.

''Okay, S-class healer-sama? There's no equality in the world. You have no idea what it's like for you to enslave your own men, the kefins. Do you have any idea what it's like for me to see my men more alive when they're your servants?

With a little thought, we can understand.

There couldn't be that many dark organizations here in Yenis.

I opened my mouth as I looked at Kefin.

'I honestly don't know. But if you think of them as family, they probably hate me enough to want to kill me.

'I'll give you a job with someone like that. You've been told what to do after that, and you're here to sell us a fight, because we're too busy living in the moment!

I could see the anger and a lot of other conflicts in the dolster eyes.

I slowly shook my head from side to side and decided to mix a few changes into the conversation.

'He refused to free them from slavery. He says they want to build a city and school where they won't be half-avoided. What do you think about that?

..........

He looks at Kefin's face in dismay.

'I'm sure the people of Yenis won't change their impressions of the people of this slum, even with the creation of a special healing zone.

''If you say any more of that ... nonsense, I'll kill you, even if it kills you.''

........terribly scary. There was a grudge in his eyes.

''My suggestion to you is to start a new business with me. We'll fund it.

New business?

Yes. As I said before, I'll fund it. Just be aware that this is a high-risk business.

"...what do you want me to do?

I need you to ...............

"...are you crazy?

Yes. That Lord Leinster has failed before, so it's worth a shot. If we can do it in this one year that I'm here, I will formally push on behalf of my country to make it a state enterprise.

Even if you don't try and do that, I think you can make it work someday.

''Well why not? Why do you have to do that?

'I think everyone has the right to be happy even if they can't choose where they're born. I just want to create an environment where people can say back to me that I'm a hybrid beastie if they despise me as a half-breed.

I laughed and talked about it, but in my mind I mocked myself for being complacent.

I couldn't say the words I couldn't say when my senior, who was a half, was suffering because I felt like if I could save them even a little bit, I would surely be able to save myself.

Mr. Dorstar bowed his head and it was decided that he would trust me to work with him to plan the new project.

The next day, in a meeting with the chiefs, after the construction of the healing special zone, there was a discussion about building a school and the first part of attracting adventurers, a house for adventurers.

''Build a school in the special healing zone and a house for medium to high ranked adventurers in Yenis. Once the adventurers get together, they'll be able to enter the uncharted territory of the forest.

But even if a special healing zone is a good idea, we don't have enough materials to build a school.

And we can't afford to lose the men who are doing the work.

We can't use the money from the treasury to send you into unclaimed territory.

There was a lot of negativity in this way, but no matter where you go in the world, there are always negative voices when you have to renew or rebuild a system that has been created once.

I think that even though they may have feelings for Yenis in public, they really want to keep this system in place.

'Yes. That's why I'm going to go out to the unsettled forest once and collect the wood. I've seen the town, and I know that there are no people to take care of it.

I said with a smile.

''So where's your school?''

'We're going to build it in what is now a slum. Oh, and a home for the adventurers. We're going to ask the current slums to take on high-risk jobs, so the slums will be reborn.

When I told them that, some of their eyes changed. And opinions began to change.

'If you're going to say that much, you can agree to it.

'Yes. It's a special healing zone that costs money, and if you're saying it won't cost you anything in terms of materials, excluding labor, then I don't see a problem.

'Then we'll leave the slums to me, if that's all right?

No objections were raised.

All that was left to do was to create jobs for retired adventurers and a new wind would blow through Yenis, I felt.

I hoped that this would be a good thing for the people of Yenis.