163-Chapter 10-8 The Road Where My Father, My Mother, And My Grandfather Come

In a certain place, a man and a woman overcame many trials and tribulations to become husband and wife.

The man and the woman lived happily together, but they were not blessed with children.

Nevertheless, they spent their days thanking the Goddess that it was enough for them to live happily.

One day, the goddess who had been watching over them appeared in the man's dream and gave him an oracle to go to a place in the forest.

The man went to the place the goddess told him to go and found a baby.

There was no one near the baby's supposed parents and the forest was full of carnivorous demons and animals, so the man understood that the oracle of the goddess appeared to him in his dream and asked him to save the abandoned baby.

The woman was surprised to see the baby brought by the man, but after hearing his story, she decided to raise the baby as her own.

At this moment, the man and the woman became "Father" and "Mother".

The baby received the love and affection of his mother and father and grew up to be a very talented boy.

His magical talents are so prodigious that even his mother, father, and grandfather, his mother's teacher, are stunned by his talent.

One day, the boy, along with his followers, Slime and Fenrir, rescued the king from an attack by a monster.

The king thanked him and invited him to become a nobleman and live in the capital, but the boy, who loved his mother, father and grandfather very much, refused, saying that he would be happier living in the village with his family.

The king was touched by his words and respected the boy's wishes, telling him to come to the castle whenever he needed help.

The boy's happy days continued after that.

He went into the forest to hunt with his father, to cook with his mother, and to study magic with his grandfather, but one day his happiness came to an end. One day, a huge dragon appeared in the village.

Moreover, the dragon had become a dragon zombie, and it had thousands and thousands of men at its disposal.

The soldiers who were supposed to protect the village were the first to run away from this marvel, and the boy and his family were left alone in the village with the villagers.

The boy and his family are left alone in the village with the villagers. But the dragon zombies are a powerful enemy.

Before he became a zombie, he was a legendary dragon that went on a rampage to destroy the kingdom.

The boys are slowly being hunted down. But they believe they will win, and they keep fighting.

The young boy's magic defeats the dragon zombies.

The family and the villagers run out to honour the boy when they see him lying motionless.

But that's exactly what the zombie wanted.

As father, mother and grandfather run to the boy, the dragon zombie stops playing dead and stands up, firing its full length breath at the boy.

Father and mother were the first to notice the dragon zombie's breath, and they pushed the boy out of the breath's range to save him. Grandfather, who is very good at magic, put up a barrier on the boy instead of himself to protect him from the dragon zombie's breath.

Thanks to that, the boy was rarely injured. But his father, mother, and grandfather were directly hit by the breaths.

When the breath stopped, the boy saw the ground gouged out by the breath, the destroyed defensive wall, and the villagers who had fallen and were no longer able to move.

Even the villagers behind where his father, mother and grandfather had been. The boy's family's survival was in jeopardy.

The boy feels a deep despair and anger.

The anger is like nothing he has ever felt before. The rage is so intense that even the dragon zombies are afraid.

Then the anger reached the Goddess in heaven and she was horrified by the boy's anger.

The goddess then cast a spell to transform the boy's anger into courage and power so that the boy would not be broken by it.

Perhaps sensing the goddess's presence, or perhaps realizing the boy's newfound power, the dragon zombie turned his back on the boy and ran away from him.

Relieved that it was much further away from the village, the dragon zombie stopped in its tracks and turned back towards the village.

It was a complete carelessness made by the belief that it could escape from the boy.

What the dragon zombie looked back at was a boy floating in the air a few dozen meters away.

The boy had been able to fly by the goddess' magic and was chasing the dragon zombies.

He must fight. So when the dragon zombies were ready, the boy's magic had already been activated.

Just as the dragon zombie was about to attack the boy, a large tree suddenly flew from the side and smashed the dragon zombie's body. And it wasn't just one tree, but several....

At first the dragon zombie was holding on to the earth with its claws, but gradually it couldn't bear it anymore, and finally its claws were separated from the earth.

The dragon zombie tried to grab the earth in a panic, but for some reason the body of the dragon zombie was moving away from the earth.

The body of the dragon zombie was lifted up into the air and circled around the boy.

It was a power that had been awakened by the goddess who had cast a spell on the boy. That power is the power to create a tornado around the boy. And it's not just a tornado, it's a huge tornado that will swallow even a dragon zombie.

After being swallowed by the boy's tornado, the dragon zombies were helplessly maimed and finally died.

The boy defeated the legendary zombie, but there was no joy in his face.

Having lost his father, mother and grandfather at the same time, he was on the verge of running out of energy and strength, and if he didn't, he might die.

The boy was saved by the boy's household, who had escaped the disaster.

With the help of the slime, Fenrir put the boy on his back and left in a flash, because although the dragon zombie had been defeated, its subordinates were still there. Because although the dragon zombies were defeated, their subordinates were still there.

Slime and Fenrir's quick thinking allowed the boy to escape, but he didn't regain consciousness until after they had reached safety.

He didn't regain consciousness until a few days after he had defeated the dragon zombies.

He spent the next few days returning to the village, but there was no one left in the village. Everyone in the village had left it, leaving it with a lot of sadness.

But the boy was desperate to find his father, mother and grandfather. But in the course of a day's search, he could not find any trace of them. But after a day's search, he could not find any trace of the three of them, and his house, which holds many memories, had been destroyed by the dragon zombies.

He was sad, but also tired, so he decided to sleep where his house had been that night.

The dream he had that night was of a time when his family was living happily together.

In the dream, the boy had been taught by his father how to hunt, his mother had taught him to study and cook, and his grandfather had taught him magic. It was a time of happiness for the boy, something that had been repeated as a matter of course until about ten days ago.

The last of those happy dreams was the moment when his family disappeared by a dragon zombie bracelet.

When the boy woke up in the morning, he remembered what he had seen in his dream and cried. He cried all day long, and the next morning he decided to do something.

Let's see the country, and when that is done, let's see the world.

And so the boy set out on his journey. This world where his father, mother and grandfather lived....

What is this...

When I came to Maria for advice, she offered me a book with that kind of information in it.

It was the most decent book that was brought to me. He said he's going to make a children's book out of it, with pictures of everything.

Maria said that a number of books had already been made and samples were delivered to her. Many of the authors decided that they couldn't sell a book by someone who was backed by royalty, no matter how adventurous they may be.

However, many of the contents of the book were romantic, and apparently Mary immediately rejected the production of the book. There were some authors who asked Mary what was wrong with the book, but she convinced them of the importance of the book and rejected it.

Incidentally, most of the authors who brought in romance stories seemed to have some kind of nobleman's breath in them, and some of them had a heroine who looked exactly like a real-life noblewoman.

The next most common ones were based on requests that I actually received, which Maria-sama said she had high hopes for, but since my time as an adventurer was short, the number of stories that could be turned into books was small, so she had no choice but to give up on them.

The writers who brought in books with decent content that didn't seem to have the support of the aristocracy were given conditional permission to produce another book, but those who brought in books with unremarkable content were put on the blacklist.

If an author is deemed decent, he or she will be given a chance, and if his or her next book clears Mary's censorship, it will be sold as a book with the royal family's approval, and if the author is rejected, his or her next chance will be undecided. Even if you sell a book without Maria's permission, the royal family can criticize you for the nonsensical content of the book, and if you go too far, they will consider you to be in a fight with the royal family.

So while there may be books with some exaggeration and convenient stories coming out, it should be harder to find books that are complete bullshit.

The work that cleared Maria's censorship this time around also doesn't name any of the characters, but I don't think it's something that would be detrimental to me just because it's identified, although it's something that anyone with even a modicum of knowledge of my background would be able to figure out who the model was based on if they read it. At best, the book will raise my profile and cause me some embarrassment.

'I suppose I could say that I don't allow all books about me to be published but that would be a bad idea, wouldn't it?

'Yes. You could do that with the power of the royal family, but then you wouldn't know what kind of books would be sold behind the scenes.

''Well then, please continue to do so. However, please don't allow only romantic stuff.

'I know, I know. Even if you allow it, at least after Tenma is married as far as I'm concerned, I'd like to be married now and have Tenma's baby in my arms as soon as possible.

I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to find out who it is, but I'm sure Maria-sama has a candidate in mind. Well, I'm sure there's a condition that me and Maria-sama know the woman, so I have an approximate idea, but we shouldn't do anything that would identify anyone there. If you do, it will be too late to leave.

''Well then, I'll have to go.

I decided to leave Maria's room in a hurry so as not to poke around in the bushes poorly.

The place where we are now is a royal residence, so we tried to leave without taking a detour, but at times like this, when we are almost to the front door, we run into an unnecessary person... a king or a king or a king... ...

Well, looks like you finished your errands for Maria. Then let's go.

I had a bad feeling about the king dressed in unusual, plain clothes, but I didn't think it would be a good idea to force my grabbed arm out of my grasp, so I decided to follow him quietly, but....

I knew I should have run...

The place they took me to was Ernest-sama and Lyle-sama, and Luna. The only saving grace is that Tida was there too? If this is anything to go by, Luna can leave the tweaking to Tida.

'Sorry for everything...'

Tida noticed my gaze and bowed her head apologetically.

'No, since Tida is probably a victim too... or whatever it is you're going to do... do Maria-sama and Caesar-sama know about this gathering?'

Tida shook her head at my question.

If you have to run away, I'll need you to do the same. And while you're at it, Luna...

I nodded silently to Tida's request, but even if Tida couldn't help it because she was involved, Luna would be actively participating in this gathering, so she wouldn't be able to escape Caesar-sama's sermon if I helped her.

''Alright, I'm ready, so we'll go with that one now.......And Temma, from this point on, we don't need a sama (...). Three, please.　

Yes, sir. Mr. Wang (...)　

King I responded as Wang requested and I got into the carriage that he was pointing at.

Hey!

Let's go, Mr. King.

Phew! After you, Mr. King.

Mr. Wang, you ride first.

'Well excuse me, Mr. Wang.

In that order, Ernest (...), Lyle (...), Luna and Tida.

That's not what I'm talking about!

Mr. King, if you make too much noise, Mary will know.

That's right, Mr. King.

"Get on the d*mn train, Mr. King.

"d*mn it!　Temma!　

Mr. Oh gets into the carriage while complaining about it. I understand what you are saying, but no matter how you look at it, changing a sama (...) to san (...) is not going to be enough to disguise your true identity. When I stressed in the carriage that he was the most famous person in the country, it was better to use a false name than to use his own name, I was able to get the approval of everyone except for Mr. Oh. From then on, Mr. Wang became the official alias.

''So, where are you going now?''

Yeah, I didn't tell you. I'm going to a diner I sometimes go to.

Where does a hypothetical royal and supposedly military officer haunt! I thought, but after thinking about it, there was nothing unnatural about it. Because it's Lyle-sama, and he's the king's son.......although I'm wondering if Maria-sama knows about it.

The carriage entered the city center without incident, and they arrived near their destination about an hour after leaving the royal castle.

Then take care of the carriage. Then take care of the carriage, and come back to this place in about two hours.

Lyle-sama said that to the soldier who served as the guru (in disguise as a civilian), handed him the money and went into a back alley.

We followed him, but the place he frequents is so intrusive that if you set foot in this place for the first time without any guidance, you would definitely get lost.

''Hmm, it looks like an ordinary tavern.

At Wang's words, everyone except Lyle-sama nodded. They all might not have been able to dismiss the possibility of a shop that could do dodgy things somewhere in their minds. Well, that possibility was almost (...) zero when Luna was there, but....

I'm sure of it!

After reminding us of this, Mr. Lyle, as Mr. Lai, began to check our disguises once more.

The relationship between each of us was that Mr. Wang and the others were introduced as Mr. Lai's family, as a matter of course, and I was a child of Mr. Wang's acquaintance, a soldier's apprentice. In other words, we would be Mr. Rai's juniors and subordinates.

In terms of their appearance, "Mr. Oh" was dressed as a slightly wealthy official, with his hair pulled back all the way and wearing glasses.

I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that I'm not the only one who has done this.

Luna, aka "Luna", wears a different school uniform and glasses for disguise, without her hair in a bun.

This is the same school uniform and glasses as Luna's. The same school uniform and glasses are used to disguise Tida, or Dino.

I am Tenma, aka "Sora," and I'm wearing the kind of clothes that low-level soldiers often wear, a bandana on my head, and glasses.

All I see is glasses...

At first, only Mr. Wang and Dino were going to wear glasses, but Rae said, "They don't all have their faces hidden! And I forced him to wear glasses, so that's what happened.....

Even though your uncle is pretty much the same as usual.

It is. I'm wearing rougher clothes than usual, but I don't look very different.

Well, don't worry about it. Let's just get in.

With that said, Rae entered the restaurant with a sense of ease, looked around the restaurant for a bit, then spoke to the female waitress and asked if a private room was available. When the woman replied that a private room was available, she went to the private room before being shown to it and quickly went in. Well, even though it is a private room, it is only easily separated by a screen-like object, so the voice is audible and depending on the angle, you can see what's going on inside.

It's a good thing I don't drink. I've brought my family with me today, and I've got the kids. Yeah, but you're going to have to serve those two over there.

It was Mr. Lai who was saying something like an excuse to the waitress who offered him a drink. From the content of their conversation, it was possible to know that they usually drank and ate at the counter, and Mr. Wang looked a little envious of their freedom.

''It's delicious. To be honest, I thought it would taste more sketchy since Lai-san recommended it.''

All the dishes served were spit-roasted and stewed, which could be both a side dish and a snack, but they seemed to have been carefully prepared, and there was no smell at all.

'That's right, that's right! Normally, offal is too stinky to be eaten in most restaurants, but here, you have to eat the offal!

'These intestine skewers are probably better than the ones I had at Te.......Sola's before.

And the liver doesn't smell so bad either.

Dino says so refrainedly, but Luna says it's better than what she had at my place, and she's munching on the offal dish that was served to her. Mr. Wang and Mr. Nest were also enjoying their food and drinks, wondering why they hadn't told us about this restaurant before.

After enjoying the various dishes for a while, we left the restaurant just as Luna was beginning to feel sleepy.

After paying the bill, Rai carried the unsteady Luna on his back to the waiting carriage.

We stopped using fake names as soon as we got into the field car.

Well, I guess I'll be leaving now.

On the way back, I refused to take the carriage to the front of the mansion and got off at the fork in the road between the castle and the mansion, so I said goodbye to everyone and walked home, feeling like I had forgotten something.

A few days later, Tida, who had been angered by Maria, Caesar and Isabella, accused me of running away.

Most of all, I, too, was pissed off that I didn't have any souvenirs for my grandfather and Amur and the others. A few nights later, I was made to pay the bill at Rai's favorite restaurant.

Incidentally, the next day, Maria scolded me too. The next day, Maria scolded me for not inviting my grandfather to the tavern when I took him there. That's why.