I Became the Wrong Race

69 – Reunion (2)

It was not a simple matter to decide.

I’m not saying this because I’ve lived long and become wise, but the human mind is just like that.

It took quite a bit of mental preparation to meet a family member who had been separated for 10 years, a family that had split up without a good or bad ending.

At least that’s what I know, my world runs according to my perception, I am the best and I was the right answer.

So I didn’t have to convince myself that I needed to prepare my mind.

The problem was a convincing melody.

“Are you ready?”

As far as I know, minstrels were people who were good at persuading and cajoling others.

“Are you okay. “My sister is not that difficult of a person, and she is no longer a protector of the country?”

Another reason was that I didn’t have much of a way to refute it.

How can I say that I come from another world, that the person who created Lucilla in that other world is my sister, and that the fact that Lucilla, the Guardian of the Nation, may be my sister is holding me back.

I didn’t have the confidence to convince Melody of that. It was because my speaking skills were not that great.

What an embarrassing situation.

“Llewelyn?”

“Well, I’m a little tired, so if we meet later…” ” ” .”

“I can recover.”

Even excuses didn’t work. The difficulty was that Melody was a bard who was almost omnipotent, so he could do anything.

“I know it’s awkward, but she still wanted to see Llewellyn at least once.”

“Me?”

I paused, wondering if it was possible, but the answer came out differently than I expected.

“Yes. “Other than my sister, this is the first homunculus that is friendly to humans.”

Was that the reason? As the steam leaked out and it became quiet, Melody laughed out loud.

“But you’re saying that after everyone came?”

I had nothing to say.

I was already in the pantheon. To be exact, in a living space called a ‘nest’.

I came up from the 3rd basement level where the teleporter was located, and was looking down at the pantheon with Melody from the dock.

When I first came up, it seemed quite high, but perhaps after the clouds subsided, the sky cleared up.

Because of this, the pantheon looked stark.

At first glance, there were many people wandering around the place that was once just an abandoned temple.

It was full of tents, and sometimes there were huts that weren’t just tents.

“Actually, it’s been a while since I arrived, but it took me a while to learn and use that teleportation device. “I am the only one who can use magic.”

Is that why it ended up like that? I looked down blankly at the pantheon that had already become a living space.

“The Guardian.”

“I’m not a protector of the country anymore, but that’s right. “My sister will be over there.”

I had complicated feelings.

I didn’t know what to do.

I left the underground city to Isla and Lorian, but that was why I couldn’t go to see them.

[Play time: 9,362 hours]

It’s been 3 years. From my sister disappearing to when I entered this world and came to this place.

In my experience, it felt like it took almost 10 years. Even my older sister’s face was already barely visible.

But what should we talk about when we meet?

Is it right to reveal that I am your younger brother?

In fact, what should I do if I don’t want to see me and don’t look for me?

If so, wouldn’t the younger brother who chased after me be upset?

It is a country that enjoys solving most problems simply and linearly, but even this problem could not be solved.

Did my sister have any intention of going back?

I had no intention of going back.

Life on Earth was certainly comfortable and good, but it wasn’t a very good place for someone like me who lived without anything.

The international situation was a mess, jobs were shrinking, and I didn’t even know what to do in the future.

Although it is said to be a country that does well in everything, it never occurred to me that I could make a living and make a good living on this planet.

Of course, I was good at games, but I wasn’t so good at it that I could make a living from it.

But this world gave me plenty of other options.

Since he had a good body, he could become rich just by doing hard work, and even if that wasn’t the case, he had the potential to take on important positions.

So I have no intention of returning to me.

But.

“Do you have any special wishes or goals?”

If even my sister thought that way, she would definitely be hurt.

I wouldn’t say I have a very soft heart, but if I were to say that my sister actually had no intention of seeing me again.

I thought it would be difficult to continue seeing my sister.

That’s why the question asked now came up.

“Sister’s goal?”

A melody that makes you tilt your head in confusion. She narrowed her eyes, tilted her head to the left and right, and shrugged her shoulders.

“I don’t know. I would understand if it was a masterpiece, but my sister doesn’t let her drink.”

“Why?”

“I’m not even close to being 20 years old.”

He said he was already an adult and drank alcohol even before he became her sister’s colleague.

Melody complained like that, but I couldn’t even reply to her.

Her head was complicated.

Lucilla seemed most likely to be her older sister.

Her older sister was a person who hated alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs, and she did not allow them to be used in games.

It was completely different from me, who used drugs when appropriate for her performance.

Even in that respect, she was like her older sister. I quietly discarded the ‘Lucilla character theory’ that I thought might be the case.

“But why is that?”

“… I just asked. “I thought it would be nice to have something to talk about.”

“Don’t worry. Because my sister tends to have a good personality.”

My sister was like that too. I swallowed the words I couldn’t bring myself to say out loud.

“Then shall we go down?”

Melody snaps her fingers. Then, a soft air current swirled around my body and her, and as I threw her body away, her body began to slowly glide toward the Ten Thousand Gods Hall.

As the ground gets closer, things that you couldn’t see from above come into view.

People who are tired but relaxed, ordinary people walking around between lit bonfires.

Meanwhile, the warriors of the Heresy Inquisition are discussing what to do next.

Among them were some familiar people. A mourner busily carrying materials while limping.

I bit my lip without realizing it and saw the being standing at the center of the crowd.

It wasn’t like an overwhelming presence.

Rather, she was a woman with an infinitely soft and comfortable atmosphere.

He is a level 20 homunculus and is called the Guardian. He is so soft that you wouldn’t even think of him as the main character, but at the same time, he is a strong man who is so well-refined that his skills are invisible.

It was a completely different atmosphere from level 20 games like Melody or Red Beast.

There was no subtle dangerous atmosphere suggested by the melody, and there was no sense of the red beast’s transcendence.

Rather, it was closer to not feeling anything.

The straight, flowing black hair had a fine texture that was often described as ‘like silk,’ and the body wearing a white shirt and leather pants had a voluptuous appearance befitting a mature atmosphere.

Even he was similar to his older sister. He was similar in height to his older sister, and his hair was also similar to that of his older sister.

The reason was easy to understand. As for the character Lucilla, my older sister always created something similar to it in order to immerse me in it.

But the moment I got off the ground, the voice I heard seemed to say that it wasn’t that bad.

“Huh?”

It’s a short word, but it strengthens my body. It didn’t contain infrasound like the roar that the Owlbear shapeshifter roared at me.

It was because it revived my memories after a gap of three years.

It was the same voice I heard every day three years ago.

“I see you’ve been there. Welcome.”

It’s coming. I raised my head and immediately regretted it.

The eyes were grey. Because of her fair skin, her eyes tended to stand out, but even at first glance, she was a beauty.

However, the off-white color did not make the body stiff.

There were already many beautiful women around me, and Isla often woke up in my arms every morning, so I was used to seeing their faces.

Rather, so to speak, reasons other than off-color gave me regret.

What was evident in her sharp nose, softly curved lips, soft eyes, and soft voice was a sense of familiarity.

Why?

Why?

The first thing that came to mind above all else was the question why.

I was able to answer myself.

Lucilla was a human, but she became a homunculus.

I heard that she died once and she became a homunculus.

There is no reason to change your appearance then. Lucilla would have retained her appearance as a human.

I could tell that with a sense close to instinct.

However, I couldn’t just forget the shocking facts I had seen.

Lucilla, protector of the nation. Her face was still the same as when Lucilla was my older sister.

The only thing different is the color of the eyes.

There was nothing different about him, from his body his his his face his his height his his to his his hair his

Because of that, her mouth that was about to open was desperately closed. Because I almost called her sister without even realizing it.

Do not do that. It will be difficult. I desperately managed my facial expression.

Melody introduced me with a smile, not even knowing my signs

“I’m back. This person here…”

“This person is Llewelyn. Hello, Llewelyn.”

Smile brightly and say hello. The small wave of his hand and the bright smile on his face showed that he was a person who liked humans.

A person who is benevolent, kind, and upright.

My only family.

I managed my facial expression and answered.

“It is an honor to meet you. Lucilla.”

Now there was no room for doubt, so I calmly admitted it.

Lucilla was the older sister.

*

“Sit comfortably. Speak comfortably. Do you like tea?”

“No, because I’m not the type of person who enjoys it that much.”

“Okay? It’s a shame.”

My sister led me to her cabin

Melody left me for a while to do some business, so it was just me and my sister her in her her cabin her her her her.

Considering that my older sister is not the type of person who enjoys extravagance, this would have been built by someone else rather than my older sister herself.

Roughly speaking, a suitable residence for a leader should be of this size, so the people around him probably built it as they are pleased.

As I was thinking about it, her face suddenly appeared in front of me.

As I was shaking and falling asleep, my older sister tilted her head. She was a smiling statue, so she wasn’t offended.

Rather, it was good. It reminded me of the time when I was still the younger brother.

As expected, she smiled sheepishly.

“I didn’t ask you to make it big, so don’t misunderstand?”

“Ah… As expected, it was like that.”

“As expected?”

“Isn’t that what people usually do to respected leaders? “He must have said that he would build a suitable residence for the leader or something like that.”

When I spoke, Lucilla covered her mouth and looked surprised.

As I desperately suppressed the corners of her mouth that were trying to rise, she smiled.

“That’s really true. Even though I was told that a tent would suffice, I built a large one… However, I can’t get the room up there. You can’t just destroy something that’s already been built. It’s really difficult.”

As expected, my older sister was not the type of person who enjoyed luxury.

There was no difference from the older sister I knew, so I was filled with some sort of desire.

I wanted to reveal that I was his younger brother even now.

However, the fact that there was no way to go back after revealing it made me hesitate.

What if you doubt me because of those words?

How can I attack you if you know about my younger brother?

Since I couldn’t defeat or harm my sister, the only answer was to die.

“Okay then…”

No, it’s an excuse.

When I revealed that I was his younger brother, I did not want him to be in trouble, to not follow me, or to see that disgusted look on his face that he thought was disgusting.

It was almost like I couldn’t reveal it because I was afraid of making that kind of face.

Know. That’s a cowardly thing to do.

But I was always just a coward and a younger brother in front of my sister. I had been like that my whole life, so I couldn’t help it.

I sat down, still trying to sort out my complicated feelings.

“I’m sorry you must be tired. There is something I really want to reveal and something I want to discuss… Do you understand?”

She closed her eyes and smiled.

When I saw that, I wanted to close my eyes. The smile of my older sister, whom I had not seen in a long time, made me happy but also pained me.

“Of course. As you know, Lucilla, homunculi are resistant to fatigue, so you don’t have to worry about it.”

“You are dignified. Usually, escaped homunculi are either crazy or children, so it’s difficult… It’s easy to talk to.”

And then my sister sips tea water. It was the same even as she slightly took out her tongue after taking a sip.

My sister, like me, had a cat tongue. Fortunately, it wasn’t much different.

“Well, you might be tired, so shall we get straight to the point?”

“You’re talking about the empire’s betrayal.”

“Yes.”

Sister sighs. The unique, pleasant scent of tea leaves mixed with my breath tickled my nose.

“How should I convey this…” ” “I can’t explain it like a game.”

Since there was no reaction, my sister played with the glass and opened her mouth.

“Does the emperor know?”

I wasn’t asking about common sense. When I nodded, my sister looked relieved and immediately looked serious.

“The emperor is not human. “You’re a puppet”

That’s a strange thing to say. Considering that my sister is from the same culture as me, does this mean that she is not human-like and just follows someone’s instructions?

With that thought in mind, a thought came to me before I even opened my mouth.

That was the expression my sister first said to herself.

‘Like a game.’

Somehow, because of that, I was able to understand what my sister wanted to say.

It was as if my sister was trying to say something like this.

It is said that the emperor is not a human being, but rather a ‘character’.

But what kind of character is it?

I somehow felt like I knew the answer.

No, didn’t I see it just a while ago?

The red beast suddenly changed and was controlled.

It was a time when I remembered that and paused.

[He who knows / ?

-You noticed its existence, and it also noticed you.]

The status window that was stuck in the corner of my vision grew bigger and filled my eyes.

That was a new short phrase that appeared in the reputation window that had not changed for a while.

The text was thicker than the other letters, engraved with a crackling noise, and shining as if it were a warning.

I shuddered without realizing it.