Jobless Reincarnation: The King with a Mental Problem

【Fitoa Territory - Half-Laroa】

【night】

[From the perspective of the pitiful younger brother]

People were moving stones outside the tent.

The construction site for the reconstruction of Roya was noisy and chaotic.

The sounds of carts crushing gravel, craftsmen hammering wood, and soldiers' boots stomping on the ground as they changed shifts all came through the layers of tent fabric, clattering for an entire afternoon before finally subsiding.

Those things can be easily dealt with by me simply by using some simple magic tricks.

But I won't do that...

I don't want to move...

I don't want to move at all...

I lay on the cot in the tent, staring at a water stain on the ceiling, wanting to sleep, but I just couldn't fall asleep.

The day before yesterday we returned to the territory of Fitoa, back to the village of Bouyena...

Ugh......

The village is still the same village.

But they are all gone.

If everyone is gone, then that place is no longer home, is it?

After that, we said goodbye to Rachel Rudd.

We had originally planned to go find my brother together, but he said he regretted it and didn't want to risk our lives for a spear.

As for finding his older brother, he chose to discuss it later.

He also mentioned rumors of the Spelud tribe in the conflict zone, and that he wanted to go check it out.

As I watched his figure, carrying a long spear, walk further and further away, a void filled my heart.

Then Alice and I continued walking towards Roya City.

She held my hand as we walked, and I held her fingers, feeling as if things were finally about to get better.

Then we met Gilead.

She led us to a secluded corner, lowered her voice, and told us about Alice's parents, instructing us not to tell anyone.

I was wondering at the time why this matter had to be handled so mysteriously.

Then I heard even more shocking news.

Uncle Shaolus wants to marry Alice off to another nobleman as a concubine in exchange for funds to rebuild Roya.

???

I want to see him and ask him why.

As a result, I couldn't even see him.

I can't sleep, of course I can't sleep!

I tossed and turned in the tent, making the cot creak.

I don't understand it either.

Shaoluos clearly dotes on Alice.

He hired the best teachers for her, bought her the best equipment, and praised her in front of everyone.

There was a light in his eyes when he looked at her.

Why?

Then I figured it out.

Does he really love his family?

Maybe...

However, this is conditional and has prerequisites.

Think about it carefully.

It's like letting your own family members fight amongst themselves, with the loser having to give their child to the other person to be adopted, and they can't even meet each other.

He is clearly a lord!

She is the head of the household!

All this bullshit can be resolved with a single word from him!

But he is just...

Let the sons fight, let the grandsons fight, let the whole family spin in a meat grinder...

hehe......

I don't even know how to describe it...

They adhere to those old-fashioned rules even more than we Japanese do...

That uncle considered family, territory, and rules to be the most important things.

More important than Alice, more important than Philip, more important than anyone else.

He didn't love Alice.

He loved the "Bereas family".

As long as Alice remains "a child of the Boreas family," she is merely a pawn in the family's game.

Her smile, her swordsmanship, and her future are only allowed to exist on the premise that they "do not affect the family and territory".

I finally understand why Philip wanted Gilead to keep this a secret.

Because he knows Lord Shaoluosi better than I do...

Because Philip was also a piece in that game of chess...

He knew even better than I did that Shaoluo didn't love them at all...

I'm very sad.......

When Alice almost died at the hands of the Dragon God, she cried so sadly.

She hugged me, her tears falling onto my face.

I embarrassingly burst into tears, but I was actually very moved at the time...

Because at that moment, for the first time, I felt that being alive was so wonderful!

It's even better than when I was first reincarnated into this world!

So I want to fully enjoy this wonderful moment.

On the way back from our slow trip with Alice, our relationship grew stronger.

She looks beautiful when she smiles.

She looked beautiful when she cared about me.

So on the way back, I cheered myself up and made a plan.

Determined to rebuild Roya and give her a better future.

That's exactly what happened!

"Go to hell, you damned bastards!"

"Who's going to die?"

"Huh? Alice?...Sorry..."

She lifted the tent flap and came in, saying nothing, and sat down next to me.

Her shoulder was pressed against mine.

She didn't ask me what was wrong, nor did she explain anything.

She just sat there, keeping me company.

I rested my head on her shoulder and smelled the scent of grass and trees in her hair.

【night】

I didn't say anything, and neither did she.

But I think I understand now—she chose me.

She rejected Shaoluos's arrangement.

She wants to be with me.

That's great...

I finally understand what my brother meant.

When a person is certain that they are loved, they become incredibly bold.

Is this what my brother meant by the power of pure love?

I believe that as long as we are together, we can overcome anything, no matter what difficulties we face!

I want to sleep...

Tonight will surely be a sweet dream...

[The next morning]

Alice is no longer by my side...

They must have gotten up before me, right?

She has great stamina.

There was a letter on the pillow...?

[We two are not compatible.]

I turned the paper over, and there was nothing there, just this one line.

ha?

What does that mean?

【after a while】

I can't find Alice...

I can't find Gilead either...

[We two are not compatible.]

I don't know why, but just thinking about that sentence makes me feel dizzy...

【dusk】

I stared at that line of text for a long time, so long that sunlight slanted in through the gaps in the tent, falling on the paper and making the character "相" (xiang) shine.

I do not understand......

I really don't understand...

I tried so hard!!!

I really tried my best!!!

Give it your all!!!

Risking their lives!!!

But why?

Because I'm small?

What a ridiculous reason!

I cried again, but this time I was the only one crying...

I really tried my best in this life...

I've been working hard until now...

But why did it turn out like this...?

I must love her, right...?

wrong!

I love her!

I truly love her!

I really love her!

Last night, even as I slept, I fantasized about our future together. As long as she was by my side, I firmly believed that as long as we both worked hard together, we could overcome any difficulty!

But why treat me like this?

What did I do wrong?

Because it's small?

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hehe......

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Did you give me hope out of pity?

But he crushed it himself.

If that's the case, that idiot might as well not have given me that beautiful fantasy in the first place...

This will only hurt people more...

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Am I too stupid?

Am I incapable of judging people?

Did you actually think she loved me?

so......

Is it all my fault?

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wrong!!!

It wasn't my fault at all!!!

One after another!!!

They're all disgusting bastards!!!

They're all a bunch of damned beasts!!!

It's all your fault!!!

It wasn't my fault at all!!!

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But......

Who can I still trust?

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have no idea......

Am I no longer capable of trusting a single person?

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But at that moment, the only thing I could still believe in was...

They are family...

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Thinking about it carefully, I guess I was wrong after all?

If I had known, I should have gone to find Senis with Paul.

And there's my older brother.

They are clearly the family...

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【In a Dream - Boundless】

"Oh, poor thing, little brother~"

This guy clearly gave me advice before.

"That's right! That's right!"

I initially thought he was referring to the Dragon God, but he also said it was just an accident...

So that's what he meant...

"That's right! That's exactly it!"

It's all my fault for choosing Alice.

It's all my fault.......

"That's right~ It's all your fault~"

Oh......

hehe......

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I......

I want to go home...

"Okay~ Go ahead~"

Next chapter: What taught you to love?