Reincarnation with AI (Unemployment-Free)

That day, Rudeus and Loki followed Senis to the sanatorium where she worked.

This place is roughly equivalent to a village clinic.

Because Senis can also use healing magic, she often comes to help.

When the three arrived, the sanatorium pharmacist picked up his briefcase and was about to go on a house call. Reaching the door, he seemed to remember something and turned back to Senis, saying, "An elderly person hasn't come to pick up their medication in a long time. Could you please go and check on them?"

Because the sanatorium also needed someone to stay and look after it, Senis was originally supposed to wait until the pharmacist returned before setting off.

The pharmacist said that probably because he was afraid he would forget again.

But when Luo Qixi heard this, she volunteered, "Let me deliver the medicine."

"Then I'll go too," Rudius added.

"Is that alright? Then I'll leave it to you." Senis said with a smile.

On a country road, Loki held the medicine in one arm and held Rudeus's hand with the other.

Rudeus actually wanted Loki to carry him.

Unfortunately, I'm too big now, and Luo Qixi is too small as an adult, so this idea can only remain at the level of thinking.

Fortunately, given Rudeus's understanding of Loki, she doesn't have the "husband she hugged when she was a child" fetish, otherwise wouldn't it be a great regret when they get married?

This interest is so niche that it's almost considered bizarre.

But Rudius thought about what would happen if his future wife said to him, "I held you when you were a child."

It would give me a kind of embarrassing excitement...

Is it because Senis has too much influence on me?

Could this be an Oedipus complex...?

As they walked, Rudeus began to inquire about AI.

[...the intertwining of memories and the projection of emotions...]

[...an extension of childhood attachment patterns...]

This is not a true "Oedipus complex":

In classical psychoanalysis, "Oedipus complex" specifically refers to the sexual rivalry between a child and the opposite-sex parent.

Your fantasies about your future partner are more of an emotional response to a specific situation than a reflection of your actual mother...

【…】

Since she didn't know the old man's address, Luo Qixi asked a couple she met on the roadside for directions.

The man in the couple said, "Just keep walking straight ahead."

Luo Qixi bowed her head and replied, "Thank you very much."

I had only taken two steps when I heard a couple talking behind me.

The man in the couple said, "So demons can say thank you properly too!"

Girl in the couple: "Keep your voice down, someone will hear you!"

Rudeus snapped out of his daze, turned to look at the couple, then back at Loki, and said in a voice the couple could hear, "Teacher, so this is how impolite humans are!"

With a blank expression, Loki chuckled and reached out to touch Rudeus's head: "Rudeus, you're human too."

"I am a polite human, not an impolite one, unlike them," Rudeus replied.

"Narudi is great, but whether it's a demon or a human, there are always rude people. In that respect, there's no difference between demons and humans."

"I understand, teacher."

The two walked further and further away, leaving only a couple standing there with their cheeks burning.

They hadn't gone far when three mischievous-looking kids appeared in the field.

Seeing Loki and Rudeus approaching and whispering to each other.

After the two passed by, the three people standing on the ridge suddenly picked up the mud, made mud balls, and threw them at Luo Qixi.

However, this childish attack was immediately noticed by Loki, who then nimbly dodged it with Rudeus by sidestepping.

"Damn demon, don't hide!"

"We will protect the village of Buyena!"

"We will absolutely not hand over the village to the demons!"

The three children were talking, probably imagining themselves as heroes who defeated the demons... as the side of justice, they continued to throw mud balls at Loki.

"Hey kid over there, get out of the way! Or don't blame me for hitting you!"

They were quite kind, reminding unrelated people to move aside.

But shouldn't this kind of thing be said in advance?

If Rudius hadn't dodged, wouldn't he have only received the warning after being hit?

It's really hypocritical to say such things after launching a sneak attack.

But it doesn't matter, these playful mud balls naturally can't hit Loki.

While Rudeus was still in a daze, Loki had already jumped to the side, preventing Rudeus from being caught in the crossfire.

At this moment, Rudeus glanced at Loki and then at his own empty hands.

I felt somewhat lost in thought, my mind filled with reflections on war.

There is still mutual hostility and hatred between humans and demons.

After talking to AI a lot, now when I see three little kids throwing mud balls, I feel that it's a concrete manifestation of human nature driven by historical inertia.

Seeing that the three children wouldn't give up, Luo Qixi thought to herself, "Why don't I just get hit symbolically?"

Perhaps if it hits the target and achieves their goal, they will stop.

So Luo Qixi stopped dodging and was immediately covered in several mud balls.

"Why?"

Rudeus's eyes widened suddenly, interrupting his thoughts, and he looked at Loki, expressing his confusion.

It seemed to be asking why these attacks were being hit.

Loki sighed as she looked at the three kids who were still relentlessly attacking. She then used an ice wall to block the mud balls that were about to hit her, and turned to call Rudeus to leave.

However, Rudius didn't even get to the red temperature.

Luo Qixi's arrogant attitude, which seemed to ignore everything, had already made the three children's group blush with anger.

"Stop right there! Who said you could leave!"

"hateful!"

One of the children strode forward and rushed towards Luo Qixi.

Rudeus glanced back at him and activated a spell without chanting.

Suddenly, a bulge appeared in the ground in front of the kid, and he fell face-first into the dirt next to the two of them.

Rudeus resisted the urge to kick him, merely glancing at him before continuing forward with Loki.

The kid had fallen and scraped his knee and looked like he was about to cry. His two companions stopped targeting Luo Qixi and started scolding the kid for falling.

"Rudy, you can't bully them," Loki said.

Loki thought that Rudeus was far more powerful than the three children. Although they were very well-behaved, she still needed to remind him.

Rudius frowned. "I didn't bully them. They bullied the teacher first."

"It's okay, Rudy, they're just kids..."

"Hmph, it doesn't matter to me," Rudeus interrupted forcefully. "They can't bully the people I like, and besides, I'm just a kid, I can bully them!"

Seeing Rudeus's anger, Loki smiled slightly, "Alright then, but be careful not to go easy on him."

……

In the evening, Senis and the other two returned home. Senis asked Lilia to prepare hot water so that Loki could take a bath.

Rudeus gently tugged at Loki's clothes, looked up at her, and said, "Teacher, may I take a bath with you?"

Looking at Rudeus's adorable face, Loki hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

In the bathtub, Rudeus leaned against Loki's lap.

Compared to the gentleness of Senis and Lilia, which could envelop the entire back of the head and neck.

Luo Qixi is indeed too barren...

He wondered if he would be able to feed the children in the future. Thinking of this, his dead memories returned. Rudius remembered that there was indeed a scene in the novel where a wet nurse was needed. It goes without saying who didn't have enough milk...

However, Loki's wet hair and her unique fragrance still deeply attracted Rudeus.

Amidst the swirling moisture, Rudeus felt that Loki was even more beautiful.

Rudeus reached out and touched Loki's legs, imagining himself as a child in his previous life, sitting in his parents' laps, and using their bodies to encircle himself.

In terms of size, Loki is a size larger than Rudius, and they are quite a good match. Senis Paul and the others are too big, while Loki is just the right size.

Rudeus manipulated Loki to wrap himself up until he was in a comfortable position, then used magic to heat the water a little more before quietly closing his eyes to enjoy it.

Looking back now, those three little brats were probably the kids who bullied Sylphie.

However, Rudeus has not yet met Sylphie, nor seen the child with green hair.

It's not impossible to actively seek out Sylphie and protect her from being bullied.

However, since Sylphie has green hair that is destined to be misunderstood, she has to face the hostility of people like those three children.

This is an unchangeable fact.

The inertia of history acts on everyone.

Rudeus recalled that in the original work, the friendship between Sylphie and the princess, which was so strong that they would risk their lives to save each other, never led Sylphie to reveal that she used to have green hair.

This is probably Silphie's deepest inner conflict.

Rudius's feelings were complicated. Even though he was currently soaking in the bathtub with Loki, he didn't know if he would ever marry Loki.

Although it's inevitable that, due to the influence of the original work, he might treat her as his wife, if you were to ask him what his relationship with Loki is now, Rudeus could only answer that they are family or relatives.

Sylphie was bound to care, but Rudeus couldn't imagine that a character from a novel or anime he had never met was his wife.

The thought of the other person being bullied didn't evoke any strong urgency or anger. I did have some emotions, but they weren't strong enough to justify immediately helping them.

So, in this state of mind, in this kind of rational judgment...

The best choice is not to exacerbate the other person's predicament.

Because in Rudeus's plan, Sylphie should maintain her green hair for life, and she will not become the white mother from the original work in this life.

Perhaps for young Silphie, being pelted with mud balls and verbally abused was already an extremely terrifying experience.

Of course, this is certainly true for young children as well...

But judging from the backgrounds of these villagers, they are actually very kind people, as Rudius could tell from the calm and composed demeanor of Lokishi when she was talking to the couple.

From Luo Qixi's perspective, that couple was probably very kind.

Then let's take Luo Qixi as a reference.

In this village, only the unruly children show malice towards Hilfi, but compared to the malice of adults in society after they leave the village, it seems insignificant.

Loki is the best example. Despite being a Water Saint-level mage, she ended up working as a tutor in a border village, which shows the hostility towards demons there.

A war that has lasted for a thousand years is no joke.

Rudius believed that these were things that needed to be adapted to in advance, so one should not deprive the other of their difficulties, as this would be depriving them of their right to grow.

Perhaps it would be better to let Sylphie adapt to this "minor" malice at a stage where it is still controllable, even if it is still terrifying for young Sylphie and will inevitably leave her with childhood trauma...

Furthermore, Rudeus's premature intervention will obviously lead to the dependency issue mentioned in the original work, preventing Sylphie from having an independent personality and forcing her to rely on Rudeus for survival.

Hilfi has parents who love her very much, so there's no problem.

Rudius thought of his parents.

Past life, present life.

If there is love, everything will be alright.