The Ability to Make Town!? ~Let’s Make a Japanese Town in Different World~ Chapter 75 – Intermission Komatsuna Yoshiki 2

Town chapter 75: Intermission Komatsuna Yos.h.i.+ki 2

So far, Komatsuna has never looked for someone from the same world. He was worried and now that he has a great status as a general, he could have found them easily if he wanted. But he was hesitant.

Aieda was bullying him. If Komatsuna meets him, will Aieda know who he is. When he thought so, Komatsuna felt like he was in a difficult position.

It was mean. It should be called cowardly pride. He doesn't want anyone in this world to know the embarra.s.sing past that he was bullied. That's why Komatsuna did not look for a person from earth and for that reason he had never met someone.

But now, the woman-like man in front of him, says "Komatsuna" with the correct p.r.o.nunciation. Better than anyone before on the continent. This is uncomfortable. Everyone who lives in this country calls himself Komatsuna. Some people call him Komyatuna. That's why it feels strange.

(Did it happen?)

The first person to call "Komatsuna" in this different world. In the depths of Komatsuna's heart, isn't he from the same world? A small suspicious glint appeared in his eyes. Then, Reanis laughs so as if he saw through him. The moment when Komatsuna started to open his mouth...

"Can you tell me about the world you were in?"

At first he didn't know what Reanis was saying. However, when it was understood, it was a tremendous impact and Komatsuna was overwhelmed. World, he said the word world; not country, but world.

"Oh, are you from the same world......?"

『The answer is yes or no.』

The simple question was said in a mixture of j.a.panese and simple English. With this further shock, Komatsuna stops thinking and had no understanding what the meaning of Reanis's response ment. Reanis put his words back on the continent.

"Would you like to change the location?"

Komatsuna doesn't come to a full understanding. He just nods in surprise like he hasn't woken up yet. Komatsuna left the orphanage with Reanis, saying to the children, "I will bring many fruits again next month."

There is no conversation while he walks next to Reanis. On the road, the townspeople greeted Reanis. He seems quite popular. Of course Komatsuna was also called out several times from his past experience and his position as left general, each time smiling.

After proceeding a considerable distance with Reanis, they finally arrived at a large mansion in a luxury residential area.

"I'm sure here is......"

Komatsuna remembered the mansion when he came to the entrance. The guard guarding the entrance confirms Reanis's face, then looks at Komatsuna's face and is frightened.

"This is the left general!"

Even if it is a gatekeeper, there is no reason not to know his face. Because it is the residence of the former general who had the same rank as Komatsuna.

"This person is my acquaintance. Can you let me through?"

"Haa, I understand."

They pa.s.sed through the entrance with a single word of Reanis. Komatsuna thought, "I see, he is a relative of the previous general," but I have never heard of someone like Reanis. Since Komatsuna was familiar with the previous general, if he had a relative like Reanis, Komatsuna should have heard about him.

If so, is he a guest? However, if he is a guest of the previous general, he will be from a reasonably high position. There are doubts why such a person was in the orphanage at the end of the hall or why he is so close with the people in town. After all, Komatsuna concluded that there was some translation, so it was a difficult story beyond that.

"Okay, here."

Even when he enters the mansion, Komatsuna will not be confused by the steps of Reanis, as if he knows everything. He greeted the other servants. Komatsuna is guided to a room and tea is brought there. Reanis said, "Do not let anyone enter the room," and let the server leave.

Komatsuna sits across the small round table and faces Reanis. Reanis relaxes his mouth when their line of sight meets. When Komatsuna misunderstood Reanis as a woman, Komatsuna only had the impression that he was beautiful. However, when he got the information that Reanis is a man, his view changed. In the eyes of Reanis, there was a magical power that seemed to be sucked by a mysterious force. Komatsuna picks up the cup of tea on the table and put it against his mouth to escape from such a line of sight. Spreading on the tongue is a taste of rich tea.

(Delicious……)

Komatsuna showed the deliciousness by placing down the cup and nodding. As the throat moistened, the previous tension was released and they looked at eachother again. The scene is set. Finally, Komatsuna was ready and Reanis slowly opened his mouth.

"I have a memory of a j.a.panese person in me."

Reanis confessed. Komatsuna was thinking, but at the same time, he thought it was strange. It is a strange phrase to have a j.a.panese memory.

(If you have a j.a.panese memory, aren't you j.a.panese? Why don't you say you're j.a.panese?)

Komatsuna tilts his head. However, Komatsuna deepened his thoughts while waiting.

(I wonder if someone like this foreigner was on that train.)

Reanis is too beautiful. Maybe that he was in another vehicle, but when he was in that white s.p.a.ce and hide from Aieda, Reanis shouldnt have been there.

(No, what is Reanis in the first place?)

The distinctive western face, named Reanis. But he can speak j.a.panese without any difficulty. It feels like he's forcibly connected puzzles that never fit together.

Komatsuna tried to say something, but no words come out and he made his mouth become like a goldfish. Reanis smiles and looks at Komatsuna. As if he is enjoying the reaction of Komatsuna. Eventually Reanis says something as if to answer.

"First of all, my origin. Born in the east of the continent, I'm from El Dorado, the sacred city of Ras.h.i.+a Religion. My name is Reanis Raffaello en Brum. I'm the second son of the former Pope of Ras.h.i.+a and the younger brother of the current Ras.h.i.+a Pope, Evans Holt en Brum."

"Eh!?"

Brum is his last name. It is the most sacred surname that anyone on the continent knows. Komatsuna was astonished, not knowing that he has a Pope's bloodline. Reanis continues.

"I said that I have a memory of a j.a.panese person, but I was born in this world, and I am a j.a.panese who received the [Pope] card from G.o.d."

This is also a shocking statement. Reanis is not j.a.panese. But what does it mean to have j.a.panese memories?

(Reanis said that he received the card [Become the Pope], so did the j.a.panese who had that card become the person who should become the Pope? In Reanis's way of saying, it sounds as if a person of this world have acquired the memory of a j.a.panese――that is, the will of the j.a.panese is nowhere to be found anymore. Even if I don't like it......ah, I don't know anymore!)

Komatsuna is confused. At such times, the man named Komatsuna is honestly asking.

"I'm sorry. I don't know......the meaning at all."

"Yes, let me explain in detail. Why I have a j.a.panese person's memory and why I am here."

Reanis talked. During the reign of the former Pope, Reanis's heart certainly stopped when he drank the poison contained in his meal at Ras.h.i.+a's Palace. Then the soul of the j.a.panese person moved there. But just before G.o.d's mischief or the j.a.panese soul entered Reanis's body, Reanis's heart was moving again.

"I felt someone else's consciousness. The other person also felt mine."

Two souls in one body. Consciousness rebounded and eventually one side disappeared, leaving only memories. The j.a.panese soul that was supposed to transfer to the body of Reanis is no longer there.

"I am Reanis. There is no doubt, but I have the memory of living as a j.a.panese."

It was his brother Evans who tried to kill Reanis with poison. Reanis was the second son, but he was killed because he was better than his brother.

"I felt that my brother was aiming at me, but I was willing to accept it. My brother's arrogance was just a front and I knew he was really just timid."

However, Reanis survived without a plan. Reanis remembers the memory of j.a.pan in this different world.

"I thought: 'this is a revelation of G.o.d.' "

In fact, the memory of the person who was a j.a.panese has the past of meeting G.o.d and coming to this world. What does this mean? A revelation from G.o.d? In addition, the more Reanis peeked into the memory, the more he understood how wonderful j.a.pan was.

Certainly, j.a.pan also has some drawbacks. However, compared to this continent, such a thing is like complaining about the lack of off season fruits. Everything was better than this continent, from life, culture, thoughts and education.

"There is too much suffering on this continent. Somewhere, somebody starves to death, is killed by unfaithful sins, or are pessimistic about the future and naturally dies. I want to make the continent like j.a.pan, a world where everyone can laugh peacefully without hunger. Once I know the of the world of j.a.pan, I can't help aiming for that."

Reanis's very long monolog was over. Reanis puts his mouth on the cup and drinks tea so that he can recollect himself for Komatsuna. Once the cup was set down, Reanis opened his mouth again and explained the current situation. Reanis has escaped from El Dorado and is now in the protection of the king of this country. Only the king and a few aides know about him. One of those aides was the former general.

"Why didn't you stay in El Dorado? If you have a card that says 【Become the Pope】, would you be able to become the Pope? If you become the Pope, make the continent like j.a.pan I feel that this wish can be easily fulfilled.''

"Yes, I thought so too, but it was already too late when I thought that. While I was asleep, my father died in the four days I was scrambled with the j.a.panese soul. The Pope seat has become my brother's. If my will did not exist and the j.a.panese person had obtained my body smoothly, the j.a.panese who impersonated me would be in the Pope's seat now. Furthermore, I will know that my brother has poisoned me for a moment. If I had a miracle resurrection, my father would think about my safety in the future. It's easy to imagine that he would have given up his position. However, four days was enough to make my brother complete his plan, while I was unconscious. I wish I had died, but what would happen if I survived? My brother will worry and be forced to act. He can't poison the same person twice. Therefore, the target will be our father. When our father dies, it would be obvious which one would be suitable for being the Pope. The 【Become the Pope】 card was for the j.a.panese person that was trying to transfer to me, and it was something that had no benefit to me"

Ummm, Komatsuna nodded with a difficult face. To be honest, his head is pretty full.

"Then why were you in that orphanage?"

"I was in the orphanage to get closer to you. Left General, Komatsuna."

Reanis looked straight into Komatsuna's eyes. You can see the sincere feeling that he didn't lie. Is it really just to meet Komatsuna? The reaction of the children in the orphanage, the reaction of the people in the town. If Komatsuna looks at them, it seems that he can see what life Reanis lived in this town.

"The first thing, why I have come to this place is to search for j.a.panese people. I wanted to find them in other places too, but I was hated and restricted by the king. I cannot say I live in luxury. Then I found you. Komatsuna, I want to save this continent, but for now I'm powerless, so I want to ask you: please......please lend me your power."

Saying so, Reanis bowed. Komatsuna thinks what he can do. But he couldn't get an answer right away. It was a sudden development, but above all, the story was too grand. He didn't think he could do such a big thing, like making the continent like j.a.pan. But to refuse would be difficult. Reanis's ambition is too honest and respectable.

"......Please give me time to think."

Komatsuna withheld his answer and enjoyed chatting and tea.

He then often interacted with Reanis. Playing together with the children at the orphanage and looking around the town to help those who are in trouble. What Komatsuna found was that Reanis had been doing the same thing before he met him. The clothes he wears are always shabby nun clothes because all the n.o.ble clothes given to him are sold off and gives the money to the poor. Those who did not work looked for work together, they explained how important the cleanliness was so that the people in the town would not get sick so Reanis took the initiative to clean up the town. That's why he was a popular person in town.

One day, Reanis says that he doesn't have to worry about hiding his existence from his brother.

"It's okay to act in the distant west. It's the same as a stone on the roadside for my brother who's already the Pope. I absolutely understand the background of his tremendous power, but rather I may want to revolt to surface the old shame, because I have a strong desire for self-revelation. Even if I'm helpless, I won't be satisfied with anything, but if I've clearly taken action, it's a different story. For example, touching Pope Evans"

Reanis makes Komatsuna look fuzzy. Komatsuna thought that there was a lot of fun.

One to two years have pa.s.sed since Komatsuna met Reanis. As he got used to his duties and got a lot of rest with the month and day, his relations.h.i.+p with Reanis increased. Someone who knew the two was suspicious of their relations.h.i.+p, but unfortunately both are unconscious.

However, the relations.h.i.+p between the two isnt weak. In particular, Komatsuna's feelings have changed significantly over the past few years. Reanis's purity was igniting the sense of justice that was due to Komatsuna's youth.

Originally, Komatsuna is a human who has been bullied. When he was in j.a.pan, he often thought, "Why are you so drowned?" Because of this reaction, the justice of Komatsuna, who gained power, is tremendously powerful.

Respect. For Komatsuna, Reanis was the first person he respected. Komatsuna has lived so far, and no one has respected him.

His parents only saw him as a bad boy. From the responsibility of having a child, it was an obligation for his parents to raise him. It was understood well because a timid Komatsuna was sensitive to a person's subtlety. Komatsuna can't respect such people.

Neither his cla.s.smates nor teachers deserved respect, from athletes on television, politicians who moved the country, and even historical figures. No one saved him. In that world, everything was gray for Komatsuna.

How about in this world? Since coming to this world, Komatsuna has changed completely. He was praised for his ability. However, he hasn't met any human that he really respects. Then a man who looked like a beautiful star appeared, named Reanis. These are words when he was looking after the children at the orphanage with Reanis.

"Komatsuna is very kind. Your best part is not your extraordinary power, but your heart which is kinder than anyone else."

Komatsuna thought it was a mistake. In j.a.pan, such as his own kindness, will be swept away. However, Reanis is different. Of the high-ranking people on this continent, few people pay attention to the lower cla.s.s. Komatsuna was convinced that he would have helped him if he had met him in j.a.pan. That kind of kindness was present in Reanis.

(You are really kind, Reanis.)

Being too shy, Komatsuna couldn't speak his inner thoughts. But in his heart, he started to want to help this person. Komatsuna knows that he himself is not a good person. Then, he wants to help to do good things under a good man. He wants to share sadness with Reanis. Such thoughts dwelled in his heart and Komatsuna felt the blood was getting hot.

The early spring sky clears to the horizon and there is not a single cloud. In the flowerbed on the roadside, the little tulips bloomed ahead of the other buds, stimulating the cheeks of the people to make a smile. Komatsuna was looking around the town with Reanis that day.

"It's getting warmer, Yos.h.i.+ki. It's the season when cherry blossoms bloom in j.a.pan. I've never seen it, but that memory faint."

"There are no cherry blossoms in Europe. Oh, but this world is different from Europe?"

"Cherry blossoms are nice, but there are no big trees in this country. Let's go see it."

The place Komatsuna was brought in was called the Sacred Forest. This is a restricted area and Komatsuna has never entered before. Reanis said he had permission from the king.

"Wow."

Komatsuna exclaimed at the end of the forest path. The trees in this word are huge. Its trunk is so thick that it can't be surrounded by 100 people. How many hundreds of years, or even thousands of years, has this tree been here? Even the roots that protrude from the ground are much larger than Komatsuna. You can understand how small humans are.

If Komatsuna listens carefully, he can hear birds singing and insects from the huge trees. If he looks closely at the large trees with moss, another tree grows from the trunk. There are countless lives here. This big tree is a huge land that nurtures life.

"I want to do this for the people who live on the continent. I think that's destiny."

Unexpected words by Reanis. When Komatsuna turned his face sideways, the eyes of Reanis staring at the large trees were serious. Reanis says repeatedly.

"I will unite this continent. Many people will be sacrificed for that. I will surely go to h.e.l.l for my actions."

That being said, there is no color of grief on his face. Reanis faced Komatsuna and his eyes were firmly staring into Komatsuna's eyes.

"Yos.h.i.+ki, I want your reply. Will you come to h.e.l.l with me?"

"Why with me?"

"The previous general did a calculation of power against me. Your Majesty is old, so there is a calculation to think of after their death"

The former general thought that Reanis was suitable for becoming the Pope and he saw the opportunity of Reanis's splendor and merits. The old king also thought that Reanis was suitable for being the Pope and that attaching Reanis to the Pope's seat was the service to G.o.d. Both thoughts are where the same as Komatsuna knowing more than before.

"But you are different. You are a man who can act for not just someone......for the people. I want to be with you more than anyone. I need you."

These words seemed to soak into Komatsuna's chest. He was happy. More than any compliments he has ever received.

"I will ask you again. Will you have the same dream with me?"

Even if not told, Komatsuna's idea has been decided for a long time.

"――Even to the end of h.e.l.l."

Just like today's sky, Komatsuna responded to Reanis with a single cloudless voice. Reanis's eyes were soft and relieved and Komatsuna's eyes narrowed.

"Let's make a vow to this large tree. Repeat."

Komatsuna whispered and two clear voices reverberated in the Sacred Forest.

≪I swear here. We are all one person. Even if we die, there is a life together and we must succeed in the will of the person and never accomplish something.≫

Then a large petal crossed in front of them and Komatsuna looked up at the sky as if invited. But the flowers are nowhere to be seen. A voice is heard from the adjacent Reanis in the ears of Komatsuna, who is facing the sky.

"This is rare. I thought that this large tree won't bloom, but I wonder if it is blooming somewhere. Huhu, I see. The large tree bloomed to bless us."

It's not his usual elegant laugh. Reanis opened his big mouth and laughed happily. After a while, after finis.h.i.+ng laughing, Reanis smiles as usual.

"If I die, you will take over that will."

The same wording like in the earlier oath. However, Komatsuna only vaguely returns a smile.

(You can't die because I will protect you with my life.)

There was another oath in Komatsuna's heart.

――From the next day, Initia Kingdom quietly undertook a full-fledged armament reinforcement. This is a story two years ago when n.o.buhide Fujiwara settled down in his territory of Dryad Kingdom.