Chapter 279 – 17.16 Worship
Negotiations with Muramasa ended successfully.
Chairman Mizuki promised to use his best efforts to realize their demands, and the Muramasa division promised to call off the strike as soon as negotiations were over.
And the ‘compensation that can be left in the form’ that was talked about in this process.
The compensation that Chairman Mizuki offered to the Muramasa division in exchange for the cancellation of the strike was something I could never have imagined.
First. Establishment of the Rune Holder War National Cemetery.
Second. It was said that the first official schedule after the inauguration of the next prime minister would be a visit to this cemetery.
I was listening from the side and I was like, ‘Eh? Will it work like that?’ I thought.
However, Muramasa, the party involved, closed his eyes and nodded his head, and the young lieutenant of Muramasa’s division, who was listening from behind, quietly shed tears.
It might be called a snob, but I couldn’t quite understand the reaction of Muramasa, who was convinced of such a thing.
President Mizuki told me about that later.
He says he gave the Muramasa division honor instead of compensation.
What they were asking for was not money, but respect for their dedication.
“Is it respect for commitment…”
It was a word that made me think of many things.
Money is important.
However, it was clear that honor was more important than money in human life.
There is a veteran who has lost both legs and has to use a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
But if everyone gave him thanks and respect, not ridicule and pointing fingers, at least he would not be servile even though he was poor. Even the two lost legs will be proof of honor.
“It’s an honor.”
I looked down at the six medals of my conquest.
Plenty of evidence of honor.
Come to think of it, until now, no one has recognized my medal.
If you’re a soldier, you know who I am and what I’ve done, but as far as civilians, I don’t know what the decoration means.
Maybe it’s because I don’t brag about it. However, even Reika’s parents, whom I boasted about the medal for the first time, seemed unable to understand how it was so great, even though they wanted to see something great about it.
Now that I’ve become famous on TV, more people know me as something like a celebrity or a superhero. There are many people who look at me and say that I am cool, but no one said thank you.
If you think about it like that, fame is really fleeting.
It’s an honor no one knows.
If even I, who has now become Japan’s most famous war hero, looks like this, how unfair will those countless heroes who have passed away without a name be?
Hoping that they could close their eyes comfortably now, I paid my respects to the Pillar of Peace.
This is “Tskinoiri Rune Holder National Cemetery for the Fallen.”
It is a national cemetery that was newly built after the hilly village where Nanami lived.
Rune Town is an area that was originally built in the form of semi-forced lending of land owned by the state to rune holders. They trade with each other and move within Rune Town, but the fact that the landlord is a country does not change. Sending and receiving money can be said to be a kind of right money concept.
That’s why there was no big noise even when the village was demolished and the national cemetery was built. It is because it is enough if the state provides a better house.
Of course, there is no house in Rune Town worse than that Daltonne. And since the purpose of demolition was also for the construction of a national cemetery, there was no justification for the residents of Daldongne to reject the government’s instructions. Residents of the hilly neighborhood where Nanami lived moved out at the speed of light in response to the government’s eviction order that new houses are chosen on a first-come, first-served basis.
And it was this ‘Tskinoiri Rune Holder National Cemetery for the Fallen War’ that was built.
It was the one that Chairman Mizuki offered as a condition during the negotiations with the Muramasa division.
This cemetery was built in one month with the momentum of roasting beans with lightning to be completed in time for Prime Minister Ichiro Mizuki’s inauguration date. At first, I wondered if it would be possible, but looking at it now, there was a pretty plausible scene. Since there are no remains of the dead anyway, is it just a matter of decorating the shape well? Anyway, the form is well equipped enough to come as a tourist attraction from the outside.
“Dad. Mom.”
And to that cemetery, I came to pray with my older sister.
After all, my parents were also victims of the Great Disaster. Even though the remains are not here, it does not change the fact that this is the official grave of my parents.
“We are here. Naiad and Knives are here.”
My older sister sobbed quietly in front of the pillar with her parents’ names engraved on it.
Oscar. A. Windsor.
Yui Windsor.
Was this what my parents’ names were?
To be honest, I don’t remember much about my parents.
Life before death was so smooth.
Because life after death was so intense.
When it comes to my family, it’s practically just my older sister.
But… Looking at the pillars with my parents’ names engraved on them like this, there was something that resonated in my heart as well.
Why did the Muramasa group place importance on the establishment of the National Cemetery?
Now I think I can understand a little bit why.
“Father. Mother.”
“Huh!”
When I stroked my parents’ names and called them, my sister cried even louder.
“I will take care of my sister. So don’t worry and go to sleep.”
Talking about it made me feel more concerned.
Because taking responsibility means taking responsibility in that sense.
If I think my children are like this, I will probably not be able to close my eyes even after I die.
After all, wouldn’t it be better to kill all the sons?
“Nives… !”
My sister cries and hugs me.
I also hugged my sister like that.
Even in a place like this, no country is so ignorant as to do useless things. So please don’t expect events such as stroking the butt or touching the chest.
“Sister. The only family I have left in this world is my older sister. Will you continue to stay with me?”
“Huh. Huh! Noona will always be with Knives!”
My sister made a tearful promise in front of her parents’ graves.
In this case, it would be okay to quietly nail it down.
I was nervous about getting married, but it turned out well. I was worried that if I got married, my sister would say she would live with me separately. The older sister, as sister-in-law and hidden wife, wants her to discipline her other wives in the future.
“Dad~~!!”
In the distance, he heard a child calling for his father.
“Tsk tsk. Noisy child in this sacred national cemetery. I want to know who your parents are.”
I frowned at the loud voice that ruined the solemn atmosphere.
No matter how many thoughtless mothers and fathers these days, shouldn’t we be careful about this?
Of course, the child is not guilty. However, as one of the officials of this National Cemetery, I thought to give a sharp warning to the parents.
“… Huh?”
So I looked that way, and for some reason, wasn’t the child who made a loud noise running towards me?
“──Sister. Damage.”
Something is out of the ordinary
Feeling that way, I hid my sister behind the Pillar of Peace.
“Sniff. Uh? What’s wrong, Knives?”
“Shh. Hurry.”
I winked at my sister for reassurance, then turned her toward the running child.
A child running with her white and black hair flowing. He is wearing a children’s Japanese Army uniform, whether it’s cosplay or not.
1 opponent. Child.
However, as a rune holder, he was also the owner of very powerful magical powers.
… What is this?
I was seized with a sense of dread, as if I were in front of a huge, unknown creature.
The other person is a girl about 10 years old at most. However, the concentration of magical power flowing through her body far surpassed mine.
This cannot be realistic. At that age, I would have just been born during the Great Disaster. Even if he kills monsters as soon as he is born, he won’t be able to build up that much dense magical power.
I hope that… Are you the Chinese assassin you’ve only heard about?
In China, where people’s human rights have been given away, there is an unbelievable legend that a talented child is pushed into a rune tower from a very young age and raised as a killing machine. Until now, I thought it was literally a legend, but looking at this, I thought that it may not have been a simple legend.
Shit. It’s a thousand regrets that you left your weapon behind. How on earth am I supposed to deal with a monster like that with my bare hands——
“Dad!”
“… Dad?”
A child running towards me waving her hand.
He was calling me daddy for some reason.
Is it not me but other people around me? When I looked back at that thought, there was no one around except my older sister.
-Doo-doo-doo-doo–Two-kwang!!
“Chehehe?!”
… A mistake!
While looking back for a moment, the child suddenly accelerated and arrived here!
That too while blowing a headbutt straight to my stomach!
“Dad!”
I couldn’t breathe due to the shock of being hit by a missile right in the stomach, but the kid who made me like this was calling me daddy with a smile on his face.
“Nice… Wait a minute Kehek. Who are you? Are you a father?”
When I asked, the girl asked back with her bright eyes shining.
“Dad, don’t you know who I am?”
“… ?”
A grinning, smiling girl.
That creepy laugh resembled someone I knew.
“West… No way…”
No. Calm down.
Calm down, Knives.
It can’t be.
“No, but… I was only 10 years old then… Semen? Is it possible? What if you were pregnant then? 10 years old? So is it possible?”
Horrible assumptions come to mind.
This child, I couldn’t recognize it until now because my brain instinctively refused to understand it, but if you look closely, it’s the same as Inazuma. It could be considered a miniature version of Inazuma.
The first time I had sex with Inazuma was about 11 years ago. At that time, I was only about 10 years old, but I will be able to give birth to a child. And Inazuma was still in his twenties at the time. That means there is a possibility that Inazuma might have gotten pregnant because of that!
“Dad! What are you muttering to yourself!”
“Tail… Little boy if… What is your mother’s name?”
My voice was trembling as I asked.
Miniature Pan Inazuma replied with a broad smile as if she had asked the question well.
“Inazuma!”
“Ah.”
I grabbed the back of my neck and fell down.
The expression on the child’s face cooled down as he smiled at me.
Then she stretched out her hand towards me and ──
“—Hey. What are you falling for?”
“Ughyakyakya——!?!”
