Monster no Goshujin-sama

Sixty.

"Have you ever wondered?"

With his bloodstained mouth open, Harrison inquired.

"I wonder how we metastasizers can gain special powers."

I gazed at Kato in my arms.

Of course, I had my doubts.

It's weirder not to think about it when you say you've got this strange power.

That's what we used to talk about right after we moved to different worlds, when we didn't know anything.

Most importantly, the question has already been given an answer.

"... Isn't that because that's the law of this world"

"This is a world where wishes come true," left by the first brave men.

Answer with Kato.

- This is a world where wishes come true.

That word that the first brave man left behind shows the law of this world as it is.

In this world, the wishes of the metastasized who have come are realized as abilities.

"There shouldn't be any more room for doubt there than it is a law..."

That's what Kato replied, and I thought the same thing.

"You're not."

But Harrison denied this.

I frown unexpectedly.

"You mean the words of the first brave man were wrong"

"No, it's not. The first brave men have come to the truth of this world. There is no mistake in that word. It's just you guys are making a mistake."

"Mistake......?

Does that mean it's a question of interpretation?

Harrison asked me to be drawn in.

"How come only the metastasizers are the exception?

"... what?

"There is no more room for doubt there than that is the law. Sure it is. But if that is truly the law of the world, shouldn't it apply to 10,000 people? What is a law aimed solely at transferees? Is that possible?"

"It's..."

Sure, it's unnatural if you ask me...... would it?

Besides, the first brave man didn't just say, 'This is a world where wishes come true', he said, 'This is a world where the wishes of the transferees come true'.

Nevertheless, it is true that the transferee actually expresses his abilities based on his wishes.

In contrast, no example of how the inhabitants of this world express their abilities is known.

The exception is about the blood clan of the grace that draws the blood of the metastasizer.

I don't know if it's natural, but I think the facts are facts...

But when asked the same thing, Kato seemed to have a different idea from me.

"... No way"

She took a small breath.

I'm not just saying they poked me in the void.

It was a terrible surprise, like I noticed something I've been looking for.

When I saw the reaction, I remembered one thing.

Speaking of which, Kato also had doubts about the ability of the transferees.

Kudo picked it up, that's what it said in that notebook.

"In the first place, there's so much we don't know yet where we put it."

"In this world, strong wishes come true."

"If that's what the world is all about, there's no room for doubt there."

"I'm just uncomfortable with the reality in front of me, even if there's no question about the law."

"In a nutshell, the reality of this world doesn't seem to follow the law."

"Maybe, but this makes sense."

"There's something wrong with this world in the first place."

And Kudo, who read it, said:

- If that's the law, I wondered why only the metastasizers are special.

I didn't have much time to discuss it then, but Harrison also mentioned that point here.

For Kato, this was probably the piece of thought that wasn't enough.

"How is it an exception...? But as a matter of fact, metastasizers are capable of hope... not just metastasizers? So, no, no way, that's...?

I open my eyes to see if I've come to any hypothesis.

"So it's 'what'...?

"Mr. Kato?

Speaking to Kato crushing, she looked up at this one.

In those eyes, the upset about trying to overshadow what has always been common sense has often appeared...

"- Senior Mashima. Could it be that the law of 'fulfilling hope' in this world is, in fact, 'equally applicable to everyone'?"

……

For a moment, I don't understand what she's talking about.

That's about it, her words were flighty.

"Does everyone... mean 'the inhabitants of this world too'"

Truth is, metastasizers don't have any strange powers.

Cheats don't do anything either.

Everyone is equal. I'm just acting like a law.

Then Harrison does make a point.

Coming through......

"But, Mr. Kato. That won't be possible. In fact, only metastasizers express their abilities."

In my current story, I'm out of reality.

Nor did Mr. Kato deny it.

"Right. It looks that way to me, too.... I see it."

But I kept doing this.

"But 'ability to express by hope' is' competing '. If you express two abilities at the same time, you don't express the ability to compete. I was."

"I'm not unable to express my wishes, I'm already expressing them...? So do the inhabitants of this world."

"I'm talking about that possibility."

Kato nodded.

"Of course, I don't think everyone can have that much strong hope. But we know the example of ability to express itself without certain hope."

This came quickly to a pin.

"You mean Warrior?"

"That's right. They were expressing their abilities by the 'unconscious perception' that 'they must have tremendous power for doing something metastasized'. Because…"

"... human beings in this world have expressed their abilities in some sort of 'unconscious perception' as well?

Impossible...... aren't we talking?

At least, Harrison suggested that possibility.

Even after we arrive at this reasoning, there is no denying it.

Rather, it can be said that 'only the transferee' is' a world where wishes can be fulfilled 'is more unnatural.

Even the first brave men didn't say that.

And that's how I admitted the possibility, and I also came to the same question as Kato.

"But if... you're unconsciously expressing 'what'?

If that hypothesis is correct, people in this world will express something about their abilities - making unconscious perceptions a reality.

But I can't think of anything like that.

At least, I don't remember seeing it.

Then have you really never seen it?

Or... 'too obvious to know that's the result of your abilities'?

"... hey, sir"

Salvia, who was quiet behind me, called in.

She was a little surprised because she was often a step backwards on these occasions, but when I thought about it later, I could also say that it was inevitable that she would open her mouth here.

This is because she was the first thing to notice.

"My 'misty otherworlds' are 'worlds of fulfillment', aren't they? And this heresy, made of the cornerstones of the world, reflects the unconscious perception of the inhabitants of the Empire when generating monsters."

Me and Salvia were intervening in the control of this world.

I also have some idea of its nature.

So I could notice.

"This world is a world of hope." Is this common denominator a coincidence?

"It's..."

"I think it's a flying idea, too. But, you know, I was wondering."

Says in a voice plundered by tension.

"Hey, sir. I wonder if it's a different world in the first place."

It also seemed like a strange question.

Because the magic of creating different worlds is the 'Misty Inn' salvia.

Most of all, I don't know if even human beings fully understand human beings.

Maybe it wasn't so understandable about me.

"I wonder if this world and other worlds are 'just the same thing on a different scale'. At least, there must be one thing in common. Besides... if you think about it, how on earth was the Cathedral Church collecting the 'cornerstones of the world' that make a different world from mine? Is that really from" Just Make a Different Realm "? Maybe..."

"Correct."

A heavier voice than anything affirmed her doubts.

A silent Harrison opened his mouth.

"Nevertheless, we've got a lead so far. Even without my word you would have come to the truth sooner or later. So I talked."

In fact, it would have been sooner or later because Kudo, like Harrison, had expressed his opinion on the point that Mr. Kato had been questioning.

"Then I knew..."

"Yes."

When I urged him to remember his thirst, the knightly man among the knights revealed here the true appearance of the world to protect.

"This world is made up of almost every human perception living in this world. By making a big premise unconscious perception that 'it's natural to have this world' a reality. It is the cornerstone of the world - the magic tool that created this world by the first brave men."

To the words of Harrison, I used to be stubborn.

A world that exists not because it exists there, but because it is recognized.

That's what this world is all about.

The faint Harrison tone is just telling the facts.

But when I was asked, I was feeling cold.

"... seniors"

Kato in his arm strengthened his grip on my chest.

What you're feeling will be the same.

A thin cold feeling where everything in your eyes, everything you feel on your skin, seems to disappear at a certain moment.

Being recognized there for the first time means that 'nothing is inherently there'.

For the man in front of me, I guess that's what the world has always been like.

You must have seen enough understanding stained in our heads, Harrison opened his mouth again.

"This world is unstable. Anyway, it's people's unconsciousness that embodies the world. Naturally, I'm affected by that. Monster movement is enlivened and the erosion of the tree sea is accelerated, even if the public opinion just becomes unstable"

"To the monster, the tree sea...? What does that have to do with anything?

"I told you this world is due to people's perception. In the first place, tree seas and monsters are what people's anxieties and fears embody. These days, monster activity has become active. My men, who know nothing, lamented the bad luck of the overlapping activation of the monster's activities due to public anxiety, but they have the same roots"

Monsters and tree seas embody people's anxiety and fear.

What I remember was the sight I saw when I abandoned Fort Chile.

In this world, abandoned settlements and fortifications in the tree sea are quickly swallowed by trees.

The pioneering village of Silanese's hometown was no exception and had to be abandoned.

I actually saw it when I left Fort Chile, but I remember the erosion was going on with terrible momentum, as if the sea of trees were alive.

It's this magical world, so I didn't really care if there was a phenomenon like that, but that probably reflected the loss of consciousness of the soldiers stationed 'This is the realm of man' in renouncing the fort.

And one more thing.

If people's consciousness said it created a monster, it can also explain what they've been a little strange about for a long time.

I mean, how could Lily and the monsters have had minds like people?

The monsters don't even seem to be in the same pedigree trees as we are, including the non-biological ones like Rose and the non-real ones like Salvia.

But if a monster was born out of a man's consciousness, it seemed more like a natural accomplishment that a being with a bud of heart like the Lillies would emerge in it.

"Metastasers can express their abilities because they, the people outside, are not involved in the establishment of this world. This is the same for our gracious blood, his descendants."

So you can express your abilities, too.

"Exactly. After all, our gracious blood is not part of this world."

I am not part of this world.

That is not a word that exhorts itself not to forget that its ancestors were Gentiles.

It's really a word of the same meaning.

Since I think I've heard it from Mr. Gordon's mouth, perhaps a handful of extremely human beings who know the truth about the world have at least made them sneak into the consciousness of the Knights of the Cathedral.

And that fact was one of the things that cemented Harrison's resolve.

"In a way, while we are born into this world, we are not fulfilling our minimum obligations. than it is, we will have to at least protect this world. This world is too brittle and shaky. Therefore, we have always defended this world."

"... then you tried to kill us because 'my obsession with the McLaughlin border uncle destabilizes our public opinion'?

Having learned the truth about the world, the story has finally returned to its first question.

By the time Harrison was unnatural, the reason he tried to kill me.

In fact, the current world situation has never been more volatile.

It's not something you can deny that's causing it.

"No."

- But Harrison denied this.

"If that's the problem, we would have just done our best to arbitrate. I don't hate that much labor, and I did something with my forceful hands."

There were no lies in that tone.

In fact, it would have been less risky there if they had tried to make the world stable.

"Then why?

I don't know more and more.

When I hit the question, Harrison stiffened his expression.

"... because the presence of you and your family was unacceptable"

If you listened without knowing anything, you might also have thought of it as simply an opinion to the extent that 'evil monster use is not allowed to exist'.

But I already knew this man wouldn't move on such an axis.

Besides, more importantly, Harrison's response was mixed with bitter, albeit slight, ones.

The emotion felt like something close to remorse.

A little bit, maybe he feels guilty here.

The pale narrative may have been more of a conscious one.

And if those impressions are right...... rather horrible.

I have a sense of being unreasonable for this one, and I have a decent ethic with me.

Still, doing it means that there's a reason you have to exchange it.

Nevertheless, it's impossible to come this far and be afraid to notice.

"Why not be forgiven?

Nor did Harrison speak here.

"" The Great Break ""

The short words spoken shook his ears with ominous sounds.

"Because it is not spoken of in the legend of the brave, you may not know, but among those who know, there was an event called the Great Breach. It is told that it was the worst thing that has happened since the establishment of the Cathedral Church. Seventy percent of the fruits of human society were lost at the time, the Allied Knights were destroyed, the two brave men were killed, and many of the blood of grace were lost. It was a disaster that was even forbidden on record. By mistake, human society would have perished."

Big breakdown.

It's something I've never heard of.

And I just thought, there was something to hook up with.

I wonder what it would have been, going back in memory, I think.

Was that a conversation I had with Lily, who had sunflowers in her library in Akel?

- That's where Akel's description came from in his history book. However, no matter which literature you hit, you only have descriptions until about 800 years ago. I mean, in the first place, there's not much literature that's been touched by events before that. Looks like there's been some disconnection around here.

- Everything, it looks like there was a global catastrophe. Something about a big outbreak of monsters overlapping with a natural mutation.

- You haven't been touched by the legend of the brave, have you? Perhaps it is a judgment that the absolute nature of a brave man is scratched. However, it does have an impact, and the previous inheritance around it seems pretty vague, doesn't it?

"The disconnection of information from eight hundred years ago... the story of a monster's massive outbreak and a natural mutation overlapped, no way"

"... you knew?

Harrison looked a little surprised.

"Oh, that's it. The disconnection of information still didn't seem to me to know about the specific events... no, but do you? You were leaning on Akel. [M] Wouldn't it be strange if Akel, out of the reach of the center, still had a fragment of the erased record"

"One of my buddies was eager to find out. Originally, it looks like he was looking into Elf's past records."

"... an elf"

So Harrison had a bitter look on his face.

"What's wrong with the elves"

It was an unexpected reaction.

Because Harrison thought he wouldn't do anything like elf discrimination.

"Do you even think about elves?"

"No way. Not in the elves who live now."

In fact, there seemed to be no discrimination.

Then what was your reaction earlier?

... No.

Wait. "To the Elves Who Live Now"?

"That elf is a cause of the Great Breakdown."

"... what?

In unexpected words I raised my voice, but Harrison did not break only a serious attitude.

"The Great Breakdown was caused by a race called the Elves. Though it's not like they did anything aggressively"

"What are you saying? What do you mean?"

"Elves are monsters"

……

Now I've lost my word.

"To be precise, about a hundred years before the Great Bankruptcy, a monster who a certain metastasizer could follow ran away is what we call an elf and a spirit."

Harrison moves on without adhering to this reaction.

I opened my mouth somehow, even slightly confused.

"... you're saying that being similar to me existed in the past?

And that the elf and the Spirit were family members who followed him.

It was a flying story.

Nevertheless, there was no basis for just denying it.

The presence of elves is heterogeneous in this world.

The only species that is not human.

It has characteristics that humans do not have, such as long ears, and lives eternal times if it is not even killed.

And more than eight hundred years ago, there was no material at all.

That's not just because of the Great Breakdown, and even if, in the first place, there was no such thing as an elf before that, there would be no contradiction.

"The Cathedral Church at the time had no knowledge of the existence of a monster as a family, and the brave man and the first elf had a mouthful to their own origins. The brave men were involved only after they found the records that were later hidden. Thus, at the time, we did not know who they were, and were seen as other races that had not even interacted before. Though some trouble arose, they elves got ground on the border and took about a hundred years to increase the number"

……

Harrison's story was a huge shock to me.

That never meant anything bad.

Anyway, there was a man before us who created a place in this world with his family.

Of course, the situation seemed very different from Harrison's mouth right now, and I guess some parts of it were only accepted if they were elves not so different in appearance from people.

But that still doesn't change the fact that they accomplished it.

That was hope.

But Harrison's story was different.

"The elves blended into human society. As a result, the world was led to debacle"

"... I don't know why. How does that happen?"

I groaned.

"Admitting the claim that the elves are monsters doesn't connect to the Great Break. Rather than, can a single race do something like that?"

"I wouldn't wake you up if you were normal. Besides, as I said earlier, they didn't act aggressively to break it."

Harrison admitted what I had said, but immediately shook his head to the side.

"They didn't try to ruin the world. It's just that their very existence was against the way the world is."

In a way, it was the most unclear story ever.

I'm just not saying the right thing, I could tell by looking at Harrison's face.

The tight look by the solemn appeared frozen.

The story that has been revealed so far was silently told that it was only a premise.

"'The Right Way' is laid down in this world"

says Harrison.

"That's the way to stabilize the world the first brave men took to survive this brittle world"

"As we have been talking about earlier, this world, which stands on recognition, is inherently very brittle. So the first brave man defined the worldview as the cornerstone of the world:" The brave man who emerges from another world saves people. "

The frozen look remains the same, Harrison said.

"You can think of 'worldview' as' common perception '. It is not convenient for recognition to be fragmented than this world is made up of countless human perceptions. Sharing the same' worldview 'made the world work as one."

In short, do you mean that the first brave men have prepared something like a template to capture the world?

Recognition becomes stronger when everyone recognizes the same thing as the world.

This world was so unfavourable to monsters that without the presence of brave men - at least in the past - the perception was also realistic.

If you think you will be saved by the brave, then hope will also be created for the people.

That suppresses the monster's activity, which is a manifestation of people's anxiety.

Everything was meshing well, and I see, maybe it wasn't a well done mechanism.

"The measures of the first brave men have made the world stable. As long as the world applies to its' worldview ', there will be no lethal shaking of the world even if there is considerable confusion"

Even in this conflict with the Macrolin Borderline uncle, and despite growing global anxiety, the phenomenon that has taken place remains the 'activation of monster activity'.

Of course, if the situation stays the same all the time or gets worse, it may lead to worse phenomena, but with all this chaos in the world, it's not like an immediate collapse.

The world is quite stable, though shaky.

That seemed to be the system left by the first brave men to the 'cornerstone of the world'.

"The Cathedral Church works to align the real world with its' worldview '. Regardless, the Cathedral Knights also play a part. However, its role is more fixed than it needs to be in line with the' world view '. You can't imitate it like it's against the worldview."

"Is that why this world continues to attach the utmost importance to the brave?

"That's right. The role of the brave can only be assumed by the transferees. That's what's happening."

Harrison nodded.

As we talked earlier, Harrison's power transcends that of a coarse metastasizer.

But while we are there, the Cathedral Church continues to rely on the brave.

Because I had to.

Even if humans in this world have gained so much power that they cannot be countered by the cohort of transferees, they cannot be brave men who stand with people's hopes.

Instead, we're talking about how doing that would destabilize the world.

"No matter how high you try, no matter how hard you try, there are things you can't exchange without qualifications. In humans in this world, you can't be a substitute for a metastatic. This is how this world works."

Only for a moment when I told him that, the pain passed on the look on the face of the man who reminded me of the steel sword.

Like how painful that fact is with all those injuries.

But soon he shook off what was grieving him, and Harrison continued.

"The presence of the elves was not described in the" Worldview "of" The Foundations of the World "at the time. There was no right way to perceive the existence of an elf. In the area where we had the opportunity to deal with the elves, some favourably accepted them and some loathed them and rejected them. In areas where the elves had not yet spread their prints, some doubted the reality and some did not even know they existed in the first place. Part of the common perception of" what the world is like "is the creation of a broom."

It would mean that differences have arisen in the common sense of those whom the diocesan Church had kept constant for a long time.

I don't even know how to interpret it because it's not in the Church's teaching.

Interpretation diffuses and common perceptions are dull.

And as the existence of an elf is widely known, the next serious problem arises.

"When there were few who knew the elves, it was also still a matter of dust. But as more people learned about the existence of the elves, things turned fatal. Elves do not exist in the Worldview: 'A brave man emerges more than another world saves people'. Whether you accept it or reject it, 'it is normal for an elf to exist in this world' and the 'worldview' has become deadly at a time when the majority of the world's people have become aware of it. As a result, world stability has collapsed greatly"

"... that's the Great Break?

"That's right. And now for once, the world is about to face a crisis"

When I cut the words, Harrison has been staring this one in the eye.

"Let's ask, Takahiro Mashima. Which one do you choose to be important to yourself, this world?