The Magus of Genesis

"You guys are the names on the eagle. Suki-kun, le."

Although, by the way, it is a strange intonation, the white rat began to do so in Japanese, which he could not have imagined from his appearance.

"For your convenience, then, yes... Algernon. Let me call you Al."

"It's not a thoughtful name for you"

To Nina's words, I smile bitterly. It was hard to say what I borrowed from the novel.

Al sitting right on his desk is a lot smaller than I expected. That's about the size of a rat. When I was younger in my previous life, I only saw dobrats once, all over the city.

That looked bigger, uglier and fiercer. Compared to that, Al in front of you can be albino or white and even look adorable.

"Al, are you the only one who can speak?

"Affirmative Le"

Al answers in a stiff tone, out of tune with its appearance.

"There are other Le individuals who speak and solve the language. Ga, only the eagle can speak."

For that matter, Al's tone was remarkable. Lynn, you seem to be speaking more firmly than you are.

"Is it good to think that you, the leader of the rats…… are the greatest rats?

"Deny Le. The eagle can speak, and the Le is bargaining for it."

"Well, that doesn't mean I negotiated with you!

"Deny Le"

Al replied calmly to the sig causing the eclampsia.

"Negotiation of eagles is at the mercy of eagles"

"I mean, if I tell you the demands, you can assume that's going to pass on to all the rats, right?

"Generally, affirm le"

Hmm... Does that mean there are some rats out of the chain of command?

"Then stop roughing up our crops any more. If we go to the woods, there 'll be plenty of food, right?

"Reject Le"

Pale, Al replied.

"More than your fields, we can collect food efficiently. We don't know where."

"But even we have trouble taking crops made around the corner. Especially if they eat growing crops, they won't even have the seeds to grow them after next year."

Answering, I felt something uncomfortable. To say that I'm here to negotiate, Al doesn't seem to see a willingness to give in.

"For example, if you can help me with something, or if you can help me, I can offer you some food. But being taken unilaterally is troubling."

To my words, Al moves his beard silently and piquely as he thinks.

"What can you do to a little mouse like this?"

Looking down at that figure, Sig said dissatisfied.

"Yes, the eagles are small."

Al honestly admits that.

"So it should be easy for you to feed the eagles."

"So there's no reason to do that."

To Nina's words, Al tilted his neck.

"Why da? You're in trouble for getting your crop taken away, aren't you?

In a heartfelt wonder, Al asks.

"You don't give up food. La, the eagles only take it."

"Don't be stupid!

Sig roughed up his voice and put his face close to Al like it was awesome.

"You're the one who brought the deal. If we take any more food, I'll burn down all your nests."

"It's, it's hard"

Al returns exactly the same words as he did earlier.

"Right. Then don't do it."

"Why da?

Sig glanced at Al, who tilted his neck adorably.

"You're the one who doesn't know. You'll be in trouble if your people die. I'm telling you not to do that if you don't like it."

"Why da?

A rat repeating the same words suddenly scared me. It's not that I have a basis.

But…………

"It's hard to reduce the number of my people. But that's no reason not to take food."

Do you speak the same Japanese as we do, but really, do you understand the language?

Because that's what I thought.

"Why, yes... my people are going to die, still...!

Speaking, Sig cut the words along the way. He opens his eyes, as he was shocked by something.

"Sig?"

"No… nothing"

Speaking up, he shook his head as if his momentum earlier had faded away like a lie.

"... ok. However, I would be troubled if they took unlimited amounts of food, so let's decide how much. And like I said, I'd be glad to help you with some village work."

"Accepted Ta"

Anyway, if it's just a vicious beast, I can feel it killing someone who makes sense to a boulder. I recognized them as a kind of intelligent species and decided to make a commitment to do so for the first time.

"You know what I'd do if I didn't keep my word, right?

On leaving, Nina throws a sharp word at Al.

"……… Regardless da"

That's what Al answered and walked away.

"I dare not solve this...... is it?

When I said it, the faces on the spot gave me a complex look.

"……… I don't have anything to feed them."

Sig squeaks so blush.

"I can't imagine those guys keeping their promises. You'd better just kill him."

A word with certainty. Not as good as he was, it was something that everyone who was there would feel. Because even I don't think I can be trusted very much.

"If you do, you can do it when you do."

"…… Dr. Nina is strong."

"What are you trying to say?"

Nina raised her eyebrows pickly to what Sig's words contained.

"Sig. You've been acting strange since just now. What are you so upset about?

"It's your sweetness."

He said to throw it away, staring me in the eye.

...? What's the meaning of this?

I couldn't figure out his intentions and stared back into his eyes.

"You're not going out with me any more."

After doing so for a while, Sig leaves the room with a shuddering voice.

"Wait, Sig………………"

"Leave me alone."

Nina tells me to stop him, and I reach down.

- It was that night that Sig left the village.

"Really? You haven't heard anything from Lynn either…………."

"Yeah……………."

The mermaid girl nodded, looking unwell at all times.

I don't know, she must have been the closest thing to Sig. Even that Lynn doesn't know why Sig left the village.

His footsteps were lost where he was in the woods. Unlike in the woods, meadows are very difficult to follow traces. At least there's no hiding somewhere in the woods like before. Nina can't find Sig, so that's for sure.

But I had no idea where he had gone. It takes ten days to walk from here to Sig's hometown. I don't have a lot of baggage and it's not as far away as I go with one body. Besides, he was persecuted and neglected in his hometown. It's hard to think of going back to a place like that.

I said, I have no idea where else to go.

"Well, don't come home when you're hungry."

It is Nina who speaks out cold. She is her, and she seems very upset.

"I hope so…………………"

It didn't seem the same as when I left school before.

Considering what he was saying before he left, that he left with all his love for me...... I guess. But those eyes. What the hell was that look on my face?

Honestly, the look on Lizardman's face is too different from that of a human being, and sometimes I'm not sure. There are places where the sig is somewhat twisted, but the roots are honest, so I haven't had much trouble before.

Is that, like, dissatisfied, disappointed, disgusted? It seems like there was something else going on with those emotions.

"So, what happened to the rat?"

"Yeah, we got an agreement on the amount of money we're gonna give you."

I put up a lookout just in case, but as promised, there was no rat raid last night.

It seems Al has managed to impress the rats.

The amount to be handed over to them is approximately 10% of the harvest. It's not a small amount, but it's not so much that I won't be able to stand up.

"Don't you dare, let's expand the field a little bit"

And it's not a tax, so it's not a percentage.

The wider the field, the more error-like the amount you give them.

"Yeah."

Kokuri and Yuki snort. From every incident with the rat, she was no longer avoiding me.

It doesn't get sticky like before. When it comes to moderate distances, moderate distances.

Not that I didn't feel a little lonely, but to the boulder that would be what I would say.

Companions you can count on, children you admire for your rewarding work. I can hit a bee if I'm unhappy with such a happy situation. Although there are fine problems, that's just something we need to solve one by one, too.

"……… Let's do our best."

I shrugged, as I said to myself.