Read I Was Reincarnated as a Poor Farmer in a Different World, so I Decided to Make Bricks to Build a Castle | 687 - - achievement of original wishes and objectives

687 - - achievement of original wishes and objectives

Back

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Before Ars was born, I was really hungry every day. But then I was still a child and had not even been named yet. But I still remember it. Every day was hell. That's why I kept hoping. Somebody help me. I was praying to God."

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Brother Hector talks about the old days over a drink.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　The ice in the glass is tipping and clinking.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Perhaps the adults living in Vulcania today would understand what Brother Hector is talking about.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Sometimes I go to places where adults are drinking together, and they usually have a similar story.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　It was hard in the old days.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　They are always talking about how the young people of today don't understand.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　And in fact, the younger generation says they can't believe it.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　After all, we haven't had such a bad harvest for more than 10 years now.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Besides, not only the food situation has improved, but the standard of living in Barca and in Fontana as a whole has changed dramatically.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　If one hears that people used to live without food and barter for it, it is not surprising to think that they are talking about some undeveloped area.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　For this reason, some adults who talk about the old days to the young people are sometimes regarded with a little bit of suspicion, wondering when in the world they are talking about.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　However, this was indeed the norm until 20 years ago.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Every day, we were hungry, and we did not know when we would die.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　We were living side by side with death.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I think he remembers that more than I do.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"I'm sorry for your loss."

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Yeah, really. Whenever I went to bed at night, I thought about it. I thought if I closed my eyes I'd never wake up again. That's why I used to hug you when I went to bed. That's when it happened. That's when my prayers to God were answered.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"...... that your brother Hector's power was activated, right?"

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Yes. That night, I felt it for sure. Something was in my mother, and as a result, she had a new brother in her belly."

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　That's the story of my birth, according to my brother Hector.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　One day, while praying to God every day, father and son slept side by side on a bed of straw with a cloth.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Somehow light shone down on the sleeping mother's body in the poor farmhouse with no windows and no light shining in.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　After that, she found out that she was pregnant.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I think this is a ridiculous story.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　In fact, neither of the parents had seen such a light shining down on them, and they concluded that their young son must have been seeing things in a vision.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　That is a very natural opinion.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　However, Mr. Hector was convinced.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　The young brother Hector, who had not even been named yet, used his magical power to invoke some kind of sorcery.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Whether this is an actual fact or not, we do not know now.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Maybe it was just an illusion as my parents said.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　But a miracle definitely happened.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　In fact, the child born after that was not normal.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I was born with consciousness as a baby and with memories of another world.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Then, I cannot say for sure that what happened at that time was a delusion of my brother Hector.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Did I fulfill your wish, brother Hector?"

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Yes, of course, Ars. A life without food. And my wish to live peacefully and carefree. And you made it happen. You even created the Kingdom of the Sky in a perfect form.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Well, it was my wish too. I'm like you, brother Hector. I want to live in peace. That's all I want.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Brother Hector's wish was to fill his belly and have peace.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　There is nothing to eat.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　But still there was war.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　The reason was to steal food from other lands.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Or perhaps it was to reduce the number of people in the territory.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　The continuous bad harvests caused more and more wars all over the land.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　And my father was sent to those battles many times.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　That's why even as a young child, or rather, because I was a child, I wished for peace.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I just want to live in peace.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　That's what Brother Hector has wanted since he was a child.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　It seems I have been granted that wish.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Vulcania, the heavenly world in the sky.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　And an independent country was formed around Vulcania.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Although it is a member of the United Kingdom of Fontana, it is separated from the rest of the world, and we have an agreement that we will not fight each other.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　We cannot say that there will never be conflict, but considering what has happened so far, we can say that we are at peace.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I think I was born into this world for a reason.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Talking with brother Hector made me realize it.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I'm not a messenger of God, and I've lost many lives in many battles.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　But even so, I can say without a doubt that I was able to help him through his hellish days.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Thank you, Ars."

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Thank you, brother Hector. I'm glad I was born into this world."

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"...... Okay. Well, cheers anyway. Here's to peace and the future of King Ars.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

"Cheers."

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　I guess it's worth it after all the hard work I've put in.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　A little sadly, I extend my glass to Hector, who holds it out to me, and we clink our glasses together in a toast.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　Thus, I have achieved the purpose for which I was born into this world.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　It is by no means complete.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　There will still be more strife on earth.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　But even so, since my rebirth as a poor farmer, through trial and error, battles, and building castles with bricks, I have managed to acquire a peaceful country.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　We do not know what will happen to our country or to our brothers and sons living on the earth.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　There will be many problems yet to come.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　But for now, let's take it easy.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

　With this in mind, the two of us enjoyed a drink while looking at the peaceful city.

Read at https://w w w . m t l r e a d e r.com

Back

Table of Contents

Next

Back

Table of Contents

Next