Jobless Reincarnation: The King with a Mental Problem

【after a while】

The ring-shaped mountains surrounding the town of Licaris

"Coo coo coo coo coo~"

"Goo-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga~"

"well......"

It's not that I'm going crazy, but this scorching sun is making me a little dizzy.

The sky over the Demon Continent was cloudless, and the sunlight slammed directly onto the exposed rock layers, baking the entire interior of the crater like an upside-down pot.

I have just used the crater surrounding the town of Licaris to build the base of the mass accelerator, and then began to install the electromagnetic acceleration coils one by one along the track base.

That's right!

This is the solution devised by my extraordinary wisdom!

Electromagnetic mass accelerator!

It is mainly used to solve the problem of slow acceleration during the initial stage of the Pioneer Overload Thruster - VOB system.

The main point is that I am not a rocket expert, nor am I a professional in electromagnetic catapults. I only know the general principles of the fine aerospace engineering parameters such as rocket fuel ratio, specific impulse, and thrust curve; many details are still unclear to me.

Fortunately, I still have the Reality Marble. With just a little thought, I can build a rough model within the Reality Marble and experiment with a roughly usable solution.

Once it's roughly successful, we can use magic to build the prototype of the test results in the real world.

Moreover, the terrain here is just right.

It is said that this place was once the site of a demon king whose name is hard to remember. He created the crater using god-level earth magic, and the city of Chihiris in the middle was also created using earth magic.

Although it's considered folk magic, the castle with its metallic sheen is clearly not just ordinary stone. It must have been made of various metals.

That demon king is said to be the father of Batigandi and Atofi, and also the adoptive father of Chisilica.

Unfortunately, his name is too hard to remember, and my brain is already a complete mess; I have no intention of remembering such a thing.

Now we need to consider the immediate matter. The entire mass accelerator is over ten kilometers long, and I have already completed the base, the track, and the improved VOB system.

Today's VOB systems have become much larger, more like traditional rockets. They are accelerated by mass to reach the stratosphere, and then the wings unfold to begin high-speed flight.

I truly am a genius.

As for how to land?

Just let it disintegrate, and I will freely descend from the sky!

To be honest, I've long wanted to ride on a shield and glide down the mountains!

I hope I can find an opportunity this time.

Although I constructed it very quickly using magic, I'm still somewhat tired, because this track is just too long, and I haven't had a proper rest in a long time...

Ugh......

Does a wise king always have to die suddenly?

And the sun is so strong...

Why am I suddenly called the Civil Engineering Bro again?

But just as I was feeling emo, I looked up and saw something beautiful...

The witch stood on the edge of the track not far away, her arms outstretched to maintain her balance, walking along the edge of the track like a little girl stepping on a roadside rock.

She was dressed in a travel outfit that I was more familiar with, white, blue, and black, with the brim of her witch's hat casting a small shadow in the sunlight, just enough to cover her eyes.

The sunlight shone on her braids, giving them a golden glow.

I was stunned for a very, very long time...

She finally walked up to me, then suddenly bent down, took off her witch's hat, and put it on my head.

Then she squatted down, propped her face up with her hands, and looked at me with a smile...

At this time...

Everything around me seemed to slow down, and I could see the strands of her blue hair swaying in the wind as it blew by...

But I have only one thought in my mind...

—She's so charming...

【after a while】

I temporarily stopped what I was doing and, together with her, used earth magic to create a shaded resting place not far away.

Looking at the tracks in front of us, sitting here, we feel strangely like we're sitting on the platform of an old train station from a past life.

Both the king and she held a bottle of chilled sparkling lemonade, the only difference being that the witch's glass had more honey, making it sweeter.

Sparkling water works by applying pressure to dissolve more carbon dioxide gas into the water.

"Wow, that's amazing! You can always come up with all sorts of amazing magic tricks."

"That's natural; this is the legendary wisdom of shadow."

"How did this come to be?"

The witch shook the lemon slightly.

"I learned summoning magic from the Ankylosaurus King before. As long as these things are stored in a specific place in advance as a warehouse, I can summon them at any time now."

"Wow, that's impressive. In Rudy's letter before, he mentioned you were with some extraordinary person. I thought it was someone from the Mage's Guild, but it turns out to be Lord Ankylosaurus. But... what is this thing you're building now?"

"Um......."

"What's wrong? Is there something you're not comfortable telling me?"

No...that's not the reason.

The principle behind this thing is actually very simple: it uses some kind of force to continuously accelerate things on the track, which is not fundamentally different from the water cannon technique that I improved when I was a child.

This time, however, instead of water cannons, they were firing the newly designed flight device. The goal was to offload the most energy-intensive phase—reaching takeoff speed from zero—to ground-based facilities. The flight device would only need a large thruster and attitude control nozzles to continue flight and correct its trajectory after entering the stratosphere.

As for when I was silent just now, it was because I was thinking about a name.

"name?"

"Yes, it's mainly because I wasted my childhood. I had so many cool names, but I was given a bunch of trash magic tricks, which makes it so difficult for me to give this big guy a name now."

"Really? I'd love to see what you'll be like when you grow up and you're doing a magic duel, shouting out those embarrassingly ridiculous trick names."

"Sure."

"Huh?"

"If you, witch, wish to see it, I will rack my brains to make it. But you must be by my side, witch~"

"Well... well, let's just forget about it..."

"Well, then let's forget about it. I'm all grown up now, and that style really doesn't suit me anymore."

With the king's considerate words, the witch finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"But... this thing you built, is it going to launch you out? Is it dangerous?"

"There's no danger."

"real?"

"Of course it's true. Didn't Chisilyka survive back then?"

"It seems that's indeed the case..."

I don't think I'm lying, do I?

This thing is dangerous, of course. It could explode, crash, or disintegrate mid-flight; any of these could happen.

However, I have made contingency plans for every possibility in advance, and each contingency plan is based on the premise that it doesn't matter if it explodes anyway.

The immense acceleration would be fatal to ordinary people, but I have a limitless magic formula to fall back on, and I can also fly. Even if VOB explodes into pieces in mid-air, I, the King, will be fine.

If I can successfully maintain operation for a period of time, break through the first cosmic velocity, and reach the stratosphere, that will be a victory. Even if it explodes halfway through, I can still project a new VOB system and continue flying. To prevent secondary damage, I will even completely destroy the damaged VOB at high altitude.

The witch stared at my face for a long time, but didn't ask any further questions.

She must know me too well to know that pressing for answers is pointless.

I knew she knew that pressing for answers was pointless, so we changed the subject.

"What did you talk about with Chishilica and the others yesterday? Why did Bati drag Chishilica away after the fight?"

This question is not difficult to answer.

"Yesterday, I did have a fight with Badrigandi."

At the time, Chishilica was trying to mediate, saying things like, "Don't fight over me," but I don't know how that idiot came to that conclusion.

"Then why did you start fighting?"

"The real reason behind taking action is very simple: it's about intimidation."

"threaten?"

"That's right, Badigandi is an undead demon. He's not afraid of death, but he has people he cares about. So I leaned close to his ear and whispered something that only the two of us could hear."

"What did you say?"

The witch's curiosity has been piqued by me, and I whispered something in her ear.

"Sir, you wouldn't want your fiancée to die completely, would you?"

After I finished whispering, the witch blushed and punched me.

But her expression looked more like she was being coquettish.

"And then they just ran away?"

"No, that guy Barty should still have some brains, so as the strongest demon king of the Demon Continent, I had a brief chat with him about my thoughts on the future of the Demon Continent."

"What are your thoughts?"

"Hmm... After the Laplace Battle, the blockade of the Demon Continent was nominally lifted, but if the demons want to leave the Demon Continent for the human world, they still have to pass through the Holy Kingdom of Milis."

Witch, you've told me about your travels before. The relationship between the demons and the Holy Kingdom of Milis isn't good, so cultural exchange is extremely limited.

However... I believe that if we can communicate properly, we should be able to understand each other.

Therefore, my general direction for the future is to try to find out the reason why the Demon Continent is barren, improve the environment, and then communicate and exchange ideas with human society to share food cultivation technology and solve the survival dilemma.

If everyone can live a good life, perhaps there will be no need for war.

As for those who simply think war is cool and want to rule the world through it, I, the King, will deal with them.

Batigandi and Chisilica's mission is to find the refugees who were sent to the Demon Continent due to the magical disaster. If they can complete this mission well, they may be able to use it as an opportunity to establish contact.

This will lay a good foundation for future plans.

After listening, the witch did not speak immediately, but looked down at the cup in her hand, and ran her finger along the cup, leaving a watermark.

"War... You did this because you were reminded of the conflict zones, didn't you?"

I didn't respond to that sentence, but I guess my expression said it all.

I hate thoughts of war and the like.

The mere mention of war brings to mind conflict zones, and just thinking about them makes my heart ache.

That place was a real hell for me.

Although I was taken care of by Senis and Kyrie Irvine, I was doing very well.

But the others are not...

A bunch of fools kill each other for some inexplicable reason. Some are young soldiers who have been fooled and are fighting for their beliefs, while others are simply slaves forced onto the battlefield.

There are also many bastards who repeatedly commit murder for the sake of so-called heroic titles.

For anyone born there, simply surviving is a challenge, and only those who can adapt to that hellish environment can truly survive.

Those who survive will eventually join the system and become part of it...

but......

Even those who live with such sorrow still retain love, like the child who gave me the gift...

But living in that kind of hell... they'll only be eaten by hell...

What a wonderful person, yet this is how the world treats them...

Just thinking about this makes me feel so sad and angry...

I don't want to think about these sad things, and I've wanted to forget them for a long time, and start my life anew...

But unfortunately...

I can't do it...

It was probably because of survivor syndrome or something like that that's where I started to deny the existence of this world.

Back then, there was nothing I could do but take care of myself and my family, but things are different now...

I will change...

I will definitely change all of this...

【after a while】

The previous topic was rather heavy, so the witch took the initiative to change the subject.

They talked about her parents.

I said that I actually envy the Migludians, their ability to convey their true thoughts to each other without words. If everyone had that, things would be much simpler, and there would be far fewer conflicts caused by misunderstandings.

"well......"

Luo Qixi placed the cup on her lap, a small water stain appearing on her skirt from the bottom of the cup, and let out a very soft sigh.

"Unfortunately, I'm the only one who can't do it."

"It's not a big deal. You may be an anomaly among the Migludians, but in the world as a whole, those who can communicate telepathically are a minority. But this world still exists, and as long as you can communicate properly with your mouth, you can understand each other."

She remained silent for a while.

Then, her face suddenly turned red, and she kicked my shin.

"It's all your fault for doing those embarrassing things in front of my parents yesterday! I've wanted to beat you up for ages!"

"So, when you came over, were you captivated by my handsome appearance?"

As I spoke, the witch fought with me even more fiercely.

Just as Ben was about to continue teasing the witch, two blue-haired figures appeared not far away.

broken!

My parents-in-law saw it!

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