Jobless Reincarnation: The King with a Mental Problem

"Uncle, you said you were going to stay and research something. What exactly is it?"

As soon as I asked the question, the uncle fell into deep thought again.

"It's mainly about research on the interaction between individual living beings and their environment."

Wow...

Is it social engineering?

"That sounds impressive. I didn't expect you, sir, to have such a wide range of interests. Did you come to these ideas because you suddenly arrived in the Demon Continent?"

"Yes, that's true, so I'd like to spend some time researching it."

"May I hear your general thoughts?"

"That's possible, but you seemed quite interested in this topic when you heard about it. May I hear your thoughts first?"

"I'm so sorry... I only have a rough idea at this point..."

"Then we should hear your thoughts first."

Why?

"Because our thinking may be different, if you listen to my ideas, it might lead to path dependence and cause you to lose your original creativity."

"Okay, that makes some sense..."

Unfortunately, my thinking is based on what I learned in my previous life, not my own ideas.

"Regarding the interaction between individual living beings and their environment..."

The theory I've heard is roughly as follows:

Since the birth of life and intelligence, life has continuously adapted to, changed, and evolved its environment. The memories, thoughts, culture, and history that have emerged from this process can all be collectively referred to as information.

Our ancestors continuously transmitted this information through language, painting, and writing, but not all information was passed down to future generations. This information was selected and processed by humans before it was preserved. This is the history we know, and also the created environment.

"The created environment?"

"That's right. This closed information, in a closed environment, creates one closed society after another, and then creates one so-called [truth] after another."

For example, magic is weak and useless to swordsmen, but my magic is the true, overwhelming power.

For example, slaves are taught that they are born to be slaves, but this is just a fabrication by the oppressors.

For example, the people here think the land is barren, but your presence shows another possibility.

For example, everyone is taught when they are young to treat others kindly, but to defeat their competitors with all their might!

For example, believing that you are special and that you can succeed by working hard, but everyone knows that only a minority of people can succeed.

For example, the demons of the Demon Continent believe that humans are monkeys sleeping in trees...

In short, every small society accumulates "truths" that only benefit a portion of the population. However, a large number of these "truths" are actually contradictory, but due to the lack of information exchange, erroneous "truths" are not eliminated, thus solidifying the world's environment and preventing further development.

In a stagnant environment, individuals emerge who believe in false [truths], and these individuals then cause one tragedy after another.

"You mean to break down the barriers in the world and let the stagnant world flow again?"

"That's right, and it's not just about exchanging information, but also about sifting out the truly valuable [truths] from this mountain of information and passing them on to future generations. That's [creating an environment], and then using that environment to create a new society."

"That does...makes some sense...but...who filters the information?"

As he spoke, he stared intently at me...

What I really want to say is that everything only has value if it is under my control.

But I feel like it would be scary to say it out loud...

So let's just forget about it...

"Don't look at me like that. I have no interest in wasting my energy on such things. I'll probably just end up finding a bunch of people who like to eat shit."

"well......"

"What's wrong?"

"I knew I shouldn't have asked you."

Why?

"Because the subject I'm researching is completely different from your ideas."

"Um?"

"It was my fault, and I didn't explain it clearly. What I really wanted to study was the interaction between individual life forms and the magical environment."

"Huh? A magical environment?"

"Hmm, what I want to study is the magical environment. I thought you, as a researcher of magic, would be thinking the same thing as me..."

"Alright... I also thought you had some knowledge of social engineering..."

"I'm sorry... we misunderstood each other..."

"But I've already said so much, shouldn't you say what you should say?"

"Indeed... I've learned a lot from your ideas just now. In that case, let me share my conjecture."

Simply put, I believe magic influences the environment and the individuals within that environment. These influenced individuals then modify the magic, causing it to return to the environment, creating a continuous cycle.

"Um... could you give some examples?"

"Do you know the strongest demon king in the Demon Continent, the immortal demon king Necros Lacrosse?"

"Um... I remember he was Chishilica's adoptive father, and also the father of the current Undead Demon King Atofi and Batigandi."

"That's right, he's also a god-level earth magician. The town of Licaris was created by him using god-level earth magic."

"Are you referring to the event where he used earth magic to alter the environment?"

"Not only that, the original environment of our world [the human realm] should have been similar, but now there are environments like the Heavenly Continent and the Demon Continent that are clearly unsuitable for human survival."

I speculate that the cause of this environmental change is the influence of magic, or more precisely, the influence of modified magic.

"Remodel?"

"That's right. Just like everyone has a natural magical attribute, Necrosci absorbs a lot of magic from the environment and then releases it. After his body is modified, this magic will become more suitable for earth magic."

Then this magic also affected the environment of the Demon Continent, causing it to become what it is today.

It could even lead to the modification of the organism itself.

What's the basis for this?

"The main reason is that my research over this period of time has revealed that my magic recovery speed here has become much slower, even though the Magic Continent is a magic-rich area."

"Some time ago, when I tried to teach some demons how to build houses and dig wells using earth magic, I discovered that many of them were skilled in earth magic, and their mana regeneration speed was much faster than mine, which led to this hypothesis."

It seems that's true; my mana recovery speed is much faster than when I was in the territory of Fituia.

and.......

Magic should indeed be able to affect the human body...

For example, Senis and Alina Lisze were both sealed inside magical crystals and their bodies were then modified...

That guy, Genius...

That's pretty impressive...