Jobless Reincarnation: The King with a Mental Problem

[Late Night - Silphie's Room]

[Sylphie's Perspective]

"I was terrified. I was supposed to go back with Ms. Loki to celebrate Rudy's tenth birthday. Ms. Loki was hugging me from behind, but after the magic disaster, she suddenly disappeared."

I was extremely anxious, and my mind was screaming in despair.

But for some reason, the scream in my heart grew louder and louder. When I looked up, I realized that the scream was because someone was falling from the sky.

That person is Ariel.

I forced myself to calm down and kept blowing wind on her from the sky to slow her fall and save her life.

Of course, it only saved her life.

She fell very badly; her arms and legs were broken and deformed.

There might be internal bleeding or something, so I plan to use healing magic on her right away.

As soon as I got there, even though her arms and legs were broken, she was still yelling at me.

They even tried to scramble away from me...

I pinned her down, forcibly restraining her, but she started crying and screaming, saying, "Please, don't eat me!"

That made me furious.

I told her not to move, but she wouldn't.

Finally, when I had no other choice, I remembered what my older brother had said before: When people are scared, they will move around randomly, but if you give them an even scarier stimulus at this time, they will freeze.

I can't remember the specific principle my older brother explained.

All I remember is him saying: "A hard slap might work."

"So you really slapped him?"

"yes."

"Will it work?"

"It worked; she didn't dare to move at all."

Did she pee?

"...I peed."

"Kuhehehehe~~~"

Seeing Aisha's cheeky grin, I couldn't help but laugh too.

The situation was quite funny...

We laughed for a while before we calmed down.

"And then?"

Aisha rested her head on my arm, her tiny body breathing softly against my neck, waiting for me to continue.

Just like how Teacher Luo Qixi comforted me when I was a child, I patted her back again and again.

"At that time, I didn't know she was a princess. I just looked at her clothes and thought she was the daughter of some noble family or something."

I don't have a good impression of nobles, so I didn't pay much attention to her.

I just explained it to her, cured her, and then I didn't bother with her anymore.

Because at the time, my mind was a complete mess, thinking about the magical disaster, Professor Loki, the Fituia territory, and my father and the others.

For a moment, I didn't know what to do next.

Ariel must have seen how anxious I was, so she told me some inside information that only royalty would know.

She spoke eloquently, detailing the relocation area, the scale of the disaster, the plans for the capital, and matters concerning Ankylosaurus and Jax.

"So you knew she was a princess?"

No. She said she was the daughter of a great noble family.

I wanted to take her home, but as soon as I mentioned it to her, her face turned green and she absolutely refused.

She had no intention of getting involved in anything about inheritance rights or the petty squabbles among nobles.

Now that she's finally out in public, she doesn't plan to go back. She hopes her family will just consider her dead.

"So she ended up with you?"

"Yeah... She kept pestering me back then, saying she wanted to team up with me as adventurers or something. After I refused, she even said she'd become a bard and spread the Elf King's fame everywhere for me, which annoyed me to no end."

"Then why did you let her stay?"

I opened my mouth, but couldn't answer immediately.

A gust of wind rose outside the tent, billowing the curtains before they slowly deflated. I patted Aisha on the back, my voice unconsciously lowering.

"Perhaps... it's because my first impression of her as a noblewoman was so bad, but after getting to know her, I found that she wasn't so pretentious."

Despite being a noblewoman, she wasn't ashamed and would squat by the roadside with me to haggle with people.

On the road, he would help an old woman carry water, and help a child find his mother; he never found it troublesome.

At first, I thought she was just putting on an act, but later I found out that she genuinely enjoyed doing these things.

She said it was the first time she felt truly alive; before that, it was always... you know... times...

so close!

What am I even saying...?

I almost corrupted little Aisha...

"It's alright... I understand, Daddy said it's when you're close to death, right?"

"Yes! That's exactly what I meant!"

Very good......

Fortunately, little Aisha is an innocent child...

"But what does that have to do with what's happening now?"

"It's quite important, let's talk about it slowly."

When Ms. Loki disappeared, she left many things behind, including her wand.

Unfortunately, both the cash and the gems your father gave you were with Teacher Loki, so we didn't have much money on us and needed to go to town to exchange our loot from the maze for money.

At that time...we were in Milpotz...

Before......

I also went there with Teacher Luo Qixi. We stayed in a village there for a while, cleared out the monster tide for free, and made some friends.

My friend...and many other villagers...

A large group of people were captured together, shackled, and herded around by slave traders like pigs...

I didn't know what was going on for a moment...

Everyone was stunned...

Ariel and I were both stunned...

After looking at the changing scene for a while, Ariel asked me, "Is this someone I know?"

Of course it is...

One of the girls, Sarah, even mistook me for a boy and confessed her feelings to me when we were in her village...

I looked at the scene before me and had no idea what was happening.

Ariel finally spoke up, furious as she slowly told me her guesses through gritted teeth...

Presumably because the magical disaster was warned in advance, a large number of people were organized to evacuate the territory of Fituia and temporarily handed over to other territories for resettlement.

The sudden appearance of a large population will certainly have an impact on the local area.

The king wanted the people of the Fetoa territory to be treated well, so his policy was that as long as these commoners were satisfied, they could stay there and not have to return to the Donadi territory.

This presents both a challenge and an opportunity for the local community.

Because population is productivity.

It might be a bit troublesome in the short term, but as long as the local nobles can make good use of these opportunities and weather this storm, their territory will develop even better.

The lord of Milpotz had previously taken in a large number of refugees, vowing to properly resettle them...

But given the current situation, it seems he intends to directly replace the population of other territories with the population of his own, while simultaneously selling the people of his own territory into slavery for money...

As a result, the Boreas family, already weakened by the magical disaster in the Fituia territory, will become even weaker due to population loss, while the other three major noble families will take advantage of the situation to advance even further...

I was furious after hearing Ariel's guess!

While I was still in a daze, my friend saw me...

We locked eyes; her lips were parted in a plea for help.

after.......

I killed all those bastards on the spot...

Even those who tried to beg for mercy and escape were killed by me...

Because I'm worried they might snitch on us or something...

After rescuing them, I asked them some questions.

The reality was indeed similar to Ariel's guess; they were being sold to a war-torn region...

They were either militia cannon fodder on the battlefield...

They could either be sold to plantations...

It's either a brothel...

My friend was crying so hard in my arms, saying she didn't know what to do...

I tried to comfort her, but honestly, I didn't know what to do either...

I felt really upset and angry at the time. I wanted to do something, but I was powerless to do anything about it.

Sitting alone in front of the campfire in the middle of the night, sulking...

For the first time, I felt such hatred for those high-and-mighty nobles...

Then......

Ariel, she...

She found me when no one was around and told me who she was...

She also mentioned that the local lord, Pilemon, should theoretically be considered part of her faction, since his son, Luke, was her guard knight...

I was furious and asked her why she didn't manage her subordinates properly.

But Ariel was also very sad, saying that she was just a pretty face with no real power, and that even the royal family needed the support of these nobles to fight for the throne.

She said she was also very angry, having no idea that Pirimon's previously mentioned method—the plan to settle the refugees and then make a fortune—acted like this...

She started crying as she spoke...

He bowed and apologized to me repeatedly...

She said...

She wanted to go to the lord's manor to stop this from continuing...

She even said she hoped I could send her there...

"You agreed?"

"I agreed, but I was really angry at the time."

He was angry at the nobles, and he was also angry at her.

I'm angry that she knows nothing, yet I'm also angry that she knows so much, but is so useless...

But I can't help feeling that there should be more people like her.

Aisha leaned closer and spoke softer, as if she were really listening to a bedtime story.

"And then?"

"Later, Ariel and I exchanged all the property that I and Professor Rochefort had earned from the maze for money, which we used to temporarily settle these people before leaving."

Ariel encountered no danger along the way, but she was still worried.

Looking back now, Ariel didn't actually want to get involved in the struggle for the throne. She really wanted to escape that place and, as she said, be a carefree adventurer and bard with me.

Even though she was scared, she still stood up for the refugees, so she's actually a really good person... and very brave...

But at the time, I was still quite angry with her because her identity reminded me of someone even more detestable.

yes......

If only I had realized this sooner...

Perhaps I could have been gentler with Ariel...

Forehead......

Let's just forget about it...

She always seems to be asking for trouble...

Just be a little gentler with her in the future, that should be enough...

"Later, when we arrived at the lord's manor, things didn't go smoothly either. Privately, Pirémon was humiliated by Ariel's accusations."

Because of what he did, at the very least, it was shameful; because of this, he would become a laughingstock among the nobility.

On a grander scale, this could shake the very foundations of the nation. If word gets out, it might incite riots among locals and outsiders, and could even lead to death...

So he immediately apologized to Ariel, saying he wouldn't do it again...

I really wanted to kill him at the time, but Ariel didn't confront him directly.

He later added that he also had his own difficulties.

They're trying to play the victim and make us feel sorry for them.

He spoke of his son Luke and Dirich, the princess's original guardian sorcerer, who were implicated by Ariel's disappearance.

It was said that his son Luke was seriously injured, while Dillick died.

He also said that Deaco's dying wish was for Ariel to be determined to participate in the struggle for the throne.

He sounded so pitiful at the time, but after I learned the details, I realized it was because those people were all a bunch of useless trash!

In short, a D-rank monster, the Terminator Boar, descended upon the royal palace. His son, Luke, was severely injured and nearly died by the boar, while the man named Dirich was truly dead...

Even the wild boar in the end was killed by a group of maids who had learned swordsmanship...

His son Luke survived, but he was implicated because of Ariel's disappearance...

"Huh? You mean the princess's guards couldn't even defeat a wild boar?"

"yes......"

"Was he beaten to death by a group of maids?"

"yes......"

"So... this is what Dad meant by 'connected family'..."

"yes......"

"Sigh... Sister Sylphie must be working so hard..."

"yes......"

"And then what?"

I'm so tired...

I closed my eyes, as if I were standing back in that hall where every word echoed.

"Afterwards, he apologized to Ariel, saying that he intended to fully support Ariel's actions and let Ariel and others try to achieve something, as long as his son Luke could be by Ariel's side to help.

But Ariel began to hesitate...

Why?

"Because...because she must be very scared..."

If Ariel agrees and begins to resettle the refugees, regardless of the outcome, it will send a signal to the outside world: she desires fame and recognition.

Regardless of Ariel's thoughts, her brother, who covets the throne, will undoubtedly try to harm her because of this...

But while Ariel was hesitating, I agreed on her behalf...

"She must have been furious..."

"Yes, she was furious..."

But she suppressed her anger and, out of consideration for my feelings in front of Pirimon, agreed...

They only argued with each other when they were in a secluded place...

We were arguing really badly...

"And the result?"

"The result was that I beat her up again..."

"Sister, you're so mean!"

"Yes... I'm so bad..."

But at the time, I was actually quite angry, and I didn't think that much about it...

She didn't even consider her feelings...

At the time, I only thought those nobles were all lowly good-for-nothings, weak and stupid, without any sense of responsibility. To call them stray dogs on the street would be an insult to dogs...

So a bold idea suddenly popped into my head.

That is, after achieving great things, he will manipulate Ariel, this good-for-nothing, to ascend the throne!

That's why I agreed...

"ah???"

Little Aisha seemed surprised by my idea...

He paused for a while before continuing to speak.

"Sister, you're such a man..."