Isekai Tensei - Kimi to no Saikai made Nagai koto Nagai koto

Chapter 13

TheLong Journey Until I Reunite With You

Today,I Begin

I was... Asakura Ryuuma was helplessly foolish. In the placewhere the worthless boy died, surely n.o.body would be sad. However, Velt Jeeha"sparents were different. Today, all throughout the country, many a tear wereshed at the sad news. The farmers, the commoners, the soldiers, the n.o.bles, andeven the king...

「Velt, you know, I"ll say it now, but I was your father"s rivalback in the day. Taira, Bonapa and I were always going at each other as kidswhen Aruna was around. In the end, having naught but a warm heart, she marriedBonapa. When you born from the two, I was happy. Those two were trulyirreplaceable existences for me.」 (Melma)

Forna"s father, in other words the king of the country, isneither strong nor especially gifted, unlike his daughter. Even though he"sroyalty, he carries himself just like a commoner. However, he was congenial toeveryone, which was exactly what the people loved about him.

「Velt. There are no more words I can offer. Bonapa and Aruna weremy irreplaceable friends.」 (The King)

It wasn"t just how he appeared, the king was truly sad. If hisretainer and child were not here, he would probably be crying right now. Itwasn"t just the king. General Taira appeared mortified when he heard what hadhappened. It"s saddening, but when I think of how preciously mom and dad werethought of, it also made me proud.

「Whoever captures the demon that killed those two will receive aproper reward. Rest a.s.sured. I will do all I can within my power to help.」(Taira)

If it were Asakura Ryuuma, such words would be utterlyunthinkable. But, I am not the same as I was. I am thoughtful and consideratenow. Words would not come out. All I could do was nod. And that wasn"t all.

「Now then, Velt. If you like, would you stay in the castle untilthings calm down?」 (The King)

「Eh, the castle?」 (Velt)

「Your home"s not in any shape for you to live there. Well, tenyears old is too young to be made to live alone. Forna would be delighted aswell. You could go back and forth to school.」(The King)

Not good. I"m about to cry again. To be frank, I was reborn as acommoner with no special talents or ability to use magic, which I thought wasunlucky. However, I"m actually blessed. Until I met sensei, I thought I alonewas different. But I, Velt Jeeha has people that love him this much.

「Velt, you should. It is certainly much better than being alone.」(Forna)

Forna grabbed both my hands and nodded. That"s right, hearingthose words might make me happy more than anything else.

However, I"m not the type to depend on others" kindness. There"sno real reason to, and for the normal me, I want to wait until things settledown. At the castle, I may be happy, but I won"t be able to relax.

「No way. It"s suffocating there.」(Velt)

「Hm, I thought you would say that, being you. However, I cannotallow you to remain alone. As king, as an adult, and as your father"s goodfried.」 (The King)

Even though he says that, I was alone most of the time in theother word and there"s no reason to worry, but I can"t really say that can I.

「Ah, in other words, rather than alone... Would it be fine, tohave someone watch over me?」 (Velt)

「W, well, if someone were willing to take care of you...」(The King)

Someone to watch over me... There"s only one person that I canthink of.

「Sensei.」 (Velt)

「What?」 (Melma)

Sensei was standing quietly behind us during our exchange,becoming mildly panicked when the conversation suddenly came to a halt. Althoughhe"s only going to panic more from here on...

「I"ll help out at the shop when I"ve got time... So can I livethere?」 (Velt)　

「Ha?」 (Melma)

「I want you to take me in, if possible...」(Velt)

「Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?」 (Melma)

See, he panicked. Well, not only is sensei surprised, buteveryone else here is. It"s a hard sell, becoming an adopted child, as it"snormally unthinkable.

「Velt, what are you thinking of, troubling that man like that! Didfather not tell you to live in the castle!?」(Forna)

「No, it"s  not thattroubling.」 (Velt)

「Wait, are you not thinking about the trouble you"re causing me?」(Melma)

「Because I"ll help out with the shop. Couldn"t you use an extraset of hands now that it"s doing well? Aren"t I the next person in the countryafter sensei that knows about ramen?」 (Velt)

To be sure, I know I"m saying something absurd. There"s n.o.bodywho"d want a conceited child like me. But, it"s also true that I have beenrelying on sensei for various things.

「Asaku... No, Velt. You, do you know what you"re saying? You"resaying you want me to take in someone else"s child? Even though I don"t havechildren, I am married, do you think G.o.d would permit it?」(Melma)

「Yeah, I know. But, whenever something"s seriously troubling me Ican talk to you, and you help me out don"t you?」(Velt)

As I said so, Forna furrowed her brows and hit the back of myhead.

「Stupid Velt! Why, why! Talk to me if you have any problems! Whywon"t you talk to me? Didn"t you two only meet the other day?」(Forna)

「There are things guys can"t talk to girls about.」(Velt)

「W, what did you say?」 (Forna)

「For example, how to confess to the girl I like, how could I askyou something like that?」 (Velt)

「Ah... Y, you, Velt! You don"t need to talk to somebody, if youjust tell them you like them, it’s plenty.」 (Forna)

It wasn"t exactly a lie. Somehow, her face became beet red andshe had a bashful, happy expression. She came to some misunderstanding, but Ididn"t say anything untrue.

「Sheesh, relying on me now isn"t fair you know? He was, I was ateacher in the past you know.」 (Melma)

Sensei looked skyward, amazed. However, he seemed to have givenup at some point.

「Listen, there are several conditions. To begin with, no lying tome. Same with secrets. You"ll tell me things in detail. We"ll have adiscussion. If you can"t do that, I"ll throw you out.」(Melma)

I am unbelievably lucky. Even if there are others that werereborn like us, I"ve got the best circ.u.mstances.

「After that, do care about the past, but don"t be fixated on it.What"s important to Velt Jeeha is more important.」(Melma)

「Yeah, I"ll try.」 (Velt)

「Lastly, I will call you Velt from now on. Got it?」(Melma)

Probably n.o.body else understands the meaning of the conversation.Though, that this conversation even happened is my good fortune. Sensei said tonot focus on being Asakura Ryuuma from here on, but to live as Velt Jeeha. Also,he won"t call me Asakura. He will see me as Velt. Sensei is telling is me tolive this way now.

In a sense, the life of Velt Jeeha may have just begun, today.
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