りを交わしたタロよ。よくぞ、よくぞやってくれたな」
イグニトール女王陛下への謁見で、弟君奪還の報告をすれば喜色満面で陛下よりクエストの報酬をもらうこととなった。
:元ハーディ伯爵領を賜り、タロ伯爵領と改名:
:領地経営システムが追加されました:
:領地からの税収により30万エソを手に入れました:
取り潰しとなった謀反人、ハーディ伯爵家。その領地を俺にくれるとか、やはり太っ腹すぎる。
俺は領地経営システムがいかなるものか、わくわくしつつも陛下にお礼の挨拶をして退場した。
ちなみにジョージたちもクエスト達成に貢献してくれたので、陛下から『
道具屋にて5万エソで売れるとこっそり教えたら、トワさんとリリィさんはすごく喜んでいた。その他にも、その短剣はここイグニトール王国で、王家と親しいという意味のこもった身分証にもなるので取っておくのも得策だと伝えておく。
ジュンヤ君は2本目なので迷わず売って、鉱石採集のための装備新調に使うそうだ。
「さて、みんなの認識はこの辺で共有できたかな」
俺がそう口にすれば、パーティーメンバーは神妙な面持ちで頷いてくれる。
ログアウトする前に、一度みんなとは現実とゲームが交錯している点についての情報収集も兼ね、少しの話し合いを設けている。
リアルモジュール側のミナとリリィさん、ゲーム浸食を認識できないトワさんとジョージ、そしてジュンヤ君。みんなの反応は様々だったけれど、一応は納得してくれているようだ。
「そういえば、リリィさんと一緒に遊んだのは久しぶりですね」
ミナが唐突にリリィさんに話を振った。
「ええ。ここのところゲームにログインするどころではなくてよ......ですが、久方ぶりにタロさんたちと遊べて楽しかったですわ」
口ではそう言うものの、彼女の暗い表情が事態の深刻さを物語る。
リアルモジュール側の人間は、自分達だけがこの現実改変を気付けるため妙な孤独感を味わう。きっと彼女もそうなのかもしれない。
リリィさんのようなイギリス王室の血を引く人は特にそうなのかもしれない。現実改変で悠長にしていられる立場でもないし。
「イギリスは魔法という
どうやら現実改変で苦労しているのは俺達だけではなさそうだ。
リリィさんの頑張ってる現状を聞けばこそ、不安も薄らぎ、自らを鼓舞することができる。きっとそれは彼女も同じなのだろう。
俺が皇太子よりプロポーズを受けて大騒動になっていると伝えれば、彼女の表情が少しだけ和らいでいた。
「お互いにがんばりましょう。それじゃあログアウトするから、また」
別れの挨拶とともにゲームから意識を手放す。
自室のベッドから起き上がれば、別段変化した様子は見受けられない。
「さて......何から調べるかな......」
隣の部屋では姉がクラン・クランに潜ってるだろうし、やっぱりここは無難にテレビのニュースを流しながらネットサーフィンが無難?
日本の炎皇家、ひいては天皇にまつわる情報に何か変化が見られないか確認してみよう。
そう決めてPCの前に向かった俺だが、ポケットの震えを感じてその手を止める。スマホ画面を見れば、ミナ......
ちゃん? どうしたの?」
「急にごめんね。でもすごい変化が起きてるから、すぐに連絡したの」
「おお、わざわざありがとう。こっちはまだ何も起こってないけど......どんな変化がわかったの?」
「ええと......訊太郎くんには何から話せばいいのかな......」
ちゃんは俺にもわかるように、丁寧に説明をし出す。
日本には元々、
その名家も今は十家に減少したとはいえ、未だに日本の各産業や行政、法、経済面での強い影響力と権力は持つ。
その名家の数が一つ増えてるらしい。
ちゃんが言おうとしている現象が事実なら、少しは俺の生活基盤というか居住環境が変わっていてもおかしくない。
「増えた家名は『仏神宮』だよ......訊太郎くんの名字って【仏】だったよね......」
3LDKのマンションだ。
大それた名家の一員になっていたら、もっと凄い豪邸とかに住んでるイメージがある。
「『仏神宮』家は代々、外交面で重要なポストやまとめ役に就いている人達が多いそうなの。今代の仏神宮家当主......訊太郎くんのお父さんはね......」
外交面って......父さんは戦場ジャーナリストのはず。海外を点々と回り、貧困や争いに苦しむ人々の姿をカメラで捉え、戦場の真実を伝える職業だ。
「日本を代表する外交長官らしいの。それと海外の科学産業界のパトロンと、数多くの外資系大企業の理事長を務めてるとか......現在は新しく発見された資源『
寝耳に水だ。
それと訊太郎くんがおかれた環境なのだけど、と言い辛そうに
「自分の子供たちは将来の外交官だ。それなら世間一般の常識や価値観を知っていないと交渉なんてできない。だから訊太郎くんを家元から離し、一般的な環境下で生活させる。それが『仏神宮』家の教育方針らしいの」
「だいたい中学生まで一般的教育環境におくときいているのだけど......」
というと......高校はその限りではないと。
嫌な予感がする。
ゴクリと唾を飲み込み、琴ちゃんの言葉を待つ。
「......崇拝、皇家の次に優先すべき大恩ある名家という認識だそうなの」
なんとこの一日で、皇族に本家と分家というものができたそうだ。
イグノアは現天皇陛下の実弟から、分家の当主という立ち位置に変わっていた。
遥か昔、皇家の第一継承者の幼い弟君が後継者争いの旗頭にされたとのこと。そこでその弟君を反乱軍から救出したのが【仏神宮】家であるらしい。
二度とこのような混乱を招かないよう、この時より皇家も本家と分家で分かつことになったそうだ。第一継承者の筋が本家に、弟君が分家筋になって継承者を支える。
イグノア皇宮警察長は『仏神宮』家がいなければ、今の自分はいなかったと公言しているようだ。
その信望の厚さから、『仏神宮』家は日本十一名家の中でも屈指の立場を誇るとのこと。
「ゲームのイグニトール継承戦争の流れがそのまま反映されている......」
「うん。訊太郎くんの権利が一方的に侵害されることはなくなったけど、皇家のみなさまとより密接な関係になってしまってるの」
まずは第一目標である、皇族の圧力に屈しない立場を形成することができた?
「とにかくすぐに姉に報告するから。
「頼もしいな。でも無理はしないように」
「ふふふ。わかってるよー」
そうして俺は琴ちゃんとの通話を切り、隣室でクラン・クランをしている姉に声をかける。
「姉! ちょっとすごいことになってるから、ゲームをやめて」
「ん......ん、太郎。こっちも割と大変なことに......『水門回廊アクアリウム街』がだな......」
姉はコンタクト越しにぼんやりと俺を眺めている。
どうやらゲーム内に意識を半分割きつつ、現実の俺に対応しているのだろう。
「いや、ほんと! うちが超お金持ちの厳格な家になってるかもしれないんだ!」
「なにを......え? どういうことなの?」
「えっと、ゲーム内で――『ピンポーン』
詳しく説明しようとする俺の声を遮るように、インターフォンの音が鳴り響く。それには姉も怪訝な顔へ変わり、すぐさまクラン・クランをログアウトしてくれた。
俺もこのタイミングで鳴らされたチャイムに何だか予感めいたものを覚え、身構えるように口を閉ざす。
モニターを姉が覗けば、そこには灰髪のナイスミドルが背筋をピンと伸ばしていた。燕尾服っぽいタキシード姿で家の前に立っているのだ。
姉がゆっくり答えると、ナイスミドルは好々爺のような笑顔を浮かべる。
俺と姉が同時に互いの顔を見合う。
沈黙が落ちるけど、言いたいことはわかる。
「あの、すみません。どちらさまでしょうか?」
さま、悪い御冗談はおよしになってください。この爺めをからかっておいでですか?」
上品な仕草で、クツクツと愛情がこもってそうな笑顔を浮かべるナイスミドル。
「真世さまや訊太郎さま、幼少の頃より貴女方のお世話させていただいております、セバスですよ」
たしかに雰囲気はもう100%セバスチャンって感じのオジ様だけどさ?
「近々、旦那様が帰国なさいますので。お出迎えの準備も兼ねて、一度本邸宅にお戻りになるようお願い申しあげますと先週にご連絡したではありませんか。本日、お迎えにあがるのをお忘れでしたか?」
やはり、俺と姉は互いの顔を眺めることしかできなかった。
"It's Talo, who made an ally and exchanged deeds (chives) for his sister-in-law. Well done, well done."
In a glance at Her Majesty Queen Ignitol, if I reported my brother's recapture, I would be rewarded with a quest by Her Majesty in full joy.
: Giving former Count Hardy territory, renamed Count Tallo territory:
: Territorial management system added:
: We got 300,000 eso due to tax revenue from the territory:
Count Hardy's house, a murderer who was destroyed. You can give me that territory, or I'm still too fat.
I was excited to say thank you to His Majesty for what the Territorial Management System was and left.
By the way, the Georges also contributed to accomplishing the quest, so His Majesty had given me The Dagger of Flaming Saints (Ignis). This is what I and Junya used to get for completing Princess Ignitol's escort quest.
When I snuck up at the tool store and told them I could sell for 50,000 eso, Mr. Twa and Mr. Lily were so happy. Otherwise, I'll tell him that it's a good idea to keep that dagger because it will also be an ID card that means you're close to the royal family here in the Kingdom of Ignitore.
Junya, this is your second bottle, so they don't hesitate to sell it and use it for new gear for ore collection.
"Well, I wonder if everyone's perception could have been shared around here"
If I say so, the party members will nod at me with a strange face.
Before I log out, I also set up a little discussion with everyone once to gather information about reality and the intersection of games.
Mina and Lily on the real-module side, Twa and George who can't recognize game erosion, and Junya. Everyone's reactions were varied, but for once they seem to convince me.
"Speaking of which, it's been a long time since you've played with Mr. Lily"
Mina abruptly spoke to Mr. Lily.
"Yeah, I'm not here to log in to the game...... but it's been a long time since I've had fun playing with the Taro guys"
Though I say so in my mouth, her dark expression tells the story of the seriousness of the matter.
Humans on the real module side experience a strange sense of loneliness because only they are aware of this alteration of reality. I'm sure she does, too.
Perhaps that is especially true of people like Mr Lilly who draw the blood of the British royal family. I'm not in a position to stay long with reality alterations.
"England is a legitimate country where the tradition of magic (...) was handed down from earlier times than anywhere else... what a magical reality."
Apparently, we're not the only ones struggling with a reality alteration.
Mr. Lilli's hard work. It is only by asking what the status quo is that anxiety can be diluted and we can inspire ourselves. I'm sure that's the same for her.
If I had told the Crown Prince I was getting a proposal and it was a big commotion, her expression would have only soothed a little.
"Let's hang in there with each other. Then I'll log you out, see you."
Let go of consciousness from the game with a goodbye greeting.
If you get out of your own bed, you won't see anything different.
"Well... I wonder from what..."
In the next room, my sister would be diving into Clan Clan, and I knew it was easy to surf the internet while streaming TV news here without difficulty?
Let's see if there are any changes in the information about the Japanese Flaming Royal Family and hence the Emperor.
I made that decision and headed in front of the PC. It's me, but I feel my pocket tremble and I stop that hand. When I looked at the smartphone screen, Mina... it was an incoming call from Harp.
"Hello, harp? What's the matter with you?
"I'm suddenly sorry. But there's been an amazing change, so I contacted you right away."
"Oh, thank you for taking the time. Nothing's happened over here yet... but what changes have you figured out?
"Uh... I wonder what to tell Shintaro from..."
That being said, Harp will give a polite explanation so that I can see it.
Japan originally had a famous family known as the Hua (Ka) tribe.
Even though the famous family has now been reduced to ten houses, it still has strong influence and power in every industrial, administrative, legal and economic aspect of Japan.
I hear there's one more of those famous houses.
But if the phenomenon that Harp is trying to say is true, it's not strange that my living base or migration environment has changed a little bit.
"The increased family name is" Buddha's Shrine "... Shintaro's last name was [Buddha]..."
It's a 3 LDK apartment.
If I had been a part of that famous family, I would have imagined living in a more amazing mansion or something.
"From generation to generation, the 'Buddha Shrine' family seems to have many important posts and compilers in the diplomatic arena. The contemporary Buddhist shrine owner... Shintaro's father..."
Diplomatic aspects... Dad should be a battlefield journalist. It is a profession that turns a little abroad, captures on camera the appearance of people suffering from poverty and strife, and conveys the truth about the battlefield.
"He seems to be Japan's leading foreign secretary. And overseas science and industry patrons and the chairmanship of a number of large foreign-owned companies... are now being sent to Pakistan as foreign secretaries to negotiate imports of the newly discovered resource" Primitive Demon Water (Magi Uranium)... "
Water in your sleeping ear.
The environment in which Shintaro was found is such that Harp provides information that she grasped it.
"My own children are future diplomats. Then you can't negotiate without knowing the common sense and values of the public. So let Shintaro live away from his family and in a general environment. That seems to be the educational policy of the Buddha's Shrine."
"I generally expect to keep it in a general educational environment until junior high..."
When it comes to...... high school says that's not the case.
I have a bad feeling.
Swallow the gokuri and spit, and wait for Harp's words.
"... worship, the realization that the royal family is the next most deserving of priority."
What a day this has allowed the royal family to have something called a main house and a branch.
Ignor had changed from his current Emperor's real brother to the position of head of the branch.
Long ago, your younger brother, the first heir to the royal family, was flagged as a successor contender. So they rescued that brother from the rebels at the [Buddha Shrine] house.
From this time on, the royal family was to be divided between the main house and the branch so as not to cause such confusion again. My first heir's muscle is in the main house, and my brother you become a branch muscle to support the heir.
The Chief of Police of the Imperial Palace of Ignoa seems to have publicly stated that if it had not been for the 'Buddha Shrine' family, he would not have had himself now.
Due to the thickness of its prestige, the "Buddha Shrine" family boasts one of the top eleven Japanese houses.
"The game's Ignitol inheritance war flow is reflected as it is..."
"Yeah, Shintaro's rights are no longer being violated unilaterally, but they've become more closely related to the royal family."
First of all, the primary goal, was to be able to form a position that would not yield to the pressure of the royal family?
"Because I'll report to my sister soon anyway. Thanks for sharing, Harp."
"You're reliable. But don't push it."
"Heh heh. I know."
That's how I hang up my call with Qin and speak to my sister playing Clan Clan in the next room.
"Sister! It's a little awesome, so stop playing games"
"Mmm...... Taro. For what it's worth... Watergate Corridor Aquarium Street..."
My sister is staring at me blurry over the contact.
Apparently, you're dealing with me in real life while halving consciousness in the game.
"No, really! We could be a super rich, strict house!
"What... Huh? What's this all about?
"Uh, in-game -" Ping-Poon "
The sound of the intercom rings to block my voice trying to explain it in detail. My sister turned to a strange face and immediately logged me out of Clan Clan.
I also remember something I had a hunch about the chimes rang at this time, and shut my mouth so I could get up.
If my sister peeked at the monitor, there was a gray-haired nice middle stretching her spine pinned. He stands in front of the house in a tuxedo that looks like a swallow tail suit.
When my sister answers slowly, Nice Middle smiles like a favorite.
Me and my sister see each other's faces at the same time.
Silence falls, but I know what you're trying to say.
"Um, excuse me. Which is it?
"Please don't make a bad joke. Will you make fun of this grandfather?
Nice middle with an elegant trick and such a smile with kutzu and affection.
"I have been taking care of you since you were a child, Shintaro Masaya, Sebastian."
Sure, the vibe feels like 100% Sebastian already, doesn't it?
"My husband will be home soon. Didn't I contact you last week to ask you to return to the main mansion once we are ready to welcome you? Did you forget to pick me up today?
After all, me and my sister could only look at each other's faces.
I Became a Beautiful Girl, but I’m still an MMO Junkie
美少女になったけど、ネトゲ廃人やってます。
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