Chapter 149.4
…The actions of the bandits are no different . They have to be judged, and then atone for their crimes .
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I don’t like the behavior of the men yesterday and I don’t feel like employing them .
But what about after they atone for their crimes? What if they have a change of heart?
If they’ve really had a change of heart, then wouldn’t it be fine to give them a second chance .
At least that’s what I think .
“And that’s why you’re going to hire them . ” [Willieris]
“No . I haven’t decided that yet… First of all, unlike the slum people, they have actually committed a crime . Although they’re former convicts, deciding to hire them on my own won’t do . Not only is there the issue of risk management, I would also be ignoring my current employees . That’s why if I’m going to be hiring them, I will have to interview them first, explain to the employees, bow my head, and then get them to agree .
I could also have the former convicts tend to a new store instead, but before anything else, I first need to confirm: 1 . What crimes they’ve committed . 2 . Why they committed them . 3 . And if they’re planning to turn over a new leaf . There are all sorts of crimes too…” [Ryouma]
For example, although those bandits were cowards, they knew enough to avoid killing someone . I spoke quite a bit with one of them, and I think there might be room for rehabilitation . But there are people who don’t think anything of committing crimes… An extreme example would be someone who enjoys killing people . Those type of people are definitely out of the question . I’ll limit my former convict employees to those who I feel have reflected over their actions and have turned over a new leaf . Maybe I’ll limit the acceptable crimes to just misdemeanors too .
“I should probably get someone else to handle the interviews too… I’m too biased toward the former convicts . ” [Ryouma]
“…I get what you want to say, but… Seriously . You’re such a busybody . Just when I thought you’d made a clean decision to hand the bandits over to the guards, you’re suddenly thinking of what to do after they’re let out . ” [Kirillel]
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That might be true .
I gave them up to the guards and now I’m thinking of helping them .
If someone wants to say that my actions are contradictory, I have no words to refute with .
But that’s what it means to be human .
Humans have always been doing things as they please, just doing whatever is convenient for them .
And I too am one of those humans .
“This is this and that is that . ” [Ryouma]
“Isn’t it fine? You’re in the position to do so anyway . Moreover, no matter what the reason is, looking back on your actions and reflecting, and then thinking about other people isn’t a bad thing . But you shouldn’t saddle yourself with so much . ” [Willieris]
“Thank you very much, Willieris-sama… For the mean time, I think I’ll talk about this incident with my assistant-manager . ” [Ryouma]
Whether I go through with it or not, everything starts from there .
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Now that I think about it… It has already been over half a year since I spent three years in that forest after coming to this world and left for town . I now have an objective . To go to the Great Shurus Forest and retrieve the inheritance of my grandmother . But to that end, I need to be a C Ranker first . Although I’m taking it one step at a time, I am progressing with my preparations . If I manage to prepare everything early, I should be able to go next year .
But after that, then what? What reason am I living for? What will I use my money and power for?
I don’t want to keep working without a goal just so I can keep on making a living .
Although my environment and work are different, what I’m doing won’t be different from my previous life .
It won’t be long before I spend my fifth year in this world, and yet I still don’t have a long-term goal .
But as vague as it may be, if possible, I’d like to use my abilities for something that would be useful to others .
“…In Japan, there’s a saying ‘if there is a god who will abandon you, then there will also be a god who will pick you up [1] . ’ If there’s someone who will abandon others in this world, then there will also be someone who will save others…” [Ryouma]
Rurutia and the others picked me . That’s why I’m here today .
I’m able to spend my days happily now . That was an unthinkable thing back in my previous life .
“That’s why I want to thank you . ” [Ryouma]
“Ryoumkun…” [Rurutia]
“I don’t know what will happen to me in the future, but I too would like to be on the side of taking others in…” [Ryouma]
As I said those words from the bottom of my hears, that usual gentle light began to cover me .
“Out of time, huh . Alright . I’ll be off then . ” [Ryouma]
“Yes . Do your best . ” [Rurutia]
“I pray that fortune will grace you . Next time, I’ll introduce my husband to you . ” [Willieris]
“I’ll watch over you from time to time too . Someday let’s have a match . ” [Kirillel]
“Thank you very mu—” [Ryouma]
“Da!” [Kirillel]
When I was about to thank the two goddesses, Kirillel-sama suddenly yelled .
“You’re too stiff!” [Kirillel]
“Ryoumkun, haven’t you had enough time to get used to us yet?” [Willieris]
…I understand .
“Thank you . Willieris . Kirillel . ” [Ryouma]
“Now that’s more like it!” [Killieris]
“Fu fu fu . Do take care until the next time we meet . ” [Willieris]
“Wait a moment! How come you didn’t call my name—” [Rurutia]
My consciousness went back to my body…
[1] – This is the same ‘pick up’ as in the title . I wrote it this way to give the title nod, but another way to put is ‘take in’ . So the sentence will read as: In Japan, there’s a saying ‘if there is a god who will abandon you, then there will also be a god who will take you in[1] . ’