23 The Royal Capital of the Past Part 07

"... Oh, was that so?"

Looking at the title, in a sense, you can objectively understand what I've done so far.

"Because titles are different depending on how my actions are perceived, but it doesn't change."

And then, when I researched my career in this world, what I learned was ──

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combat system

"High Mobility Fortress": A title given to those who move at high speed over long distances without moving their bodies voluntarily.

Always increases action speed (separate from agility value)

"Fighting Researcher": A title given to those who single-handedly defeated and analyzed ten or more types of monsters.

Increases the speed and information disclosure rate required to analyze monsters.

first series

"First Labyrinth Discoverer (Labyrinth Perception Lv1)": Makes it easier to find labyrinths

"First-time labyrinth entrant (labyrinth map Lv1)": The map of the labyrinth comes to mind

I will not forget the place I passed once until the placement is changed

"First Labyrinth Capturer (Labyrinth Killer Lv1)": Level x 0.1 x Status when fighting monsters in the labyrinth.

"First Solo Labyrinth Conqueror": ? ? ?

special system

Fate Modifier: A title given to those who have changed their fate.

When acquired, it will automatically activate regardless of the owner's will.

It is possible to interfere with the fate of others and rewrite the future that should have been originally

Depending on the owner's guidelines, the effect that this title activates will be changed.

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"People's destinies have changed."

"Actually, I don't really care if all the conditions related to the labyrinth were cleared."

"Fate Modifier" at the very end, this title is what should be noted this time.

"It activates when you get it... well, I can only think of one."

I stumbled upon a suspicious basement, where I heard a girl's help request for help mixed with resentment.

"I saved all of them and sent them to a safe place for their hypocrisy."

"Is that what triggered me to get it... but well, it's only natural that I can get this title. After all, it's the past."

A story that is often portrayed in fictional works, where someone's trivial actions changed fate in a big way...

We players are now in a world that has already been established ten years ago.

No matter what happens, if people who shouldn't be there interfere with the people of the time...there will definitely be changes.

Whether it's positive or negative, it will happen the moment you get involved.

This is because the world continues to move according to the events that occur, regardless of whether it is good or bad.

"No, no, if that's the case, the story will be too big…if you want to downsize a little, do you feel like it's just the guy from the quest?"

"In my case, save the slave to be sacrificed!" "It was a quest that felt like something out of the ordinary, but if there had been no interference, everyone would have become Nanika's sacrifice."

If that happens, the technique using that catalyst will be successful... and will lead to the present future.

However, when I stopped it, the ritual using the catalyst would definitely change.

Will it be weakened, or will the ritual itself fail... in any case, it won't go as planned.

"Ah, but there might be a raid event... so there's a possibility that everyone can get it. As expected, the management side doesn't want that flow either."

Clearly, the power of the ``Fate Modifier'' has the effect of swallowing the turmoil on its possessor.

For better or worse, it has a great impact on those around you, and it's a title that anyone can use to their full potential. 　

Even in creative works, the main characters who played a new game relying on their memories and acting in ways that did not follow the previous world line... There are often stories of someone being saved and someone else dying instead. will be

"However, there is no way anyone can recognize how it actually changed. I don't know about God, but people don't have the power to see fate."

"So even if it's a different future, those who don't know about it will take it for granted."

Of course, the place where I am now is normal, and other places can be called parallel worlds.

I don't know about AFO, but at least I saw the former slaves rejoicing that they were saved... but I don't know the details of how they were saved.

I was just recognizing that I was saved by being released from the unfortunate position of being a slave, and since I was imprisoned in a world created by a hypocrite like me, in a sense I could not be saved. The hypocrite is struggling not to think so.

Switching his thoughts a little, he murmured his thoughts on the raid event.

"However, is it another raid event?

The labyrinth was empty, so it wouldn't be strange to monopolize that large space.

"He always has his subordinates with him and tries to destroy the human race together with the king."

I guess that's what the pseudo "monsters' commotion" is, an event that overturns fate.

"If you defeat the boss as a condition, you will definitely get that title. As a hypocrite, it would be best to give it to other guys instead of fighting… If it's the same as Ryoku, as long as you have magical power, it's inexhaustible. It seems like I can create subordinates to

Choosing quantity over quality doesn't matter as long as you play as a summoner with Ryoku's help... No, there's no ulterior motive.

Quiet topic

"Well, it's already night, isn't it?"

Due to the turmoil in the labyrinth and the sequence of operations in the menu, a considerable amount of time has already passed.

A seemingly infinite number of stars that could not be seen on Earth shone overhead.

"The stars are beautiful...but can we still see this scene?"

At least there are no problems with exhaust gas or too bright lights, so there are only two reasons why the stars can't be seen.

One was lost in the explosion, and the light we see now is the light of the past.

And the other is ──

"Details are out of my area of expertise, and it all depends on Gu's results. But if the predictions are the worst..."

"At that time, I'm sure it will be a very high-level job among hypocrites."

　Fifth day

If it was possible to go back instead of going back, it was possible, so I did it.

After specifying the coordinates with the familiar "spatial displacement relocation" every time, he returned to the city.

However, those coordinates were registered as different coordinates from the original royal capital that I had registered.

Because it's an event area, the settings are different in the first place... I don't know the details.

However, there are problems with the time axis, so we can't return to the normal area with space magic anyway.

If the player wants to head there, they must use the teleportation gate placed in front of the royal capital's fountain (free).

"I have space-time magic, so it doesn't matter to me."

"That's why I was able to escape from this area with the slaves."

"That's the reason I used the "space-time transfer teleport", which wastes magic power."

"But well, it's still crowded."

"The reason I came to the guild was to report the completion of the request."

"There were flags that predicted a raid event, so I thought it would be better to give a verbal explanation once."

But well, I wouldn't do anything so uncouth that I would force myself to interrupt... In a fictional work, I interrupt when it's urgent, but a hypocrite is someone who can properly follow the order.

Earn experience points for appraisal and concealment to kill time, and wait for information about the opened labyrinth from the help function.

Even if there is a place to receive requests and a place to report, if you try to raise your rank quickly, it will fill up.

"──The traversal request has been completed."

"Really... Alone..."

"I have no intention of submitting it, but I have collected the things in the back.

"No, please stop! "...I-I'm sorry." I would like to consult with my boss for a while, so is it okay if I wait for you? 』

When I said "Go ahead," he showed a legendary brisk walk and headed to another place.

"Perhaps there is a skill that increases movement speed."

So-called "Shunji" and "Shunpo"... are ancient martial arts introduced?

"Walls have ears, shoji screens have eyes, so what is there in an empty place?"

The answer is simple ── there is a person itself.

A player with fairly high-level appraisal, concealment, and five-sensory-strengthening skills is glancing at me.

"Lee's ability camouflage skill is perfect, so there shouldn't be anything suspicious about it."

So, I wonder if he listened carefully with the five senses enhancement skill mentioned at the end and read his mouth with a sharp gaze?

"Hey, is that the place?"

After moving his mouth without speaking, he bowed and left the guild.

"Hmm... Are you an informant?"

As a hypocrite, I definitely want to do a scene where he provides information to someone who looks like the main character.

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"I walk through the guild."

I didn't explain it at all, but the adventurer's guild in the royal capital has three floors.

The first floor is the place where the regular members and clients are welcomed.

The second floor you pass by is a bit of a VIP area for those with high ranks in the guild.

However, it wasn't a restricted area, it was a place with a slightly more luxurious feel...there was an environment where idiots wouldn't come, such as a stylish cafe and a room where the materials collected by the guild were stored.

"And on the third floor, where I am ──

"This is the room."

"Thank you for your guidance."

It seems that the receptionist received an order from her boss to guide me here.

"Because I was forced to move like an event, it was charming that the players looked at me in various ways."

"Um, should I knock?"

"Yes. Permission to enter the room will be given from inside, so please open the door..."

"I understand"

Knock Kon Knock and wait for a while.

After a few tens of seconds, a slightly high-pitched male voice could be heard from inside, saying, "Go ahead."

Just to be sure, I checked the receptionist who was standing there with her eyes, and then she slowly opened the door──

"Yeah, nice to meet you."

The owner of the voice who said that just now sat in the seat in front of me.

However, the light shined through so well that it was impossible to capture its appearance.

Another handsome old man was and still is standing there, but for some reason the appraisal doesn't work at all, so let's be careful.

"I've been called, the adventurer in question."

"I know. I'm the one who called you, Adventurer's Guild Neiro Kingdom Royal Capital Branch, Guildmaster 'Arch'."

Perhaps the sun was hidden by the clouds, and I was finally able to see his face... I was just a little surprised.

"──As you can see, he's a forest elf."

He was a young man with slightly pointed ears.

"But in that voice, is it just youthful stupidity?" There's nothing special about it, and you can feel the depth you feel when you hear the words of gratitude from an elderly person who has lived a long life.

oh dear

, Speaking of longevity, it's an elf.

The default text only had magic power and hearing, but I'll ask about the details later.

"Ha, ha... how are you?"

"Merus-kun, wasn't it? 　Yeah, I remember because you were the only one who accepted that request."

"Ah, so that's what it is... but because there weren't any other people who could meet the conditions?"

By the way, I kept sending materials to the guild that I could get on the way to the royal capital.

Of course, doing so in the "Town of Beginnings" would raise suspicion, so they would sell other items, and the guilds on the capital's side would raise their ranks by selling such items.

"Unfortunately, I was asked to do a slightly troublesome request. The labyrinth that suddenly appeared after that was dangerous, so I sent an investigator to finish it... no one was able to go."

"Ah, so that was the fateful route."

Why did a crisis come to the royal capital, a place that would be chosen by the strong as a base...the reason for that is these factors.

When I was secretly strolling around the current capital, I heard that it was possible to stay.

However, I didn't get to meet him, and I didn't really feel like meeting him either.

"But you seem to have solved it. And the core... can you show it to me?"

"It's fine, but...would you like to confiscate it?"

"Of course not.

A hypocrite will go against those in power if they feel like it, but they are basically obedient.

As I was told, I took out the core from the "space storage box" and placed it on the desk.

"...It doesn't seem to have much magical power. Has it already been used? 　Merus, please explain what you saw."

"Yes. Of course."

Sue's musou play... can't be said, but only reveal information about monsters and explain.

In particular, the last part, the possibility of an event that the Evil Child Demon King will cause is especially carefully considered.

"Well, as an adventurer, hiding your trump card is correct."

The guild leader and the old man next to me must have guessed that.

"──That's all for the report. There is not a single monster on the bottom layer, so I deduced from the traces. Please consider the possibility."

"...Is that so? After all, he seems to be suitable."

The guild master said so and turned to face the old man.

"This honorific doesn't seem to be the vice guild leader... so then, who is this person?"

"Oh, you seem to be interested."

"..."

Silently, but with a firm will, he looked at the old man.

The guild leader began to explain, perhaps guessing from that reaction.

"It seems that it is bad to hide it. Then, let me introduce you. This person entrusted this request to the adventurers - the king of this country."

"Yeah, you were pretty big."