Volume 6 Chapter 46 Interlude - The Life Game, Part Two
After that, Kanami and Tsukiko also spun the roulette and became "scientist" and "salaryman" respectively.
Leaving Kanami as a scientist aside, Tsukiko's salaryman is oddly laughable given the mismatch.
But wait... when being called a salaryman, it doesn't quite fit, but it feels more suitable to think of her as an office lady. Tsukiko, wearing a suit and being in the office... it's actually not bad.
I may have once again touched the depth of the words.
"Next is Yuusuke. Spin it quickly."
"Yes."
That's right, I forgot. Though I'm currently unemployed, the occupation zone isn't over yet. If I manage to roll the right number here, I'll finally be free from being jobless.
"Do your best, Yuusuke-san! It will be alright, you can find a job."
So annoying. When someone genuinely cheers for you, it's hard to bear. No matter if my previous job can't be written on a resume, in this day and age, as long as you make a choice, there are plenty of jobs available.
Click, click, click, click
Ten.
"Since it has surpassed the occupation space, I'll remain jobless, huh?"
"Yuusuke-san..."
"Student! I'm still a student, so it's natural for me to be jobless!"
What is this game? Is it teasing me?
By the way, now that I think about it, Tsukiko is an Anti-Demon Official, Lisha is a saint, and Kanami is royalty. I'm the only one who doesn't have a job.
No, it's just the people here who are strange. I'm a student, a student. No problem.
"Well then, let's continue."
Lisha forcibly spun the roulette wheel while saying in a cheerful voice.
"One, two, three... So we just have to do what this stopped square says, right?"
"Yes, exactly. It's a game where we increase our assets like that."
"Um, 'If you help a struggling old lady, you get some pocket money. I got 5,000 yen!'"
"I see, so this square is called a lucky square."
Kanami nodded and took out paper money from the bank and handed it to Lisha.
I'm not even surprised anymore that Lisha has good luck, but I can't help but feel like she's sucking out my luck too.
"Now it's my turn."
Tsukiko spun the roulette and moved her own game piece.
"'I had a fateful encounter in the city and found a lover.' Move three squares."
"So if you find a lover, you move forward?"
"It's a mechanism that I don't really understand."
It seems more like something that would make Tsukiko stop, but when I thought that, I made eye contact with Tsukiko, who lifted her face from the board.
However, she quickly looked away and moved her own piece.
A lover, huh? Well, that's a story from the past, and this is just a game. It's wrong to be conscious of it.
"Well then, it's my turn."
Kanami stopped at a different square than the two (Lisha and Tsukiko_.
"Umm, 'Campus Life with the Person I Admire, My Heart Won't Stop Racing. Move one square.'"
"Are you moving again?"
Well, everyone has a nice square. Even though I'm still at the back as an unemployed person.
Kanami stared at the board and moved her piece in silence.
After that, we took turns spinning the roulette and advancing.
"'Fell on the road and broke a bone. Pay 10,000 yen for medical expenses.'"
"'Was about to confess to a person I liked, but got reported as a stalker. Pay 5,000 yen as compensation.'"
I don't know why, but by the time I stopped at the payday square, my hand was full of promissory notes for debts.
This Yuusuke guy in the game is really pitiful. What bad things did he do in his past life to deserve this?
"P-Please don't be so down, Yuusuke-san. It's payday!"
"It doesn't matter to me because I'm unemployed."
"Well, it's my turn! I'll spin the roulette."
Lisha's profession is a "streamer". It's a job where the salary changes depending on the outcome of the roulette, but the outcome is always ten, as expected.
Currently, Saint-sama, who is constantly updating the theoretical maximum amount of money in games, has placed a stack of bills where I can't reach.
It's really miserable.
"What are you doing, seriously..."
Tsukiko, who was the first to reach the salary space, continues to advance.
"'I think my boyfriend has been acting strange lately, maybe he's cheating... I'll take a break once.'"
"..."
"..."
For a moment, I felt like Tsukiko glanced at me. Even though I haven't done anything wrong, my heart felt tight.
"I'll take a break next time."
"There are also explicit spaces. I don't think we can take a break just because of cheating."
"Don't bring in the unpleasant common sense of the royal family."
"Well, we, from royal family, won't do such a thing. If my father or older brother were to make a move, they would make sure to recognize them as concubines."
"That kind of mindset isn't common here."
If it's recognized as a concubine, it's not considered cheating, huh.
Look, Lisha and Tsukiko are having a conversation from a different dimension and it's making their eyes roll.
Unlike Earth, Asteris has magic as the foundation of society.And there is definitely a part of magic that is hereditary. If genes and family environment are similar, then of course magic will be influenced by that. That's why, there are many magic users of Knight's Pride in the Knight Order.
In that case, society will also gradually become a form where there are many outstanding magic users with a strong lineage.
In short, polygamy or polyandry is common in any country.
When I feel this subtle difference in perception, I remember the time when I was talking to Eris. She was also tomboyish, but because she was a royal, it was a struggle to align our values.
As I reminisce about such a past, I heard Tsukiko's small voice.
"Wait, Yuusuke was a hero over there, right?"
"Mm, yeah. It's embarrassing to be asked again though."
As I answered, Tsukiko for some reason turned towards Kanami.
"Kanami-san."
"Yes?"
"What is the social status of a hero?"
Why are you suddenly asking that, Tsukiko?
Without understanding the situation, I looked at Lisha, who also had a blank face and was watching the exchange between the two. It's so soothing.
"A hero? The position can't be simply defined as it is extremely unique in each country, but during times of war, it can be comparable to or even surpass the king of a powerful nation."
"S-So it's that prestigious?"
"Yes, to put it bluntly, the king is replaceable, but Hero-sama is the only one of his kind"
Wow, that's quite a compliment. But if you ask me if I get any benefits that match my status, I can't really say. If anything, I have to deal with troublesome officials and marriage proposals from ladies who only make Eris unhappy. And then there's the assassination after assassination.
But I don't mind being praised.
Maybe Tsukiko will think a little better of me.
I suppress the nervous feeling and slide my gaze from Lisha to Tsukiko. She nods with a serious expression.
"In a world where polygamy is normal, to be equal to the king..."
"Come on Kanami! It's your turn, spin the roulette quickly!"
Let's not go any further with this topic. I swear by my precious virginity that I have never done anything indecent, but I have angered Eris more times than anyone else.
And the things that angered Eris would definitely anger Tsukiko too. She probably wouldn't tolerate such indecent acts more than Eris. Not that I've done any.
"R-right, that's right."
Kanami spins the roulette in a hurry at my glare, and the topic ends without going any further.
It was a dangerous situation. A life game, what a thrilling game.
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