....C-calm down. Prime numbers. Count prime numbers. Even that priest said counting primes helps steady the mind....!!
"1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11....."
"........One and nine aren’t prime numbers, you idiot!!"
Damn it, good. I’m calm now.
Then let’s think this through a little..... Though I dearly hope I’m wrong, what if this really is Britain from FGO Part 2, Chapter 6?
First of all......
"Avoid Aurora, and any fairy with the Fairy Eye....."
Aurora. No need to explain. She was so shocking I still remember her. A deranged fairy who cared only for her own greed and ended up destroying the Fairy Kingdom itself.
I’m honestly grateful for the spoiler, for once in my life..... Anyway, I need to watch out for her, and for Aurora’s clan, and..... that..... was it Lancelot? I should be careful around them too.....
Next is the Fairy Eye. This is another problem..... If I remember right, it can see not only truth and falsehood, but even pierce through psychology and the heart.
And I’m a reincarnator who roughly knows this world’s future.
Then when I meet fairies like Castoria, Oberon, or Morgan, who probably have the Fairy Eye......
.......Let’s stop thinking about it. I don’t know about Castoria, but Lady Morgan is a giant death flag.
In the first place, if I know the future and prepare for it... th-that... Chaldea? Caldera? That place would be doomed too. Damn it.
Still, fairies with a Fairy Eye that isn’t tied to the original story should be relatively safe, I think..... Hiss... Didn’t they say the fairies here have degenerated Fairy Eyes or something....?
"Forget it."
For now, I should move my feet and try to recall the rest of Chapter 6.....
"I found one!!! A drifter!!! A human drifter!!!"
"Ack, kehk?!"
The moment I tried to take a step, something like a noose flew at me and wrapped around my neck. Damn it, I can’t breathe.....!!
"Wh-what is this.......!!"
"Hah! Well, well, look what we have here....! A human drifter like you is a valuable commodity! So don’t move!!"
"Wai... kahk, !"
The instant I tried to answer, a heavy impact struck the back of my head. Did they hit me with something.....? Damn it, my consciousness..... who.....
Ah.... right, I remember. Come to think of it, humans here are.....
"Livestock-level consumptio....."
I couldn’t finish the sentence before my consciousness sank away.
Damn it, I should’ve remembered that firs.....
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"What are you doing!! Hurry up and hammer it!!"
"I know, I know!!!"
"We don’t have time to be distracted!!!!"
"Come on!! Faster!!!"
"The battle with the Mors is coming!!!"
"Nakamura!!"
"New guy!!"
"Human!!"
"Y-yes!! I’m coming, I’m coming!!! Just wait a second!!!"
A few days after I was knocked on the head and kidnapped.
During that time, I was dragged around by the bastards who kidnapped me and sold off to a high fairy from the earth clan called the Gnome.
The only silver lining was that the Gnome already had plenty of humans, so I didn’t have to play pet dog beside that short old man.....
The bad news was that I’d been taken in as a human for the fairies in the Gnome’s forge.
And I couldn’t even stand around doing nothing! They said a disaster was coming and they were short-handed, so I was sweating buckets helping move molten metal and pound iron in the forge!!
"Hey!! Hold it steady!! If that slips, both you and I are done for!!!"
"I know, I know!! Just bring the hammer down already!!!"
At least it was lucky I’d done a little forge work back when I was in Japan because I’d found it interesting!!! I never wanted to do this again, though!!!!
"Keep holding it steady!!!"
With each clang, clang, the shock of hammering the huge iron piece ran through my body. Damn it, I don’t even know what this is for, but the iron is so massive that just holding it down is exhausting....!!
"Okay, that should do it! Thanks!!"
"Haa... haa.... Damn it, what a....."
"If you’re done over there, bring some more here!! We’re about to run out of iron, so hurry up and fetch it!!!"
"Ah!! Over here too!!! Hurry!!!"
"Hey, Nakamura!!! Move some coal for us!!!"
".......Damn it, is there no time to rest at all!!!"
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"Hah.... Hah....."
And a few hours later, the work was finally done.
As a first-day welcome gift, I got soot all over my body, a bunch of minor burns, and total exhaustion on top of that. Damn it, to think people could endure this for thirty years.....!
And my body won’t even listen to me.... Food.... water.... anything to eat or drink.....
"Yo, human!! You worked hard!!"
"Haa... yeah....? You are....."
"I’m Capris, Capris!! At least remember my name!!"
As I was walking toward the dining hall, the earth-clan fairy called Capris slapped me on the shoulder in a friendly way.
"New guys usually have it rough, but you’re doing better than most!! Here, drink this water first!! The other new guys were already making a racket asking for something to drink after work, and you humans must have it even worse!!"
He said it so boisterously, then boldly pulled out a waterskin and handed it to me. I could’ve cried from gratitude....!!!
"Ah, thanks...!!"
Then I’ll accept that kindness and send it straight into my mouth....!!
....O-ohhh....!! So cold!! This is cold water!! The chill is flowing into my body, cooling down the heat from the forge work!!! Oh, ohhhhhh!!! It won’t stop, no, I can’t stop drinking.....!!
".....Huh?"
What. Why is this running out so fast??
"Kwahaha!! You’re drinking that like a blessed man indeed!! Were you that thirsty?!!!"
"Ah, yeah. It’s really hitting the spot! Thanks!"
"Gahahaha!! Glad you liked it!! More importantly, there’s a tavern up ahead. What do you say?"
He laughed heartily and pointed at a tavern. Hmm..... Since I got my pay in mors pounds today, and I need to eat something anyway.....!
"All right, then!! To the tavern, we gooooo!!!"
"Gahahaha!!! That’s the spirit!!! Perfect timing!!! Tonight’s on meeeee!!!!"
"Yessss!!! ......But are you okay with the mors pounds?"
".........I don’t know!! I’ll figure something out!!! More importantly, let’s go already!!! The drinks are calling us!!!!"
.....Uh....
Whatever(?) It’ll work out somehow!!!!!
Leeeeeet’s gooooooooo!!!!!!!!
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And the next morning.
"Snore.... Kuuuu..... Snore..... Kuuuu.... So then.... you have to put it right there....."
"Grrr.... not that.... Grrr.... not that side...."
".............You drunken idiots!!! Get up already!!!! The sun is high in the sky!!!!!!"
And so, with the thunderous voice of the foreman and the memories of last night’s tavern, my first friend in this Fairy Kingdom was born.
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