I Was a Small Fish When I Reincarnated, but It Seems That I Can Become a Dragon, so I Will Do My Best - Extra Chapter 114
4-34. The Content
Nonchalantly, Ouren tilts his head while looking at Uchikage-Ojiichan.
With a surprised expression, he checks the parchment again, but it seems he still can’t read it as he shakes his head.
“I cannot decipher it.”
“Ah, I see. Well, that’s to be expected. We’re special, after all. Alright, I’ll give it a shot.”
Ouren straightens out the parchment.
Whatever is written here is deemed important enough to be concealed by a skill.
Being able to read it would provide a clue to something yet unknown.
That’s probably why Uchikage-Ojiichan kept it.
But why can he read it?
It didn’t seem like the skill was lifted or anything like that.
Indeed, Uchikage-Ojiichan still seems unable to read it, and we probably wouldn’t understand even if we looked at it.
So, I tilt my head and ask him directly.
“Why can you read it?”
“Hmm? Ah, well, we’re basically unable to read the characters in this world. Instead, we can somehow understand them.”
“…Eh? What do you mean?”
“Hmm, well…”
Then, Ouren starts writing characters in the air using water.
The characters formed spell out ‘Ouren’.
But neither I nor Amariaz can read them.
“W-What does it say?”
“This is my name. It’s written as ‘Ouren’. What I mean is, even if these characters are clearly unfamiliar to me, I somehow have the ability to read them.”
“Uh huh…?”
The ability to read unfamiliar characters.
It’s incredibly useful, but it feels oddly mundane.
However, it’s incredibly reliable right now.
“I didn’t expect to be useful in a situation like this,” Ouren says with a laugh.
But… the parchment in question is still enchanted, and there shouldn’t be any visible characters.
Yet, he claims he can read it, which is rather strange.
I immediately voice my question.
“But normally, with a skill applied, you wouldn’t be able to read it, right…? So why?”
“Hmm, why indeed. Well, if it’s because ‘I’m unable to read characters’, then whatever is there is ‘characters’, so I should be able to read them no matter what form they take, right?”
“I don’t understand.”
“I can’t explain it either… Anyway, let’s read it!”
Regaining his focus, he proceeds to read out loud what’s written.
“Umm… let’s see… ‘Four Heavens Temple’?”
“”””” ‘Four Heavens Temple’?”””””
Everyone present seems unfamiliar with the name.
But Uchikage-Ojiichan lets out a small sigh.
“A temple…”
Although the name is unfamiliar, it seems he knows something about it.
The same goes for Ouren, who continues to read with a thoughtful expression.
“Top-secret investigation request. Search for… the son of Reizen who should be in this era?”
“Huh?”
All eyes suddenly turn to me.
Though I’m the most surprised, before that, the three of them seem to have a question: How does the angel know about this?
Ouren sent me 400 years into the future.
That seems certain, judging from what my mother said.
But this shouldn’t be public knowledge.
Ouren furrows his brows and groans again.
Uchikage-Ojiichan crosses his arms, placing his index finger on his forehead as if trying to recall something.
“Uchikage, do you have any idea?”
“I do not. Nor can I fathom why the angel would know about it…”
“No, I understand the objective.”
“Is there something written?”
“Yeah. It says, ‘Or retrieve skill holders. Use them for pseudo-skill development.'”
“Pseudo-skills…”
Amariaz grimaces at that.
Given his status as the god of skills, he might have a bad feeling about it.
But what does it mean to use skill holders for pseudo-skill development?
It’s undoubtedly for some kind of research, likely involving human experimentation.
If caught, we’d become research materials.
I anticipated it wouldn’t be anything good, but I was surprised that we were targeted for something like this.
However, the angel’s purpose is now clear.
To reclaim lost skills, they’re gathering those who possess skills.
Now we finally understand why we were targeted.
“Ouren-sama, continue.”
“Ah. ‘This document is enchanted with a skill, making it unreadable by others. A detection skill is also applied, so be cautious not to burn it. If someone other than the designated magic power deciphers this document, a slaughter angel will be summoned to eliminate that individual.’ …?”
“”””Eh?!”””””
“…Ouren-sama, what’s happening now?”
“I might have messed up big time.”
Suddenly, the parchment becomes significantly heavier and slips from Ouren’s hand.
As it hits the ground, it makes a slam sound and sinks slightly.
It seems to indicate the current weight of the parchment.
“I might have messed up big time.”
Ouren, who was smiling and raising his thumb, disappears from view due to the powerful light emitted from the parchment.
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