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 84
4-4. The Truth
I was born four hundred years ago?
…So, that means… my mother too… would be from four hundred years ago…
“Yeah, that’s right. So she also has ‘skill’”
“Huh?”
“You were born after the evil gods disappeared, along with skills and statuses. So you don’t have statuses, but because you’re the son of Spirit Turtle, a special existence, your skill continues to manifest. But your mother, Karna-san, was born during the time when skill existed, so she has skill and statuses. Didn’t know that, huh?”
Amariaz, saying so proudly, seemed to enjoy seeing my surprised face.
Meanwhile, my head was spinning.
Huh…?
So, assuming this is true?
Mom has a skill?
Come to think of it, she used magic for me and Amariaz back then, but was that a skill?
But, but, but, but… skills are from this world, aren’t they…?
Ah, if Mom was there four hundred years ago, then having a skill would be normal…?
Huh?
Wait a minute…?
If Mom has a skill… because she was there four hundred years ago…
And… did she and I come to this era through ?Ouryuu’s Decision??
And… Grandpa Uchikage is oddly close to Mom… because they fought together four hundred years ago??
“… Is what Amariaz said really… really true?”
“That’s right you know?”
“And… is it true that Amariaz is… a former god?”
“Oh, do you believe me?”
“N-No… I don’t… want a god who’s so flippant like you…”
“Whaaat?!”
Well, I mean, a god is still a god, right?!
Uh, it’s kind of scary!
…But, well, he’s always helped me, and now he’s not a god, and maybe I’m even stronger, so… I don’t need to be so wary.
“Are you thinking something rude right now?!”
“N-No, just your imagination!”
“This feeling of being half-believed and half-not is really frustrating!”
Amariaz seems to have returned to his usual self.
Well… yeah.
The reason Mom has a skill is because we were sent to this era through the?Ouryuu’s Decision? was the most convincing… I was able to believe it because of that.
But there’s still something I don’t understand.
Why did they send Mom and me… to four hundred years later through the?Ouryuu’s Decision??
Weren’t there other solutions?
Ah, but there’s a cost to the ?Ouryuu’s Decision?.
Did they send us to avoid that?
“How about that?”
“Oh, I don’t really know about that. I think you can find out why they made that decision by asking Karna-san. Well, even if you can’t believe the current story yet, Uchikage-Ojichan and Karna-san are people who lived four hundred years ago, so if you hear their story, you’ll believe it whether you want to or not. But only if they tell you the truth.”
“I see…”
Hmm, well, if there are people who know about that time, it’s faster to ask them.
I don’t know if they’ll tell me the real story, though…
With that, Amariaz brushed his hands as if to conclude the conversation and began gathering twigs from the surroundings.
It seems like he intends to spend the night here.
Before I start gathering stones for the fire, I’ll lightly dig the ground with ‘Explosion Fist.’
I don’t have anything to eat, though…
I wonder if I can find something now…
“Let’s switch gears. Right now, the priority is to avoid getting caught. It should be that.”
Amariaz’s story was quite shocking, but now we have to focus on moving forward.
Since we’ve come this far, we have to find a solution while avoiding the threat of angels.
There’s no point in dragging on this conversation anymore.
When you can understand, when you can solve, that’s when you should listen. But even that requires not constantly running away…
The rest, I’ll learn from Mom!
With that, I’ll definitely believe it.
… I still can’t believe my father is The Spirit Turtle though… But let’s ask about that too.
Now, the problem at hand is food.
If we don’t have enough to survive today, we’ll collapse.
…But come to think of it, I’m not really hungry…
Why is that?
Oh well.
It doesn’t matter. Even if I’m okay, Amariaz might need it.
I should start searching for supplies by following the scent!
“All right…”
“Yuuzen-kun, here you go.”
“…Huh?”
Amariaz, who had gathered twigs, handed me a rice ball.
Why would he have something like this here?
As I stacked up question marks above my head, Amariaz explained with another amused smile.
“I kept it a secret from you, but I also have a magic bag!”
“What!? Where did you get such an expensive item!!”
“I asked Kannuki-san for it.”
“What…!?”
That Kannuki… He didn’t give one to me…! I’ll definitely complain to him when I see him next time.
But if he has a magic bag, this journey might be a little easier. In that case, I’ll forgive Kannuki just this once. But I also want a magic bag.
For now, I’ll start a fire with the twigs Amariaz gathered.
“Sigh…”
“Happiness is blowing away if you sigh, you know. Well, now, I need to think a bit.”
“About what?”
“What to do from here.”