Chapter 51: ¡Save Sakura!
"So, does the accused have anything else to say?"
Elinalise, with her legs crossed, looked at Kaylon with a mocking expression while he sat in a small chair at the end of the hall.
Kaylon simply remained silent, looking at Elinalise with dead eyes.
"Seeing the lack of evidence that the accused's defense possesses, this judge declares him guilty." Pulling out a gavel from who knows where, Elinalise struck the small table in front of her three times.
"Bastard! How dare you condemn my master!" Eris, the obedient disciple who had been acting as Kaylon's defense, exploded in anger upon seeing that her defense was useless.
"Cursed lawyer! Do you dare question my supreme court?!" Raising her gavel threateningly at Eris, Elinalise seemed ready to administer justice.
"When will this farce end?"
In one of the many chairs in the hall, organized in a corner with a small paper that read "Jury," Roxy asked loudly.
"What farce are you talking about, Roxy? The trial of this recurring criminal is very important," Paul, who was also quite happy to revel in Kaylon's misfortune, said excitedly.
"I think Kami-sama must have his reasons; we shouldn't rush to judge," the little Sylphiette tried to defend her family's god.
"It doesn't matter the reasons; as the head of the family, none are qualified to judge him," Ghislaine commented, looking at everyone with confusion.
"I say we burn him!" Alfia, who for some reason was dragged into this little "trial," also gave her opinion.
"We should give him a chance to redeem himself. How about this: a bottle of liquor for each of us, and we can let him go on bail?" Talhand, who had been waiting for the moment, made a proposal with greedy eyes.
"NOT A CHANCE, DWARF! I WOULD RATHER BE BURNED THAN HAND OVER MY ALCOHOL!"
Kaylon, who had been calmly watching the absurd rebellion of his children, suddenly jumped in horror upon hearing such a horrible punishment.
"By the way, does anyone know where Rudeus and Riveria-sama went?"
Now that the farce of the trial was coming to an end, Eris asked loudly, as she hadn't seen Rudeus for over an hour, and it was also strange that he wasn't in one of these family dramas.
"I saw that Riveria-chan had called Rudeus to the yard to chat, but I'm not clear on why," Elinalise shook her head; Riveria hadn't told her the specific reason.
"Ha, it seems they are excluding you from the power center, elf stupid."
"Curse you, violent woman! Repeat what you said!"
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"So, Rudeus, can you tell me why you seem so uncomfortable since we arrived in this world?"
In a lovely garden inside the house the family had just rented, Riveria asked Rudeus while arranging some damaged flowers.
Perhaps for others, Rudeus's behavior might go unnoticed, but for "Mama" Riveria, it was impossible not to notice Rudeus's change.
"This..." Scratching his head anxiously, Rudeus didn't know what to say; he hadn't expected his captain to notice his abnormality so quickly.
"Your discomfort in this world could be related... to your past life?" Seeing that Rudeus was too scared to speak, Riveria decided to approach him directly.
"Riveria-sama!" Rudeus's pupils shrank in shock upon realizing that Riveria knew he had a past life.
For Rudeus, being a reincarnated person was his most important secret, something he had kept from everyone, whether it was his mother or his partner Eris; he had never talked about it with anyone, nor did he plan to.
"You don't have to be scared; your secret is something that only Kami-sama and I know," Riveria said, standing up from the rosebush, walking towards Rudeus, and looking at him sincerely.
"You see, Rudeus, as the captain of this family, it's very important for me to know all the possible problems that my family members may have. For that reason, my Kami-sama told me everything about your past."
Taking Rudeus by the shoulder, Riveria pushed him towards a small bench in the garden, sitting down beside him as she continued to speak to the nervous Rudeus.
"I know very well that this isn't your first life; I also understand that this is a very important secret for you, so you don't have to worry that I'll tell anyone else, as the last thing I want is to hurt someone from my own family... However, I had to talk about this with you because ever since you arrived in this world, you have been acting strangely."
Riveria naturally knew about Rudeus's past life; it was something Kaylon had told her a long time ago, and she also understood that this secret wasn't easy to approach and was very important to Rudeus.
Therefore, Riveria decided not to take the initiative to say anything to Rudeus, and she thought this was a secret better kept hidden, for the sake of family harmony.
However, seeing Rudeus's state since he arrived in this world and assuming the reason for that behavior, Riveria decided to address the topic.
"If you have something to say, you can do it with confidence, Rudeus. I promise I won't tell anyone anything you say." Despite the misogyny of the Elves, Riveria still kept her hand firmly on Rudeus's shoulder.
It was clear to her that the well-being of her family was more important than her own discomfort.
"I..." With a struggling look, Rudeus thought about what he should do.
Sighhh
After a moment of thinking, Rudeus calmed down, and with a deep sigh, looked at Riveria deeply.
"I'm sorry for the inconveniences, Riveria-sama; I guess I just got hit by a wave of nostalgia when I arrived in this world."
Since arriving in this world, feelings that Rudeus had buried deep in his heart resurfaced, some fears and difficult memories that made him feel very uncomfortable.
"However, you don't have to worry; this is something I can deal with by myself." With a firm look, Rudeus told Riveria while looking her in the eyes.
Though it was difficult, he wanted to deal with these past regrets on his own; only then did he feel he could finally leave behind his past life and be just Rudeus.
A beautiful smile appeared on Riveria's face upon seeing Rudeus's resolution.
"Although it may not be my place to say this..." With a sincere smile, Riveria looked deeply at Rudeus.
"You've changed, Rudeus... You're a completely different person; you've become a great man."
She could no longer find that little boy full of insecurities, perversions, and fears; now Rudeus was someone Riveria could truly be proud to call family.
"*Sniff*... Riveria-sama... I *Sniff* thank you very much!"
After hearing Riveria's words, Rudeus fell silent for a moment; however, seconds later, he could no longer hide his feelings.
With tears and snot running down his face, Rudeus thanked her between sobs.
"Hehe, I'll leave you alone... we'll see each other later, Rudeus." Seeing Rudeus, who didn't seem to want to stop crying for a good while, Riveria left the garden.
Rudeus, for his part, remained alone on the garden bench, wiping his tears. Riveria's words echoed in his mind: "You've changed, you've become a great man." Those words were more than a compliment; they were a confirmation of how far he had come since his past life.
Rudeus felt a relief he hadn't experienced in a long time. He had been carrying the burdens of his previous life, with the fear of not being enough, the fear of wasting his second chance, but now.
Sitting in that little garden, he allowed himself to accept that the past no longer defined him; perhaps, just perhaps.
This time, he could be proud.
"Hahaha, it's a truly beautiful feeling."
The fresh air and the flowers around seemed to provide comfort, caressing his weary spirit.
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"Riveria! You finally returned! I was about to condemn Kami-sama to hand over all his bottles of alcohol!" Elinalise, who was sitting in the comfortable armchair, quickly got up to greet Riveria.
Riveria, who entered the room and saw the usual drama of her family, just sighed in resignation; she had already given up on the idea of having an orderly and disciplined family.
Well... it's not like this vibe is that bad.
"Enough of the farce! We have a lot to do, and you, Kaylon, come with me; we have a lot to discuss."
Without saying anything else, Riveria walked upstairs.
"Oh my god, she said Kami-sama's name instead of her usual nickname!"
"Oh Kaylon, you're screwed."
"Kami-sama, I'll pray for you."
"Master, be strong!"
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"Riveria, I swear! That little girl actually insulted our family and then spat in my face!"
Kaylon, with an exaggerated face, continued talking about the great evil of Goddess Gea and how she had humiliated him, saying he could only fight her to safeguard his honor.
"Yeah... I don't know Gea, but I'm sure that isn't the behavior a worthy Primordial God should have... except for you, of course."
Kaylon pretended to be hurt by her words, but then he broke into a mischievous smile.
"Well, you know how I am. But seriously, Riveria, she started it! I was just defending our honor!"
Kaylon clearly wouldn't tell Riveria that he left them stranded in an unknown world with no information just because he felt like punching the face of the incarnation of Gea.
This is for her own good.
Riveria stared at him, crossing her arms while taking a deep sigh. She knew that behind Kaylon's words always lay a sea of omissions and "conveniently" forgotten details.
"Forget it, let's put aside your 'honor battles' and tell me, now that we're in this world, what comes next?"
Kaylon, seeing that Riveria "believed" his lie, breathed a sigh of relief. Without the pressure of the threat of sleeping on the couch, he calmly laid out their objectives in this world.
"Well, now moving on to what concerns us…" Pausing to rethink what he needed to say, Kaylon said, "First, let me clarify, Riveria, this world is very different from others we've visited. Although the amount of mana in the environment seems pathetic, it's actually just because it's concentrated in specific places."
Riveria listened attentively. According to some brief words her God had said before coming to this world, it was oriented towards magic, so Riveria was extremely interested.
"This world has many extremely powerful people, the magic here is a very extensive mystery, and the composition of this world itself is extremely complicated."
"How complicated is the composition of this world?" Riveria asked, focusing on what mattered to her.
Kaylon tilted his head, searching for the right words.
"Thousands of timelines, cataclysmic errors, magical organizations, time, evil ones, and countless mysteries… this is a pretty complicated world, one that we won't be able to investigate with the little time we have."
"Then we simplify our objective, right?" Riveria asked.
With a smile, Kaylon nodded, "That's right, the main objective is to find a cure for Aina, then we can gather information about the magic in this world, which I know will be very useful for the family, and in the process, treasures if there's one thing that abounds in this world, it's treasures."
"It seems you already have a plan in mind." With a smile, Riveria walked towards her God, increasingly interested in this world; she was dying to start fulfilling their objectives.
"Hehe, of course… obviously, our first step in this world is quite obvious."
"What is it?" Riveria asked curiously.
"Clearly… Save Sakura!"
"And who is Sakura?"
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