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Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? (Light Novel) - Volume 21, Chapter 2: Fate's Guidance
Volume 21, Chapter 2: Fate's Guidance
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Part 1
Friday, November 5
Clan's personal spaceship, the Hazy Moon, was officially not at Earth. Because of that, it was the best place to hide the people from the Elfaria faction that Theia had brought with her when escaping from Forthorthe. If things turned for the worse, they could be taken to the Schweiger family. The rivalry between Mastir and Schweiger would work out in their favor.
“Princess Clariossa, there are no words to express our gratitude for being so considerate towards us”
That's why the Elfaria faction people couldn't help but feel confused and they extended their gratitude at any opportunity. Though that troubled Clan herself.
“... There's no need to be so concerned with that. You are citizens of Forthorthe. That's enough of a reason for me”
Clan was unfamiliar with dealing with others as she spent most of her time holed up in a lab. So she felt troubled as others thanked her straight out like this. She also felt embarrassed at her own immaturity as she realized that once she became empress this would be a daily occurrence.
“But don't you have your own position as a member of the Schweiger family to consider...?”
”Of course. I ultimately intend to prove that I am superior to Theiamillis-san and sit down on the throne myself”
That said, it had already been almost a year since she and Koutarou travelled to past Forthorthe. From that point she began coming into contact with others more often, and as of late she's started getting better at handling situations like this. She would stay immature forever.
“Then―”
“However, that will only be done from taking her on up front and coming out victorious. Collaborating with the ploy to trap the empress would only bring shame to my family name. Are you telling me to do something as disgraceful as that?”
”N-No, I wouldn't dare”
”Then this is fine. This is the kind of Forthorthe that Her Majesty, Alaia, sought to protect”
“Your Highness...”
The thing that had caused Clan to grow the most was having seen the legendary princess Alaia up close. By objectively looking at Alaia and comparing her to herself, Clan realized just how immature she really was. Having realized how a true princess should be, Clan gradually started changing. She wanted to get even one step closer to Alaia, if possible, she wanted to go beyond her. That will was what worked to create the current Clan.
“Princess Clan!”
“Show us the Blue Knight again!”
After silencing the adults with a smile consisting of her strength and kindness, the children came running up to her. They were after the recorded footage of Koutarou. They loved seeing the knight in blue armor perform outstandingly, and would pester Clan whenever they could.
“Okay, okay, just wait a moment... then farewell”
“Y-Yes, farewell Your Highness”
”Hurry up! Princess Clan!”
”C-Could you not push me. The Blue Knight won't run away”
“No! I'm pushing!”
”Kyaa!?”
Clan said goodbye to the adults as she was pushed and pulled by the children, and taken away in moments. Those few moments were enough to convey what kind of relationship Clan had to the children. These series of events with Clan came as a big surprise to the Elfaria faction people.
“... She's left”
“Yeah. But still... princess Clan is just as suited as a princess as princess Theia”
“It seems our judgment was clouded”
”The real person is completely different from her reputation. Who was it that called her a sly she-devil”
”This just means that you can't rely on rumors”
”You've got that right... with princess Clan and princess Theia, Forthorthe will be alright”
They were surprised, but it wasn't out of negative emotions. If anything, they welcomed Clan being splendid royalty. She also became a great symbol of hope to those chased out of their home country.
Part 2
The children of course wanted to see the Blue Knight fight against something big. Their favorite was the decisive battle against Alunaya. They had heard of the battle between the Blue Knight and the Fire Dragon Emperor, Alunaya, being told as a fairy tale. Since this battle was like a reproduction of that, they could watch the battle on repeat forever.
These children probably don't think that Koutarou is the Blue Knight in its true meaning... but they might vaguely be able to sense it...
Being begged by the children, Clan showed footage that wasn't required to be kept secret, or that would pose any problems to show. But as they watched together, it seemed like the children would confuse Koutarou and the Blue Knight. This time was the same as their eyes sparkled as they watched Koutarou fight.
“Clan-sama, Clan-sama, this person is the Blue Knight right?”
“W-Who knows, I don't really know the details”
”Stupid, Clan-sama can't just say it's the Blue Knight. It's a state secret”
“I see, cool, a state secret!”
Whenever Koutarou did something, the children would fret and come ask Clan if he was the real Blue Knight. Clan knew the answer to that question but she couldn't tell because of her position. The best she could do was smile wryly and dodge the question.
“He flew!!”
“Cool!! The state secret is flying!!”
”He's glowing!!”
“The state secret is glowing!!”
”... Somehow... I feel like I've made a terrible mistake”
Since the Elfaria faction people had seen the battle against the forces lead by DKI, Clan was showing them footage of the same level of secrecy as that. However, by now, she started believing that might have been a mistake. Clan's feelings were actually correct. While she probably hadn't realized, the perception that the Blue Knight and Koutarou were the same person started to grow stronger amongst the Elfaria faction people on Earth.
“Clan, are you busy?”
As Clan was racking her brain, Theia unexpectedly appeared in the conference room she was using to show the recorded footage. Behind her was Kiriha. The two had come to meet Clan.
“I-I'm not! Welcome, Theiamillis-san”
”It's Theia-sama!”
”You're right!”
”Clan-sama is amazing! She's friends with Theia-sama!”
”... Uhm, I'm a princess too...”
At first she was embarrassed from having been found by Theia as she was together with the children, but she had instinctively forgotten that because of what they said.
Part 3
Theia and Kiriha had come to visit the Hazy Moon because they wanted to ask Clan the scientist questions with no one else around. So they left the conference room the children were in and moved to the conference room next to it.
“So what do you want to know?”
Sitting down face to face with Theia, Clan started out casually.
“U... Uhm...”
However in contrast, Theia had been showing a complex expression since she sat down, and even after being urged by Clan she couldn't start right away.
“Theia-dono, would you like me to do it?”
Noticing Theia like that, Kiriha offered her a helping hand. She had left the talking to Theia while she made tea. The tea had been brought from Earth, so it would taste better if Kiriha made it rather than leaving it to machines. However, as Theia seemed to be struggling to speak, Kiriha offered a helping hand.
“No, this is regarding myself. I will speak”
”I see”
Hearing Theia's answer, Kiriha returned to making the tea. She poured hot water into the teapot and kept the tea leaves in it for a while.
“Is it something serious?”
Seeing the two like that, Clan started getting worried. She had been expected some light banter, but she felt puzzled over their serious atmosphere.
“No, that's not it. To put it more accurately, my worries might be alleviated. So just think of it as idle talk”
”Then that's fine...”
”It's just that I'm a novice. Fufufu, how pathetic...”
Theia lightly dropped her delicate shoulders as she smiled wryly with a face full of various complex emotions. Seeing that, Clan felt like regardless of the circumstances, this was of great importance to Theia. So she righted her posture and looked at Theia, waiting for her to start speaking. After that, some time passed and Theia began speaking her mind after some tea had been put down on the table.
“... Tell me, Clan. Is it possible to conceive children between Forthorthians and Earthlings?”
It was a worry that had been on Theia's mind for almost a year. There was no longer any doubt that Theia loved Koutarou. However, if she were to wish for him to love her, a sturdy wall called species stood in the way. Theia was from Forthorthe, Koutarou was from Earth. Regardless of how similar they might look, it was impossible for creatures from different planets to have children. That had always bothered Theia. Even if she were to wed Koutarou and return to Forthorthe with him, he would be alone without family. Theia and Ruth would work together to try and keep him from loneliness, but she still couldn't help but worry. It was a worry she could never dismiss because she loved him.
That was when it was revealed that the people of the magical kingdom of Folsaria and the People of the Earth were descendants of Forthorthe. And that pointed Theia to a certain important fact. The fact that people from Forthorthe and Earth had come together and had children. Both countries have had people that married to Japanese and had children.
That's why Theia had come to ask Clan if she could do the same. If she were to marry Koutarou, could they have children. To Theia, it was something more important than the sun rising tomorrow.
“So it's about that. No wonder you look so serious”
Theia's question helped resolve Clan's own question. If this was her reason, it was only natural to be nervous. If their positions had been reversed, Clan surely would have felt the same unease.
“Please Clan, tell me. I'm begging you!”
”Ah, uhm, Theiamillis-san, please raise your head! You don't have to do that for me to tell you!”
“Clan! I owe you!”
Theia raised her head and lunged forward to grab a hold of Clan's hand. A faint trace of tears could be seen in her eyes. This was a truly important matter to her.
“No thank you. I don't want you to be indebted to me over something so important. It's not fair after all”
Clan was satisfied from having just seen Theia's tears. As she was always so strong, it was rare to see her tears. This was also a question of her pride as a princess, and she also had circumstances of not wanting to suppress her own romantic feelings. Due to the various reasons and circumstances, Clan always wanted to be equal with Theia. That's why she had no intentions of requesting anything else after seeing her tears.
“Then I'll start from my conclusion”
Taking Theia's feelings into consideration, Clan decided to start with the conclusion. Theia instinctively held her breath as Clan spoke.
“It is possible to have children between Forthorthians and Earthlings”
“Are you sure!?”
Hearing those words, Theia suddenly slammed her hands into the table and stood up straight. This also surprised Kiriha, who was holding a tray nearby, and the normally calm woman's eyes were wide open.
“It can't be... but then Earth and Forthorthe are...”
“That's right, Kii. I have already confirmed that the genetic code is close enough to allow for breeding”
From there, Clan began explaining how she reached her conclusion.
The first time Clan sensed that something was off was when Koutarou had been hurt in the past Forthorthe. It was a minor wound during their travels, and she had used her first aid kit without really thinking about it. The kit worked perfectly, and the wound had vanished the next day. But when she really thought about it, that was strange. First aid kits from Forthorthe were made to match people of Forthorthe. The diagnostic devices and medicine were not made with Earthlings in mind. Yet it had worked properly and treated Koutarou. In other words, his body structure was similar to that of a Forthorthian. However, because the wound was light, Clan couldn't rule out that it was just a coincidence. It wouldn't be strange for a first aid kit to work on an alien creature in regards to minor injuries.
However, shortly after that a problem had arisen that couldn't be cleared up as a coincidence. That was when Dextro attacked with a virus. When both Clan and Koutarou were infected, they barely showed any symptoms. So Clan figured that she could simply analyze their genetics and use that as treatment. As a result, she managed to keep the casualties at a minimum, and found a certain fact. The fact that Koutarou and Forthorthians had almost the same genetic code.
The fact that Koutarou's genetics could be used for gene therapy meant that his genetic code was compatible with Forthorthe creatures. If not, then the treatment wouldn't have worked at all.
However this was strange, or rather, impossible. The lives of two different creatures that had naturally evolved on two different planets were transmitting genetic codes using the exact same method. Life was created through DNA composing genes, and the genes altering cells to create the body. Being from two different planets, the environment should have an effect on that and a difference should appear. For example, if the phosphates used to create DNA was insufficient on a planet, arsenate might be used instead. Yet, there was no such differences. That made the gene treatment possible. An example of this would be that computers developed in two completely different places for some reason having compatible operating systems.
After a more detailed analysis of Koutarou's gene code, Clan couldn't find any genetic difference between Earthlings and Forthorthians. In other words, they were practically the same species. One could indirectly understand how abnormal this was from how many times Clan had redone the analysis. In total she had redone it 22 times. It wasn't until she had done it that many times that she was able to accept it.
Of course, Clan knew that if she were to point that out, people would question her sanity. The probability of that happening were just so low. However, as a scientist, after removing the impossibilities, she had to accept the truth regardless of how strange it was.
“... Unless I'm some fool who would fail my analysis 22 times, I can't help but say that Forthorthians and Earthlings are the same species”
Clan finished her explanation. When she spoke her conclusion, she had a very serious expression. This was something Theia had begged her to talk about, but it still wouldn't be strange for her to get laughed at for saying.
“If that is the case, then that gives rise to one major question”
Fortunately, Kiriha wasn't laughing. Since this was a serious discussion around satisfying Theia's and Clan's desires, she couldn't possibly laugh. However, that aside, there was something that was on her mind.
“If the people of Earth and Forthorthe are the same species, the same species must have purposefully been placed on these two planets”
“That would be the case. The chances of the same species appearing on two distant planets at the same time is something so low that it wouldn't happen even if you repeated the history of the universe several times over”
Just having two intellectual life forms encounter within a universe so large was difficult to begin with. They would need to prosper during the same short period of time that their species existed. Just shifting them by a few ten thousand years would be enough to keep them from moving. That's why Forthorthe was more often likely to encounter the ruins of aliens, than living aliens themselves.
On top of that, they needed to be the same species. Undergoing the same evolution, carrying the same genetics, making breeding possible. Could a coincidence like that truly be possible? Both of them rejected that. While they couldn't declare that there was an absolute 0% chance, the probability was astronomically low. But since it had actually happened, it was far more likely that someone had purposefully placed the species on two planets. They had stumbled upon a great mystery of the universe.
“You can leave that difficult topic for later!”
Theia slammed her hands into the table again, interrupting the two. The topic had greatly changed from what Theia wanted to know. She only wanted to learn one thing.
“Clan, say it out loud one more time! Can Ruth and I bear Koutarou's child!? Can we give him a family!?”
Could they have a normal future of an ordinary man and woman. Compared to that, the difference in status or special fate were but tiny problems. Theia only wanted to know if she could truly become Koutarou's family.
“It's possible”
Clan clearly nodded. Because of questionable ethics, Clan hadn't experimented on whether or not fertilization was possible or not. However, according to computer simulations, the chances of success should be similar to that between two Forthorthians. While it wasn't completely certain, the chances were far higher than sterile Forthorthe couples.
“Of course, there's still a while left until you're of marriageable age”
“... I see, so it's possible... Ruth and I, can have Koutarou's children... we can give him a family...”
Having heard Clan's response, all of the tension in Theia's body snapped like the strings of a puppet as she slumped down on the floor. She put her hands on the floor and repeated what Clan had taught her with a dim expression. As this had been something she had been worrying about for so long, she felt immeasurable shock.
“... Now all he has to do is wish for it... then we...”
As time passed, the shock passed, and Clan's words gradually sank in.
“.... Uuhh... ugu...”
Tears filled Theia's eyes. They quickly turned into large tears and streamed down her cheeks, reaching her chin before dropping onto the floor. One after another, the tears fell to the floor and created a spotted pattern.
“... I'm glad, uuhhh, I'm really... uuuhh... uuaaa...”
”As your genes are so similar, even if some minor problems occur, I will do something about it. So be at peace”
”Now you've lost your handicap, Theia-dono”
Clan and Kiriha gently stared at Theia who had begun to cry. Tears were starting to form in their eyes as well. They could painfully understand the feelings of knowing you had a future with the person you loved.
“.... Uuuuh, higu, uaaaahh waaaahhh!!”
Eventually Theia began bawling. However, Clan and Kiriha did nothing to stop it, and simply quietly looked on. There was nothing for them to do as they knew these were tears of joy.
