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I Got a Cheat and Moved to Another World, so I Want to Live as I Like (Web Novel) - Chapter 364 Part 2
Chapter 364 Part 2
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Here the stage shifts from the downtown area in the royal capital to the headquarters of the knight order of the Kingdom, a massive and rugged building located to the north of the royal castle.
In the commander’s office, a large man with a Kaizer Mustache was sitting in a chair with his arms crossed, taking an after-lunch nap.「Teacher, what is that thing doing?」
This is a scenery in his dream. The knight-errant, who has become a boy about thirty years younger, said to his tutor, a thin, middle-aged man.
The place is a ranch on the outskirts of the royal capital. The boy, who was brought here as part of his emotional education, is pointing to a baby goat with its head on the ground and its mouth moving eagerly.
「Oh, that? It’s eating the parent goat’s feces.」
The tutor with the slit eyes said in a calm tone of voice. The boy’s expression turned to surprise, followed by 『Why?』. And the slender middle-aged man continues.
「They’re trying to get the bacteria from their parents’ bellies into their own bellies.」
Then he followed the explanation with 『Through the help of bacteria in the intestines, they transform inedible things, such as tree bark and poisonous grass, into edible things.』
「It’s not just goats. Birds, cows, and humans are no different. In fact, bacteria live in your belly, too.」
“That must be too difficult for him”, The tutor said while smiling wryly, but the boy seems to understand. He looks amazed as he rubs his own belly.
「Do you understand? People and animals all live hand in hand and help each other, even if they don’t realize it.」
The tutor finishes his explanation and smiles, his already thin eyes narrowing even more. But the next moment, he stiffens.
Suddenly, the boy crouches down and reaches beyond the wooden fence to the ground where the little goat’s nose is.
『I will be able to eat tree bark and poisonous herbs myself if I eat the dung of the parent goats.』
This was undoubtedly his intention.
「Wait!」
When the tutor hurriedly called out to him, fortunately, the clever and honest boy stopped and looked back at him.
He regretted that he had forgotten to take how the boy will interpret it into consideration and warned him with a troubled look on his face.
「You must not eat that. Because there’s a parasite in there.」
「Parasite?」
Unlike bacteria, they do not work together with the human body. Instead of making nourishment, they take it away, often to the detriment of others.
When the tutor told him this, the boy stood up with a puzzled look on his face.
「I guess that’s about it for the farm tour. Let’s have a snack and then head back to the house, shall we? After washing our hands of course.」
The tutor turns his back to the livestock behind the wooden fence and points to a sign for a stall. The boy immediately flashes a big smile and follows behind the skinny middle-aged man who has started to walk away.
『I could have prevented the foolishness.』
The matter the skinny middle-aged man thought is resolved is not actually resolved. The boy’s contemplation continued as his body shook next to his teacher in the communal carriage on the way to his home.
(Even though there’s a parasite in it, will that little goat be okay?)
After turning the question around in his head dozens of times, he arrives at his own answer.
(It’s okay because they’re both goats, and they’re a parent and child on top of that.)
However, that’s not correct. Whether the goats are parent and child to each other, if there are insects or eggs in it, they will still digest it.
However, because of the little information he has, he may not be able to realize his mistake.
(Then, it should be fine if it’s mother’s.)
The boy thinks. However, thanks to his middle-class upbringing, which is not a bad living environment, it is difficult to obtain them without being known.
『I have to obtain the bacteria in my parent’s intestines and boost my own ability.』
The result of his attempt was this time was unsuccessful. The reason he did not say to his mother directly, 『please give me it』, was probably because he was able to read the room from a young age.
(I always thought it was dirty, but it never was.)
However, the boy’s interest had already turned to the excrement of living beings.
Then, on a cold rainy day a few months later, the boy’s mother fell ill.
Presumably, it was mild food poisoning. She would return to normal after a few days of rest.
「Mom, this is a medicine.」
A middle-aged woman was half-lying in bed while reading a book, listening to the sound of rain hitting the window, reflecting the dim light outside. Her son visits her room and offers her a small plate of brown-colored pills.
(When you have an upset stomach, just take in the intestinal bacteria of someone who doesn’t have one.)
The boy, who had been researching in libraries and other places as his interest led him, in his own way, to learn more about the subject. Therefore, the boy presented his mother with a rounded piece containing his own intestinal bacteria.
(If it’s okay from a parent goat to a baby goat, then it should be fine from me to my mom.)
By this logic, he thinks he is well protected against parasites. In fact, he has no worms in his stomach, so that is the only problem, aside from the others.
「Thank you.」
The mother, who mistook the knowledge from a book that 『this is medicine』 for 『the doctor’s words』 smiled back at her son, whose face lit up with sincere goodwill, and accept the pill.
Next, she takes a cup of water that her son poured from the jug and puts the pills in her mouth.
「Eh? This is…?」
After swallowing the pill, the mother mutters in bewilderment. It fell into her stomach in a single gulp, but a familiar aroma escaped her mouth and went up her nose.
After a pause, her suspicions were confirmed after she asked her child with a look of astonishment on her face.
「Castolo! Just what did you give me just now!?」
The mother screamed when she heard the answer. The people in the house rushed into the room to see what was going on and a great commotion ensued.
(Mumu….)
Here the time moves from thirty years ago to now, and the scenery changes from dream to reality.
A large middle-aged man with a Kaizer mustache, publicly known as the commander of the knight order of the Kingdom and privately known as the Gourmet of Gold, woke up from his after-lunch nap in his chair.
(That sure reminds me of something that happened quite in the past.)
A bitter smile appears at the corners of his mouth and eyes at the memory of being scolded so severely by his parents, including his mother.
What he thought he had done wrong was to tell the story of what had happened at the ranch to the best of his ability, as he was asked. Because of that, his tutor was fired.
(I feel really bad for teacher.)
Kaizer Mustache sighed and shook his head, but things didn’t stop there. His stubborn refusal to compromise has resulted in a change of heir to their middle-class family to his younger brother.
(I don’t have any regret losing that position, though.)
The prohibition to go to his family has not lifted even after he joined the elite of the elite, the knight order of the Kingdom, and even now that he has assumed the position of knight commander.
(I wanted to at least attend my sister’s wedding.)
Being an active knight pilot would give her a good reputation and help her sister to be treated well by the other family side. With that in mind, he even bought new clothes and prepared a speech, but he did not receive an invitation until the very last minute.
(I could have done things differently, but I didn’t know enough back then.)
This, he regretted it.
But he also believed that what he did isn’t wrong.
「Commander, the Prime Minister has summoned you.」
A member of the knight order told him after he let him in when he heard the knocking.
(Now then.)
The reason he had this dream was probably because of the excellent curry as lunch from a food stall that he had eaten when he was looking for something to eat in the downtown area.
「Tell them I’ll be there shortly.」
A large middle-aged man who was the head of the country’s military force ran his fingers through his Kaizer mustache replied as he got up from his chair.
