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I Got a Cheat and Moved to Another World, so I Want to Live as I Like (Web Novel) - Chapter 370 Part 1
Chapter 370 Part 1
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While having dinner at a food stall in the royal capital’s red-light district, I happened to meet the chest-haired gentleman.
『Would you like to go on a two-on-two play and switch partners after one round together?』
I happily accepted his invitation and entered a middle-class brothel together with the chest-haired gentleman.
I had just finished my first round with the plump energetic girl in her late teens on the bed when I was called out by the chest-haired gentleman who was taking a break after already having finished his first round.
「She was telling me a story about her hometown and it’s quite interesting.」
The chest-haired gentleman was referring to the strong-willed slender beauty in her mid-twenties who was leaning her back against the pillow next to him.
This slender beauty with a Middle Sauvage hairstyle* and the plump, energetic girl with a short bob is both from Easternmost countries and members of the 『Continental Circus』, a traveling brothel.
Their troupe is invited to this store, which is the centerpiece of the 『Easternmost Countries Fair』.
[*TL Note: refers to a hairstyle with fine waves all the way to the ends.]
「We grouped them together as Easternmost Countries, but they are very different from each other. Mine is a small city-state in the easternmost part of the region.」
The customs of this small city-state are said to be very different from those in the Kingdom.
「I know that you’re in the middle of telling the story, but can you please start again from the beginning?」
The slender beauty in her late twenties began to tell the story again after being urged by the chest-haired gentleman. The content was a rule about marriage.
「….So it was like that. It’s certainly very different from the Kingdom.」
They both seemed a bit disappointed after I expressed my impressions of the story. They were apparently expecting a bigger reaction from me.
But I’m sorry to say that this was nothing new for me, who had a previous life.
『Once you have entered into a marriage contract, there is an obligation on both parties to uphold fidelity.』
Putting shortly, this was the story. In other words, husband and wife are not to sleep with anyone but each other.
Marriage in the Kingdom, on the other hand, is like this.
『Both parties must promise that they would be responsible for the upbringing of any children born to them.』
There is no other agreement or any other obligation of fidelity.
Unlike me, who didn’t have much reaction, the chest-haired gentleman looked up at the high ceiling of the playroom and let out a thick bass voice as he lamented.
「I don’t mean to demean the culture of another country. But honestly, I wouldn’t be able to stand it myself.」
“I feel like I would have lost a third of the pleasures of life,” he continued.
The other two are probably eating and sleeping. I feel the same way.
(The significance of a husband and wife keeping their chastity with someone other than their partner, huh? People in the Kingdom certainly wouldn’t understand.)
『Getting all dressed up and going to an expensive brothel for our wedding anniversary.』
It’s a normal part of everyday life for the common people.
Of course, they go to different stores for men and women. But after playing, they meet up at a nice restaurant, discuss their impressions over a meal, and apply the skills they have learned to their future married life.
The source of information, by the way, is the tough-looking chief of the merchant guild, who has a wife and child.
(Thanks to magic, it’s impossible to have undesired children and it’s impossible to get diseases. So what the hell is the reason why we can’t go out and play with others?)
Thinking about it again, I still can’t wrap my head around it. But in my previous life, this view was common, and not only 『Physical』 but also 『Chastity of Heart』 was required.
(The difference between my previous life and this world… and it’s not the culture, it’s something that can never be imitated there. This must be the cause.)
After thinking about it this far, I came to a conclusion.
(Magic. Then, there is a strong possibility that the culture is a remnant of a time before the benefits of magic are introduced. It has lost its significance in the course of time, but only the form has remained.)
Take pigs, for example.
It used to be,『Don’t eat pigs because they are often contaminated with parasites』, but has been changed to 『Don’t eat pigs because they are defiled animals』.
(It’s possible.)
I was thinking silently to myself, and when my thoughts returned to the present after I was satisfied on my own, the topic of conversation had turned to the slender beauty’s personal life.
「So you get married at the turn of your teenage years, as soon as the age limit allows for marriage, huh? You took a leap of faith, didn’t you?」
To the chest-haired gentleman who crossed his arms and sounded impressed, the woman in her late twenties waved her Middle Sauvage hair from side to side.
「It’s quite common, you know? In fact, if you don’t get married early, people will whisper behind your back that there is a reason why you can’t get married.」
He responded with a light surprise and she continued.
She seems very easy to talk to. The women working in brothels are professionals at customer service, but the chest-haired gentleman is quite good as well.
「And besides, I thought at the time that “this man is the one for me”. It was a short time, but it was the happiest time of my life.」
That’s the feeling I get from listening to their conversation from the side, and I nod my head lightly.
The turn of the teenage years meaning it was around the end of junior high school. A serious love at that time must have felt fresh and dazzling.
(I’m curious about the second half of that story, but it’s nice that it came to fruition.)
What was I like fifteen years ago, I wonder?
There was someone I liked, but I couldn’t confess to her. All I could do was move my right hand up and down while looking at a photo that she happened to be reflected in it.
(But what if I had been able to date her? And if getting married in middle school was the norm in our culture?)
What would have happened then? I probably would have taken her hand and skipped down the road from school to city hall.
「By “short time”, did something unfortunate happen?」
I’m about to sink into my own thoughts again, but the voice of the chest-haired gentleman pulls me back to the present.
When I looked at him, he apologetically continues, 『you don’t have to answer if it’s too hard for you to tell the story』, but the center of gravity of his body is moving toward her. He probably likes this kind of talk.
「It is unfortunate, but it is something I brought on myself, and it is a very common story, really.」
The slender beauty shrugs her shoulders with her palms facing upward and told the story nonchalantly.
「Once we started staying together, we ended up seeing only the parts of each other we didn’t like. This goes for both of us.」
A sigh of understanding escapes the mouths of the two old men. That’s certainly unfortunate, but something you brought on yourself, and a very common story for sure.
『A cold home where two people who dislike a part of each other eat and sleep together.』
And as a result, her current self was born.
「It was awful.」
She said, to which the chest-haired gentleman responded with, 『and so that’s why you both are going your separate ways now, is it?』.
But her answer to this was denial.
「We didn’t break up. Or more accurately, we couldn’t break up.」
The two old men look at each other and the woman in her late twenties laughed wryly.
She continued with,『of course people from other countries wouldn’t understand』.
「It won’t be admissible if there’s no infidelity involved.」
It’s an agreement between both parties. In other words, a reason like, 『 We want to break up because we don’t get along』 won’t do it.
Until the fidelity obligation is broken, the marriage contract cannot be terminated, and any difficulties other than death must be overcome with 『love for each other』.
「I don’t think there is any love left in the relationship between two people who have turned bitter, though.」
『I know, right!?』, the slender beauty said as she leaned and her modest twin hills bobbed up and down to the gentleman who shook his head.
I asked her how strict was this agreement and she told me that the penalty for cheating was extremely severe.
『A punishment for life.』
This is clearly stated in the law.
「Specifically speaking, it’s slavery. You’ll be reduced from equal to the lowest position by the law.」
