Mushoku Tensei (WN) - Volume 19 - Chapter 190

Mushoku Tensei:Web Chapter 190 Preview - Baka-Tsuki 
 
Be warned that the degree of translation error may be higher than usual due to the translation method employed. 

Dear Paul-san, 
It has been one and a half years. 
I will be 20 soon, and my sister will be turning 14. 
I’m still working for Orsted while continuously training . 

Orsted is knowledgeable, but it doesn’t appear that he is good at teaching others. 
Additionally, because he rarely uses magic, there is no demonstration. 
He will teach things like chanting and give some tips but probably because he is a genius, misunderstandings often happen. 

Either that or I'm not a brilliant student. 
I don’t have enough intelligence, so I can only understand 1/10 of what he teaches. 
Owing to the memories remaining from my previous life, I could understand the principles in the early years, but to surpass the walls of the [Saint] and [King] class, that is not enough... 
For example, the [Saint] class Fire magic ?Flash Flame [Flashover]? is a way to make the flame spread in a vast area instantly. 
By using light to generate heat in the air, like Vege? [1] , but somehow it looks different. (!) 
Once I have used a magic with an incantation, I can immediately use the voiceless version of it, which puzzles Orsted. 

Orsted does not only teach me about magic, but also other things, such as how to fight magicians from another faction as well. 
Afterwards, he taught me numerous techniques from the Sword God Style, like what to be careful of and what to counter with. 

A magician that specializes in fire magic when mixed in with a swordsman is very hard to defend against. 
Therefore, many groups of magicians and swordsmen use this tactic a lot, so we must respond accordingly. 
Simple PvP tactics. 
As one who boasted high offensive ability due to having numerous offensive magics and a foresight eye, I was told that I could reduce the number of opponents by throwing them into confusion and then dealing fatal blows when facing them one by one. 
It's not much different from what I had been doing in the past, but somehow, the result is different when I do it consciously. 

Training with Eris and Orsted, as well as occasionally teaching Sylphy, Norn, and Aisha, has had some beneficial effects. 
Perhaps because I have been continuously doing these things, I have attained: (!) 

[Saint]-class Fire and Wind magic 
[Saint]-class Healing and Detoxification magic 
[Intermediate]-class God Barrier magic 

It’s very good progress for only a year. 
I can see that I have been fooling around too much in the past. [2] 
However, despite my other gains, drawing a summoning magic circle is still quite challenging for me, and I can't draw it very well. 
I can’t be playing around now if I want to master so many arts. 
Anyway, I have grown a little stronger. 

Training with Orsted has also helped me do his jobs. 
After the uproar in the Asura Kingdom, there weren't many difficult jobs to handle. 
For example, helping an adventurer that was trapped inside the labyrinth, 
Or helping a merchant stranded inside a forest about to become a demon's meal, 
Or going to a slave market, purchasing a slave boy, and selling him somewhere else. 
Well, these were odd jobs; my work is mainly helping other people. I also enjoy it. 

Basically, those who we help now will become useful to Orsted in the future. 
For example, we helped a young female dwarven thief called Tal Qi the other day. 
She wasn't important, but her son would become the assassins guild leader in the future. 
He would also become a mean that would assassinate a certain person, but if that dwarf girl is killed, it will become Orsted's loss. 

Of course, it doesn't really matter since Orsted could go to kill that certain person, who would get in his way in the future, himself. 
But by helping step-by-step while considering the future is also a way Orsted could preserve his magic. 
By changing the past, he saves himself trouble in the future. 

It seems the key is to make sure that Orsted is in his best condition for the [decisive battle]. 
Orsted knew that [if the person that was meant to die in his youth survived, what he must do.] in his long loop. (!) 
It can be achieved by a scenario like [causing some incident for that guy] in the future. 
By adding me into his team, he could move more efficiently than in all the loops he previously experienced. 
It was similar to directing someone with hand signals randomly. (!) 
That’s what I’m doing, but I'm also somehow making some friends. 

That's basically why Orsted doesn't help me. 
He has something else to do in another place. 
Where the important [Flag] has to be set, he will go there himself. 

Hitogami also doesn't interfere that much. 
At least, he doesn't interfere when I’m moving alone. 
If you look at it, it's probably because he's interfering directly with Orsted, as the missions that Orsted does are probably critical events for Hitogami. 

Although, there were times when I worked directly with Orsted. 
When I do, one or two of Hitogami's apostles will definitely appear. 
The strange thing was that they never came at us all at once. (!) 
Maybe one of them was doing some job behind the scenes and moving separately. 
For now, I'm not worried at all. 

Is it all right that Orsted is only doing some odd jobs? 
More than that, why doesn't he take any offensive moves toward Hitogami? 
When I asked him about that, Orsted only shook his head lightly and said, 

[According to the future diary, Hitogami is still trying to change the future.] 

So, it’s okay with what we're doing right now. 
Hitogami is trying to change the future. 
...... By my prediction, the next big confrontation would involve Cliff. 
In the diary, Cliff was dead. 
Hitogami is probably involved, but I can't be sure of that yet. 
Orsted also hasn't told me much about this matter. 

Anyway, I do my job, report back to the office, meet my friends and my family, and then do some training in my spare time. 
Such is my life. 
Oh, and speaking of work. 
For work, I had to implement more of what I was thinking of for some money. 
First is the office- the hut in the Magic City Sharia suburbs. 
The place where we made the [Magic Armor] [3] also became our office. 
Because it will be inconvenient for us to continue to use it as a base from now on, we have to renovate it. 

It is a one story building, but inside there is a conference room, a sleeping room, and a reference room. 
It was easy to carry out strategy meetings and to some extent, sleeping. 
I mean.... sometimes I need to rest a little because I am too anxious. 
Documenting and scheduling a meeting about where to go, what to do, and who must survive, as well as what kind of impact it will have in the future, there is no way I could remember all of that. (!) 

Anyway, I also made an arsenal. 
There is where I put the [Magic Armor] and other magic tools or Magic Items Imbued products I usually use. 
While I succeeded in miniaturizing my [Magic Armor]... but let's not go into the details on it. (!) 

There are a large amount of tools that I use for work in the armory. 
If what's in the armory is stolen, it's worth an entire life's fortune. 
With that in mind, I used Earth magic to lock it, but the thought that it might be stolen is scary. 
Maybe Orsted didn’t want the hassle of managing the company's equipment, but it's something that should be done. (!) 
Again, I would like more personnel that could manage. 

It is not only that. (!) 
The basement is now our main office. 
It is a huge basement and is also a labyrinth, made by my earth magic. 
The basement is divided into 20 rooms, and there was teleport magic in each room. 
When you step into one of the rooms, you will be transferred to one of the major places around the world ....... well that's the plan. 
Only five of these rooms don't have transfer magic yet. 
Asura Kingdom, Holy Milis country, Great Forest, Dragon King Kingdom, and the Southern Magic Continent. 
That's all there is to it. 

It’s because I don't have a Teleport Magic Team to make the magic circles locally from those places. 
Also, Orsted also doesn't go to places that have low population, but if there are too many people, Teleport Magic is difficult to set. 
Due to this, the number of teleport points is still small. 
Of course, we have a plan to increase this number from now on. 

Well, Paul-sama. 
That’s the story about my work, I’m sure you're already bored of it. 

So I am waiting impatiently for you. 
Now let's talk about the children, or rather your grandchildren. 

First, my eldest daughter. 
Lucy Greyrat. 
She is growing up quickly and is healthy too. 
We celebrated her third birthday just the other day. 
She could now walk and runs around the house with a "Dotadota" sound. 
After she learned some words, she began to speak loudly- I think it's due to Eris' influence- and the house has become lively. 

In addition, Sylphy also began to teach her magic and human language recently. 
This girl got a special education from the age of three. 
Sylphy is ... becoming a teaching mom. 
When she puts on the triangle glasses, [4] the night lesson with me suddenly becomes so intense. 

Well, let’s set aside Sylphy for now, and talk about Lucy. 
She seldom meets me because of my work. 
Sometimes, there are times when her expression is a little surprised when I came back. 
It is a face that says [Who is this guy]. 
It is very sad. 
However, if Sylphy says "Greet your Papa," she says "Welcome back, Papa." 
When she says it, she is so cute that I want to eat her, but what immediately follows is "Where is Papa?" as she faces me, and she hides behind Sylphy. 
I am very sad. 
The way this is going, it looks like I won’t be referred as a respected father by her in the future. 
If it becomes that way, I will be sad. 

Once, I brought Lucy to Orsted's place. 
This was to test whether Orsted's curse would affect Lucy. 
Testing whether what Hitogami said is true or not. 
I took her to him thinking that. 

As it turns out, the curse did not work on Lucy. 

When Lucy met Orsted for the first time she showing beaming eyes. 
Reaching for his silver hair, she shouted "Papa! Papa!" 
She said Papa! 
It was an attitude that even made me perplexed. 

At the time, I thought of killing Orsted on the spot. 
That's a lie, I'm sorry. 
There is no way I would harbor such strong murderous intent. 
Yeah, I didn't have even a bit of interest in that. 

This is because Lucy is used to seeing Sylphy's white hair, and Orsted who has a similar hair color might be look like a relative. 
When I told Orsted's name to her, she remembered the name immediately saying "Osute~tsu, Osute~tsu!" 
It's how she pronounces it. (!) 

While giving sidelong glances to my bitter face, Orsted went and gave a piggyback to Lucy. 
Lucy grabbed Orsted's hair and tore it off. 
When I said "Pulling hair is bad", 
Orsted gave me an interesting answer [No problem, if it’s only to this extent my fighting spirit, Ryu Kiyoshi [5] won’t even move an inch] he said. 
Catering my daughter, he didn't look so bad at all. 
Of course since Lucy is cute. 

However, with this, Hitogami's words also increased its credibility. 
[Orsted ... and my descendants will work together to defeat Hitogami.] 
When I told Orsted about it, he responded with 

[Do not trust Hitogami's words.] 

And, he stared at me with a scary look on his face. 
I didn't mean to trust them of course. 
However, I feel that not all of it is a lie. 
It is just a convenient way of thinking. 

However, recently, I started being able to read Orsted's mood, and Orsted's mood when playing with Lucy is good. 
Even I will drop myself in front of such cuteness. (!) 
Not only that, but he experienced loops with similar events over and over, of course he will be happy if he experiences something new. 
Given the number of the loops he experienced, he has much to guess their feelings. (!) 
As a subordinate, I think I will try to make Orsted's daily life happier. 

And our conversation has gotten sidetracked, hasn't it? 
In case of children, Roxy also gave birth. 
On that day, there was a heavy snowstorm and the office had not yet been completed. 
Orsted made me go out with missions many times as well. 
It’s not uncommon that the president meet people directly. 
At that time the hut only had one room, because my mission is to report in to Orsted. (!) 
Also, when the work for Orsted was over, there were many cases of waiting between tasks. 
When I think of reporting in as usual that day, he said. 

[Isn’t it about the time?] 

At first. 
Well, it will be soon. 
And, I won’t think. 
Because of thinking that, I’m quite restless at work. 
I did not think that I will say this to Orsted, but... I am also a father, so I said "I will give my report later," and left the office immediately. 
When I was in the street, I ran through the snow like a snow plow and returned home. 

After returning Roxy was in her last month of pregnancy. 
I was there just before she gave birth. 
If I waited two days, I wouldn't have made it back in time for her to give birth. 

"Yeah, Rudi...I wonder if it's alright, I wonder if I'll really be able to give birth." 
When I got home, Roxy had a worried expression. Repeating again and again, she asked, "Will it be be all right? It might be impossible," with a pale face. I did not let go of her hand. During the time when mother Zenith gave birth to me as well, I'm sure it was that kind of feeling. During that time all I was thinking was, "Roxy really is the worrying type." 

- But, Roxy worries ended up right on the money. 

It was a difficult birth. The baby's shoulder got caught. It must be a the so-called shoulder dystocia. [6] 
I do not know the cause, but it could be because of Roxy's small body. She was in the normal birthing age of Migurudo tribe, but because the child is a half-blood child who has a big body, it was like she was giving birth at an early age given the size ratio. It was more than likely because I'm the father and human. 
Roxy ... was in a dangerous state for both mother and child. 
But, the worst did not happen. 
Lilia's skills and experience in this matter are very high and Aisha is a genius. With me bringing in midwife and Doctor-san through the heavy snow rain, the party organization was perfect. Aisha had the experience working as the midwife from the time with Lucy and calmed down the emergency. Her birth was dealt with smoothly, with no complications. 
As for Roxy's child, she gave birth to a girl. Safely. We didn't have to give a C-section, and both the child and mother survived. She gave birth safely. 
The one who was born is a girl. 
She was slightly bigger compared to Lucy when she was born. It’s not like she was fat, but her face seemed a little bad. She looked like.....me?. 
"Her eyes are like Roxy, her mouth is just like Rudi," according to Sylphy. (!) 
It didn't appear that she has an ugly face because of her mixed heritage between me and Roxy. Well, if you're a child between Roxy and I, I didn't need to worry about you that much. 
"It was a girl .......so her name is Lara." 
She was named Lara. Lara Greyrat. 
We found out that she has the same hair color as Roxy soon after her birth. She had beautiful blue colored hair. It is the color that can be called “the symbol of Migurudo race”. 
Seeing that, Sylphy and Roxy both made a complicated face. I did not know why they made such a face at first. Roxy's hair color is fine, and Lara is a girl. You will definitely become a cute girl when you grow up, trust me. 
Sylphy then told me why- she might be bullied because her hair color is different. 
This city is mixed with a large number of variety races other than human; however, most of the population is still human, after all. If her looks differ from the human race considerably then she might be bullied. 
Whether her original hair color might cause problems for Lara, such as whether or not she is bullied, I don't know yet; however, I believe that she will always have love from her family. 

As a side note, Elinalise also gave birth along with Roxy. 
That was complete with a familiar feeling, almost like they should just hurry up and give birth to it. 

According to Cliff, that his child will be “Born Soon!”, but the next time I met Elinalise she already recovered from giving birth and had her slender body back. She is a veteran at childbirth. Her experiences in it is on whole different level. 
Well, the first child of Grimoire family was a boy, who was named Clive. Clive Grimoire. Elinalise was very pleased, "I will make the family full of heirs!" 
Heirs. I... I think that there is no need for heirs. Even with Lara and Lucy. If somehow they want to help Orsted and follow my footsteps, I won’t stop them. Also the curse didn’t seem to work on them. 
But, there is one person who is inspired by Elinalise's words. It’s Eris. 
She was often going to work with me until then. It was feeling like she was a part-time employee of Orsted Corporation. By my side, as my vanguard, as my sword, she cut through all the enemies standing in front of me. 
But in response to Elinalise words, she said "Next is my turn!" and proceeded to suck me dry, even if we’re at work. As long as there is an opportunity, she won’t let it go and goes commando immediately on me. (!) I ...... my maiden heart got crushed, but let's not talk about that. 
Anyway, it seems she wasn't lucky, and didn't get pregnant for a while. (!) 
Eris was truly worried about this. (!) I often found her talking with Sylphy night after night after I got home. She didn’t want her insecurity known to me, so I won't give the details of the conversation, but I might have heard some dreadful remark such as “......maybe I need to do it more often”. Anymore than this, I won’t survive with that much nosebleed. 
Even though I thought that, it’s a husband's job to help his wife overcome her insecurity. 
I thought so, I also tried my best. (!) Using all of my knowledge that I've accumulated, from the basic knowledge to Ougis [7] , whether changing her diet, or having her do some kind of training, I tried everything in my power in order to ease her worries. Leaving that aside......I would be lying if I said that I didn’t get excited. (!) 
I heard my mother, Zenith, also suffered from infertility for a period of time. Thus, to get rid of her worries, father also was busy doing this and that. He was doing his best every night then. Thus, Shu~sh...Norn was born and very healthy in school now. ...Norn aside. (!) 
Our efforts bore fruit, and Eris got pregnant safely. The next month, she toned down her training level. 
It looks like her intense training every day was the main cause of her infertility. When one trains hard, it's harder to get pregnant. But if the child is strong, she could get pregnant, but in Eris's case her training was far more intense than normal training. Even if the egg already fertilized, if it's not implanted, it’s the same as nothing happening. (!) 
That's why Eris was getting a break from going on missions with me. Even though she can’t come with me to work, she's still happy. While stroking her already swollen belly Eris smiles happily while muttering "Mufufu". As the only one who knows her since she was young, I can tell you it’s her true feeling. Somehow ...... Eris looks like she has become respectable. The late Sauros-sama and Philip-sama, I wonder if you are sobbing happily from the underworld now. 

I discovered Eris was pregnant about one month ago. (!) She’s was already 4 months pregnant. If she seems to be quiet these days, it's partly due to morning sickness. When I came back from the next job, she already entered her fifth month pregnancy. She didn’t do any strenuous exercises again after entering a plateau because she is a little worried. (!) 
I've sent a letter to Ghyslaine the moment I found out. (!) Ghyslaine would be very busy now because Asura's king, who was on sick bed for a long time, passed away. Ariel will become Queen soon. First Prince Gravell trying for his last stand, but that’s already futile. It’s not likely Ariel will lose to him. However, with that kind of rival, Ghyslaine won't have any free time for the next 2-3 years. After Eris's child is born, I will try to visit Asura Kingdom. (!) 
By the way, Eris only thought of boy's names for her child. So, I decided to think up a girl's name in secret. Whether it’s girl or boy, as long as the child is healthy, I’m good with it. 
With the wives and children like that. (!) 
Family life, training, and work. You can say that if you take away even one of those, then I can’t meet the children much and give them a good quality life. (!) 

Finally. 
It is about Zenith-Okaasan's memory. There are still no signs of it returning. At some point her emotions stopped improving as well. She almost didn’t speak a word. 
I also tried to hear stuff from Orsted, but still can’t figure out how to heal her. If even he didn’t know... then I can't think of any way to heal her. Well, perhaps because for Orsted this is the first time in a loop where Zenith has became a cripple, so he just didn’t know how to treat her with some Magic Items Imbued products . I won’t give up, I will definitely find a way to cure her. Anyway, I think for now we'll just be taking it step-by-step without hurrying too much. 
Dad, once, in Holy Milis country, you scolded me. That I’m ditching my mother and more worried about other women. Although I didn't intend to, please forgive me, with my current situation for now I must lower her priority. 
I think I could do more for her in the future, and I will aim for that. 
Sincerely yours 

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And with that I closed my diary like usual. While it’s not like a diary, it’s more like a letter. However, by writing these things, there are days when I got a sudden motivation from it. With such strong motivation, I could move my body better. 
"All right, let’s go" 
As I'm motivated today, I stood up, and went ahead toward the magic circle. 
My work begins.