Seeing Fornorn from the surface didn't have the same level of impact as when looking at it from the sky. They couldn't see past the buildings, so the city gave the same impression as a similar city on Earth. Buildings lined up along a wide road with vehicles going up and down it. Of course there was difference in the details, but the overall impression was the same.
“I've somehow managed to calm down.”
“Please don't look around so much. You look like a country bumpkin and it's embarrassing.”
That might not have been the case when it was just the two of them, but Elfaria was with them now. Clan got a little embarrassed and blushed. She blushed despite Koutarou technically being a stranger.
“Alright, I've ranked up.”
“Eh?”
“You used to call me a neanderthal remember? So a country bumpkin is a big step forward.”
“Is that true, Clan-san?! How could you say that to Reios-sama?!”
“T-That's not it! That was before I knew who he was!”
The three were currently on the move, having changed their mode of transportation to a car.
While it may be a car, it was far different from the cars on Earth. It didn't need a driver, and the car was floating above the road. It only needed its tires when it stopped or broke down. It ran on electricity, and as a result, the inside of the car was very quiet, with nothing hindering the discussion between the three inside.
“Haah...”
That's why Clan's sigh reached Koutarou as well.
“What's wrong?”
“... Look over there. You can see Schweiger's residence.”
The Schweiger family's residence was inside of Fornorn. It looked like an annexation of large research facilities and could be easily seen, even from afar. The Schweiger residence slowly moved as the car did, and for some reason, Clan seemed to be suffering a little.
“Hey!”
A thud rang out.
“Ow?! What are you doing?!”
“You didn't look like a girl who was finally able to return home after going through a tough journey... now that you've got your energy back, tell me why, Clan.”
“You really are... If you wanted to comfort me, there are softer ways of doing it.”
Clan sent a grudgeful glance at Koutarou. But thanks to him, her painful expression from just a moment ago was gone.
“... This is the world 20 years from the past, right?”
“Supposedly. It only looks like the future to me though.”
“Then grandmother will pass away soon.”
Clan's expression turned a little darker once more. Clan recalled one of her relative's death, and was wondering what to do.
“Do you want to save her?”
In the world of the past, they had tried saving everyone in danger, regardless of history. So comparing that to now, Clan should be allowed to save her grandmother.
“I would like to, but the situation is complicated.”
“What do you mean?”
“Grandmother will die five years from now. Since I know what the disease is called, if I intervene now, it probably won't kill her but... it was a disease caused by age...”
“Natural causes as they call it, huh.”
“Yes. Besides, can we really change history... and grandmother was apparently not very Schweiger like, and after her death, her money was invested into a lot of different funds as according to her will. The number of children that her money saved should be quite considerable.”
“That does make it a difficult decision...”
Clan was worrying because she had a very complicated problem on her hands.
Clan's grandmother would die because it was her time, but Clan felt resistant to simply letting a blood relative pass away.
But there were a lot of lives saved because her grandmother died. Up until the point that she died, Clan's grandmother continued to increase her assets and then donated it all. That's why by saving her now, it would mean that the donation never happened, meaning the lives saved might be lost.
That said, by surviving, Clan's grandmother would be able to increase her assets even further, increasing the donation when she finally does pass away. Overall that would save even more people.
Clan didn't know what to do.