The next day.
I've decided to read the rest of the diary.
Though I say this, it seems that after Sylphy's death, he didn't write anything for a while. The paper quality's different to the place that I read up to yesterday. Did he not write anything for a year? Two years? Or perhaps even longer. Five years or ten years? I don't really know what happened during that period.
But I do know that the contents of the diary have become more frivolous. For example how the breasts of a nee-chan[1] he saw in town were, or how her butt was. About how he went around the red light district, and which brothel was best. It's almost like the diary of a delinquent.[2] He's written some pretty sleazy stuff.
One day he wrote a ranking of all the women he's slept with so far. Is this really me? If I lose Sylphy and Roxy, will I become like this?
At any rate, I think he lived for a few years with this kind of lifestyle, where he just picked up women. Though it isn't clearly written where he is, since the names of a few shops are familiar, he was probably still in the Magic City Sharia.
Aisha, Norn, Lilia, Zenith and Lucy. Their names come out strangely little. Occasionally Zanoba or Julie's names will appear, and that's about it. Of all things, one day he had his eye on Julie. He had included Julie amongst those he could vent his lust on. Julie who had done her very best to follow Zanoba and my teachings. I don't want to think of this as me. No, I guess it's possible that it's me. Were it a situation where I had given into despair and my lower body, and I had my fame, my body, and my money, then...
There was also Eris. Around this time, he was running from place to place to escape Eris. It seems that Eris was also living in Sharia, and each time they met she'd look unhappy and start bashing him.
『I wanted to catch her one day and mess her up, but I'm scared of her revenge so she's a no go.』 was written.
Worthless. But I can also tell that he has complicated feelings towards Eris. I wonder if he felt a little bit like he wanted to start things over with her. I wonder if it's because of Sylphy and Roxy that he wasn't able to love her, so things became like this. I feel like there's a bit of a contradiction in the things that he wrote he did.
There were a few disquieting things written here. It seems that the Milis Church had placed a bounty on his and Zanoba's heads, and bounty hunters and assassins were popping up quickly. It seems that they weren't a big deal and all had the tables turned on them...
But as I was thinking, when I turned to the next page, the contents changed again.
It seems another year passed by. He didn't write what happened. I should also mention that the quality of each page was considerably different, and the dates that he wrote entries were indeterminate.
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Norn's Ruijerd books and figures are doing well.
Also, in collaboration with the Magic University, I started officially teaching chantless magic classes.
The Holy Kingdom of Milis is demanding via the Kingdom of Asura that the Kingdom of Ranoa hand me over, but as long as I am of use to the Magic Triumvirate, they probably won't do so.
As long as the Central Continent is separated by the Red Dragon Mountains, the attackers in a war would be at an overwhelming disadvantage, after all.
It seems that the Kingdom of Asura still doesn't know that I was the culprit behind the fire murder incident. They're a stupid lot. They're probably filled with idiots.
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Zanoba is close to completing his automaton research.
It took longer than expected.
However, I don't have the excitement that I did back in the day.
Just why have I been working on this?
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The automaton was a success.
It's an automaton built in the spitting image of Sylphy.
She has her own will, and acts independently.
At the same time, she'll always listen to what I say.
She's gentle, and obedient, and gets a little jealous, so it's like seeing the old Sylphy.
But, this isn't it.
This really isn't it...
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I destroyed the automaton.
I thought that Zanoba would be angry, but on the contrary he apologized to me.
The one who should be sorry is me.
I can't be thankful enough to Zanoba.
I'll make sure not to betray him at least.
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We created a doll that was different from Sylphy and Roxy.
This one was named Fourtee by Zanoba.
When I asked why that name, Zanoba replied with his chest held up in pride that it was because it was the fourteenth masterpiece.
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We mass produced Fourtee's sister machines and ended up deciding to sell them to the Magic Triumvirate.
Having the country as your regular customer sure is good.
Though I don't know how much use they'll be militarily, they're what Zanoba's and my skills have to offer.
They should be stronger than the common knight or adventurer.
Still, I've no goal now, huh.
What should I research next?
Though I don't really know why, it feels like I've been motivated for the first time in a long time.