How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 312

347. The Truth Is Here (3)

“What kind of world that is… and what will happen. I don’t know, and there’s no way to know. Even if I knew, there’s no way I could do anything about it.”

“…That’s a strange thing to say.”

“All I know is that this era is already ruined. And there’s no guarantee what the next era will be like.”

I didn’t quite understand.

No, it’s not just that I don’t know.

I don’t know everything.

Nelkellos gave a bitter smile, as if reading my expression.

“I guess I have to explain that first. …Mellas, could you step aside for a moment?”

“I don’t mind. Even I, the Sword Emperor, don’t understand your story…”

Sword Emperor Mellas readily stepped aside at the request.

“Is it a story you can’t tell her?”

“Yes, and more than that, telling her now would only cause confusion.”

“Confusion…”

“The ruin of this era is already decided. Neither I nor anyone else can reverse it. So I can’t say anything unnecessary, can I?”

Does that mean it’s hard to accept?

In fact, he seems to have hidden the decisive facts from Mellas and others he shared information with, implying that there was still hope.

“For someone like you, you seem to have accepted the facts calmly?”

He says it’s confusing, but Nelkellos, who is saying that, is surprisingly calm.

“That’s because I… am a being created by a certain entity. I’m not the same as them.”

He revealed that he is not human.

When I made a blank expression because I didn’t understand, he tilted his head as if looking for a word to compare.

“Shall I put it differently? Ah… there’s a concept like this. So, to use an analogy from the world you originally lived in, Aileon…”

“Analogy?”

“You could say I’m an NPC [Non-Player Character; a character controlled by the game, not a player].”

NPC.

That’s how he compared himself.

“So, that means? You’re not human, and someone is behind you. And they’re interfering with me through you?”

“You can understand it that way. The important thing isn’t about me, but about what you’re going to do. …You want to know, don’t you? Why you became who you are now? And why you were called here?”

“…”

“More than anything, what should you do from now on?”

“Hmm…”

I didn’t answer rashly and just swallowed hard.

If you ask if I want to know, of course, I have questions.

I’ve made hypotheses and thought about it in various ways, but I can’t get an accurate answer.

Why am I here?

What is this world in the first place?

Why is there a world where the characters and information from the novel I read exist?

No, more fundamentally.

Is that really the world in the novel?

“Well, you seem curious. That’s a relief. At least you seem to be a person who was called here as intended.”

One thing is certain.

That I became Aileon was not an accident.

Someone’s intention.

“First of all, I’ll tell you this. You were called here by a scheme of some being.”

He told the truth honestly.

“They called you in, deviated from the schedule… just wanted to show it to some people. …The world doesn’t flow as planned, and it should develop correctly by entrusting it to their autonomy.”

Huh? What does that mean?

Autonomy?

It was an unexpected word.

* * *

First, he told me why I came here.

“To put it bluntly, you were called to save this world.”

“…”

“You don’t believe me?”

“Yeah. I don’t believe you.”

I said firmly.

Even if you save the world now, right?

It’s just annoying, right?

“In the first place, I have no intention of dealing with world peace or anything like that. …It’s not a product our store offers, so please check elsewhere.”

“Ahahaha… That reaction. I guess I brought you in properly.”

However, he didn’t seem embarrassed by my sarcastic attitude, but rather said it was a good thing.

Unexpected.

Actually, I wanted to make him difficult.

Well, I guess it’s not the time to joke around.

Let’s ask for information quickly.

As if reading my wish, Nelkellos immediately spoke again.

“Aileon, first of all, let me ask you one thing. What do you think about the development of civilization?”

“Huh? I don’t think anything about it?”

“Can you tell me seriously?”

“I’m being serious, even if it doesn’t look like it.”

I really don’t care about that kind of thing.

I’m not free enough to think about such profound things one by one.

I’d rather worry about what to sell next.

“But there are beings in the world who worry about such useless things.”

He said so.

“Aileon, do you believe in the existence of God?”

“God? I want to say I don’t believe in religion, but… I can’t say that here.”

In reality, I would say, ‘Ah, I don’t believe in God!’ and chase them away, but this place is different.

…But in this place, there might really be one.

“God exists.”

“Don’t tell me to draw water and pray every day from now on because there is a God, right?”

I refuse to do that.

“Well, it’s not a religious point of view that you guys are talking about… but a cosmic-scale existence.”

“That’s a vague analogy.”

“They look down on you humans… but they’re not such sublime beings.”

“In short, all I need to know is that there is a being that creates the world, right?”

“That’s enough.”

He wasn’t just mentioning it.

Honestly, it was obvious.

“Then are they my enemies?”

“Enemies… you could see it that way. Yes, there’s no doubt that from a human’s point of view, there’s no more absurd existence than them.”

In short, there is a creator.

And those guys are enemies of humanity.

“They don’t have hostility towards you. Rather, they cherish humans. They never hate them.”

“…”

“But even if they love humans, they don’t understand humans.”

“What do you mean?”

“They want humans to develop further. They want to see them grow properly.”

I don’t know what you’re talking about.

What does this situation have to do with them cherishing humans?

“Beyond this universe, there are countless worlds.”

Starting from the Earth where I lived, to this place that is making people suffer.

There are other worlds besides that?

“And each world has a different scale of development.”

Some maintain a primitive society for tens of thousands of years, while others reach a transcendent level in just a few thousand years.

In short, the difference in development speed.

Just as humans have slight differences in growth rate, civilization is the same.

It varies from world to world.

“They wondered why the worlds they manage are developing slower than other worlds.”

“…That’s a useless worry. If you want to grow taller, give them nutritional supplements.”

Well, even if you do, some guys won’t grow.

More than that, isn’t it a pretty trivial concern for a transcendent being?

“It’s their only concern. The fact that the being looking down is behind other worlds is a great humiliation.”

And that is the beginning of all distortions.

“They began to seek things from other worlds that would affect the development of mankind.”

In short, they are looking for reference models.

If there are things that have already achieved brilliant development, they can’t help but refer to them.

“And they came to a conclusion.”

“I don’t have a good feeling about this…”

“They believed that trials are necessary for the development of mankind.”

All sorts of tragedies.

Numerous factors that cause pain to humans, such as wars, disasters, and epidemics.

“They observed that every time a major upheaval occurred, mankind either regressed greatly or gained an opportunity to make some great progress.”

“…”

Words don’t come out.

Something like anger wells up in my heart.

Because the next words were obvious.

“When a major trial occurs that causes a lot of blood to flow, mankind gains an opportunity to develop further. That’s how they recognized it.”

From the perspective of a transcendent being, tragedy is just seen as an event that takes human history to the next level.

“For example, let’s say there’s a game that’s popular in modern Earth civilization. An epidemic will occur.”

Even an epidemic that will kill millions of people.

“But depending on how you deal with it, a medicine will be created, and a new medical system will be opened up due to the technology invested in it.”

“…Are you kidding me?”

“As a result, mankind develops.”

“Are you crazy?”

Those words had to come out.

My fist trembled.

Literally, they have the perception of playing a raising game with humanity.

“Then what about the person who makes the medicine?”

“You know? Such a person.”

I know.

The protagonist.

“Are you talking about roles?”

“To be exact, it’s the proportion of how much medicine they can provide in that human history.”

If there is no role, it’s an extra. If you do something even as small as dust, it’s a supporting role. And so on.

In the end.

The protagonist.

“…Let’s leave that aside. Then what about the destruction? Why do you suddenly erase the humans you were raising?”

This past era will eventually be erased by their hands.

“Well, let me give you another analogy. With the game you like.”

“…I don’t like it that much?”

“Anyway, what if you don’t get the item or character you want when you start the game?”

At this rate, it will take longer to raise than others.

When that conclusion is reached, what do humans do?

My mouth dries up.

Of course, I know.

I’ve done similar things many times.

“Wait! Really? …Just because of that?”

“Yeah. They erase it.”

If you don’t like it, isn’t it faster to erase it and raise it again?

In other words.

Account reset.

“It would be a waste if it was a world that had been raised to some extent, but if it’s in the early stages, it wouldn’t be.”

“It’s been tens of thousands of years! Even so…”

“To them, that’s just like waiting about 20 minutes for humans.”

Even humans, depending on the case, spend more time resetting until they get the desired result.

They are no different.

He said so.

“Because they don’t like the direction of growth? Because they don’t get the character or item they want? You’re saying they’ll erase everything because of that?”

“…Unfortunately, that’s all.”

There is no malice.

Just like a gamer doesn’t have any ill feelings towards the character and repeats erasing and creating the account.

Because they don’t like it.

Because it’s not their taste.

Just because they don’t see the possibility of faster growth than other worlds.

They only pursued efficiency.

“Then the current civilization will also be erased?”

“It is said that the speed slows down from a certain point, and it will take 3,000 years to achieve the next progress beyond this.”

So they erase it.

“Maybe your era will be erased soon as well.”

He said with conviction.

“Greedy, they don’t see what’s really important.”

The development of mankind is judged only by speed and potential.

“They lack understanding of mankind. They force things that they can’t satisfy because their common sense is different, and they repeat this.”

“…”

I leaned back in my chair and pressed my forehead for a moment.

“Are you crazy.”

They’re out of their minds.

I know the reason.

Then let’s ask another question.

“…Then why did I become ‘Aileon’?”

The reason why I became ‘Aileon’ and fell into that damn world.

“I roughly know what you want to ask. Judging from the nuance, you want me to save that damn world.”

I have no idea how to do it.

“But why?”

“Not everyone agrees with that ideology. There are those who sympathize with humans being swayed by them and want to stop them somehow.”

“Is that the one who created you?”

At that moment, the monster who killed ‘Aileon’ that I saw in the darkness came to my mind.

Is it that bastard?

“Then tell that guy to do it. Don’t pass the homework on to others.”

“Unfortunately, that’s difficult.”

Nelkellos shook his head.

“It’s extremely difficult for them to interfere with each other through slaughter or struggle like humans. Above all, he’s alone.”

Does that mean it’s difficult to persuade with force?

“Hmm…”

“Above all, to stop them, you have to show them the basis for stopping their actions.”

He only emphasized that that was the way.

“To tell them that their thinking is wrong.”

You’re saying something really difficult.

“Okay, then what’s the novel I read?”

“The novel you read is a civilization development plan stolen from them. It’s a processed version that humans can read.”

Everyone has a plausible plan.

In short, it is a commentary summarizing the order of giving pain to mankind.

It is re-processed into a novel and spread to a separate world.

That is the identity of the novel 《The Returned Great Hero》 that I read.

“Based on that, I’m giving you information in advance to overturn the schedule.”

It seems that they even strongly shoved it into my head so that I wouldn’t forget it. How kind of them.

Well, they must have prepared other things as well. My characteristics and so on.

“But why is the title that? Is there a reason for that too?”

“I just followed what’s trending.”

“…Ah, that didn’t matter at all.”

It was really trivial.

“Then why do you bring in humans from other worlds?”

“It’s the souls of other worlds that can have antipathy towards them. That’s why it was necessary to give information to humans from other worlds and bring them in.”

In fact, I have not felt any temptation from them or been approached by them.

“But why? Me? It doesn’t seem like you brought me in randomly.”

I really don’t know why I was chosen.