Log Horizon - Shiroe's sister

Chapter 35

"Conversation~"

Thinking thoughts

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Several people opened their mouth slightly.

The quick-witted participants immediately linked this to the slavery problem in Susukino is the reason for raising this point.

But Shiroe was talking about a completely different matter.

"It is inconclusive how the meeting will end today, whether the draft I submit will be accepted and the formation of the 'Round Table Council'... is still unknown. But I hope everyone at least has the idea that the fantastical and twisted world we are in has affected the Elder Tales game. But as we learned from the 'Chef' discovery, this is not just a game world, it is an alternate world that follows more real-life physics and logic than that. Has anyone here conversed properly with the People of the Land before?"

One of the aides said, "Aren't they NPCs?"

"They are not NPCs, they have unique personalities. They have their own worries, dreams, and moral view in this world. They call themselves the People of the Land and refer to us as Adventurers. But I need to make one thing clear: they are the original citizens of this world, we are the parasites. Akiba is an Adventurer city, so there are fewer People of the Land here. But in this whole world, there are definitely more People of the Land than us. Adventurers and People of the Land have different responsibilities in this world, if we carry on like this, we won't be able to build a good relationship with them."

"Relationship?" Shiroe's words, even if part of it made them feel 'so that's how it works, if you think about it he is right' and nodded their heads, but some parts were too abstract for them and annoyed them.

'In this alternate world of Elder Tales, they are not NPCs, but the people of this world' this point even if it was not convincing, but it was a logical conjecture. But for most players, this was not sentimental enough to move them.

"Ah... Let me add on to that point." In the air of confusion, Maryele said gingerly.

She was always tense in such formal gatherings, but she maintained her cheerful nature and explained, "Erm... Crescent☪Moon is very popular, but our customers are not just players, in other words, not only Adventurers... The People of the Land also want to buy them. Even though I don't really know how to describe this, and we are not sure ourselves... But these people also want to eat tasty food."

The meeting room became silent.

The shock this revelation gave the crowd was enough to give the sensation of the ground you were standing on cracking and caving in. NPCs to most of the players are just NPCs, even if Brigandia in Susukino went too far, the normal players in this city treated them as 'talking vending machines'.

In Elder Tales, there was nothing wrong, but that was only when this was still a game. Due to that reasoning, to the experienced players of Elder Tales gathered in this room, Maryele's report was like a punch that destroyed common sense.

"I won't suggest that we give up returning to the original world, and I don't want to say this either... But we need to recognize that we have been in this alternate world for 2 months now, we cannot continue to be a selfish visitor. We have the preconception that the People of the Land have no emotions, but they do. In this world, according to the Elder Tales setting, we are a special class known as Adventurers, with the ability to be 'mercenaries who can learn special skills and raid the nest of monsters'. However, the People of the Land are the majority in this world, because services such as banks are provided by them. They should be able to live on without us. But if we don't behave ourselves in this world, it could result in an irreparable bad end."