The Outer God Needs Warmth-Chapter 237: Unfortunately, I got attached to it (2)

The only one I’ve encountered is a mechanic who fixes cars. There’s no radio, but it’s not that there’s no electrical equipment at all, nor is there equipment that uses magic.

Inside the engines, there are devices that require magic, which are black boxes that ordinary people wouldn’t know what they are.

It’s not that no one’s secretly taken them apart, but the ones who did died not long after.

It’s not hard to understand why technological development has been stagnant for over 300 years.

And another thing.

There has never been a world war here. Despite being a somewhat advanced world, there are many unexplored, unknown territories that might explain this.

In a world with magic, there are many powerful creatures.

Humans are not the rulers of all things, and thus, some compromises have been made.

If you ask why, it’s easy to understand if you imagine that in the strongest country in faded memories, there are creatures that cannot be killed even by a full-scale attack.

Nuclear bombs aren’t powerful weapons.

How much would it hurt to fire a nuclear bomb at a monster that’s like a volcanic eruption?

Can you really defeat a monster that can change summer into winter all by itself?

From the first world to the fourth, there are monsters of this type. In this sense, the world in the faded memories was quite lukewarm.

Maybe it’s because of this that it seems like a mosaic world to me.

The magic itself is the most bizarre.

Anyway.

The technological level is much higher than what I first saw through the Harvesters.

Because the tool that lights up the mansion is an electric light bulb.

At first, I thought they used magic stones like the third world, but there are wires, and there are things that look like transformers.

Harvesters caught or sold from slums didn’t know anything about electricity, but Harvesters who had been exposed to some civilization know a little about electricity.

I briefly wondered why there’s such a big gap in knowledge.

Then I figured it out. There’s no mandatory education here.

There’s no education provided by the state. So, those who don’t know, never know. It’s not exactly a dumbing-down policy, but humans without even basic knowledge aren’t useful for tasks.

If you’re told to bring electricity and stupidly grab an electrified wire and die, that only gets in the way.

It’s surprising that something we consider basic knowledge—like even a child attending kindergarten—is actually the knowledge that society has taught us.

So, how much knowledge does this wizard have?

I’m looking forward to when that moment comes.

Here, among the captured test subjects, there’s a foreigner who is happy that their knowledge has increased. Meanwhile, I throw out the bait of the Harvester and wait.

On the other hand, the third world passed by quite smoothly.

The next day after returning to the accommodation, I was called by Hipion right away.

I thought maybe I’d be scolded for moving around without permission, but he just asked why I had gone there.

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So, I told him what happened and explained that I followed Victoria because she left without notice.

The king, Hipion, smiled bitterly and said it was too harsh.

Since that was true, I nodded.

Then he asked what happened to Victoria, and I replied that we parted without even showing her face on the last day.

The king’s expression at that moment was quite amusing.

He heard that the children had fought and called one over to ask what happened. The child, who said they didn’t do anything wrong, had a sulking expression.

It seemed like a strange feeling to him.

Is it really that surprising?

Shouldn’t anyone who has a child know this?

No, yeah.

Right.

Hipion is a king, not a father.

In normal society, it’s hard to experience what a father would.

He awkwardly told me to meet him again and have a proper conversation, and then sent me back. I think it was better that he didn’t provide an answer while questioning whether it was the right thing to do.

Of course, I didn’t mention that.

Victoria needs time to rest.

Or she could take the chance to escape from me entirely.

That’s her choice.

Anyway, in the end, I’ll be the one to take the warmth, so she can do whatever she wants until then.

That’s what I wish for the Harvesters.

To do what they want.

Hipion didn’t say much and sent me back, so I returned to the accommodation and spent my time leisurely.

I learned something from this.

I’m quite free.

Seeing as I’ve promoted my Harvester creation ability to people from other countries, it seems like they want to use me, but it doesn’t look like they’re trying to forcefully treat me like a tool.

If I had a preference, the fourth world is more to my liking.

If I were treated as a tool, they wouldn’t explore me at all. They’d be too busy figuring out what to do with the Harvesters I created.

The focus shifts away from me and onto the Harvesters.

Also, Harvesters have a random element, right?

Humans are easily distracted by gambling. People who are addicted to gambling would even bet their parents and children to keep gambling.

Saying they want to go back in time isn’t about regretting their broken lives. They want to go back because they can gamble again.

In the past, they had money for gambling, right?

You always find people like that around the casinos. That’s because casinos are places where vast amounts of money can be earned, and they’re also places that create people who are socially discarded.

Humans who are ruined by gambling are quite useful.

With just a little bit of money, they can easily get involved in crimes, and even if they disappear, no one would look for them.

They can be used as disposable tools, or you can throw them into mines to use as laborers, or if you can get useful organs, you can use them as materials.

Of course, in a well-structured country, casinos only bring harm by reducing the working population, but in a twisted society, casinos bring profits.

You can easily collect money and acquire labor or materials.

That’s the charm of the lottery.

Harvesters have some bias, but they randomly gain superpowers.

Even if there are similar superpowers, it’s rare to gain the exact same power.

The more you look at Harvesters, the more they attract people.

Honestly, if there were no Harvesters, I would have been finished.

Since I can make Harvesters, the future, where I would suffer eternally from cold under the water, has become a little less bleak.

And there’s no boredom.

I always enjoy watching the Harvester channels simultaneously.

I feel like there’s some intention behind having such powers.

But since I still don’t know if there are any gods, I’ll keep my eyes closed.

If I discover them, I’ll always be ready to drag them down below.

Anyway.

I’m being treated as a guest in this country more than I expected.

It feels like I could go to a place where the ability to create Harvesters shines, like the Atlan fortress city, and live for a long time with the mask of an ancient sage.

Besides, everyone faces a dangerous situation at least once in their life.

It could be illness or an accident.

When that time comes, people will come to me and ask to be turned into Harvesters.

Especially women. If they get prettier and age well, it would be hard to resist, right?

No, if you’re a living being, you’d want to escape aging.

I can make that happen for them.

Furthermore.

The future of this world is currently very uncertain.

The chaos that once engulfed this country is spreading to other nations.

Foreigners fleeing their own country’s disasters are increasing. And I’ve discovered that there’s a fatal flaw in the technology that supports the world’s civilizations.

And I found out that this flaw wasn’t a mistake or lack of skill, but something that was intentionally created with a purpose.

The collapse of the conglomerates is certain.

If that doesn’t happen, it’s not a country.

However, I still don’t know what those three companies really wanted.

There are many Harvesters from companies, but they were all people who worked diligently.

Honestly.

If a dramatic twist happens and the conglomerates rise up, swallowing all the countries and creating a corporate state, I wouldn’t mind.

At least it’s true that something will happen.

And it’s also true that countless people will die in the process.

As more humans become unfortunate, it’s also true that someone will want to reach out to someone.

Harvesters are stronger than ordinary humans in many ways. You could call them human 2.0. So they will definitely rise to the top.

In this case, the biggest problem is that humans who feel a crisis will label Harvesters as enemies and ostracize them.

But the third world was already set, thanks to Hipion’s excellent promotion.

It’s already a done deal.

Hehe.

So, I won’t cause much chaos. I’ll live like an ordinary human, occasionally creating Harvesters.

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