Re-becoming a human being from Conan

Time flows normally until June 9.

The return of Jingze Shizue not only makes the children extremely happy, but also Rimuru is very surprised. He seems to be more energetic than before.

With Jing and Hinata taking care of the children, the children no longer need others to worry about them. The Demon Federation is running at full speed and preparing for the grand opening ceremony.

This day is the day before the opening ceremony. The town of Rimuru has been decorated with lights and is as lively as the New Year. Even though more than 100,000 adventurers have entered the underground palace to buy Ji Xing's skills, there are still crowds of people everywhere.

Walking through the crowd, one old and one young are quite conspicuous. The old man looks like an ordinary old man, and the only unusual thing is his particularly straight back. The little girl he is holding, who looks about 10 years old, has blonde hair and blue eyes like a living doll, so cute that it occasionally makes people stunned.

They also walked through the commercial street like ordinary tourists. Both of them have a string of candied haws in their hands, and the girl has a cute butterfly hairpin on her head.

While sipping the sweet and sour candied haws, the old man looked worried.

The little girl beside him understood the old man's worries and said with emotion: "It's more amazing than I expected. Humans and monsters are completely integrated together, and this city... It's really built to be scary, grandpa."

The old man looked at her, and the little girl pointed to the gourd cover at her feet and said: "This thing is called a sewer. Grandpa, have you noticed that there are many places in the streets and alleys? This shows that the town has fully considered the sewage system when it was built. The kind of dirty and sour smell in ordinary towns will never exist here."

She stretched out her hand and pointed to the distance: "The track being laid over there is even more amazing. I told you that it is called a train, a 'transportation tool' that connects the Western countries.

When the train is officially in operation, goods from all over the country can be circulated quickly , the Demon King Rimuru has mastered the economic lifeline of the West, or it can be said that this place is now the economic center of the West.

No one understands the power of finance better than me, Grandpa, there is no need to resort to force, those merchants and nobles who benefit from the Demon King Rimuru will spontaneously support her. If a country offends her one day, Rimuru only needs to cut off the logistics and transportation of that country, or just need to raise the price of raw materials, and that country will not be able to bear it and kneel down to beg for mercy.

Furthermore, if the demon king also knows how to occupy resources by manipulating exchange rates, it will be even more terrifying. "

Knowing so much, she is naturally not an ordinary little girl. She is a human who was reincarnated into this world after death like Rimuru, Marian Bell, and she was not an ordinary person before reincarnation.

She is the emperor who rules Europe. She has been called a prodigy in the financial world since she was a child. She manipulates exchange rates and accumulates wealth through the prosperity of the country. She still lives to the end of her life before reincarnation. She has accumulated a lifetime of experience and has become more intelligent.

But compared with life experience, the thousand-year-old Gran Bell beside her is more sufficient.

After hearing her words, Granbell remained silent and did not express his opinion.

Mariambell was a little anxious.

"Grandpa! What have you been thinking about during this period? Have you forgotten the long-cherished wish of our Luozo clan? I don't believe you will be scared by the death of those six idiots!"

Since she was reincarnated into this world, she was determined to be the ruler of this relatively backward world like in her previous life, and met Granbell who shared the same ideals with her when she was three years old, and became Granbell's granddaughter.

The two should also be companions moving towards a goal and an ideal, and now it is obvious that the existence of the Monster Federation has gradually shaken the foundation of the Luozo clan, but apart from the last time when he fueled the flames against Hinata, Granbell has been slow to take action and even prevented her from taking action.

She didn't understand, and even said she was very angry.

Faced with her doubts and dissatisfaction, Gulan Bell just shook his head gently: "It's noon, let's eat, Marian Bell."

"I..."

Before she could object, Marian Bell was pulled into a restaurant with a very impressive facade next to her by Gulan Bell - Pinhailou.

Obviously, this is a high-end restaurant that mainly serves seafood, and the Jura Forest is not close to the sea. You have to go southeast through the Beast Kingdom to find the coastline and go fishing.

Not only does it take thousands of kilometers to cross, but the monsters bred in the sea are also extremely dangerous, so inland countries, even princes and nobles rarely eat seafood, and they don't like it.

Marian Bell had eaten everything in her previous life, but in the past ten years of this life, she occasionally tasted some unfresh things and tasted very bad.

So when she walked into the Pinhailou, she couldn't help but lose her mind for two seconds.

This hall seemed like a miniature ocean world, with rows of large aquariums inlaid on the walls and central area of ​​the restaurant.

Each one shimmered with a mysterious and alluring blue luster, and was inhabited by a variety of marine life - colorful fish species shuttled and played among the emerald green anemones, and the orange and white stripes were particularly bright in the water. Not far away, a few more elegant fish swam slowly. They had ribbon-like fins, and their bodies were painted with delicate blue and yellow patterns. Their tails swung like dragons.

It even made Marian Bell suspect that there was a trace of dragon magic in the body of this fish!

Then, she was attracted by a spectacular sight - a huge flat fish hovering quietly at the bottom of a water tank. Its huge body was covered with gray-brown scales, glowing with a metallic luster under the light. It is astonishingly over eight meters long, and even those monsters in the ocean may not dare to provoke it easily.

In addition, there were all kinds of exotic shellfish, colorful corals, and sea turtles passing by in other tanks, which made her realize for the first time that there were so many seafood in this world.

Even she was like this, and the other guests who walked into the restaurant were even more shocked. They all forgot to eat and order and fell on the water tank.

Humans and monsters wearing standard store clerk uniforms warmly welcomed these customers and introduced them to these sea creatures - most of them must have been given new names, because Marianne Bell heard many familiar names from her previous life.

"What a luxury..." she murmured.

She could not imagine how much it would cost to build such a restaurant in this world, nor how extravagant it would be to maintain a supply of seafood. Even the Luozo clan would find it difficult to create such a grand spectacle.

Soon, a store clerk noticed her and Gulanbeier and greeted her: "Sir, have you made an appointment before?"

"Oh, do you need to make a reservation to eat here?" Gulanbeier asked.

"No, no, no, it's because some dishes require long-term preparation and can only be prepared." The clerk said quickly: "As long as you don't order the dishes that require pre-preparation, we have seats here, so you can come over at any time."

Gulamber nodded slightly: "We are here to find someone, that room."

He raised his finger and pointed to a room on the third floor. The clerk looked at it and his expression changed slightly: "I'm sorry, sir, may I ask... are you sure?"

"That's right there."

"Then... please come with me."

When did grandpa make a date? Mariambel was a little strange. When she looked at Gulambel inquiringly, she didn't get a response. She followed the clerk all the way, and then she discovered that this restaurant had actually installed a simple elevator.

But considering that there is even a cable car, there is no need to be surprised at this level of technology.

Arriving at room No. 306, the clerk knocked on the door gently and said, "Mr. Ji Xing, there is an old man here with a little girl who came to see you. Do you know them?"

Marianne Bell's expression changed.

Ji Xing? Skill merchant? !

"Invite them in."

"Yes!" The clerk looked respectful, opened the door sideways, and invited the grandfather and grandson to walk in.

Mariambel put on a stern face and immediately observed the situation in the private room.

There were three people. The young man sitting in the main seat had an unspeakable temperament and was looking at them calmly. The woman with long crimson hair on the left lowered her head and tasted some kind of fish. She seemed to have no time to pay attention to them, and she didn't seem to care much about the two of them. arrival.

Skill Merchant Ji Xing, Dragon Blood Warrior Princess Shyvana. Mariambel had never seen it, but she could recognize it, and she was very familiar with the woman standing on the right side of Ji Xing, gently stirring the soup pot on the table.

Cagalli who was following Yuuki before!

Seeing the two of them, Cagalli nodded to them calmly, without any previous restraint.

‘Tsk, that guy Yuuki broke away from my skill control once he came to the Demon Kingdom Federation and disappeared without a trace. Is it really related to the skill merchant? ’

Hiding the haze in her eyes, Mariambell, who was unaware of the situation, remained silent. Gulanbeier said: "Excuse me, Mr. Ji Xing."

"You're already here, why are you so polite?" Ji Xing said, "Take a seat, you two, just in time to taste my Pinghailou's dishes and make suggestions."

"It turns out that this restaurant was built by Mr. Ji Xing, no wonder he is so generous." Gulanbeier nodded politely, motioned for Marianne Bell to sit down and said at the same time: "This is my granddaughter Marianne Bell, a reincarnation. Marianne Bell, say hello to Mr. Ji Xing.”

Although Mariambell was unswerving in her heart, she had long been accustomed to pretending and immediately showed a sweet smile: "Hello, Mr. Ji Xing, I heard that you are also a summoner? I wonder which country you are from?"

"China."

Mariambell hesitated for a moment, obviously a little unexpected: "I see, I am a European, and I often taste food from the big Eastern countries. In terms of food, I feel that no country in the world can compare with your country."

She sat down with hypocritical politeness, and when she lowered her head, she suddenly found a set of unopened tableware in front of her.

So she subconsciously looked around the round table filled with various dishes and found exactly five sets of tableware, and the two unopened sets were placed in front of her and Gulambel.

As expected, grandpa made an appointment with him, and when he did it, even I kept it a secret.

"If you like to eat, eat more." Ji Xing nodded and said, "In order to determine which sea fish in this world are delicious, Sivana has been busy for almost a month, and what she left behind are all high-quality products."

It turned out that the dignified Demon King carried it himself, which was quite a luxury. Mariambel swore, while Gulambel laughed and said, "That's really a blessing, I'm not polite."

He quickly unpacked the tableware and took a chopstick of the 'mixed fish' stewed with several kinds of fish in front of him. The rich aroma of sauce filled his mouth. He was slightly absent-minded and shook his head: "It's really embarrassing. I think about this thousand years of experience." , I can’t think of any food that can compare with its deliciousness.”

"The most important thing in life is eating, drinking and having fun." Ji Xing said with a smile: "The existence of magic element makes this world actually have many food conditions that our world does not have, but it lacks development."

"I can only agree with half of this."

Gran Bell said: "There are always things more important than eating, drinking and having fun, such as ideals, family, and... race."

"You are right." Ji Xing said: "But you and I have different mindsets and ideas. It may be difficult to reach a consensus on this point."

"Is that so?"

Gran Bell looked disappointed: "The incompetent have been pursuing it for thousands of years but have not been able to obtain it, while the capable have it at their fingertips but have no interest. This world will always disappoint people. Maybe this is the truth of the world?"

"You are too modest to call yourself incompetent." Ji Xing said: "It is just a Western Saint Church. It is impossible to unite the Western countries. Luminas is a guy who doesn't care about things. If you hadn't been working hard all these years, the Western countries would not have been peaceful and without war."

"So what? In the end, it was all in vain." Gran Bell sighed: "My life is limited and my ability is limited. A sudden change can destroy my hundred years of planning. After all, this world is still heading towards a future that makes me uneasy."

He is a 'racist'.

In Granbell's eyes, monsters are not trustworthy, and demon kings are people who need to be guarded against.

Over the years, with the help of Luminas's power, he has twisted the Western countries into one rope. The former brave man has become an excellent politician, and the Rosso family has also been brought to the pinnacle of power by him.

The West is peaceful, and humans are united to resist monsters together. Ninety percent of the credit should be attributed to him, but he is not satisfied.

Monsters and demon kings are not trustworthy after all. He wants to change the state of the world, and wants humans to truly control the world. He is even ready to turn against Luminas and die.

As long as he moves forward towards his ideal, he is happy, but the appearance of Ji Xing overturned all his plans and left him helpless.

He can't even fully trust Luminas, who has served for a thousand years, and naturally he doesn't trust Rimuru, but he also knows that as long as the person in front of him intervenes, he will not succeed no matter what he does.

The Ji Xing in front of him is a completely different level of existence from Luminas and Rimuru, and he can't match it even if he burns everything.

The most crucial point is that Ji Xing is a human, which makes him not hostile at all!

Ji Xing knew this. He cleared six of the Seven Stars, leaving only Granbell in front of him, not because the former hero could get any special treatment, but because he really had no hostility towards him.

Even now, I rejected his implicit hints and said that I was very comfortable here with Rimuru and did not intend to change, and he did not have the slightest hostility towards Ji Xing.

Therefore, Ji Xing did not dislike Granbell.

‘Those who are not of my race must have different hearts.’ This sentence can actually be used in any world. It is difficult for a world with mixed races to merge and be happy, so the philosophy and ideals that Granbell upholds are not unreasonable.

A hero who can implement his ideals and will to this extent is worthy of admiration.

Compared with this, the little girl next to Granbell is much worse.

Marian Bell seemed to understand the implicit conversation between Ji Xing and Gulan Bell, thinking that grandpa had been keeping his troops inactive during this period because he wanted to secretly contact Ji Xing and form an alliance with Ji Xing.

This was different from her original plan to use her own skills to influence and control Ji Xing, but she also knew that it was difficult to do, and it would be easier to do it this way.

So she said, "I don't know what Mr. Ji Xing did before he was summoned?"

Ji Xing shook his head and smiled: "I forgot."

"..." Marian Bell choked: "I have heard of the legend that Mr. Ji Xing sells skills. It is said that after you give those adventurers skills, you just ask them to donate to some welfare institutions a year later. Now it has gradually been fulfilled. It is really a great deed and admirable.

But there is one thing I don't understand. You can obviously gain countless pursuers with your own abilities and easily stand at the top of the world. Why do you seem to have no interest at all?"

She tried to arouse Ji Xing's desire, and the unique skill Greedy was already quietly running.

This was not an attempt to control Ji Xing. She had also heard that Ji Xing had defeated the Burning Dragon and had ridden the cable car. Although she was confident in her skills, she felt that it would take a long time to control Ji Xing, and that Ji Xing would definitely discover it, so she couldn't take risks. So she just wanted to grasp the vein of Ji Xing's desire and take control of the conversation.

Just like she had done countless times.

Granbell didn't stop him, or even care, but lowered his head to enjoy other dishes.

At this time, the doll-like Marian Bell suddenly began to tremble.

Her pupils dilated, as if a hideous evil ghost appeared in front of her. Sweat quickly oozed from her body, and her clothes were wet until she fell off the chair, gasping for breath as if she had survived a disaster.

No one in the room showed any strange color, including Granbell. Cagalli's mouth curled up slightly with disdain, and she returned to the state of an intellectual secretary, serving Ji Xing a bowl of soup.

"Please enjoy, Master Ji Xing."

"Well, sit down and eat too."

Ji Xing smiled and said, "Shivana, Gulan Bell, if you want to drink soup, serve it yourself. This fish ball soup is even more delicious than wild mushroom soup, several times more delicious. I guarantee you will never forget it after you have tasted it."

"Really? Then I won't be polite!" Gulan Bell stood up and saw that Shivana was faster, so he gave way for three seconds before serving the soup and sitting down.

The four of them quietly savored the delicious seafood feast. Granbell occasionally exclaimed twice, while Shyvana lowered her head and only focused on eating, as if to make up for the hard work she had done in the previous period of time.

Mariambell, who was sitting on the ground, seemed to be forgotten. After a long while, she got up tremblingly. Her feet slipped several times, and even not peeing in her pants was the accumulation of her two lives.

‘What is that? ’

The moment she used her skills to spy on Ji Xing, her mind entered a black hole, which seemed to breed boundless malice, greed for power, greed for beauty, greed for money, greed for the whole world...

She had never felt such a huge amount of greed in anyone, and even the greed she felt in the ten years of reincarnation was not as good as the corner she saw this time! Her skills were madly attracted by the greed, and even her soul sank into the bottomless abyss and was swallowed by greed!

Why? Is this really a human? !

She wanted to escape from the room frantically, but finally managed to control herself, climbed onto the chair, lowered her head and gasped.

Seeing her appearance, Gulan Bell finally felt a little bit sorry, put down his chopsticks and sighed: "Please teach her this lesson, Mr. Ji Xing. I think Marian Bell will remember it in the future."

"I didn't do anything." Ji Xing smiled.

Gulan Bell nodded and gently touched Marian Bell's wet head: "This is my fault, Marian Bell. Because I need your ability, I have never taught you a truth, a truth that this world is completely different from the world you come from.

Quantity is ineffective in the face of quality.

A top-level combat power cannot be replaced or offset by a million ordinary combat powers. Ji Xing sitting here is already the pinnacle of the world."

"You have controlled countless people since you were born, but do you remember seeing me when you were three years old? Why didn't you control me? Because you know you can't do it. You said that my will can restrain my "greed".

But these years have been too smooth, and you have forgotten what you once knew. The stronger the power, the stronger the desire, and the tougher the will, unless he has become a slave to desire. I think the desire you see in him may be... ten times that of me?"

Marian Bell was silent, ten times?

"You asked me why I didn't take any action during this period. That's because my original plan was to revive the strongest hero." Granbell shook his head: "My hero's heart has been tainted by life over the years. My will can no longer control my desires, and I can't be sure what I will do next.

I want to revive Chronoa and let her use her power to intimidate the demon kings, at least to ensure a fair living environment for humans, that's all."

"You... have been lying to me? You don't want the Rosso family to become the masters of the world at all?" Marian Bell said with difficulty.

"No, I do have such an ideal." Granbell said, "But... it's just an unattainable dream."

"The appearance of the skill merchant Ji Xing made me happy and worried before today. To be honest, Ji Xing..." He looked at Ji Xing: "I may never understand why you, as a human, can associate with the demon king without any scruples, but today's meeting makes me feel relieved.

If one day humans are oppressed by monsters, you don't seem to be someone who will stand by and watch. With you, Chronoa is no longer necessary. You are not a hero, but you are enough to continue the peace of mankind for another thousand years. By then... who knows."

Mariambell secretly felt resentful. It was clearly agreed that we would be the masters of mankind together, but you were secretly doing something brave and heroic? !

But when she noticed Ji Xing's eyes, she suddenly shrank and trembled, and the sense of superiority from her previous life disappeared.

Ji Xing shook his head and said, "You have to educate this child well. Another thing is that Rimuru is also a reincarnated person, a human who has been reincarnated into a monster. You can try to believe her."

"...She is also a reincarnated person?" Granbell was startled, and his expression gradually became complicated: "I see, but it doesn't matter whether you trust her or not. The most ridiculous thing is that I don't have confidence in humans either."

There are many racists like him. Can this monster kingdom really be peaceful? Can the misunderstanding between monsters and humans really be eliminated?

He is not optimistic about this, and he can't rest assured about Rimuru who has been reincarnated into a monster. Although it is rumored that the 20,000 troops of the Farmus Kingdom were destroyed by the storm dragon, Granbell, who knows that Rimuru has awakened, knows the specific situation best.

Even if Farmus invaded first, how can we guarantee that there will be no such thing in the future? Monsters need to sacrifice 10,000 human souls to become demon kings. This is a natural enemy!

Just then, the door of this private room was knocked again. Granbell turned his head and saw a familiar figure appearing outside the door.

"Ji Xing, you're looking for me... huh?"

Hinata, who came hurriedly, paused and suddenly raised his alert: "Granbell?!"

This guy disappeared after planning something that was not good for Lady Luminas more than two months ago. How dare he come here? !

Granbell was also stunned, and then his old eyes flashed with a gleam, and he said in surprise: "Brave Egg? Hinata, when did you get the qualifications of a brave man? No, you... when did you forgive your past self?"

This guy...Hinata's face was cold. Granbell actually knew the burden that I had not let go of before. How did he know my secret? !

Granbell ignored her hostility and was lost in thought for a while. Hinata Sakaguchi was his most promising successor during his time as the Seven Stars, but his spiritual flaws were also obvious. He had gradually lost hope in the past two years, but when he saw her today, he had unknowingly walked out of the shadow of the past?

Was it the help of the skill merchant?

Or was there another reason?

He remembered Hinata's two attacks on Rimuru, and Ji Xing's words before: 'You can try to believe her.' So Granbell suddenly asked without a clear reason: "Hinata, what kind of guy do you think Demon King Rimuru is?"

Hinata frowned and did not answer.

But Granbell had already got the answer.

Hinata, who was the most ruthless to monsters before, hesitated, and that was the answer! The wrinkles on his face relaxed, and he suddenly laughed: "Hahaha..."

"Hahahaha!" The more he laughed, the happier he became, and the younger his old voice sounded.

At the same time, his old face quickly transformed, and his body seemed to become more upright. From an octogenarian, he quickly transformed into a young man who looked only about 20 years old, with a sharp edge!

Hinata was shocked: "You... unlocked the 'blessing' of Lady Luminas?! Are you crazy, Granbell!"

The hero can be reincarnated, but he cannot have a thousand years of life in one life. Granbell can survive until now, thanks to the power given by Luminas, but now he has expelled that power from his body and restored his youthful appearance, which also means that his life has entered the countdown!

"Although I didn't get the best answer I expected, I have found a future that may make the world more perfect, and this future does not need me, and I have been tired for a long time." Granbell's voice was clear.

The brave Granbell, who quietly lived under Luminas's command and was active for thousands of years to protect mankind for thousands of years, unloaded the burden of the hero at this time!

He only had one last thing to do, that is to teach his 'granddaughter' well. So he took Marian Bell's hand, walked past Hinata, nodded to Hinata approvingly, and walked away.

Hinata couldn't help asking: "Jixing, what happened? What happened to Gran Bell?"

"Another Izawa Shizue, who has a harder life than Izawa Shizue, decided to let go of everything and enjoy his old age."

Jixing commented and pointed to the seat.

"Sit down and eat."