~Prologue~
My name is Gilbert Orto. I am four years old.
My former name was…maa, it’s fine.
In any case, I was a Japanese adult.
Before I knew it, I had turned into a baby/
This seemed to be the phenomenon known as being reincarnated into another world.
It wasn’t like there was anything special about me. I grew up normally in a normal family.
Was it because I had died? Or did Kami-sama appear?
I don’t think there’s any way to check to see if I’m dead or not. Additionally, I did not meet nor see Kami-sama.
To begin with, my memory from before I reincarnated was vague.
In any case, for some reason, the names of places that I heard of, and the tools that I had seen flashed through my mind.
Un.
This world seemed to be the world of the game that I had played a long time ago.
I don’t feel like having such complicated discussions about which one came first and which one came last.
『Franmesia Kingdom』was the name of the country and I was living in a place called『Orto Territory』. To be honest, I did not remember this name.
However, thanks to my otherworldly knowledge, I understood that this was the world of the game.
The name of the game was『Eugene’s Miracle』.
The protagonist, Eugene, defeats the demon lord who was scheming the destruction of humanity together with his six companions in a roll-and-move command battle RPG game.
TN: Roll-and-move games are games in which you typically roll a dice in order to move forward.
I had noticed this when I was four years old. So it was very recent.
At first, I did not realize it. However, I remembered it when Okaa-san read me the story『The Legend of the Hero Eugene』.
The story was about the Hero Eugene’s childhood friend and follower Milfa, the sage Gatoms, who used to be a child from the slums, and the knight Balmunk, who was the third son of a count.
The four people subjugated the demon lord, rescuing the world and resolving the threat of the demons.
Eh? What about the elf Manya and the tiger beastman Jozu?
In other words, this was the world of『Eugene’s Miracle』.
Moreover, it was after everything had ended. Furthermore, it seemed to be more than 200 years later.
Realizing this, this was what I thought.
Eh? What should I do?
After all, Eugene and the others already defeated the demon lord.
Because of that, the demons had disappeared as well.
It seems that there were monsters, but I had not seen any living ones. Though I had seen those that had been prepared to be cooked.
I was only familiar with this house, but at least nothing dangerous like being attacked by monsters would ever happen.
The country was governed well, and the people who worked as knights and adventurers kept the country safe.
「However, I can not be careless.」
This being the world of a game, there was a probability that there was a 2, or a NEXT, or a NEW continuation. It also was not unusual for them to remake an old game, or put out a sequel after some time.
「Since the new protagonist might transmigrate!」
I went through the trouble of reincarnating and I might not be the protagonist, but I might be their companion.
There might be a strong final boss like the previous demon lord, so it would be best to start building my strength now. This was because in old games, it was common for one to be completely annihilated.
「I absolutely can not be negligent.」
I didn’t want to put myself in any danger, and I didn’t want to be in pain.
I, who had reincarnated as the protagonist or a character in the game, could not be unprepared.
「Gil-sama, please get up.」
「…yes.」
I was woken up by my maid Maori, who came to get me ready, and I poked my head out from under the covers.
「Gil-sama, good morning.」
「Un.」
She was the maid of my family, the Orto House.
She had long brown hair and a large chest.
「Arkham-sama and Millenia-sama have already woken up.」
「Yes.」
Arkham is my father, and Arkham = Viscount Orto. He was the one managing the land around here, or in other words, the regional lord.
Millenia is my mother, and Millenia = Viscountess Orto.
Also, my older brother, who was currently not at home, Midrad Orto. He was training at the royal capital’s Chivalric Order.
「Nn, change clothes.」
「Yes, you can’t go back to sleep, alright?」
「I got it.」
I came down from the bed and changed my pajamas. Looking at it like this, I, who was four years old, was already old enough to change out of my clothes by myself.
「Gil-sama.」
「Yes? 」
「…you’ve woken up properly. It is fine.」
「U, un. I will go to the dining room after washing my face.」
「Yes.」
I’ve woken up properly, so I would like you to believe me.
Under Maori’s supervision, I successfully changed my clothes, and went to the dining room after washing my face.
「Morning.」
「「Morning.」」
As I slowly approached Okaa-san, she gave me a quick hug and kissed me on the face.
「You’re cute today as well.」
「Morning, Okaa-san.」
「Yes, good morning.」
After skillfully giving my greetings, my Okaa-san rubbed my head. My mother had fiery red hair that was wavy and flowing down her back. She looked like she was in her twenties. She was a young lady who did not seem like she had given birth to two children….
「What is it?」
If I forgot about the morning greetings, she would be pouting for the entire day, so I had to be careful.
「Good morning.」
Otou-san had the look of a prince with his blonde hair and blue eyes. However, he also possessed the noble dignity that befitted his age. What an amazing lord.
However, he was wearing a sword even when he was inside the house, so it was a little scary.
Also, he was not good at waking up, so his face in the morning was a little frightening.
「Study hard today as well. You need to know a lot of things in order to get a book on your occupation.」
TN: ‘job’ and ‘occupation’ will be used interchangeably, though it’s usually “JOB” that is used in the raws. I’ll use whichever one that makes more sense.
「Yes.」
The occupation book.
It was a specialized book that could bestow a job unto people, a magic item.
Eugene’s Miracle was a game that you could beat by changing jobs. It seems that the method of obtaining the jobs did not change.
「It will be alright, dear. Gil-chan loves studying.」
「I like books, you know?」
Studying, rather, I did nothing but read books.
However, books were an important source of information for me, as I believed that I needed to obtain knowledge that would be useful for when the story begins, such as the geography of this world and the relationships between countries.
Because I had the body of a child, I would get sleepy if I read books for a long time, but there was nothing I could do about it.
It was definitely not because I could not concentrate.
「Is that so. Do your best.」
「Yes.」
Even though I wanted to give a proper reply, it came out really sluggish.
That was a little disappointing.
