Chapter 219 How Old Are We?
"Good morning, big brother."
"Yeah. Good morning."
I woke up in the morning, and Maya-chan came to wake me up. It's cold, so I'm warming up with some warm tea from my inventory.
"By the way, big brother."
"Yeah?"
"The date on our smartphones, it's almost the end of April."
"Yeah."
"It feels like it's still mid-winter here, right? Ensgard was the same. Of course, Swiglefen where Mahiru-chan and the others live too."
It's been over half a year since I came here. I don't really know about Arlheave in the north, but... hmm.
"Isn't the year here longer than over there?"
"True, it might be."
"Maybe the revolution cycle is different too?"
"Oh, that could be it. With distinct seasons."
"Yeah, maybe the year here is longer than over there on this smartphone."
"Could be. Winter feels way too long. Even if Swiglefen is farther north, it's weird if it's 'eternal winter,' right?"
"Mmm."
But there's something even weirder.
"Hey, aren't demons supposed to live long? Like Jag-san, who's 179 years old."
"Haha. Older than Mother. But I can't see it, okay?"
"But considering how long their winters are, compared to our year, it's like three times longer, right?"
"Yeah. If that's the case, Maya and the others would be much younger, huh?"
"True. Remember the concept I mentioned, where our ages are like one-third?"
"Yes, compared to Rosalier-san or Mother, Big Brother is like 10 years old. Maya would be even younger."
Yeah, but that's weird too.
"Yeah. If their two years were like one of ours, then I'd only be 10."
"Yeah. Maya would be 6."
"Do you remember Mineret-chan from the Black Forest Human race over here? She learned magic when she turned 10, right?"
"Yeah."
"What did she look like? She was still like a little girl, wasn't she?"
"Yeah, she was. But if you convert it to this worldd time, she'd be 30?"
"Y-yeah. Seteas-san is 30 in the Human race. A year younger than me. But if we age every three years..."
"Hmm, by this world's standards, he'd be 90, right?"
"That's right. Over here, being 30 in the Human race would be like being 90 if their three years were like one of ours."
"True, it wouldn't be strange with different orbital cycles. It's like this place is a planet with a different rotation period."
"Yeah, exactly."
"Yeah. Oh, Berberi-san and Neta-san heard about this too, right?"
"Yes."
"We're listening."
"Rosalier-san is probably explaining it, but me, Maya-chan, Mahiru-chan, and Asaya-kun are not originally from this world."
"Yes. I'm listening."
"Understood."
So, you see?
"Maya-chan, I think you mentioned it was one year, 932 days, right?"
"Yeah. I got confused whether it's converted from there or it's the same here."
"Anyway, I heard Berberi-san turned 52, but that's in this world's years, right?"
"Yes. We age one year in 932 days."
"Wow, I'm getting confused."
"Oh, brother. It's starting to get clearer now."
"Is that so?"
"As the main premise?"
Maya-chan has a serious expression. This is like when she explained the results of verification work to me in that MMO game.
"Are Maya and the others really equivalent to the human species here?"
"In the 'Display Self-Status Mystery System,' isn't it strange that we're not considered human?"
I try projecting it in front of me, but the species field is marked as human... Huh?
"Huh? something's weird."
"Yeah, Maya-chan. I seem to have become a demon. The details are blank though."
"Yeah. Maya is the same."
"Tatsuma-sama, Maya-sama, may I say a word?"
"Yeah."
"Please go ahead."
Appearing before us was my stealthy maid, Dorchuneta-san, also known as Neta-san. She's wearing a maid outfit this morning. Oh, a maid outfit, or rather a cat-eared maid outfit as an older sister figure, isn't that a bit too cute?
"The difference between humans and demons lies in the total amount of mana each species possesses, you know?"
"Oh."
"Oh."
As for me and Maya-chan, we might have a higher total amount of mana than even the demon folks, let alone humans.
"Mahiru-chan and Asaya-kun were also talking about raising their mana."
"Since we are also easily improving."
"Yeah, it's like, you know."
"That's right. It means we don't fit into the human category in this world."
"Yeah. But even with Maya's 'thing,' we don't know until when her life will last. It's not a prophecy or anything."
"That's true. But at the very least, we might be joining the ranks of long-lived species."
"That's really like a fantasy, isn't it?"
"Yeah, exactly."
We felt a bit happy. Maya-chan, like Mother, were thinking about something while linking arms.
"Um, Dorchune-san."
"Yes, what is it?"
"Dorchune-san and demons, how old do they look when they reach like your appearance?"
"Well, they roughly become adults form in about 20 years. Then after another 20 years, they become real adults at 40."
"Whoa, seriously?"
"Mmm, seriously?"
"I'm still a kid, you know."
"Maya's still a kid too."
"Well, Seteas-san is from the Human race, so their concept of age is different. He should be an adult."
"Yeah, you're right. He even drinks liquor."
"Um, isn't drinking liquor allowed from age 20?"
"Wow, this is getting even more confusing, Maya-chan."
"This is seriously hilarious, brother."
So, it's like this.
"Maya-chan."
"What's up?"
"You'll probably have to wait until you can drink liquor."
Maya-chan just turned 19 the other day. In demon culture, she can drink liquor at 20. So yeah.
"I feel like Maya still has almost 600 days to go until she's 20..."
"That's too bad."
"Seriously?"
While having this conversation, we head out for breakfast as usual.
"How's that for a start?"
The other day, I had requested a long grain risotto. Along with vegetables, there is also fatty meat simmered together.
"I just couldn't get it right, couldn't be satisfied. But finally, when I added the meat, it turned out well."
"Itadakimasu."
"Itadakimasu."
What is this? Not chicken porridge, but meat porridge.
"This is delicious."
"Yeah. It's really twasty."
Maya-chan seems to be losing her vocabulary skills.
The dry feeling has decreased, and it has become a bit chewy. The flavor of the meat has also soaked in nicely.
"Can I have seconds, please?"
"More please!"
"Oh, I'm glad. Keep eating more and more."
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