The Traditional Festival Revival — The Village's Hidden History

"Me, someone like me, being able to do something this glorious together. I still can't believe it even now!"

"Yeah, actually I feel the same. Let's work hard together. ... Just to check, what rank is Kamiyu?"

"I'm Tissue rank. Same as Astera-sama."

"As expected."

I immediately made up an excuse after blurting out something so tactless.

"No, what I mean is not that Kamiyu seems like a Tissue rank. It means that if Kamiyu had been a higher rank, I should have been supporting Kamiyu~ That is, there's no misunderstanding."

"Hehe, it's fine. I know that I suit a semen-wiping Tissue rank perfectly."

Even after saying something that made me sound low on self-esteem,

"So I have to constantly hone myself better. I'm at that level now, but someday I want to reach the Whore rank."

Kamiyu, who dreams of reaching the highest level a Guild female slave can achieve, the Whore rank, with her outwardly strong but inwardly weak appearance.

This is one of Kamiyu's charming points, her outer strength and inner strength.

"Manager-nim is truly a wonderful person. Giving us such an opportunity."

"Let's do our best to live up to that expectation."

After getting our motivation up, we discussed our future plans.

"Let's think about the hint Manager gave us earlier. Um... Just for reference, does Kamiyu know about the Common Sense Alteration?"

"Yes, Manager told me about it before. I was really surprised at the time. If I think about it carefully, there were so many clues I should have noticed, but why didn't I?"

"That's the scary part of Common Sense Alteration, right. Anyway, let's think about the hint Manager gave us again. Manager mentioned traces of the Common Sense Alteration era, right? Where is that?"

Kamiyu, thinking for a moment, gave a literary girl-like answer.

"It must be books, right? The best medium to store information."

"I guess so, but books have many ways to destroy them, don't they? You can't easily destroy ruins or anything, but you can just burn books."

"Even if you say you can just burn them, it's hard to actually do it perfectly. Not only is it a huge effort to say you'll burn every single related book without leaving any, but also because the owners of the books won't just let them be burned."

That's true. Even in real history, Confucian classics that were burned during the Four Burnings still exist and are circulated?

Manager also said something along those lines.

"Then where can we find such books?"

"Leave it to me! I'm also the manager of the Guild library!"

Indeed. Now I roughly understand why Manager assigned Kamiyu to me.

"Kamiyu is the manager of our Guild library. If I liked books, I might have met her earlier."

"Ahahaha... What can I do. Recently, there aren't many people in the Guild who want to read books. The men are busy jerking off to porn, and the female slaves are busy dealing with that... I understand, but I can't help but feel a bit bitter."

Honestly, it stung a bit. I knew Kamiyu was the Guild library manager, but despite that, I hadn't gone to see her because I was busy with jerking off and fapping.

Obviously, jerking off has to come first, but even just reducing the time for fapping would have been nice.

Normally, if you reincarnate into a game, you'd look for your favorite characters first. But I left a female character I could meet with just a little effort alone, which is a failure as a game reincarnator.

...But since it's a creature that thinks with its lower mouth, I guess I have no choice! This is something I can fix from now on?

"Actually, I get it. Most of the books in the library now are ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠based on the post-Common Sense Alteration era. Leaving aside the Common Sense, for Guild members who have returned to the pre-Common Sense Alteration state in terms of body and sensitivity, most of the content is boring. So, I'm trying to create a motive to use the library in my own way... but it's not working out."

"If you say motive, for example?"

"For ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠example... U, I'm too embarrassed to say it!"

No matter how persistently I asked, Kamiyu avoided answering.

To change the subject, Kamiyu pulled out a key from her pocket with an exaggerated motion, as if pulling out a sword from a rock.

"Ah, anyway! Manager giving us the key to these old books must mean there's a clue there! Let's go find it!"

With that said, Kamiyu ran off like she was fleeing.

Is it that embarrassing to be writing a self-written novel... Well, it is embarrassing. But since I'm curious, I should secretly take a peek. The original game didn't have specific details ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠anyway.

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"By the way, to go to the old library, do we need a separate key? Why?"

Although I already knew from the original development, I asked for confirmation.

"It seems like it's designated as a forbidden book. The ones that were sealed before Manager came. According to Manager's check, there are no books that need to be hidden anymore, but they are just left in the old library out of habit."

It's similar to the original setting except for Manager being involved. Good.

"It might be a long-term project, so you'd better prepare yourself."

"Yeah, it has a vague feeling."

The old library had fewer books than the surface library, but it was enough to make anyone who hasn't read books feel dizzy.

With just the theme of 'the village before the Common Sense Alteration' that Manager mentioned, it would be a tough job.

If I didn't have the original game's knowledge.

"Then I'll look through the historical records. Astera, ..."

"If I focus on one side, there might be things I miss, so I'll take a broad range. Don't worry too much. ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠I'll do it diligently."

"Yes, of course. It's impossible for Manager's recommended female slave to slack off. Then I'll see you later. I hope for good results!"

Kamiyu disappeared into the inner part of the old library while humming a tune.

It was a mission, but being able to uncover books that had been hidden and untouched as a bookworm was probably a happy thing.

"I have no connection with these books. I'll rely on cheats rather than diligence."

Unlike the protagonists of common web novels, I don't know all the little details of [Guild Scramble].

This world is quite different from the [Guild Scramble] I knew.

But no matter what, since I've cleared all scenarios and side quests, the original game knowledge might still be useful.

"Let me see. If it's a side quest related to the past of this village... Ah, right. There was !"

This world's setting is roughly medieval-Renaissance. A setting for a straw dummy for a heretical religion is naturally equipped.

If my memory is correct, this village also had a folk primitive religion in the old days... rather than a heretical religion.

The primitive religion of barbaric customs was hidden by the advanced Light God Church. At some point, heretical people infiltrated the village trying to revive the barbaric primitive religion, and the village was engulfed in suspicion...

That was the story.

Well, the story ended with the protagonist party beating them up enough to drive them out.

"What exactly is meant by 'barbaric customs'?"

Beating up a stone religion that rolled in as a foreign religion and calling it barbaric is a common thing in history.

It might be truly barbaric customs, but actually it's an misunderstanding, and there are cases where it's branded as barbaric because of religious conflicts.

In the game, it just came out as enemies and got beaten, but maybe there was a point of understanding?

"...Good. Let's look in that direction for now."

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The original cheat is great. It seems like what I was looking for was probably the right answer.

"Wow, terrifying. Maybe doing something this cruel..."

I don't have the style of empathizing with emotions while reading novels. I'm not the type who reads books and feels emotions.

For history books, I just see them as records of the past and don't add special emotions.

But the I was reading now was at the point where I felt nauseous while reading it.

"What the hell is this guy doing writing such a lively text? Disgusting!"

The author of was some kind of recorder belonging to the Light Church.

He vividly described with his pen how cruel the heretical people who rooted themselves in this land were from the Light Church's perspective, how barbaric they were, and how they deserved to be persecuted.

But no matter how beautifully he tried to beautify the heretic inquisitors with his pen, since the actual content was cruel, I had no choice but to feel disgust.

Just looking at this text alone, I could tell how full of prejudice the author was.

A wild orgy festival where the entire village participates is terrifying? How harmonious that is!

Women treated as tools are pitiful? You are the pitiful one with such narrow-minded views.

I cursed the stupid author in my heart while reading the text. I wanted to stop reading it right there, but I couldn't even if I wanted to, thinking of my duty.

Below that, it was written with a proud pen how cruelly the Light Church had ruined the village.

Those who raped women in the center of the village, beheading.

Those who harassed virgins even though they had married women, flaying.

Those who ordered married women to wear vulgar clothes to parade around the village, whipping 30 times.

Older brothers who made younger sisters into sex slaves and parents who turned a blind eye, mass extermination of the family.

The Light Church ruled over the harmonious episodes that could naturally happen in daily life as cruel punishments. How could people do such things?

Recalling the time when I first went down to the village.

The eerie and inhuman village scenery was actually a twisted appearance from years of harsh discipline.

With such cruel discipline, they broke the spirit of the entire village, and then poured the Common Sense Alteration magic into it. Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense.

After years of effort by our Light Church, we succeeded in normalizing the village that was on the verge of eternal immortal barbarism. Our god finally shone light on this village. This fact will be a great comfort to the heretic inquisitors suffering and frustrated in various places. The eyes of light can dwell anywhere. It's just that the timing might be a little late when viewed from a human perspective.

"Tsk!"

I threw the book away in anger but held back.

I wanted to tear this book apart, but precisely because of that, I had to preserve it intact. To spread the depth of the Light Church's sins.

Before reincarnation, I had been proselytized by quite a few heretical religions and despised their numerous evil deeds told in the news.

But I had never felt such intense anger until now.

Compared to the anger I felt towards Mina, this was nothing. At least I had some hope that she would repent after seeing semen, but this cult is just pure social evil, isn't it?

Maybe the Common Sense Alteration itself that spread in this world is something these people cooked up. Even if they didn't directly make it, they would be accomplices in fact.

"Whew... Well, I know."

What should I do about this situation? A vague idea came to mind.

From now on, I should consult with Kamiyu to make the plan clearer.

"Kamiyu! Where are you? I think I found something!"

I called Kamiyu's name and looked for her, but there was no answer.

It was strange. It was a library with no other noise.

"Did she go deep inside?"

I moved to the library where Kamiyu had disappeared, tilting my head.

"Kamiyu~ Where are you? Can't you hear my voice?"

Even though I kept calling, there was no answer, and I started to worry a bit, when a wet sound settled in my ear.

"Mmm♥ Haa, haa, clothes, ooh♥ Ugh♥"

"...Ahn♥"

No need to worry~♪