Euclase was sent from the Nation of the Dragon Kingdom to negotiate with Furgal. Perhaps thanks to the combined intimidation with Arman, the deal was sealed easier than expected. The agreement was made that Furgal wouldn’t have rights to the transmigrators, no matter what the reason, going forward. Not too long after negotiations, the transmigrators came to the Nation of the Dragon King. All of them were dark-haired and dark-eyed—a color combination that was familiar to Ruri.
Then again, it seemed some had dyed their hair, since their roots were black, making their heads look like the gradient you would see on a plate of flan. Ages varied from children who looked like they were still students to middle-aged adults, with no particular gender bias.
Also, upon close inspection, there were even children as young as grade school. From the leather-shelled randoseru backpacks they were sporting, they’d probably been on their way to or from school. All of them had worry painted on their faces.
That was understandable. When Ruri had first come to this world, she’d been just as confused, unable to wrap her head around things very quickly. From there, she’d been abandoned in the woods, chased by an excited Kotaro, met Chelsie, and started to live in the Dragon King’s castle, and was now the wife of the Dragon King. One could never tell what life had in store.
Fortunately, in spite of everything that had happened to her, Ruri had come to accept the circumstances of living in this world to the point where she could say with certainty that she was happy now. However, it was going to take time before the transmigrators who’d just arrived started feeling that way. There might even be some that couldn’t accept the situation even with time.
Jade said that he would give these people as much consideration as possible. Therefore, it was necessary to speak to each person individually. The two people selected as supervisors in charge of dealing with the transmigrators were Ruri’s father, Kohaku, and the girl who’d wound up in this world on her own, Sango. They were given the positions with the idea that they would be able to sympathize with the transmigrators’ confusion and worry as fellow inhabitants of the other world. Sango, being younger in age, was perfect, since there were small children.
That was when Ruri put her name in the running. She wanted to know what their stories were as well and asked Jade to let her join in. Much to her surprise, she was given permission. Normally, she would’ve been prepared for a resounding no and concocted a way to convince him otherwise, so Ruri was left stunned. It was so bad that she seriously worried if Jade was running a fever.
However, once Ruri saw an excessive number of guards load up her perimeter as a means to compensate, Ruri mildly regretted her decision. Kohaku mainly took the initiative, asking questions about what had happened when they were teleported, their lives in Furgal, and their hopes for life going forward. At first they were apprehensive, but when they heard that Kohaku was also from the same world and had worked as a diplomat, their shoulders relaxed to a state of half worry, half relief.
The communication skills Kohaku had cultivated as a diplomat were being used to great effect. Those who felt relief ended up being more chatty and divulged all sorts of information. What they learned was that every one of them had been riding the same bus at the time of being transported.
“The path opened up, and everyone on board got rolled in, then,” Rin commented.
Apparently, it was very unusual for such a large number of people to come to this world. People who came here from the other world were rare in the first place, and multiple people coming over was such a rare case that not even the spirits could remember such an incident.
Kohaku’s team had no choice but to convince them that they were simply unlucky. After all, there was no way to return home. Many of those who heard this could not hide their shock and started crying. The children, in particular, combined with their anxiety, were crying inconsolably, leaving Sango and Ruri flustered.
Nevertheless, Coral knew how they felt better than anyone else, so she took up the role of comforting them. Seeing as Ruri’s entire family was living in this world without any issues, she left the job to Sango because she knew that she shouldn’t speak up, since her consolation would come across as sarcastic. However, she couldn’t let them stay depressed forever. She had to have them work with her to come up with a plan to ensure their livelihoods going forward.
The transmigrators were normal humans without any considerable mana. Except for the boy and girl referred to as Beloveds, none of them could even see the spirits. For those who were used to an easy life with electricity in the other world, they were going to have quite a hard time in their daily lives if they couldn’t use magic.
Although that was their general worry, the group’s treatment in the castle of Furgal wasn’t what you would call good. Ruri was shocked when she learned that even the grade school kids had learned how to do chores well enough to manage their day-to-day lives. But aside from that, no one seemed to have a clue about the way of the world here.
Kohaku, Jade, and his other retainers shared the same opinion—the upper echelon of the Nation of Furgal had likely been thinking of ways to make use of the transmigrators and decided to keep them in captivity, preventing them from acquiring any unnecessary knowledge in the meantime. It was a method all too familiar to Ruri, which only helped bolster the negative image she had of Furgal.
With that being the case for the transmigrators, Ruri and the others planned on supporting them until they could stand on their own two feet, but seeing as they wouldn’t be able to make ends meet in their current states, it was decided to give them rooms in the castle, teach them the rules of the world, and give them jobs that fit each individual person. They were even encouraging families to adopt the small grade-schoolers and minors.