I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 504



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Episode 504 Treaty [1]

“Oh, you’re here.”

The Earl of Elgin had put on some weight while we were away, as if his fortune had just gone downhill.

This isn’t some incredibly wealthy country like England.

No, it’s not that bad, it’s a famine situation.

If you go just a few miles outside of here, you will not have a hard time seeing thousands, if not millions, of people starving to death.

And yet, the fact that we are being treated like this… … .

“I’ve benefited greatly from your service. For the past few days… … they’ve been slaughtering cows and chickens every day, it’s been a total mess. I wish they would stop giving us seafood… … Why do these uncivilized guys keep giving us this without even cooking it?”

“Do you eat raw seafood?”

“That’s right! I ate one out of courtesy… … Oh my… … What’s underneath… … What was that called? Oh, right. Rice? Cooked food? Anyway, I laid it out, and it was also withered. I thought I was going crazy.”

“You gave me some new rice too?”

“Oh, that’s right. I ate it because it was a little sweet, otherwise I would have thrown up on the spot.”

“You even said you could run?”

“okay!”

no…….

Now I see that it was the bear who did the tricks and the count who made the money.

Even so, I never thought there would be sushi in the 19th century.

That too in a form quite similar to what I know.

‘Come to think of it, I heard that some traditional sushi restaurants have been around since the 1800s?’

No matter what, I thought it happened after I started living for a while, that is, after the Meiji Restoration, but now that I look back, it seems that wasn’t the case.

Suddenly, my mouth started watering like crazy.

I did that because it reminded me of the taste of sushi I ate in my past life.

Even back then, sushi from a sushi restaurant, other than supermarket sushi, was not something you could eat whenever you wanted.

The only thing the professor would do was buy us something in return for the gifts we gave him at the appreciation party once a year…

‘Wow, it seems like I’ve become a Japanese person.’

It may be misleading, but it is not.

If you’re still not sure, come to England and live there.

Oh, not 21st century Britain, but 19th century Britain.

These crazy kids seem to be wondering how they can make food taste bad.

Sometimes people pretend to be awake and say, “Well, it’s not like that. British food is better than I thought.”

Even the British themselves admit that their food is tasteless.

Isn’t that because you’re humble?

At the point where Anglo-Saxon thinks he’s humble, he’s already out of civilization, really.

“By the way, you. What on earth happened?”

While I was distracted by my sushi, the Earl of Elgin had Liston and I sit down in proper chairs.

Captain Charles, who could be called his confidant, was also with him.

The other two, of course, knew very well what had happened.

It can’t be helped, you’ve been with me for almost two weeks.

But neither Liston nor Captain Charles answered themselves, but instead just stared at me blankly.

‘What… … I actually did everything?’

As expected, you could say that they are guys who know the situation.

I live well there too.

They say that the greatest blessing is human blessing, right?

But in order to have good fortune, there is one task that must come first: becoming a good person.

There’s a reason why they say birds of a feather flock together.

I just need to be a good person to the people I feel good about.

“We don’t know.”

“Yes, it was Pyeong-i who did it.”

“huh?”

As I was writing down in my head the content that would go into my self-help book, “How to Succeed as an Asian in 19th Century Britain,” the two of them started pointing their fingers at me.

I wondered what was going on.

So I looked at them both and they both shrugged their shoulders.

It was not while looking at me, but while looking at the Count.

In other words, it seemed like they were appealing that they had no idea what happened.

‘Well… … In a way, that’s not wrong.’

What on earth did those two do?

Oh, Liston did quite a bit of work.

We built makeshift shelters, caught bears, and chased away the idiots who tried to approach the village from time to time.

Later I found out that they were not just stupid people, but that they specialized in raiding areas that the shogunate had blocked access to, that is, areas where epidemics were rampant.

-If I had known, I would have cut it.

Liston licked his lips in regret, but… … he thought it was a good thing he just kicked them out.

Aren’t these the kind of people who would literally risk their lives for a small fortune right in front of them, and even spread disease everywhere?

ah…….

No, when I think about it this way, I think killing him is the right thing to do.

Since I remembered his face, I’ll tell him to kill me if we ever meet again.

“Yeah, flat. What happened?”

Anyway, Count Elgin looked at me and asked.

I am also a noble, but I think there is a significant difference between us being ‘the same’ nobles.

First of all, I am a lowly person and this person is a count.

Even the title is hereditary.

This is a position that can be passed down for a long time.

Even in a pirate country, he is the most favored nobleman who goes abroad.

“Oh, yes. I will tell you.”

“Yeah, I was dying of curiosity. I heard something about you killing an evil spirit with sorcery… something like that.”

“ah.”

Rumor has it that it’s going that way.

If it were me in the past, I would have been upset.

‘I’m a 21st century doctor. How can you commit such a slander!’

But that’s not who I am now.

I’ve grown a lot, too.

‘Then I guess I’ll have to use it that way.’

why……?

Why change?

If you think about it, killing an evil spirit is really difficult.

I guess I should start by checking whether or not there is such a thing… … .

At least for those who believe it exists, this is truly incredible.

Then I think we should think about using it, and it would be stupid to say no and just die.

“Yes, I did. But it wasn’t me who did it, it was the Lord.”

“Huh. I’d like to hear more details.”

“Before that, there’s something I need to tell you in advance.”

“anything?”

“This is a wasteland of faith where there are few believers in the Lord. That is why miracles are possible only here. Perhaps the same miracles will not happen in the British Empire, which has already become the Lord’s land.”

“That’s… why… why are you doing that?”

The count looked like he didn’t understand.

In fact, this is also quite an irreverent thing.

How dare a human being try to understand the providence of God?

Of course, I was not in a position to say such things, and since I already had my logic ready, I continued speaking with a humble smile.

“Haven’t you already shown us enough? Do we need more transfers to Britain?”

“ah…….”

“To desire more here is greed, and furthermore, it would be tantamount to testing the Lord Jehovah.”

“Oh, I see. I was short-sighted!”

“But the Holy Spirit will still be there.”

“Seongsu… … ?”

“It has already been revealed to us through the prophet Jenner. He is John the Baptist.”

“Jenner… Edward Jenner? The guy who said smallpox could be cured with cowpox… No, you mean the guy?”

Jenner is a great man.

But the method he chose was a bit violent, and that seemed to be the problem.

Could it be that he was responsible for much of the anti-vaccine sentiment that is so prevalent in the West?

Of course, I don’t mean to blame anyone.

The number of people he saved would be so many that it would be difficult to even count them.

“Yes. Originally, the Son of Man was bound to be persecuted. I know that there are many scholars who attack his theories. How can the grace of the Lord be explained only through theories?”

“Ah… … Now that I think about it, it makes sense.”

“Yes. This is a gift from the Lord.”

“But… … Sometimes, there are people who get hit and die.”

The Earl of Elgin is right.

No matter how stupid you are, isn’t a virus still a virus?

Even people who are weak, immunocompromised or otherwise healthy adults can become infected and die if they do not receive the right vaccine.

This is a problem that can be explained by probability and solved theoretically.

but…….

That would be possible at least in the late 19th century, that is, by the time I die.

Aren’t we still living in an age dominated by mysticism?

‘Some may say I am in league with the times… … .’

I will tell only those among you who can completely go against the times to throw stones.

It is because we live in such a soft and gentle age as the 21st century that we can dare to say such things.

If I had done that from the beginning here?

It can be said with certainty that there is no progress in medicine that has been made so far.

Because they would be dead or excluded and starving to death in the East End.

No, I’m a yellow monkey so there’s a good chance I’m going to die.

“There are sinners everywhere.”

“huh?”

“Couldn’t it be possible for someone to be a sinner in the eyes of the Lord? You must have seen many cases where people who seem infinitely pure to our human eyes suddenly die, and cases where people who seem infinitely bad strangely rise to prominence.”

“Ah… … That’s true. Ha, is that what God’s providence is?”

The traditional pattern of rewarding good and punishing evil is not shared only in the East.

It’s a story that everyone in the West likes.

I thought about why that might be… … .

No matter how I look at it, it seems like it doesn’t actually work that well.

‘scourge?’

I looked up at the sky for a moment.

As expected, unlike the dark London, there was a bright sky.

Even so, I didn’t get the feeling that the sky was looking down on humanity.

This is because even in the 21st century, there are still cases where bad guys are doing better.

“I see… … So you’re saying that you performed the Lord’s miracle?”

“Yes, it is. It may have seemed a little strange to them, especially to Lord Liston and Captain Charles, because they did it in a way that was easy to understand. But I swear to the Lord that it was all the Lord’s doing.”

“I suppose so. If you don’t believe me, then you’re really a heretic.”

“Yes. All those who speak such strange words should have their tongues pulled out. This too is the Lord’s will.”

“haha.”

“Of course, I am a messenger of the Lord, so I will forgive you at least once.”

“Indeed. Anyway, thanks to you stopping the plague, the shogunate is being very friendly to us. It seems like they see us differently from the black ships and such that have been wandering around the area.”

Earl Elgin laughed heartily and mentioned the United States, our former colony, which had dared to colonize the Philippines across the Pacific and even tried to spit on Japan.

“After all, our British Empire is no different from the United States.”

“Of course. What’s with that… … Aren’t they just baseless? Have you seen them? Spitting everywhere… … Country bumpkins.”

“Yes, yes. Then get some rest today and tomorrow. I’m going to enter the shogunate the day after tomorrow. I originally called you earlier, but I asked you to wait a bit so I can go with you.”