Slave Harem in the Labyrinth of the Other World (LN)

Volume 4 - Ch 2.02

If you go to the same place every time, the time will shift by the same amount, so it seems to be understandable, but it does not seem like this restriction applies to Warp at all, same as how it can be used even in the houses that are made out of Shield Cement, which blocks the usage of Field Walker for some reason.

I see. Well, for the time being, do not just stand there, come and sit at the bale with us.

Sit down with you? You mean, like. . . Uhm, Miss Roxanne? Should I sit on the floor?

Initially Sherry wanted to direct that question at me, but halfway through she changed her mind and asked Roxanne about that in a whisper that I could still hear perfectly due to how close to each other we were sitting.

No, Sherry, you do not have to do that. It is okay for you to sit on a chair at the table with us, just like master said.

On a chair? But. . . . . . . but I am a slave, so I do not think that this would be appropriate. . .

It is okay. Whenever we are having meals, master likes it best when we all sit at the table and eat together.

Ehhh?! So I am allowed to eat the same things that master eats?

Yes, because that is masters wish.

Again, even though you are whispering, you girls do realize that I can hear you, right?

Uhm. . . well then. . . pardon me.

Sherry bowed her head down to us, and then she took a chair that was next to Roxanne, pulled it back and sat on it, albeit still somewhat reluctantly. Well, I cannot say that I blame her, but the important thing is that she is finally willing to properly sit with us instead of insisting on sitting on the floor as if she was some kind of a lesser being. Okay then, now that Sherry is sitting at the table with us, I think we can resume the talk that we were having. What was it again. . . ? Oh yeah, about the time difference!

So Sherry, are you familiar with the theory that the earth. . . . . . that this planet is round?

I guess I will ask her about that for the time being. If I am going to explain to her how exactly does time difference works, that is as good of a place to start as any.

The Earth is Round Theoryhas been known in my old world for quite some time. It is the reason why the positions of the stars visible from the North and the South Poles do not overlap with each other, why there are changing lengths of the day, lunar eclipses and changing shapes of the moon throughout the month, and most importantly, it is the reason why we had local solar time and time zones on Earth. Since Sherry knew the difference between Movement Magic and Space-Time Magic, then she is obviously smart, or an intellectual type, to put it in other words. And if that is the case, then the best thing to do here would be to show her that I am also a smart person. Therefore, if I explain to her what the Spherical Earth Theory is all about, then I am sure that she would end up respecting me a little bit more. Having her as my second slave after buying her at a really good price already feels like quite a win, but earning some more points with her after boasting some of my own smarts is going to feel even better for my self-confidence. Then I will have the respect of not one, but two beautiful girls! And as an added bonus, it will also help to ease Sherry up into our lifestyle and the dynamic that is going on between me, the master and my slaves.

Of course, as much as I would like to say otherwise, this theory has not been created by me, but rather through the effort of the past Earths scientists. So if nothing else, I feel like I should thank my predecessors for coming up with it so that I can use it now to win myself the trust of an absolutely cute girl.

I know about the story of the great scholar of old who came up with it, but the person who told me that story must have taken me for a fool, because things he was telling me were so blatantly stupid that I have decided to dismiss everything he has told me as mere idiots drivel.

Oh yeah? Well now you got me interested. What things did that person told you made you think that he was making a fool out of you?

Many things, but perhaps the most outrageous one was that since the world we live in is round, then all the people who live on the other side of it are falling out of it and into the sky because there is nothing that can make them continuously stick to the earths surface.

That. . . that is. . . . that is honestly so stupid that I cannot say that I blame her for not believing a word that guy whoever he was said. Then again, that is about what you could expect from the people who do not know about the existence of the force of gravity. I guess humans in my old world were at that stage at one point as well, and some of them probably still are, what with all the flat earthers and the like going around spreading their wise words of wisdom on the internet.

Alright, if you say that you had such mind-numbing experiences, then I guess it would be best to just drop this subject entirely in order to not add to your confusion anymore. The bottom line is, I have a Movement Magic called Warp that allows me and my Party members to travel between far-away places without losing any time, and if possible, I would like you to keep that knowledge to yourself and refrain from talking about it or mentioning it people other than Roxanne and I, okay?

U-Understood, master!

Yeah, leaving the talk about time differences and round earth is the best possible thing to do here. Since she already had someone try to fill her head with all sorts of dumb information and conspiracy theories and she remembers that and resents the guy who said it to her, then I do not even want to think how her opinion of me would have plummeted to the ground and below if I tried to talk to her about gravity and Higgs boson, she would have probablu just started asking questions like: Higgs boson? What is that? Is it tasty? (TL Note:The Higgs boson is a hypothetical elementary particle predicted by the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics. It belongs to a class of particles known as bosons, characterized by an integer value of their spin quantum number. The Higgs field is a quantum field with a non-zero value that fills all of space, and explains why fundamental particles such as quarks and electrons have mass. The Higgs boson is an excitation of the Higgs field above its ground state.)and that would do nothing but needlessly complicate the matters between us, making Sherry either look down on me for being the same kind of idiot how tried to fill her head with nonsense ore resent me for trying to sound like a smartass boasting about his knowledge. Even if what I would be telling her is true and I know it, I only know it because I come from a world where such knowledge is not a big deal, but for the inhabitants of this world, I imagine it would be pretty hard to accept something that defies all the logic and common sense that you knew throughout your entire life at face value. If you need any proof for that, just look how long it took us to recognize that it is actually the earth that is rotating around the sun instead of it being the other way around and stop persecuting everyone who advocated that theory as a heretic to be burned on the stake. So yeah, moving on to some other, safer subject, on the double!

You mentioned that you have heard about the people being able to use multiple Jobs in myths and legends. Can you tell me more about that?

I can, but there is not really all that much to talk about, since according to myths and legends the ones capable of using multiple Jobs at once are mainly gods.