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“Europe”
In my previous world, it was the name of the westernmost region in the Eurasian continent.
In my previous world, it was the central figure of history.
Various countries were born, flourishing, and then perishing where a new country will be born.
The “map” father passed me, was truly a map of “Europe”.
In my memory– even though I only have 10 years worth and vague details regarding this– if I compare it with the one in my memory, this is definitely Europe.
It’s unlikely this is a coincidence.
Is this place Europe? Did I reincarnate as a european? However, I will deny that thought.
First of all, this is not the modern world. There are no kind of electricity, gas, water infrastructure. Based on the clothes and housing, this world is probably in the early modern period.
And in this world, there is a certain element which did not exist in my previous life.
“Joseph! Come give us a little help!?”
“Ah, okay”
It was my mother that called out to me. By the way, I’m usually helping with the laundry.
Ah, I’m still not done with my self-introduction.
My name is Joseph. Joseph Wallace.
As you can see, I’m a boy. Because I haven’t reached 10 years old yet, I would describe myself as rather cute. But what happens after a few more years… yeah, let’s stop talking about this. Somehow, the atmosphere became gloomy.
My family only consists of my parents. Even though we’re farmers, our family is very close-knit.
“Wait just a moment. I’m getting out the water”
That’s what my mother always says, pulling “water” from an empty space. It’s not a metaphor, but actual water appearing from thin air.
Yeah, even though I always observe it, I still don’t understand the theory behind it.
Well, it was the “I should not stick to my previous world’s common sense in this world!” kind of thing.
To put it briefly, this is called magic or something similar to magic.
And now, this is like a well-known medieval european-style fantasy work. Oh, am I really a european?
My mother was using the most basic kind of magic, an elementary spell, to bring out water for the laundry. In this world, everyone can use chantless elementary level spells.
Even I was able to. You guys could also probably do it, I think. According to what I learned, there seems to be healing magic too. I don’t know how much it can cure to what extent, but the population in medieval europe is at least more than my previous world, perhaps.
“Well then, go scrub the clothes. I will be wringing them out and hanging them to dry”
Despite how useful magic is, laundry is still the same as it was long ago, a washboard and some soap.
M-my lower back is killing me. When will someone invent an automatic laundry machine?!
I, was just an ordinary child, commuting to the elementary school in the village, while helping on the family’s farm, and assisting my mother with the chores and cooking.
If you exclude my memories of a previous life.
“Joseph, how was school?”
“The usual”
There was nothing in particular. In this world, however, I did not have any friends. Therefore, I did not talk a lot.
In my previous life, I would have fabricated an imaginary friend, but there were no point in this small rural village. Ah, the tears in my eyes came from the soap….
“Hmm?”
“W-what…”
“By any chance, do you have a crush on someone?”
Why do you say so.
“Unfortunately, that’s not it”
Please ask if I made friends before that. In this case, even an older male is fine. On the other hand, mother, without knowing my sad situation, continued on the topic.
“That’s so wasteful. Even though your father went through much troubles to give you a good-looking face, it’s useless if you’re not using it effectively”
My mother said so with a very lively expression on her face. No matter what age, women are always delighted at love stories. Even though I say that, my mother is still twenty-eight years old. By the way, my father is thirty-five years old.
“Perhaps, that will be for the best. It will be troublesome”
“… Hey, Joseph. It seems your character changed, before and after, your birthday?”
“There is no such thing”
How did it leak out? Moreover, it was scary she had said not “personality” but “character”.
“Back in the old days, you were such a lively kid… I blame your father for giving you that strange present”
My mother’s answer was half-correct. If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t have remembered my previous life. Probably.
“Joseph, what are you going to do now?”
“Do… what?”
“You’re going to be graduating this year, right? What are you going to do after that?”
Elementary school, a school where childrens’ of this country attends in the beginning. Although you don’t have to attend, the school fee are free of charge. As long as there are no serious circumstances, I always attended elementary school.
I was learning the national language, arithmetic, science, social studies, and elementary spells which are necessary in life. Enrolling at five years old, graduating at ten years old.
Because systems such as kindergarten and nursery does not exist, enrollment starts earlier than in my previous life.
And now, I just became ten years old last month. Thus, I was graduating soon from my elementary school. If I had not recovered my past life’s memories, I would have continued to help my father and inherit the farm….
“Yeah, I was a little worried”
“Oh, is that so?”
“Yeah”
If I was a farmer in my previous life, this would have been something like ” A tale of a farmer, with his previous life’s knowledge of agriculture” net novel. Unfortunately, I was a university student in my previous life.
Therefore, I apologize to my father, but I will not be inheriting the farm. Although I have memories of a past life, it will be a waste of fifty years in the countryside doing farmwork.
“I will not be saying, you should inherit the farm. You should do what you want to do, Joseph. No matter what decisions you made, I will fully support you. Of course, bad things are no good”
What I want to do…. Well there are some. The map I received from father, the country’s history I learned in elementary school, and my memories of a previous life.
There are three things I want to maintain and achieve.
The name of this country where I am currently residing in, is called the “Silesia Kingdom”.
Exactly in the center of the map, there was a region referred to as “Central Europe” according to my previous life.
To be specific, there was a country called “Poland” located there. It was my second birthplace.
The Silesia Kingdom was in a dangerous situation.
◇ ◇
“Silesia Kingdom”
In the year 452 of the continental calendar, it separated itself from the largest country in the world, “The Eastern Empire”.
After that, the kingdom repeatedly encountered disputes with the surrounding countries while expanding it’s territory. In it’s golden age, the kingdom assumed the hegemony, second only to the Eastern Empire.
However, the kingdom’s glorious era was short.
The surrounding major powers felt a sense of danger from the Silesia Kingdom, they formed a anti-Silesia alliance, a proclamation of war. The kingdom, after a hard struggle, lost the war to the many rivals. Two-thirds of the territory were lost, a large defeat.
The kingdom’s chances slowly declined.
Although the Silesians rose in search for revenge and challenged for the loss of their territory and freedom, they were still defeated crushingly.
Furthermore, they lost another half of their territory.
The Silesia Kingdom started to decline and restrained themself. Since then, the descendants of the neighboring countries frequently threatened with their military, the kingdom’s territory and economic strength were whittled off with a grinding sound.
Now the Silesia Kingdom territory was not even one-seventh during it’s golden age, it was only two-thirds when they had become an independent country.
This is roughly the history of the Silesia Kingdom.
Let’s leave the history of the entire continent at a later opportunity.
As mentioned previously, the Silesia Kingdom is located in the place where a country was called Poland in my past life. And like Poland, the circumstances of the Silesia Kingdom are similar.
Even though I say that, I am not a history geek.
I only knew because I happened to play a little historical simulation game.
I had pretty much let this country fallen apart. I only saw it as fodder anyway.
In my past life, Poland was also once a huge country.
And thus Russia, Prussia, and Austria, the strongest medieval countries encircled Poland dividing the country three times, vanishing from the map.
After the downfall, The polish people was rising in search of freedom and independence many times, and failed many times.
Each time, they had received violent suppressions.
Supposing this Silesia Kingdom was the same as Poland in my previous life, won’t Silesia also cease to exist?
No, it was already near the verge of downfall. Things I learned in elementary school.
Hmm.
Even though I know the kingdom was collapsing, it is annoying to see it pointed out. In addition, I have the knowledge of games, manga and whatnot from my previous life. If I use that, the kingdom might somehow make it.
“Mother, Father”
“What’s wrong, Joseph”
“Are you feeling sick?”
Aim! Become a cheat hero with my memories of a past life!
“I want to become a general”
By the way, on September 1st, the year 631 of the continental calander. I enrolled in the Silesia Kingdom’s only “Royal Military Academy”.
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[Translator notes] –
Any polish people there? Was Poland really a huge country and lost to Russia, Prussia, and Austria?
The MC probably played the Total War series before.
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“Europe”
In my previous world, it was the name of the westernmost region in the Eurasian continent.
In my previous world, it was the central figure of history.
Various countries were born, flourishing, and then perishing where a new country will be born.
The “map” father passed me, was truly a map of “Europe”.
In my memory– even though I only have 10 years worth and vague details regarding this– if I compare it with the one in my memory, this is definitely Europe.
It’s unlikely this is a coincidence.
Is this place Europe? Did I reincarnate as a european? However, I will deny that thought.
First of all, this is not the modern world. There are no kind of electricity, gas, water infrastructure. Based on the clothes and housing, this world is probably in the early modern period.
And in this world, there is a certain element which did not exist in my previous life.
“Joseph! Come give us a little help!?”
“Ah, okay”
It was my mother that called out to me. By the way, I’m usually helping with the laundry.
Ah, I’m still not done with my self-introduction.
My name is Joseph. Joseph Wallace.
As you can see, I’m a boy. Because I haven’t reached 10 years old yet, I would describe myself as rather cute. But what happens after a few more years… yeah, let’s stop talking about this. Somehow, the atmosphere became gloomy.
My family only consists of my parents. Even though we’re farmers, our family is very close-knit.
“Wait just a moment. I’m getting out the water”
That’s what my mother always says, pulling “water” from an empty space. It’s not a metaphor, but actual water appearing from thin air.
Yeah, even though I always observe it, I still don’t understand the theory behind it.
Well, it was the “I should not stick to my previous world’s common sense in this world!” kind of thing.
To put it briefly, this is called magic or something similar to magic.
And now, this is like a well-known medieval european-style fantasy work. Oh, am I really a european?
My mother was using the most basic kind of magic, an elementary spell, to bring out water for the laundry. In this world, everyone can use chantless elementary level spells.
Even I was able to. You guys could also probably do it, I think. According to what I learned, there seems to be healing magic too. I don’t know how much it can cure to what extent, but the population in medieval europe is at least more than my previous world, perhaps.
“Well then, go scrub the clothes. I will be wringing them out and hanging them to dry”
Despite how useful magic is, laundry is still the same as it was long ago, a washboard and some soap.
M-my lower back is killing me. When will someone invent an automatic laundry machine?!
I, was just an ordinary child, commuting to the elementary school in the village, while helping on the family’s farm, and assisting my mother with the chores and cooking.
If you exclude my memories of a previous life.
“Joseph, how was school?”
“The usual”
There was nothing in particular. In this world, however, I did not have any friends. Therefore, I did not talk a lot.
In my previous life, I would have fabricated an imaginary friend, but there were no point in this small rural village. Ah, the tears in my eyes came from the soap….
“Hmm?”
“W-what…”
“By any chance, do you have a crush on someone?”
Why do you say so.
“Unfortunately, that’s not it”
Please ask if I made friends before that. In this case, even an older male is fine. On the other hand, mother, without knowing my sad situation, continued on the topic.
“That’s so wasteful. Even though your father went through much troubles to give you a good-looking face, it’s useless if you’re not using it effectively”
My mother said so with a very lively expression on her face. No matter what age, women are always delighted at love stories. Even though I say that, my mother is still twenty-eight years old. By the way, my father is thirty-five years old.
“Perhaps, that will be for the best. It will be troublesome”
“… Hey, Joseph. It seems your character changed, before and after, your birthday?”
“There is no such thing”
How did it leak out? Moreover, it was scary she had said not “personality” but “character”.
“Back in the old days, you were such a lively kid… I blame your father for giving you that strange present”
My mother’s answer was half-correct. If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t have remembered my previous life. Probably.
“Joseph, what are you going to do now?”
“Do… what?”
“You’re going to be graduating this year, right? What are you going to do after that?”
Elementary school, a school where childrens’ of this country attends in the beginning. Although you don’t have to attend, the school fee are free of charge. As long as there are no serious circumstances, I always attended elementary school.
I was learning the national language, arithmetic, science, social studies, and elementary spells which are necessary in life. Enrolling at five years old, graduating at ten years old.
Because systems such as kindergarten and nursery does not exist, enrollment starts earlier than in my previous life.
And now, I just became ten years old last month. Thus, I was graduating soon from my elementary school. If I had not recovered my past life’s memories, I would have continued to help my father and inherit the farm….
“Yeah, I was a little worried”
“Oh, is that so?”
“Yeah”
If I was a farmer in my previous life, this would have been something like ” A tale of a farmer, with his previous life’s knowledge of agriculture” net novel. Unfortunately, I was a university student in my previous life.
Therefore, I apologize to my father, but I will not be inheriting the farm. Although I have memories of a past life, it will be a waste of fifty years in the countryside doing farmwork.
“I will not be saying, you should inherit the farm. You should do what you want to do, Joseph. No matter what decisions you made, I will fully support you. Of course, bad things are no good”
What I want to do…. Well there are some. The map I received from father, the country’s history I learned in elementary school, and my memories of a previous life.
There are three things I want to maintain and achieve.
The name of this country where I am currently residing in, is called the “Silesia Kingdom”.
Exactly in the center of the map, there was a region referred to as “Central Europe” according to my previous life.
To be specific, there was a country called “Poland” located there. It was my second birthplace.
The Silesia Kingdom was in a dangerous situation.
◇ ◇
“Silesia Kingdom”
In the year 452 of the continental calendar, it separated itself from the largest country in the world, “The Eastern Empire”.
After that, the kingdom repeatedly encountered disputes with the surrounding countries while expanding it’s territory. In it’s golden age, the kingdom assumed the hegemony, second only to the Eastern Empire.
However, the kingdom’s glorious era was short.
The surrounding major powers felt a sense of danger from the Silesia Kingdom, they formed a anti-Silesia alliance, a proclamation of war. The kingdom, after a hard struggle, lost the war to the many rivals. Two-thirds of the territory were lost, a large defeat.
The kingdom’s chances slowly declined.
Although the Silesians rose in search for revenge and challenged for the loss of their territory and freedom, they were still defeated crushingly.
Furthermore, they lost another half of their territory.
The Silesia Kingdom started to decline and restrained themself. Since then, the descendants of the neighboring countries frequently threatened with their military, the kingdom’s territory and economic strength were whittled off with a grinding sound.
Now the Silesia Kingdom territory was not even one-seventh during it’s golden age, it was only two-thirds when they had become an independent country.
This is roughly the history of the Silesia Kingdom.
Let’s leave the history of the entire continent at a later opportunity.
As mentioned previously, the Silesia Kingdom is located in the place where a country was called Poland in my past life. And like Poland, the circumstances of the Silesia Kingdom are similar.
Even though I say that, I am not a history geek.
I only knew because I happened to play a little historical simulation game.
I had pretty much let this country fallen apart. I only saw it as fodder anyway.
In my past life, Poland was also once a huge country.
And thus Russia, Prussia, and Austria, the strongest medieval countries encircled Poland dividing the country three times, vanishing from the map.
After the downfall, The polish people was rising in search of freedom and independence many times, and failed many times.
Each time, they had received violent suppressions.
Supposing this Silesia Kingdom was the same as Poland in my previous life, won’t Silesia also cease to exist?
No, it was already near the verge of downfall. Things I learned in elementary school.
Hmm.
Even though I know the kingdom was collapsing, it is annoying to see it pointed out. In addition, I have the knowledge of games, manga and whatnot from my previous life. If I use that, the kingdom might somehow make it.
“Mother, Father”
“What’s wrong, Joseph”
“Are you feeling sick?”
Aim! Become a cheat hero with my memories of a past life!
“I want to become a general”
By the way, on September 1st, the year 631 of the continental calander. I enrolled in the Silesia Kingdom’s only “Royal Military Academy”.
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[Translator notes] –
Any polish people there? Was Poland really a huge country and lost to Russia, Prussia, and Austria?
The MC probably played the Total War series before.
