[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-isekai-nonbiri-nouka":3,"chapter-isekai-nonbiri-nouka-isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-958":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Isekai Nonbiri Nouka",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1395449,1848,"Chapter 958: Interlude: Klim of Hope","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-958",958,"\u003Cp>What is a devil?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s hard to explain, but if I had to use an example…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Think of it like the dregs left at the bottom of a wine barrel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, imagine that wine barrel is a vessel filled with divine magic power, something a god would use to store power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A devil is formed when that magical residue condenses and takes on a will of its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when a god pours magic power down to the world, it’s filtered, so devils rarely ever make it to the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one does, it’s usually a small one, and only by sheer luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Larger ones only appear during the world’s creation, or when some kind of accident occurs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps it’s more accurate to call them the origin of devils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the total amount of these large and small dregs that reached the world is essentially the total volume of devils that exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beings known as the ancient devil race or primeval devil race are those that exist using this original devil essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are true devils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast, the beings commonly referred to as the devil race…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were born when one of those large dregs shattered, ground down finer than dust, and mixed with other matter or magic power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe they were still devils in the beginning, but after thousands of years of intermingling, they’ve become something else entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since they’re not tied to the total amount of devil essence anymore, they’ve been increasing freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m not really interested in them, so that’s about all I know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now then, my father, the great devil, was one of the large dregs that descended to the world during creation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He managed to preserve his power for a long time, but eventually began to lose his body, his form fading away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Father accepted that fate, but it seems someone tried to revive him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was when I separated from Father and was born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I may have just been born, but I inherited Father’s knowledge and memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also gave me a fair share of his power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t beat a large dreg, but I won’t lose to a small one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s who I am.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I can’t move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What exactly did I inhabit?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A statue shaped like Father?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that’s the case, I should be able to take on flesh and move…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I search through Father’s knowledge and memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I reached out to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Help me, can’t move….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Father, he was revived as the 「Devil Who Guards Art」.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, since he is a work of art now, he can’t take physical form without destroying himself, so he can’t move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since I was born right beside him as he was being revived, I ended up the same, unable to move, bound to this statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, what am I supposed to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just stay like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forever?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calm down?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s fine?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Father says he’ll ask a friend to rescue me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ano, in Father’s knowledge and memories, I don’t really see anything that looks like a frie— ow ow ow ow ow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m sorry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Father has lots of friends!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, so one of those friends is coming to help me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll wait!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I don’t know exactly where I am… is that going to be okay?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For someone like me who was just born, a hundred years or two hundred years feels pretty much like forever, you know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Father assured me he asked a friend who knows where I am to come quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I believed him and waited…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I got harassed by a phoenix, one of the natural enemies of devils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were lots of other scary things too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please hurry…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, Father contacted me to say he’d asked one of his friends who knows where I am.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected of Father!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I love you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some time passed, and finally, the friend Father sent arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the great dregs, 《Eternal》.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected of Father’s friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, you’re not 《Eternal》 anymore, but 《Knowledge》 now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, what will you do to help me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ll transfer my soul from the statue to another vessel, a humanoid form?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I’ll finally be able to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where is that vessel?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to find it myself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s unreasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t move, how am I supposed to search?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Ah. I sense something. A pull of destiny in that direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sorry, could you at least carry me close to it…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Father’s knowledge and memories, it’s a civil engineering machine called a Multipurpose Humanoid Mobile Heavy Machine, an Arti-Horse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, it’s not very strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its appearance is rough and clunky, not cute at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I feel drawn to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This has to be the one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kept pleading with 《Knowledge》 to hurry, to take me there quickly, but he told me to wait a little longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muu…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s teasing me, isn’t she….?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, that only lasted a short while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With 《Knowledge》’s assistance, I transferred my consciousness into the Multipurpose Humanoid Mobile Heavy Machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ooooooooooooh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is this overwhelming power?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can do anything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can destroy everything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve done well, 《Knowledge》!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>………..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ano, could you please do something about these chains of yours? They’re in the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can’t?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ll remove them if I promise not to go on a rampage? But I want to rampage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, I want to rampage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s what devils are, aren’t they?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We wield our power freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s instinctual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve just been born. I don’t know how to suppress that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s nothing I can do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I struggled against 《Knowledge》’s chains in an attempt to break free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was no use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap in strength is just too great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gnnnnnngh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wouldn’t lose to just any ordinary devil!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of devil did Father ask for help?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ugh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ughh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ughhhhhhh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Begone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as I tried to blow 《Knowledge》 away, a presence I had completely ignored erased my right leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Literally, my right leg vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t comprehend it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I saw that overlooked presence raising something to strike again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I later learned it was a hoe, but in that moment, influenced by Father’s memories and knowledge, it looked to me like the thunder god’s hammer wielded by the gods of the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It came down on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But my soul was being torn away, ripped apart!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In huge chunks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Devils do not fear death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But… I don’t want to disappear!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terrified, I desperately searched for a way to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I couldn’t move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chains held me down!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Break the chains somehow?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impossible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahh, it’s coming down again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t think of any way to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All I could do was tremble in fear of vanishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But someone came to my rescue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Multipurpose Humanoid Mobile Heavy Machine that housed me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It gathered up what remained of me inside and formed me in the cockpit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it ejected me to the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I believe it was an instinct to protect the pilot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it was half-destroyed…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m grateful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I will repay that debt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I won’t leave you behind in your broken state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if you say no, you are already a part of my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I absorbed the Multipurpose Humanoid Mobile Heavy Machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, I was given the name Klim and granted the Authority of 《Hope》.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My form… seems to be fixed as a small girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My power is almost entirely gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That hoe carved away a significant part of my soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, I barely have more strength than an ordinary child…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, most children around here are ridiculously strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far beyond what I can manage now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are even dragon children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragons…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natural enemies of devils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our compatibility is terrible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to stay out of sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since there are dragon parents around, too…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, it made me happy to find others like me, 《Selfless Love》 and 《Indebted Love》. Fellow devils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nearly cried from relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now… what do I do about that dragon child who’s taken a liking to me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>《Eternal》, no, 《Knowledge》 is definitely an enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting me through all that terror…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll never forget the grudge of those chains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yoru is scary too, but… well, she does take good care of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s not bad, I suppose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the food she makes is delicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the one with the hoe…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I still tremble just seeing him. I can’t help but glare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who resurrected Father?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, yes. The knowledge I received during my communion with Father included something like that: someone more devil than a devil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I see, I see…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will not oppose him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Absolutely not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should I run away from the village?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No. Running would be considered hostile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I won’t run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll be fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve found a hope I can cling to and survive here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fufufu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That hope is—farming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I master farming, the one with the hoe won’t see me as an enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After observing him a little, I came to this conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, I can summon and control the Multipurpose Humanoid Mobile Heavy Machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s smaller now, but…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That just makes it easier to use for farming!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, it’s harvest season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While practicing harvesting a bit away from the main field using my unit, a dragon kindly taught me how to pull up radishes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There really are kind dragons out there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, right right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though I’ve become too weak to communicate directly with Father now, I was given his statue, so I can use that as a medium to communicate with him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m really happy about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But… Father is usually asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I can reach him if I try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come to think of it, he complained a little while ago about being offered something bitter as a tribute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next time I get my hands on something sweet, I’ll bring it to him as an offering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klim: 「There’s no farming knowledge in Father’s memories…」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devil Who Guards the Museum: 「S-Sorry…」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Versa: 「Here, bitter gourd.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gucci: 「How about green peppers?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bulga: 「This one’s called kale.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stifano: 「Don’t forget to eat your celery too.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Devil Who Guards the Museum: 「I told you that wasn’t a challenge!」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klim: 「Practice… practice…」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doraim: 「She shows promise.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Village Chief: 「A valuable new recruit.」\u003C\u002Fp>",1754,"2026-06-05T23:08:42.455Z",1,"novelbin.me","91d8a2005c41ef27f83fde3ff55b0354bfe59457cc21cc626b725038959191de","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-959","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-957",1036,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fisekai-nonbiri-nouka-cover.jpg"]