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The Reincarnated Thirty-Something Woman’s Otherworldly Reform Life

[Exposing the Source of Knowledge - Part 2]

Translated by: ME

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Author's Note: The text contains descriptions of schools, Japanese society, concepts of teleportation/reincarnation, and medical symptoms. These are interpretations by the protagonist, who possesses only general knowledge, intended to explain these concepts to people of another world. Please note that the content may not be fully comprehensive.

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「...What does that mean?」

Claude asked suspiciously and cautiously.

「It musht be hard to believe, but I have memowies of my pwevious life.」

At the overwhelming content coming from Magnolia's mouth, both Servas and Claude were lost for words, and time seemed to freeze.

Magnolia didn't mind and continued her explanation. If she hesitated, she would lose her nerve.

She explained that she had memories and knowledge of an adult woman who lived in a country called "Japan" in a world different from this one.

That she went to sleep one night, and when she woke up in the morning, she had awakened as a small girl in the Ascald Kingdom... Magnolia Gilmore.

She explained that in Japan, Magnolia attended various schools for six years, three years, three years, and four years, totaling sixteen years, learning various things compared to the academies in this world.

She also explained that while the number of years in school varies depending on family circumstances, personal wishes, and the specialization of the school (such as technical colleges or medical schools), it is generally common to receive two to three years of early childhood education, followed by nine years of mandatory education required by law, studying in school for a total of twelve to sixteen years.

Therefore, Magnolia was not particularly special, nor was she exceptionally brilliant.

Furthermore, she explained that there are research and educational institutions attached to universities called graduate schools, where one studies or researches a specialized field. This period is usually about five years in total, consisting of a "Master's Course" and a "Doctoral Course."

Most researchers and scholars belong to these institutions and continue their research and studies there.

In addition to four-year universities, she conveyed that there are two-year junior colleges and vocational schools that teach and enhance professional skills.

She told them that the writing system was very similar to a foreign language in her original world, so she had an aptitude for it.

Arithmetic and natural sciences had almost the same content, so for many of those subjects, she only needed to read textbooks to confirm the differences in terminology.

She explained that the social structure itself was vastly different from the Ascald Kingdom. Although it varied by country, the country where Magnolia lived was safe, had a high level of culture, had no class system, had little gender inequality, and was a relatively wealthy country.

That after finishing education, one could basically choose their occupation freely and get a job.

That marriage and romance were also free to a certain extent.

She explained that freedom and the right to choose were recognized for each individual, and that human rights... the idea that one should respect not only one's own life and rights but also those of others to live happily... were equipped in both the law and society as natural rights.

The two looked like they couldn't quite swallow it, but they sighed and seemed to force themselves to accept it for the sake of continuing the conversation.

「If you spent that much time learning and possess advanced knowledge... then indeed, it might be possible to finish learning in five months.」

「...You were an adult, you say. Does that mean, perhaps... you are older than Claude?」

「Let's shee... Well, right now my body ish four years old, sho maybe I should shay I "was".」

The three of them conversed while feeling a delicate atmosphere.

「...Surely not older than my brother?」

At Claude's sharp retort, Magnolia swiftly averted her gaze.

「...Surely not older than me...」

「No, no, that’sh not it!!」

She denied Servas's words immediately, cutting him off.

「That shaid, I am four years old now... It sheems my heart is pulled by my body, sho it's hard to keep my mental balanshe like before. My body is shmall too, sho if you ask if Big Bwother Claude, who is an adult, is completely and perfectly younger than me, it's a delicate subject...」

She offered a vague follow-up just in case. It would be shocking for an adult male socially fulfilling his duties to be suddenly declared "younger" by the little girl he had been taking care of in various ways.

For the time being, having finished listening to the story, Claude lowered his long eyelashes, seeming to consider and examine various possibilities.

「...That is, it happens rarely among knights who have experienced war, but...」

After a while, opening his blue-violet eyes, Claude spoke with difficulty.

「Ah, pshychological and mental aftereffects, wight... We had thoshe in my pwevious life too. Aside fwom war, the tendency ish also sheen in people who suffered abuse. There were many types and contents of aftereffects, but for example, shymptoms called Dishoshiative Identity Dishorder, or Multiple Pershonality Dishorder, where there are pershonalities, thoughts, or memowies of another pershon. It might have a different name here, though.」

Seeing Magnolia calmly discussing the very condition she would likely be suspected of, Claude shut his mouth again.

She properly understood what Claude was trying to say, had sufficient knowledge of it, and foresaw that she would be suspected if she told them.

The content was absolutely not something a toddler would speak of. She was not distraught; she was calm.

「...Well, it’s not that the possibility ish zero. Being left alone by my family for sho long, it’s conceivable I developed such shymptoms. It’s not impossible that I jusht don't realize it myshelf, and evewything is a delusion.」

However, she added.

「...But that doesn't mean there is another pershonality. I am shtrictly jusht one pershon, Magnolia Gilmore. It’s jusht that when I woke up five months ago, the memowies of another world were simply "there", as if I wemembered them.」

「Is it not possible that the "Japanese" you took over the original Magnolia?」

Servas confirmed the thing he would fear most as a blood relative.

—Thinking about this was a little painful.

She couldn't guess whether they, who likely had no concept of a fantasy worldview, saw much difference between reincarnation and possession...

But in terms of Earth concepts, the two were likely similar yet vastly different.

「In shtories of my pwevious life, there are ones where the mind or the body itshelf moves to another world.」

「Does that happen frequently over there!?」

Servas raised a loud voice in surprise.

「No. They are shtrictly imaginary "shtories"... "settings" in tales and plays. There are a few differenshes.」

Magnolia explained summoning, teleportation, reincarnation, and possession within the scope of her knowledge.

「Shince it's not shomething that happens in weality, I can't shay for shure that "this is it". I think there are slight differenshes in thinking depending on the pershon. After all, they are imaginary conshepts in shtories—I think the possibility is high that this time it is "Reincarnation" or "Possession". If the owiginal body died while shleeping and was born again, it would be Reincarnation. If the owiginal human is alive but for some reason I have taken the plache of this Magnolia, I think it is Possession.」

「You cannot say clearly?」

「Yesh. Unfortunately, I only have memowies of shleeping over there... However, either way, the me who is here wight now has only one pershonality. But I have both the memowies of living four years as "Magnolia" and the memowies and knowledge as a Japanese pershon whose name I can't even wemember. That is the only thing I can shay for shure.」

If she said it was just like that when she woke up.

As an isekai story setting, was it more likely to be possession—or perhaps hijacking—rather than reincarnation...? Was that possibility stronger?

She wasn't very knowledgeable about this area, so Magnolia didn't know clearly. However, she also thought the interpretations weren't that far apart.

She dearly wished that her light-novel-loving friend was here.

However, in this uncertain situation, she hesitated to thrust upon Servas the idea that the granddaughter he had finally met was a human being possessed by someone else.

She felt it was better to say that Magnolia herself had been reborn and simply remembered her past life.

There was no doubt that both scenarios were incredibly strange.

「If you think it is an aftereffect, tweatment is fine too. Shince the possibility is not zero, I accept it. If you think it is cweepy or unforgivable, I will go to a convent, or an orphanage, or live in the city... You musht be confushed, sho please calm down and think it over carefully.」

「...You are awfully calm.」

Claude said quietly.

「That ish... becaush it musht be a shock for relatives to be told such a shtory.」

Magnolia smiled as if troubled, and then,

「Actually, I haven't even convinshed myshelf yet, and it's not that I'm not confushed. ...It's jusht that even though my form is shmall, I have memowies of being an adult, sho I jusht know the techniques to shuppress it.」

She told Sebastian to let the two talk as they pleased, and quietly left the room.

She saw Servas, who couldn't bring out his voice well even though he tried, attempt to reach out his hand several times but hesitate.

Claude seemed to be in a state of terrible bewilderment and confusion, even while caring for his father.

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