Chapter 224.1

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I was honestly surprised I still had a lot of motivation in my heart. The chairman of the trading company I worked at used to say that…

“Okuda, you’re the type that has no greed, huh…”

The chairman said that to me while looking me straight in the eyes. I was the type of person that could handle everything well but he still said that to me. 

“There’s this building that I had bought for 2 billion. Now I’m planning on selling that building for 4 billion, you know? How is it? Does thinking about it make your blood boil? Hmmm? …. Okuda, you need to have more life in your eyes. Business is basically like fighting in a war but without weapons in hands!!”

The chairman said, trying to infuse me with more fighting spirit. 

Looking back, I believed the chairman was blessed with a talent to see people’s true nature. I was aware that I lacked greed too. I was self aware that the lack of drive was so extreme. So much so that I ended up becoming nothing but a mere empty shell of a human. 

I quit the company I worked for abruptly, as if I was running away from them. I truly felt guilty about it that I didn’t even dare meeting the president again.

Lately, I started doing business-like things again in this different world and it made me think a lot about what I had been doing all this time. Up until now, I always believed I was the type that couldn’t focus all of my being into one thing. I basically didn’t have any strong motivation in me. I always took a step back from everything and looked at them with cold eyes.

It was like, I would aim for 80 points but aiming for higher points or even 100 points would not be cost-effective. So it was better to aim for 80 points on all subjects. While I also thought that way of thinking was cunning and I was being narrow-minded… But I also thought that since I was able to receive fairly good results in the end, it should be alright to keep on doing it like that, right?

Hence why I never had a strong urge to devote myself to one thing in particular. 

But now… I realized that way of thinking was wrong.

If I truly wanted to excel in something, there was no way I would be able to win against someone who poured their all and did their very best to one thing if I kept holding onto that kind of half-asset mindset in me. Before I knew it, instead of becoming more passionate, I ended up losing the motivation to work and even started to feel reluctant to live as a decent human being. Continuing to live within the human society felt so troublesome to me. 

However, ever since I arrived in this different world, something inside of me changed. 

Since I came to this world, my life had fallen into a perpetual state of danger. I had to desperately find a way to survive in this world. If I continued to go on with my lives like I normally do, I would definitely die.

While repeating that kind of motion, I began to view life in a more positive manner and I also started to become greedy in a good way. I realized by becoming more positive myself, I also brought joy to those around me. 

And now… Now I had to face the problem that Yurina-san and Tanya had struggled with for a good chunk of their life.

“Maybe if I wholeheartedly put all of my being to tackle this problem, I will be able to bring joy to many people.”

I became able to think like that. 

And once I started putting my thoughts into it, I was quick to put my plan into action.

Today, it had been exactly one week since I brought the plan to Bavarian-sama. However, aside from Bavarian-sama, we also had been actively involving other parties like the guilds and the town council. Everyone worked together to find the solution for the slum problem. 

Fortunately, I was able to grab a hold of the key people in this town. Our discussion went swimmingly. Barrack-san (Elsa’s father), gave us a plot of land located in the back side of Elsa’s inn. He said that he was happy to help if it was for the purpose of helping people in the slum. Taylor-san (the architect) was also willing to help us with the construction of the building free of charge. 

The commercial guild and adventurers’ guild cooperated by providing us with the necessary personnel. Each guild agreed to bear the personnel cost which was 50 silver coins everyday and send their members to help us with the project.

Not only wealthy individuals and groups cooperated with me. The ‘Blue Brigade’, a group that Margo and the others formed when I was being chased by Heinrich, also agreed to give me their full support for this project. As per Bavarian-sama’s wish, the Blue Brigade still existed as a vigilante group. Josephine-san and the others from the Butterfly’s Cradle pub, along with the uncle and aunty from the grilled skewer stall I was familiar with also agreed to help. 

Ah, that’s right.

The mohawk gang that helped us when we were being ambushed by Heinrich’s troop. Although we parted ways in the middle of our journey, apparently they had returned to Resta recently. I told them about the plan I had in mind and they were willing to cooperate with me. I felt grateful because we really needed all the help we could get. Any kind of help would be greatly appreciated. 

Including the 1000 gold coins I had put up, I had received a lot of donations too. To sum it all up, I had gathered 1600 gold coins in order to start this non-profit organization .

“I should come up with the organization name… Something related to wolf cubs…”

I decided to name this startup company (although the concept of a ‘company’ didn’t exist in this world) “Wolf Cub’s Village”. 

Company was theoretically categorized as non-profit and for-profit but there was this popular philosophy from the Omi merchants. Sampo Yoshi. Good for the buyer, good for the seller and good for the public. Basically it meant the more a company contributed to its society, the more the company would grow. Even among numerous companies that exist on Earth, those who only cared about making money and disregarding everything else in the name of profit would eventually lose the support of the people. 

And so I believed this project I initiated would eventually benefit the people, making a full positivity circle. 

“Hence why, I need to devote my all to this project.”

If I were just living all on my own, I would be more than happy to just spend the whole day lazing around on the sofa and playing games while snacking on potato chips. But, once you started to realize certain things in life, you just couldn’t stop and go back to that kind of lifestyle. I believed when a person started to become aware of something, they needed to take action if they could, you know?

Right now, at the back of Elsa’s inn,  the construction for Wolf Cub’s Village had begun under the leadership of Taylor-san. We were also in the middle of installing temporary tents in the shape of a teepee tent that Sarasa had provided for us. 

After this,we planned on inviting the children of the slum to come into these tents with the help of the people from the guild. We hoped we could help them create a way to live so they could survive in this world. 

Even now, the cold was still severe. There must be plenty of children like Tanya, who collapsed due to the cold and hunger. Hence why I was sure this thing we were doing would not be in vain.

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T/N: It’s pretty simple huh. I guess it’s doable since the medieval-ish city is not that big. So basically Keigo is making an orphanage.