Chesed Episode Ⅳ
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The following is the transcript for Chesed Episode Ⅳ, the fourth episode of the Patron Librarians' Stories for the 
Floor of Social Sciences.
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This episode is unlocked after obtaining the 
Book of the Index, Book of Esther, and 
Book of Nikolai.
Transcript
Location: The Library - Floor of Social Sciences
Servant Roland
What are you up to?
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
Picking out some coffee beans.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
It’s much more intensive work than it seems.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
I, Angela, and the employees of Lobotomy Corp. were all picked out and ended up where we are, just like the guests were.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
No matter what the individual wishes, society will just pick out the people it wants while leaving the rest to rot in the pile.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
An invisible chain of oppression is weighing down on everybody.
Servant Roland
Those are rules necessary for people to live close to each other.
Servant Roland
Hell, I bet society’s gonna be even more messed up than it is now without ‘em, y’know?
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
I agree that some rules are needed. But why’d they all have to be so extreme~?
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
The Syndicates in the Backstreets, the Associations of Fixers, and the Wings… They’re all established on the premise of human sacrifice.
Servant Roland
That’s how it is in this world. A big game of cat-and-mouse where the winner takes all.
Servant Roland
There’s no point trying to wrap your head around the inevitable. You really are an odd one, huh.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
Would you say that the pain and loss you suffered were also inevitable, then?
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
You always talk about the City so plainly, saying that everything happening in it can’t be helped.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
Is it really because you’re indifferent about it? Or are you trying to turn away from the underlying unfairness?
Servant Roland
…Sure. We’re just being carried away by a gigantic wave.
Servant Roland
All we gotta do is surrender to the flow and float down the stream.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
You’re busy running away, aren’t you, Roland~
Servant Roland
…
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
You see, I came from the Nest.
Servant Roland
Figured as much.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
I was born into a wealthy family that was the envy of all.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
I didn’t have to worry about my future, and was born smart too, to top it off…
Servant Roland
Some elite prodigy you were.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
I know, right~? They all expected me to join A Corp. and climb up to a high position like it was nothing.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
My older sister and other siblings got into Wings like a breeze, too.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
The Wings most people strive to enter were no more than ordinary career paths for me.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
I never got why they were so desperate to join such boring companies.
Servant Roland
Damn, that’s how great your family was?
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
Yep. That’s the kind of family Daniel had.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
But one day, in a bizarre turn of events one might even describe as fate… he steps into the Backstreets, the place he never thought would have anything to do with his life.
Servant Roland
A rebellious little deviation from the quotidian life of a spoiled young gent?
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
It would’ve been pretty romantic if that were the case… But I was just kidnapped, really. Caught me by surprise.
Servant Roland
Someone decided to kidnap a Nest resident, and a rich one at that…
Servant Roland
Must’ve been some bigshot Syndicate or just a crazy ass.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
Well, you see… it was actually Carmen and Kali.
Servant Roland
Huh. If the Red Mist did that… Well, I guess she had good reasons.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
When I came back to my senses, those two were arguing with each other.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
“You were never good at telling people apart based on their faces, Kali.”
“Well, it’s YOUR fault for giving me a bad description, Carmen!”
Et cetera et cetera.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
I couldn’t help but chuckle listening to that. I thought I was looking at a comedy skit or something.
Servant Roland
So they got the wrong person? Didn’t take them for a couple of airheads.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
I’m telling you~? They really were clumsy at heart.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
They were trying to catch some con artist who scammed Carmen out of her research fund, and Kali apparently mistook me for the perp.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
I thought I’d get some apologies and go back to where I belonged.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
But then Carmen asked me without a hint of shame to help her out for a bit while I’m at it.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
She said it helps to have a visibly rich person like me stand next to her.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
So I said yes out of surprise and confusion.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
I was wondering what she was about to do, and then she took me to an open space and started giving a long speech.
Servant Roland
I guess it wasn’t anything weird since there’s plenty of people muttering nonsense in the Backstreets every day.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
You’re right about that. Can you guess what she was saying, standing next to me?
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
She went on about vague things like how everyone is fatigued and ill with the disease of the mind, and that she’s recruiting people to help her find a way to overcome it.
Servant Roland
Sounds like total hogwash.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
One thing that stood out about her was that she was so proud and confident with her ridiculous speech. Even when most people barely gave her a glance before going about their business.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
Carmen was vastly different from the people I had seen.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
She had the eyes and voice of a person who was willing to carve a brand new path.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
I never thought people like her could exist until that day.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
After her speech, Carmen walked me home.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
And on the way back, I saw and heard it for the first time.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
The hellish landscape that was so different from the world I lived in.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
Carmen and Kali taught me about what’s going on in the Backstreets and how people in the Nest are being extorted without meaning.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
When I got back home that day, I spent all night shivering from this odd sense of guilt.
Servant Roland
The naive young noble wakes up to a half-baked sense of justice.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
I did~ I guess you could say it was half-baked in a way.
Servant Roland
I mean, you could’ve just shrugged the whole thing off as a bad day and went back to your everyday life, no?
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
Maybe. But I just couldn’t, no…
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
So~ I ended up joining Carmen’s team of researchers.
Servant Roland
That simple? Aren’t you skipping too many steps at once?
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
Of course my family had several problems with it, but those were just small details~
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
I wanted to use my capabilities to help people.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
I was sincere about wanting to make the world a better place. Daniel was.
Servant Roland
How about now, then. Are you still sincere about that?
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
Yep, I am. I want to change it right next time.
Patron Librarian - Soc. Sciences Chesed
If there is a next time, that is~
Servant Roland
Don’t expect others to have the peace of mind like you do.
Servant Roland
It’s all thanks to your prosperous background that you could say such generous stuff.
Servant Roland
I’ll be going now~
