Ore no Shibou Flag ga Todomaru Tokoro o Shiranai - Ch. 91 - What I Wanted to Entrust

[MangaDex]

 

[coyote_vdb]

Thanks for the translation.

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

I forgot when it happened, how does she know Harold again?

 

[razorshaleh]

Colette still believes MC wouldn't do something that evil, but the reality is he actually did it. Even though he didn't get his hands dirty directly, he was forced to do it for the sake of the game's plot

thank you for translation

 

[TetraSky]

Poor thing. She really believes this guy couldn't have done that.
She'd be right, but still.

 

[Wizardrone]

thanks for chapter

 

[HappyFabian]

Wait, if she doesn't follow, he really fucked up the timeline.

 

[Kaarme]

Looks like Harold saving Colette's mother, and thus granting Colette a happy childhood, did create a weak, indecisive Colette. It's good for her she could grow up with a mother, but supposedly saving the world needs her to be a solid part of Liner's party. This was the kind of dilemma Harold never could solve. He lamented Liner's weakness as well back during the combat tournament, as Liner's development was also suffering from the presence of a happy Colette. The original Colette was mistreated by the world, so Liner had the motivation to correct the world (of course the player would do it anyway to clear the game, but if we follow the canon).

This shows pretty well that Harold never could really follow the original story, despite sacrificing himself to supposedly follow it, in order not to be blind (not to be able to "predict" the future). He simply had no means whatsoever to make sure Liner and Colette grow strong. Even Erica is faithful to and in love with Harold, despite her role being the healer of Liner's party in the game. It's all messed up. It would be nice if we saw Harold agonise over this occasionally. Harold certainly did try to distance himself from Erica, but it never worked, and he kind of noticed it before long.

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[Dverin_Oshiban_Duren]

I forgot when it happened, how does she know Harold again?

Colette met him in chapter 3 when he helped her and her mother fake their deaths and escape his family's territory.
He met El in chapter 57

 

[Shad24772]

Colette met him in chapter 3 when he helped her and her mother fake their deaths and escape his family's territory.
He met El in chapter 57

and in the original story, Harold kills her mother, right? if i remember right....

 

[ShionVaynex]

I forgot when it happened, how does she know Harold again?

and in the original story, Harold kills her mother, right? if i remember right....

yes, but because she is saved in this timeline. she has a weak mentality. that of leaving things to others.

 

[squirrellysama]

Looks like Harold's interventions have finally started causing the scenario to break down. This time it looks like it was saved by El pushing the girl accompany Liner anyway by using Harold's involvement as bait, if not for that the hero's party would probably have died in the womb. It's a good thing El read between the lines and realized whatever Harold was plotting would probably be based around the Kid having some extra help from the girl.

But yeah, in the next few chapters Harolds probably going to see firsthand that his mercy fucked him really badly in this case and is likely going to try and correct it as best he can, probably by finding a way to make himself hated by the protags to get them more motivated and to better steer the plot. Unlike with Erica he doesn't have the strong attachments that makes him not want to be hated by them despite needing to be for the plot.

 

[Kaarme]

But yeah, in the next few chapters Harolds probably going to see firsthand that his mercy fucked him really badly in this case and is likely going to try and correct it as best he can, probably by finding a way to make himself hated by the protags to get them more motivated and to better steer the plot. Unlike with Erica he doesn't have the strong attachments that makes him not want to be hated by them despite needing to be for the plot.

I hope not. He needs to find a better way than to try to sacrifice himself even more. It's already annoying he's trying to save this foreign world, that has given him nothing, at the expense of his own happiness and life. I also don't believe forcing Colette to hate him will do much good to anybody. I'm not saying he couldn't fight with Liner+Colette, to show them they aren't strong enough yet. But it would be better to keep it "academic", not make himself their arch-enemy. But beyond that, it would be better to steer their attention to the corruption in the world, and that way slowly to Justus himself. He can't make Justus their enemy immediately, Justus would just kill them, but it needs to happen eventually.

What's the point of this whole story if Harold tries to play his own role exactly as in the game? He would just die before the world is even saved. Besides, if Liner and Colette (somehow) started to hate Harold, how could they cooperate with Erica, who knows everything (more or less) and loves Harold?

 

[CountryMage]

I forgot when it happened, how does she know Harold again?

She was the first "Main Character" that Harold altered the story for; she was supposed to barely escape with her life, after Harold torches her and her mother with powerful fire magic, and her growing up with the Hero of the story, is the inciting incident of the story.

 

[a55x]

Thanks for the TL

 

[Kur-o_O-kami]

How tables have turned. 720 no scope and no gun, even.

 

[BlackSword]

It's already annoying he's trying to save this foreign world, that has given him nothing, at the expense of his own happiness and life.

This world belongs to Hirasawa Kazuki's favorite game, which he replayed to the point he knows everything about it, lore and gameplay. It gave him plenty of happiness in our world, but like all gamers, he wants life to be happier for these beloved characters who brought him so much joy. He is looking at this as a short-term upfront cost to preserve his long-term existence. His happiness in the short term matters less than avoiding his premature death.

What's the point of this whole story if Harold tries to play his own role exactly as in the game? He would just die before the world is even saved.

The reason Kazuki is playing along, as he has said repeatedly, is because he wants to know events are going in a predictable way so he can subtly influence them for the better, especially since Justus is too powerful to challenge directly at the moment. The Battle of the Beltis Forest was completely out of scope for the scenario, and he improvised a plan for it... one which almost killed Yuno, half the Sumeragi ninja corps, the entirety of the Cody unit, the Stellar Starchant Tribe, and Harold/Kazuki himself. That's the kind of butterfly effect he wants to avoid as much as possible until the last moment.

 

[ismaelh]

I can see a development where Colette seeing the edgy nega Harold goes "I can fix him" and motivates her into heroism.

Anyway it will be funny to see the reactions

 

[Kaarme]

This world belongs to Hirasawa Kazuki's favorite game, which he replayed to the point he knows everything about it, lore and gameplay. It gave him plenty of happiness in our world, but like all gamers, he wants life to be happier for these beloved characters who brought him so much joy. He is looking at this as a short-term upfront cost to preserve his long-term existence. His happiness in the short term matters less than avoiding his premature death.

He's living in that world already. I don't believe in such saintly benevolence and austerity. It's easy to talk when reading a manga or playing a game, but if you actually lived that life, it would be anything but easy.

The reason Kazuki is playing along, as he has said repeatedly, is because he wants to know events are going in a predictable way so he can subtly influence them for the better, especially since Justus is too powerful to challenge directly at the moment. The Battle of the Beltis Forest was completely out of scope for the scenario, and he improvised a plan for it... one which almost killed Yuno, half the Sumeragi ninja corps, the entirety of the Cody unit, the Stellar Starchant Tribe, and Harold/Kazuki himself. That's the kind of butterfly effect he wants to avoid as much as possible until the last moment.

He went off the rails immediately by saving Colette's mom and then the his own and Sumeragi's domain. He talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk. Never has. He's just consoling himself desperately by pretending to follow the game plot. It does make some sense to infiltrate Justus's operation, but not if it gets him killed. Justus is a genius, so unlike in the game plot where Harold was a willing, greedy tool easy to control, this Harold didn't join Justus willingly. He either started to work for Justus or got executed. It doesn't take a genius to not trust such a servant. So, even in Justus's service, he's not following the game plot because Justus would obviously not treat him the same.