RPG chapter 39

39　Twelve Apostle report

Hi there, it’s me, Jira

Jirat? What’s it? Is it tasty?

It’s the name given by his Majesty the Emperor, but it’s too confusing for one person to have 2 names, so unless it’s absolutely necessary to use the other name, I will stick with my old name Jira

Or I will try to

From the start, I also thought “why 『Jirat』?”, but perhaps it’s because of the word 『Rat』

Rat = mouse

In 『Beast Fantasy 4』, Jirat is the character that symbolize “mouse”

The same thing can be said for other characters, so let’s review each of them again

Wartaiga = tiger

Forte = wolf

Saraka = monkey

Their images are often related to those beasts

Each member of the Twelve Apostles, the executive class of the empire, symbolizes a specific beast, and their characters heavily resemble those

Things like that are very RPG-ish

My buddies, who have tried their best to enter the Twelve Apostle despite being new recruits, have also received new names from the emperor

Within those names, there is a specific animal being hidden

Reinight → Night → Horse

Gashiep → Shiep → Sheep

Sekito → To → Rabbit

Just like that

Reinight being associated with horse is a bit forced, but it’s because 『night → knight → horse』

Rather, I think Sekito is closer to horse, but maybe because I was reincarnated

Then, if you are a perceptive person, you might have noticed it. If you try to line up the animal motif, what do they have in common?

I am mouse, Wartaiga is tiger, rabbit, horse, sheep, monkey, wolf, or rather dog……!

Right, it’s the zodiac

Those that change every year

This world is based on 『Beast Fantasy 4』, a game made in Japan

It’s not strange for it to be inspired from Japanese custom

Well, it’s hard not to think “why there are Asian motifs within a Middle-age Europe-ish world?”

It’s perhaps because they ran out of material

This world is based on the fourth work of the epic series called 『Beast Fantasy』

Considering it’s the 4^th one, the materials are more or less exhausted

In the older works, there are enemy executive groups that resemble the Twelve Apostles

For example, in the first work, the enemy executives are the Three beast warriors, consisting of wolf, lion and horse type enemies

Perhaps it was based on the goddess Hecate of the Greek mythology, who has 3 faces and each of which is of a beast

The executive group of the second work has the motif of the number of the Beast, the 6 priests consisting of dragon, snake, fox, bear, pig and goat

According to the fans, it’s inspired from the famous 『Seven deadly sins』

The Seven deadly sins are famous among the fantasy lovers, each of the sins is related to a symbolic animal

But hold up

Perhaps you are wondering “there are only 6 priests, 1 person less that the seven sins?”

The remained sin is associated with the semi-last boss of 『Beast Fantasy 2』, Beast demon bishop Glide, the head of the beast demon religion which commands the 6 priests

He is associated with pride = gryphon, making it 7 in total

The beautiful executives “Nine tails” of the third work also has some stories……

After doing it multiple times, perhaps they have ran out of materials for the fourth work

As a last resort, they used the Asian’s twelve zodiacs

Although The 12 Zodiacal Constellations also has number 12, they also includes some inorganic substances so they can’t be used

Since it’s 『Beast Fantasy』, the relation to beast must be retained

Well, us users who played the game at that time accepted it anyway

Different worldview? So what?

Like that

It can be said that those looseness is a good point of JRPG

The strongest weapon gotten from the last dungeon is a Japanese sword, or even the “ninja” nonchalantly appears in the job selection column

It’s fine

As long as it’s strong

The Japanese equipment or Japanese jobs in RPG are usually strong

……ah

Perhaps it’s the reason why the Twelve Apostles’ strength is more brutal compared to the executive groups of the previous generations?

The enemies must not be too strong? Your allies can also become stronger so it’s fine to be a little unreasonable, right?

Are they dumb?

That’s why within the series, 『Beast Fantasy 4』 is a little “controversial”

Well, whatever

Rather than the game’s reputation, what matters more is the current reality

Finally, the 『The Imperial Guardian’s Twelve Apostles』 has been launched with all of its members

The strongest lineup of the glorious empire is like this

First rank: Grey Ryuuga

Second rank: Wartaiga

Third rank: Selentaura

Fourth rank: Ulforte

Fifth rank: Sarakasar

Sixth rank: Hibakari

Seventh rank: Zelimgaia

Eighth rank: Kuwasally

Ninth rank: Reinight

Tenth rank: Gashiep

Eleventh rank: Sekito

Twelfth rank: Jirat

The first rank Grey Ryuuga and second rank Wartaiga have been decided from the beginning, and my sister Selen has successfully show her power in the selection and received the third rank

The elite guards like Forte and Saraka following behind is justified

However, I, who know this world is a game because of my reincarnation, am uncomfortable with this list

Some members are different, right?

So I thought

I can only rely on my memory, but if my memory is not wrong, the roster of the Twelve Apostles in the game is……

First rank: Grey Ryuuga

Second Rank: Wartaiga

Third rank: Sarakasar

Fourth rank: Ulforte

Fifth rank: Anaconda

Sixth rank: Blauphenex

Seventh rank: Selentaura

Eighth rank: Keithbunny

Ninth rank: Rushboar

Tenth rank: Gillyhorse

Eleventh rank: Gashiep

Twelfth rank: Jirat

Like this

It should be like this

Compared to the real Twelve Apostles, there are some changes

There are some whose ranking have changed, while some names are completely different

What does this mean?

This flow of this world, which should be based on the game I have experienced, has subtly changed?

This world, which resembles the game 『Beast Fantasy 4』, is in fact different?

Perhaps, the thing that changed the most is the existence of me

The more I, who had the memory of my previous life, did something in this world, the more the unintended influence spread, and perhaps the changes have occurred somewhere unexpected

One of them is the lineup of the Twelve Apostles?

Is that the butterfly effect!?

How should I react to this unexpected change?

No, it should be welcomed, right?

I already became one of the Twelve Apostles. If it follows the game, the future of being killed by Sero awaits

I want to avoid it no matter what

Given the subtle member change of the Twelve Apostles, it’s possible to have a desirable speculation that the worst future can be avoided

No, it must be

The future can be changed!

From now on, I will do my best and change the world to where everyone is happy!

After I decided so……。

Let’s summarize the change of the lineup of the Twelve Apostles in an easy-to-understand way

Perhaps it will be helpful for something

First rank: Grey Ryuuga (-)

Second rank: Wartaiga (-)

Third rank: Selentaura (↑)

Fourth rank: Ulforte （-）

Fifth rank: Sarakasar （↓）

Sixth rank: Hibakari (new)

Seventh rank: Zelimgaia (new)

Eighth rank: Kuwasally (new)

Ninth rank: Reinight (new)

Tenth rank: Gashiep （↑）

Eleventh rank: Sekito (new)

Twelfth rank: Jirat (-)

【Unranked】 Anaconda. Blauphenex. Keithbunny. Rushboar. Gillyhorse

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Then

With that much thought, the next thing would the first uproar happens after I have become the Twelve Apostles

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TN:

Okay, it’s explanation time

So the Twelve Apostles are based on the Twelve Zodiac (more specifically, Japanese/Chinese Zodiac), and each of their name contains an animal from those

Mouse: it’s “rat” in “Jirat”

Ox: the “taura” in “Selentaura” is Taurus, the bull horoscope

Tiger: “taiga” in “Wartaiga” can be translated as “tiger”

Rabbit: “Keithbunny” has that obvious “bunny”, and “Sekito” is not clear, but the onyomi of the word “兎” (rabbit) is “to”

Dragon: the “ryuu” in “Grey Ryuuga” means “dragon”

Snake: both “anaconda” and “hibakari” are names of different kinds of snake

Horse: it’s obvious in “Gillyhorse”. As for “Reinight”, the “ナイト” (naito) can be both translated as “night” or “knight”, and horse is the animal knights often ride

Goat: “Gashiep” is the combination of “Gashi” and “sheep”. Some animals in the list are actually a different animal (but has close relationship), like Goat and Sheep in this case

Monkey: “Sarakasar” = Saraka + sar/saru (サル = monkey)

Rooster: There is no chicken, but there are two names that are related to bird. “Blauphenex” has “phenex”, which is another name which relates to “phoenix”.
“Kuwasally” (クワッサリィ) is the Cassowary,  this is (i think) related to Maria Tachibana, who has the same nickname

Dog: as mentioned in the chapter, despite being a wolf, Forte is more like a dog. Her name in Japanese is ウルフォルテ, and the ウルフ (urufu) = wolf

Boar: “Rushboar” is obvious, but I can’t find any thing that is related to Boar in the name Zelimgaia “ゼリムガイア”. Need support here

MC did mention that the name “Sekito” is more horse-like, it’s because there is a horse called “red hare”, which is called “sekitoba” in Japanese.

Also, previously I had translated “Gillyhorse” as “Gryhorse”, but I have changed it like a month ago (without noticing).
We did have a Gilly in this novel (the dumb noble dude),  so this means in the original game, that guy would truly become one of the Twelve Apostles. It’s also nice that both Gilly and Rei (who are from the same family) has the power of horse, basically means that Rei has overtaken Gilly’s role because of the existence of MC