Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 74

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◈ Got a Gallery in the Wild ◈

Chapter 74: Vote (2)

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There was nothing wrong with valuing principles and rules.

If people didn't value principles and rules, why would laws or society even exist?

People only got called old-fashioned or inflexible when they took it too far. The logic itself wasn't bad.

More frustrating than bad was their tendency to scrutinize things they could have simply let pass.

People like that might struggle with interpersonal relationships, but they had no trouble functioning in society.

If that personality was paired with diligence, it could even lead to success.

Of course, they needed the ability to back it up.

[Post title] Head Mod, I have a question.

[Author] Wild Grylls

[Post] I heard you were considering changing the twenty-four-hour trade cooldown. When will that happen?

[Post] The cooldown is too long, and it's frustrating when I can't trade when I need to.

└ ? Did the Head Mod say they would shorten the trade cooldown?

└ They mentioned it in passing before. No idea when it'll happen though lol

└ Wasn't that total bullshit? They probably just said, "I'll keep it in mind," and moved on.

└ The Head Mod has never lied before, but who knows.

└ But why do you want it shortened, Grylls? So you can trade all the time?

└ [Wild Grylls]: That too, but it's hard to trade little things. I want to give out a few pieces of delicious fish, but that's difficult too.

└ This bastard is living the high life now lol

└ You've gotten a little used to things and now you're getting spoiled, huh?

└ [Wild Grylls]: Want to come here? It's actually a pretty livable place.

└ Sorry.

└ Come to think of it, Grylls qualifies to make a request.

└ Just let Grylls have it lol

└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: The twenty-four-hour trade cooldown is still under consideration! It could cause a major problem if we're not careful!

└ [Wild Grylls]: Then can't you make an exception just for me?

└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: No! It's one thing to lift the restriction for everyone, but giving special treatment to just one person is unfair!

└ [Wild Grylls]: What about Heavenly Demon?

└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: She's a moderator! Are you going to become a moderator too, Grylls?

└ [Wild Grylls]: ;;

└ Whoa, don't go down that road.

└ You can't turn blue too;;

└ Could you even do your job properly if you turned blue?

└ Nope lol You're too busy trying to survive.

└ Where do you get off asking for special treatment all by yourself! No way lol

The Head Mod, DontAbandonTheHero, was entirely right.

I couldn't be the only person receiving special treatment. If the restriction was lifted, it had to be lifted for everyone.

If I wanted it, I needed to become a moderator and fulfill my duties.

If I failed to fulfill them, I should expect to get banned.

‘That's harsh.’

It wasn't that I didn't understand, but I couldn't shake the feeling of frustration.

It was like telling someone with two perfectly good legs and someone with one bad leg to compete in a race for the sake of fairness.

If I hadn't been in the Forest of Four Seasons, I wouldn't have even made that request.

‘I have to resort to this if I want to improve my chances of survival.’

The more I traded, the more inconveniences I found.

Starting with the twenty-four-hour trade cooldown, the conversation window was as brief as three-minute instant curry.

It was supposedly to prevent crime, but it came with quite a few inconveniences.

Besides…….

└ Look at Grylls's nerve lol He's trying to make things easier only for himself.

└ You think the rest of us are quiet because it isn't inconvenient? lol

└ I'm telling you, that bastard is selfish as hell.

People had always envied those who received special treatment.

When I openly asked for what was effectively special treatment, Anonymous Users immediately flooded in with mockery and anger.

└ [Wild Grylls]: Make a registered account, verify yourself, and then say that, you anonymous bastards.

└ For real lol

└ Grylls is pitiful, so let's just let it slide……

Naturally, I could shut them down right away. Bastards who hadn't even made registered accounts were talking about trades.

Registered users couldn't treat me carelessly, because I'd even verified that I was in the Forest of Four Seasons.

Maybe they thought they might get a few crumbs too.

If someone actually helped me, I intended to give them those crumbs myself.

└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: Then if there are other registered users as pitiful as Grylls, do all of them have to be exempted too?!

└ [Wild Grylls]: Yes.

└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: Uh……

└ Look at this shameless bastard lolllll

└ This bastard is hilarious lolllll

└ The Head Mod got stunned lolllll

└ Doesn't the Head Mod have a point too? Remember that bastard who got donations by selling his daughter.

└ That's different. At least Grylls has earned people's trust. Don't you know Grylls almost got buried?

└ I think Grylls can be an exception.

└ You never know. There will definitely be bastards who pretend to be pitiful to get special treatment.

The Anonymous Users who mindlessly shouted no had long been suppressed, while everyone else held a healthy debate.

└ Would you wait twenty-four hours even if your parents were about to die?

└ Fuck, then go outside and buy medicine, dumbass.

└ I hope you die someday because of that twenty-four-hour cooldown.

└ Yep, that'll never happen~

I take that back. It was a debate filled with every kind of insult and attack on people's parents.

Extreme examples were the norm, and they even resorted to personal attacks.

The tiny ball I had launched felt like it had turned into a giant meteor and come crashing down.

└ [Heavenly Demon]: It's about time I swung the ban hammer. Who wants to be first?

└ I'm sorry. I won't insult anyone's parents again.

└ Parents are greater than any great person.

└ Fuck, all these unfilial bastards suddenly acting like model sons lol

└ I guess bans really are scary? lol

Well, everyone became gentle lambs once Heavenly Demon stepped in.

Everyone was equal before a ban. In this world without communities, the gallery played an important role.

Once things had calmed down a little, I asked the Head Mod again.

└ [Wild Grylls]: Head Mod. I made a registered account, verified that I'm in the Forest of Four Seasons, and I'm in desperate need of immediate help to survive. I'll give up the special treatment the moment I escape the Forest of Four Seasons, so could you please consider it?

└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: Hmm……! Does that mean anyone who enters the Forest of Four Seasons should receive special treatment?!

└ [Wild Grylls]: As far as I know, you can't access the gallery from the Forest of Four Seasons……

└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: Ah! I had forgotten! I can't believe I forgot that!

└ Honestly, I forgot too lol

└ I completely forgot lol

└ Come to think of it, you can't access the gallery from the Forest of Four Seasons? lol

└ I knew something felt weird;;

How could these people forget that? It was a little ridiculous.

Still, they remembered now, so the Head Mod's mind must have been swayed.

This was my chance. I decided to push a little harder.

└ [Wild Grylls]: Please consider my pitiful situation and just the trade cooldown……

└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: Hmm! Grylls, you wouldn't try anything funny, right?!

└ [Wild Grylls]: What exactly would I do……?

This wasn't pushing harder. It was practically begging.

Still, I could feel the Head Mod gradually giving in.

└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: It's hard for me to decide this alone, so I think we'll have to vote! But I'll adjust it so only registered users can participate!

└ [Wild Grylls]: If that is what you decide, Head Mod.

└ Why can only registered users vote? This is unfair too.

└ Making a registered account is a requirement for trading. Fuck, if you don't like it, go make a registered account.

└ Bastards who only run their mouths are disgusting as hell lol

└ This is why democracy gets wrecked lol

└ These bastards don't even know the difference between fairness and equality lol

Democracy? Could it be the democracy I knew?

The gallery automatically translated everything. That meant it was highly likely democracy was the same word I knew.

But this was an era with kings and nobles everywhere. Democracy felt a little strange.

└ [Wild Grylls]: What is democracy? You mean guaranteeing voting rights?

└ Yeah, that's right. But it failed almost everywhere except the country the beastfolk live in lol

└ [Wild Grylls]: Why did it fail? Did they try to rebel and fail?

└ There was a ton of arguing over voting rights. Like, should people living in slums get votes too?

└ And if you look at it that way, farmers are the biggest group. Once you win over the farmers' public sentiment, it's over lol

└ None of that matters when they crush you by force. Civil wars kept breaking out, so they just gave up on democracy.

└ They just hate having one vote equal to a commoner's vote lol

└ But the people who hate it are the ones responsible for the country's military power, so there is nothing anyone can do;;

└ ???: Everyone is equal? Okay, I'm defecting to another country.

I had heard something like this before. The reason democracy couldn't be introduced in fantasy worlds.

Earth at least had ways to overcome differences in strength, but this world didn't.

The gap in power was so stark that the basic premise of equality couldn't be achieved.

└ Letting commoners participate in politics is about the best they can do. That's still a huge achievement.

└ [Wild Grylls]: What about nobles? Don't they complain about commoners doing politics?

└ There isn't much difference between politicians and nobles. As long as they don't pull up the ladder behind them, it's fine lol

└ If a farmer gets pissed, they'll pick up a plow and crack that noble's skull;; They tolerate it because they don't want that happening.

└ Look at the elves. Imagine having the same one vote as those crazy bastards. It would be horrifying;;

└ Funny enough, With is where democracy settled in best lol

└ [Wild Grylls]: Where is With?

└ It's the beastfolk nation. What the fuck do you know?

└ [Wild Grylls]: Isn't that a little harsh toward someone from another world?

└ Stop lying and look it up yourself lol

└ You'll pass out when you see beastfolk-style democracy.

What was it about beastfolk-style democracy that made them laugh like that?

At most, I figured it meant only nobles or certain people could hold voting rights.

‘This world really has all kinds of strange things.’

It wouldn't help me even if I learned about it.

What I needed right now was the Head Mod's blessing. The removal of the twenty-four-hour trade cooldown restriction.

└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: I made a post! Please check it!

└ [Wild Grylls]: Thank you.

Before long, a comment appeared saying the Head Mod had posted.

Since it was the Head Mod's post, it would surely get plenty of attention.

If this passed, the twenty-four-hour cooldown restriction would be lifted.

[Post title] Vote to Lift Wild Grylls's Twenty-Four-Hour Trade Restriction!

[Author] DontAbandonTheHero

[Post] Registered user Wild Grylls is struggling to survive in the Forest of Four Seasons!

[Post] Normally, we shouldn't give out special treatment like this! But Wild Grylls has verified their situation and is highly trustworthy, so we'll hold a vote!

[Post] Wild Grylls has also said that they'll give up the special treatment the moment they escape the Forest of Four Seasons, so please keep that in mind!

[Post] 1. In Favor

[Post] 2. Opposed

It was a straightforward post that got right to the point. There was nothing to worry about now.

The vote would last for one day. I just needed to get on with other things.

Before that, I became a little curious about beastfolk-style democracy. What kind of system was it that made everyone laugh?

[Post title] Democracy delivery, coming through!

[Post] (Photo of a lion beastfolk tilting their head)

[Post] We didn't order that?

[Post] (Photo of an angry dog beastfolk)

[Post] We're giving you voting rights, so please take them.

[Post] (Photo of a lion beastfolk baring their teeth)

[Post] Are these dog bastards insane? You want to die?

[Post] (Photo of a dog beastfolk shouting)

[Post] Guys! Someone here says they don't want democracy!

[Post] (Photo of a cat beastfolk)

[Post] Who?

[Post] (Photo of a horse beastfolk)

[Post] Who?

[Post] (Photo of a deer beastfolk)

[Post] Who?

[Post] (Photo of a stunned lion beastfolk)

[Post] …….

“…….”

That seemed more like imperialism than democracy.

Had they forced democracy on people by overwhelming them with numbers?

One example wasn't enough to understand, so I looked for more.

[Post title] Why Democracy Developed in With

[Post] Most countries are largely ethnically homogeneous, but these beastfolk bastards have more than ten ethnic groups lol

[Post] The carnivorous and herbivorous beastfolk distinction is meaningless too. A deer beastfolk can kill a tiger beastfolk with one kick from its hind legs.

[Post] That is why democracy had no choice but to develop in a bizarre direction. In a way, isn't this true equality?

└ Tiger beastfolk: What the fuck?

└ Lion beastfolk: What the fuck?

└ Leopard beastfolk: What the fuck?

└ Bear beastfolk: What the fuck?

I supposed it meant that once democracy was introduced, some ethnic groups began suffering oppression.

Still, it was only a meme, closer to ancient history.

Beastfolk had short lifespans like humans, so generations changed quickly. Apparently, they were getting by well enough now.

‘It's not something I need to worry about right now anyway.’

Forget democracy. The vote in the gallery was what mattered to me.

I really hoped it went well. I cautiously opened the Head Mod's post.

‘First, I should vote too.’