The Kingdom of Horfert is a country where women have a lot of power.

　Today, I'm angry that if you realize the fluffy setting of a damsel-in-distress, you can create such an ugly world.

　Ten years had passed since I regained my memory.

　Fifteen years old.

　I kept my black hair short. His body was toned, perhaps from daily training and farm work.

　He has a good facial expression, perhaps because of his training.

　There are still traces of his past life, but it's not a face that can't be seen.

　Even if it's not an eye-catching beauty, I'm happy to see it.

　However, this world is a maiden game world.

　My second brother, with whom I was close, was enrolled in an academy on the mainland and lived in a dormitory there.

　In his letter, he wrote, "Marriage life is tough.

　

　It's a ridiculously tough world for a man to live in.

　As I read my second brother's letter in the small room, I prayed that he would find someone to marry as soon as possible.

　After all, if he didn't marry, it would affect his future job and career.

　Even noblemen, like the second and third sons, have their own plans for their future even if they are independent.

　Many of them are military or government officials.

　A man who cannot marry is treated like a servant for a long time.

　The room I used to share with my second brother a few years ago is now used with my fourth son, [Colin]. Colin is my six younger brother.

　In a world where there are wars, skirmishes, and even a bandit group called air bandits, the odds of losing a life are high. For this reason, the more children you have on the frontier, the better.

　Men are more likely to fight and die for their lives. And yet they are treated badly.

''It's an unreasonable world, isn't it?''

　My brother, Colin, was lying in bed, breathing in his sleep.

　He had an innocent look on his face.

　We're not heiresses, we're, to put it bluntly, reserves and all that.

　From a game point of view, even if we can get into the academy, we're just a mob treated as a background.

　We're not even a supporting character, we're just a bunch of other people.

　If they have a word or two to say in the game, it's better.

　Mob A or B, that's probably where they stand.

　To begin with, I had never heard of Baron Baltfart's family in a game.

''Mobs........if you say it's like me, then I guess it is.

　I don't want to be convinced, but I am convinced.

　Next year, I'll be enrolled in the academy as well.

　In this world, the only advantage would be that if you are a nobleman, you can enter the academy.

　It's subtle if you think the setting for the game is real, but it's nice to be able to study there and become an official or military officer.

　If you don't have the opportunity to get out of the realm, you could be brought into a marriage and forced to marry.

　If this was the same age or twenty-something, it would still be better, but if it was some thirty or forty-something post-husband, it wouldn't be a laughing matter.

''When you think about it, it's really nice to be able to enroll in the academy, isn't it?

　I looked at my brother Colin, who was innocently sleeping, and I let out a sigh of relief.

◇

"...Oh, an arranged marriage?　What do you mean?!

　After breakfast.

　I was called into my father's office - or rather, his work room, and I could only be stunned.

　The reason was the wife sitting on the sofa in the room - [Zola Fear Baldfalt] brought the matchmaking story that she brought with her.

　My father, sitting on the chair he normally uses, had a bitter look on his face.

　I could not help but be dumbfounded as I received the personal statement I had received - the photo of my matchmaking partner and various other documents written on it.

　My father has a troubled look on his face, but he looks at Zola and then at me.

'It's a marriage proposal that Zola brought to me. I heard that someone I know is looking for a future husband.

　Zola was drinking one of the most expensive teas ever placed in the house and complaining about how this is what the cheap stuff is for.

　I'm not convinced.

'No, but this is!'

　Anyway, my partner was terrible.

　His identity card says he is over fifty years old, and as a bonus, he has been married more than seven times.

　The other party seems to be the daughter of a baronial family, and although she has children, she's not independent... or rather... she was older than me.

　Zola put her cup down a little roughly.

　I could tell she was annoyed.

''He's someone I've been working with on a regular basis. He's from a court noble family with a long history of serving the royal family for many years. What is your beef with him?''

　What's the matter with you?　On the other hand, you'd be an idiot if you thought this would satisfy you.

''How can they talk about marriage when you're not even enrolled in the school!

　In Horfert, the marriage is usually discussed after they enter the school. Or if they are engaged in a political marriage, that is an early example.

　Still, the main example of a political marriage is between heirs.

　There are also stories of engagement by son-in-law to a family that has no boys, but the only partner is a woman who does not have an independent home.

　She's just the daughter of a baronial family.

　

　Zola was irritated.

''It's fine to admit even the second son to the academy. But there is no point in having the third son enrolled in the academy. You don't need to pay the entrance fee, but there are other costs involved.

　I glare at Zola, and my father apologizes to me.

'I'm sorry for you. But it's also true that I don't have any money at home. There are ways I could earn it after I enroll in the academy.

　My father looked at Zola.

　Zola was sprawled out on the sofa.

'You won't get much of a job when you leave the school. You're going to die in the war anyway. Do the best you can for your home.''

　It sounds like they are asking you to die in battle and hand over your honor or survivor's pension.

　A nobleman gets a pension for the survivor when her husband dies.

　If you are a soldier, you get a lump sum.

　The story Zola brought to me sounds like he wants me to kill me and give him money and honor.

'No. I'm going to have to decline.

　Zola tapped the table in response to my refusal.

'Shut up!　The son of a concubine is trying to give me an opinion!

　This woman called Zola she basically lives in the capital of the kingdom [Royal Capital].

　My father prepares a mansion for her and sends her money for living expenses.

　She has this attitude even though her family's income is quite strained and she sends money. But even a woman like this gets a bad reputation when her father cuts her off.

　That's exactly why they say the family isn't decent--that's what they think.

　That's why I can't get a divorce.

　I think I'm going to have to find a way to fix this situation.

　Remember.

　I know the game.

　I've tried a lot of things until I was fifteen, but I haven't been able to try a lot of things because I don't have the money or the time.

　But if I don't stick it out here, I don't have a future!

Well as long as the money is there, it doesn't matter, does it?

　Zola snickered at my question.

'Oh?　That's a pretty big attitude from a grainy man who's never made any money.

　There is no one I would like to tell more than to look in the mirror.

'It would be rude to turn down this blind date. Don't do it if you only think it's a matter of convenience that you should only earn your admission fee.

　My father didn't know this story, and he didn't seem to be happy about it.

　But he couldn't take a strong attitude either.

"Leon is still young. He's too young to be in such a hurry...

Shut up!　No one gives a man a free pass after 20!　I'm trying to find you a partner while I'm at it, and you don't thank me and complain about being selective... this is why I hate country kids.

　I don't think you can blame the country for everything.

　When I was about to complain, my father interceded.

'Think of this girl's feelings, too. There's no point in refusing a woman in her fifties in her first marriage, for example. The age difference is close to forty.

　In the first place, there are kids older than me.

　Living in a house like that gives me the chills.

...If you can come up with the money, you'll cancel the offer of an arranged marriage, won't you?

　Zola sat down roughly and crossed her legs, looking at us like we were idiots.

'Oh?'　I've never heard of you having that much worth. I only wish they would send you more money each month.

　I'm not saying that all women in this world are as mistaken as this guy. But if you look at a woman like this, you'll get sick of it.

　The image of women in this world - especially the nobility - is the worst.

　My father held his face with one hand.

　He looks down and says in a squeezing voice.

'Give me time. I'll try to prepare somehow.''

　I was angry at my father for being like that, but I also felt bad for him for pushing himself so hard for me.

　What a terrible world it really is.

◇

　When Zola left, she left me and my father alone in the room.

　She's an annoying woman.

'Did he just send a ship out for this or get us ready to stay?

　Since we live in the capital city, we need to make preparations when we come here.

　Even if the airship uses regular flights, we will prepare the rooms and meals. We will have to pay for our own transportation.

　My father is timid.

　That's one reason.

He said, "Don't be angry. This marriage was a necessity. Since you married Zola, we're being treated with the dignity of a baronet.

　My father is grateful to have come to the remote islands - to the frontier as a wife. The daughters of noblemen from the same frontier are said to be longing for the city and to find a partner to live in the city.

　Some of them are eccentric, but those women are in competition with each other.

　They think their father married them off, just as Zola thinks he married her off.

'By the way, do you plan to come up with the money?'

　I checked with my father, but he had a difficult look on his face, so I guessed.

'It's tough to borrow money. With the way he's acting, I'm seriously going to have to give Colin's guy a son-in-law too. How did this happen?

"...why didn't I take the story to my brother?

　My father listened to me and nodded his head too.

'Even Nix is too old for me but that's definitely weird. He didn't seem to want to admit me to the academy.

　We were curious, so we decided to send a letter to my second brother to check it out a bit.

　There's been talk of this kind of thing at my parents' house, are things okay there?

　But the answer was beyond our imagination.

◇

　A week later - a warehouse at my parents' house.

　I was taking out the weapons that were stored there.

　Since the weapon is also my parents' property, my father would be angry if I tried to force him to use it. But there's no one who can stop me now.

　A very old rifle is the type that can only hold five rounds in the magazine.

　I pick up the most decent-looking one of them and take it apart for servicing.

　I also placed the sword that was on display on the table and checked to see if it was usable. I also gathered up all the other tools I needed.

　My father looked at me like that.

"Hey, hey, what do you think you're going to do about it?

　When I saw the reply from my second brother a few minutes ago, I was ready to make up my mind.

　I had been thinking carefree about using my own knowledge of the game to make money in my own way, but I couldn't take it easy when I found out the truth.

'I'm going to do whatever it takes to make some money before I get sold to some perverted old lady!　I don't like it. Because I don't want to!

　My mother was in tears behind my father's back, too.

　Apparently the house I'm being groomed to sell to is a house with a bad reputation anyway.

　A forest of ladies?　They were holding a gathering of old women who were saying that men were slaves and could be treated any way they wanted to be treated.

　They actually treat them as slaves and say they are treated worse than sub-human servants and so on.

　They enjoy seeing how much they can use up men........

　That's the worst.

　Moreover, the old women of the nobility are all here, and they send useless men to the battlefield and kill them, which is terrible.

　What's worse........Zola was involved in that.

　They weren't part of the gathering, but were looking to make money by selling off the spare parts of the heiresses called room dwellers like us.

　They seemed to be a group of people that no sane person would get involved with, and they were a group of people that would be donned by the same women.

'Why would those perverts get involved with a mob!　I'd rather have a more serene life, without mountains and valleys!

　My mother looks at me and worries.

'Honey, I don't know what Leon is talking about.

'I don't know either. I mean, what are you going to do with a weapon?　You're not going to ride into King's Landing?　No, don't do that.

　My father looks worried as he sees me servicing the weapon.

　I want to ride in and make it disappear right now, but it's impossible for me right now.

　There are armed knights in the capital--the royal capital.

　They can be seized when you ride in, and the sub-human servants that the noblewomen have at their side are often trained and strong.

''........If you want to get rich, adventurers are the best way to go.

　My parents looked at each other when they heard my story.

　In this world, being an adventurer is a recognized profession. It can be said to be a profession that must be recognized.

　After all, a nobleman is originally the descendant of adventurers.

　In the game's setting, a nobleman is a person who discovered a new land as an adventurer and obtained a territory. The adventurers who gained a fortune from their many adventures became nobles.

　So in the school, the nobles need to be adventurers, or some such game excuse for a nobleman to become an adventurer.

　The reason why the heroes in the dungeon are chirping and gaining favoritism can be used to save me here.

　My father shakes his head.

'Don't do it. Dungeons aren't something you can deal with on your own, and it takes time to make money.'

　My mother was the same way.

'Yes. 'Yes, and it's not easy to find a floating island nowadays. You're not going to make a lot of money.

　If you find a floating island where people can live, or a floating island where resources can be harvested, it will belong to the adventurer. If you have the desire to do so, you can become independent and have your own fiefdom, but there are no good islands left in the vicinity of the continent.

　There are none left, but there is only one thing I know about it.

'I'm sorry. I've made up my mind.

　I would run away if I were alone, but my brother Colin is only nine years old.

　I couldn't bear to watch him get sold to a bunch of perverts.

　When my father sensed my resolve, he opened his mouth.

"Is there anything you want?

　I didn't hesitate to tell my father what I wanted him to have. It's a bit of a stretch, but for me it's life or death.

　I'd rather bet on the front - the one that had potential - than do nothing and be toyed with by a bunch of old perverts.

'Or a boat-shaped one. An airship. And then I need some bullets. I need a special bullet.

　My father nodded his head.

'What on earth are you going to do?　Are you going to take on a dungeon somewhere?　Then why don't you take the liner?

I'm going somewhere that doesn't have a liner.

　Hold your rifle.

　Rifles are subtle in a fantasy world of swords and magic, but it's a world where airships fire cannons at each other. There's magic and guns.

　I pull the trigger and the rifle works and makes a metallic sound.

　I've been reincarnated in this world, and I've lived somewhat.

　But there are some things that even a mob can't give up.

　I don't want to live my life being used as a toy.

　So I'll fight back.

　My father nodded.

All right," he said. All right, I'll get it for you as soon as I can. But you have to come back to me. If you can't promise me that, I won't make the arrangements.

　I'd like to come back for you, but my life depends on it.

I'll come back to you.

　I want to save my life, save my brother's life, and get Zola out of the way while I'm at it. Someday I'll get revenge on the b*tc* who tried to sell me out.

　With that strong feeling in my heart, I spent the rest of the day preparing for my departure.

◇

This is the first time I've ever taken this seriously.

　The world of the game, though, is a game world.

　Not once or twice did I think that I would be a warrior with my game knowledge.

　I was just tired of the daily grind.

　Frugal meals. My father worked out in the morning, and then we farmed.

　By the time he finished, the sun was setting and when he returned home, his studies were waiting for him.

　This world, the frontier and remote island baronies, are poor.

　The factor is in the marriage partner, but basically they are poorer than in the cities.

　My father often complains that if he hadn't risen to the top of the ladder and remained a quasi-baron, he would still be wealthy compared to today.

　There are rich baronial families, of course, and some families are so wealthy that it's strange to compare them to my parents' family.

　I headed to the edge of the floating island and found something awfully creepy, like a flying fish, and held my bolt-action rifle up and pulled the trigger.

　The beings we call monsters are evil in this fluffy setting. Since they are already so refreshingly evil, there is no evasion in defeating them.

　One of the main reasons for this is that if you defeat them, they will disappear.

　If you find someone, these guys will attack you, so it's better to defeat them anyway.

　However, what you get by defeating them is an invisible 【Experience Value】.

'd*mn it!　I missed.

　As soon as I load the next round, I get ready and aim well.

　The opponent notices us and comes towards us.

　It's about a meter in size.

　Normally, you can shoot at the point where you draw it in, but if you miss and get attached, the worst thing you can do is die.

　The only reason I can fight is because I have a rifle.

　But bullets aren't free either.

　Each shot is expensive anyway.

　The monster that approached me opened its big mouth and tried to bite me. Its mouth is lined with stinging teeth, and it's scary to watch.

''If you run away like this your life will be over!

　Until now, let's try to gain experience someday. Someday I'll become an adventurer and discover and explore the island. Someday I'll make some money. --Yes, "someday."

　And so I thought.

　But with no more time and no more escape, my ass was finally on fire.

　Pulling the trigger, the bullet enters the monster's mouth and pierces its back.

　It suddenly changes direction and falls without reaching the island.

　If you look at it, it disappeared in black smoke before it reached the seawater.



　I look at my left hand, but I don't feel that way. After all, the game and reality must be different.

　However, I have to improve my shooting skills.

　You can't even arrive at your destination without being able to control a boat - even a boat-type vehicle that flies in the sky.

　What I was planning to do someday is to collect cheat-level items in the game. If you have that thing you got from paid content, among other things, we'll talk about it soon.

　If you don't have it, I have an idea.

　I'm sure you're aware of the fact that you're not going to be able to get your hands on any of these items, but I've got my life on the line. I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to share my good fortune with you.

　I hold the rifle in both hands.

"You will sacrifice your life for my happiness. It's all right. By my calculations, I'm in your grade. One day I'll return the favor and we'll be square.

　I feel guilty, but more than that, I don't want to be sold to an old pervert.

　My chastity is at stake.

'Is this how a woman being sent to a perverted middle-aged father's post-wife felt?　d*mn it!　What a world.

　There was little time left.

　I looked around again, looking for the monster.

◇

　A month later.

　One small boat was well built.

　The propeller engines were mounted and easy to operate.

　On the ship.

　He was clad in a robe that covered his body in the sunshine, and he wore a hood. Besides the water and food we loaded on board, it was weapons-related.

　There's enough for one person to be okay for a while.

''Dad's been overwhelmed, too.

　It wasn't just the ship that provided me, but the rifle and the sword. And much more.

　I can't thank my parents enough.

　I would have gone through a lot of trouble to get all this stuff.

　The boat itself is like a small propeller engine added to what we had. Still, it's an important asset for a poor aristocrat.

''Then again, how is it a fantasy world to have electricity and gas?

　Sitting there with my rifle slung over my shoulder, I picked up my binoculars and looked around.

　I pick up the map and take out my compass.

'These places are a fantasy, aren't they?'

　The compass tells you the direction and then shows you the way to go. Apart from the needle that tells you the direction, there was a needle that tells you the destination.

　A compass with two needles.

　If you set a location as a number on a dial, it would show you that destination.

　My memories of the game I played ten years ago are fading, but back then I wrote down as many numbers as I could remember.

　Back then, I had fantasies of running around on cheats, but I didn't get anything done in the busyness of my daily life.

'I wish I'd made an effort a long time ago,'

　Even if you think so, you can't move. I'd say I was a prime example of that.

　I spent my days lazily, too, until my ass was on fire.

　No, it was harsher than in my previous life.

　Getting up early in the morning and studying at night...farm work is really tough. It was normal for me to lie in bed after everything was over and go straight to sleep.

　I was exhausted every day. I didn't have the time to practice on my own afterwards, and I didn't have any special knowledge or skills. Reincarnated as a cheat?　If you have it, you won't have a hard time.

　Knowledge cheats and internal politics?　I don't have that kind of knowledge, and I don't know if it would work in another world.

　A boat going through the sky with just the occasional floating rock.

'Blue seas and skies ... with some white clouds, but that's about it.

　I gripped the rifle, resisting the urge to go crazy.

　If I were to commit suicide with this rifle, maybe a better life would be waiting for me next time, I thought, with my previous life, and shook my head violently.

'If I'm the only one who dies, it won't solve anything. It'll just leave Colin as fodder for the perverts instead of me.

　I stop and look up.

　The sun is blinding.

　Should I just drop everything and run away?　And so on and so forth, I thought again and again.

　But this world is more dangerous than the Japan of my previous life.

　There are monsters and bandits.

　If I ran off by myself, I wouldn't even be able to get a job. I miss the Japan of my previous life.

　There is no escape.

"It's a hard world for a mobster.

　I'm starting to talk to myself more and more, but I can't be bothered.

　Be wary of your surroundings.

　It would be the end of the world if we encountered a bandit at a time like this.

　With that in mind, I was once again on alert for my surroundings, but suddenly the wind was getting stronger. The map was making a clattering sound.

　The needle indicating the destination of the compass I had placed to keep it from being swept away by the wind was turning around and around.

'What is it?'

　As I stand up, the wind rises and I endure the feeling that my body is about to collapse. I hold onto the nearby railing and look around, but the sea is calm.

　The movement of the clouds was normal.

　There doesn't seem to be a storm brewing.

　The sun is blocked out as the boat moves forward.

"--up?

　I looked up and saw a white cloud.

　A big cloud.

　I looked up at the cloud and clenched my left hand.

　Under the boat.

　I looked at the surface of the sea and saw a partial green glow.

　I rolled my back and put my forehead against the railing to stifle a laugh.

'Well, of all things - you're going to get that thing!　Because you paid the bills?　Or did it exist in the first place?　Well, it doesn't matter. ........hit the jackpot. It's a jackpot!

　I stood up and opened my arms wide and looked up to the sky and shouted out loud.

　'Exactly, thank you for existing,' he said.

'Oops, I didn't get it yet,'

　Pulling myself together, I move to the back of the boat and operate the propeller machine.

　I operate the machine, which is big enough to hold with both hands, and move it close to the surface of the water. I move to a glowing part of the boat, and that's where the boat begins to creak and shake.

　I lowered my body and clung to the boat.

'Just bear with me,'

　The boat didn't operate as it was, but it began to rise with great momentum. The momentum was such that it was impossible to stand.

　As the boat was thrown into the clouds, as if it were being launched, it was all white.

　I felt cold.

　My clothes are wet.

　I tucked my rifle into my robe for protection, and moved the boat through the clouds, which were nowhere to be seen.

　There is some kind of current in addition to the clouds, so we move the boat in a direction that is against the current.

　I can't see anything, but I'm sure it's the opposite direction to the current.

　The engine makes a terrific noise when used with the power up to the limit.

　The compass is useless with two needles spinning in circles and I have no idea where I am now.

　I just have to keep going against the flow, and the next thing I know I'm wet. It's cold.

　The water is sloshing around and my clothes feel heavy.

　I manage to maneuver the boat against the current, but I'm beginning to wonder if this is the right thing to do.

"Please. You don't get many chances to--!

　Dozens of minutes, or hours?

　The engine that had been overworked began to fire up as the sense of time became suspect.

'Wait!　Really wait!　If we get thrown out, we'll just get lost and--

　For a moment, just as I expected the worst, the engine exploded and the propeller spun and blew away, burning.

　The fire spread to the wooden boat, and as I was trying to put out the fire, the boat began to rock rapidly.

　As the boats rocked, they were thrown out - a floating island covered in clouds.

　I jumped out of the cloud and was thrown out, but my eyes widened when I saw the shape of the island. It's the same shape I've seen many times in games, but in real life it's huge.

　The island was tangled in the roots of a giant tree, wrapped in nature and green in color.

　The roots of the trees were sticking out even where the dirt surface was visible at the bottom, and plants were growing there.

''-- Awesome.''

　A floating island gradually approaching. No, my boat is probably on its way.

　I try to move it in a hurry, but the engine is blown out.

'Really?!'

　As the ground on the floating island approached, I timed my pack and jumped out of the way.

　I let go of the pack I was holding and then rolled on the ground, hitting my back against the roots that were out of the huge ground as I rolled to a stop.

　The boat crashed and shattered into pieces, scattering the luggage and burning.

　I picked myself up from my aching body and wiped the cold sweat off my face.

'Oh, that was a close one. I knew the boat was dangerous.'

　It would have been easier if we had a bigger airship, but we don't have the money to buy one. And, by the way, I don't have the money to borrow it.

　Even if I wanted to ask someone, this area is considered to be a very empty place.

　No one is offering me an airship.

　My vision still flickers. I suppressed my aching head and hurriedly retrieved my precious cargo.

　A lot of the luggage had been burned, but we could still manage with the rest of it.

　We gathered our luggage in one place and put out the fire of the burning boat.

　We made it to our destination, but we lost the boat. This makes it difficult to recover the other treasures and items I know about.

　As long as I can find that thing, I'm good to go, but without it, I can't leave the island.

　I sit down to take a break, but it seems a long time has passed.

　It's beginning to get dark.

　I grabbed some food and water from my pack and put them in my mouth.

　I munch on some dry bread-like food and drink some water.

　All he could think about was filling his stomach anyway, rather than the taste.

　Tomorrow he would be busy.

　He gathered up the crushed wood of the boat and made a fire.

　Checking the condition of the rifle and making sure it was in good shape as far as other equipment was concerned.

　By the light of the campfire, I counted the bullets and loaded them into the magazines.

　The bullets were prepared with special items. The surface of the bullets were carefully engraved with the mark of lightning to show that they were different from the ordinary bullets.

　One bullet costs about three thousand to five thousand yen in Japanese yen.

　These special bullets - magic bullets are bullets with magical effects added to them. If hit directly, the bullets will produce flames, freeze, and other effects.

　For this reason, the price of each bullet exceeds ten thousand yen.

　The only thing I can do is to thank my parents for providing me with so many bullets.

'If I make it back alive, I'll have to take care of my parents. ........Oh, I didn't have any filial duties in my past life.

　In hindsight, he probably died before his parents.

　He's a hell of a filial bastard.

'I wonder what happened to my sister. I'd be happy to take a whack at her.''

　I still remember the day I woke up in this world, or rather, the day I regained my memory. I miss the days when my sister made me play the maiden game.

　Because of that, my knowledge is useful in this way, do I have to thank my sister?

　But I feel like this wouldn't have happened if I hadn't been forced to play a maiden game. There would have been no such thing as me dying and being reincarnated in another world.

　Wouldn't it have?

　After I finished checking my rifle and bullets and put them to the side, I rested my body against the roots of a huge tree.

　The earth is still calm after a long time.

''Well why did I reincarnate in the world of maidenhood?　If this was the case, I wanted to reincarnate in a normal sword and sorcery fantasy world. No, would the original world be better?　Yeah, I'd have preferred Japan if I could.

　Wouldn't Japan be happier if there were no monsters and they didn't have to worry about air piracy?

　I closed my eyes at the thought.