I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 74

A personality that values rules and principles isn’t bad at all.

If people didn’t prioritize rules and principles, why would laws and society even exist?

People only get criticized for being boomers or lacking flexibility when it goes to extremes, but the logic itself isn’t wrong.

Rather than being bad, it was closer to frustrating. The kind of personality that meticulously scrutinizes things that could easily be brushed off.

People like this might have trouble with interpersonal relationships, but socially, they pose no problem at all.

In fact, if such a trait connects with diligence, there’s a high chance it leads to success.

Of course, that’s provided they have the capability to back it up.

Title) Orange Badge-nim. I have a question.

Wild Grylls

I heard before that you were going to adjust the 24-hour trade cooldown, when are you going to touch it up?

The time limit is too long, and not being able to trade when I need to is pretty frustrating.

└ ? Orange Badge said she was reducing the trade cooldown?

└ She mentioned it in passing last time. But nobody knows when LOL

└ Isn’t that bullshit? She’s just saying "keep it in mind~" and brushing it off.

└ Orange Badge has never lied before, but I don’t know.

└ But Grylls, why are you asking to shorten it? Trying to trade freely?

└ Wild Grylls) That too, but trading small stuff is tough. I want to share a few pieces of delicious fish, but even that’s hard.

└ This guy is living the sweet life now LOL

└ Got a bit used to the place and now he’s getting spoiled, huh?

└ Wild Grylls) Wanna come here? It’s a really great place to live.

└ Sorry, my bad.

└ Come to think of it, he has every right to ask.

└ Just grant Grylls an exception LOL

└ Don’t Abandon the Hero) The 24-hour trade cooldown is still under consideration! If handled wrong, it could cause major issues!

└ Wild Grylls) Then can’t you just unlock it for me alone?

└ Don’t Abandon the Hero) No way! I don’t know about removing it for everyone, but granting special privileges to just one person is unfair!

└ Wild Grylls) What about Heavenly Demon-nim?

└ Don’t Abandon the Hero) She put on an Armband! Are you going to wear an Armband too, Grylls-nim?

└ Wild Grylls) ;;

└ Whoa, whoa. Don’t go down that path.

└ You can’t turn blue too;;

└ If he turns blue, can he even do his job properly?

└ Hell no LOL He’s too busy surviving.

└ Asking for special privileges all to yourself! No way that’s happening LOL

Orange Badge, Don’t Abandon the Hero’s logic was undeniably solid.

Receiving special privileges alone was unacceptable. If it was to be lifted, it had to be lifted for everyone.

If you want it, put on an Armband and perform your duties.

And if you fail to fulfill those duties, expect to get banned.

’That’s harsh.’

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

For the sake of "fairness," it was like telling a fully healthy person and someone with a bad leg to run a race against each other.

If I weren’t in the Forest of the Four Seasons, I wouldn’t have even brought up such a request.

’Because doing this is the only way my survival rate increases.’

The more I traded, the more inconvenient things became.

Starting from the 24-hour trade cooldown to the chat time limit being as short as instant 3-minute curry.

Even if it was for crime prevention, there were quite a few inconveniences.

Besides...

└ Look at Grylls’s shamelessness LOL Look at him trying to get cozy all by himself.

└ You think everyone else isn’t annoyed? We’re just keeping quiet LOL

└ That bastard is so fucking selfish, I told you.

Since ancient times, humans have always envied those who receive special treatment.

When I blatantly requested what was practically special treatment, rage and ridicule from anonymous users poured in.

└ Wild Grylls) Make a registered handle and verify your identity before talking shit, you anonymous bastards.

└ Real LOL

└ Real LOL

└ Grylls is pitiful, so let’s just let it slide...

Of course, I was able to put them down quickly. Bastards who hadn’t even created fixed handles were blabbering about trades.

People with registered handles had even verified their presence in the Forest of the Four Seasons, so they didn’t treat me recklessly.

Maybe they were thinking, ’Could I get a piece of the pie too?’

In truth, if they actually helped me out, I was planning to share that pie directly.

└ Don’t Abandon the Hero) Then if there’s another pitiful registered user like Grylls-nim, do I have to unlock it for all of them?!

└ Wild Grylls) Yes.

└ Don’t Abandon the Hero) Uh...

└ Look at how shameless he is, ROFL LOL

└ This guy is hilarious LOL LOL

└ Orange Badge got stunned LOL LOL

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└ That’s different. At least Grylls gained trust. Besides, don’t you know Grylls almost got buried alive?

└ I think it’s fine to make an exception for Grylls?

└ You never know. Bastards subtly acting pitiful to gain privileges will definitely pop up.

Anonymous users blindly shouting "No way" had long been suppressed, while the rest engaged in a healthy debate.

└ If your parents were on the verge of death, would you wait 24 hours too?

└ Fucking hell, if that’s the case, go outside and buy medicine, you dumbass.

└ I hope you get locked in a 24-hour cooldown later and fucking die.

└ Nope~ Never gonna happen~

I stand corrected. It was a debate rife with curses and mother-insults.

Bringing up extreme examples was standard, and they even resorted to personal attacks.

It felt like a small ball I launched had turned into a massive meteorite crashing down.

└ Heavenly Demon) It seems the time has come to bring down the hammer. Who wishes to take the first strike?

└ I’m sorry. I won’t insult anyone’s parents from now on.

└ Parents are greater figures than historical heroes.

└ Holy shit, look at these filial sons burning with zeal LOL LOL

└ Guess a ban really scares them, huh? LOL

Well, despite all that, everyone turned into docile sheep before Heavenly Demon’s intervention.

Before a ban, everyone is equal. In a world without social media/communities, the Gallery held tremendous weight.

In a situation that seemed to have calmed down somewhat, I pleaded with Orange Badge again.

└ Wild Grylls) Orange Badge-nim. I created a registered handle, verified my location in the Forest of the Four Seasons, and my immediate survival is at risk. The moment I break free from the Forest of the Four Seasons, I’ll return the privilege immediately, so could you please give it a little consideration?

└ Don’t Abandon the Hero) Mmm...! Does that mean if anyone enters the Forest of the Four Seasons, they should get special privileges?!

└ Wild Grylls) As far as I know, people inside the Forest of the Four Seasons can’t even access the Gallery...

└ Don’t Abandon the Hero) Ah! I completely forgot! How could I not know this!

└ Honestly, I didn’t know either LOL

└ Totally slipped my mind LOL

└ Come to think of it, you can’t access the Gallery inside the Forest of the Four Seasons, right? LOL

└ I thought something was strange;;

How could these people forget that? I was slightly flabbergasted.

Now that she realized it again, Orange Badge’s mind must have wavered.

Now was the chance. I decided to press a bit harder.

└ Wild Grylls) Considering my pitiful circumstances, please just the trade cooldown...

└ Don’t Abandon the Hero) Mmm! If it’s Grylls-nim, you wouldn’t do anything useless or foolish!

└ Wild Grylls) What foolish thing would I even do...

Rather than pressing hard, it was practically begging.

Still, I could feel Orange Badge’s mind swaying step by step.

└ Don’t Abandon the Hero) It’s hard for me to decide alone, so I should set up a vote! Instead, I’ll make it so only registered users can vote!

└ Wild Grylls) Well, if Orange Badge-nim decides so, then sure.

└ Why make it so only registered users can vote? Isn’t that unfair in its own way?

└ The condition to trade is creating a fixed handle. Holy shit, if you’re pissed off, just go make a fixed handle, please.

└ Bastards who only run their mouths are fucking disgusting LOL

└ That’s why democracy collapsed LOL LOL

└ Bastards who don’t even know the difference between fairness and equality LOL

Democracy? Was it by any chance the democracy I knew?

Automatic translation is performed in the Gallery. Thus, that word "democracy" was highly likely the term I knew.

But in an era where kings and nobles openly ruled, democracy? There was something a bit odd about it.

└ Wild Grylls) What’s democracy? Is it by any chance guaranteeing voting rights like I know?

└ Yep, correct. But except for the country where Beastfolk live, almost all of them collapsed LOL

└ Wild Grylls) Why did they collapse? Did they start a rebellion and fail?

└ There were fucking endless arguments about voting rights. Asking if it was right for people in the slums to get votes too.

└ Plus, if you count by numbers, farmers were the majority, so winning the farmers’ favor was all it took LOL

└ Forget all that, people just crushed each other with raw power, so there was no answer. Civil wars kept breaking out, so they just dumped democracy.

└ Fucking nobles just hated having the same single vote as commoners LOL

└ But the guy who hated it was the one responsible for the nation’s military power, so nothing could be done;;

└ ???: Everyone is equal? Okay, I’ll defect to another country.

I had heard about this somewhere. The reason why democracy couldn’t be implemented in a fantasy world.

Earth had means to overcome differences in power, but this world did not.

Because the difference in raw power was so stark, the fundamental prerequisite—’equality’—could not be established.

└ At best, letting commoners participate in politics is as far as it went. Even that’s a huge achievement.

└ Wild Grylls) What about nobles? Don’t they complain about commoners doing politics?

└ Politicians and nobles aren’t much different anyway. As long as they don’t kick away the ladder, it’s good LOL

└ If they get pissed off, a farmer takes a plow and splits that noble’s head open;; They tolerate it just to avoid that.

└ Look at the Elves. Imagine sharing the same vote with those crazy motherfuckers, truly horrific;;

└ Hilariously, the country where democracy settled down properly is Wydd LOL

└ Wild Grylls) Where’s Wydd?

└ It’s the Beastfolk nation. What the fuck do you even know?Read the latest chapters at novelрing.com.

└ Wild Grylls) Isn’t that too harsh to say to someone from another world?

└ Bullshit. Just search and look it up LOL

└ If you see Beastfolk-style democracy, you’ll faint.

What on earth was Beastfolk-style democracy that made them snicker like that?

At most, it was probably just nobles or specific people holding voting rights.

’What a fascinating world.’

Well, knowing this didn’t help me at all.

What I needed right now was Orange Badge’s grace. Lifting the 24-hour trade cooldown restriction.

└ Don’t Abandon the Hero) I posted the thread! Please check it out!

└ Wild Grylls) Thank you.

Soon a comment posted that Orange Badge had put up the thread.

Since it was Orange Badge’s post, it was bound to attract a lot of attention.

If only this passed, the 24-hour cooldown restriction would be lifted.

Title) Vote on Lifting Wild Grylls’s 24-Hour Trade Restriction!

Don’t Abandon the Hero

Registered user Wild Grylls-nim is struggling to survive in the Forest of the Four Seasons!

Normally, granting such special privileges is forbidden! But since Wild Grylls-nim has provided proof and is a highly trustworthy individual, we will hold a vote!

And Wild Grylls-nim stated that he will return the privilege immediately upon escaping the Forest of the Four Seasons, so please keep this in mind!

Approve

Disapprove

Concise yet hitting all the key points. No need to worry with a post like this.

Voting will be conducted for one day. All I had to do was attend to my remaining work.

Before that, I got a little curious about Beastfolk-style democracy. What kind of system was it to make them laugh like that?

Title) Delivering democracy.

(Photo of a Lion Beastfolk tilting its head)

We didn’t order anything like that?

(Photo of a Dog Beastfolk raging)

We’re giving you voting rights, so please take them.

(Photo of a Lion Beastfolk baring its teeth)

Did these dog bastards lose their minds? You wanna die?

(Photo of a Dog Beastfolk shouting)

Guys! There’s a bastard here who hates democracy!

(Photo of a Cat Beastfolk)

Who?

(Photo of a Horse Beastfolk)

Who?

(Photo of a Deer Beastfolk)

Who?

(Photo of a stunned Lion Beastfolk)

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It seems less like democracy and more like imperialism.

Did they seriously overwhelm them with numbers and forcibly introduce democracy?

Unable to understand from just one post, I searched for other posts.

Title) Reason Why Democracy Developed in Wydd

Most countries have similar ethnic groups, but these Beastfolk bastards have over 10 different tribes just by race LOL

Carnivorous or herbivorous Beastfolk don’t mean shit either, because one back-kick from a Deer Beastfolk sends even a Tiger Beastfolk to the grave.

So democracy had no choice but to develop in a weird 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?

Roughly interpreted: as democracy was introduced, certain tribes got oppressed.

Still, it was just a meme and closer to ancient history.

Beastfolk, like humans, had short lifespans leading to rapid generational turnover, and nowadays they just live peacefully enough.

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

Let’s move past democracy. What’s important to me is the vote taking place on the Gallery.

I hope this vote goes well. I carefully opened the thread posted by Orange Badge.

’First off, I should vote too.’

Naturally, I voted Approve.

Thank you for voting.

"...?"

But even after voting, I couldn’t see the interim results. Only that phrase popped up, and that was it.

Usually I knew results were shown in real-time, so I wondered if this place was different.

└ Why aren’t the real-time results shown for this vote?

└ Don’t Abandon the Hero) Because it’s an important matter! It will be revealed tomorrow!

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