161.Animals
一二三へ憎悪を改めて燃え上がらせながらも、ゲングに説得された虎獣人のマルファスはフォカロルの兵に案内されて荒野への出口まで戻っていた。
「ありがとうございやした。ここまで送っていただいたうえ、お土産まで......」
フォカロルの兵士に頭を下げているゲングの背中には、オーソングランデ国内からお土産にと渡された食料品や日用品などが入った包みが背負われている。
となりでムッツリと黙っているマルファスの背にも、大きな荷物が乗っていた。
「気にしなくていいよ。領主様は元々何考えているかわからないし、いい人だけど悪い人だから、せめてものお詫びだよ」
「どうか、ヴィーネさんとプーセさんをお願いします」
「ああ、ヴィーネさんはフォカロルに来るだろうし、うちの連中なら大歓迎だと思うから、気にする事無いと思うよ。プーセさんなら、エルフで魔法が得意で、しかもあれだけ美人だから、どこでも引っ張りだこじゃないかな?」
そりゃ安心だ、とゲングが兵士と一緒に笑っていると、マルファスがゲングの服を引っ張る。
「ああ、じゃあそろそろ行くとしやすか」
「それじゃ、元気で。気が向いたら、また来てくれよ」
「きっとまた来やすよ」
大きく手を振って別れを告げた兵士たちに、頭をさげてゲングは歩き始めた。
マルファスは、ゲングの少し前を早足で歩いていく。
二時間ほども歩くと、人の町の名残は見えなくなり、すっかり荒野と森のエリアへと環境が変わる。
人の町から離れて、懐かしいはずの荒野と森を見ても、ゲングとしては正直心が落ち着かない。これからしばらく野宿での旅が続く。それを思うと、足取りも重くなる。
「あっしもすっかり人間の町に慣れきっちまってるんだなぁ。なるべく池が多いところを通って行くとしやすか。魔人族とまたバッタリであったりしても......ん?」
耳をぴくぴくと振るわせるゲング。聞こえてくるのは沢山の足音だ。
「マルファス! 大勢の足音が近づいてくる! 隠れるぞ!」
言いながら、ゲングはマルファスの手を引いて、近くの岩陰に身を隠した。
いざという時には身一つで逃げられるように、荷物も背中から降ろす。
「獣人が集団で移動しているんじゃないか?」
「にしては、足が遅いし、ガチャガチャと鎧の音もする。十中八九、魔人族だな」
「戦わないのか? 獣人族なら......」
言いかけたマルファスは、ゲングの視線を受けて押し黙る。
「マルファス......それ以上言うなら、お前をここに置いていく」
まだ足音は遠い、疲労しているようで、魔人族にしても足跡は遅く、バラバラだ。
ゲングは岩に背を預けて座り込んだ。
「獣人族が、なんで森の中でバラバラに暮らしていたのか、マルファスは考えたことは無いか?」
「そ、それは種族ごとにまとまっているからで......」
「違うな」
荷物に手を突っ込み、取り出したパンには肉がたっぷりと挟まっている。
それを二つに千切り、片方をマルファスに手渡し、片方に齧り付いた。
「虎や狼......おいらやお前と同じ種族だって、いくつもの集落に分かれてた。逆に言えば、スラムじゃバラバラの獣人どころか、人間やエルフまで一緒に暮らしてた」
マルファスもパンを齧り、香ばしいソースをなじませた肉の味を堪能する。ふと、こんなふうに調理された料理を、森で暮らしていたころには食べたことが無いのを思い出し、複雑な思いでパンを見つめる。
「結局な、さっきお前さんが言った通り、別の種族と見れば戦って、その日その日を生きていることだけで満足している奴ばかりだから、獣人族は進歩しなかったんだ。......本当なら、スラムにいる間にもっとそれを考えるべきだったんだな。人間の町......というより、一二三さんの町を見て、初めて本当の意味で気付かされたぜ」
「でも、獣人だって強いから、荒野で生活できてたわけだし、人間だって撃退してたし......」
マルファスの反論に、ゲングはフン、と鼻で笑った。
「今までは、な。ずっと変わらないことなんてねぇんだ。獣人の奴隷は少なくなって、俺たちだって町を作ってやっていく方法を知った。他の種族と生活できることもしった。悪いこともある。魔人族って連中が自由になって、エルフを憎んでいるのは間違いない。人間も、一二三さんの教えで戦い方を色々と知った。俺たちも教わったが、うまくできているかと言われたら、まだまだだろうな」
残りのパンを揺らして見せる。
「俺たちにはまだまだ覚えなくちゃいけない、できるようにならなくちゃいけないことが沢山ある。美味い物を作れるようにするのも一つだけどよ......」
残ったパンを口に放り込み、水筒の水を飲む。
「多分、今までのように集落単位で生活している連中は、魔人族に潰されるか、人間にやられるだろうな。獣人族でも罠や集団戦闘ができるようにしたり、エルフに魔法を習ったりするようにしたのは、レニさんも外敵がソードランテの人間だけじゃないのをわかってるからだろうよ......おいらが、どうしてレニさんについていこうと決めたかわかるか?」
マルファスは、首を横に振った。
一瞬、ゲングがレニに負けたのかとも考えた。それが獣人どうしの関係を決める一番手っ取り早くて基本的な方法だからだ。だが、羊獣人と狼獣人では、基本的な力量が違いすぎる。
ゲングは、鋭い爪がある手を翳し、眉間にしわを寄せた。
「獣人は、速さや力の強さが自慢で、それで全てが決まると思ってる奴ばっかりだ。自分より強い奴がいたら、逃げるか諦めるか。それしかない」
だが、レニやヘレンは違った、とゲングはレニと出会ったころを思い出す。
「レニさんは、仲間を増やすことで、敵を減らした。味方にして、もっと良い暮らしを作ろうとした。戦う事ではなくて、仲良くすることで得をする方法を示したんだ」
「......それは、あの男にそう教わったからじゃないか」
「馬鹿たれ。良く考えねぇか」
もう一口だけ水を飲み、水筒を荷物の包みに押し込む。
「一二三さんほど、“戦闘力を使って物事を進める人”はいねぇだろうが。人間だろうが獣人だろうが、敵なら殺し、味方なら餌をやる。レニさんがすげぇのは、そういう人に教わったのに、いい部分だけ利用したんだ。普通じゃねぇよ。良い意味でな」
ゲングにとっては、一二三に対する獣人族の女として反応はレニよりもヴィーネの方がしっくりくる。強い雄がいれば、その子供を欲しいと思うのは獣人族としては自然な反応であり、子孫を残すのに必要な本能だ。
「スラムに帰ったら、レニさんの事をもうちょっと良く見て見な。そして、周りがどんな感じでレニさんに接しているかも、だな。生き抜くってことが、敵と戦うって事とは必ずしも同じじゃないってこと、わかると思うぜ」
そっと、岩陰から音が近づく方を見た。
魔人族の集団が、這う這うの体で荒野を歩いていく。
戦闘を、一人だけ馬に乗った片腕の魔人族が進み、腕の傷を塞ぐためか、多くの包帯で胸をぐるぐると締め付けていた。
その表情は痛みと怒りが入り混じる。
兵士たちは誰もが疲れた顔をしており、重たい荷物に押しつぶされそうな姿勢で、誰もが無言だった。
「......人間は、魔人族の兵士をも撃退した......か」
レニに伝えなければならないことが増えた。
「トオノ伯爵に置かれましては、ご機嫌麗しく......」
「そういう挨拶はいい。顔も知っているわけだからな」
一応は女王からの親書を携えてやってきた使者である元女性騎士フィリニオンは、相変わらず貴族の習慣を完全に無視する一二三に、笑顔で諦めた。
「それに、お前は嫁に行って騎士を辞めたと思ってたんだが、まだ国に仕えてるんだな」
「正確には、わたしの家の方が夫であるヴァイヤーの家よりも家格が上で、一人娘のわたしのところに婿養子に来てもらいました。......領地はわたしが運営して、夫には引き続き騎士として出仕させております」
フィリニオンの領地であるアマゼロト子爵領はフォカロルと王都の間、途中から街道を別れた場所にある。肥沃で広大な土地があり、オーソングランデが国家になる前から麦の生産地として名高い場所だ。
「そうか。で、その領主代理が、なぜここへ?」
「一つはお礼です。ここで学ばせていただいた事は、領地でも大変役に立っております。当時はそれはそれは大変でしたけれど、今思えば良い経験をさせていただきました」
騎士で無くなったフィリニオンは、隊服ではなくドレスを着ており、裾を軽くつまんで礼をする。
話した内容は本心ではある。領地の人口調査などを一から行うのは大変だったが、取りまとめが済んでみれば、雇っていた役人の不正や癒着も見つかり、領民たちの生活も多少は楽になったらしい。
無駄な出費も無くなったので、財政的にも余裕ができた。両親の隠居後の生活も充分に楽をさせてやれる、と安堵していた。
「もう一つは、女王陛下からのお手紙をお届けに......」
「イメラリアが?」
見せてくれ、と手を伸ばす一二三に、形式などは強者の前ではかくも無意味か、とフィリニオンは伸ばされた左手に書簡を載せた。
そんな事を考えながら、手紙に目を通す一二三を見る。特徴ある黒目黒髪。どこの国のものでもない変わった衣装。“細剣の騎士”の異名を生み出した片刃の剣。
黙って見ている分には、多少目つきが鋭い、年下の男の子だ。
だが、その実国内外で多くの人を殺し、オーソングランデでは王ですらも手にかけた。というより、彼が歴史上に姿を現した、その最初に王を殺した。
ヴァイヤーは詳しくは知らないようだったが、所属していた第三騎士隊の資料には、イメラリアの命令によって、接触不可対象とされたのち、派手な功績をあげた一二三を他国に取られず、かつなだめるための方策だったとされている。
それが成功だったかどうかは、まだ結論が出ていない。
ふと、一二三の視線がフィリニオンを捉える。
「長々と、取ってつけたような理由が書かれているが、要するに王都に来い、ということだな」
机の上に書簡を放った一二三は、そのままカップを掴んで紅茶に口を付けた。
「ホーラントでもご活躍されたのでしょう? わたしは内容を存じませんが、何かの褒賞があるのでは?」
「無いな」
フィリニオンの予想を、一二三はあっさりと否定した。
「ホーラントはイメラリアとネルガルが、必死になって馬鹿のやらかしたことの後始末をやっただけだ。俺は腹が立って暴れたに過ぎん。第一、そうならそうと書くだろう」
一二三の予想では、魔人族や獣人族についての情報が欲しいのだろうというのが一番可能性が高い。すでに魔人族が攻めてきているとまでは知らないはずだが。
ひょっとしたら、エルフであるプーセの扱いに困っているのかもしれない。
「あれは優等生ちゃんだから、まず無いだろう」
「何のことでしょうか?」
こっちの話だ、と一二三は手袋をつけた手をひらひらと揺らした。
「その手は......怪我でもされたのですか?」
ありえないと思いつつ、フィリニオンは尋ねる。
「ああ、これは自分で斬り落とした結果だ。大したことはない」
「切り......」
「で、これを貰った俺にどうしろと?」
フィリニオンが驚いて崩れた姿勢をただし、淑女としての顔を取り繕うが、化粧が変わっても、どこか騎士時代の精悍な印象もあった。
「書かれている通りです。王都へ行って、女王陛下とお会いください。詳しくはそこでお話されるでしょう」
「やれやれ、帰ってきたばっかりなんだがな......で、フィリニオンは帰りの護衛でもするのか?」
「ご冗談を......わたしは領地へ戻ります。その前に、トオノ伯爵領へしばらく滞在させていただきたいのですが、ご許可いただけますか?」
「好きにすればいい。また何か勉強でもしていくのか」
「いえ、ヴィシーの動き......それに、道中でも耳にしましたが、魔人族の動きについて、知っておきたいと思いまして」
「ふぅん」
一二三は興味なさげな反応をしたが、内心では感心していた。それだけ重要な動きがある場所をしっかり把握し、なおかつ情報を集めることを重要視している。
こういう人物が、もっと沢山出てくればいい。そうすれば、世の中の戦いはもっと複雑で意外性が出てくる。
「そういう事なら、国境の町ローヌへ行くといい。臨時の役所を作っている。ミュカレやパリュは知っているだろう。そいつらに話を聞けば、色々わかるだろう。魔人族やらのこともな。ドゥエルガルもいるが、あれは物はわかっても人がわからんタイプだ、話を聞くならパリュが良いぞ」
どうせなら、交代要員の兵士たちと一緒に行くと良い、とカイムを呼び出す一二三に、フィリニオンは自分が何かの罠にはめられたような気がして、落ち着かなかった。
「俺は、そうだな......三日後くらいに出かけるとするか」
手紙の配達、ご苦労さん、とフィリニオンの肩をたたき、一二三はやってきたカイムへ用事を伝えると、さっさと部屋を出て行った。
Chapter 161: Animals
Even while having his hatred towards Hifumi flaring up once again, the tiger beastman Malfas, who was persuaded by Gengu, returned to the beginning of the wastelands after being led by a soldier of Fokalore.
"Thank you very much ~ssu. On top of accompanying us until here, even souvenirs..." (Gengu)
A bundle with daily necessities and foodstuff given to him as souvenirs from Orsongrande is tied on the back of Gengu who bowed his head to the soldier of Fokalore.
Even the back of the gloomily silent Malfas next to him had a large baggage affixed to it.
"Don't mind it. By nature we don't know what Lord-sama is thinking. It's a little apology because he acts like a bad person though he is a good-natured fellow."
"Please take care of Viine-san and Puuse-san." (Gengu)
"Yeah, Viine-san has probably arrived in Fokalore by now. Since she will be warmly welcomed if it's our guys, I don't think there's anything to worry about. If it's Puuse-san, won't she be popular anywhere, seeing that elves are strong at magic and that she is such a beauty to boot?"
"Then I'm relieved", Gengu laughs alongside the soldier of Fokalore and pulls Malfas' clothes.
"Ah, well then we will head out now ~ssu." (Gengu)
"Well then, stay healthy. Come visit once again if you ever feel like it."
"We will definitely come back one day ~ssu." (Gengu)
Gengu lowered his head to the soldier of Fokalore who bid him farewell while waving his hand strongly and began to walk.magic
Malfas walks at a slightly quicker pace in front of Gengu.
After walking for around two hours, the environment completely changes into that of forests and wastelands with no traces of a human city visible.
Even though he sees the forests and wasteland which should be dear to him, after leaving the human city, Gengu can't settle down his mind in all honesty.
"I guess I got completely used to the human city as well. Do we have to go to a place with as many ponds as possible ~ssu? Even if we do meet unexpectedly with the demons again... mmh?" (Gengu)
Gengu moves his ears with a twitch. What they picked up is a great number of footsteps.
"Malfas! A great number of footsteps is approaching! We have to hide!" (Gengu)
While saying that, Gengu grabbed Malfas hand and hid in the shade of a nearby rock.
He also lowers the baggage from his back for the sake of being able to escape without any burden when push comes to shove.
"Aren't those beastmen moving in a group?" (Malfas)
"They are too slow-footed for that to be the case. There's also the clanking sounds of armours. In all probability, it's the demons." (Gengu)
"We won't fight? If it's beastmen..." (Malfas)
Malfas breaks off and keeps silent after receiving Gengu's stare.
"Malfas... if you speak any further, I will leave you behind here." (Gengu)
The footsteps are still far away and they seem to be exhausted. Even for demons, the footsteps are too slow and too disconnected.
Gengu sat down and leaned against the rock.
"Why did the beastmen live inside the forest scattered all over? Malfas, did you never consider that?" (Gengu)
"T-That's because they settled according to their tribes..." (Malfas)
"No, it's different." (Gengu)
Thrusting a hand in his luggage, he took our a sandwich with plenty of meat put in-between.
Splitting that into two pieces, he handed one piece to Malfas and bit into the other one.
"Tigers and wolves... us and you, even those of the same tribe split up into several settlements. Putting it the other way, even humans and elves lived together, not to speak of the dispersed beastmen in the slums." (Gengu)
Malfas also bites into the sandwich and enjoys the taste of the meat which was blended with a fragrant sauce. Suddenly he remembers that he never ate food, that was prepared like this, when he lived in the forest. He stares at the sandwich with complicated feelings.
"In the end it's just as you said before, fight if you see another tribe and be simply satisfied with surviving from day to day. And that's why the beastmen never progressed. ... In reality I should have thought about that a lot more during my time in the slums. Seeing the humans' cities... or rather, Hifumi-san's city, I was forced to realize the real meaning for the first time." (Gengu)
"However, since beastmen are strong, they can live in the wastelands. We even repelled the humans..." (Malfas)
Gengu laughed scornfully with a "Humph" at Malfas objection.
"Until now, that is. There's nothing that never changes. Beastmen slaves decreased in number and we learned how to create a city and live in it. We also comprehended that it's possible to live together with other races. Of course there are bad things. The demons, the lot that became free; there's no doubt that they hate the elves. Even the humans learned various ways of fighting after being taught by Hifumi-san. We were taught as well, but if you ask me whether we are able to use that knowledge skilfully, I guess there's still a long way to go for that to happen." (Gengu)
He shows the remaining sandwich and swings it around.
"For us there are very likely many things that we haven't learned yet and if we did, are unable to do. Being able to make delicious food is one of them..." (Gengu)
He tosses the remaining sandwich in his mouth and drinks some water from his flask.
"Probably the guys, who have been living in separate settlements until now, have been crushed by the demons or killed by the humans. Trying to enable the beastmen to use traps and group combat or having them take lessons in magic from the elves shows that Reni-san probably understands that not only the humans of Swordland are our enemies... Do you know why I decided to follow Reni-san?" (Gengu)
Malfas shook his head.
For an instant he wondered whether Gengu lost to Reni. That's after all the most simple and basic means of deciding the relationship between fellow beastmen. However, the abilities between a sheep beastman and a wolf beastman are fundamentally too different.
Gengu held up his hand with its sharp claws and furrowed his brows.
"Beastmen are proud of their speed and strength, and thus there are only guys who think that everything can be decided by that. If there's a guy who's stronger than me, I either run away or succumb to them. Only those two options." (Gengu)
"However, Reni and Helen are different", Gengu remembers the time when he met those two for the first time.
"Reni-san lowered the amount of enemies by increasing her friends. Turning them into allies, she tried to create an even better livelihood. She showed us a method to get benefits by making friends without fighting." (Gengu)
"... That is, wasn't she taught that by that man?" (Malfas)
"You idiot. Don't you use your head properly?" (Gengu)
Drinking one more sip of water, he puts the flask back into the bundle of luggages.
to the degree of Hifumi-san exists. Whether it's humans or beastmen, he will kill them if they become his enemies and he will use them as bait if they are his allies. What makes Reni-san amazing is that she only used the good parts of what she was taught by such guy. That ain't normal. In a good meaning." (Gengu)
Even Gengu thinks that Viine's reaction towards Hifumi as female beastman is more befitting than Reni's. Thinking that she wants his children if he's a strong male is a natural response for a female beastman. It's her instinct telling her that it's necessary to leave behind descendants.
"Once we return to the slums, try to look a bit more precisely at the things Reni-san does. And, maybe with what feelings the surroundings get in contact with Reni-san, I guess. Surviving and fighting one's enemy aren't necessarily the same thing. I think you know that." (Gengu)
He quietly looked in the direction of the approaching sound from within the shade of the rock.
A group of demons is walking through the wastelands while scuttling.
A single one-armed demon, who was the only one on a mount, was advancing in the lead. Apparently for the sake of closing the arm's injury, many bandages were tightly wrapped around his chest.
His expression is a mixture of pain and rage.
All of the soldiers had tired expressions. They were silent while having postures looking as if they were being crushed by heavy baggages.
"... The humans repelled even the demon soldiers... eh?" (Gengu)
The things which he had to tell Reni increased.
"Being appointed to Earl Tohno, I'm glad to see you in good health..." (Hifumi)
"Such a greetings is good. It also means that you remember my face." (Phyrinion)
The former female knight Phyrinion, who's the messenger that brought the handwritten letter of the queen, gave up on Hifumi, who completely ignores the customs of nobles as usual, with a smile.
"Besides, I thought that you stopped being a knight after getting married, but I guess you are still serving the country." (Hifumi)
"To be precise, as the family status of my household is higher than that of my husband Vaiya's, it took the shape of him being adopted into my family, that has only a daughter, as son-in-law. With me managing the territory, my husband has kept serving as knight." (Phyrinion)
Phyrinion's territory, the Viscount Amazelt territory, is in-between the capital and Fokalore, in a place midway separated from the highway. Having a vast, fertile soil, it's a famous place for being a wheat producing area from before Orsongrande became a nation.
"I see. So, why did you come here as representative of the feudal lord?" (Hifumi)
"One reason is gratitude. The things I was made to study here have been very helpful for my territory. At that time it was very difficult, but if I think back on it now, I had the privilege of indulging in a good experience." (Phyrinion)
Phyrinion, who stopped being a knight, doesn't wear a squad's uniform but a dress. Lightly pinching its hem, she bows.
What she said are her true feelings. It was hard to carry out the territory's census from the scratch, but once she finished its collation, she discovered the fraud and collusive relationships of the employed civil officials and the fief's population's livelihood became a bit easier as well.
Given that the pointless expenses vanished, she was able to get some financial surplus.
"The other one is me bringing a letter from Her Majesty the Queen..." (Phyrinion)
"From Imeraria?" (Hifumi)
Due to Hifumi holding out his hand while saying "Please show it to me," Phyrinion placed the letter in his stretched out left hand while wondering
His characteristic black hair and eyes. His attire that was different from any other country. The single-edged sword which gave birth to his nickname "Knight of the Slender Sword."
Going by the parts she sees while being silent, he's a younger boy with a somewhat piercing look.
However, in fact he killed many people inside and outside the country and even killed the king in Orsongrande with his own hands. Or rather, he killed the king in the beginning when he made his appearance in history.
It seemed like Vaiya didn't know the full details, but from the documents of the Third Knight Order he belonged to and going by Imeraria's decrees, it had been a plan to win over Hifumi, who obtained flashy achievements after he apparently came in contact with the wrong target, so that he wouldn't be taken by another country.
Whether that was successful or not; the conclusion of that hasn't become apparent yet.
Suddenly Hifumi's gaze seizes Phyrinion.
"She has written a drawn-out, forced reason, but in short she tells me to come to the capital." (Hifumi)
Throwing the letter on the desk, Hifumi grabbed a cup and drank the tea in it.
"It might be about your activities in Horant? I don't know the details, but there might be some kind of reward?" (Phyrinion)
"No chance." (Hifumi)
Hifumi easily rejected Phyrinion's assumption.
"In Horant, Imeraria and Nelgal just frantically cleaned up the mess caused by an idiot. I passed my time by rampaging around after getting angry. In the first place, she would have probably written it, if that was the case." (Hifumi)
According to Hifumi's prediction, the most likely reason is that she wants information about the demons and beastmen. Although she shouldn't be aware that he has already gone to attack the demons.
"She might be troubled over her treatment of the elf Puuse. " (Phyrinion)
"That one is a honour student-chan, so that will hardly be the case." (Hifumi)
"What's that about?" (Phyrinion)
"It's something private", Hifumi shook the hand with the glove on it.
"That hand... did it get injured?" (Phyrinion)
Even though she believes that to be improbable, Phyrinion still asks.
"Ah, this is the result of me cutting it off myself. It's no big deal." (Hifumi)
"Cut..." (Phyrinion)
"So, what will you do with me who received this?" (Hifumi)
Phyrinion fixed her posture which fell apart due to her getting surprised and glossed it over with the expression of a lady, but even if she changed her make-up, she still had some masculine traces of her time as knight remaining.
"As it's written. Please go to the capital and meet with Her Majesty the Queen. You will be probably told the full details over there." (Phyrinion)
"Good grief, even though I just came back... so, will you serve as my escort on the trip, Phyrinion?" (Hifumi)
"You jest... I will return to my territory. Before that, I'd like you to allow me to stay in the Tohno Earldom for a while. Do I have your permission?" (Phyrinion)
"Do as you like. Do you want to study something again?" (Hifumi)
"No, I planned to learn about Vichy's movements... and in addition to that, about the movements of the demons I heard about on the way here." (Phyrinion)
"Hmm." (Hifumi)
Hifumi reacted disinterestedly, but in his mind he praised her. He highly regards those gathering intelligence, and on top of that properly grasping the place where the important movements happen.
It will be great if a lot more of such people appear. Once that happens, this world's battles will become even more complex and unpredictable.
"If it's about that, it's best to go to the border city Rhone. A temporary public office has been set up there. You probably know Miyukare and Paryu. If you listen to their story, you will probably find out various things. About the demons as well. Doelgar is there as well, but that one is a guy people won't understand even if they understand the matter at hand. If it's about hearing the story, Paryu would be the best." (Hifumi)
"It might as well be fine for you to go together with the relief soldiers", due to Hifumi calling Caim, Phyrinion couldn't calm down as she felt like she was entrapped in some snare.
"I will, right... depart in around three days." (Hifumi)
"I appreciate your efforts on delivering the letter", tapping Phyrinion's shoulder, Hifumi informed Caim, who finally arrived, about his task and quickly left the room.
Summoned Slaughterer
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