一人目が無事と言える程度の消耗具合で正気を取り戻したあとは、立て続けにホーラント兵士たちが魔法薬の影響から抜け出していった。
総勢252名。全員が意識を取り戻した時には、騎士隊の面々は疲労困憊だった。
「とりあえず、宿を一件借り切って監視をつけた軟禁状態にしていますが......」
サブナクは、ビロンの館を訪れて報告をしていた。彼も一人目の回復から今まで駆けずり回っていたので、すっかり目にクマができている。
「お疲れ様。さて、彼らの扱いだけど、ここで勝手に奴隷にしたり開放したりすると、彼が怖いからね」
「ぼくが報告に行ってきますよ。なるべく穏便に済ませてくれるといいんですが」
「大丈夫だよ。なにせ、彼らホーラント兵士はトオノ伯にとっては新しい領民候補らしいから」
ひどい真似どころか、厚遇して自領へと送るだろうとビロンは語った。微笑みの視線はどこか遠くを見ている。
「......確かに、一二三さんの領地では、民衆の生活は豊かになっているそうです。領民の人気が高く、細剣の騎士の人気はますます上がっているようですね」
さらに、多くの職員や文官によって、経営的にも安定していると、サブナクは騎士隊に上がって来ていた報告の内容を説明した。
「人口がまた増えるし、さらに他領から移ってくる民も増えるだろうね。合法・非合法に関わらず。貴族としては、ある意味理想だよね、彼は」
「理想......ですか?」
理解できないという顔をするサブナクに、ビロンは思わず吹き出した。
「あっはは! 私も彼のように人を殺してまわりたいってわけじゃないよ。領民を豊かにして財政を潤しつつ、自分の好きなことに没頭できる事が羨ましいって話さ」
どの貴族だって、自分の取り分を増やしたり、苦しい財政を何とかしようと、必死で領地を経営しているのに、一二三は実務のほとんどを部下に丸投げして、領地にすら居着かないくせに、誰よりも民衆にとって魅力ある領地経営をし、尚且つ黒字で運営できている、とビロンは指摘した。
「なるほど......」
本人の奇癖さえ見なければ、良い領主なのかもしれない。
「まあでも、良い領主かもしれないけれど、良い貴族とは言えないかもね」
「なぜですか?」
「良い貴族なら、まず自国を危機に晒す真似はしないし、自国の王族を殺したりしないよ」
苦笑いで首を振るビロンに、サブナクは自分が一二三に結構な毒され方をしていることを自覚した。
「一応、お前の話を聞いておこうか......」
玉座の前、跪くのは王孫ヴェルドレである。
その顔には苦渋が満ち満ちており、歯を食いしばる様はとても王族とは思えぬ荒々しさだった。
「......オーソングランデへ差し向けた工作員は2名は戻らず、魔法薬エルリクにて調整済みの兵500名も、戦死するか敵に囚われました......」
ここまでの話は、すでに王も聞いている内容だった。
「それで、失敗の原因は何か......」
しわがれ声で紡がれた質問は、ヴェルドレに最大限のプレッシャーを与える。
「それは......」
つばを飲み込み、言葉を続ける。
「第二騎士隊を兵力で圧倒し、ヴィシーからの転向者を利用して第一騎士隊を魔法具による傀儡としたまでは順調でした。敵国領まで進行し、ミュンスターの街まで辿りつきましたところで、工作員が倒され、兵が無効化されまして......」
「誰に倒されたのだ?」
「......トオノという、オーソングランデの新興貴族です」
か細い声で絞り出された名前に、王は深い溜息をついた。
「それは、お前が言っていたヴィシーと事を構えていた貴族ではないか? お前は、その男はヴィシーとの戦争にあたっているという話ではなかったか?」
王の質問に、ヴェルドレは答えを返せない。頭の中には見たこともないトオノという貴族への憎悪が渦巻いている。
「要するに、お前は時期を見誤ったということだ......。あの時、ヴィシーとの二正面作戦を避けるためにオーソングランデはこちらへ侵攻する事は無いと言っていたが......どうやら、ヴィシーはすでに敗北したようだから、この予測もどうなるかわからんな。聞くところによると、トオノという男は細剣の騎士と呼ばれ、武功で並ぶものは無いという事だが......」
「まさか! 情報によればトオノという男は少人数でミュンスターに来ており、しかも第一・第二騎士隊は共に壊滅したとの情報も得ております! この上逆侵攻してくる可能性は......」
思わず立ち上がって反論するヴェルドレに、王はまた渋い顔を見せる。
「その少人数の援軍に良いようにやられたのであろう?」
「う......し、しかし兵と言っても民衆からかき集めた者共で、使い捨てにしたところで大して影響は......」
「民衆が無限に湧いて出るものなら、どこの国の為政者も苦労すまい。民が減れば労働力も税収も減る。それが分からぬお前ではあるまい......」
たしなめるような王の言葉に、ヴェルドレは口を噤む。
「王座を譲る話は無期限に延期する。今は時期尚早であろう。今は、防衛の準備をせよ」
下がるように言われ、ヴェルドレは無言で謁見の間から出て行く。
「これで多少は勉強するだろう。何もかもが自分の思い通りにはいかぬということを」
静かな謁見の間に王の独り言が響いたが、侍従も文官も一言も発さなかった。
「じゃあ、この中でホーラントの魔法具とかに詳しい奴は手を挙げろ」
宿の食堂にも入りきれなかったので、広場に集められた元ホーラント兵たちは、急ごしらえの壇上に上がって、前置きもなく質問をした若い男に困惑していた。
「お前は誰だ? なぜ俺たちはここにいるのか説明しろ!」
「あーそうか。お前らがなぜここにいるかは、面倒だから後で誰かに説明させる。俺は一二三という。一応、オーソングランデの伯爵だ。あと、今から余計な事言ったら殺すから」
さらっと殺害警告をされた事に頭がついていかない兵たちだが、一二三の目は本気だと、何故か誰もが信じた。
一二三と揃って壇上に上がったサブナクが、殺伐とした空気をどうにかしようと笑顔を振りまく。
「あのですね、この方の提案で貴方がたを魔法薬の影響から救う事ができたのですよ。ホーラントは兵士を魔法薬で傀儡状態にして使い潰しているみたいで、戦闘の結果生き残りを保護できたので、この一二三さんが考案した方法で何とか救い出す事ができたわけです」
サブナクの説明に、兵たちは顔を見合わせている。
いまいち信じられないが、現状を説明するには適当な理由だと多くの者が思っているらしい。
ちなみに、サブナクの説明はある程度一二三から強制的に言わされている部分も多く含んでいる。
「そういうわけだから、さっさと質問に答えろ。ホーラントの魔法具や魔法薬について何か知っている奴は手を挙げろ」
ポツポツと数人の手が見えて、その全員が宿の食堂へと入るように言われる。
「残りはコイツに話を聞いてくれ」
用は済んだと一二三も宿の食堂へさっさと行ってしまい、取り残された兵達の前に、今度は少女と言える位の年の女性が壇上へと上がった。
「一二三様の侍従、オリガです。皆様の回復を主共々お喜び申し上げます」
丁寧な挨拶ではあるが、主はあれで喜んでいるのかと、何人もが首をかしげた。
「皆様には三つの選択肢があります。ひとつは自由の身になってどこへなりと行かれること。ひとつは一二三様の領地にて新生活を始めること。ひとつはホーラントへ戻ること」
恐る恐る挙げられた手を見つけたたオリガは、優しく微笑む。
「なにかご質問ですか?」
「あの......俺たちは敵兵という扱いだと思うのですが、開放やまして国に帰ってもよろしいのですか?」
「もちろんです。しかし......」
こほん、と咳払いをしてから、オリガは語る。
「開放をしてもその後の生活については当然、何も保証いたしません。皆さんが身につけていた物には手をつけておりませんが、支度金などをお渡しすることはありません。そして、ホーラントへ戻る選択肢を選ばれた場合は......」
笑顔だった可愛らしい顔から、するりと表情が抜け落ちた。
「ひっ......」
誰かが怯えた声をあげた。
「私たちの敵になりますので、国境を越えてから何日生き延びられるかは保証しません。一二三様の手によって、ホーラントは数日中には無くなりますし、その際には基本的に邪魔する者は皆殺しにいたします。おそらく、皆様が戻られたところで再び薬を盛られて兵として戦場へ戻ってこられるでしょうから、その時にはすぐに死体になりますでしょう」
その覚悟で、帰国したければそうしてください、とオリガは言う。
誰もが息を飲み、隣で聞いていたサブナクも固まっている。
「じゃ、じゃあ一二三......様の領地ではどんな扱いになるのでしょうか。やっぱり、奴隷にされるのですか?」
様をつけ忘れそうになったところで睨みつけられつつ、何とか質問を言い切った若い兵士に、オリガは笑顔を見せた。先ほどの迫力が無ければ、とても魅力的に見えたかもしれない。
「そんな事はありません。ちゃんと住民として登録し、できるだけご希望に沿った職場をご紹介します。しばらくは官営の宿泊施設を使っていただいて構いませんし、ご希望があれば職員や兵士として雇用もいたします」
この発言に、一気にざわつき始めた。
待遇が良すぎる、罠ではないか、と。
しかし、他に選択肢はない。
(まあ、そうなるよね)
結局、全員がフォカロルへと向かうことになり、しばらくミュンスターに滞在した後、フォカロル領軍が戻る際に同行させるという手はずになった。
「フォカロルの領兵がホーラントから戻らなかったらどうなるのか」
という質問をした者は、身体が硬直する程の圧力でオリガに睨みつけられ、三時間ほど説教に織り交ぜた一二三の素晴らしさと如何に無敵の強さを誇っているかの話を聞かされ、別の形でのマインドコントロールを受ける羽目になった。
それからは、元ホーラント兵たちは皆、オリガには従順になった。
「......わかった。お前たちはもう他の連中と合流していいぞ。今後の説明は誰かに適当に聞いてくれ」
広場でオリガの公開説教が行われている頃、一二三は食堂にてホーラント兵たちから魔法具についての説明を聴き終えていた。
ホーラントの首都アドラメルクでは、城の周辺に魔法研究関連の施設が集中し、優秀な魔法使いが集められている事。彼らは軍務や研究に従事し、その成果は全て王城へと集められる構造になっているらしい。
商品化される物は全て王城からホーラントの商人や一部ヴィシーの商人へと技術が下賜される形で世に出回るため、常に王城が魔法技術の上位を維持する形となっている。
「つまり、他は無視して王都へ向かえばいいわけだ」
面倒がなくていい、と一二三は笑う。
「魔法を使う兵が集まっているというのは面倒かもしれないが、まあなんとかなるだろう。ついでに王を始末して国としては無くしてしまおう。中央の政体が崩れてしまった場合に群雄割拠できるかどうかも見ておきたいからな」
ヴィシーは思ったほど混乱しなかったと、不満げに一人ぼやきながら、一二三は宿の従業員に食事を頼んだ。
ここは一二三が投宿している宿ではないが、中年女性の従業員も一二三が何者で、どういう扱いが必要かを第三騎士隊からキッチリと言い含められていたので、一二三の要望に素早く用意してくれる。
最初に出された根菜がゴロゴロ入ったポトフのような煮込み料理は、この街の名物らしい。
「ふむふむ、ちょっと薄味だけど、野菜の味が濃いなぁ」
にこにこと満足げに野菜をほおばる姿を見て、従業員はこれがそんなに怖い人には見えないと困惑していた。
聞えよがしに語られていた先ほどの話の血なまぐささとは印象が合わない。
探しましたよ、と一二三に声を駆けてきたのは、第二騎士隊所属の騎士だった。ホーラント兵が集団で停止した時、一二三に声をかけた男で、今は第三騎士隊の手伝いをしている。名をヴァイヤーといった。
「伯爵様の軍が到着いたしました。ただその......軍務長官を名乗っているのが......」
どうやら、アリッサが若すぎて信用していいかどうか迷っているらしい。
「あれはあれで、俺の指導で鍛えているからそこそこ強くはあるんだけどな。まあ見た目はな」
「では......」
「ああ、アリッサには確かに領軍を任せている。そうだな、兵たちは適当に休む場所に案内して、アリッサはここに案内してくれ」
「了解いたしました」
疑問が晴れたヴァイヤーは、爽やかな返答を返した。
「俺の部下でもないのに、使って悪いな」
「お気になさらないでください。おかげさまで、首がつながったのですから。精一杯の恩返しはさせていただきます」
アリッサを呼ぶためにヴァイヤーが出て行く。
一二三はアリッサのために追加の煮込みを注文すると、自分の分も他の料理を追加で頼んだ。
「さて、ようやく準備が整いそうだな」
ホーラント国侵入に向けて、一二三の気持ちは高揚していた。
After they regained their consciousness and entered a state of exhaustion where it was possible to tell that they were safe with a single glance, the soldiers from Horant escaped the effect of the magic portion successively.
They numbered 252. When all of them regained their consciousness, all the knights were totally exhausted.
"For the time being they will be put under house arrest with added monitoring in a reserved inn, but..." (Sabnak)
Sabnak visited Biron's mansion and gave a report. Since he ran around after the first soldier's recovery, his eyes are showing thorough dark circles.
"Thanks for your work. As for their treatment, if we liberate them or arbitrarily enslave them here, they will be afraid." (Biron)
"I'm off to give a report. It would be great if we could finish it as peaceful as possible." (Sabnak)
"It will be alright. At any rate, they seem to be new candidates to join the fief's population as far as Earl Tohno is concerned about the soldiers from Horant." (Biron)
Biron talked about the possibility of sending them to the aforementioned territory, where they, far from being treated terribly, will be welcomed heartily. With a smiling expression he is looking somewhere far away.
"... Certainly, if it's Hifumi's territory, it appears that the livelihood of the populace has become abundant. Having a high popularity amongst the fief's population, the fame of the Knight of the Thin Sword is apparently continuously rising." (Sabnak)
"Moreover, because of the many staff members and civil officials, things related to the administration are also stable," Sabnak explained the details of the report that came from the knight order.
"He will increase his population once again. Furthermore, the people coming from other fiefs might increase as well. Regardless of it being legal or illegal. As noble he is ideal in a certain way, isn't he?" (Biron)
"Ideal... it is?" (Sabnak)
Biron unintentionally burst into laughter due to Sabnak showing a face of not understanding.
"Ahhaha! That doesn't mean that I want to go around killing people like that either. I'm envious of him being able to immerse himself in something he likes while enriching the public finances and the fief's population. That's what I mean." (Biron)
"After all, any kind of noble, if they somehow struggle with a tight financial budget, would want to increase their own share. Although they are frantically managing their territory, Hifumi practically leaves almost all of the decision-making to his subordinates. And yet, without him even settling down in his territory, his territory's administration fascinates the people more than that any other fief. On top of that they are operating with their balances in the black", Biron pointed out.
"I see..." (Sabnak)
If one doesn't only keep an eye on the strange habit of the person himself, one might see him as an excellent feudal lord.
"Well, even if he might be an excellent feudal lord, you can't really say that he is a good noble." (Biron)
"Why?" (Sabnak)
"If he were a good noble, first he wouldn't act in a way of exposing his own country to danger and next he wouldn't kill royalty of his own country." (Biron)
As Biron shook his head with a bitter smile, Sabnak became aware that he had been splendidly corrupted by Hifumi.
"For the time being, let's listen to your story... ?" (Suprangel)
Kneeling in front of the throne is the royal grandson, Veldone.
With a face full of mortification and an appearance of clenching his teeth, one wouldn't consider this gruff man as royalty at all.
"... 2 of the covert operatives sent to Orsongrande haven't returned. Even the 500 soldiers, having finished the adjustment to the magic potion, Elrik, were killed in action or taken prisoner by the enemy..." (Veldone)
The king had already heard the details of the story up to here.
"So, what's the cause of the failure... ?" (Suprangel)
The question, spoken with a hoarse voice, puts a maximum pressure on Veldone.
"That is..." (Veldone)
Swallowing his spit, he continues his words.
"The military forces overwhelmed the Second Knight Order. All was fine until they decided to turn the First Knight Order into puppets with magic tools using the convert from Vichy. They advanced to the enemy nation's territory. Once they finally arrived at the city of Munster, the covert operatives were defeated reducing the soldiers to lifeless dolls..." (Veldone)
"Who defeated them?" (Suprangel)
"... A rising noble of Orsongrande called Tohno." (Veldone)
The king sighed deeply as Veldone squeezed out the name with a feeble voice.
"Isn't that the noble you said stirred up trouble with Vichy? Wasn't it you, who talked about this man going to war against Vichy?" (Suprangel)
Veldone can't return an answer towards the king's inquiry. A yet unseen hatred is surging within his heart against this noble called Tohno.
"In short, it appears as if you misread the stage... At that time you said Orsongrande would never invade here for the sake of avoiding military operations on two fronts, including Vichy, but... since Vichy apparently already lost, I don't know what will happen with you estimation. According to the part I've heard, the man called Tohno is referred as Knight of the Thin Sword. Although you can't call him someone having a line up of military exploits..." (Suprangel)
"Never! According to the information, the man called Tohno has arrived at Munster with a small number of people. Furthermore, I have also obtained the news that the First and Second Knight Order have been destroyed! Besides, the possibility of them coming to invade in reverse is..." (Veldone)
The king once again shows a grim face due to Veldone spontaneously standing up and objecting.
"We have obviously been deceived well by the small reinforcement, don't you agree?" (Suprangel)
"Uh... B-But, although being called soldiers, they were gathered from within the population. So they won't have much of an impact even if they were used and then thrown away..." (Veldone)
"If people infinitely gushed forth from the populace, no statesman of any nation would have any hardships either. If the people decrease, the tax yields of their labor will decrease as well. For you to not grasp this..." (Suprangel)
Veldone holds his tongue due to the rebuking words of the king.
"The talk about handing over the throne to you has been postponed indefinitely. It is currently too early for that. Work on preparing the defenses now." (Suprangel)
Being told to withdraw, Veldone leaves the audience room in silence.
"He will probably learn something from this. That not anything and everything moves as he wants." (Suprangel)
As the king's monologue resounded in the quiet audience room, the chamberlains and civil officials didn't utter even a single word.
"Well then, those of you, who are informed about the magic tools of Horant, raise your hand." (Hifumi)
Since they didn't even fit in the dining hall of the inn, the former soldiers from Horant, gathered in a plaza, were baffled by the young man, standing on a hastily made platform, telling them this order without even introducing himself.
"Who are you? Tell us why we are here!" (Soldier)
"Ah, I see. Someone else will explain to you why you are here afterwards since it's too troublesome. I'm called Hifumi. More or less I'm a noble of Orsongrande. Also, I will kill you, if you talk about unnecessary things from now on." (Hifumi)
Although the soldiers couldn't process the forthright killing warning with their brains, for some reason all of them believed him seeing the seriousness in Hifumi's eyes.
Sabnak, who had climbed the platform together with Hifumi, one way or another spreads a smile in that bloodthirsty atmosphere.
"Well you know, due to the suggested method of him we were able to free you from the effects of the magic potion. It looks like Horant turned you into puppets with the magic potion, used you and killed many of you. Given that we were able to shelter those surviving the battle, we could save you with a method designed by this Hifumi-san." (Sabnak)
The soldiers are looking at each others faces due to Sabnak's explanation.
Although they are not quite believing it, many are apparently thinking that it's a fitting reason explaining their present state.
By the way, Sabnak's explanation is containing many parts he has been forced to say to a certain degree by Hifumi.
"That's how it is. Therefore, hurry up and comply with my order. Those of you, who know something about the magic tools from Horant, raise your hand." (Hifumi)
Bit by bit several hands can be seen. All of them are told to go into the dining hall of the inn.
"Those of you remaining ask this fellow about the story." (Hifumi)
Having finished his business, Hifumi ends up quickly heading into the dining hall of the inn. A woman, with an age you would consider to be the one of a girl, went up on the platform in front of the remaining soldiers next.
"I'm Hifumi-sama's chamberlain, Origa. Let me, together with my master, express our joy for all of you to recover." (Origa)
It is a polite greeting, but will your master be pleased with that?
"Everyone has three choices. First, becoming a free man allowing you to go wherever you want. Second, starting a new life in the territory of Hifumi-sama. Third, returning to Horant." (Origa)
Origa, discovering a timidly raised hand, gently smiles.
"Do you have any question?" (Origa)
"Umm... I thought we would be treated as enemies, but is it alright to free us, not to mention even allowing us to return to our country?" (Soldier)
"Of course, it is. However..." (Origa)
After clearing her throat with an ahem, Origa speaks.
"Naturally we won't guarantee you anything concerning your life afterwards even if you are released. Although we haven't laid our hands on the things you wore, we won't give you anything like money to cover the costs of preparations and such. And in the case you picked the choice of returning to Horant, ..." (Origa)
Her lovely smiling facial expression collapsed in an instant.
"Hii..." (Soldier)
Someone raised a frightened shriek.
"Since you will become our enemy, I can't guarantee how many of you will survive after crossing the border. Horant will disappear within a few days by Hifumi-sama's hands. During that period people, who are basically a nuisance, will be massacred. Since everyone, who returned there, will likely once again receive the drug and come back to the battlefield, they will immediately be turned into corpses then and there." (Origa)
"If you have the resolve for that, please go ahead and return home," Origa says.
Everyone has their breath taken away. Even Sabnak, who listened next to her, is stiffening.
"W-Well, if it's Hifumi... -sama's territory, how will we be treated there? Will we be made into slaves after all?" (Soldier)
While being glared at for almost forgetting to attach -sama, the young soldier somehow managed to finish his question. Origa showed a smile. If the previous intensity didn't exist, they might even have regarded her as very charming.
"Nothing like that will happen. Once you properly registered as citizen, you will be referred to a workplace that fits you as much as possible. It's no problem for you to use the lodging house of the government administration for a while. If you have the aspiration, we will even hire you as soldiers and staff members." (Origa)
In one go it began to get noisy due to that proposal.
A far too nice treatment, isn't it a trap?
However, there is no other choice.
(Well, that's how it will turn out, right?)
In the end all of them decided to move to Fokalore after staying in Munster for a short while. It was arranged that they would accompany the Fokalore territorial soldiers once they returned.
"What will happen if the territorial soldiers from Fokalore don't return from Horant?" (Soldier)magic
Someone asked that question. Origa glared at him with a degree of pressure causing the soldier's body to petrify. For around 3 hours they had to listen to a speech about Hifumi's magnificence and what unrivaled strength he is boasting of. They got stuck receiving another kind of mind-control.
After that, all of the former soldiers from Horant became submissive towards Origa.
"... Understood. It's fine for you guys to join the other guys now. Ask someone suitable to tell you the story." (Hifumi)
At the time Origa's public preaching took place on the plaza, Hifumi finished listening to the explanation about the magic tools from the soldiers of Horant in the dining hall.
In the capital city of Horant, Adolamelk, the institutions related to magic research are concentrated in the vicinity of the castle. Excellent magicians are gathering there. It seems that it has turned into an organisation of collecting all of their results, in their pursuit in military arts and research, at the royal castle.
As consequence, the commercialized products, after passing a certain time, are published and granted to Horant's merchants and a part of Vichy's merchants by the royal castle. It has taken a shape of constantly preserving the superiority of the royal castle in magic technology.
"In other words, it's best if I ignore the others and head to the capital." (Hifumi)
"It's fine, if it isn't too problematic," Hifumi laughs.
"There might be difficulties because soldiers, using magic, are gathered there, but, well, I will somehow deal with it, I guess. Let's have the nation disappear by getting rid of the king while I'm at it. I want to see whether it would develop into a fight between local warlords in case the system of the central government ended up collapsing." (Hifumi)
While complaining dissatisfied by himself that Vichy didn't succumb to the degree of chaos he planned, Hifumi ordered a meal from the inn's employee.
This inn isn't the one Hifumi is staying at, but since the middle-aged female employee was given detailed and precise instructions about what kind of person Hifumi is and how to deal with him by the Third Knight Order, she quickly lays out Hifumi's order.
First she served a stew dish similar to pot-au-feu containing root crops all over which apparently is a specialty of this city.
"I see, I see. It's slightly bland but the taste of the vegetables is deep." (Hifumi)
Looking at his state of stuffing the vegetables into his mouth with a satisfied and friendly smile, the employee was baffled by this as she couldn't see him as such a scary person.
Her impression doesn't match with the bloody story she was told in a way of bad-mouthing him not long ago.
"I looked for you," it was a knight affiliated with the Third Knight Order whose voice reached Hifumi. It was the man who called out to Hifumi at the time the group of soldiers from Horant came to a standstill. Currently he was helping out at the Third Knight Order. His name was Vaiya.
"The troops of Earl-sama have arrived. Just, that... the person calling herself military director..." (Vaiya)
Somehow it seems he is hesitating whether he should say that he believes Alyssa to be too young.
"That person, despite appearance, is reasonably powerful since she has been forged under my guidance. Hmm, well I guess her appearance is a bit odd though." (Hifumi)
"Then..." (Vaiya)
"Ah, I have certainly entrusted Alyssa with the territorial army. That's right, lead the soldiers to a suitable place where they can rest and bring Alyssa here." (Hifumi)
"Understood." (Vaiya)
Having his doubts cleared up, Vaiya returned an invigorated reply.
"Sorry for using you although you aren't even my subordinate." (Hifumi)
"Please don't mind it. Thanks to you my head is still connected to the neck. I will do my utmost to return this favor." (Vaiya)
Vaiya leaves in order to call Alyssa.
Hifumi ordered another serving of stew for Alyssa and other additional dishes for himself.
"Now then, at last it looks like the preparations have been put in order." (Hifumi)
With the goal of invading the country of Horant, Hifumi's mood was uplifted.
Summoned Slaughterer
呼び出された殺戮者
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