43.When It'S Over 【親友との死闘】
フォカロルの領主館周辺は、前線から退避させられた民衆と、誘導の為にいる領兵や職員、さらに第三騎士隊と彼らが率いる援軍の兵たちでごった返していた。
職員たちが民衆へ食事を振舞ったり、具合が悪くなった者を救護したりと、次第にお祭りのような雰囲気へと変わっていく。
商魂たくましい者たちは、いつの間にか屋台を出しており、職員たちも出店場所だけ整理して、後は自由にさせているようだ。
「戦争中のはずだが、なんだこの状況は」
馬を進めて民衆をかき分け、ミダスたちはようやく混雑するエリアを抜けつつあった。
「戦場になっている門から民衆を遠ざけたようです」
職員から状況を聞いた若い騎士からの報告を聞いて、ミダスはため息をついた。
「民衆のことを慮ってなのか、単に邪魔だからか......」
かなり高確率で後者だろうとは思うが、口には出さずに急いで戦場へと馬を進める。
全員に直ぐに剣を抜けるようにと指示を出しつつも、違和感に眉を寄せる。
「おかしいな......」
「何がです?」
「戦闘中のはずなのに、妙に静かだと思わないか? むしろ領主館の方が騒々しい」
そういえば、と若い騎士は同意するが、とにかく現場へ向かおうと、人が少なくなった道で馬を進める。
やがて街の出入り口にある立派な鉄の門が見えてきたが、扉は大きく開かれていた。
「!......突破されたのか? しかし、敵は......?」
急いで近寄ってみると、門の外では領兵たちが談笑しながら敵の死体を片付けていた。和やかに語り合いながら、魔法や薙刀で刻まれた死体を集めて穴へ放り込み、油をかけてひと山ごとに焼いていた。
タンパク質が焼ける強烈な悪臭が漂い、ミダスは鼻を押さえるほどだったが、領兵たちは顔に布を巻いただけで平然としていた。
死体の山を前に、リラックスした様子の領兵たちを見てから、後ろについてきている第三騎士隊の面々を見ると、一様に青ざめた顔をしており、中には堪えきれずに吐いている者もいた。
情けないとは思うが、もはや実践経験の差は王都の騎士や兵とフォカロルのトオノ領兵たちとでは覆し難い差があるようだ。
見回してみると、どこかで見た気がする一人の女性が兵達に指示を出しているのが見えた。
ミダスが馬を降りて、剣から手を離して近づくと、彼女も気づいたようだ。
「第三騎士隊のミダスだ。援軍として派遣されてきたのだが......」
「トオノ領で軍務関係の担当をしている文官奴隷のミュカレです。ようこそおいでくださいました」
にっこりと笑って応じたミュカレに、ミダスは彼女を含む一二三の奴隷達を思い出した。王城で一二三に何やら色々と叩き込まれているところを見かけた事がある。
「状況を教えて欲しいのだが」
「ヴィシーの将は死に、敗残兵は今ごろ、軍務長官たちに追われて逃げておりますわ」
フォカロルは戦場ではなくなり、既に今回の戦いは敗残兵狩りを残すばかりなのだという。
「敵の将は?」
「さあ? 穴だらけだったと聞いていますし、今頃はどこかの穴の中で灰になっているでしょう」
ミダスは眉間を押さえて唸った。
一二三同様、彼らトオノ領兵や文官達にとって、敵が誰でどんな地位かなど関係が無いらしい。死んだから処理した、で全て終わりなのだ。
「ところで」
状況に頭を抱えるミダスに、ミュカレがにっこりと笑う。
「そろそろ終わった頃でしょうから、館へ向かわれた方がよろしいのでは?」
「終わったとは......何の事だ?」
「一二三様の悪趣味なお遊びが、ですわ」
一瞬思考が止まったミダスは、何も言わずに馬に飛び乗って領主館へ向かった。
手裏剣を構えたオリガは、痛む足を堪えて壁に背中を預けた。
「カーシャ、あなたを許さない......」
「落ち着きなよ! もう騎士隊が踏み込んでくるし、そうなったら一二三さんはもう......」
言いかけたところで、オリガが放った四方手裏剣がカーシャの肩を裂いた。とっさに避けたため、傷は浅い。
「オリガ、なんで......」
「それ以上は許さない。騎士隊が来るならなおさら、私は一二三様の側に行かなくては」
次の手裏剣を構えるオリガに、カーシャは仕方ないと剣を掴み、鞘をつけたまま構えた。
「力づくでやるよ」
「やってみなさい。私は貴女のように弱い女じゃないこと、見せてあげる」
じりじりと距離を詰めてくるカーシャに、足が使えないオリガは壁に背をつけたままズルズルと横へ動くしかない。
カーシャはなるべく怪我をさせないようにと、打ち込む場所を迷っていた。
「杖も無い状態で、アタシに勝てるわけないよ」
「そうやって相手の能力を過小評価するのが、貴女の悪い癖だと何度も注意した事があるはずだけど?」
再び放たれた手裏剣は、カーシャの足を狙う。
カーシャは飛び退きつつ剣を振るって手裏剣の軌道を逸らし、逆に踏み込んで脇腹を打つ。
「くぅ......」
オリガは倒れるようにして受け流したつもりだったが身体が思うように動かず、完全には勢いを殺しきれなかった。
うつぶせに倒れ、荒い息をつくオリガに、カーシャは剣を下ろした。
「これでわかったよね。一緒に行こうよ......アタシはオリガと本気でやりあうなんて嫌だよ」
ゴロリとオリガは仰向けになって、右手をそっと、カーシャへ差し出してきた。
「よかった。それじゃ、これから一緒に......」
草を刈るような音がして、カーシャの脇腹を風の刃がえぐった。
コップを倒したような量の血が、床に落ちる。
「......は?」
目に映る自分の体の状況がよく飲み込めないまま、急激に血を失ったカーシャは膝をついた。
さらに、血がこぼれる。
「杖も無いのに、どうして......」
かすむ目でオリガを見ると、突き出された彼女のローブは腕まわりが裂けており、むき出しになった細い前腕には、皮のベルトで固定されたナイフがあった。
「一二三様の提案で、ホーラントの魔法使いを真似て作った隠しナイフよ。魔法使い相手に、詠唱の時間を与えたのは甘かったわね」
言い終わると、オリガもカーシャも床に倒れた。
とりあえず、と一二三に頭から魔法薬をどぼどぼとかけられたオリガが目覚めたとき、目の前に無傷の一二三がいることで、自分が死んだのかと勘違いした。
しかし、横を見るとカーシャが血だまりに倒れている。
「一二三様......?」
「おう、目が覚めたが」
「ご、ご無事ですか!? ......そうでした、カーシャがこの館に騎士団を呼んだと......!」
飛び上がるように起きたオリガは、一二三にしがみついてまくしたてるが、簡単に引きはがされて床に転がった。
「落ち着け馬鹿たれ。襲ってきた騎士隊は全部始末した。今はドゥエルガルたちに片付けさせている」
良かった、と安心したオリガは、ぽろぽろと涙をこぼした。
オリガの嗚咽に、死の淵にいるカーシャはぼんやりとした意識のままつぶやいた。
「ひふみさん......あぁ、パジョーさんは......」
彼女は、自分にオリガとの仲直りの機会をくれたあの騎士は、失敗して死んだのだと悟ったカーシャは、もう何もかもがどうでも良くなっていた。
「カーシャ、今からでも一二三様に謝罪しなさい。まだ間に合うから......」
オリガは一二三とカーシャを交互に見て、以前のような優しい声で言ってくれた。そのことが、カーシャにはたまらなく悲しくなった。
「オリガ、ごめんね......。一二三さんも、ごめんね......。アタシは、馬鹿だったなぁ......」
「一二三様、彼女も反省しているので......」
いざカーシャの死にゆく姿を見てしまうと、オリガも動揺を隠せない。
だが、一二三は黙ってカーシャを見ている。
「もう......何も、かも、変わっていたんだよ、ね......アタシは気付けなかっただけで、パジョーさんも認められなかっただけで......」
カーシャは一二三を見て、苦しげに笑う。
「一二三さん、奴隷だったアタシたちを助けてくれて、ありがとう......。よかったら、このまま、死なせてほしい......馬鹿なアタシには、勿体ないくらい、恵まれた死に様だと、思うから......」
一二三は無表情で頷く。
「ありがとう......」
「カーシャ!」
そっと閉じられたカーシャの瞼は、もう開かなかった。
苦しげに一度だけ胸が上下してから、呼吸が止まる。
「ほんとうに、ばかなんだから......」
親友の横に座り込み、強がっても止められない涙を落とした。
一二三は、腰に手を当てて息を吐いた。
その脳裏には、多少の憐憫はあるが悔恨は無い。多くを占めるのは、憤怒だった。
人込みをかき分け、館に到着したミダスを出迎えたのは、無傷のまま、憤怒の表情を浮かべる一二三と、それ以上に怒りを燃やすオリガだった。
一人、執務室へ通されたミダスは、状況が最悪の結果を迎えている事を悟っていた。この後の自分の運命を思うと、足が重くなる。
一二三は、目の前で視線を合わせることもできずに立ち尽くすミダスに、短く声をかけた。
「え、援軍が間に合わず、お役にたてなくて申し訳ない......」
「あくまで私たちを助けるためにここまで来たと、そうおっしゃられるわけですね?」
「む、無論だ」
オリガの方にも目を向けることができない。
「援軍は、剣を抜いたまま執務室に踏み込んでくるのがこの国の常識なのか?」
「う......」
「知人を使って内情を探らせるのも、騎士隊の、いえ、王城の常識ですか?」
「それに、おかしいんだよなぁ。イメラリアはヴィシーが結構な戦力を用意して国境へ攻めてくるのはわかっていたはず。というより、そう仕向けていたんだから、援軍を送るならもっと早くできたはずだけどな?」
「いや、そんなはずは......。事実、侯爵家次男のデボルド様を和平の使者としてヴィシーへ派遣されました」
「そうか。この世界の和平の使者というのは、こんな挑発文を送るものなのか」
投げわたされた書簡は、一二三がデボルドの懐から抜いたものだ。
「これは......!」
イメラリアの署名が入ったそれは、ヴィシーへ無理難題を突き付けた、どう好意的に解釈しても敵意しか見えない内容だった。
「さて、今回の件はミダスからしっかりとイメラリアに伝えてくれよ。俺がいくら優しいといっても限度がある、と」
どこが優しいのかと思ったのが顔に出たのか、オリガがぞっとするほど冷たい視線をミダスに向けてきた。
「本当なら、今すぐ貴方と王女の首を貰うところです。一二三様の寛大な処置に感謝するべきではありませんか」
「も、申し訳ない......」
頭を下げながら、今のオリガの言葉に「おや?」とミダスは疑問を持った。今の言い方だと、自分も王女も助かるように聞こえる。
「手ごたえがなさすぎるんだよなぁ......」
「は?」
「パジョーですら少し工夫をした程度だったし、ヴィシーの兵も馬鹿正直に正面から突っ込んできて、こっちの予測からちっとも外れない。オリガはよくやったようだが、カーシャは教えたことが全然できていなかった」
急に何を言い出したのか、ミダスはついていけない。
「俺の世界は、俺の国は、長い長い戦い歴史の中で、鎧を着た相手や馬に乗った相手、離れた相手や素早い相手を、いかに効率よく殺すか、多くの研鑽を重ねて技術を作り上げていった。その結果、様々な武術や武器が現れては消え、文字通り生き残りをかけて戦ってきたんだ」
まあ、最近はそんなことはすっかり忘れ去られてしまったけれど、愚痴を挟む。
「ところが、こっちへ来てから相対する相手が手ぬるい奴ばかりだ。この国だけかと思ったが、他の国もどうやら変わらないらしい。冒険者をやって為政者をやって、ずっと考えていたが、ようやく結論が出た」
「け、結論とは......」
ミダスは、何か途轍もない事を聞かされるのではないかと、すぐにここから逃げ出したい気持ちに突き動かされそうになったが、一二三が何を語るのか、ミダスが王女へ伝えなければならない。
「この世界には戦いが足りない。人と人が、命を削って戦う必死さが足りない。だから、俺が動くことにした」
「いったい、何をするつもりですか......」
聞きたくはないが、聞かなければならない。
そして案の定、ミダスは聞いたことを後悔した。
「世界を回って、この世の中の人間が自覚するように、目覚めるように戦いのやり方を広めてくる。なぁに、何千人か鍛えて世界中に散らばったら、自然とそうなるんじゃないか?」
「つまり、鍛え上げた人間を育てて、世界中で戦わせるという事ですか?」
「素晴らしいお考えです。もちろん私もお手伝いさせていただきます」
オリガが当然のように言うのに、これは何を言ってもついてくるだろうと一二三は諦めていた。
「あ、領地はそのまま使うから。たまに帰ってくるし、いろいろ実験する場所も欲しいしな」
“将来オーソングランデにダメージを与えるかもしれない人間”を育てる人間の領地を抱えることになるというのだ。正気の沙汰ではない。
(しかし、これを断ることはできない......)
おそらくイメラリアも断れないだろう。これで二度、彼女は命を救われたことになる。不利な証拠も握られている。
Chapter 43: When It'S Over
The vicinity of the Fokalore's Lord's mansion was crowded with the populace taking refuge from the front lines, the territorial soldiers, and staff members guiding them on top of the Third Knight Unit who lead the soldiers of the reinforcements.
The staff distributed meals to the populace and aided those with deteriorating health. Gradually the mood changed into it being something along the lines of a festival.
Those with a strong business sense erected stalls before anyone noticed. The staff members only arranged the locations of the food stalls and let them freely do business afterwards.
"This ought to be a time of war, but what's with this situation?" (Midas)
Advancing on his horse while pushing his way through the masses, Midas' group finally left the jammed area.
"The populace seems to have been kept away from the gate where the battle occurred." (Young knight)
Listening to the report from a young knight who had heard the current state of affairs from the staff members, Midas breathed a sigh.
"Did they carefully consider the circumstances of the populace? Or is it because they would simply become a nuisance ... ?" (Midas)
, he assessed, but didn't voice out this thought as he had to hurry going forward on his horse towards the battlefield.
While also issuing instructions to all members to draw their swords, he scowled feeling a sense of discomfort.
"That's odd..." (Midas)
"What is?" (Young knight)
"Don't you think it's strangely silent although they should be in combat? Rather, the noise coming from the direction of the Lord's mansion is a lot more boisterous." (Midas)
"Now that you mention it." the young knight agreed to Midas' remark. As they headed towards the actual scene, the horses advanced on the road that had at least a lesser amount of people travelling it.
Before long they could see an imposing iron gate at the exit of the city, but the door was widely opened.
"! ... Did they break through? However, the enemies are ..." (Young knight)
As they were calmly talking with each other, they chopped up the corpses with magic and halberds, gathered them and tossed them into a hole. Drenching them in oil, each pile was burned.
Although the intense stench of the burning proteins was to such a degree that Midas had to pinch his nose, the territorial soldiers did it calmly having nothing but a cloth wrapped around the lower part of their faces.
Because they observed the relaxed state of the territorial soldiers in front of the mountain of dead bodies, all of the Third Knight Unit following from behind looked at them. All of them uniformly turned blue and some amongst them, not being able to bear the sight, even broke down vomiting.
Midas considered it to be pathetic, but it appears that the soldiers and knights from the capital can't overturn the difference in actual combat experience of the Touno territorial soldiers anymore.
When surveying the area, Midas saw a single women, he felt having seen somewhere before, issuing orders to the soldiers.
As Midas dismounted from his horse and withdrew his hand from his sword, she apparently noticed him as well.
"I am Midas of the Third Knight Unit. We were dispatched as reinforcements, but ..." (Midas)
"I am the civil official slave called Miyukare in charge of matters related to military affairs of the Touno territory. Welcome, I am glad that you have come to assist us." (Miyukare)
As Miyukare responded with a bright smile, Midas recalled her to be included in Hifumi's group of civil official slaves.
"I'd like you to inform me about the state of affairs." (Midas)
"The Vichy general is dead. Right about now the remnants of the defeated army are fleeing from the chasing group led by the director of military affairs." (Miyukare)
The battle at Fokalore has ended. All that was now left was simply hunting the remnants of the Vichy army.
"Where's  the enemy's general?" (Midas)
"Who knows? I heard he was in some hole. About now he should have been cremated within one of them." (Miyukare)
Midas groaned while curbing the area between his eyebrows.
Just like Hifumi, it seems that they, the Touno territorial soldiers and the civil official slaves, don't care about who and what rank the enemy has in the least.
"By the way." (Miyukare)
Miyukare smiled brightly at Midas who was greatly troubled with the situation.
"Since it's about time to finish soon, shouldn't you rather head towards the mansion?" (Miyukare)
"Finish soon? ... What matter is?" (Midas)
"Hifumi-sama's disgusting play, that is." (Miyukare)
Midas' thoughts froze for an instant. Without saying anything in return, he jumped on top of his horse and rushed towards the Lord's mansion.
Preparing the shuriken, Origa entrusted her back to the wall enduring the pain in her foot.
"Kasha, I won't forgive you ..." (Origa)
"Calm down! The Knight Unit has already broken into the mansion. Now that this has happened, Hifumi is already ..." (Kasha)
Just as she started to talk, Origa threw her four-sided shuriken tearing Kasha's shoulder.
"Origa, why ... ?" (Kasha)
"I won't bear it anymore. All the more if a Knight Unit had come, I must got to Hifumi-sama's side." (Origa)
As Origa prepared the next shuriken, Kasha, giving up, grasped the sword's grip, withdrew it from its scabbard and took her stance.
"I will suppress you with sheer strength." (Kasha)
"Give your best trying to do so. I will show you that I am not such a weak woman as you are." (Origa)
Kasha closed the distance bit-by-bit. Origa, having her back against the wall as she couldn't use her foot, had no other choice but move horizontally along the wall by slithering.
Taking care to not cause injuries as much as possible, Kasha wavered which spot she should attack.
"Without even having your wand, there is no way for you to defeat me." (Kasha)
"Underestimating the abilities of your opponent like that is a bad habit of yours. Shouldn't I have warned you many times to not do so?" (Origa)
Firing off the second shuriken, she aimed at Kasha's feet.
Kasha jumped to the side while wielding the sword in order to avert the trajectory of the shuriken. In reverse she charged and hit Origa's flank.
"Kuu ..." (Origa)
Origa had planned to elude the attack by falling down but her body didn't move as she thought it would. She wasn't able to kill the force completely.
She collapsed lying upside-down and as Origa was breathing roughly, Kasha lowered her sword.
"With this you understand, right? Let's go together ... I don't want to do such detestable thing like seriously fighting with Origa." (Kasha)
Origa heavily rotated turning her position facing upwards and silently held out her right hand towards Kasha.
"I am glad. Well then, after this, together ..." (Kasha)
A sound like grass being cut reverberated. Kasha's flank has been gouged open by a wind blade.
An amount of blood, which would overrun a glass, dropped on the floor.
"... Ha?" (Kasha)
Because she doesn't quite understand the visible condition of her own body, Kasha falls to her knees due to the sudden blood loss.
Spilling even more blood this way.
"Although you don't even have your wand, why ...?" (Kasha)
Looking at Origa with hazy eyes, she saw that the area of the robe around her arms was torn. Around the naked slender forearm leather belt with a fixed knife was coiled.
"Following Hifumi's suggestion, I prepared a hidden knife copying the magicians of Horant. Giving your magician opponent the time to cast a spell was naive." (Origa)
As they finished talking, both, Origa and Kasha, had collapsed on the floor.
with this Hifumi poured a magic potion, with the bottle making a *glug glug* sound, on Origa in order to wake her up. Seeing the unhurt Hifumi in front of her eyes, she misunderstood herself to have died.
But, once she looked closely, she could see Kasha lying in a pool of blood.
"Hifumi-sam ... ?" (Origa)
"Ou, you finally woke up." (Hifumi)
"I-I am glad you are healthy?! ... Ah right, Kasha has called a Knight Unit to this mansion ... !" (Origa)
Getting up as if she were a spring, Origa kept on talking while clinging to Hifumi. But Hifumi quickly tore her off causing her to fall on the floor.
"Calm down, moron. I got rid of the entire attacking Knight Unit. Currently Doelgar's group is cleaning up the mess." (Hifumi)
With a "That's great" Origa was relieved spilling large drops of tears.
As Origa was sobbing, Kasha, slipping into the abyss of death, murmured with her consciousness being vacant,
"Hifumi-san ... Ah, Pajou-san has ..." (Kasha)
That knight had given her and Origa a chance to reconcile. Realising that she had failed and died, Kasha didn't give a damn about everything and anything anymore.
"Kasha, apologise to Hifumi now. It isn't too late yet ..." (Origa)
Looking at Hifumi and Kasha alternately, Origa said so in her former gentle voice.
"Origa, sorry ... Hifumi-san too, I am sorry ... I have been a fool ..." (Kasha)
"Hifumi-sama, since she is also repenting ..." (Origa)
Watching Kasha heading towards her death now, Origa couldn't even hide her trembling.
But Hifumi watched Kasha without saying a single word.
"By now ... everything and anything has changed, hey ... not only I didn't notice that, I wasn't even approved by Pajou-san either ..." (Kasha)
Looking at Hifumi, Kasha laughed bitterly.
"Hifumi-san, thank you for saving us when we were slaves ... If you are fine with it, I want you to let me pass on as is ... I think this manner of death is a blessing, to the extent that it is more than a fool like me deserves ..." (Kasha)
Hifumi nodded expressionlessly.
"Thank you ..." (Kasha)
"Kasha!" (Origa)
Kasha slowly closed her eyelids to never open them again.
Painfully raising her breast up and down only once, her breathing ceased.
"Really, you have been such a fool ..." (Origa)
Sitting down at the side of her close friend, she shed tears as she also stopped to pretend being tough.
Hifumi took a breath and placed his hands on his waist.magic
In his mind he hosted a little bit of compassion but no regret.
Pushing his way through the crowd, Midas finally arrived at the mansion. He was greeted by an unhurt Hifumi, donning an expression of anger and Origa, being even more angry burning with fury.
Being guided to the office by himself, Midas discerned that the situation had turned out in the worst possible way.
As Midas stood stock still without being able to look at Hifumi in front of his eyes, a short inquiry was thrown at him.
"T-The reinforcements weren't in time. It's inexcusable that we weren't able to fulfill the role given to us ..." (Midas)
"To the very end you insist that you came up until here to assist us? Is that what you are saying?" (Origa)
"O-Of course" (Midas)
He couldn't even shift his gaze towards Origa.
"Is it common for the reinforcements to storm the Lord's office with drawn swords in this country?" (Hifumi)
"U ..." (Midas)
"Is it common for a Knight Unit, no, the royal castle to even use a friend to spy on the internal affairs?" (Hifumi)
"Besides, it's strange, isn't it? Imeraria should have known that Vichy would attack the national border having prepared a sufficient war potential. Or rather, since she has induced this, shouldn't she have sent reinforcements a lot earlier?" (Hifumi)
"No, such expectations ... In reality the second son of a Marquis household, Debold-sama, had been dispatched as envoy of peace to Vichy." (Midas)
"Is that so? That means an envoy of peace delivers such a provocative letter in this world?" (Hifumi)
The letter that was thrown at Midas was the on Hifumi had taken out from Debold's breast pocket.
"This is ... !" (Midas)
It had Imeraria's signature. Thrusting unreasonable demands at Vichy, no matter how you looked at it, the contents couldn't be called anything but hostile.
"Well then, I want you to properly convey to Imeraria that she has overstepped her bounds this time. Now matter how kind I may be, even I have my limits." (Hifumi)
Were his thought reflected on his face? Origa pointed an icy gaze at Midas to the degree of making him shiver.
"It came to a point where it would be proper for me to receive yours and the princess' heads. Shouldn't you be grateful for the generous treatment of Hifumi-sama?" (Origa)
"I-I am very sorry ..." (Midas)
While bowing his head in apology, Midas raised an [Oya?]  having a question towards Origa's just spoken words.
"There was far too little resistance, I guess ..." (Hifumi)
"Ha?" (Midas)
"The degree of the scheme was too little, even for Pajou. Also, the soldiers of Vichy attacking straight from the front like idiots, didn't divert from our predictions in the least. Although Origa seems to be able handling it well, Kasha wasn't able to implement what she had been taught at all." (Hifumi)
Midas suddenly couldn't follow what Hifumi was talking about.
"Due to the long, long history of wars in my country and world, there are many substantial studies repeatedly refining the art of efficiently killing your enemies, such as those heavily armored, those riding a horse, those being separated from their allies and those being swift, no matter the circumstances. As a result of that, many created military strategies and weapons vanished, making it literally a struggle to survive for those." (Hifumi)
Maa, though I ended up completely forgetting those things recently
"However, after coming here, the opponents I faced were only luke-warm opponents at best. I first thought that it was only this country, but it seems the other countries aren't any different in that regard either. As I worked as adventurer and statesman, I always pondered about it and at last I reached a conclusion." (Hifumi)
"Th-The conclusion is ..." (Midas)
As Midas feared he would hear something absurd and his desire to escape from this place right away was almost stirred up, he resisted those up-welling feelings as he had to convey what Hifumi was going to say to the princess.
"There isn't enough fighting in this world. There isn't enough desperation to stake their life on fighting between people. Therefore I decided to make my move." (Hifumi)
"What the hell are you planning to do ...?" (Midas)
Although he didn't want to hear it, he couldn't help but listen to it.
And just as he thought, Midas regretted hearing about it.
"I will spread the methods of fighting in order for the human society to become self-aware and come to their senses all around the world. Oh well, if I drill thousands of people scattered throughout the world in the ways of war, my intent will naturally come true, don't you think?" (Hifumi)
"In other words, you will raise well-trained people to pit them against each other all around the world? Is that what you are saying?"
"It's a magnificent idea. Of course I will also do my very best to help you." (Origa)
Even though Origa said this as if it was natural, Hifumi gave up while thinking
"Ah! I will use this territory as is. Once in a while I will return here. I want a place where I can run various experiments as well." (Hifumi)
As result the people brought up in this territory will become 'people who might cause damage to Orsongrande in the future'.
(However, there is no way to decline this ...) (Midas)
Most likely even Imeraria won't be able to refuse.
Summoned Slaughterer
呼び出された殺戮者
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