Chapter 277. Personality Controversy (1)
“Traveler. Traveler!”
“You misunderstood the person.”
A beach in broad daylight with waves lapping.
The traveler, lying on the cot and covering his face with a large hat, had just woken up and drool.
A familiar voice was coming from close by.
For now, it was a voice that was desperately begging me not to hear it anymore.
“Let’s talk for a minute.”
“Where are your parents? Are they lost?”
“Don’t play around…”
Sureuk.
The traveler let out a deep sigh as the hat fell off his face.
As expected, Tilpitz was standing there.
She was the kind of girl who, to a stranger, would only see her as a stocky girl.
“I’ll be honest. I’m here to ask for help.”
“Okay. One piece of advice, Tilpitz. Do you see the beach over there? Do you see Tochka?”
“Yes…”
“They used to be all forts with annihilators planted one by one. But now they’ve taken all those cannons somewhere? So the beach is a good place to attack now. Ship all the fanatics of Asylum that you love so much. Put it on a plane and land it here. Who knows if the emperor will surrender in surprise. Huh?”
“Hey…”
That was nonsense.
How much money would you buy that ship, how would you load a group of fanatics who were all isolated in the interior of the continent, and how would you land them away from the eyes of the imperial navy?
Even if they succeed, they will only be surrounded and isolated again soon.
The traveler was just saying anything in silence.
It was Tilpitz who listened attentively at first, but soon noticed the fact.
“I’m serious, Traveler.”
“I’m serious too. It’s true. If you succeed in such an amazing operation, won’t the morale of the fanatics rise? If you play a little flashlight while landing, the humans will get scared and run away?”
“Traveler. I’m here because I need your help. I need your strength.”
“Really? Too bad. I don’t need you.”
“You will need it.”
“No.”
“You need me. Please don’t turn a blind eye to the fact that our survival is threatened. We can only survive if the Mine win this war and get rid of Schluss Heinkel.”
“Ha·······.”
A rasping noise started.
The traveler got up in annoyance and met Tilpitz’s eyes.
“My survival is threatened? So what puts me in danger?”
“Because of the war between demons and humans.”
“Then who started this war?”
“·······.”
“What? Schluss Heinkel is trying to kill us? Who is that for? Who started this war? Who sent madmen to attack him and turn him around. It’s you, Tilpitz. You are the one who poses the greatest threat to Mine right now.”
Tilpitz’s mouth fell shut.
With the traveler all gone, Till Fitz could only hang his head in silence.
It was all true.
It was Tilpitz who did not recognize the magician who threatened humans by sprinkling his powers on humans, and it was Tilpitz who was angry at the magician’s death and attacked Ammon Schluss Heinkel, which provided him with the opportunity to acquire magical powers. One was Tilpitz.
The crisis Mine is facing now all stemmed from her.
“So, will all these problems be solved when I disappear?”
“What?”
“I admit it. I made a mistake. I was paranoid and made a mistake. But now it doesn’t matter what the cause of the war was. What matters is that the war has already happened. If I surrender and die, the schluss Do you think Heinkel will be satisfied there? Do you really believe in the Traveler and Alexia and live in peace? No. He’s a clever man. He likes certain things. He speaks peace, he kills the Traveler and Alexia brutally, and he’s alone. I will only aim for the opportunity to become the only Mine.”
It was not the right time to argue.
Of course, it was all Tilpitz’s fault.
But that didn’t make it an excuse to attack Tilpitz.
No matter how big a mistake Tilpitz made, she is also a Mine after all.
A traveler and a fellow countryman who always shares fate with Alexia.
Even if they wanted to break it, there was a strong bond between them that could not be broken due to the strong chain of authority.
“Help, Traveler. It’s a matter of our survival.”
“Haa…”
Wrapping up his head, the traveler sighed.
The worst worry he’d ever had was torturing him.
***
I had a lot of time.
Of course, in the midst of that, there were daily tasks to be taken care of, but even so, there was quite a bit of time left.
Most of my free time was spent with Emilia, Iris, and Trier, but there were times when I still had personal time.
‘Shall we make a gun?’
I thought of this because there was so much time left.
I know the basic structure of a gun, and I know the components of black powder, so I tried to invent something in the hope that it would be simple…
“Are you sure about this? It takes close to a minute to reload, it’s hard to aim, it’s hard to get ammo, and it takes a long time to make. I’d rather teach a peasant some simple fire magic than make one.”
“·······.”
The reality that practicality went beyond zero and went to minus just hit me mercilessly.
I had to sigh in regret as I held the large-caliber pistol in my hand (it reads as an ugly object like a piece of wood with an iron rice bowl on it).
It seemed unreasonable to mass-produce this and distribute it to the military.
As the carpenter said, there were too many flaws.
Still, it wouldn’t be too much to make one or two and use them as special moves.
Of all the weapons in this world that don’t require magic, this is by far the loudest and can deliver the greatest firepower.
Assassins have specialized in developing weapons that aim to kill mages who are sensitive to mana, but only weapons such as crossbows that fire memorized spells from the wrist were the limit.
If you hit the gunpowder as much as you can, you’ll be able to produce enough firepower to give a fatal blow to an unwary Mine.
“If you want to experiment…”
My eyes naturally turned to my stomach.
Isn’t there one Mine here?
A mine that can be used as a target.
If you’re careful with your heart and brain, Iris will be able to fix everything.
I immediately ran to Iris and asked her for a favor.
“I don’t like it.”
“Huh? Why? Why?”
“No, of course I don’t like it… I can’t see Schluse harming himself.”
“Am I going to do it without you? Mine’s resilience will do something for me. It’s a pity. Then I’m going to experiment-“
“Ah. Being stubborn, really…”
The persuasion was successful.
Iris was prepared as a medical team dispatched in case of an emergency, and I experimented by making various combinations of gunpowder with the airlifted materials.
“I’m covering my ears with this.”
“Is it very noisy?”
“Your eardrum might burst.”
“Huh…”
After slightly scaring Iris, I filled my pistol with gunpowder.
It was the fastest burning gunpowder I’ve ever mixed.
The gunpowder was compressed and pushed in until the iron bowl was crumpled by the power of the devil’s grip, and then a thin bulkhead was built to prevent the gunpowder from leaking out even when tilted, and then an iron ball was inserted.
This was a structure in which the gunpowder was fired when the trigger was pulled and the white phosphorus inside was scratched by the sandpaper and the gunpowder was set on fire.
As you can see from the structure, it was of course disposable.
Boom!
“Kyaaah?!”
“Billion······.”
It was a bang.
Not a bang, but a bang.
With a roar like a cannon being fired, I grabbed my stomach and fell forward.
Surprised, Iris ran over and hurriedly laid me down and tore her clothes, but-
“Huh? Are you all right?”
“Haa… I was surprised!”
The boat was surprisingly fine.
An iron ball found 100 meters away was rather split.
“Then, this time, I put several small iron marbles in…”
“Do it again?!”
“Of course. The purpose is to make a weapon that can damage demons. Will you help?”
“Hyung······· It’s too much, really······.”
I hugged the crying Iris and wiped away her tears.
Sometimes, when she sees Iris, she is so nice that she is worried that she will be treated like Hogu wherever she goes.
I’ll have to protect Iris so that such a villain doesn’t approach.
“Let’s see. This time, since the iron ball is small, should I use something with high explosive power even though the burning speed is rather slow?”
“I-I can’t see…”
“You can come back after shooting with your eyes closed.”
“Okay…”
Iris runs out, covering her face with her hands, and I begin to reassemble her pistol.
Now that I was ready, I was about to open fire again.
Kung·······!
“To the tree?”
“Schlus······! Haa······. It’s a big deal!”
The door opened violently and Trier appeared.
Perhaps she ran in a hurry, Treee had cold sweat on her forehead.
“What’s going on?”
“Erika… To Erica…”
“What happened to Erica? What happened?”
Anxiety came over me.
Could it be that the enemy attacked Erica?
Then, she should have communicated with me earlier, but I didn’t receive any help from Erica.
Could this be the work of assassins skilled in magic enough to disrupt communications?
Does anyone dare to assassinate my comrades on Imperial lands?
It was the moment when all 50,000 thoughts came to my mind and my teeth were grinding.
“Ah! Calm down first! You’re not hurt! It’s a big deal, but…”
“So what? Don’t hesitate and tell me quickly.”
“No, it’s not that I’m trying to take a break… But I’m a bit dumbfounded…”
“Quickly!”
“Erika. The personality controversy has erupted. It’s also very big.”
“What?”
The accident stopped for a while.
What Trier said was too difficult for me to understand with my rational mind.