268. Omitted (3)
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“…For that reason, the county has been completely wiped out.”
“Um.”
The answer came back from Elnor, asking what the problem was.
As if I could do much more than this if my safety was in danger.
“…”
Of course, that heart is commendable. I can’t help but thank you.
But, still.
“…Wasn’t that a bit harsh?”
It is small compared to super-large territories like the Duchy of Tristan, but the Earl of Revel must have been one of the soundest territories.
Should I say that it is a middle-class manor that has everything it needs?
And now, all that is stretched around are ruins with no visible traces of them.
Should I say that the absence of casualties is miraculous?
[…Isn’t that a real miracle?]
‘Yes?’
[Think carefully. Casualties may be rare, but none at all means that these ladies obviously had their affairs in their hands. Because everyone is getting better and better at ‘controlling’ their powers?]
At that, I hesitated too.
It wasn’t too difficult to guess the meaning between the lines.
[Doesn’t it mean that the speed of ‘fusion’ with the sculpture is getting faster here, just like your ‘demonization’ is accelerating?]
“…”
As you say.
I knew before that when I opened the seal, the interaction between the vessels and the demons dwelling inside them became more active.
Now they are becoming so adept at handling that power that even when they cause disasters like this amongst themselves, they won’t even cause a major accident, let alone bloodshed.
And that.
It means that the progress of the main scenario has started to completely deviate from the ‘knowledge’ I knew.
The situation in which the demonic vessels cooperated with me while handling the demonic power ‘skillfully’ was a situation where there was not even a hint in any kind of game knowledge.
I don’t know about chapter 5, which is within my range to some extent, but the boss battle of this chapter right now, followed by chapter 6, chapter 7, and the final chapter.
Things that come from the complete unknown.
For the first time, it’s full of things I can’t cope with at all.
“…”
As I was silently trembling at that fact, Elnor opened his mouth right in front of me with a wry smile.
“…Actually, we didn’t do this without thinking.”
“Yes?”
“It seems that I wanted to show it a little clearly as an example, but… It seems that there are an awful lot of guys in the world who don’t have the ability to learn.”
With those words, I catch the object that Elnor threw at me.
It’s a capsule. Inside, various articles covered by the media are grouped together in the form of typefaces.
There is one topic that we deal with in common.
It’s about the Elders’ Council’s forces mobilizing near the Rebel Earldom, which is now in ruins.
[It was a bit noisy. Yes?]
‘It will move. Common sense.’
I sympathize with Caliban’s words with a bitter smile inside.
There must have been a request for reinforcements, and if you take out Bogut and Nicholas, this person is the third person in the Council of Elders. There’s no way I won’t join while Yeongji is in ruins.
Perhaps what Elnor is saying is that he would have at least thought about it before he made a move if he gave out this level of super-strike, but unfortunately, if they were like that, they would have thought about it a little as soon as they heard what I did at the school play.
“First of all, with Your Majesty… I don’t like it, but it’s better to report it to Chancellor Sullivan. It’s going to explode anyway, but I have a feeling that the timing will come much sooner.”
In terms of common sense, Elnor is right.
This is not the level of the soldiers of the Earl of Rebel, but the ‘essence’ of the military power that the Council of Elders has been preparing with bated breath to plunge the entire empire into the abyss of war.
Even if all the devil’s bowls are gathered, no one knows what kind of variable will explode. I’ve already experienced countless cases where the scenario goes wild beyond my expectations.
But.
Still.
＜ System Log ＞
[ Enter the ‘Skipped’ branch of Chapter 5. ]
[ If you choose the right option, you will skip the main quest, ‘The Great War of the Empire,’ and enter the boss battle right away! ]
Looking back at my memory, these words definitely came to my mind. Maybe.
It was written that the entire chapter would be skipped if the ‘correct option’ was selected.
“…Daud?”
Even at Elnor’s words, he didn’t answer right away and fell into thought for a while.
Omitted.
Omitted…
“…No.”
At my answer, Elnor grinned.
This is a rare clear expression of emotion from this person.
It’s as if I already know what the words are about to come out of my mouth.
“Even if you report the candidates for the first action, if the results are good, neither your Majesty nor the Prime Minister will say much. This is a great opportunity.”
“A chance?”
“An opportunity to stop the civil war from the beginning.”
As she said that, she stroked her chest.
Originally, I was planning to use it for the people of the Earl of Revel, but I want to apply it a little.
What I showed people at the school festival was… It felt like a ‘trial version’ of what I was going to do.
Well, is there anything special?
If a stage is created, it is human nature to play an active role on it.
“That’s my groom.”
“…”
He smiles awkwardly at El Nore, who speaks contentedly as he crosses her arms.
Keep those creepy words aside for a moment.
It’s really scary because it feels like Gideon will come after this chapter, bringing up a lot of related topics.
“By the way, I need a few people to cooperate with me to do that…”
As soon as I said that.
All of the females nearby avoided my gaze.
“…?”
What is this reaction?
Have I been treated like this by people around me?
“No, because every time the teacher makes such a request, usually someone has seen a rough face…”
“…”
“You should have done something crazy once or twice…”
That’s true.
It’s true that you still need someone to help you.
“Seras and Victoria. Come this way.”
“…”
“…”
Seras and Victoria, who became the faces of college freshmen whose names were called in a group assignment they never wanted to participate in, stepped out at the same time.
“Hey, at least what are you going to do…”
“No big deal.”
At Seras who hesitated as he spoke, he answered with a smile.
“Reconciliation. Should I?”
“…”
“What we do this time will definitely help the sisters.”
In the faces of Victoria and Seras, something like fear began to bloom at the same time.
Perhaps it was because I had a terribly foreboding feeling.
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And, I’m sorry.
This time, to some extent, it’s going to be real.
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Hanson was just an ignorant soldier belonging to the Council of Elders.
Perhaps if someone asked him to introduce himself, he couldn’t find a better sentence than that.
A ubiquitous tenant farmer, someone’s father, someone’s husband, and nothing.
I wondered if the word ordinary was made just for me.
And such an ordinary person is bound to face more absurd situations than one might think.
“Move quickly, you worthless bastards! If the Viscount’s place to sleep is even a tad bit squalid, I will rule out all those involved under military law!”
What military law in the world stipulates that if a superior’s bedroom is not properly decorated, punishment will be given.
It is the directive and way of speaking that can be felt at once about how the recruited conscripts are being treated.
“…Ehh.”
Those nobles don’t like to sleep in the same place as us, but there are many things they really want.
Though they often say that it is a legitimate glory for the future of the empire, a false emperor, and a future for the sake of watching over all the people.
I have a feeling that Hanson and the other soldiers who are actually going out there are not paying attention, making such sentences empty.
“War isn’t like that, isn’t it?”
One of the senior soldiers grumbled and took out a sleeping bag.
“For people like us, it doesn’t matter who wins, it’s good to go home and see your family.”
“I will.”
Hanson sighed in agreement.
“…There are many people to go back to, sergeant.”
After saying that, Hanson looked around the plain where the army was camping.
Looking at the soldiers that are so numerous that they are packed all the way over the horizon, I feel sympathy for the imaginary enemy who has to fight something like this.
“Is there anything big? You’re the emperor and the prime minister, and you don’t have the power to command soldiers at all, right? All we have to do is go to the imperial palace where we have no strength to resist and just change the flag and come back.”
The sergeant smiled and continued.
In fact, while he was on his way to help a count in the next estate something big happened, he didn’t even see anything dangerous even though he had marched this far.
“When this is over, I’m going to take a vacation with my daughter back to his hometown to some nice place.”
“…”
Sure.
But I hope you don’t say that.
Isn’t it a sentence that seems to turn things that go well into cataclysmic events like magic?
However, before I even sanctioned it.
Something really started to happen.
“… Huh?”
The hands of the personnel who were immersed in work around them suddenly stopped.
A huge ‘pillar of light’ was descending from the front.
It looks like the light of a myth that descended from the heavens. It’s so beautiful that everyone stares in awe.
Perhaps the large number of people in this wide plain are also focusing all their attention there. It was such an intense scene.
And walking out of it.
“…Men?”
He’s a young man who looks like at most Hanson’s son.
Well. It’s strangely familiar, though.
Hanson tilted his head at such a strange sentiment, but it was clear that the senior soldier next to him felt the same way.
If you look at the sentences that follow, you can see that.
“…Is that a face you often see in that newspaper?”
“Yes?”
“That, why, you know. In the school where those precious people go, it’s crazy that accidents are all about accidents-“
“…”
Why would such a human being step out of such a holy pillar of light?
It wouldn’t be strange if someone saw it and mistook it for a messenger of God.
The words Hanson brought out to refute were derived from that.
“…No matter how much the media tends to exaggerate it a little-“
However, that sentence cut off in the middle.
Perhaps it’s because I found that man coming out with a woman on each arm.
They say he is the flower of both hands.
With a really flat face, he is leading two women holding hands with faces that are ashamed to die.
One side is a small-sized woman. On the other side, a woman who seems to have matured it for a few years and put this or that curve into her body.
“…This human will kill someday. Kill…”
“…Kill…Let me…”
They were two people expressing conflicting feelings.
What they have in common is that they seem to be facing an experience they never want to have because of this man.
“…”
“…”
Somehow, it seems that the word foolish is right.
“Good.”
And, as it should be.
The words that flowed from the man’s mouth.
“Now, let’s unite the three of us.”
“…”
Undoubtedly.
It was a sentence that made listeners doubt their ears.
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