Akuyaku Reijo Ni Koi Wo Shite

"Why did this happen?"

It's still up to this muttering. Things are already going on. Rion is walking along abandoned castle not far from the royal capital, accompanied by Eriel.

Accompanied by Prince Arnold, Lancelot, Charlotte, and Maria. These four and the knights who follow them.

Even if wrong, he does not want to accompany himself. In fact, Leon has been refusing the invitation to come to Vincent.

There is a stranger living in an abandoned castle near the royal city. I go to the site to check the truth of the rumor. The first signs of the genie's activities that will eventually become full-fledged. This event is such a position.

Rion has no knowledge of such games. However, it is not a matter of fact that the Prince, the children of the Three Houses, and the protagonist Maria participate. More than that, it's too unnatural.

Whatever the fact, why was his face allowed to turn to such a dangerous place with only a few knights?

Is this convenient? The situation is undoubtedly one of the events.

With that in mind, Vincent declined, but Rion didn't notice that the invitation had arrived behind Eriel. Moreover, Prince Arnold's direct invitation.

It was too late when we heard from Ariel. Airiel cannot help refusing Prince Arnold's invitation. Whatever your feelings, as a fiance, you have to obey, if you say. That's how Eriel should be.

When Leon heard that he had answered immediately, he held his head and squatted down. In response to Rion's reaction, Aeriel did not move at all, but simply reported the date and time of departure.

Despite the attitude that comes with Rion, it is not wrong. There is no doubt that Rion will not accompany Airiel to such a place.

There is now in the background.

Two knights with a torch at the top. A guardian knight with a prince. Prince Arnold and Eriel followed, followed by Lancelot and Maria, followed by Charlotte. To their left and right, this is a knight with a marquis, watching closely.

Rion is walking with her servant at the very back. Seen from the bottom, it looks like a solid alert.

Rion's feelings are complicated. An event involving the hero. There is no danger but life will be lost. At least the main person. Of course, this includes Airiel.

It's easy to think about it, but it means that things are going according to the game. My efforts have had no effect on the story's progress. In fact, it's not, but Rion, who doesn't know the details, seems depressed and depressed.

Rion is thinking hard in her head. Because it really complicates Rion's feelings, she looks away.

Prince Arnold himself instructed Aeriel to walk next door. The people around me, including Rion, are surprised. In the first place, others did not know that Prince Arnold invited Eriel. The intention of Prince Arnold's action cannot be read by Lion.

Rion was wary of having something weird, but she hasn't seen such behavior at the moment. On the contrary, it's frightening, but Prince Arnold is talking to Aeriel about something.

The situation is both suspicious and happy. I'm happy and a little lonely.

(Wrong!)

Rion shook away his thoughts in his heart.

"What are you doing?"

It was Charlotte who was walking in front of me.

"Yes?"

"Suddenly waving your hand. Did something happen?"

He seemed to move his hands unknowingly, rather than just shaking himself.

"Um ... a spider web."

"spiderweb?"

"Yes. I came down right in front of me."

"so……"

"Oh, don't worry about me. Please go ahead."

"... I'm free."

"... Is it your free time?"

"I have no one to talk to."

"... Oh, is that the case?"

Prince Arnold is talking alongside Aeriel and Lancelot are talking alongside Maria, but no one is next to Charlotte.

"Can you talk to me?"

"... Who is it?"

"You are"

"... Who are you?"

"my"

"……why?"

"What! I hate talking to me !?"

Shouting of Charlotte shouted in the hallway of the abandoned castle. Surprised, those who were ahead turned around all at once. It is Rion who takes that gaze from the front.

"... I'm sorry. There's nothing so please don't worry.

Above half is a word for Eriel, who is staring at her with suspicious eyes. Aeriel, who had nothing to say, was pushed forward by Prince Arnold, who was next to him.

"……sorry"

"No, I'm bad because I'm offended. It's not that I don't want to talk to Charlotte, but that I'm okay with me."

"Because I've never talked. I hope we can hear something strange."

"I see ... I don't think we can do something unusual, but we'll go out if we can."

"Then, it's boring to walk silently."

"I understand"

Rion started talking with Charlotte like this, but recently Rion is a bit different from the previous Rion.

The conversation between Eriel and the students of the commoner in the cafeteria has been repeated many times. At that time, it is Rion's job to relax the nervous and stiff students in front of Eriel.

For that reason, from the various stories that I thought, some material already called iron plate had already been completed. Mostly about Vincent's childhood.

Thanks to this, Vincent's initial aim of increasing reputation has changed direction, and is simply to increase intimacy.

Rion kept talking to Charlotte about the iron plate. For now, there is a reason. That's the only thing in common with Charlotte was Vincent.

"Hey, hey, wait, stomach ... It's too funny. I've heard rumors but Vincent is so stupid?"

Charlotte listens to Leon and holds his stomach and laughs.

"No, the reaction so far is rude to my Lord."

On the other hand, Rion returns with a serious expression.

"Yeah, you are. It's crazy, no more, I can't stand it."

Rion's attitude is also unusual for Charlotte. Without worrying about the glance, he put his hands on the shoulders of Rion, standing next to him, then broke his hips and started laughing.

"that……"

"I'm sorry, hey, hey, wait, wait. It's almost over."

Charlotte's wishes seemed more than fulfilled. Leon is happy to do that, but from a while ago, the eyes of Aeriel looking back and forth hurt.

"Hey! し な い Do you want to be sloppy? Where do you think this is?"

Lancelot complains on the shelf that she was talking to Maria a while ago. From the middle, the conversation with Maria who is worried about Rion who is continuing the silly story behind has stopped playing. I don't like it.

"Yes. I'm sorry. Charlotte, it's about time."

"A little more.

"Hurry up. It looks like you're no longer laughing."

"eh?"

Understanding the meaning of Rion's words, Charlotte's laughter went away in an instant. I change my expression and start looking for signs around me. It's not just Charlotte. Lancelot, who has complained, is equally careful.

"It's close. Where is it from?"

Charlotte's question was muttered with the intention of saying himself.

"Probably below"

And Rion answered.

"...!?"

Charlotte's surprise voice was drowned out by a terrible impact. Soil that is about to rise. I couldn't figure out what had happened because the smoke was blocking my view.

"it's here!"

At the same time as the voice being hung, the arm is pulled with tremendous momentum. Charlotte, whose voice turned out to be Lion, obediently moved his feet. The yelling that I heard from before was Charlotte's familiar voice.

"What's going on! Where is the enemy!"

Lancelot has not been able to understand the situation. There is no doubt that some enemy is approaching. That sign was also felt by Charlotte. The answer that came back to my muttering words, wondering that the sign was felt unexpectedly close, was below.

"Is there an underground?"

"Perhaps! The back passage has collapsed! The enemy is coming from behind!"

Rion's voice captured my thoughts. It was not only Charlotte who heard this voice. Around this time, Prince Arnold's voice arrives.

"It's backward! Prepare the system!"

"Hah!"

Smoke has considerably subsided. In response to Prince Arnold's command, the knights began to move. The moment I was able to confirm that, the feeling of suddenly grabbing my arm disappeared.

Rion has let go. Rion is already on the side of Eriel.

"Aeriel, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. Leon was well safe."

"It was barely possible. The people behind me are probably ..."

"so……"

Behind Rion and Charlotte were non-fightable servants. If Lyon's words were true, the servants were involved in the collapse. If not, from behind.

"What is that ... what? ..."

Lancelot muttered with a trembling voice. There is no help for it. Before the smoke has subsided, you can see an unusual herd that has never been seen before. It was neither a man nor a beast, it was the first appearance of a demon seen by people of this era.

"Is it a human being? I mean, the rumors were true."

Prince Arnold uttered words in a calm voice, just opposite Lancelot.

"Please drop, Your Highness"

In front of Prince Arnold, the back of a guard knight stands. His gaze remains on the approaching demons.

"I also fight"

"I do not know the strength of the enemy. It is a fool to fight without knowing the enemy's ability."

"that is……"

The intention of the guard knight who dares to use harsh words is obvious. To make Prince Arnold unwilling to fight. If the Crown Prince should be able to survive, it is not enough. The priority should be given to the Prince of Knights. It is my life on it.

And that's the same with knights with lords. If you can't protect the defender, the wait is death. All knights are protruding over Prince Arnold.

"Mr. Arnold, let's go down here."

"what?"

It was Maria who had agreed with the knight's words.

"You don't have to fight here. You have to go down and get ready."

"Where do you go down? The back is blocked."

"There is not one entrance to the castle. There must be others."

"That's right."

"Let's hurry. The slower our decision, the more burden on the knights."

"that is……"

Maria talks on the assumption that the knight will stay here. When Prince Arnold realizes this, she looks at Mary with an eye to see incredible things.

It's natural to be surprised. Previously, Maria, who had violently abused Vincent during an excursion event, was trying to do the same.

"Come on, fast."

Maria grabs Prince Arnold's hesitating arm and tries to move on. His arm suddenly shook Prince Arnold.

"Arnold?"

"I am……"

Maria has not said anything wrong. If you are Prince Arnold, you should value your life first and foremost. If this were a war, the defeat would be decided the moment Prince Arnold was defeated. But the reason, knowing that, does not allow one to escape.

Prince Arnold was unable to make a decision.

"Take care,"

"... Yeah, Rion too"

A little further away from the troubled Prince of Arnold, Rion and Aeriel begin a conversation. The meaning is obvious to everyone.

"Rion"

"What is it?"

"Kneeling"

"Yes? No, such a time now"

"Now kneel down!"

"Yes……"

The demons swarm slowly, but are approaching soon. Meanwhile, Rion knelt down as he was told and looked up at Eriel.

Eriel gently pinched her face with her hands, approaching her face as she looked into her eyes.

"... I won't let you die"

"Yes, if it's the order of Eriel"

"In any situation, be sure to come back to me."

"Yes, always under Eriel."

"Rion, I believe in you ..."

The last word replaced. It is not permissible to emit the original words on this occasion.

"Yes. That word is the power of me. Above, Eriel."

"Yes"

Rion stood up slowly, pulling his sword, turning his back on Eriel. The sword, engraved with the coat of arms of Winheel, is a sword borrowed from Vincent for the day.

"to go!"

With that voice, Rion's body suddenly comes forward. Rion rushes into the herd of demons without hesitation. The magic that Airiel fired on her back follows.

"Now !?"

The surprise voice came from Prince Arnold who was watching it. It seemed that Aeriel attacked Rion. But the magic of Eriel attacks the approaching monster, glancing at Rion's body. Almost at the same time, Leon cut off the front monster with a sword.

Rion's movement does not stop there. Swing swords one after another toward the swarming demons. Aeriel's magic is always flying around it.

"great……"

An exclamation voice leaked involuntarily. It's not against Lion's sword or against the magic of Eriel. It is an impression of the splendidness of the cooperation between the two, which I can not imagine very much.

"The Crown Prince of Arnold!

It was Eriel that said this.

"why?"

Prince Arnold cannot understand. Why can Aeriel abandon Rion here? The situation we saw earlier is ... beyond the master-slave relationship.

"Fast! Don't waste the work of Leon!"

"Oh, but"

"Please drop the Crown Prince! Quickly!"

Aeriel's voice seems to have returned to the sanity, as the knights were amazed at Rion's battle. It's the same with Maria.

"Now, Arnold, let's go down."

This time, he grips Prince Arnold's arm firmly and pulls it. Lancelot and Charlotte follow. Prince Arnold has left the scene, leaving Rion fighting the demon and the knights trying to enter the battle.

"Nothing is astonishing at the moment, but there are many."

Having confirmed that the appearance of the Aeriels was completely invisible, Rion temporarily moved away from the herd of demons. Next door, the knights line up, blocking the passage.

"But if it's just a number, it'll work."

It seems that the knight hit the spot and determined the power of the demon. No one has actually been hurt yet.

"For now."

"... isn't this all?"

"In the middle of the eye is the undead, a monster resurrected from the dead. To my knowledge, it's no wonder if anyone is manipulating it."

"Really"

"And if it is there"

"What if you are here?"

"Perhaps they will be resurrected, because they are already dead."

As if waiting for Rion's explanation, undead monsters piled up in the aisle and fell down one after another. Unfortunately, Rion's conjecture went well.

"Such an idiot ..."

"I don't have time to be surprised. Let's start the second round. Let's do our best."

Rion said the second round had begun, but of course it couldn't end there. The desperate battle has resumed for the knights, who do not know how long they will last.