"Damn, you're a terrible one"

Ayn-Rajar looked out for someone sitting on a bench and sipping tea gracefully. A skinny man in long clothes. Turn him into a Gundia military mentor, chief of staff Nares-Ragnahorn. He is one of them. He looked strange when he saw this one.

"What do you want?

"You were expecting this from the beginning, weren't you?

"I don't deny it... but I couldn't have guessed how fast it would be."

"It's a lie, isn't it?"

Allegria-Scene has been pinching his mouth from the side. It is only natural, in a way, that she is here, the Chief of Operations II of the General Staff. This one room at Heavenly Wheel Palace has served as an outpost for the General Staff for the past few days. The three executives of the General Staff who visited the Dragon House and several of their men enjoyed a long vacation, while also performing their duties as the General Staff.

Dragon House was the northernmost city in the Zalwarn region of the Kingdom of Gandhia and the best place to purchase information from countries due to its proximity to borders with multiple countries. And it is also the role of the General Staff to scrutinize the information gathered from each country and to help Gandia in the future.

'What is your vacation in this!?

Looks like Merrill-Ragnahorn had to run into her mood, too, as she looked angry.

"No way."

"No, no, no, you thought Master Setuna would immediately move on to action, right?

"Don't you think I'm wrong?

Nares went with a blushing face, but Ain looked at Allegria and her face and let them both flap their shoulders together.

"Isn't the director mistaken for you?

"That's right. The director doesn't look as human as the director thinks."

"That's terrible. That's great."

Seeing Nares give a flashing look, Ain looked at Allegria again and laughed. I thought that a man with God's eyes and devilish schemes also had a human look when one was made fun of. Most of all, Nahless behaves like a human being only when Ayn and the others make fun of him. Even before his beloved wife, he has an extremely human face.

"But yes, you'll want to."

"Really."

Nahless looked like she was in trouble.

"You have no idea what you're unhappy about."

"... you just have to tell us too"

"That's what I mean"

"Even if we talk about the uncertain future, we have no choice."

Nares sighed.

I wanted to say that it is the military teacher who looks to the uncertain future, not the role of the General Staff Bureau, but I know that's not what he's saying, so Ein has to keep his mouth shut, too. What Nares is saying is probably simpler.

"And..."

And, Nares changed his tone.

"Now my final task will also work. So why don't you just give me a break?

"... well, if that's the case"

"... if that's what you mean"

"Thank you. I thought you two would understand."

That, too, might have been visible.

(Last job……)

Nares, that sort of thing.

Last job.

(Last period……)

Ain rebuffed the word over and over in her chest. As I rebelled, I was looking at the face of a man who was a respectable boss and also a master as a military teacher. How tough the look on his face is also proof that the poison lurking in his body is devouring his life. But no pain or fatigue appears in those eyes. Instead, even the nearer death, the clearer it became. When I was looked at in a transparent eye, I felt like I could see deep inside my heart. In fact, it's been spotted. I am scattered reminded that I am powerless before his eyes, such as my shallow thoughts.

The breadth and depth of Nares' field of view was nowhere near as far as Ein was concerned. But still, it is you who will succeed. You must take over after him, both yourself and Allegria. As the successor to the warrior Nares-Ragnahorn, we must lead Gandia to a better future.

The time is approaching.

That means losing him.

The death of Nahles-Ragnahorn would be a huge loss for Gandia. At the very least, there is no question that Ain and Allegria will have a hole that they can't fill to the point of joining forces.

"Allegria, you go back to the king's capital and get ready. Give my regards to Your Majesty."

"Yes."

"Ayn, you must act with Lion's Tail." Sooner or later there will be an opportunity to launch. At that time, move as you wish. "

"As you wish? Does that mean that's what the director thinks too?

I don't know.

Nares was smiling at Ain's remarks. I'm sure even that reaction must have been in Nares' head. He was a prospect for everything. Like a prophet.

"And then... it depends on the situation in Abard"

"It would be extremely confusing."

"Naturally. A dead princess is coming back."

Abard, even though he is in a confusion. The situation, which has been restoring calm since the Battle of Endwidge, should have been made noisy by the execution of Uncle Taural and his clan fraternity. What would happen if Sheila returned in that?

It shouldn't be Sheila who doesn't know that, and she must have taken action on the understanding that her country would extremes chaos. Sheila kept avoiding civil unrest because she wasn't stupid. I abandoned my country after I kept avoiding it. If it were foolish, it would have incited civil strife and made factional rivalries even more radical. No, before that, if I were stupid, one wouldn't have followed her.

"... poor Sheila"

Allegria called it a blur. She looks just like Ein. I can only pity you because I see you. Sheila's life is so unreasonable and pathetic.

"Everything's for Gandhia."

"Yes, sir."

"Besides, for Princess Sheila, this might be the best"

And, Nares said, Ain't thought so. Not the best. There was just no other way. At no time do we have endless choices. The options are finite and sometimes there is only one thing. That's not an option or anything, it's just a main road, but if you act after your thoughts, you just have to call it an option. Even if there was no other way from the beginning.

Sheila chose the way.

He chose the path of abandoning his country, abandoning his royal family, abandoning his name, and living as just Sheila. There was no other way. There shouldn't have been. There was no end to her head, fighting in the end-widge and dying. Yes, it means we're not even in a choice. In other words, Sheila's path led to Gandhia from the beginning.

And the road that leads to that Gandhia, once again, is headed for Abad.

Sheila disappeared.

This morning, the Black Beast Squad men (i.e., her former samurai), captaining her, noticed her absence. And then it turns out that we don't even see Setsuna, making a scene that turns Heavenly Wheel Palace upside down. That was not of the dimension of fuss. I am not tired of using the servants of Heavenly Wheel Palace, the ladies, but I am collectively mobilizing even the soldiers of the Urban Guard and the First Army Regiment on the Zalwarn side to search the entire dragon province. Even now.

In the midst of such a mayhem, there were several calm figures.

One of them was Nahless, the chief of staff, and from that I realized that he had brought Roz-Melan to Heavenly Wheel Palace after anticipating that this would happen.

The outsider, Roz-Melan, was able to enter the Heavenly Wheel Palace because Nares protected Roz-Melan, who reached the North Gate of the Dragon House. Just playing in the sky with Luufa, Nares heard the noise of the North Gate and asked Luufa to carry him to the North Gate, where he met the scratchy Roz-Melan. Roz-Melan had been placed under the surveillance of the City Guard, but it appears that Nares was named and was to be placed under his control. Why Nares protected Roz-Melan was because at first glance he found out that Roz-Melan was Abad's person, and because he could only think of one reason why the wounded Abad would go for Dragon House.

Not because I asked Gandia for protection.

To convey some important information to someone who would live in the Dragon House. If you're a person who lives in the Dragon House and is important to Abard, there's only one or two of you. One, Scott-Fenneck. This one is more of a candidate than an important person, because he is a friend of Taural's Rahnheil. Lernheil's thought of getting in touch with Gandhia through him collapsed unbroken before Sheila's ability to act, though.

The other is Sheila. And Roz-Mellan's search for Sheila was apparent from his many words and deeds, he said. As for Roz-Melan, I can't speak out about Sheila's survival. but we have to find Sheila's place somehow. As a result, words and actions become unnatural.

Nares, when he skilfully asked about the situation from him, guided Sheila to the Heavenly Wheel Palace where she would stay.

The result was also folded that Sheila would disappear, no doubt.

And I was also anticipating that Setuna, who can't let go when she sees someone in need, couldn't possibly reach out to Sheila.

As a result, Nares is cut out until a disaster strikes her.

So Allegria pitied Sheila.

Sheila will fall into misfortune.