Armed Summoners - Black Spears and the Brave Men of the Other World

Episode One Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Nine Shadows (3)

"Did you know that Lord Setsuna was in a situation where Lyohan was temporarily, biparted?

"... Yep. It was divided between the goddess of war and the goddess of war."

Setsuna nodded, reclaiming some calm by Alexei's words.

He understood that the mechanisms to be called Lyohan's government were divided into two factions by information gathered by Rem using the Reapers, and the course of the dispute.

Faction feud.

It's what any organization in any country has. It also seemed natural to Gandhia, and it existed in many of the various countries in which Gandhia was involved. If one gathers, a faction is born, and if a faction is born, a conflict arises, and it may be impossible to develop into a struggle. No matter how good the organization is, it doesn't have the help to stop factions from forming. And if one faction is created, it is also inevitable that a second and third faction will emerge. And it's also logical for the factions to start fighting each other.

Knowing the fact that such crap was happening in Lyohan, which was an island on land and was supposed to be a single rock, Setuna was a terrible disappointment, and a profound sympathy for Faria. It should have been Lyohan who had to wrap around the goddess of war, and just hearing that he had been turning around so well in previous decades, he takes the view that the Mountain Protection Conference and the Guardian Peak Samurai had created opposition forces to pull the legs of the young goddess of war.

As for Setuna, it was natural to have Faria's shoulders, sympathetic to Faria, and normal to chill out against Faria's adversaries. Setsuna knows Faria very well. At least, I have the pride of understanding Faria's humanity and charm better than some unknown organization called the Mountain Protection Conference and the Guardian Peak Samurai Corps. From such a setuna, I had no idea what the goddess of war, Faria, was unhappy about and created a rebel force.

No matter how much we analyze the information gathered.

There were no major failures in seeing any of the policies that the goddess of war has promoted, rather, it seemed to me that they have contributed significantly to the stabilization of Lyohan, and more importantly, as far as the reputation of the citizens of Lyohan is concerned, Faria seems to be doing well as a goddess of war. Citizens of Lyohan, among them one of the capital of the air, say they praise and deepen their faith, instead of having any grievances with the Second Generation Goddess of War. Yet the Mountain Protection Council and the Guardian Peak Samurai, the anti-war goddess and the others, do not even try to acknowledge Pharia's achievements.

It was only natural for Setuna to have bad feelings for the anti-war goddess.

That anti-war goddess was just a political thing, and nothing else - about everyday life and the Faria individual, for example - would attack the goddess of war, and there was no movement to physically eliminate her. If you take it from the politicians and the cadres of the Guardian Peak Samurai who know that the goddess of war is at the heart of Lyohan, they say that it is only to blame Phalia, because they knew that it was pointless and rather harmful to Lyohan. It would be outside of the assassination.

"But I heard the anti-war goddess was on the verge of dismantling?

"As I said, shortly after the battle ahead, the anti-war goddess lost its momentum when Speaker Mordoa-Fabril took responsibility for the demise and resigned. The fact that Mordoa-Fabril defended the goddess of war would also have had a huge impact on the anti-war goddess senators"

"Then why?

More and more, I don't know.

I've heard stories about the former chancellor being the head of the anti-war goddess, and about Setuna's ear, and that he resigned to blame. That's why Alexei is acting as chancellor, and the forces of the anti-war goddess have waned. Mordoa-Faybril is Lyohan's biggest politician, and it seems he was no exaggeration when it came to the source of anti-war goddess power. It makes sense that the anti-war goddess will lose more power than that he quit being a member of the Mountain Protection Council. Therefore, Setsuna thought that it was the goddess of war that gained momentum, and that would be a good sign for Lyohan as well.

Yet they say the assassination plot will be carried out.

I don't know what that means.

"In the first place, anti-war goddesses were born because contemporary goddesses of war were politically too young and awkward. It should be said that they had no harm to the goddess of war, but rather existed to guide the goddess of war in a better direction. If there is a mistake in the political decision of the goddess of war, try to make it right with a loud voice, and if the idea is right, do not pinch your mouth. That was the reality of the anti-war goddess."

"Then all the more so..."

I don't understand the rationale that extends to the assassination plot.

"If that's only the theory of the senators at the Mountain Protection Conference, how about that?

"Huh?"

"Nothing was more than the senators to mark the anti-war goddess. You know that, don't you?

"No way, the Guardian Peak Samurai?

"The senators at the Mountain Protection Conference are good at figuring things out. How to make Lyohan better, how to enrich or stabilize the lives of Lyohan citizens... because those are the only people who think about it. If Mordor was the leader of the anti-war goddess, let's follow suit."

"The Guardian Peak Samurais are different," he said?

"The Guardian Peak Samurai is a lower organization of the Guardian Mountain Conference, and Samurai Admiral Vistendal-Haukmur is not a man who doesn't understand the story. But the Guardian Peak Samurai is an armed organization. It's a battle group to defend Lyohan. It is also true that some of them are bloody thick. It is the duty of the Samurai Admiral to do it, but if you are run wild, there is nothing you can do."

"I mean, some of the Guardian Peak Samurais are trying to assassinate the goddess of war," he said.

"Yes, and as far as I can tell, tonight, it will be decided."

"... so why are you telling me that again?

Setsuna still couldn't believe Alexei's story. Rationally, it's not something I don't know. It is also clear from the various voices that jumped into Setuna's ears during the battle ahead that the Guardian Peak Samurai is a bloody organization. The roar of scolding, exhortation, cursing, murmuring things that fly, among other things, cut lives for victory, is still out of my mind. There was also a severed demon. But will those who put their lives up for Lyohan in such a way act to destabilize Lyohan now that the battle has just come to an end? It's hard to imagine how much blood I have, but I don't understand the circumstances in which Lyohan is placed.

Lyohan is a world dominated by the goddess of war. That's why Faria inherited after the goddess of war. Because Lyohan, absent from the goddess of war, was following a path of confusion, which she said had converged early on about the seat of the goddess of war. It is an urban state with so much faith in the goddess of war. It was inconceivable that the armed summoners of the Guardian Peak Samurai, who would have been born and raised in such a country, could not imagine Lyohan after the death of the goddess of war.

Besides, if you're going to prevent the assassination plot of the goddess of war, you don't have to ask Setuna for anything.

Goddess of War has seven guardian angels. Mobilizing the seven armed summoners named Seven Heavenly Samurais should prevent the assassination of the goddess of war and still capture the executioner. Even if only six out of seven can be mobilized while Miliu is absent, it is hard to believe that there are so many insurgents planning the assassination and transferring it to execution. Of the seven great heavenly samurai, Setsuna saw that even the number of people who could move could respond adequately. It is therefore not strange that Alexei has come into contact with Setuna. Shouldn't we be alerting the Seven Great Heavenly Samurais, who are under the direct supervision of the Goddess of War, not Setuna, who is just an outsider who has nothing to do with the hero who saved Lyohan in the end, and have the Goddess of War's personal security strengthened?

Setsuna's such doubts were rendered meaningless by the revelation of Alexei's thoughts.

He was like this.

"Now let's be alert to the forces that are trying to keep the goddess of war dead and invite her to lurk until the next opportunity. They are cunning. It was only yesterday that I was finally able to grab my tail and the measures were worked out. If they ever lurk underground again, it's not like we know what kind of hand they're going to use this time to do harm to the goddess of war."

"So you're asking them to move the assassination plot to execution and to tie you up as an executor, right?

"It will. And if we can question the executioner and capture the mastermind, the goddess of war will be able to regain her days of peace."

"... Do you know this story, Goddess of War?

"No way."

He shook his head.

"If you know, that one will have to take action. That's the way it is., stubborn, all the way, healthy, I don't care about my life or anything if it's for a mission -"

Alexei looked away. Beyond that, I'm sure, there must be a reflection of Faria-Aslalia as a goddess of war, and it's not hard to imagine that the trajectory from when Faria assumed the role of goddess of war to today would have passed behind his brain. And from such a deep expression of mercy and affection for the granddaughter of the goddess of war, the face of his grandfather Alexei was hidden. Setuna, who is not even a family, has unimaginable things to say about how deeply he has loved her and kept thinking about her.

"So I ask you, Lord Setuna. There is nothing more to rely on than you, an outsider but deeply involved with that daughter, than to be unable to move the Seven Heavenly Samurai. Please, I want you to protect the goddess of war."

"... I understand the story"

Setsuna, while having some doubts about Alexei's story, had no doubt that his own love for Faria was certain. There will be no falsehood in the feelings of his grandfather, who thinks of his grandson, and it is clear from his expression, his attitude, that he is desperate to protect Falia himself.

"So what?"

"Sir Alexei's favor is accepted."

"Ooh... this is comforting"

"You can be absolutely more comfortable with the safety of the goddess of war than I have undertaken."

Setsuna spoke out forcefully, staring into Alexei's eyes, who brightened her expression. If you're not overconfident, it's not a mistake that comes from arrogance, etc. There is no way that a Black Spear user can delay himself, even with more than one armed summoner opponent. Though Lyohan's armed summoner, it could not have been beaten by humans, who could only complain about the assassination as well. In the meantime, I added:

I just can't guarantee the assassin's safety.

"What do you mean?

"If you think of the goddess of war, I might forget to add or subtract."

Setuna told him so, in front of Pharia's grandfather.

My overflowing thoughts of Faria are stronger and stronger the more time I spend with her away. He couldn't get tired of just pulling Faria's leg under such circumstances, and thought that if he heard that there were people planning to assassinate him, it would be an inexorable story for his bowels to boil back.

And with that thought in mind, Setsuna told Alexei that he could kill the assassins, but he decided that Setsuna's reaction was reliable, but he didn't have to.

"I want Lord Setsuna to keep the goddess of war hidden for a while."

His eyes as sharp as Alexei's blade, dull and glowing.