"What, what!? What's up, guys!? Ladies and gentlemen!? Why...!"

There were no decent words coming out of Hefner's throat.

In that room were---Belgrette, Sabel, Julie, Edvin... and Mertina, Lenore, and her mother Lenin.

Those who suddenly disappeared from the royal palace and the Omsolvs and were finally arranged as sinners and their associates--

"What is this!? What do you mean!?"

I can only shout like that, as if I hadn't been here for a while.

"Ahahah, how nice of you, Hefner." Just calm down. "

Julie waved her hand as if she were calming a horse.

"What the hell is going on!?"

I can't afford to get in touch with them. I was about to lose my mind.

His tongue was struck by a man with a beard who had brought Hefnell so far - a man called Larutz.

"Is this really a soldier?"Oh, no. Just now, when I got up here, I suddenly got upside down.I feel like I've pulled a kid I don't understand. "

Well, if only the two wicked Zelahs had taken me away.

As Hefner knew, the unconscious label laughed as before.

"Oh, that's not to be ignored, Sabel's husband."Larutz's brother is the only one with such a strange face... ahhhh!Aniki, please don't hit me. "

It was Edvin who shrugged his shoulders.

So, you haven't been followed, have you?

He is just like the Saber. He's taking back what he was before, as if that injuries were a lie.It was as if we were going back in time.

"Hah, somebody's got a mouth on him."I'm an expert on the subject.I don't want to fuck with you like that. "

Hefner opened his mouth to the bearded man who snorted.

"Oh! Then! If you are here, why didn't you say so from the beginning!?"

Hefnell was naturally in doubt, but Larutz's face was deeply dazzled.

"Idiot, what are you talking about?"They're asking for you now.If you spill your name outside, no one will know.I wanted to avoid being picked up by strange tricks and tools, and I wanted to avoid conversation as much as possible.Until I got back here, I was just being careful. "

"Ah......"

That's right. At that tavern, adventurers from nearby seats were talking about arranging for Belgrette and the others.I see, but it immediately strikes another question.

"Oh, in the first place, why are you asking me!"It's a mistake, isn't it?! "

Facing a confused young man,

"Mr. Hefner, I'll explain."

"... Mr. Belgrette"

It's her, after all.

And Hefnell noticed it there.

"Speaking of which... where's Lugo...?"

“Lugo is resting in the next room to treat his injuries.”

”Are you hurt...?”

Belgrette nodded silently.

"... I'm going to tell you how I got here, including the incident..."

Yes, please.

Stretch your spine in the same way you would when facing your boss, Hyodor.I haven't even wished for it, I have to ask right now.

― ― However,

…………

She silences herself with a pale face.

"...... Mr. Belgrette? What's the matter?"

"...... it will be very difficult for Hefner-san."

Huh?

“What we're going to talk about... will be extremely shocking for Hefner.”

Her thin ice-colored [Ice Blue] eyes were quietly looking at us.

I'm asking.

Still, I was wondering if you were willing to listen.I was wondering if you were prepared to do that.

"... let me ask you something."

It's impossible to deny the choice.Best of all, she brought herself here with the intention of making her listen.

"... I understand."

And so she began to speak.

What happened the day the operation was executed? Part of it.

――――――――――

Hefner's brain no longer even had the idea of uttering a word.

The mastermind was Ohmsolf.

Along with her followers, General Bendithm and Hefnell's childhood friend Gameeha are enemies.

I had to take care of it beforehand, and I asked Hyodor to help me get the letter under Hefnell shortly after the recent capture operation.

As a means to bring Hefnell here.

Even if it's a letter from Hyodor the Superior, even if the Ohmsorf censorship enters, it doesn't have to be suspicious.

"... no, no, no... I don't know why..."

Of course.

You can't believe that story.

In addition to Saintess Ohmsolv, that Bendism General and Gamyha were [enemies], it was no longer the Belgrettes who became the enemies of the Badarnois God Empire.

……

Hefner's eyes, wandering in search of salvation, captured the figure.

A woman who is supposed to be on Ohmsorf's side more than anyone else.

A pure white penta in a pure white dress.Because of the long-lasting life of a fugitive who has not returned to the royal palace, there is dirt everywhere in the pure white outfit.

"Meh, Lord Mertina. Ah, what do you think..."

Hefner himself didn't know what he wanted to ask.I just ran in agitation.

On the other hand, the white hero returns a sarcastic smile.

"Hmm, that's right..." What did you think when you saw the ruins of this city until you got here? ”

Huh?

Hefnell was devoured by the unexpected question.

However, the opponent was the strongest hero in the North.I can't even openly question what you're saying.In order to answer, the young people of the mortal people desperately circulate their thoughts.

"Yes, yes... yes, that's right..." I have visited this ubasurla many times myself... but it was quiet and complicated... there were many paths I didn't know about, and I felt that there were places like this.And then... no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

I noticed that the content I tried to continue was somewhat under the care of the customer, and I rushed to cut my words.

The method of claim 1, wherein the method further

Yeah? What's the rest?

Mertina picked it up.

No, no, no.

"It's not a hard time, it's a disrespectful lecture."Well, don't hesitate to talk to me. "

I can't help it if I am told to do so in a frank manner.

"Y-Yes. Well, uh... I wonder how much we've lost because so many factories didn't go so well..."

She nodded her head as she murmured her opponent's pale face.

"No, you're right." One of the policies that the previous king struck before he thought about it was the end of this block... this is the place. "

As if to illustrate the mistake of the solution, this city, enlarged by the unplanned posteriorization of factories and houses, has a distorted landscape in the distance.Probably no one will see you as beautiful.

"Immigrants who have made these mistakes and are seen as foreign objects while welcoming them..."If you cited your predecessor's disfigurement, you can't do that anymore. "

It was Mertina, who had just turned ten, who was tasked with putting an end to the immigration.It was an unimaginable day of battle.

“Emanu became the head of the country in a way that pushed those debts.Still... she was always the head of the academy, and she showed extraordinary abilities in the cult afterwards.I'm sure everyone who knows her thought so. "

"Emmanuelle Rube Ohmzorf will definitely do something about it."

In the words spun by Mertina.As he was accused of sin, Hefner giggled.

That's because it was the very idea that I had every day.That's exactly what I was thinking when I looked at Ruin County on my way here.Words that were repeating in my mind, like a habit."If you're the Saintess you long for, you'll definitely lead me in the right direction..."

"No, I thought so too."Trust, it sounds good when you call it trust.But in fact, I was just pressing her against my back... "

A monologue of remorse.

"She was more serious and more responsible than anyone else... and now that she's a leader, I have to do something about it myself."

It seemed to come to my mind.

"And perhaps... when she became a leader and objectively analyzed the current situation in her country, Emanu realized that.I was able to recognize and acknowledge her because she has flexible thinking and is able to see things from above. ”

The hero who once defended this country speaks out.

“It's impossible to rebuild Badarnois anymore.”

"Damn...!"

Hefner's words, which were supposed to be uttered, were crushed in the depths of his throat and disappeared.The shock didn't really take shape.

"Of course, that's not why Emanu gives up.I must have done everything in my power to face that reality.But of course, you can't talk to anyone. "

That's why I couldn't tell the proud Svorun that my mouth was split.

No, it's the same for whoever it is.

(This country is no good anymore, it's too late... the king can't even say it...)

If I had said that, I would have reacted like the Hefnell of the moment.

That's not possible.

It was a truth that even the [Holy Maiden of the Truth] did not reveal to anyone.

(Oh, my God....)

... finally looked like Hefnell.At the end of this story, the beginning of what happened this time.

"Actually, there's nothing in this Badar Noisy."It is a tough land pattern to grow crops and livestock.Even in such an environment, the craftsmen who supported the industry died in the civil war.Most of the nobles who were proud of their glory also died.The old Mäschwitz family and the Orlandals are still alive and well?Neither I nor Emmanuelle should be called the 'ex' nobility.I don't have any blood anymore.Anyway, nobody ever made money or had it.It is difficult to collect tax from the people anymore. This is how it's going to be-- "

It had to be procured from 'somewhere else'.

"The opponent... Orkestar..."

Hefner's faint murmur was swallowed away by the sound of the bonfire.