"Oh. It's an odd encounter, Lord Hero."

To Dr. Locke, who has spoken those words, Lifeguard turned a fed up gaze.

"Please don't do that..."

Evening courtyard.

Liquid protection, which had kept itself deeply on the bench, leaked a great yawn. Wipe the tears in your eyeballs.

Three days after that.

Claria, who was badly injured, was to be admitted to the hospital in Wangdu. From around his shoulder, he suffered a large, diagonal scratch. The wound burned and seemed so bad that he wanted to turn away.

Due to her sister's care and duties as a knight, Belgrette has not returned to the College. I mean, Lifeguard hasn't seen her for three days now. Ever since I came to this world, I've been seeing each other every day, so what a strange feeling.

Without dying, Detlev was taken into custody.

If left alone, he would definitely have died, but the knights who rushed him were quickly treated and taken.

On this matter, Latias, captain of the "Silver Legion Troop Silvalios", also seemed just unable to hide his upset, and he seemed determined to quit the captain, but that was rejected by King Aldia.

Here's what the king said to Latias, claiming he was out of control.

"How do you figure out the length of all the" Silver Legion Troops "and the fat nature of the milk? Oh?"

You're an old man who likes lower stories, he wanted to say it was an exodus, but finally he wanted to say, 'Who could have figured out that Detlev was secretly the leader of the assassination group, and if a better person than Latias was the leader, could he have prevented this case'?

... Actually, there are no rumors that King Aldia is just bothering Gotagotta to elect a new captain.

In this activity, Lifeguard received an additional one and a half million escu as a prize. Altogether, as many as five million escu's are left in a bag in an unmade corner of the room.

Following the feat of defending the College, the story of defeating the leader of the assassination organization… with one blow the members of the "Silver Legion Troop" Silvalios "had already been rumored in the Wang capital.

You'll take that, it's an earlier Dr. line.

"... Speaking of which. I've decided what to do with Detlev."

The Doctor, sitting next to him, says as he lights a cigarette.

"A week later, he will be decapitated. This kind of world makes quick decisions, huh? Ma, it's especially unusual fast this time. If this were Japan, how many years would it take to get to trial?"

Phew, and distorted his mouth, the Doctor spewed out smoke.

"Something? It seems that Detlev had done a little burglary in his childhood and was angry when the female knight caught him. It's like he remembered 'anger' and 'sexual excitement' at the same time. With Belle and his assassination request this time, you got a reason to fight them if you try Detlev. I've known Belle since I was a kid, and she comes up against me as a fine knight... and I guess that's how I remembered the distorted excitement of a former female knight."

Is that a fallacy...?

To the boy, I didn't seem to understand.

"Heh. I think you had someone close to you, something similar. Indeed... to a female student named Leafia, she said that she overlays her daughter..."

"You are ah ah ah! Won't you come with me?

Ha, and Lifeguard laughed, looking up at the sky somehow.

The Doctor holds down his glasses to regain his mind and switches to a serious tone.

"Well, to tell the truth... either way, Detlev won't be able to help anymore"

"Huh?"

The drift shield looked at the Doctor in surprise.

"Fractured ribs, eleven in total. Eight were shattered and three pierced into his lungs. The liver and kidneys rupture. He said the impact of the blow had reached the spine… the spine.... i.e. no treatment. As a matter of fact, I'm going to die if I leave you alone, so I'm going to try criminals as a nation before I do. Now, I'm just forcing him to live and live forever in the Divine Chant" Oracle "until the day of his execution. Try detref, it'll be hell."

I mean...

"I... killed him, like..."

Those words now poked out my mouth as I let my fist go with the willingness to kill.

"It won't change."

Dr. Locke tells me to cover it.

"It doesn't change...?

"Even if you were holding Detlev in captivity without hurting him... the cut he makes to Detlev doesn't change anything. In the end, it would be the death penalty. Being beaten to death by a stray cunt or being captured and executed intact doesn't change anything just by the results"

Phew, the Doctor makes a circle out of spit smoke.

Will the drift guard kill directly or will the drift guard capture and the country kill? It's just the difference. That was the story.

"Regardless, a person's mood is not that simple. For example, the result is the same, but still different, when a nominee arrested for reporting something is sentenced to death where he doesn't know, than when he presses a hanging button with his own hands. … was a bit off target analogy"

The Doctor stands up and turns his back curly.

"In the meantime, good luck this time. You'll have some thoughts too. But not Iwawave Fai... as one of Wang Du's researchers, Rockwave Terre the Great. Thank you for protecting Belles, the eggs of an excellent knight."

"... oh no..."

Even if Detlev dies because of himself, there is no emotion there. As for emotion, it's close to when Draughtrow.

But can that also be said because we have not witnessed the death of Detlev directly? I'm pretty sure you hesitated to kill people with this hand.

It was a difficult issue. But if we are to live in this world, it is also an inevitable problem….

Soon, I'll be sure to visit. If you intend to fight.

There's a day when you can kill someone directly with this hand. The day I have to kill him.

Lifeguard thought that looking up at the sky in the evening.

Night.

Concon and the door to the room were knocked where the drift guard was stretching before he slept in his room. The time is past ten. At this hour, I thought, "Let me in," and I returned it.

"... Um, me. It's Belgrette."

"Huh?"

Lifeguard stops moving unexpectedly and looks at the door.

Immediately afterwards, he heads to the door in a disgustingly shabby and quick move himself, and opens up.

"Wow, early."

A girl knight with a surprised face stood there.

"Ooh. Belle, it's been a long time."

"Hehe. I think so. Evening."

I felt like I hadn't seen him in a really long time, even though it's only been three days.

I even feel like my chest is tightened.

... Huh. I wanted to give this girl a hug.

"Yeah, come in? or?"

"Oh, yeah... well, just for a second"

Belgrette showed a slight hesitation, but came into the room as recommended.

"Well... what's going on? I just thought you were in Wangdu."

"Yeah. I just came to college now. Actually..."

"Actually?"

"Uh... you had a conversation about me taking turns with Claire on the Royal Guard assignment, didn't you? It's that one... because Claire's in the hospital now. I was actually planning on going a little further, but I... thought I'd be in the king's capital for a while."

"Ooh... is that right"

It was somehow predictable that it would happen, but I still missed it when they actually said it.

"And how's your left arm?

"Hmm? Oh. It's not working yet... but it'll be fine in a little while."

"Oh well. Good."

"Oh."

Belgrette smiled relieved.

…………

…………

A strange time was born.

"That, no... that's all, huh?

"Huh? Yeah... directly, I wanted to tell you"

No. No way. Just for this conversation, it takes eight hours to get back and forth...?

It is true that Lifeguard cannot use the divine chanting technique of communication, Oracle, etc. If we're going to have a conversation, we need to meet directly. But in order to report all that...

"Yep. Then I guess I'll go home...... All right, we've been up all night."

Getting all stretched out, Belgrette turned around to get out of the room. Right.

There.

――――

Reflectively.

The driftshield held Belgrette from behind.

"............, eh?

Zero voices she shrugged.

"... hey, Lugo...,?

Thin. Soft.

Belgrette's body was so thin, and the girl's body so soft, the drift protection is stunned. With just a little bit of force, it was going to break.

I'm not that different in height. Belgrette is just a few centimeters low. Feel of saggy hair, touching cheeks. Sweet smell.

"Uh... Um, Ri, Ri... Oh?

He was a bellgrette who just wandered around a little bit, but he didn't really try to shake it anywhere. Most of all, she can't shake off her shield.

The Girl Knight stopped wandering and grew up.

The shield finally came to its senses.

I was nagging at the assassin's doozy, but the other day I was feeling the identity of homesick. I was thrown out on my own by different worlds of values and I felt lonely...... But it's not.

I just didn't want to leave with this girl.

I was just lonely because Belgrette wasn't on my side and they told me she was going to be gone.

Now. I'm amazingly relieved that she's just around.

"... Oh, you know, Lugo... what's up?

The drift protection has always been silent, which may have made me anxious.

"... Oh, that. Oh, sorry."

Stay back like an asshole.

But I won't let you go. But I said.

"Be... Belle and I don't want to leave"

"………………"

Clearly. I heard her breathing.

"... Yes, no. Uh. Oh, yeah, duh, duh."

Belgrette's reply was also somewhat strange.

"... mostly this time... I was worried. Why didn't you say anything to me during that detref? When I realized you were both gone... that was a tough one. Ask someone who can use the comms to get in touch with the carriage vendor, figure out 10th Street, and run that far."

Struggle with Detlev. I went all the way to 10th Street, and I was on my way there. Thanks to the light that seemed to be caused by the flashy flames, I managed to get there.

If it were a little late to rush, what would have happened? Still upset.

"Oh, yeah... follow me..."

"Don't hesitate to tell me if anything happens. I'll do whatever I want."

"... yet, it's valid. 'Say anything. I'll do anything,' he said."

"Ah, oh. Yeah, right."

"... but. The same was true of this one, but it was our job to be knights by nature. But I just don't have enough power..."

In the arms of the drift guard, Belgrette showed a bare gesture of shrinking himself.

"Minette...... Romaldo, Cyril. Everyone keeps disappearing. Even Mr. Detlev... how could that be?"

The girl relaxes and squeezes out her weak voice.

"Even Lugo and Mia were at risk the other day, and this time Claire... I, I can't protect anyone. Even though he's a knight."

"I think so."

"Huh?"

"I think it's really hard to protect someone. Oh, by the way. My dad used to say that my naughty name, 'go', meant 'protect' and included that kind of 'protect someone' meaning...... Well, no."

The drift shield removed his hand from Belgrette's body.

"At least I'm being protected by Belle. Culture, common sense, everything's different, and we can live in this world because Bell's doing everything we can."

"... ha. I'm the one who's protected. How many times have you saved my life?... Glad. I'm glad. But I... I'm gonna hate it."

To Belgrette, who says with his back turned, the driftshield scratches his head pounding.

"Then we can protect each other already."

"Ha... Yes, I wonder. But... me, I'm scared"

"Scared?"

Kuru, she turns back to her shield.

He looked like he was going to cry.

"Everybody... Lugo. One day, he could suddenly be gone. That's... scary. I don't like that anymore..."

"I'm not going anywhere. I don't have anywhere to go. I won't let you die. You're strong!

"... Shh. When I was in Farvnar, I was really worried."

Ugh, the boy gets stuck in words.

"When I was there... my knee wasn't feeling well"

Rarely, Belgrette stares at me with a jitty eye. You look just like Claire with that look on your face.

"... no, well... it's me. Be stronger. That's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna put a hundred Farvnars together so I can take them down. I'll never die. And."

Look into the beautiful eyes of the girl knight and continue.

"Whoever in this world becomes the enemy of Bell Child... I am on Bell Child's side. Even if I turned everything in this world against my enemies, I'm on your side."

It turned red like Belgrette had been boiled up.

Lifeguard has also often bitten the meaning of his line, which he said in his true face, and he kind of wants to die.

"Ah... yes..."

I guess I had trouble responding. With a peachy complexion, Belgrette answered with a whisper that looked down and whined.

…………

…………

Silence that makes me want to die.

"Yeah, well, then, I, uh, I'll be back! More!"

"Oh, hey, I can't even stop."

There was already something wrong.

I went outside and dropped off Belgrette's carriage back to the King's Capital.

Look up at the night sky.

The giant moon that was disappearing here - Ish Mani - was beginning to show up. Thin, huge three-day moon.

That moment.

The sky blinked blue.

…… What...?

Thought it was lightning, but no. Only for a moment the sky glowed blue.

It was kind of a fantastic sight... but it could be some kind of phenomenon, like not being seen on Earth.

So I thought, drift protection doesn't know too much about this world.

Because they are originally troublesome, they do not acquire any knowledge other than the minimum required.

Now it's called the "Water Over" Sukiya Moon "- the moon that hits June when it comes to Earth, and today is those three days. I had just recently heard the story of the calendar that the date was about to change to four days, etc.

It's a matter of leaving with Belgrette for a while too, and maybe we should learn a little more about this Grim Crows.

Even to protect her in this world, that knowledge should not be in vain.

"- Me."

Various motivated drift guards walk out toward their rooms.

On the way down, I remember the feeling of hugging a girl.

………………

I didn't think I could sleep.

Such a boy.

Only a giant moon far above, stared.

In a carriage bound for Wang Du.

Belgrette stared out the window.

Earlier, I hadn't seen "Gods Sneeze" "Humph" in a while. When was the last time? That's for sure...... yes, the night before I first met him. Lugo.

"......, ~"

I recall.

No, it's the only way, isn't it? If they do that with Lugo's power, they can't shake it off with mine, but I'm the Royal Guard, and I'm not the one who gave myself and my heart to Liliane, but that can't be helped, can it? There was nothing you could do, was there?

I thought you had an amazing body... but you're so powerful, Lugo's arm. If they hug you with those thick arms, there's no way you can get away with it. I can't help it.

I shake my head desperately.

Weird. Weird lately.

The other day, when Lugo explained to me, "I can't go back to the original world anymore," why.

Glad to hear it, I thought.

I thought, I cursed myself. Oh, my God. I don't know. Lugo should want to go back to the original world.

Seeing Priscilla and I talk like we're good friends makes me feel a little moist and weird... lately I'm a little crazy.

Ha..., and the moment I took an extra-large sigh, a ripple of communication spread beside Belgrette.

"Wow."

Who would it be? It's a personal designation, and it's not a large number of arms, such as flying communications to a driving carriage. I have an idea -, no, I do.

"Yes. Leaver, it's Belgrette."

"It's me."

"Ah... Father. Evening.... I don't know, it's been a while"

'Right...... How's Claire doing?

"Yeah. It was a terrible injury, but I managed... nothing else in my life"

'Right...... good. Sorry I'm late. "

"Yeah. Your father's busy..."

So, there were some signs coming from across the communication that I was going to think about.

'By the way... of example. Ariu, Milugo, something like you. "

"What!? So, yes."

My father gave me the name of driftshield, so much so that Belgrette was surprised that his heart was about to pop out of his mouth.

"That's him... but next time, bring him home"

"Yep, yep, yep, yep!?

I exclaimed.

The carriage rocks gakun. I heard a horse screaming like a surprise from outside. Buheen.

"Guru"

My father was surprised, too.

"Oh, sorry, Father."

"And I can't impress you as a lady... what kind of voice do you make?"

"Oops, sorry! So, but. Why, Lugo..."

"Why not? Naturally. Following on from the last college case, this one. Both Belgrette and Claria were saved that life. I thought I had to thank you sooner or later just for the Farvnar thing, but this time while I'm at it. I'm just too busy to tell you. As a knight, as a parent... you deserve to be rewarded, don't you?

"Ah..."

'That's all I have to do. I'm sure he has plans, so I don't care if it's convenient for you. It is also a good time to "rest the Ethereal Thunderbird (Raptors Rest)". Think about it.'

"Ha, yes. Okay."

'Bye. Good night, Belgrette'

"Yes. Good night, Father."

I finished communicating.

"... um"

I accidentally roared.

It's not weird. Rather, as my father put it, I deserve to be a knight. But...... let my father meet with drift protection. When I think about it, I wonder why I feel so embarrassed that I can't help it.

Besides... I also feel that the drift protection that should be making it as discreet as possible is becoming more and more famous. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Belgrette sighs with intricate thoughts as she looks out the window.

Such a girl.

Only Ish Marni, far above, was staring.

"Whoever in this world becomes the enemy of Bell Child... I am on Bell Child's side. Even if I turned everything in this world against my enemies, I'm on your side."

- The words the boy uttered with clumsy but definite determination and readiness.

But he will soon find out again.

That this Grim Crows is a world where it's easy to trample on such thoughts.