"Ki... is that you? What do you want?
The werewolf is also exposed, and Khandara lifts up her half-fold voice.
"I'd like to ask you a few questions and I'm here."
In contrast, a calm, deep voice echoed.
……
Sakuragiri breathes. Think of it as blurry, with a frivolous consciousness.
On the other side that separated one door, there is Diegos.
If I raised my voice here now, what would happen? If he feels strange, will he get us out of here?
(... Huh!
By the way, Sakuragiri thinks.
Sure, maybe we can get out of here. Now, it might help. But then, it won't solve the problem.
That's what I want to help that guy across the door, and I...
"For what?! I'm busy right now! Later!
"… Now I just want to ask you one question"
"Yeah, I don't know what to say!
"Don't you see Lord Saeri here?"
――
Sakuragiri's heart jumps.
Khandara's upset didn't seem to be the ratio. Hit your voice hard as you're about to fall off the couch.
"Ki... he's not here!
"Was it Master Left"
"And... naturally! Is that all you need? If you're done, why don't you just go!
"Now excuse me."
You know, it gets quiet.
(... Dago,...)
Speaking of which, we haven't met face to face yet today.
What can I do for you? Maybe I'll go to him later......
But why not?
After "Things", I didn't feel like I could face him. If I put that guy in front of me, he's gonna cry...
A lot of silence.
Staring at the door doesn't make you hear voices or sounds.
Digos must have gone by now.
Good.
Now I'm glad.
"... for Christ's sake, water away..."
As I exhale, I can afford to go back to the look on Khandara's face.
"... Kufu, is it good, Master Saeri? Does that mean you didn't have a voice? Fine. Then -"
Once again, the old man, who regained his composure, reached for the dark hair in Sakuragiri.
"Ha ha...... Something's funny, but I don't know, mon."
Raindeer, king's capital at midday. Along the pavement of Eighth Avenue, on a small spilled cafe terrace.
Edvin Gaul, who flattened his lunch, stumbled onto the table in a shitty manner. Keep your face down to the side and watch the people-wave you go on the road. Because of the evil faces that must be the nicknames that make it 'mad dog', the seemingly weak young man in sight rushes past with his shittiness and legs. As Edvin, I don't even care anymore because it's a common occurrence.
"Is that funny? For example?"
Turning blue eyes while scrubbing nut shakes is the stellario of my classmate at the Academy. He was a boy characterized by a brown tungtung head and a slightly younger face.
With a sigh of relief, Edvin answers as he pleases.
"Well, here's the thing... that's funny... something, Alve"
"Huh!?... um..., oh, sorry..."
Likewise, his classmate Alverista shrunk with regret. Its faint face, small and nagging, only looks like a girl. That, too, is an extraordinarily beautiful girl.
- But it's a man.
Edvin rushed off his gaze from 'him' as he was about to unconsciously.
"Rest of the Ethereal Thunderbird (Raptors Rest)". Being students at Midir College, they had days like this where nothing was happening while they were sparing time.
The rest, which has been rapidly extended due to the relationship between protective measures, also has four days left. As it is, nothing in particular will happen and it will end.
"Speaking of which, I stuck it in my tiny ear... and there's going to be a heavenly banquet at the refe soon"
"Oh, the heavenly banquet."
To Stellario's words, Edvin gives himself momentum.
"Just once. Come on out. It's Mon."
Looking up to heaven from the slices of the parasol so that it can be scorched. Give thought to a distant exotic land. As for Edvin, who longs for strength, it was still one of the things that bothered me.
Incidentally, there is also a martial arts festival in Raindeer called 'Duosseria Divine Martial Arts Competition', which has not been held here for a long time. There are rumors that the Holy Queen Elizavetta forbade the martial arts festival itself because King Ardia had to turn to the organizer himself, but there is no choice... the truth is unknown.
"Oh, yeah. Heavenly Banquet...... remembered at the refeit. Did you guys hear that rumor?
"Rumors? What?
Edvin returns his careless gavel to Stellario, who rides himself out and says: - It was.
"Belle and that Ariumi guy, they went to the refe alone."
The flaming 'mad dog' almost slipped out of his chair unexpectedly.
"Ha!? Heh, heh!? Just the two of us!?
"So, but... if that happens, Mr. Claria won't shut up..."
roughly the upset Edvin with his voice up, if Alverista speaks naughty,
"So in fact, a guy stopped by the college to see it. Give me Claire, who's like a shell out. You think he was whining about 'onole... onole...'? I'm telling you, I couldn't get very close. It's like that rumor is already proving clam, isn't it?
The guardian soldiers and knights of the law are said to be suffering from a constant shortage of manpower. If so, it may be possible for the two of us to come to the mission alone: Lifeguard and Belgrette.
But. Alone on an expedition out of the country. If it is a round trip with the refe, just travel for about a week. Two young people. A journey for two......
Stellario detonated at once the slightest concern that had surfaced behind Edvin's brain.
"The journey makes me feel open... Oh, my God, you're fucked."
"Yah!? Shit, you're kidding me, Temei, you're not wacky!?
The Stellario of the moment flaunts Edvin, who rises to power.
"Well, because Bell is really serious. I'm worried about it in the opposite sense, so maybe it's not a problem..."
Stellario next turned to Alverista, who was grinning bitterly.
"Mia might be delicious for a guy named Ariumi."
Gatsun! and Alverista cuddled up the table with her knees.
Ugg...... and the grunting woman-faced boy, Stellario says, "Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"
"Mia's a slave now, huh? I mean, I'm in a position not to refuse orders. For example, Alve, what if Mia was your slave? See, now you've thought about jerking off. He's in a position to make it happen."
"Li, Mr. Lugo and Mia don't do that......!
"Hehe, I wonder. As far as I'm concerned, I expect you two are encouraging evening training. Mia's curious. Unexpectedly Norinoli, from myself..."
"No, don't!
"No, no, no. Mia talking to you and Hutu with a childish smile during the day, but with a face I never show you at night, I totally held down his bump called Ariumi, with a familiar gesture... I guess I've already been taught scattered during this" Rest of the Ethereal Thunderbird (Raptors Rest) "thing."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa"
Satisfied with Alverista stuffing with her ears blocked, Stellario mutters "but wow" with her hands behind her head.
"You guys are easy to understand, but you have no idea Digos ~..."
Digos Akelone.
A big man who won't talk in silence. Instead of mixing up and making a scene with everyone in the class, the impression is like a guardian constantly watching from a position pulled one step away. Age is the oldest in the class. It's partly because of that, or it's creating some sort of abandoned, objectified atmosphere.
"He's something... he feels like an enlightened master who has nothing to do with sex work or anything like that."
to that opinion, which the majority of classmates are likely to agree with,
"Is that it?
But it was Edvin who disputed it.
"I think he's just like us, too."
"Digos? With us?
Oh and nodding, Edvin looks up at the dazzling, distant sky.
"Just don't get on the table. I admired strength, and even tried to protect one of the women I fell in love with with with that strength, and said I'd try to cool it. If you're not old enough to notice the color, you'll think of everyone. Diegos doesn't talk. I can tell. But he has a family of spears - a position. But at the same time... I can make my dreams real mons, I have power. Plate Pinch, Eggplant"
"Isn't that right?
"It's a monkey."
Edvin nodded confidently.
"Speaking of which, has Edvin ever been in a duel with Diegos?"
"... mana"
The dishonorable nickname "Mad Dog" also stems from the fact that he once applied for a duel, regardless of who he was.
Four of the opponents who accepted the duel within the College have so far defeated Edvin. Marisella, Claria, Digos, shelter.
"Speaking of which, to Edvin when Marisella hit me, I'm sorry, but you laughed. You idiot, boom! blow it up...... blah! hehe, it's hilarious to remember now...... hey, why did you fly so much, Ed...... v, uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
"Wow, don't laugh!
Even Alverista realized he was laughing, and Edvin dyed his face red.
"Oh, I'll definitely owe that high-flying woman one day!
"Uh... no, you're willing to put up a snowflake fight or something on everyone anyway, right?
"No," Edvin replied only to Stellario, who said as he wiped his eyes tears.
To an unexpected response, Stellario and Alverista should be decent.
"Claire... honestly, she's totally out of control. - That's not wacky. Stronger, stronger, and less egetic and scarier than a hectic gourd. but most importantly, even I will be a 'struggle'. I feel like I can reward you with one arrow."
Hold your fist, the flaming boy continues.
"Aliumi is... strong. That's a bakemon. I don't want to win at all, but when I want to try again, or one day I'll hit you... don't be a good target."
That's how. Edvin's grin, which was floating, caused a slight distortion that caught on.
"Digos... no. I never wanted to fight him again. Claire is scared. Aliumi is strong. The Digos are... both of them."
The door blew up.
A single wooden door that jumped diagonally, ignoring the range of motion, sounds flashy and crashes into the ceiling.
It should even be stubborn material and technique to combat intruders. It was lightly damaged without fulfilling its function.
"Huh!?"
Karndala, who was reaching for Sakuragiri's hair, fell off the amazing, less sofa. Hit Gatsun and his head against the table, but point his open eyes towards the entrance to the room.
".................. eh,!
Same goes for Sakuragiri. Without blinking one, I watched the appearance.
A door that falls flashy. Parallax and pouring ceiling fragments. The rising dust of "Toya". The door disappeared, the space cut in squares - standing there, big shadows.
"... ah"
The man - Digos Akelone, like always, stood idly by with an invincible grin.
A new breeze blows into the room that was the chamber. Only then did Sakuragiri realize her consciousness became clear as she woke up from a nightmare.
"Ogo,......"
Calling the nickname with a faint voice, the giant man turned his narrow eyes towards Sakuragiri as if to respond. The grin on that face only slightly - but certainly, increases the depth.
I can't.
If they help me, it doesn't make sense.
Still, tears seeped into Sakuragiri's eyes.
I'm just glad.
"Hey, you! What the hell are you doing?
It is Khandara who cannot remain calm. To Diegos, who came in through the door, showers an anger.
"What are you going to... F, this is something different"
The giant man can't even shake the fine dust. As in the mountains that are there from the beginning, tauntingly young.
In response to my question, "Is Lord Saeri here?", you answered, "He has not come." How do you intend to explain this situation? "
"... you ill-conceived young builder, as you can see! You've begged me from the witch to hold you, so I've been dealing with you!
Sakuragiri caught sight of Kandara by accident, but we don't realize it at all. He stares at Digos in desperate shape. No longer in my head, I guess it's filled with safekeeping.
"Hmm... at that age, my brother is a surprise Dada man, too. I admire you. But that's odd. The witch forced me to say," Yes, "but the smell of white rain and incense" Shirasato "seems to be in the room."
"Heh... heh, hobbies to create an atmosphere... even if it's decided!
"Left."
"Sa...... you can do it left-handed or you have this lunatic! Such a woe to me that forms the core of the 'Millennium Parliament'... I guess I'm ready!
Remember your position, or Kandara regains momentum and skips the drink with no force other than the old men - yet, the giant man says without breaking his invincible grin.
"Okay, one more thing. I would like to ask Lord Khandara, who forms the core of the Millennium Parliament."
Digos let me list the 'it' he took out of his nostalgia. Its object, which looks smaller if it fits into the hands of a giant man, is a luminous green stone. Its top and bottom are sandwiched by small wooden plates and the stone is embellished with fine gold embroidery. Overall, it was similar to an hourglass. At first glance, it looks like an antique or something.
but not an hourglass. Sakuragiri knew what it was.
(However, the record crystalline stone "Kikuroki"...)
A tool made by processing ore that has the properties of preserving sound.
That is, tools for recording audio.
Digos remained silent and played the record crystal stone at his fingertips. Kin, and a cool sounding stone spins a sealed sound.
"... this is not a public matter... I washed the house after I banished him... from the basement, we have discovered many human bones that appear to belong to the woman's stomach."
Khandera's face blued sassy in her voice earlier on.
"That's your first ear. I had no idea that such a thing had been discovered from Enrokak's residence. Others, of course, will not even know the governor or my brother Duen. If this is true," Oh and "is important at a time when it was not made public. If it's a lie to threaten Lord Saeri, it's a delusion that overlooks authority."
"Mi, that I can't overlook...? What are you doing to me, Aoyagi?
- So, Digos...
For the first time, I faintly shook my shoulders and laughed. Like a giant mountain vibrates. Only slightly, with seeping eyes of pity.
"What are you going to... What is the genealogy of my spear as a 'business'? Forget it."
……
Khandara's momentum was that far. The face stains with fear and blues.
There is one "Thirteen Martial Family," a family of spears.
The spear, called Akelon, is in principle wielded against the one who hates his master. but the role doesn't stop there. Flashing its blade also to prune disturbing molecules that have arisen inside the tissue and rotten fruits that are detrimental -
'External enemies are not the only ones they can kill'.
Carndera, who came to think of it there, could only groan hippingly in the back of her throat.
Digos turns his face to Sakuragiri, blind to those in power who entered.
"... let's go, Saeri"
In the same voice as usual.
"Eh... Ah, let's"
It was in Sakura Branch trying to get up, though confused.
"Ah, get it?..., ah,"
On the knees, no strength in the hips.... A series of disturbances seemed to have caused me to lose my hips. That's not all. I don't know, my head... my body is heavy.
"I don't have a choice."
With the usual grin on his face, Digos slowly steps into the room and comes under Sakuragiri.
"Dago..., - Huh!?
I held up the confused girl gently.
"Hey... what...!
"Why don't you make me grow up?"
"Ha..., ooh"
It was suddenly held and unexpectedly twitched in the cherry branch, but low...... but follow a gentle voice.
The girl desperately turned her face aside so that Diegos wouldn't at least see her. It's already getting hot to my ears, so I'm sure it doesn't make sense.
"Then excuse me. Lord Khandara."
Tell him without even looking at his opponent's face, and Digos left the room behind with Sakuragiri in his arms.
Daigos, holding Sakuragiri in his arms, walks down the hallway in grand footsteps.
Taking the weight for two, or the slab floor, sounded like a quixie and a bigger bump than usual. Listening to the sound of it ringing as the giant walks, Sakuragiri shrugs away from his face.
"That's right, Mr. Ogo. People will see you..."
"Problem."
"I have a problem...!
"Then can you walk on your own?
"Ugh... it is,"
"I'll take you to your room."
I couldn't argue, and the girl shut up.
- Embarrassing.
It was called a 'princess hug'. Digos' thick, rough arms are spinning around the back, shoulders, and back of his knees in the cherry branch. The body itself is almost intimate.
It's embarrassing, and a little ticklish.... but I'm glad.
Even if the same man could be touched, it was the opposite of Khandera, who felt nothing but sagginess.
"Well, at least give it to me..."
Still, when it gets to the room, it's still embarrassing. I can't stand seeing each other's faces right now. At least she was a girl who managed to eat down.
On a wide back, I often keep myself.
When we lost sight of each other's faces, we lost conversation somehow. Its silence is a little awkward, and Sakuragiri calls it small.
"... Oh, um... Mr. Ogo. The..."
But no reply.
Am I angry?
"Hey, Mr. Ogo. The...!
"... um, what's up"
Be courageous and call it loud, there was a response from a hazy giant.
It's not an angry wind. It was a reaction as if I had been thinking about something.
"Um... me, the..."
"F. You look sturdy... in an indefensible woman's stomach. Is your head okay?
"Yeah, oh, head... you don't have to say that much..., oh, sorry"
"Oops, sorry, that's not what I meant. I think I got stuck on my head... I don't know, I was caught in strange comfort."
"Ah! That's... yeah..."
Yes, it is. When I started talking to Khandara and it was a while later. When I realized it, I felt like I was floating in a fever - like I couldn't work my head off, surrounded by a strange feeling. Shortly after Digos broke through the door and broke into it, I felt like I woke up from a dream there.
It's pretty much easier now, but I'm still feeling a little sick.
"There would have been a sweet scent in the room. White rain fluttering incense... Incense that plunges the consciousness of those who smell it into a state of front and rear unconsciousness. After a while of inhaling, I can't think deeply about things. In response to the other person's query, he returns his affirmation flashly. In the event of sleep deprivation or fatigue, the effect is doubled. Once upon a time, when compelling a sinner to confess, or as a substitute for a rebellious slave."
…… That, "
Yes. I thought it didn't look good in the old man's private room, it smelled sweet.
And exactly, I was sleepless and tired.
I was wary of the tea served, but that wasn't enough......
"It doesn't work for people who live in Pralna, the soul and mind there, or people who take antidotes beforehand."
Kandara would be the latter, Diegos added.
"I don't mean to blame you... but it's a little far-fetched to be alone in the Chamber."
"... because!
The cry interrupted the giant man's words.
"Because... not like this... not like this!
Sakuragiri overflowed with words.
That if you hit Enrokak, Digos and drift shelter could be killed. That Khandara might be able to do everything she can to avoid it......
If I noticed, Sakuragiri's voice was starting to mix with the ringing throat. I was only happy to be saved by Diegos, but that problem has not solved anything.
The giant man who was listening in silence,
"... right"
And I groaned low.
"Let me get your feelings. But... don't worry about it."
Slowly, keep going.
"In the first place... the eagles are going to do everything they can to protect the Lord. What about the Lord who throws himself away?"
"Because... I... if anything happens to Mr. Ogo, I don't want to...!
to a pleading ringing throat,
None.
Low. Heavy.
And - powerful, I assured you.
"What..."
With a wet face in tears, Sakuragiri raises her face.
Into sight is the back of a giant man carrying himself. You can't even see that look.
But somehow, I still figured it out. I felt it. He looked confident as he looked forward.
"Something, nothing."
says the giant.
"I'm sorry. If this is the case, I should have told you sooner. - Actually, Saeri."
Keep it between you so you can confess your secrets.
"I'm... strong. More than the Lord thinks. I don't know what to say to myself, but it could be the strongest in this country."
Go on, say it.
"You will not survive the heavenly banquet, there will be no creation"
I'm sure. To reassure Sakurai Yukizaki, say.
"Washi wins. I will not give you the Lord as Enrokak."
"Huh..., huh... eh"
I guess it was the limit.
"- Eh...!
Overflowing was a cry that did not speak.
Scratch off the sound of the floorboards that tread and wet the man's back. Stick with your thin arms, with your strength. The girl cried like a child.
"If you win, it's $10 million."
With the tenderness to refrain from crying babies, the man says.
"That's all there is to it... no matter how much ice cream you get from the Lord, there's no problem."
Rare, let even bitter laughter seep in.
"Bye. You've got the reward you want. Saeri, what do you want?
"What..., ahhh... but no..."
"Say it"
"But, uh... Mr. Ogo's, prize money, what..."
"I told you. It's just the end of the line to win. Whatever you want."
What does the Lord want, the man asks.
"... I want to stop being a witch"
The girl spits out. Overflow the inner surface you have endured all this time.
"... stop being such a witch... normally, I want to live...... Yeah, normally..."
If you can't go back to the world you came from.
You can be poor. Not to be festive. Without repeating the "meaningless" "training". Someone around me won't be in danger because of me... I just want a normal routine.
I can't use witchcraft, so I'm sure it's tough. Still want to live, have a meaningful day. So every once in a while, I'd be glad if Ogo showed his face.... er. Every day is fine.
Follow me, the girl talks like a child.
"Right."
The man answers.
"The hope. Let me make it happen."
Doesn't seem like it. Okay, the girl laughed.
Well, the man laughed, too.
A long corner of the hallway, shadowed by large, lined struts.
One man flies a sharp gaze at men and women, as assimilated to that darkness.
Unfulfilled dreams, trivial wishes. Cold eyes like that that don't even allow us to talk about them.
Man - Duen Akelone silently singles out that sight he witnessed by chance - as he sees his brother walking with a witch on his back.
"... it's a child you shouldn't, Digos"
A thin, rusty, cold voice disappeared on the wind without reaching anyone's ears.
The Lord of the Spear turns his heel and leaves quietly. Without making a single sound. Without saying the thought.
- Digos.
Again, you have no talent.