Fukushuu Kansuisha no Jinsei Nishuume Isekaitan

187 ◇ Black Hero, Persuasion

It's as if you know Elmer directly -.

"But you're younger than I remember. May I ask, where did you get that sword?

Memories, I said. Are you sure you're the one who lived at the time?

Confused, I answer.

"……… from himself"

To the answer, a woman called Shuka opens her eyes.

"... is that right? The place."

"In the land of the north, now called Gibborne, in the wicked realm"

"... eh. Except for him."

"Setuna would still be alive."

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Step back as she curls.

"Hey, Shuka! What's going on!

Apparently, the girl doesn't know Elmer directly.

No, it was more surprising that this woman seemed to know firsthand.

The woman slowly reverts to the smiling face.

"... Oh, I'm sorry, Toma. I missed you so much."

"Do what's stupid. Explain to me why the Daltra people..."

"Don't be obstinate. I'm so sad when I think I've spoiled your mood, even though your obstinate face is cute."

"... I'm just asking. Answer without mourning."

"This one is not our enemy. Can't be an enemy. Because even if it is not the same as him, it is the same as him. Isn't that right? Well, what can I call you?"

Shuka even seemed to know that Elmer and Yusuke were the same person and were different.

"... clo. This guy."

"No, you don't have to."

She closes her umbrella and kneels one knee with the dragon's back.

"Dear Kro, Twa (,,), I, Kamra-Shkah, am delighted to have seen beyond a thousand years."

"Why..." he mutters as Twa looks surprised.

The woman smiled limply.

"He was traveling around the world to find you, Master Twa. How much I have heard of you. It's more pathetic than I imagined."

As of Setuna, I knew, Elmer was letting them hear about Twa around.

"Besides, you're both very similar."

"Shuka! You don't know anything after all!

"It's okay, Toma. I love you."

"I didn't ask you that! And your love will be thinner than a piece of paper!

"Don't say terrible things? I just love all my people equally. Yeah, but you love it more than everyone else, don't you?

…… Don't delude me! What does it mean to kneel in an intruder!

"Where the hell is bowing your knees in front of the Lord?"

"Lord!? Lord!? Wait, you...... no, I don't know what that means!? That's why he's his hero, Elmer Eld-Amarillis."

"No, you're probably right. Though I need supplements. That's my horse. Not only are you cute and gentle, but you're so smart. I'll give you a hug later."

"I remember being yours - no, wait! Elmer!? This dude - no, this guy!?

Swinging with vigilance against intruders or reverence for Elmer, it seems that in the end he believed in his vigilance.

That would be the right attitude to take as a safeguard of the country.

"Whatever it is, I'll show you to the capital. Fine, isn't it, Toma?

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"You believe in me. I'm so glad to hear that. I truly trust you, too."

"... I don't mind wasting my time. Come back here."

"Oh, sweet Toma"

"Shut up! I can't wait to miss you!

That happens, and for one thing, Kosuke and Twa move on in a way that is spearheaded by Griffin.

I wonder if I will be guided straight to the capital, and a girl named Toma will tell me in front of the public, around where something like an inquisition is installed.

"Get off."

"If you're already a tomato. I told you, this one."

"I know. I also understood. But if it is, you will have to ask."

Keeping the swordswallowing atmosphere, Kosuke descends the dragon without defying it.

"I'm sorry, Master Crowe, Master Twa. But please, don't take her badly. She's so cute, she's sweet, she's smart, but she's just a little stubborn."

"Yes, Shuka! Stop it! You're my mother!

"You can call me Mother, right? I'll spoil any number of them."

"I don't need it!

"Awful. Do you mean I'm unnecessary?

"Bullshit, you didn't say that! I am, it's just..."

Shuka smiles at the slightly rushed look of the horse.

The horse who noticed it blushed slightly. I think I realized it was a joke.

"That's what you are, and I don't care!

"I love honest horses, don't I?

…… Enough. Anyway, now back off. "

"Toma."

"No need to stand in the way"

Proceed so that the tomatoes face each other.

Yusuke also lowered Twa.

"Ask Your Highness. Is it true that you are Elmer?"

"It's not accurate. But Elmer and I, Yusuke Kurono."

"... that it is Elmer of the parallel world?

"I think that's a good understanding"

"Where did you get that black ghost stainer?"

"From Elmer himself"

"Where is that Elmer?

"I killed him."

The air strains.

"... Master Elmer said he was possessed by madness. You killed me to save you."

I see, as Shuka put it, the head doesn't seem to rotate badly.

"I'm not the one who saved him. It's Setuna."

"... where is Lord Setuna?"

"Captured by Arksbaona"

"- Huh. I mean, like this? Though you inherited all of Elmer's power and obeyed Setuna, you came to us to take her away and avoid an impending defeat. Shall we enlist the help of those who were gathered before Elmer? In Elmer's appearance."

"... right"

"Do you think we can help?

"That's up to you guys to decide. We just came to ask for you."

"Forgive me."

"I thought you'd say that."

It's rarer to be like Shuka. It's too convenient.

It is the reaction of the horse that is normal.

"Spit out information about Lord Setuna. My countrymen will save you."

Not lost, Toma said so.

Kindness also seems to be true.

Conversely, that's all the hechelomethane resentment is conveyed.

"Thank you, but if we can save Setuna, if the Union dies, then Hekelomethane dies too."

"…… it is no reason to forgive mankind outside"

The horse put his hand on the pattern.

"I'll say it's clear. You have no right to mourn the end of your lives. The peace we built together in exchange for morality, I have no intention of lending a hand to its survival. The path of doom which you will follow, that is, the sin of burying his hero in darkness."

"I guess so. But I want you to give me a hand."

"You were listening!

"In the Union, there are also sub-people. There is also the art of freeing demons. If you can't forgive mankind in the past, if you accept that not forgiving will destroy your people, what difference does it make to those who sealed Elmer and Setuna?"

- You.

"You mean throw away what you think is important because of your resentment."

"Do you want me to save you? Descendants of the guilty."

"No, I'm not."

"If so -"

"I'm asking you to give me a hand. I don't care about anything else."

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"You can stay resentful. You can stay hated. I just want you to follow me. To help Setuna, to avoid the destruction of hequeromethane. Think about it. He said he'd use his haters for the future of his people."