Golden Experience

Episode 329: Paved Ramps

"... everyone is falling apart because of the diversion, but is it still convenient? I told the northerners of the shape to cooperate with the northerners, and the southerners to cooperate.

The Northern Army appears to be the site of Ain Palest, and the Southern Army appears to be the starting point for King Shape, so let's head for King Shape.

Given the situation, we should drop King Pairé's capital in the north as soon as possible, but we cannot leave the ruins of the south behind. "

I see. I mean, there are only two of us right now, and there's no need to use honorific words for me. "

"It doesn't either. That's the kind of alarm that causes unexpected accidents. It's a hyalyhat."

Amatein sighed and gave up trying to change her friend's behavior.

Even so, I know that it is useless after a long relationship.

Ainparast is a city that fell into the fold of the second event, but it wasn't just attacked by monsters, it was just ravaged by the upside-down beasts.

The purpose of the Beasts was only destruction, not occupation. In some cases, there would have been no one who could have taken such a strategic action.

As a result, it was abandoned after the fall, and still remains a mere ruin.

Fortunately, it hasn't become the home of the demons, but it's a city that can no longer be used as a base if it's supposed to be.

However, at present, there are times when there is no replenishment that seems to be possible anywhere in Shape, and it seems that it is okay if there is a city just in shape.

"─ ─ I don't even feel like this was already decided at that time."

"Impossible. It's my fault. I'm so sorry for everything."

The warm hand leaned against me with a sad face.

The beauty of the shape and the sad side of the face are likely to be overlooked.

But I thought about it. That's dangerous.

I haven't seen this friend in real life for a long time now, if you think about it.

Speaking of total time, the time spent together in life is naturally longer than the time we are meeting in this game.

However, people's memories could not be relied upon, especially if they had such a realistic visual and stunning pseudonym, even Amateen would have almost forgotten her friend's gender.

"There's nothing you can do about it. Let's go to King's Landing, too. If we can join the Knights of Shapes, we can help."

"That means that we can also follow the shape as mercenaries in its original sense. Help Shape fall into pairs as soon as possible and put an end to this war."

"Yes, I think that will only erase our guilt and that of Yoichi."

Are you even thinking about the yoichi? Are you really aiming for a Virgin, or do you like it like a yoichi?

─ ─ What? What are you talking about? "

"Hey, stop suddenly returning to the vegetables! What happened to the hyalihat!

An inn in King Shape's City.

Originally, the restaurant serves fine food at a luxury hotel for sale, but under these circumstances, there is no stock of ingredients enough to serve food.

The restaurant was also closed, offering services only for overnight stays, and the price was discounted.

It is still expensive compared to cheap lodging on the back street, but can be said to be cheap enough given its safety and reliability.

In one of those hotel rooms, one elderly dwarf and two young elves, and one young human, were talking face-to-face.

"─ ─ What are you talking about?"

Are you saying something funny? As far as yesterday's King Sama is concerned, you must be quite a noble Sama, or something more than a noble Sama. "

There is no one who is a nation and has no reason to obey the King. The mere existence of such a person will bring about the collapse of feudal society.

If so, it is likely that this Bogdan is not technically a Shape national.

I'm sure Claude lived in a village or something beyond the mountains, just beyond the street where they met, but that doesn't mean he's a shape-shaped citizen.

But if he were to be seen by the king and revered by his knights, he would not be just an unlawful dweller.

If you don't like dwarfs that don't obey you, you just have to deal with them.

The guard also had two elves and one human.

The Claudes aren't going to be killed when it's easy either, but they're not even complacent enough to think they can resist the state against them.

Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that this NPC called Bogdan is a person who can talk to the state on an equal footing with or without an escort.

Modestly speaking, he is an important figure of royal rank.

And even though he is a dwarf, he is not a shaped royal family, and he hates the royal family in general.

Claude thought.

I have never cared about it because I have never been interested in it before, but what is royalty in the first place?

So much so that it is one of the conditions for accrediting the state, and it is definitely a systematically special being.

If NPCs that meet such special conditions are called royalties, why are there only six family lines?

Of particular concern are dwarfs, elves, and beasts.

Why is there only one royal family in the elf and dwarf when there are three human states, meaning there are three human royalties?

Perhaps the royal family had more.

And in the history of the game, some of them lost their conditions, and in this case, by losing either the people or the country, they fell down as a country and went into the wilderness while being royal.

One of them is the Bogdanov family.

That would convince me of a series of Bogdan conversations and attitudes.

I hate the royal nobility because they are the ones who drove themselves away.

Then it's unclear why the royal family keeps Bogdan alive, but I'm sure there's some reason for that too.

The fact that the system message stated that the players were working with "forces" also propelled the idea.

That is, the message that those who do not like the existing state will sleep in the wilderness, lose their royalty, and enter this war.

But there are hurdles that need to be crossed to make it happen.

The persuasion of King Bogdan Bogdanov (...).

"─ ─ I'm just a landlord. The land has already burned down. I mean, he's just a grandfather now."

"Don't be ridiculous. I wonder if he can be that kind of an opponent."

James is also helping to convince them.

The only thing I didn't do was produce vegetables.

He grates with the look on his face that he doesn't know what to do.

Bogdan's persuasion would have been much easier if he had the courage and the tactics to beat Claude and the others.

"You said you loved the land called Shape. And the dwarf species. Why didn't you say the country was shaped? Besides, he said he hated the royal nobles, but what does that mean?"

"─ ─ Hmm. Most commoners don't like the nobles who are upstairs. And it's only natural to love the land where you were born and your friends."

When they say that, I think they might.

Claude and the others aren't living apart in this world.

I don't know what feelings the common people of this world have towards nobility.

"If you hate King Sama so much, you should have done it then. I don't know why, but Sama the King was barely alert to us. Maybe we should go. If only we were. Why didn't you do that?"

"... then, I guess you're a liar. The most shameful thing to do is cheat. I can't do it alone."

"I see. Then you don't have to cheat on me."

"What?"

"Declare war properly, and defeat the King Sama from the front in a fair manner. That won't fool me, and my beloved shape is clear and yours. I'll take it from your disgusting royal nobles."

"... stupid. Why do you have to do that in the first place?

The countries of the modern continent are stable. There's never been a war. Given the monster threat, mankind can only unite, but we still need a nation to do so. No matter how forgiving they are, if they are protecting the people now, they cannot be disturbed. "

Forgiveness is a pretty strong word. Do you hate royalty so much? I wonder if the royal family killed my parents.

But this Bogdan word doesn't work anymore. Such an era has come.

"Sweet. Sweet, old man.

There is certainly a demonic threat. There's no doubt that we have to be united about that.

But can the kingdom do it now?

I don't know if you know the old man in the mountains, but it's a hillbilly country, a human country. That country is gone from the world.

The monster's parent, the enemy of mankind, was destroyed.

In other words, there is no guarantee that we will be able to satisfactorily protect our people in the country we live in. "

"... Oh my God... I heard rumors, but did Hills still fall..."

"Wow. Besides, you say there was no war, but you're the only one who set it on fire to Sama the Shape King.

At least there's gonna be a war between Dwarf and the Beast. Right now. "

For a moment, Bogdan meditated on both eyes.

But he said he could see the void with strong eyes.

"─ ─ I know. That was certainly my agitation.

But otherwise, all the dwarves were starving to death. I had no choice but to. Even if more blood were to flow, I would have had to tell the Shape King about it for the future of the dwarf...!

I see. Sure, Pairé is a terrible country.

It's such a terrible pair of kingdoms, but do you think I'm only doing terrible things to Shape on purpose?

What? No way.

"No way. That country is about to turn the world into an enemy and start a war.

Portley-Werth and Oral declare war. The shapes are tangled up there, so I can't tidy up anymore. It's a big war that's going on all over the continent. "

"Hey, what..."

Bogdan dropped his shoulders.

But Claude doesn't think Bogdan is responsible for this. It can be said that the shape was in a state of enough chaos without joining the fight, and the destruction of the pair will not change. Instead, Shapes' participation may hasten the end of the war.

Of course, the most problematic thing in this case is King Pairé. Had he not done more, the continent would still have been at peace.

But once a war breaks out, we can no longer return to a peaceful era.

Even if luck had led only to the fall of the kingdom of Pairee, the nations would have to pay a great price for it.

It would be here in Shape that it is most pronounced.

I've been exhausted since before I fought.

In any event, such damages must be compensated. As a nation, of course. Otherwise, the public would not be convinced.

Where do you get the bridging and stuff?

Naturally, it is a losing country, Pairé.

However, the resources and personnel of the pair are limited.

Then the next thing that happens is the Second World War, which takes over the territory of the pair.

Claude talked about the future, sometimes alternating with James.

"... Oh, it can't be. No way, people are so stupid..."

"Really? You know that. You've hated that stupid royal family for generations, haven't you?

"─ ─ That's..."

Of course Claude doesn't know that.

But Bogdan himself said that he has inherited the same name for generations, which means that the Bogdanov family has spent so much time.

While this Bogdan said he had never met the king, he looked familiar with the royal family. And that was the same for a king.

It is believed that the Bogdanov family has inherited the same emotions as the present Bogdan for generations.

If Bogdan hated royalty, so would his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.

"People are stupid. No, maybe you should say it's weak.

A weak human being can't control himself as much as he thinks he can.

It's not like Samas Wang likes anything and wants to go to war.

But once it starts, you can't stop it. Fighting will always hurt you, and you need to hurt someone else to heal it. War is like that.

Once I start rolling down the ramp, I can't stop myself. "

James turned his arm around Bogdan's shoulder.

Claude stares at Bogdan from the front.

It's the same as the exorcism.

Block the escape route and show them how confident we are.

"That's why. I'm not a party, I need someone else. Someone will stop the war.

Of course I'm trying to stop the war, so I can't do it alone. Unless it's an organization.

Strong organization, yes, preferably a country. "

"Oh. Country.

We need the power of the state to stop the war.

And the country needs a strong, yet correct leader. "

"Correct... leader... But I am the one who set the war on. I don't think it's right....."

"Anyway, not everyone is right from the beginning. Everyone is full of mistakes at first.

That's why I have to make that mistake right with my own hands. That's what taking responsibility is all about.

You're the only one who can wipe your ass. "

"Besides, old man. You told us yesterday. I don't have a place to go.

From now on, the entire continent will be caught in a great war.

Then the sesame comes out. They lose their way home.

Then you'll make it. Find a place for them to go. "

"Where to go..."

"That's right. You can't leave the continent to the old royals anymore.

You make it. Where everyone's going home. A new order. "

"We're not stupid either. I'm not thinking of doing anything with the four of us here.

I've been collecting it. A thousand idiots on one horse. He's always the one who's dissatisfied with the country as it is.

─ ─ Yes, what about you? Individual business owner. I put it in a number.

I don't want to impose it, but if it's me, I'd like you to keep your promise then.

You said you'd do anything, didn't you?

After a short walk from the destination dungeon, Amatein and his warm hands arrived in Shape King's City.

You can't transfer from city to city in this event.

It's natural, to take it for granted. In the shift in event specifications, the neighborhood was really referring to the city next door physically. Borders and areas have nothing to do with it.

There was no defense and nothing to do if we were to go to war between nations, but we were able to relocate to neighboring cities.

I came to King's Landing for a long time, but the appearance was very different from what Amateurs knew.

The Dwarves, who seem to be ordinary citizens, sit on the side of the road without power, and the knights, who stand powerfully on the subject, wait in line for the time of their departure.

The air is already at the end of the war, even though it is still before the war. It is abnormal.

"─ Ah. That one."

The warm hand finds something and rushes over.

The opponent will be a player because they are standing normally.

He looks like he's seen it somewhere.

"Mr. Nagatomisaku!

Yes, vegetable riches.

He was the one who took the landlord Bogdan out of that mountainous village.

He defended Bogdan, a farmer but a strong NPC, and assuredly delivered it to the king's capital. It can be said that what he did was an unparalleled feat, but such feats do not always lead to results.

It's not everyone's fault, but unfortunately it rolled in the wrong direction this time.

Nevertheless, if Nagatomi hadn't been able to deliver Bogdan to the King's City, the Shape would not have known the identity of the monsters.

That way, even if it had not been for the Continental War, one day it might have been destroyed by starvation.

It turned out to be a big war, but not necessarily from future generations this has become a branch that will save the future of this country.

"Um, Nanafusaku-san. Thank you for bogdan-sama. I took care of you...

And afterwards.... "

"─ ─ Ah, no. That hand is warm enough to apologize... That was my decision. There is no regret there. And...."

Besides?

"Ah, no. Anything.

Why did you come to King's Landing when your hands were warmer?

"Yes, as you may know, this is a tough time for the entire continent.

As a person involved in a case that could be said to have started, if there was anything I could do.... "

"─ ─ Shape, are you joining the expedition?"

"Exactly. Ah, how about Nanafusaku-san? Even so, Nagatomisaku-san is a production job, and that is difficult, right? But it might be a good addition to my experience, and it's hard to farm with shapes, and it's just accompanied by the army ─ ─"

"─ ─ Sorry, your hands are warm. I have something to do."

"Oh, really..."

Amatein thought, oh.

From the perspective of another person, Amatein, it seemed that Nanafumi did not hate the warmth of his hands.

I felt uncomfortable with the scene that the vegetable rice producer refused the offer of warmth.

"Um, if you don't mind..."

"─ ─ I'm sorry, I can't say that.

But I want to take responsibility for what I did.

Besides, even if you defeat Pairé and end the war... I don't know if I'm really right to conclude that the winner is a country other than Pairé.... "

"What does that mean? ─ ─"

"I'm sorry, I have to go. Excuse me."

That said, Nagatomi disappeared before Amatein and his hands were warm.

We both felt something disturbing about his words, but I don't know what to say, but he's just a farmer. I don't think we can do anything to influence the war.

What I was saying was all abstract, and I'm sure volunteering in a way that doesn't involve direct combat or something like that.

I can't afford to be a vegetable rich producer now.

Amatein first went to the command post to see if he could join the expedition as a mercenary.