"Brother! Why are you pulling back!

My sisters, who are more bloody than me, cram at me with the impetus that they are about to grab.... Thanks to him and the others, he seemed to stay a little calm. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been weird to cut with a Sherpa bastard over there.

"Calm down a little. You guys know there's nothing you can do about a rampage over there, right?

"Yes, but... but I regret it!

Avenis was treading on the estate about how regrettable he was. Wow. I've never really seen a guy do that before.

"I know how sorry you are. But you guys think I'm gonna pull back like this?

I gave them a niggling laugh when I saw this one with a surprised face. Yes, I regret the same thing, and I can't believe I'm pulling back like this. Besides, I know Anero's going to be executed, but I'm not going to look at him with my fingers crossed. Even to reveal Sherpa's bastard's nose.

"But what exactly are you going to do?

"You've made up your mind. Until you sneak in if you can't make it from the front."

§ § §

At night, we broke out of the inn and broke into the royal castle. Even Assassin would have a hard time sneaking into a vigilant castle, but we wouldn't have any. It would have been difficult before, but he's got all sorts of strange moves in his training in the demonic realm.

"... the patrol is coming"

He nodded at Epsilon's advice and everyone even stopped breathing and completely stopped showing signs. This is the move I got after being attacked by monsters. It's a move that makes the signs so faint that you somehow overlook it as it stands in the front, it's great for infiltration. A soldier on a patrol who was still coming right around the corner passed without even caring about this one. I've already done many of those soldiers since I infiltrated the castle. Convenient moves that can help you avoid raids and even combat. You deserved to go to the magic world just because you wore this.

"Sounds like a hit."

Buildings will vary from country to country, but it is largely determined that the houses that are built in the castle are underground. So we wandered around the castle looking only for stairs that stretched underground from the beginning. As a result, it seemed like we could get to where we were going after just about thirty minutes of rolling around.

He descends into the basement at height, erasing signs and footsteps. The light of the lamp provided in the castle ceased to reach, and instead the lights of Yurayura and the swinging pine light came into my eyes. The dungeon appears to have a passage straight from the stairs to the end, with prisoners trapped in cells built at both ends of it. Still, the total number of cells won't be twenty.

I went down to the bottom with a giddy foothold. From the signs, how many people are around this cell? Even if the three Aneros are kept in separate cells, the watch will be called two. When I glanced at the end of the aisle, I could see the two watchmen rowing the boat while sitting in a chair there. I guess you don't even think there's an intruder. Or do you think Anero and the others won't break it? But this is convenient for this one. Just in case, I need you to fall into a deep sleep.

Send signals by hand to your sisters. The two men, who only guessed what to do with it, rushed towards the end of the aisle without a sound.

"Ugh."

"Gu..."

The two watchmen groaned briefly and stripped their white eyes. Anyone would do that if they hit him in the head from behind, but I'll let him recover in the potion before I pull him up once.

"... who is it?

"It's me. Anello."

In response to a question from a dim cell, I answered by removing the mask that had covered my face. Anero gave him a surprised look for a moment, but soon regained his composure.

"Bandit? What the hell are you doing here?

"To do what? It will be decided. To help you."

Anello stared silently at me for a while, answering that as a matter of course, then lowered his gaze softly.

"... I'm sorry, will you please go home"

"Nah!?

I can't carry on two sentences to an incredible response. When I got here, I naturally thought Anero and the others would get out of here soon. I didn't even consider the possibility of being turned down from the edge that there would be no other option.

"... If His Majesty the King has ordered me to be imprisoned, I must obey it. If he is called a brave man, he shall be still. You can't do that."

"That being said, it's Anello. You don't know what kind of crimes we're going to be tried for after this, do you?

Sherpa's bastard said it was a capital offense. I'm not familiar with this Zerbis law, but there's a reason why it was actually a minor crime in conjunction with all that capital punishment. So Anero should also think he will be released soon...... and I thought - my predictions have been betrayed again.

"I know. Treason is death, whoever it is. I'll be executed soon."

"... you knew. I know. Why don't you just run away? Where Sherpa made a scene, your sins are made up, aren't they? If you're innocent, fight to survive! Besides, what happens to your people? I'm going to hang out with you and get executed, right?

My anger boils over Anero's attitude as if he's giving up living. Where the hell did the brave man who fought with his back entrusted to him in the demonic realm disappear? How long has he been such a jerk? A quiet voice arrived from another cell when I nearly opened my mouth to yell at Anero for not saying anything.

"It's good, Lord Bandit. We don't care."

The Lord of the Voice was one of Anello's squires, a swirley of red dots. She says irrational death is imminent at present, but she is not in a bit of a hurry, even smiling quietly.

"If Master Anero decides to accept the country's decision, we will only follow it. Even if it was a sin. When we embark on our journey, our lives are in the hands of Master Anero. It's up to Dear Anero how you use it."

"... sorry. Both of you."

Neither Anero, who apologizes briefly for such a swirley, nor the two squires who seem to think their lives or anything like that mattered to me at all.

"You're crazy... you guys"

"Maybe so. But I have lived to this day under oath of allegiance to His Majesty. It'll look clumsy, but now I can choose another way of life."

…………

Anello's will is stiff. Where I tried to convince you any more, it would be hard to change your mind. If you're an amateur, you can let them pass out and then you can run away, but that doesn't work for Anero and the others. If he doesn't want to, but he resists, there's nothing we can do.

"... are you sure?

"Oh. I don't mind. But it's a bandit. I sincerely thank you for coming so far. I'm praying that your journey will be safe from now on."

That's all I said and closed my eyes to Anero, and I didn't have a word to hang. Shaking our heads at our confused sisters, we return quietly to our original path. Anello, if you decide how to live. I'll see to it at the end. When I squealed in my heart, I put my strength into my feet kicking the ground.