Herscherik (Reincarnated Prince Series)
Chapter IX: Sincerity, Heart and Blue Wings, Part II
Hershelik, who did not know the meaning of Tesseri's words and was gathering the kind of gaze asked by the people in the room, slaps his hand once as if to regain his mind.
"Now, let's go get Mr. Krenai back!
I told him to re-compartmentalize it that way, Lord returning to his usual expression. That meant the end of this topic. Khlo, who understands as soon as possible that there is no answer to the question, raises the issue when he clasps his shoulders small.
"But what are we going to do?
Exactly. She wouldn't be moving helplessly either. It is normal to assume that action has been taken because we have only a purpose to go to the military.
"As soon as we took our eyes off... maybe we made contact with a military man at that feast time. Plus by chance (...), the military envoy was supposed to leave today.
Usually, when Klenai or Ao walked inside the royal castle, someone at the head was escorted. Though some care was taken to keep Klenai and Ao out of unwanted noise, their surveillance was also combined. But the feast of the last day of the Festival of Toyotomi, and all the heads, were with Hershelik, and they had to leave them. Also during the feast, the security was concentrated in the large hall. It would also have been possible for Krenai to scratch the eyes of the guards and make contact with the military envoys.
From there, Klenai is already joining the military and heading into the military, Khlo says. Hershelik also had to agree with Kro's words.
"If you're traveling in a carriage, it's just too much time.
Even if Hershelik and the others had horses ready to chase them from now on, they wouldn't be able to catch up immediately. Besides, Castle Town is now full of people gathered at the Toyota Festival to return home. Just getting out of the King's Capital would take a lot of time.
Silence reigns again. But someone broke the silence.
"You can fly.
Sara and Shiro make a bomb statement. Shilo, the lead magician who doesn't read any air or atmosphere, said as a matter of course.
"Mr. Shiro?
"You can fly, can't you?
As if to answer the gaze of the Lord who floats the question mark, Shilo turns his gaze to Ao. Ao, who received that gaze, floated a faceless but bewildered light in his rugged eyes.
"……… Why, I see.
To Ao's puzzling voice, Shiro glances troublesome.
"For a birdman, wings are what it takes to exercise magic. If you can't really fly, you can't use magic.
The Beast Nation is a species of strength-specific type. That's because the structure of the body is different from that of a human being. In the case of birdmen, magic can be used unconsciously to fly through the sky, as humans walk, without having to construct a magic formula. That is the role of birdmen's wings. Then, as Ao said before, if you're not functioning with your wings damaged, you shouldn't be able to use magic when Hershelik is kidnapped. But Ao let him use both exploratory and wind magic.
Why was he faking that he couldn't fly? Hershelik can only think of one reason for this.
"Mr. Ao, did you lie about not being able to fly to stop Mr. Krenai?
Ao lays his eyes down for the first time on Hershelik's words. Ao spins his words as he drops his gaze to the floor.
"…… oh. What action she would take could have been expected.
She is a genius as a military teacher. As a military teacher, she has knowledge as well as faith, and can be ruthless on the battlefield.
But on the other hand, she treats a soldier as a companion without thinking he's a pawn. That's why the soldiers use more power than they can for her, leading the battle to victory.
The aspect of being ruthless in order to win the war and the aspect of caring for your people. Because of her two facets, she is a genius warrior known as the Treasure of the Army.
Her family, such a genius warrior, was stigmatized and robbed by ten families. Lost a companion who also seemed to be a family member by betrayal to the military. Emotionally, she won't be able to forgive the military for its deeds. She knew she was going to take revenge on the military.
Even if she pleaded not to go, she would have seen a gap and tried to return to her country. Her expectations of her country were so great, as was her despair and anger when she was betrayed.
"But in a country where the Beasts are banned from entering, Arte is so heartless that he leaves me alone that I can't fly.
She took more of her own life than her own revenge, injured and unable to fly. Ao felt a lot of happiness at the fact that he prioritized himself, even though he was frustrated by his guilt for his dead companions. She thought it was important for her to choose the slaves she lived to fight and kill.
But happy or unhappy, she has found a presence in this country that she can believe from the bottom of her heart.
So she left to entrust herself to him to avenge herself.
"Mr. Ao, let's go.
It was his powerful word entrusted to him. But Ao can't raise his gaze.
"Based on Mr. Krenai.
"…… she does not want.
Ao shakes his head sideways and weakly denies Hershelik's words that followed. What I left behind was more proof than anything. To himself, who is only helpless, Ao holds his fist hard, even as he shakes his head to the side.
"That's not true.
Hershelik further denied Ao's denial. In response to the words, Ao raised his gaze and his new green eyes looked straight at him.
"How can you say that?
"'Cause she meant it.' I wanted to serve him, too, like you. '."
In response to Ao's question, Hershelik answered with a confident voice.
It wasn't just a word to get out of a human being thinking about revenge. Hershelik is convinced that he had zero intentions.
"If I decide to help, I will help. I don't care what Mr. Krenai says.
Hershelik says and asks if he knows about the other party's mood.
"Ao, what do you want to do?
"I am……."
It's her smile that reminds me. She was special. Ever since the day I first had it, I've always wondered. Her knowledge gave me raw. Her measures saved my people's lives. Her smile gave me peace. She accepted herself as a slave.
A decade with her runs around in the back of her brain. There was only one answer for Ao.
"…… I want to help.
That's what Ao meant. Hershelik nods in a rugged eye with a strong eye.
"Mr. Ao, can you carry as much as me to fly?
Confirming Ao nods, Hershelik turns his gaze towards Cro.
"Cro, bring my sword.
Clo opens his eyes once to the word of the Lord. Hershelik has a sword that matches his back length. That's not a training blade crushed sword, it's genuine seriousness. Except for the festival, the Lord never asked for his sword.
"…… Okay.
Crowe leaves the room but replies and immediately heads to the garment room to pick up his sword. He nodded to Ao and indicated that he was ready while he put the sword that Cro had brought to his waist. Ao takes off his jacket, which was hiding his wings, and spreads the same deep blue wings as his hair, lifting Hershelik with one hand.
"Hold on.
"Ok...... what about everyone else?
Hershelik asks the heads, even as he grabs hold of Ao.
"No problem.
Siro said to Hershelik's words. Hershelik only wondered for a moment how there was no problem, but wondered if there would be no problem if he said so, Hershelik nodded.
Ao approaches the window and opens it. The wind entered through the window and switched the indoor air in an instant.
"Hey."
With Hershelik in one hand, Khlo speaks to Ao, who laid his hand on the window frame with his free hand.
"The Royal Castle is also strewn with boundaries over it. But the sky above the eastern tower is damaged by aging and has no boundaries.
"Okay.
The exchange was short, but Ao understood and nodded in an instant.
The royal castle is stretched with boundaries. If you touch that juncture, Ao, of course, because the Hershelik you hold is upside down to the ground. That's why Clo's advice was helpful. But Hershelik stares at Tsukori and Kuro.
"... Kro, report that to the Magic Department next time.
It is a great problem that the kingdom of the royal castle is broken. All Crowe did was let the Lord's gaze flaunt his shoulders.
"Let's go, Mr. Ao!
"…… I don't need you.
Ao's short words. But Hershelik realized it was more important than responding to it.
"No, wait, going means flying..."
Hershelik has been a car intoxicating property since his previous life. To put it further, the screaming machine system was a person who didn't want to ride even if he received money.
Ao jumped out of Hershelik's own window and, at height, a third floor window. When he spread his wings, activated the wind magic, surfaced suddenly, and reached the sky overlooking the royal castle in an instant without anyone noticing him, he passed over the eastern tower, as Crowe was told, and after the royal castle, he increased his altitude even further.
In the meantime, it goes without saying that Hershelik was screaming without a voice.
But he spreads his wings and leaves them floating in the air, and Hershelik grabs his clothes firmly against Ao, who looks around him.
"How do you find Mr. Krenai?
Looking at the King's capital that spreads beneath his eyes, Hershelik asks, even though he is about to tremble. It's been quite a while since then. I know I've been to the military, but there's not one way to go. No matter how much you can fly, it doesn't make sense to fly without a destination.
"As long as we know the direction, we'll have no problem.
Ao said forcefully to Hershelik, who worries.
"My eyes can be seen no matter how far away they are. Even one rat lurking in the woods can find it.
Saying so, Ao turns his gaze toward the military.
Ao's ability to see far away is called "telescopic ability". Birdman among the Beastman tribe, a rare ability among them. His eyes can find needles that fell in the straw, or even a grain of sand that fell on the beach.
Furthermore, his wind magic was specialized in exploration abilities. Krenai was a genius warrior. But it is no exaggeration to say that Ao's high level of ability to gather this information underpinned her measures.
After a few decades of waiting, Hershelik learns that he discovered his goal because of the strength in his hand. And I grabbed Ao's clothes so he wouldn't fall.
"…… Hold on.
Ao shone through the blue sky in autumn sunshine, holding Hershelik.
Three people who jumped out the window and dropped off the two of them. In an attempt to prepare to go out, Ciro turned his suspicious gaze to Clo, who heads to the door leading to his own chamber, which is the only one connected to the Lord's chamber.
"Hey, Schwartz. How do you know the connection between that place is broken?
When it comes to connections, they are not colorless, transparent and colored. It's possible to find out if you're a magician with some strength, but Ciro didn't think he had magical-like skills, even though Clo's magical powers were lined up.
"Again, those eyes are……………"
At the same time as Tatsu opened his own door and slipped his body, he closed the door. That was a rejection.
Shiro snorts at the look of it. I guess there's a past he doesn't want to know about, just like there's a past he doesn't want to know about. If Shiro had a glimpse, he would have looked at the closed door with a bewildered look on his face that seemed to know one scale of its past.
(Well, I don't care. I would talk from the other side if I needed to.
Originally, Shilo is not as interested in anyone other than Hershelik. Besides, I don't want to do anything inferior that reveals people's reluctant past.
"Do you want to go after the Hersheys for now?
"But Lord Mage, how?
Shiro gave Tatsu's words a smile reminiscent of the beautiful woman in the Dungeons.