I turned my back on the Duke.
"Eve."
"Uhm."
"You may want to hear the Duke beg for his life, but ask for it briefly in the end"
Eve did not reply immediately.
Interrupt counting the bodies, I said.
"If you don't feel comfortable, I'll..."
"No."
Eve opened her mouth.
"Let me put Keri on."
"Okay. Come to me when you're done."
One nod, Eve stood before the Duke.
He holds the sword in his hand.
I'll resume the cadavers.
"Noooo... gu, gi... eh, hi... hi, no... eh"
Finally, the Duke can no longer escape reality.
Comes from behind.
The Duke's fear.
"Maybe it's better not to be able to talk. I don't have to worry about being confused by words… I'm simple."
Eve's voice was frozen.
It was icy cold.
"If you just fell in on me, maybe you still felt like forgiving me somewhere. But... you were bad at trying to reach her."
"Gi, gu... gu, gu, gu..."
"No matter if I weep, I won't be fooled anymore."
"Gi, gi, gi, no..."
"Farewell."
I heard a very small, short scream.
The last thing Eve said.
Normally, it would be directed at the Duke.
But depending on the way you look at it, it may have been a word directed at you in the past that was sweet.
▽
One footstep, stopped behind me.
"Toka."
"... Kelli, have you been followed?
"Uhm."
Eve felt clearer than I thought.
Lord Toka.
Sellas pulled Liz's hand and came out of the woods.
Now I'm solving the change.
The power of the Spirit will require consideration.
I've never used the power of change before.
Well, we need the power of change now, too.
Cellas looks around.
"It's over, looks like it"
Liz was holding the hem of Cellas' clothes.
I'm leaning around Cellas' waist.
I said.
"Liz, if you don't want to see the body..."
"It's okay..."
"Really?"
"Hey, I've seen a lot when I was traveling properly... of those who have attacked us..."
Isn't this the first time you've seen a corpse?
But it is certain that he is trembling in small pieces.
Well, you can't say it's something you get used to seeing in general.
"Selas, I have a little work to do with Eve from now on. Will you take Liz and get ready to leave first?
"I understand. Now retrieve the luggage you left behind and then catch the horses still wandering around."
"Please. Oh, and"
"Something?
"Coverage with that bow and arrow, thank goodness"
Cellas with a less confident face.
"That, too, was a self-judgment that wasn't in the instructions -"
"I told you before. I trust your judgment."
Close your eyes by trying to bite the words, Selas.
She kept her hands on her chest.
"Yes, thank you......"
"You are now the deputy commander of this” mercenary regiment ”. You are responsible for making decisions when I am unable to instruct you. And Eve and Liz, okay?
"Uhm."
"Ha, ha."
Eve and Liz answered.
A smiling cellus.
"Best regards, both of you"
"And, Cellas,"
"Yes."
"Before you get ready to leave, will you fetch an example array from inside your luggage? I think I will use it later. Right... leave it around."
Sellas looked pinned right up.
"Yes, I did."
Upon finishing the rough rendezvous position, Sellas turned back into the woods.
"Um, Master Sellas"
Looking awkward, Liz stopped.
"What's up, Liz?
"Wow, let me help you too..."
Liz's voice was trembling.
"Earlier, Mr. Toka asked me to be included in the mercenary regiment…"
"Liz?"
Liz's eyes were filled with tears.
"I want to help you with something too..."
I'm doing something wrong.
For some reason, it feels like Liz thinks so.
Sellas stroked Liz's head.
"Okay. Now I need you to help me carry my baggage. Do you mind?
"Ha ha... thank you, Master Sellas..."
They did so and disappeared into the woods.
Liz is afraid to speak her own mind.
I don't think that's what I should do.
It would be the effect of my life with that mistress.
They deny it.
that the child has his or her own will.
Don't have your own thoughts.
You just have to follow what you're told.
That's how I put it on my head.
The child then becomes less confident in his or her thoughts.
Things to do, things that seem wrong to me.
Gradually, my emotions freeze too......
Liz's broken heart looks deep.
"Eve."
"What?
"You're gonna take the time to heal the wounds that she suffered."
"I'm also responsible for being blunt about that kid... naturally I'm going to"
I saw Liz's disappeared grove.
"Me and Sellas will work together while we travel together."
"Oh... thank you, Toka"
▽
"So, Toka, what are you gonna do with me?
Bodies scattered around.
We were counting the bodies until earlier.
Zero leaks.
Total annihilation.
The people who were poisoned are now unspeakable corpses.
…………
Shall I explain it to Eve as well?
I got my hands on my nose.
"Look at this guy, Eve"
"Is this ice, or...?
What my fingertips are picking.
Small pile of ice.
Eve narrows her eyes and observes it.
"Hmm? You look like an ice-covered bug..."
"That's right. This is a skill that [freezes] living bugs."