The Imperial doctor came to my room before I could wake up.
I saw four people who didn't try to leave me at all, and Rabbi went to get them.
A short-haired woman wearing a white coat does my check-up with a yawn as she pleases.
When she rolled her jacket, she was more than embarrassed to see her sister's eyes run bloody or turn her eyes while the lilies dyed her cheeks red.
And don't give me a break to look straight at you like Ellea did.
"That's right, I use Anima and she's still healing fast. You'll be able to walk tomorrow, even if you leave it alone."
It was such a terrible wound.
No, Mizuki came back unexpectedly early when I sniped him.
"However, it will still take some time to get back on track. Don't force it."
That's what I know best when I'm wounded.
I still haven't lost my body's sense of care, and when I have a little strength in my belly, I get intense pain running.
I don't even feel like moving.
The examination was briefly completed and the doctor left the room yawning again.
He's a big mess, but being in a castle must mean he's quite an arm's length doctor.
As instructed, should we just take one day in the room for a moment?
When the person in the room is only inside again, four people stick together, except for the rabbi.
Even though I'm confused that they were such sweet people, it pains me how much I've been worried about them.
Add the time you were in a coma in Eklogy, for a total of 10 days.
In the meantime, they kept waiting for me to come home without knowing my life or death.
I know the pain of losing someone important.
That's why I accept the warmth of the sweet ones without resisting.
The wound hurts a little, but it's not unbearable.
"With that said, I have to tell you what happened while the Cape was gone."
The lily that was holding me said. [M]
Sure, I don't know how the six trees came to the Empire City, and I'm curious about Planus.
"I wonder where to start"
"Doesn't it still matter to Misaki about Mr. Kigrashi, who has been in exile"
"Well, you will. And obviously I care about the saddlebags that were contaminated by Orihalcon."
You must have fled from Wang Du, and I can largely imagine how it went.
"I think Mr. Sakase's contamination is probably what prompted Kiyoshi and the others to exile. I don't know how I contaminated you, but I plotted to escape from the king's capital with a sense of crisis."
"So, that's what Planus helped with."
"Yeah, that's the thing"
"So those three have followed the trees into the Imperial Capital?
"I don't think so."
Ellea answers my question. [M]
My sister and Fran, who had no contact with Wang Du, were completely thorough with their listeners.
"Before he came to the Imperial Capital, he finished a mission and destroyed Oritia, the king's capital of the kingdom of Orines."
"The kingdom of orines is the home of rabbi..."
When I said that and turned my gaze to him, Rabbi glanced at him with a strange face.
"My parents are away from Oritia, so I think they're probably safe."
Still, I'm pretty sure I'm shocked by the fact that my hometown capital is doomed.
Me too, Tokyo suddenly vanished, and I'd be just as surprised if they told me what to do.
"Besides, I was certainly surprised that Oritia was doomed, but the mission they performed before that was quite shocking."
"Yes, what was that assignment?
"If you want to name it, the National Animation Plan! I don't know."
"Franças is right, I think I'm going to distribute Orihalcon to each town and use everyone as animators"
If humans in all kingdoms are turned into animators, that number is not worth thousands.
I just distribute the powder around.
Besides, if you can use anima just by putting it in your mouth, people will not hesitate to consume orihalcon.
I'd like to think it's their bad dream, but if it can happen, it's not a dream, it's just hell.
"I don't know, I need to crush it before it materializes - ah, gu...!
The moment I roughed up my voice, severe pain ran.
Sweat blows out of your whole body at once.
I couldn't move with my stomach under control. [M]
"Cape, you can't do this! The wound hasn't healed yet!
"But I'm the only one in the Anima in the Empire who can fly in the sky alone..."
"Even so, right? We still have time, so let's focus on healing wounds."
"Your sister is right, Misaki. You can't fight that wound properly."
Even as we do this, the use of anima in the kingdom continues to increase.
But surely, there is no guarantee that I can beat a large number of anima opponents if I attack the kingdom in this state.
Besides, more and more airframes will be fitted with Orihalcon.
I could afford three planes this time, but if that's 10 or 20 more planes, how much is Ultio now?
"Besides, the purpose of the Cape isn't to protect the Empire, is it? You can't just forget your purpose and put your life on the stick."
"Ah..."
Well, I still have them to kill. [M]
To Kigure, Nagaho, Umeno, Sasaki, Kirya, Roppei.
And... water trees.
I still have to kill seven people.
Crushing the kingdom, of course, but killing them is better on priority.
Lily's right, let's kill six people slowly, healing the wounds first.
It's not too late to think about the means against the kingdom, then I'm sure.
I'm sure the more time passes, the more powerful the kingdom will be, but even the empire isn't just trying to keep quiet.
Sometimes the flow of time can make the war better.
"Thanks, guys. That's right. It'll calm you down a little."
"Yeah, well, you can't go ahead on your own. I need you to rely more on your sisters."
While I was at it, your sister stroked my head.
Unexpectedly narrow your eyes to a nostalgic sensation that recalls your childhood.
Though it makes me want to surrender myself unintentionally, I still have something to ask.
"By the way, how are the people who have been in exile doing now?
"We're all very busy rebuilding the Imperial capital, so it's almost abandoned. And that mucky bitch who says mucky hiccups and stuff is in the shed. I wonder if he'll be executed in time."
"Roppei? Did you do something?
"Oh well, you haven't seen the Cape. Her skills brought back Sasakse, who should have defeated her once."
"Well, I mean - Lily and Ellea's injuries are Rohei's fault."
Surprisingly enough, there is hatred for nature and words.
I had no choice, because Ellea was almost dying.
You should die just because you hurt me, but it's not enough that you almost killed me once, I can't make amends.
"Mm-hmm... oh, look like that if you're miserable..."
"Um? Why is Ellea's face, red?
"I love Ellea, the S-like face of the Cape, like now"
"Eh?
"I don't think the kids need to know."
"Uh, does Rabbi know?
"Well, for once"
"What's that, sloppy!
Sounds exciting, but the content of the conversation hardly came to mind.
I don't know how to kill Liupei, because that was all my brain was full.
Surely Liupei was close to Sainse, wasn't he?
Recovering her with skills meant that she was so deeply connected that it seemed contaminated that others would prioritize her even if she died.
Now that we've lost that saddle, how can she be in the barn?
A weak heart, I know how to bury it.
The question is how to get her out of the locker, though.
Fran or Xenia, can I ask around your sister?
No, I'd like to be able to release you on my own if I could.
Something that somehow can't gain power in the Empire?
"Cape's such a bad face, I may have never seen it before..."
"This has been happening all these days, sister"
"You had a lot going on before I knew it."
As I tour my thoughts on how to kill Roppei, my thoughts are also irritating to the pretense.
Is this... drowsiness, is it?
Have you been asleep for three days now, and my body is looking for sleep?
Was it a bad idea to wake up late at night?
"Huh..."
Finally, the yawn I was putting up with comes out.
"Cape, are you sleepy?
"I guess my body isn't in the book yet. Don't tire the sick misaki, and let's go back to our room too"
"Well, we'll sleep tight, too, and refill the cape when it's bright, okay?"
That said, everyone starts getting ready to get out of the room.
I feel a little rusty, but I do feel like I can't sleep forever if I stay.
You can't just say, "Don't go," femininely, and let's go to sleep together.
"Good night, Cape"
When Lily says so, she goes on to say hello to me, and Ellea, her sister, Fran and Rabbi each leave the room.
"Mmm... good night"
When I tell them that on their backs, I close my eyes.
Then, surprisingly soon, even myself, the consciousness went far away.
◇ ◇ ◇
The next time I woke up, there was no one in the room.
From outside the curtain, a bright light plugs in.
Morning or noon.
Turning to the clock put on the wall, it was already past noon.
No wonder I'm not hungry, I don't think I ate anything while I was sleeping.
Could this also be due to the use of anima, or to the infusion connected to my arm?
Well...... definitely the latter.
When I look next to the bed, I see a familiar bag on the chair.
It was a bag that I used in my luggage compartment and left in the ecross before the battle with Haylos.
Apparently the lilies recovered it as they thought and brought it to me while I slept.
That's right, I want it for my wife.
What a ridiculous thing to think about, but when you wake up with your face crooked in pain, you reach for the bag.
Keep your hands inside and when I found what I was looking for in my hand exploration, I just took it out and the bag threw it on the chair.
"Planus, can you hear me?
I always had a convenient and immediate reaction, but what about today?
It's been a long time, and things will be different over there.
'I hear you, it's been a while, Mr. Shirotsume. Safe and above all. "
"Pranas is the one, I'm glad you're safe"
'... yeah, that's right'
In reply, there was a strange time.
Besides, my voice doesn't have a particularly clear change, but I feel like I don't have emotional ups and downs more than usual.
"Is something wrong?
"What makes you think that?"
"Somehow, I felt that way when I heard my voice"
When I said that, Pranas sighed exaggerated, 'Huh'.
I'm guessing it was my idea. [M]
And she said, even lower and colder.
Ivy's dead.
I don't understand the meaning of words at first.
After the sound reaches the brain, I chew for a few seconds and finally recognize it.
Dead. That Ivy.
Planus has loved me more than anyone, Ivy Federa.
'Don't freakishly comfort me, because it's no use. Well, Mr. Shirotsume, who lost Mr. Kusnoki, would understand.'
"Didn't even come up with a social code."
"That's lucky."
"But for that I feel calm"
'Maybe. Right now, I'm the smartest person in my life. So I can stay calm. Is it because I can turn other resources that I was devoting to thinking about Ivy'
Even the smart Planus will perform well enough to say that there are no more enemies in the field of magic.
But where Ivy got the ability to do that in a world where she wasn't there...
"But very... vain"
- It is decided to be so.
"Planus......"
'Oh yes, I also joined Mr. Soleil. ”Easy to handle," Mr. Akabane said, "you're exactly right. Now, as Mizuki said, we're bonded.'
Planus openly turns the subject away.
I guess so, there's something no one wants to remind me of.
There was still something I wanted to ask you about why you were dead, but I just can't ask you any more.
"That's good, because she's a very honest person"
'But I'm talking about Mr. Shirotsume. There's still some other way to use it (...), not just to increase the number of allies, right?
she said with certainty.
That's just to say you're smart, that's sharp.
"Isn't it also the ingredient that flips it in an instant to see where Mr. Soleil strongly hates Mr. Shirotsume?
He said, "If I can say so much, I won't have anything to talk about."
"So you're right."
Then I told Planus about the death of Soleil's parents.
Soleil's parents were killed by Mons' merchant guild, and then she was raised by two worker guild executives, Fordkin and Laxa.
That Soleil has been fighting to avenge the merchant guild.
But the truth is that the real vendettas were Fordkin and Laxa, and that the worker guild humans, after finding out about it, kept fooling Soleil.
"So if you teach Soleil this, her values are supposed to reverse from the ground up"
'I see, you do seem to be able to deny her way of life from the ground up. But does Mr. Shirotsume have the help to prove it? Words alone won't convince you.'
"Well, there's a paperwork to it..."
"Is it in Imperial Capital, it seems difficult to hand it to me"
That's the problem.
I guess I could have afforded to figure out a lot more ways if I had more time, 'cause I didn't think I'd be in a coma for 10 days.
It won't be long if you fly away in Ultio, but it's unlikely you'll be able to make it home alive.
Can you ask Fran to disappear? No, there is no reason why she, the Fourth General, should follow me so unconditionally.
Then we'll have to carry it by more authentic means.
Speaking of discreet and how to transport it to the tunnel, I figured it was a carriage.
There's no way an imperial carriage carries things to the King's Capital, and the means left by the erasure method... Rabbi, I guess.
You ask him to do such a dangerous job?
I'm not even using Anima... No, maybe it's a job I can ask for because I'm not using Anima.
"This silence. Doesn't sound like you don't know how. '
"... for once"
'If you're going to ask someone to carry you, can I ask that person to give you the Oracle Stone? From now on, we're going to be moving north too, so we're not going to be able to rendezvous unless we get in touch'
"To the north?
"Yeah, to revive the ancient weapon Elusion that Mizuki wants"
I immediately listen back to the familiar and unique noun.
"Ancient... what is it"
It's a weapon sealed deep underground in Fodina.
The place name sounded familiar.
"That. Fodina is definitely where Orihalcon is mined, isn't it?
'Exactly. Don't you know why I needed to make something like Orihalcon in the first place - when I said it?
"Er... the seal that Elusion and I were given was too strong, so to open it, you created an orihalcon that amplifies the magic?
'Correct. So that means you can get a much stronger force than the Orihalcon. There's no way Mizuki doesn't want it.'
And the water tree that hath gotten Elusion and him will avenge me?
I've never been over that if you're coming from that way, but the question is how strong the ancient weapons are.
How many more animas can I take care of?
'By the way, you shouldn't think about what to do with Elusion in an anima. Because it would be easy to destroy the world with a main gun that uses the energy generated by an infinite circular ring engine.'
"No, wait, what's Planus going to do with reviving something like that? I'm not really going to give it to Mizuki."
"Yeah, I mean it, it's none of my business what happens to this world without Ivy."
I freeze on the planas proclaimed in a chilled tone.
I can understand what you're trying to say.
Well, if Ivy dies, it's not strange to be so apathetic that you think the world is doomed.
Even so, I can't believe I'm really moving that to execution.
And more importantly, with the help of water trees.
'... I can't believe it. It's a joke, a joke'
I couldn't trust Planus in the same tone as before. [M]
"Really, don't you think?
'Mm... did you really think I was going to destroy the world? Don't be ridiculous. If I'm going to do it, I'm going to choose a smart way to keep no one from noticing, without using anything fancy like Elusion.'
Apparently, my worries were worrying, but I think I heard something more horrible.
In the meantime, decide to drive it to the corner of your memory.
"Then why did you think Planus was going to unseal Elusion?
"It's..."
Planus, who had been rapping until earlier, clouds his words.
Even if the world doesn't perish, is that a good reason to do it either way?
'Me, I'm going to tell you a very ridiculous story now. But please don't laugh until the end.'
Something to laugh at this time of year?
Because whatever ancient weapons come out, eventually this is a conversation about "killing people and taking revenge”.
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- And I thought it was me.
I couldn't stop overflowing emotions when I heard everything told from Planus' mouth.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
My wound hurts, but I can't stop laughing.
Sure, that would have been a kick out of "ridiculous," if the storytelling hadn't been Planus.
But if she speaks - it is a convincing, reaching and reaching gaga.
"I thought you said you didn't want me to laugh."
Finished telling him everything about the operation, Planus said dissatisfied.
I swell my cheeks. Her face seems to be in my eyes.
"Damn, heh... Planus, 'cause you knew I was gonna laugh, didn't you say that?
'Even so, I didn't think Mr. Shirotsume would laugh. But you can have a ride, right?
"Yeah, yeah, sure. Of course I'll ride! There's no reason not to ride!
I answer immediately. [M]
Anyone would say this.
Even if it was an astronomical miracle with zeros lining the success rate.
'I thought you'd say that. Then I'll leave the ”stuffing” to you "
"I was entrusted. I'll make sure you eat an extraordinarily painful blow."
"Yeah, I hope so."
Of course I can tell from my voice that Planus is in a mood. [M]
And keeping that high tension, she suggests.
"Yeah, I'll give you the name of the operation, too?
"If you put it on, you don't have a place to use it, do you?
'Hehe, so is that. I wonder what you were going to do with me, naming an operation that only two people knew about.'
I didn't know that Planus wanted to name the operation.
I don't know how you feel. But I don't.
If Planus hadn't mentioned it, I'd have suggested it better.
'Well, we must also begin preparations, and it is time to end the operational meeting'
"Hey, I'm laughing so hard, my wounds are hurting me"
"You deserve that."
He's not just going to forgive me for laughing, and he's going to say it in a tight tone.
But such a tone soon softens, and with a loud voice mixed with laughter, he says his goodbyes.
"So, Mr. Shirotsume, please have a good ending."
"Pranas, I hope you succeed."
The conversation ended in a bright atmosphere, and since then, the voice of Planus has never been heard from the stone.
That was the last word we talked about in Oracle Stone.
I spread my hands and threw my body out to bed to cool my lit body.
And I took a big, deep breath.
Still, the loud pulsating heart doesn't calm down, which means the blood that flows all over your body also stays rolling hot.
I take a different approach and come up with cooling down the heat. [M]
All you have to do is spit out your exorbitant thoughts as words.
Wait for me, Mizuki.
Extend your palms to the ceiling and declare with a smile on your face.
"I'll show you the best revenge at least -"
A settlement waiting at the end is bound to plunge him to the bottom of despair.
And look down.
From far up in the sky, bloody at the bottom of the valley, scratching algae, poor water trees.
It's not a dream story, it's bound to happen.
The certainty lived in my chest after a conversation with Pranas.