＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

□ [Brilliant Cavalry] Ray Sterling

The morning after his return to Gideon.

It's been a long time since I've been on Gideon's inn bunk, and I woke up by fireworks being launched in the morning.

With his sleeping head, he said, "Would it have been a festival or a sporting event today?" He thought, "Speaking of which, there was a love festival," he recalled.

Then I remember yesterday and what I have to do today......

"... go"

I got out of bed and left the inn room with a good sense of self.

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Dozens of minutes to walk out of the inn, visiting the Count Gideon's residence… a hotel that is precisely co-located with it.

I have been to the Count's mansion several times before. He's received a reward in Franklin's case, and most importantly, he's gone through the process several times in a jar of co-located Knights.

But I hadn't been in this hotel yet.

"I tried to come, but would I let you in," he approached the entrance, and the guard slammed a spear at me to say it was an indication.

"Hey, what a horrible wind...... crooks!?"

"No, wait! I don't care what you think, you're a bad guy, but this is Lord Ray the Unyielding! The Awkward Man's" Nursing "is the maximum level, so be sure!

"Oh, if you look good in the face, Lord Ray, for sure. I'm sorry. Your Highness has also given you permission to cross. Please come through."

After such an exchange of guards & ninjas, I was put through the hotel. The Kingsguard knight, who was inside the hall, says, "I will show you to His Highness's room" and leads the way.

... but even though I'm not wearing a mask and I'm not wearing a hood today, is this the response?

"Permission means, AZ... Your Highness seemed to know I was coming today"

"Yes, I was told that you would surely come to see Lord Elizabeth when I heard in a report from Lord Grandlia and the Gideon Ninja Army that His Highness was headed under Lord Ray and his companions last night after he was flown out of the hotel."

... I see. It's already been grasped.

Walk straight for about three minutes and be guided to the door behind the reception hotel.

"Your Highness, Lord Ray has arrived."

"I'll allow you in."

When Azrite's permission came down, the Kingsguard opened the door and urged me into the room.

Entering the room as prompted, there was the figure of Azrite working in a stationery, as seen in the Wang capital.

"Morning, Azrite"

"Yeah. Morning, Ray.... Yes, it was already morning"

There was a faint neighborhood in the eye of Azrite who said so.

"Were you working without sleeping?

"What we do is pile up. I'm leaving Wang Capital, but I have to move on to urgent projects and better projects soon."

"Right..."

Or maybe I couldn't sleep last night and had to indulge in work.

"What do you want from me, my sister?

"Oh."

"I gave him a stern order, so he cried and ran away."

"Apparently."

Elizabeth was crying when she jumped in at us last night.

Azrite ordered me to enter the Yellow River, and I was dealt with in such a way as to thrust it away.

I ran away crying, and that's why.

I'm staying with Marie now.

As an amulet for you... Kuniba, Liliana, who has been called it, is with you.

Liliana tried to take him back, but apparently decided to stay on the spot and watch because of Elizabeth's stiff will.

It should be noted that after discussing what to do there, I decided that when the sun rises... that is, this is how I am going to judge Azrite directly now.

I thought Liliana, the oldest dating, would be a good fit, but Liliana said herself that she was a knight serving the royal family and would really be tied up there.

So I was free from bondage and it was decided that I was better off, also a friend of Azrite's.

By the way, at first Marie tried to get to Azrite's "persuasion," but was held up by facades who were on the spot because it was too noisy a sign.

It was dangerous when it was even used in the "consumer art" of trump cards.

"So you came here today to rebuff me?" He's a terrible sister who sends her sister to a foreign wife, "he said."

"... well, after you ask me a few questions first"

"Questions?"

"Kingdom and Yellow River. on the marriage of princesses and princes of both countries and the concomitant conclusion of an alliance. I don't know why you do it in the first place."

Marie and Nemesis, and for some reason Babi, were angry after Elizabeth ran away from home.

But the other faces, including me, were Azrite… I first wondered why the kingdom and the Yellow River made such a choice.

Note that Nemesis is still sleeping in the crest because of Elizabeth's consolation meeting late yesterday.

"I've talked to my brothers, but what I know as of now is probably the reason for the Yellow River side."

"Yes. So, what's the reason? I'd like to know if it fits."

"Oh. That means, 'The Yellow River craves the right to use the blood muscles of the Royal Alter… [the original Holy Sword Alter]',"

This is a reasoning derived by my brother and Luke, but it has also been affirmed by Xun Yu as "well, that would be the place, Na".

Xunyu didn't know about the terms and conditions that would be exchanged between the two countries, but he said, "Because the Yellow River sanctifies special superiority because of its composition, Na. If that's going to increase, it'll be enough as a condition, yo," he said.

"Two thousand years after the collapse of civilization in earlier periods. In the remaining history, [Holy Sword King], or [Holy Sword Princess], only a handful of the descendants of the first Azrites were able to wield [Alter], too. Conversely, if it is the lineage of the first Azrites, any one may be born of fitness. If Elizabeth were to marry the Yellow River and have a suitable child in the future... the Yellow River could earn two powerful special super positions: [Dragon Emperor] and [Holy Sword King]"

Now there are a number of balancebreakers called... and Super.

However, the increase in… Before the start of Infinite Dendrogram, the balance breaker in history was a special super position.

It is no exaggeration to say that the history of this continent has been set in motion by special superiors, such as the [reigning king] and earlier generations [dragon emperor] six hundred years ago and the reunification of the western center by [holy sword king].

My brothers said it was natural for the Yellow River to ask for it.

"... well, it fits. That's what the Yellow River is all about. If I add, 'In the absence of [the Holy Sword King] in the Kingdom, I want him to test whether he is fit for [the Holy Sword King] because of his Yellow River lineage. Also, if I had the right, I would ask you to give me the seat of the [Holy Sword King] of that era." That's a long story. "

So you're saying that at least the Yellow River doesn't want the kingdom to perish at this point now?

Or maybe he moves to acquire [Alter] if he dies, hoping he won't perish on the surface.

"... on the contrary, are there any fears of trying to do something about the Azrites who are now living?

"I don't have that. We make it prohibitive, and we exchange contracts in [pledges] for heads of state"

Azrite said he would use a [pledge] for heads of state when exchanging such arrangements between states.

The [pledge] used by the Heads of State against each other is not an individual, but punishable against the State.

When the western central was once a turmoil, it seems that some of the kings of the small nations broke it. At that time, a great famine or plague struck the land of that country, which seemed to last for several years until the king and clan of the time were chased after the country by rebellion and another stood as king.

I see, the risk of contract breaking is too great.

"... that you hadn't interacted with the Empire?

Though they should have been allies originally.

"There was no alliance between the kingdom and the empire when the war began, because it would be renewed at the same time as the replacement of the king. Originally, the alliance between the three western countries did not even mention issues related to territory or transactions within the alliance, even if there was cooperation against external enemies or the prevention of the assassination of dignitaries. Assuming they invade, there will be no punishment."

"... Normally, isn't that the most important thing?

"He didn't have a choice. Although they did at first, many procedures were needed between the two countries to avoid punishment. So, 'Let's remove a lot of restrictions within the alliance to simplify exchanges', teacher... the late [Great Sage] suggested and implemented it more than a hundred years ago. And at the time… Until just a year ago, the relationship was so good that I didn't think there would be a war between the two countries"

In the first place, it was unexpected to contend with each other, was it?

"As an aside with the Empire. This alliance with the Yellow River takes place in a chic way."

"Yes."

"Right. So... I could guess why the Yellow River is like that, but we didn't know what the kingdom would get from the Yellow River in an alliance that starts with this marriage"

I didn't even know anything about that, and my brother and Luke said it couldn't be confirmed by the reasoning material at the moment.

"It's not like the Yellow River reinforcements are coming during the war, is it?

"Yeah, because the army can't go beyond the great desert of Cardina, and even by sea, Grand Barroa doesn't allow troops from other countries to enter"

That was also said by my brother and Xunyu. You have to cross the Cardina Desert or the Hard Winter Mountains to come to the kingdom from the Yellow River.

But both make marching extremely difficult.

The former would first become a war with Cardina, as Cardina would not allow passage over depletion in the vast desert.

The latter inspires local dragons and strange birds living in the < Hard Winter Mountains > and threatens to enter into battles with < UBM >, which is also said to be above the mythical class, such as the worst [Mother Dragon King] and [Comet Divine Bird Tunguska].

Either way, no troops of the Yellow River can emerge from this war.

Then what will the Yellow River do when forming an alliance with the Kingdom?

"One of the cooperation offered by the Yellow River was the dispatch of [Corpse Immortal] Xun Yu. I want you to negotiate with the kingdom."

"... I see"

My brothers wondered if so about this, but it was not definitive because Xunyu himself had not been ordered to do anything in particular.

Strongly, she only got tattoos saying, 'It's okay to take a quest freely even in the kingdom'. So he meant that the rest was up to the kingdom side of the clinic.

However, Azrite was not willing to rely on the Master at the time, so he did not seem to be motivated by the details of this cooperation.

"If Azrite didn't value Xuan Yu, is there anything else?

"Yeah, the second piece of cooperation is gear."

"Gear?"

"Ten privileged weapons in total"

"Ha!? No, no, you can't give me privileged weapons!

Benefit Armor Adjusts to the MVP that defeated < UBM > and is a non-transferable, exclusive piece of equipment.

When that gives way, a lot of assumptions break down.

"Right. So it's offered in the form of < UBM >. It's sealed, though."

"Sealed?"

According to Azrite, the previous generations of the Yellow River [Dragon Emperor] developed the technique of sequestering and utilizing < UBM > alive.

"Ten < UBM > were sealed in that way. He's been brought to this country with Prince Tsanrong."

"... there's a lot to be handled."

"Yeah, but he's weakened by years of sealing, so he can't use his powers from previous years. If you're ready, it won't be hard to take them down."

"So, what are you going to do with that perk weapon?

"At first, I was going to use it with my trusty Tian. But now I'm also looking to use some of them as negotiating tools to ask Super for help."

"I see..."

There is no such thing as an opportunity to take advantage of a reward weapon. That [Demon General], because the reward weapon in your hand is so valuable that you couldn't cut the trump card to the earthen field.

For a substitute I want enough to get my hands out of my throat. That is a condition that the imperial side would not be able to present.

You can interview the < super > of the kingdom you didn't join last time, or invite the Xuan Yu from the Yellow River... or the Free < super >.

... Well, a kingdom < super > would be someone who would or wouldn't participate without a reward for the privileged weapon. It seems odd to say that my brother and Mr. Figaro own by the standards of Super.

"Ray, you got one?

"No, I don't have to do this, so turn me over to the other negotiations."

"... you didn't get lost."

'Cause I've already sworn her in front of me to help Azrite.

Then you should turn it around to something else.

"But ten privileged weapons before the owner decides?... I'd be scared if it was stolen."

"Right. They're the same as [Alter] and they can't even put it in the item box, so we need to be careful about storing it. Although the handover itself came after Elizabeth let her in and fled to Yellow River."

"Really....?

Now Azrite...

"Ray?"

"... no, it's nothing. And there's a third kind of cooperation?

"I do. That's not... cooperation for war, though."

"The third cooperation is to accept asylum seekers in the Yellow River, whether noble or civilian, after the defeat."

…………

"Get ready when you lose. Because when this country dies, some people will be hard to live for."

"But you can't cross the Great Desert..."

"You're talking to Granvaroa. That's what carries me to the Yellow River for a fair fare, if not an army there. Anyone above a certain level is conditional on a job reset."

As I was saying a little while ago, 'Unless it's an army'...?

I see, in the case of Tsanlong, the presence of Xuan Yu and the < UBM > he was carrying at the same time caused the problem and the Grand Balor ship could not be used? (Maybe he couldn't reveal that he was carrying < UBM > in the first place, and he wanted to avoid discovering it)

Horn to horn, dispatch of Xun Yu, ten perk weapons, acceptance after the defeat...... found out about what the Yellow River would offer the kingdom instead of gaining the blood muscle of the Royal Alter.

"That's the price of an alliance made of Elizabeth's possession.... You can despise me, Ray. It's like selling your sister and buying the power and the safety of the people."

Azrite says so and laughs to mock herself.

That looks cold at first glance......,

"You're not."

I deny it.

"No, nothing's different..."

"Because that's not the only three things the kingdom... Azrite is getting. There are four things the kingdom gets."

"... what"

"Azrite... you want Elizabeth to live on the Yellow River, so you're putting it out on my wife, right?

Earlier, Azrite said, "The handover came after Elizabeth let him in and fled to the Yellow River".

The word would have leaked the true desire to escape Elizabeth from the kingdom in the vortex of war.

…………

To my words, Azrite was silent.

I just can tell from her expression that my words were her true intentions.

Maybe why she tried to let Elizabeth escape... given the circumstances, I can predict.

"In the war between kingdoms and empires, cities may be attacked again, like Gideon and Calcherathan, and Elizabeth may be involved. Besides, even the Empire may crave the blood of [Holy Sword King]. If the kingdom is defeated in such a situation..."

I can easily tell what kind of bad aftertaste it will be.

"... right. If I lose and die on the battlefield like my father, the only blood muscles left are my two sisters. My younger sister Theresia...... is sick and weak and can only live in the royal castle junction. They say it won't last long..."

…………

Other than Azrite and Elizabeth, the third princess.

I've never met him, and I didn't even get to talk to him... was there such a situation?

"So it's Elizabeth that's at stake. If that child, who would be the last royalty, were to be imprisoned by the Empire, he might be roughly treated for the lineage of [Holy Sword King]. If that's how it will be."

"Earlier, you mean happier to enter the Yellow River as the prince's wife..."

"... yes"

Then a temporary silence filled the room.

I understood what Azrite was thinking, and I was convinced.

The point is, Azrite wished her sister happiness first.

Whatever the kingdom's path to survival or annihilation, I wished my sister a healthy, happy life...... I wanted an alliance by this wedding with the Yellow River.

Then I see another aspect of what's been going on.

First of all, that I kept Elizabeth in this gideon.

Official business, which is the reason Elizabeth came to Gideon, should also have originally been to evacuate Elizabeth to Gideon, the city furthest from the Empire and with great power. We made a pageant with Tsanrong in that safe area and put him straight into the Yellow River... I guess he was going to evacuate him.

But Franklin made a case in Gideon, and Ayama Elizabeth was about to be kidnapped.

Perhaps then Azrite would have thought whether Elizabeth should be returned to the king's capital.

But thinking that the Wang Capital might still have something unseen planted, rather than Gideon, where the scheme has already been activated once and is on alert... kept Gideon staying there.

Also, after Franklin's incident, Azrite was busily killed by various incidents and jobs, delaying coming to Gideon with Tsanron.

On the contrary, they are going to this Gideon as soon as they have a paragraph.

That, too, is to keep my sister safe as soon as possible.

In addition, this trip to Gideon. That was also to get to know the playboy < master > through his senior year, but at the same time... I guess he was determining if Tsanron was the man who could entrust his sister.

Azrite told Elizabeth the story last night because Tsanron admitted he was the right man for her eyes.

I decided to soak up the pageant and marry and dowry because of my willingness to "let them get away with it as soon as possible" because of the delay in previous events.

Oh, not at all.

If you look back...... you can see how much she cares about her sister.

A little clumsy, but I guess this is also her form of love.

"... I decided to fight with Ray and... < Master >. But letting her go for a while doesn't change her mind."

"... well"

Azrite's will is stiff.

That would be because she guides and loves her sister more than anyone else.

"Then I can't say anything."

"... unexpected. I thought you'd say something again."

"That's what you really like about your sister and you're trying to think for her, isn't it? Then it's not like I'm arguing good or bad. It's a family story."

…………

And then there's the two of us... or you can also turn in a sister named Theresia and decide for the three of us.

I'm not talking about my mouth or my hands.

All I do is I can help for Azrite.

"But let me just say one thing, okay?

"... Yep"

Azrite's expression rather seemed to await my opinion.

"I heard from her that your attitude... she's trying to make it easier for her to leave with all her love for you."

Elizabeth also said she had a cold attitude.

Or maybe that thing was harder on that kid than what he told me to go to my wife.

Azrites with masks on their minds and those attitudes... I guess it was hard.

"Stop that and apologize. I may move to an exotic land, but the memories of the last family I'll take are cold. So... just imagine it doesn't taste good"

"... yes,"

Lie your eyes down so Azrite will regret it.

After all, she must have been hard too.

"We're going to have to face each other directly, talk to each other, and get answers from our sisters. And."

Besides, this is a rule of thumb...

"I understand that siblings are the words that my brother and sister have pointed straight at me."

I was a kid, and I kept thinking about what my brother told me about "possibilities."

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