Kikanshita Yuusha no Gojitsudan

"Nyaaaa!"

Dosh! Zun!!

A short sword blow cuts off the neck of the Tategami wolf.

"Phew! After all, when I got here, the level of the Warcraft grew higher."

I am foolish as I prepare my disturbed breath.

It's pretty hard to be alone on a boulder because the number and level of warcraft go up all at once after entering the woods that extend behind the mountainous areas north of the continent of Wilterias.

It's almost where Mr. Leiria is, but I'm afraid I can't go inside.

The reason I came so far by myself.

That's because Master Mersulia ordered me to.

Ever since I said goodbye to your husband, Youya, I worked at the royal castle of the kingdom as a Mersurian maiden, but a few days ago the Belze Empire suddenly started a war on the kingdom.

Naturally, the people of the kingdom resolved to go to war with the Empire. I was also going to attend as a former member of the Youya (Brave) party.

I was not born and raised in the kingdom, but in a colony of fellow beasts located in the northern part of the empire. But about two years ago, a settlement was attacked by a slave hunt, my parents were killed, and I was caught to be sold as a slave.

Empires deny involvement in appearances, but everyone knows that slave hunting is an imperial guru. Almost all those caught are actually trafficked in empires, especially spiritual clans such as the Beasts and Elves, who are discriminated against as' subhuman 'and have no human rights. Even the universal race is subject to slave hunting.

Luckily for me, the slave hunt came back for assaulting us to capture even the eunuchs while we were being transported. He thought Yuya was a bandit, but after cutting everyone off, he found out it was a group of slave hunters.

And then they sent us to our respective homelands. My parents have already been murdered, and I have been forced to serve them.

Please be nice to me, Yuya, who is nothing but a handful of feet. Master Bruno and Master Whisper worked out so that we could fight, and Master Mersuria taught us magic and told us all sorts of stories, and the journey was difficult and many times we were dying, but we were very happy.

Especially I liked it more than anything to ask Yuya to stroke my head.

Such a journey has come to an end, and the day has come when the Yours will finally return to their original world.

From the time I went to Wang Capital until that day I spent crying. How much I regret that I should have stayed with you more than that later.

If it's true, I also wanted to go to different worlds with Yuya, but she said there are no beasts like me in Yuya's world, and I couldn't follow her.

Youya asked me to be the maid of Mersuria so that I would never have any trouble remaining.

I can tell you myself by traveling with the eunuchs, but I was able to gain a lot of strength, but I am sure that there are still many tough spots on this continent for us beasts.

Among them, the kingdom of Arianus treats the Beasts relatively equally with the universal race. That's why Yuya broke my heart in the kingdom so that I could stay safe.

In the end I said goodbye without being able to share my feelings with you.

And a few days after Yuya returned to the other world, Mr. Leiria came to the royal castle while I was disappointed.

What an incredible story. I was told that I had met with a user who had returned to another world. They say 'Pfft', a very tasty food that is supposed to belong to the Holy Sword and the world of Eugene that Eugene should have in that evidence, but we have eaten that as a souvenir.

Dear Mersulia and I 'specially' split that from Mr Leiria, but it was really delicious.

I see hope.

Perhaps if we were together when Mr. Leiria was summoned, we could meet Mr. Uya again. I couldn't help but wish I could see you just once more.

I must, of course, speak to Mr. Leiria in advance, so he said, "I will come back again to see how things are going," so I was going to ask him to do it the next time I came.

That's when this war with the Empire happened.

As I said earlier, I am not from the kingdom, but this country has a grace for accepting me, and there are loved ones like Merceria and Bruno.

So naturally I was going to fight too.

But Master Mersulia ordered me to leave the country and go to Mr. Leiria immediately. "Tia should not be involved because this is a war between kingdom and empire," he said.

Of course I argued, but you didn't listen to me.

I asked His Majesty and Lady Bruno to do the same, but they have all told me that we cannot involve people from other countries.

I understand what you're saying about me. I also find it difficult to survive against tens of thousands of Imperial Army opponents, no matter how skilled they may be.

Still, I was sad that you didn't really accept me.

In the end, I had to take the life I was given in the name of entrusting my role as a messenger to "ask if you can help Mr. Leiria" against me, who still wouldn't give up.

But Mr. Leiria has little hope of intervening in a war between people.

It was only Yuya who helped us against the forces of the demon kings and evil gods.

That's why they added, "so that you will never be forced or resented even if the request is denied".

And it was also accompanied by an order to "monitor Mr. Leiria for a year so that he would not harm the kingdom (...)".

I mean, don't come back, he said.

Mersulia also told me something even more contradictory: "If you can go under Yuya, do so".

Still, I've come this far to meet Mr. Leiria with a glimmer of hope.

Soon you will arrive at the cave where Mr. Leiria lives.

"Tia? Are you one of them? Weren't you at the royal castle?

When I arrived at the entrance to the cave, there awaited Mr. Leiria, who had become a person.

Looks like you perceived signs of me approaching.

"Mr. Leiria... Ugh... Wow"

As soon as I saw Mr. Leiria's face, I cried out, unable to enjoy what had overflowed.

"Tia, Tia? This. Don't you know I'm crying? And, anyway, get inside."

You prompted me inside while I said that.

"... well, the Empire..."

"Please! You just have to do it once! Help me!!

I plead desperately.

"I know how Tia feels. I'm not a stranger to Mercer either. … but I can't help you."

"No!"

"Surely with my help we can also destroy the Empire. But I'm not involved in a fight between people. The dispute with the Demons and Evil Gods was only 'help against the Lord's Hall', and I have not helped beyond that. And since the Lord is not in this world, he cannot help. People in this world have to be solved by the people themselves. It is in itself unacceptable to summon and solve the problems of this world by summoning the other worlds. Tia knows that, too. And that's the same thing for dragon breeds with unusual powers. Once you forgive it, you'll have no limits."

I can also understand what Mr. Leiria is saying.

Still, abandoning the people of the kingdom is as painful as being torn apart.

Mr. Leiria has been waiting for a while for me to calm down.

And I told you what I was told in the kingdom, what was to come.

"I have an appointment with the Lord that he will call me once in February. If the Lord hadn't forgotten, he'd be called in the next few days at times. It would be good for Tia to go under the Lord at that time."

Mr. Leiria would recommend that to me with a very gentle look.

Surely my best hope is to be with you. But...

"The kingdom will not perish. There will be no other country to shut up."

Is it?

I can't help but hope so.

"I'll tell you in advance, I won't return to the kingdom until things settle down more than you came to me, so I know that. And even if we can meet with the Lord, we must not talk about this."

…………

"If the Lord finds out, he may try to return to this world again. But in the next place, there is no guarantee that we will be able to return to the Lord's house again. Do you know how much Tia also hoped the Lord would return?

Of course I know that.

I have seen on my side for a long time that if you were a normal person to return to your homeland, it would not be strange to die many times, but to exercise and work hard to become stronger and defeat the Evil God.

So it's only natural that Mr. Leiria stabbed the nail like that.

When a few days had passed and my consciousness had stained with giving up, it happened when I fell asleep, even by Mr. Leiria, who had returned to the form of a dragon.

The overflowing magic surrounded us, and we could see the clear air and the blue sky that should have been in the cave.

And you can hear Mr. Leiria.

"He didn't forget. It's been a while, Lord. Even so... I still told Akane and Ayumi."

I looked around in a hurry.

And on the other side of Mr. Leiria, I saw the figure of the Eugene I had dreamed of many times.

At that moment I will jump into the bosom of the Eugene.

"Yuya ~ ~!!!"

"Tia, Tia?!

I could hear you bewildering, but I hug you by pressing your face against your nostalgic smelling chest.

I will never leave you again.