Maou No Utsuwa

"Joint Exercise Accommodation? What is it?

"After all, don't you know... It's good to be here to talk."

To Kamui's reaction, Deefleet has a frightened face. It's only natural to be stunned. Accommodation notices have been posted on medium notice boards for a long time. Naturally, it is also spoken of in the home room of the class.

"So what?

"It's an annual routine. In one of the actual battle classes, we actually do the Warcraft Crusade. Accommodation is not a day's journey to the practice site."

Many students kill creatures for the first time in this accommodation. The primary purpose is to make that experience happen.

"Heh. Do you have a place, too?

"As usual, it's Mount Lehne south of Teito. I hear about three days at a distance. It's a great place to experience a crusade where the number of warcraft falls."

"Going out of your way to such a dangerous place?

Where the number of warcraft falls is high. I don't feel like Kamui has a college that accommodates people like that.

"There's a lot of them, but they don't show up that powerful. Plus, it's a place that takes place every year, so accommodation is also in place. When it comes to action, it shouldn't be that hard."

"Still a real warcraft opponent, right? I don't think you can be alarmed."

Slightly tightening his expression, Kamui told Deefleet. To Kamui, who knows the fear of real battle, Deefleet's mild saying was something that made him feel anxious.

"If you ask me if there's ever been an accident, that won't happen. But the rate also has the Knights. I don't think it's too dangerous."

Deefleet also answered Kamui's advice with a slight expression.

"Really? Well, still be careful."

This Kamui dialogue will soon collapse. Deefleet opened his mouth with a bitter laugh as he took one deliberate sigh.

"You know... I'm saying it like any other HR, except for the privileged ones, it's compulsory, right?

"What!?

"It's one of the classes, naturally. Except under all the circumstances, but there's no such thing, is there?

"I don't..."

Depressing Kamui. It just seems like a waste of time for Kamui, such as the college accommodation.

"I don't even have to ask, but you're not getting ready for a sleepover, are you?

"Prep...... no way do you have a student for the cost?

Furthermore, if extraordinary expenses were to happen, I would definitely not be willing to participate. Kamui began to think about the circumstances.

"Camping tools and food will be properly prepared by the college, but the equipment is self-contained."

"Oh, then I'm fine. I have it right."

"Surprise. I didn't think the sword had any protective gear anyway. One way or another, there are more students like that."

"We came to the academy from the border, didn't we? You can't travel without protective equipment."

"... have you traveled without an escort?

It is the journey of the noble brother. Naturally, it will be a journey with an escort. Many students who are surrounded by escorts, riding carriages, and traveling do not bring their own protective equipment or anything else, as most of them do.

Grand aristocratic younger brothers, such as Deefreet and Hildegand, have different circumstances. Many people are bringing special armaments from their parents' homes because they may have them from before school, such as those they don't sell at those armaments stores.

The way Kamui put it, however, is different from both. Wherever that meant, Deefleet immediately noticed.

There was an escort.

"That's about Lutz and Alto, isn't it? After all, the three of us came all the way from the border?

It is enough to call it a periphery, so naturally the distance becomes considerable. That's what Kamui and the three of us have been traveling on. To be exact, there was one escort, no, one.

"It was a safe path."

"That can't be right, can it?

The journey is dangerous. Even a line of noblemen with escorts can be attacked by bandits.

"... you're in luck"

"Your parents thought you didn't have to escort them before, so they sent them away."

"They're tough parents."

"Shabby, huh?

"What is it?

Whatever I was stuck in, I was never willing to admit it.

"Should I even show up with a large number of warcraft that I can't defeat? Then you'll have to be serious, too."

"If that happens, you'll be the first to die. Don't tell me anything disturbing."

"Well, okay. There will be times when I can see what you mean one day. But when I saw it, I saw it as an ally."

"I don't plan to be an enemy at the moment."

So far and so deliberately, it seems to be camouflage. For once, I'm going to be honest.

"I hope that's forever.... Ma'am, is that up to me? Because the sleepover is already next week. We may not be able to talk while we're on the move, but let's talk slowly during our stay."

"Ha..."

"Well, if Hildegand and I want to talk slowly, I won't interrupt."

"I'm waiting for you!

Soon, his relationship with Hildegand had become a weakness for Kamui.

◇ ◇ ◇

Two weeks after Kamui and Deefreed had such a conversation.

A queue to reach a total of two hundred people is going down the street. Half of the 200 students are from Imperial College. A group divided into five large units. The Kamuis are walking at the head of the largest unit, centrally located.

"That's a different vibe than the excursions we had in elementary school."

"Naturally. I mean, what is this?

How many times has Alto asked this? The queue that goes down the street is a lull that doesn't seem like a college event.

"The Empress and her escorts."

"It's fancy. Are those escorts the East-West Uncle, the Imperial Knights, and the Imperial Mages?

"Those kids."

Leading the march is the class of Group C Oscars. And on the left and right, Hildegand's Group A and Deefleet's Group B. And at the end of the day, group D. In the center, surrounded by the four classes, is the E group of the Kamuis.

Claudia is further at the center of it, but it is surrounded by many knights, and I cannot see its appearance.

"The Knights are real. But even a hundred people."

"It's tough to have a princess."

"No, that's not all. What a bunch of big guys this school year."

"Is that true, too? There are five people in need in case of trouble."

This year's accommodation has become considerably larger than usual. The reason for this is exactly what the Kamuis are talking about.

Though less dangerous, it doesn't necessarily mean there isn't. As a result of the movement of the worried adults, as many as a hundred members of the Knights of the Imperial Order were to accompany them.

If there were as many as a hundred Knights, the movement would be in the controlled form of the military. Even though the destination is still ahead, the students have been forced to be nervous for a long time.

"Sere, are you okay?

"I'm not that lady. We're walking a long way from the Imperial Capital."

"Not really. You look a little stiff."

"Really?... but isn't it like we're going to some kind of war?

Even if your health is fine, if you feel like it, you are still in a different state.

"War is an exaggeration, isn't it? Even if it was war, if you were so nervous all the time, you'd be tired and unable to move when you have to."

"Yes, I am."

"Well, I'm more worried about Otto than Sele. Are you okay?"

Kamui turned his gaze to Otto. Like Sele, or more than that, Otto looks nervous.

"... no, you're nervous about something, aren't you? If you think this is going to last for days, I'm a little worried."

"Then I wish I hadn't joined you. Otto's a special admission, so he's exempt from practicing, right?

Many privileged students do not need to learn swords or magic tricks. Accommodation is optional. Otto, however, had dared to sign up to participate. The reason for this.

"Then again, I'm the only one out there."

"Is that our fault?

"Is it because of the Kamui people? Even if it's the same group, the only contact I have is in class."

Otto, in the group, spends the shortest time together. Serene often stays with her after school at her workout, but Otto doesn't have it.

"Well, you are. So here's what we're gonna do? The purpose of this sleepover is to deepen your rapport with Otto."

"Will you?

"Oh. So, what shall we talk from?... What's your hobby?

"That, if we don't have a hobby, can't we finish the conversation?

"Well, about the house."

To Otto's doubts, Kamui changed the subject lightly.

"It doesn't fit..."

"It's not Otto's fault, it's that I don't have a hobby. When it comes to my parents' house...... what are we dealing with mainly?

Kamui already knows Otto's home is a merchant.

It's a weapon.

My parents were arms dealers.

"I'm going to talk calmly..."

"You don't have a choice. Because it is."

"Weapons…. I can't think of a topic."

It's not like Kamui doesn't have the knowledge of weapons. I didn't know how far to go, so I tried to avoid it.

"Well, can I tell you something?

Otto already had something to ask.

"What?"

"Everybody's gear. That material, what?

What the Kamuis wear are light gear such as cages and shins on light armor. All of which are made of black material. Furthermore, from above, this is another black cape woven, and the three full-body black figures with black collars feel more like an adventurer than a knight, or an assassin.

"Material?"

"Yes, I am the son of an arms dealer. I intend to be quite familiar with the materials used for weapons and protective equipment. But I can't remember the equipment that Kamui and his men wear."

"... That's your eye high"

Words praise it in a mild condition, but its eyes add a little sharpness. An unexpected eye caught his guard in Kamui.

"After all, it's a special material, huh?

"It's not that special. This is woot steel."

Although inferior to Mithrill Steel, Woots Steel also excels in magic conduction and is an expensive steel used in magic and demon guided weapons. Physical hardness in the absence of demonic guidance is superior to misrilled steel, and it is not uncommon for some objects to be superior to misrilled steel weapons.

"Woots steel? That's, like, awesome material... but woot steel doesn't glow like that, does it?

"Isn't that the difference in manufacturing? I don't know much about it."

"Did you borrow it from my parents?

Kamui wants to finish the conversation, but Otto won't forgive me.

"No, my father's artifact. Oh, it's just mine. Rutz and Alto's, well, home."

"The Viscounts of Kreutz know how to make that..."

Otto's eyes are shining more and more.

"No, it's not like our parents know how to make it. I just brought something from someone I know who gave it to me, so if we ask, we can't get the material"

"Who do you know about that?

"I'm going to eat. Did you think this was gonna be a business story?

"That's right. As an arms dealer, you deserve to want to buy good weapons, don't you?

"Is that right? But you can't. Because he doesn't know where he is right now."

"Really?"

"What are we gonna do with you lying?

"Is it a dwarf?

"Oh, you haven't heard that either. But if it's such a special thing, maybe it is."

"Right."

If it is to be an excellent manufacturer of weapons in this world, it will still be a Dwarf blacksmith. It is not only the manufacture of weapons, but also the iron and steel technology that makes the materials, which the people do not know has its own method.

If we were to make something so special, naturally it was at the hands of the Dwarves, yes Otto was convinced, but the facts are different. The material of the protective equipment worn by Kamui and the others was made from a magic guide technology from the iron production stage.

Solid, otherwise supple woot steel is magically dissolved with special fire attributes, thereby degenerating the magic penetration efficiency to increase over time.

It's like artificially creating a mythrill outline, which is a natural outline.

The Dwarves don't have this kind of technology. They don't have the skills to manipulate magic directly.

"But when I say that, what about Otto-kun's weapons? Sounds fine to me."

The gear Otto is wearing revolves around the same light armor as the Kamuis, but the color emits a silver glow. It is the material of the protective gear Otto wears that is the mythrilling outline.

"Well, there's no way an arms dealer's son could have worn crude protective equipment."

"Is it amazing?

"The material is a misthrill outline. Some magic guidance is applied on it. Lighter weight as well as against demons and heat. I guess so."

"I see, okay"

"What did you find out?

"With that gear on, Otto's willing to go into the herd of warcraft alone, isn't he? Even Otto, who is not good at sword moves and magic, doesn't have to die fighting the Warcraft. That proves the excellence of the protective equipment. Don't be a good publicist."

"... there's no guarantee you won't die, is there?

If you do that, and you're not going to die of protective equipment, it's certainly going to be a huge reputation.

"Believe in your gear there."

"That's not the problem! You can't do that!

"Oh, my God, it's boring. You're wearing good weapons, so you should try them."

I don't have the guts to do that.

Otto is unaware that he's missed the point. From there, Kamui turns further to the story.

"And Sere's, by the way?

"Shut up."

To Kamui's inquiry, from the first voice, Serene is a fightin 'hip.

"Shut up, what kind of material?

"You can't have that material!?

"I guess."

"Mine, unlike everyone else, are regular iron protective gear that I sell everywhere."

"Even though you're a princess? Isn't he something of a national treasure?

Serene's home is the royal family of the former Ericsson kingdom. But it's only old, and now it's the periphery of the Empire.

"Even with that stuff, they're selling it away."

Treasures and the like are disposed of a long time ago in a painful financial situation.

"... well. Bye, Otto. Give Poor Sele a nice piece of armor."

"Really?!

Kamui's words make Serene's face much brighter. On the other hand, if you're an unscrupulous otto, you're a bitter face.

"No, Mr. Serene, don't be pleasant on your own. In the first place, why me?

"You got plenty of them, don't you?

"You know, it's for sale, not mine. I'm wearing this right now, 'cause I have to give it back when I get home, right?

"You're a real asshole."

"Kechi is a compliment to our father."

"Exactly..."

Thoroughly so far, Kamui can only be impressed. Kamui thought this was the end of the armor story, but Serene was not convinced by it.

Then I'll take Kamui.

"That's why I'm here?

"That's good. Is there anything else?

"I have extra... Nothing, but it's at my parents' house."

After some thought, Kamui answered Serene.

"That's it."

"What, you got that?

Kamui feels a little confused about Serene snacks.

"You have extra, don't you? I'm not saying it right now."

"It's my parents' house, right?

"Why don't you send it to me? I'll pay for the transport."

"But that one..."

"What. Kamui is not the asshole."

A stubborn Serene sometime. I feel quite inferior to the fact that I am the only normal piece of equipment.

"Mr. Serene, you know"

Lutz has spoken to Serene like that.

"Lutz, what?

"Don't think that extra protective gear is the one Kamui's mother used."

Because Kamui doesn't want to tell me this important thing, Lutz wanted to tell me instead.

"What?"

"I mean, what's an artifact?

"... sorry. I'm a little on track."

"Nothing good. Well, I'll think about it."

Kamui was looking a little pathetic to see how Serene was depressed. Even when it comes to shaping, it's not in Kamui, such as the memory of his mother wearing it. Not so much a thoughtful product.

"Fine. Shape, right?"

"Because I'm sure there's more. I'm not gonna make any promises."

"I'm telling you..."

"I can't help but let him sleep when I think about it. You'd better get someone to use it, wouldn't you? The problem is…"

"What's the problem?

"That's what Cere means, isn't it? Celle's got your mother's armor? You don't look good. Besides, it might not even fit the size. Especially around the chest."

"Die!"

While we were talking about this, we reached the camp. Not so, such as a place where as many as two hundred large people can set up camp. There was still time before the sun went down, but the day's march was over where it was due.

Students who receive tents unloaded from their baggage and prepare for camp.

The unfamiliar work seems to have relieved the students of tension. I hear sounds like fun coming from all over.

"You're finally like an excursion."

"An excursion is an exercise. Kamui is so careless."

"Oh, my God, who owes this to me? I think I finished putting up my tent so quickly.

Right? "

"Lutz-kun and Alt-kun"

"Me too!

The Kamuis, having finished tenting for a long time, sit back on the ground and relax to see what was going on around them. The three Kamuis had been through camp many times. I was used to putting up tents.

The students around them are struggling badly in front of the tent and it's still going to take. Besides, meal time is still ahead of us.

Until then, there is nothing to do. Lutz and Alto, and even Otto, had already fallen asleep in the tent.

"Why don't you go to bed, too, Sere?

"Because..."

"What's in the light? Either way, at night, you're gonna sleep next door, right?

There is one tent per group. There is no distinction between men and women. I don't know if it's a marching exercise or if it means you don't have to worry about students who are pre-adults, but this is an old idea. At the age of the Kamuis, we already know about men and women as knowledge.

"Everyone will be asleep."

"... what do you hate?

"You see him sleeping, right?

Serene is ashamed to be seen sleeping. It's just that Kamui was going over Serene's worries.

"... I don't do anything naughty."

"Are you going to!?

"I told you I wouldn't.

"Then why do you get the word for pranking? That's not evidence I was thinking about."

"These places are sharp."

I was still in the mood for a hike.

"Minimum"

"I won't do it anymore. It wouldn't be funny if it was broken, would it?

"I can't believe it."

"Again, with such a sweet voice. If you're childish, Dee won't deal with you. Like Hilda, well, is Hilda childish?"

"Yes...... You know Mr. Hildegand, whom Kamui doesn't know around."

The subject of Hildegand has come up and Serene seems a little dissatisfied.

"It just so happens. You don't have to be afraid because you don't care who you are."

"What do you say?"

"Oh, just rumors."

From the front, I can see Deefleet and Hildegand walking side by side.

The two of them cemented themselves in shining armor on silver. The two outfits, arranged in red and blue, each with its own crest colour in each place, were brilliantly paired, and as they lined up, they seemed to jump out of the painting.

Compared to its gorgeous gear. Stimulated by his inferiority again, Serene was unable to see the two from the front and leaned down.

"It's not the magnificence of the equipment that determines the person's value."

"... those two aren't just gear"

"Yes, but"

"Because you don't have to console me. It hurts to reject Kamui when he cares."

"Bad"

"This isn't an apology, it's an angry place."

"Oh well. Okay."

With that said, Kamui reached out to Serene's head and began gently with his hair.

"Don't treat me like a child anymore"

"You're a kid, aren't you?

"I'm not a child!

"Because I don't, I'm a complete child. I'm not a child!

"Shut up!

This is how to comfort Serene Kamui.

"You're still close."

Deefleet, who has come all the way in front of him, sees these two and laughs bitterly.

"We're not close!

Shy, desperate to deny Serene.

"Well, Sele wants to get along with Dee."

In addition, Kamui says something to tear up Serene.

"You didn't say that!

"Bye, Dee. Can you turn to me and stroke Sele's head? He's stubborn like a child."

"No, what about that?

That's right, Deefleet can't touch Serene's head lightly.

"Oh, too bad. You've been shaken. Heartbreak confirmed."

"Don't let yourself be broken!

It was also a serene who was screwed and made fun of by Kamui.

"Was it? Mr. Serene told me about Deefleet. I didn't realize. Mr. Serene is very..."

As the joke continued, Hildegand began to talk about Serene feelings with a serious face.

"No, you don't! Don't get me wrong, Mr. Hildegand! This is what Kamui is saying."

Though Serene hastily tried to correct Hildegand's mistake.

"Is that a one-sided thought of Kamui?

"What?!

Hildegand didn't get through well.

"I thought Mr. Serene liked Kamui too."

"No. That will never happen."

"I don't know why I'm so one-sided with Cele."

Serene and Kamui. They both deny Hildegand's words in turn.

"So the rumor that you two are lovers is a lie?

"... did you believe it?

The source of Hildegand's mistake was a rumor he spread to the College.

"Yes. I always thought you two were lovers to each other. Really? No."

Hildegand's face mouthing this looks somewhat happy.

"Well, I guess that story doesn't matter"

With a grin over Hildegand's reaction, Deefreet came to his mouth trying to change the story.

"Yeah, that's enough if you know you're not lovers."

"No, I'm not..."

Seems like it's really enough, and Hildegand isn't listening to Deefleet anymore.

"It's a long way from Kamui."

"Yes?"

Kamui was unable to respond to Hildegand's questioning without any pulse abbreviation.

"It's a tent. There are still other places that haven't been finished, but a long time ago, they were finished assembling, right?

"Well, I'm used to it. But Hilda's place is over, isn't it?

This is what Kamui thought about being here.

"No, I've been out on the way. He was bored because he wouldn't let me."

My surroundings won't allow Hildegand to do chores. If Hildegand moves his hand, he can't show his hard work.

"Maybe Dee too?

"Yes, because you don't have the experience of building a tent. Everyone was struggling. And yet you won't allow me to help. I was looking around, and there was a tent I could do so much, so I came to tell you."

"It's Kamui's place. Surprised. Is there a trick?

From the beginning, I wasn't trying to come to Kamui. If you're not allowed to move your hand, at least it means that the first person you tried to gain knowledge happened to be Kamui.

"It's simply that you know how to assemble it. Oh, dare I say, the wind is strong today, so is that the point?

"What do you do?

"Just do the work from the wind. Instead of the trick, if you think about it a little bit, you'll know it's easier."

I can't even try to spread the tent before I strain it, against the wind. However, Kamui is right, if you think about it for a second, you'll see.

"I can't believe you didn't notice that simple."

"If you think about it calmly, you'll come up with it. It's not that you can't afford to calm down, is it?

"I see. Sure, I'm a little tired too."

"Me too. It's so considerate to be tired like this just because of the march"

Deefreet and Hildegand have both started marching. In the case of the two of us, it's not a matter of physical strength, it's a tension that comes from a sense of responsibility that we need to be decent, and we're tired.

"Aren't you going to get used to it one of these days? Just the first one."

Are you okay with Kamui?

"I was just walking on an excursion."

Serene returned Deefleet's query before Kamui responded. Serene was going to hate it.

"What's the problem with that? It's actually a hike, isn't it?

The aversion didn't work for Kamui. Deefleet, listening to Kamui, opened his eyes gently and asked Serene.

"Is that Mr. Serene, too?

"I was a little nervous at first, but I'm with you, because I'm Kamui"

Along the way, I was obsessed with stupid stories, and when I realized, the march was over. Here's the thing.

"Right...... With that said, who else?

Serene shouldn't be the only one who was acting together. Now Deefleet realized that he couldn't see his usual face.

"I'm asleep"

"Are the three of you tired?

Kamui and Serene are fine, the other three are tired. Deefreet questioned and asked Kamui.

"Otto is, isn't he? But Lutz and Alto, we'll be ready later."

"After what? We're just gonna eat and go to bed today, right?

"In turn, I plan to keep an eye on you."

"But it's the Knights."

It's a camp, so I can't say it's not dangerous at all. But that's why the Knights are here.

"If the Knights are trustworthy companions, I'll take care of them, okay? Unfortunately, I can't make that decision."

Kamui's eyes talking about this had at some point turned into something serious. It's an eye Deefleet can't remember seeing.

"... what are you on guard about?

"I am wary of that person because there are people who don't trust me"

"Who's that?

What needs to be wary of during the college's events, Deefleet cannot say. Kamui has been targeted for his life during classes in the college.

"You're not sure, but you can't say your name"

"Yes...... Is there anything I can do?

When Kamui says it this way, it doesn't matter what he asks. After several conversations, Deefleet sees it.

"Especially nothing. You don't even know what's going to happen or what's going to happen."

"Um, what about me?

Hildegand voiced that he had not been able to accept the contents of the story, but that there was imminent danger to Kamui.

"Hilda too. Like I said, I'm not sure. Dare I say, during the sleepover, don't get too close to this one. It doesn't mean you can't get involved."

"But..."

"I'll talk to you if anything happens. That's good, right?

"... ok"

Although Hildegand was not yet convinced, Kamui's tone is unsaid. I had no choice but to say a word of acceptance.

Kamui's gaze staring ahead. From a distance it was directed at Marie, who was staring at the four.