Maou No Utsuwa

Harmonia, the largest city in Norte Ende. That place, which was the capital of the Federal Republic of Artenkreutz, is now losing its former buzz. Harmonia is a city created for civilians and their families involved in the administration and military of the Federal Republic to live in. Even after the dissolution of the Federal Republic, its functions have continued to be maintained, but it cannot be the same as before if many of the army left behind only the number necessary to maintain security within Nortoende. Furthermore, some of those left behind feel like they have been left behind, and the atmosphere of the city will never be good.

"... ha"

…………

"Ugh..."

"... what? Is something wrong?

I sigh over and over again. Tiana's expression asking what happened to Lucia is somewhat fed up. I know why you don't have to ask.

"I miss Master Kamui."

"... Well, why don't we go see him?

"Right! I knew you should go see him!

"Just kidding! Maybe. How many times is this?

This is not the first time Lucia has spoken of her loneliness for not seeing Kamui. I was seriously comforting Tiana in the beginning, but I just don't feel like dealing with her properly when she does the same thing over and over again. With the desire to be on her own, I say we go see her, but Lucia just accepts that she's got forgiveness and tries to go see Kamui.

Tiana will be in trouble if they do that. No matter how much Lucia goes after Kamui in the first place, there's no way she'll see you.

"'Cause I'm bored that everyone's gone."

"That's right..."

Kamui isn't the only one who isn't there. Both Hildegand and the Alts have almost all of their key members in battle in the former Artenkreutz Republic anyway. All that's left is a civilian who doesn't have the power to fight.

"Because... well, this is good"

"... what?

"Nothing."

"... wouldn't that be a disgust to reject the use of that kind of mind?

You two have known each other for a long time now. Tiana knows what Lucia tried to say.

"... I've been able to get married and miss you all."

"Right. I feel sorry for you."

Kamui decided to marry Lucia, but she runs around the continent without enjoying her newlyweds for much. I've been waiting a long time, Lucia, but getting married hasn't changed the wait. Tiana is just as sympathetic to this.

"It would have been different if I had at least had a child. If we were to wait while raising Kamui's sweet baby, we would have waited happily ever after."

…………

"You mean children. A man and a woman..."

Lucia trying to talk about how to make a child.

"I know!

Tiana barked her voice and stopped it.

"Oh? Which one is that?

I'm supposed to allow Lucia a weird penetration.

"... Lucia. Have you got a bad personality?

"Do you look like Master Kamui?

Lucia looks happy even though they say she has a bad personality. Now that we have less people to talk to, this kind of interaction with Tiana is one of the things I look forward to.

"Isn't Lucia worried?

Now when Lucia gets a little cheerful, she shows Tiana how depressed she is.

"Of course I'm worried. But all I can do is wait."

"You're strong in places like that."

"It's not strong. I have no power to fight. That's why we have to give up."

"... Still strong. Some idiots have a little power to fight, but they don't try anything."

"That's right."

The two gaze at the fool, not Tiana's brother Ralph. Ralph, whose presence had always been ignored by the two of us, finally got a chance to join the conversation here.

"What? Is that even a complaint?

"I do. How can a fool brother sit back and have tea?

"Why... because it's tea time"

Enjoying tea this afternoon is Ralph's routine that has been going on for years. It's not about being complained about now.

"Oh. I don't like it. A cereal crush that doesn't even work much, but tea time? How long have you been a nobleman?"

But Tiana curses Ralph even more.

"I didn't mean to..."

"You're not actually working on anything, are you? Who's offering you money for that tea? What do you pay for your daily meals? Whose room is my brother sleeping in?

"It's..."

Ralph gets in trouble when they say that. Ralph's position is just a residence. Someone has never charged me for meals or lodging.

"Hey, how can you stand still? They went to fight, didn't they?

This is what makes Tiana angry. The Kamuis all headed to a dangerous battlefield. I can't forgive Ralph for wandering around alone in Northende.

"My job is to stop the fight."

"Then stop it now."

"Stop if that's the wrong fight. That's what I still don't know."

"I don't know, people are fighting to protect their people, right?

The battle of the Kamuis is a battle of justice. Tiana thinks so unconditionally. But it's not.

"Are you saying you can sacrifice a lot of people for war if it's for your people?

"It's..."

"Even I'm not just bluffing. We gather as much information as we can on what the war is like."

"How?

Tiana does not have the opportunity to come into contact with information outside Northende. Those who taught it before are also at war.

"Ask your master"

"Mr. Ryan......"

Ryan, once the master of the Kamuis, is now Ralph's master. The desire to be strong made Ralph decide to master Ryan, a form that Ryan also responded to that thought.

"The masters are also worried. It's more serious than me, so it would be rude to line up in the same line."

"Right..."

You cannot defy God, His use, the Divine Clan. Even if it was, it's not like I'm too busy not being able to fight with Kamui.

"Why does Kamui imitate against God? Do something that will knock this world into the vortex of war again, when it's almost at peace?

If this world is going to be peaceful, it doesn't matter who rules whether the Ruthuan Empire rules or not. Ralph has no desire to be a ruler, even if he has a desire to be a brave man. It would be fine if the surrounding world could recognize me as a powerful man.

From that Ralph, I'm not convinced what the Kamuis are doing right now. I told Tiana I still can't make a good or evil decision, but the feeling is I'm leaning in the direction of stopping Kamui. Ralph thinks he should act that way, apart from whether he can actually be stopped. Because that's what I promised Kamui.

"Master Kamui didn't start the fight."

Lucia has disputed Ralph's words. It was Deefleet who started the revolt. The Union of the Kingdom of Sidvest and the Kingdom of Oppenheim, not the Kamuis. Lucia is right.

"That may be true, but it's Kamui who's making the fight bigger"

"It wasn't Kamui who tried to make the battle bigger."

"But there's actually a war on the whole continent"

"You just have to figure out when the Empire's brave men were chosen. You just have to figure out why you needed a brave man when the continent was going to be at peace under the Ruthua Empire."

"Why did you need a brave man... why?

Ralph didn't get an answer right away.

"I don't know either. Master Kamui won't talk to me till the end."

Even Lucia feels sick of war. I have shown that feeling subtly to Kamui. I wonder why we need a war. I didn't get an answer until the end, but I only found out that Kamui had a reason to fight.

It's not like Kamui didn't talk mean about this. When Lucia heard about it, she just didn't have anything certain of Kamui yet.

"I don't know why you fight God..."

"One thing I think is whoever they are, if they're going to kill them, they're going to fight. Brave men have been chosen to need knights strong enough for the Ruthua Empire to defeat Master Kamui. But it was actually God, not the Empire, who needed it. Isn't that what this is all about?

"If God wants to kill us, do we have to take the sword..."

"I don't know the truth. Because I cannot deduce all of Kamui's thoughts. But there's only one thing Mr. Ralph can teach you."

"What's that?

"I can't see the truth even if I'm worried about it here. If you want answers, you should see what's happening with your own eyes."

"... right. Exactly."

If you don't know what to do, just do what you can. There's no way I can find an answer for myself even if I think with my head. Ralph taught Lucia the obvious.

"Are you going?

"Oh, go. Don't ask me where. Now I don't know where I'm going."

Just waiting for the time to come is the same as before. Ralph, too, finally decided to be ready to take action, albeit. Even if you don't know what lies ahead.

"I think that's good."

"... after all, I hate Kamui"

"What?"

"All the lovely women belong to Kamui. Then there's no way I can get married."

"Well... you're surprisingly good"

"But now."

"Yes, and now my feelings will never shake on anyone else."

"That's why I hate Kamui. I've always hated it since we met. Think so..."

I wonder how many years I've spent near Kamui. Looks like he was nearby. Kamui went up higher and higher on his own. I can't keep up with that back no matter how much I chase. Still, Ralph came after Kamui. And also, Ralph follows Kamui. Believe me, that's what I do.

◇ ◇ ◇

Amphang, a city in the western north of the continent. The army on the side of the Ruthua Empire directed to that place, which is the capital of the Kingdom of Schutz Alten, is the Army of the Kingdom of Dia 20,000. Not so much a threat to the Kingdom of Schutz Alten as a number. The Royal Army of Schutz Alten has a total of fifteen thousand. That's what you fight against Amphang for. It is a rather favourable situation on the part of the Kingdom of Schutz Alten, which we will defend if we think of it in terms of the law of tripling attacks. But on the part of the Ruthua Empire, that's not everything. In the north, 30,000 troops have been deployed separated from the main army of the Ruthua Empire, which is only three times stronger. In addition, 10,000 troops of the Royal Dia Army remain in Westmid. I was never in a state of optimism.

Above all, we can't just protect ourselves from our enemies. If the war situation in the western part of the continent is progressing in the favor of the Ruthuan Empire, there could be enemy reinforcements. Then the Kingdom of Schutz Alten becomes a feather that can be isolated at once. This is a difficult situation.

"The battle between the Ruthua Empire and the Union of the Kingdom of Sidvest has become almost glued"

It is General Falco Knoll who reports on the state of war in the west of greatest concern to the Kingdom of Schutz Alten. Glue is not a bad situation, but I can't be optimistic. On top of the numbers, the Union of the Kingdom of Sidvest should be winning.

"Adhesive...... that sounds like you're doing pretty well"

"Huh?"

King Thales makes good report of adhesive condition. General Knoll is showing confusion without knowing what it means.

"Is Kamui in the west? So it's decided that the war situation is glued or something."

"What's that?

"Do I understand? All I know is that if the Empire is in a hurry, we'll be a little easier."

"Do you think the Empire will provide reinforcements to the west?

If you don't like the glue of the battle in the West, the batter is determined. It's about turning the troops that are deploying to the north west. That would reduce the number of enemies confronting the Kingdom of Schutz Alten.

"Is there a reason not to?

"Don't you?

"... why don't you think about it for yourself? The failure of the Empire is to disperse the army and renounce the advantages of numbers on its own. You must be mistaken that Kamui and Deefreet are cooperating."

At present, the rebel forces are not united in one. The Kamui and Diefleet mismatch, rather than the Oppenheim kingdom, does not have the idea of attached to the downwind of Kamui. He rebelled with the ambition to stand in line with the Ruthuan Empire. The option of subordination does not arise if it is not so much a matter. Then I don't even think about Kamui, naturally. Deefreet is not a companion to Kamui today. It's just someone to use.

Kamui is trying not to enlighten the Ruthua Empire about the situation of such rebel forces. That's not all we're fighting for in the West, but it's one of the reasons.

"Does Your Majesty think the Empire will notice the mistake?

"Aren't you usually aware? It is the Union of Kingdoms that holds the largest army in the rebel forces for the Empire. If you crush that, the rebel side is short on troops. There will be no more armies to hold the West of the Continent."

At present, even the Ruthuan Empire, which boasts the largest number of troops on the continent, has no power but to completely hold off the whole territory. Well, I'll do my best to protect my own territory in other countries that only have a fraction of that army. Then it does not pose a threat to the Ruthuan Empire.

When will the Ruthuan Empire notice this? Thereys thinks he may have noticed already.

"... How about Your Majesty be summed up?

That's what happens because the rebel forces are falling apart. If so, just someone put it together. General Knoll, who considers himself King Thales on that flag, did not give up the rebirth of the Stutzalten Empire.

"Assuming we did it, as a result, we would be frightened of our rebellion even if we were to discuss the Empire. I'm sorry about that."

"But isn't it only when someone achieves continental domination that the world will be at peace?

"We need to increase the mobility of information to do that. If that's hard, at least give me more people..."

Continental domination. There are a few things that are not enough to accomplish this completely. King Therese thinks he figured it out a little. Making orders go across every corner of the continent, it's impossible to do that in a timely manner, too, at the current rate of transmission of information. That was once the Schutz Alten Empire, now you can tell from the confusion of the Ruthua Empire. The situation has changed by the time the information arrives. Then I can't make a precise decision. And this is the same not only during the war, but also during normal times. Increase the speed of information transmission to solve this. Kamui made it happen with the power of the demon clan and let the enemy flirt with it. But what happens if even that becomes the whole continent? King Thales thinks it's difficult.

Other ways, then, are to place good ministers who can be trusted everywhere to rule, but this has been happening for a long time. That's what nobility is. For a time, even if it can be done, there is no discontent at all. It is not easy to do such things as rich and equal governance. One day there will be a revolt. When the centre can no longer hold it back, the unity of the continent will collapse. It's happened many times, even within a narrower range that doesn't go all the way across the continent. This world has always been a detachment. Without ever having the feat of uniting the entire continent.

"... Your Majesty?

General Knoll speaks to King Thales, who sank into his thoughts.

"... maybe you don't want Kamui to unify the continent"

"Can Kamui Kreutz do it?

General Knoll, who issues the inquiry, seems dissatisfied. General Knoll also highly appreciates Kamui's ability. But if Kamui accomplishes it, it will not be a rebirth of the Schutzarten Empire.

"Maybe I can. And it might be hard to do it."

"Huh? What does that mean?

"Nort Ende was a poor land. The people would have resented the conditions in which they had to live in Northende"

"... may be so"

"But Kamui let the northende be a rich land. Disgruntled from the people, not to say complete, but turned it off and showed it. If that could happen across the continent, what do you think would happen?

"It's... no, but the whole continent on rich land, etc."

"When I say that, there can be no such thing as peace across the continent to visit. And if any man be displeased, he shall surely cause a scorn. That's what people are like."

And if there is one who is more blessed than himself, even if there is no frustration in life, dissatisfaction with it arises. Whether you can tolerate it depends on the degree of dissatisfaction and the strength and weakness of deterrence.

"Is Continental Domination, etc. a temporary dream"

"Maybe it is. But..."

It may come true even if it is a temporary dream if it has the power to enrich the country and make you think that rebellion will never succeed. Furthermore, if the people do not want to let go of the sense of happiness gained by it, the temporary may be a little longer. What do people want next when they get an uncontested rich world? The answer could not be given to King Thales.

Those who have gained uncontested richness will contend for further richness. It will be even more intense on a wider scale than it was in the previous feud, and will eventually be large enough to destroy the world. That's how humans perished. King Thales, who does not know this fact.

"The original ancestors of the Empire wanted it. He tried to be the ruler of this continent in order to create a peaceful and rich country where the fae coexist. If so."

"If so?

"We must do what we can for it again. That's our mission to name Schutz Alten."

"Ha!

Finally King Thales was concerned about that. To achieve the same continental domination as the ancestors of the Schutz Alten Empire. With this in mind, General Knoll's breasts are tremendously pounding, as are the breasts of other subordinates.

But that's high hopes.

"Make Kamui Kreutz the champion of the continent!

"Ha!?

Your subordinate expectations will be greatly betrayed.

"Maybe I can replace the Four Heroes even if I'm not talented. Oh, does Kamui already have a four-pillar minister? Then I..."

"Your Majesty! Such a pity!

Though he was General Knorr, who gave up his champion's seat to Kamui and raised his dissatisfaction with King Thales to follow his downwind.

"What a pity to rise to continental domination!

King Thales was to reprimand me.

"... if you're going to rise, you're going to be the champion."

"Fight God? You guys are making a mistake. You can't always win if you get up. If you turn your teeth to the Divine Clan, you may buy the wrath of God and destroy us."

"It's..."

"Still, I say I stand up for my life. This continent belongs to us. To someone who's just looking out of the sky... yes, it is."

Reasons to fight. I can finally be sure of King Therese's chest. It was born. The earth is unto the earth. I don't have the muscles to say that in the first place. Man has lived tens of thousands of years in the world of the earth. I don't need a saving hand or anything. Give me the time to perish, and I will perish on my own. You should have the right to decide your own life or death.

If you call this arrogance, you can say it. That's the kind of people God created.