Master of the brave.

Elves were gathered outside the stone prison.

Seeing Winn come out with Leticia's hand, they pave the way.

Tiara was in it, too, but I was confused by some angry look on Winn's part, illuminated by the world tree, and some crying look on Leticia's part, and then I tried to go after him -.

Shaking her head, Tiara instructs the surrounding elves not to disturb the two of them.

To be dropped off by Tiara and the elves, Winn and Leticia stopped as they took their feet to the roots of the young trees of the world tree.

"Beautiful. I guess there are still so many beautiful sights in the world that you can't imagine."

Pottori and Wynn muttered as they looked up at the young trees of the world tree.

Particles of light of various colors, such as red, blue, and yellow, are allowed to rise from branches and leaves from the trunk to zero. It's like a shizuku made of light.

Leticia looks up too.

"... really pretty"

I was whining unconsciously.

Unlike Winn, Leticia sees the young trees of the world tree is not the beginning of this. I've even seen world trees in the capital of elves.

But in retrospect, I don't remember saying I was impressed.

Everyone looked at the sight that was supposed to strike their hearts as if it were a roadside stone. Transfer magic formations using magic overflowing from the young trees of the world tree - just used it as a convenient facility.

Lined up next to Wynn, Leticia also sees in its mysterious sights. When I received the shivers of zero falling light in my palm, the light seeped and disappeared as if the snow melted.

"Hey, Letty."

As he looked up, Wynn pounded open his mouth to Leticia.

"Letty better not fight anymore. Especially in the fight against people."

Leticia turns her gaze to Wynn.

Winn is just looking up at the shivers of light falling from scratch.

"Now I'm still a brave man who defeated the Demon King, who may be praised, admired and respected by everyone. But..."

Transfer the gaze you were looking up to Leticia.

"Sometimes that power is wielded by people as well. You can't let them think that. Letty, you're strong. That's not normal anymore. So much so that if you join the battle, the faction of those who have definitely joined will win. I have only as much knowledge about the outside world as I have learned in school and read in my books. I came into this elf and was reminded of the narrowness of the world I know. I was really reminded of the breadth of the world. Whether it was a young tree of the world or knowing what it was, it was far different from actually seeing it with this eye and seeing it in a book..."

Winn looks up to heaven again.

"So I guess. Somehow I've figured it out. People can easily change the way they see it. Letty is an imperial nobleman, so in a true sense, it should be a good reason to fight to protect this country. But if you're the brave Leticia Van Mavis, you shouldn't be. Because the brave are the saviors who destroyed the demons. People never waver that power. People all over the world think so."

…………

"But sometimes that power is wielded in the fight against people. If that's what they think, the praise and respect they're now receiving as brave men will easily be replaced by awe and fear. Once that happens, it's hard to override that assessment anymore. Fear that great power beyond people's understanding may turn to us. From brave to monstrous - the birth of a new demon king. I don't want to see Letty look at me like that."

Leticia remembers the day she was chosen as a brave man by the temple.

While I admired her power, I thought about the people who were distancing themselves with the colour of fear in their eyes.

- Is that... is that really a person...?

- Isn't the demon turning? Chemicals…….

- The brave are not like us.

- That's definitely a monster.

(I'm - I'm not... I'm not...)

An eye that sees a person beyond his understanding - yes, wasn't I supposed to understand it best? Didn't you have to realize, before Winn pointed it out to you?

Wynn stared at the side of Leticia, who shed his leaning tears.

Softly creaks Leticia's hair into her hands in one room. The shivers of light that fell zero from the young trees of the world, but sparkled the silky golden hair of Leticia.

If you didn't know anything about the circumstances, you wouldn't think that such a girl has a mighty power. But whoever finds out about it must want to get her and manipulate her whatever he wants.

And the quickest way to keep her in mind is to take Winn hostage.

(No. As it is, I am shackled by Letty... I dreamed of becoming a knight. But is that really all you need? What am I supposed to do?

"Hey brother..."

That's when Leticia shrugged.

"I know exactly how your brother told me not to fight. Yeah, the truth is, I had to notice, didn't I? I'm the one who got your brother involved."

"No, Letty. That's not..."

Blocking Winn's words, Leticia smiled.

And Leticia...

Katang.

"Ah... oh, I'm sorry"

Little noise of celi standing.

With that sound, the people who were in Ishiku's room returned to me.

Phew, and a small sigh brought Kelvin to the wall.

"Hey, Kelvin. I haven't seen you in a long time, but you're on the wrong side. '

"There will be no face or nothing left to throw me into this place. Long time no see, Leeds Belt. It's been years since I've seen you again, and you haven't changed at all. '

I just wanted to say that you guys are going to change a lot in those years. Especially Lloyds, what the hell happened to that loose end of him? Did you look at him from a distance and think he was someone else?

"That's a happy fat one, you can tighten it later - and it's better than that"

Kelvin turned around, to the lock that stood beside him,

"Take Seri outside for a moment. 'Leesbelt, she will be placed under our protection. No problem, huh?

"By now, the elders are rushing to prepare for a welcome."

Leesbelt pours the liquor he brings into two cups and offers one to Kelvin. I didn't want alcohol in my cold body. Kelvin drinks up in one breath.

Whether it is some kind of fruit liquor, the sweet and sour taste spreads in my mouth.

'Is it true that you tried to use the brave man, as much as you did earlier?

'... yeah, sort of'

Leesbelt also puts his mouth on the glass.

'I'm not going to make another accusation. Rather, it would be natural if you were in your shoes. But it's about Lloyds and you. I guess that's not all, huh?

"Yes. First of all, I wanted to hear from you the enemy's movements. They're moving in the woods. The ruler of the woods, the elf, can't possibly not grasp the movement '

"It's only if you come into the woods, not entirely..."

The two exchange opinions as they dispense with the liquor Leesbelt brings.

Kelvin got up when he got the information he needed.

'Thank you. Helpful.'

'I owe you guys. Then I'll check the base as well. Eat your meal too. The elders are in a bad position if we don't get a little hospitality. The princess is here too. "

"Princess?

"Dear Tiara Sculls Verfa, Should I tell you guys the Great Sage?

"I see."

(Speaking of which, you were the princess of the high elves)

'Kelvin. I said earlier that using a brave man is natural if you're in a position, but that's why I didn't say the elves would allow it. If you, the nations of man, behave disrespectfully towards the brave, we elves will bequeath to the brave. Don't forget that.'

Kelvin stood up as he shrugged his shoulder to Leesbelt, who struck and changed and told him in a quiet, hard tone.

Go outside the stone prison.

I heard a busy voice outside.

I had to hurry back than I was leaving my troops as a scouting mission, but tonight would be a good night or so.

Apparently you can pinch some warm food too. Kelvin suddenly walked out hungry, remembering that he was worried about food when he was put in here.

The day after Lloyds and the others returned to the position after their scouting mission.

"My lord, the Ten Horsemen of Lloyds are asking His Excellency for a petition and an interview."

"I don't even want to see that man's face. Even an unsavory meal would taste worse if I saw that dude's dirty face!

Meat and vegetables for high-ranking officers then plenty of cow's milk, dipped in soft bread in a still warm stew and poured into the back of his throat with fine wine, while Imperial Knights advance force commander Fayle overheard the names of his most disgusted men and scolded those who had taken turns.

"But my lord. The Ten Horsemen want to promptly escalate to His Excellency due to fire requirements or something."

"Shut up. I'm eating. If you need me, get rid of me when I ask you later!

"So, but..."

"Good morning, my lord. It's fine to be graceful and healthy when everyone is ready to go out in the morning."

Pushing away the next knight standing at the entrance to the tabernacle, Lloyds had let the giant dive into the tabernacle.

"Shit! I gave permission to whoever came in! Then, don't reach out!

Reach for the bird BBQ from the top of the plate, which was arranged on the table regardless, and just mouth it, Lloyds. Crush against the meat as you stroke your saggy jaw.

Fayle lost her appetite as soon as she saw Lloyds' face and felt disgusted.

"Wasn't that a fire requirement? Are you even here for dinner?

"I'm sorry. It looked so delicious - oh, this is delicious. That's the dish made by a first-class cook proud of the Empire's Heavy Forces. I'd love to split it it between my men."

While apologizing with his mouth, his expression smiled and chewed the meat. And I'm even accompanying it with irony.

"I would have ordered you to protect civilians and stay back last night! What have you come to do away from your holding?"

"No, I heard from my daughter, who brought us back to the camp last night, where the enemy is based, to report it"

"Hmm. Where?

"The village of Doria, two miles from the village of Torque with the first report"

"Hmm, stupid"

Fayle smiled at Lloyds' words.

"Look at this. This is information coming in from the main unit. It says here where their camp was taking place. If you're from here, it won't take a few minutes with a horse. They'll trample on you soon enough."

Lloyds turns a blind eye to a message from the main unit that has been thrown out with mockery. Often, after silent reading, he opened his mouth.

We should call off the launch immediately.

"What!?

"My lord, to see the situation so far, I wonder if it is better to consider the actions of our army to be defensive to our enemies. There is supposedly an insider in the main unit, no, a national bandit trying to attract an outsider. That information is a trap."

"What are you talking about? In the first place, talk about village girls and information about the main unit. It's silly to compare which is right!

Faye yelled at Lloyds for the frustration he recruited, but Lloyds never changed one expression.

"My lord, their actions do not fall to their hearts. The bandit army, known as the Petersian army, has looted and wiped out the village. If you want territory, the act makes no sense at all. Besides, they break through the border security net easily and loosely vandalize our territory. It would also be reasonable to assume that there are people in our country who are guiding us."

Lloyds gestures to a knight who was holding back nearby so that he could retreat the plate placed on the tabletop to his side. Faye glanced slightly at the unsolicited act but did not pinch his mouth. Or maybe it's because I lost my appetite when I saw Lloyds' face.

Lloyds spread the map around here on a cleared table.

"The places where villages and caravans were attacked are limited near the border. Including Uncle Brecea, Rembrandt, Cliffdorf and, unfortunately, my Uncle Elsted. But in it, there are no raids on villages, although there are raids on caravans within Cliffdorf airspace. You will know what this means if His Excellency the English Fair Thousand Horsemen."

"Ku, do you think the Kleifdorf climate is an insider? But that's an inference, isn't it?

"Yeah, of course it's just an inference. You haven't even looked into where the caravan came from. It can also mean coincidence. But what's more puzzling than that is the current point of these guys. Until now, you can't think that you've lured us anywhere near this place."

Said, Fayle also drops his eyes on the map. Indeed, the previous route of march, as well as information on enemy positions, appears to be headed to the location communicated in the latest message. But it was also thought that if we were chasing it, we would have just accidentally headed to the place.

And the place is a little special.

The border line between the Lemursil Empire and the Kingdom of Petersia - a subtly difficult point of traction.

But Fayle, who doesn't care about Lloyds in the first place, saw the opinion with his colored glasses. I cut off the suspicions I learned myself and threw them away.

"Shut up. Nobody's listening to you. Orders have already come from the main unit. All we have to do is act on it!

"Then, at least from here, we should be cautious and scolded once and for all now before we storm"

"Keep your mouth shut! We don't need to imitate suspicious information that the main unit has already grabbed. That is a waste of time and effort. In the first place, the strength of our team is five hundred. The enemy is two hundred. There's more than double the opening. Fear the enemy with what!

Rebellion also helps, and Fayle yells at Lloyds as cowardly.

"We've already made up our minds to go. I see it as a crime against life any more!

"... excuse me"

Keep your head down, Lloyds. But there was an obvious dissatisfaction with that expression.

"... Lloyds Ten Horsemen. What's that face? Oh well... are you so afraid to look like an enemy"

"Yeah, you're scared. You can't see who the enemy is."

"Speaking of which, your unit was protecting civilians. I told him to stay back, but if any more civilians wander around the Knights, it's morale. Your team will escort you to the rear."

"... is that to tell us not to go to war?

"Yes... in short, do you spare your life? Your Highness? Let's hear that request. Protect civilians and send them backwards. This is the reason for a brilliant pre-built enemy escape. No, you're a hero because you're saving the people. Kukukuk."

Lloyds also grins at Fayle's inferior grin.

"I see. That's good. It's true that I spare my life, too. Now let's escort the civilians backwards with a formal order from Your Excellency."

When I salute you, Lloyds, I'm leaving the tabernacle.

"You coward!

Towards that back, Faye threw up.

But Lloyds left without a glimpse.

(Fairly good. Now I've kicked him out of the battlefield. Will that man scratch me around any more)

Fayle looks through the operating book sent by the main unit with an abominable look on his face. The operation, though, was to rush to the place where the thieves were stationed and force the number to say things and ravage them.

(He is no longer a man of the past. I'll keep riding the winning horse. And someday -)

That thought of Faye had no longer reached the realm of obsession.

"Good day, Captain Lloyds. How was your petition?

Lloyds shook his head at Kelvin for welcoming me.

"Rejected by way of example. Don't listen to me."

Late last night, Leesbelt snuck under the Lloyds. The elves have checked out the enemy's home.

"I wanted to step back and go with the sights of the heights."

"Is there a problem?

Lloyds explains to Kelvin the interaction with Fayle Thousand Horsemen.

"That, obviously, is luring you in. What do you want to do?

"They say we can protect civilians backwards and back off. That's what I'm taking the word for. Let's do something else. I didn't want him to fight, but apparently he didn't either. When this happens, don't let the work of Leno and Wedge become important. Well, let's just say I didn't waste everything I've been preparing for."

Laughing at it, Lloyds looked at Kelvin's face.

It might not have been impossible for Kelvin to look at that smile and think, "Wow, you look terrible."

In the name of escorting civilians protected from Imperial Knights advance to the rear, the Wins, who left the troops, headed not to the rear, but to Doria, where the Leesbelts Elves brought the information.

That's where the enemy is based.

Currently, two people, Leno and Wedge, are running to Count Ernesto territory.

Lloyds Ten Horsemen - Take Count Lloyds Van Elstead's letter and call for reinforcements.

One of the original marquis, which is also one of the leading nobles called the Count, Lloyds has his own Knights.

The act of voluntarily calling another force to the battlefield is an act of transcendence as the Empire's Ten Horsemen, but Lloyds, who is not originally obsessed with status, intended to do anything to protect his own territory.

As the Wins approach the village until the end of the day, they ask how it goes. Several houses and fields, raised chickens were also seen.

I guess I usually leave it alone, but now it's not off the basket and I can only hear the squeal.

A pastoral village landscape, likely everywhere.

But walking in the fields and in the village square are men dressed roughly unworthy of the villagers, wearing spears and swords and armor.

I don't see the original inhabitants of Doria's village. Perhaps they are gathered in some building and imprisoned.

Wearing used leather armor from the top of crude clothing may be per bandit or mercenary hired as a local collaborator, not the Petersian army that was in the report.

In it, he was also seen dressed in uniform metal armor and armed with spears and swords.

Their actions, acting neatly, were clearly knightly compared to those of men like cluttered bandit collapse.

"Oh? That man... somewhere?

Kelvin learns somewhere to hook up with an old man who was in that group.

If we were Petersians, we wouldn't have known each other, but I felt like we'd met somewhere.

When the man, supposedly the commander, rides the horse, he leads and walks out.

I guess I'll poke the back of the advance party.

The three of them bit their teeth as they saw the troops leaving. Reinforcements from Count Elsted's territory did not make it.

Only seven or eight men can be seen from this position, who will be leaving a message in the village.

Then you should aim to rendezvous with the Knights of the Earls of Elsted as soon as possible. Seri and Lloyds themselves, who are protecting them, are waiting for reinforcements from Elsted territory in the rear.

The three of them retreated gently - they were supposed to.

With the loud sound of a bang, my still young daughter jumps out of the building making sure she rolls.

Two or three men came out of that door. Every man has a demeaning look on his face.

As the girl screams, she kicks it off her back as she desperately tries to get away, pressing it over her. And I grabbed her coming crude clothes and pulled them apart rampantly.

Once again, the girl screams.

To that scream Winn clenches his fist and eats away his teeth.

"Ku...... you guys"

As Rock grinds his teeth, he stares at the barbarism in front of him.

"Be patient. We should rendezvous with reinforcements first. You can still come and help after that."

I can also see the color of anger in Kelvin's eyes, who says so.

"... Deputy, excuse me... I... wanted to be... a knight who could protect the weak. In front of you, you can't see someone looking for salvation and abandon them!

"Win......"

Kelvin takes one sigh.

"... as a commander, that mindset is disqualified. Too sweet. If you don't cut small and take big, you could lose everything..."

Kelvin, who was looking down, raised the edge of his lips.

"To be honest, I agree with you, too. Captain Lloyds is going to piss me off, but with all those guys like the Bandit Collapse, even the three of us can control it."

"Now those guys have eyes on that girl and they're full of gaps, lieutenant."

While listening to the conversation between Wynn and Kelvin, Rock, who was asking about the village, snaps his mouth.

If you look, the men who were supposed to be watching are not paying attention to the girl and the men who surround it.

"I'm going!

Along with Kelvin's decree, the three jumped out of the bush where they were lurking.

"Nah!?

"What?

Wynn ignored the watchmen he was turning his back on, and as he slid through its sides, he jumped into the circle of men surrounding the girl, and waved his sword.

The men who were trying to do things to their daughters, dressed as none of them, are cut down one after the other by Winn's sword.

I took my weapon off, and I didn't have any armor or clothes to take off, so I was sworn away.

With a pitiful scream, the men were slashed in the back by Wynn in an attempt to escape.

"You guys - - Whoa!

The men on watch returned to me, trying to fight back, but a spear with a lock pierced his back.

"I'll take care of that one!

Discard, jump into the building where Kelvin would be locking up the villagers.

To help our fellow thieves, who would still be inside, keep abreast of what's going on out there and take the villagers hostage.

I can hear the anger of the men and the screams that seem to be the villagers from inside the building - but before long they got quiet.

"It was easier than I thought."

Kelvin came out of the building, hanging a bloody sword.

"Oh, you guys..."

From inside the building, an old man comes out following Kelvin. Further, an elderly woman popping up rushes up to her daughter, who was laid by the men, and hugs her tight.

"Well, later it's evacuation...... that's the problem"

(Damn...... I'll kill you)

The man slashed by Wynn - who was the deputy head of the Bandits - was desperately connecting the faint consciousness. Just anger and obsession with revenge.

The man used to belong to the Knights.

I just liked to kill even.

But when the battle against demons led by the Demon King continued, its character was not a problem at all. Rather, he was quite hands-on in the Knights as well, whose character was very treasured and heroic on the front lines.

But in the aftermath of the war, the Knights took on that character of his.

He himself could not have adapted to the days of tranquillity that would have lasted as long as each day had dawned in battle and hit and changed back then.

And on one assignment he did a little too much.

It didn't just involve demons, it also involved ordinary people and knights of the Friends and killed them.

Escaping the Knights before he could be blamed, he had even lost himself to bandits when he realized.

He was a former knight. He stood on his arm more than his head, but hated to think. He was content with his position as a deputy head.

(I'll kill you... I'll kill you. You're on the road, too!

Accidentally, at the end of the day, it became an unparalleled way to end, but he scratches the power to remain and chants the spell. Explosion-based magic acquired during the Knighthood.

It hasn't been long since that old man led the gesture and left Doria's village.

"Rock! He's still alive!

(It's late! shits...... you can all die)

With a miserable grin, the man's unleashed magic sucked into a nearby house and exploded.

The power, the magic unleashed at the Seto of Death, was not as good as the man had hoped, but enough to bring down an aging house.

The building collapses with a roar.

"Shit!"

Rock stabbed a man with a spear to stop him.

"Hurry up. Hear the sound and your enemies will return!

(I didn't know there was anyone left who could use magic...!

Kelvin bites off his lips.

The opponent is on a horse. Normally if you run away, they'll catch you up.

"Into the woods! Hurry up!

We can't chase him with a horse. We just have to let him escape into the woods. Teach the point where Lloyds is waiting and put the villagers ahead.

(Later, we'll have to leave it to luck. Please, Mr. Wynn. And Captain Lloyds!

The footsteps of a horse slowly approaching us - it was the footsteps of those who proclaim their own death, but Kelvin pulls out his sword with an invincible grin.

"Well, I'm thinking it's a pretty good odds bet. Do you feel a little nervous!

Winn sets the sword, and Rock sets the spear again.

And at the corner of the village square, three and roughly two hundred confronted each other.