Monster no Goshujin-sama

22.

When it was past noon, I was in a building.

Of all the village houses left after the roasting, this is the sturdiest building.

Something is gathering the surviving elves.

The debilitated silane also slept in another room.

So this is the final line of defense.

Thinking about it, I felt something heavy in the back of my chest.

Possible hands are hit, but there is no guarantee that everything will work.

"And then, why don't you just trust the lilies?...... hmm?

I clenched my fist on the table, and I turned my gaze to the door.

A few seconds later, the sound of a knock echoed into the room.

"Go ahead."

"Excuse me."

It was Helena who showed up.

Until earlier, she must have nursed the villagers with her grandmother, Leah, but now she is wearing leather armor and lowering her sword on her hips.

Even though we're not going to pass our enemies to where the village elves are, given the circumstances, it's not a bad thing to be ready for battle just in case.

However, I was very concerned about her expression.

"What's up, Helena? What is it?"

"It's not like that."

With a hard face, Helena answers.

I asked, tilting my heart, my neck.

"I hope so. What do the villagers look like?

"I'm calm. Kay was speaking up."

"Kay did?

... Speaking of which, is Kay the only one in the family that binds the Elf clan in this village, the status quo in which Silan has fallen?

There is also the fact that you have accompanied me so far.

It's about her being firm for her age, she must have looked for something she could do.

I really appreciate the candor for helping me get out of my way.

"What happened to Mr. Lily and the others?

Now Helena asked.

A slightly feisty eye looks over the room and blinks several times.

"They're doing their job."

In the sense that we are doing what we can, so are the Lillies.

I just couldn't afford the time, so I wasn't able to talk to the villagers except to instruct them to stay locked in this house.

"Really? Ladies and gentlemen, you're going to protect the village."

Hearing the answer, Helena pulled her lips and tied them together so that she could step on them.

There was something in the gaze directed at this one that made me feel determined.

"Dear Takahiro. Let me also fight with you."

……

I sighed.

Somehow, because I felt like this was going to happen.

"No."

"Why not!

"I'm not gonna make a futile sacrifice."

Helena's sword arm is quite something.

If you take on an imperial regular, you'll be able to fight without pulling a step.

But not at all on a level where we can fight the Cathedral Knights.

It would still have been better if one had been defeated, and he was more likely to die without being able to do anything.

"I'm ready."

Did you expect to be opposed, Helena didn't pull back easily?

"One arm, one eye, I'll scrape it off."

It was Akel's humane language with a strong temper of martial arts.

Think about it, did Silan say something similar?

With that in mind, I shook my neck to the side.

"You can't have anything you can't do."

I told Helena, who was still trying to say something, overlapping.

"If Helena dies, maybe we can't have Silan right now. You can't allow that, and Helena wouldn't want it, would you?

Ugh, Helena made a clogged voice.

"So, but..."

"Besides, I don't even think Helena can fight right now."

I pointed out to Helena, who tried to defend herself.

From the time I visited this room, I had noticed her fists trembling.

He also looks pale.

This won't be a decent fight or anything.

Of course, that's why I don't insult Helena's readiness.

Helena's tremor is not a manifestation of her fear of fighting and wounding.

Her readiness was real.

I'm just talking about the Knights of the Cathedral and the fact that it's nearly impossible for humans in this world to fight.

I remembered Dennis, who was trapped by the sadness.

As far as I can tell, the other villagers are in a state of similarity or stopover.

For man in this world, a brave man is a light of hope, a support of the heart to live.

They believe in the existence of a brave man.

It is the Cathedral Church that is celebrating its brave men, and it is the Cathedral Knights that lean beside it.

As a result, I guess those organizations represent the glory of the brave, become symbols of justice and affirm the raw.

The current situation of Helena and the others, if anything, is like a simple, devout believer in God eating a broken gate and about to be judged as a sinner in the name of God.

That is tantamount to a denial of the meaning of life for oneself, not a great deal.

The shock would be of such a kind that a person who is not in faith will never understand.

All I can do is try to elucidate, and I can't possibly point a sword at it or anything.

As a matter of fact, what Helena put out in her mouth when she fought here must have been quite a grip in itself.

It is ineffective to say what kind of person Travis is and what kind of gathering Troop IV is.

Isn't it my fault? Shouldn't you be alive?

If you hold such thoughts unconsciously, there's no way you're going to fight them.

If anyone can fight the Cathedral Knights in this situation...

Are you ready or sure?

Or maybe he who is righteous in himself.

You understood that I was right, Helena had nothing more to say than that.

Instead, I said it in a trembling voice that I couldn't help.

"... do you have a shot at winning?"

That must have been the anxiety of all the survivors of this village.

I found out, so I let him snort.

"Yes."

Earlier, I shelved what I had remembered as nervous.

I felt I had to.

With Silan, I decided that I would bear their whole lives.

Then it's my duty to do this.

Kato said, 'This is a place where you shouldn't leave'.

You're right, I think so too.

I decided to create a place in this world where we would accept ourselves, but that does not mean a one-sided relationship.

There are more things I want to protect.

The responsibilities I have become greater.

To live, I'm sure that's what I didn't intend to run away from.

"I have the means to think."

And words to reassure her were never left out of her mouth.

"Those guys are making a 'big mistake'. If you poke there, there's a chance."

To not lose one thing.

Let's spend everything we've ever cultivated here.

……

Kokuri and Helena rang their throats.

After a few seconds, the breath I was packing is exhaled.

"... ok"

I don't know if my words were enough for her.

However, the tense expression looked a little loose.

"After all, Takahiro is the one Silan admitted to."

Very happy, the girl said.

"I pushed you, I'm sorry. Takahiro's words are conveyed to everyone."

Keep your head down and your heels back.

I called out on its back.

"Wait, Helena. I wanted to ask you something, too."

Ask her looking back.

"That's when I noticed Silan's strange behavior in the warehouse that village night. How could you leave everything to me?

Helena said at that time that she didn't have any explanations, but she left it to me about Silan and turned to me later.

That was a question I had always wondered about, but had missed the time to ask and not treat.

"Takahiro is the one who admitted it."

Helena responded instantly.

"He thinks he's a knight, so he doesn't say anything, even if it's painful. He doesn't have to be bitter, but he doesn't have to be."

Looking somewhere else, Helena held her fist in front of her chest.

"So when I came back to the village, I was surprised. Because that Shiran seemed to keep himself in Takahiro's hands. See, even when you asked Lord Takahiro to fight with me on your behalf, yes. He, whom I know, hates to annoy others at his own convenience, but at that time he relied on nature and Takahiro. So..."

"... Helena knows exactly what Siran is."

I exhaled.

Helena missed her gaze.

"Beh, it's nothing like that. I just didn't care for his clear face for a long time, even when it was painful..."

Helena denied it, but what do you think?

Why do you think I don't care about Silan's attitude?

Think around it, the girl's attitude is easy to understand.

I smiled bitterly at Helena, who was evil on the top of the Buddha like she had made it.

"It's a big deal, actually"

The type of bitter laughter changed.

"I noticed it in the meantime."

I just watched Silan's appearance as a knight, and I didn't realize Silan's presence was the only girl who was on the inside.

Helena thinks it's just Silan's childhood.

"Even Silan, before he was a knight, was a girl."

I mock myself.

But when she saw me like that, Helena turned her eyes round.

"No, isn't it?

"... Huh?

I rounded my eyes, too.

Helena told me that.

"He's a knight. I can't help it. It doesn't matter what it is."

……

That was a word I never thought I would say.

But at the same time, it was a word that gave me a firm feel, as something fitted in with cacilli.

... If you ask me, yes.

Though I have assumed Silan to be a knight and have not seen one side of the girl.

Just because you have a side as a girl doesn't mean Silan won't be a knight anymore.

The argument as to which is the essence is off target.

There was a knight's side, there was a girl's side.

Suppose the truth about a girl named Silan was just that.

- That's a knight. Please, Takahiro would like you to remember that.

One day the words I was called came back into the back of my ear.

"... Captain. Hey, is that what that meant?"

"Takahiro?

That evening in the pioneering village.

How can I finally get to the point where I was entrusted with Silan - that was then.

"Dear Takahiro!

I opened the door and Mr. Leah jumped into the room.

In her crotch with a stuffed face, the Spirit makes her short limbs twitch and sounds a fierce warning.

Even if not, it was enough to see what was happening to Mr. Leah right now.

"The Knights are here!