Monster no Goshujin-sama

Six.

noon two days after the visit to Iino.

I was with Lily and the others, poking each other in the room with Iino.

It was to wait for the person to come.

Looks like you're here.

That's what Iino said, and he glanced at the magic tool he put on the floor.

A black mixed purple jewel emits light.

Magic tool of metastasis. This was the first time I had seen the activation with this eye.

As everyone gathered on the spot watched, they made a tall noise and the treasure balls splashed apart.

A black shadow overflowed from inside.

When the shadow takes the human form, it disappears as if mud were shed in the shower.

At the end of the day, the girl in uniform remained.

The girl looked around with a cool look.

The gaze stopped at Iino's place on the table.

"What, Yona? I'm having tea."

I've been waiting for Shimazu-san.

"Yes. So can I have one, too? This method of travel is a little different from mine, so I feel uncomfortable. I just need a break. Let's leave after that."

Quickly, I say, but I fall back on the seats that are on.

While Iino laughed bitterly, he moved to make tea.

Hi. Sounds like a my-paced nature.

The girl who laid her back on the chair turned her gaze to this one.

"So, you fit in with Takahiro Mashima?

It was an abrupt inquiry, but I heard what kind of person he was from Iino beforehand.

There was nothing confusing about it.

"That's right. Nice to meet you, Mr. Shimazu."

"Nice to meet you."

Shimazu Knitting - The girl, called by two names "Fairy Ring," responded in a tone that made her feel impatient.

Most importantly, such attitudes are not meant to be otherwise, and I can't feel any hostility.

Instead, they're attracted to this one, and I've been staring at them barely.

"Even if... yeah. You don't."

I'm the reason she came all the way out here.

I guess I'm naturally interested in what it is.

Did you feel better, your gaze slipped away in a few seconds?

And then you're Kato's real vegetable.

"Yes, Senior Shimazu"

"So, you're Miho Mizushima... aren't you?"

Only at the end, the pace broke a little.

The girl with her gaze on her rocked her flax hair.

"No. I'm Miho Mizushima now, Senior Kimono."

"Huh...?

Mizushima laughed prankily at Shimazu, who looked unexpected.

"I meant Senior Knightshirt was coming, so I was out today. Oh, do you know my condition?"

"Yeah, that's well, I know. - Thanks."

On the way, Iino received his brewed tea, and Mr. Shimazu continued.

"Oh, uh. How have you been? Is that a weird story to ask? Sorry."

"Hehe. It feels bad, but I'm fine."

Mizushima was only dazzling to Shimazu, who chose to speak in confusion.

"Thanks to Mashima-kun and Ri"

"... yeah"

Mr. Shimazu narrowed his eyes.

As for Lily and Mr. Mizushima's case, it contains delicate issues.

If you do poorly, you can make a bad impression of the expedition.

For that reason, Mizushima took the initiative to follow up with me.

Shimazu-san also read the area, and glanced lightly at his shoulder.

"You know what? Okay, I get it."

"If so, I'm glad"

Mr. Mizushima grinned.

"And then I'd appreciate it if you could tell the rest of the expedition people, anyway. Mashima-kun said he was protecting both Kato Shinaka and Miho Mizushima."

"You mean you want to get rid of troubled seeds as much as possible. Fine. I'm sorry for the trouble."

"Thank you. I like that kind of early story, Senior Knightshirt."

Shimazu took a small breath at Mizushima, who sneered.

Maybe that's how I finally got my pace back by putting it down for a beat.

I closed one eye and let him loosen his licence.

"What are you talking about? You like Mashima, right? I noticed the color while I wasn't looking."

"Hmmm......"

A teased Mizushima dyed her cheeks like apples.

Is it reflexive, my gaze turned this way, and my eyes met.

She became more and more red and fed up.

Watching that happen, Mr. Shimazu shook his shoulder and put his mouth on his cup.

"And, well, I can't stop wanting to see you around the corner and talk to you, can I? I'm not here on business today."

That said, he's turning his gaze alternately on me and Iino.

"So, what do you say? We were talking about presenting conditions to the Cathedral Church, but it came together?

Thanks to Mr. Mizushima's conversation earlier, it was somewhat shattered.

... Mizushima is red and shivering at the time.

While thanking you for your honorable sacrifice, I answered.

"Yes. I have already given it to Iino in writing. Shimazu-san is involved, so why don't we talk about it?"

"Right. Corner, this is how you have time, and can you please?

"Okay."

I nodded one thing and began to talk about the terms.

"The first one is about the members who accompany you. We've heard from Iino that about twenty people are allowed to travel by the Fairy Ring."

"I'm tired. Long distance travel is draining and as little as possible helps...... but why not?"

"Excuse me. My family is thinking of taking all of them. And then, as a negotiator, a couple of people from Akel will escort you."

"I'm the one who offered the cap for twenty, so I hope it's not too much. Just..."

Mr. Shimazu cut the words once.

Interestingly, I peek into this one's face.

"Whatever Akel's people are, they have all their families. You mean that's the condition to church?

"Yes, we want the Cathedral Church to acknowledge us with ease of understanding. Accompanying the families to the imperial capital naturally means that the Cathedral Church has recognized its existence. It's impossible not to be accompanied in the sense of ensuring my safety."

By the way, the dragons in the dragon abyss are also supposed to choose a few to accompany them, as they are my family.

Although the path was not connected, except for Robbia, it was not at all cod out because it was related to the dragons who lost the inside.

"Heh. You're thinking a lot."

Shimazu-san turned to Iino.

"But okay? As for the church side, isn't it easier to call on Mashima alone?

"It's okay. Mr. Gert and Mr. Harrison also said it would be a minimal condition around there."

"Huh. So you're ready."

I added to Shimazu, who snorts.

"We are also going to ask the Cathedral Church to arrange accommodation and other things on the road. I hear it will take a week even if you travel on the 'Circle of Fairies' to the Imperial City. Don't get into unexpected trouble with local people while you're on the move."

Just in case people don't know anything about it see Gabella or something, it's going to be a big deal, so we need to be ready for where we're going to fly in the 'Circle of Fairies'.

The place must also be properly isolated so that there is no contact with the outside world.

Mr. Shimazu nodded as he was convinced too.

"If you want to accompany your family, you will. Securing a place to fly in my 'Circle of Fairies', a resting place and a place to stay… all need to be dealt with. Well, the church would be prepared to include that much."

"I'm going to ask you to let me know the plan in advance."

"Make sure that's it. Careful. No, I guess it's only natural, given our previous troubles with the Cathedral Knights."

I guess Shimazu-san knows about Travis, too.

Once, it's hard to regain lost credibility.

Most of all, even if not, it's not a bad thing to check for deficiencies.

Just in case, I've never been there to keep an eye out.

In that sense, I even hit another hand.

"And the company of Iino is on condition."

"Oh, yeah. If Yuna is going to escort you, don't worry about anything."

When Shimazu-san said, Iino smiled bitterly.

"I'm going to do whatever I can."

It was just a little bit of a non-feminine way of saying it.

If it was when we met before, wouldn't you have said enough to leave it to yourself?

I also thought when we met again, something might still have happened.

Regardless of his perception, Iino's help was reliable to me.

Iino is also equipped with the most powerful class of aliens in the expedition, whose sense of justice is stronger than anyone else's.

Though I was hostile to you by mistake once - no, that's why you won't even attack me on a weird early date.

I trusted him in that respect.

"After that, we are going to ask that 'the Cathedral Church set up a seat for talks between Takahiro Mashima, a brave man, and Uncle Macro-Lynn Borderline', in advance and with great publicity. That way, the Cathedral Church will have to have successful talks with prestige."

"You mean to make it impossible to go back?

"Well, that's the place. If you don't keep your promise to hold on to Uncle Borderline beyond calling us to the Imperial City, we'll be in trouble."

I didn't dare tell Shimazu, but I also had another aim for this.

The worst case scenario I can think of is that the Cathedral Church is actually after my life.

It may be too suspicious, but I can't even say it's unlikely.

The purpose of the Cathedral Church is to quell the turmoil in the world as it stands, and if you think only of that purpose, because it is quick to call me to kill you as a 'false brave man'.

Nevertheless, the status quo in which the expedition is defending this one, if you do that to your forehead, could create a serious gulf in your relationship with the expedition.

If you are accompanied by Iino, one of the expeditions, it is all the more so.

A realistically possible line would be a pattern in which we decide to 'assassinate someone more' in our own territory instead of 'raiding them as false braves' in deception.

But then, naturally, we cannot move our forces significantly.

It's hard to break through the Lily's and Iino's escorts.

In addition, even where the assassination was successful, that would mean that the Cathedral Church would not have been able to protect the transferees it called upon.

Including suspected assassinations, the expedition will have little mistrust in the Cathedral Church.

In the end, the groove will not change.

If we spread the talk of the talks widely to the public in advance, it would be disproportionate.

If anything were to happen to me, the Cathedral Church would "spread the word around the world" that "Takahiro Mashima, who recognized him as a brave man," could not be protected while purposefully calling him ".

I do not want to imagine that the authority of the diocesan Church will be heavily wounded.

It's the end of the line when that happens, while we're moving towards stability in the world.

As much as swallowing the cons to that point and targeting the assassination, you'd better conclude a settlement at the talks.

Conversely, if you are not targeting an assassination, I have made this widely known, and there is no further inconvenience for the diocesan Church.

Rather, it was supposed to fit the intentions of the Cathedral Church side as well.

"In the first place, the story of Iino was that this meeting was like a sort of ritual, a performance. I don't have to tell you this, but I think it's going to be widely publicized from the beginning."

"If you ask me that, it sure is. Isn't there any particular problem?"

"After that, we are also supposed to ask the diocesan church for assistance with the damaged Akel. I don't think this one has any problems either. The Akel side has offered me what I think is appropriate."

"Oh well. Somehow, the terms you've offered so far seem easy. I was worried you'd give me more unscrupulous terms."

"I won't, that's not true"

I laughed bitterly and denied Shimazu-san's concerns.

"Even if this is the untimely end on the part of the diocesan Church, which failed to contain Travis, we, too, will have trouble if the talks are not concluded. All you need to do is ask. But that's why I'm going to offer you one last condition."

"One more thing? What?"

"It's about a man named Ottomer-Varaha."

Mr. Shimazu frowned.

"Ottomer...... who?

"Ottomer-Varaja. He's one of the cathedral knights who attacked me with Akel. I fought this guy twice. The first is the raid on the pioneering village of the Cathedral Knights IV unit, and the second is the battle against the Borderline Belgian Army. At first, I thought you were one of the Cathedral Knights Unit IV, but one of my associates has heard us say that we are not."

Ottomer said he told Rose that he was' not a man of the Fourth Corps' because of his strenuous efforts.

On that occasion, Rose was cornered until the time of his death.

There will be no reason for Ottomer to lie.

"During the battle against the Borderline Uncle Legion, Ottomer lost his way. It could have been destined with the devastated Borderline Belgian Army, but I am wary of it as something that is surviving. What I want to know is what Ottomer is for."

"Purpose?"

"Travis was moving to get the handle and the honor. But Ottomer was not a person in the Cathedral Knights Unit IV led by Travis. That means there could have been other thoughts working there than Travis"

"... that means, for example, that inside the Knights there was a selfish faction separate from Travis, or the same extremists as the Macro-Lynn Borderline Uncle, who might have been moving?

"I'm talking about that possibility."

I nodded to Shimazu, who looked down at me.

"Whether Ottomer was moving personally or whether someone was on top of it and giving instructions...... it's also possible that he simply asked the Fourth Unit for cover. The final condition is to have the diocesan knights look around it up and deal with it if they need it. The same goes for the remnants of unit four."

Come on, Ottomer had the palpable ability to be an 'angel doll'.

Finding out who you belonged to wasn't supposed to be difficult.

"I'm going to ask my deputy, Mr. Gordon, for an investigation."

This was said by Iino.

"I was with Mr. Gordon for a time. I think I can trust that guy. I will accompany myself to make sure with this eye."

"Yona's going, too? You're a working man. Oh. Or because you mean Mashima?

When Shimazu-san said in a teasing tone, Iino made a perfect move.

"... don't say anything weird"

You don't like these jokes because it's about Iino with a hard spot.

I got a deep wrinkle between my brows.

"I just can't forgive you for not being right"

Hum and Iino snort.

Then, for some reason, I was admired.

It's unreasonable, but we can't talk about it either way.

I decided to flush it out and I closed the conversation.

"Mr. Shimazu. The conditions presented here are no more. And then thank you."

"I get it. You can count on me."

Yes, Shimazu-san undertook, and Iino nodded without revolting about all this.

All we have to do is wait for the Cathedral Church to respond.

Not to distract me, but I felt a little load on my shoulder.

Mr. Shimazu, who was listening, was relieved to see if there were any similarities.

The posture also slightly breaks down and tells him to spill his inner heart.

"Nevertheless, I'm relieved. When the Cathedral Church told me about this, I wondered what would happen."

Mr. Shimazu tilted his cup and opened his mouth again.

"I didn't know if Mashima, who was about to be killed irrationally, would listen calmly to the Cathedral Church, and I was worried that if I was bad, I would be wasted. So I was relieved to hear what you just said. I'd like to continue to work with you to sort things out."

"Right. Even here, the expedition is helping."

"We're just being asked by the Cathedral Church to move to sort things out. Besides... this is also a problem for us transferees."

"Of the metastasizer, is it?

"Yeah, because the irrational treatment you've been subjected to might have been ours for a moment."

Just a little, the tone of my voice dropped.

"If something had changed a little, it could have happened. Yeah. There's no guarantee there's no further ahead, is there? That's why we have to resolutely protest against irrational treatment. Don't let it happen again. I think so."

……

Shimazu doesn't just say she's acting in accordance with the Expedition's policy, she seems to have an idea and an action.

From now on, the opportunity to hear from the members of the expedition was thus valuable, given that if the conditions offered by the Cathedral Church were met, they would come into contact with the expedition in Imperial Capital.

"So, the leader of the expedition, too, did you make that decision about this one?

"Come on, I don't know about that."

Stepping in, Mr. Shimazu tilted his neck.

"He's smart, so I think he knows as much as I can think of. See. I guess it's because we knew we had no back shield but a brave man's position, complaining, but we've come to the tunnel before to consolidate the ground. Nevertheless, like me, I wonder if that moved for a reason. Because he's the kind of guy who wants to support people like you."

Sounds like the same opinion around here as Iino.

Did Iino say he likes hard-working people?

I guess he's a good looking after type. That's why I was able to keep the colony together for a month, holding up the chaos right after the transfer, and I'm still putting together a hundred cheats.

"Well, as a leader, there are a few others on the expedition who think like me."

"On the contrary..."

So Mr. Kato pinched his mouth.

"-It's only a few people who think like Shimazu, right?"

"Well, that's what happens. As far as I can tell, I think about 70% of the members are just angry that Uncle Borderline's actions are unreasonable or supportive of the leaders' opinions."

"So how about the other 30%"

"... the expedition doesn't all share opinions."

Mr. Shimazu spilled a bitter laugh.

Likewise, Iino, who was supposed to know the truth about the expedition, lay his eyes down.

That was all, the answer was like I figured it out.

"Well, some of them are unhappy. Why do we have to protest against the most prestigious diocesan church in the world for shit that has nothing to do with us? Well, not until you disagree with me out loud."

That would be irrelevant.

There are many members of the expedition who have a strong sense of justice.

In the first place, the reason why the majority of them gained power is because of 'heroic aspirations'.

However, that sense of justice is not something like "Discussing Evil Whatever Happens" like Iino.

Because of their overwhelming power, they can act like heroes according to their sense of justice.

First of all, it's powerful.

Most importantly, it is in itself a manifestation of their being basically bona fide people, not a reprehensible thing.

Even people who try to do whatever they like and do what they don't like by gaining power will be few.

With that in mind, they're fine thinking about using the power they got right.

Even if the reason was heroic aspirations.

But when you realize that the 'power' you are relying on may not work more than those aspirations are motives, it will be difficult to say if you will pierce justice, as Iino did.

Or, in this case, Iino is more abnormal.

That's why she got the 'Wewaten' powers, and because of the power of the strongest class in the single-horse White Soldier Battle among the expedition members lining up.

Normal humans don't have that much strength.

……

With that in mind, I noticed that Futoshimazu was staring at this one.

Suspiciously, I turned back on her.

"What's wrong?"

"Mashima. Are you sure you're not going to join the expedition?

――

To questions that seemed to ignore the flow of the story, I was stuffed with void.

Shimazu-san looked at me strangely.

"I thought Mashima would join the expedition like this. But Yuna told me that she didn't think I meant to. Actually, what do you say?

I talked to Iino about rendezvous, and he said he wasn't going to do it, which means he was surprised.

Well, if you try to be an expedition member, it would be natural to rendezvous.

It's just not true for me.

"You're right about Iino. I'm not joining the expedition."

"Why not? Hilarious, wary of 'voices from heaven' or something? Then it's been confirmed that he's not on the expedition anymore, and I don't think there's any reason to refuse to join the expedition."

Surely that was one of the reasons.

That was just not the only reason.

At a time like this, what really reminds me of is the sight of the colony collapse I once saw.

The distrust of the other transferees was still deeply rooted in my heart.

It's just been a long time since I've been able to tell you that.

The situation is different from when I spoke to Iino, who was attacked before.

The current expedition is a cooperative effort to clean things up.

I don't trust you, I can't do anything like that.

"I am not dissatisfied with my current life. Akel also has acquaintances. There's no reason to join the expedition."

I lay low a great reason for not intending to rendezvous, but this was another reason.

In fact, half the members who took part in the expedition have already left the expedition, and it is not necessary to rendezvous.

"Besides, isn't it hard for me to join the expedition? Every member of the expedition who disagrees with my involvement in this case won't be comfortable accepting me as a companion."

"Right. There may be some disagreement."

Mr. Shimazu did not deny it.

I just didn't even back down.

"But I think there are more active members in favor of it. Including me."

"Shimazu-san, is it?

"Yes."

My cool impression glanced at me seriously.

"I said this earlier, but I just wish I could work with you. But I also think it would be better if we could do it together. to each other."

"... how did you get there?

You're underestimating yourself.

Asked in surprise, Mr. Shimazu shook his shoulder strangely.

"The whole world doesn't know how Mashima works when she protects her elves. Take that as good or bad, so much so that the world cracks. It seems unconscious, but none of us has come to this world to accomplish more than you. That's what I think. In short, that's how much I appreciate you. Nothing. I'm not the only one."

"What Shimazu-san said is true."

Don't bluff, too, Iino. I added my mouth while I was in good shape.

"There are many people in the expedition who appreciate Mashima today."

"Really?"

The unexpected information just created confusion.

That's what that Iino says, though, so I guess it's true.

For that reason, Shimazu-san was inviting me to an expedition.

"I don't think it's a bad thing for Mashima either."

To my confusion, Shimazu-san continued.

"Your public opinion is getting very unstable right now. I used to be able to leave the expedition separately, and some members actually left, but I think we should get together as much as possible now. That way, you won't get in any weird trouble."

Shimazu-san had a point.

"Besides, even members who are opposed to being involved in this matter will stop saying they have nothing to do with themselves, as long as Mashima joins them. Conversely, if anything happens now, I don't know how many people will disagree."

"It's... sure, maybe it is"

"Of course, I'm not saying I can't."

Mr. Shimazu shrugged his shoulder.

I'm not going to push my opinion, I guess I just said it because I thought that would be better.

"Just remember, there are options like that, too"

With that said, Mr. Shimazu took a seat.

"Well. Well, I guess it's time to go"

As soon as I did, the magic of my body was inspired.

The amount of magic worthy of the two names of the expedition.

The magic to activate the 'Circle of Fairies', an inherent ability, swirled around.

Shimazu-san put his hand on his shoulder as he walked up to Iino as he increased his magic.

Tong and his heels took unique steps.

Magic increases.

And...

"I'll see you then."

- Finally, Shimazu-san and Iino disappeared.