Monster no Goshujin-sama

42.

It was as if the world had run out of temperature.

Kato Vegetables after waking up just kept his body small and round and frightened.

His body continued to tremble as if he had suffered from a terrible disease, and his hands, admonished by his wrist, had lost their blood and were like ice.

"Sempa, Rozu... Sempa, Rozu..."

With hyperventilation by panic, the consciousness between fainting and awakening is repeatedly blinding.

From the purple-dyed lips, words were leaking for extended help.

"Sempa, Rozu... Sempa, Rozu, Mm..."

He called his name with a twisted tongue and asked for it to be broken.

"Even so..."

Something more manageable and she thought.

In fact, during the journey, there were many times when Takahiro Mashima and Rose acted without each other, even if they were not alone.

But not at all now.

The only person in sight was the female knight Eliner, but that was no consolation.

In retrospect, the girl's admiring boy never forgot his consideration of her, even at a time when he was most frustrated by his disappointment and despair for man.

I can tell you that Rose and I were able to be best friends because it was only with such care that it happened.

After I was recognized as a companion, that's what I've always been treated so dearly.

He was always kind, as if dealing with an important vitreous workmanship.

It was only if he had the unconscious feeling that he was being protected that Kato Mandarin could finally stand alone.

... where I was forced to peel off.

In no time, the girl's heart was drawn back to that nasty mountain hut.

Scary. Scary. One is scared.

I wake you with fear if you fall into a fainting that you don't know many times without getting chapped and trembling.

How many times have you repeated the dawn of such a world?

"Master Tsuki?

"... Huh!?

Listening to Eliner's voice, Kato Makoto woke up.

"Are you back?"

"Oh. Kind of."

Kanahiko Tachigi, once gone, was showing up across the aisle.

With my eyes under my glasses...

"How's Kato doing..."

"Hih!?

- Kato Makoto retreated reflexively, causing himself to retreat on the wall.

"Hih, hih..."

The only reason I didn't escape with fear was because I couldn't even be satisfied to get up.

My throat was dry in an instant.

Blood catches my heart and I can't breathe better and better.

For Kato Makoto, Kanahiko Tachigi had spoken many times, and at one time was also the person who was helping me overcome my male phobia.

But he hurt a dear boy, and he was also Teng himself, who had grabbed her here.

Some of the intimacy I had was tearing up and blowing up like a piece of paper.

Seeing her like that, Kanahiko Tachigi was solidified.

"This... sounds worse than I expected."

"Yeah, but I was wondering if I could calm it down."

"... I guess so. Just be careful not to get hurt."

"Okay. As a hostage."

"Oh, he's an important hostage."

The two interact.

But Kato Mandarin is now, it wasn't the other way around.

I can't afford to listen to the content of the conversation.

The endlessly swollen fear resembled a snowball rolling down into the dark.

Roll, roll, roll, roll.

Fall, fall, fall, fall.

That probably only grows up and crushes my consciousness.

Distracted me again.

But it was on the brink.

"Then I'll go. It's time."

"You're really going... to fight Takahiro Mashima"

"- Huh!?

The name of the boy you adore and its contents.

That only reached her distant consciousness.

There was no way I could have missed asking.

much, distant consciousness returned.

As soon as possible, the feeling that was detached by the fact that he was about to lose his mind returns.

With his striking glare and nausea, his consciousness was clouded.

The back of my throat is sour, bitter.

The slightest taste of blood is due to the dryness of my throat, which I overasked for help.

Still, she had managed to capture the appearance of a pair of men and women opposite each other amidst a vision whose ends were eroded by a white gray mosaic.

"... and crap... come on"

With remarkable spiritual strength, Kato Mandarin had his mouth open.

Kanahiko Tachigi and Eliner looked surprised and turned their gaze to her.

That was it, like when I had a terrible cold, a chill ran all over the girl's body.

But the impulse was stronger than that and made his mouth open.

"... wait, please"

Desperate, Makoto appealed.

What was remembered in the back of his brain was the scene where a boy admiring him was stabbed.

His face, beaten to amazement, was burning in his eyelids.

For Takahiro Mashima, Kato Makoto knew exactly how trustworthy Kanahiko Tachigi was.

My best friend stabbed me like that.

My chest ached when I wondered how hard it would have been.

Crossing swords meant making him feel the same way again.

I couldn't take that anymore.

"Stop... Stop, please"

Forced to contain fear, she pleaded.

I could only do that.

There was no sober thought or readiness left for her to date that had helped her companions.

All that was left was feelings.

"I... don't care what happens. Anything...... I will. So please..."

It's just that...

I was desperate.

But the response was merciless.

"I can't do that."

……

Lightly, the girl's wish was kicked out.

To the frightened girl, the boy with the collar attached to the church told him.

"I'm coming. I have to."

That was his answer without shaking.

"... we have to hurry"

Shijiya Jingu and a group of masks left, and Rose and Robbia, who were on the verge of taking their lives, managed to cut through the danger.

Nevertheless, this was only temporarily missed by my companion, Yuna Iino, for shielding herself.

Jingu Shi Chiya will be back when we have all the strength we can to control her.

I had to hurry up and rendezvous with my people and take action.

The three resumed their journey.

"... hey, you okay?"

"Yeah. Sure."

When Robbia asked, Yuna Iino returned a grin that reassured the beholder.

Right now, Rose was traveling with her on her back.

The injured leg is bandaged.

The stabbed knife was filled with creepy black liquid, so Rose cleaned it thoroughly before applying the hand.

However, beyond the inability to use healing magic, all that could have been done was to the extent of first aid.

No. Assuming recovery magic could have been used, it would take a few days to heal.

Yuna Iino lost the speed of "Weiwaten".

But I hadn't lost it until the war.

"Don't worry. I have trouble running around, but I can still fight."

"Doesn't it hurt"

"Not at all. I'm fine."

Yuna Iino smiled and returned the words, but that couldn't have happened.

There was swelling around the stabbing wound on the amateur as well in an unpleasant color, which was too painful.

Instead, earlier, it was unusual enough to be able to fight with pain.

Rose had guessed that she was smiling at her temperament because she wouldn't be anxious about herself.

Besides, it wasn't supposed to be the only body injury that was scratched.

When Shichiya Jingu showed up, even just watching from the womb found that she was shocked to the point of despair.

There must have been a big crack running in that heart.

Rose couldn't help but worry, but on the other hand, it was also true that she now had no choice but to sweeten to her temperament.

Because the situation was that much to blackmail.

"I don't have time to rest right now. I need to get to Mashima... Shimiya said I've sealed off the compartment, but I shouldn't give up until I know with my own eyes."

In a strong tone, Yuna Iino said.

"Shikun Jingu wanted to surrender me. Whether the story of blockade is also true...... no. Even if it's true, there might be one way out."

The words seemed to speak to me.

... it was like a proof that she, herself, didn't believe her words all the way through, if you turn it over.

Shichiya Jingu was honest.

At least against Yuna Iino.

Even from unrelated Rose, the words seemed to have no lies.

Rather, that seemed like a word that came out because I cared for Yuna.

If the precious boy can't really rendezvous with you.

If there is an imminent 'more loyal than anyone' as Shi Chiya Jingu put it.

Thinking that way, it was inevitable that it would be a really painful air.

"... Speaking of"

And maybe Robbie opened his mouth because he couldn't stand the air like that.

"The ones just now. Looks like you're not with Dragon Man."

"Right. It was kind of like," Shijiya Jingu is helping. "

Rose also agreed.

From her eyes, the four masked men were 'enemies' companions, whereas Shijiya Shimiya only seemed to be helping them.

So, there was a question.

"I didn't think you had such a powerful enemy. Are you still a metastasizer?"

"I know you're trying to say that, but I was a stranger."

Yuna Iino pinched her mouth.

"Look. The expedition was full of girls, too, but one way or another, there were more boys. Especially if you're a member of an expedition who doesn't know what's out there."

Currently, the surviving Expedition members are roughly Expeditionary participants, although there are exceptions like Akira Fujitsu.

The ratio of men to women is biased.

"During the expedition, the girls hardened up and acted on each other, and I think if you hear my voice, you'll see."

"Is it true"

"... that's what makes me nervous, but maybe."

If you believe what she has to say, that will not be an expedition person.

But Rose felt something a little hooked.

"Then what about men?

"Huh?"

"Apart from Shichiya Jingu, one, you would have been talking. He was making a voice. If you don't even know Mr. Iino, don't you need to do that?

"It's..."

Yuna looked "if you ask me".

Of course, there's no line between Rose and Robbia's acquaintances, but basically, the two acquaintances are focused on Akel.

In the first place, Youna's line of acquaintance would be powerful if she thinks in due course, given the small number of acquaintances herself with strong combat skills.

Yuna didn't think about that possibility because she didn't remember the voice of the masked woman she was asking about earlier.

The fellow, the masked man, decided he didn't know him - or maybe, unconsciously, there was an emotional movement that wanted to rule out that possibility.

But just because the masked woman was different doesn't mean the other one isn't.

Rose's question was reasonable - one that opened the door to truth.

Or maybe that was brutal.

Yuna Iino, who was thinking about it, opened her eyes all the way.

"No way."

The sloppy words dropped zero.

That was, or was an expression of the same level of frustration as when Shi Chiya Jingu showed up.

"Iino......?

Rose stuck her legs in surprise.

Yuna Iino was unusually pale and had lost her words.

Nor can Rose and Robbie speak up to a different atmosphere.

For a few seconds, the passage was wrapped in ominous tranquillity.

It was - an unintentional footstep - that broke that silence.

Rose, who returns to me all the time, felt two signs approaching.

In this situation, it's ominous.

But not for this time only.

Rather, it should perhaps have been described as a reward finally won by those who survived.

Footsteps belong to one person.

The other was the footsteps of a spider that sounded complex and unique.

"Rose! Robbia!

The call to both of them had an irrepressible color of joy.

It was an unexpected voice and a reunion I wanted.

"Dear Sister Lily! Plus, Gabella!

It was the two of them who were running away after Ottomers.

The Roses, who could feel each other on the pass, didn't realize it, probably because they had lost room because of earlier raids.

"Lily! Gabella!

Lily hugged Robbia, who ran over.

Rose, who carried Yuna Iino, also walked over after him.

Then, Gabella called out.

"I'm finally back together."

"Yeah, I'm a little surprised."

"What surprised me is this one, too. I didn't think Lord Rose was with Iino."

Joy seeped into such casual interactions as well.

At last, the families were reunited, partly.

Gabella was not particularly different from when she broke up, except that she looked somewhat tired.

The other Lily was also partially damaged in gear and clothes, enough to see wear and tear.

The Roses on the other hand, whatever Rose could replace the parts, Robbia was scratchy worn out and Yuna Iino was badly injured.

"That's Sister Lily and Gabella, isn't it? You look better than anything."

When Rose said compared to each other, Gabella let him wave at this.

"No, no. This has been tough. I ran into Ottomer. The masked man I was with was bad."

"The masked man?

"Ooh too. I kept a horrible weapon. Lord Lily and the others are once bastards. Then they chased me for a long time. At some point, I sprinkled it."

"Even there, a masked man?

"Mm-hmm? You too?

As Rose and Gabella looked at each other, Lily, holding Robbie tight, narrowed her eyes.

"Sounds like we need to exchange information."

That's what I suggested, and she blinked.

"What's wrong, Iino?"

At the end of his gaze was a girl with a pale complexion, carried by Rose.

"Mr. Lily!

Suddenly, Yuna Iino screamed.

She waved her surprise Rose's hand off her back.

He runs with a crippled, unmoved leg.

At the end of the day I tried to fall in and stuck with Lily.

"... I was there"

"Huh?"

To Lily, who rounded her eyes, she told.

"There was Kazu-kun!

The desperate appeal, for a moment, did not pass on.

Lily frowned and then looked soberly remembered.

"Kawatsu-kun..." Hey, you mean Kawatsu Asahi from the expedition? You said you made a big mistake and it caused rumors about the Fake Braves?

That's it, I passed it on to everyone else.

Kazu Asahi is one of the Expedition Leaving Groups who took his sword in good faith and went to the 'Coma Forest', begged by the small aristocratic villagers of the eastern lands.

After being turned back, the story of putting the monster out of the woods and making a huge failure to put people at risk had previously been heard from Yuna Iino's mouth.

"The identity of the masked man earlier was Kazu Asahi?

If so, I can also understand that I was keeping my voice down.

Pink Rose asked, and Yuna nodded with a pale face.

Now he looked like he was about to break.

If you try it on her, it was only natural to be confused because once again someone she had been close to turned to her enemies, following Shi Chiya Jingu.

And there's no way I couldn't have been more unaware of the fact.

"Kazu-kun was transferred to Imperial City after that incident. … I am now giving myself to the Cathedral Church"

The air froze on the spot.

It was because I realized what she was trying to say.

"If one of the masks you just attacked was Kazu-kun... even the other kids"

That's all I said, Yuna Iino's body, which had lost its strength, slipped off Lily, who was attached to it.

Rose panicked and supported that body.

"Yes, Mr. Iino. Are you okay?"

"... Yep. It's okay. I'm okay. More than that..."

She repeated that she was fine, not looking okay at all, and she continued.

"- The Imperial Knights brought us to the Imperial Capital. I'm taking care of the Cathedral Church now, and some of it goes to its simpa... yes. Yes. 'Collaborators not interested'. A human being with that power can't be like that except for a metastatic. Suppose that woman who I didn't know who she was when I heard her voice was the one who woke up to her abilities after coming to the Empire..."

Trembling lips bored the truth.

"The Cathedral Church is turning to the enemy...?

They came here and found themselves involved in the Cathedral Church.

Regardless, this is only at the speculation stage.

But in the end, it wasn't a possibility I could have seen.

"Iino."

Lily grabbed Yuna Iino's shoulder looking cornered and called out.

"Calm down. If we don't know what's going on, we don't know what we're talking about. Just let me know what happened."

"Yeah, yeah. Absolutely."

Yuna Iino, beaten, was submissive.

As they say, I began to tell them what I had seen.

- That he was summoned to the friendly 'Circle of Fairies' Shimazu Knitting and interrupted by meeting a man in the hood on the way.

- That after I turned back and got involved in the metastasis, I was aiming to rendezvous while protecting Rose and Robbia.

- That among the five masks that have been attacked, there was "Dragon Man" Shijiya Jingu for the purpose of returning to the original world.

- Also, that one of the other four, perhaps, is Kazu Asahi.

- It seems that Takahiro Mashima is currently isolated.

The story itself takes no more than a few minutes.

Lily listened in silence until the end, and it was Gabella who opened her mouth instead.

"I see. Now you're convinced."

"Mr. Gabella?

"After I ran away from the 'masked man' I just said."

To Yuna Iino, who raised a voice of doubt, Gabella returned it in a low voice.

"The concubines tried to go to the Lord's Hall. But I couldn't. I couldn't find my way."

"Ah..."

That was a testimony denying the optimism Yuna Iino had earlier spoken of.

After all, Shijiya Jingu wasn't lying.

"Find them. We'll find them at the Lord's house. That's how I decided to meet Lord Rose first, while we were moving."

"Well, what was Shizuku Jingu saying...?

"I guess it's true"

"Oh, no... are you sure you're isolated from Mashima? Even though the enemy said it might be that cathedral church?

Youna Iino starts to tremble.

That, too, was natural.

In the end, this was a winless battle from the start.

You can think about it.

The Cathedral Church is, however, the most powerful and authoritative organization in the world.

Its power is unbeatable.

The Cathedral Knight, who inherited the blood of the transferee, combines number and quality, and some of the top retains even the power close to the original.

Besides that, the Cathedral Church has a history whereas the transferees cannot have a temporal stack in this world.

Weapons, tools, talent.

The amount of time I've been stacking weighs differently.

At a time when the Cathedral Church somehow turned to its enemies, there was no winning eye over Takahiro Mashima.

It's over when you're crushed.

No matter how much I resisted, the end had been decided.

That was what reality was all about.

If I told you, the fact that they were able to share the rendezvous was nothing more than 'what we were doing was meaningless from the beginning'.

I leaned down to despair and bent my knees, and it was a natural situation.

Yuna's in shock. 'Cause that's what I'm saying.

Needless to say, the girls who are the family of Takahiro Mashima...

"A cathedral church? It's a mess."

- When they beat me, I wasn't there.

Gabella's words seemed abominable, but only despair was not included.

No one bowed their knees, never abandoned their willingness to resist.

"Oh, you guys..."

Yuna was upset by the way she looked.

Ask in a trembling voice.

"You know what I mean? The enemy is the Cathedral Church, isn't it?

"You know what?"

As Gabella nodded, Yuna frowned.

"No. I don't understand. There's no way we can fight it..."

That was an indisputable fact.

Even Gabella doesn't deny it.

But more precisely, it should have been called 'it was supposed to be true'.

Gabella shook her head to the side and told her.

"But you can actually fight it, right? Didn't I?"

"Ah..."

It was also an indisputable fact.

"Somehow, we have a confrontation. One of the big reasons for this is...... hmm. I guess the Lord exists. Lord Rose and Robbia seem to have been greatly helped."

In fact, this was what Shichiya Jingu also said.

- This plan is all irregular, but the presence of Iino is extreme. It was supposed to be a trump card. We were nailed. Only this guy, he shouldn't have been here. That's who I'm dealing with.

Even if Takahiro Mashima and his family can't fight each other alone, more people join forces and they will have eyes to fight.

Again, this was not one truth.

"No. Or maybe it's not just your Lord. Maybe there's someone else who can help us."

That kind of gabella is something I don't know, but the words were poking the truth.

Takahiro Mashima has Kudo Lu and Dora.

Silan has Gordon and his men.

To stop, Berta and Shimazu Knitting.

Each one came with it, and each one was able to help.

"Yeah. You're right."

Lily agreed with the words.

"... Mr. Lily?

After listening to Yuna Iino, she shut up and looked like she was thinking something

Now it was as if I had found the answer.

"Gabella's right. Because there are people who can help us, we have not yet lacked one."

Straight eyes gazed at Yuna Iino.

The look was powerful.

As if I realized something important.

"Hey, Iino."

With certainty, she told him.

"Earlier, is there something a little strange about it?

That's a word that throws a stone at understanding the status quo.

The rendezvous with the Roses gave Lily the opportunity to point it out.

And those circumstances weren't just hers.

"... what do you mean?

Around the same time, somewhere else.

Someone else had spoken similar words of doubt.