Monster no Goshujin-sama

43. Truth Shards

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"Hey, why, here...!?

Berta was, to her surprise, stretching her tail perfectly.

An unlikely encounter had occurred where even the disease had finally reached.

"My King..."

"Is it Berta"

It was Kudo Lu who returned his voice.

He also had a face poked at the void.

"You rendezvous."

"Yes. Thanks to Ayako being with us, it was possible to rendezvous on the pass to where Takahiro Mashima was..."

Berta did not know that her Lord was coming to this place.

Coming to Empire itself, was not told.

So this encounter was an unexpected event for her.

... for anything other than her, it must have been unexpected.

Because Kudo Lu should be isolated with Takahiro Mashima.

And yet, why is Berta here?

The history of things was revealed from her own mouth, recovering from surprise.

"Oh, no. Now was not the time to talk about that. There's more to tell…"

"What to tell? What are you talking about?

"Kings, calm down and listen. It's been a big deal."

That's right, put it down, Berta told me.

"Right now, we're stuck in this compartment. You may not believe it, but the passage that I have come this far has been closed. I saw it with this eye. It was too puzzling a phenomenon, but there is no doubt about it. A little later, I would have been shut out, too. It was too much."

"I see. That's what the vibration was earlier..."

To his subordinate words, the boy narrowed his eyes.

"Did you manipulate the road, like when Kanahiko Tachigi ran away? You've severed your power."

I was able to understand the situation right away because he had been thinking about what the vibration was that followed.

"No. In that sense, Berta's rendezvous this way may mean unexpected for the enemy..."

"O king. Is Kanahiko Tachigi here?

Now Berta asked.

She should not know that Kanahiko Tachigi was on this scene as an enemy, but there was no appearance of doubt there, and her voice sounded rather convincing.

"As a matter of fact, I sniffed the smell of Kanahiko Tsuki and got here. I wondered why you were here...... it was the same direction you were going, and I thought maybe. And because of that, we were able to get close to each other efficiently without hitting the end of the road."

"Oh. So..."

Kudo Lu gave a convincing voice.

By chasing the smell of Kamihiko Tachigi, Berta was able to go the shortest distance.

For this reason, it was faster than the calculations that arrived, and the blockade of the enemy was not reached in time.

"What an ironic story. The enemy used Kanahiko Tachigi to take a heavy toll on Senior Mashima, but did you allow him to break in because of it?"

"Huh...? Please wait. Has Takahiro Mashima taken a heavy toll?"

"Ugh!?

Hearing all Kudo Lu's words, Berta shouted a surprise, while the refrain on his head screamed.

It would have been a natural reaction because I learned that the dear Lord had been stabbed.

As he panicked and jumped off Berta's back, he ran to the Lord.

Dropping off that little back, Berta opened her mouth.

"Speaking of which, I can't see Takahiro Mashima from earlier, but no way..."

"No, there's nothing else in life. I'm just resting right there. I found a monster in the distance, so I went out to intercept it, and now I'm leaving it with my senior escort, and Dora is here."

"Was I? That's comforting in this situation..."

"Ugh," he groaned from his back.

Berta froze.

Kudo Lu looks surprised.

Soon, one girl woke herself up on Berta's back.

"... Berta, is anyone here?

It was the Shimazu Knitting that woke me up with my head down.

I was so tired, I was asleep to faint half the time, I was stomped on my head when the refrain popped up, I woke up.

His eyes reflected Kudo Lu's appearance, and he was frightened.

"So, who?

"That's this dialogue, though."

With both eyes pointed, Berta lowered her nose tip to the ground looking terribly bad.

"... I'm sorry, my king. We should have talked first."

Nevertheless, you won't be able to blame her for this.

Because of an unexpected encounter with the Lord that was not otherwise, I forgot the presence of the girl I was putting on my back.

"This is Shimazu Knitting. This is the Explorer's 'Circle of Fairies'. I picked it up on the way."

"'Circle of Fairies'...?

"My king...... that means Kudo Lu!?

They both raise their voices of surprise.

Shimazu Knitting attracted his tired face with surprise, Kudo Lu frowned more.

Seeing the unexpected look on the face of the Lord, Berta said in a slightly hurried fast-mouth.

"Please forgive me for expressing my opinion. She is not involved in this metastasis. I only came here because I was lured."

"… speak in detail"

In a hard voice, the boy ordered.

Of course, Berta solemnly obeyed as a subordination.

"She was summoned to a message deceiving Takahiro Mashima, and she was caught in a metastasis where she came to the room. So, I'm not the enemy. Rather, during the metastasis, we were in the way of it. Because of this, we are now unable to move because of the damage."

Communicate the facts in a careful tone to the Lord, who remains frowned upon.

It was an indication of her sense of crisis that there was a nuance to shelter there.

"Regardless, I am blinding my eyes so that there is no harm done to the king. So please have mercy."

Hearing the appeal, Shimazu Knitting faded pale.

Kudo Lu is a demon king who harms people.

I have many transferees in my hands.

With such a face to face with him, she has no power to resist now.

Berta, who had brought her in, had also strained her into a very bad situation because she had not even imagined her Lord would be on this occasion.

But what Kudo Lu cared about was a different point from what he was afraid of.

"Lured out by the enemy?

I looked puzzled and asked back.

"It doesn't mean, in fact, that the 'Circle of Fairies' was the culprit of the metastasis, does it?

"Become... well, you wouldn't do that, would you?

Suddenly, unsurprisingly suspicious, Shimazu Knitting said it back in a way that he had forgotten his fear.

"For I flew to my room with a false call, and was immediately caught in the transfer. Belta, your subordinate, was watching."

"Is that true?

With her gaze turned primarily, Berta nodded hastily.

"Yes. What she's saying is true. As I mentioned earlier, it was more of a metastasis resistance."

So, I guess you made the decision that the story was true.

But it was a different story to be convinced of.

"... what do you mean?

Hands on his mouth, Kudo Lu narrowed his eyes.

Oddly enough, that was the same word Lily said, throwing a stone at understanding the status quo.

"O king. Something strange?

To the bewildered Berta, Kudo Lu turned his face.

And clearly denied it.

"Impossible. The enemy tricked me into thinking that there can't be a" fairy circle "here."

"... what are you talking about? I'll be here, won't I?

Shimazu Knitting, who said something strange, defended himself in a bewildered manner.

"Maybe Okazaki-kun tried to impersonate the sin. Nothing, I don't think it's funny."

"Yeah. If that's all, yeah."

Kudo nodded and shook his head sideways.

"It's just that I've already encountered an enemy. At that time, Kanahiko Tachigi said. We don't have the means to get out of here."

It was when Takahiro Mashima asked about his best friend's sincerity as to why he turned to the enemy.

- That's not weird, is it? Takahiro has no way out of this place. I can't do it. You're done. Still don't think it's foolish to be on your side?

This is how Kanahiko Tachigi returned it.

"What's wrong with that?"

"Don't you see"

Kudo Lu returned to Shimazu's garment, which he asks in a slightly irritating manner.

"No word like that should ever come out more than you are in this place. Anyway, there is a way out. Isn't that right, 'Circle of Fairies'?

"... ah"

Raising her voice, her 'Circle of Fairies' is an intrinsic ability to allow long-range transfer.

In the first place, I brought Takahiro Mashima to this occasion because it was a degraded copying ability of the "Circle of Fairies" by the "All-powerful Vessel".

There would be no reason why the main house headquarters could not be moved.

"That was a dialogue that couldn't have come out if you knew about the existence of the 'Circle of Fairies'. I mean, if you know, it's weird if you're not being targeted at the top priority. But you said 'the enemy called you to lie and you got caught in the metastasis'. Because there's no way the enemy doesn't know you're here."

"... wait a minute"

Shimazu Knitting showed confusion.

She also finally understood what Kudo Lu was up to.

- Impossible. The enemy tricked me and there can't be a 'Circle of Fairies' on this scene.

All he wanted to say was, 'It wasn't the enemy that lured him out'.

If that is the case, it is still possible that the 'Circle of Fairies' is the enemy.

But Shimazu Knot knows that he is not a part of the culprit.

If so, it could be said that it is a natural accomplishment to go to the question.

"Then who called me to that place...?

The girl's voice of doubt sounded in the aisle...

"Funny thing...... to my current story?

Lily nodded at Yuna Iino's inquiry with confusion in her eyes.

"Yes. I'm just looking at how Mr. Iino got here. That's a little crazy."

"Here I am...?

Yuna Iino frowned in good shape.

I didn't even know you said that.

"Uh, is something wrong? Even though I said how it happened, I was summoned by a senior knitwear and left the rest to Mr. Gordon to leave the room... from the timing, I guess the call itself was fake... meet the man in the hood along the way"

Remembering and obsessive words trace the events that took place up to the metastasis.

"He said he needed to talk to me... it was a long way from now on, but he told me about Mashima before, and maybe it was something about Mashima again... I ended up talking to him from over here, and things were not right. Then I heard a loud noise... the window in the room I owe Mashima broke, and I noticed he attacked me, and he gave me information about helping Mashima once, and now he turned to the enemy..."

"Yeah. Right there."

Lily pinched her mouth and made her recap.

Increasingly Yuna Iino looked puzzled.

"... what do you mean? He obviously knew about the raid. In fact, he said," You're out of time. "

"So there it is."

To her, who still doesn't know, Lily continued.

"In this case, what would have happened if I hadn't bought time?"

"I don't know..."

"Don't know? Mr. Iino, you were on your way to where you were summoned, weren't you? If nothing had happened, you would have arrived at the call location. So instead of making it to the metastasis, you didn't even notice if you were bad?

"Ah..."

A loud voice rose.

What was it 'footing' for?

The meaning was repeated 180 degrees.

"I made it because I was' stuck '...?

"That sort of thing"

"Oh no... I didn't notice at all"

"It wasn't if you were thinking deeply in an emergency, and the other guy was the suspicious one who somehow wouldn't show his face, and at that time, plus" I know about metastases, "you assumed even the enemy. I could have been mistaken if I was a party, too. It's just not possible."

Although Lily showed a certain understanding in her mistake, she clearly denied it.

"As much as I purposefully tried to pull it off of us with a false call. The enemy must have been very vigilant about Iino. I can't believe I'm interrupting that."

"... that's true."

Yuna Iino also acknowledged the legitimacy of Lily's opinion.

While upset by repeated perceptions, she naturally questions.

"Then what the hell is he who called me...?

Here again, the girl's question sounds in the aisle...

"I don't know who called you"

Kudo Lu replies to the confusing Shimazu Knitting.

"The sure thing is that calling you resulted in a 'means of escape' called the 'Circle of Fairies' that shouldn't have been"

"That 'someone' knew about the raid, and he said he did?

"I don't know how far you can calculate it. Whether you're coming or not, it wasn't certain, so thinking about it, it might involve someone else who could be more helpful -"

"I don't know who called Mr. Iino."

Lily replies to Yuna Iino, who is upset.

"After knowing the raid, you must have sent Mr. Iino here, right? I tried to rip it off until I put it through, the biggest threat," Weiwaten. "

"Speaking of which, Shimiya also said, 'This case is just irregular'... and I said, 'Extreme'."

"I've been hitting a lot of other hands, I guess. It's a lot roundabout though. Oh, no. Instead of being able to do it, maybe he still did what he could -"

- And each of them, they get to the truth.

And around that time.

Kato Mandarin was stunned with the wall behind his back.

Nearby, there was only an appearance of Eliner, the watchman.

"... Senior Tsuki"

After all, she couldn't put up a fight.

The plea was unacceptable, and the traitor's despicable boy has gone.

- I'm coming. That's what I have to do.

At all, there was no sign of shaking.

It was a sufficient answer to observe that we were prepared for every event that would happen in the future.

But his words didn't end there.

There was a continuation.

That's what was freaking her out.

I wonder why she said that, and the girl thinks of that word in the back of her brain.

- Kato, you just have to trust him here and wait.

It is the boy who is supposed to be a despicable traitor, as if he believes Takahiro Mashima more than anyone else.

That was the shard of truth.