"Hey, hey, hey."
After the town hall meeting, I was stopped by a familiar voice.
― ― Dudley Claisse.
My disciple (...) leaned against the wall of the Royal Castle passage.
"It's not Dudley. What the hell is wrong with you?"
Ray, who was walking next to me, asked as he opened his eyes.
"Ah... no..."
As expected, Dudley couldn't talk to Ray. Answer hard to do while scratching the back of the head.
"Well, I was curious about the content of the meeting..." I've been waiting here for a long time. "
"Huh... you've been waiting all this time?"
"Yes... that's how it will be."
Me and Ray unexpectedly look each other in the eye.
The meeting took quite a long time, so I think it took two hours to make a small estimate.
So long... he's been waiting all this time? From the image of the former "selfish candidate for the Holy Sword", it was almost unthinkable.....
I'm sure that's because of him.
"... you mean my father (Leon)?"
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It seems that the prediction was true.
When Dudley was silent for a few seconds,
"Oh... let me know if you know anything."
"I replied.
Of course, it's not easy to teach.
The contents of the town hall meeting are confidential, and even though it's Dudley, we can't talk about it in a hurry.
But... he changed.
Manusa, Leon, he saved us. There's no need to hide it in the sense of going out in the future.
Having decided so, I decided to answer honestly.
"No... I'm sorry, but I don't know anything about it." Even with the intelligence network of the Royal Army, we haven't grasped his (Leon's) steps at all. "
"I see... If you don't know about the army, I don't know..."
"Of course, I'll tell you when I know more." That's why I want you to... tell me if you get any new information. If you don't like talking to me, you can tell the Royal Army. "
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And Dudley looked at me.
"Hah, it's no good. I can't wait to see you... I'm looking forward to it, Brigadier General Sam."
said with a grin of triumph.
"Thank you, Silver Sword Saint Samaritan."
"Wait... stop it, both of you"
Ray arbitrated with a dazed look at the two of us with a disgusting smile.
I felt like I could understand a little bit of the air.
"Ah... yes, Reimira-sama."
Unusually, Dudley spoke to Ray.
"Raphael... what are you doing now?" I've seen him gently head toward the capital. "
"Ahh... oniisama, right?"
Ray gave a slightly complicated expression, but after a few seconds, he looked firmly into Dudley's eyes and said:
"If you're oniisama, you're back in a cell near the capital." No... even the members of the Arceus Salvation Party who were temporarily open and those who were hiding in various places... voluntarily went to jail after the commotion. "
"Spontaneously...?"
Dudley twitched his eyebrows a little surprisingly.
"Does that mean you've reflected on it...?"
"I don't know. But everyone is so quiet..." I don't think I've ever had a problem. "
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--We... have lost sight of it. Something we should have protected. Country. Faith. We didn't want to destroy the country... "I wanted to protect her.
I hate to recall Raphael's statement.
Maybe their essence was here.
"Haha, hahahahaha..."
Suddenly Dudley laughed at what he thought.
"Lady Laymilla, if you don't mind, please tell him." The eagerness at that time... it wasn't bad. "
At that time.
It would have happened in the port town of Pauge without being told.
Raphael was struggling against Leon, who was overwhelmingly powerful. Of course, we could not win, but we fought more than good.
Probably trying to honor that temptation.
"... yeah. Okay. I'll tell you."
"I'm so grateful."
That's all, Dudley turns around.
"Well then, I'll do it."... hey, Arios, you're not a mess, are you? "
"Leave it to me. I won't let an alien invade this country."
"... haha. Excellent."
With that said, Dudley moved away from us. I'm sure I'll be looking for Leon again--that back felt lonely to me.