The Shadow Industry was closed that day.
A lacquered, textured carriage slowly sweeps through the city. It is not more decorative than necessary, but still has a luxurious appearance.
The people on the road take off their hats and hang their heads by the side of the road when they see their great looks and the family crest engraved on their abdomen. Because it is the carriage of Count Keeley, the lord.
The perimeter is surrounded by three Kingsguards and “Dragon's Throat” members to provide a perimeter escort.
During the battle against the Night Python, the Count is cautious of retaliatory attacks and, as far as possible, locks himself in the castle hall to encourage him to do his duty. But I can't even keep pulling the Lord's lead.
In order to facilitate territorial management, it seems that there may be people who must leave the castle to meet, or meetings who must leave.
And Illis (Rene) was to accompany him as his escort. Simply because the presence of a magician (wizard) is important, and it is only when all the members are in place that the "dragon's throat flute” can do its utmost.
- Perhaps the Count's strongest battle force is the Dragon's Throat. That's why they called me too.
The Count seems to be drowning his daughter, prioritizing her life properly. It's only my priority.
I'm usually hit by a lady's shadow fighter because if I stay in the castle, I can sometimes go and protect the Count? They're practically protecting both of us.
If Catherine dies, there will be no such blow to the house and the rear, but if the Count himself is killed, all roots will shake. So it was natural for the Count to prioritize his own life.
This isn't about good or bad, it's what you should think about as a lord.
Every day, every day, dressed in beautiful but difficult to move like armor, every day I live with concern for doing up to one finger to keep me from getting worn out. I don't have time to rest.
Its recoil or its gear as an adventurer, the wild robe felt as light as a feather. Though I didn't feel comfortable walking naked.
"Don't feel like it's been a long time. We're gonna have four."
Hugh whispers, Benedict nods.
"How's work?
- Wow. Sometimes I try to talk to my daughter. I can't grasp the catch and say "How's school" or something awfully vague and hard to answer. A paternalistic move.
Benedict suddenly asks Iris (Rene) an unobstructed question.
Exploring the memory of Illis, he's generally always in this condition. He is a lousy speaker. Speeches and negotiations are Hugh's business.
Maybe this kind of simple, fucking serious place is Benedict's charm. Iris (Rene) answers without looking back.
"I'm fine. I was confused at first, but I don't really know much about what I'm gonna do.
Everyone in your study knows I'm a fake, and in front of the others, if you talk, they'll find out anyway, so you just have to shut up and stretch your spine and walk. "
"I hear you're trying to keep the lady from speaking up, too. Well, there was a maid who said she didn't know which one."
Deanna seems to be happier with herself while praising her.
Iris (Rene) is surprised.
"Something's changed, you. When do you have weird elegance... because you walk differently?
You said you looked strangely grown up even though you felt like a cheerful kid. "
"Oh, you've changed your footsteps"
"Right there."
It's been a while since the men were impressed to see Illis (Rene) not dressed as a lady.
It's the first time I've noticed Iris (Rene).
I was going to walk easy, but when I realized it seemed like it was a habit to stretch my spine and walk like it was pulled with thread.
- You're deluding the people who work in the dark for this? I thought... how could I have been so full of ladies on boards for a burning blade?
"Nagajiro" mourns in my head, wondering if I can be happy with that.
"That's what it is. A woman can be turned into something.
Isn't Iris learning a lot about this job?
That's what Deanna says, but it was a little strange that it was a favorable nuance for 'this job'.
"Ugh, yeah... it'll teach you how to study and stuff...
Uh, but, uh, Didn't Deanna hate me doing this job?
"Well, I still disagree. Such an unscrupulous job. But for that, if this experience is going to be good for Illis in the future, I'd appreciate it.
You're a poor whale anyway, so take it from me. "
"Come on, there's no way to say poor whale."
"I'm a poor whale. Danger is biased against Illis."
Deanna roars with dignity as she protects her client's carriage.
I don't think I'm willing to give in on this.
"I think we might, too, but Deanna's sweet on Iris after all."
"And it's sweet."
Hugh said with a bitter smile.
Deanna takes it and slaps her violently sticking chest with Don.
"If I keep working smoothly, whatever I do, I'll retire as an adventurer before Illis, and I'll die before I do.
So at least I want to protect you while you're adventurous with me, and I want to leave you all you can. Experience, knowledge, that sort of thing. "
"Oh, my God, I'm sure of that."
Hugh laughs without sarcasm at Deanna, who made a grand declaration of spoil.
“The Dragon's Throat" is not all the same Grade IV (Guard) adventurer, but at the bottom of his career and age, Illis was treated like everyone's sister and daughter.
'Illis' was delighted and thankful and admired everyone...
Damn, Iris (Rene) felt a chest ache.
"What are you doing?
Deanna peeks into Iris (Rene) 's face with care.
I didn't mean to put it on my face, but he had a non-floating look.
"I wonder if Deanna would say the same if I... was someone else who didn't know where, not" The Dragon's Throat ”fellow Iris"... "
I didn't even know what I was trying to say, but to put it into words, the question was badly worm good.
Deanna, who looked bewildered, eventually suddenly embraces Iris (Rene) 's head as she walks.
"You bastard! Oh, come on!
"Hiya!
As it was, Deanna rubbed Iris (Rene). My whole body was tickled.
"I don't know who you are, but if you'd met me, you'd be close. I'm sure."
"So what if someone other than me is' Illis the fellow of the Dragon's Throat 'and I'm someone else who's not Illis?
The words that Iris (Rene) vomited as he was embraced were like children wasting their lives.
- What are you asking, I...
Iris (Rene) was asking to be moved by anxiety. My heart is playing uncomfortably.
... I wonder what makes you anxious.
Deanna thinks about it for a second before answering.
"It's a little unimaginable to talk about being that far apart...
If you want me to take care of that, not Illis, I'm sure I will. "
Later, Deanna says, as a matter of course.
When he heard it, tears seemed to overflow his sieve, and Iris (Rene) took a deep breath and calmed his heart.
- If we had met in a different way...?
Did you have mercy on Rene, just as you did against Illis?
...... that's only IF. Rene is the enemy of Deanna without any help.
"Keep it around. If you talk too much, your enemies might knock you out."
"Oh, yeah."
"Yeah......"
Benedict told me. You two are Blake.
I felt like Deanna wanted to hold me a little longer, but I also felt that Benedict stopped me and saved me. If it had stayed that way, something in Illis (Rene) would have broken.
Nothing. I didn't neglect to be vigilant while we had this conversation.
Iris (Rene) continued to explore his surroundings with the power of emotional perception.
A being that neither the other three nor the Kingsguards would have noticed... I had also perceived that someone was nearby with inorganic and cold hostility.
- I'm here... you're not coming this way. What the hell, this?
I kept my mouth shut because it seemed unnatural to notice that I was in a very remote place.
As if it were just a job to observe someone wanting to lurk on top of a building by the front road.
-... on the building?
If this is the planet, it is a position that should be vigilant first and foremost as a counterterrorism measure.
That's when.
It should still be quite a distance away, but some hostility lurking on the roof swells up like a gas infused balloon.
"Windshield:!"
Illis (Rene) uses magic before he can ascertain the situation.
Immediately after.
Something flies in from the diagonal upwards, tearing the wind like a roar.
"Become!"
Finally, the people around them react.
But at that time, the flying object was approaching the carriage… wrapped in the magic of the wind unleashed by Illis (Rene), hit the carriage and bounced, hitting a nearby building as it rotated.
That was just an arrow on the outside. But it was unlikely speed and power. The aim is through the window, Count in the carriage.
The arrow was bounced because the wind magic altered its orbit and hit a strong exterior, which also killed some power. But the carriage had a deeply determined scar. To see this, it should have been enough to break through the window and pierce the occupant's body. Besides, the arrow butt emits a creepy glow. Poison.
- Oh, my God, that's good! Thank God I'm here!! You're the one who's dead if you leave him alone!!
I don't care for the Count's life or death per se, but I have trouble dying now.
"Sniping!?
"From where!
By the time the surrounding men looked up over the building, the snipers had already begun to try to escape.
Enemies are vanished, slightly bewildered, and humiliating in a way that has hurt my pride badly.
Such emotional reactions try to rush off the roof.
- Let him go!
"" Foot tangle (snare) "!" Foot tangle (snare) "!" Foot tangle (snare) "!"
Iris (Rene) slammed the cuttlefish and wand to the ground, releasing the magic early in the arrow.
"You got him!?
"I don't know! Because I just shot him appropriately!
It is a great lie.
It may have looked like it was indiscriminate because it couldn't be targeted, but it actually followed the emotional response and aimed perfectly. He burned out the talisman in the first two shots and detained him in the third. The assassin has fallen unnecessarily after being affixed to the rooftop floor and feet.
Benedict grabs the irregularities in the building's walls, pulls his body up as hard as he can and climbs over the building.
Enemy cannot move already. This is a situation where you can't even shoot Benedict without turning around, so you won't have a problem leaving it to me later.
- But really, always this guy's got a talisman. I don't know how many common items that are, but that's not cheap either. That's a criminal organization, rich as shit.
I also have a "dragon's throat flute” once, but I usually keep it out of operation because the endurance shreds where I ate any Zako magic. It's too expensive to use all the time, so it's only equipped when it seems necessary.
The carriage turned on the spot and increased its speed to the extent that a walking escort could accompany it.
Everyone seemed to be on guard around them, but even if Illis (Rene) traced the emotions around him, he couldn't find any more reactions from the raiders.