Saikyou Juzoku Tensei ~Cheat Majutsushi no Slow Life~

Twenty-two Stories: The Doom Raid (2)

Nobody uttered a word for a while.

Meir, who was strong until he got here, was also totally grown up when he actually put Philo in front of him.

Originally, Meir is not the type to feel strongly about the first person she meets.

Just for once, he's gripping my sleeve tight and tight, as if appealing to Philo.

"Blue hair...... well, is that the girl you've been with Abel forever? I heard you on the way here."

It was Philo's whining words that broke the silence.

"In the meantime, why don't you go inside the room? I don't have much space because it's a single room..."

Philo invites Meir in.

Meir threw her gaze at me to get confirmation.

I nodded small.

Into the room, Philo sat in bed, I sat beside him, on the chair that Meir pulled out of his desk.

"... well, that was tough. Philo, you're not here all by yourself, are you?

"Oh, naturally, Giselle's here, too. Cibi's here, too, and even Lil from the Riefel family, has been brought here as an occupier. It was really tough."

Philo breathes heavily.

I'm really sorry.

"Well, you don't have to put it that way... Abel must have made the last decision that bothered her..."

That's what Meir said in a lower voice.

"Huh? Oh, yeah. I might have said a little too much...... sorry."

When Philo honestly tells me that, it doesn't feel a little tight.

Originally, all I could think about was the sweetness of running away from the problem in front of me, even now that I think back, and hoping that my surroundings were going according to my own wishes in the meantime, so I have nothing but reflection.

Perhaps if I were in the same situation, I would do the same thing again...

"As it is, well, the way Philo says it is a little tight, because it's always a lightning up...... Everything you're saying is right..."

"So, Hidden, A, Abel, that's how he always looked at me!? Then you, to the habit that I knew it all, look amazing until now...!

Philo blushes and clenches his fist.

"S, stop! Misunderstood something. Yes, but, uh, that's not what I meant...!

"I don't know, Mr. Philo, you seem so close to Abel..."

Meir shrunk herself on the chair and was getting smaller.

"Oh, no, Abel and I did have a rotten relationship from childhood, but it's not like something happened or anything..."

Explain to Meir that Philo is depressed.

Well, I noticed something strange.

"Well, the grown-ups didn't come, did they? Did you just let the kid out?"

Philo stiffened his body.

"... and we split up to find it."

"You were even splitting..."

I drop my shoulders.

Philo is very gracious, but it still seems to have become quite important.

My father and elders were hoping that they would take me on a little journey to find myself in adolescence, but they were just my own hopeful guess.

"Is that...?

Why is the splitting method beautifully cracked between a child and an adult...?

"Philo... how many adults were there? Where are you planning on going around now?

"Ro, it was six. Like Nefercia, the capital of water, or Nowrun, the mountainous city..."

"Why is there more on the adult side? Besides, I kind of feel like it's just a tourist attraction... Hey, Philo, what the hell is going on? Aren't you hiding something from me?

"Oh, was I? Bo, I'm not very familiar with place names and stuff, and I didn't remember them very well, so I might have appropriately spoken of the land I remembered..."

"I hope so..."

Philo slipped away from me, sweating.

It just seemed like I was hiding something no matter how I saw it, but is it really okay?

I don't want you to hesitate to tell me that I have a hand in Lark and Peter if I have to, and if that's not possible, I can take the means to move with force.

"Uh... you're late in introducing yourself. I'm Philo, you old fashioned, old-fashioned acquaintance. That's okay, isn't it, Mr. Meir? I don't have a stone on my forehead... but I wonder if it's okay with the Dooms"

Philo shifts his gaze to Meir.

"Yes..."

Meir nodded slightly anxiously and leaned down as she did.

As Philo explored, he stared at Mere's face.

"Um... As a matter of fact, I haven't been able to get back to the settlement yet..."

I have several plans going on in Phage territory.

The Alchemy Division would also be confused if I were abruptly gone.

… I can't help but take over and hide around here in Altamia.

But, Count Jurem, if I go home before the problem clears up, Peter will go wild and Kudr will go wild.

My name will be inscribed in history as the man who destroyed my country on the way home.

"Huh!? Ki, Kimi, over this period, do you still say that? You know, Giselle and the others will be here any minute."

"Ugh... right..."

When I hold my head, Philo sighs loudly.

It has overlapped at the worst possible time.

I'm sorry, Count Jurem, but the possibility has surfaced that I won't be able to join the war.

Regardless, I am not going to take the return home by hanging the country and the return home on my balance.

It's bad for the Gisele, Philo, and Marlen tribes, but it's not the other way around.

But in a situation where this Gisele is just that far away, I'm sure I won't be able to do everything in my power to address the Count Julem issue for a while.

I even have the confidence to sleep in just guilt if I meet you directly at anything.

I just have to accept it all because of my stupidity.

I just wish Count Jurem not to move now alone.

"When it moved, I thought that was all I had..."

Unexpectedly weak sounds speak.

With regard to Philo, I remember looking back and doing something scattered.

I made an excuse for being aggressive earlier, but I wasn't unaware of it.

I was aware that Philo was aware of me.

Plus Philo's cute, and he's got a good personality.

There are some things that are somewhat untrue, but easy to understand, and most importantly, I would never do anything to offend people through my will.

I can take care of you and take good care of you.

I was also aware of Philo when I was in the settlement.

I just didn't have the feeling that I had to hurry up and be aware of my marriage at sixteen.

I guess I was dragged by the experience of my previous life.

Besides, there was a Gisele on the side, and I was inclined to witchcraft myself, and I couldn't really look at anything else.

Now, beside me, there's Meir.

I can't see Philo like I did when I was in the settlement.

"Bad......"

The words came with my mouth.

"Fine."

Philo answered with a slightly weaker voice.

"If you're not going to be able to face Giselle properly yet, I'll mislead you too. You can keep your mouth shut to hide somewhere. If you have a message, I'll pass it on to you, or you can convince him to leave once you've finished your journey. I don't know if you'll listen to me."

"Philo......"

"There are conditions instead! Absolutely, one day you'll come back to the Marlen settlement! Fine! If I break this, I won't know next time! Now I'll chase you around to the end of hell!

Philo stood up and said with his voice up.

"... thank you, Philo. Really bad, it helps."

I bowed my head to Philo.