Seirei Gensouki ~Konna Sekai de Deaeta Kimi ni~

Episode 120: Forced Decisions

After finishing the discussion with Christina, Rio and Celia moved to the empty room in the basement where they had remained, facing each other as they sat in bed.

Rio remains wearing demonic props that change the color of his hair, but Celia temporarily removes them.

"Hey, Rio. Me..."

With a face I can think of, Celia opens her mouth to the ground. Then, as if reading her mind, Rio put the words on ahead of time.

"You want to follow Princess Christina, don't you?

"Huh? Oh, no. I'm worried about it..."

Celia replies to a lot of questions about how upset she was.

Rio grinned with a gentle face.

"It's the teacher's life. Do as the teacher thinks so that you have no remorse. That's why I took my teacher out of the castle."

"... Rio"

Bite your lips softly and Celia squeals Rio's name in a pompous manner. A few months after she started acting with Rio - enough time has passed to rest her exhausted mind.

At the time, he was forced to live close to house arrest, half forced into a political marriage, and the day went on when he could see nothing ahead, but he often saw it by leaving the country.

For Celia, who was born and raised as a nobleman, it is difficult to forget her sense of duty and responsibility as a nobleman.

But even though temporarily, I have found myself abandoning my aristocratic smugness and feeling at peace and happiness spending time with Rio...

"Assuming I followed Master Christina, you'd behave differently from Rio, wouldn't you?

Turning his gaze to peep, Celia throws a question.

"Unfortunately. I cannot serve the Kingdom of Beltram."

I agreed, and Rio spoke with regret.

"... I knew Rio didn't like the Kingdom of Bertram?

Celia asks roughly if she expects an answer to the question.

"You don't have much better feelings for the royal aristocrats living in this country than you don't like it. Except for Dr. Celia, of course."

He grinned bitterly as troubled, explaining the intricate sentiments he had towards the Kingdom of Bertram himself.

"... well. I'm sorry. I was wondering."

"No."

When Rio shook his head sideways, a few moments of silence descended...

"You know, Rio. Is there anything I can do for you?

Celia said such a thing so that she could not be comfortable with something.

"What's wrong with you? Suddenly."

To the sudden offer, Rio rounds his eyes.

"Because I, what Rio just gave me. I didn't do anything to you."

Sorry to distort your face, nagging Celia.

"That's not true. When I was in college, my teacher helped me many times."

Denied, Rio spoke slowly.

"That's not true. I didn't do anything special..."

"It was special."

"Huh?"

When Rio briefly tells him, Celia does it right.

"The teacher was special to me. Because only the teacher was an orphan. He was nice to me, and only when I was with the teacher was my heart at ease. That's special, isn't it?

and Rio spoke straight of how he felt at the time.

"Oh, no, the... What do you think...?

Celia turns her face red every now and then, moving her mouth and looking down. Then Rio slowly lowered his mouth (crease).

"The teacher should stay put and smile all the time like he did back then. Then you have nothing to say from me."

"Ugh, yeah."

It was Celia still nagging, but she shook her head down and vertically with a voice that was about to disappear.

"... well, it's just my wish. Keep it even in the corner of your memory. You were a little pushy. Excuse me."

Add words as Rio lights up.

"Oh, no! I'm glad! It may not be something I try to do, but I'll try to be!

Ba and stood up with his face up, in a jumping momentum, Celia said. Keep your hands on Rio's shoulder sitting in bed.

Then Vikri shook his body like Rio was just a little surprised.

Tall Celia, but only slightly shaped like she looked down at Rio.

Celia drinks her sawdust.

"Oh, you know what! Rio!"

"Yes, sir"

With a resolute face, Celia spoke out. Pushed by the momentum, Rio replies.

"Uh, you know what? Me, me, too. For me, too, Rio is. Rio is..."

Move your mouth around as Celia shivers her little body. Rio decided to listen in silence to what she had to say. Then...

"Spring Man"

Suddenly, the voices of inorganic Isiah echoed indoors.

Rio and Celia's body trembles with horror. Almost at the same time, Isiah materializes and reveals herself right beside her.

"Isiah?"

"We need to talk. Can I have a word?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah. Fine."

When he was distracted and Rio nodded, Isiah lowered her hips right next to Rio. As usual, the distance is so close that it seems to snuggle.

"Hey, Isiah -"

Celia sounded quiet and cold. Rio feels a strange chill for some reason.

"Hmm?"

Isiah leaning (calving) her little neck cutely.

"Hey, were you listening to me?

"I was listening"

"Knock... (I totally lost sight of this kid's existence!

Nothing had to come out at this timing - I can't tell from that look, which emotions are rare, whether they came out for it or natural, but Celia couldn't help but think so.

(Oh, but was it nice of you to come out? Me, I left it to the momentum to try to say something very embarrassing...)

At the same time, I find myself strangely horrified, and Celia feels complicated. Then I got kind of very embarrassed.

"A., what are you talking about Isiah? Looks like your father's coming early tomorrow morning, and I'm gonna have to get some sleep!

I blushed my thin cheeks and said that.

And that's when it happened. From outside the room, I heard a small noise like some kind of stone door opening.

Similar to the sound of the stone floors opening when Rio and the others broke into the basement.

"Isiah, talk to me for a second..."

"Yeah, someone's coming from up there"

Isiah snorts at Rio's inquiry. As it was spiritualized again and disappeared, tension ran between Rio and Celia.

It's supposed to be tomorrow morning when Count Claire comes down to the basement. Who the hell said it came down?

Rio quietly rises out of bed, kills his footsteps and walks over near the door, reaching for the dagger he wore on his hips.

There were no signs of a rush outside, waiting for more than a dozen seconds - and the sound of knocking on the door of the room sounded.

"... it's Vanessa. Actually, Count Claire came down. We're going to talk in the dining room now."

I heard Vanessa over the door and Rio took a small breath. When he lifted his battle posture and looked at Celia, he was snorted.

"I understand. I'll be right there."

When Rio and Celia headed to the dining room, there was one other man sitting down in the chair besides Christina and Vanessa.

It was Celia's father, Count Laurent-Claire. It is a skinny, slightly small but youthful nice-middle with a sense of majesty and hegemony.

Apparently, Christina was just about to explain something to Laurent...

"... hmm?

Laurent glances at Celia as she enters the room into her sight.

"Let... Celia!? Why are you here?

And Laurent makes a barbaric noise.

(Celia?

For a moment, Rio doubted his ears.

"Haha, we're out of time. Father."

With a bitter smile, Celia speaks to Laurent. Laurent then spread his hands and stood up, hugging Celia.

"Hey, how you doing? After Celia disappeared, we received an unknown sender's letter in Celia's typeface, but I was worried."

"I'm sorry. Only minimal information can be written in the letter... As you can see, I'm safe."

Apparently Celia is a lot drowned out by her father.

Rio decided that Laurent didn't seem like a bad person, although it was very different from the first impression he received from his appearance.

"Mm-hmm. I have some information I need to share with the princess..."

Laurent makes a troubled face. There must be plenty of things you'd like to hear about how Celia has been since she left the castle and why she's here.

"If you really don't have time, talk to Dr. Celia first. Because it's a reunion of parents and children."

I perceive Laurent's mood and Christina speaks.

"... no, report to the princess first"

At the end of the tour, Laurent made a decision. Apparently, it's as urgent as that.

Guess it, Christina finds herself up.

"Okay. It doesn't seem to be very good news, let us know"

"Yes, it looks like the Wang Capital is sending an additional search party. You'll probably get a search warrant from His Majesty. And then we have to free this basement."

and explains Laurent with a difficult face.

Its content, for Christina, was also tantamount to a death sentence.

No, it's not just Christina. It is also an important part of the survival of the house for the Count Claire family.

If it turns out there's Christina in this basement, it's the end of a roll for both the Counts of Claire and Christina.

But neither Laurent nor Christina are upset or self-abandoned, and they look calm on the surface.

I'm not giving up - no, you can't give up.

"... when will there be an additional search party?

"Your Majesty should be buying you some time, but it must be the limit to boulders. They'll show up as early as tomorrow morning."

"Then you're going to need to leave this basement soon."

In a trembling voice, Christina said. I guess she herself understands very well how difficult that is to achieve.

"Yeah. When the sun rises, you'll be noticeable in response. There are also personnel roaming in the mansion's garden who are beyond my reach, but that number is small at night"

Tell me, Laurent gives me a complicated look. Even at night when the conditions were good, it seemed difficult to escape from the mansion.

I've come to the conclusion that I'm leaving, but I don't see any probable means.

"... Sir Amakawa. Could you lend me the magic prop ahead of me to change the color of my hair right away?

Christina looked at Rio and asked him to come.

"... possible. I'll get a spare, so can I go back to my room once?

"Whatever."

"Now, if you'll excuse me"

Leaving that behind, Rio leaves the room.

"Dr. Celia. Please tell me what happened to Count Claire while you're at it. And I apologize for the rush, but I hope to hear from you earlier."

"... I understand"

In response to Christina's request, Celia decided to tell Laurent what had happened so far.

"Mmmm...... It's hard to believe, but if Celia's talking, you have to believe it."

It was Laurent listening in silence, but when Celia finished explaining the situation, she opened her mouth with a reluctant face.

Turn a blind eye to Rio, who has already returned to the dining room.

"Did you help Celia? [M] Sir Hart-Amakawa. Let me start by thanking you. Thanks."

Laurent stood up from his chair and lowered his head to Rio with his right hand along his chest.

I just feel that Rio is strangely uncomfortable, just that I was prepared not to be cursed or cursed.

"No, that's because, uh, I've done irrevocably. I'm rather sorry for your concern."

"Well, sure, if they weren't Albo's, they might have magically wiped out the charcoal."

"Ha ha"

To the noisy remarks, Rio leaks the grin that caught him.

Speaking of Laurent-Clair, he is one of the leading archmages in the Kingdom of Beltram. If you care about it, one human will be able to wipe out charcoal easily. Unless, of course, they're Rio.

"Father, don't get me wrong. I was the one who made the decision to escape the castle. It's not Hart's fault, it's mine. If you blame me, blame me."

Celia speaks with her lips pointy.

"No, Celia's not bad!

"Well, Hart isn't too bad, is he?

"Yes, of course."

Laurent dropped lightly on Celia's argument.

Celia seems happy, and then she smiles somewhere lonely.

And -,

"... Father, I will follow the princess"

With a resolute look, Celia said.

"Don't go, doesn't it make sense"

Laurent gave it back as if he'd given up somewhere. It's the same as Christina's when Celia, who is publicly missing, stays in the basement of the mansion.

"Yes. Ever since I left the castle, I've been troubled somewhere in my heart. I was wondering if it would be okay to stay like this. In order to find the answer to that concern, I said to Hart, and this is how he brought me to the land. I was faced with a slightly unexpected situation, but I may have been determined."

"Right..."

Laurent looks sinister.

Celia said no more words to Laurent and turned to Christina.

"Dear Christina. And this is my response."

"Thank you. Honestly, it would be very helpful to be accompanied by as many magicians as your teacher. Survive and I will surely reward you for this."

That said, Christina, a royal, bowed her head deeply to Celia.

"It's an honor. … Your Highness. Can I talk to Hart for a second?

"Absolutely."

Get Christina's permission and twist Celia's time to talk to Rio.

"Lady Celia"

Rio calls me in a way I can't hear, and Celia laughs at me with a tickle.

"Hart. I'm sorry. I didn't even talk to you and decided to talk to you on my own. At my convenience, I'm always waving you around."

Tell him that, Celia, who distorts her face so sorry.

"That's not true. Because that's what I like and do to repay you."

Rio smiles and waves his blanket.

"Thanks.... I knew Hart would say that. So I guess I kept relying on you to be sweet and sloppy forever. Even if I thought it was cheating, it was so cozy to be sweet on you.... but I've already had a lot of thanks from Hart. More than I ever did to you."

Say, Celia smiled gently. And go on with the words.

"So Hurt needs to run. It's not too late. What can you do with one person?

Of course, if Rio calls Isiah and the two of us freely exercise spirituality, it may not be as difficult to escape with everyone underground.

But Celia knows Rio doesn't want to use spirituality in public.

He also thinks it would be better not to use spirituality in public cheaply.

So I'm not going to imitate asking you to use that to help me - I couldn't have.

"Sure, you can. But do you think I'm gonna leave you in this situation right now and get out on my own?

All I'm saying is what you're talking about, and Rio puts a squint on my face.

"But you..."

You hate the royal nobility of the kingdom of Beltram, don't you? - Celia swallowed the words up to her throat, spicy.

"I know exactly what you want to say. And that idea is probably not so wrong -"

Rio now has no reason to help Christina, even if she has a reason to help Celia. I don't have such an in-laws.

- But that's not why I abandoned you.

When Rio said that in a restful face, Celia's tear glands irritated her and her eyes became unexpected. Wipe both eyes in a hurry.

"That's why I want you to run away. I shouldn't rely on you any more. I don't want to rely on you."

"So you think you can get out of this mansion safely and rendezvous with 'Restoration' without me?

"... yeah"

Set aside for a few moments, Celia snorted.

"That's a lie. I can't."

"That's not true. I can do it."

Rio tells me I can't do it lightly, and Celia argues muckingly.

"You must have never killed anyone. And that's the same for Lady Christina. Probably the same two brunettes acting together. Lord Vanessa is the only one trained in interpersonal combat. There is only one decent combat personnel. If the five of us move around like that, we'll stand out."

Rio analyzes Celia and the others' battle power situation in an orderly manner.

"In order to mitigate the risk, we need to split the squads and distribute the personnel, or we need to have a positive role. Now, what kind of operation do you have in place?

"... I'll play a positive role"

"That's out of the question. If you get caught, your parents will be annoyed. How do you explain why you're here?

"It... won't get caught"

"No, you'll be caught for sure."

"You won't get caught. How do you know that?

Celia asks annoyingly.

"You're a motor vocalizer and you're slow to escape."

"Huh..."

Celia got stuck in a response when Rio spoke with a gentle grin.

"Hey, what the fuck! Don't worry, I don't need a Hurt! Just go away!

Celia screams at herself. I say things that I intentionally hate.

Yeah, I'll be there.

"Huh..."

When Rio took the lead, Celia skewed her face haphazardly.

"But that's only if we get you to Restoration safely. At least let me take care of that."

"I'm sure you're not asking..."

"Right. So if this turns you down, I'll take the liberty of making a positive move"

"Fool......"

Groaning so, Celia dropped her shoulder disappointingly. Maybe I thought it was useless to say anything more.

"That's why. Dear Christina, do you need my help?

and Rio shifted her gaze to Christina and asked.

"It's a story you don't even wish for. I can't offer you anything in return from me at the moment, but do you mind?

"I don't mind. If you could drink some terms in the sorcery contract, combined with the matter of magic equipment lending."

"I understand. Now, after you make the necessary maneuvers, let's make a contract. From what I've been saying, can I assume that you're gonna get us out of this city?

Close your eyes softly and Christina asks with anticipation.

"Yeah. I'll take on the Yang Dynasty role. Make a flashy noise outside to draw attention and keep your security handy, so get out of the mansion in that gap."

Other faces besides Celia were breathtaking in an operation entirely dependent on Rio's personal strength.

"... I'll be clear, but only this time, Yang Dynasty is a part of throwing away pawns. I can't move personnel. There are many combat trained knights and soldiers outside. If you get caught alive, you'll be tortured. If you get caught, you have to be prepared to die. Are you sure you can do this?

And Laurent, who was listening in silence, pinched the words.

"I can. However, we would like you to know that there may be casualties and that the city function may be mahi temporarily"

When Rio agreed without hesitation, Laurent spilled a delightful grin.

"... you're so confident. Fine. Meditate your eyes for some damage to the city. I want the damage done to the people to be contained if possible, but I won't say I can't. Do it right."

Now the lord will have immediately given me a tattoo that is not guilty even if it is rampant.

All we have to do is set up a close operation.

"Thank you. So shall we work out the details? First..."

Shortly before executing the operation, dressed in black and weaving the robe, Rio received a call from Laurent.

"Sir Amakawa... no, Mr. Hart"

"What is it?

Rio sets his gaze slightly over the mysterious face of Laurent.

"I was expecting you to be a man.... I want you to protect me about Celia. Please."

That's what I said, Laurent, who bows his head deeply to Rio.

"I don't even need to be told"

Rio immediately smiled and nodded forcefully as he gave a decent look.

It's too obvious to have to be said. But I was honestly glad to have relied on Laurent, Celia's father.

"... well. Take this, if you will."

That said, Laurent offers a bag with a good contents.

"What's this?

"Road bank is in there. Maybe something will come in on the road, huh? Take the rest as your reward. [M] You can't say it's worth the job, but we'll make it convenient for you when you live and see each other again later."

"No, that's... we won't accept it"

Rio refuses to receive Laurent in distress.

"Okay, take it. At least let me cover the cost of the trip."

Laurent was half forced to hold the sachet in Rio's hand.

"... I'll give the rest to Miss Celia"

"Huh, you're a pretty stubborn man, too. There are attractions for young people these days. I'd like to drink slowly, but it's time. Go away."

"Yes. Excuse me. … So long."

Leaving that behind, Rio began to climb the stairs leading to the mansion's garden.

Open the concealed doors of the ceiling small and explore the surroundings using spiritual techniques. The door was fully opened at a time when there was a security gap nearby, and it jumped out quickly.

Moving in a brilliant motion, like sewing a slight gap in the soldiers who patrol as they are, they instantly move across the walls of the mansion, which soars high in a light-school motion using trees.

"You seem to have real strength. Sounds like a pretty good young man, but if you cry Celia, I won't let you know."

When I close the door and go back to the basement, Laurent shrugs.

Then, far above almost the centre of the city, a single flash shell was launched with bursting noises scattered, less than a few minutes later.