Seirei Gensouki ~Konna Sekai de Deaeta Kimi ni~

Episode 121: Escape from Claire

The location is near the gate of Count Claire's residence, located in the centre of the city.

With the light of the flash shells that struck up over the sky, the whole city became as bright as daylight.

Then the soldiers staying at the mansion make a deliberate noise.

"Hey, what is it? Bright, but the sun's up already?

"Wow, I don't know! That ball of light suddenly appeared in the sky."

Hearing the noise, an elderly soldier, who had taken a temporary sleep, emerged from a stuffer set at the gate of the mansion.

I'm asking what's going on, but I can't possibly get a satisfactory answer or anything back.

And, there, there's one shadow approaching the gate.

"Who?

One of the soldiers noticed the shadow, who (or what) did it out loud.

"... woman?

There stood a young girl who had her whole body covered with a robe. Because he is not wearing a hood, his face is exposed.

Light purple hair was glittering, illuminated by flashing flash shells over the sky.

"Um, what color is your hair..."

"Oh, oh, aren't you the princess who had the circular? When you find the girl with the light purple hair, you tell her to protect her."

In love with the beauty of the fantastic girl, the soldiers stand flaunted.

Thus, while the soldiers were upset and turned right and left, the girl returned her curly heel.

Almost simultaneously, the light of a flash shell launched over the sky faded rapidly and vanished. Darkness descends again at night around us.

"Ma, wait! Oh, no, wait!

The soldiers rush to call, but the girl's walk never stops. It vanished like smoke into the dark.

"Ya, call the soldiers in the mansion! We're going after him!"

"Yes!

When the older soldier gives the instructions haphazardly, the younger soldiers rush out to the mansion on their feet.

The girl with the light purple hair watched them interact like that from above.

(Isiah. Bring in the soldiers in the mansion. wander around the mansion for a while, then run me to the north block)

Girl - Rio's voice echoes behind Isiah's brain. Light purple hair temporarily changed color with spirituality.

(Okay)

Responding with an inorganic voice, Isiah stepped down to the ground again.

On the north block inside the walls - Rio, with physical strengthening, was running to fly over a building standing inside the walls.

"Hurry! You haven't been that far yet. I might try to escape through the North Gate. Look nearby thoroughly!

Countless soldiers rush around the passage on the ground, saying it's late at night.

Fished by Isiah's manoeuvres, soldiers inside the walls are being directed to the north block.

When Rio discovered the soldier in action in pairs, he jumped momentum toward you.

Skillfully manipulate the spiritual art of the wind and erase the landing tone. When he landed quietly, he struck the blow in before the soldiers noticed.

"Guh."

"Fuck."

Two soldiers passed out in an instant and fell into the aisle. Right on the side is a rolling iron baton they were equipped with.

When Rio spotted and picked up the rolling baton, he gripped it in his right hand and equipped it.

Make sure you feel comfortable gripping the baton, shake it properly and get used to it. That's how when I tamed the baton into my hand, he jumped again and disappeared onto the roof.

Then, turning the noise up by stunning the soldiers who were acting in a small number of places, we headed to the North Gate -.

(Spring Man)

As Rio hid in the shadows near the North Gate, Isiah materialized to reveal herself.

"Good day. I want you to get out of there so you can see it appropriately, because I'm opening the gates there now. That's the last of Isiah's work."

That said, Rio shifts his gaze from the shadows to the north gate illuminated by a bonfire (kabi). There were more soldiers there than usual pushing to guard to see if they were alert to escape from the North Gate.

"Okay."

When Isiah snorts, Rio deeply re-wears the hood of the robe.

Shortly afterwards, without making him feel any hesitation, Rio ran straight to the North Gate.

Boots made of subdragon leather trample the ground, pushing towards the gatekeepers like bullets. When I finished packing the distance in an instant like that, I quickly waved the batons without even giving the soldiers room for recognition.

"Guh."

Three of the five gatekeepers who were there lose their blow-up consciousness.

"Ha, ha...?

The two remaining soldiers finally realized Rio's presence, but it was already too late. When I think I've lost sight of it in front of me, I feel a shock from behind, and in an instant my consciousness turns dark.

The door opener's in the closet.

As we open our doors, Rio enters the stuffing that is co-located next to the gate.

There was only one refrain soldier inside, but he promptly faints and teases the device that opens the gate.

The North Gate began to open with a slight and loud noise.

Hearing the gate open, the neighborhood becomes noisy at once.

"Hey, the gate's open!

"The gatekeeper is down. There's a girl downstairs!

Where the North Gate has been liberated enough for one human to pass, Rio gives Isiah instructions in a conversation.

(Go, Isiah. Predict your time and join me)

(Okay)

Following the signal, Isiah rushes off. Before she could go through the north gate and lose sight of its back, Rio followed the cabin to the south block.

More than a dozen minutes after Rio and Isiah started their positive moves.

Celia and the others had survived the walls (heels) of Count Claire's mansion and had safely escaped from the mansion's premises.

"Apparently, you're doing a lot of good yang. I can't believe how easy it is to get through the mansion..."

Look around in admiration as Christina wears the hood of her robe deeply.

Neither the mansion's garden nor its surroundings are as empty as they were just a few dozen minutes ago.

Thanks to this, even the amateur Christina and the others could easily sew through security gaps and escape.

Beyond being able to get out of the mansion in this way, the extent of the harm that would have been done to the Count Claire family, even in the unlikely event that it was discovered after that, would have been much reduced.

I have already changed the color of my hair with magic props, so I also greatly mitigated the risk of instant identification of my identity even if I was asked a job question within the city.

Christina thought half her expectations that the plan that Rio had taken the initiative would be nothing more than a blue photograph, but a little more than she expected would spark hope.

"Hart would certainly do the job. Let's head to the South Gate."

"... you trust him,"

Christina turned her curious gaze to Celia, who tried to act with faith in Rio.

"Because there's no reason why you can't"

I look embarrassed, and then I'm sorry, Celia smiles just a little.

Trust is further strengthened precisely because we are working with Rio and Isiah, but Christina and the others do not know that Isiah exists.

"I see...... So let's not miss this good opportunity he made us, shall we?"

I have a lot to worry about, but unfortunately I can't afford the time I'm talking about swallowing right now.

Over time, the soldiers concentrated on the North Block will be back and the alert system will be strengthened throughout the city.

Normally, in the morning, the gates will open, but it is easy to imagine that the entrance and exit of the castle gates will be severely constrained from tomorrow than such incidents have happened.

Regardless, we don't have the option to disappear inside Claire's walls until most of them are cold, but there should also be a significant increase in search personnel in the future.

With the possibility that Christina has escaped from the North Gate out of the city, the search will extend beyond the city.

While relaxing and lurking within the territorial capital, it turns to the rear if the peripheral vigilance is solidified disappointingly.

Therefore, if you want to get out of the city and move on, there is nothing else.

Christina and the others decided to hurry ahead.

A few minutes to move on like that.

Currently, the majority of soldiers inside the walls are mobilized to the North Block, so few soldiers are seen in the South Block.

On the other hand, the south block inside the walls is a pleasure district, so the general population walking even late at night can be there.

To add, it's getting noisier than usual due to the flash shells I hit earlier, but Christina and the others, who don't know the usual atmosphere, never found out about it.

He doesn't run near the south gate, but when he gets here quickly, Christina and the others stop.

"There seems to be a gatekeeper left on the boulder. And then how do we get out of that gate..."

Hiding in the shadows, Vanessa glanced at the south gate, sealed with a sinister face.

The height of the walls covering the centre of the city is light ten meters - not so easy to jump over using body strengthening magic.

If we're going outside the walls, we're going to have to open the gates and go through.

Fortunately, thanks to the Yang Dynamics of the North Block playing their part, security at the South Gate is now thinner.

Vanessa thinks that this would also allow us to break through the gate in the front,

"It's late"

"Huh...!

Suddenly, I was called from behind.

Christina and her body tremble with horror. Turning his gaze ahead when he heard his voice, Rio stood dressed in a black robe.

"I didn't notice at all. That's a brilliant leg job. I can't believe even Vanessa didn't notice."

Christina speaks in an impressive tone. Then Vanessa distorted her face with a little remorse.

"You seem to have surprised me. Sorry, sir."

I laugh bitterly and Rio apologizes for the fact that the bat looks bad.

"No, as long as it's comforting. It's quick for you to come, but do you have any help getting through that gate?

"Let's break through the front. Now that we've freed the North Gate, this one should be thin."

When Rio answered concisely, Christina blinked her eyes.

"You've really unleashed the North Gate,"

"You said that when you worked out the plan, didn't you? Freeing multiple castle gates is a sine qua non for dispersing the power of the chaser."

"Sure you're right, but didn't you tell me the exact means"

Christina turns a slightly dazed glance at Rio, who speaks bitterly.

There's no way Christina's going anywhere but in the 'Restoration' sphere of power right now. The tracking side should be aware of that.

The shortest route will then be through the streets stretching north or east to reach the 'Restoration' area of power from this territorial capital, Claire.

If the fact remains that he left the North Gate, the tracking side will also have to wonder if Christina escaped towards the North.

Of course, if you exit the North Gate and go all the way around the exterior of the walls, you can go to any street, east, west, north, south, but you can push it into the suspicious dark that it's even positive.

"I didn't have the time to detail the area. Well, we don't have much time right now, so let's get this thing open."

Leaving it at that as if to decide to shop, Rio walked out towards the South Gate.

"Huh..., ah..."

"Hurt will be fine"

It's too grand for Christina to speak up. Soon Celia pushed me to my heartbeat, and I decided to take a hard spit and watch how it went.

"Hey, stop! It is forbidden to enter or leave the gate at night. Take the hood and show me your face."

One of the two gatekeepers notices Rio and calls him off suspiciously.

"We really need to hurry and get out of the gate. Can't you?

"No. Night time entry and exit are forbidden by a warrant!

It was Rio, who was speaking with a body (teh) to negotiate under no auspices, but when approached to some extent, he stuffed the distance at once and saw a knee kick in the gatekeeper's abdomen.

A kicked gatekeeper rises in space, loses his power and falls to the ground with Dosari.

The remaining one-cracked gatekeeper stared at the sight.

"Become... Come on, come on... Shit!

Rio dives into the gatekeeper's pocket in an instant trying to summon something. His body blew out momentum as he threw his elbow around his torso.

Then I went in to check if there were any soldiers at rest in the filling room, too, but not a single soldier inside. I guess the refrain soldiers are also turning to the north block.

Deciding so, Rio stepped out of the stuffing and called Christina and the others by hand.

"I will open the gate now. Strengthen your physical abilities with magic or magic tools now."

"Okay."

Rio briefly reinterprets this later manoeuvre, and Christina and the others endorse it with a tense face.

"You have this sword. In times of need, protect yourself."

Rio picked up every sword the gatekeepers were equipped with and handed it to the two brunette boys.

"Yes..."

The boys were so nervous face-to-face and even silent, but they make their faces stronger and receive their swords.

"Now open the gate"

"Please"

Rio went inside the filling again and did the necessary manoeuvres to free the gate. Then, the sound of the opening of the door echoes loudly around you.

"The gates are open!

"What happened to the gatekeeper downstairs?

The soldiers watching over the walls notice the opening facts and make a scene.

"Please go!

When Rio skipped the instructions, Christina and the others ran out. Rio also follows, sounding all over the city at night with footsteps for six spreading outside the walls.

No matter how much physical capability you are running, you cannot slow down because the distance you can earn is only known.

That's how he keeps running even and finally comes to a place where the streets break off.

Should be a bad time, or it seems sunrise time is approaching. The eastern sky was starting to light up thinly.

The biggest difficulty is the wheat fields that spread around the city. This season is just before the seeding begins, and it's in a beautiful plain.

When I came around here, I seemed to be getting a lot tired except for Rio and Vanessa, who usually worked out their bodies, and I was running out of breath.

Perhaps we should buy some more time if possible -, Rio decided so.

"I will stop the chaser from leaving. When night breaks, meet after noon, in front of the first inn town that took the south street. There must be a fountain at the end of a trail off the street."

Coming about inside the wheat fields, Rio shouted out loud.

"Then so am I!

Vanessa immediately offers to cooperate with the Lord. The other four are the best at running and don't seem to be able to afford to talk. Is it still Christina who can afford it?

"You will escort Christina and her escape commander. The first chaser should come out with a few fast legs protruding. If I mess up, I'll leave immediately."

"... come on, I understand"

Vanessa gave me a distressed look, but I nodded honestly.

"Well, be safe!

That's what I say, Rio stops and looks back. When the dagger and disposable hand-throating knife were removed from the robe, they were equipped in both hands.

"Ha, Hart...... Come on, absolutely, absolutely, meeting point, come on! Ha, ha... Please! Otherwise, ha, I..."

I heard Celia from behind. I'm out of breath, and I'm screaming desperately. It was still dim and not well visible, but its face was still distorted by crying.

Rio waves his right hand wide and responds, without waiting for any further reply, turning again to the city.

Then, when Christina and the others turned around hiding in the stretching woods of the street, Rio was just facing the chasers.

The number of people who followed Christina and the others was about ten.

As Rio expected, they are the first team of chasers directed to the south, all wearing knightly clothes.

They all seem to have run their physical abilities enhanced by magic or magic props, pulling the specs of their forged flesh to the limit critical.

(Have you left reserve troops on the boulder? But what is the Knights Squad......)

Even if Celia and the others were running like that, they might have been caught up because there is a difference in the limits of physical ability that can be pulled from a human being who is training his body like a natural but not a professional soldier.

Rio thought, apparently trying to stop him was right.

"Stop!"

Stopped by Rio, who stood to seal the streets with dignity, the knights stopping at the same time.

"... who are you? What are you doing here? Take the hood."

A captain knight at the head did something to Rio with a swordswallowing voice.

"I was waiting for you. I need to ask you a few questions."

Rio did not answer the question and dared to speak of a thought-provoking dialogue, as if there were any intentions.

"What?"

Is the purpose stalled? - A captain knight looked behind Rio in surprise (a lot), but I don't see any shadows just because there are vast fields of wheat and woods spread out there.

"... well. We don't have time to have a relaxing conversation here. I'll hurt you to the point where you won't die. If you want to break your mouth, you better hurry."

"Even this one doesn't need that many people to ask questions. You're enough."

Returns provocative words to a captain man who carves his abusive (shuddering) grin into his mouth (crease), with Rio pointing a dagger in his right hand.

Then the captain knight carved a wrinkle (wrinkle) between his eyebrows,

"... do it"

In a cold voice, he gave instructions to open the war. The knights behind them move together.

Rio also lowered his posture and kicked the ground hard. Throw a hand-throating knife in your left hand as you rush into the knights at a gushing speed.

Then, whether the reaction was delayed in the thin dark, the hand-throating knife pierced beautifully into the knight's neck muscle, which was in the lead.

"Gu......"

A knife stabbed knight falls out of balance. But he doesn't look upset by the other knights.

I'm used to fighting on boulders - calmly analyzing it that way, Rio pulled out another dagger he had sneaked on his hips with his left hand, gripping it backwards and equipping it.

One dagger in each hand. It's called duplicity. I dare not fight with my sword because it does not give me the perception that this one is a swordsman.

"Enclose!"

The knights followed a multi-on-one must-have and tried to scatter around Rio. But Rio accelerates at variable speeds, picking up enemies before the knights scatter.

"Become..."

Surprised by the unexpected velocity, the boulder knights also ran upset.

Wind thunderstorm. It's like Rio flowing, dancing, curvy-stained motion, and it drives among the knights as they jump.

I don't give you a gap to enclose. Leaps both hands and legs without mistake to ensure damage is done.

The knights also try to wave their swords to make an attack, but it is not appropriate for the trajectory of their drawn swords to capture Rio.

"Damn, what the hell is this guy!

"One, strong!

Flirted by Rio moving around by Acrobat in the dim darkness, it conveys that the knights are standing.

Just once he was mistaken with Rio, some were slashed down with daggers, some were kicked in momentum, and the knights had reduced their numbers to roughly half.

Then, facing each other and wondering if they stared, Rio flies sideways without any preliminary motion.

"Hey, what?

For a moment, it looks like Rio has disappeared, and the knights' reaction is delayed.

At the next moment, Rio, who was supposed to have disappeared, penetrated from the side. He leaps past the gap between the two knights who stood side by side, striking each one in the throat in an upside down position in the air and pushing them non-combatantly.

"Don't lick it!

One of the knights waved his sword from behind toward Rio, aiming at the time of landing.

But Rio jumped and twisted himself, twisting it. He used the momentum of rotation to wield a dagger in the air, slashing and laying down his opponent without turning around.

Now there are only three knights left. It is one knight of the captainship who was watching the battle at a distance and two knights of the planners.

"Oh, hey! Get rid of him now!

The captain knight screamed like he had eaten a bubble.

Given that the content of the order has changed from "Hurt" to "Finish," but that the knights, proud enough to lightly overwhelm an infantry squadron in one detachment, quickly fell into a state of devastation, it can be considered a reasonable decision.

But whether the two remaining knights can finish Rio is a different matter.

"Huh... ahhh!

One of the ordered knights was slashed by Rio as he shouted up.

Wielding a left-hand dagger held by Rio backhanded, he plays the knight's sword with his spiritually-enhanced arm.

Feeling the recoil as if it had been slashed even by an iron wall, the knight distorted his face with the paralysis (shibi) of his hands and dull pain.

Rio walks over to a stiff knight. A dagger waved unconstitutionally from bottom to top with his left hand smashed his opponent's jaw (chin) with a patterned head (one hinge).

"Huh..."

I thought I heard a voiceless scream, and the last remaining knight of the platoon waved his sword horizontally over Rio.

Rio crouches low and squeezes it. Waving a dagger at the counter to the horizontal giraffe conveyed the feeling of a thigh amputation in his hand.

Stay on your knees on the ground and pass out with a knee kick in the face of the fallen knight.

The captain's knight stared at the sight,

"... hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Stand up, you guys! What are you doing!?

I summoned hysterically that my men could not accept the fact that they were literally wiped out.

"Ugh..."

Some are already dead, but some seem to be alive with bug breath.

It suppresses the injured area and is groaning in agony.

Not a very pleasant sight. Rio glanced slightly at his face and bit his teeth off. But immediately, look away at the captain's knight.

"Knock..."

The captain's knight suddenly fled backwards down the road he came to and towards the city. You must have instantly scared the shit out of all your allies for getting hit.

Rio throws a dagger waving his right hand.

"Guh."

A dagger pierced the man's right leg deeply. It goes out of balance as it is and falls unnecessarily.

Rio slowly walked over to the man as he put his robe hood back on deep.

"Ma, wait! Please don't kill me! I'll pay you as much as you want for the ransom! I am from the Duke of Albor family!

A captain man begs desperately for help. It is a very pitiful act that cast off the pride of a knight.

"... that it's the Duke of Albor's house?

Rio was half-heartedly interrogated when they unexpectedly named a big family name.

"Oh, yeah! This is my second son, Charle-Albo!

Speaking proudly with a kizzy face, self-proclaimed Charles-Albeau.

Speaking of Charles-Albeau, isn't he the man who was about to marry Celia as his seventh wife?

(This the man who was Dr. Celia's fiancée?...... well fine)

I don't have any means to prove it right now, and I don't have time to verify my identity. Rio decided to get things done quickly.

Ask this man, who seems to be in a certain position, to bring home information to make him smell that this one has nothing to do with Christina.

"Then answer the question. What were you so vigilant about mobilizing all the soldiers in the country?

Poking the dagger as he looked down, Rio asks. Then the man looked strange.

"Hey, what are you saying? Wow, we were searching for the kidnapped princess. Are you a collaborator?

"The abduction of Her Royal Highness? I don't know about that, but... you know what?"

I'm just surprised (a lot) to say it's my first ear, and I show Rio how convinced I am to think of it.

"Duh, what do you mean? Who are you? Where are Princess Christina and Vanessa-Emar?

Rio was impressed that he had quite a good personality to be able to ask questions without curiosity being suppressed in this situation, whether it was a big one or a small one.

"Well. It has nothing to do with me for now. Would you rather have my question answered than that? You know a guy named Lucius?

Ask for information that Rio would have liked to look into more because of the confusion (teasing).

I used to ask Celia if she knew a guy named Lucius, but she didn't know anything about Lucius.

"Le, you think it's Lucius?... but you mean the man who was the man of the fallen Orguille family?

Charles glanced at him and asked, roughly.

"The Orguilles. I don't know my old family name, but I once heard of a user in the Kingdom of Beltram who was so named 'The King's Sword'. Is that him?"

"Well, then you must be the man for sure!

Cock-and-mouth Charles.

"Do you know what the man is doing now?

Why are you asking me that?

"Just answer the question. This is what I'm asking."

"And I don't know! I heard you became a mercenary, but the last time I saw that man was over a decade ago. How can you give him his name now... Are you moving at the request of that man? You don't resent our house for falling anymore, do you?

"... well"

To a question from a slightly confused Charles, Rio peeled the answer in a bottom-cold voice.

Apparently Charles' home has badly imitated buying Lucius' grudges in the past.

I think of a lot of things I'd like to ask Charles about Lucius' past, but unfortunately we don't have time to talk slowly.

(It fits around…)

That's how he decided, and Rio put his strength into the hand holding the dagger.

"I'm sorry, but you're done."

"Ma, wait! Don't be ridiculous, we're not talking about this! I answered your question."

"Oh, I guess that's what we were talking about"

Rio turns a person's bad grin on Charles, who eats bubbles and objects.

I didn't explicitly promise to help you if you answered any questions, and I don't have an in-laws to keep that expectation.

Nevertheless, I hit one play because of it, so I'll have to get the job done.

When Rio unwrought up the dagger he gripped with his left hand,

"Hih!"

Charles shouted a pitiful voice and meditated on his eyes.

Then Rio moves his legs and turns behind Charles. Grabbing his head with his right hand, he shook his brain as he shed his magic.

"Kuh."

Charles is instantly cut out of consciousness and passed out.

Rio pulled the dagger out of Charles' thigh. I'll give you a mild blood stop with first aid so you don't bleed to death.

No one remained conscious anymore, but other potential helpful knights did so easily with spiritual arts blocking the wound.

Nevertheless, I attacked him without any bad maneuvers, and the intrusion is just a first aid for blood control.

It will depend on how quickly the rescue comes, whether the knights other than Charles, who are relatively mildly ill, can help.

"How can you help?

Soon Isiah, standing behind Rio, asked.

"I wonder why."

Without Rio looking back, he answers with a mockery.

Isiah asked nothing more and began to help with the treatment in silence.

That's how the two work silently, and when the treatment is over, Rio breathes small and opens up.

"Shall we go? Let's change places a little bit."

"Okay."

Shortly afterwards, the two kick the ground and leave the spot behind.

"Isiah, let's go around here."

Keep running for a while and hide yourself in the woods, Rio said.

"Yeah."

Nodding, stopping, Isiah grabs Rio's hand.

"What's wrong?

Rio circled his eyes and interrogated him.

Isiah shakes her head left and right small. I don't answer questions verbally. Rio's hands remain shaken.

"Oh well..."

Rio shakes Isiah's hand back naggingly.

Pompous. The heat coming from my hands made me feel kind of warm in my cold heart.

"We can catch up with Celia and the others right now, right?

What do we do? - And Isiah peeks into Rio's face.

"... No, I'll have the tools for the journey for the number of people. I had to walk and travel. Can Isiah distance herself and ask for an escort for the teacher?

"Okay."

Rio shows his future policy and Isiah snorts.

"Then..."

Rio let go of Isiah's hand with regret,

- It's a different move from here.

And I told him so.

"Yeah."

Make sure Isiah nodded and Rio kicks gently on the ground. His body was engulfed in the wind and instantly rose to high altitude. Isiah also flies in a different direction from Rio.

The two separately flown figures melted away in a lapis lazuli sky that stretched out before dawn.