"Ars! Is Kyle safe?
"You're a part-time brother..., I'm fine, I'm just losing my mind"
Bite brother came in with a footsteps called Dotadota as he was sleeping Kyle, who was unconscious and falling, in the bed of his house.
Apparently, he flew right in after listening to me.
Checking Kyle's cheapness while out of breath with Zeezy.
Kyle, lying on the ground, was on top of a bloody pile.
When I saw it, I just thought Kyle had been cut off by a soldier's sword.
But apparently not.
Kyle's body didn't have any cuts or stab wounds.
Apparently, Valkyrie protected me.
Perhaps, but Kyle stopped when he saw a soldier who tried to ride Valkyrie on his own.
An angry soldier pulled out his sword and cut to Kyle.
But Valkyrie stopped him.
Valkyrie entered between him and the soldier trying to push Kyle.
Kyle fell to the ground with the loud noise in the shock, and Valkyrie sustained a scratch on his forehead.
It was Valkyrie's blood that was spreading on the floor.
"Right, but are you better off, Ars?
"I guess I'm getting a little calm. In the meantime, we cannot leave this issue alone. I'm calling people because I want to hear other people's opinions."
"... well, I don't know"
It must be about my mental side that my part-time brother has been telling me if I'm okay.
But I dared to misanswer that question.
The soldier I attacked with a shotgun was killed instantly.
I didn't really want to think about it.
And then, after a while, the people I called came together.
"... that's why I killed one of those soldiers who came to collect taxes. Naturally, he didn't respond to what the other side had asked for, and he drove it back. What do you think will happen in the future?
"After all, no matter what you think, you can't be blameless. Maybe if the Fontana family had a report, they'd gather the soldiers and come this way."
I gathered people and started talking to them to figure out what to do in the future for now.
An old pedestrian answers my question.
"... do I even have to think about dumping this place and running away?
"That would be one idea. I think there's plenty of chance that if we escape into the land that other nobles rule, we'll manage."
"Isn't the Fontana family going to demand extradition or something?
"I guess I will. However, if you are a nobleman who doesn't have a good relationship with the nobility here, I don't think you will listen to that. Anyway, Lord Ars can hatch valuable servant beasts. I guess it's more of a deduction."
"Is that what it is? Then as a last resort, you'd better think of running away."
"The awkward will guide you then. It just doesn't change that if you seek refuge like that, you will end up being 'protected' by that nobleman."
That's right.
Running away might save your life.
But in the end, it will mean that my freedom will be gone.
I also wish I didn't die, but isn't life deprived of liberty the same as death?
"What are you talking about? If this happens, it's a total fight. You, can this place be taken away? What have you been working so hard for!!
"Bite brother......"
"Besides, you killed a soldier. You've decided that the next soldier will catch only one of us until we're related. Kyle could be killed this time too. Then what are you gonna do without fighting!
"Bite brother, you say that, but how do you fight? How much magic do I have to use on my own? There's no way I can beat a lot of soldiers."
"Don't be silly. I've decided to fight with you, too. It's my brother's job to protect my brother!
"... Ars, if your Lord is going to rise, I will help you."
"What, Mr. Maddock? It's a call, but Mr. Maddock has nothing to do with this, right?
"I've been watching you ever since you were little. If you say so, you're like a grandson. Though that's the nobleman's opponent, he can't be killed. Is it that weird that I want to help you?
Did you think so much about me?
But is that the only thing that will deliberately try to teeth the powerful?
"Besides, it is thanks to your Lord that our woody lives are now beginning to enrich. Because the Lord built the woods, kept the wood in a safe place, and started making furniture and charcoal, we all stopped having trouble eating. Now, I don't want to go back to my old life. Let me tell you something, your lord is the center of our wood dust. Then I'll save your life, but I need to help you."
"Thank you, Mr. Maddock"
"Uh, shit. You can't do anything about me being a parent even though others say so. Ars, my father got hungry, too. I'll do it with you. Whatever you are, my mothers have to protect you."
"Dad too......, are you sure?
"Oh, there's no two words for a man"
Seriously.
All I called for was someone who was going to take my side, but I didn't know you were going to take my side this far.
But that might be good, too.
It's bad for everyone, but I don't like people like nobles depriving me of my freedom to live.
I've had so much fun living in this world, even when I was born into a poor farmer, because I've come free.
Apparently, the only way to continue that life is to fight.
Then I'll have to decide, too.
To gain freedom, to protect the family, to fight against the nobles.
Thus, I hurried to initiate action to repel the soldiers that would soon come.