Skeleton Knight, in Another World

Soulia, king's capital of the Kingdom of Northern.

Built in anticipation of a defensive battle on the First Street Wall, the Horn Horn Horn is a structure that leads directly to the city wall and the defensive passages passed over the city walls, made of stone and lacquer, among which is a practical one-sided construction with martial bones without shards of elegance.

Moreover, it is sometimes originally built as a defense, and its interior is small and dark with light windows and narrow mouths so that it cannot be broken in side by side.

In one room in such a cramped corner, those whose interior was more cramped and illusory sat face to face.

Instead of a polished, shiny table like the one placed in the royal palace, the four of them are getting to the seat of a rough, rustic, rattled table with one foot just floating off the ground like a foot on board.

It is King Asparf, the ruler of this Northern kingdom, who takes the other seat, and Princess Lille, the daughter of the king who set up this seat next to him.

Behind them like that, Zahar and Nina, who are worshipping Princess Lil's escort knights, plus the country's major subordinates, stand in the corner of the room and do their gaze at the central table.

And then you get to the other seat, pointy ears and pale purple skin, white and long hair in golden eyes, a dark elf Arian tied behind you, and a knight who has cemented himself with all-body silver armor - that is, himself - who has confirmed many times the comfort of sitting in a rattling and rocking chair next to it.

Later, the other, the cat tribe Chiyome, with black outfits on black hair, beast ears and black, long tails, holds a ponta on their chest and refrains from rearing themselves.

Chiyome, standing in a black outfit in the corner of the dim room, had only given her faint signs that she was likely to blend into the scenery the moment she was distracted, but she was spared it thanks to the presence of Ponta, who was throbbing and sweetening at her chest.

Princess Lil was the first to open her mouth as the air drifted indoors.

"Let me introduce you again. He is also the father of the wolf, and the king of this Northern kingdom--"

"My name is Asparf Northern Soulia. I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your help in the plight of our country at the request of my daughter, Lil. Elves and the Beasts."

As he took over the referral from his daughter, King Asparf, after raising his own name, has bowed his head deeply there to turn his thanks.

A small commotion occurs from the surrounding subordinates to such a king's attitude, but it also quickly subsides and there is another indoor breathtaking silence.

I couldn't personally forbid to be a little surprised by this.

In a land where the doctrine of Hilkism is widely believed, the Elves and the Beasts have long been the object of scorn, so I thought someone would complain about the king bowing his head toward themselves of such a species, but when I opened the lid, they all held their mouths shut as if they had been sewn together.

Occasionally, my gaze is directed at me or Arian, but when I take it and return my gaze, my eyes swim out simultaneously so that everyone escapes from the gaze of the other side.

Arian, watching them like that, was shuddering her shoulders with a small grin in her mouth.

There are more fearful verses than the three of us, including ourselves here, who were violent against Cardinal Palermo, who became a monster until earlier.

It's an honest feeling that just not receiving the insult attributed to the race from the edge, like Cardinal Palermo, is something convenient in standing in the negotiating arena.

─ Well, since we won't be able to talk in silence like this forever, we decided to follow King Asparf and make our own introductions.

"I am Arch Laratoia, the one who places his seat in the Great Forest of Canada. And next to me..."

"Alien Grenis Laratoia as well."

When he finishes his introduction and turns his gaze next to him, Arian names him briefly, drawing the will of this side.

And the next time she turned her gaze to Chiyome, who whispered in silence behind her, she undertook to introduce herself because she just moved her head cat ear and had no way of opening her mouth.

"And behind you is Lord Chiyome."

"Ki-yun!

Ponta.

When I finished introducing Chiyome, Ponta, who was held by her, insisted on herself, so I finally introduced her back to the king in front of me.

"Well, let's get to the point..."

In his own proclamation, a thread of tension stuck indoors.

Gunship diplomacy, the atmosphere is superb here, but if you've come this far, let me use it at best.

"Princess Lil has already told us some things, but we were asked by the princess to help liberate this king's capital. Some of them have deviated somewhat from the scope of their help, but the princess has promised them quite a reward. With the future of our Elves and our friends, the Beasts, I don't hate all the hard work."

That's what I say, once I cut the word, I peek at the other party's reaction.

In the meantime, it was an explanation to let the King know how we helped liberate Wang Capital this time, but there is a prospect that if we find out that our employer is Princess Lil, we won't be able to make far-fetched criticisms.

Some of the kingdom's subjects were discerning, gazing at the princess sitting next to the king with a face of surprise.

"I hear more about the reward than Lil does. Regardless, I intend to promise you a reward worthy of my work, even if it hangs on my royal prestige. But is that what the reward is for? May I ask what the reward is now to make everyone here aware of it?

In response to a daring question about the reward from King Asparf, when she glanced sideways at Arian, she silently tried to push ahead on this side with only her hand tricks.

"The contents of the newspaper state that we seek this time is that we would like permission to view this country's treasure trove. The second is to ask your country for the liberation of all the elves and beasts of this country and for severe punishment for their captivity in the future."

I can see that there has been a clear noise from around me about what I said, and there is controversy in the content of the reward.

We are claiming to lay down new national laws for the remuneration of mercenaries, so that has no choice but to call for debate.

─ ─ But even if you push here, you will swallow this condition.

"It's a reward for your country's survival. - I feel a little familiar, but we've done enough. I was wondering if there was any way we could possibly be greedy for a little reward like that."

Slowly speaking, she nodded forcefully back to me to agree with what she said as I moved that gaze to Princess Lil sitting diagonally across the street.

Simply referring to the "survival of the country" and the battle ahead, the words that we speak of when we show decisive authority (from our side) in the battle for its survival can also be accepted by the threat of living or killing this country.

Does King Asparf understand that correctly too, he did not put anything on his expression just slightly pulling his neck muscle, but rather smiled and hammered it back.

"Greed, etc., is outrageous. Our country was originally forbidden to possess the slaves of the Elves and Beasts. If we can free the illegally held slaves and just hand them over as a reward for this one, we can say it's a cheap reward."

The whispering of the subordinates who stood at the wall ceases in the words of that king.

─ ─ Apparently, we were able to extract the word from the king.

Her gaze tangled with Arian next door, and she nodded back small.

Later, there is a great deal of truth that you can shake on the Hilkism that roots in this country and make money if you can weaken it as much as possible - no, if you look only at the ingredients, you can even take it to the elimination of Hilkism.

But even if this one demands the abolition of Hilkism, it is unlikely that this time it will come true. Rather, if we stick to that demand here, this country could even be divided between the Church's abolitionists and the survivors.

It wasn't anyone else who made that factor, it was myself.

Thank you, the Undead Army, whose greatest merit is the use of heaven - that is, the Angel of the Origin (Mikael) - is spreading among the common people.

This was caused by the fact that many inhabitants had evacuated from the vicinity of the second wall, which was the battlefield, and by the fact that they had seen over the wall from the people who were inside the first wall, the heart of the king's capital, were angels who appeared above it.

Of course, the upper echelons of the country where we are now, and some of the military men who were fighting by the Second Street Wall until a retreat order was issued, know the facts. But no one will believe it when they say that it was one elf tribe - that is, themselves - who sent the angels down with their mouths together.

While the angel who appeared to many of the inhabitants of the Wang Capital believed that God had sent him in the knowledge of the plight of the people, the scene where Cardinal Pallumo had become a monster had sometimes been witnessed by many inhabitants, and rumors had been fruitfully whispered that this series of Wang Capital raids had been carried out by the Cardinal with his hands dyed by evil methods.

For this reason, the current position of Hilkism is a delicate one.

It can be said that the trust of the people in the upper ecclesiastics of the Church fell exactly to the earth, but seeing the miracle of the descent of angels had led to the result that doctrine and faith were further enhanced.

It was King Asparf who stepped in on the matter when he thought about what was going on.

"If the story of Cardinal Palermo is true this time, it follows that the cause of his disfigurement lies with the present pope of Hilkism. This is a very heavy fact for us. Hilkism, which has been preached to many parts of this tribe spread throughout the northern continent - no one believes that the Cardinals are monsters other than those who are here today - below the Pope, the highest of them..."

When King Asparf said so and sighed heavily, he made the gaze pointing this way even more serious, slightly knocking that posture forward and bringing his face closer.

"What I'd like to ask you is how Cardinal Palermo knew about Lord Ark. Looks like you already had another Cardinal in your hand. [M] Of course, it must have been a monster who looked like people, but did you guys know they existed from the beginning?

Apparently, they wanted to know if the Elves had a grasp of the reality of the church executives who leap behind them, such as this series of disturbances planned by the Hilk nation.

But it is a real coincidence that one of the seven cardinals encountered in the Tadient, Charos, was to be defeated, and the cut to look into the Hilk country in the first place depends heavily on Chiyome's brother Sasquatch.

It was Arian who unexpectedly answered the King's question, wondering how to respond to it.

"It's just a coincidence that we ran into them. … but it is inevitable that we will come to know that."

Having said that, her eyes were somewhat challenging and sharp toward those around her, and their golden eyes made her think of it as if it were a beast.

A few people with their gaze turned accidentally leak a small scream and clasp their necks.

The same was true in the Kingdom of Rhoden, but Ariane is basically not comfortable with the people who make the Elves and the Beasts subject to slave hunting, especially with the people in power.

Is the exception a child of a human race?

In that regard, we can also say that it was mutually fortunate that this time the client was Princess Lil.

"... what the hell does that mean?

In response to her remarks, the king asks Arian with some strange look on his face.

"I don't know about the doctrine of Hilkism or anything, but I could see and understand why they would exclude us elves and beasts from the city of men this time a man named Pallmo. You must have seen it, but it was obvious to us that it wasn't a person, let alone a living person."

The air on the spot calms down on Arian's words, making sure everyone swallows their spit to draw attention to her.

One of them, an elderly subordinate standing on the wall, asked her terribly.

"So, you guys saw Sir Pallmo on that spot and were nursed that he wasn't a person?

"You will. No matter how exquisitely the undead wear their skin, it won't work for us. You, the Masters, have helped them travel by helping them eliminate their own eyes, which can find monsters according to the teachings of Hilkism."

Well, there's a little one person I couldn't break through, but even if I say that here, I'll just break the waist of the story, so I'll sneak up on your chest.

Nevertheless, today's "Lord Arian” looks quite bad and stirs up his surroundings.

Is it the practice of the phrase "do something about Hilkism..." which she was talking about after the Pallumo War?

An elderly subordinate who loses words in Arian's words.

One might think that two species, the Beasts of inferior breeds to the crafty Elves in the doctrine of Hilkism, and those who pride themselves on being superior to those two species, could not spot what was happening, even dancing in the hands of the Immortals (the Undead) -.

But any further incitement to them on this occasion will only burn enemies against the Elves.

It's just, well, sitting next to her, she's the bearer of the power that can physically sink a corner of the city into the ground, so there won't be any fierce people to eat and hang on to her on this occasion.

Let's start over.

"Shall we return to this occasion, Lord Arian?"

When I said that and urged her, she put her arms together and whispered.

"There is no doubt that it was that Cardinal Pallmo of the Hilk Nation who planned this attack on the King's capital by the Immortals (undead). We don't even know what the Hilk state is about, so we don't even know what they're looking for, but we have an approximate idea. No, I got a point with this commotion, should I say"

When he said that much and turned his attention to King Asparf, he took a breath and urged ahead with his eyes. And next door Princess Lil is holding her hands tight in front of her chest like a child when she hears something scary.

"The first Cardinal Charos I encountered - it was in a certain city that I encountered him, but he also used many monsters and immortals (undead), trying to take down the city. At first, we didn't know why we were attacking and destroying the city where the church was located, but the vast number of undead people who attacked this king's capital would be the reason."

"It's..."

Someone accidentally opened his mouth when he heard what he had said, but he kept his mouth shut.

An unlikely number of immortals (undead) naturally occurring - and finished with an army equipped with their own soldiers - will not have searched for and scratched immortals (undead) from all over the world.

It can be inferred from the phrase "the power given to it by the Pope", which Pallumo used to say, that perhaps the Pope can produce an immortal (undead) in his own hands.

That Cardinal Pallmo or Cardinal Charos is also only one of the monsters created by the Pope.

And the ingredients are...

"Then my brothers and sisters, who are believed to have been taken to the Hilk country, are in other words..."

I nodded back to her question, which Chiyome had inadvertently joined in the conversation and asked, listening in silence to what was going on.

"Perhaps he was considered immortal (undead)... A story I heard before in the harbour district of Landbard in the Kingdom of Rhoden, I also heard that the Hilk nation buys many criminal slaves and so on from all over the place. The man who told me the story said it would be imposed on mine labourers, but thank God it doesn't seem the same."

In the meantime, I told them about what I knew and my reasoning based on my previous history, but it would not be a more considerate issue until how they would go out with Hilkism in the future.

It was Princess Lil who shook her shoulders and opened her eyes, who responded greatly to this story.

"It's hard, Father! Hilkism needs to be tightened out of this country now!

Asparf, his father on that sword screen of his daughter, turns his back, but manages to forgive it.

"Wait, wait, Lil! It's not that simple!

Yes, it's not simple.

If we are to root in the nations of the people and bring Hilkism out of this country, which boasts a large number of believers, we must convince the people and the faithful of this country of the justification for doing so.

Without the fact that faith is flourishing about the coming of angels, it is not easy.

If we carry it out with royal power without making it known, rebellion will be imperative, and depending on the size, the country will be divided and likely to overthrow.

And would the Patriarchate leave the kingdom intact, as the raid on the capital of King Northern, which the Hilk nation was supposedly planning, was prevented?

Perhaps prepare a second wave on a larger scale than this one, or it could come under pressure.

That's why I asked the surrounding countries how much they could trust me for complaining about the reality of the Hilk nation - in this world where there is a lack of means of communication, interaction between countries, and so on, and so on.

Quite frankly, it's packed.

At last, people around me started swallowing things, but I could only see from the side that they were unlikely to bear fruit.

There are no effective measures, but they may not think so after a long time under the doctrine of Hilkism.

I said, there's no way we can consider that measure in our own way, so I talked to Dylan -- no, in this case, we're going to need more top-level discussions.

"That's right! What about seeing reinforcements in the connected Kingdom of Rhoden?

The voice of one of the kingdom's subordinates making such a proposal is in my ear, but how likely is it that the Kingdom of Lauden will send reinforcements to the Northern kingdom, located across the bay?

Besides, in a distance sense, the idea would not be very realistic.

"Oh no... what am I supposed to do?

Slightly tearful Princess Lil switched her head to the way she alternates between herself and the king's face, saying that for now it seemed better to clean up what she could do now and then seek fulfillment of the reward.

"Neither will your country be able to do this right now with Hilkism, and as a measure of second-best good, why not announce to the people the masterminds of this backdrop, and on top of that, detain them in the form of hearing the circumstances of church officials? It is a circumstance in which it cannot be said that the immortal (undead) wearing man's skin has not been distracted."

Yes, when he holds a suggestion to the king, he hands on his chin as he envisions, and looks up to Princess Lil, who was watching him next door, looking back at him.

Somewhat later King Asparf decided to accept this proposal, instead of responding, he nodded heavily and returned it.

And the king, who looked up to peek at the other side of the face, has carried a suggestion, a look that seems difficult to say.

"So... it's a hearing from a church official, could you please have your row seated on the spot?

The offer is ultimate because no one will reveal who they are just by listening.

As things stand, it is limited to the Elves and the Beasts to spot the immortals (undead) who have become human beings, but my personal expectation is that they are unlikely to be lurking in the Church of the King's Capital today.

If you become the undead who can be disputed among people, you must be willing to exist. I didn't think such a guy was staying in the king's capital at the time Cardinal Pallmo was defeated.

But there would also be no reason to say no in terms of selling favors to this country.

─ ─ However,

"Do you mind if I leave that seat to Lord Arian and Lord Chiyome?

When I said that and sent my gaze to the two of them, Chiyome nodded slightly to show his appreciation, and Arian has looked to this side with his frigid eyes for some reason.

"Hey, what are you going to do with Ark, push the trouble over here?

Though of the people, I am a little worried about how daring it is to cut and throw away a request from a king of a country in a "troublesome” word, or that he will not leave a remorse later.

"I'm going to clean the undead that are still in this king's city."

That said, when I stand from my seat, I take the "Sword of the Holy Thunder (Karadborg)" and the "Heavenly Shield of Teutates", which I left aside, and bear them on my shoulders.

In the first place, I can't tell who the immortal (undead) is.

Then he thought it would be better to make the most of his time and came up with the support of soldiers still engaged with the remnants of the undead (undead) throughout the city outside the First Street Wall as a charitable contribution.

This is to compensate for the fact that most of the achievements of this Undead Corps were taken by the angels who called them.

I hoped that by participating in the battle and being active in the defense of the King's capital, the Elves would be able to dispel some of their evil impressions of the Elves, but would the Elves still have a faint impression with their helmets on?

With that in mind, the king who was in his seat plunged the conversation with a blue-faced face.

"Lord Ark, I appreciate the offer, but I would like the King's Capital to remain if possible..."

To that king's naughty and polite remarks, the voices of his subordinates, who had previously discussed future responses and so on at the wall, have stopped and turned their gaze towards this side simultaneously, complaining about something.

I guess they're afraid that they'll let angels descend again and blow up the city after city to sweep the undead, but doing so will shake the impression of the elf race down.

"Don't worry, that's not such a darkless substitute to call. I'll wield this sword in the tunnel."

He made a brief explanation for the uneasy faces indoors and asked Ariane and Chiyome to do the following before leaving the corner room.

Then Ponta, who had until now been lenient in Chiyome's arms, flew in the wind to follow him, fitting over his helmet, which was his usual constant position.

"Ki-yun!

"Ponta or do you want to come with me?

Speaking to such a ponta, he responded energetically waving that large cotton-haired tail.

Leaving the corner, many soldiers stand there to guard the perimeter of the building, wrapping it around and pointing fingers at this one, the knight in armor unfamiliar to the inhabitants of the King's capital, and telling them something.

Now, the Immortal (undead) soldier would be able to cope well enough with even soldiers in the kingdom, so I looked up at the city gate on the still closed First Street wall that I would be most efficient if I dealt with around the remaining spiders.

Will it be over by dusk?

With that in mind, I walked out my foot toward the city gate.