The Branded Female Fencer

"Finally, the castle has been unraveled."

With more innocent visitors like you, I've laid the barrier.

After taking Elsa and the others from the Ever-Dark Palace, the bird pushes open Blood's private room window and enters on its own.Needless to say, it was Miriazar's demon.

The bird sighed as if it had arrived at a breath as it formed on the lid of the wine.Looking at the situation, Brad noticed that he was relieved by this unchanging decay.

"... maybe a little old."Sometimes even innocent visitors get nostalgic. ”

"Wow, you and I are close."It wasn't innocent or anything. "

"I wonder if you're close enough to have really killed each other several times."I don't have any sweet memories. "

"If you had properly grasped the reins of your subordinates, it would not have been a battle in the first place."Well, if you hadn't taken it easy, our damage would have been even greater.I'm not going to be too young to understand that. "

Brad smiles bitterly and pulls out the cork of wine as the birds arrive.I then prepared two glasses using ice magic and poured them into each of them.

"It's not like you're drinking like that."

"The atmosphere will be important.It's not the time of the war, so it's just about right. "

"It's a wine that doesn't exist anymore, right?"I'll give you the main unit, but it's a waste. "

"How good would it be?"

A bird tried to turn its wings into wine, but just cold it pulled its wings back.I will only touch it like that this time.

"For a reunion with an old friend."

And to the Alliance

The birds pushed the glass with their wings, and the cups were aligned.Speaking of which, Brad remembers that he had only spoken to Miriazar in strict circumstances.From what I heard from Ekesh, it seemed that he was a tough, harsh, and loving lord.

Even so, it turns out that they survived so far without a major war because of their love and flexibility, and that Arnelia did not inspire them more than necessary.

Miriazar's cautiousness, falconry, and stuck-up appearance were conveyed through the use of demons.Brad understood that Miriazar's main order was to temporarily unlock the "castle" and get himself on board.

"I see, you don't even trust those two envoys."The purpose was to open the castle through a letter and talk to me like this, right? ”

"I've never trusted anyone in my life.How can you trust others when even you are in danger of trusting them?I owe you my power and my life.Unlike a real, mighty race like yourself. "

"I was a heretic as well as a 'night dweller'."It's a long-lived, unwilling race.While I didn't know if I was alive or dead just by dripping raw, many died asleep in my coffin in the battle to burn the sky.I was a boy at the time, and I was curious about what would have happened if I had not jumped out.More than that, even if they are weak, they deserve more respect for what they have earned. "

"Is that why you put humans next to you?"

“Sometimes that's the case, sometimes it's not.”

Brad swallowed the wine in one breath.The wine you drink on your own is not good, but when you have an opponent, the cup goes on.It turned out that Miriazar had prepared two glasses.

"However, all five current princesses like it."I don't want to lose anyone if I can.Even if it wasn't, many of them died. ”

"Hmm, it was a daily tea routine for me, but you seem different."Are you willing to increase your family again? "

"No, I'm the last of the race."A race that doesn't seem to grow anymore in the true sense of the word.It was more than a thousand years ago that we were on the verge of extinction, but we are still drawing the curtain.Otherwise, I'd feel ashamed of my ancestral spirits. "

What, the opposite of me?

Brad figured it all out with one word.

You know, you're approaching the end of your life.

"Hmm, I'm pretty impossible."It's the last glow before it burns up. "

"What do you do with that shine?"

"I'll wipe out the remnants of my heart."I don't think I can live any longer.Some people seem to trust me with the rest, and the maggots will gush out no matter how much I crush them. "

Well, you don't have to fight.

"You can't leave your hands soiled with blood for the rest of your peaceful life."Besides, I feel responsible for some things.That's different from you. "

Blood smiled as the bird pointed at him with its wings.

"This is tough."

"But it's true, isn't it? If you had participated in Spears' Four Sisters Crusade, it would have been over there.I hope you didn't lose both of your princesses. "

"There is no word to return... but let me help you now."However, the previous information must be true. "

The sharpness of Brad's tone returns.The wine in his hand boiled with magic and froze again just before the glass melted.

The birds laugh.

"Oh, of course - your son now seems to call himself Hydun, but certainly he's with someone I know."I didn't think so either, but I did.I don't know what happened, but I finally got the word out. ”

"When did you find out?"

"I guessed a long time ago."The archbishop, who was a pistol of mine, was killed in the crossfire with Hydun.I was told that it was a semi-blood sucking species, so I thought maybe, but I was good at hiding.The news of the previous battle in Arnelia, where we were completely unable to follow in our footsteps.The woman at the top of the pilgrimage is now a mercenary of the hero line, but she had a slave contract with it.I'm sure she's not mistaken, because her companion recently joined our mercenary group.I don't even know how she got there. "

Isn't slavery a manipulation of the dead?

"It seems that the free will has not been suppressed."It was strange and uncomfortable, even though I said I couldn't rebel. "

I see--I hope so.

Myriazar nodded tinyly as she watched the glass return to its original state.

"You're also a parent."

That's all you are, senpai

"Hmm, I have a lot of kids."

Brad smiled back at the bird who was laughing again.

Continued