The Strategist Knows Everything

It's been two days since I discovered Eileen.

I rescheduled my original plans and am still in territory.

Irene is letting her sleep in her room for once.

It seems that the doctor's extreme fatigue does not wake up. That's nothing. He probably hasn't eaten anything. That's quite a few days, too.

Didn't you have food, or didn't you deliberately eat it?

In the latter case, it was dangerous after I woke up, so I came regularly to see how things were going.

"If she's really Irene Masefield, shouldn't you report it to Her Majesty?

As I watched how Eileen was doing, Bold said that.

I shook my head in those words.

I can't and I'm not willing to report to anyone why I'm in Velis, what happened, until I hear that from my own mouth.

"Wait till she wakes up"

"But... you must be suspicious that something happened due to a sudden rescheduling. You can't hide it for long."

"Still. If she doesn't want to go back to Albion, I'm not willing to tell Her Majesty about her. Tell His Majesty we'll send him back to Albion."

"If that goes into the Chancellor's ear, the Count will be in danger."

"Yes, sir."

When I said that, Bold gave up or left the room quietly.

The only ones left inside are me and Irene.

It's a funny story.

Not long ago, I had her fate in her country.

I hold her fate in my country now. Life is something I don't know.

"……… Was it so hard"

If all Zach's stories were true, Eileen would have wanted to die.

Why didn't you commit suicide? Maybe he didn't think it was acceptable to that extent.

Good walking, wild drooling death. Or eaten by a warcraft.

Certainly not a good way to die, and there is quite a bit of pain. How much more punishment would that seem than suicide?

But.

"I don't think he wants that. Eileen."

Tell her not to wake up.

I've never met Eileen's childhood training. But as far as Eileen's reaction was concerned, she must have been close. Then I don't think I want Eileen dead.

You should hope to live. No matter how hard it is.

"Mmm..."

"Eileen!?

Eileen wandered faintly.

I run over to bed and peek into Eileen's face.

Slowly Irene's eyes opened.

"Fred......?

"Eh?"

Apparently the consciousness hasn't awakened yet.

Eileen reached out to me lovingly.

Someone I don't know. Probably childhood friendly though. You seem to mistake me for him.

"Where have you been...... I was worried......?

"Eileen. Stay with me. I'm not Fred. Yukito Clay."

"Yukito…… Clay……………………?

After whining my name a few times, Irene's eyes lit up.

At the same time, Irene grabbed me by the neck and pushed me down to bed.

"Oops!?

"Why are you here?

"Ha ha... now it feels like Eileen. Sleeping you looked like a lady... Ouch! Ouch!"

Answer me.

I'm lying on my back with my left arm caught on Eileen's right side. It's a hardening method that breaks as soon as you can.

If it's going to be all right, I suppose you should hold me in a depression, but did my opponent not think that was necessary, or was it for another reason?

Anyway, I can look Irene in the face and talk. Thankful story.

I would have liked to have had some more peaceful conversation, if possible.

"This is my territory. That's where you came in. [M] It hurts! It's true!

"You don't seem to be lying... it sucks. Why do I have to come to your territory?

"That's a terrible word. It's been flowing into my territory, so this is how you could wake up in bed, huh?

"I didn't ask for it. I am!"

"Did you want to die?

Irene doesn't answer my questions.

Just hold your mouth and look away from me. That's roughly all I can guess.

Eileen must have wanted punishment. But no one punished me. That's why I left Albion.

I think so.

"Zach told me what happened to you. You disappeared from Albion."

"... so what? Are you even sympathetic? Is that why you saved him? I want to die! I should die!

"I... helped because I didn't think you should die. 'Cause you do, don't you? Even if it was manipulated, it would be selfish to leave the country in chaos, execute it until childhood, and die just for you."

"Wha......!?

"It's easy to die. But that's an escape. If you want to die, you can die. Except after I apologize to everyone you annoyed. [M] It's best to die before then, I won't forgive you for the inconvenience you've caused. Anyway, you're killing me."

Of course, childhood training would be the most annoying thing to say when it comes to annoyance. Next up are those killed by Eileen.

But they're not in the world anymore. So the best person alive would be me. Pretty compelling reasoning though.

"I can't apologize... I can't..."

Eileen twinkles with tears in her eyes.

Oh, yeah. I can't apologize for killing people. Anyway, the target is dead.

So you shouldn't kill people, and the war it justifies sucks.

But that's not even a question of what happens when you die.

"I cannot apologize to the dead. So apologize to the living. You can call it atonement. There are people who need your help, and there are countries. I'm not telling you to go back to Albion right away. Think slowly here. Because I can help you too. Right?"

Wipe with your right hand, which is tearing Irene as she falls, but the tears won't stop.

That would be no choice.

This child is only a teenage girl. I need support around me and I'm old enough to rely on support around me.

And yet I got too hard on you.

You should forgive me as much as I cry. No, I should make you a place where you can cry.

"And Irene."

"What………?

Eileen answers with a damp voice because she cries.

I lowered my gaze a little, and then I looked away.

"It's not a good idea to cross over a man..."

So Eileen lowers her gaze and sees her fitness.

The clothes that Eileen originally wore were worn out, so she let them take them off and put on another one. Of course, I'm not the one who put them on.

The problem is the clothes I'm wearing.

What I'm wearing right now is clothes that resemble hospital clothes, which I can remove as soon as I move.

He's crossing over me in those clothes, and he sees all that stuff.

"Become, Become...!!

"I'll tell you what, don't worry, I'm not the one who made you change."

"Naturally!

Eileen's sharp flat hand strikes me in the cheek.

Even though it's unreasonable, I can bend my extreme left arm to the point where it breaks.

In addition, iron claws are added instead of blindfolds.

"Ouch! Ouch!

"I was alarmed. That's what you were. You didn't even bother to tell me right away, did you? So you enjoyed the way I was seriously worried about you and not mine! Right!?

"No! It's a misunderstanding!

"Is that a misunderstanding! Don't count from where you put these clothes on me? You knew this was gonna happen? That's right. I just know everything!

"Ouch! Terrible! That's a terrible way to say it!

He said he was making a scene like that.

"Excuse me. Count. Sounds like something noisy..."

Bold opened the door and came in.

And look at me and Irene.

"I didn't know you had that kind of relationship. I'm very sorry for your loss."

After bowing his head respectfully, he exits the room magnificently.

This has created a new misconception.

"You..."

"I don't think this is my fault."

"The fault of the minister is my husband's fault!

Saying so, I ate my second flat batter today.

Should I be happy that I'm feeling better, or should I mourn the noise?

It's a difficult decision.