Rouchell came back when the sky in the west began to dye at dusk.
Reina and Kyou were happy to return, but Rouchell's expression was very dark.
Is something wrong?
Withdrawing Aldis's hand and distancing himself from his surroundings, Roucheur shudders with a bloody face.
"I was thrown away..."
"Was it dumped? What do you want?"
Aldis repeatedly questioned Luchel's unnecessary words.
"I don't know... but it was something in the shape of a person."
Aldis finally understood when he was told in a voiceless voice.
When Rouchell went to scout the facility, he saw that it was probably useless.
It would be the end of what was once a human being.
What that means is that the abominable facility has moved again.
"So you're really back in business..."
Research facility - No, that laboratory was heavily damaged by an attack by the Wisteria Mercenaries.
But two months have passed, and the facility must have been repaired and put back into operation.
"The wagon that came out of the facility... had a lot of immobile figures on it..."As it was, it was dropped like garbage into a big hole dug near the building...... that's terrible...... "
Ardis is determined to listen to Rouchell's uninterrupted appeal.
“Let's get you up to speed.”
Originally, we were almost ready to infiltrate the facility.
I talked to Grace and Viktor.
I can't get support as a Wisteria Mercenary, but I have permission to leave the Mercenary Corps temporarily and do something else.
I'm going to talk to Grace right now, so Lucille needs to get ready.
After a light nod, Aldis turned to Grace and the cadres.
Grace was standing at the end of the road, and when she tried to make a voice out of her voice, it rang out as if to block her way.
Grace, here's your chance!
It was Sark who rushed in with a rush.
"What's the matter with you? What's wrong with you?!"
"I don't care about injuries!"It's a great opportunity! ”
"No, it doesn't matter..."Hey, Elion, can you explain that to us?─ ─ Well, you're hurt, too, aren't you?
Grace was looking ahead, and Elion was running late.
This is a unique opportunity, Commander!
"I don't want to say the same thing as Sark... what are you talking about?"
Rhodelia's General Jeriah is on his way to King's Landing!
Rhodelia's red fierce butterfly (today).
The moment the name came out of Elion's mouth, which is now an enemy to the Wisteria Mercenaries, the mercenaries who were there changed their complexion.
"... what do you mean?"
Aldis, who was coming to Grace and the others like Sark and Elion, asks for an explanation.
"It looks like there was a court coup d 'état by the nobility in the kingdom."The coup itself seems to have ended in an attempt, but the Imperial Castle seems rather confused and hastily summoned General Jeriah on the front line. ”
"I guess you're trying to hold down the disturbing elements inside the court with the fierce force of a butterfly."As expected, the fierce butterfly was summoned directly by the King, so I guess I couldn't take my army and head slowly to the King's capital.I'm sure there won't be many escorts. "
Sark has captured Elion's explanation.
Sark is right, if we lead our troops back to where the attempted court coup just ended, Jeriah himself may have unnecessary suspicions.
It was natural to rush to keep the number of servants in a small number in order not to stimulate the calm situation.
Isn't it a trap again?
"It's information that Elion and I finally got when we sneaked into the military headquarters of the Kingdom."It's hard to imagine the whole kingdom doing all this to set us up in a trap.Even if it's just an attempted court coup, it would be ugly enough for the country. "
You sneaked in!?
"Is that why you guys got hurt?"
"Since when are you not mercenaries but secret agents..."
"Sark is right, it's hard to think that the Kingdom will deliberately trap mercenaries like us..."
I understand that Jerry has a personal grudge against the Wisteria Mercenaries.
Already, Aldis and Jeriah were incompatible enemies.
But for now, there is no particular grudge between the Kingdom itself and the Wisteria Mercenaries.
With Jerry gone, there's plenty of room for us to stay together as big employers.I kept that sense of distance.
"If we start now, we can capture the fierce butterfly before it reaches the royal capital."With fifty people, it's not impossible to take her down. "
"...... Alright"
It was Grace who had been thinking about Sark's words for a while, but she opened her mouth as she had decided.
Apart from whether we actually fight or not, I'll wait for her ahead of time.
What if we can win?
Grace answered as one of the old stocks asked a clear question.
"At that time, I will not hesitate to kill.It's the revenge of our friends who have been crushed by the convenient treatment. "
Listening to the words, the mercenaries surrounding them raised their voices one after the other.
Yay!
If so, hurry!
Let's get ready!
"Keep your gear down!"I'll leave you idiots to dress up! "
"Let's take their revenge here!"
Spontaneously, without being instructed by anyone, my people began to disperse.
As Sark said, we needed to leave as soon as we could, given the location of the Rhodelia King's City and Jerry's front, and the Wisteria Mercenaries.
We can't afford to continue the discussion forever.
Since you decided to go, you will have to move as soon as possible.
Aldis can think in his head.
I was going to leave tomorrow morning to rescue the children from that facility with Rouchell.
But listening to Sark and Elion, I was certainly starting to think that this was a great opportunity.
It is true that the children in the institution should be rescued as soon as possible.
Ardis himself has no intention of abandoning his captive children.
I want to reach out to the children who are waiting for salvation because I couldn't reach out to save them.The feeling was never a lie.I've been working for it for the last two months.
However, as you can see from the fact that Aldis and Luchel were being held in other facilities, there should have been more than one such facility.
Now that we've rescued the children from one facility, we'll need a few more months, including gathering information, before we can rescue the children from the others.
If I could defeat that fierce butterfly here...
There is a confusion in Aldis's mind.
If you think about it from a wider perspective, you will be able to rescue more children.
We know from the last two months of research that the facility was created at Jerry's discretion.
If we take down Jerry, the plan itself may be extinguished, and if not, the chaos is inevitable.
Of course, it was necessary to rescue the child from the facility in front of him.
But if you think of the unseen casualties, you should be able to save more humans by slapping the Great Leader.
Aldis, who had concluded, raised his face and turned around, and there stood Rouchell with an anxious expression on his face.
Is it true that you're going to spawn?
Though stuck in words for a moment, Aldis affirms it.
"..... ahh"
Are you sure Aldis is coming with you?
"I'm gonna do it."
"Why? You decided to help the children!"
Unbelievable momentum pushes Rouchell closer to Aldis.
"All the culprits are that lady general."The facility isn't just there.If we take her down, we'll end up helping the children in other institutions. "
"I know that, too!"But Aldis, are those the children in that facility who need help right now!? "
"You can infiltrate that facility at any time."But there's never a better time to take her down!Lou wouldn't have forgotten!I mean the people who were badly murdered! "
"I haven't forgotten!" I haven't forgotten, but... isn't that right?Are you saying the enemy is more important than the children who need help in front of you? "
"No one would say that.I don't think anything will be solved if I just take her out.It's true that she is avenging her allies.But if I don't even have that woman... if I don't have that woman..... "
"Isn't that right? Isn't it really about revenge for her?"What we have to do now is not avenge our people, but protect the children we can only save!? "
"For me..."
I have no intention of abandoning the children who were captured with Aldis.
But more than that, the hatred of Jerry, who took the lives of his tormented companions as toys, triumphed slightly.
Aldis, who was in the same situation but escaped from Hell with his own strength, and Rouchell, who was rescued from Hell with the help of others (Aldis).
The difference may have created a subtle deviation in Rouchell's values that prioritized reaching out directly to Aldis as he tried to beat up the culprit.
Luchel's face was distorted by sadness at Aldis, who was jammed with words.
"It's weird..."
Luchell crushed his left fist, wrapping it in his right hand, with both hands on his forehead.
A distant call of encouragement comes to the awkward atmosphere.
"Hey, Aldis! Let's get ready or I'll leave you here!"
Oh, I know!
Aldis, who replied, approached Lucille and led her into her arms, holding her shoulders.
“I'm coming back. I'll go help the kids when I get back.”
Rouchell rejected Aldis's body as he tried to embrace her.
I used my hands to push Aldis's chest back and opened my mouth with a crying face.
"That's crazy, Aldis."
In a weak tone, Rouchell ran away from Aldis.
Concerned about Rouchell remaining in the camp, Aldis begins to travel with Grace and the others to the capital of Rhodelia.
When the forceful army finally reaches its destination, which is irrelevant day and night, it lurks in hiding and sets up a net.
We were able to get ahead of Jerry's journey, but something unexpected was happening to Aldis.
"Why does the King's Immediate Guard come out..."
Aldis's eyes, hiding and waiting for Jerry to pass, were on a group of twenty armed men dressed in gorgeous gear.
It was originally supposed to escort the King and his family without leaving the Imperial Castle.
The guards, who passed in front of Aldis some time ago, eventually turned Jeriah back to their center.
That lady general seems to be the king's favorite.
Grace crushed it like she was jealous (now).
Konoe's job is to escort the royalty.
Normally, it was impossible for them to escort people other than royalty.
However, in fact, the centerpiece of the group that was advancing majestically in front of the Ardis was Jerry the Red Fierce Butterfly, who was straddling the horse.
A riding bodyguard surrounded the area, and behind it, there were about ten cavalrymen that Jerry would have brought from the front.
It was like Jerry was a member of the royal family.
As a general of civilian origin, you can say that it is an unusual treatment.
What are you going to do, Grace?
"Tch, but I can't fight the Guardians either..."
We can claim personal resentment if we target only Jerry, but if we attack the Guard, we will have no excuse to attack the Kingdom of Rhodelia itself.
In the first place, the Ardis brought only fifty men to the battle.
Jeriah rushed along the way because he was convinced that only a small number of escorts would follow him.
In fact, if you look at the Konoe, Jerry and the others are as small as a dozen riders.
That was enough for Aldis, who won the numbers.
However, if the Twelve-knight Guardian joins them, the story will change.
Even though it was numerically advantageous, it wasn't a regular soldier.
The red fierce butterfly and its subordinate elite boast unusual strength. And the guards.
Even with an advantage of fifty to thirty, it could not be said that it could be won with certainty.
"Damn, should I have waited a little longer?"
But then, we were supposed to fight before our breath was ready.
The Konoe might have broken in while we were fighting the first battle.
I couldn't fight a strong opponent in a state of exhaustion.
That's why the Ardis have chosen a raid location to give them some time to rest.
This time, it was in the form of a back-eye.
I can't help it, I'll give up this time.
Sighs were heard everywhere at Grace's decision.
"The opportunity will come again. Now is not the time for a match. That's what I'm talking about."
Grace herself, speaking that way, could clearly tell Aldis was disappointed.
I think the words are telling themselves.
The Ardis will eventually return home without attacking Jeriah.
Unlike the enthusiastic outbound journey, it was three days after the departure that a group of people who followed the return journey with a heavy atmosphere reached the camping area where their companions were waiting.
Aldis, trying to tell her that he was back, noticed that he couldn't see Lucille.