The Witch, Who Once Was Called A Saint

In the first place, if Ios and the other soldiers of the fort were to lose, the inhabitants of the city would not have the means to fight.

Before that happens, Kimyra must be a demon.

(Yes, Ios, you can't leave me alone, not knowing that!

Being in this battle doesn't mean you'll soon be noticed around you as an immortal witch.

I'll knock you down and go home, if that's all you let me do, I'll be happy.

"Ios was thanking me for cooking dinner, but I've already gotten enough for him. Would you mind if I paid the interest?

That's right, that's Even.

It's for me that I don't hesitate to back off, and Astreia stuffs up to Ios. But although Ios lost his word for a moment, he immediately swept Astreia's hand away.

"No, it's not safe. You're not a soldier."

"Enough to keep you from dying from falling from that height, you can exercise your magic, right?

"But"

"What, are you trying to tell me that I have unfounded confidence?

"That's... but things are different!

"You say you have strength, what's the problem? Say it."

If there's anything you want to do, just say it. Let me argue with everything.

- Yes, as Astraia kept staring, she accidentally got a loud laugh from behind.

"What, you look like you've lost a lot of words, iosfolight"

Captain!

Ios raises his surprised voice, and Astreia looks back.

It was the blonde who stood there, a man with burnt skin often in the day. The man pointed a good grin at Astraia.

"Ma'am, nice to meet you. I'm Sphale. He's the superior officer of Iosphorite."

"... nice to meet you"

What about listening to people, even if they're superiors?

If you think so, you won't even be willing to say hello, but this is inside the fort. Though it's a space for ordinary people to enter, it's you who's the outsider. So rethinking, Astreia threw a bar-reading word into the sphale that threw away even the least amount of affection.

(Something that has nothing to do with me, that the captain would be Ios' superior officer)

In the first place, I could care less about such details.

You were named Iosphorite.

There would be no reaction other than surprise that the name of the young man who had recognized him as Ios was Iosphorite.

But Astreia, who said such a thing, was also surprised by the sphale.

"What, you didn't even name yourself a woman who goes by every holiday"

"Through...!?"

Oh, my God! Isn't that a big misleading way to put it! Ios was terribly calm, as opposed to Astreia, who stuffed his words with too much shock while he thought so.

"No, I just couldn't say enough because she blocked it"

……

In retrospect, that is a non-denial matter...... I feel like

But it's also bad that Ios came all of a sudden. Yes, I'm sure he is.

And remembering that, my anxious heart calmed down for a moment.

Yeah, that shouldn't matter.

Ios would be iosfolite, but in Astraia, ios does not turn into ios.

"Well, ma'am. I can understand what Iosphorite has to say. The lady is an outsider, even a witch. There's a lot of information I don't want on the table here."

"... so is that."

"So."

Which would have acted faster, the word or the sphale?

Astreia saw the sword swung down with little spare motion, even as she jumped away. From where Astraia was, there was a dull sound.

"Except for people who seem awesome, you can't keep up, this is it"

"That's a lot of noise."

"It's still in the sheath, bad enough to break your bones, right?

It's roughness that, isn't this more of a bandit than a knight?

Here's one, two. Let's fight back, shall we? Such an idea gave me a head start, but I couldn't move it into action. Because Ios broke in between.

"Captain, you can't overlook it."

"Oh, I'm scared. Are you in a bad mood, Lieutenant Iosphorite?"

……

Lieutenant, with the word, it turns out that, apparently, Ios was also a knight in position.

But Ios didn't want to be told that, he had rarely distorted his expression. But whether it's hidden or revealed, Astraia doesn't want to change her attitude.

"... If you don't want to fight together, you don't have to. I'll take one down."

I can't be sure it's more Kimaira than hearsay alone, but even other demons are confident to defeat Astreia today by themselves.

(Probably someone who can take down this fort, too. I'm just not used to it)

But I can't say long things like that until I get used to it.

Like a witch in a fort who left the line before she got used to it, there's a good chance that there will be more casualties.

(But I'm not too complimented for trying alone)

Even this crusade threatens to see Kimaira appear again.

And if it materializes, the damage will be similar to this one.

For that reason, I want to show the knights of the fort how to deal with Kimaira.

(Well, if you don't like my participation, I'll move alone to stop the damage now)

More than anything else, it's a prerequisite to recover the damage now.

Did you find out about military policy? With that in mind, Astreia glanced at Sufale.

"You're a much stronger lady. It's like a witch coming to a fairy tale."

……

"In addition to the strength of that temper, if you don't react badly... I'd like to ask you to help me with the crusade here, how about your daughter?

"Hey, can't you be a little more honest if you're requesting cooperation?

Astreia let her mouth shut, saying it was a much more abusive solicitation.

But Sufale doesn't care about it at all because of the way it looks.

"The people I want show up at such a delicious time. It's possible that some kind of... Imperial trap, for example? However, if your daughter were a suspicious person, Iosphorite wouldn't look that scared either. I'm sorry."

"Of Ios?

How does Ios' face relate to this place?

As Astraia looked back, surprised by the suffaret shrugging her shoulders, Ios had put quite a bit of effort into his eyes.

"If I wasn't your superior, I'd be beaten up."

"But you don't look as scared as you say."

"I wanted to give my daughter a look just before she looked back. But in fact, help is helpful. Unfortunately, we can only serve gratuities like booze or rice."

Quite a bit of vigilance had already faded from the couch, which appeared to have slipped away somewhat. Still, there's still the way it's been explored, but it won't be enough to care.

If I'm completely relieved of my guard in the first place, that worries me too... yes

Astraia looked back at Sphalle again as she thought.

Tell me what's going on.

"Oh, then..."

"I'll tell you what's going on. Captain, get back to your job."

"Wow."

He grabbed his shoulder a long time and Astraia was surprised.

I was alarmed, I didn't even intend to be alarmed because I didn't think Ios would surprise me more than that.

That's why I sent the gaze of protest to Ios, who hasn't seen Astreia in the first place. I was totally staring at Sufale.

(... can I stare at my superior officer that far?

Was this what Sphalle was saying earlier - Astreia made her cheeks snap as she thought so, but instead of caring at all about the sphallet, it seemed a lot funnier.

"Heh, please, Lieutenant."

Captain!

"Well, that's as far as the joke goes. The battle is in the woods. It would be nice to see where it becomes a battlefield first. Iosphorite, be on local alert and I'll leave you to explain to her."

Earlier the soothing voice disappeared, such a hard voice.

Astraia's expression also followed it and calmed down. He then performed the same motion against a salute where he lay his hand on the chest of the sufale and broke his hips. By the way, I thought it was a behavior I'd forgotten, but apparently my body remembered.

"Come here. Because I'm going to Lazur."

Ios spearheaded Astraia, who woke up his body, and even came to the stable.

Then the razor I had just ridden for the first time raised its voice as if it were "slow".

And as he answered the voice, Ios said, "It was bad," he stroked his nostrils.

Then when he let Lazur out, Ios stood on the table by the stable. Razur approached it as well.

Usual ios are on the razor with their feet on the left-hand side of the razor, but with a platform, that would also reduce the strain on the razor. That said, the next time Ios came, I had to prepare a table - and I thought to myself.

No, I'm here to settle today. Next time, no. If I don't go home with that, I'll shake my head.

"... what's wrong?

"No, it's nothing."

"Really?... By the way, can you ride a horse?

"I can't ride."

"Then excuse me."

Say no, no, Ios grabbed Astreia's hip, which was under his platform when he gave in a little.

"Huh."!? "

Astreia's leg, which raised an obvious nod, was floating at the next moment. Unlike when you fly, the floating feeling of gravity being supported in two places - it was to feel as if the flow of time had slowed down, albeit for a moment.

If you notice, Astraia was sitting on Lazur.

……

Isn't it too powerful?

That was true when they pulled it up outside the walls, but too suddenly Astreia couldn't react with her eyes round.

And before I could catch up with the reaction, Ios came over the horse, too.

"Lazur, it's the two of us, but we're good, right? You're strong enough to pull a carriage."

In response to Ios' words, Lazur began walking slowly, even though he was used to it first.

Astraia can't be that vibration, but I didn't think she was too scared because it was after riding Lazur, who ran from so far off-site in the first place.

In the first place, the very feeling of being scared didn't happen to Astreia because I can see Ios supporting me a lot better.

But.

"... Hey, Ios. Are you mad at me?

If you feel the tingling air at any rate, you will not calm down.

Maybe it's because of his mind, and I wish it was because of his mind - but Ios sighed small at Astraia's question.

Affirmative, and Astraia had to realize too.

"Nothing, I'm not mad at you. Not even to the captain."

"So who are you mad at?

"If you dare, tell yourself, yes. In the end, it was the army's responsibility to lead you to a place of danger. If I'd found it and knocked it down, I'd have had to go out of my way to show you where it's dangerous."

"... I don't think it's one person's fault that I can't defeat that one I'm unfamiliar with. I care too much."

Even though it is true that if we cannot defeat it, the lives of our citizens will be threatened, even Ios is not out of hand. If you're out of hand, I wouldn't say that in the first place.

Astreia thought it was a strong sense of responsibility, but this had to be defeated quickly for Ios.

"But you... you don't like to go out in public"

"Huh."

"And yet, he said he'd stay here on purpose. I'm sorry I forgot to amuse you..."

I don't deny that I hate what I do in public. Rather, it is a matter that can be fully affirmed. There is no way that I can live a different time than a person, blending into life with a person.

That's why I've lived all my life alone in those woods.

"But that's not true."

For a moment. If you go back to the woods soon, it will be over, and it is up to you to offer to participate.

By and large, if Ios is the cause, it's not crusades, it's all the culprits he's fallen for.

No, can Ios' repayment be considered the culprit?

Even if we were helped, we wouldn't have met again if we hadn't shown up like that.

I can't help but think that I cared too much now.

"Let's just think about knocking it down now rather than that. It's time for you to give me some details?

I can't think of a word that I can communicate well so that I don't really care.

So it's best to tell him not to bother at best.

"... ok. But before you do, I'm going to run a little to the woods, so don't fall."

Tongue, don't cover it.

At the same time it sounded that way, Razor's speed increased sharply.

A lot too suddenly I didn't realize when I came here, but Razur's back wobbles compared to when I fly, and I don't know the direction I'm headed, so I can't be prepared, and I wonder if I'll be shaken off.

But on the other hand, I thought it was a powerful run that I couldn't do when I was flying.