Returning to Forse, there stood the predecessor king...... Gazelle in front of the gate.
Heavy town just stands by without a guard in front of the gate. To that unusual atmosphere, the gatekeepers around them are silent without being able to say anything.
Leonard, who was happily singing a nose song earlier, breathed in the sight.
"... are you here"
As Gazelle opens her mouth, Leonard stops the horse, gets off the carriage and bows her head.
When he glanced at the figure, he turned his eyes straight to this one.
"Check again. Your request, that's where they live. And give them a chance to learn."
"Oh. I don't want to get kids like Karen out anymore. I don't even know this world very well, but it's wrong to be carried by a harsh fate."
Leonard is surprised at what I'm saying. He opens his eyes and pokes this one in the stomach.
... I wanted you to stop because it hurts.
"Isn't that your self-satisfaction?
"... what?
"Because you are weak. Because it's serious. So you don't just want the weaker people to be considered nearby, gentle and personable?
... Once upon a time, I was told something similar.
At that time, I don't know how it went.
But I can assure you I don't mean to be here right now.
"I drove a lot of people to death in Isel. innocent people who are innocent, who don't know the truth."
"Is that it?
"So I save more people than I hurt. This entrusted life, that's all I'm going to use it for."
"... don't go down"
That's what Gazelle said, screwing the kids at the end of my shoulder.
I stood in front of him to block that gaze.
"Your opinion seems correct. But at the same time, it's inconsistent. Though thou art to atone for the hurt of the people of Isel, thou hast wounded the men of Isel, and hast taken them away. Didn't I?"
"Right. contradictory."
"Life to be saved. Life that must not be saved. That superiority and inferiority, the redemption? Make me laugh."
"Oh. Right."
There's not a millimeter gap in the logic he's talking about.
No, there can't be a gap. What he's saying, he's right.
But here's what I kept doing.
"-so (...) and (...) too (...),"
"Mm?"
"Still, I keep walking. Trying to fall for the contradictor. He put his own life on the line, he tried to protect the girl."
"I want to be the Messiah."
The silence surrounds the area, butt-cutting the words.
A while later, when he… gazelle, slapped his hand and expressed his admiration.
"That's fine. The ideals we aspire to are equality and freedom. They're right, but therefore, distorted. No matter how you fix it, you can't hide it."
That's all Gazelle says, turning her heels back and continuing to talk over her back.
"We are part of a paradox in existence itself: a 'nation for equality'. Be aware of that. We are the heretics."
"... oh"
"And one more thing."
Once he breathes, he walks straight out.
And as it was, I threw up words without turning around.
"You are a Forse soldier from today on. Fix that language."
"Ok...... ok. Your Majesty."
Giving myself away.
That's the price for this contract.
I knew it, but I'm not used to using salutations on this guy.
"Good for you, Lazareth! You, Your Majesty, are quite fond of you!
"... they like you, with that?
"You, you don't know? Your Majesty is a masterpiece, and you rarely speak your mind, do you?
"Really, more than that..."
I'll talk to him. I'll bow my head once.
You didn't understand the behavior, confused, but you called my name.
"Thanks. Thank you so much."
"Oh, man. Lazareth, don't do this. You can light it, right?
"Right. But it really helped. Maybe it's because of you that I made it home alive."
"... if that's all you have to say, why don't you just listen to me for one thing? So, tonight's loan is to Chara."
"Oh. Even so, the money carry..."
"You're not. I don't know what to do with these kids... whoa!"
Leonard points the gaze at me at the children at his feet.
And I crouched in once to fit the kids gaze.
"Come on, kids. I'm Leonard. Soldiers here. You can call me Mr. Leonard, okay?
He brutally strokes the boy's head in front of him, saying such nonsense.
The boy is left without any resistance, as if to just accept it.
"... hey Lazareth. These guys, you know what I'm talking about?
"I don't think you understand. This world and the witch world have different languages. All I can say is there's nothing more I can do about all this."
"Right. Then Lazareth. Can you tell him?
"To me? What did you just say?
"No, no, no."
He closes one eye and shakes his index finger to the left and right, chitching his tongue.
The sigh spilled out without thinking of the attitude that made the little fool of himself.
But regardless of his attitude, the words that came out of his mouth were utterly utter.
"'You're our family,' will you tell him?
"... Huh?
"Me too, to be honest, I was an orphan. Well, my dad and my mum are both scumbags. I only saw myself more than I did."
……
"Come on, don't look dark! Now, the past is the past. Besides, I have hope for Forse."
When he says so, he strokes his head in front of him again.
Now, unlike earlier, he was polite as if dealing with delicate glass, and the boy was also narrowing his eyes to his comfort.
"A nation striving for equality and freedom. If it's a country like that, I don't know if I can help anybody. In fact, everyone else is a good guy."
"... right"
"Oh. Right."
That's what he says, he sits on the ground and hugs the kids all over his hands.
And he kept saying things to me without turning around.
"Let's do our best. each other."
"Oh."
"Then I'll take these guys to the designated orphanage. Of course you're coming, aren't you?
"Naturally?... well, fine"
"Then. My, my, my."
I couldn't stop smiling bitterly at him for hitting the atmosphere earlier and giving it a different and strange atmosphere.
――――
At the source of the full starry sky, she...... Sophia was alone in the midst of depressed trees, illuminated by the light of firewood.
Sigh over and over again.
She was now on the road with Mactoria and Isel.
"... can you arrive tomorrow?"
View the map at hand.
There, the journey that has been taken and the journey that will be taken is spelled out naked.
Close as you can see in the diagram, in fact, her strength was already almost limiting because she crossed depressed tree forests and mountains.
But the carriage also pays for everything for the ambulance, and there's nothing personal to use.
"... I'm tired"
It's not even like her, she makes a weak noise.
The trees behind her swayed unnaturally, as if to react to the words.
She immediately takes the sword and breaks her consciousness behind her back.
"Please come out"
To say all that, from those trees, one young man headed this way with his hands up.
The young man was one taller head than Sophia, had long silver hair tied behind him, and was dressed in white.
More characteristic than that was the mask as if to cover the eyes put on his face.
"... take the mask"
"I'm sorry. I can't do that. This is a physical problem. I don't want to show you, don't I?
"Okay. Now disarm me."
As if to follow what she says, the young man puts two long blue and thin swords on the ground.
And I turned straight to her.
"You may not believe me, but I was just a traveler wandering around here. I'm not gonna hurt you."
"... Really? Then why did you bother wanting to see me out of the shade?
"I thought the bandits were nearby. But because you were the only one here. So I just wanted to ask you the way."
"You think I can believe that?
"Right. You are absolutely right. Well, let me introduce myself."
"I'm the captain of a mercenary unit called Fang called Wolf. See you later."
"... fangs, is it?
"Oh, don't you know? The most powerful mercenary in the world, what are they called? Even so, it's practically rootless."
That's how a wolf laughs sarcastically.
But he didn't know what that meant, hiding his face.
But Sophia felt nostalgia for him like she had known him for a long time.