Waving down the spear, he stopped the last one's breath root.
A place once called the City of Mercy. The place was dyed red, and no one lives here now.
He sat at the top of a mountain of people in the heart of that city, overlooking the city from high ground.
"Excellent. Not as good as this in the short term"
Turn to the voice you hear from behind.
There stood Bettenburg, an earlier generation, hostile to him four years ago.
"Thank you. It's all because of your power."
"There is no humility. No, I'm sorry you just thought of you as a dra son. Now you are, by analogy..."
"It's our 'nails'"
Bethenburg smiles evil and looks up at him at height.
He was looking back at Bettenburg with an emotionless eye.
"It rips the prey apart and supports us, an important part. Without you, it will be very different."
"Thank you"
"Hmm...... Okay, let's hear one more thing. What the hell are you gonna do with that power?
As if Bettenburg's words had triggered him, he stabs a thoughtful spear at the person who is standing up and down.
It's as if they exude their own frustration.
"I avenge every human being who denies me! What you didn't look at me, it's all of us!
"Excellent. Excellent. That's what our people deserve. Come on, let's turn to the side that looks down on people."
Bettenburg climbs a pile of corpses and reaches out.
along with an ugly, distorted smile.
"Mr. Fiodora-If?
――――
"28... 29..."
My arm muscles tremble.
A sweat spilling out of my head draws a pattern on the ground.
"Thirty!
I screamed that number and fell asleep on the ground.
Looking up at the sky as I breathed straight in, Leonard appeared as if peeking in.
"Yo. Tired."
"... oh"
I became Isel's soldier, a few days ago.
I am now trained by my senior Leonard as a rookie.
Even so, I don't use the salutation because he doesn't want it.
Basic workouts, such as long walks, ambushes, abs, etc., but these were also tough challenges for me that I didn't originally intend to exercise, etc.
"Well, that's the end of your morning workout. After that, it's security."
"Okay."
"Before that,"
A light wooden dagger can be thrown over my body lying on my back.
That means one thing.
"Let's just play, Lazareth"
"You're doing great, Leonard."
"That's right. You have to get used to this kind of training right away, you can't do it here, can you?
"Oh, I see."
I stand up with a dagger and point that sword tip at him.
The way the sword has been erected and shaken these past few days. He taught me everything else.
It still doesn't reach him (Lazareth), but I think the sword is much more usable than before.
"I need to get rid of it. All right, then... let's go."
With the words, he stomps on the ground with his feet and leaves his inertia on me.
That's how I received the sword that was waved down decently, and it became an impending system.
"Truth is, only Lasalles' reflex nerves are amazing. Though I haven't had my sword arm yet."
"Well, how about that?
"Huh?"
I pull out the impending power and slide his sword with my sword body.
In doing so, an unbalanced Leonard showed a huge gap, and at that moment I stuck my sword tip to his side.
It should have been.
He takes advantage of his broken attitude and wonders if he spins in the air as it is, lands and takes my back as it is.
When I was stunned by that so unorthodox standing around, a stiff sword tip hit my back properly.
"I'm talking about how seniors can lose to newcomers who have just come in."
If you say so well, he takes the dagger that's in my hand.
So far, I've played with him a few times, and still haven't gotten a winning star.
Some of them I'm not used to swords, but more than that, I felt something sophisticated about his swordsmanship.
"But, you know, I think it's a good line, right? It's a long way from me!
Speak up, open your mouth and laugh.
I sighed at him like that, smiling and waving, saying goodbye and smiling at me to respond to it.
A wooden house on the city's high ground.
It was bigger than around, and the place had a large garden.
I slam through the garden and knock on the door of the house.
"I'm home. How have you been?
Listening to my voice, the signs of being on the other side of the door open the key.
When I opened it, there was a little shadow popping into my chest.
"Welcome back, Doctor!
"Oh, hey... I'm not a teacher. Lasalles is fine."
"Huh? But isn't there a teacher who can teach you to study or something?
Behind the girl in front of me, two soldiers stood.
They, too, were the same Isel soldiers as me, Leonard and one of my acquaintances.
Daimyo, I'm guessing they did the wisdom.
"You two watched me today."
"Oh. How was your life here, Doctor?
"He said he wasn't a teacher. I'm just a lasalless."
"Nice, Doctor. Isn't that easier to figure out where you stand for them?
"Maybe so, but I'm not like these kids telling me to be a teacher..."
Did my response still sneak up, they lift their heads along with their foreheads?
"Heh heh. Bye, Doctor. Let's go for another drink."
That's all they say, walk away from the house and go back to guarding the original place.
When I dropped them off like that, I looked away at the girl clinging to my feet.
"Damn, you're the ones who can't help it. Don't be like that."
"Are those people, the bad guys?
"I'm not a bad person, but I'm a bad adult"
"Hmm."
I'm in charge of a state-run orphanage now.
This wooden house is built on high ground and overlooks the city from there.
Away from the houses, but for that matter had nothing to do with the noise in the city.
And there was a reason for that.
Originally, there was nothing in this place.
A place where the grass is windy and overlooks the city.
It was just that.
But in one case at the tavern, I asked them to build a house in this place.
Because I thought this place would give people a good idea of what life was like.
And there's another reason.
"Doctor, is it time to go to everyone's? I told everyone I was bringing a teacher!
"Oh, I was. Then we have to hurry."
"Yeah!"
A girl who nods loudly, pulls my hand and runs well with Totetote.
At the end of the way, a white lily flower garden was spreading.
As far as I can see, white.
This was the real reason I chose this place.
"Ah, here comes the teacher!
"It's late, Doctor!
Kids who react when they look at me one after another.
Not everyone talks to me yet, but it was still quite a pleasure for me to be greeted by them.
"I'm home. What was everybody doing here?
"Uh, hey, those guys told you not to make Ha Na Muri, or sneak around, or, ah, but hide and seek because you're gonna get lost."
"Ha, well. Then it's time..."
"Kura, Lazareth! I'm not skipping!
I hear a low crouched yell coming from behind me.
The voice sounded familiar.
I looked back and called the bearer of that voice.
"Captain, this is where I belong. Captain, what are you doing in a place like this?
"Ha ha. It's a busy thing to say. I... don't be surprised to hear that, I'm here to make a crown!
A big, gray-haired man who opens his mouth and laughs luxuriously.
He... "Rufaus" is the so-called leader of the regiment that binds us Isel soldiers.
Many have sincere respect for him because he has no place to be conceited and also associates himself with his men's stupidity.
I was one of them.
"Ah! That's the captain's uncle!
"Whoa! Actually, I'm here to see you guys!
"You said you were here to make a flower crown."
"You idiot, that's a joke. A joke. It's a flower crown, who are you sending it to? There's no princess in this country..."
You're not here.
One hand reaches out, along with the voice suddenly heard from behind us.
The hand flew to Rufaus' left ear without hesitation, pulling it up thoughtfully when he thought it was stuck.
"Come on. So! Hey, stop it, idiot! It can be broken!"
"Are you here to see these kids? I'm the captain, so what if I skip and can't show you!
"Okay! All right, man!
A woman who listens to Rufaus and lets go of the hand she was holding on to.
A woman with pale chestnut hair tied behind her... 'Emil' is a woman who is Rufaus' wife.
Emil provides rice to this orphanage for free, or he keeps an eye on these kids here while I'm away.
From the bottom of her heart, she didn't have a head up.
"Mr. Emil. Thank you for everything."
"That's okay, because it's what I like and do. Besides, these kids here are already like the children of the Atashi. Including you, of course."
"... thank you"
Deep down, I bow my head to her.
Rufaus, who would have seen it, suddenly raised his voice.
"Oh, I was"
"What is it?
"No, they told me to give you a letter. He was a man in a mask."
"What the hell? Lazareth, don't get too involved with the weirdos."
"A man in a mask?
I've never even heard of it.
Until I hid my face, there were no verses I could think of, such as being there to give me a letter.
I look at the note handed to me by him and admit that I still don't recognize the letters.
The contents were also unclear, "It's time to come".
"Whoa, Lasalles. Are you all right? What, I'll throw it away?
"No, I thought I'd think about it once I brought it back. Thank you for your concern."
I pocketed the letter and watched the children playing in the flower garden with a distant eye.