138 Episode 138 "Letizia-Milfe Welcome Plan" Its Activation and Victory Conditions ".txt

Iris has heard of the undead appearing in the streets.

When we visited the lord's house, Iris said to us.

This is a room in the Ilgafa Lord's house. To be more precise, this is Iris's room in the Ilgafa Lord's house.

We were let in through the back door to the mansion secretly. The route to the Ilgafa Domain House has been established with the cooperation of Iris and Rafilia. Since we haven't yet unlocked the 'mind linkage modification' with Iris, it was easy to make contact with her.

There are three people in the room: me, Aine, and Iris.

Rafilia and Cutlass are talking in another room, and since they've never met before, it serves as an introduction. Also, I had something else I didn't want Cutlass to hear.

"I have a question for Iris.

'Yes, sir. I will respond. Iris woke up again this morning after chanting her brother's name three times.

'Thanks. So Iris knows about The Knight Ghost, right?

'Yes. Retired knight Galungara was seen by the guards to have pulled him away.

Do you think that would inspire other undead to wake up?

It's common.

Iris put her hand on her small chin and craned her neck as if trying to remember something.

'There are reports of such phenomena in some literature.

The undead are people who have been interrupted in their death sleep by the instinct to increase their number of companions because they find it lonely to attack people. If those undead find a large number of friends, it is quite conceivable that they will wake up and start moving.

.......

This is what I didn't want Cutlass to hear.

Because she might be depressed if she heard about a mass undead outbreak because of what her own father-in-law had done. Even though she's just a complicated situation.

Of course, it's also because we broke the jutsu by taking control of The Armor of Balal, but ...... in that case, it can't be helped. If we hadn't done so, we wouldn't have been able to defeat the Black Knight.

''As for the countermeasures against the undead, we will be sending a request to the Adventurer's Guild from now on.

'Do you think the Ilgafa Lords family will take a direct approach?

Right now, your father and the incoming lord, Royeld, are discussing it.

Royeld, the next lord.

Didn't Iris say, 'He's an honest and good boy, isn't he?

But then again, he's also told me about the retired knight Galungara and the Knight Ghost. He's also saying that he feels responsible for them, and that he's going to make a request to the Adventurer's Guild at his own expense.

''If the road to Metekal is blocked, we won't be able to open the 'Next Lord's Ohiromei Party'.

I don't really care about that, Iris.

I don't really care about that either.

Me and Iris both sighed together.

Honestly, the 'Illugafa's Next Lord's Unveiling Party' had nothing to do with us at all. I thought that someone from the 'White Guild' might come, but if no one comes, that's a relief. The question is...

...... It's about what Letitia will do.

Aine, who was standing behind me, suddenly spoke up.

'I have a question for Aine.'

I turn around and visit Aine.

'If the streets were overrun with undead, and the streets were closed to traffic, would Letitia give up on coming to this town?

...... I don't think so.

Trying to force your way through to get to the 'O'Hiromi Party'?

Don't push yourself. We wait and wait for the road to clear. However, I don't think it's for the party, I think it's for playing with Aine and the others.

'But what if the caravans can't get through the streets, or people are being attacked?

Definitely lend a hand. To help people.

"I know, .......

Me and Aine's lines overlapped.

Letitia is a righteous nobleman and a tinkerer.

If someone was being attacked by the undead, she would definitely help them. Letitia is pretty strong, but she's reckless. ......

''Leticia-Milfe-sama, ...... you are Aine's best friend and your brother's best friend.

Yes, I'm the one who helped me when Iris was attacked in the hot springs. I'm also the one who helped Iris when she was attacked in the hot springs.

If that's the case, then you owe ...... Iris a debt of gratitude, too: ...... Hmmm.

Iris is nodding repeatedly. He's got something else in mind.

I have a few ideas, too.

I look up, and my eyes meet with Iris'. We both chuckle at the same time, and Aine murmurs behind me, "We're like a real brother and sister. I think so too, sister.

"Big brother, you've thought of a plan, haven't you?

Wasn't that what Iris had in mind?

I will answer that question for you.

Okay.

You first, big brother.

''Yeah. I thought it would be a good idea for the Ilgafa Lord family to send out a survey team before the Adventurer's Guild.

'That's my brother. You've read Iris's mind, haven't you?

'If it was Iris, I would have thought it would be 'The Messenger' instead of 'The Investigative Unit'.

'A 'welcome' to be exact. The invitation to the nobles is here. Even if we keep what the retired knight Galungara did a secret, we should at least make sure that the nobles can come here safely.

''But it's going to take some time to move the Lords' army, right?

'Yes. Skeletons, zombies aside, you'll need a magical weapon to defeat the ghosts.

'If you knew someone here who could move quickly, what would you do as a lordship family?

How do you know him?

The leader has a magic sword, one of his companions is a giant magic user, and the other is a master of the undead's natural enemy, Divine Power.

That's the best thing in the world, isn't it?

What would the House of Lords do if someone like that existed?

'Naturally, I'll ask you to go and check on him. It's urgent, so I'll add to the reward.

'I'm just going to check up on you, so there's no need to help the nobleman, right?

Yes, of course. But if you've met someone you know, I just thought you might want to bring them to him first.

House of Ilgafa, your house is bursting at the seams.

Since we're forcing ourselves on you, we have no complaint about you letting us off the hook a bit, do we?

'That's the 'Sea Dragon Priestess', she's a good employer.

"No, no, it's not in the wisdom of the 'Sea Dragon Hero'.

Shush.

Me and Iris held each other's hands.

''...... If Nah-kun and Iris-chan join forces, wouldn't they be able to take over the Ilgafa lord's house?

Behind me, Aine was saying something fussy.

I won't be such a hassle. It's just more work.

"You know what, Aine?

Yeah. Yeah.

"If I take over the House of Lords, I won't be able to 'put my family and friends first', will I?

...... Right.

What's important to me is Aine and Iris and the rest of the party - my family, my friend Letitia, our child White, and our partners Garfe and Delilira. "I can't be responsible for the whole port city. You can't be responsible for the entire port city, and if you have to put everyone else off to do so, I'd throw out that position as the king of the world. Isn't that obvious?

I held my mouth after I said it.

I shouldn't have done that. I spoke so spontaneously. And I'm embarrassed about it.

As expected, Aine and Iris are also appalled by .......

"...... naa-kun" and "...... big brother

But ...... I wonder why I'm kind of red-faced?

I'm more ...... aine ...... than the world." "What's your brother ...... going to do to make Iris crush any more? ...... Are you trying to kill me ......

...... eh?

This is a matter of priorities, which means it's important to go get Letitia now. It's really not like I'm going to be the king of the port city or the world ...... in other words.

Anyway, we'll go get Letitia. As long as she's okay, that's all that matters.

Okay, Nay-kun... then Iris will arrange it for you.

Work backwards from the time the letter arrived, so that we won't be mistaken for Laetitia.

Iris' calculations. My guess. According to Aine's analysis of Letitia, the best time to leave is tomorrow morning. We also have to prepare for the Lords' side of the family.

We're just adventurers, hired personally by the lord's family.

That's why we've decided to launch "Operation Leticia Welcoming".

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The next day. On the road to the port city of Ilgafa.

"Activate 'Spinning Shield Scramble, Lv 1'!

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The "Round Shield" that Leticia held in her hand struck the skeleton's head.

The next moment ──.

Guru Guru Guru Guru Guru Guru ──────!

The skeleton, holding a rusty circular moon sword, begins a great rotation.

It's a high-speed spinning motion, centered on the spine.

With the centrifugal force, both hands, one leg and even a few remaining teeth fly in all directions. The skeleton, which had lost not only its means of attack but even its means of movement, fell to the ground as it was.

''Oh my god!　How many of them are there?!

Surrounding Leticia were countless undead.

It was two days ago that I left Metekal to attend the 『Irgafa New Lord's Unveiling Party』. Since I had the role of an official emissary of the Viscount's family, I wore a dress and left in a carriage. It was bad enough that it slowed me down. After receiving the news of the undead, I was going to wait in a nearby village.

But as we were going straight ahead on the road, the nobles were attacked by the undead and said, "Nah, it's okay... I couldn't leave them screaming at me.

Honestly, I didn't care about them, but I couldn't leave the squires and maids who were being used as shields.

So, in the end, Leticia was in the middle of a crowd of undead.

As luck would have it (badly), she's participating in the operation to defeat the undead with the adventurers who were escorting the caravan that was passing by.

"Caracaracaracaracar.

Skelton laughs as he spins his own skull around in his hands.

'Oh my god. You're going to have to be honest with me through here, Skeleton Style!'

"Caracalla caracalla. ...... Caracalla!

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The skull thrown by the skeleton flies towards Leticia with the wind knocked out of it.

Letitia takes out the ladle she had planted behind her shield and activates another skill.

''Activate!　'Egg Reflex (Counter Egg) LV1!'

Kon...... buzz!

The moment it touched the ladle, the skull's movement vector flipped.

The skeleton's head flew back towards its owner with its momentum as it flew. The skull dug directly into the ribs of the skeleton, which was making a small leap to think that it had finished off Letitia.

The skeleton, which had been hemmed in up to its spine, shattered splendidly as it was.

''The ...... problem is ghosts, isn't it?''

Skeletons and zombies are manageable. If you destroy their bodies, you lose your means of attack.

But ghosts can only be defeated with magical weapons.

And there are only a few people in the room who can use magic. There is a limit to their magic power, and above all, the amount of time you have to send back the vanguard to protect them, the burden on Leticia will increase.

''Here it is. After all this time, I wanted to show you Nagi-san and the others a beautiful sight.

Letitia's dress was already tattered here and there, covered in sand and dirt from the streets. The hem of the skirt has been cut off to make it easier to move around. The sleeves have also been torn off, exposing her bare arms.

I installed the "Cheat Skill" that Nagi gave me a while ago.

Shield Scramble Lv 1" makes opponents struck by shields rotate at high speed.

Eggs Reflex (Counter Egg) LV1 allows you to use your cooking tools to bounce off "round as eggs". If your opponent is "somewhat round" anyway, you can counter-attack them with the weapon you ricochet.

Both of them were given to me by Nagi a long time ago──when I left Ilgafa, and I kept them without using them for a long time.

When I used it, it seemed to change my relationship with Nagi, so I couldn't install it until now. But it can't be helped to get through this place.

There are dozens of undead enemies.

It's not just adventurers, it's an army to deal with them.

It's time to escape ...... the fallen nobles have been collected!　We're retreating!　Ladies and gentlemen, make a retreat!

Where's Lady Letitia?

I am the shinigari. I'll see to it that you get out of here!

Leticia responds to the adventurer girl who raises a worried voice with a smile.

Of course, she has no intention of dying.

When the timing is right, I intend to flee in the direction of Metekal.

The truth is, I don't care about the "Irgapha's Next Lord's Unveiling Party". However, is it a pity that I can't directly complain to Nagi about him traveling without me?

When Letitia thought that and smiled inappropriately...

In the western sky - in the direction of the port city of Irgafa - a strange character appeared.

The enemy's legs will be stopped here. Run for your life, righteous girl!　Because the Lord and his slaves use the trump card!'

Mr. Reggie!

No doubt. That language is from Nagi's beloved sword, Reggie. And there's no one other than Nagi and the slave girls' 'cheat skills' that can make letters float in the air. They were the ones who came to the rescue.

''Totally. You are such a friendless people!

Cutting down the approaching skeleton, Leticia stepped backwards with the adventurer.

Why did I make the letters float with Reggie's words──I guess it's to prevent the speaker from being detected. In order to prevent third parties from noticing who is speaking and to whom they are speaking, Magic Sword Reggie's appropriate tone is the best──no.

''I'm taking back my previous statement. It was probably decided by 'janken' anyway!　Nagi-san!

Letitia and the adventurers go further back. The undead chase after them.

From behind those undead - a large number of arrows fell from behind those undead - a large number of arrows fell. Shattering the legs of the skeletons at the back of the herd, sewing the instep of the zombies' feet to the ground and blocking the ghosts' vision. An impossibly accurate shot. Only a person with tremendous luck would be able to do this.

The other undead also stop moving due to the damage to their allies.

In the meantime, Leticia and the adventurers fled from the battle area.

''Your opponents were bad, undead.

While running at full speed, Leticia couldn't stop herself from laughing.

It no longer mattered how many hundreds of undead there were.

Her best friends are the 'Chi-tchira' beyond the norm.

''We've been evacuated!　Go ahead, 'Best friend (Nagi-san)'!

It's as if he could hear Letitia's words.

The next moment, a "divine light" enveloped the undead.