287-281 Persuasive power

After successfully dismantling the pterodactyl and cleansing the imperial soldiers, and returning to the amphibian again, Lionel's persuasion of Mr. Bazak was apparently over.

''Master Luciel, I have finished explaining and persuading the Abyssal Mage Bazak of the situation.

They were able to stamp out things like not making any more attacks on the Empire and taking their own lives.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most of your time with us. I'm glad to hear that you were able to recover safely.

'Wise Luciel, thank you for freeing us from slavery and for saving our lives.

Bazak Death bowed his head deeply, but with Lionel, he's bowing his head, but he feels a weird pressure (pressure).

'Raise your head, please. If Bazak-san hadn't attacked and destroyed the cloud and the laboratory at that time, we wouldn't have been able to capture the empire so smoothly. That would have taken a lot of time, and we would have had a much harder time. I am truly grateful to you too.

We bowed our heads and thanked him as well.

''A moment ago, a war demon asked me to become your squire.

Hmm?　Did your squire ask you to join him?　I look at Lionel, but he just smiles and doesn't try to tell me anything.

''....I see. I didn't know about that since I left Mr. Bazak in charge of Lionel.

"I'll persuade you not to get trapped in revenge," he said, so I left it up to Lionel, but I didn't hear anything about how the persuasion landed on my squire or anything... I didn't hear anything either.

Mr. Bazak also looked at Lionel, but again, he didn't want to talk about anything.

Eventually, Mr. Bazak let out a sigh and then began to speak his feelings.

'I didn't quite understand why the Warlord General, who was a fierce general of the Empire, served you, who was still young... no, I still don't understand. It's true that he must have felt indebted to you because his body was completely healed by the Holy Attribute Magic, but I don't think that's the only reason.

....

........Apparently you only talked about what happened in Yenis and never talked about the evil gods, etc.

''To be honest, I don't know anything about Sage Luciel's character at all. I know from my own body that you are a wise man and a wonderful user of holy attribute magic, but that is not enough for me to pledge my allegiance and serve you.

Well, I guess so. If this is agreed to, Lionel's persuasion will be strange.

''I'm sure you're right. I don't know much about him other than that he is a great magician. And even if you don't force me to serve you, I'm sure you can live anywhere if you are as good as Mr. Bazak.

It's true that Mr. Bazak has great power. But even though Mr. Bazak is reliable, I don't want to take someone who is in a sensitive position when we have to go to the foot of the Dragon Valley from now on.......

''That's why I'm going to work with you from now on to assess you.

''Well........what position does that put you in?''

Mercenaries?　Or is it the General?　Or will you be a Squire's apprentice?　You made it sound as if you were already scheduled to accompany him in the first place, right?　

I don't care what side you're on. I don't care if they make me a slave, no matter what side I'm on. My body was once dead, so I will leave everything to you.

.........It was a very troublesome turn of events, but Lionel is still smiling and watching the exchange between me and Mr. Bazak.

Did he try to persuade me with his personality and guide me to see for myself?　I don't know what to do with Lionel anymore. We'll have time to talk later.

''Well then, may I bind your actions with an oath?

I decided to keep it as a pledge for now.

'Yes, fine,'

Mr. Bazak nodded without any hesitation at all.

Alice, whose mouth was being held by Nadia behind her, made a little noise, but for now, she decided to make a pledge with Mr. Bazak as well.

'Then I, my squire, forbid you to act in any way that is detrimental to me. If you break it, the penalty of losing the use of magic will come to you, can you swear that to the Lord God Klair?

Yes. I swear on my life.

Well, he won't do anything detrimental to us, so there's no problem with that.......

Thank you for your pledge. I look forward to working with you in the future.

We're the ones who are in charge for the time being.

I guess I'd better recognize this as a guest general.

'So I'm sorry, but can we continue the conversation after you launch the amphibian?

Yes, but is this really flying? But is this really going to fly?

'Yes, sir. If you take an open seat, you may remain in it.

I launched the amphibian to clear my head once.

Mr. Bazak's eyes lit up like a little boy's as he said, "This amphibian will be the key to unlocking the secret of Nerdal's flight.

Similarly, Alice happily blurted out, "I knew it, mistress. It was getting tedious, so I decided to ignore it for now.

I wanted Estia to be swapped with the dark spirit soon, and I began to really want to throw the whole thing to the reincarnated Lyna.

He then called out to Mr. Bazak, who was starting to calm down a bit as he crossed the border between the Empire and St. Surreal.

''So has Lionel told you where we're going from here on out?''

Yes. What about visiting Yenis, where all the beastmen live?

He's told me where he's going, but he hasn't told me why he's going.

'Yes. I haven't visited for a long time either, but there is our home base, the Luciel Chamber of Commerce.

''To have your own trade association at such a young age, I wonder if you were originally a nobleman from some country?

Unlike before, I could see that Alice was also paying attention to what I said, with an air of a little peeking at me.

''No, I was just a... well, no, on the contrary, I was a villager who didn't know anything about common sense at all.

"...It's very hard to believe but...

It certainly wouldn't be something that would normally be believed, of course.

'It's true. If I've done my best just to live, and I've been fortunate enough to make connections with excellent people, and I've been living desperately in the moment, then before I knew it, I'd have a bunch of excellent people around me. So I may not even know half of what the Luciel Chamber of Commerce is all about.

I really had to help Gouun Sensei with a lot of things, endure my master's hell training, drink up the object X and my foundation was set, and then I was really just scrambling to survive.

Then, before I knew it, I had a group of trustworthy friends around me.

''...I see.''

Then Mr. Bazak began to think about something, so he decided to make sure he told them what he had to tell them.

'I'm going to make one stop now, but I'm going to head to that Yenis. And after that, I'm sorry to say that Mr. Bazak will have to stay in Yenis for the time being.

'Hmm?　By that argument, is the wise Luciel planning to go either way?

''Yes. We have to go to the foot of the Dragon Valley, and I heard that the dragon species is rumbling around, so as expected, to take them there.... "Wait a minute?

Why can't they take me there?

Mr. Bazak isn't happy about not being able to accompany you, but I suppose that's not an option.

'Because it's dangerous, though?'

The demons will go, won't they?

For some reason, Mr. Bazak seemed to think of things in the same light as Lionel, but it would be better to be honest about this.

'That will be followed, of course. Because Lionel is the first squire. Other than that, those who are capable of fighting will be asked to follow me if there is no particular problem.

So why am I staying at Yenis?

'That's because I don't know Mr. Bazak as well as he knows me. I don't think there is any betrayal or anything like that, but you can't go with me to the dead in half a day after we meet.

Ugh ... okay.

With a very disappointed look on his face, Mr. Bazak nodded his head.

The flight was quiet for the next few moments, and as the sky turned reddish-brown, the city of Meratoni, a home away from home for me, finally came into view.