CH 87

Cheat Magician (Hazure Hantei) Chapter 87

Out of fury

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"There is no repatriation technique. If there was a repatriation technique, the first Hero would have been sent back to his original world when he became a Maou. Even this summon, there would have been no need to prepare the 'Slave Bracelets'. If you go against our will, we can send them back."

I try to refuse to understand the meaning of her words, but Camilla's words flow through my ears and dig into my brain like a drill.

"A summoning technique is a technique to find and summon a person that meets the conditions. The summoner has no idea what world that person lived in. If there was a way to send them back, I don't even know where to send them back to ... I'm sorry."

Across the table, Camilla deeply bowed her head.

I understood the meaning of Camilla's story, and that was something I was concerned about during the meeting with the teachers.

However, when I was confronted with the truth, I couldn't even move.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I don't care what you do with my body. Even so, it was necessary to open up the Devil's Forest.

"Don't joke with me!"

"Gaha ..."

With a clenched fist, I threw a punch at Camilla, who was insistent on the actual situation in Resenburg.

When I came to this world, I used a wooden sword to hit each other, but this is the first time in my life that I hit a person, let alone a woman, with my fist.

"Do you know this? We have nothing to do with your circumstances! Solve that sort of thing yourself! Not enough troops? There's no shortage of forces with the Second Prince who doesn't do anything!"

"However, Bernst-nii is hostile to Alphonse-nii ..."

"I don't know! What does that have to do with us!"

"Th, that kind of thing is ..."

"What is it? You don't want to be branded as a parent murderer or a brother murderer? After all, you just want to look good! If it's for the sake of the people, you don't care what happens to us? That's right. You're just getting drunk on yourself playing a tragic Hero!"

"That's not true, I'm serious ..."

Hearing my scream, the sound of footsteps running down the corridor is approaching.

"Fred! Rout them!"

[ Roger that ... ]

"Wait, wait, my subordinates ..."

"Shut up! You treated us like monkeys, and you didn't even bury Funayama's corpse, you just fed it to the goblins! Don't mess with your subordinates? Don't make me laugh!"

"Ugh ..."

Once again, I hit Camilla's left cheek with my fist.

As Camilla rolled to the floor, there was a groan and the sound of something collapsing in the corridor.

"What are you apologizing for?"

"No, stop ... stop ..."

I unconsciously took out a knife from the shadow storage and held it in my hand.

As it is, I continue walking towards Camilla.

"I needed to find out about the repatriation technique, so I kept you alive until now, but it's no longer necessary ..."

"St ... w, wait ..."

When I took a step forward, Camilla sits down and moves backwards, probably because her legs gave out.

"Let me tell you a good thing. I can use the dark attribute necromancy. I killed the lizardmen and kobolds who are my followers and used necromancy to remake them into my genus. Monsters work well. But what about humans?"

"No ... I hate it ... don't come ..."

"What's wrong ... do you care what happens to your body? I'll add you to my genus as an undead."

"I, I don't want that ... H, help me ..."

"Ah, that's right, the Second Prince, Bernst, wanted you, so why don't we use you as a bargaining material? The Third Prince, Christoph, said that he would also give you lots of love."

"I don't want to ... I'd rather die than be made to comfort them ..."

"It's okay. You're going to die and become my genus, so you won't die any more, and besides ... it seems that even if you become my genus, you'll inherit your memories from your former life."

"Noooooo ... I hate it, I hate becoming an undead ..."

Camilla, who was driven to the edge of the wall, was trembling as she stuck herself to the wall.

I grabbed the knife with my other hand and raised it.

"Well then ... outrageous Princess ..."

"Hiii ..."

The knife I swung down was stopped at the nape of her neck, but Camilla collapsed to the floor like a stringless puppet.

The reason I stopped the knife was because Reinhardt grabbed my arm, not due to my own intention.

"Reinhadrt ... why?"

[ I think Kent-sama's anger is justified. ]

"Then why did you stop me?"

[ There are times when it is necessary to kill others. However, I would like to ask Kent-sama not to become a person who takes the lives of others by entrusting them to his emotions. ]

I thought that Reinhardt stopped me because he was a former Resenburg knight, but it was my future that he was worried about.

Reinhardt's straightforward words made me regain my composure.

"Let's go back to Volzard ..."

[ Let's do that. ]

I sheathed the knife and threw it into the shadow storage.

It feels like the threads that have been taut in my body have snapped.

Camilla is lying unconscious on the floor.

Although I have regained my composure, it is not convincing to go home like this.

[ Are you coming, Kent-sama? ]

"Yeah, wait a minute ..."

I took a sleeping pill from the sahdow storage and threw it into Camilla's stomach, then treated the bruise from where I hit her with healing magic.

[ Kent-sama, you don't need to treat her separately ... ]

"It's fine, it's fine, it's annoying to go home like this ..."

I borrow a piece of blank paper that was on Camilla's desk and write on it.

[ Buhahaha, as expected of Kent-sama. ]

[ When she wakes up ... I'm looking forward to it ... ]

"Fred, what about the soldiers in the corridor?"

[ Just knocked out ... not dead ... ]

"Then let's go home ... Ah, it's depressing to report to the teachers ..."

I tucked the hasty writing into the paperwork and asked Fred to keep an eye on Camilla.

[ My genus, continue living as before so that the people around you do not find out. I'll follow up with you, Maou. ]

I haven't told Camilla that I can use light-attribute magic.

Won't she think that the bruises on her cheek were healed because she was remade as my genus?

I can't wait to see Camilla's face when she notices the hastily written note.

I dived into the world of shadows and moved all at once to the front of the garrison's temporary dormitory, but I couldn't make up my mind to open the front door and enter.

Everyone wants to go back to Japan.

There may be some people like me who want to stay, but they are in the minority.

After taking two, three deep breaths in front of the door, I boldly opened the door.

After opening the door, there was a sofa for visitors, and the teachers who were waiting there all turned around and looked at me.

I instinctively took a half step back at the pressure of that sight.

"You're back, Kokubu."

"Yes, I have just returned."

"How was it, what was the reply?"

"Are they willing to negotiate?"

"Rather than that, what about the repatriation technique, what happened?"

"When do you think we can go back to Japan?"

I fell to my knees because I couldn't stand the expectations of the teachers.

"Th, the repatriation technique ... does not exist ..."

When I finally squeezed out the words, it felt like the time in the dormitory had stopped for a moment.

The silence that made me feel like I could hear my own heart beat surrounded me, and the next moment it was broken by words that seemed to break the dam.

"Don't joke around!"

Nakagawa-sensei came running over and grabbed my shoulder hard enough to hurt and shook me.

"You, did you get seduced by that Princess? It's obvious, but how can we return to Japan!"

"Nakagawa-kun, even Kokubu is shocked. Calm down."

"Katou-sensei, isn't this guy going to stay in this world? He doesn't know how we feel about wanting to return to Japan."

"What are you talking about! If he didn't care about us, he wouldn't have worked so hard to help us! Are you making a fool of him!"

Katou-sensei yelled in my defense, and Nakagawa-sensei came to his senses and released the hand that was holding my shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Kokubu, I lost myself in a rage. I'm sorry ..."

"No ..."

Nakagawa-sensei's voice seems to contain a deep sense of disappointment, and it feels like my heart is tightening.

"Kokubu ... Are you okay?"

"I'm sorry, Katou-sensei ..."

"Idiot, you shouldn't be apologizing ... Now, stand up and tell us a little more detailed story."

"Yes, I understand."

I sat down on the sofa in the same position as in the previous meeting, and talked about the story of the Hero and the Maou that Camilla had told me, about the summoning, and what happened after I was told that there was no repatriation ceremony.

When I finished speaking, I was asked by Oda-sensei.

"So, you didn't kill Princess Camilla?"

"Yes, I threatened her, but ..."

"If I had been there, I would have killed her with my own hands ..."

Nakagawa-sensei, who had lost his strength for a while, turned bright red and shook his fist while listening to the story.

"However, Nakagawa-sensei, if we cannot return to our original world, we will have to increase the amount of reparations so that we can continue our lives.

Originally, Furudate-sensei, who said he didn't mind staying in this world, seems to have already made up his mind.

"Then what can I do with this frustrating feeling!"

"Just like Kokubu said, wouldn't it be better to make her pay with her body when the time comes?"

"Furudate-sensei, you're in front of a student."

"Senzaki-sensei, it was Kokubu who brought us this story."

"But ..."

In the meetings so far, I listened to the teachers and we thought about it together, but now it's hard for me to listen to them.

"Kokubu, go home and rest today ..."

"Yes ..."

I felt like I was being told something, so I replied automatically.

"Kokubu ... Kokubu!"

"Eh, y, yes ... what?"

"Go home and rest!"

"Well, but ..."

"Is your head working properly?"

"Yes ... no, it's not working."

"Negotiations with Resenburg aren't over yet. Kokubu still needs to work, so go home and rest for today."

I nodded at Oda-sensei's words adn decided to return to the boarding house.

I didn't know what to do, so I hid in the shadows and returned to my room at the boarding house.

"Ah, welcome back, Kent."

When I went straight back to my room, Meisa-chan was laying out the boxes and spreading out the bed.

Somehow, all of a sudden, I lose my strength.

"I'm home ... Meisa-chan."

"Muu, did something happen?"

"Eh, why?"

"You're not feeling well, I understand! Manon-chan dumped you!"

"I wasn't Du ・ mp ・ ed!"

Is Meisa-chan's intuition good or bad ...

"Eeeh ... then, I understand, Beatrice-san got angry at you for doing naughty things!"

"I wasn ... t? She didn't get angry!"

"You did something ecchi ..."

"Guu ... that, Beatrice ..."

"Kent's ecchi!"

"Fuuun ... it's fine, I'm a lewd person, so you shouldn't sleep with me, who is a lewd person. Meisa-chan, hurry to your own room ..."

"Wait, wait! Kent isn't a lewd person. It's okay ..."

"Yes, yes, I'm going to take a bath, so you can go to bed first."

"Uuh ... I understand."

When I left the room with a change of clothes and a towel, I ran into Amanda-san.

"Ah, I'm home."

"Welcome back Kent, did you eat dinner properly?"

"Oh ... I was too busy ..."

"That's no good, I'll make something for you, so you can eat it after you get out of the bath."

"Yes, thank you."

Amanda-san patted my head and went down to the kitchen.

I have Amanda-san, Meisa-chan, Manon, Beatrice, Meline-san, Muell-san, Klaus-san, Donovan-san, Marianne-san, Dino-san, Marcel-san ... a lot, I was able to form bonds with a lot of people form Volzard.

However, my classmates have just arrived in Volzard, and if they can't go back to Japan, they have to build new relationships.

Even I, who was useless, could do it, so I think most of my classmates can do it, but some people may not be able to do it.

I'm fine ... no, don't think like that.

If everyone can't go back to Japan, I don't think I can be happy unless I can make everyone else happy.

There may have already been rumors about what the teachers talked about, but it's probably going to be a big fuss.

I wonder what Sumika Kizawa's group, who had no intention of working, will do in the future.

After breakfast tomorrow, let's head over to the garrison's cafeteria and see how things are going.

Ah, I hvae to report it to Klaus-can and Donovan-san, right?

When I got out of the bath, a plate with a sandwich and a cup filled with milk were placed on the box in front of me when I entered the room.

Meisa-chan is already breathing cutely while dreaming.

If I hadn't lived in this boarding house, I might have been so depressed that I couldn't recover tonight.

I don't know for sure, but family ties must be like this.

[ Reinhardt, do you have time? ]

[ What is it, Kent-sama? ]

[ Yeah, can you join me in cutting down trees for timber in the Devil's Forest and stack them in the training grounds of the Lastock garrison? ]

[ Are you sure? ]

[ Yeah, also, dispatch some of the kobold squad to the royal castle, take out ropes, metal fittings, and other things that can be used from the warehouse, and put them on the training ground. ]

[ Hou, are you helping them to that extent? ]

Reinhardt's tone of voice seems surprised, but I've decided to put my mind to it.

If we can't go back to Japan, just like Furudate-sensei said, there is no choice but to collect as much compensation as possible from Camilla.

For that reason, it would be better if Camilla took control of Resenburg and was free to use the royal property.

[ Even if you let it sit in the royal castle, it won't be of any use, right? I have to use what I can use where I need it. Also, attach a message to the lumber and materials. My genus, use it with care ... ]

[ Buhahahaha, that will make Camilla think that she was turned into one of your genus. ]

[ If I do that, the next negotiation will be easier. ]

[ Understood, I will do as you said, so Kent-sama, please rest. ]

[ Yeah, I'm counting on you. ]

If we're going to extract compensation from Resenburg, it's better not to cause any damage due to the maximum outbreak.

Even if Lastock is attacked by a maximum outbreak, I intend to provide as much support as possible on the premise that Volzard will not be harmed.

"Goshujin-sama, aren't you going to sleep?"

"Yeah? I'm going to sleep, I'm going to sleep now."

After stroking Mart, Mirt, and Mart, I gave up thinking about various things and go to sleep.

Meisa-chan is sleeping while rubbing her cheeks against Murt.

If this is the case, it seems that tonight I won't be turned into a pillow.

I crawled next to Meisa-chan, being careful not to wake her up.

"Good night, Meisa-chan ..."

"Hmm ... hm ... Kent ... ecchi ..."

"Yes, yes, I understand ..."

When I went into the futon and closed my eyes, Meisa-chan rolled over with a 'gurin', and hugged me in her arms.

Haa ... At this rate, I wonder if it's confirmed that I'll be a pillow again ...

"Kent can't go home ... stay with me ... no ... mufuuu ..."

"Yes, yes, I'm not going home ... Or rather, I can't go home ..."

After stroking the head of Meisa-chan, who smiled a happy smile, I fell into the dream world.