CH 380

“What’s the situation!”

“The bandits are shooting fire arrows at the main gate. I’d say there are about three hundred of them.”

As Lars and the others rushed out of town, the castle was in turmoil. The attack in the middle of the night was effective enough to cause confusion.

Afmand woke up in a panic and appeared in front of Abol and the soldiers gathered in the hall to check the situation.

“There are more of them than when I attacked …… Who the hell are they?”

“…… I think it’s probably Darva, one of his close associates. It seems that the bill for not being able to capture him at the time has come due. However, we are on the side of intercepting them. It won’t be difficult to prepare ourselves even now.”

“You’re right …… Okay, spearmen and swordsmen move in pairs, I’ll leave the combination to you. What about the archers?”

“The archers are already defending the gates and are in position to shoot at the garden. What about the wizards?”

“Deploy them three meters away from the vanguard. Move with the assumption that the gate will be breached, okay?”

Afmand calmly gave the order, and the soldiers immediately began to act. Since most of them had lost their castles that time, they were confident that they could win this time as well.

“As expected, the [Leadership] skill can be relied on in situations like this.”

“Hmm, it’s only useful in situations like this. I’m going to go talk to the guest and Helena and the others. In the meantime, prepare my equipment.”

“Yes, sir!”

As I walked, I instructed Abol to go to Retzel’s room first. When I knocked on the door, Irumi came out with a mysterious look on her face.

“…… Are you here to explain for all the noise outside?”

“Yes. I’m sorry, but you’ll have to come with me.”

“Is this a castle attack?”

“Let’s talk about it.”

Next, I went to Helena and Reiss’ room and took Reiss, who was snoring, and Helena and her mother, who were asleep, to the dining room.

“I’m very sorry to inform you, but there is an emergency. I’ve decided that there’s no point in keeping quiet, so I came to tell you that someone who used to work for the former king has probably attacked us. Of course, you can rest assured that we will take steps to ensure that no harm comes to you.”

Afmand sat everyone down properly and made the situation clear. Helena’s mother sounded worried.

“…… Will everything be okay? I don’t care what happens to me, but I need to get Helena out of here, no matter what.”

“If you go out there now, you might get caught. I’m sorry, but I think it’s safer to stay in the castle for now. I’m sorry that this happened so soon after you arrived, Retzel-dono. Please allow me to make some kind of apology when we’re done.”

“Oh, don’t worry, your majesty. We can assist you if you want ……”

“Doctor, you can’t.”

After Retzel took out a scalpel, laughs and the end of his mouth distorts, but he was rebuked by Irumi, his shoulders lowered, and shuts up. Then Reiss crosses her legs and says to Helena. 

“Hmmm, if Lars were here, this would all be over in a flash.”

“Well, I didn’t expect them to find him yesterday, so it can’t be helped. We have no choice but to fight them if they attack us.”

“Oh, that’s a masterpiece, isn’t that?”

“It’s a dagger made out of dragon’s fang, after all …… I’m afraid since I’ve never killed anyone before, though.”

Helena said, laughing, and Reiss chuckled.

“That’s my job to do that. You can concentrate on protecting your mother and yourself.”

“What?”

Helena frowned and was about to ask something, but Afmand nodded and opened his mouth as he left the table.

“It’s no problem. I’m going to the front to take command, I’ll see you later!”

“Take care.”

With Retzel’s words behind his back, Afmand walked out of the dining room. After seeing him off, Retzel and the others also left their seats, and Helena called out to him.

“……? Where are you going?”

“We also have some equipment that we’re be traveling with, so we’ll need to pick it up. Wait here a moment.”

“Okay.”

As Helena nodded, Reiss and the others went out into the hallway, and Retzel smiled and walked into the room.

“Kuku …… It has become quite interesting. I’m sure that Aiatsubus came to this country, right? I’d say she was trying to seduce them into attacking the castle.”

“I guess. It’s easier for the Gospel’s Descent to focus on a country if they’re an idiot and they will owe us a favor too. But if there are Chief Priests here, wouldn’t it be bad for us to be here?”

“Well, let’s just say that we’re here on a trip. I’m just here to talk to Lars-kun, after all.”

“It’s not good because there are Chief Priests involved, right? For the time being, we’re not going to participate in the battle, okay?”

When Reiss said this, Retzel replied.

“Of course, that’s what I plan to do. Well, that’s not the case if they come attacking us, though …… Reiss’ friend, Helena’s her name, right? I feel like he’s going to make a nice expression if one of you dies.”

“…… I’ll defend that to the death. Retzel, if you don’t want Lars to kill you again, make sure you protect her.”

“You didn’t talk that much yet, right?”

“It’s different if Lars is involved. If I can’t protect Helena and the others later, it won’t look good, will it?”

“You really like that guy, huh …… Why? You’ve only met him since you started going to the academy, haven’t you?”

“Because It’s fate.”

Sighing at Reiss’ smug look, Irumi turned to Retzel, stroking Reiss’ head.

“Well, it’s not the first time that Reiss has said disturbing things, but will we do when we run into Aaitsubus?”

“Kuku …… In that case, it might be interesting to take care of her secretly in the shadows?”

Irumi sighed largely again at Retzel who said that.

While that Aiatsubus was at the center of all this talk, and Lars and the others were after her–

Next time, it’ll be the second battle against Aiatsubus! Is Ornob-san okay!?

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“Oh right, he wasn’t in the conversation before, isn’t he?”

Because it’s not his turn yet ……