Vol 1 Chapter 12 (1/2)
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“Seeing is believingLet me show you the power of this machine Someone untie my ropes for me”
Lunas, staring in disblief, nodded her acquiescence, and the ropes binding Mahiro were quickly untied He mounted the bike with an expert motion, and then turned just half his body to look at Pariel
“Hey, Pariel”
“Eh? Y-yes, Young master?”
“Have you heard of the story 'Run, Melos!'?” [TL Note: See here]
……
“Wait, why are you looking atto escape!? Are you planning to leave et yourself down froht now!!”
“Don't worry, don't worry, I'll be back, surely! Melos definitely came back for his friend!”
“Melos did actually go back for his friend, but you're obviously Mahi! Princess! Princess Lunas, this bastard definitely plans on leaving ain!”
The two started arguing and shouting
At the actions of the two, not only did the surrounding knights start laughing, even Lunas let a burst of laughter
“Haha, ahahaha! I get it I get ithey, untie the other over there”
At this, the young general raised a quiet protest
“Princess If you do that, then those till”
“That's exactly my intention”
“The enemy will know of our movements, then”
“So what of it? Mis force only consists of five hundred soldiers I can handle them myself”
Lunas said that She then added
“Besides, I'ress, he illing to sacrifice his very life Is that not very heroic of him?”
“I feel the same, but”
“Anyway, though it ardless of what happens, this country will face its ruin tonight”
Lunas said this with firm conviction in a voice that held no shreds of sympathy What entered the ears of each person present was only the strict truth Silence returned as the loud and rowdy at instantly vanished
This meant that the army here was no reconnaissance force The Empire truly planned an invasion with just these troops With these troops, armed as boasted to be the best equipment on the continent, this was no simple bravado
In the first place, Mis Pariel, as a swordsman, believed the princess when she said that she could handle everything by herself During the expansion of the E record for herself It was seriously said that she had the worth of a thousand knights
“Though, coht such a weak country that is Misht too It would be a shame if I had to kill you”
“When you go back, tell this to your cowardly prince If before sunset he comes here and surrenders to us, then I will spare his life”
The clever general let out a gri herself For her as so blessed by heaven, this was probably her only shortco
Mahiro replied
“I understand Then, we'll be off”
Really, did he truly understand? A normal person wouldn't even be able to sardless, this was not the place to bring up such a moot point They should hurry back to the castle and report this situation
After being untied, Pariel went to sit behind Mahiro
“Let's go back, Pariel Edelweiss will be mad”
Lunas, after hearing Edelweiss's na
“Then ill take our leave, Princess Lunas Inwith you, let ”
Then-
“Ahh!?”
The bike's front wheel dangled in midair as it underwent a sudden, extreme burst of acceleration This was a feat that could not be endary horses The bike flashed past the knights through a hole in their fore roar, and vanished into the trees in the forest
“P-p-prince! What should we do!? At this rate Mismarca will!”
“What to do!? Isn't that decided already!!”
The prince had a reliable smile on his face as he turned his body to look at Pariel
“Prince!?”
“I will now becoer of the Middle Plains! Two hundred kiloer was a US Army Air Force test pilot as the first person to officially break the sound barrier]
The bike was going even faster than when it was cli up the slope
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh~~!!”
“Hoas it?”
Lunas asked One of the knights that she sent to the base of the mountain to observe the bike reported to her excitedly
“Yes, that bikeit was like that young man said, it was a totally abnormal speed! By the time we reached the base of the mountain, we could only see a trail of dust and smoke, and they had already reached Mismarca!”
“Was that so? Hmm Very impressive Okay, you can leave now”
After bowing, the knight left the tent
Reiner held back a sigh, and asked Lunas
“Princess, do you really plan on waiting for him?”
“What of it? We will still depart at the agreed upon tiht if the prince shows up before that time”
Lunas then scoffed
“But, he won't be co Besides, it would be unpleasant to meet with that coward He's probably the same as those idiot aristocrats that Father introduced anyway”
“Luna-sama, please be mindful of your words”
Thebehind Lunas interjected
Lunas sighed in irritation
“All in all, I like that youngHis name eird, but he was quite brave”
“ “ … ” ”
No one had anything to say to that
“However, huh”
Lunas suddenly stopped talking and gazed at the paper on top of the desk
“What is it?”
“Hot that Edelweiss was here I ht've just made a mistake”
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“Ah!?”
When Pariel awoke, the bike was already inside the ash-colored warehouse Mahiro was nowhere to be seen She thought that she was still clinging tightly onto Mahiro, but she was the only one left here
“Huh!? Huh!?”
It wasn't a dream Somehow, it seeht by the time that she exited the warehouse
“Prince!? Prince Mahiro!?”
Pariel walked towards the center of the castle, yellling out Mahiro's na Well, even though he was an idiot prince, with the Imperial army this close by, even he wouldn't
“Prince!”
Pariel headed to the cafeteria after asking so in his usual place, co
“II'm such a chicken”
He took another bite of his chicken legs
“Chicken like this teriyaki chicken Only a little bit more Only a little bit moreand I could've reached the 200 kilometers an hour benchmark!”
“Don't say that, Prince”
“Yeah, yeah, you already became the first person to reach 190 kilometers per hour in the Middle Plains”
“Were you using the usual erous to go a hundred kilos even on the flat plains!”
“Ahh, but still what a shame”
Surrounding Mahiro, as recounting his tale of glory, were those mechanics from the maintenance warehouse, as well as ordinary soldiers and maidswait
(Why is everyone so relaxed?)
After all, the Iht under their noses If everyone knew this, then they wouldn't be here chatting and enjoying themselves with such a peaceful atmosphere
(Don't tell ot to tell them?!)
“Hey! Chef! Chef, my tankard is empty! Get me another one!”
Mahiro said, and then a reply came from within the kitchen
“Prince, if you drink anymore, you'll poison your body, you know?”
“Then getcalled dried japanese anchovies! What I need the most now is calcium! I need soround when I go over two hundred kilos, and come back unharmed! I'll turn this failure into motivation for my next attempt, and with the calcium I can turn the handlebars all the way to maximum acceleration!”
The chef sighed lightly, and poured the tankard full of milk before Mahiro's vacant eyes, and then returned to the kitchen to make dinner
“What are you doing Prince!?”
“H here”
“This isn't the tiet about the Imperial army thaton the mountain!?”
The people around the these words, were startled
Inspite of that
“What kind of dream did you see, Pariel?”
“Huh?! You're the one who's drea!!”
“Seriously, who's the one who fainted behindand who knohat else”
“There weren't anything else! Only tears! And no that's not the point”
The atmosphere around her suddenly chilled, and she was pierced by several icy stares
“E-eh, huh? But”
“Listen, I'm not my father nor my brother Do you think I would return alive if I rushed into such a dangerous place by myself?”
Mahiro wasn't acting as he nor Well, even then, he shouldn't be saying so like this with such flair
“E-eh? H-huh? Then I was reallydrea?”
“Hey you, no htdon't joke around like that, you know? You almost scared us to death”
“Yeah, even though Prince Mahiro is good at running away, if he met the Imperial army even he wouldn't come back alive”
“We had a hard tie, you were holding hihtly”
“Come to think of it, maybe you're the reason that he couldn't reach 200 kilo behind hih?”
“Actually,full out out of concern for you”
“If it's that then oh well That's one of the prince's good points That's e can't bring ourselves to hate hih he's always so stupid”
“It's also the same for us maids and housekeepers”
“Mhe him money, but if it's the prince, then all ould do is punch him two or three times and toss him into the Connolitto River, mm”
Ahahahaha
Aside from Mahiro who turned pale at the last remark, everyone else calmed down and relaxed
“No, even with her, I should've been able to broken two hundred I have no intention of using Pariel as an excuse! It was all because I lacked guts!”
The sun had fallen without the it, and it was time for dinner The majority of the people who just ca of the prince's challenge Mahiro was gradually surrounded by a large nu words, people who said that he'll do better next time, and even those who complained that they could hear the explosive noises of the bike from inside the castle Because Mahiro had the freedoained the trust of his vassals
Seeing this was enough, Pariel thought Despite his iarner such loyalty fro out the bike for the ht by Lunasnow that she thought about it, it ht actually have the best interests of the country in mind
Despite the festival mood here, Pariel had to hurry to report what happened earlier, so she was about leave from here
“Anything wrong?”
“Ah? Edelweiss-sa very important to report!!”
Pariel left the cafeteria with Edelweiss, who looked as she always did to some place where no one was around There, Pariel related everything that happened today to Edelweiss
“So we should hurry and close the gates, and raise the defenses in the castle”
“Is that the prince's command?”
“Huh? It's not, but”
“Then there is no need for that”
“Edelweiss-sama!”
Pariel didn't give up so easily
“His Majesty has already informed me what happened when you tent into the mountains The part about Princess Lunas, too”
“T-then, whyeveryone inside the castle, why are they so nonchalantly?”
“His Majesty ordered me not to tell anyone else”
Pariel didn't understand
“Doesdoes he mean to surrender Mismarca to the Empire?”