Vol 2 Chapter 4 (1/2)
Volu who appeared too late!”
—– The Trip to the Underworld
The Hero: “…The Demon World?”
“…Not the Demon World, the Underworld”
The Hero: “So the Deround?!”
“That is correct”
The Hero: “…”
“…To begin with, Teleportation Magic transports you to a different place… It doesn’t let you ju”
Crush, crush
The Hero: “What?!”
“Altitude is low”
The Hero: “What?”
“Gravity is weak underground It is replaced by Pressure”
The Hero: “Gravity? Pressure?”
“…Gravity is a force from the earth which pulls you doards This force ainst an object In the Underworld, the core of the Earth crushes everything… After it crushes it to molten lava, some will flow out to the surface”
The Hero: “Why does ic not work properly? Is there some sort of relation?”
“…The Underworld is close to the core, hence there is treh”
The Hero: “Really?”
“Really”
The Hero: “I don’t understand why I’m here”
“You should”
The Hero: “Why?”
“This is about the De”
The Hero: “Where is she? What’s happened to her?”
“The De is there”
The Hero: “I don’t understand”
“The Deround”
The Hero: “I understand that!”
Lava flows
“…In place of the current De” Crackles “…I will take her place”
The Hero: “What? I just heard a strange sound”
“You’re getting out of range… I will defend the Human World”
The Hero: “Can you?”
“…Leave it to me”
The Hero: “…”
“…I said leave it to me”
The Hero: “…”
“…”
The Hero: “I understand I won’t be able to hear you any on you”
“Understood”
The Hero: “Umm”
“…”
The Hero: “Thanks for co… You’ve really helped me out”
“…I see” Explosions and laser bea for you”
The Hero: “Here we are There should be souards here, shouldn’t there? Well, whatever I’ll break through Let’s go… Lightfoot Magic!”
The Hero: “…Hey, Mage”
The Hero: “…Hey”
The Hero: “We’re really at the lio to the lowest level It should be this way…”
Boom!
The Hero: “Through the Treasury, down the Great Hall… Third floor…”
Crash!+
The Hero: “Right, I’ll apologise for the destruction later! Fifth floor!”
Boom!
The Hero: “Seventh floor! Wh-what!?”
Roars!
The Hero: “This pure blackness… I’ve never felt such a De?!”
—– Northern Plains, on a Field where the Snow has Gathered
The Female Paladin: “Are they assembled?”
Seneschal: “Yes, the Central Continental Expeditionary Force has assembled in their expected numbers noblemen and lords from all over the Central Continent have assembled in full force Their army is on the move”
The Female Paladin: “How many?”
Seneschal: “Close to 40,000 with 28,000 combat personnel The rest are non-combat service personnel All of these have been confirades”
The Female Paladin: “Don’t worry Victory is not dependent on how many soldiers you have In fact, the less soldiers you have, the lesser the burden on finances”
Winter Soldier: “Ha, hahaha, yes! It is as you say, ma’am!”
The Fe them today?”
Seneschal: “30 bottles of Ice Wine, 3 Boars, and 6 Pigs”
The Feht”
Seneschal: “Yes”
The Female Paladin: “You don’t seem confident”
Seneschal: “No, I don’t like the feeling of being extorted from”
The Female Paladin: “Don’t think about it The et”
Seneschal: “I see”
The Female Paladin: “Next up is the feed”
Seneschal: “Feed?”
The Female Paladin: “Yeah, with this ht? Things like dried barley or grass So from their homelands with feed, but most of the cash than so much wheat”
Seneschal: “Yes”
The Female Paladin: “Maintain contact with the farmers in the area Make sure we expand the field of contact this time Use the Merchants’ networks if we have to If the soldiers coht cause trouble These merchants are all sympathetic to the Tripartite Union Let them sell the wheat to the enemy They shouldn’t have to die for their sympathy”
Seneschal: “What do you mean?”
The Female Paladin: “Let them soak the feed in waste water beforehand Of course, we have no intention of killing all those poor horses; just to make them unwell before the battle If we destroy the spirits of their horses, they will have difficulty co across the vast battlefield If they choose to still h ability will be blunted This is not the most chivalrous of tactics, but desperate times call for desperate measures”
Seneschal: “But why target the feed?”
The Female Paladin: “The other alternative would be to poison the food hich the soldiers theht? But that’s too obvious Co unprecedented I feel really bad for the horses though Many of the us victory”
Seneschal: “Well, it is a pity about all those horses, but as warhorses, they will be fighting to their very last breath For a soldier like myself, that’s all we can ask for”
The Feht, send out the order”
Winter Soldier: “Yes!”
Seneschal: “We’ll be busy these co few days”
The Female Paladin: “We’ll just have to endure”
Seneschal: “What’s next?”
The Fe various factors”
Seneschal: “Oh?”
The Feht a bear barehanded in front of the enemy, to scare them?”
Seneschal: “I think not, e”
—– Palace of Winter, Chamber of Audiences
The Mage: “…Heh”
The Mage: “…Snores …Snores”
Lone Winter King: “…”
The Mage: “…Mm …Heh”
Lone Winter King: “That’s my throne”
Disciple Merchant: “Yes”
assistant: “There’s a strange girl…”
The Mage: “Phew…”
Lone Winter King: “Why is there a girl sleeping on my throne?”
Disciple Merchant: “Well…”
The Mage rubs eyes
assistant: “?!”
Lone Winter King: “It could be soerous assassin”
Disciple Merchant: “…”
The Mage: “!”
Lone Winter King: “!”
The Mage: “Ugh …Yawn”
Door opens
Butler: “Young ht some tea Take a break from the books— Ahhhhh?!”
Lone Winter King: “What’s wrong?”
Butler: “It’s the Mage! Wh-why are you here!”
The Mage: “…”
Butler: “Where have you been? The Hero and the Female Paladin have been really worried about you This is not the place to be drooling like that!”
The Mage: “…Asleep”
Butler: “You’re still the saht now so you’re still normal, I suppose”
—— Winter Palace, Chamber of Audiences
Butler: “Allow me to introduce myself She is one of the three Coe”
The Mage nods
Butler: “When she’s like this, she’s safe”
The Mage nods
Lone Winter King: “She is one of the legendary Heroes as well?”
Disciple Merchant: “No way”
Butler: “That’s right She was the Party’sspecialist She knows practically every spell, the strongest hout the land who has earned epithets such as ‘The Living Nighte’”
The Mage: “…I always liked, ‘The Magic Murderer’”
Lone Winter King: (hushed voice) “I think we should keep our distance”
Disciple Merchant: (hushed voice) “Me too”
Butler: “She’s the kind of girl who really goes overboard when she does things”
Lone Winter King: “…I don’t really knohat to make of her”
Disciple Merchant: “I understand that she’s really powerful”
The Mage: “…I’ to sleep”
Butler: “Don’t sleep now! Have you met the Hero yet?”
The Mage: “Yes”
Butler: “And?”
The Mage: “He’s going to the place you call the Demon World”
Lone Winter King: “…I see”
Disciple Merchant: “Thatthe situation now”
Butler: “What’s he doing? Does anybody know?”
The Mage: “He’s following instructions the Demon K… I mean, the Crimson Scholar left behind before she left”
Lone Winter King: “?!”
Disciple Merchant: “You are acquainted with the Scholar?”
Butler: “I heard she travelled for a while…”
Lone Winter King: “What were her instructions?”
The Mage: “…She didn’t tell”
Lone Winter King: “Why?”
Butler: “I thought you were friends”
The Mage: “…The Scholar is soft And I’ softer than that You could say the Scholar and I come from the same race We’re relatives Sisters?”
Lone Winter King: “Relatives?”
The Mage: “…And—”
Butler: “And?”
The Mage: “…”
Butler: “Wake up!”
The Mage: “…The Scholar knows nothing of the present circumstances here She does not know that we are at war… That’s why her instructions are definitely irrelevant”
Lone Winter King: “…Really? Now that you say it…”
The Mage: “…But she took measures”
Disciple Merchant: “What sort?”
The Mage: “…It was found that families who reared Artiodactyla in their hoious nature… She realised this was the result of exposure to a lesser strain and developed a method of treatment to boost the resistance of patients to the virus, in other words, to get theh a special and specific course of Immunisation”
Lone Winter King: “?”
Disciple Merchant: “…Umm, did you understand?”
assistant: “I didn’t understand anything!”
The Mage: “…”
Lone Winter King: “Could you say it in a way that is easier to understand?”
The Mage: “We have developed a cure for smallpox”
Lone Winter King: “?!”
Disciple Merchant: “Do you knohat you’re saying?!”
Butler: “Shtmare of this land?! A million, no, three million people die from it every year… It makes your body break out in hives and pus and even if by soe to recover from it, it’ll leave you with scars which you have to carry for the rest of your whole life It’s the kind of nightes who have developed the disease!”
The Mage: “…I know I did my research”
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Explanation
Artiodactyla: These are an order of animals whose toes are split into two, like cows Giraffes, camels, deer and hippopotami are also part of the order
Iical function within your body which helps to rened specifically to attack anything which isn’t your own cells, or helpful cells, and destroy the them with White Blood Cells
Ih a vaccination It was first discovered in 1796 by English the death rate of s 40, to be dramatically reduced cheaply and efficiently In 1980, the WHO (World Health Organisation) declared shly eradicated Smallpox is one of the only victory ued us for centuries
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Lone Winter King: “You’re a scholar too, then?”
Disciple Merchant: “I see”
The Mage: “…I specialise in Folklore”
Lone Winter King: “I see”
Disciple Merchant: “If it’s true, then this is an unprecedented step forward for all of mankind”
assistant: “My father and brothers died from smallpox”
Butler: “There hasn’t been anyone who has been able to fully recover from smallpox before”
Lone Winter King: “Mmhmm”
The Mage: “…It’s not a cure It’s a prevention”
Lone Winter King: “It’s all the same”
Disciple Merchant: “How?”
The Mage: “…You make a medicine out of a certain, weaker strain of the disease and introduce it to the patient He will get a lighter form of the illness, but it will not be smallpox”
Butler: “I see Those who get s”
The Mage: “…That’s the system”
Lone Winter King: “How long does it last?”
The Mage: “…About seven years”
Lone Winter King: “That is a news”
The Mage: “And…”
Lone Winter King: “?”
The Mage: “It’ll only cost every citizen of the Tripartite Union and other cooperating countries one silver piece a head”
Lone Winter King: “…!”
The Mage: “How pleasant, isn’t it?”
Lone Winter King: “With this, the winds have changed!”
Disciple Merchant: “Indeed We can put an end to this war”
assistant: “A!!!”
The Mage: “…Also, I’m a Demon”
Lone Winter King: “?”
Butler: “You’re joking”
The Mage: “…No”
Lone Winter King: “…”
Disciple Merchant: “…”
assistant: “?”
The Mage: “…Please”
Lone Winter King: “In other words, this sether with Demons?”
The Mage nods
Lone Winter King: “And we are to disseminate it to our people?”
The Mage nods
Lone Winter King: “…”
The Mage: “…”
Disciple Merchant: “Your Majesty… I beg of you, you’ve heard this from the troops at the front line before, have you not? It’s true that the De and vicious, but they are an eloquent and knowledgeable race”
assistant: “…”
Butler: “…”
Disciple Merchant: “I’e of friendshi+p between us But now that we’ve been declared enemies of the Spirit, perhaps we can try to understand how they feel? Of course, if they attack us, ill attack back They are the enemy after all
“However, just like how the Hudoms, it is likely that the Demon World consists of many different countries and tribes as well Itso little about the people we profess to fight”
Lone Winter King: “Why… do you want this?”
The Mage: “…Why?”
Lone Winter King: “Why do you want a friendshi+p with us?”
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Explanation
Folklore: If the study of literature is the study of analysing recorded texts and books, then the study of folklore is gathering and studying records whichthe for further study and posterity Of course, nowadays, folklore can be passed down via written means as well, and can still be studied similarly
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The Mage: “…”
Butler: “Have you slept too much that you can’t even come up with an answer now?”
The Mage: “…I’ve had enough of nightmares”
assistant: “…”
The Mage: “…I want to have good dreao to sleep”
Lone Winter King: “I see…”
Disciple Merchant: “…”
Lone Winter King: “This is not a contract or anything I am worried about the backlash this may have from the Central Continent However, as far ascarries, I will carry those words firmly in my heart and do my very best to make sure no blood need be spilt unnecessarily”
Disciple Merchant: “Thank you”
Butler: “Mage…”
The Mage: “…I’m a Demon Really”
Stomach rumbles
Lone Winter King: “Hahaha! You’re a hungry Dee to e to the fantastic in a jiffy!”
——– The Kingdo of the Holy Order
Metal Lieutenant: “Hurry and clean it! Use more water!”
Disciple Soldier: “The cloth is boiling! Use more cloth!”
Metal Soldier: “The citizenry is offering us their assistance What should we do?”
Metal Lieutenant: “What should we do?”
Disciple Soldier: “Of course, I’! Borrow some cauldrons and boil some water in it”
Supply Soldier: “Bringing another one in right now!”
Light Cavalryhhhh!”
Metal Lieutenant: “White Night…”
Disciple Soldier: “Don’t think about it! We have direct orders fro to treat any and every casualty! We’ll e for the heavily injured! Those with light injuries should be moved to the tents outside, the civilians can help with that as well Those with moderate injuries should be et the alcohol to disinfect their wounds”
Metal Soldier: “Yes!”
Light Cavalryles
Light Cavalry, I won’t make it!”
Disciple Soldier: “Get it together! You won’t die from those injuries, but you need to rest!”
Metal Soldier: “Report!”
Disciple Soldier: “I’”
Metal Soldier: “The tally has been completed Our forces have suffered 18 dead and 221 injured The Kingdoht has 304 dead and 892 injured with 450 prisoners Also, we’ve confirmed the fallen body of the assistant Commander, but the Commander, whom reports have confirmed is aor dead”
Metal Lieutenant: “How troublesome”
Disciple Soldier: “If he returned ho…”
Metal Lieutenant: “Is that so?”
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Explanation
Triage: In eency situations where there are very many injured people and patients, there will likely be insufficient personnel or supplies Triage is conducted tolives Patients are divided into one of four different categories, each with differently coloured triage tags The order of treatment then follows the order 1 à 2 à 3 à 0
0: The patient is on the brink of death, and even with urgent medical treatment, the chances of survival are extremely slim (Black)
1: It is possible for the patient to survive if ently and immediately (Red)
2: Immediate medical treatment is not currently necessary to ensure the survival of the patient, though treatment must eventually follow in due time (Yellow)
3: As injuries are light, the life of the patient is not in any ier (Green)
Since patients who are classified as category 0 have practically been left to die, in situations where there are enough personnel and supplies to deal with the patients, triage should definitely not be used
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Disciple Soldier: “If he keeps his movements quiet and travels with just a few soldiers, it won’t be difficult for him to avoid detection”
Metal Lieutenant: “That’s true”
Supply Soldier: “General!”
General! A! Perfect! We will follow your orders to the very end!
Disciple Soldier: “Huh?”
Supply Soldier: “General! Victory! Long live the General!”
Long live the General! Long live the General!
Disciple Soldier: “Wait for a bit I’ Officer of the Border Battalion”
Metal Lieutenant: “Well, that’s fine, isn’t it?”
Disciple Soldier: “But it’s wrong!”
Metal Lieutenant: “A normal citizen or a settler who has hitherto been a serf has no knowledge whatsoever of the ranking system of the Military They won’t understand the difference between the Co Officer of the Border Battalion and a General That’s why they’re in such awe… To them, a General is just someone who’s really cool”
Disciple Soldier: “—Really… cool?”
Metal Lieutenant: “Yes, that’s right To someone like me, a punk from a Settler family, there’s really no difference And ant to display our gratitude for someone as cool, as heroic as yourself, s live’”
Disciple Soldier: “…Is that… so?”
Metal Lieutenant: “Yeah General! Today’s battle was fantastic! This is a story our grandchildren will tell their grandchildren For this reason, let us continue fighting and do our best!”
Disciple Soldier: “That’s… good”
Supply Soldier: “General Ah”
Disciple Soldier: “I’m worried If ant to make sure we’re capable of continued operations, we’ll need more food and rest, and we’ll also need to reform border security and surveillance We’ll also have to submit a report to the Palace about the incident”
——– In Deep, Deep Sleep
“Why… What a terrible sleep…”
“Ugh… Ughhhh…”
“What a sticky night I should get the Chief Maid to bring me a towel My…”
“Umm”
“Who’s that?”
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“That’s not it”
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“Ah! Is this what they call an out-of-body experience? It’s my first time”
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“No, the realover there, but it’s clear that it’s a terrible state of sleep Perhaps this has to do with falling out of synchronisation with my spirits”
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“Ohhh The realup So I can still ht? How extre”
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“Looking at it like this, I et discarded It’s a bit shameful that the Chief Maid continues to bully me about it, but is it really terrible to have all this bouncy-bounciness… In the Huood thing Natural curviness isn’t seen as just flab, in fact, it’s often seen as more feminine… People consider it more maternal, and from an objective point of view, it’s even erotic Oh!”
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“My body! It’s fine to be erotic and all, but why a! I can tell even without researching! Wh-where a too much”
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“Huh?”
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——– Hero
“Huh!?”
——– Hero ♪
“Wh-where is this coe! No, it coination, what are you intending, body! Just what has happened to ot two seconds! One Two Time’s up! Answer!”
—— Hero
“Wait Stop doing that No matter how much my body is s entirely to me, no one else is allowed to touch him like that!
Flab!
Get those perverted hands away! That’s ave himself to me first! That is co him with that flab of yours!”
——– The Palace of Death, the Basement of Darkness
Earth explodes
The Chief Maid: “Hero!”
The Hero: “Get out of the way!”
The Chief Maid: “Hero! This is ridiculous! The Palace of Death can only be entered by the Des!”
The Hero: “There’s no such thing as a Hero who isn’t ridiculous!”
Door explodes
The De: “—”