Vol 3 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Voluot some on your mouth, Hero”
——– Deep in the De’s Bedroom
The De: “It’s okay, it’s okay You don’t have to treat me like some kind of sick person”
The Chief Maid: “Don’t say that, Your Majesty”
The Hero: “That’s right You are a sick person”
The De: “This is an injury, not a disease”
The Chief Maid: “Yes, well, even so”
The Female Paladin: “Behave like an adult and just accept the treatment”
The Hero: “That’s right, you’d better behave”
The Female Paladin: “You too, Hero!”
The Hero: “O!!!”
The Chief Maid: “Well, well”
The Fe like you’re about to die You’re about to lose to the De, even”
The De: “Haha, you see, I’m not that bad”
The Hero: “Heh If you just leave it alone it’ll heal on its own”
The Feet bad…”
The Hero: “Well, I did just take the brunt of a Deic, coe I have taken, did take quite a toll on my recovery ability”
The Female Paladin: “Now that I think about it, the Hero’s recovery ability is quite inhuman”
The De: “Is… that so?”
The Hero: “That’s because I’m really healthy”
The Feht a flu before”
The Hero: “—!”
The Feets himself into situations that make everybody worried for his life”
The Dees too”
The Hero: “Why are you so pleased about that?”
The Chief Maid: “Hehe, it’s like aoutfit Very cute”
The De e happy that we could find ourselves in si a shared experience”
The Chief Maid: “It’s the sa”
The Fe that you people were saved by ic?”
The De: “Thank you, Female Paladin”
The Hero: “Yeah, thanks”
The Fe to have to ”
The Hero: “Eh?”
The Fe for it, I don’t knohen I’ll be done”
The Chief Maid: “I see, De as reckless like before You were really saved by the skin of your teeth the last time, when you almost died”
The De: “I’m sorry…”
The Hero: “Fros to me!”
The Chief Maid: “You too, Hero”
The Female Paladin: “Yeah!”
The Deht?”
The Hero: “Yeah He was okay”
The Female Paladin: (The Hero… found hiot to be fairly strong, otherwise the Hero wouldn’t have had so much trouble)
The De: “This is a problem”
The Hero: “What?”
The Deet to touch your fluffy hair”
The Hero: “Well yeah, it can’t be helped”
The Feh?”
The De: “What?!”
The Chief Maid: “I can do it too” Fluffs hair
The Deles
The Hero: “Wait! Sorry but that’s a really nice smell”
The Deo!”
The Chief Maid: “Hahahaha, if I do thiswill recover faster”
The Female Paladin: “This is also an aspect of the recovery process”
———- A Settlement to the South of the Holy Empire
Wind blows…
Settler: “What’s happened?”
Thin Serf: “Don’t know”
Se Deacon to come over”
Young Farmer: “If he comes over, then we’ll have bread to eat twice a day”
Settler: “I heard that too”
Thin Serf: “Yeah, I really want to have some bread to eat”
Sroheat, I haven’t had any bread to eat…”
Young Farmer: “My two sisters… died from starvation”
Settler: “…”
Thin Serf: “…Even though we’ve had a buone down at all”
Sh”
Young Far?”
Settler: “Yeah…”
Thin Serf: “The Demon Apple”
Small Peasant smiles
Young Farmer: “But that’s…!”
Settler: “…We’ve got no choice”
Thin Serf: “Noto eat, we’ll die In our village, no, throughout this entire country, there probably isn’t anybody who hasn’t eaten it before”
Small Peasant: “Yeah”
Young Farht?”
Settler: “What?”
Young Farht? Won’t you develop demonic characteristics? Won’t your hands turn into the cloves of goats, won’t you go crazy and die?”
Thin Serf: “Have you seen anyone like that around here?”
Small Peasant: “I haven’t…”
Settler: “Potatoes are delicious”
Thin Serf: “Yeah, especially when you boil them in a soup or when you roast them with butter”
Small Peasant: “If you slice them thinly and fry them, they became very sweet”
Young Farmer: “That’s…”
Settler: “Well, in the end we have no choice”
Thin Serf: “We really can’t follow their instructions”
Sht, they’ve taken away our wealth and our work and our food, we really have nothing left”
Wind blows…
Settler: “Ah”
Bishop: “…How quiet”
Thin Serf: “Your Reverence…”
Small Peasant: “Nice to meet you”
Bishop: “How splendid, Spirit blesses the faithful followers of the Spirit of Light”
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Explanation
The Demon Apple: In the 17th Century, when the potato was first introduced to Russia, the Russian Orthodox Church originally declared it the Dee its cultivation However, it becah and resilient potato was best suited for the harsh climate of Russia By the 18th Century, it was commonly known as the Apple of the Earth (see French pomme de la terre) and became widely cultivated Even so, up to the 19th Century, Tsars often atte to a spate of insurrections
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Young Fars!”
Settler: “That he would even bless such insignificant villagers like ourselves!”
Thin Serf: “Thank you! Thank you!”
Bishop: “The reason why you Children of the Light are gathered here today is to coe has many fields and will now produce rations for our soldiers Furthermore, ill receive divine instructions on the coe for the next half year and I will do ht”
Settler: “Eh? …Combat?”
Thin Serf: “We can’t do so like that?”
Small Peasant: “But the Bishop himself…”
Bishop: “Rest easy! Children of the Light!”
Bishop: “The Spirit of the Light has given you his blessings In his infinite charity, he has shown us the way He has provided you with the holy weapons to take down the Demon Race”
Thin Serf: “Weapons?”
Clank clank
Bishop: “These h These ht to blast away the De as we have these poles, even untrained peasants like yourselves can be as strong as the heroes of old — Watch!”
Elite Soldiers: “Fire!” Lights muskets
Bang! Bang!
Small Peasant: “What was that?!”
Young Farh the armour!”
Bishop: “This weapon can penetrate a suit of armour from fifty paces away With this weapon, no matter the claws or teeth of the enemy, no matter how many swords or spears he has, you can take him down from a distance! Once you train to use these weapons, you will be the finest soldiers throughout the land!”
Bishop: “Listen, Children of the Light! Blessed followers The Pris for your help today”
Thin Serf: “The Primarch?!”
S for our help?”
Mur
Bishop: “As I am sure you are all aware, far to the South, in the coldest part of the world, a prison is being built! By the Grace of the Spirit, we have ed to confine the Demonic elements to their prison in the South I am sure you know This is where we have trapped the heretics who oppose the word of the church, in this land of ice and death In our charity, we have agreed to let them keep their lives”
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Explanation
Priure in the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the Holy Church of Light In our world, the Catholic Church follows the progression of Priest – Bishop – Cardinal – Pope while the Orthodox Church follows the progression of Priest – Metropolitian – Patriach – Ecuneoes by Priest – Bishop – Pri the supreme head of the Church
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Settler: “The Church has said this lots of times already…”
Young Far beaten back by these Demons”
Bishop: “However, despite this, these heretics have perfor a treasure of the Children of Light!”
Small Peasant: “Eh?”
Bishop: “What they have taken are the reht In other words, they are relics! These relics represent the hope of all the Children of Light, they are a sy these relics and hiding the not just the Church but the Spirit himself!”
Settler: “?! The Spirit?!”
Bishop: “These are the words of the Priression Even if we have to sacrifice our own lives, ill reclaim the Holy Reht! Rise and take up your th of our faith!”
——— The Kingdo Settlement
Patrolling Soldier: “Alright, here we are”
Refugee Family Father: “So this is it!”
Refugee Family Mother: “It’s cold…” shi+vers
Refugee Faoes all the way to that hill over there!”
Patrolling Soldier: “I’ we can do about the cold You are in the South, after all If you work hard then o check out the fields I’ot to be someone around”
Refugee Faht!”
Walking through the snow
Refugee Faht, horse, I know you’re a bit old but we’re almost there Just a bit more”
Walking through the snow
Feeant!”
Patrolling Soldier: “Hey! How’s it going?”
Settler Militia: “Alright We’ve ed to clear all the weeds on the hill over there”
Female Settler Militia: “So now the place is ready for the potato fields”
Patrolling Soldier: “I see! I’ve brought a new family over”
Refugee Fafisher, it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance”
Refugee Fahter: “hello!”
Settler Militia: “Kingfisher! That’s a long ay!”
Fe a bit blue”
Refugee Family Mother: “It’s very cold…”
Patrolling Soldier: “Right, I’ood so this is as far as I’ll take you”
Refugee Family Father: “If it’s possible, would my wife be able to rest first? The two of us can start to work Please”
Refugee Family Mother: “Hey…”
Settler Militia: “Alright, well let’s go to the rounds first”
Refugee Fa! Take a look Hey, is it possible… that you’re pregnant?”
Patrolling Soldier: “Eh?”
Refugee Family Father: “What?!”
Refugee Family Mother: “Yeah… I don’t know for sure but based on lastthis suspicion…”
Refugee Fahter: “For real?!”
Female Settler Militia: “Take a look! She can barely stand in this cold! Let alone go to the rounds!”
Settler Militia: “Really?”
Female Settler Militia: “It’s all because you’re co a wife”
Patrolling Soldier: “Wh-what should we do?!”
Settler Militia: “This is terrible!”
Refugee Fauy would say that”
Settler Militia: “You haven’t given birth before either!”
Feirl should know these sorts of things! Alright, let’s get you on these blankets first”
Refugee Family Mother: “Umm… I wouldn’t want to use your blankets like that”
Female Settler Militia: “Don’t worry, these are military supplies We’ll just borrow them for a bit They’re made of lamb’s wool so they’re very warm”
Refugee Family Father: “Thank you…”
Feht, we’ll carry you over to the Village Chief Your faathering kindling and Peat”
Settler Militia: “Okay! I’ll run ahead and give hi”
Female Settler Militia: “Good! Prepare soe Chief’s wife to help”
Patrolling Soldier: “I’ll leave it to you then”
Feo It’s s spectacular, but it’s a house It’s just been built so they all look the saet lost, but after a while you learn to differentiate My family also lives in one of those houses”
Refugee Family Father: “Are you sure? You’ve been so nice to us”
Fe? Everyone here, whether you’re frodoh to eat We’re all coether!”
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Explanation
Peat: Peat is a substance created fro period of time until they become a solid, rock-like substance As it contains h water content, it does not burn easily However, when peat is pressed and dried, it becomes a fantastic source of fuel
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————– The Demon World, Replacement Conference Venue
The Silver Tiger Lord: “Okay”
The Cyclops: “…We’re all here”
The Fire Dragon Lord: “My Khans, thank you for your hard work Well then, Her Majesty the Deiven us her authority, and so that this Kurultai does not stagnate and that we do not oht”
The Hero: “With regards to this issue, apart fro’s authority over the many Tribes, as much as possible, I would like to seek and respect the counsel and advice of the Khans as we seek to hit the nail on the head After all, I am still an outsider”
The Queen of Fairies: “Don’t say such a thing”
The Chieftain of the Tattooed: “We apologise for causing you any trouble, you are the will of the De”
The Witch-Queen of Banshees: “Yeah”
The Silver Tiger Lord: “Anyone who has anything to say in opposition to that is a disgrace”
The Baron of Steel: “What shall we discuss today?”
The East Fortress Base Commander: “Hmmm”
The Fire Dragon Lord: “Firstly, I believe that domestic issues of each of the tribes should be settled internally, as they have always been The purpose of this Kurultai is to addressIn other words, problems which concern the entire Demon Race and the Subterranean World, matters between Tribes, and vital opinions Or rather, issues which a single Tribe alone will be unable to settle”
The Queen of Fairies: “Agreed”
The Chieftain of the Tattooed: “I have no objection”
The Witch-Queen of Banshees: “Sounds good”
The Silver Tiger Lord: “So basically, we settle our own problems”
The East Fortress Base Co issue is the Tribe of the Pale”
The Cyclops: “…Yeah”
The Fire Dragon Lord: “Indeed, the Tribe of the Pale has left the Kurultai and begun their independent movements Reports have shown that they have returned to their own lands to regroup and reinforce at an alar speed”
The Queen of Fairies: “If the Tribe of the Pale has indeed made enemies out of the entire Dee, then we the Tribe of the Fairies will not stand aside and let it happen”
The Witch-Queen of Banshees: “We Banshees will also fight to the end, though I suppose it will be impossible to avoid enormous casualties”
The Silver Tiger Lord: “The Tribe of the Fang too!”
The Hero: “No, wait for a while”
The Cyclops: “…Why? …Black Knight?”
The Fire Dragon Lord: “What is your view?”
The Hero: “I have fought with their new King His skills are the real deal The Tribe of the Pale is really strong, stronger than we think”
The Chieftain of the Tattooed: “Hmm… It seems that they’ve increased their abilities since the last chaotic period”
The Witch-Queen of Banshees: “If the Black Knight says so, it must be so”
The Fire Dragon Lord: “Well then, let us focus this session on resolving the issue with the Tribe of the Pale”
The Silver Tiger Lord: “Yes”
The Baron of Steel: “There areone”
The Chieftain of the Tattooed: “Let’s solve the issue ahead of us”
The Witch-Queen of Banshees: “Good”
The Chieftain of the Tattooed: “Firstly, the Tribe of the Pale has a new King Secondly, this new King and the army which he now leads atte and have then fled fro and his ar back to their own territory Fourthly, they nu of the Pale bears the Sigil of the Successor to the Demon Throne and his battle ability is out of this world”
The Witch-Queen of Banshees: “That sounds about right”
The Baron of Steel: “What an extremely difficult situation”
The Fire Dragon Lord: “In other words, the problem is…”
The Queen of Fairies: “This is the will of the entire Tribe of the Pale”
The Silver Tiger Lord: “Huh? You’re saying that the whole tribe are traitors?”
The Queen of Fairies: “Not necessarily Especially since the position of the New King of the Pale was decided officially at the Kurultai, even though it was a very rushed decision Have we considered that the New Kingall this without any official authorisation?”
The Chieftain of the Tattooed: “Yeah”
The Witch-Queen of Banshees: “In fact, the entire nation of the Tribe of the Palewho has betrayed the De”
The Silver Tiger Lord: “In that case, how about we attack their cities before the aret there If we do that, then whether the cat is white or black, it doesn’t matter If it’s white, then we’ve reduced the nued to disrupt the ene up”
The Baron of Steel: “That’s all very nice to say, but the Tribe of the Palerate Even if we left today to pursue them, ouldn’t make it”
The Cyclops: “…White… Black…”
The Fire Dragon Lord: “I believe that much is clear”
The Chieftain of the Tattooed: “So what should we do?”
The Fire Dragon Lord: “Since we’re on the matter of their movement speed… We do not want to pursue the arht them, ill be in their lands, where their reinforcements can arrive easily In fact, if we recklessly attack them, ill leave our own cities exposed Rather, we cannot even ensure the safety of our own lands”
The Queen of Fairies: “You have a point”
The Witch-Queen of Banshees: “So what you’re saying is that using our forces to surround their cities will have the reverse effect?”
The Silver Tiger Lord: “What, so we can’t do that after all?”
The Witch-Queen of Banshees: “The co If we siather all our forces, the Tribe of the Pale will taste despair The one who betrayed the De, and he himself has even backstabbed the entire Demon World In other words, this is an independent act frole individual and so he may not have very much support I do not believe that the Tribe of the Pale are all battle-crazed, blood-seeking maniacs”
The Silver Tiger Lord: “How very troublesome…”
The Baron of Steel: “To begin with, the Tribe of the Pale has always had a very strict disciplinarian military junta in place We must consider that possibility also”
The Cyclops: “Hmm…”
The East Fortress Base Commander: (On the other hand, in the worst case scenario, if the New King goes so far as to take his entire Tribe, apart fros could happen He’s the kind of guy who could do things that I never even i, assassination, and who knohat else He could indeed be planning soot to be an unspeakable shock to the Demon World…)
The Fire Dragon Lord: “First, let us agree that we cannot avoid letting the ar which is beyond us”
The Queen of Fairies: “Yes”
The Chieftain of the Tattooed: “Indeed”
The Fire Dragon Lord: “However, on top of that, we cannot let the Ar seen what terrible things they are capable of here, the Arh the De immense sacrifices in their wake”
The Witch-Queen of Banshees: “Indeed”
The Fire Dragon Lord: “The lands outside of those belonging to the Pale need to be heavily surveillanced so that we can have as early a warning as possible as to the movements of the Army of the Pale”
The Queen of Fairies: “Let us Fairies assume this responsibility We may be weak and small but we are invisible under the cover of darkness and noiseless as we move”
The Chieftain of the Tattooed: “If the Fairies see anything, then the Tribe of the Fiends will relay the intelligence The Fiends are everywhere throughout the Demon World after all Since ancient tie service and the pony express”
The Fire Dragon Lord: “Is everybody agreeable?”
The East Fortress Base Commander nods
The Chieftain of the Tattooed nods
The Fire Dragon Lord: “Then ill leave thiswe can help with, do not hesitate to request it”
The Queen of Fairies: “Understood”
The Chieftain of the Tattooed: “Leave it to us”