Vol 3 Chapter 9 (1/2)
Chapter 9
Recently here, the nuuards had rapidly increased
Asyut thought that as he briskly walked down a corridor wide enough to fit three carriages lined up side by side
In the royal palace, a person was able to find soldiers carrying weapons no e corridor was the same Here was one person, over there was one person, and further beyond was another person This strict security was rahout the royal palace
By this time, teeks had passed since the names of the anti-saint faction’s meered in the royal palace did not show any signs of calave the thirty soon and, in addition, the nuht by reports fro steadily With this, it was calculated that nearly twenty percent of the anti-saint faction’s people had been caught It was natural for the royal palace side to think that half of the re members would become desperate and attack the royal palace
As the security within the royal palace was strengthened on the king’s orders, the female servants were able to stand by at houn with three troops of different ranks: the Order of Holy Knights, the Order of Knights, and the army Even the western side of the royal palace, which until now had been coan to confirm identities strictly As a result, the West Royal Library that had been open to the common people was temporarily closed– and so on The effect of the anti-saint faction spread in every direction and the regular scenery of the royal palace coed
The majority of the soldiers were ordered to stay in the royal palace, and secretly voices rose about ho that it’s come to this, I want the anti-saint faction to hurry up and come” Of course, such frivolous talk wasn’t heard around Asyut’s surroundings – people throughout the royal palace already knew of the painful position he was put in – but gossip about the anti-saint faction heard on the wind never ended
“Lord Asyut, good ”
He was greeted by a young man dressed in an unfamiliar uniform as they passed each other The jacket was a dark blue cloth with golden eed to the Order of Holy Knights Norhts were only allowed to hite uniforms, but actually this dark-colored unifor to battle then they would wear this dark blue one However, as this opportunity had not existed in these past ten years, there were hts had two kinds of uniforms In such times, for the dark blue unifore change
“There hasn’t been anything strange in particular, has there?”
“Yes Currently, it is quiet”
“I see But I would ask of you to continue without dropping your guard Once a se current will follow immediately”
“Understood I will bear that in mind”
The young knight nodded seriously and then left Casually seeing off that back, Asyut resu to walk around the royal palace personally and report the situation to the king, and so he sharpened his senses so as to not s The king feared needless chaos within the royal palace due to the anti-saint faction’s attack more than he did the attack of the anti-saint faction itself
(According to the schedule, there’s three more days until the raid)
Three days A long time that see
The date of the raid on the royal palace had beco’s spy However, the anti-saint faction er stick to the decided date To them, with their scattered and internal chaos, no matter when they carried out their attack the result they would obtain would not change
Yes, they no longer had a future And they themselves should know that best Nevertheless, that they hadn’t given the st thethe anti-saint faction’s actions as a political “exhibition”, the reeance who risked their lives to retaliate against the saint and royal palace
The fact that his little sister was also participating still weighed heavily on Asyut While he i in front of him with an aard expression countless tis the way they were, he would have to oppose his sister, his one and only blood relative– what a nightht about locate his sweet and pure sister had long passed From the moment Linus thrusted Milifaire’s present condition at him, he keenly felt the possibility that the next tiainst her as an ene that he himself could not accept more than anyone else But, even if he averted his eyes, that “time” would certainly come
Unable to hide his dark expression, Asyut looked down as he began to descend the stairs When he looked out a largethat stretched vertically, the tranquil scenery of a flower garden spread beyond theEven though a battle running with bloodas he looked at this scenery, he could only think of it as a joke of some sort
(Don’t drop your guard)
Asyut took the lines that he had said to the knight just now to his own heart Especially in his case where if he relaxed then it would be the very end; it seeth would leave his body and he wouldn’t be able to get up
“Ser Asyut, what are you doing in such a place”
Asyut, who had been glaring out theat some point, snapped back to his senses when he was suddenly called out to Looking up from the bottom of the stairs, and the one who called out, was an oldpriest robes, Roblin
“Father Roblin”
Even as Asyut responded by saying his name, inside he wanted to act like he hadn’t noticed and leave In particular at this ti duty to have to deal with an obstinate priest who opposed the king’s side Like the ine hi, with Asyut
“Is so the matter?”
Saying that, Asyut descended the stairs However Roblin, who had been waiting, only opened his mouth partly with a sullen expression
“Recently, the royal palace has coed”
“Yes, you are right I suppose because there has been a move to suppress the anti-saint faction in earnest”
Like how you quite especially wished for, but Asyut didn’t say that
“They are thorough preparations To an extent that makes one feel unbearable”
“… Is that so”
Not having anything to ansith, Asyut spoke auously
“The anti-saint faction are also pitiful people Even knowing they are dancing on the king’s pal”
Good gracious, Roblinit foolish Asyut stared at hiain?
“The responsibility for leaving the crazed saint unregulated is undoubtedly with us priests as well However, I would not have thought in my dreams to use even theA saint is a saint To us, they are absolute entities”
Perhaps that had been where they rong, Roblin sighed deeply It was the first time this man had shoords that could be taken as weak
“Maybe it was the duty of us priests to have remonstrated the saint much earlier –As Sister Yodel tried to do”
A beautiful priestess as not here right now Unlike the other exclusionary priests, she struggled to proactively head out and create bonds with her surroundings And then finally trying to stop Saint Celiastina by dirtying her own hands; she was a unique being as a priest
More than half a year had already passed since she left the royal palace If she was here now, Asyut wondered how exactly she would take this situation
“However, even if we regret, nothing will begin We will protect the saint in our oay Even if we remonstrate her, we cannot abandon her To abandon the saint is to abandon our faith Even if the king uses the saint as a convenient paill preserve her sanctity”
Roblin’s quiet co hi so deliberately In the first place, Roblin never attempted to talk properly in front of hi
Why did Roblin feel like talking about this? What did heher sanctity?
Asyut was unable to ask about that Before Roblin’s strong will, he had lost sight of his oords Roblin snorted and, as if he had lost interest in Asyut, took his ti
“Hey, Asyut!”
Asyut, as ru over Roblin’s words in his head while he walked, noticed a fa out to hie that continued to the training ground, Siegcrest cae hand
“Sieg”
“What are you doing, you’re late The Order of Holy Knights’is about to start soon”
“Ah, my bad”
The two lined up and resu with the Order of Holy Knights ended, next was one with the Order of Knights, and then the aro and explain the situation to the king Further to his office, he needed to take care of his regular work that had been accu
In truth, he wanted to go and see Celiastina At last, in the present state where a raid was imminent, she had been mostly confined to her room Her daily ceremonies had been narrowed down to only the truly important ones, and the people she could meet were more limited than ever It was already unreasonable to turn up at the infirun to raise and, even apart frohnes of having her bring Aeneas, along with a few others as bodyguards Under these circumstances, even she would keenly feel that the attack of the anti-saint faction was approaching in front of them
(As long as she doesn’t do anything reckless)
That was one of Asyut’s concerns
She had been informed of the scenes behind the anti-saint faction assault fro to save the that even she could do, but she iven up yet
(At any rate, above all, we er)
Itto be confined to her rooer That was all he wished for
“Still, we’ve made all sorts of preparations it feels unbearable”