Chapter 20 (1/2)
Evidence of Previous Life
「My previous life’s name was「Lyle Dist」. I was Sobule Kingdom’s Royal Court Mage.」
The room goes into a commotion.
「Lyle Dist…? Impossible…」
It seems there’s many people that recognise this name.
「Well, it’ll be difficult to prove my relation to my previous life. However, coming from a different world, whether you believe me or not, I can speak this world’s language at least, Gildas Somur Lambert knew Lyle Dist, and so forth, there are several things which I seem to understand*. There’s no time to answer questions so I’ll go ahead and start my hypothesis.」 *[r1]
I cut off my words and moisten my lips.
「Regarding the subject of Gildas Somur Lambert killed Lyle Dist, in my previous life, I was given the mission to head to the neighbouring country, Serbatos Republic, for a diplomatic visit. Whilst returning at the end of our mission, we were at an area half a day’s walk away. Our group which took on the mission was attacked. It was most likely an ambush. From the way the bandit’s spoke, they were most likely hired by someone. The bandit’s numbered 60, our group including Lyle Dist numbered 21, we lost in numbers but we had the mage Lyle Dist, we expected to be able to deal with them.」
I looked at Gildas for a brief moment.
Gildas’ face was sweating and had a surprised expression.
「We took the initiative and shot off a fireball, once the melee battle started, I started manipulating a Fire Arrow, at that time, Gildas Somur Lambert who happened to a guard, pierced my chest from behind. At the time Lyle Dist collapsed, he saw the face of Gildas Somur Lambert gripping the sword which had pierced his chest, and so, that was the reason I said someone had hired them. What Lyle saw before his death was several knights, which were supposed to be allies, attacking the remaining knights.」
Once I finished, I observed the King’s face.
His face showed that he was puzzled on how he should judge this.
「LIAR! A FABRICATED STORY! I DID NO SUCH THING!」
Gildas screamed wildly.
He sure is a stubborn guy.
「To suddenly believe in such a story… Lyle-dono certainly went on such a mission, I did hear he was attacked by bandits when returning to the castle from the Republic. That was also the time Lyle-dono pa.s.sed away. It’s identical to the place I heard about. However. Gildas and several others that survived certainly at that time returned and reported that; the bandits were annihilated, half the knights and Lyle-dono were killed. It may be hard for you to believe, but Gildas is the Captain of the Imperial Guards and also an excellent knight. Killing Lyle-dono, as well as allied knights is too unbelievable…」
The King expresses his worries.
「It’s not possible to prove if those words are true. At any rate, Lyle-dono died 25 years ago. There isn’t any remaining evidence.」
Fumu, so the me from my previous life died 25 years ago? What an unexpected place to obtain this information.
「At the very least, I may be able to prove that I was Lyle Dist in my previous life.」
「How will you do it?」
「Before that, can you force that guy to be silent? He’s noisy so he’ll interfere with my story.」
Gildas is persistent, he’ll keep ranting on incomprehensibly.
Our conversation will be obstructed.
A single phrase from the King,「Remain Silent」was said, a gag was forced into his mouth by another knight.
It’s still a bit noisy, but it’s cons
iderable better.
While recollecting knowledge from my previous life, I nimbly look through the room, and identify some faces which I recognise.
「Let’s begin with the King. Your name is Lantis Il Sobule, you were taught by Lyle Dist since you were a child. If I remember correctly, you were 24 years old when Lyle Dist pa.s.sed away. You enjoyed sword training as a child, the knights had to bring you back to the castle several times since you always snuck out. At the age of 8, you got kidnapped when you snuck out of the castle. Around the age of 10, you sliced a vase in half with a wooden sword in Lyle Dist’s office. Around the age of 12…」
I pick out my knowledge about the King, and arrange them in order.
12 years old was his first love, wasn’t it?
「Okay, that’s more than enough, I understand, don’t say anymore.」
The King had gotten fl.u.s.tered. Even though I was getting to the good part.
「Is that so? There’s still a long way to go…」
Well, it may be troublesome for him if I were to expose his past like that.
I face towards my next target.
「Next is the robed man over there. Ren II Buraias right?」
I s.h.i.+ft my attention to the man wearing a robe with a staff.
「Y-Yes!」
His voice creaked.