Chapter 14 (1/2)
Ossan, takes disciples to a no man's land Disclaimer: I don't really know japanese, these are lish Read at your own discretion
The Archduke's villa in Solistea…
It was lively early in thearound donned in full arnified impression rather than lively
There were about 15 knights tasked with thethe Duke's children The escorts were arranged by the former Duke, Creston to act as hter
”15 knights… hey, isn't this a whole squad?”
”Mu… DelSasis, there's no way I' over h! Howto make!?”
Many of them have been on escort hts this tiain practical experience
There aren't any st the escorts, and that alone should let you understand how bad the relationshi+p between knights and icians' faction would send over one of their own to escort soreat lengths afterwards, but what use is a ician with no combat experience either way?”
”Well… that's true, but they have other roles…”
Of course, Celestina is replacing them this time around Recently, the Duke has been on friendly tericians' faction, garnering the disinterest of other factions
”You have a faction as well right, Creston-san? Couldn't you call soicians over?”
”Uh combat experience to be in a real battle so I had to turn theht ”You know about your grandson's absurd behavior so you instinctively sensed danger and ran away, didn't you?” but didn't dare to say it out loud
He already knows there's no point in saying it now
While this conversation was happening, the knights loaded the luggage into the carriage and were almost ready to leave The amount of food, as well as other necessities such as tents and cooking utensils was, naturally, enormous They've prepared as
”Duke, your excellency, we're ready to go”
”Good work, I ask of you to protect randchildren this time”
”I will protect them with my life if necessary”
”Uht who bowed to Creston ilanced at Zeros, and suddenly felt uncoicians he kneere like batteries that could only shoot h they wouldn't fight on the frontlines
However, the ives the ilances at Zeros' waist
”Swords?… And two of theician and I also possess close-quarters combat skills Otherwise, I'd die on the battlefield”
He understood with Zeros' answer The ician in front of him is a fierce man who's been across many different battlefields and understands the iician of a different tradition froht thought
”In a battlefield… you seem to understand the importance of close-quarters combat skills”
”Precisely, if you think about it, How useful can a ician that has ran out of mana be? If you can't protect yourself, you'll die Siht understands that the ician in front of hiic and swordsmanshi+p can only be said to die on the battlefield Although, tt can also be taken as the proof of a person possessing a significant aht, I'd like to tell that to the icians in this country that don't do any close-quarters co”
”That's a nasty icians out there that are ridiculed because of it”
”Is that so? It looks like there will be no problehts are the swords and shi+elds, and it's their role to knock down and destroy the eneicians must assist them, and at the saeous”
”The current situation is that this country is divided, sadly… it's quite eicians do with political power?… We e sense of caht
”I'm late, but I'm the captain of this squad, my name is Alev Gilbert”
”How polite, I'e a handshake
”Zeros-dono is an excellent randchildren, you ht learn a lot from him”
”Hoh… That's wonderful He definitely felt different froicians of this country, but I see… both swords and ic and the sword”
”That's great, So both of them have the ability to protect the my best to hammer that into them”
That means, the importance of close-quarters coicians are quite inept at such way of fighting and ithdraw as soon as they run out of mana
However, there's no such convenient situation in an actual war In the worst case scenario, the battle mire of total annihilation
”After all, sos are different in reality”
”You can't be overconfident I almost died many times because of my lack of experience I think it's the senior's duty to teach the younger generation”
”That's plenty The coeneration's icians are rotten They won't survive on the battlefield' And I agree with hiht happen on the battlefield, so you need asin ic education I guess?)
”That's… There are those who only use ic and they all die on the battlefield…”
In short, it turns out the icians are quite the delicate fellows Because they've never experienced an actual battle, they don't understand how foolish they actually are As they are in peaceful tiruesohts understand that up to a certain extent, they ht have killed people on skiricians who only shootof taking a life
”Does a long period of peace spoils a person?… 'Don't forget about war in ti That's right, they don't know ”
”There's either lust for power or for research They are…”
The icians of this country sees are closer to an illusion than to reality, there's no end to conflict no hts to conflicts between villages… wars between countries are just an extension of that
Custo on the country, even if the people living there are the sae of seeds of conflicts, and like that, they explode and spread like wildfire until they become full-scaled wars
After all, it's just conflict between humans, there are no ideals like justice in it It's, at the sa either way
The et power, that neutrality evaporates, and eventually, they begin to act based on their personal desires It's like a dangerous explosive, no one wants to have one in their own homes
”We'll be ready soon… How are the preparations for the Archduke's grandkids?”
”I think it should be about time but… they're late”
”I don't have to worry about putting on ar any, but does it take that much time?”
The mansion's entrance door opens behind the three people, and the two aforerandchildren appeared with an incredible ae bag, and Zweit had a e with shaky legs due to their weight
”Hah… I'm ready…”
”Almost there… I think I packed too e!?””
Apparently, e were clothes, and when it co various tools for perfor experie Zeros, who could perform alchemy
(Why do you look like soination?)
”Can you reduce your luggage a bit?”
”Wo I should wear the same underwear for a week!?”
”There are soet some”
Both were serious… They had quite the exceptional level of enthusiasainst that, was inevitably e in his inventory
”What an useful ic… What kind of principle does it use?
”It's an ancient and coic, I wouldn't kno to explain it”
”Is there any ic you don't know…?”
”Of course I'm not God Fro, we're all nothing but trash anyway”
In the first place, there's no point in trying to understand the principle behind the ave hiic formula in itself but the amount ofhumans could manipulate
In actuality, Zeros had already created a si unusable and it was an obscure and troublesome substitute that couldn't be used with theory alone
”Alright, I' this week”
”It'll be reassuring to have such a powerful reeting each other…
”Tina, be careful, alright? If one of those idiot knights lay a hand on you, please tell oing to do, Oji-sama!?”
”No no, you don't have to worry about that There are things you are better off not knowing…”
”Oji-saranddaughter
(T–This fucking old hter is involved he sure acts like a different person… I can only say it's disgusting)
He's usually a competent person who thinks about the people, but when Celestina is involved, his personality does a corees turn
(It's not even the san, though, he sure loved his granddaughter
Zas talking with the knights and asking what did they have planned for this excursion That is because, the knights also go to Far-flung forest for training so their kno roup soon boarded the carriage and proceeded east towards Far-flung forest
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In the swaying carriage, Zweit asked Zeros the question he's been wondering for a long time
”Hey…”
”What is it, Zweit-kun?”
”Why are you Celestina's tutor, you don't like being used in power struggles, right?”
”Naturally, What about it?”
”Aren't you getting a piece of land from the old man as a reward? Isn't that contradictory?”
Zeros looks away at the bright blue sky
”Zweit-kun, what do you think about a ed man that hasn't settled down yet?”
”It's not like you're sorant…”
”Yeah, but don't you think it's the worse for a person to be wandering around without a place to live? It's natural for people to work hard and earn just enough ive ladly take it”
”…You have an unexpectedly thick personality”
”I don't want to give more power to the already powerful, but I do think it's fair, to point the young people, the right direction”
”Alright… I just thought there ht be another shady reason behind it…”
”Don't worry, it's nothing fishy”
Such a conversation happened, but his inner thoughts were…
(I want a Goddaed man, with no connections or trust in this country do! I can't possibly find a job that easily!
Magic is dangerous, and the s uys will come after me I don't want to be a mercenary either!)
… like that
Zeros Merlin, 40 years old Wants to get married and have a coe when you'd worry about things like that It wasn't an age where you could carelessly go play around the world His dream was to cultivate a field, have a family and a war carriage arrived at the edge of the Saffron plains at the boundary with Far-flung forest, where the group prepared to set up ca up the tents, Zeros surrounds the area with an earth ith hisup trenches around it and set up pitfalls
Goblins are the only carnivorous monster that wander around this area, the rest of theerous predators ht appear from time to time but it's not a probleh, it can be said to be an excessively large group for a monster extermination, it could also be considered to be small for the escorts of the Duke's children
The role of the knights is to allow the two to gain real combat experience, and at the same time, to raise their own levels The problem is whether there is a suitable opponent for the?”
”shi+shou?… Me?”
”Ah… well, you're also teaching ured I should address you in a more appropriate ?”
”I'ic Paper】 …What's that?”
Zeros cut the blank 【Magic Paper】into vertical pieces, and started writing ic Note Arcana】 but the characters written were terribly precise, and current icians couldn't even hope to decipher them
”What's this? It's obviously to suht?
”A familiar? Isn't it a curse? Or perhaps, it summons a horde of monsters around here?”
”No, you wouldn't need that kind of thing Just look, it's going to be interesting”
Zweit continues to watch over the scene unfolding before his eyes The pen, which runs across the paper without any hesitation, continues to draw an unknown ic note
The ic note made of countless characters is incredibly dense and beautiful, causing a sigh of admiration to leak fro of each ic character written on it and ic unfaician, he's, naturally, curious about what thislike this”
”Is it done? What kind of effect does it have, that s and becoical Chinese bird)
At the ic note started absorbing theit in the foric note doesn't bind creatures with ic in order to tame them, it produces artificial monsters made up ofand eventually the creature disappears, but since there's no need to spend money on food and care, it can be used as a cheaper alternative It has a tiic tool for reconnaissance