Volume 1 Chapter 4 Part3 (1/2)
Volume 1, 4-3: Overcast Day
“‘Bandit extererous?”
Max leaned on his sword in the orphanage garden as he asked, worried The length of the sword provided by the arhly the distance from adult’s sto sword to the petite Max It was a uros and should have been returned back to the army corps, but Fin had secretly hidden it from them, since he didn’t know if it would be necessary later on, and most importantly, it was saturated with all the o
Watching the two of theht”
“It won’t be just the survivors of those you’d faced; there may be a lot more, no? Even for the army corps, the environment is be different in the ht be there as well”
“That’s why I said there’s no way I can ignore them”
Fin wiped the sweat from his brow and returned his sword back into the scabbard Although he couldn’t put it into words, he felt some kind of responsibility towards those five children, and this determination was clear from his behavior Heartbroken, Max looked at Fin, bit his lip, and hung his head Then, he slowly said in a mutter
“I thought I was gonna to be the one who had to say that……but, it really wasn’t Big Bro Fin’s fault If we had all stayed in Tetna like that, then ould’ve all starved to death I, who couldn’t look after the little ones properly, a silent about this now”
Max raised his face and stared intently at Fin as trying to run away
“If you’re only to exterminate the bandits just because of your sense of responsibility, please stop it It’s fine if I’et about them You must think about your own future, your family, and such”
“What are you trying to say?”
“I’ument and that Winean commander are idiotic”
Max frankly said without a shred ofrie
“The survivors from Tetna are just troubleso of using this bandit extermination as an excuse to just finish them all off in one blow”
Max pointed out Fin frowned at these unpleasant words, but he didn’t run away by saying, ‘You’re just thinking too much” Nellis nervously asked, “What do you mean?” Fin and Max looked at each other
“Well,” Fin nodded with a melancholic expression “It’s a possibility: the commander’ll say that he’ll lend us some subordinates for the bandit extermination, but in reality, they’ll be ordered to kill us after we kill the bandits If that’s the case, then all those people who know of the true state of Tetna and Nanais will completely disappear, and the commander’ll be able to lessen the nuius’ plan–one that’ll certainly make him happy”
“Oh no! No matter how you look at it, it’s impossible for your commander to be that vile of a man to offer such a solution!”
Nellis shook her head in astonishh her hair without saying anything His mind had been surrounded by the illusion of what it meant to be in the army corps until he witnessed the behavior of the soldiers in Nanais…no, until he ius and was mildly disappointed in Ancius in Winea
The Diatius Empire’s troops were steadfast in their strict rules, carried their pride, and fought for honor and the citizens…in the past
“If Dirgius wasn’t thoroughly a fool to not think of such a strategy, then I would’ve been saved a bunch of trouble”
Fin jokingly cracked and shrugged his shoulders at the torried kids Max gave a strained laugh and returned a sarcastic co we can do, heh”
At thatout to them
“Max! Ah, Big Brother Fin, too! Look, look!”
Pitter Patter Light, tiny footsteps belonging to Fernaine were rushi+ng towards them from the direction of the teht pink clothes, and the sa her look like a flower fairy Her black hair was nicely combed It wasn’t done to look messy like a country bumpkin kid, but just a thin portion of it was naturally braided The red ribbon was vibrant and stood out like her dark green eyes
“Fernaine! I didn’t recognize you; I’lad you’re look so lively!”
Fin crouched down and patted the little girl’s head Fernaine puffed up her chest, proud She twirled around once, and the heently floated Fin had noticed that these clothes were a bit too rich for an orphan and sent Nellis a questioning look, and she returned a forced smile
“Fernaine, are there people who’ve become interested in you and sent you a bunch of stuff recently? I think they want to adopt you I’h for you”
Listening to that, Max burst out into laughter
“Even though she’s a little one, a girl is a girl, haha!”
“What’s with the laughter?” Nellis scowled at hi pretty clothes or delicious treats? Right?”
Nellis asked Fernaine as she crouched down to fix the string on on the little girl’s chest Fernaine put on the airs like a rich daughter, as if saying that it was a given Fin had a strange expression on as he was holding back his laughter
“Hey hey, Max, Big Brother Fin, I’ht?”
She twirled once more to show theave suitable cheers Satisfied, the little girl rushed off to look for any other person ould praise her When she had colances and laughed a bit now that their spirits had been lightened