Vol 2 Epilogue (1/2)

Last Chapter: The Thirteenth Seat’s Master

There are thirteen seats in Camelot’s round table.

But there’s no one sitting on that thirteenth seat. Formerly, it was Lancelot’s.

And there’s also not one soul is going to sit there.

Because, that seat was a cursed seat. And because that seat is the seat of director of this round table conference!!

A seat disliked by everyone, and now on that cursed seat, is me.

Oh man~, I wanna go home! I was already exiled and disinherited though!

……I’m a homeless kid. If you pity me, please give me home.

One day, Merlin grandpa said.

“We will decide the viceroy of Highland Kingdom. That man will be awarded with the Adamandight which resembles the good luck sword of the previous viceroy Lancelot, Arondight! Anyone who believes you’re worthy of that, gather and show your sword skill!!”

At the moment when I went to take Adamandight, that news circulated in Highland Kingdom, and when I come back, the tournament has started, and I win.

The deciding of viceroy is written in the pamphlet distributed earlier.

And it’s not written in the pamphlet I saw.

Eeh, so I was being awarded? The Adamandight, from my hand to myself.

Viceroy is the one who represents the ruler of kingdom and the one who aids it, it means I become the person in charge to take care of the 13,000 years old Arthur.

I think taking care of creatures like hamster or rabbit is easier than this.

Yeah, now it’s not too late.

Let’s change this land into h.e.l.l and go on a killing spree with the Adamandight, yeah let’s do that!

At that night, looks like Merlin grandpa wanted to talk to me, I thought he wanted to talk with me using fist.

Divine creation, T.A.M.S.D!! <tactical armored=”” muscle=”” suit=”” d-model=””>

Let’s give him some present by carrying this fist which can destroy molecule bonds to his face.

It will omit your burial labour, please be thankful for being ecological.

“I’m already old, it becomes hard to take care of Arthur.”

“Shaddup, aren’t your age roughly the same as Arthur?”

“No, I’m two hundred years older than him!”

“Like 200 of 13,000 years have a great meaning!!”

War is about information.

And, decision based on wrong information will bring incorrect result.

And the me now is like that! This resentment, should I release it here……?

“In general, do you think saying “I don’t know, I don’t know” when you interrupt a fight between warriors which King Arthur put his honor on the line will work?”

“I don’t know, I don’t know”

I don’t do anything. All of it is done by sensei.

[Gun don’t shoot people. People shoot people.]

[EDNote: relevant, can’t resist pls forgive me]

Being lectured by sensei. I’m sorry.

“Honestly, I don’t know how did you he managed to do that. I don’t know how Demon King Charlemagne lost his magical power, leading King Arthur to victory. The difference of my magic with Charlemagne’s is just like heaven and earth. But, I’m not too senile to the extent to not realize about that mana abnormality!”

How he manage to do that, huh?

I just request sensei to remove the mana for a bit though?

In fantasy world, Mana is something distributed unevenly like air.

And by taking in mana and converting it to your own magical power, and when you use it in various form is called magic.

So, I make mana repulsive field with Charlemagne as its center.

And a result, Charlemagne’s surroundings become mana vacuum, so the self-healing using magical power didn’t happen.

Arthur-kun has a healing divine protection/curse, so it’s okay for him to just stall some time until he used up the remaining magical power inside him.

A fight between King Arthur, a cable powered generic human-shaped weapon and a battery powered Demon King Charlemagne.

If the fight become prolonged, the winner will become obvious.

Man, it’s good for him to not lose heart, very well.

Actually, if I’m to consider Arthur’s feelings, I wouldn’t want to b.u.t.t in it……

But, wouldn’t want to and won’t is a different thing, right!?

You don’t want to be injected, but you must do that, right!?

So, I b.u.t.ted in.

“Oh please, didn’t you say it yourself you’ve become senile? A misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. 200 years difference is a big deal, isn’t it?”

“Huh, not only that. Demon King Charlemagne is a symbol of fear inside Frank Empire too. So if King Arthur managed to defeat him, he will be treated as a hero inside Frank Empire, and he will be forced to become a savior. And to avoid that, we must bring him back to Highland Kingdom forcibly, right!! Arthur can’t turn his back on the weak. He is that kind of man. And thus a war involving Highland Kingdom’s people! So after defeating Charlemagne, he must come home without boasting it, am I wrong!!”

“Is this that special misunderstanding of old person?”

Oh pleasee, this grandpa, saying things as if he saw through it.

Actually, it’s like that though.

“For the people of Frank Empire’s sake, he will forcefully sacrifice this kingdom’s people. So I will express my thanks for preventing that hero, Arthur, from doing that. Because if you want to invade them, just do that after they’re weakened because of civil war. Walking through a th.o.r.n.y path, making his people shed blood, and bringing peace to Frank Empire. To prevent him from becoming a bloodstained hero like that, you became the clown, right!! Making Charlemagne to suffer the most gruelling death to lower the grudge of our warriors, and to make them return immediately after war without attacking any city, you choose the seash.o.r.e as the battlefield, right!!!”

“Man~ after you reach such age, even walking will be troublesome. Aging is scary, isn’t it?”

Oh please, I don’t want to hear this old person’s grumble.

“Taking back the Adamandights and not handing them over is to prevent the other tribes from holding any ambition, right? To prevent them invading another foreign country. ……And, that day, you were sad because of Charlemagne, right?”

“No, towards someone I never met, and in the first place, the one who killed him is that special executioner-san, right?”

Not just unexpected, I’m quite happy about that, I couldn’t think, this ugly face of mine can be useful for Highland Kingdom.

Y-o-u-r face, is useful♪

“You’re needed for this 13th seat!! Arthur is a hero. So he has many things he can’t do, and many things that can’t be seen by him, this country needs someone like you!”

“Really? Do you need me? Even though war won’t happen again? Or perhaps, is a civil war starting? I don’t want to, I don’t want to get caught in it.”

When the former Frank Empire is in big civil war, the power of Highland Kingdom is big, so what illusionary enemy is he fighting with?

Merlin grandpa has become senile already?

“I am an 11 years old kid, you know? I don’t want to pa.s.s my valuable youth doing nothing being a viceroy in this peaceful kingdom. I want to experience love. Well, the longed peace have come, even a broom is enough to become this country’s viceroy, right? Aah, that’s right, just stab this Adamandight there. It’s already enough, right? I will give this one sword worth one mountain of gold as a big service. Won’t Arthur become zealous at government affairs because he remembers Lancelot after seeing this sword there? Even though the prospect is small though.”

There’s no country attacking this place.

Even though there’s someone trying to destroy this country from inside, King Arthur won’t lose as long as he has those two swords.

Because the current weapons of the other tribes have won’t have a chance against him.

Absolute strength will stay at the top.

Just like Demon King Charlemagne ruled Frank Empire with his power, Hero King Arthur also rules with his power.

If I distribute these Adamandights, that absoluteness will be shaken, and the royalty supported by strength too.

Even Arthur-kun still will be defeated if he was stabbed with 15,000 Adamandights.

Of course in good government, the thing which supports royalty is strength. It’s just hidden and can’t be seen.

“I understood……War won’t happen, huh.”

“Yeah, it won’t. In my country, there’s ‘Heiwa-boke’ word, there’s a word called ‘Sensou-boke’ too, you know?”

[TL Note: heiwa boke/peace idiot means about someone whose sense of crisis is dull because of long peace. And, sensou-boke/war idiot means about someone who thinks war is normal occurrence, but when war happened, he/she will become panic.]

War definitely will happen. But, there’s the word [eventually] following it.

And the [eventually] of Highland Kingdom will surely be a long one.

“Then, let it rest inside Camelot’s bas.e.m.e.nt, what type of Adamandight equipment which can support 15,000 soldiers?”

“Because we’re in peace, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t prepare for the next war, right? Besides, I don’t know what will happen in this world. Can you cooperate to seal these with me?”

Inside Camelot’s bas.e.m.e.nt, the equipment used at Caen decisive battle were sealed using magic.

Humans won’t attack. But, no idea about other beings in this world.

Therefore, we must prepare.

“I understood…..Karl. I understand it really well. This country don’t need you. That’s quite an amazing fact. By the way, the seat of viceroy has already decided. So you can’t resign. But, nothing can bind Pendragon. You can live as you like.”

“I will do it without you telling me. Because that’s my own life.”

Well, there’s nothing to say anymore, huh.

One thing I stayed quiet about is the Adamandight equipment used at Caen are sealed while it’s still full of old men’s sweat and tear, so when they released the seal, it will become an amazing cursed equipment.

“One last thing I want to ask, are you really an 11 years old?”

“……I wonder.”

“Now!! You may choose!!”

I lined up 200 Adamandight sword.

And I made them pick the one resembling Arondight the most among those.

Where’s Warrior!!

[TL Note: a Where’s Wally reference, or Where’s Waldo in the US.]

“Nuuuuuuuuuuuuu!! Every one of these resembles it……Give it all to me!!”

“Like I will! Stupid!! Just one!! After all, that one will be mine again. Fuhahahahahaha!!”

Teasing is not cool. ……But it’s fun!! *Intoxicated*!!

Arthur-kun is looking at 200 black swords one by one, holding it, swinging it, and hesitating while saying not like that, not like this.

And he’s looking it together with Merlin who hold a cup of tea while grinning.

*Wandering*~*Wandering*~*Wandering*~*Wandering*~

What an indecisive b.a.s.t.a.r.d. With this, he’s disqualified as king!!

As a viceroy, I will re-educate him!!

“Karl! As I thought, give it all to me!!”

“I won’t!!”

At the end, it took him fifteen days to decide it.