Chapter 55 (1/2)
I know you guys should be sick by seeing the saain, but bare with it for 2 more reads!
Part one of the chapter
A little while before the special operations squad got in touch with Honeybee —
A guard carriage was driving through a small road in a forest, situated north east of Nossentes
“Is the Gazzetta army still after us?”
“Yes! They are keeping their distance, probably because they are afraid of our counterattack using divine arts But they have not given up the chase yet”
A few days had already passed since the fall of Patrucia Nost The Nossentes soldiers that had scattered around the country were already uniting under the Divine Parliament and were on their way to Fonclanc They were currently traveling towards Blue Garden
On the way they were spotted by a Gazzetta patrol However Gazzetta was not regarded well in Blue Garden since their incursion during the battle at Paula The ministers believed that Gazzetta would cease the chase once they crossed the border
“Eneular army!”
“They are ordering us to stop!”
“Issue a refugee request Tell them that we are pursued by Gazzetta patrol”
However, when the answer from the Blue Garden arh Blue Garden into Fonclanc were replaced by terror
“…to su that they will attack us if we try to enter their country”
“WHAT?! Is their co? Can’t he see the situation we’re in?!”
Gazzetta was a country ruled by artless It’s king was trying to overthrow the current rulers of the world – the divine arts users The ministers expected that Blue Garden would sympathize and side with fellow divine arts users Gazzetta currently controlled practically the entire territory of Nossentes This draed the political map of Kaltcio
Although Blue Garden had shown trerowth recently, it was still a ways off froarded by the other powers as an eh Gazzetta territory was not an option, as even an amateur would have understood the situation the Nossentian’ refugees (TN used refugees, but should refer to this group) was currently in
The ht now they could not afford to order their troops to attack Blue Garden So they had to find soot completely sandwiched between Nossentes and Blue Garden forces
Nossentes knights ie Blue Garden’s troops surrounded theht up to their prey, the Gazzetta troops were unable to understand this standoff
At first, Nossentes and Blue Garden soldiers glared at each other, with the carriage with the ministers in between the armies However, after a short while the representatives of both arave off seeed act
This guess soon proved to be true
“Disarm?!”
“Iether with Gazzetta!”
“I can’t believe that…”
“No, how can we know that the Blue Garden army before us is the real one?”
Ministers whispered about attacking both arainst it because breaking out of the current situation was too difficult Having arrived at this conclusion they reluctantly accepted shackles from a Blue Garden envoy and surrendered to the Blue Garden commander They were about to de, but…
“You lot are clearly mistaken”
“…what?!”
Blue Garden’s commander flat out rejected their de tone
“We have coitives, not leaders of a country You have no rights to negotiate”
“What is theof this?!”
“You are just a commander! Know your place!”
“You arethe Divine Parliament of Nossentes! The Queen will receive an official co this!”
The commander was attacked verbally by all of the ministers He had to explain them that order to capture the Divine Parlia his, the ministers were visibly shocked [“Why, why did the Queen of Blue Garden do this to us?!”], probably every minister frantically tried to think of a reason for this in his or her mind
“What the hell are you thinking?!”
“I am sure that you had ”
“You are hereby arrested for sending a covert ops force into our territory We wish you a pleasant journey to Paula We will be escorting you all the way”
“…?!”
The couised to resemble Fonclanc troops This was the sa of the artless villages’ raids What shocked the ministers the most was that this was supposed to be top secret information Ministers did not respond, but their faces became expressionless like they were crafted out of stones
When she received infor within Blue Garden’s territory, Queen Rishause immediately linked theroups would attempt to join up Thus, the Queen had placed her troops at the places, she had thought likely to be used by the Divine Parliament to cross into Blue Garden’s territory
She had also passed this report to Reiford, instructing hi Esvobus Rishause had also offered to capture the group that has led Fonclanc’s army around She expected that such an act would serve to lessen the animosity between their countries
Besides repairing relationshi+ps with Fonclanc to so this Rishause would also be able to keep Gazzetta’s actions restrained After fa with the infor shi+nha, Fonclanc’s king immediately ordered his retainers to take appropriate actions
It was an easy decision for hi shi+nha had arrived before Reifold, moreover, this inforation
Rishause understood, that both kings acted only to save their reputation Gazzetta would mobilize their army and restrict the Divine parliament’s movements, while Fonclanc’s are to reach Fonclanc
With this plan, shi+nha had no way to lose
“Are they ai for the Darkness God Corps?”
“It seems so, but they have already concealed themselves within Fonclanc’s port town”
When they had captured the hts ahead of the roup He wanted to inform Fonclanc as soon as possible and obtain an official request to arrest them
On Gazzetta’s side, shi+nha ordered to inform Fonclanc of this ih so that he could ask hinize the renewed White Clan’s empire
Thus, both countries simultaneously sent their reports to Fonclanc
When the reports arrived, Fonclanc iency sortie to support the Darkness God Corps However, using wind arts in this situation was too risky, so they could not warn Yuusuke’s party about it
When the reports arrived, King Esvobus felt that the ti shi+nha to make his stand at the frontlines had finally come From now on he would need to not only keep a close eye on Gazzetta, but he would also need to try to improve his relationshi+p with Blue Garden
“But will they make it in time to support the Darkness God Corps?”
Esvobus looked towards the Moon Mirror lake from his own private room Gradually his eyes drifted towards the overlook tohere his daughter was probably looking towards the direction of the port town
Yuusuke had endowed his corps uniform with various buffs Therefore he always felt comfortable despite the circumstances
He went to sleep early along with everyone, but he awoke before anyone else It had become his habit to experie it despite reaching the final stretch of his mission
Today he orking on thepowers, able to iredients that he hadwell on creating the “Super healing potion” (named by Yuusuke)
“I’d love to eat so”
The youth had a quickstill for a few hours When he walked out of his rooht snack, Yuusuke was suddenly overco
“…today feels quieter than usual”
Ordinary guests were not allowed near the Darkness God Corps’ quarters Empty rooms stretched around him, however the leader was unable to hear Fonke’s and Vermeer’s voices, nor the friendly conversation between the aroup members
“They ht be considerate of the sisters”
Just when Yuusuke decided on that and was about to go down the corridor towards the kitchen…
“Cap…tai…n”
“?!”
Yuusuke stopped in his tracks after hearing a wo to locate the source of the voice, one of the three doors in the corridor had opened with a creaking sound
“Cap…tai…n”
“Aisha?!”
Aisha earing her paja the door and seeirl’s knees were shaking and she looked like she would fall down at any second Helping her stand, the captain inquired about her health
“Hey, what happened? Are you okay?!”
“I… I ha… ve been… poisoned…”
“Hey, hold on… Here, sit down… Drink this!”
“Ugh… nnn…”
Aisha was co Yuusuke led his subordinate to a seat and had her drink the trial Super Healing Potion Instantly, the girl’s cheeks regained their natural color, and her limbs settled down completely
“Anesthetic?”
“Yes, it was probably also modified with the water arts”
After listening to Aisha’s explanation Yuusuke hurried to his rooiven to Aisha, and went to confirm the condition of the 4-other members of his party
Aisha started feeling the effects of the poison while she was still lying in bed and reading a book She i arts, yet she was unable to cure the nu to overcome her entire body
In the end, Aisha was coirl could still so on the bedside table
“Ithe ring a thought flashed in her head Thus Aisha put her utet out of the room
“I a the room on that side to you!”
“Yes!”
Giving Aisha enough potions to cure everyone on her side, Yuusuke split up to his side of the corridor After checking all of the roo the ambassador, everyone was incapacitated similarly to Aisha
“This is Isotta’s rooht? Isotta! Are you okay?!”
“C…ca…captain…”
Yuusuke hesitated to enter a fe voice he finally decided to enter the roo for Aisha
Isotta laid collapsed in front of the bed It looked like she was preparing to go to sleep, but her body gave out before she could make it
Yuusuke rushed to the collapsed girl Breathing a sigh of relief when he confiret any serious injuries, Yuusuke placed a bottle near the girl’s lips
“Drink this It will make you feel better”
“Thank…you”
In the ot used to the darkness of the rooown that barely covered the girl’s features Yuusuke then envisioned hi fed the super recovery potion and his face reddened from embarrassment
When every athered in Yuusuke’s room to confirm their present situation Just around the time that poison started to take it’s effect, Isotta had received an urgent transmission from Sanc Adiet She now told the other ed to remember of it (TN she did not remember all of it because of the poison)
“The Darkness God Corps are the target this time…” (Yuusuke)
“Certainly, this tieted at us” (Aisha)
“You think it’s because of the nu used on us?” (Yuusuke)
“Uh with such effect and effectiveness, but I think that the poison’s effect was delayed” (Aisha)
Fonke and Isotta confir used to athered members tried to make out the moment of when the poison started to take effect One by one they spoke on when they started feeling the poison’s effects and what they were doing at the time
“I didn’t eat anything when I returned to my room” (Vermeer)
“Me neither I only drank soht before” (Fonke)
“Sa about going out for a drink” (Ambassador’s party?)
“So, no one ate anything else after dinner…”
The inn’s cook and Razshi+a were responsible for tonight’s meal