Vol 18 Chapter 1 (2/2)
Even if it was Delbone's direct instruction to let Elsmau be a Heaven's Blade and that it had received the Queen's approval along with the approval of other Heaven's Blades successors, it couldn't be concluded from this that other Military Artists or normal citizens approved of this
Whether out of contempt or scorn of mercenaries, the number of Military Artists or citizens ary of the Mercenary Gang were not few Els infor the dislike of these people
She didn't want that nopeople who peered into her own life als
On this point, Alsheyra who had won the esteereat person
And Elsmau's current position was quite unstable
”Really? I feel that your popularity isn't bad, right?”
”Because I hid my past”
”Is that it? Ah, then whatever”
The Queen didn't see the topic
”What I care about is this competition Don't pretend you don't know, you've been following his coht?”
”Nn, that's because”
The tone that see aroused Elsmau's resistance, but that kind of ainst the Queen, and Elshting ”
Alsheyra looked at the picture published in the report with a cunning s her face
”I always think that he see like a villain Because of this, he very quickly aroused the citizen's notice And coainst the ones that everyone thinks are contenders for the Heaven's Blades, that way of doing things is pretty interesting”
”Perhaps he's only choosing to coainst those with power?”
”It's not only that, right? If it were, then in his first coht that what's his naht?”
Inbait Touslane Elsain said that name inside her heart
This also made her feel confused
That competition was Haia's first competition in Grendan, and it didn't seem like his body was unwell
He should have been able to win against that opponent
However, the result had been a tie, and moreover it was intentional It seemed that Haia had cleverly thrown the match and Inbait had not noticed
”I don't knohat he's planning, but he see His power see him a Heaven's Blade?”
”What do you want me to do?”
The mischievous smile on Alsheyra's face deepened
So that was it, the Queen had made conversation with Elsmau to allow herself to say this
”If he doesn't have power, letting Haia beco him an early death”
Elsh she didn't knohat the Queen was thinking no, Elsrasped the Queen's personality, so she knew that these were only mischievous words Even so, she still spoke carefully
”Ah, a safe way of replying, how boring”
Her anticipated reply made Elsmau unconsciously relax her breath
”Ah, whatever I feel thattwo Heaven's Blades is a bit bad in s, and Elsmau turned herself completely towards her
”Even so, I can't just hand theirl as possessed by the Haikizoku, but I don't really like her Is it because I feel like there's so her froh it's too bad to you guys orked hard to find the Haikizoku”
”Not really”
She really wanted to say that it was the previous ruler of Grendan who had for to find the Haikizoku
But after the regie, Alsheyra hadn't stopped the uely held some sorts of expectations of the Haikizoku
”It's because of this that I'uy Wolfstein Well”
Alsheyra looked at the leaflet again
She gazed at Haia who showed an annoying s this hell, can that youngster still maintain his calm expression?”
”He can keep it up”
Alsheyra showed a 'Haze from the Queen
”If he really has the desire”
”Oh? Then I'll continue observing his performance Because I' out”
If he truly desired to get a Heaven's Blade Fer that sentence engulf her
Heaven's Blade successor
Haia couldn't even count as having been born in Grendan, so ould he pursue a Heaven's Blade?
The final place her thinking arrived at was the past At the time, Elsmau claireat expectations had escaped her ho Ryuhou's sentiment had almost destroyed her
Elsmau had acquired a peculiar constitution that suited filth monsters, also lost her appearance as a woster al
That person was Haia
The completely filthy orphan had flaunted his er at this, so she showed her true features What Elsster who flaunted his th to atteh he had been severely beaten down
Ryuhou had been the person who gave the youngster a helping hand
Els at that ti fro to a ain
Afterwards, Haia obtained a second father
If he had a reason to obtaining a Heaven's Blade, it was definitely to honor the dead Ryuhou
With that kind of conviction, could he really grasp a Heaven's Blade?
Could he get through that hell?
Such things had clearly happened to the Queen, and the Heaven's Blade successors didn't doubt the Queen's view
Elsmau didn't really understand
She had beco her death, had convinced her, and because Delbone's death had semi-forced her to succeed her position
”Ah deteran taking strides
As she walked, the ed in her mind like a daydream
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Haia continuously won
Aht they should defeat Haia kept increasing However, it wasn't only feelings of dislike, and others also had a true ats, or perhaps the atht, was a bit unexpected to Karian
However, the atradually taking shape
”Then, will this next push be enough?”
Karian whothe doorbell in front of hinored, and the door opened, and someone led him into the residence
Stania walked behind Karian
The two of the guests
Karian sat on the sofa and waited, and not long after that person ca tiuard, who saluted Karian as soon as he saw hi her:
”I a to receive us”
The one who had entered the room was Leerin
However, she already wasn't the Leerin that Karian kneell
The current her was the princess who possessed the successor position of Grendan's Royal Families, Leerin Eutnohl
”Can you first stop that kind of fore?”
”If you wish it”
The language mixed with a shy smile made Karian raise his head to look at Leerin
Leerin was a bit different Perhaps it was because her expression seemed a bit more soleht eye that hts
However, Karian dared to confir)
Leerin, ore an eyepatch, only showed her left eye Seeing that lone left eye, Karian had that feeling
Though her expression slightly showed the longing and puzzle an old acquaintance, her eye held an e on the sidelines
Karian remembered that look; he had seen it countless times in the mirror
It was Karian's look when he had served as Zuellni's Student Council President
Karian had once co Academy City Leerin's look was the same as hi?”
Leerin's question pulled back his thoughts that were about to fly away Karian changed his fraress to today's topic
”I' a Military Artist”
”It couldn't be Haia Laia, right?”
”You know?”
”Her Majesty seems to be quite cheerful about it”
By this point in tih Karian's intent
”Is that so, I'ood news that the Queen was happy
However, perhaps Leerin didn't think so Her next question showed that
”Are you thinking of taking a Heaven's Blade outside?”
”Is that possible?”
”Hm”
Leerin was silent without a word, and Karian thought about theabout the hazards of Karian bringing a Heaven's Blade outside the city
But, how should a Heaven's Blade be dealt with after it left the city?
”I experienced the commotion created by that creature Is that your reason?”
”Nn”
”In order to protect your own city, you plan to steal a powerful weapon?”
The silence was pretty ave off a presence that htly tapped her elbow, and once again looked at Leerin In order to confired incorrectly, Karian asked of those extre able to do such a thing”
Karian sed the second half of his sentence After quietly , he knew the answer He feared it was the correct answer
So he sed the next words
(Layfon)
Did Leerin think the goal of hiive the Heaven's Blade to hi the co had happened between the two of theure it out However, fro by Felli's actions who had been silently watching from the side, Karian could speculate an answer
Also, Leerin's current look
She showed the same look as the past him
Why would she be Grendan's successor to the throne?
She definitely possessed a secret that someone as not deeply involved couldn't understand
Unlike Felli as like a doll, and unlike Nina as like a blade that had been excessively sharpened, the past Leerin had only been an extreirl, but the current her had an extraordinarily majestic eye on her face That lone eye surrounded her entire body with a rimness held in that eye was perhaps even darker than Karian's back them Leerin's resolution was definitely even harsher than Karian's
Should he or shouldn't he prod at that secret
Even if he did touch that secret, what could Karian do?
(But)
As expected, Karian still cared about that eye
The feelings that had been concealed under that eye
The feelings had been deeply sealed in that cold attitude She had frozen those feelings, forbidding theoal is to give Haia Laia another chance, I can speak to Her Majesty for you”
Karian had planned to speak, but Leerin opened her mouth a step ahead and stopped him
”Because truly, I do not have the power to decide whether or not to hold the competition to choose Heaven's Blade successors”
”That's great, because I can't stay in this city for long”
”Is that so?”
Leerin wanted to change the topic, and Karian decided to go along with her intentions
”Ifrohly of oal, I cannot stay in this place”
It was true This was experience that Karian had obtained when he was the Student Council President, and was already a basic conclusion that he had derived
”I see”
Lerrin nodded her head while thinking, and Karian didn't ly propose to her Majesty that she do this”
”Is that so Then, I will be able to move quickly”
”But, the conclusion still isn't”
”This conclusion isn't inin Haia's power”
”That's true”
Leerin nodded again, and this conversation ended here
After saying 'then I'll take s leaked an ath it was only for a ht, right”
Perhaps it was because of this that Karian let this slip
”Though our time was short, we still were coive you a recommendation”
”What recommendation?”
”It would have been a bit better if you had been completely rescued”
”Huh?”
”This has nothing to do with the problems we both share, just with the problem that exists in your heart It's because you never solved that proble”
”You really have to show this kind of unfeeling look”
”It's not only you and I The problereat In this kind of situation, the other heavy burden that you are e will definitely make you suffer failures”
”That kind of thing, even if you're brilliant, still”
”Yes, it's not souess according to uard next to her stared at Karian with a ferocious look Stania changed her standing position without blinking an eye, inserting herself between that man and Karian as about to leave the roo on the sofa
”Is this good?”
While they left the residence, Stania asked this
”What's good or not?”
”What Iabout Haia”
”Nn, that should be good The coin”
Leerin had only said that she would speak to the Queen, but Karian was truly convinced that the decision to carry out the Heaven's Blade successor competition had already been finalized
Leerin had obtained so that allowed her to possess this kind of authority Though he didn't have any clear evidence, Karian had this kind of feeling, and he didn't think it was his
The presence surrounding Leerin's body was that kind of thing It was an expression of naturally standing tall, the expression of understanding how heavy the pressure of her decisions was
Moreover, that kind of pressure put her on the verge of collapse
”Really Humans are really creatures that can’t be saved”
Hard work, good faith, even ideas, the probability of reaching the end following such things was not high Though the relative ireat nus like defeat, betrayal, or failure in love
Karian had also experienced these things Perhaps it was only because he had experienced these things that he was standing here
If he could, Karian wanted to escape defeat, betrayal, failure in love, and such negative experiences But it was only because he had such experiences that there was the current Karian
These defeats definitely hadn't been in vain
”But, defeat is still very scary”
It was because defeat was very scary that he had prepared so exhaustively Karian knew that he feared defeat h he knew this, he still had begun such a reckless plan
”This analysis will beco this, Karian didn't think about Leerin's situation again
”Well”
When he shi+fted his attention, he only saw Stania showing an expression of wanting to say so
”What is it now?”
”No, the things about Haia's coless”
”Ah, then is it that?'
”Yes Regardless of whether that guy becoe disgrace, I almost don't care The questionMaster's bodyguard MyMaster has already dismissed Haia, but we don't have time to choose the next candidate”
”There's no reason”
”Huh?”
”Aren't you still here?”
”Huhh?”
”Frankly, when I asked my family for assistance, I completely didn't think that you would corowth as a Military Artist to have reached this level If I knew this when I started, perhaps there would have been no reason to employ them”
”Ah, um”
”What is it?”
Stania's extremely embarrassed appearance made Karian show a puzzled expression
”Ssuddenly sayin' so like that would make me real troubled” [1]
”Stania, your native dialect is co out”
When Stania's people had lost their city, Karian's father had sheltered them, and ee pretty much had their deviations But froree to which Stania's city's language had changed was very large, so there were some areas that were hard for him to understand
”! Sso sorry!”
Stania coughed a few ti over her slip, she continued speaking as if nothing had happened
”But, if Young Master suddenly says so like that, I'll feel very troubled”
”I'hts You've beco Ah, but this is only the opinion of an outsider like uard, we can postpone our leaving to find one”
”Ah, no No!”
”Stania?”
”Please please wait a bit”
Stania squatted down holding her head She was thinking, but what she thought of was this conversation:
”Stania, you want to be Young Master's guard, right?'
”Yes, father, I want to go”
”You want to see Young Master huh, it's already been seven years since we sent hi Master?”
”Of course”
”Dear, don't worry about that How could Staniashy is useless, everyone knows that you like Young Master”
”Yes yes, that's good”
”Even father!?”
”Though I don't knohy, even the ht be a long trip You have to work hard”
”What do you mean by work hard?”
”Obviously I mean for you to seize the opportunity well That's a special bus, no one else will be there”
”Dear, the driver will be there”
”Oh, then that won't work”
Stania back then had been red-faced and shaking froht of achieving the situation that those twofrom back then Perhaps she had already done so, after all she was already crouching on the ground
(Calm down, calm down The situation won't turn into that, don't you know? Young Master is burning with a sense of )
Yes, so this was nothing
It was nothing, Stania only wanted to be a guard and that was enough
(I didn't think of anything weird Being by etting the driver to leave Nn, I didn't even think of it)
”Stania?”
”Ah, yyes!”
Noticing Karian calling for her with a suspicious tone, Stania stood up hurriedly, switching to a different fra Master alone”
”Nn, then please do”
”Yes!'
Stania's , she was now a serious, calht this way in her heart, but
Stania still couldn't deny that the figure of Karian walking in front of her still made her heart throb
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After that, the situation progressed in the blink of an eye
Today was the competition to decide the Heaven's Blade successor This coest arena, and there was an outrageous nuathered
”Really”
The chattering of the gathered group filled the entire building, leaving people unable to escape Haia as staying in the resting room made an impatient noise
But, this annoyance had been half-attracted by Haia and the others
Karian's strategy plan - the project to becoether the city's residents, succeeding in preparing the atmosphere to be a shon between two rivals in the Heaven's Blade successor deciding competition
Perhaps it was because of this that the Queen had decided the time of the co streak
From this, Haia had beco rooin
”What, this was obviously instigated by that devil, but he just slips away”
Not long before the competition was decided, Karian left the sentence 'the rest is up to you', and then dropped Haia and Myunfa to travel by hioal, Haia felt that perhaps the last day of his journey wouldn't happen until the onset of that critical o after carrying them out halfould obviously make one uncomfortable
Haia could only feel dislike towards conditions where worries had not been eliminated
”Really”
What would he do after obtaining a Heaven's Blade? Up to now, Haia still didn't have a definite answer
Would he confront Layfon? That kind ofsince been resolved by that battle in Zuellni Haia had lost, and though his desire to becoer than Layfon had not disappeared, he couldn't really face his of hate had already disappeared
Then, was it for Ryuhou?
Haia felt that this was the reason However, would he choose to settle down in Grendan just because of this reason? Receive the torch from Derek, and succeed the Psyharden style?
”Ha!”
Hadn't the issue with the Mercenary Gang already proved that he didn't have the tolerance to be so other?
”damn!”
Why did he have to obtain a Heaven's Blade?
Words that he had lightly thrown out before coer be spoken easily
”Haia, are you okay?”
Myunfa as also staying in the resting roo after Haia's bad uilty, her consideration still didn't make Haia's impatience disappear
”But, you've always been by uilt became words and escaped his mouth
”Huh?”
The sudden wordstheir
”Are you about bored now?”
”How could of course not”
”Really? Ia clear attitude makes me hatedown
His search for reasons was also because he endlessly asked hi down
Though there wereand when he was in the Mercenary Gang he was unable to stay in a group To hi down needed eventhe battlefield
Moreover, even to now, Haia hadn't found sufficient reason to give him that deteret won't be able to convince anyone~”
”Haia”
”Right”
”Huh?”
A thought suddenly flashed through Haia'syou'd want to do if you lived here?”
”Huh? Huh?”
”Ah, it doesn't have to be here~ If you settled down, is there anything you'd want to do?”
”That”
”Is there?”
”Nn, nn”
”Let me hear it~”
”But”
”It's okay, it's okay”
If he didn't have his own reasons, wouldn't it be okay to act based on other people's reasons? Though it was on the spur of the h he said this, just anyone's reasons wouldn't be enough, but if it were Myunfa, perhaps it ed in Haia
”Um”
”Carten”
”Ah?”
”I want to try being a kindergarten teacher”
Myunfa lowered her head with her face red, and Haia was taken aback because of that scene
That dream was far too simple
But, it was a drea down
Haia had asked this under the assu down, so obviously that kind of ansould appear, so the word kindergarten didn't make him surprised
What surprised him was how naturally Myunfa had spoken that answer
She had definitely thought about this before
The people in the Mercenary Gang were also like this When the Queen had informed them that the mission had ended, homesickness had appeared on their faces
It was an emotion that only those who had settled doould have
At the time, Haia had felt impatience and jealousy because he didn't have those kinds of feelings Haia felt fear and anger because those feelings had broken the Mercenary Gang that he had seen as his fas with everyone, it alsonaturally appear in his one out of control because of this, and had suffered defeat in his duel against Layfon, and in the end was expelled fro At the time the only person who followed him was Myunfa
So, Haia had believed that her desire to settle doasn't so strong
(Aah damn!)
He prettyMyunfa also had those kinds of feelings, and she also dreaarten Ah~”
”ThthatI don't really have toit's only so I said I want to try”
”Myunfa will definitely be looked down upon by those youngsters, and they'll peek up your skirt~”
”That's saying too much!”
”They'll definitely peek”
”I I'm also a Military Artist, I can avoid those small tricks”
”Definitely not~ You definitely can't”
”Th Things aren't like that!”
Myunfa felt wronged, and her huh nonstop
At that time, a knock on the door sounded
”C Co to the noise, Myunfa opened the door Standing outside was a woolden hair that billowed like waves
”Excuse me, Haia Laia It's about tie such as wrinkles could be seen, she was still an ad at her stood there with her mouth frozen
”Nn, any ti the Dite stored in his weapon pouch, Haia stood up
Was this wo like an are atmosphere in the air
However, that atmos