episode_0471

“Now, wait a minute, Miss Lydia! It’s dangerous to go in alone!”

Lydia hurriedly went upstairs, calling out the names of her maid colleagues.

“There may still be enemies left in the villa! Until then, we must all move together… .”

“Lauraaa!! Answer me quickly!! Nerisuuuu!!”

“This… !”

Lydia runs upstairs to the mansion with a loud voice, almost as if trying to let others know that she is there.

Although he was bewildered by her sudden actions, Gyeomjoseogi was the first to move to stop her, and Silena followed right after.

“Warrior…! Let’s go together…!”

“Me, us too… .”

“Wait a minute! If you move too much at once, Princess Rainy could be in danger! Miss Natalie, Mr. Thomas, and Miss Agnes, please protect Princess Rainy here!”

“Oh, I see!”

“Master Ethan, let’s go up too!”

“… Yeah.”

“… … .”

Princess Raini glared at me as if she didn’t like the fact that I was leaving her behind, but there was nothing she could do.

…I thought it would be better to not know than to be shocked by what would happen in the future.

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Sometimes there are truths that are better left ignorant.

In the original, Princess Raini embraced all the misfortunes she had until she was on the verge of salvation, and it even affected those who were most precious to her to some extent.

For Princess Raini, seeing those precious to her suffer because of her was one of the greatest misfortunes.

“Neris…!! Laura…!!”

“Miss Lydia! It’s still dangerous inside the mansion! Calm down a bit and lower your voice!”

“Laura!! Neris!! Please, please tell me she’s okay!! Please… !!”

Lydia shouts out the names of the two people in a voice that is almost desperate.

Even though he was desperately trying to persuade her and followed her, Lydia’s voice showed no sign of lowering.

And of course, making a fuss and wandering around in a villa where it was obvious to anyone that it had been raided would lead to bad results.

-Wheww!!

“It’s dangerous!!”

“… … !!”

Something sharp flew through the wind from beyond the dark hallway.

The warrior’s body leapt forward in front of Lydia, who had become stiff for a moment, and he pulled out his sword from his waist. He swung his sword at the perfect moment to block two arrows coming at him.

-Chae-ae-aeng!!

“Huh, huh?!”

“Didn’t you say it was dangerous, Miss Lydia!”

“Hey, warrior… ?”

“… … .”

Lydia sat on the floor, looking up at the warrior with a dumbfounded expression.

The near-death experience seemed to have temporarily brought her to her senses, and Silena wordlessly reloaded her arrow in the direction from which it had come.

-widely!

“Kkaaah!!”

“Keuhhh!!”

It looks like two arrows flew at the same time, each drawing a curve and hitting something across the hallway.

The sound of a grown man’s voice coming from across the hallway was enough to make us nervous again.

“Miss Lydia, I know it’s hard for you right now, but I still have to ask you this question.”

“… I apologize for showing you such an embarrassing appearance. What is your question, warrior?”

“Among those who served Princess Raini in the palace, were there any other servants besides the maids you just mentioned? To be exact, I would like you to answer whether there were any ‘male servants’.”

“… was not there.”

“Then, if a man other than our group jumps out from somewhere in the mansion, it is highly likely that he is the one who caused the villa to become like this.”

“… … Yes.”

Lydia nodded heavily in response to the ‘certain possibility’ that came out of the warrior’s mouth.

My mind has finally calmed down, but my heart still hasn’t. Still, the life or death of my fellow maids who I’ve been with for almost ten years is unclear.

I felt sorry for her, but it was a reality I had no choice but to accept. Even though I had memories of my past life, I couldn’t go to the palace where the princess of the neighboring country lived and change her future.

“Over there, grab it!”

“That elf bitch killed Walter!”

“… … !!!”

Shortly after Silena fires her arrow, dozens of men rush in from the dark hallway.

Although they didn’t wear any uniform armor, most of the men were dressed in similar attire, just like the knights of the kingdom who had attacked our camp this morning.

“What is the target?”

“No. I think it’s still downstairs?”

“I was already bored, so this is good. Capture everyone except the target and the man!”

“… … .”

The knights who saw me and Silena turned their gazes sinister and started talking nonsense about capturing us.

My companions and I prepared for battle, realizing anew that this was the ‘world of Yagame’.

“Miss Lydia, I know you’re in a hurry, but right now… .”

“… I know. I’m sorry, I couldn’t control my emotions because of the impatience. ”

“First, focus on the battle. Go in with the mindset of killing them all. They don’t seem like the type of opponents you can just casually take care of.”

“Just shoot them all between the eyebrows like usual, right?”

“Yes. Please, Selena.”

Knights running from across the hallway with swords and spears.

They, who were already far from being true knights, rushed at us with words full of vulgar desires.

“Kill the boys first! Don’t kill the women! If they bother you, cut off an arm or a leg… !”

-Crunch!

“… Who gave you permission to look at my release with such vulgar eyes!”

Ethan cuts down the first row of knights who rushed forward with curiosity, letting their guard down due to the number of only five people.

Soon, the narrow corridors were filled with the sound of blades clashing against each other, or the sound of blades tearing flesh and clothing, as the Gecko and Lydia supported the fight.

“This, you fucking little brat… !!”

-Whoaaah!

“Don’t you know that making such crude accusations only tarnishes your honor that will lead to your death?”

“What are you doing you idiots! There’s only three of us, why are you dawdling and falling over!”

“If you’re so confident, you should just pierce through it! There’s no gap in these bastards’ swords… !”

-Phew!

“Why don’t you swing the toy you have in your hand properly instead of wasting time?”

A line of three men, not pushed back at all against nearly twenty knights.

Princess Raini’s escort maid, Lydia, and two income experts were blocking the front line, so it was really solid. Even Ethan and Gyeomjoseogi’s swords were really complementing each other’s blind spots so well that there was no feeling of a gap.

Of course, the opponents were also skilled knights, so it would have been right to not be able to stop this level of numerical difference, but the location of the battle was much more advantageous to us.

In such a narrow space, even if there were many people, not everyone could rush in and fight. Even if many people tried to squeeze in, the narrow corridors only had enough room for five people to fight, so if they just kept their formation, they could easily offset the numerical advantage.

Above all, we had the long-range support that those guys didn’t have.

-Phew!

“Ugh… !!”

“Fuck! Kill that little bitch!! No, don’t kill her, but cut off her limbs and make her change for the rest of her life… Kkaaah!!”

“… Phew, can’t humans express their opinions without using such vulgar words?”

Normally, it would have been right not to shoot arrows in the middle of a battle, as there was a possibility of a friendly fire in the midst of a melee, but if it was a sniper shot by Silena, who would be called the Divine Archer in the future, then the meaning was different.

My magic doesn’t have that much accuracy so I can’t use it, but instead I have a more reliable way to attack the enemy’s rear.

-Whoooosh!

“Kkaaah!!”

“What the heck?! Why is that kid doing that again!”

“A wizard!! There’s a wizard among those fucking bastards!!”

“Okay, so come to your senses! If you lose here, you’ll really lose everything… .”

-Phew!

“Eww!! This kid’s head exploded!!”

When I checked the screams I could vaguely hear, it seemed like Sally and Say were turning the back row up on their own.

From the front, three people’s swords and Silena’s arrows, and from the back, two spirits were pressing them by burning them with flames or creating explosions with added wind, so it was practically a battle that could not be lost.

“Turn off, keuhup… .”

“Ugh, ugh… !”

After a short battle lasting about 30 minutes, all that remained were the corpses of knights who had been cut by swords, shot by arrows, or had parts of their bodies burned or exploded.

There were a few people who were still breathing, but judging by the extent of their injuries, they were the kind of people who would die on their own if left alone.

“This, what is this… . Wow, there were 30 knights of the kingdom… .”

“What good is it to have so many people when you’re not smart? Shooting arrows at a party with elves in the first place was stupid.”

“Fighting in a narrow space with so many people, don’t the knights of the Kingdom of Dephrin even learn the basics of military strategy?”

“… That’s not it. However, the reason these knights lack quality is probably because they were selected and educated by Queen Veronica. Knights who received ‘proper education’ are likely to be dissatisfied with the current regency politics. ”

“So the knights who fought at dawn were also Tang troops.”

“Tang Dynasty? It’s the first time I’ve heard of it.”

“Ah, ah. That, that’s just like a rabble.”

“Radha… ? What does that mean… ?”

“Oh, that’s… .”

“… I don’t think what the warrior said is particularly important, Master Ethan. First, we need to check what’s beyond the corridor these knights came from. ”

“Yes, that’s right. First, we need to check if the maids that Miss Lydia mentioned are safe.”

“Don’t run out alone this time, Miss Lydia.”

“… … I know.”

If it were according to the original plot, then both of them would still be alive.

… In the world of Yagame, the fact that a female hostage survived may not have a literal positive meaning.