episode_0007

“Then, since you asked, the girl will explain on behalf of the wise man.”

He confidently placed his hand on his chest, deliberately mentioning Millet.

In return, Millet gave me a strange look.

Um, this. Did I ask for this for nothing?

“Cook, I’ll be waiting.”

“I may not be as good as the wise man, but please.”

The momentary snowball fight was definitely because of me.

I can explain it to some extent, but hearing the explanation from a person working in the field gave me a more realistic feeling, so this is what I expected.

after-.

Even if you tell them not to fight, they’ll just pretend not to care and say that’s not what they’re talking about.

I don’t want to drag it out so I pretend not to know and just listen.

“As you know, the Demon King’s army is being held back by the Pula Alliance Army under the leadership of our Merkirena Kingdom.”

Humans formed an alliance represented by the Merkirena Kingdom, the strongest nation on the continent, and achieved the feat of forming alliances with other kingdoms and races.

But it’s not of much help outside of the Merkirena Kingdom.

Although they became the center of attention with the justification of being descendants of the previous warriors, there were those who, despite the war being a war to protect the continent, were looking out for their own interests and were trying to figure out how to gain advantage rather than unite.

Even though the Demon King’s army was invading the continent.

What they want is neither victory nor defeat of the war, but its continuation and delay.

The idea of the group trying to take advantage of the weakened Merkirena Kingdom due to war was obvious and shameless. So the point was that even during the war, the group suffered great losses due to selfishness, and he had to go around here and there to stop them.

I’ve read this kind of fighting stuff dozens of times, so the general outline was similar, but I hadn’t been exposed to such literature for so long that even this kind of conversation was enough to bring a little fun.

Without going too far, there were cases such as North Korea’s deception tactics, Japan’s claim to Dokdo, and China’s distortion of cultural content.

“So, unfortunately, it seems like the girl will have to interfere in foreign affairs herself for the time being.”

Mioch explained the reason in advance and expressed regret that they would not be able to be together in the future.

It is a truly admirable noblesse oblige, where the most powerful people on the continent do not use their power recklessly but fulfill their duties.

When a colleague was in this situation, I felt embarrassed and ashamed of the attitude I used to listen to with interest, simply because he was an outsider.

He carefully adjusted his posture, albeit belatedly, and sat down solemnly.

“These are really terrible people… !”

‘earth-!’

‘Dalgrararararak’

The teacups shook loudly when Amijel hit the table, perhaps because they were made of sturdy iron.

This wasn’t the first time that Amijel had shown such an innocent yet slightly aggressive way of expressing himself, so Miocchi and I had been holding the table in place to prevent it from shaking.

At first glance, Millet was prepared to use magic to keep the dishes from falling.

Floating magic for something like this. Man, me.

I was curious as to why the table in the princess’s room was made of iron instead of wood. I thought that it must have been made very strong because it was so strong that even ordinary daily life required strength control.

“Everyone is having a hard time, and even if we help each other, it’s not enough, so how can we loot…!”

It would take quite some time to explain the secret struggles among the nobles, so let’s briefly talk about external circumstances. Amijel gets angry first. He didn’t realize until a moment ago that I was making fun of him, but when Miochi explains it, he becomes openly indignant.

Rather than just getting angry, all he could do was clench his fist and hit the table. Although, I was secretly impressed by how sturdy the table was.

Although Amijel herself was quite angry, all we could see was the tantrum of a girl who had just learned how to get angry.

“Hero. Girl Mioch, may I ask you for your opinion?”

“I thought helping Mioch was one of the ways.”

To be exact, it was the fourth method that was postponed until the end.

“Then… .”

“Unfortunately, this is the most difficult part to help with.”

“… Why?”

“That’s the slowest way to restore the faith of the Light God.”

“Ah-….”

Only then did she seem to accept it. As expected of someone who is quick to calculate, she tried to figure out the problems with the method one by one when I told her the results.

“In that case, could you please give me an alternative plan?”

After thinking for a moment, quickly.

“Listen… Can you tell me first?”

Here, I changed my words to mean, “Tell me what you want to say”, because I was afraid that if I agreed right away I would get nitpicked.

“Ah, I’m sorry, warrior.”

“It’s okay.”

I answered assuming that she was just listening with her ears, but since it would have been awkward if she had added the subject of the previous sentence to grant the request, I made a point of correcting it. It was a strange play on words, but in a country where even contracts are meticulously checked, it was difficult for her, who had grown up receiving such education, to immediately change her habits.

“Not only the Kingdom of the Girls, but also the continent is suffering from the aftereffects of war. The only way to effectively suppress these conflicts is with overwhelming force and the orders of someone who no one dares to approach. We would suffer great losses if we were to place our guides in the right places. It would be good if you, the warrior, personally walk through these anxious public sentiments and spread hope, but I know it is a difficult request.”

Even though he seemed to have a hint of hope as he spoke, he soon felt like he was trying to pressure himself so that he didn’t burden me any more.

“It’s a bit embarrassing to show off your strength in front of the warrior, but it’s right for the girl, the best knight in the kingdom, to personally go around suppressing rebellions and taking care of the people.”

This time, I could see that he was looking at my well-being with a different gaze than before.

“I understand, Mioch.”

“… Thank you, warrior.”

To put it another way, Mioch’s confession, which was almost like making excuses, meant that for the reasons I just explained, it was difficult for him to help me with anything I asked him to do.

“Well, it may be impossible right now, but if you look at the next fifteen years, it’s not like there’s no way out.”

“… What?”

I thought Mioch would just make excuses and end it, but he hesitated for a moment to see if there was a real way.

“Share your love to the young ladies of the family who have pledged their loyalty to the girl and the royal family.”

“… What?”

What?

“Princess, does that include me too?”

At the moment when I didn’t understand, Millet slyly and naturally intervened.

“Of course, sir. And Miss Kio too.”

“Huh? What are you saying, Princess Lazelz?”

As if it were a given, Miocchi gave Millet permission, and only the innocent Amijel nodded and asked with a look of incomprehension.

“Miocchi, do you really have to do this even in the presence of Amijel?”

Even though he hadn’t yet had his coming of age ceremony during the war with the Demon King’s army, he would soon be entering his prime. In other words, in my eyes, he was still a child that I had to protect.

“What are you saying, warrior? Miss Kio is a proper lady, too?”

The terms haven’t been finalized yet, so it was a story that was entangled with my earthly common sense. According to the culture here, Amizel is already an adult who has had a coming-of-age ceremony.

Even so, in my eyes, she was a wonderful girl who was still young and innocent, but who tried to act responsibly.

Am I being treated too childishly?

“Thank you, Princess Lazelz.”

A naive child who is bewildered and grateful for the praise even though he doesn’t understand it.

“You’re not at all Kio-chan. Kio-chan needs to prove to the warrior that she’s an adult quickly, so that the warrior can see her as a woman of the opposite sex?”

“Warrior, will you use reason to…?”

It’s already difficult because Millet is actively courting me, but if Amizel does the same, things will get even more difficult.

“To put it simply, the warrior looks at the saint with sexual eyes.”

“Millet!?”

‘Drrr’

This time I jumped up from my chair.

“Hahaha… ?!”

Then, Amijel belatedly realizes the meaning and turns bright red.

“Blah blah blah, since I’m on the same boat as the princess, I share the same destiny with the saint. So, even if the saint has an innocent attitude, I can’t just look at her as cute.”

Unlike Miocchi, Millet didn’t hold back on Amijel, but teased him to death and now he’s fighting and protecting him, making it difficult to react.

It was only recently that I received a confession from a girl I wish I had as a daughter.

Now that I’m about to hear such frank expressions, I suddenly feel uneasy.

What were we talking about that led to this…? Ah!

“This story has no end, so let’s stop! Mioch’s second best plan won’t work either.”

Although the methods of solicitation were different, the content was always the same, so I rejected them all.

“That’s because the topic has gone off track, so I couldn’t explain the reason properly. Sir, could you give me a chance to explain to the girl?”

But Miocchi did not give up here and earnestly pleaded.

“… Okay.”

He reluctantly nodded. He would reject her with one word, “He’s married,” no matter what kind of excuses she gave her, but it seemed that he was secretly disappointed that he was rejected without being able to tell her the main point.

“As I said, the girl cannot help you directly because she had to move for the stability of the country. However, I cannot bring myself to make any more demands on you, the warrior who defeated the Demon King.”

Aren’t you embarrassed to ask someone to get you pregnant?

“Then, it is the girl’s way of thinking and her earnest and urgent wish that the warrior should make arrangements for our kingdom.”

Mioch, who was making excuses and then talking plausibly. Right now, the kingdom’s military is a minority with only Mioch, but if I, a warrior, leave direct traces all over the continent, I will definitely create a force that cannot be ignored.

So you said the next fifteen years?

It was around the same time as the coming-of-age ceremony here.

“If you do that, I won’t bother you anymore, warrior… .”

Her lips twitch as if she has made a big decision, and her fingers fidget. Her eyes, filled with anticipation and anxiety, waver, and she barely manages to avoid the gaze that she wants to avoid.

“… That’s it.”

If the God of Light awakens, I will return to Earth. So whether I like it or not, parting is a set procedure. However, there was a big emotional difference between keeping it inside and saying it out loud.

“Princess?”

Millet also turned his gaze towards Miocchi with an unexpected look.

“It’s not a problem I can easily decide.”

Lately, party members have been courting me more frequently.

If I were single and didn’t have a partner, it wouldn’t matter, but if I keep telling myself that I’m married and he keeps on clinging to me, I’m honestly starting to get tired of it.

There may be some countries on Earth where polygamy is allowed, but this was a matter of my values.

“I am sorry to burden you, but I am not saying this without showing any affection towards you…!”

Even though it seemed like an unexpected confession, it became difficult to refuse because of the pitiful eyes and Mioch’s extremely upright heart.

Especially since she is a princess, she knows that making a confession like this means putting down a lot of things.

I felt a little startled when I thought that perhaps this was the calculation behind his earlier refusal to let go of the servants.

It was just my guess that they would really go that far just to inherit genes like mine.

“I don’t know everything, but I do know why you guys are doing this to me. That’s why I’m suffering more. It’s not because of you guys, but because of the situation that made it this way.”

If they did something wrong, what did they do wrong?

Even in the midst of war, love is bound to sprout.

Moreover, in this fantasy, the members of the warrior party that destroyed the Demon King are married couples who would send shockwaves through their veins just by making eye contact.

There, I am the only warrior in the world. No matter how much I build an iron wall, our hearts must have become closer as we have gone through thick and thin together, transcending life and death.

I wasn’t stupid enough not to notice their changing mood from day to day.

So, it’s already sold out.

“But there’s something more urgent right now, right? This meeting is for that, so let’s focus on that first, Mioch.”

“… Okay, warrior. I apologize for being so reckless. I think it was the Demon King’s curse that made me so impatient. ”

“I guess so?”

“That’s right.”

“That’s it!”

Everyone was trying to defend Mioch who was trying to make excuses about the Demon King’s curse. Since she kept expressing her intention to reject, I had to do this to get back to the main topic, even though it was annoying.

“First, the first method is to eliminate the Demon King’s army, and the fourth is Mioch’s opinion that I was going to talk about, which is to stabilize the continent. So, there are two remaining opinions that I was going to give.”

The methods and trajectories are similar to those presented, such as helping civilians with the extermination of evil spirits and religion for damage recovery, and gathering faith in the Light God directly.

If you look closely, they are all similar methods, but their directions are different. There are many problems, but the body is only one, so the immediate task is to decide which one to deal with first.

Should I prioritize my purpose and gather faith? Should I suffer a little more for the continent I was trying to protect? Or should I make arrangements for those under the curse of imprinting?

“So there are four ways I could think of.”

I gave a brief explanation of what I was going to do without revealing my true intentions.

“You did your duty by destroying the Demon King, so there was no need for you to do this. But I am very impressed by your willingness to help us.”

“As the wise man said, the hero could ignore us now, but instead, he took such good care of us, and the girl fell in love with him again.”

“Me! Even as a saint, I can see that the accomplishments you have achieved are worthy of praise! I, a humble servant of Lord Piruora, will vouch for it! ”

As I was expressing my thoughts, Millet naturally gave me compliments instead of supplements. Miocchi, unable to resist, also followed suit, and I couldn’t help but feel like he was hastily adding something to Amijel’s clumsy praise, which he belatedly agreed with.

When we start a discussion, all we get is compliments.

I feel like I want to turn away for no reason because of the awkward feeling. If it were before, Millet would have pointed out the problems with my method, Miocchi would have suggested or supplemented a different opinion, and Ollie would have firmly expressed his own opinion on whether it should be done or not.

And Amizel said, “There was such a method. Thank you for teaching me, who is lacking. “I guess I learned it while thinking that.

“Thank you Mille, Miocchi. Amijel.”

I just said I would do what I was supposed to do, but I feel a bit awkward because you’re praising me like this.

“Hehehe… .”

The two who had been keeping each other in check until now joined forces, and it was cute that Amijel thought hard and spoke about Misa Yeogu, which he had never done before, as if he could not lose.

“But you can’t just give a guarantee without permission, right?”

“Huh?”

Although Amijel was puzzled, he had to point out and move on from the remark as an adult because it was something he couldn’t just ignore.

“No. I can’t just sit still when you trust me that much. Anyway, this is roughly what I came up with.”

It was much easier to get back on topic and continue a productive meeting than to get drunk on unfamiliar compliments.

“I understand your thoughts. And your displeased expression, too.”

“… Did you get teased?”

“To borrow your own words, if I say more, it’s just nagging.”

An expression that was usually used with Miocina Amijel, but this time Millet used it with me.

“How can you be so brave? You have already fulfilled your duty as a summoned one, yet you devote yourself to us, so don’t you think it’s unfair to ask us not to fall in love with you?”

“Let’s stop talking about that.”

“Bah, bah, if you want to do that.”

I quickly stopped Millet from trying to entice me with difficult words again.

“If you proceed in the way that is most helpful to you, the most effective way would be to go around gathering faith for Piruora’s spirit.”

“Is that so?”

In fact, if you look at the result, it was an obvious story.

Can a world that has lost its master truly flow stably?

Even if the great threat of the Demon King is eliminated and most of the dangers are removed, management will not be able to proceed properly.

“If that’s the case, please! I’ll do my best to help you, warrior! ”

Amijel, who has no one to talk to and is at a loss even to say that he will help.

“Saint. Don’t you know that even though you know what the warrior should do, why did you insist on asking us to meet and presenting four different methods?”

“… Yes?”

If I had wanted to gather faith and return to Earth as Mille said, I could have immediately disbanded the party and cooperated with Amijel. However, the warrior’s ability was still needed elsewhere, so I was too cold-hearted to move that way. I thought that if I thought about it alone, greed would react before reason, so I asked for the opinions of other party members to be cautious.

“That’s right, Kio. The warrior knew all about our foolish scheme.”

Huh? What? A scheme?

“As expected, he is the man that the woman fell in love with. I apologize for trying to proceed with things between us without saying a word to you first.”

A mistake that Millet and Miocchi immediately admit to while talking amongst themselves.

“I haven’t joined yet… ! I thought I might join soon… I’m sorry, Yongsanim… .”

I didn’t understand English, so I was about to ask a question, but even Amizel, who had been watching me, apologized, so I decided to just keep quiet.

“Oh, well… It’s okay. Don’t apologize for something like this. What can I do? It’s the Demon King’s curse.”

Judging from the content that is going on, it seems like he was caught trying to do something with the Demon King’s curse, so he seems to be trying to apologize before I can question him.

I don’t know exactly what it is, but it’s obvious even without looking, so they must have conspired to get me pregnant or something.

I decided to let it go since Millet and Miocchi had done that to me often before.

Of course, it was a little annoying that Amijel was dragged into this.

“But I really want to be friends with you, warrior.”

“Uh uh, yeah… .”

As expected.

As expected, it was too embarrassing to mention, so it was a good thing I didn’t dig into it.

“The same goes for me.”

“I, I also can’t help but feel sorry for you, warrior…!”

As if impressed by something about Miocchi, who looked so sad, Millet and Amijel added their own words, Ima hit her forehead with a ‘thud’.

“Anyway, back to the topic.”

If we keep getting dragged into meetings that keep going off the rails, we won’t be able to finish them properly.

So the meeting that followed was divided based on the four opinions I had presented. Millet insisted that it would be good for him to step forward to eliminate the remnants of the Demon King’s army, and I asked if it would be more appropriate for a warrior to eliminate monsters in order to support civilians and recover from the damage.

The differences in opinions among the factions are whether to return to the front lines or to evolve to prevent the damage from spreading widely across the continent.

The remaining two methods were, without even mentioning them, Amizel’s decision to accept activities for the restoration of faith, and Miocchi’s decision to solidify the direction for the stabilization of the continent due to the power struggle as mentioned earlier.

“Honestly, it would be good to gather the faith of the continent and awaken the Light God, but that would only be possible if the continent were stable.”

Originally, I was reluctant to say with my own mouth that I would help Amijel regain his faith and return to Earth, so I tried to ask for the opinions of other party members, but somehow I ended up refuting the opinions that I had suggested.

“I am so grateful that you care about our world. If so, it may be shameless, but the best way to relieve your worries is to help the main girl.”

He wears sharp-looking glasses that suit him quite well, and assumes a very intellectual posture.

“Now that the Demon King has been destroyed, I can’t deny that the remaining members of the Demon King’s army are the dangerous elements on the continent. However, if that happens, I think it will be difficult for me to agree to that, since it would put the hero at risk again. ”

Miocchi then objected, worried about me.

“Then! How about spreading Piruora’s faith throughout the entire continent for the sake of the warrior’s quick return? ”

As Millet and Miocchi argued over their opinions as before, Amijel began to express his opinion enthusiastically, but when attention was drawn to him, his voice became quiet and he also became intimidated.

“Isn’t this really hard to decide? Because even if you choose one, it’s not certain when it will be resolved. But if you just sit by and watch the other problems, there will be a lot of people who are in a difficult situation right now.”

You can’t save everyone alone.

It was a sentence you would often see in comics featuring heroes.

This was something I felt even more keenly as I, a civilian, was suddenly summoned and became active as a warrior.

Even a being called God couldn’t handle it, so he summoned me from the outside world, so would I be any different?

I leaned back as far as I could against the back of my chair with my arms crossed, lost in thought.

Aren’t you just an irresponsible person who just gives opinions?

Reality was urging me, saying it was close to impossible, but my selfish greed was wondering if there was anything more I could do for the continent before returning to Earth.

I can’t save everyone alone, alone… .

“Ah! How about we just split up and act based on our own opinions?”

“””That’s not it

Okay!”

Yes! ”

It’s done!”

“Wow-. Then what… .”

As I suggested, there were only four people, so I said I would do it, and that I would like to proceed according to my own opinion, but I was immediately rejected.