episode_0174

“Try to calm down for now.”

“I am in a very calm state right now.”

“… … Is the true state of engaging in guerrilla warfare with a unit made up of bears and luring the royal capital’s army?”

“Meanwhile, not a single person died, so it is still in a calm state.”

“… … .”

The Crown Prince had no answer to my perfect answer. After all, logic is important in an argument.

“Rather than that, when was the bear ready again?”

“You may not know this, Crown Prince, but when you are short on time, the pure delki tasting method is quite useful.”

The Druid’s ability not only connects me with animals, but also increases my intelligence. Even I, the person using the ability, don’t know what the principle is.

In other words, I had time to set the wolves loose throughout the forest to find the bear and go there myself to negotiate.

Under normal circumstances, wolves are no match for bears, but the wolves I brought were giant wolves with a shoulder height of over 2 meters. In addition, their intelligence was higher than that of ordinary wolves, so they formed a formation like humans and were able to fight the bear and take their time.

Actually, Amelia might have woken up by the time I made a bear out of a wolf.

However, it took time to understand my situation from afar. In the meantime, I had already secured troops and carried out the operation.

How can a person who moves so aggressively ‘lost his mind’?

“… … So, at least it looks like they have no intention of letting the soldiers die.”

“That depends on the situation.”

“They say the story might be different if I were to marry Count Hoover’s daughter.”

The crown prince sighed heavily.

“Okay, so let’s talk for now. Can’t you make the bear calm down a little?”

“I’m sorry, but I’m not a magician. I can’t say that I can communicate with my mind alone in a place like this.”

“… … Just by looking at his actions, he is a wizard.”

The Crown Prince gave up on contradicting me any longer.

Since he is a wizard, the owner of the Magic Tower may also have stepped forward.

But will the Magic Tower really help? It is a place where you can more clearly check the Druid’s abilities that you so desperately want to see, but will you try to kill the bear?

“I will answer your questions first.”

The crown prince, knowing that he did not have that much time, spoke quickly before I could open my mouth again.

“I don’t know either.”

“Then you should have answered that way from the beginning. Why are you taking so much time?”

When I answered as if I was dumbfounded, the Crown Prince opened his mouth, but I had already stood up.

“No, wait a minute.”

The crown prince also stood up from his seat and held out his hand towards me as if he wanted to grab me.

“… … .”

As I stared at the hand expressionlessly, the crown prince carefully lowered his hand again.

“I lost my temper now—yeah, I guess I didn’t lose my temper. I heard it too. I was listening. But, you can’t deny the fact that you were very angry.”

The crown prince moved his jaw hastily.

“But Count Huber is by no means an opponent you can ignore. What would happen if the Archduchy found out that you were hostile to Count Huber? Would they start a war with Count Huber just because of you?”

“… … .”

I don’t think so.

“But what about Delkisi?”

“… … .”

“I said that I have not lost my temper, right? I am saying that I also had my own calculations. As the Crown Prince knows, I am a person who is far behind in ability even in Delki City. But that means that my family does not love me. It’s not a sound.”

The crown prince’s mouth opened slightly at my words.

“And, I can assure you, the average combat skills of the people of Delkish are much stronger than each bear rampaging out there. Such druid abilities are of no use in front of the pure power of nature.”

It was thanks to this special power that I was able to make just one serving at Delki City.

In other words, the people of Delki City are special even without this special power. After living outside, I think I know for sure.

“The reason the people of Del Kish are in Del Kish is because they love their home called Del Kish. And they love everything that was born in Del Kish. Including me.”

Well, the truth is that there is a certain amount of pretentiousness involved.

If the people of Delkish really weren’t afraid of all the rest of the humans, they wouldn’t have told their father or brother to be humble in front of the prince. After all, even the people of Delkish could die in the face of overwhelming violence.

You will need a very well-forged sword and a shield as thick as the castle gate.

“Are you saying that we can start a war with the kingdom just because of you?”

“You will believe me. Even if I did this, you will think that there was definitely a valid reason.”

I changed my mind.

The crown prince did not point out that point.

Instead, he just looked at me for a moment with a slightly shocked expression.

“The family completely believes in the child, la.”

He muttered with a slightly bitter expression and asked while looking directly at me.

“Then, let me ask you something. Are you saying that it was wrong for me to marry Count Hoover?”

“Yes.”

“Can you tell me why you thought that way?”

I hesitated for a moment.

Adele and Diane’s liking for each other was a secret from everyone else. Their romance was still too radical for people in this world to accept.

The same goes for me and Amelia.

but-

“If it’s not wrong to covet someone who likes someone, then what is?”

“… … Isn’t that the providence of nobility? Even if you have feelings for someone, you put those feelings aside and live. Isn’t it the providence of nature that a person with better conditions obtains another superior being?”

That may be so. That’s how mates are decided among animals.

I have no intention of claiming that humans and beasts are different. I, too, grew up the same way.

For someone from Delkish, I tend to lie often.

“In that case, I will ask.”

That’s why I decided to answer in Delkish style.

“From what you said, doesn’t that mean that stronger males get better females?”

“Is that how it happens?”

“If being strong does not simply mean strength, then yes.”

The reason a man doesn’t have horns on his head or his fingernails and claws aren’t sharp enough to tear something is because he gave up everything and gained other strength. A man doesn’t raise a weapon while fighting, just like a tiger doesn’t raise its teeth and claws. Did you say it was the same?

It’s like forming a group.

Many animals, including humans, have realized that they have a higher chance of survival if they form a group and share roles rather than survive alone. And the groups collide with each other to get something they want.

“Then let me ask you a question. Which of the two is stronger, the group that supports the Prince or the group that supports Diane? ”

“… … .”

“At the very least, if the Crown Prince had truly liked Diane, I would have thought more before acting like this. But the Crown Prince is trying to destroy someone else’s love by getting married, which he did not even want. That is not natural at all. That’s right.”

At my words, the Crown Prince was completely speechless.

“I don’t care what the Crown Prince thinks, what his position is, or what Count Hoover is like. I just want Diane to be happy. And I’m willing to risk my life for my friend’s happiness, well, Crown Prince. There may be someone around you who can do that.”

I said, putting my foot on the window.

“I’ve looked at the building I wanted to ask about, so I’ll just leave. I’d like you to keep what happened here a secret. I don’t want to break things up.”

I said that and jumped out of the building.

*

Even the Crown Prince doesn’t know where Diane is.

So, should we at least try to rob the Hoover bag writer?

By the time we met the bears who had retreated to the forest and evacuated them to a safe place, the sun was slowly rising in the sky.

Now, I really think Amelia has noticed that I’m gone. If that big, warm thing that’s always next to me disappears, it’s probably enough of a feeling of discomfort to wake me up.

I moved quickly.

Of course, the entrance to the royal capital was heavily guarded, but somehow they were able to sneak upstairs.

Once I returned to the royal capital, the knights patrolling the streets didn’t pay any attention to me. It was a group of bears that attacked the royal capital last night, not an army.

However, even if the soldiers and knights did not know the circumstances of the incident, Amelia, who had heard the story, would probably have accurately grasped the truth of the incident.

… … I gave up on the idea of sneaking back, and just entered the mansion through the front door.

When I entered the room—there was Amelia, her face stiff.

“… … Sorry.”

“I’m sorry.”

When I apologized profusely, the same question came from the other side as well.

“That… … Even though you were against it, you did it your way.”

“… … .”

Amelia got up from her seat with a stern expression on her face.

Amelia’s shoulders were raised as she approached me. I’ve never seen Amelia this angry.

But Amelia’s expression looked sad rather than scary, and it broke my heart.

Should I at least hit him?

That’s what I think—

width.

Amelia just fell into my arms.

I could tell that he was very worried as he hugged me tightly without saying a word.

“… … .”

I also hugged Amelia without saying a word.

Of course, about 10 minutes later, I received a huge nagging message from Amelia, who had calmed down a little.