episode_0452

“Let’s go.”

“···Yes.”

I tied Groot’s nose and tusks tightly with rope made of tree bark and draped them over my shoulders, and Isabel held my weapon for me.

The smell of wet rain began to waft.

After that, Isabel and I started running towards the west.

It has started to rain, paralyzing hearing, sight, and smell.

The opponent was watching the front, not the rear.

Thanks to this, it was very easy to avoid Yunaira’s gaze.

Isabelle and I crossed the Rhine River using infiltration chains without our team’s knowledge. After washing ourselves off, we entered the apprentice knight’s quarters and went to sleep.

And so, the rescue operation that took four months came to an end.

So the next day.

“···Dwin?”

The apprentice knights were looking at us with faces as if they were ghosts.

“···Huh?”

“What, what?!! What happened?!!!”

“···I arrived early yesterday morning.”

Jean was hugging Isabelle tightly, and Isabelle was shedding tears for some reason.

“I thought it was too late to go to report, so I sneaked in.”

From now on.

From now on, I need to make Isabel realize that she has been completely abandoned and encourage her to come to my side.

As I put on my military uniform, Isabel noticed me and quickly changed her clothes.

“I thought you both were dead! What the hell…!”

“Go to work. I’ll tell you everything at dinner.”

“···Do you know that you became a deserter?”

Susan speaks carefully.

“The Heavenly Seal guy was behind me today. The deserter is a mess… I’ll tell you everything, so just wait for the work to be over.”

As soon as I hung up, my classmates couldn’t ask any more questions.

There was no way a deserter would come back to his dorm and sleep in the first place.

Fortunately, the rain stopped.

I brought a raincoat just in case, and after finishing arming myself, I headed straight to the scouting post.

“Isabel.”

“Yes.”

“I will interrogate the Heavenly Seal and find out the whole truth. I’ll take care of everything, so don’t reply to anything the Cheon Seal says. All you have to do is listen.”

Instead of answering, Isabel responded with a weak nod.

When I opened the door to the scout corps’ administrative office, the same scenery as when I first arrived brought me back to nostalgia.

If there’s just one thing different───

“···Chief Vice President?!!!”

The looks in the eyes of administrators and task force leaders.

“Hello.” “Hello.”

“Ah, no…! What happened?!”

“It took a lot of time, but we came back after rescuing Deputy White Lady Isabel Laphobia.”

“How is that possible?!”

“Gabriel Di Lorian It’s thanks to Commander Cheon Seal who gave me some really great unit members. I’m thinking of going to report in person… is that okay?”

The administrator looked like he couldn’t understand.

“Of course it’s okay… but can you explain?”

“I would like to explain after finishing the report.”

After delaying the answer, the administrator nods.

“···The atmosphere up front is the worst. Yunaira’s soldiers are always patrolling, shooting arrows, and provoking people as if they were eating.”

It’s just as I heard from Seth.

The Coctus mobile leader looked at me with eyes full of surprise, question, and suspicion.

It was natural since the situation was not explained to Shibon and Coctus.

“I will explain after I return.”

Negotiations are not over yet.

You should not speak out hastily.

Like Isabel, I immediately headed towards the front headquarters.

I gave up work and entered the front headquarters building. I had no intention of saluting my superior. There was a strong knock on the door of Lorian’s office.

bang! bang!

─Please come in.

It seems he was mistaken for a superior.

I entered the office with Isabel and saluted.

The Lorian Celestial receives a salute with an embarrassed look. He is a man who appears to be over fifty.

He must be a nobleman.

“······What is it for?”

“I came here to report on the successful rescue operation of Vice-Century Isabel Laphovia of the 3rd Reconnaissance Company.”

Only then did this guy’s eyes sparkle.

“···Ah! Are you… Deputy White House Dwin Lee?”

“That’s right.”

“You are a deserter.”

It looks like he didn’t really like the fact that he knocked on the door so hard.

“I am truly sorry for making a careless decision. But I thought it had to be done.”

“···I guess that’s okay. You’re going to jail.”

“······!”

Imitated the frightened look and eyes.

The guy’s eyes naturally narrowed. He just had the illusion that he was the boss.

“But there was no malice in my actions, right? I will go to any extent to rescue the prisoners───!”

“Then is it possible to refuse orders from superiors?”

“No.”

“A soldier is a piece of chess.”

and! There is a bastard who says things like that in real life.

I hate people who say that the most.

If you have ever died or worked together on the front line, this is something you can never say.

Even if it is true, no sane commander should say something like that in front of soldiers or subordinates.

Even if it’s not fair, the least we can do is to pretend to be fair.

Especially in front of a betrayed subordinate.

“···But you are an excellent shogi player.”

The Lorian Thousand Seal casts an indifferent gaze.

But hidden within it was desperation.

“I will make sure that this matter passes without any problems.”

“···Really?”

“However, there is a condition.”

Isabelle’s face hardens little by little.

“Those who crossed the Rhine River with you are mercenaries. They used explosives arbitrarily and killed people arbitrarily. Do you understand?”

A burst of laughter broke out.

Clap- Clap- Clap-

I applauded him and glared at him.

“Isabel. Please block out sound from outside.”

This is enough.

Isabel nods with a face as hard as stone.

The Lorian seal is talking excitedly, then wrinkles his eyebrows and looks at me and Isabelle in turn.

“···What are you talking about?”

What are you talking about?

You’re screwed.

I pulled a chair over and sat down on the other side.

“Why did they send bomb-armed avengers instead of entrusting the rescue to a scouting party?”

“···I don’t know what you’re talking about. You are rude.”

“The bomb they were using was handed over to Dragonia. We’ll catch the tail soon.”

Only then did a stinging emotion pass through his eyes.

“It was very fun! The experience of leading the Avengers and killing nearly eight hundred people!”

Big Frey’s lighter clicked, flicking the flint.

“You rude guy! Get out!”

“They had no intention of rescuing Isabelle. They raped, killed, and ate everyone they could catch, from civilians to soldiers. Moreover, when it is time to die, it automatically explodes and oxidizes, leaving no trace. It’s perfect for provocations against South Korea.”

Lorian Seal glares at me.

“You wanted Vice Centauri Isabel, who was taken prisoner, to die. Plus, I created this imminent situation.”

“That’s crazy!”

truth.

I came up with a lie to put more pressure on him.

“Yunaira decided to invade North Korea. Thanks to your good judgment, this place will become a battlefield within a week.”

When I tell him a lie, his eyes widen.

“What, what…?!”

“The avenger you sent killed over 800 people, so you didn’t think you could just get away with it, right?”

I burst out laughing.

The guy’s face frowned, wondering what kind of shame he was having.

“Shut up!”

It was a big deal.

However, it was an event that lacked any dignity.

“Lorian Thousand Seals, all nobles are subjects of the king and royal family. Therefore, pointing a sword at the royal family is a serious crime that has nothing to do with the destruction of your family. Do you know that the person you tried to assassinate was Isabella di Habstenburg?”

The Lorian Seal chose to keep his mouth shut, which clearly showed his true intentions, and was just glaring at me.

okay.

You can’t make fun of the snout.

You must be thinking that I am someone who does not even know the basics of life skills.

But did you know that if someone can see into your heart, they can read your weaknesses?

“Does keeping your mouth shut mean you agree?”

“Bullshit.”

“Isabel, is there any way to prove your identity?”

“···Here.”

Isabelle rummaged around her neck, took out a pendant with a lion on it, and held it out.

What is a pendant…

Lorian Seal’s face trembles.

I don’t know what it is, but it’s authentic.

“With royal authority, please call the Central Headquarters Defense Security Command. You must request that the Crystal of Truth be brought to you.”

It sounded like the blood was draining from his face.

That’s how pale my face became.

“······Okay.”

“A separate letter must be sent to find out the whereabouts of Gabriel di Lorian’s family, relatives, and friends, and they must be temporarily detained.”

Temporary detention.

The moment the defense team confirms the truth by correcting the truth, including myself, my parents, my children, my wife, my friends…

Anyone associated with traitors will be hanged.

“This guy is a war criminal. Everyone who had anything to do with him must be caught, interrogated and hanged.”

I never thought studying theory at a training center with Isabel would be so helpful.

Lorian Seal slowly stands up and heads towards Isabelle.

There was no more composure left on the face of the extremely nervous Lorian Seal.

“My family and others have nothing to do with it! So please, just my family…!”

He slowly knelt down and began to pray to Isabel like a fly.

“Ha. ha ha ha···! Haha… Hah…! Ahhh───?!!!”

Isabel eventually began to shed tears at the cruelty.

Anne hugs Isabelle and supports her.

Isabelle hugged Anne and cried.

Even though I didn’t do anything, I almost got murdered by someone.

“What did I do…! Why are you doing this to me?! I didn’t do anything…!”

To anyone other than revenge.

* * * * * *

The story about the Avengers is a very sensitive one.

It is a decisive battle weapon created by the ‘Grand Duke’ directly below the king.

In that sense, it was natural that even if the news was sent to the Defense Security Command, it would be in vain.

“···I guess it was really nothing.”

Isabel sighed in a depressed voice as she read the response from the Defense Security Command that contained the news.

Is it a sensitive matter or something… In the end, all they said was that they would deal with it quickly and that they would take a 15-day vacation in the meantime.

It is not a problem for the general public to receive it, but the important thing is that Isabel is not an ordinary person.

But Isabelle is royal.

Of course, even if it is just for show, Lorian Di Gabriel will be severely punished.

That would be the minimum courtesy the military would show towards the royal family.

But is that the end?

Naturally, that fact had no choice but to be conveyed within the military.

“···Isabelle is the princess?”

“But the princess is sixteen years old.”

“Didn’t you die in the first place?”

Whispering and the unstoppable sense of distance that is unique to class society.

It doesn’t make much sense to me, but to them, royalty was a barrier as big as the wall of the colon.

If it were a nobleman, I would have laughed haha, but the person next to me was a princess?

Isabel, who was isolated among the apprentice knights, was also isolated from the scouting party.

The look of resentment towards that was directed at me, who wanted to reveal his identity.

This situation is quite annoying.

I don’t feel sorry for those who gossip.

I especially don’t feel sorry for Isabel who holds a grudge against me.

Isabel, who is depressed, is annoying.

Because it’s such a stupid thing that I can’t understand based on my values.

“Isabel.”

Isabel sulked tightly and did not even look up.

“···Yes.”

“What are you so embarrassed about?”

“Yes?”

“What is so embarrassing?”

Now I’m looking at you

“Brother, if you are…”

“Are you embarrassed that your identity was revealed?”

I feel like I can finally see his expression.

Isabel had a crush on me.

“Yes. I’m embarrassed.”

“Don’t be caught up in a ruined sense of victimization. Don’t you know? I’m not asking you to ignore others. There’s no need to worry about those looks anymore, right?”

“Truth and lies aside, I…!”

Isabel swallows her words and eventually lets out a small sigh.

The apprentice knights who had been talking had suddenly become silent.

Everyone is tense.

Isabelle glanced at the apprentice knights who were looking at her in silence.

Eventually, I stood up, carrying my luggage.

Regardless of the truth or lies, he hates the fact that his friend is gone.

Because this person’s interpersonal relationships are more ruinous than mine.

“···I had some expectations.”

The tone of his voice, as if he had given up, was full of loneliness, asking me to hold on to him.

But I was the only one here who could understand it.

Her close maid is dead, and her father is a crazy person who killed her mother.

Now, the only real connections Isabelle has left are Jean, me, and Anne.

···It’s like giving a bottle and giving her medicine, but I also have to protect Isabel.

“Do you guys know what I was doing?”

“Among the people gathered here, were there people who cared about who did what in the past, who was older, and who was the senior?”

“He is someone who has always treated you with respect and kindness since the first time you met him.”

“Now, I don’t know what the hell it means to arbitrarily judge Isabel to be authoritarian and then keep a distance from her.”

“Do you know how grateful Isabel was for your help?”

I didn’t intend to drag on for a long time.

Because I have to go on vacation.

“Lorian di Gabriel did not prioritize rescuing Isabelle and sent maniacs with explosives to the front lines.”

“Look at the wire now. Provocations happen every day. Yunaira is really intoxicated.”

“That bastard did something worth fucking up, and that’s why he got disciplined.”

“What if I hadn’t gone to save Isabel? It’s obvious she was raped and murdered.”

“Isabelle is a princess. But that doesn’t mean I posted the news to the Royal Knights.”

“Is reporting this crazy provocation, even using explosives, to the Defense Security Command a basis for thinking that you are authoritarian?”

“······You know that’s not possible at all.”

Carrying my luggage, I followed Isabelle and left the trainee dormitory.

“Next time I see you, I hope you can look at the world with a more open mind.”

Isabel was standing in front of the door, looking at me out of the corner of her eye.

Pretending not to have seen those gazes, he gently wrapped his arms around Isabelle’s shoulders and guided her outside.

“···Why did this happen?”

“The king is a tyrant, so isn’t it natural for him to be afraid of his children?”

What needs to be thrown down is the flag stand.

Does it make sense to spread information about civilians here and there within the military? Who receives assassination threats? What kind of crazy thing is that?

We boarded the carriage prepared for us.

Isabel relaxed, leaning against Anne.

” Departing. ”

Rattling!

The carriage starts to shake and move.

“···I don’t place expectations on people who aren’t mine.”

Will my clumsy consolation reach Isabel?

“···Yes?”

Isabel’s eyes turn to me at the sudden sound.

“Like you, I have been rejected by everyone.”

I have lived like that.

“When people become accustomed to despair, their vision becomes blurred as if they are trapped in fog. Normal judgments are hidden and cannot be seen unless they are something primal right in front of you.”

“···Sihyeon didn’t seem like that at all.”

I’ve been blinded and made so many wrong choices.

It’s not like that now, but it used to be like that.

“It’s just a way to live. If the situation doesn’t cooperate, everyone can be killed except Jean, you, and Anne.”

My hair smells good.

The body is as fluffy as a cat’s meatball.

“It means I was wrong.”

“Yes.”

“The vision was also wrong.”

“Yes.”

yes.

To me, other people only seem like machines made of meat.

Then, I suddenly realized.

‘···This is why my father told me not to smoke.’

There were things in the world that we were not supposed to know.

“I don’t understand.”

“What don’t you understand?”

“I might kill you.”

Did you still keep it?

“Are you going to kill me?”

“If things get worse… they will.”

“There’s nothing he can’t say.”

Anne poked Isabelle on the cheek.

Even in that situation, Isabel looks at me intently.

I can’t read his emotions, but he doesn’t seem like he’s talking nonsense.

“Just kill it. If you can prepare for the anger of those people and the blood of tens of millions… billions of people.”

The gaze that had been directed at me was withdrawn, and Isabel smiled faintly, shaking her head and avoiding my gaze.

“I’m scared so I can’t do it.”

“Excellent judgment.”

Isabel lays her head on Anne’s shoulder.

The coachman was looking at us like we were sick.

In the coachman’s opinion, Isabel is a sick person with a crooked spine, and I am a person with a second year of middle school illness.

It was so funny and embarrassing that I had no choice but to remain silent.