Chapter 378 – The One Who Let Go, the One Who Waits (Start of Part 2)

Chapter 378: The One Who Sent Away, The One Who Waits (Part 2 Begins)

Player 2… ?
It’s like a fighting game, isn’t it?
No wait.
How do you know I’m a ‘fighting game’?
Can you remember what you saw while sharing Alberic’s memories?!
Is this the knowledge of the world Alberic was in?
This is Alberic’s memory?
Then Alberic has some memories of me too?

Whoa-!

Haha, sir… !
Whoa… Please please… !
It’s okay!!
That’s Okay!
Bleeding caught!
I will restore damaged bones and organs!
Bill! Proposal!
Hold it there!
Nia! Apply medicine here!
Kamyu-sama, now let Nene go!
We will restore it!”

“No, it’s okay.
Nene won’t die, and you won’t recover any more.
You’ll fall into suspended animation like this, so I’ll put you on the bed.”

The system said

[NPC Nene Boulanger’s HP is temporarily fixed at 1.]

[NPC Nene Blanche falls into a state of suspended animation.]

So no matter how hard you try, you’re not going to get any worse or better in this situation.

“What are you talking about, Kamyu-nim?!
Even if you’ve been bleeding, you’ve lost too much blood!
Damage to bones and internal organs is also great… !
If we do not restore now, life is at stake!!
Yes, it can be confusing.
It’s because the psychological shock Kamu-nim received was great.
Please step away for a while.
I’ll make sure to fix it, okay?”

“…”

Hearing Mari’s desperate cry, he quietly put Nene down on the field hospital bed and took a step back.

Wow!

A light flashed, and Nene’s Valkyrie Armor was released.
The magic reaction engine orb of the Valkyrie armor that rolls around.
I picked it up and stared at it.
Now, instead of Nene’s purple color, it has changed to its original transparent color.
The color change made my heart cold.

I could hear Marie making a fuss in front of me and the clamor of medical staff.

“?”

“I can’t recover anymore!
I’ve been bleeding, but it’s not recovering!”

“No, why, why can’t I recover?
What the hell, why?!”

Nene returns to her original outfit, a black sleeveless dress.
The hole in his chest was filled with blood, but his flesh, bones, and intestines did not.
The situation did not get better or worse even when medical staff such as Marie, Jessie and Bill fluttered around the bed.
Also.
Nene was still neither dead nor alive.

“Get out of the way.”

“Camyu-sama!!
I need more treatment now… !”

“I received a revelation from God.”

“””Yes?!?!”””

It is dangerous to speak carelessly about the system.
That part was largely a revelation from God, so I evaded it and told it briefly.

Received a revelation from God.
Hear my prayer, Nene will be in a state of suspended animation for the time being in a form that can neither live nor die.
And that the body would lie there until a way could be found to restore it.
If possible, it would be stored in a recovery capsule possessed by the Four Heavenly Kings, Desdymona, who would join soon.

“””…”””

Suspicious eyes.

“Everything I say is true.
Did you all see that Nene didn’t die after my prayer?
Move as I ask.”

“All right.
Instead, after treatment is over, talk to me.
I have a lot to ask.”

“Okay.”

Bang!

“Where are you going?!
Kamyu-nim isn’t all right now either!
Mouth! How did that happen?!
Oh, try it. Ah!”

“Are you okay.”

“Don’t be stubborn!
Come on!!”

“Ah-.”

“Oh my god…
Even the inside of your mouth is a mess, right?!
I’ll treat you right away!
Please sit here!
Oh, don’t resist!
Come on!
… Grace of the sun!
…
Well, rinse your mouth here with salt water.
Oh, do it. Ah-.
That’s right, good job.
Ha.
Have you lost too many teeth?”

“Here I put it in my pocket.”

“… Oh my god.
What happen?”

Said simply.
Counterattack by biting the blade of the flying holy sword with teeth.

“… Next time, I will definitely follow you.
Oh, do it.
Once the nerve is not severed, it can be restored and attached.”

Woo-woo-.

The warm light from Mari’s hand covers my mouth.
The ointment was meticulously applied to the torn mouth and gums, and Marie found the positions of the ones I brought and put them together.

“Keep the recovery drug in your mouth.
You can attach the teeth and connect the nerves as they should, but you shouldn’t chew on something that’s too hard for the time being.
… No, don’t eat today.
I’ll make a separate meal for the patient and take it with you, so please eat it.”

“I’m busy with treatment, but in what time did you even prepare food because of me…”

“There is nothing more precious than Kamyu-nim’s body.
Since you have been working hard outside, please accept this jeong-don calmly.
Ehyo, by the way, you couldn’t find these three, did you?”

“I dropped it.
Are you okay.
I’m a demon, so I’m new soon.”

“?!?!
Longevity is surprising in many ways.”

“So live a long time.”

How can I live hundreds of years if my teeth don’t fall out?
That’s why I boldly bit the blade with my teeth.

“Did I just put it on?”

“No. It was a big help.
It’s inconvenient without it, and it’s ugly for the time being.
If you hadn’t put it on, I wouldn’t have had any front teeth for a while.
Thank you.”

“It’s been a while since I’ve attached my mouth, so don’t open your mouth wide.
All food will be cut into small pieces.”

“I’m sorry for trying too hard.”

Even after that, Marianne took care of the fractures and abrasions all over my body.
There were no major injuries thanks to the strong physical defense unique to the baby hero’s armor, but there were bruises and abrasions from blunt-type attacks and explosions.
With only a towel on her lower body, she was wiped, disinfected, and treated.
Most likely, Marianne’s recovery miracle made her better, so there was nothing much to be done except for the injury to her mouth.
After her treatment was over, she got up.

“Where are you going?”

“I’ll go see some of the wounded.”

“You can’t go far.”

“Then. I’ll be back soon.”

Inside the tent, the wounded were being sorted out.
There weren’t many of them in the first place, and most of those who were seriously injured unfortunately didn’t come back.
Those who returned despite serious injuries were only Ballack and Adolf.
Ballack is lying on the floor because there is no bed to fit because of his enormous size.

“Are you worth living?”

“You crazy bastard.
Does this look good?”

“It’s okay to see what you’re talking about.”

Balak answered with a grunt, lying on his back with bandages all over the place.
It’s broken and torn here and there, but now that it’s all attached and fixed, it should stick without any problems.
It’s a mixed blood between a demon and a giant, not to mention the ability to regenerate.
Balak said with an embarrassed expression.

“… That nun with big breasts is very good at it, isn’t it?
It healed very well.”

“So you are my maid.”

“Be very rude.”

Balak puts on a look of exasperation at my words.

“You are the one who is ugly.
He made an expression that it was not right for the three of them to attack at once.”

“Shit.
It’s like the three of us attacking at once.
Do you have a dog like this?
Ha…
What would my father say if he knew?”

“What do you mean?
Kahn did well, I guess.
What can you say about yourself?”

“My father deserves a one-on-one!”

“Arthur, it’s hard.
If you don’t stick around, you’re all confident.
Adolf also grumbled at first when the three of us wanted to play, right?
I didn’t even stick with him, so it was like that.
Oh, by the way, I should go to Adolf too.
Rest, dude.”

As she stood up, Balak’s expression immediately hardened.
Ballack calling me.

“Hey.”

“Why.”

“Adolph… Go and comfort him.”

“Why? Aren’t you being treated?”

“Ahsuf… I couldn’t come back.”

“…”

Adolf’s son Asuf.
Fourth son by his eighth wife.
A kind of heir-like son who taught himself bow, kickboxing, and fluidization.
As befits a member of the Demon King’s Army, he must have followed the tradition of the most outstanding being the direct successor.
Asupran to Adolf, Balak to Khan, and me to Nene…

“It’s missing… ?”

If you become a prisoner, you will be able to exchange them for Philip’s prisoners.

“No.
Among the returnees, there are those who have been confirmed dead.
However, it was too dangerous to recover the body, so I took a dog tag and a suicide note and withdrew.”

“I see…”

I’ll have to exchange the corpse…

“What about you?”

I briefly told Balak about the situation.

“I’m sorry.
It’ll turn out okay.”

“Okay…”

“But is it really?
A revelation from God?
I didn’t know you had such a thing as faith, did you?”

“God reveals his existence even to those without faith.
Like a man who pushes on a woman who is not interested in him.”

“The metaphor is a bit cheap, but I get it.”

“Right?
Ha…”

Balak pats me on the back as I lie down.

“Don’t beat yourself up.
It wasn’t in vain that I went to rescue you.
You are the second-in-command, the focal point of the alliance, the secretary of both kingdoms, and above all… He is the one who inherits ‘the blood’.
It was worth it.
Adolph agreed.
And whoever falls out, we go.
You would have done the same if you had left someone behind.
You said you actually escaped with cover until the end?”

Despite Balak’s consolation, his taste was bitter.
‘That blood’…
Dark blood.
Descendants of Angmar.
A blood relative of the previous demon kings.
Being a more precious life than someone else because of innate blood, I couldn’t understand it at the time.
All sorts of thoughts fill my head.

On the way to meet Adolf.
My steps were heavy.

“Adolph.”

“Are you here…”

Adolf, who should have been lying down, sat leaning against the head of his bed.
His knees together, crouching with one hand covering his eyes.
It was very strange and pitiful to see his powerlessness, which was not like a brave beastman warrior.

“Any injuries?”

“Dog hit… (Okay…).”

The guy with his face buried in his leg.
I never get used to these things.
I don’t know what to comfort you, what to say, or what expression to make.
So, without saying a word, I patted him on the shoulder.
We’ve been like that for a while.

***

“Camu!
Bastard, you’re all right!”

Wow!

This time, I let him go whether he hugged me or not.
Isn’t it because you’re happy?
Hugged lightly

“Sorry.
I wanted to go rescue him too, but I didn’t have time to because Marquis John started attacking me.
Most of the corps commanders were in charge of command.
Since it was focused on defense, I went with Balak to save the giant soldiers and berserkers…”

“It’s okay, I understand.
Even Master came, but if you want to lead the 3rd and 7th corps, you should be there too.”

“By the way, Master, how did you end up like this?”

“It’s because of me…”

Let’s explain everything, Van Dark seriously hardens.

“I see…
Good job.
Take a break for now
They said there would be a strategy meeting in an hour.
Like it or not, you won’t be able to rest from then on.”

“It’s because of me…
It’s because of me…”

“Stop blaming yourself.
That’s what happened, and that’s what war is all about.
It’s something everyone has been waiting for.
It’s two steps to hell, but there’s no one who thought he wouldn’t fall.”

“There are many people who mistakenly think that they are determined.”

“Whether mistaken or unaware, death is always with us.
Especially if it is a generation that has been through a long war.
If Master was to protect you, he would have been happy to do so.
In times like this, you need to be alert.
The fact that you were missing was reported to the Devil Castle, and Commander Ezio and Duke Dupre have been waiting without a sigh since yesterday.
Now we have no time to be sad.
Do what you have to do, do what you can.
And make sure to save Master.
There must be a way to wake up from suspended animation and restore it.
Let’s find it together.”

Nod

I didn’t deserve to be comforted, Van Dark comforted me with various words.

“Camyu, do you have a method that comes to mind right away?”

“There are a few, but they are difficult right now.”

“What? Say it.”

The system administrator fixed Nene’s health to 1.
So they don’t die from additional infections, and they don’t get better either.
Just lying on the bed with a hole in my chest, sleeping as if I were dead.

“Mari’s recovery miracle won’t heal her, so we have to go beyond the concept of simple recovery and do something close to ‘reconstruction of the body’.”

“That is a bit difficult.
So?”

“The first method that comes to mind is to show it to the Four Heavenly Kings, Desdymona.”

“…”

“Why?”

“No, nothing.”

A distraught face uncharacteristic of Van Dark.

“This is something you can ask her about joining her.
Desdimona gave Master a clay golem as a gift and even helped her diagnose her miscarriage.
Second is… There is a method that can only be used after recapturing the capital in Amity, but I can’t tell you about it right now.”

Using the ‘Microbot Medical Support System’ that I used in the underground ruins of the Amity Royal Castle.
I have no idea if that would be any better than Marianne’s ability to recover.
I just know that it has the ability to reorganize matter enough to repair a hole in the baby commander’s armor.
Although it is uncertain that the body of an object and a living being have different levels of difficulty.

“Right…”

When Desdymona was mentioned, they were puzzled by the subtle expression on Van Dark’s face, and they had a conversation about this and that.

***

Strategy meeting an hour later.

“Gong Camu.
I’m really glad you got home safely.”

“Heh heh, I’m so glad you’re back!
How worried His Majesty was!”

Duke Dupre and Commander Ezio gave me great hospitality.
We exchanged greetings and shared my regards and things that happened during my absence.
After that, unfortunately, I had to tell them the sad news.

“Everyone, please pay attention.”

I summarized what happened after falling out, and delivered only what was worth talking about.
During the operation to assassinate Catherine, Catherine escaped through a secret passage and the operation failed.
I stayed, ran and hid, and battled by the time the rescue team arrived.
In the meantime, Alberic’s brain was massaged, and thanks to him, he learned the top secrets of the enemy.
In fact, I only found out about it thanks to Sister Agnes’ leak of confidential information and a message from the system administrator.

“… So we learned the top secrets of our enemies.
There is good news, bad news, and very bad news.
What would you like to hear first?”

If Zach had been here, he would have protested, saying ‘That tone is mine!’, But he was not able to attend the strategy meeting due to his low status.

“Kuhm, I hear very bad news first.
Then tell me the bad news.”

“Why?”

“Why?
It is better to sell first.
Wouldn’t that make you feel better after hearing the good news?”

Most of them nodded at Commander Ezio’s words.
But I don’t know if the good news is good enough to cover up the bad news.
To this, I opened my mouth.

“First, let me tell you the very bad news.
Four of Amitie’s seven guardian dragons will sign a contract with Alberic and all will be summoned.”