Chapter 76 – A Brief Farewell

Episode 76 A Short Farewell

After training with Angela, breakfast follows.

Supervise the distribution of hypnotic stimulant breakfasts, and take time to rest.

Phew, let’s withdraw Light Blinger now.
A document of surrender was also written.
The staff will take care of the supplies that the Knights carry back…

“Good morning, Captain.
What are you drawing like that?”

“Come in, Ludvik.
I’m going to draw a montage after a long time.”

“The two of them appearing together in a montage
I’m seeing it for the first time.
This composition is young…”

Ludvik comes behind me and peeks at my sketches.

“Hey, go away.
Where are you going to come behind your boss and steal it?!”

“This is suspicious.”

Oh, come to think of it, I’ll have to ask this guy while he’s here.

“Hey. Please give me a consultation with Kim.
Sit in front of me.”

“Consultation?
The boss?
To me?”

Giggle giggle.

“Yes, you.
It’s a bit difficult to get advice from Zach.”

“Am I?
Why?”

“… Sit down for a bit
Hurry.”

Dreuk.

Ludwig slumps across from my desk.

“What is it?
The iron mask of the world, Kamyu is the counselor.
After all, is it a magical problem that I, as a special attorney, have no choice but to take part in?”

“No… That’s not it.
That’s another matter…”

Uh oh, I don’t know what to do when I’m talking about it.
You can’t tell a third person all the intimate stories between a man and a woman.

In the end, I’m going to have to sift out a lot and just ask simple questions.

“That… Marianne is too active these days.
Is there any way to properly distance yourself?”

“… Get out and look.”

“No, help me…
Who am I going to ask about this?
There is only you.”

I’ve never seen Ludwig put on her look so pathetic.

“Whoa…
You can manipulate it with mind control magic and tell the captain not to come.”

“No, not that extreme.”

“Isn’t that what you did to control your mind so that it’s easy to do that?”

Ludwig covers her face with one of her hands and presses her down to her temple.
You look tired already.

“I always take birth control pills.
No, don’t do anything dangerous in the first place.
If both of you are pregnant with big breasts or blonde right now, isn’t it a bitch for your boss plan?
A pregnant saintess, how the hell do you use a pregnant knight?”

“You use mind reading?!”

“It’s obvious without looking at it.
Even the crazy old man caught my eye when I saw him dancing with swords yesterday.
What are you doing after getting the star princess?
Then you’d better finish quickly and have public sex with the three of us in the plaza.
Holy Knights, Noble Knights, Royal Guard.
If everyone loses their mentality, the temple will go out.
That’s great.”

Tsk.

Ludvik now crosses her arms and crosses her legs.
… Well, if my superiors say things like this, I’m going to fall for it.

“Okay.
I’ll be away for a while anyway.”

“Please stay away moderately from now on.
The captain is too weak to women, so I’m afraid he’ll snore in the event of an emergency.
Why did you do mind control, really?!”

“Mental control is originally about controlling while maintaining one’s self.
I’m not making puppets.”

Because he maintains his ego, he can fully demonstrate the ability of his subordinates.
Reviving a soldier’s corpse as a skeleton does not mean that the skeleton retains its fighting power as a soldier, but the advantage of mind control is that it can bring all abilities.

“It was a mistake to mix up bodies for revenge in the first place.
If you’re going to take revenge, you should have thrown it at the Commander Van Dark or the soldiers.
I would have let the words to kill rather than save me come out of my mouth.”

“…”

“If you are going to use it, keep your distance.
Just like clothes getting wet in drizzle, mixing your body makes you feel good.”

Ah…
Shit.
Seeing me washing my face dry
Ludvik clicks his tongue.

“I know that Nene-nim and Rumika-nim are dumped and out of their minds, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t stick around with any girl.
Especially since they’re just consumables.

Chareuk.

In the middle of the conversation, Zach enters.

“Captain, did you enjoy your meal?”

“Uh… Come in.
You sit here
Yeah, Ludwig, I get it.
I’m going to go see Master anyway, so I’ll be away.
In the meantime, let me ask you a favor.”

“Yes? Are you going to meet me?
… Won’t you die?
A disciple who was excommunicated for a duel
Can you please?”

“I saw you remotely the other day.
… Going to solve it this time.
They told me to come and see Cannes.
I have something to go see.”

Jacques and Ludwig open their mouths when Khan tells them that he has proposed to Master.

“This is big news.
Once this is accomplished, the demon king’s army will be half united.
Isn’t an alliance also a marriage alliance?”

“The marriage alliance will freeze to death.
You can’t even get dirt in my eyes!!”

Bang!

I unknowingly hit the desk.

“Oh, why are you so angry?!
It’s been a hundred years since the two broke up!
Be cool.
This married man, Zach, guarantees it, girls love the cool guy.
It doesn’t look like there’s anything sloppy about it.”

“That’s right.
If our Anastasia saw it, the captain would say that he really doesn’t look like him.
I’m not coming back like that.
Rather, you have to be cool to come from that side.
Don’t come.”

“I’m getting dating advice from you… Sobbing.”

“Personally, I bet on Rumika-nim, so please do a raid on that side.”

“I will not!
Not anymore
Look!”

Oh fuck
I think I’m going crazy!

“Whoa… Let’s calm down.”

“Okay, please calm down.
In this case, inhale with the Lamaze breathing method…
Exhale…”

Zach controls his breathing with hand movements.
Whoa… It feels like being a mother.

“Whoa… Calmed down
Jacques.
I’ll tell Angela, you become Angela’s lieutenant and follow the Light Blinger.
I’ll create a fake identity for you.
Enter the Military Council, where the Templars are the main force, and extract as much information as possible.
If you can’t do it, use Angela to get her secrets.”

“All right.”

“Ludvik.
You use your herbalist job as an excuse to find out about the cathedral and the palace.
In particular, there is a story that the star princess was imprisoned in the constellation tower.
It seems her half-sister, Princess Catherine, is holding her back.
Investigate the number of cases in which the star princess will be crowned her queen.”

“Yes!”

“I heard that Princess Anne and the star’s maternal family have quite a bit of power.
No matter how much hero Alberic’s prestige is, he has no power.
If the two of them face each other, the star princess will have the advantage.
As long as Alberic doesn’t make an outstanding performance in the crusade, the battle for the succession becomes more favorable to the star princess as time goes on.
If it is necessary, I will reveal my career as a member of the special task force to assassinate the demon king, so that the people will support the star princess.”

“All right.
Then how about this?”

Me, Jacques, and Ludwig put our heads together and have meetings over and over again.

“Whoa, let’s do this and I’ll go out first.
I’ll have to get involved in the staff meeting starting with the withdrawal operation.”

“Yes, Zach.
I’ll be going soon and mind-controlling the staff again.
Go first.”

We need to reshape the mentality of the staff so that Zach blends naturally with them.

Zach wakes up first, and I sort through the papers on the desk.

“Captain.”

Ludvik looked back at me as he left the tent.

“My advice, do not finish the painting.”

Hot.

Whoops, that guy.
It’s useless to notice a hundred steps.

“… Huh. Okay.”

* * *

“The staff check has been completed.
The surrender document has been delivered, and both sides have signed it.”

“Great job.
Now all we have to do is withdraw.”

Angela asks meticulously other things besides that.
I checked and verified all the papers myself.
It’s practically like my knights.
To use it, you need to know the personnel, equipment, supplies, and organizational structure.

“Oh.
The captives can be returned after passing the Blasted Lands.
I told Balak.”

Even the captives were separately hypnotized and suggested, so even if they joined the Knights again, they wouldn’t be talking about secrets.
I will be absolutely loyal to Angela, so I only have to deal with Angela.

“Yes?
… Aren’t you going with me?”

“I have work to do.
Now that I’m at the border, I’m going to visit the Demon King’s territory for a while.”

It’s a hassle to go back to the capital and then cross the border again.
It is convenient to go to Master’s estate now and then go down south.

“Okay.
All right.
Please take care of yourself.”

“Yes, it won’t take very long.
If you take the knights to the capital, I’ll go back to Amitie too.
Enough for about a week?
That’s enough for me to join.”

“Yes.”

“Rainald of the Templars, be careful.
Because he’s a very foxy guy.
That she’s Alex Valentine’s daughter, so trust me she will.”

“Yes… ?
Do you know my father?!”

“You dragged a Royal Griffon Rider into the Battle of Belzeburg.
I know you stick with me.
Thanks to you, it’s a bit of a headache, right?
He was a competent knight.”

“Yes… Yo. This.”

The blonde, middle-aged knight commander of the squadron that Balak talked about sending out four scouts.
I found out who the pervert paranoid was,
He was the same knight I fought with when I was young.

“You were young when I was with you.
It was probably around the time you were born.
Did Balak praise it?
It’s a tricky opponent.
It happened to me too.
He was an enemy, but he was an admirable opponent.”

“…”

I added a bit of exaggeration.
The Royal Griffon Rider Unit wasn’t that difficult because I had a good match.
Vehicles, which are life forms, are poison for mental suppression.
Rather, it was difficult because of the operational plan and infantry tactics.

“…”

Angela’s eyes are moist as if she is reminded of her father.
On her cold, expressionless face, her sapphire eyes shine even bluer with her tears.
It feels like those crystal-colored tears will overflow down her slim jawline any moment.

Taktak.

Angela tapped her on the shoulder.
I need Angela to fight while she is away so my work will work out.

“Your father would be proud.
I got my father’s knights back.”

“… Thank you, lord.
I will continue to be loyal.”

Angela bowing her head.
Eventually, tears ran down her jawline.

But if you’re loyal to me, you might have to point your sword at the same people?
If you do, you have to force it.
I hope you follow me well.

“Okay.
When I get back, I’ll also tell you about Alex Valentine that you don’t know.
You met me at the negotiating table a few times.”

“Is that true?!”

Oh i’m surprised
Suddenly screaming, why?

I have never seen Angela’s eyes so bright.

“I thought bragging about my daughter was a bit excessive.
Now that I see it, it’s not too much.
When I get back, I’ll tell you about the old days.”

“Thank you.
Do you have to do it?
Did you promise?”

“Okay.
I’ll promise.”

“Thank you thank you!!”

Leaving behind Angela’s delighted expression, we leave her tent.

“Hey, Balak.
I’ll hang it now, so release Zach.”

“I haven’t been able to put my foot in that bastard’s nostril yet?”

“Eup! Yup yup yup!!”

Jacques is tied tightly to a rope and hung upside down.
Her face was crushed by the soles of Balak’s caldron lids, even gagged.

He must have been caught leaving after a meeting with me.

“Look out.
You can’t be punished so savagely.
These days…”

Fuck!

“Oops! Ugh!!”

“Good for blood circulation
It’s a thing that hits the soles of your feet.
If you go to court, you will also state that you did it for the sake of welfare for your health.
Is it good?”

Introduction of advanced barracks culture!

“Oh, too.
You’ve been the brain of the demon king since ancient times.”

Ballack gives a thumbs up.

“Oh, yes.
Good job.”

“Yes, yes.
Haha! Hello!
Bring more whips!
Yes, this guy!
It ends like this
Say thanks!
If it were Ran, it wouldn’t end like this!!”

“Eup, Eup, Eup!!”

I’m sorry, Zach.
Distorting the name of the corps commander was serious.
I was told not to get caught.

Behind Zach’s screams,
Pack your luggage.
I’ll pack my things and come back later to dry them off.

The horse was simply loaded.
I asked Ludvik to drive the wagon to the herbalist Grande Army.

As we were finishing our preparations for departure, Marianne appeared.

“Camyu-nim!”

Mmm, that mint-colored long dress.
A bit too pretty
The material also looks soft and fluffy, and it feels really good to touch it on top of clothes.
Soldiers passing by looked at Marianne once in a while.

Not in the military, but even if you go around like that on the street, you’ll get a lot of attention.

“Oh, Marie. I was still trying to find…”

“Is it true that you are leaving?!”

Urgent voice.
I am trembling a little.

“Just a moment.
I’ll be back soon.
Go back to the capital with Angela.
… You don’t have to go back to the cathedral.
Speaking of participating in the battle as the patron saint of Light Blinger,
Because no one will say anything.”

“Thank you.
However, I didn’t know that Kamyu-sama wouldn’t be here… “

Apparently, Angela is a bit uncomfortable.
It would be nice if the two didn’t collide.

Obviously, the atmosphere at Marianne’s reception was
Even if we were awkward with each other
It wasn’t an awkward atmosphere.
I feel a bit competitive.
Why?

“I have work to do,
I’m going to the Demon King’s territory.
It’s difficult to cross the border, so I’ll have to go there while I’m near the border.
It won’t be more than a week.
I get along well.”

“Yes. Take care of yourself.
Just in case, could you show me the wound again?”

Remove her bandages, once again revealing her left arm and left thigh.
Again, no wounds.
Scar too.

But Marianne puts her bright, glowing hand on her injured part and heals it again.

“I don’t know if you’ve come a long way.
Always be careful.”

“Huh. I’ll keep that in mind.”

“Did you bring your food?
What about spare clothes?
Don’t need a map?
What about the water bag?”

She even checks the load on my horse and asks a lot of questions.
I am busy answering and reassuring them one by one.

“Take care.
… You will miss it.”

It’s the Demon King’s army, and human soldiers pass by and glance at it.
She can’t bear to hug her. She just stares at her.

Wow, it’s like her grandmother’s country dog.

Ugh

“Okay.
Have a good time while I’m gone.”

“… I can’t get along.”

“Then watch this.”

Rustle rustle.

I take it out of my arms and hand over the picture I sketched in the morning.
Sorry, Ludvik.
I’ll just do it until here.

“What’s this?”

“Open it.”

Marianne opens the picture.
And then he opened his rabbit eyes.

“Oh wow…”

This is a picture of me and Marianne together.
She hugged her neck from behind me.
Me in front of her

“With a composition cut from above the chest
I only roughly drew the line.
It’s a gift.
Watching while I’m gone.”

“… Roughly?
You draw really well!”

“Ah, that’s overrated.
I drew after breakfast.”

Marianne stares frantically at her painting, then holds her tightly in her arms.

“… I’ll keep it.
Thank you very much…”

“Yes, I will go!”

Now get on the horse

We have to save Zach, who is being scolded by Balak,
Busy busy

Now I have to go see Master too.
Grab some presents from the wagon.

I’m nervous.
… I’m worried that the words won’t come out well when I see the real thing.

Let’s go! Be brave!!
It will work out somehow!!