The girl with the fire wheel.

Lesson Eight: Icarus's Dream

- Madres Castle, Coimbra State Capital.

Grohl's curse echoes during the sight. Blushing on his knees is a middle-aged man named Gadeis, who commanded Rockbell reinforcements. In Coimbra he is in a position alongside Wilm and is a skilled martial officer who specializes in solid methods of warfare.

"You bastard! What do you think I got you up front for! To protect Rockbell from thieves!!

"I'm afraid Taishou. We marched day and night. If we don't make it, we can't reach whoever we are before we fall."

Gaddis elucidates desperately with emotions that are likely to be intense. He was scolded in front of the ministers by a young man who had never commanded him in a busy manner. It hurts my pride as a general and its face is distorted. The illustration further oils Grohl's wrath.

"Is that what the general should say to command 10,000 soldiers!! What I'm saying is, why didn't you just take the rock bell back! If you say you can excuse this demerit, with its well-turned tongue, I'll try, but it's good!

"Then I say. Count Barrel had already died in battle and the city had been completely subdued. But fortunately in my misfortune, Master Sarah and you were able to save me. This is the best place to retreat once, get your attitude in order and then attack. The soldiers were also exhausted by a series of forcible armies, so it was up to them to decide that they should avoid an impossible attack."

Gaddis was led by three thousand. Are there roughly five thousand Rockbell rebels or something? We forced it from the state capital, so there is fatigue, and if we are going to attack an even more aggressive opponent, we are prepared to do the same. Besides, even though it's a stopover, the opponent is outnumbered.

As for Gaddis, who specializes in solid command, he didn't want to wear out his soldiers by force and mischief.

That looks passive to Grohl. I showed my back to the thief. I got dressed. How does that seem to the public? It's not that I can stand a self-respecting groll very much when I say that just being rebelled is an extreme disgrace.

"... what an inert thought. Because there are generals like you, the Coimbra army is insulted by weak soldiers and so on. Look, Elgar, no such outrageous old age should ever be apprenticed!

Strongly tells Elgar sitting uncomfortable next door.

Elgar, who turned 12, was occasionally asked to attend these meetings for the day he would succeed Taisho's seat in the future. I don't know what to answer because I'm not a stranger to Gaddis, and Elgar can only cloud his words.

Meanwhile, Gaddis, cursed of old age, tries to excuse himself by spitting. I adopted prudential measures because I never thought about keeping myself safe.

"Taisho, please wait! I was never cowardly blown! To ensure victory..."

"Next I command my own soldiers! You don't need a general to be late when you're a thief! You stay back!

"Taishou, that's not much!

"That's awful!

"... Ha ha"

When Grohl blocks his words and drinks, Gaddis chews his lips and returns to the ministers aligned on the left and right. I can see its body trembling in small pieces with anger and shame.

After seeing it sideways, Wilm takes a step forward and reports.

"Taishou, this is Cynthia Adrich, the hundred men who were at the helm of Master Sarah's escort. He said he wanted to report the incident. May I call you here?"

"Um, I don't mind. Call it in right away."

When Grohl nods, the heavy door is opened by the guard's hand, and the tense faceted Cynthia enters the room with Noel.

These meetings are only open to state ministers, and Cynthia has no experience. Speeches are not allowed unless they are at least a thousand people long. Direct opinions on Taisho can be found in Gaddis and Wilm at the top of the army. Or as many civilians as they hold positions.

It has been since the Medal Ceremony that I spoke directly to Grohl of Taisho in the first place. If you want to undermine your mood, Cynthia's status will blow up lightly. In the name of explaining the circumstances, it is possible that he will be questioned for endangering his wife.

Even to a gentle Sarah opponent, so nervous at first. If you take the gaze of Grohl, once called the most powerful of the next emperors, as the eldest son of the great Valdecca family, your body will be stronger in response.

Aware of the eyes of the heavy ministers standing on his left and right, Cynthia walks to the front of the groll and kneels overwhelmingly. Noel, who is behind the diagonal, takes the same position. I feel like I'm having some fun at some point, but not now.

"Si, Cynthia Eye, Edrich, Hicha, it's a hundred people long. This time, while saving the tremendous burden of escorting Sarah and Young Master, we have committed such a rash, bush, bush, bush, bush, bush..."

Grohl smiles bitterly at Cynthia's words, which he can curl up quickly.

"Wait, wait. I have no intention of holding you accountable. Sarah returned safely, albeit with a hand wound. My son Elgar doesn't have a scratch on this street either. I hear your work was shamelessly brilliant in the name of the Adrich family. - It was truly great to have escorted him."

"- Ha, ha, ha, ha, thank you for your words!

Desperately say thank you with a trembling tongue. Cynthia takes a breath in her heart because she no longer fears being held accountable.

"So, they want to report directly to me. Don't hesitate to tell me."

"Ha, actually, uh, that, uh, Se, in the Sepidev fortress, a man named no, Noel, that, uh, oh, that, that,"

Words I keep on my head fly around in my brain, overflowing with words I don't understand from my mouth.

I can see the heavy ministers leaking bitter laughter, and I can't understand why. For some reason, my vision turned and I trembled when one knee I stood up cringed. My tongue still doesn't turn well. Grohl frowns into sight, and the world begins to circle in despair.

Watch out with a sinister look after the seemingly wilm coughs.

"Cynthia Hundred, I won't be so nervous. All you have to do is report what happened to Taisho. Your honor is in the position of a proud knight by making him a flourishing Coimbra soldier. You will not be allowed to disturb me at any time!

"- Yes, of course!

and although I replied with momentum, it was already white in my head. I went somewhere completely to see what the hell I was talking about. I usually practice hard, but I didn't have time for Noel to change. If this were to happen, I regret that it should have been written firmly on paper. I desperately wrap up the text in my boiling head. - It doesn't wrap up at all.

A few seconds, no. A few dozen seconds? Someone gently taps Cynthia's left shoulder after a frightening silence flows. Unexpectedly looking back, Noel, wearing glasses, closed one eye for just a moment, obsessively.

"Unfortunately, Cynthia is worried about how she should report it. But this is something I absolutely have to tell you. May I therefore state it from me?

"What happened?

To the enquiring Wilm, Noel answers after saluting.

"Ha, Master Cynthia has taken me up as a prostitute, my name is Noel from the village of Zoim. Now is the time to return the favor to Taishou, and I led the villagers. For convenience, we had to stop and borrow the ten-man position to put the team together. Please forgive me for my unsolicited behavior."

Noel tells the lie 800 as if it were true. Cynthia just has to round her eyes. I wondered which mouth was saying those words.

Elgar, etc. who knows the circumstances, is stunned with his mouth open. I have no choice but to look like someone else altogether. When I first showed up, I didn't notice Noel. Although I was definitely a little surprised by the characteristic red hair and its expression. I knew it was still me, and I was completely confused.

"... I don't mind that, but my Coimbra says it's a reinforcement for a prostitute. I don't believe in Russia. Is that true, Cynthia?"

Doubtful expression groll. I am aware that it is completely unpopular from the people.

It's not just that groll, it's the martial artists standing in line, the civilians all with the same look on their faces. Because it is a well-known fact to say that Grohl has not earned the trust of the people.

"Yes. Uh, well, it's definitely true."

On the contrary, most of them are lies, I tell them with an apology in my heart. The truth is, they were on the side of the thieves, and there's no way I can say that this happened as a result, etc. Besides, I can't tell you how sorry I was to defeat this girl with one hit, and how I almost got my head crushed in danger, etc., even if my mouth is ripped. If the world spreads the word that a hundred chiefs lost to just civilians, etc., the reputation of the unscented Coimbra army will go all the way down to the ground.

Hence Cynthia lied a great deal with the thought of a severance. He's basically a non-lying person, so his face was crooked and his sweat was dripping off, but fortunately no one noticed him.

"... oh my god. You mean the people of our state weren't just ungrateful people? Did you hear what I just said, Wilm?

Grohl's expression unwittingly loosens to the presence of reinforcements he never imagined. There was a sense of hatred from the people. I tried my best to do something about it, but it all just came out the back. Grohl has a rough temper, but it doesn't mean he's a tyrant who abuses the people. Competent or not, that's another story.

"... Ha. The pile of mercy and good governance of Taishou must have moved the hearts of fewer people. This wilm, it is the extreme of admiration. The solar god will see what is right."

"I've been getting punched in the pussy for not having the protection of the Sun God, etc., but now I feel a little saved. … So, Noel, what exactly is Cynthia hesitating to report? Never mind, don't hesitate to be frank."

"- Yes, that means the Baha 'is are likely to be involved in this insurgency"

"... what?

"That's why Cynthia was on tour. I was wondering how I could tell you about this important thing."

Noel's remarks make the place noisy all at once.

After losing his complexion for a moment, Grohl changes his blood phase and curls and stands.

"Ba, he said he was Bahar! Bahar behind this rebellion, no, you mean the Amir guy!?

"- Don't say anything far-fetched! Though we are separated from Bahar, we serve the Holsheed Empire together! That's why we have to do what we fall for! Do it with Noel, tell him the joke's off!

When one of the martial officers abhors his voice, a civilian immediately argues.

"But it's not impossible given our relationship! It's an unquestionable fact that there has been more manipulation than before!

"- Don't be quiet! Please calm down Taisho! You said Noel, or give me your reasons for thinking that! This is a public place where Taisho would have lied and joked!

After Wilm drinks toward his surroundings, he stares at Noel with a rugged look.

"Well, that's, uh, me, reporting from me!

Cynthia gets up. The noise on the ground had taken away earlier tensions and allowed for sober thinking. Carefully, but without mistake, explain what has happened so far.

That thieves have pushed against the Sepidev fortress, which only a limited number of people know. That the Ten Neridis, who once served Coimbra and fled to Bahar, were among them. The fact that there were several bandits in the Bahar. That I was furious when I pursued it and tried to kill Cynthia as well as her men in the mouth seal.

"... oh my god. After all, this is all Amir's fault! How inferior it is to try to fall for your real brother using fornication! Proud of the Valdecca family."

"Please wait! It's dangerous to swallow what these people are saying. It's just speculation that Bahar is behind it, and there's nothing to prove for sure!

Wilm forgives diligently. Everything Noel and Cynthia have said is true, but I can't oversee exposing it at this stage. Normally, I wouldn't believe it to be easy, except for this groll. Jealousy and hatred can recruit and earnestly move soldiers. Yes, fiercely towards Bahar State, where there are resentful enemies.

I have the ambition to insert the head of the state of Coimbra, but I am not kidding, such as involving the land in the scourge of war. Wilm is a Coimbra and has a heart that loves his hometown. That is the equivalent of loyalty to the Emperor.

"You think it's solid evidence? Though all of this would be enough to believe! What do you think he's been up to!

It was Amir's work that combined with Liberdam to take away trading rights from Coimbra with the South Islands. On top of that, it was also Amir who blew into my father's Befnam for nothing and made his heart certificate worse. Thanks to this, the next emperor's status is stripped, and all that remains is the world's bad reputation. Though my real brother, I have enough grudges to never tire of killing him again and again.

"Tai Shou, you say a lot. I don't know where to get into His Majesty's ears."

"I am Grohl Valdecca, the eldest son of the Emperor Befnam, the First Prince! Why should I keep my brother from doing this?

"I'm afraid I do. If you want conclusive evidence, I was wondering if I could capture Rebel leader Listig. You will surely know some information. - Maybe he's a Bahar knight."

Noel pleasantly distorts his mouth while putting out the words of the earth at the end.

That look full of confidence doesn't look very much like a prostitute or anything, and you deserve something like a staff officer or a military master who plots. The glasses reflect on the lighting and are dull and glowing. I feel so intimidated that I don't think I'm a girl.

Wilm, who was accidentally pressured,

"One soldier, no, don't tell me that every civilian time is a gift! Bahar is a region renowned for its rigid, courageous and world-renowned quality. There's no way they could be proud to imitate that! Lord Bahar, Master Amir is beyond saying!

"Whoever they are, it's natural to make them take responsibility. If we capture Listig and hang him on torture, the facts will be clear. There's nothing wrong with that. If you do something wrong, it's the world's logic to be judged."

I'm done talking. Noel kneels again.

"Surely Noel is right. If we capture Listig, everything will be clear. If this is true, you have to give it what it deserves!

"Takeshi!

"Wilm, we're going to reclaim Rockbell first. You come with me. Don't you think the formation of the soldiers will be over soon?

"- Ha, ha!

"Gaddis, I'll leave you to defend the state capital, Madres! You will not be forgiven for two failures, and encourage your duties with all your heart!

"Or I'm in awe!

Wilm and Gadeis understand and salute.

"Cynthia, thank you so much for this time. Let's give him a reward after that. I hope you'll keep working for the coin bra."

"It's a waste of your time!

Cynthia gives a deep salute. The inside is filled with relief that it's finally over. This kind of air doesn't fit very well.

"And Noel, from what I've seen, he seems to be the bearer of insights inside. As long as you're good, I'll serve Coimbra as a ten man head like this. Regardless, I don't mind going back to the village and living back to normal. In that case, I'm going to give you a reward."

"Yes, thank you"

"Then you may step back today. It was great."

"Ha.... Shall we come, Master Cynthia"

When I take off my glasses and break my expression, I reach out to Cynthia. With graceful tricks, like inviting you to dance.

When Cynthia takes it on the praise side and stands up, they salute and exit.

Grohl, who dropped him off, accidentally blows out of anger forgetting what happened earlier.

"There are some strange daughters in the world. Don't you think so, Wilm?"

"... Yes. Seems like a human being of a nature I've never seen before. It's a long life."

"Besides, I have the courage to cross with you, the general. Is it not likely that wisdom will also work inside? She looks really funny."

"But let's never be alarmed more than we don't know our identity. I don't think that woman is just a villager in the end. I thought you might need to be careful for a while."

"Okay, okay, I think it's been a tough time for you."

Of the gavel, but Wilm is vigilant inside. It's easy to insult just a little girl. But I don't have a bad feeling about it. I feel like I'm spotting everything when I reached an unwarranted level that year. Yes, including the fact that Wilm is distracted.

If you live fifty years, you will also work some inquisitiveness. The eyes that see people are also nourished. That's what sets off the alarm so hard. Don't let the appearance of your little girl fool you. He said it was extremely likely that this guy was something wearing a person's skin.

(But I've spotted a lot of measures, and what can I do with ten people long? totally pointless even if your head works if it doesn't involve status)

Exhale deeply to exhale anxiety and regain your mind.

Yes, if you have to, you can take it in here. Seems like someone who can tell the story from what I've seen. It's a so-called contrivant temperament that emphasizes merit. A man of this kind will not be aboard a ship about to sink into misery. It's easier to handle than a man who values justice and righteousness.

The most troublesome thing is a man attached to hatred and jealousy. It doesn't make sense and makes things worse by doing all the extras. Yes, someone like Grohl the Taisei, for example.

Wilm looked at his Lord with a cold gaze, thinking about it.

"- That concludes the meeting. Keep in mind, everyone, that you will be out soon. The next battle, defeat will never be forgiven."

When they declare their dissolution, the ministers salute them and walk away quietly.

A sigh of relief, Elgar sitting next to him pulls Grohl off as he tries to go under Sarah, who is sick.

"... Father, I have one favor to ask you. Once in a lifetime."

"What's up, Elgar, change it that way. Besides, isn't it unusual for you to do something to me? Don't say it once, don't hesitate to say it. Whatever my father can do, let's make it happen."

Grohl, who went from Taishou to his father's expression, embarks happily on his son.

"If Noel was to serve a coin bra earlier, I'd like to have one of my men."

"Noel to your men?

"Yes, nothing else is needed. I want to make that one my subordinate. Once in a lifetime, Father."

Elgar wishes with a serious face.

I wanted it at all costs. The courage to slap the thief trying to capture himself with an iron hammer and try to escape even more.

And now, he looks like a staff officer who just mistook me for someone else. Which in the hell is the nature? I really wanted to know.

Unconsciously, I was falling in love. To that modus operandi and appearance like someone else apart from the appearance of brain weather.

"... then you don't have to be so desperate. Soon your wish will come true."

"What do you mean?

"You are the man who will inherit this coin bra. No, it would also be a good idea to rule this empire. When the time comes, all ministers will serve you. Including Noel."

"... Yes"

"There is no panic. You build yourself up and be a fine man no one can beat. By the time that day comes, we are going to remove all obstacles we can and lay the foundations for prosperity. I'll take on all the stigma and notoriety.... Yes, Elgar, you're the one who's going to change this coin bra for real."

That's what Grohl says and strokes Elgar's head hard. With a mixed look of readiness and giving up.

Elgar was silently accepting his father's hand after nodding yes.

"... what are you going to do? Just lie to Taisho! If you did it badly, you'd have gone to jail for the crime! Besides, I didn't expect you to say those words to Master Wilm! What the hell are you thinking!

After forcefully taking her to her room, Cynthia asks Noel. Wrinkles between the eyebrows, angry enough that blood vessels float in the temples.

"I haven't really thought about it."

"Don't reopen it, you idiot!!

(She's a really incredible woman! I didn't know the shards weren't nervous, even though they were in front of Taisho!

If I was desperate to introduce Noel, I would have lined up the lies. No one doubted it with a smooth mouthful and a less grand behavior.

By the way, Noel has already removed his glasses and also untied the hair he was wrapping up. He came up with something, and suddenly he makes a serious face when he smiles like a prank.

"Si, Cynthia Adrich, hundred. Sooo. This time, what are you doing with Sarah and Young Man?"

Noel, who imitates Cynthia's voice color and curls it with a quick mouth. It imitates to the gesture and reproduces brilliantly to the point of nervousness.

"Oh, is that meant to be my imitation! You big bastard!

Grabbing up the chest of his uniform with a bright red face, Noel's face gradually turns blue. I was obsessed with making fun of him and had lost track of the calculation to escape.

"Kuh, it's painful. Si, Cynthia, come on, I'm trying to help you get in trouble."

Noel trying to get his tongue out and delude him.

"Shut up, what's“ with ”!

"Guru, Guru"

Cynthia's anger is fogged as Noel poses as a surrender with both hands. It seems ridiculous that you are using your strength to be angry.

"... so what are you going to do!

"What are you gonna do, what?

"So, you mean, are you going into the army, like Taisho said, or are you going back to the village!

That's what I'm gonna say. I'm gonna let Noel go, and I'm gonna take a breath to calm down.

In the first place, it's just in the name of prostitutes and so on, and the Noels are more than sorry to help you with your escort assignment. Naturally, I'll give you the reward. If you want to join the army, you're not going to let everyone, including Noel, through.

To tell the truth, I want Noel to stay in the army like this. Though it's a troublesome, troublesome, overrun humanity of sorts, martial arts are real, and the head seems to work quite a bit. That's because I can't tell if I'm just kidding, or if it's a statement after I think about it.

If you ask him/her, he/she will wear "smarter glasses," so he/she must have said he/she was just having that attitude.

Just to be clear, Noel is a person I don't really understand. But she's the same woman, and from what I hear, she's only about four years away. Sometimes I get on with it, but it doesn't mean my personality is that bad either. One way or another, I'm wondering if you should stay like this.

"Hmm, I don't know what to do"

"I don't know what to do, you can do either."

"If you're going to be happy, you don't have to go anywhere."

"... ha. Think more seriously. It would be about me."

Cynthia is stunned. There are a lot of constraints if you join the army, but I don't have a problem eating. If the insurgency subsides, we will be able to live a relatively stable life. Even though my life is in danger.

"Hmm."

…………

If you're going back to the village, go back. I'm not going to hold back strongly. Because I know best the hard work of taking a sword with a woman.

From what I've heard, he wasn't originally born in that village, but settled on his journey. I asked him where he was born, but he didn't answer. I don't know. I was confused.

Either way, Noel must live a good life. This floating girl seems to be laughing easily under any circumstances.

"... hey, do you know how Cynthia can be happy?

Noel asks abruptly. I tried to laugh with my nose at what I was going to say, but I stop because it's a serious look.

"You think it's a way to be happy? It's also too vague and difficult."

"You've heard so far, eat well and sleep well, be great, make buddies and friends, get a glass of treasure, keep winning. There was another cup, but there was also a cup that I wondered if it was different. There's a lot of people who don't know."

I take the notebook out of my pocket and check it.

"Hmm, with me, I never thought about that, so I'm not sure."

"So what did Cynthia join the army for? Because you like to fight?

"It's not like I like fighting anything else. To inherit your family name and protect your honor as a knight."

There was no such thing as wanting to protect the people or the state. It was only for myself at the time. Now he's rethinking his mind and trying to do what he wants for the state of Coimbra, and for the people. Because that would be the knight.

"When you do, can you be happy?

"... no, it's not like that"

I wouldn't have inherited my family name if I hadn't joined the army as a knight. That's why I'm in the army when I say I'm a woman, and I'm waving swords and stuff.

He followed his training desperately, even when ridiculed or ridiculed by his surroundings.

Maybe I could have protected my pride and honor, except that made me happy.

I'm not sure what happiness is in the first place. Being tied to someone you love, having kids, having a warm family? Then you didn't have to be a knight or something. Why do I have a sword? Put your arms together and ask yourself.

"Maybe Cynthia doesn't know either?

"... hmm. What is happiness? It seems to be an easy and surprisingly difficult issue. Sorry, I still don't get it."

"Oh well. Shall we look together, then? If we all look, we'll find him."

That's what Noel comes up with.

"But me and you, we just met."

"It doesn't matter how long. What matters is hanging up, hanging up. That's what happened before."

Come on. Shake your right hand and urge Noel. Cynthia thinks as she looks at the hand.

"... what's important is hanging up,"

"Yeah. Oh, but I have to win as much as I can. Nice to meet you. What the hell, yeah, that's the one who always wins and loses. The goal has to be big."

"Well, you've come a long way from always winning and losing. You said you'd keep winning, it's not that easy. In the first place, it's always undefeated, and immature people like us can easily say it in good language."

"So let's work together. Hey, Captain Cynthia."

I'm going to blow it out not too effortlessly. He's really brain-weather. Again, this one is vegan, and the earlier appearance must have been an act. It must be all because of those glasses. That's what he said in person.

- With you.

"Yes. Let's both strive for constant victory and undefeated. First of all, General Hundred Wins, two hundred winning squads together."

…………

Show me your white teeth and Noel will try to put them away.

It's ridiculous, but I didn't think it was that bad. Then there's nothing in the way of taking this hand. Indeed, a larger number of people would be easier to find. I don't know exactly what I would do, but I understand that the point would be to want to be friends.

Cynthia nodded once and shook Noel's right hand back. Superiors and subordinates, I don't know about being friends, but I don't care about the details. Because that's what Noel looks like.

"... thank you very much"

"Yeah, keep winning together and be happy!

Cynthia laughed bitterly as she thought it was like a killer complaint in this one's story.

And reminds me of what I need to do. If you say so, now would be the best time.

"... one thing I forgot to mention"

"Is something wrong?

"Though it's a success, it's true that you helped me. That, that, uh, for once, I appreciate it. Yeah."

"Uh, don't worry about it."

"That's not why! I'm serious..."

"Oh well. Then you can care all the time. I'm not in any trouble."

Noel smiled and popped out with his glasses clenched.

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