Unmotivated Hero's Tale

"So what is the scale?

Yui quickly switched his mind and asked for Ernst.

"Your report, Kreha, says the number is about fifty. The contents almost look like mercenary crumbs. Some of the Gorotsky people in our army seem to be pulled out, but more than that, the problem is that there are about two magicians mixed with the wind and the flames."

Kreha still continues his Tarim surveillance assignment under the Strategic Department.

Ernst read out a report sent by her like that.

"Warlord...... I'd like to ask you one thing: which part of the mountain is the Demon Stone Workshop in the Crosseon Mountains?

I have a bad feeling about the composition of the rebels, including magicians, and Yui asks that early in the arrow.

"Workshop? Basically, the Demon Stone only excavates from the top of Crosseon, so I think it was built around the middle belly of the mountain."

That answer emanating from Ernst's mouth.

If you listen to it, Yui will have the worst assumption in mind.

"... sir, what are you worried about?

"Luckily, the Kingsguard of Wangdu has withheld thirty horsemen. I don't think you need to worry about anything."

Clary and Caince were each wondering about Yui's concerns.

When it comes to Kingsguard of the Wang capital, it is assumed to be equivalent to five horsemen of a single horsemen.

That's why they thought it would not be a battle at all with about fifty men mixed with mercenaries.

"Clary, do you understand the conditions for success of this rebellion for Tarim?

"Well, are you about to kill the princess or take her hostage?"

"Right. When it comes to rebellion, the Tarims don't have enough power to wage rebellion against the kingdom. For example, they will eventually have no choice but to exile to the Kelm Empire or the Rhindle Kingdom, the first time their victory has worked so well. That's why the immediate goal would be the murder or kidnapping of a princess who would be a souvenir. So on the contrary, what do you think are the winning conditions for the princesses?

"Well, we'll either destroy them all or get rid of them."

In response to Yui's inquiry, Clary replies promptly without putting her hair in between.

"Exactly. If so, the Kingsguard must deal with all the rebels while protecting the princess, but the rebels should only aim at the princess. This is a big handful. And the rebels who took the lead will probably put up a fight in a situation that gives them an advantage."

"What is that, Mr. Isterz?

When what was on the spot looked at each other to find answers, Ernst, on behalf of the other, asked him one cough.

"Baked... it is. So the situation contends for a moment. Prepare the entire army for battle immediately."

"Apparently, you've hit it here too."

Currently two workshop staff with both hands tied and abandoned.

Before that, Elise nods one satisfactorily.

A production workshop for demonic stones that serve as a variety of power sources.

It stood between the trees in the midbelly of the Crosseon Mountains.

The demonic stones produced here are supposed to be sold to Wang Du, etc. as originally a specialty of Carlin City. However, according to materials from Yui's investigation, nearly half of them had been found flowing into the Tarims' nostalgia.

"Dear Elise, is it time to go down the mountain?

"… well, then gather the books that will prove the physical evidence and the slips that prove that some of them have been leaked. If we can confirm that, we'll be right down the hill."

Elise had a satisfying grin that her original purpose had been achieved.

However, the fact that the actual sidestream is taking place here means that the contents of the material Yui has thrown are true.

For this reason, on the other hand, delighted with the settlement of the case, there was also an unequivocal sense of resistance somewhere behind that grin.

Thus, under Elise, we gathered all the physical evidence of the case and tried to give instructions for its return.

Suddenly, I heard the Kingsguards panic from outside the workshop.

"It's a mountain fire!

The Kingsguard, who jumped inside in a hurry from outside the workshop, screams and reports in an unlimited voice.

"Oh my God!

Get a report. No, Lute flies out in a hurry.

Aynce, who was also holding back by Elise, confirmed that as she headed to the workshop window, a firehand would push from around her.

"Definitely. Fire! Prepare to escape immediately."

When he shouts so, Eince gives instructions to the squire around him immediately, so that he can force those who are upset to stand up and evacuate them together outside the workshop.

That's how Elise jumped out of the workshop and saw the stormy flame walls that broke out surrounding the workshop.

"Is there an escape route?

"I don't know. Except for the eight Kingsguards I've left for escort right now, they're all searching for a perimeter escape route."

"All right, as soon as we can confirm the escape route, we'll make a forced descent."

When Lute gives the instructions, the Kingsguard who responded will also rush out to find a weak spot in the flames.

Let's say Elise is a woman with a strong core in general.

But still, she was only a seventeen-year-old girl, whose legs were completely dull by the momentum of the surrounding flames that burned up as if they were walls.

Seeing her like that, Aynce sweeps a bucket of water right back into the cabin and hits the princess as she does.

"Excuse me, Master Elise. But you are a good woman who drips water even at times like this...... so are you ready?

To the words of Eince, Elise takes me back.

And while still shaking its feet, it managed to walk on its own feet.

"... thank you, Eince. So you don't have to be a good man?

Tapping lightly toward Eince, Elise manages to regain her mind.

And when she encouraged many times those of her squire who could not hide the upset, she urged the soldiers under her command to prepare to escape.

"I report, the downhill route to the foot seems to have a somewhat weak flame momentum. There will be no other way than to try to descend from this route."

At the stage where one of the Kingsguards reported so, Lute immediately turns to Elise and looks back.

"As reported. I'm going to ask you to run right through to the foot."

"Okay. So, what about the captains?

"Of course we will accompany you, but things will dispute for a moment. Elise and Aynth should try to descend the mountain first, taking the four Kingsguards first. I'll have four more Kingsguards attached as a rear guard, so please start descending immediately!

At the same time Lute's voice is spoken, the soldiers of the inflexible Kingsguard surround Elise.

"... ok. Captain, the other squire, please."

"I'll take care of it. It is my mission to get everyone down the mountain safely. Don't worry, we will be going down the mountain sequentially following the first Elise... then go before the flames get any stronger"

A powerful nod to Lute's words, Elise begins her descent as she chooses a relatively well-scaffolded path, accompanied by the Eins.

At that time, they hadn't even noticed.

That there is an invisible shadow behind the burning flames that keeps following Elise's figure.