Chapter 436 – 436. Epilogue (4)
– One –
“Mr. Slammer. Are you leaving?”
“Umm… I was going to leave quietly… But, I guess I forgot that it was useless for you guys.”
“…I’m sorry, in many ways…”
“No. Where do you have anything to be sorry for me?”
Slammer and Margarita face each other and smile.
Wrote.
It was bitter.
“Where are you going?”
“Perhaps I’m going to go to the Regal’s territory or the territory of his retainers. Even the emperor’s eyes won’t reach there, and maybe I’ll see an opportunity and create an opportunity to rescue my friends.”
“…”
Margarita’s eyes get wet.
It must be because Slammer seemed to be risking the rest of his life to repay the favor he had received just once.
“… Thank you…”
She thanks Slammer in a hoarse voice.
Swoop.
Slammer shakes his head.
“If I help in rescuing a close friend, and even if the rescue is successful, then I will accept thanks. Thinking of a close friend who is going through a hard time, I can’t accept it out of conscience right now…”
“…”
Margarita fully understood his feelings.
Swoop.
Slammer turns around.
Turn your back on the community’s second stronghold.
Jerk, jerk, jerk.
Take a step
To the north.
To the north.
“I’ll go and get it ready. Whatever it is.”
“Yes…”
“If you decide you need my help in rescuing your best friend, don’t hesitate to find me.”
“Yes yes…”
“Please pass on my regards to others.”
“Huh… Yes…”
Barr rrr.
Tick, drop, drop.
Margarita bursts into tears as her shoulders tremble.
But Slammer didn’t look back.
It must be because Margarita assumed that she could not be ignorant of the fact that there was dew in his eyes as well.
– 2 –
“Should we keep our distance from them?”
“They, ah… Mrs. Eisdope and her…”
“Yes, Smirnoff.”
“Um…”
Smirnoff is silent at Mondavi’s question.
It must be because she didn’t want to predict the intention of her question.
“Are you anxious?”
“That’s human nature, isn’t it? If you’re deeply frustrated, you’ll find something to resent. Even though you know well that there’s no connection between the two in a rational way, you do that just to release the feelings that stem from resentment. “
“…”
Smirnoff gives her a pitiful look.
Looking at her in deep disbelief in her humanity, he didn’t know what to say.
“I’m against the gunman’s opinion.”
Sinatra interrupts their conversation.
As if trying to appeal as much as possible to the fact that it was not an emotional decision, she was showing a sign of prudence.
“Why, Sinatra?”
“First, their feelings may have subsided somewhat now.”
“Okay. There’s no impulsive attack on us, is this?”
“Yes.”
“And what?”
Swoop.
Mondavi turns towards her.
As Mondavi begins to show interest, Sinatra refines his words more carefully.
It was because Sinatra was well aware that Mondavi still suffered from fear of them, and that he sometimes had nightmares because of it.
“Second, Jack and Daniel have already declared their permanent solidarity with them.”
“If those who are in solidarity with our allies become uncomfortable with us, it will be bothersome in many ways.”
“That’s right. We didn’t do anything wrong to them in the first place, and they didn’t do anything wrong to us, so there’s no reason to be uncomfortable or avoid them.”
“Is there a third?”
“Sure.”
Seed profit.
Sinatra laughs.
This must be because Mondavi was convinced that she would accept her own views.
“Finally, they have what we lack most: force. And to a transcendent level.”
“That’s right…”
Mondavi’s face hardens.
Get tired of white
Do you remember that day?
Burrrr
Mondavi even made her shudder.
However, as if he thought it was my tea, Sinatra did not pick up the words he had uttered.
“No matter how much money we spend from now on, it is unreasonable to train our alliance members into regular soldiers. Most of our alliance members grew up under malnutrition, so they are physically at a really bad level. See, they are obviously weaker than those who grew up well fed.”
“Um… That’s probably the case.”
“In order to raise a proper army, there is no choice but to receive a large number of men and children from outside, or to feed and raise the children of the alliance members well. But then what do we do? Modern warfare is not waged by infantry alone, and the commander knows that too well. No matter how hard he trains strong soldiers, it is obvious that the magicians will annihilate them all with just a few carpet bombings with joint chanting.”
“Ugh… I’m not going to say it too blatantly,”
Sinatra raises his eyebrows.
Let’s look at Mondavi with stern eyes, and Mondavi turns his head quietly.
“So, don’t waste your money on training troops, and build friendships with them!”
“Yes…”
Choo Woo-wook.
Mondavi droops his shoulders.
When the policy of nurturing strong soldiers, which she led, was dismissed as useless, she seemed rather discouraged.
“Uh… By any chance, is there any reason not to get close to them?”
Robert, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, interjected cautiously.
Seeing Mondavi scolded by Sinatra, she seemed uncomfortable with him.
“I think it’s too dangerous to be with them. They are powerful, but at the same time they are the ones we can never control. There’s no way I can do anything about it. So, it’s a relationship where I have to rely on their mercy, so how can I blindly want to be close to them?”
“…”
Silence returns.
Everyone looks at him with surprised eyes.
“Wow, wow…”
Sinatra is shocked.
Perhaps feeling the same way, Smirnoff looks at him with his eyes wide open.
“…Is that Robert’s older brother…?”
Mondavi is distrustful.
“Eh, eh…?”
Robert looks back at everyone with blank eyes.
Then,
“Ah…That stupid expression…That’s right, Robert.”
“You’re suddenly getting smarter, so you were worried about eating something wrong, Robert.”
“I was genuinely horrified to learn that someone had infiltrated this place with your skin covered. Please refrain from doing so.”
Everyone added a word with a relaxed expression.
“Ugh…”
Choo Woo-wook.
Robert drops his head with a hurt face.
Food.
Foot.
The appearance was cute and funny, and everyone laughed out loud.
The wound in his heart gets deeper.
“Thank you for your kind comments, brother Robert.”
“Oh, no, what…”
Robert blushes at him.
Buck buck buck.
Scratching the back of the head with a full face.
It was easy enough for anyone to see that he was desperately rolling his head to impress Mondavi.
“You’re right, Robert. I’m worried about that. And the root cause of that concern is the lack of trust in them.”
“Yes…”
“But it’s also true, as Sinatra said, that they are essential to us. No matter how dangerous they are.”
“That’s right.”
“Then…”
Swoop.
Mondavi looks back at everyone.
Make eye contact with each one.
“Maybe we can build trust with them.”
“It’s going to be a difficult job, but it’s a must-do, Chief.”
Sinatra supports her decision.
Smirnoff nodded his head silently as if he had no disagreement.
Robert always followed her opinion, so he didn’t even have to ask.
“Then, how do we build trust? Shall we put our heads together?”
They start having an intense conversation.
Unlike before, their discussions proceeded very smoothly, as if the education of Sinatra and the Tennessee brothers had finally begun to shine.
Seeing that, Sinatra secretly felt joy in her.
– 3 –
“My husband…Today with a girl…”
Chiba twists her body shyly.
Braid the bibi
But,
“Hmm. It looks like it’s going to be a bit difficult today. It’s not easy to make time because of the post-war processing. Please understand.”
Regal politely but clearly declines.
Choo Woo-wook.
Her shoulders droop
In an instant, it is stained with disappointment.
Again.
Her pupils rotate in an unusual trajectory.
Both eyes start playing separately.
It was bizarre.
Regal had to try not to frown upon seeing it.
“If you come…”
She mumbles with her head hanging.
To hear her words, Regal quietly listened to her.
“Is it okay if I play with him…?”
Regal’s expression hardened.
Slap!
He turns her head quickly.
He stares at her
The only thing that catches his eye is the top of her head.
“If you’re talking about him, are you referring to the experimental subject you captured this time?”
However, he was able to observe her desires clearly, so he could clearly see what kind of desire she had.
What she emitted was a vivid color of destruction.
“It is so, sir.”
She answered very clearly.
Regal struggled to calm her goosebumps as ominous thoughts raced through her mind.
“No! I will never allow him and his wife to meet face-to-face!”
Kuz i.E.
Rumble.
Chiba takes a bite of the flesh inside her mouth.
The fishy taste of blood lingers.
A sense of betrayal and sadness dominates her mind.
“Uh, why…”
Swoop.
She raises her head
The moment she tried to argue with Regal by pouring out her regrets,
“Eh, eh…?”
She couldn’t help but widen her eyes as she looked into Regal’s face.
It was because his face was white.
“Boo, Boo…? Are you okay…?”
“It’s absolutely not possible to meet him…! He, he…!”
Regal was seized with fear.
Gulp.
Chiba swallows her dry saliva and watches his mouth.
“You’re a madman! You’re absolutely not normal…!”
“Yes…?”
Chiba’s head tilted.
It was a completely incomprehensible reaction, so she tried to ask for more details.
However,
Squeak.
Tup.
As Regal grabs her shoulders, she covers her mouth.
His hand gestures were deeply imbued with the intention of dissuading him.
“Ma’am…”
“Yes, yes, my husband…♡”
Doo-kung, doo-kung, doo-kung, doo-kung.
Her heart starts beating wildly.
It must have been because he had felt Regal’s body for the first time in a long time.
“I earnestly ask you, never run into him…”
“Do you know why?”
“No, no! You don’t need to know! He’s just, he’s so fucking insane, don’t ever, ever think about running into him!”
“…”
A look of dissatisfaction flickers in Chiba’s eyes.
Haaaaa
Regal sighs.
His brows were furrowed, as if he were recalling a memory he did not want to recall.
He reluctantly opens his mouth.
“Ma’am.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Have you met Brora lately?”
“Teacher, no, Sir Brora? Come to think of it…”
Swoop.
Chiba puts her index finger to her lips.
Rolling her eyes, she ponders.
“It’s been a very long time since I’ve seen Sir Brora, sir.”
“Then I don’t know why she doesn’t show up?”
“It is.”
Haaa…
He let out a long sigh.
Squeak.
He takes her into his arms
Pat, pat, pat.
Doo-kung, doo-kung, doo-kung.
To the sound of her heartbeat, give her a gentle pat on the back.
It was like soothing a frantic child.
“She’s having a nervous breakdown.”
“Yes yes…?”
Chiba rolls her eyes and is horrified.
A nervous breakdown was not an uncommon mental illness, so she knew its definition well.
However, it was too difficult for Chiba to relate it to Brora.
Because, in Chiba’s opinion, there was no one more unsuited to the word nervous breakdown than Bro La.
“Sir, do you mean nervous breakdown…?”
“Yes. Don’t you believe your wife?”
“Yes, I do… Sir Brora, that a woman as bold as your master has a nervous breakdown… Does she make sense of that…?”
“That’s what I said…But…I’m on the verge of having a nervous breakdown because of him…”
“Your husband… Is that the same?”
Chiba looks at her regal with her eyes in disbelief.
Regal nods her head without saying a word, not hiding her weary look.
A deep sigh seemed to escape from his slow nod.
“Why would I lie to you?”
“Ha, ha… He’s just an insignificant, insignificant test subject, isn’t he just like a beast…?”
“…”
Regal looks at her with her eyes as if she doesn’t know how to explain it.
In fact, he couldn’t open his mouth easily.
Woo woo…
Tok, tok, tok.
He silently patted her on the back for a while.
This time it must have been her gesture to vent her own frustration, rather than appease her.
After a while, he struggles to open his mouth.
“As the wife said, he’s just a test subject. But the problem is that he’s very special and troublesome.”
“… That word…”
Swoop.
Regal gently pushes her away.
“Ah…”
Chiba unknowingly bursts into a sigh.
I can’t hide my regret
Regal pretends not to know it, and she meets her eyes.
For her sake, she felt a deep regret for not being able to capture her saintess.
Soon, she hides it deep in her heart.
Calm her mind.
“I can’t do anything about him.”
“Why do you mean? Why don’t you brainwash more powerfully than usual, and throw it away when it’s broken?”
“I can’t. He’s an experimental body of unprecedented use, and there’s no guarantee that we’ll find a replacement. Also, he doesn’t know how much his wife paid for his capture.”
“Ah…”
As if Chiba finally remembered that fact, she nodded her head with a blank expression.
Judging from that, it seemed that her regal corporal punishment left her with more than just her strabismus.
In order not to let out a sigh of guilt over her, Regal had to brace her gums.
Instead of letting her sigh, he quickly followed up with a complaint disguised as an explanation to satisfy her curiosity.
“Besides, brainwashing doesn’t work. Neither the technology of the first generation nor the technology of the second generation.”
“Oh, that’s ridiculous! How can people endure that?!”
Swoop, Swoop.
Regal shakes her head.
It was a feeble gesture.
“I don’t know. No matter how much brainwashing spells the warlocks cast, he’s not affected by it. It’s almost as if he’s never been brainwashed…”
“That…”
“So we have no choice but to torture him and break his spirit.”
“And do you mean he can stand it?”
Whoops, whoops.
Again, Regal shakes her head.
As if the frustration had doubled, his nodding of his head became heavier.
“How can a person withstand Brora’s torture techniques?”
“Ha, ha come…?”
“Every time Bro La brings an instrument of torture to him, he lunges at it as if he’d die. Doesn’t he seem well aware of how useful he is to us?”
“That’s right…”
“Do you think that’s all? He went mad to die. If his life is lost, he says that the money, time, and soldiers I invested in the North will all be wasted in vain. He even threatens him. That’s why Brora can’t do this or that, just staring at him and bursting into rage. Since that situation has been repeated for several days, she has no choice but to suffer from a nervous breakdown…”
Chiba opens her mouth.
Because her eyes had become strabismic, it was very difficult to find a firearm like before in her face.
“That-that-that-that-that-you must be a crazy person…”
Chiba’s face also shows a tired look.
The faces of the couple were identical.
“Other than that, I won’t say anything… Every time I try to have a conversation, I don’t waste my feces in front of you, how good my resistance to drugs is, and I’m fine the next day even after soaking it in lethal doses of drugs. I really hate people. He makes me do it. Besides, do you know how quick he is? He knows how useful he is from the beginning, so it’s been a long time since the threat of killing him didn’t work. No, to be precise, it didn’t work from the beginning…”
Roaring.
Regal’s eyes burn.
It was not an expression of will or desire.
It was clear that it was only because of resentment.
“Haven’t I hidden from my wife what the post-war processing is that there’s a lot of piles up? Now, I’ll tell you clearly that this happened. It’s all because of him. Because he went mad and was uncooperative, he was enslaved to produce food. I can’t manage it in time, and it’s getting harder to recover the financial difficulties within the territory. If we continue like this, we can’t meet the repayment schedule of the loan interest, and the territory is on the verge of bankruptcy in the near future. It’s like running around…”
“My God… Boo, Boo…”
Chiba’s eyes are moist.
It must be because he clearly realized that he had misunderstood Regal.
Squeak.
Took.
Chiba falls into Regal’s arms.
Woo woo woo.
Full of regret, hug him tightly.
I sincerely hope that the pressure he is under is relieved even a little.
“I don’t even know that my husband is having such a hard time, and I feel very guilty because the girl only complains…”
“No, don’t do that. I’m sorry for being me. I’m too distracted, I couldn’t understand your wife’s feelings. It’s not that I hated her or hated her so I avoided her.”
“Boss…”
Chiba puts her ear to his chest.
Hearing the pulsation of Regal’s heart, she feels a sense of security beyond her words.
“Please wait just a little while longer, just a few more days. Once you’ve settled the urgent debt that’s due in a few days, then you’ll be able to spend time with your wife comfortably.”
“I understand, consort. The girl follows the concubine’s words and will wait with care.”
She gently closes her eyes.
Regal smiled softly,
“Huh.”
“Howup.”
Come on.
She kisses her and her
By acting boldly in the torture chamber, Monohorn was turning the sole duke of the Empire into a mere creditor.
