Chapter 53 – Episode 53 – Finally Arrived!
“I finally see you.”
As Ariana said, the forest began to come into view. After crossing a gentle hill, a huge forest with vegetation appeared.
It was a lactone forest with demons. From the high terrain, villages next to the forest are also visible. So far, she has not been harmed by the beast, but she has been banned from entering the forest, she said. However, if we leave it as it is, we cannot rule out the possibility that someday the monster will come out of the forest and harm the villagers.
“The monsters are in the forest so you can’t see them, but it’s a battlefield from now on. Everyone, from this moment on, don’t relax! Got it?!”
“Yes!”
The knights responded vigorously to Ariana’s command. There are magic beasts in that dark forest…
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We haven’t entered the forest yet, but set up camp outside the forest. While the regular soldiers were building barracks for the knights, I went to Ray and helped build the barracks.
Rey and other support personnel do not enter the forest. He was tasked with monitoring the war situation outside the forest, supplying food, and taking care of wounded soldiers. It was the elite knights who entered the Lactone Forest.
After helping Ray, I found Ryze on my way back to the commander’s barracks.
“Vice-captain.”
“Ah. Is it Daron?”
It was different from the time when he showed an excited face every time he saw me. Sex with me was also important, but he said that he should pay more attention to the battle later than to show that attitude now. He was also a knight.
“What is it?”
“You look pretty serious today. Haven’t you made an expression like a bitch whenever you see me lately?”
“Hmm, hmm. Daron. I am also a knight.”
“Are you saying you can’t do anything with a dick?”
“Daron. Can’t you watch it now?”
If I put my dick in, I think I’ll die again. Ryze seemed to know that too, but he looked like he was going to collapse again. As the situation is the situation, it seems that it has been a long time since I brought out the chivalry that was covered because of me.
It’s not like I always wanted Ryze to be lascivious. I also need to focus on fighting the Witchbeast from now on. I really didn’t want to get fucked after teasing a dick for a dick.
“That’s not why I talked to the vice-captain.”
“Then for what reason?”
“I need some help.”
Please help?
No.
“Will you listen? No, since you obey my words, you must listen unconditionally.”
“Knowing… That’s right. After all, I am yours. Just… Just say it.”
Ryze spoke in an uncharacteristically shy way, and she gave me a soft smile.
Even if you said that earlier, if you ask to go eat rice cake right away, she is the woman who will give you a pussy right away. Now her words were law to her. Come to think of it, I didn’t tell Ryze that I had regressed. She doesn’t have much time, so there’s no need to tell her now.
“Rise. Shall we meet later in the barracks near the command post?”
“Yes. So I was just on my way.”
“Let me have some too.”
“Hmm? Daron you?”
“At this rate, it could get fucked.”
The Gold Eagle Knights were able to defeat the Demonic Beasts only after suffering enormous damage. I know that the monsters escaped even out of the forest and there were casualties among the villagers. First, you need to get information from within command. After that, if something happens that I can judge, I just need to sneak it out to Ariana. Even if she says it doesn’t work, so does Ryze. It’s my dick, but since he’s the vice-captain, he’ll have a lot of influence.
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Ryze and I entered the headquarters’ barracks first. There were soldiers and knights, so I didn’t have a private conversation with Ryze. There were people who wondered why I had come here, but no one opened their mouths because the deputy commander brought me here.
After hearing the strong salute of the soldiers guarding the front, a yellow-haired female knight enters. And then a silver haired woman comes in.
It was Asabel Silve, the princess who wore the tuft for this expedition.
“Meet Her Highness, the Princess.”
Ryze saluted first, and the other knights followed suit. I also roughly followed.
“Oh, isn’t this the person Ariana Commander is teaching?”
Asabel’s eyes seemed to catch me first. She hadn’t expected that even the princess would participate in the meeting. If she thought a little deeper, she would have known that the princess would come too, but I was a bit short.
“Daron. Why are you here?”
Knight Commander Ariana didn’t know what to do about me being here. He cares about me, but even so, it didn’t suit me to be in a position like this. Because I’m just a soldier.
“I brought them.”
“The vice-captain?”
Ryze looks at me. I didn’t leave the explanation to me. I said I would explain myself. Anyway, it was better for me to say it than for Ryze.
“I asked the vice-captain.”
I came up with an excuse I had prepared.
“Because no one knows the Witchbeast as much as I do.”
It was a look of disbelief in everyone’s words. No matter how confident a single soldier speaks, it will surely look ridiculous. Even Ariana, whom I could trust, was taken aback.
Silence fell for a moment. It was cute how Ryze rolled her eyes here and there and looked at her between me and Ariana.
“Daron. Is that your name?”
“Yes. Her Highness the Princess.”
The one who broke the heavy atmosphere was none other than Princess Asabel. The highest-ranking woman in this place came forward herself. I hurriedly got down on her knees and bowed her head. Since he was a soldier, he had to be as low as possible when talking to the princess.
“You can stand comfortably.”
“Thank you.”
A delighted smile hangs over my lips as I show my loyalty. This is the first conversation I have with Asabel. It seems to have started off well.
“Daron. You said you knew a lot about the Witchbeast, right?”
“Yes.”
“Is that why you came here to help?”
“That’s right. Receiving permission from the vice-captain doesn’t mean you’ve violated military law, but it’s true that you don’t know how to do it.”
It will even look cheesy. If anyone looked down on me, I could have punished them for ignoring their superiors, that is, insulting their superiors. Ariana will protect you though.
“I know it is very rude.”
“You seem to know that it’s rude.”
“Yes. However, if I could have a little more courage and minimize the damage to our knights and soldiers. I was willing to do that.”
It’s not for me.
It’s for everyone.
Even if I said it, it was pretentious, but it was true. The Gold Eagle Knights, which are also the knights represented by Ariana and Ryze, and will play an active role in the war against the demon king in the future, should not lose their strength here.
“Are you saying you’re really knowledgeable about the Witchbeast enough to be confident?”
“Yes.”
“How can a mere soldier know well about the Witchbeast?”
That’s because we’ve been at war for years in the previous episode. At the same time as fighting the demons, there were many times when he fought against the beasts they controlled. That’s why I didn’t catch a lot of demons myself, but I had seen them, so I knew various miscellaneous things such as their weaknesses and habits.
And this knowledge was widely known only after the end of the war. Currently, there is not much research on magic beasts, so I am the most outstanding magic beast expert.
“I learned from following a monster hunter in the past.”
“Beast hunter?”
“You wouldn’t know. It is a very rare profession.”
That’s why I’ve returned—I can’t confidently say that, so I mixed up the gura. There was no way to confirm whether it was true or not, and there was no time. In any case, the moment I prove that I actually know well about the Witchbeast, it becomes true.
“Captain Ariana.”
“Yes, Her Highness the Princess.”
“Are you the one raising it? Are you trustworthy?”
“Until now, you have never lied to me.”
Ariana’s evaluation of me was high as expected. She asked a question, and an affirmative answer came back. Therefore, Princess Asabel will give me a chance.
“Okay. I’ll assume you’re knowledgeable about witch beasts.”
“Thank you.”
“If you are of great help in this expedition, I will give you a prize. But… If it was mocking me with shallow knowledge for the sake of success…”
In a way, it can be seen as an intention to look good to high-ranking people. That’s why Asabel warns me with terrifying eyes.
“The price will surely have to be paid.”
“… All right.”
Are you saying that I like myself?
That you are good
“Now then, shall we start the meeting?”
When the princess allowed me to attend, she couldn’t throw up on anyone. The princess and her high-ranking knights began to sit on chairs one by one. Of course, there was no seat for me, so I had to participate while standing up.
“Then let’s begin.”
Ariana took out her prepared parchment and spread it out on the table. This time she was a map of the entire lactone forest she had to conquer. As Ariana begins her explanation, I listen in silence as I scan the terrain of the Lactone Forest.
