Chapter 126 – Episode 125. Call My Name (2)
So, Astrid… If you call it, it’s Astrid von Mitterien, whom Leopold has known from the beginning.
And Asti… If you call—
“Asti.”
“Yes.”
“Astrid.”
“Your Highness, it’s time to stop testing—”
“Asti.”
“Stop it, please.”
“Astrid.”
“Majesty!”
This was more fun than I thought.
It definitely smells.
Others didn’t know, but at least the way he spoke, the tone, and the atmosphere were enough to tell Leopold whether this Astrid was real or the Astrid he had a good time with.
In fact, it wasn’t difficult at all, since it was her experiment, Astrid’s body initiative was changing depending on how Leopold called her, so to speak, by her title.
If you call it Asti, it becomes a fake Astrid.
If you call me Astrid, the real Astrid.
Take control of your body.
Why didn’t I notice this sooner?
Didn’t you notice this
What Ashley doesn’t know is medicine.
Only Leopold decided to know about this fact.
Vera Shien also looks interesting, she said that only she would know, but that’s something she doesn’t know.
However, there was no need to worry, as few people would believe it even if it was disclosed without evidence, and it could not be proven.
“… So, that means you don’t even know Astain’s true identity.”
Leopold was lost in thought.
Berasien tells stories like this, so easily, but it’s rather strange.
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She hit the monster’s head with the shield on her left arm.
Violet knew very well from her experiences so far that humanoid monsters have weaknesses similar to humans.
As proof of that, this monster that hit her on the side of the head also had a glimmer of light in its eyes, and didn’t its legs loosen up?
“Where?”
She grabbed her head with her shield-clad hand and struck her in the neck with an axe.
The sound of flesh being torn and the feeling of tearing tendons and muscles were heard and felt at the same time, and the monster’s head separated from its body.
“A lot.”
Violet wiped the sweat from her face as she kicked the weakly collapsing torso and threw her head away.
Ten days.
It’s over ten days.
During that time, the cadets, who were isolated in the academy, along with the instructors, were intercepting the pouring monsters.
As ever, a bloody curtain hung over the sky, and it became a wall that no one could come in and out of.
“Violet, are you okay?”
“Huh.”
Emily, whom I have become quite close with now.
Unlike Violet, who is a physical person, Emily stretched out her shoulder to Emily, who showed signs of exhaustion, and Emily leaned on Violet’s shoulder without hesitation.
“What do you think?”
“It’s still what.”
Since Emily is a wizard, her mental exhaustion must be far greater than her physical exhaustion.
Her Violet sat her on her half-broken bench near her as she carefully supported her.
Emily, too, did not resist and sat down on her bench as Violet’s hand led her.
“Are you not making any progress?”
Violet’s question was directed at Emily, but her answer came from Violet’s back instead.
“Sorry, but not yet.”
Hearing that voice, Violet turned around and opened her eyes to Emily, who was leaning back on her bench and letting out a long sigh.
“Instructor.”
Giant man.
In his first class, he had a demonstration sparring with Astrid, but was instead overwhelmed by Astrid, the knight school instructor, Variant.
“How is it?”
“It is bearable.”
The situation was neither too bad nor too good.
Even if they were monsters, they weren’t that much of a threat in the academy, the cradle of knight training in Einhafen.
However, the number of them is high, and even if they are killed, they continue to appear somewhere, so it is rather painful that the battle continues without ending.
Rest.
What was needed now, what was so desperately needed, was rather a break.
“Right now, the magic science professors are doing their best to find a way to break it, so please hold on a little longer.”
“No problem.”
The first problem is that there is no commitment,
The second problem is that there is no rest.
The dead are appearing one by one, and the food secured inside the academy is also decreasing.
“I don’t know where on earth these monsters came from… “
It wasn’t uncommon for monsters to appear.
As the large-scale war called the Unification War continued for several years, the information about these monsters was somewhat blurred, but records of monsters that occasionally appeared from the past remained, and the cadets who graduated from this academy were assigned to some local knights to fight monsters and fight monsters. He also took on the role of protecting the city.
So, it’s not that the appearance of the monster itself is miraculous, but if it means that it appeared on such a large scale at the academy right next to the heart of the empire, it’s a bit different.
Same time.
“I know what witchcraft is. But the important thing is not how to break it.”
Kreuz sat on a simple throne in the field tent, snapped his fingers, and stared at the bloody curtain that covered the academy.
He has already been tested several times.
He tried dropping anti-magic up there, bringing an anti-siege tank and shooting projectiles the size of the beams of the imperial castle, aiming for collapse, but even that didn’t work.
Instead of being shocked and nullifying it, as soon as the pouring magic projectiles or physical projectiles touch it, they disappear without even a shape.
Creutz was frustrated at heart, but patiently waited for the soldiers debating among themselves in the tent to come to a conclusion.
Being a commander doesn’t always make the right decisions.
Offer a silent vote, present our strategy to achieve that goal,
Are there any problems with that strategy?
Is there anything better than that strategy.
What to do to implement that strategy.
He patiently waited for the role of his subordinates to decide these things.
If it’s too late, he’ll have to wait again, but that’s what field commanders are like.
But still no sharp numbers come out.
People can’t access it, so it’s dismissed to go in directly.
Even if I dropped the great magic, it was invalid, so that was also dismissed.
Even if I tried shooting a physical projectile, it was invalid, so that was also dismissed.
What is left now?
It’s hard to judge.
I had never seen anything like this even during the Unification War.
“Your majesty.”
An officer in charge of maintaining the spire of the field army approached and knelt before Kreuz.
Since it is just a field tent without an audience room, there is no cumbersome protocol, so communication is fast.
“Report.”
“Her Highness the Archduke Wolfgang von Mitterien and the magic tower Weizik von Georgien are said to be arriving soon.”
“Okay? I’m glad to hear that.”
Seeing how quickly they arrived, I thought they had run quite a bit.
It hasn’t even been a few days since the news was delivered, but judging from the fact that it has already arrived, it seems that they have rushed in urgently, so the empire’s emergency contact network must be functioning properly.
If there are two of them, the problem can be solved.
It would have been even more icing on the cake if there had been an admiral of the Southern Sea Fleet, Baikar de Otria, but unfortunately, there is no beach here, so I can’t help it.
“Prepare the situation briefing. As soon as you arrive, tell them to come right here. They both know that we don’t have much time.”
“Anyway, Leo and Asti are outside, but your daughter is inside.”
“Yes. Besides, Baikar’s daughter must still be in there.”
It’s not to the point of saying it’s been a while, but when we get together in a simple way like this, sooner or later, without any protocol or anything, we become casual friends like old friends.
The three people sitting around in a separately prepared field tent, thoroughly soundproofed with magic, suddenly became friends rather than emperor and servant.
“… Let’s say that.”
The face of Baijik, the person involved, was not very good.
Even so, her daughter is in that unknown tent, so she’s just uneasy.
“Now, what kind of daughter is my daughter? Besides, she is not alone, isn’t Baikar’s daughter. She wants to be well. These guys aren’t going to be attacked by monsters, so let’s put aside our worries and think about how to deal with that.”
It was said that it was By Zik with his face wide open as if he was trying to shake off his worries, but he still has worries.
It was the parents’ feelings, so neither Kreuz nor Wolfgang could say anything.
“Anyway, isn’t that what witchcraft means?”
“Yes. Even if it’s witchcraft, not much research has been done on it.”
“Sorcery, sorcery… But when it comes to witchcraft, Wolfgang, aren’t there witch doctors among the barbarians?”
At Weizik’s words, even Kreuz’s gaze turned to Wolfgang.
It was Wolfgang who had always fought and clashed with barbarians in the northernmost part of the empire, so he had hoped that he might have seen it before, but seeing Wolfgang shaking his head with a sad expression made him shut his mouth again.
“I’ve never seen anything like it. Even during the Unification War, there were countries that used magic like that, but I’ve never seen anything like it before.”
“That’s right, but… “
“Anyway.”
Wolfgang shut his mouth for a moment.
Then, he turned his gaze toward the tent and opened his mouth that had been firmly shut.
“Isn’t that also called durability? Just as there is no permanent, unbreakable shield, it won’t break if you hit it until it breaks.”
It has to make some sense.
Just as there is no shield that can withstand any attack, if it does not break, just knock it until it breaks.
It was a Wolfgang-like idea.
“… And you mean look at me and knock on it?”
“Yes.”
The person who strikes is not Wolfgang himself, but Baizik, who can use high-ranking magic among great magic.
“Ehh. Well then, let’s do that.”
“Oh, it seems that since the two of them are coming, a solution will come out.”
“What would you do with a swordsman?”
“Has this person finished talking?”
“Uh huh.”
With the two of them arguing again, Baijik got up from his seat and straightened his back.
It didn’t make a lot of noise, but it was cool nonetheless.
‘… I have to break that thing at once, that’s the word.’
It wasn’t broken even with a lot of great magic, so you should prepare more than that.
Bai Zik licked his lips and he began to think about what to prepare.
