Chapter 172 – Episode 171. Mixed (2)
“Come to think of it, there are more strange things. You called Astain a teacher. If you look back at Astein’s memories, she lived as a tutor for only a few years. It was when she was little.”
Berashien’s expression was strange.
Questions like how this could happen, what the hell happened, whether you’re Asti and not Astrid, and so on, and so on, were all mixed up.
“Besides, didn’t you say that you never learned how to fight separately after waking up as Asti?”
It was.
Apparently it was.
I used to, but now I was fighting like it was so natural and natural.
From the skill of handling snow flowers, to the extreme style of fighting where if you feel bad, you throw it away and run at it with your bare hands and literally destroy it.
Every single one of those things that couldn’t have been familiar were strange things to Asti.
Something that couldn’t happen unless you were so accustomed to this body.
“Besides, it’s strange that she’s extremely feminine compared to Astrid.”
“That’s not the strange part.”
“No, it’s strange.”
Veracien asserted.
Even though she was talking, Leopold and Erania just watched the conversation without rushing to intervene.
Eranya does not know Astrid’s childhood, and Leopold also does not know about Astrid around that time.
“Astrid, obviously, she was a woman whose femininity had been castrated. If she is a lady whose body only seems to be a woman, would she be similar?”
【Ask the demons if the knife is stuck in their throat.】
Astrid’s voice sounded like frost, but Asti didn’t respond.
She only knows Astrid herself.
That Vera Shien is not wrong with anything she says.
“She is really feminine compared to him. It’s to the point where I wonder if all of the femininity she left Astrid has transferred to you.”
Veracien was asserting.
Her essence is a demon.
A race closer to the spiritual body.
Although they live in the Demon Realm, unlike monsters, they are a race that is close to a spiritual body, so it is difficult to manifest in the human world without a contract.
Because she was like that, she was showing up now.
She is looking very good
In her eyes, Asti had two souls coexisting in one body.
Her appearance didn’t change too much.
But if it’s changed—
‘It has become much clearer. It’s not blurry like it used to be.’
It was much, much clearer than when I saw the divination at the night market.
But she still couldn’t see her face clearly.
Is it too early for that?
‘If only there was a crystal ball… ‘
I regretted not bringing the crystal ball.
If she had had a crystal ball, she would have been able to take a closer look through it.
However, even without a crystal ball, the souls of two women, Asti and Astrid, have become very clear now.
“… Are you two really different people?”
If not, I couldn’t explain how they looked the same.
If it’s possessed, if it’s really like that, it’s impossible for them to resemble this much.
“Originally one person… There is no way to You know, something like a double personality or something.”
“Nonsense.”
Asti shook her head and denied Vera Shien’s words.
No.
It is not so.
I was originally a different person
It’s not like that.
Leopold, who shook his head and looked at Asti, who frowned, eventually wrapped her arms around her shoulders.
Meanwhile, Leopold’s gaze turned to Veracien.
Now stop.
Stop it
There is no need to push any further.
Seeing those eyes, Vera Shien shut her mouth.
“… I’m sorry, unintentionally. It’s not even your fault.”
Her curiosity was only intense, but she deserved an apology if it bothered Asti.
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“… The future of the Einhafen Empire is very bright.”
Wolfgang murmured as he cut down the supply and demand of the enemy general.
A red-haired grumpy man.
This face must have belonged to Angrechioille.
He suddenly appeared and brought about the great unity of the tribes, and was the leader of the northern barbarians who were engaged in a relentless battle with the Grand Duke of Mitterien, the head of Wolfgang’s family.
Wolfgang was quite upset because of this man who disappeared whenever he wanted to catch him, and reappeared when he thought he had disappeared and waged guerrilla warfare.
– The opportunity to wipe out the barbarians at once is coming soon. Please come to the manor as soon as you receive this letter. Doubt brings hesitation, and hesitation and regret will surely come together.
Upon receiving the prince’s letter, Wolfgang did not ponder too long.
And what he saw in the territory he arrived at was Leopold and Astrid, and his two companions heading somewhere.
Although I followed Leopold’s instructions to wait a few days, I was honestly dubious.
And two days after they left, an all-out war broke out like a lie.
A large-scale all-out war to the extent that all soldiers, including the knights of the Grand Duchess of Mitterien, had to be mobilized.
In the end, Wolfgang succeeded in taking over the supply and demand of Angrecchio, who was worthy of being called his nemesis.
“I don’t know how the hell I found out… At least from a military point of view, you’re sure to be a great leader.”
It suits Astrid so well.
Her daughter, Astrid, who is overwhelming in force but lacking in knowledge, and Leopold, who is lacking in power compared to her, but has excellent eyesight, arrangement, and even design, would definitely be a good match for Astrid.
Clutching the hair on his severed head, Wolfgang straightened his back.
If you look around him, everything is bloody.
It was a fierce battle indeed, and a fierce battle in which strength and power collide as they are, as if to prove the saying that a large army does not need a strategy.
At the end of that fierce battle, the victor eventually became the Grand Duchess of Mitterien.
“Now, hurry up and clean up the surroundings! Let’s go back to the territory!”
I won, so it happened.
Wolfgang was in a good mood now that his long-cherished dream of subjugation in the north was approaching.
“So, this is the traitor… Are you afraid?”
Others were watching.
Wolfgang used Leopold as an honorific because he was watching not only the soldiers lined up around him, but also Astrid, Erania, and Veracien.
If it was a private seat with just the two of them, it would have been a position that would not be a problem even if he had been dismissed, but it was not possible in a clear vacant seat.
“Exactly. Call me Astein. He must have been a member of the hidden royal family of the Mirgal kingdom.”
“Mirgal… If so, is it? That little kingdom in the north. To think that the royal family was alive, huh.”
Wolfgang clicked his tongue as he looked at Astain being carried on the cart.
As if he had gone out of his mind somewhere, his eyes were opened, and Astein, who was sitting with a blank expression on his face, was in a strange state.
“Anyway, I would like to ask you to clean up. The location… I will give you a map later.”
“You do that. I think it would be better for that person to be sent to the capital. He escaped from prison while in custody and was caught like this… Well, if treason is certain, the execution will have to take place in the capital.”
“Ah. That’s it.”
Leopold interrupted Wolfgang’s words.
It was an act that could have been unpleasant, but Wolfgang, who didn’t particularly care, quietly waited for Leopold’s words.
“He is the one who has four blessings. Rather than the death penalty… “
“Four blessings… ? Are you saying that is possible?”
“Two are possible, but four is impossible?”
At Leopold’s words, Wolfgang shut his mouth.
Hey, what a distant person it is to have both of them at the same time. His eldest daughter, Astrid von Mitterien, who is smiling beside Leopold, is the culprit.
Having two of them like that, it’s not impossible to have four.
“In addition, he is also a person who artificially absorbed the divine protection rather than having it congenitally.”
“… Is that possible?”
“It seems so. Wouldn’t that be possible? So, rather than the death penalty… “
Leopold’s words did not continue.
But I know you don’t even have to say it.
Wolfgang thought to himself.
The future of Einhafen may be bright, but the shadows contrasting with that brightness might be very dark.
The situation was roughly settled, and now the crown prince, Leopold, did not have to use his hands.
It was confirmed through Berathien again and again that Jin was definitely gone, and when he released the ravens to investigate, there were no more dangers.
However, the element he is thinking about now is something else.
When one case is over like this, once the thing that almost turned into a big accident is over,
There was something he had to follow.
Punishment for those who make mistakes
Prizes for those who had the ball.
It was the so-called new punishment.
If I report this to the emperor, it will go ahead, but
Before speaking to the emperor, Leopold, the crown prince, also needed to clear things up.
Leopold closed his eyes and ruminated on the conversation they had exchanged in the carriage on the way back to the Grand Duke’s residence in Mitterien.
