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"Sorry for keeping quiet until now."
On the way back to the mercenary band's base
I told that to Olasha while riding the horse.
"I knew you were educated, so I assumed you were a nobleman from somewhere, so I was surprised when I heard you were royalty."
"I'm not kidding, I'm really royalty."
"In the Dead Desert?"
"When it was still a country, I heard it was a land of greenery."
It is said that at the same time as the country called Marguerite fell, desertification began all at once.
No one knows the reason
"The restoration of the royal family is my earnest wish."
"What happened to the people?"
"They are all over the place. There are people looking for opportunities in the meadows to the west and east."
"Is Lucette one of them?"
"One of them, or rather, the head of them. After all, it's a small scale that can't even start a rebellion."
"What are the prospects for reconstruction?"
"There's no way that's the case."
The land, the country.
The people and the property were lost.
How can such a naked king rebuild?
Still, we are the ones who can't give up.
"......Lucette"
"There is no decision to hand you over to the Empire."
"I didn’t say anything, though?"
"Certainly, if I hand you over to the Empire, it might be a stepping stone to get them to cooperate in restoring the royal family. But I won't do that."
How should I tell my ancestors that I would sell my friends and family for the sake of my great wish?
"You're such a good-natured person."
"You probably are too."
You and I are both troublesome people.
"By the way, she knows, Aritote."
"Really?"
"It seems her ancestor was a member of Marguerite."
"Oh, you've known each other for a long time, right?"
"The only thing left is whether or not I should tell the others about this."
"It's probably best to keep it a secret."
"What about Doss?"
"Doss, huh? He's from a shady background, too."
"I heard he's just the son of a maid."
I heard this directly from Dos.
"You're missing an important point. He's the son of a maid from the Shelma royal family."
"What's the difference?"
"Why was the maid's son targeted in the first place?"
"I don't know."
"...I'm just speculating, but I think the mother was taken care of."
"By whom?"
"By a high-ranking noble?"
"…You mean a member of the royal family?"
"That would be not funny."
If Doss were the illegitimate child of the Shelma royal family, that would be the spark of rebellion.
"The most realistic prediction is that the mother saw something bad, right?"
"Yeah... I think that's more likely."
"Is it some kind of cult ritual?"
Speaking of which, what about the empire's religious beliefs?
"Empire's religion? They worship a god called Lute."
"I've never heard of it."
"Did I mention that the Holy Kingdom invaded right after the Empire was founded?"
"You did or did not."
"The Holy Kingdom at that time believed in Elfriade. And they invaded to destroy the demon king called Lute."
"A war related to religion? I don't like it."
"So after nearly 80 years of exhaustion with no success, the empire fought back. Only once."
"The result is?"
"It's deadly."
So scary!
How powerful is the empire?
"The surviving soldiers threw away their swords, spears, bows, and shields and fled."
"Halow pointo? Is that it?"
"Hollow-points hadn't been invented yet, they say. Oh, did I explain firearms to you in the first place?"
"No, you didn't."
"Then I'll have to explain from there. In the first place, the Empire's armament is..."
On the way back
It was explained by Olasha, the unbelievable military power of the Empire.
There's no chance of winning if a wyvern knight strikes your skull with an iron pebble from far above.
An iron pebble the size of a human head and flies from a flying ship.
I just pray that we don't become enemies.
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