“Such a… Origa-san, is that fine with you?” (Imeraria)
“Of course.” (Origa)
Origa replied in no time.
“If it pleases Hifumi-sama, I will do anything. Besides, there’s also something I’m desiring.” (Origa)
Letting out a giggle, Origa seems to be lovely as appropriate for her age. Her impish smile hasn’t a hint of guilt feeling either.
“I will be able to spend the same time as the person I love for eternity.” (Origa)
“T-That is, in other words…” (Imeraria)
“After I have firmly seized Hifumi-sama, I want to be included in the seal, is what I’m saying.” (Origa)
Imeraria felt dizziness befalling her.
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In the castle of Swordland it has turned into a dispute over who should become the successor of the several children of the king. At one part it went even as far as turning into a bloodshed between fellow nobles.
King Buell, who had a perfectly healthy body, hasn’t left something close to a testament behind at all. It’s not like he particularly cherished one of his 5 wives. Mostly venting out on beastmen partners, he had a style of neglecting to the degree that he even rarely called out to the 3 princes.
Since it wasn’t like any of the princes was especially outstanding in military prowess, it naturally turned into a factional dispute between fellow nobles, who backed one of them. Even within the castle there are days where you can see blood.
With a part of the wealthy also moving to the slums in fear of being mixed up in the chaos, it appeared that putting the humans’ system in order would still take quite a while.
“How foolish.” (Hifumi)
“It would have been better, if I had beat up the entire castle altogether, if it was to turn into something like this”, Hifumi, who heard the rumours about the area, where the humans live, sighed.
I believed they would progress faster into an aggressive stance towards hostile powers, if I advanced the story in a more drastic manner since it’s an absolute monarchy, but they disappointed me more than I expected.
In the first place, because there’s an extension in preparing the slums’ defensive stance to that extent, they might be able to properly oppose the balance as war potential.
While it has taken the anticipated shape, Hifumi regretted it a bit.
“It’s no good to leave things to others. It will be inevitable to pile up stress.” (Hifumi)
“Ara, master.”
It was a rabbitwoman, who called out to Hifumi, who returned to the slums while grumbling. Being one of the slaves, Hifumi had bought in one go, it’s the person, who was sitting together with Reni and Helen while they were studying in the dining room.
“Is your condition bad in some way?”
“Ah, you, eh? It’s unnecessary to call me master. You guys are already free.” (Hifumi)
“Well, then it’s my freedom to call you master.”
As she was retorting without hesitation, Hifumi returned “Do as you wish.”
“On that subject, do you know of the forest, where the elves live?” (Hifumi)
“Yes, I was told to not get too close to it, even in the settlement, I lived at before.”
Hifumi tilted his head to the side due to the rabbitwoman’s answer.
“To not get close? Is there antagonism between elves and beastmen?” (Hifumi)
“Rather than calling it antagonism, how to say it…? The elves don’t leave the forest, but in exchange they don’t allow people to enter the forest. They will come attacking without caring whether it’s humans or beastmen.”
While she talks with a troubled face saying “Though I’m not able to explain it properly,” her sole long ear is jolting with a *ping ping* (T/N: pico pico)
“Anyway, since it looks like they aren’t mingling with other races or such at all, I’m not too sure on the details. Although I’ve been told that the demon race’s dwelling is deeper into the forest, I’ve heard that some demons occasionally come out and fight against the humans’ country or kill beastmen, however…”
“Hmm…” (Hifumi)
“A belligerent bunch, eh?”, Hifumi, who mutters that, is lifting the edges of his mouth without realizing. If I remember correctly, even Zebul of the demon race, who pretended to be a knight, said something quite provocative, he recalled.
“It’s pointless to stay in Swordland at this rate… alright. Although I believed it to happen sooner or later, let’s head out right away.” (Hifumi)
“Where do you plan to go?”
“I’m going to check out the elves and demons for a bit.” (Hifumi)
Passing an excessive amount of money to the rabbitwoman and entrusting the horse to her since he will leave for a while, Hifumi left Swordland walking as if he is going to hit a store in the neighbourhood.
The rabbitwoman, who was left behind, felt close to fainting while watching Hifumi’s back, which grew more and more distant, wondering how she should explain it to everyone.
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