Volume 2 - CH 45

Chapter 2-45. Asure's Messenger

Two messengers came again.

This time, he is not the messenger of the slave trader, but the messenger of Courselete Asure.

Unlike the messengers of the slave traders, they don't want to talk bluntly, but "I want to confirm about this battle," clarifying their requirements.

Raiki immediately called through his vassals.

It seems that it was quite difficult to walk to Sannomaru (3rd palace), but even so, when they were in front of Raiki, they behaved sharply.

The messengers who are here now are wearing luxurious armor.

Of course, they don't bring their helmets and weapons.

The purpose of their armors are only for appearances.

I don't know how many times I said this but, what do the residents of this world think about this world?

Raiki, Tenda, Uchikage, Shimu, and several other vassals stood in armor at the headquarters.

However, only Raiki is wearing his everyday wear.

He only wore the military haori but did not equip any armor.

The color of Tenda's armor is purple when he was still in the previous village, but he wore dark green coloured armor since he stayed in Raiki's village.

I think Raiki just likes green, but let's not talk about it.

The two knights bowed to Raiki, and one knight sat down, and the standing knight opened his mouth and began to talk to Raiki about their request.

"Thank you for giving us time for the audience. As I said at the beginning, this time I'm here to confirm this battle. I am one of Asure-sama's vassals, Gilnia. Thank you for granting us your time. "

"I am also one of Athlete-sama's vassals, Targu Orkos."

"I'm Raiki, the owner of the oni castle of the Zenki-village. What do you want to confirm?"

"Yes. There are rumors that Zenki-village is trying to attack Garrot Kingdom, and I came here to confirm if the rumor was true or not."

“………… What kind of rumor is spreading in your country?”

Raiki held his head in a deeply dismayed manner.

Of course this information makes his head hurt.

It seems that the nobles of their country are considerably out of place if that kind of rumor is believable.

"Then, what about the words your first messenger said the other day?"

"... The first, the messenger who came the other day is a slave trader."

""Hah?""

"All of this is because of that ..."

Apparently, these knights didn't recognize the slave trader as the messenger.

A stupid voice leaked from the onis' mouths.

These knights are probably considerably high ranked there.

From this reaction, it is possible that other human on the other side have not yet realized that the messenger is a slave trader.

I'm sure they already arrange this but it seems they aren't.

What's going on?

"So ... these soldiers ...?"

"These are the people who rushed to convene because there was a report that your army was heading here. If you didn't attack, I wouldn't do make such a rufus"

"And that means ... the rumour that you are trying to attack ..."

"I don't know. Our total strength is 2,000. On the other hand, yours is 7,000. The defense power is an order of magnitude between 2,000 soldiers going to the siege battle against 7,000 soldiers. Isn't it? It's a different story if we don't stick to the siege, but you can never attack our castle. "

"You are right……"

Bullshit.

You're absolutely sure that they can attack and destroy this place.

These guys were sent out without checking the enemy's strength.

At this rate, I don't seem to know the fact that slave traders are hunting slaves.

I mean, can we avoid the war?

"... And what do you do? I don't want to hurt the people."

"It's the same here. Now that we know it's a useless battle, there's one thing we need to do. But wait a minute. We have to tell Asure-sama about this."

"... That's fine ... Actually, I was a little interested in your lord, Asure. If possible, I'd like to meet him at a later date.

"Then, this all settled down."

One of the knights that sit on the floor takes a crystal out of his pocket and raises it in front of him

Then it glowed slightly.

The standing knight called out to the crystal.

"Asure-sama. Can you hear me?"

"……Hmm? Is it Gilnia? How was it?"

"Yes. This is the case ──"

The knight, called Gilnia, explained in detail what we had just said to the crystal.

Apparently, it's like a communicator device, something that can only be used while one person is casting magical power.

So are there two messengers?

Raiki didn't seem to be offended by their conversation.

Rather, he seems to be worried.

There may not be such a magic tool here.

By the way, I didn't see anything like that when I was walking in the castle.

After a while, the discussion seemed to be over, and the knights ended the communication.

"Now, Asure-sama is contacting the royal capital, so please wait for a while."

"Um. Are you fine with drinking tea? You can ask something else if you want."

"" Thank you. ""

The war isn't completely over yet, so the onis still in the tense situation, but it shouldn't be a problem to entertain the messengers.

The maid was serving the tea.

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Side -Asure Courselete-

"What do you mean! It's completely their fault! Just attack and destroy them!"

Upon receiving the report from my vassal, I had informed the royal capital of all the stories I heard.

It was the king, my father and the eldest son, Rudd anii-sama, who responded to my information.

This case is related to the slave trader, and the one who sent the messenger at that time is the slave trader.

The rumors were nothing more than rumors, there was no hostility from the enemy nation, and there was not even enough force to attack and destroy the Kingdom of Garrot.

Even though I told all of them, the order given by my father was to "attack and destroy."

"This useless Asure. The enemy is a dangerous factor. Since the rumor has come out, it means that it must be true. The people are scared just because of the existence of that country. If you don't get rid of it, the people's fear won't get off.  "

"That's what I just said! That rumor is a hoax, because the slave trader tried to use our soldiers! They were trying to use us only for their own benefit. If they fight it, the damage will be enormous! Don't underestimate that country! "

"Ha ha ha! What do you know about the battle? This is often said even though it is your first battle. Don't you just want to get away from this battle, saying a baseless reason."

"I'm not saying that!"

They have criticized me by skipping the story of the slave trader.

They don't want to talk about it.

This is the impression I had for my father and brother.

These two aren't doing anything!

How do they know the real situation if they didn't even do anything?

Isn't it just holding power and using it as they please?

All the vassals are yes-mans for my father and brother.

The only protests are me and the second son, Baltic anii-sama.

I can't pursue it deeply because of my position, but ...

But if I don't convince them now, the fight will be inevitable.

The lord of Oni generously gave us grace.

Don't let his grace be wasted.

"I would like to reiterate! That rumor was disseminated by the slave trader! We are being used by the slave trader! The other party knows that, and it is said that if we pull our soldiers, they will do nothing. I can't let that generous coping go unnoticed ── "

"Isn't that good?"

"……Huh?"

Blocking my words, the king uttered suspicious words.

I clearly heard what he was saying but, I cleared my throat once, and then I tried to confirm it again.

"What… did you just say ..."

"I hope our soldiers are being used like that. If we don't wash them away, our country can be destroyed. Besides, the anxieties of the people will disappear, and we can show the power of the Garrot Kingdom to other countries. I don't see anything wrong with that."

I couldn't close my mouth from what the king said.

I can't digest what I just heard.

I couldn't believe I was born and raised as the son of such a king.

"Ah, that's right. If you come home without doing anything, be prepared for treason because your ties with the royal family will be cut off and your family would be taken care off. Hey, cut off the communication "

The light that leaked from the crystal at the end of my brother's voice disappears.

One soldier who was shedding magical power was trembling a little because the unbelievable story

I shake my arm as hard as I can and hit the communication crystal that the soldier had.

The crystal flew away and shattered into pieces as soon as it landed on the ground.

Feelings of anger arose from my heart, and I hit the crystal in front of me for the time being, but my anger could not have subsided.

I can't even say words from my anger.

I didn't even know what to scream.

My wife and daughter have been taken hostage, and I have to fight.

There was no way for them to escape from there.

However, when I saw a soldier holding a crystal sitting down and scared, I suddenly became calm.

Even if I pour my anger somewhere, there is no solution.

I knew that.

I am ashamed of being swayed by my emotions.

"I'm sorry. I was a little distraught. Are you injured?"

I take the soldier's hand and let him stand up.

There seemed to be no particular injuries.

After saying "it's okay", the soldier gives a bow and returns to the place.

After that, a nearby vassal spoke to me.

"Asure-sama ..."

"I know. Things have changed. I'm going to talk to them in person."

"If so, we should accompany you too!"

"Don't do that. I'll go alone. Fortunately, I have two vassals over there, so it's okay. I'll be there soon, so please contact them."

Without waiting for the vassal's reply, I throw away my weapons and helmet and ride a horse.

There was a voice holding me behind, but no one seemed to follow me.

I hurried my horse and went to the castle.