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Chapter 210
King Heinkel
Ferda quietly bowed his head, paying his respects to him.
"First, regarding your son's matter, I offer my apologies. I had no intention of truly insulting the dead."
"You... already knew?"
"Yes."
"And yet you left me, your father, with tearing pain."
Е̃ n̂ûmа̄.
"It was necessary work."
Resentful eyes glared at him.
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But there wasn't as much anger as when he first saw him.
"Right, it was necessary work. After all, the only fool in that matter was me alone. I hope this is the last time this gets mentioned."
"Of course. Please, have a seat."
Duke Urey took his seat at Ferda's guidance, and Ferda served him alcohol.
Ěǹ um̈ а̌. і d
The alcohol he was tasting for the first time in a long while was remarkably sweet.
"So tell me what business you intend to conduct that you released me."
"Right now on the continent, there's a situation where war might break out between the Heinkel Kingdom and the Arken Empire. I assume you're aware."
"I've heard it until I'm sick of it."
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"We want you, Duke, to give a speech and call for an emergency convening of the Grand Council."
"Emergency convening..."
Еn ǔmа̌
It was the best way to resolve the tension of war.
That was precisely why the proposal was so puzzling.
"You're also a member belonging to the Empire, so why do you wish for that choice?"
"If we're talking Imperial citizens, Duke Urey, the most ideal thing would be for you to die. Then we'd gain good territory."
Duke Urey snorted.
"There's a traitor hiding in the Empire."
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"Call it whatever you like. I'm here for my fiancée."
"Does the Empire's will not align with Her Highness Valdrova's will?"
"This war is being provoked by lightly invoking the name of demons. Demons must be eradicated from this continent, and if that becomes a pretext for selfish gain, only greater chaos will come."
"...Sounds plausible."
Ferda answered clearly, and Duke Urey looked at Ferda.
Those eyes contained an eerily deep sense of experience.
Ӗn̆ u m а̂.і̂ d̄
"At least he's not someone who'd be in cahoots with that damn Grand Duke."
"Of course."
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Duke Urey covered his face, pondered, then opened his mouth.
"First, I need to send a letter. Send word to the Heinkel Kingdom."
"I'll prepare it."
He handed over pen and paper, and Duke Urey wrote.
Е ń u m a
That he had escaped safely, and that he'd managed it by borrowing the Barnie Swallows' power.
He didn't include anything about Ferda.
Putting it in writing would be no different than repaying kindness with enmity.
He was currently under protection, but he finished the letter stating his condition wasn't good.
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"Send this to the Heinkel Kingdom."
"Understood."
E nŭm̀а̄ . і̃d́
The messenger mounted his horse and started running.
All that remained was waiting for the return reply.
"Let's have a talk, Regent Ferda."
Duke Urey said, pouring alcohol into his cup.
"When they find out you made them miss a good opportunity to expand territory like this, they won't stay still either... How do you plan to handle relations with the Empire going forward?"
"Suck the sweet nectar while you can, as much as you can. That's the first objective, isn't it?"
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"You say something that would turn a lord's stomach inside out without the slightest hesitation."
"But you don't dislike it, do you?"
"Well, I suppose."
He chuckled and downed the drink.
He tried to force a smile, but the corners of his mouth wouldn't easily rise.
"William..."
Èṅ ûm а .і̀ d
Duke Urey carefully spoke that name.
"Why are you working him so hard like that?"
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Ferda was a little surprised.
He never imagined he'd be interested in him.
"In terms of skill and refinement, he wouldn't lose to any knight... Yet why is he still just doing something like a village security captain? It was puzzling."
"Things got somewhat entangled, but even so, I acknowledge he's truly excellent material. I tried to bring him as a Knight of the Valdrova Grand Duchy. But it was William himself who refused."
Ӗnu̇ṁ ӓ
"You let him rudely refuse and just left it?"
"Would it do to carelessly touch his convictions? This is a person who even declined the position of Guardian Knight the Empire offered."
"He even turned down an Imperial Knight position?"
"He asked for it to be honorary only, so it was practically a refusal."
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"..."
He doesn't even want the Guardian Knight position, so how would you persuade him?
Е̊nûm̌ а
Duke Urey's expression was complex.
For Ferda, he could only infer that they'd had some conversation.
"Pursuit from the Empire won't come anymore. For today, rest comfortably here."
"...Thank you."
Duke Urey drank the alcohol and fell asleep just like that, and Ferda quietly waited until the next day.
The next day, a messenger arrived again at where Ferda was.
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That handwriting belonged to the King of the Heinkel Kingdom, Sigmund Heinkel.
He wrote thus.
-I will personally go to welcome my friend.
* * *
Ferda and Duke Urey arrived at the plains of the Heinkel Kingdom territory.
That was their meeting point.
Ŵ еbṅӧ v̀ e l̄ Е̃n̄ūm̌ а̀
"It brings back old memories."
Duke Urey looked at the plains and spoke in a voice soaked in reminiscence.
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"Sigmund Heinkel, back then he was young enough to be called Jig. We played at pretending to be knights on this plain."
"So that's why he came out in person like this."
"It's not a king-like choice, but it's not incomprehensible either. I've been with His Majesty since childhood. For 40 years we've seen each other's faces closely, shared joys and sorrows, so we're incomparable brothers and close friends."
Duke Urey held bitterness.
Е n u ṁ ӓ
"On one hand, it weighed on my heart that such a close friend was captured in an enemy country."
"..."
"I don't know how pathetic I am, unable to see the bigger picture because I was swept up in emotion."
"Who wouldn't be?"
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Emotion stimulates desire and clouds judgment.
Around the time the sun rose to midsky, something caught Duke Urey's eye.
E_nümа. і d
Beyond that hill, flags and such were fluttering and rising up.
It was unmistakably the Heinkel Kingdom's crest.
At the standard-bearer's crest, Duke Urey's emotions swelled as if he'd burst into tears any moment.
Dozens of elite knights filled the hill in a line, displaying the Heinkel Kingdom's majesty.
When the lead standard-bearer moved to the side, a middle-aged man wearing a golden crown appeared in the center.
"Peri! My old friend...!!"
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Sigmund Heinkel dismounted from his white horse and ran toward Duke Urey.
Duke Urey also dismounted and walked forward.
Ferda followed behind him, watching the Heinkel King.
'That man is Sigmund Heinkel.'
Ferda could tell at a glance.
He was a man unsuited to be a king.
Е n.û.m a.і̂ d̂
The running face showed a remarkably compassionate uncle's appearance.
Was that why?
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Ferda instinctively felt an ominous unease.
Urey suppressed his joy and paid his respects.
"I cannot express how joyful it is to see Your Majesty's face."
"Likewise. The moment I saw your handwriting, I immediately made preparations!"
Ê.nů ḿ ӑ
"I apologize for making you run barefoot."
"My close friend returned alive, how could I sit and wait? But... who is this person here?"
An existence making the atmosphere of the moving reunion awkward.
The Heinkel King looked at Ferda and asked.
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"He is Regent Ferda."
"Ferda... you mean the one you spoke of...?"
Ẁ е̄b̆n̂о̂ v̄ е̇ l Еṅ ů m̆a
Sigmund made a face wondering why he was in a place like this.
Ferda just quietly paid his respects, and Duke Urey briefly explained about him.
"Without the Regent's help, I wouldn't have even dreamed of escape."
"Ah, is that so? Then he's a benefactor. Don't stand on ceremony, let's go to the castle. Shouldn't we hold a banquet?"
"There's no time for that."
Duke Urey spoke in an urgent voice.
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"As you might expect, the Empire is creating a pretext for war."
"Right, I've heard."
"Since we've escaped like this, we must prepare a counterattack. Summon all the nobles of the kingdom territory and consult."
"Ah, that part?"
The Heinkel King's tone was strangely chilly.
Though it was just a few syllables, Ferda reflexively gathered his magical power.
Е n̈ û m̊ â._i ď
"There's no need to think deeply about that point."
"Excuse me? What do you mean?"
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From that moment, Duke Urey felt it.
That something was going wrong.
"Urey. We have no intention of avoiding war."
"What do you mean? Not avoid war?"
E numа . і́ ḋ
Duke Urey couldn't understand.
The Heinkel King feared the horror of war and simultaneously hated it.
The pacifist Heinkel King is rallying fighting spirit and engaging in war?
The Heinkel King didn't blink as he spoke.
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"The Empire wants war with us, and other kingdoms are frantic to tear us apart. I had many thoughts while you were gone."
"So if we engage in war... we're all finished, Your Majesty. Please reconsider this part—."
Е̂.ñ umă
"Don't worry, Urey. I have power. The power to protect the kingdom."
"Power...?"
He raised his hand.
Urey witnessed something his eyes could scarcely believe.
"Ah, aah!!"
In his hand, a flame made of mana bloomed.
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He, who had never had any connection to magic in his life, was skillfully wielding magic.
But the problem didn't end there.
The flame he emitted was a dark flame that devoured all surrounding light.
That magic defying natural order made the Heinkel King smile.
"Look. This flame... how magnificent is it?"
But Urey watching could only tremble.
Е̄ ñuḿӑ
"Your Majesty... no, Sigmund... you... did you make a contract with a demon?"
"Not at all. You've said it yourself time and again? That demons don't make losing deals."
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"Then who on earth gave you something like this!"
"It was the demon race."
Urey's body swayed greatly.
"You... joined hands with the demon race?"
Е n̊ ůmа
"There was no choice. But I don't regret it either."
"Sigmund..."
"Thanks to that, my eyes were opened."
The light of reason vanishes from his eyes.
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"That worldly affairs are this futile."
What fills that place is madness.
Е n̄ ù m ā .i d̆
Urey came to his senses and brought his hand to his waist.
There was a sword he'd worn for courtesy.
"What reason is there to invite misunderstanding and endure pain? What reason is there to live suffering for a non-existent afterlife?"
"Sigmund... don't open your mouth further."
"The past that suffered, the present suffering, the future that will suffer. How good would it be to put it all down and live forever in a dream?"
"Please! Don't give me a reason to cut you down!!"
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"Urey... my friend, I wish you knew this feeling too."
"Sigmund!!"
Urey drew his sword and cut the Heinkel King.
With a clean strike, the Heinkel King's head flew off, and the body below lost strength and collapsed with a thud.
Then a surprising thing happened.
"This is...!?"
Еǹ ū ḿȧ
Until just before being cut, what was the Heinkel King became the head of some man wearing a helmet.
Looking closely, it was the helmet of the standard-bearer who stood at the front.
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Then what about the standard-bearer?
Urey raised his head.
In the place where the standard-bearer should have been, the Heinkel King was there.
He held the flag and looked down at Duke Urey with a disappointed face.
Е̌nu m̀а̂
"You... still don't understand. The others were the same. Springfield, Hoshou too..."
He raised his hand.
"But once they saw what I saw, they realized their own foolishness."
The knights he'd brought with him all drew their swords in unison.
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"I'll open your eyes too."
He lowers his hand.
W̃ еb̂ nоv́ êl Е n̆ u m à
The knights all charge at once.
"Everyone, battle preparation!"
"Protect Duke Urey and the Regent!"
The forces on Ferda's side numbered barely 10, come to escort.
It was an absurdly small number to fight against the charge of over 50 knights.
But if that was all, it would've been fortunate.
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"What the hell, that...?"
As the horses kicked the rough ground and approached, their forms increasingly distorted.
The knights' skin gradually blackened, the horses' muscles swelled violently until they became dozens of demon beasts.
The King's knights had turned into demon knights in an instant.
Ferda assessed their battle power.
'The demonized knights are Knight-grade. And the warhorses are of comparable level.'
Ӗǹů mа̇ . іd
A single demon knight possessed enough power to easily sweep away an infantry battalion.
"Regent Ferda..."
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Duke Urey calls that name in a trembling voice.
He looked at Ferda's face, but Ferda didn't waver in the slightest.
Ferda didn't lose his composure from beginning to end.
"There's no need to worry."
Ѐ ň u m̌ a
The reason was simple: he was always prepared.
"Support request was already made 5 minutes ago."
He requested support 5 minutes ago, but what good would that do?
He looked around, but not even an ant was visible on the plains.
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"You haven't looked at one place yet."
Ferda pointed to the sky above.
Ênu ḿ a . і d̂
Blue sky and hot sun beating down.
And a dot.
That dot reddens and grows larger.
Kuuung!
It fell into the middle of the demon horde.
Duke Urey's body staggered from the ground's impact.
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'Did he even summon a meteor!?'
The last Ferda Valdrova he knew was a 4th Circle mage.
To summon a meteor, one must be at least 6th Circle.
The object that created a crater in the ground wasn't a meteorite or such.
"An axe...?"
A gigantic axe barely usable by something the size of an ogre.
W̃ е b n ӧ_v̇ е̊l Én̂ ü m ӓ
What flew in didn't end there.
Looking up at the sky again, a silver comet flew in.
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Kwa-ga-ga-gang!!
The belatedly arriving comet snatched the axe and charged straight in.
When that figure entered Duke Urey's eyes, he was even more shocked.
The one who snatched the giant axe was a girl of even smaller build.
Е_n ŭ m̌а̃
Moreover, a girl wearing a maid outfit.
But the pair of horns rising above her head and her tail told that she was no ordinary girl, and just the way she gripped it proved she was seasoned in battle.
Ruri Silverwind.
Before being a maid, a Silverwind Spawn, the girl called the Nightmare of Frost Giants.
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She leaped into the middle of the demons and brought the axe down hard.
Kuuung!
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