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A general"s withdrawal order signifies the end of the war itself, no matter what the war situation is.
In other words, the h.e.l.lish scenes will end, and we won………… is how I"m supposed to take it?
"Why are you all idling!" (Sorushi)
The boss of the first unit, Sorushi Ouki, who had been contemplating the battle all along, straddles his horse and informs his group members.
"The chief"s order has been given! We are going to immediately contact the scattered units in the town to make them withdraw. Withdraw before Shiromu"s military authorities or reinforcements from other countries start moving." (Sorushi)
"Alright! We will go stop them at once!" (Shinsengumi Member)
"Ora, how long are you a.s.sholes gonna keep doing vulgar things, hurry up and leave behind what you’re holding, and obey the order." (Shinsengumi Member)
The first unit"s actions were fast. They moved promptly, as if they had been waiting for "that order" the whole time, spreading chief Esamu"s words to the whole army.
"Boss Sorushi…………" (Musashi)
"Musashi, well done stopping the chief. Leave the rest to us." (Sorushi)
"N, no way, boss, did you!" (Musashi)
"No, we didn"t try to stop him, since it"s not like we didn"t understand the chief and the advisor"s thoughts. But still, it broke my heart to see the Shinsengumi be disgraced." (Sorushi)
Sorushi, the first unit boss, patted her shoulder and smiled to thank her.
The other group members here also showed smiles to Musashi.
Smiling, saying well done, and leave the rest to us.
"I see. There were guys who took pleasure in violating people and guys who suffered from them doing that, huh." (Velt)
These guys just couldn’t become as stupid as Musashi was, to do it. That"s all it is.
In exchange, they ran off faster than anyone the moment the chief gave the order to stop the acts of infringement.
Well, it doesn"t really matter to me anymore though.
"It"s your win, Asakura-kun." (Varnand)
"Miyamoto." (Velt)
This time, Miyamoto patted my shoulder to thank me.
My win. Hearing that gave me an extreme feeling of exhaustion, and I was a.s.saulted by the pounding in my heart and the unbelievably intense pain.
"Guoooooo, o, ouch, my aaaaarm!" (Velt)
That"s right, I lost one of my arms! s.h.i.t, it seriously huts!
"Good grief, you must be crazy to keep cutting, attaching, cutting and attaching your arm this much." (Varnand)
"Ooh, Mi, Miyamoto, m, my arm." (Velt)
"It"s okay. It will go back to normal if I use my restore cut. Since Esamu and Musashi severed it so cleanly without any waste, no extra nerves have been damaged." (Varnand)
"I, I see, I, I"m seriously, glad." (Velt)
While my consciousness was becoming distant from the intense pain, the cut end of my severed left arm became hot, and I could feel my sense of pain gradually calm down.
It"s a warm light.
"Stupid younger brother, you pushed yourself too d.a.m.n hard again." (Farga)
"Uoooo, Ve, Velt~, old man, can Velt"s arm be attached again? Uuuu~, my Velt~" (Ura)
"Ooh, Farga, Ura, good work." (Velt)
After all that, us three survived without a single victim.
Against one of the Four Heavenly Beast Demi-humans, you could say this is quite a brilliant achievement.
"Velt-dono. How is it?" (Musashi)
"Ooh, Musashi~, how do you feel?" (Velt)
"All sorts, or rather, I don"t feel like I can think about anything right now." (Musashi)
"Then, me too." (Velt)
That"s right. In the end, I fought on emotions, and as a result, I might have done something outrageous.
Even for humans and demi-humans, we might have done something that would change history.
Well, I don"t regret it as of now though.
"Asakura-kun." (Varnand)
"What is it, Miyamoto." (Velt)
"You became softer than before, but your brutal looking eyes, and the part where people gather around you somehow………… you really haven"t changed." (Varnand)
I recognized the expression Miyamoto had while saying that.
That was a memory from long ago, in my past life.
"Yes, you splendidly did it, yes, it was splendid. It really was splendid." (Varnand)
We were laughing or something.
"Kuhahahahahahahaaahahahahahahahaha! What"s up with that!" (Velt)
"Fufu, kukuku, ahahahahahahaha!" (Varnand)
We"re probably thinking about the same thing.
I am a human called Velt Jeeha, and Miyamoto is a demi-human called Varnand Gabbana.
But, without a doubt, we spent a period of time as Asakura Ryuuma and Miyamoto.
"Grandfather………… Velt-dono." (Musashi)
"Stupid younger brother." (Farga)
"Velt…………?" (Ura)
None of them understand, but just forgive me for now.
I fought for this moment, after all.
"How could you interfere like that. However, yes, that, yes, but, I should probably say thank you for stopping it." (Varnand)
"I see. Seems like someone like me was able to do something. I couldn"t do anything for Samejima after all." (Velt)
"I don"t think so. If Samejima-kun lived as a demon king, then he should have had complicated feelings as a demon, similarly to me. And yet, he left his daughter to you, his old friend, even though you"re a human, and that daughter loves you dearly. I think Samejima-kun was happy." (Varnand)
"I wonder. No one would know how a dead guy feels. Even if he reincarnates or whatever, if you dies, that"s it after all." (Velt)
"You think? I can somewhat understand Samejima-kun"s feelings though." (Varnand)
Miyamoto said the words, "thank you". I don"t know what the actions I took will do.
But even so, he said he was saved right now.
Hearing that, I felt like the uneasiness I had in these five years became somewhat lighter.
"Asakura-kun." (Varnand)
"Yeah?" (Velt)
"Until now, "who" have you reunited with?" (Varnand)
Miyamoto"s sudden words. That "who" he said, is about the guys that only we would know.
"Samejima and………… Kobayakawa…… sensei." (Velt)
"Eh………… se, sensei?" (Varnand)
"Yeah. Sensei is running a ramen restaurant in the Elfarshia Kingdom with his family. We reunited five years ago. He took in Ura and I, who had no relatives, and we were living together until just the other day." (Velt)
"I, I see, Kobayakawa-sensei, huh………… that"s nostalgic." (Varnand)
Next is my turn. I"ll return the question I was asked.
"Who have you reunited with?" (Velt)
To that question, Miyamoto answered with distant eyes.
"Ayase-san, and Kagami-kun." (Varnand)
"…………! Ahh, that managing woman and the playboy." (Velt)
"Hah, that"s a harsh way of calling them." (Varnand)
"But, I see. Those two, huh." (Velt)
"…………… Are you disappointed since it"s not Kamino-san?" (Varnand)
"Bah! Wh, why even you! Both Samejima and sensei, why do all of you know!" (Velt)
"It was so obvious after all. Anyways, I see. Even if our races and times are different in this vast world from when we reincarnated, we might have been made to be drawn to each other and reunite." (Varnand)
I see, I remember those two. I did have some connection to them after all.
It seems he hasn"t met Kamino though.
But like, I feel really embarra.s.sed to have that pointed out.
Was I really that obvious?
"I reunited with Ayase-san in the war at the Divine Being Continent. Reacting to my Miyamoto Kendo, she noticed my ident.i.ty and then named herself of her own accord." (Varnand)
"War? Wait a minute, is she also at war? Is she a demon?" (Velt)
"No, she reincarnated as a human. I think it was around two years ago that I reunited with her? Just, we couldn"t have a slow conversation because of our positions………… since we both went too far down a path that we can"t return to the past after all." (Varnand)
"Ayase became a………… human?" (Velt)
"You know about the Ten Heroes of Light in humanity"s great allied forces, right?" (Varnand)
"Ye, yeah." (Velt)
"She"s one of them." (Varnand)
"Wha, what!?" (Velt)
Ten Heroes of Light. It"s a t.i.tle I"ve heard of since I was a brat, that"s given to humanity"s strongest fighting power like Forna, or other famous heroes.
And, that woman is one of them?
However, I could understand what MIyamoto said.
Because of their positions, they couldn"t have a slow talk, and they didn"t live such half hearted lives that they could return to the past.
"I see………… every single one of them………… are so tiresome." (Velt)
Samejima, Miyamoto, and Ayase.
Like, aren"t the only ones freely enjoying this world unexpectedly just sensei and I?
"And above all, you should be careful around Kagami-kun. He"s a human too. I reunited with him ten years ago, but………… he"s no longer his past self." (Varnand)
"Kagami? How did that playboy from the basketball club change?" (Velt)
"Do you know about『Love and Money』?" (Varnand)
Hmm? I feel like I"ve heard『Love and Money』somewhere………… ah! It"s Shiromu"s auction organization that Jiel and the others were in.
"Their base is here, in Shiromu, but the organization itself had spread underground throughout the world." (Varnand)
"What about it?" (Velt)
"Well, the boss of the organization called『Love and Money』, is Kagami-kun." (Varnand)
"Ha………… haa-?" (Velt)
"He looks down on demi-humans, demons, and even human lives so much………… his spirit must have suffered damage from coming to this world, since he might already be mad." (Varnand)
That was quite a shock for me too.
Well, I was surprised from the fact that Ayase is in humanity"s great allied forces, but even more so about Kagami.
"My real objective today was to deal with him here. However, I received information that he already escaped…………" (Varnand)
"Kagami is………… no way. That frivolous, talkative guy…" (Velt)
Became mad. No, that might not be weird.
In this world, lives are too light. Depending on just a bit of luck, you don"t know when you might die.
It"s the same for this country too. They were lacking something, and that might have created a tragedy.
Certainly, if you suddenly saw nothing but the tragedies of this world after your memories return, it might be inevitable for your spirit to break.
We were those peace complacent high schoolers from j.a.pan after all.
"I really was lucky." (Velt)
I thought that from the bottom of my heart.
However, for that reason, I feel uneasy.
That"s because it might not just be Kagami who changed.
No, Miyamoto, Ayase, and even Samejima advanced down a path they can"t return from.
For this reason, "she" might have changed too. As soon as I thought about that, my heart was a.s.saulted by unease.
Then, at that moment.
"Ooh, that"s right, that"s right! I had forgotten!" (Esamu)
As if breaking my depressed mood, a lively old geezer"s voice forced its way through.
Esamu. He finally put on clothes from his nude state, which imitate a haori and a hakama. On his waist, there"s a huge katana.
"Before we withdraw, I need to properly pay back the debt. So, Velt." (Esamu)
Geh………… I thought we would just vaguely part and leave, but he"s approaching me with a super scary face.