Another Life

Thursday, June 17, A.D. On this day's Fort Alm, Pandora with a lazy face and for some reason a skin-glossy Shirley made a space transfer from the royal palace, and as the three of us came to work with Faye, Faye sounded worried to Pandora, who sat in her chair like she was tired.

"Pandora, are you sure you're feeling okay? It seems particularly spicy these days. If you're not feeling well, you should rest."

And Pandora, with a little redness, answered the words of Faye with a little haste.

"Yes, it's okay. No, I'm really fine... yeah, I'm gonna win this evening, so I'm fine..."

"Huh? What's this evening?

"No, no, it's this way."

When Pandora answered Faye, unwittingly, with a bright red face, in such awkward air, Izu, whose door had been knocked and who was on night shift on behalf of Pandora, came into the office.

"Good morning, Captain. Quickly, I reported last night that there were people who made fun of me again... well, they are from the Motoka main house.

Eight people who had drunk and fought during their duties… This has already given them three months' pay cuts and a punishment called toilet cleaning. Others will sit unusual. "

Pandora said in dismay at the report of Izu.

"Is it that octopus entrance again?

"Well, since they're originally rough sea men, they don't think they have a choice, but they can't leave you... how can they?

And when he saw the face of Izu, Pandora realized what it was.

"Izu... that face is the one you said you already had a plan for. Say it."

To the words of Pandora, Izu replied with a smile and a nickel.

"The boulder is our princess. Let me now give you my proposal.

It was newly built in the Wang capital. You think there will be a martial arts club next year in the arena of the kingdom of Ceasel? Moreover, rumors are that the Ruthai Empire will also fund it, so it will even get out a hell of a prize money.

Exactly, a bloody tournament that the men of the sea seem to prefer… So why don't you admit to this tournament and make a provision that whoever breaks the rules of the team will not be able to participate?

Of course, if you regularly hold martial arts clubs in the Knights, and you only admit to gambling within the Knights under the Princess, everyone will eat them. "

I see, you're out of gas. Sure it's an effective means...

That's what Pandora thinks. When she sees Chirali and Shirley, Shirley advances to Nodding Pandora.

"I think it's valid. The battle is over, at the threshold of stress, you'll just be in trouble.

Besides, if we do well in the martial arts club, we can show our martial arts. "

Good grades... Well, that brother-in-law, he'll come out, so I can't win. But can he show some martial arts, depending on his grades?

"Then Izu. You take the lead and arrange it that way."

"I understand. We'll get to the draft as soon as possible this evening.

And this morning, I received a letter... This is to Ensign Sakura, isn't it? From Ensign Maida, transferred to the Knights of the Holy Dragon. "

So he took out the letter, and gave it to Fay. Izu smiled as if to see his grandson, and when Pandora tried to tear it up, when Izu saw one letter from a bunch of letters, Izu's face became a little troubled, and he told Pandora.

"This is addressed to the Princess, but the sender has not been written... No, the family crest was painted at the sender's place, and this family crest is definitely the family crest of the Omi guardian and Inari guardian."

Pandora gave her hand and received a letter from Izu, who instantly understood that this was about Gabriella, in the absence of a sender from Pa.

"Anything else unusual?

"No, I won't sit down, that's all. Now that you've taken over, it's time for someone to go home."

"Good day. Get some rest."

"Thank you. I'll sit down. Bye."

So when Izu went out of the room with a grace, Faye had already read the letter, and said, blushing a little.

"We've decided on Yuantaro's flying dragon (Wyburn). He's a small flying dragon. He says he's a combat team."

"Heh, isn't that good? If it was Yuantaro's personality, even the big flying dragon for transport (Wyburn) would have participated in the battle.

But Gentaro didn't join his father, Colonel Maida's Knights, was it good?

Pandora answered Shirley's question as she opened the letter, not Faye.

"It's Gentaro anyway, and no matter what you say, my uncle thinks it's no use."

"Ah, that's cool. Even Gentaro... Pandora, what's wrong?

At the end of Faye's gaze, he said so, was the figure of Pandora, who turned his face bright blue and shook the letter with a pull.

"This... this is a lie... I would never believe it..."

As in the death of the governor, surprised by Pandora, who showed upset, Shirley saw the letter from behind Pandora, where Gabriella gave birth to a healthy boy on the sixth and fifth in a letter from Pa, but after giving birth, on the fourteenth, it was written that he had become a person who would not return, with words of apology.

"Gabriella was the wife of that deputy chief of maternity and deputy chief of the Knights of Witches (Night Witches), that Gabriella!?

But Mr. Gabriella was assassinated by an enemy after the Ruthai Empire... No way, Pandora!

So Pandora said to Shirley, surprised, with a sad face.

"Gabriella committed suicide in the water because she was killed... but Inami Omi discovered it and managed to stop her from committing suicide. But Gabriella refused to return to the army because her broken heart could not be undone and her memories were filled.

So, me and Amelia burned Gabriella in proper corpses, dressed in her clothes, and treated Gabriella as a death in action.

Shogun Omi and Amilia are famous for their unfriendliness, no one would have thought that the two of them had joined hands for Gabriella, and Shogun Omi was going to take good care of them.

Because of this, I thought I was going to be happy in Omi with the child I was going to have... "

So said Pandora, when he chewed his lips, and wept remorsefully, he slapped his desk and stood up and said:

"Hey, I'm going to Amiria's in Saltile!

So it was when he tried to make a spatial transition, and Shirley grabbed Pandora's shoulder and said,

"The thing is, I get it... but, Pandora. Promise me you'll never take the Deputy Director of Science's child."

For the first time, Pandora said to Shirley in anger.

"Why not! He's Gabriella's kid! It's not natural that I want to make you happy!

"That's why you can't pretend!

With serious eyes, Pandora was surprised by the unexpected Shirley's words, which Shirley explained to Pandora in a sober tone.

"Pandora, you are blind when it comes to the deputy head of maternity. I know Pandora's relationship with the deputy head of maternity, so I know how you feel, but think about it here.

What if you take the kid, and you raise him? Explain to anyone who's raised you. Because you are a princess, you will be asked to explain what you said to your child.

Even idiots would know that you and Major General McGregor were hiding Mr. Gabriella.

In that case, for making a false report, you will be punished in some way by Major General McGregor or by the Honorable Shogun Omi, even if it is good in Raven.

Besides, growing up without telling your real parents doesn't make you feel like the deputy head of maternity and Gabriella?

Pandora answered that Shirley's words, even though she understood them with her head, were painful in the chest and seemed to regret it.

"... ok"

Pandora, who said so, remained facing down, clenching his fist with regret, and disappeared into the smoke of space transfer.

"Hey Shirley. Isn't that a little too harsh?

The deputy head of maternity was like Pandora's only flesh and blood, and I know how much you want to pick up the children you left behind. Couldn't I have been nicer to you?

"He understands that it's better to say it tough but clear than to say it gently away..."

Shirley, who said so, was looking at Pandora's chair with a sad face.

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That evening. The kingdom of Omijiang in the Lutai Empire is a transportation hub where North National Street, Nakasendo, and Tokaido meet exactly what is called the gateway to Kyou, and the new Omijiang guardian, Pa, in its rich lakeside of Lake Biwako, changed its name from the original town of Kanyin Temple to Anysu in order to build a new castle, was crowded by many.

Furthermore, a major railway project had been carried out, led by the Korean court, from Tsuruga to the eastern side of Lake Biwako, between Kyoto and Fushimi, to pass the railway along the Yodogawa River to Osaka Bay, and the country of Omi was a tired people in the civil war in precisely a good economy, but its face had a smile back.

In the Kannon temple, built on the mountain across from its Andou Mountain, the opposite of the bustle at the foot, was just sitting in front of the Kannon statue placed in the auditorium, looking at the colder Gabriella, with a face that was still going to cry.

Even when the ministers brought the meal, Ba didn't get any hands on it, he just looked at Gabriella, and the minister who worried about Ba didn't get his hands on the meal, even if he at least pleaded to eat just the meal, he just nodded "thank you" with a lonely smile.

And it came to pass, in such a dark air auditorium, that he heard a man come running, and the minister came hastily, and knelt behind the bar, saying,

"I will report to you. Dear Pandora Sakura and Amiria McGregor, you have passed away."

He replied quietly to the minister without looking back on the report.

"Ask me to come in... and pay for it too"

"... awed"

When the minister, who said so, looked at the bar worryingly, and left, he heard a footsteps that seemed angry for a while, and Amiria and Pandora came in.

"Love, no!... Hey, what are you doing?

So there was in Amiria's eyes, who opened her eyes to slam her anger, a face of a bar greeting them, bowing her head to the ground.

And it came to pass, when the two men, who had been poisoned, sat in front of the bar, behaved like that, that the bar was in the same position.

"I let Gabriella die while I said I would make Gabriella happy. Trust me, I don't know what to apologize to the two of you who kept Gabriella.

I don't mind you hitting me in the neck like this... please, just slash me like this "

And when the voice of Bar, which said so, was trembling with sorrow, and the more painfully the two knew how Bar felt, and the more painful it was to be able to tighten his chest, Amilia laid her hand on the shoulder of Bar, and said:

"Put your face up... I and the princess, at first, were so angry, but this could be what I said about having a child. Nothing is your sole responsibility.

Besides, if I slaughter you, Gabriella won't come home, and if I let anger kill her, Gabriella will never forgive me. "

"... sorry"

And when he saw the face of Bar, who lifted up his face, Amilia said with tears in her eyes.

"Did Gabriella seem happy?

"Oh, I looked into the garden every day and rubbed my stomach. Ever since the birth of my child, I never let my child go from my side"

Pandora and Amilia, who knew how much Gabriella had been taken care of in the Inari family, in the words of Bar, who said so with a gentle face, approached the carcass of Gabriella lying down, and saw Gabriella quietly in eternal sleep, and Amilia wept.

Amilia's voice ringing in the quiet auditorium, albeit forgiven, thrust into the heart of the bar and again into the sea of sorrow and guilt, but when the bar endured thinking this was also punishment, Pandora, who bit her lips and nearly crushed her chest, took a deep breath once, sat in front of the bar and spoke with respect.

"Inami Shosho... No, Shosho Omi, I'm sorry to show you the ugly spot. Never, because I am not going to blame Lord Omi... Instead, I ask Gabriella to give me a place of peace, and all I can say is thank you"

"No, I can't believe it turned out like this and I'm thankful..."

Seeing Barr, who said so, Pandora felt that Barr's heart was about to break, and he was forced to make a smile.

"So, the child you were born with, boy? Girl?"

"I'm fine, I'm a boy. His name is Gabriella, from the name of the deceased Babysitter, and he says he's going to be an arrow guard.

Just now, among the ministers, there was a couple who had children, and with their own children, the arrow soldiers were asked to do their milk together. "

Well, a human child needs milk... after all, as Shirley said, it's impossible for me to pick up a baby without a child... I don't have milk. No, to me in the first place, I don't know if I can have kids.

With that in mind, Pandora, while regretting and investing in her fist, sat upright against the bar and said:

"I have a favor to ask of His Highness Omi. Please, can you raise Yabui as a lovely guardian as this?

Of course, if you can tell me what you need or if you need anything, please contact me or Amiria. Let's deal with this right away. "

To the words of Pandora, Amiria also instantly understood, and nodding in agreement with Pandora's opinion, Ba answered with a caged eye whether he saw Gabriela as chilling and had made a new readiness.

"Okay, then let me raise you responsibly. As I was told before, at the age of nearly twelve, once you confirm your will and say you want to be a knight, let the school take its exams and say you don't want to be, I will be your Inari housewife.

So, when Yagami comes back to serve, I'd like either of you to become a Uhat parent... "

"Uh-huh, honey?

Pandora explains it to Amiria, who said it strangely so that she didn't know what it meant.

"In other words, he who puts a hat on the child's head during the ritual of becoming an adult in the Luthai Empire. In the Luthai Empire, Uhat parents are assumed to be equivalent to parents and children, even if they have no blood ties.

Simply put, in order to grow up in the Luthai Empire, we can have another parent besides the flesh parents. Shogun Omi is asking me or Amiria to be the other parent of Yagami. "

Amiria nodded as she was convinced by Pandora's explanation, and said to Pandora:

"Then that utter hat parent, be a princess. I think Gabriella and the gynecologist would love that."

To Amilia's words, whether she felt kindness or Pandora wholeheartedly said "Thank you" to Amilia, Amilia questioned Bar, wondering what had happened to the funeral.

"With that said, who's at the funeral?

"Gabriella doesn't know if we should do it in a continental way, yet. If I could, I would do it in this temple... but if I could, I'd like to bury you with the Babysitter."

That is what Amiria said to Ba, who looked at Gabriella's wreckage with a sad face.

"That's good in the Luthai Imperial style. If we make it continental, we might be separated from the nursery department in the afterlife.

Yes, the Fountain Dragon Temple in Nassau would make it easier for those on the continent to come. Together with my Knights and the Knights of the Princess, we shall all drop them off. "

"If that's what you mean, I'll talk to the monk. I just wanted to go to the grave.

The funeral is tomorrow. If it's such a sudden date, the inside won't even know, and if you bury it, the monks will do something about it later.

Omi Shogunate. Tomorrow, we will send someone who can use space transfer, so both Inari and the others will join us. Gabriella would love that. "

Amiria and Ba nodded to Pandora's suggestion that the three of them had one thought and moved for tomorrow's funeral.

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From after noon onwards, the dark clouds covered the sky, and the gradual rain fell, also in the evening, in the midst of Nassau's Fountain Dragon Temple, which is the main descent, before the tomb of the governor, Pandora stood without an umbrella, just staring down at the grave of the governor.

Next door, there was a tomb of Gabriella in disguise, which no one had put in, and Pandora had apologized, shifting her gaze to the tomb, to the governor many times in her heart.

Pandora stood alone in such a cold rain, and an umbrella was raised over Pandora's head, and when the rain was cut off, Pandora said without looking back.

"... a monk"

In Pandora's words, the monk in the hospital did not look upset by Pandora's appearance, but smiled plainly.

"What a rare person you think you are, Lord... you feel like getting hit by the rain?

"... right. I was told by your father to learn to say emotions.

But if emotion is such a hard and painful thing to say, I wish I didn't know... Hey monk, I wonder why people die. To die, are people born?

To the exact words of Pandora, the monks also shifted their gaze to the tomb of the governor.

"... all of a sudden, it's like a Zen question"

"Don't tear it up, answer it!

The monk replied with a smile to the serious tone of Pandora.

"In a way, naturally. Also, in a way, no.

In this world, human beings are really weak compared to beasts and subhumans, with short lifespans, weak bodies, and no special skills such as magic. Then the Awkward Monk thinks that its weakness is the real strength of man and the answer to Pandora's question. "

"... I don't know what that means"

"Hahaha, my lord's father said the same thing. Blood is indisputable.

Okay, I'll make it easy for you to understand. People are born to die... I have to say half of them are right about this question.

But if we meet, then life and death cannot be separated, just as there is parting. Now, that makes sense. "

"Does that make sense?

"Dear Left. People are never born meaningless. At birth, the awkward monk thinks that there is some meaning or thought.

Earlier, your father told you to learn your emotions. Perhaps the Lord, because he was such an admired nurse, gave life to the world to teach him the most painful emotions.

But at the same time, the nursing school is trying to teach your lord how to overcome difficulties. "

In the words of the monk, Pandora chewed his lips, and put his strength into his fist.

"Difficulties... whenever I can blow up everything in this world and destroy everything that lives in this world, that's what. It's useless."

"That's it, that. Surely the Lord is strong...... no, he is too strong.

Therefore, because of the overwhelming strong, we overlook something important, without trying to know the heart of the weak. In the future, it would be good to start by knowing the feelings of the weak who said so.

Then the strength of the Lord will turn into something more sophisticated, and we will reach the realm of God. "

"Hmm, you think I'm the domain of God?

That is what Pandora said, laughing with her nose, but the monk said to Pandora with a gentle face.

"Tell him who says he is the devil himself that the true devil is. In the first place, a human being distinguishes between God and the devil. The essence of it is the same… yes, if you change the direction you see it, the devil is just like God."

"A monk says it..."

"For example, the story of a ghost mother god... who had kidnapped a man's son and fed him to his own child, but told the Buddha that he had hidden his own child and changed his heart.

If you change the way you see it, isn't the Goddess of the Ghost Mother the one who overflows the love of the Mother, who fetches and feeds my Son his prey? Even humans fetch beasts and weeds for their children and feed them... just like that. "

"... to the monk's cunt, you're a weird guy. But somehow, I feel like I know what your father says about monks.

Monk, do me a favor... will you have a funeral tomorrow?

"Tomorrow... that's not all of a sudden. Well, good, but whose funeral is it?

Pandora said to the monk's words, silently pointing to Gabriella's grave, the monk instantly understood why it was Gabriella's funeral.

"After all, the heart of the LORD is lit with kindness like the father of the LORD. All right, let's get ready."

"... sorry"

Pandora, who said so, looked back, and tried to return, but the monk, whose cheeks were wet in tears, smiled and said to Pandora.

"Apparently, the umbrella was worn out and the rain came in. Your body will also be cold, take a bath in the temple, dry your clothes, then go home, but be good.

Finally, I'll prepare some rice... because it's a temple, we can't serve meat exactly, but the vegetables that we all make are delicious. "

In the words of the monk, Pandora, who realized she was crying, answered the monk by wiping her tears.

"Sorry, it's a treat"

Pandora, who said so, went into the temple, and took a bath, and went straight to the royal palace for a treat as well.

After noon the following day, Gabriella's funeral was held at Quanlong Temple. The Hasha Knights, the Witch Knights (Night Witches) and the Inari family joined in and didn't say whose funeral it was, but they all understood, and the newborn arrow soldiers were also here, and Pandora, the first to hold the governor and Gabriella's child, was talking about something with a gentle face.

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Thursday, July 8, A.D., the Kingdom of Emburg. Occupying the upper-right third of the African continent, this country, situated between the kingdoms of Cesar and Fresia, was said to dust the largest of the three southern countries and to be dominated by the Beastman, the reality being that there were no elves in the boulder, but it was a naturally rich country where humans also lived.

The state religion, which was Musamanian, but which also included Greek, was a free country where purist Musamanians did not seem to be state religion, and the Kingdom of Galleria, the kingdom before the Kingdom of Fresia, had been unfriendly and hostile for many years, but whatever the thoughts lurking behind it with the Eastern Union, it had a good relationship on the surface, with the kingdom of Cesar, the Serenity Empire, the Pespard dynasty, and the eastern coastal states of the continent, which also traded.

However, many years of war with the Kingdom of Galleria and the effects of the recently ended civil war had disrupted the security of its territory and bandits had frequently appeared in many streets, but the security of the sea was good, so when it came to trading in this country, sea routes were common.

Well, this is also because, in the name of policing the sea lanes of the deal, a navy led by an elf of the coalition overdid the act of pillaging in the name of controlling the pirates, and the pirates barely showed up, so many coastal cities on the eastern side were friendly to the Eastern Union.

As such, Miglia and Hummel landed on a trading boat in Katze, a port city close to the Kingdom of Cesar, in the provisional capacity of a couple of slave traders, in a carriage prepared by an intelligence officer under Kojiro, heading south down the street leading to Sandova, the king's capital.

Eventually, entering the southern continent, like the African continent, through an area that mirrored Mexico, there were several posts set up along the streets.

"You have quite a few places of detention. After all, are you alert to the remnants of the princely party?

And it came to pass, in the carriage driver's seat, that Dagos came out of the carriage and said unto Miriam,

"I guess so. King Delbert Emburg is quite an obsessive figure. Besides, you must be on the lookout for bandits."

"Bandits hey...... well sure, security looks pretty bad. I don't care if you say it's bad, but I know it."

When Miriam says so, the White Wolf Knights dressed as slaves, aboard the carrier, smile.

At this time, it was also Theodoro, the Thousand Birds and the White Wolf Knights, who were in a slave-carrying carriage in which Hummel and Miriam rode, with six poorly resembled men, and Dagos.

White Lizardman was active in this country during the civil war, because everyone knew he existed, Bash was waiting in Nassau, and Mardi the Elf was waiting in Nassau with Bash because of the consideration that he should not, of course, be considered of the Fresian kingdom.

Are you sure he's aware of the Knights? Well, they're originally poorly resembled, usually like bandits, and when I say they've been enslaved by punishment in the Eastern Union, it's easier and better because everyone trusted them, but are you sure this is good?

With that in mind, when Hummel, holding the reins in the cab, sighed, at some point, the regiment sat next to him and said:

"Beyond this, there will be another precinct. I can't take a detour."

"Well, we'll be friends again, ah..."

"I'm going to have a real nightmare...... sorry, it's a lie, I'm glad"

To Miriam, who said so and held him in her arms, untruthlessly unto the flank of Hummel, a tickle and dagger were protruded, and when Hummel said again in haste, the carriages were smiling, and Dagos was anxious, but looked at the map and said:

"This should certainly have been the territory of Baron Duras, who was a prince. The baron should have a new lord in office because he did die in battle.

If you know the lord, maybe you can help... Major Hasegawa, what was the seal of the flag like?

"Sure enough, on a one-legged bird stopping on a shield, some of the shields were broken up into four pieces and painted like trees and water. You know him?"

And it came to pass in the words of the bandits, that Thousand Birds, and Hummel, and those other than Miriam, were plain blue in their faces, and a man with a bandit-like face said unto Miriam.

"Isn't that the crest of the Count of France, where your sister stabbed a man gosh in one eye? If I were alive, I would have hated my sister."

"Oh, that big monkey. I really don't know if he's still alive."

And he said unto Miriam, so plainly, Dagos with his head.

"It's a monkey man... that's a discriminatory term. Still, you're the worst opponent... it's overwhelmingly quicker to get past this post because it's dense forest even if you can bypass it. We have to go."

"Well, being a lord, there's very little chance that the Count will come to the precinct, so we won't meet perfectly... what happened"

Theodoro answered Legionzo's question with a bright blue face.

"That was a battle in the canyon called Monterni.

Seven thousand soldiers led by the Count of France were lured by our White Wolf Knights, confused by falling rocks and fire, and Sister Miglia entered the enemy's headquarters, poking a man gosh in one eye, and it was our victory, but when she lured them, she told Borocus about the Count... "

When Teodoro told him that Hummel was clear enough to see what was going on in his hands, he said, looking at the end of the street.

"We're going back to Nassau once. We're not stupid enough to fight the Beasts in the dense woods.

I'll keep you waiting over there so you can fight right away, but be as calm as you can. "

Having said that, once the finger whistle was sprayed, the ninjas gathered around the carriage, and in Theodoro's spatial transfer, as he moved to Nassau, Dagos, whose face would be known at the end, disappeared in the spatial transfer, the laughter disappeared in the carriage and no one spoke.

Eventually, the enclosure you see is like a fortress with long wooden walls that block the streets, with the crest of the Count of France painted all over it, a large flag sweeping in the wind.

Among them, the large castle gate connected to the street is lined with merchants, because it is a street that leads to the Wang capital, and the strictness of the inspection of the station can be seen.

The Hummels did not slap their mouths in vain, but quietly lined up and waited for the order, and several soldiers came and looked in the carriage with Chirali and said to Hummels.

"You're a slave trader... where are you from?

It's from the Serenity Empire.

"Eastern Union or... well good. Wang Du, now understaffed, slaves will be sold to fly. It's a thousand shillings."

So Hummel said to the soldier who offered him his hand, in astonishment.

"Wait a minute, please. At other locations, the toll was two shillings."

"Elsewhere. If you don't like it, you can go through the others.

But slaves are alive, too. It's going to cost you more... a thousand shillings a person. "

"Hey! Than just now, the price would be up!

With that said, Hummel glances at the lousy grinning soldier, but when Miriam pulls her arm even when she says "you," Hummel regrettably pays the toll as he is told.

"Every time. You've got a good wife."

That is what Hummel said to Miriam as he received the money and smiled at the soldier returning to his post.

"Miriam, why did you stop?

"Hummel, if you make a scene here, think about what will happen."

"Shit!"

That's how Hummel looked remorseful and nearly slapped the cab, but he managed to be patient and waited for the order.

Around that time, from the other side of the barracks, the armies of the Kingdom of Emburg were approaching, at the beginning of which was led by a giant ape man who hid his right eye with his eyelid.