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Episode 22: Silver Sword

... so...

"... the monsters are dancing"

"Yes, it sounds like a celebratory dance."

A dance party was held with the monster.

The host is Princess Large.But I'm sure the King helped us.Because there are so many monsters I've never seen before.

"Your Majesty, thank you for the many monsters you have brought out this time."

So I thank the king honestly. [M]Then the king shook his hand in front of his face, looking deeply distressed.

"Well, what are you saying?The rest, however, only allowed Large to suddenly say, "I want a Summoner."I was never involved.Something like this.... "

Ah, that's what happened after all.Well, I suppose Princess Large has turned a lot of monsters into Summoners from one end to the other, and now she's throwing a dance party like this. Well, okay.

"And yet, I haven't heard much!The members of the aristocracy coalition have pushed so much! "

"Oh, I was wondering if I could call someone close to me...."

"Who would have imagined there were more than 30 'very close associates'!"

"Hahaha, this is rude."

... the "very personal" party, which was opened by renting out the entire dance hall in the royal castle, brought together us, Fay, and the aristocracy of the aristocracy union.

Um... they all saw the dancing monsters, screamed and tried to escape, and all sorts of reacted, but the Knights of Bones said, "Welcome!"and" Welcome! ", dancing the shakashaka katakata welcome dance with Maracas and Tambarin, and watching the dragon walk around with such kindness.

I gathered here today with people who originally agreed with Faye's father, so I'm pretty sure he was used to this surprise.The aristocrats are completely familiar with it and enjoy dancing with the bones, dancing with the dragons, and playing with the big bats.

... and because of this, I didn't disguise myself badly.

I only put on a face made of big leaves like satoimo leaves, and then I got a phoenix on my lap and a tube fox on my head, literally letting me fully stretch my feathers.

There are many monsters with feathers besides me, so I don't stand out much.Even if they find us, they say, "There's some kind of weird monster." "Maybe it's a subspecies of Halpuia?They just look like '.Besides, I usually sit with the bird on my back, so the feathers are completely buried in the bird's feathers, so it's not very conspicuous.

Only Mr. Saphir found me, was very surprised, then blew up and laughed, and whispered to me with an appropriate excuse, worried about something else.Yeah, so far.

"Absolutely, because this is the Red Gard...."

Eventually, the King, who had a quarrel with Faye's father and apparently lost, sat on the chair next to me with a murmur.... that chair, the one I borrowed to put away the painting materials... Well, here you go.

"Do you dislike the children of Redgard?"

I had just finished a picture, so I paused and talked to the king.Then the king sighed deeply and began to speak as if he had cut the weir.

"There is no reason not to hate it.No one else is as rude as that.Unruly behavior, disruptive behavior... After all, the only thing that backs them up is luck.Ah, absolutely abominable. I didn't expect such a thing from a lucky impolite like that... ah, no. "

The king who talked a lot, noticed me, and slightly drooling his mouth.

With my mouth shut... I sighed and kept on without looking at me. [M]

"... you shouldn't say such things to the spirits."

"It's fine. I don't care."

"No...."

... it seems that the King is a little reluctant with the Spirit.

I wonder. I wonder if the Hierarchy in the King can't be too strong against creatures that seem to be above the King because they were powerful by being inside the Hierarchy.

"Um, King."

I asked the king what he would do to me. [M]

Do you hate monsters?

At first, the king was in a good mood.

But... think about it, something... something's starting to go wrong.

"No, I hate you..."

No, not me.I was asking about something that wasn't me... ah, I see.I said, "I'm a monster, too," so you thought I was asking about me.Hmm, I guess you're a reluctant king to me...

"... um, yeah. If you can, I'd love to have you come to King's Landing.I don't care if you give me that blessing or not, to our land. "

"I don't like that."

"Uh-huh...."

But I refuse the invitation.I want to be with Red Gard's children.

... if I refused, the king would have done well.

Ah, perhaps it's because you were trying to pull me out of Fay and the others because you were somehow reluctant towards me?He's not a monster. He's trying to give you strength. You're trying to rely on something?Hmm... well, that's fine, but...

"Don't you hate them, not just me, but them dancing right now?"

Put aside the King's thoughts and change the form of the question once again.

"Well, monsters are monsters.Oh, you're a spirit. Something different..... "

"Ah, I don't care, don't you hate them? That's the kind of question... do you hate monsters after all?"

I don't think it's natural to put aside the King's reaction and hate monsters.It seems that monsters are such things to people in this world, and the king was about to be cut off by them...

... the king looks a little confused, looking right in the middle of the dance hall.

The bones and armor dancing there, the mysterious creatures of bats and dragons and snakes, the creatures like little demons and the half-human half-bird Halpuia, watching the joys of various monsters laugh at each other... looking at me puzzled, and...

"... it's a strange thing. The monster I thought was tough seemed kind of strange and affectionate."

Yes, zero.

The king looks at me as if he were at zero and waits scared for my reaction.You don't have to worry so much.

"Me, too. They're fun to draw.Sometimes it seems to harm people, but if we dance together like this, it's just a mysterious creature with love. "

That's why I decided to reassure the king.

In fact, it's fun to draw them, and it's fun to just watch them.When I saw Roses and Saphir dancing each inviting a bony lady to the dance, I thought, "I don't know...

"... Spirit, did you say that you are a monster... Spirit and monster are synonymous for you?"

However, I am a little troubled when the king tells me such a thing.

"Eh? Um...."

I did say that.But it was a word to make people grow horns feel intimate, and it was to prove that there are many strange things next door... and...

... I wonder if you can explain it well.

"... we all think we're monsters.I think humans are monsters, too. "

When I started talking, the king looked a little strange. [M]

It's not my story, it's not about magic, it's not about biology... it's a philosophy if you insist, but that kind of story doesn't seem familiar to kings. Will it be passed on?

"Everyone thinks, feels, aspires, and wants to cherish different things, and there are things that are absolutely incompatible, and they will never understand each other... and I think that if there is a difference in appearance as soon as I can see it at a glance..."

"Hmm...."

I don't think the king understands very well.I know because I am nodding my neck ambiguously.

"We're all monsters, different creatures. If everyone thinks so, I think there will be fewer things that don't work out.The other person thinks the same things as they do, so I thought it might not work..... "

But, Your Majesty, it seems we understand.I had a little reaction.

"But there are so many things that are born because they're not all the same, so... sometimes I feel bad or hurt because they're different, but I'm glad they're all different... and at the same time, I'm so happy to meet someone who looks like me in a different world."

When I said so, the king nodded with a difficult face. [M]

"... the process. Surely... the incompatible existence, the incomprehensible existence, seems like a monster..."

Maybe the king understood my story, but he wasn't convinced, I guess.

You think humans are not in pieces, as I think, and I don't really feel that everyone is thinking differently.

It's... irreplaceable in itself.There are a lot of things that I can't understand when I explain.

"And from there again, monsters?"

Yes, it's a monster.

"Hmm...."

The king thought of something.

I'd be happy if you were thinking about what I said. [M]It would be a little troublesome if you were thinking about how to synchronize with me, but there's nothing you can do about it.

Anyway, we're different creatures.

... that's why I think it makes sense to think about the same thing, whether it's a waste or a waste of time.

Then a little while later, a princess, not Princess Large, took the king to dance, so I paint the king dancing in fear, surrounded by bones and armor. It's fun.

In addition, I am inviting Princess Large to dance with me, such as the golden dragon of Princess Large dancing with the red dragon of Fay, Fay dancing with the serpent while laughing cheerfully with a bit of alcohol in it, Claire dancing with Laocles in the corner, Lyla who came to me one day and started painting the same thing more and more.

... it's fun. It's fun to be in a space full of weird things, and it's fun to paint!

"... so the royal family... has decided to recognize the independence of the Union of Nobles..."

... and then, after everyone had danced for a while, there was a King's statement.With a face like 'very dissatisfied', the king said that and received a great applause from the nobles.

"The official announcement shall be made at a later date.Until then, don't make inadvertent moves. "

That is what the king said, closing his statement with a sigh.

Well... for now, the Alliance of Nobles can be safely independent, and with the independence of the Alliance of Nobles, the Royal Family will have to do all the parts of the Alliance of Nobles that have been supported by the Alliance of Nobles by itself, and it will be a good thing that you will do your best to fight differently.

So, you can create something good for each other in a mutually independent state.

"Hah, my goodness, now that the Union of Nobles is finally independent."

Eventually, Fay, who seemed tired of dancing, came next to me and buried himself in the bird.However, it seems like it was buried more than expected, and I'm going to turn it upside down while saying, "Wow."I know. I need a trick to keep this bird on my back.

"Thank goodness, independence."

"Wow. Well, now that you're not being exploited by the royal family, the royal family will take it seriously, as long as you've lost the means to make fun of it.If you hadn't done it... well, that's the time.I'm sure it's okay because there's Princess Large and Prince Aureus. "

Fay laughs and says that, sitting back is good for the birds.

"I'm just... worried about you."

And I'm going to sigh, so I'm going to sigh and ask.

"Yeah, it's about the demon king, right?"

Fay nodded with a reluctant face.

"When the Demon King comes, well, things don't look good. One stumbling block is simply the possibility that the Demon King will harm us."

Yeah, I know.

Maoon is friendly to us (... I think.In the meantime.) I am a demon king, but a demon king who is not a monster is not always friendly.

... or, as far as the past goes, because it is not friendly, it is trying to destroy Soleira by the king, or making a contract to kill the king in anticipation that the king cannot destroy Soleira.

"And the second thing... is that the brave relationship is getting annoying."

"Ah... you must be one of the brave men at Argent's."

When the confirmation was said, Faye nodded heavily.

"After all, this hero is supposed to be Princess Large.The Argent family, named after Princess Large and her friendly corn, is increasingly losing its position, which is the cause of the conflict between the Argent family and the royal family or between the Argent family and the aristocracy union. "

Well... neither we nor Princess Large nor the Demon King were trying to make the Argents feel bad... but as a result, that's what happened.

"So, there's no doubt that House Argent is going to stick it in your neck.If you find out about the Demon King, it will be incredible, and even if not, they will try to drag us and the Alliance of Nobles down somehow.To maintain my superiority..... "

"Mmm...."

A federation of nobles independent of the royal family seems to have a rather difficult future.

"Well... I wonder why the monsters are after Soleira."

And then Faye said, "Me, me."

"I knew there was something going on, Soleira."

... that's what I think.I know what I'm like, and I know that there's nothing so weird in the woods.

So, if you ask me if there is something, I have to say, "No," but... hmm, maybe there is something that makes me feel uncomfortable because I approached the forest?Is there something strange in me that anyone but me can clearly see...?

"Ah, well, don't even think about it like that."

Then Fay waved his hand in front of me and said, "I'm sorry," and started stroking my head.Don't stroke. Don't stroke!And don't draw Lyla!You're caressing me. What's so funny about me?

"Well... I knew it, but I was after you."

Then Fay sighed a little while stroking my head.

"The monster is after the Spirit.You can think like that. "

The theory is convincing.

The zombies were targeting the Spirit of Mount Golda, and they were targeting me... I don't think the idea that the Spirit itself was a target was always wrong.

"... why would a bad demon king want a spirit?"

"Come on... you want a huge amount of magic or something?"

I wonder... if that would convince me to kill me and Golda's Spirit. Yeah....

"Or maybe it's because it's delicious.Look, corn might be delicious if you rode it. "

"Don't be afraid..."

Lyla suddenly said something scary with a smile.Don't eat. Don't eat.I can't taste it even if I roast it. [M]

"Well, corn is going to be more careful from now on.Stay with Laocles all the time. "

"Yeah."

I thought it was getting kind of a mess, but for now, I'm going to spend some time drawing pictures, and I'll start arranging the materials again.

... and at that time.

The van, the door of the dance hall opens.

The person who stood there while everyone was watching...