Unmotivated Hero's Tale

"Aynce, did they call you too?

For the first time in two months, prudence will be lifted. No, Lute was summoned by a letter from Yui immediately.

When he notices Eince looking for something on the third floor of the military building, he keeps his voice shut.

"Is Senior Lute also the mouth that was summoned in that guy's letter...... by the way, it said in the letter, I'm looking for a place called SS headquarters, do you know where?

"Come on... I just got here, too. In the meantime, his letter said it was on the third floor, and the Strategic Ministry headquarters is on this floor. Why don't you just ask him there?"

Eince thought so, too. When she went to the receptionist at the Ministry of Strategy, she spoke to the woman with the glasses at the reception.

"Excuse me, I think there's a room on this floor called SS Headquarters."

"And is it SS headquarters? Yeah, SS headquarters, that's, uh... straight down your street, turn right at the poke, and it's the deepest room..."

While explaining the route, the glasses woman answers that interruptedly by keeping her gaze out for some reason.

While feeling vaguely uncomfortable, Aynth and the others thanked her and began walking in the direction taught.

"I also come to this building a lot because I am in the Ministry of Strategy, but I wonder if there was a room there..."

No matter who you tell. Whimpering like that, the two turn right at the thrust as instructed by the woman.

Then he went straight to the storehouse like a storehouse.

"... hey, there's nothing left but storage"

"Right. I don't think there was a room like this in my memory."

With an unspeakable and ominous hunch, the two lean their necks against each other on the spot.

And when they concluded they could only think about it, they returned their heels to go back to the reception to see where they were again.

But at exactly the time they tried to take the first step, the sound of poorly erected warehouse doors opening from behind them echoes.

"You guys, it's late."

Hearing that voice I've heard somewhere, the two look back as they pull their cheeks together.

Then, from the gap between the doors of the open warehouse, a familiar brunette glanced at his face.

"I feel better not to ask asexually for some reason...... Senior, what are you doing in a warehouse like this?

"What... you wrote in your letter that you were waiting here, right?

Yui, who doesn't quite understand the meaning of the words Eince has spoken, replies so lightly as he tilts his neck.

"Even if they say here... the letter did say SS headquarters."

"Oh. So here it is, here it is. This is SS headquarters. See, that's what it says."

Yui, who said so, points to an old wooden plank that was erected unwrought at the door.

When they first recognized there was a small dirty wooden plank there, the Eins slammed to the letter 'SS HQ' written in dirty letters.

"... I thought that would happen anyway."

Lute shrugs her shoulders as if she gave up, accepting just that it's the usual thing.

But the other Eince still couldn't accept the reality, and he opens his mouth with an overtly unpleasant look on his face.

"Senior, at first it's called SS. So this room is just a little..."

"You have no choice. There's no room in the military building to let them play in such a beautiful room. I even had a hard time securing this room yesterday today."

The SS decree came out. No, I left the HR and budget relationship to Elise, and he himself immediately started looking for a place for the squad.

He then rushed to the military building, where he was in a rough turn, and managed to secure the moldy room that had been abandoned in the warehouse at the end of the roundabout.

"In the meantime, why don't you go inside and talk to me? For once, I borrowed chairs and desks from various departments. Well, it's all falling apart."

Yui speaks so much, he just goes inside.

That's how the two left behind in front of the door sighed face-to-face with each other and stepped straight into the room ready to go.

"Well, that's why I asked you to gather here."

"... Yui, you're also speaking to Alex because it's about you anyway. What happened to him?

Lute sits back in a worn chair that was rolled inside the room and asks Yui, who tried to cut the story out, to control his desk and ask him that.

"Oh, I did call it to call it. However, with today's training norm, he said he wouldn't make it at this time. So I heard you were gonna be late."

"He's not at all... well, what choice do I have? But I didn't expect you to call me out for the first time in a long time after I was released from caution. So, what exactly is SS an organization that does?

"Nothing has been decided so far. However, if I were to express myself, it would be anything to fulfill the princess's wishes."

"Anything…"

Don't you have a good image of Yui's explanation, Eince says so with her hands on her chin.

"Oh, whatever. As far as the Princess's escort duties are concerned, it's natural to do as the name suggests. It's just that you're free to do anything else."

"Speaking of Princess Elise, apparently..."

Lute squeaks so slightly that he closes his eyes with his arms together.

That was how a slight silence came, and the noise of the opening of the poorly erected entrance door echoed indoors.

"Hey, I'm sorry. I stuck it in."

When a calm voice with few ups and downs spreads into its space, the red-haired, foxe-eyed young man enters the room with a sorry look on his face.

Alex Hughes.

He made himself the third officer to be summoned by Yui, a former Army ministry-affiliated officer who graduated from the cadet school with four seats as the synchronization of Yui and a man who, with his overwhelming sword skill, once competed with Lute for the strongest seat in the school.

In fact, in the battle during the cadet school years, they were called Alex the Sword, the Magic Lute, by their respective specialties, and still remain the subject of comparison.

"It's late, Alex"

"Is that even Lute? Well, I wonder what time you guys have been acting together. What the hell kind of blow?

I get an intriguing look, as if Alex had seen something rare.

Lute then answered in a somewhat abominable tone.

"Hmm, I made a debt to this guy... I thought I'd pay that debt back. It's just that."

"Heh, that's funny. Is that you, Aynce? Calling me in addition to the two of you... Hehe, I see."

Looking in turn at the faces called on the spot, Alex nods one as if he was convinced that even narrower eyes like yarn.

"Well, Alex is here too, and now we have all the central members of this squad. Shall I say the most important thing first? If there's a guy in here who wants to do the captainship job, make a name for himself right now. That way, right away, but you're the captain!

Yui opens his eyes and looks at the three of them in turn.

But his faint hope was also void, and his words made the sky false.

"... seniors. I know you don't want to work, but His Majesty the King asked you to, didn't he? And it looks like Elise has taken it upon herself... and I'm sorry, but please give up."

Mouth so as if Eince were to teach, Lute opens his mouth to a sigh of sighing with a contemptuous look at Yui.

"Anyway. Seriously though, what are you actually going to do now...... the truth is Yui, what direction are you thinking?

"I was so serious earlier... No, Lute, I'm kidding. Don't look so scared. It's what's coming, I know. Because I know."

Towards Lute, whose gaze gradually tightened, Yui rushed to say excuses and rushed to continue his words.

"Basically, this organization uses Elise's escort as a pre-construction. Even if her founding purpose was different. Therefore, it is natural, but Master Elise's escort is the top priority of all operations. So I'd like to leave it up to Lute regarding that escort."

Yui glanced at Lute's eyes with a sincere gaze, and he quickly took his own gaze off whether he could not shake a slight stray.

"... I failed the other day, are you sure?

"Oh, even if there are people who can prevent that attack in Crosseon, there are no people who can prevent it from happening. 'Cause even Lute failed, there's no way anyone else can. Based on that, I'll ask you again. Will you take over the head of the escort?

Yui does not move his gaze in any way and asks that towards Lute.

A slight stray existed, of course.

But Lute, who consolidated his readiness to cut it off, nodded slowly once, looking back at Yui with a determined look.

"Fine. It's just that I can't just stick around at 46: 00, so I need my men. In the meantime, let's see my ex-boyfriends. I guess we can just pull them all out, but I think some of them will come"

"Oh, I'll take care of it. Perhaps if we pulled out a few people at a time for each ministry, we could pass it by the order of Princess Elise. I'm at your disposal around here."

In response to Yui's words, Lute nods deeply when he closes his eyes again.

"Next thing you know, I'm running an organization called this SS... I wonder if I can ask Aynce for this"

"Operation…? I mean, it's a compromise with other ministries and organizations, or around managing money, right? If I did leave those details to Senior Yui, I would be disgusted and likely to quit my job in three days. Okay, let's do it."

While joking and saying it, Eince also accepts her own role when she says she can't just let Yui have everything.

"Thank you. So when it comes to the last thing you need to maintain the independence of this organization -"

"It's force."

Sooner than Yui finishes his words, Alex takes the lead and mouths the answer.

"Oh, you're right. Can you ask for it, Alex?

"Fine, Yui. It sounds interesting, so I'll help you."

Alex returned a positive reply toward Yui with an unshadowed grin.

"Then I'll leave it to you. Therefore, you should be free to deal with the details regarding each person in charge at your discretion. When it comes to long-term planning as an entire organization in the future, let's do a little more of the body of the organization and then think about it to the extent that it was at your height. I can't believe we're meeting today, so let's call it a breakup."

When Yui declares so, Lute stands up softly and leaves the room first.

Next, Aynce called out to Yui, "I'll turn the carriage around," and walked straight out of the room.

Only Alex and Yui will be left in the room.

"What's the matter, Alex? Something bothering you?

"Yui... I think I know because it's about you, but if I could have an organization like this, it would probably be a lot smaller and put pressure on me from around. Are you prepared to shake it off?

With a grin on his face, Alex uttered a realistic problem that could be expected from now on.

Yui, on the other hand, opens his mouth with a slightly contemplative bare gesture when he comes up with an ambiguous look as if to delude him.

"... I didn't want to be prepared. But the world is a mess, and unfortunately we've been pushed into a position where we have to be prepared."

"I see... that's your kind of answer. I don't think anyone is going to stand out and crush this organization for the time being. It's an organization founded by His Majesty the King and run by the First Princess. Besides, if the executives even have Grand Duke Rhine's son, that's all the more so. The problem is…"

Where Alex spoke so troubledly, Yui took away what he was about to say.

"Yes, the problem comes from the back. If you get a leak in the back, you're a princess or a king, and that sign won't do you any good."

"You seem to know exactly... then I'll take care of the neighborhood for you. Because force, not to fight, but to use it as a deterrent, is what works most effectively."

In Alex's words about taking on the dirty role, Yui gave a mixed look of gratitude and regret.

"... to be honest, I wasn't going to leave that kind of dirty work to anyone else."

"No, Yui. You're a sign for this squad, you can't let a sign do that kind of backwork. Hero Istarts deserves a job."

Alex shook his neck to the left and right, making that mouth toward Yui.

Then Yui scratched his head as illuminated, and opened his mouth with regret.

"Stop being a hero. And... sorry for the hard work."

"Oh, my God, that's mutual. I've also been treated like a swelling in the Army Ministry. [M] So I'm really glad you spoke up."

"Well... that would help if you said so"

Yui is also caught unexpectedly smiling at Alex, who says so with a smile on his face.

But it was not until after this that Yui heard Alex speak that he remained in such a calm mood.

"Yui... I've decided to do it with you, so I'll tell you the truth. I'm late today, not really for training."

"... I wonder what that means"

When the grin that was floating until earlier is lost from Alex, Yui finds unspeakable anxiety.

"Look, Yui. This is information that has just entered the Army Ministry and has not reached the upper echelons. In fact, the Imperial Army has crossed the southern border and begun invading this country. And their ultimate goal... is here in Ertbourg."

Suddenly, Yui is unable to understand the meaning of the word for a moment and becomes stunned.

But as Alex's words slowly began to melt into his brain, Yui accidentally scratched his hair hard with his right hand on his head.