Unmotivated Hero's Tale

"Clary Arms and Hoot Normic. We are now in office."

"Thank you. Well, make it easier."

Clary holds a sleepy hoot with his eyes barely open and his sword taken from the hoot in his sheath as usual.

Those two men stood at the entrance to the SS room to report their arrival.

Yui, who had just returned to Ertbourg last night, had taken a nap in this room until earlier, stroking Bossa's hair while urging the two of them to sit back in the appropriate chair.

"But husband, this is another terrible room. Carlin's strategy department was much better, wasn't it?"

As he strokes his bald head, Clary slowly looks around the room with an indescribable look.

"Don't say that, I still like this. Is there something strange about that?

"No, I mean weird... because there are only chairs and desks in the room, and it's easy to make them all apart. Well, that makes me feel weird."

Yui, which is nothing like before, and this stinking room with this chig-hugging impression.

Before both of them, Clary accidentally laughs bitterly.

Meanwhile, when Yui grinned bitterly to be caught too, he changed the spearhead of the story and asked about the two remaining men who had not yet arrived.

"So, what about the guys from Nanya and Kreha?

"Nanya arrived in the king's capital and ran straight to the liquor store. You must be drunk by now. And the Kreha guy said he wanted to meet up with Wang Du's informant first. He's probably gonna show his face this afternoon."

"... well, you can't act as a group on those two"

If those two have no choice, when they give up, Yui exhales a loud sigh.

"But are you serious about us being SS?

"Oh. Including Cain, who's been with the Princess since today, you're on SS 8th today."

As Yui casually tells the story of the promotion, Clary pulls her cheeks together and raises a bewildered voice.

"Is that eighth? You know, it was originally just Carlin's country soldier, right?

"No, you guys already work in the SS in the military building, so normally, it's at least eighth place treatment. Most of all, I'm going to get a little more promotion in the future, and I'm going to ask each of you to lead a platoon."

When Yui tells him that as if it were nothing, Clary holds his bald head with both hands in his unexpected words and actions.

Meanwhile, Hoot, the other person on whom he was told of the promotion, was sleeping with Suyasuya as if he was not at all interested in the promotion or future treatment, etc.

That's how Clary solidifies and where Hoot falls asleep completely, a fox-eyed man represents himself from there when suddenly the SS room door opens.

"Yui... it's a bad thing"

"What's going on, Alex?

Usually Alex, who always kept grinning, rarely erased his expression, so Yui understands that it didn't just happen per se.

"... the Royal Army lost in Saubakrien. Already the royal castle is a fuss. I'm sure the military building will have a formal report soon, but I thought I'd tell you first."

"Right... did you lose? Dr. Armad did what he feared..."

Meaning of the defeat told.

As soon as she calmly got her thoughts there, Yui suddenly stood up from her chair and stuffed straight up to Alex.

"Alex, where's Dr. Armad? What happened to Dr. Armad? Doctor's safe, isn't he?

"Dr. Armad is fine. I hear the teacher took the defectors together and managed to delay them to the Duke of Meniel's territory."

"Yes... or good"

Yui takes Alex's word for it and exhales a sigh of great relief.

But towards him like that, Alex spoke of information he could not have seen.

"... there's only one thing I know. Apparently, the Imperial Army used collective magic in concert with more than 10,000 magicians."

"10,000 collective magic......? If we could indeed use magic of that magnitude, we would also be able to flip that difference in numbers. But..."

Hearing that massive collective magic had been used, Yui could not hide her surprise.

This is because, as a general common sense, collective magic was limited to at most five magicians.

The magic they deal with in the first place is the addition of new laws to the laws of all things in the world.

Using his own magic as a catalyst, he synchronizes his own knitted magic laws to the laws of the world, and then writes his own intended information to the laws of the world.

In doing so, for the first time, phenomena such as fire and water and ice, which are not inherently present on the spot, can be made to appear in the world.

In using such magic, synchronizing one's own laws of magic with those of the world was all key.

For example, Yui, who cannot handle most magic, cannot synchronize his own magic with that of the world.

In other words, no matter how good a magician he was able to braid his laws, he cannot change one thing without being able to synchronize with the world in the end.

Conversely, the laws of the world can be greatly rewritten as long as they can be synchronized simultaneously in a large number of human beings like collective magic.

This was precisely the principle of collective magic.

"Yui, what do we do?

"Don't need measures. To have fun and win. Just..."

That's all I've said, Yui feels resistant to continuing and unwittingly closes his mouth.

But towards such yui, Alex has urged me to say ahead.

"Just?"

"... in the end, will the upper management use me? It might be easier to surrender and live under the Empire."

With such carelessness in his mouth and a bitter laugh, Yui scratched his head twice to delude him.

"Lie! Is that report true?

Elise had received a report about Saubakrien from Lute, who had a sad look in one of the royal castles' rooms.

"Yes, unfortunately our army is almost devastated... starting with His Majesty the King, Minister of Military Affairs Dear Mepler, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Magic Nexim has died in battle. Master Armad, who was the chief of staff, said he managed to fall into the territory of the Duke of Meniel even though he was wounded, but it appears that the defense forces ended up sacrificing 40,000 men, 70% of the total."

"Oh, your father..."

Elise loses surrounding sounds and footage from her as if isolated from the world when it becomes dark in front of her less than moments of disappointment.

And all that remained of her was the appearance of Orado on the day she was born, sweet and sometimes harsh to herself from an early age.

Orado, who plays brightly in her brain, was always taking care of her at the end of the day, even though she was frightened by the old lady.

And the moment Orado's appearance as a king, not as a father, is reflected in her brain, she rapidly becomes aware of what she must do now from his appearance, which she tries to do for her country.

"... so what are the people of the Empire doing now?

"Ha, the enemy army is marching loosely toward the king's capital as it is. And this is my country's current response, but the Duke of Meniel is building a final line of defense in the south with private soldiers. But it probably won't last very long."

"I can't help it...... Quickly, get ready for the King's Capital defense. Without Mepler, what's the highest ranked military bureaucrat in the current situation?

In response to Elise's inquiry, Lute takes his gaze slightly off when he first comes up with a carefree look.

"That… is the Under-Secretary of the Army, His Excellency Weindrich, and the Under-Secretary of Strategic Affairs, His Excellency Mionen"

"What's wrong with them? I'll have a meeting in defense right away, so why don't you call me?

From Lute's unspeakable mouthfeel, Elise finds something uncomfortable.

"As a matter of fact... neither of you are in the King's Capital."

"What the hell!

The fact that the undersecretary, at the apex of the current military ministry, is found neither of them relinquishing their responsibilities.

Before that, Elise shouts out unexpectedly.

"Neither of you have been enrolled in the Military Office building today. I went to check it out. The soldier said," Thank you. Your home is already like a stuffed shell… apparently it has been pulled into its own territory. "

"No way, the man in the middle of the army escaped? Abandon the people of this country?

"… very difficult to say"

Elise rages for a moment, as if stuck against Lute.

But when she hears Lute's sad voice, she switches her mind back to thinking that he's not responsible.

"Okay. Now that you don't have a father, I'm the chief officer of this country. By my authority, the two of them will be alternated. Even if for some reason, we need people who can use them now. That's why we need you to call us right away."

When he tells Lute to turn to him with a serious look, Elise orders him to contact the person immediately.

And when Lute left the room at her will, she was alone in the room.

At that moment, an unexpected glimmer from her eyes passes through her cheeks and falls zero.

"Father..."

The sad cry of a seventeen-year-old girl, overflowing with grief, continued to sound quietly on the spot as a fine voice drifted into that space as if it were diffusing into the universe.

Some time has passed since Alex reported the defeat, and a sudden appearance order from the Minister of Military Affairs is delivered under Yui at a time when the disruption in the military forces has only begun to converge.

But now that Mepler was dead, I was surprised that the post of Minister of Military Affairs was vacant, and a question mark was floating in his brain.

There is no reason to just refuse the order, and he accompanies Clary to the Military Secretary's office on the fourth floor.

"Come in."

A low voice sounds that means permission from indoors at the same time as a knock.

Hearing that familiar voice, Yui let the question mark in her brain disappear.

And what Yui saw as he proceeded to walk into the room was the figure of one old man with gray hair looking out the window.

"Was it you after all...... long time no see, Lord Reinberg"

"Oh, it's been a long time. Sorry for the sudden call today, Yui."

The old man with his back to them turns to Yui and the others with an apology.

Yui saw Rheinberg for the first time in three years, remembering something emotional and loosening his mouth.

"My lord... were you well?

"Of course I do. You seem the same. [M] So, Yui. Do you have any idea what it means to call you here?

"Yes, because I was summoned by order of the Minister of Military Affairs. Congratulations on your promotion."

When Yui gives his salute, Clary, who has accompanied him, rushes to imitate it.

"Hehe, take it easy. It's doubtful if I can really call it promotion, even though I'm more or less a minister of a crushing country now. In fact, I'm wondering if this is just a princess's whim."

"Ha ha, that's a story that could be enough"

Hearing Rheinberg's words trying to make the field air easier, Yui makes a conscious and mild laugh.

"Well, yui. Nothing else called you this time. [M] Because there's one thing I need you to do."

"What would you like…?"

"Oh. Again, yes, just one more time, could you work for me?

I can't go on with any more words against my men, who once got caught up in their own annoyance, and Reinberg just drips his head toward Yui.

"Ya, stop it. You're looking at my men, too."

Seeing Rheinberg's behavior that he had never seen before, severely upset Yui asks him to stop bowing his head.

"You did everything you could for me, and it ended up driving you to the province. I may not have the right to ask you to do things. But I think you're the only one who can ask for this, at least I can."

With that in his mouth, Rheinberg doesn't stop bowing his head.

Against him like that, Yui slowly walked over and gently put his hand on his shoulder and turned forward.

"For a long time Your Excellency has always overestimated me. Even then, I worked under my favorite boss to make it easier for me later. And that's the same thing this time. I work under my favorite boss to make things easier after the war. That's all."

Yui unwittingly laughs bitterly when he tells Rheinberg to be somewhat embarrassed to do so.

In response to his words like that, Reinberg smiled back at Yui, albeit inexorably, when he soothed his expression somewhat.

"So, Yui...... can you please?

"Director. No, you were the Secretary of State for Military Affairs now. If I can do the best I can, I'll do my best."

Unusual in his history so far, Yui decides to fight for this man with his own will.

"Right. Thank you, Yui."

"No, don't worry about it. More importantly, I have a favor to ask of His Excellency as well... May I?

"If there's anything I can do, let me do the best I can. Can you tell me what it's about?"

In a sudden offer from Yui, Reinberg gives a slightly void poked look. But soon he urged Yui to continue.

"Actually, I have an operation I've been thinking about for my next fight. If you don't mind, I'd like some clearance and arrangements for that operation..."

"Maneuvers...?

Not so much time has passed since reports of the Royal Army's defeat at Saubakrien reached the King's Capital.

But Rheinberg couldn't hide his surprise because Yui told him that he had set up an operation during that short period of time.

"Yes, the number of royal armies currently remaining in the king's capital is less than five thousand. In contrast, the Imperial Army has nearly 40,000 soldiers, plus a trump card called collective magic. Probably fighting head-on won't even be a battle. So we have to fight them with some measures."

When he realizes that Yui, who usually shows no motivation at all, has a determined look, Reinberg decides at this time to entrust him with the destiny of this kingdom.

"... ok. I'll leave everything to you. So can you tell me what the operation is about?

"Thank you. Well, I'm going to explain the operation as soon as possible... before I do, Clary, I need you to call the Kreha guy here right now."