Yomigaeri no Maou

"Well, get back on your mind, keep interrogating and go..."

That said, Rava approached the boy who was a little distant, looking softer earlier,

"... so why are the people of Enziel within the Kingdom of Leonard? And bandits... I don't think your pride will allow that."

That's what I ask.

The boy named Faitha seems to have noticed such a change in Rava's attitude,

"... What are you, a Lugunian? Apparently you know us..."

and ask the opposite.

But Rava,

"Hey, it's this way you're asking questions. I thought you weren't reluctant.

I said sternly.

No matter how much you think in your heart that you are a respectable clan, you don't seem willing to pinch it to work.

Faitha looked sorry for this,

"No, I'm sorry... I was just wondering. Yeah, well, that was our purpose. That's easy. I wanted food and gold. It would be easy to understand, wouldn't it?

and answer with a slight throwaway bowl appearance.

The answer is, in a way, as expected, but it sounds frigid as soon as you know where the Pfizers came from.

That's the same with Ravah, leaning his neck,

"... I don't think either of them would be in trouble with the Enzier clan..."

And I said it really strangely.

To this, Faitha smiled bitterly,

"Not at all. Until now, it wasn't like I was having trouble with food or money..."

I told him so to mock himself, and yet again, he began to talk.

"As I named it earlier, I am Faitha Enzier, the next head of the Enzier clan. And all that was with us were the brilliant ones whose future even the clan had been entrusted with. But we're just vagabonds now. Because we..."

- We were kicked out of the lake.

That said, Faitha lay her eyes down.

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"He kicked me out... by who? I can't believe he could do that against the Enzil clan..."

He shouldn't be, he didn't even say, but that's what Rava would have wanted to say.

But in reality, Faitha and the others are here.

It seemed almost, unmistakable that what they said was true.

Faitha answers Rava's question.

"I was kicked out, might not have been an exact expression...... That being said, we don't have any special powers. I'm just allowed to live there with the generosity of the people of Lugung. So if it's an order from the state, there's no other way to obey."

"Country? Country!? No way, Lugung does that......"

It was Saufa who had ever quietly heard Rava and Faitha interact, but he raised his voice like that in surprise.

By contrast, the Lulu people don't feel as surprised as they are.

It is normal in every country for a nation to order some sort of settlement, because the Pfizers', too, although the content is certainly quite tyrannical, nevertheless only sounded extremely general.

Besides, Lulu sometimes remembered that.

"... you meant Lugung is in the process of invading the restricted area. Maybe it's not about that?

To Lulu, whom I have spoken, Ralva and Saufa, and Faitha also note.

In particular, Faitha nodded to admit that Lulu's guess was correct.

"You're right. Our settlement is near the bottom of Lake Angel, one of the restricted areas, and the bottom city of the lake. And our settlement is a safe haven where our own magic makes the surrounding demons less approachable... so"

"I see. It's a good idea to build a military base, right?

That's what Illis, who used to be in the army, said to convince me.

When I heard that word, Ravah said,

"... I mean, is that it? Lugung took over the settlement of the Enzir clan without its will in order to gain a foothold for a no-go strategy, you mean?

"Exactly. To put it in detail, they didn't tell me to leave. But... they told me to supply food, supplies, etc., and I was also strongly told to provide personnel for the no-go strategy. I've been cooperating for a while, but gradually my life was getting tougher and my military treatment of Enzir was just getting worse. So, Slatt, the head of the Angel clan... my father, has a sense of crisis. He stole the eyes of the army and got us out of the settlement. That lakeside settlement may not be as far away as it is, so seek a new home elsewhere."

"So you left Lugung... but the result is banditry..."

Faitha laughed bitterly at Rava, who complained,

"Honestly, it was the limit already. Until I left Lugung, every day was a battle streak. The army immediately noticed. That we're not in the settlement. I'm not proud of you, but we were good fighters compared to Lugung's army. So... they even chased me... I can't even get close to the city or village to get food, and even if I really wanted to buy what I needed, they would have declared us guilty, and I would be terrible. As a result, both the food I had and the road bank ran out right after I left the settlement...... But still, I managed to get out of Lugung."

That dialogue shows that we have made it this far through a rather arduous journey.

But even if they were in a considerable predicament, that's a story within Lugung.

If we had reached the kingdom of Leonard here, we would have been able to stop by the city and the village, and whatever that was, we could have asked for help from beings like this caravan and others.

The Lulu and the others didn't seem to be the only ones who thought why they didn't do it, Saufa asks Faitha.

"I kind of understand your situation, but why did you all of a sudden attack the caravan or something? Even we're not that ghostly. If they would have approached me normally and asked me for help, I would have lent them a hand even if I had conditioned them quite a bit..."

To this, Faitha,

"That's what I tried to do when I left Lugung and went into Leonard. But the obsession of those in that country is terrible. That's exactly what I did to the first caravan I met when I came to Leonard. Then..."

"What if I do?"

Saufa urged ahead, Faitha said.

"Many warriors came out of the front and suddenly attacked us."

To this answer, Saufa and Ravah, who end up dead.

Saufa is

"No, but it just so happens, that's not what hit a bandit or some kind of pseudo."

and made a hopeful observation, but Faitha shook her head and

"It's not just once. After that, that happened four times. Besides, I also tried to get to a number of villages and towns near the border between Lugung and Leonard, but there was always a camp nearby that felt like something. Probably, but that was, uh, a Lugung person. It was pretty well simulated, but the tent and the fine design of the carriage pinned it. They must have ambushed us, including the caravan."

And say horrible things.

If that is true, Lugung's depth of obsession is muscular.

Well done. I guess it means we made it this far.

And the last time we met was this Saufa caravan, so...

Given the catastrophe they have suffered by then, it is not clear why they have suddenly come under attack either.

Faitha went on to affirm that prediction, which came to mind by the faces on this occasion.

"... Even when I met this caravan, I must have thought it was a caravan invented by Lugung, who was searching for us just like before. You smell like lugum spices on your front. The dwarves (Catangenos) have a good nose. So it's okay, it wasn't, but it was really the limit of food, money, and spirit already. He's the one who got me so hard, I got him a little sore and figured it wouldn't be a problem to take food and money away from him... Now that I think about it, I guess I was too close to the limit. I guess I figured out how stupid that would be if I thought about it a little bit, but I wasn't getting around to thinking that much. After I got caught, it seems like you guys don't know anything, so I'm relieved to say no... well, I got caught as a bandit. After this, I guess it's time for us to die or send a mine, but still. Thinking about my life so far, I'm so much stronger that I'm finally going to be released..."

Rava and Saufa sigh at what Faitha said.

That's because I felt a certain sympathy for the situation in which the Pfizers were placed.

Besides, the Ravahs are people close to Lugung.

Naturally, I have respect for a clan called Enzir, and if I hear that they've come across something like this, there seems to be some sense of righteousness.

"I can still understand trying to do a no-go offense... but I don't understand doing that much for that. By and large, hunting down the Enzir clan that far, and the people of Lugung didn't say anything?

To Rava's words, Faitha said,

"Hi, I think I made my father say he was a traitor to us. Of course, my father didn't mean it either, because there are still a lot of people left in the settlement. Moreover, there are many women, children and old people. If I was made to smell what I would do with them, I think my father would have had to give in, too. That's why we weren't treated in Lugung as Enzier people."

Even if you stop by the city or village in Lugung, that's probably where the stories about being bogged down and stuff come from.

This means that they have been driven around the country, and besides, they have been made unholy, and, on top of that, they could not expect at all the aid they had received so far within Lugung for the reason of Enzir.

I think it's something I've lived to get here a lot.

Everyone on the spot felt deeply sympathetic to Faitha and the others.

Saufa in particular seems to feel strongly about it,

"... I knew you didn't want to stick them out in the government constitution..."

I started to say.

He's a bandit, and I'm pretty sure he was attacked, but the situation is the one.

I can understand that we had no choice but to protect our lives.

There's just a problem.

Lulu mouthed it.

"I know how you feel, but how do you explain this to everyone in the caravan? There's something sympathetic about it, so you're telling me this raid is going to run me down the water?

Then yes, I understand, I wouldn't normally say.

Saufa should be well aware of that, too.

Saufa, however,

"That would happen if you told them about their origins and circumstances in secret. I can't help it if this happens. Tell me everything and I'll convince you."

That's what I said.

To this, Ravah,

"... well, all the caravans, they're like half from Lugung, and that would convince you... what do we do after that? You're just gonna let me go?

That's what I said, so Saufa seems to be in trouble too.

"That's hard to say... There's no way we're going back to Lugung under this circumstance... and even if we let them go here, perhaps Lugung's hands will attack them."

Sure, that would be the option, and then we'd take them together, but there's too many of them.

"... What do you mean, hide it somewhere?

When Zoë suggested so, Ralva said,

"Hmm, that might not be a bad idea... where"

"It's... you know, somewhere in the Adventurers' Union (Guild) facility?

I didn't mean it so seriously, it must have been some sort of thought, Zoe's words, but Saufa said,

"I see. That could be a surprisingly good choice. It's just not good around here. Hopefully it won't leak information... then I guess Teram Nadia..."

and began to consider.

But it's been awhile since I left Teram Nadia.

With almost all the way to the border with Lugung, going back that far should be painful as a caravan.

Saufa, however,

"We don't all have to go back. Let's split it in half and let it go back. Fortunately, we still have extra food, and even if we lose it, we can buy it normally, unlike the Pfizers. If we go back to Teram Nadia, Moitz will understand what's going on, and we'll rely on it."

So I said, and then I gave a stiff instruction, and I was really supposed to get half the carriage back in place.

watching it, Faitha, with a flashing face,

"... okay? You don't have to stick us out into the Constitution...?

He said, but replies that neither Ravah nor Saufa have a problem.

So, apparently, we were attracted to good luck at the end, and Faitha realized, in tears,

"Thanks......"

And I said one thing.