My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending

The next day, I was energetically moving around from the morning.

There are mainly two soldiers.

Both are soldiers who know what Kazuki did yesterday.

I think it is preferable that there are as few people involved in this Clara rescue plan as possible in order to enforce the Gag Order, and Kazuki is a person who can be trusted in confidentiality or Norman within yesterday. I had a confirmation to.

The reply from Norman is yes. Fortunately for Kazuki, it’s hard to say for the soldiers.

Harold called me early in the morning, and when I went to the room with fear of something, I was suddenly explained about the servant’s rescue plan.

It was this that was strongly engraved in the hearts of the two soldiers and the wagon jockey who was called like them while the understanding of the situation could not catch up. It was said that their lives would be at stake if the plan failed or was revealed to a third party.

That’s why one half of the soldiers is doing the orders that are given one after another. Another person will be running around the town around this time.

Only jockeys who have no work until night are enjoying themselves.

“Harold-sama, I bought it …”

“Throw it into the dungeon before you can see it.” After that, ride a horse and check the route to the highway with your own eyes. “

” I haven’t brought the horse yet …

“You should borrow one of the houses. But don’t hurt yourself. Put it back before dark.”

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A merciless, truly Spartan.

If I explain it, Kazuki himself is tempered as it is, so he can’t afford to pay attention to the surroundings.

After confirming that the soldier who pulled his face headed for the stable, Kazuki resumes magic practice.

I am practicing the low-grade magic “Flame Column”, which is a literal translation of the pillar of fire. It’s the magic that Harold seems to have cast when killing Clara in the original story.

I don’t know how it is, but the mainstream recognition among players who watched the movie scene is “probably a flame column”, so I decided to follow that.

Well, it doesn’t matter, but the formidable power is weak.

At first, in addition to being embarrassed, I chanted with half-belief that I could really use magic. Surprisingly, I was really excited to succeed in one shot, but if you look closely, the height of the pillar of fire is less than 40 cm and the thickness is as small as an aluminum can.

In the original, there was a height and thickness that an adult female could easily fit in, and on the battle screen, it should have been a pillar of fire of 2 to 3 meters by eye.

If this body really belongs to Harold Stokes, it should be possible even if it is rare.

Kazuki knows that he doesn’t burn Clara to death, so he doesn’t really need that much firepower. Even in the actual production, I do not intend to activate magic as widely as the event movie.

However, it is not possible to put out a corpse as long as Clara is escaped, and “the fact that even the charcoal is burnt to death” is necessary. For that reason, Kazuki is in the process of browning the ground, tree trunks, and leaves for the purpose of practicing magic.

Although it is a cultivated place, it is in a forest with thick trees. We are repeating steady work while paying close attention not to cause a forest fire.

“Hmm … this should be fine”

Even a soliloquy does not change the irreverent voice. This is Harold’s plain speaking tone.

Well, for the time being, I finished disguising the area like a burn mark. After that, if you set up a pillar of fire in the actual production, you will judge that it is no wonder that the corpse burns.

To be honest, I’m worried. Or rather, it’s full of anxiety.

Since it is a watershed where one person lives or dies at his own discretion, this cannot be a calm mind.

After all, even if they are the characters of the game, they are already human beings for Kazuki who actually exchanged words and touched the emotions. It can never be seen as just an icon.

No matter how prepared you are, you won’t be convinced that “this is absolutely a real man”.

But now it was fortunate for Kazuki.

If you notice, you get lost in the world that seems to be in the game, and you are currently enjoying the unprecedented experience of possessing a character. It is not easy to stay calm under these circumstances.

But now Ichiki sees a life-threatening crisis, and thanks to his thoughts to avoid it, he can do other things. I couldn’t afford it. It’s close to a kind of escapism, but it’s a fact that it ensures mental stability.

Is this really a real man, is there a flaw in the plan I thought about, or is there something else I should do?

Kazuki continued to devote himself to careful preparation until the sun went down without stopping his thoughts at all.

And the night of the full moon.

Clara came to the moonlit forest with a soldier.

The appearance is not the maid clothes worn by the servants, but the everyday clothes that are familiar to the town. During the day, Kazuki instructed the soldiers to go buy and change their clothes.

“That …”

“Shut up”

Anxious Clara The voice of is interrupted sharply. Kazuki’s tension was still ongoing.

After that, a silent and tense time continues for a while. It was the sound of a horse’s hoof driving from a distance that broke the silence between Kazuki, Norman, Clara, and Soldier A-the one who skipped yesterday.

“… Finally”

In the depths of the forest, a soldier pushes away vegetation from the direction of the town and a little girl and two soldiers Appeared with a horse.

Clara and the girl raise their voices as soon as they see each other.

“Mama!”

“Colette!”

Girl taken off the horse Clara hugged her strongly. Kazuki receives a report from a soldier.

“It’s late, Mr. Harold. It’s time to cut through the forest while pulling a horse …”

“It’s I don’t care. Didn’t the people in the town see you when you brought that girl? “

” No problem, but like her It seems that a person who goes from the town to the mansion has leaked the situation, and there are already rumors that Clara may be killed. “

” Chi “

I squeak my tongue unintentionally. Naturally, I wasn’t so crazy about it.

It seems that I haven’t calmed down yet.

But I don’t have time to worry about it now. Regret and remorse are postponed.

I walk up to the two people who hug each other with tears and call out to them.

“I’ll give you a choice”

Kazuki 《 Harold >> Raise your index finger in front of the two faces looking up.

“One, die here”

Kazuki’s words made Colette scream. Clara, on the other hand, is still staring straight into Kazuki’s eyes.

Next, raise your middle finger in front of you.

“Two, abandon this land and start a new life outside the territory of Stokes”

“What?”

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Clara opened her eyes wide to this proposal. If you move out of the territory, that is, to the territory of another aristocrat, you will not be interfered with by the Stokes family.

That is, acquittal.

“If you choose the latter, you’re dead. I won’t allow you to come back here again, and I’ll cut off all the connections I’ve made.”

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“… Can you forgive me?”

Half-stupid, Clara leaked like a mutter.

“What are you talking about?”

However, Harold listens back with a arrogant attitude. Kazuki wanted to fall in love with a smile, “What are you talking about?”

It’s clear in the game that the cause of this turmoil was a ridiculous event in which Harold bumped into Clara watering in the flowerbed and became muddy. It has become. It’s not a pity that he was killed by this.

That’s why the grudge against Collet’s Harold in the original is considerable.

Of course, Kazuki doesn’t have any dust on his stomach, and he remembers it after that, so he can’t get angry.

“Choose quickly because it’s good. It’s easier and better for me to kill it.”

“… I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I still want to live with this child. “

(Isn’t it?)

Now,” Please kill me. ” If you say, all the hardships are water bubbles.

First, killing a person is not something that can be done at all.

“Hmm, it’s boring. Take this with you.”

Kazuki takes out the jute bag from his bosom and throws it away casually. Clara, who untied the cord and saw the contents, was surprised and stiffened again.

“This is …?”

“It’s a cut-off money. p>

“–Thank you”

Clara reached the ground and expressed her gratitude with a quivering voice.

Since the money itself is a pocket money given by his father for Harold who wants a sword, it is difficult for Kazuki to accept the gratitude obediently.

“I’ll give you this”

Kazuki is originally a collet to hide her inner embarrassment. I handed something over.

It was a necklace decorated with the emblem of the Order of the Holy King, an obsidian that imitated wings and a silver sword. It was discovered while searching for a house in Harold’s room.

“Keep this on your skin and always hang it around your neck. It’s a condition for you to escape. Did you understand?”

” Hahaha “

Colette is frightened but shakes his head vertically.

“… But if a man who wants it appears, give it to him. Let me promise to keep it. “

” Um …? “

Collet is confused by Harold’s incredibly detailed instructions. Even if I want to chew more and explain, this mouth does not allow it.

Then a rescue ship came in from the side.

“Harold tells you to give it to someone who protects you.”

Nice Free translation, Kazuki holds a small fist and makes a guts pose.

Colette, who understood the meaning, shook his head vertically, this time twice.

“Wow, I understand”

“If so, go now. I can’t help you anymore.

Looking back, Kazuki gives instructions to the two soldiers. From here, Clara and Collet are supposed to be carried on horseback to the vicinity of the highway.

The rest is left to the soldier AB and the wagon jockey.

“Harold-sama. Thank you very much. “

Just before straddling the horse, Clara and Colette all bent deeply and said so and left.

I’m sure I’m grateful for all this and that.

However, since Harold was the cause, there is no reason to be thanked. Certainly Clara would have been dead without Kazuki, but without Harold, she wouldn’t have been in such a predicament.

(I’m grateful for the self-made rescue play)

At least I didn’t feel proud. Well, if Clara and Collet can be happy in the future, that’s okay.

The rest is the last job.

“Norman, you should go back”

“… I was afraid”

Norman responded to Harold’s order after taking a breath. After seeing Harold’s expression, which seemed to be pondering somewhere, I was wondering if it was okay to leave this boy alone.

However, the expression returned to a slight and calm one. Then I decided to withdraw that I shouldn’t put an extra mouth in it now.

And you will soon realize that it was a mistake.

Harold’s voice, carried by the wind, reaches Norman’s ears as he returns to the mansion with his back hair pulled a little.

Norman suddenly stopped walking because of the noise of the trees.

“Huh, ugly face … worth living …”

The faint voice of the boy includes ridicule

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“I should be forgiven …”

It’s like repenting of my sins

“Life … Waste … At least I should die …?”

Still, he had the sharpness to tear himself apart.

The confession of a 10-year-old boy. He is suffering because he should have done something to be praised, saving his parents and children with a wit that does not seem to be a child.

Be alone so that no one will understand.

“It’s the end-” Flame Column “”

Hot air blew through the forest with a roaring sound. The pillars of fire rising high burn violently as if they had manifested inside Harold’s chest.

As if to burn away the suffering that resides in that small body.

Harold’s conflict. Having a glimpse of that part, Norman stood up in a daze and couldn’t move until Harold came back, trampling on the branches and leaves.

Harold distorts his face when he sees Norman.

“What are you doing in such a place? You should have ordered to go back”

Kazuki 《 Harold 》 becomes rough. Because I’ve just digested the lines of the event.

It is a shameful play that shines brightly in black history, such as muttering to himself while laughing at Clara who has disappeared in a place where no one is. If someone asks you about it, it’s a level to seriously consider whether to tie your neck.

If it is misunderstood that Harold is a painful person like Chuunibyo, it is not a fuss about the character collapse. If you expose that ugliness, there is a probability that it will lead to troublesome situations later if you do not stop talking.

“Forget everything that happened today, what you saw, what you heard, or take it to the grave without telling anyone for the rest of your life. The answer is other than” yes “. I don’t admit it. “

That’s how desperate it is, but in Norman’s eyes, that desperation was seen as a different meaning.

(Why are you trying to hide your weaknesses so much … How much is Harold trying to carry, even though he is still a child?)

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The stubborn attitude of not relying on others was painful.

But Norman has no choice but to nod.

Harold quickly left with a glance at Norman, who agreed. His back looked terribly tired.

Perhaps Harold has his real parents as teachers on the other hand, and now he has no real power, avoiding head-on conflicts and deceiving their eyes.

I had no choice but to do so. If one’s thoughts are revealed to parents through someone, it will definitely cause friction.

A normal child might have collided with his parents as it is, but this boy may have been too wise to understand the magnitude of its impact on the future. unknown.

I chose to deceive my parents and even all the people in the house so that it wouldn’t happen. And no one in the Stokes family could see what he really was.

His speculation would not have been revealed without this irregularity.

I have no qualifications to worry about the boy who has been fighting lonely.

Norman was unbearable and disappointed.

“… No, I can’t just regret it.”

I’m sure I’ll be close to Harold for the rest of my life. I will continue to regret the last 10 years that I haven’t had.

But that alone is not a solution. There is no choice but to use all the time left to regain the past 10 years of inaction.

Until that day when that kind boy will not be bothered by falsehood.

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How long has it been since you were shaken by the wagon?

I noticed that the sky was starting to turn white when I was stroking the head of my beloved daughter who slept with her thighs as a pillow. The dawn is near.

Still, Clara didn’t feel drowsy and felt fluffy as if she were floating in the air.

The world has changed completely in the last two days.

When I was imprisoned in the prison, I thought I was going to be executed. Fear of death and despair of leaving behind his only daughter.

The one who scooped up from there was a boy who was only one year old with his daughter.

I bought clothes for the servants who could prepare as many replacements as I wanted, prepared horses and wagons, and gave them a lot of money for a new life free of charge.

Harold’s parents, who accuse Clara of being an “inferior species”, cannot forgive this. So this is the result of his willingness to invite.

While being delivered to the wagon, two soldiers asked how the boy was trying to rescue them.

First of all, I appealed for the sword of the blacksmith named in Reize and got a pass. Give it to the messenger and pretend to leave for Reize early in the morning, and hide it in the woods near the low-traffic road away from the town.

In the meantime, the two soldiers seemed to go out to the town in plain clothes to rent horses and buy what they needed so that they wouldn’t stand out. “Thanks to that, I was able to run around all day,” he said with a bitter smile, but somehow proudly.

And when he entered Broche, Clara and Colette were left in the village, and the wagon and one of the soldiers went straight to Reize. The closest route from Stokes to Reize is through Broche, so you won’t be suspicious.

Since the round trip to Reize is about 4 to 6 days, the delay of a whole day is taken into account.

Clara was surprised to hear this story. A 10-year-old boy made such a detailed plan in just half a day, and thus accomplished it brilliantly.

In addition, the large amount of money he gave to himself was given to him as a fund to purchase a sword from his father.

Then, when Clara was worried that she couldn’t buy the essential sword even if she went to Reize, the wagon jockey burst into laughter.

When asked why, he asked Harold the same thing when he was asked about a series of plans. Then it was returned like this.

“Are you stupid? You should just look over the cheap sword.”

His harsh words The kindness seemed to exude.

It was impressive that the jockey was talking happily, perhaps feeling that.

Clara’s half-life is far from a smooth sailing life, but it was irreplaceable that Collet was born and that she met Harold. I thought so.

“Clara-san, are you awake?”

“Yes. What’s wrong?”

“I can see the village of Broche”

The jockey’s words make me look into my face from the loading platform.

Clara’s view is the brilliant village of Broche, surrounded by the morning mist, illuminated by the sunrise that has begun to rise from the horizon.

“We will arrive by the time the sun rises completely. Why don’t you take a break until then?”

” Thank you for your concern, but now I want to imprint this scenery on my eyes … “

” Yes, I understand, that feeling “

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Clara, the jockey, and the two soldiers were fascinated by the fantastic scenery.

The village of Broche looks like a blessing to Clara and Colette’s new departure.