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Never touch Eldmia Egga - Episode 255

It took less than thirty minutes to set a detailed schedule for the meeting with Duke Lesrom and finish the small talk..

Still, what we talked about during that time was something that could resolve my questions to some extent. I was curious as to why they were protecting me so actively, even though I had been acting rampant and causing trouble recently, but in the end, it was more a matter of various reasons and prestige being intertwined..

It's not good for the royal family's prestige for the man who beheaded a traitor to be criticized for having a feud with mere adventurers. It might not have been known if it had faded away in people's memories, but it is said that they took action quickly because it is a hot issue now..

While we were talking, Luceric, who had been watching with interest as Laika, who had woken up and came down the stairs whimpering, approached me, finished the conversation and stood up, emptying his teacup at the same time..

"Then, I will see you at the Noble House in three days.."

It seemed strange that he would give me a medal right away as soon as I left the detention center, so he suggested that I wait a while and wait, and I accepted without saying anything. This wasn't a problem I couldn't solve without their help, so rather than expressing gratitude, it was more of a feeling of just ending a tedious task quickly..

One morning after the conversation with Luceric, I was able to escape the detention center as he had said. Messiela seemed quite taken aback by his behavior, which was no different from that of a traveler leaving after a short stay..

"I am indebted to you again this time, Ms. Messiela. How are you."

There was no problem until I returned home leaving Mr. Messiela behind, who looked like he had no idea what to say and eventually smiled, but Asilier, who was full of horns, was a different story..

Even though she already understands how I move, her worries are different. I had to work hard to convince myself that this incident was really not that big of a deal and that it was just something that made the royal family look a little bigger..

"...Ha, sometimes I get confused as to whether I have lived for 100 years or whether L.D. has lived for 100 years.."

When her mouth, which was protruding from dissatisfaction, retracted and her ears, which had been upright, sank, Asilier shook her head and muttered, and I smiled moderately..

Just as humans cannot fully understand a dog's sense of time even if we know that the average lifespan of a dog is only about 20 years, from her perspective as a long-lived species, the thoughts and society of humans, a short-lived species, always feel urgent and urgent. I can't fully understand her feelings, but in the end, caring for people is the same regardless of race, so it's not like I can't empathize with them at all..

"You will act on your own, but it won't be long before Mr. Widra completes his preparations, so be careful.."

"Isn’t this Eldmia, where there is a clear distinction between public and private life? I'll be careful, so don't worry too much.."

I have a brilliant career as an excellent butler of the Ogatorf family and an excellent attendant to Margrave Levien, so how can I lack trust??

"...hmm."

Looking back, it was all karma..

There was no lie whatsoever in what I said about clearly distinguishing between public and private affairs, but that is not synonymous with saying that it did not cause problems. Anyway, I assured Asilier that I was going to use this opportunity to focus on my studies for a while, and I took a seat next to the warm fireplace with a lot of documents to look through the information about the Holy Light Cross that I had piled up because I didn't have time to look at it..

Despite sifting and sifting through reports and information that could be made public, the documents were by no means small. If we just burn those things as firewood, wouldn’t we be able to stay warm for a day or two??

"Well, 7 years isn’t even the name of anyone’s dog.."

I couldn't believe I had piled it up like this and couldn't even read it properly. Realizing once again that I have been very busy with my recent independence, I began to check my past records step by step..

The information contained in the document is not particularly confidential, but is information that is generally difficult or unobtainable. Among the piles of documents consisting of combat records of the Holy Light Cross Society, records of external activities, investigation reports of the Demon King's Army, etc., the most notable ones were reports of minor battles against demons that the Holy Light Cross Society's paladins and crusaders encountered while continuing to rescue the civilians..

-A battle between self-proclaimed self-sufficient adventurers and the Demon King's army scout troops. Thanks to the quick joining, it ended with minor damage..

-Check the corpse of an eligible adventurer. No sign of companions. It is expected that he encountered the Demon King's army during a solo scouting activity. A corpse of the Demon Lord was found nearby..

-The Red Jackdaw mercenaries raided the village occupied by the Demon King's army and inflicted significant damage. Damage is minor...

The devil's army returns to the logic of power..

This is not a simple logic that says that the person who wins by ignorantly fighting among themselves is the leader, but that they value combat ability very highly and consider it important. Oh, it is said that there are cases where one becomes a captain by becoming a Makgora. Anyway, it is such a place, so for demons, joining the 'military' means voluntarily crawling to the bottom of the pyramid of violence, and it also means being confident in one's own abilities. There may be cases where you have no choice but to make a choice to make a living, but that is the average perception..

Of course, even a single soldier who just entered the military is stronger than a human. As the expression says, the species are different..

Needless to say, they have gained experience through the past seven years of war. If you are an ordinary enemy, it is 'normal' for you not to be able to inflict even a single wound even if you are prepared to die... The report of the Holy Light Cross Society contained many completely different contents..

-A party of blue-level adventurers hired as messengers discover the Demon King's army intelligence unit. repulse. Additional money is paid by providing useful information..

-The clinic was able to be protected thanks to the sacrifices of enemy-level adventurers hired for relief efforts. Killing three separate units of the Demon King's Army who attempted to attack during a night raid....

Even in the latest documents, there are many cases recorded in the Cheong-level ranks of people making achievements against the Demon King's army. As I looked through cases that were not easily seen in reports written in the early stages of the war, I could not help but become increasingly convinced..

"...I'm getting stronger."

Although it may not change overnight, both the humans and demons who continue fighting on the front lines are becoming stronger for some reason. It is a level of strength that is far from being simply accustomed to war and battle..

No matter how much we endure through the offensive of human resources, which is humanity's specialty, people do not grow like bamboo, and if an astronomical number of men die in seven years, there is no way the country will run smoothly. Even in World War II on Earth, it lasted about 6 years and caused untold damage, right?.

But humans here are still living well. People who are far away from the battlefield barely feel the effects and live normally enough to carry on with their lives. Of course, the lack of competent personnel is acutely felt, but the fact that it has been maintained this far without forced conscription or national propaganda to recruit additional recruits by appealing to patriotism is proof that many of those who went to the front did not die but survived and are playing their role..

Thanks to you, a question that I tried to live without worrying about has slowly reared its head for the first time in a while..

The devil and the warrior. History repeating itself. The ending is like a legend or a play script, in which the war ends when the hero defeats the demon king and the demons retreat..

"What were you thinking when you made the world like this?...?"

Thanks to coming from a completely different world. There, while reading fictional novels called fantasy, I saw similar clichés. Now that I am in the position of living in the world of that novel, it is a question that has always been with me for about ten years..

At the same time, it was also a question to which the only answer to the question ‘Why?’ was ‘That’s just the way it is.’.

[master! hungry!]

Laika, panting on my lap, woke me up from a moment of contemplation. Because it symbolizes her past as a shepherd dog, I can't help but laugh as I watch the dog's short tail constantly wagging..

"Now that I think about it, I saw that you didn't take care of me after I ordered you to work this time.."

As I stroked the guy's chin and poured magic into him, the corners of Laika's mouth rose as he felt full. The guy's reaction and the warmth of the fireplace. And as she listened to each and every noise Asilier made as she prepared her meal, she was beginning to wonder about something she had not been able to easily put together until now..

As expected of a medium-sized dog, I rolled up my large body and started to settle down on my lap. After petting Laika several times, I threw the document I was holding into the fireplace..

There wasn't a problem since I had promised to destroy it once I finished reading it. There is no reason to keep it because it is not a tax saving necessity or something that needs to be learned repeatedly several times. The documents that have completed their purpose of understanding the content or resolving my doubts disappear one by one into the flames lit in the fireplace. Along with that, I burned away the doubts I had been harboring until now and made up my mind..

It doesn't matter whether a higher intelligence self-proclaimed as God is rolling the dice for the purpose of momentary entertainment, or whether there is a noble intention to maintain the world, or whether the world is just the way it should be..

Since I have already died once and been reborn, I am ultimately a resident of this world. It's not like you have to be born as a god and fix all of this, so you just have to be faithful to the life you've been given..

I have no intention of wasting my second life wondering why the gods created the world this way. That hero Siegfried will take care of that..

"Protect me, protect those around me."

That's enough for now.

I don't know if it's because I've solved a problem I've had for a long time, but the flame in the fireplace felt more cozy today..