119. Festivities (6)

They opened their mouths after intense torture and interrogation throughout the day.

The information you have uncovered is several hiding places and their fragmentary purpose. However, that alone was enough for the knights and soldiers to move.

The name of the church and the head of state has fallen.

A large number of church priests and paladins were put in. A large-scale clean-up operation in conjunction with them began the very next day.

The festival is not over. Instead, we concealed ourselves and blended into the crowd to pursue demons, gradually narrowing the range.

Crossing the main street to the slums where the security forces usually couldn’t reach. It was a sloppy street with few people and no vitality of people. And, moreover, I could feel an unpleasant smell wafting in the wind from afar.

“It’s over there. Kill everyone and follow me. It’s going to attack right away.”

Siabelle Cianella’s eyes shone softly. It was a hatred that sapped with dramatic coolness.

The knights quietly nodded.

They muffled their footsteps and began to move stealthily.

“Um.”

Those who believe in the devil. The kind of writers who can’t understand why they worship the devil, even if they die.

As the distance with them got closer, I could feel them more clearly with my five senses than before. If it was such a weak Magi, it would have been all about being uncomfortable. Today was different.

As if the inherent power of coming down with blood had deepened. An insidious aura that secretly flows from them. It makes me feel the disgusting stickiness of the skin that exudes that energy, and the stuffy air through my nose.

Is it to resist that wicked thing? Today, the mana is stronger, but more reliably refined than before, and emits a majestic heartbeat.

“Wait. The moment you show your back, you immediately hit them.”

Siabelle’s will echoed quietly.

The knights put their hands on the frayed leather handle of their swords. He adjusted his posture and strengthened his legs. According to her order, I can quickly run out and attack them at any time.

“… A group was killed yesterday. You better be careful.”

“You mean they noticed? You moved so quietly?”

“I heard that one of the magic circles was destroyed and there is soil stained red in its place. It must have been that they noticed.”

“Rotten… Wow! The completion of the great plan is just around the corner, but there is no luck or support—”

Two women who remained in their seats until the end, muttering hateful words. It was the moment when they spewed phlegm and turned around.

Taat!

Sia Bell drew her sword and threw herself in front of her.

A blue aura that shone as pure as my pupils dwelled in the sword.

Defenselessly exposed back. Siabel kicked her lady leg sideways without hesitation.

Puck!

“Evil… !”

A sudden shock.

The woman lost her balance and fell down. Kissing the cold ground, she seemed to have no idea what had happened to her.

Sia Bell twisted her waist, fixing her floating right foot on the ground.

A sword that draws a simple horizontal line around her waist.

Slowly—!

The cultist’s head rolls on the ground.

“Huh… Heo-eok…… !”

Suddenly, my friend’s head fell in front of me, and without hesitation, I thrust the sword into the bewildered woman’s neck.

“Clear all of them without missing a single one.”

What you see in front of you is a pretty brutal landscape.

The knights were quick. Every time they stepped on the steps with no unnecessary movements and drew their swords accustomedly, their lives were also cut.

I can smell the strong scent of blood from the wind that passes by. There were quite a few of them, so I couldn’t help but smell the thick blood.

But I didn’t feel guilty. Because I heard it from my mother. They’re coming to the Count’s house with an army of monsters. They also said that they were trying to break down the walls built by the ancestors in order to cause even greater confusion.

They were evil to us, and we merely practiced justice by slashing evil. There was no need to feel guilty for cutting someone. I really didn’t feel any different.

But why?

“… ….”

The bloody sword felt a bit heavy.

“Tsk.”

Sia Belle clicked her tongue.

I was going to enjoy this festival with my sister and my first pupil.

Maybe it’s because you’ll have to carry these long weapons instead of delicious food for the rest of the festival.

… It’s been a long time since I’ve been looking forward to something like this.

Siabel said while keeping a series of organized situations in her eyes.

“Good job. Make it move again.”

The fallen body will be collected by the soldiers who will come later.

The knights and I are only moving to wipe out the cultists hiding in the territory as quickly as possible.

* *

A festival that lasts for a total of five days.

Shione and I have been stuck in the corner of the room instead of enjoying the festival, and this is the last time. It was the same on the fifth day.

Ai Nel came to Sione’s room and told her to refrain from going out because Yeongji’s situation was serious with her hard face. In fact, she even saw Siabelle, who had been hanging out with Arya, wearing her armor and leading her knights out of the Countess.

We had no choice but to quietly follow Ainel’s words.

Although Shione went to Ainel and asked what happened to the cultists after that. Ainel will let you know when the time is right. He just tells me to wait for his call in my safe room. Other than that, the story didn’t do anything.

We are just knights who are more disciplined than usual. Unusually, seeing the high-ranking members of the church going in and out of the Count’s residence, we could only infer that the people we found were entangled in something quite big.

And today, the last day of the festival. As the sunset began to set, Shione abruptly got up from her bed.

“Why is that?”

An honorific word that comes before half words.

Now, I can’t help it because I’m used to it.

Listening to the tone and atmosphere, I decided to use a mix of short words and honorific words.

“It’s the last day of the festival! I have something to prepare, hehehe.”

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“Are you ready?”

“Yes, wait in the room for a moment. I’ll be back soon.”

Shione just woke up from hibernation and was looking up at the ceiling like a dreamy animal.

As if she had suddenly realized something about her, she ran out of the dodo room with full energy.

It wasn’t long before Shione returned.

“Tada!”

Shione returned to her room with two wine glasses and an expensive-looking wine.

“… What is that in your hand?”

“Wine!”

No, I’m not blind. Did you ask because you didn’t know that?

“Why did you bring the wine…….”

“Why did you bring it? I brought it to drink with you.”

After saying that, Shione cleared the table.

Yum!

Shione stuffed the remaining cookies on the plate into my cheek.

Her cheeks swelled like rodents soaked in sunflower seeds.

Then, after arranging the tea cups and her dishes and putting them aside, she set the wine and wine glasses.

“Okay! Then let’s wait a little longer until the sun goes down.”

“Um… Is there anything going on when the sun goes down?”

“Yes, every year on the last night of the festival we set off fireworks. This year, somehow, the festival continued until the last day. You will see it soon.”

“Ah… ….”

I wondered if there would be any kind of fireworks even in the Middle Ages.

If you think about it again, it’s a world where magic and divine power exist. If you pour money and manpower into it, I wonder if fireworks will be possible enough.

“Looking at the reaction… After all, oppa doesn’t know what fireworks are? It’s okay, I’ll tell you everything… !”

It seems that Shione accepted those thoughts and voices differently.

Well, my status is nothing more than a slave. How could these slaves understand the concept of fireworks?

She kept talking about how she would teach me what fireworks were, and I passed the time by arguing moderately.

“So, can I see the fireworks from this room?”

“Of course. I happened to be able to see the sky through this window, so I watched it alone every day of the festival every year. It will look good.”

After saying that, Shione smiled.

“It is fortunate that I have someone to watch this festival with.”

The sun has set.

The yellow sunset disappeared and a black sky embroidered with beautiful stars came.

“I will start soon.”

Shione uncorked the wine.

The scent of wine that rises up.

There was no such thing as filling the first glass full. She only poured a little wine to test the taste before tasting it properly.

I looked at her and asked.

“Isn’t Shione weak against alcohol?”

“What… ?”

“I’m sure the other night at the banquet hall I was drunk with wine—”

“Noisy… …. I’ll drink a little, just a little.”

Shione turned her head away.

Not long after that, I was finally able to see the fireworks that lit up the sky.

The feeling was quite new. I never imagined that I would be able to see fireworks in such an outdated medieval fantasy world.

“Tada!”

She held out her glass.

I laughed moderately, clinked my glasses as she wished, and enjoyed the wine in silence for a while.

That’s when I had two drinks and Sione had three.

Before I knew it, Shione was staring at my face instead of fireworks.

On the day of the festival, I said it would be nice if you kissed me first. I moved her body to listen to her request.

The distance of one small round table was no problem.

“Eup… ….”

At the same time as you put your lips together, you can hear Shione’s youthful voice.

Her hot breath touches her skin. However, he was not satisfied with this and coveted her even more.

Intertwined tongues. In a more heated atmosphere, I stayed like that for a while, and finally got away from my breathing.

“Paha… ….”

Shione’s excited breathing and the evidence connected like a solid line only prove that our relationship has deepened.

Her first kiss was a dizzying taste of love that was deeply melted in the rich wine taste.

* *

In the end, as the ranger said, we confirmed the unsettling forces heading towards the count’s family.

The reconnaissance party was sent again. A large number of talented knights, including Diolia, were also put in, and in the end, the number of people who had their eyes on the large army was fifty. Unless they went mad as a group, how could they consistently answer my question?

Thousands… No, tens of thousands of monsters are forming a large army and advancing toward the count family—

Ainel wrote a letter.

The westernmost part of the kingdom, a Margrave who was given the role of overseeing the only unpurified demonic realm in the kingdom. Her authority, which she has in case of emergency by her demonic realm, is very powerful.

She intended to deliver a letter to the royal family telling the story of the current situation, and use the special authority of the head of the Countess Cianella given by the founding king.

“Diolia.”

“Yes.”

“Is it true that you saw a demon among monsters?”

“… If my eyes weren’t cloudy from the loss of a firearm, what I saw couldn’t be wrong. Not only that, but even the paladins were convinced that it was a demon… There is no doubt about it.”

“… I intend to send a letter to the nobles of the West.”

“If you say correspondence.”

“In case of emergency, the count’s duty is to mobilize all the troops from the west to stop the advance of the devil. Had we not forgotten the right of conscription and mobilization given to us by the founding king. Western nobles should be willing to send us troops.”

Ainel looked at the map Dioria gave her.

A map of the Beltrin Mountains and territory. The approximate locations of the monsters were drawn on the map. The monsters, who were said to be clinging grossly behind the mountain range, had come down to the beginning of the mountain range before they knew it.

It was difficult. The count family’s troops are more numerous and superior than other families, but they are not strong enough to block the monsters that are already full of numbers and forming the sea.

Furthermore, aren’t they monsters from the Demonic World that aren’t common? The monsters born in the land engulfed by demonic energy are stronger and more ferocious than normal individuals.

Even the wild and courageous cavalry women won’t be able to pierce the sea of strong monsters born in the Devil’s Land. There aren’t many wizards in the Count’s family that specialize in warfare like those of the Marquis Allenar’s, so dealing with such a large army is quite a disadvantage.

I couldn’t come up with a suitable solution.

It wouldn’t be much use to send troops to reduce their numbers before they reach the territory. It is said that the large army of monsters where demons exist is more fierce than ever. It would surely be just a waste of life.

“I must prepare for the defense battle.”

Trusting the strong walls and knights, it would be best to wait for support from the west and the royal family.

The war clouds that depended on the continuation of the territory were quietly approaching the count’s family.