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To be frank, even though it"s a fight I started, I haven"t been able to partic.i.p.ate much.

"Have you understood the feelings of being put i, a pen, even if it"s just a little?" (Ura)
"You guys are so d.a.m.n disappointing." (Farga)

It was an instant killing.
No, there were no deaths, but with just Ura and Farga, who were fully motivated, they crushed the guys of the auction organization who came to pick up the demi-humans, and then imprisoned them inside pens, as if replacing the demi-humans.

"Prince Farga, do you understand how much of a serious thing this is?" (Jiel)
"Serious thing? Then, what"s going to happen?" (Farga)
"The prince of a country personally attacked an auction organization, and even stole the goods, an unforgivable act! If this fact becomes well known, the higher ups of each country will keep an eye on you, no, the Elfarshia Kingdom itself, you know?" (Jiel)

Jiel is glaring at us from inside a pen. On the other hand, Farga wasn"t agitated at all.

"Hmph. You"re probably excellent in a managerial position, but you"re d.a.m.n insignificant in the battlefield." (Farga)
"Wha, what was that!" (Jiel)
"If this becomes well known? That"s only if you guys all safely return, right?" (Farga)
"!" (Jiel)

That atmosphere changed.
Overflowing bloodthirst is coming out of Farga. He looked at Jiel with ice-cold eyes, which I"ve never basked in before.

"I"m different to my stupid younger brother. My stupid younger brother has a troublesome personality, but he thinks about everything too simply. So, he"s a guy with questionably light responsibility and resolve towards his own actions. However, I"m different. I act even after understanding what kind of situation it will make. Understand that I"ve obviously got that resolve." (Farga)

Even though they aren"t being pointed at me, I felt such an intimidating air that it still felt terrifying.
It"s not at the level where Jiel, whose main job isn"t a fighter, can endure.

"No, no way, if you start a fight with us, you and your country"s citizens will lose the trust of other countries, and you will not be able to get away with doing that, you know?" Jiel)
"What benefit is there for me to worry about myself and my country"s fate?" (Farga)
"Wha, what are you, no, stop." (Jiel)

He has serious eyes.
When push comes to shove, Farga might seriously do it.

"Well, just think about the merits, and the meaning of the Humanity Continent going to war against me in return for stealing these d.a.m.n p.i.s.s-smelling demi-human brats." (Farga)
"Uu, uuuu." (Jiel)
"I"ll teach you exactly the extent of my resolve, that"s enough to drag in other people into my actions." (Farga)

The one that really doesn"t think about anything when he gets mad might be this guy.
Most people give in before Farga moves though.

"I, I understand! Ple, please forgive me! We will pretend not to know what happened this time!" (Jiel)
"Hmph, that"s fine then." (Farga)

Jiel is lowering his head and entreating from inside the pen in resignation.
It means that the fighting scene he dived down to, was different to Farga in this life abrading negotiation.

"Section chief~, is, is that fine? If we don"t deliver the goods, we will also-."
"There is no helping it. We have no choice but to report that we were done in by demi-human reinforcements, just like the Sea Thieves." (Jiel)

In a way, he might have felt deeper fear than just being killed.
Anyways, I"m glad Farga is my friend, and similarly to Ura, I"ll need to make sure I don"t anger him too much.

"Now, that just leave you a.s.sholes." (Farga)

After turning his back to Jiel and the others, Farga turns around, and points his line of sight to the demi-humans, who are perplexed from not knowing what to do.

“There are three ships. We"re just going to keep moving forward like this. We"ll give one ship to you d.a.m.n demi-humans, so just hurry up and go back to the Demi-human Continent." (Farga)

Well, it"ll be troubling if they stay here, so that might be the best option.

"Eh, ah, is, is it fine for us to leave?" (A demi-human)
"In exchange, we"ll abandon you the next time you get caught by humans. And, if you try doing anything to the Elfarshia Kingdom from now on, I"ll eradicate all of you, without leaving a single one alive. Even if I have to chase you to the ends of the world, that is." (Farga)
"Hii, hiiiii!" (A demi-human)
"Get lost. Don"t ever show yourselves in front of us again." (Farga)

I wonder how much of an effect this will have.
However, we have no choice but to say this for now.
All I can do is to pray that Farga"s overwhelming coercion will make those demi-humans lose their nerve for the rest of their life.

"I understand. I will not forget this debt of grat.i.tude I have for saving my life, even if you are a human. At the very least, we will not interfere with the Elfarshia Kingdom." (Musashi)

Musashi, who had become despondent after leaving the pen, sat in a seiza position while lowering her head.
It"s a bit weird though, because I felt Miyamoto must have really instructed her well, since she should have complicated feelings towards humans, but she still didn’t forget her manners.

"I, I tha, thank you, enough to die." (Jubei)
"Thank you, very much." (Ushiwaka)
"I will never forget this debt." (Benkei)

While curling up, the three girls also lowered their heads.
They lost quite a lot of vigour.
Well, I won"t say that since retorting and teasing brats is childish.

Well then, that being the case…………

"Oi, Musashi. Do you still remember what I was asking you for before?" (Velt)
"Nu, Ve, Velt." (Musashi)
"You"re addressing me without honorifics, huh. Well, I don"t mind though. I"m talking about how I was asking you to let me meet your grandfather. I don"t need any words of thanks, and I just want you to do that somehow." (Velt)

Since we solved the problem from before, we can move onto the main question.
I got interrupted midway before, but it"s about how they should let me meet their grandfather.

"Wa, wait. I asked this before too, but what exactly do you plan to do by meeting grandfather?" (Musashi)
"I"m not going to particularly do anything. I"m just going to talk." (Velt)
"Talk about? This is impolite to do to my benefactor, but as long as I don"t know that, I can"t really let you meet grandfather!" (Musashi)

Well, that"s reasonable. You can"t just introduce a human to a hotshot among the demi-humans so easily, much less her own family.
Leaving aside whether she believes me or not, to be honest, putting on airs is annoying, so talking about reincarnation and the like might actually be good.
But when I try to talk about that, as expected, her face comes to mind.

"To be honest, I don"t mind telling you why I want to meet your grandfather. However, telling you that means I"m telling you about myself, that no one knows about. It"s stuff that Farga and Ura don"t know either. It"s not like it"s a secret I have to keep to my grave though, so I don"t mind telling you." (Velt)

Even if I tell her, it"s not like it"s going to influence me in anyway, and it"s a worthless, small thing as far as the world is concerned.
But even so, I haven"t been able to bring myself to talk about it.

"Musashi. I personally think that I"m quite a troublesome guy." (Velt)

Oi, Ura, Farga, why are you nodding in resignation like that.

"I"ve been like that since I was a brat. I was troublesome, rebellious, and couldn"t be honest with myself. But you know, I don"t know what was good about someone like me, and yet there was a girl that said she loved me. That precocious brat was following me around much before I met Ura. Even when I was annoying, even when I stricken with sadness, she always followed me around." (Velt)

Even when I try to talk about when I was Asakura Ryuuma, for some reason, she was the one I thought of straight away.
Forna. My blond haired childhood friend, that I haven"t met with in quite a while, flickered in my mind.

"If I"m going to talk about my own secrets, then I want to talk about her first. The order doesn"t particularly matter, and I don"t know what she thinks of me nowadays, but I just thought it made more sense to talk about her.” (Velt)

Even if I say so myself, I really do have a troublesome personality. But there"s no helping it.
If I"m going to talk about things other than Asakura Ryuuma, my old friends and sensei, I wanted to talk about Forna first.
Ura looks the other way, as if slightly sulking, and Farga is being silent with his arms crossed, so I don"t know what he"s thinking about, but at the very least, I still didn"t want to tell these two yet.
And as for Musashi, she"s unexpectedly listening to my story with a serious face.

"About that person……" (Musashi)
"Ah?" (Velt)
"Where is she right now? Is she waiting for your return in the country?" (Musashi)
"No. She has a great cause and enough talent, that I"m no match for someone like her. Right now, she"s fighting in the Divine Being Continent war. I haven"t met her for so long." (Velt)
"Then, you don"t even know when you will meet her, no, for a person you don"t even know if you will even meet again, you have continued being faithful!" (Musashi)
"No, it"s not love or anything, so it"s not about being faithful." (Velt)

She"s getting her teeth into this awfully strongly.
Did some part of this get on her mind or something?

"Velt. Can you vow?" (Musashi)
"Vow what?" (Velt)
"That you will by no means cause harm to grandfather, even if you meet him." (Musashi)
"Hmm, you"re that worried, huh. But sure~, I can perform seppuku or something if I break my promise. If you want, I could make a blood oath, or even kinchou (oath on the sword), like your style." (Velt)
"Wha, what! To think you even know about kinchou!" (Musashi)

Ooh, she looks quite happy and enthusiastic.
It"s an amazing change from when we first met.

"Yes, I understand! This Musashi will believe you! I will let you meet grandfather." (Musashi)
"Ohh! I"m grateful for that. By all means, please." (Velt)
"Umu. In that case, I want us to go to the Demi-human Continent together like this. Grandfather is away right now because of a top secret mission, but I will hide you until he comes back." (Musashi)

I made a triumphant pose in my mind.
I can meet him.
He"s not Kamino, but I can meet with a guy that knows my "real" self in this world.

"So, around how long will it take for me to meet him?" (Velt)

"It won"t be that long. He should finish the top secret mission by today, so it"s when that ends. Of course, I came to the Humanity Continent to partic.i.p.ate in the top secret mission too, but I was asked for help by Ushiwaka, so I separated from the force and came here." (Musashi)

"Ho~. So what"s this top secret mission you"re on about?" (Velt)

"Ah, sorry! I can"t say that! That is the one thing I cannot say!" (Musashi)

"Kuhaha, well, I guess that makes sense. It"s an absolute secret among the demi-humans after all." (Velt)

"Umu, sorry. It is a top secret mission, so I cannot tell you that the Shinsengumi is going to attack Shiromu to release their brethren that were captured as slaves." (Musashi)

………………………… Hmm?

I feel like all the races in the ship became firm.

"O, onee." (Jubei)
"Mu, Musashi-sama…………!" (Ushiwaka)
"You, you really are…………" (Benkei)

The midget trio looks shocked too.

"The Shinsengumi is attacking Shiromu to release the slaves? ………… Eh, isn"t that what the top secret mission issss!" (Velt)
"Aaaaaaaaah, wha, what have I dooooooooone!" (Musashi)

This isn"t good. She"s an outrageous fool.

"Yo, you, doesn"t that mean that the demi-human army is invading the Humanity Continent!?" (Velt)

"N, no, it is not something so big like war, and they are only attacking the slave market city Shiromu, so as a military staff, grandfather is…………" (Musashi)

"Like I said, stop talking so indiscreetly! Like, don"t we need to hurry up and report it to Shiromu as a human, if that"s the case?" (Velt)

"Nuoooo, Ve, Velt, dono, Velt-dono! I beg you, I beg you, make it so you did not hear the contents of that mission right now! The lives of my brethren are on the line, so please overlook it!" (Musashi)

"You fool! If I know that a lot of humans are going to die, there"s no way even I could say it doesn"t concern me and feign ignorance!" (Velt)

As expected, not just me, but Ura and Farga are sweating from their faces since they weren"t expecting that.

"Tch, how stupid of me. Thinking about it carefully, those d.a.m.n midget demi-humans who escaped and went to you to get help and come back to the ship were quite fast. By ship, the Demi-human Continent would have taken several months, and yet, I was careless. So you were near the Humanity Continent to attack Shiromu in the first place, huh." (Farga)

"How could this happen. If that"s true, then the war between demi-humans and humans will only intensify." (Ura)

This has certainly turned into a bad situation.
To be honest, I don"t plan on getting involved in war, and if they"re strangers, I don"t care how many people die.
However, as far as I know beforehand that lots of humans will die, I"m not so cold that I can’t just say that it doesn"t concern me.
I might need to do the minimum amount of things, but…………

"Wa, wait! No matter how skilled you guys are, you will lose your life if you get involved in this case! I beg you, I want you to please be silent and endure it." (Musashi)

"E, even if you tell me that~, like, is the Shinsengumi strong? Are they large in number? To be honest, I"ve never heard of them before. Ura and Farga don"t know them either, right?" (Velt)

"We, well, their name is not well known, since their main occupation was to subjugate riots in the Demi-human, instead of being dispatched to the Divine Being Continent, but their strength is the real thing." (Musashi)

"Tch, a battle force that the world doesn"t know, huh. Well, they"d be just right for an a.s.sault. By the way, how many are there?" (Farga)

"A, around, fifty thousand." (Musashi)

No good, she doesn’t get it.

"Fifty thousand, huh. It"s not enough to take down a country, but it"s plenty to attack one town with a surprise attack. Not to mention, Shiromu isn"t a country that"s strong enough to go to war. d.a.m.n it." (Farga)

"Umu. Furthermore, the current Humanity Continent"s leading fighting power, is in the empire or the Divine Being Continent, as part of humanity"s great allied forces. I do not know the strength of the Shinsengumi or whatever, but because of the general leading them, it might be an instant killing." (Ura)

If Farga and Ura are saying that with serious faces, it"s surely true.
d.a.m.n, this is way too hopeless.

"Oi, you d.a.m.n demi-human. Who"s leading the Shinsengumi or whatever? When push comes to shove, I"ll break his head and do something." (Farga)

"I don"t want you to ask that! No, you can"t ask that! If I tell you that much, even I will have to sepuuku! Even you are definitely no match for him!" (Musashi)

"What did you say? I"m no match for him?" (Farga)

Well, I guess there"s no way she would even tell us the person that"s commanding the top secret mission.
But like, Farga is no match for him? Does a person like that exist in this world?

"Yes, even you are no match for one of the『Four Heavenly Demi-human Beasts』, and the new chief of the Shinsengumi,『Etham Kondou』." (Musashi)

………………………………………… Someone………… silence her.
She went and said it, the word that I didn"t want to hear…………

"Fu~, stupid younger brother, I don"t know about the Shinsengumi or whatever, but I do know the name of that chief well………… ha~, my head hurts like s.h.i.t." (Farga)

"Ha~, Velt, I do not know of the Shinsengumi or whatever, but I do know that chief"s name alone………… uu~, how could this happen." (Ura)

Relax Farga, Ura, even I know that name well.
But like~, an absurdly amazing name came up.
By the way, it"s not like we aren"t raising any voices that much because we got surprised.
It’s just that we became speechless from getting too surprised.