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Chapter 22 - A Long Journey’s Reward I navigated through the maze-like stone alleys of Thebes, finally climbing a slope and reaching a large building. I approached the young soldier standing guard in front of the gate — though he seemed to not have much to do these days. “Hey there, do you have a moment?” “Hn? Who are you? This is the Margrave’s residence. Do not approach unless you have a good reason!” “I’d like to pay a visit to the Margrave, actually.” “Whaat? His Lordship is…
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Chapter 29 - Fishing and Hunting Several days later, I was leading the platoon of rag-tag adventurers towards the third fort. The fort was surrounded by the undead forces on all sides; it looked like there wasn’t even space for even a single ant to go through. The general estimate was that it would take half a day at most for the fort to fall. We really arrived in the nick of time. “Advance! Keep going forward like this!!” “WOOOHHH!!!” “You lot, it’s time to show your guts! Anyone who turns…
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Chapter 23 - A Woman’s Resolve, a Man’s Pride After that, a servant of House Sphinx escorted me to the reception room for guests. After a short wait, spent relishing in a rare variety of western teas poured in white porcelain cups, Mist — now fully clothed — came into the room. As soon as our eyes met, she bowed deeply, almost to a right angle. “...my deepest apologies for welcoming you in such an unsightly manner.” “Well, no…it wasn’t unsightly at all.” On the contrary, it was a rather…
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Chapter 30 - The Ailing General Joins the Fray 【POV: Vert Sphinx】 “Hahaha!! That Maxwell boy sure is a piece of work!!” I am Vert Sphinx, the Margrave of the western province of the Lamperouge Kingdom and current head of House Sphinx. I am now standing on the wall of the third fortress of the province, the last bastion of defense for the capital of Thebes, looking at the battle below. On the ground, the son of my old friend Dietrich Maxwell — Dyngir Maxwell was leading a small group of warriors…
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Chapter 24 - Tears, Resolve, Manliness I went to the room Mist had directed me to and lightly knocked on the door. “Ahem…Naam.” “Please, do not come inside.” As soon as I called her, Naam replied immediately — by denying me entry. I smiled wryly and continued. “Well, what happened just now was an accident, wasn’t it? You shouldn’t mind it too much.” “...........” “I can imagine the embarrassment a girl feels after being seen like that…but if possible, I’d like to speak face…
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Chapter 25 - The Last Resort? After that, Naam and I went back to the guest room. Mist, who was sitting inside and sipping on a cup of tea, watched us come in with a mischievous smile. “You’ve made our little girl cry, haven’t you. You bad man.” “I suppose…I should apologize?” “Oh no, I’m very thankful. It’s unhealthy when children do not cry when they need to.” Mist patted Naam — her eyes swollen from crying — on the head, then her expression turned serious. “Well then…what…
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Chapter 19 - Old Strangers, Familiar Quirks* The following day as well, I progressed as quickly as possible. I used the bracelet’s powers to boost my horse’s speed and stamina, advancing west without rest. There were too many eyes close to the capital, so I had to use the sparsely travelled roads, away from the main routes, so I arrived slightly later than expected. Even so, by the evening I had reached the checkpoint at the border between the central and western provinces. “Hmm…I thought I’d…
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Chapter 20 - The Things Young Ninjas Say… Oboro, who I was meeting for the first time in months, was fanning himself, due to the sweat caused by his disguise, and sighed. “I heard you just returned from the southern islands, and you are already off to the west! Always the busy young master! What possesses you so?” “No jokes please, I’m actually worried about it. Everyone says the same thing.” I frowned, then grabbed the meat from the plate in front of me and tossed it in my mouth. Seasoned with…
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