Chapter intermission 5
"Lilio! I've found some survivors! Call the laborers here!"
"Hooi!"
Contrary to her light answer, Lilio whips out her body that's collected fatigue to run .
I hurriedly chant the next magic since I can't overlook it .
"Zena-san, you're using too much magic . Please take a longer break . "
Even though Iona-san is worried about me, I shake my head to refuse it .
I tell her that helping the people who are buried alive is more important right now .
As expected, after chanting so much my jaw is hurting . I have to be careful as to not fumble the [Whisper Wind] magic chant .
"Iona, since the rescue over there is going well I've come to help . "
"If Zena-san is in the middle of chanting spell, Ruu should be the one who talks with the man in charge of rescuing . Is it alright with you?"
"Yes yes . Will do . "
Even though Ruu's voice had become like a man since she shouted so much, she still undertook it gladly . Ruu is like a dependable big sister, she can help calming the people who are waiting to be rescued .
After I've confirmed the activation of the magic, I shift into meditation while leaving the rest to Ruu . I have to restore even a little of my magic power in order to use my magic to look for the next survivors .
There are sounds of galloping horse, and Iona-san who's on lookout nearby, tells "Successor-sama has come" to me who can't open my eyes during the meditation .
I want to recover my magic power a bit more, but continuing to mediate in front of an upper-ranking noble will be too impolite, so I give it up .
"So you're Lord Marientael . Your good jobs have been conveyed even to me . "
"Yes, I am honored . "
Did the next Earl-sama come himself to say his gratitude to a mere soldier?
"I heard that your little brother-kun succeeded the house . If you wish, you can be my retainer . At first I can only grant you honorary noble peerage, but I promise to make you become a permanent noble depending on your work . "
"I am undeserved of the invitation, I have already pledge my allegiance to Earl Seryuu . Please kindly pardon me . "
It's quite an extraordinary invitation, but as a person of Marientael house which has worked under Earl Seryuu for generations, I don't have any intention to work under another house after all this time .
The young Earl successor seemed to think that he wouldn't be refused, his face looked unpleasantly angered . However, it seems he has enough tact to not act on the feeling .
"Is that so, if you change your mind, you can come anytime . I'll always leave a seat vacated for you . "
After saying so, he left with his knight attendants .
"Are you alright with that Zena? When your little brother-kun succeeds the house next year, won't your standing fall to a quasi-noble?"
"I don't mind . As long as I'm in the army, there's no difference between a noble or a commoner . "
"Right isn't it~, Zena-cchi has the boy waiting right . "
Mou, Lilio!
Satou-san has nothing to do with--maybe a bit .
"Moreover, it's not decided whether he will succeed the earldom or not after all . "
"Really?"
"On top of piling up many victims, he borrowed the power of the Saga Empire hero-sama to defeat the demon after all . "
"I see, he made a blunder on top of having no achievement . To make matter worse, he rashly made people out to the field who then died, so the young master's fame has dropped to ground . "
"Wait, Ruu . "
There's a limit even if you're only speaking your mind . What would you do if Earl Lesseu's man heard it!
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Another 10 days has elapsed after the fight with the demon is over .
Among the selected Seryuu city labyrinth regimen, half of the front-liner have been killed in action . Norina squad and ours are miraculously unhurt, but Rodril magic squad and mixed squad are mostly annihilated .
The day after the fight with the demon, Captain Derio who had lost one of his arm, and a holy knight went back to Seryuu city in order to report to Earl-sama .
A carrier pigeon was sent at the same time too, so the reply from Seryuu city should be coming soon . In case the reply never come, we're going to go back to the Seryuu city after we've finished confirming the survivors and the KIAs of the Labyrinth Selection Regimen .
The Vice-captain Riro who was thought to be dead was found safe under the debris, but he had to pay with one of his leg for his life .
"Everyone hear me . The directive from Earl-sama has come--The Selected Regimen is to continue their mission . "
Everyone has various reactions toward the order read by Vice-captain Riro, people who are spirited, people who are dejected, and people who smile bitterly .
"Vice-captain, please, let me go back to Seryuu city . People can call me a coward behind my back all they want . I just want to be near my wife and children . "
"Vice-captain Riro, I also want to go back to Seryuu city . I can't swing the sword well with this hand . "
After the man with big body, a retainer man who has lost one of his arm from the demon's tactical magic proclaims so dejectedly . Several other people who seem to be in agreement also press the Vice-captain Riro .
The Vice-captain Riro holds them back with both hands while smiling wryly .
"Don't get flustered . There's a continuation to the order--"
People who have lost their limb, and people who has lost their will to continue to the labyrinth city are to go back to Seryuu city, so it's said .
Surprisingly, Rodril is also going back to Seryuu city . She really must have been enduring the fact that she was the only one remaining after her escorts were all dead .
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"Knight Henz, I entrust everyone to you . "
"Yes, I will become as good as a Shiga Eight Swords when I return to Seryuu city . "
"Hahaha, that's the spirit . "
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