Chapter 256. Why do you always think of assassination when you’re wrong? (5) + Decision of the saintess (1)
‘Where is this place?’
The place where Lua came to her senses was inside an unfamiliar tent.
A shabby tent, as if it had been furnished in haste.
And when he saw himself being thrown into a cage like an animal to keep him locked up, he grumbled.
‘…It was. It failed.’
At first, she was confused as to what had happened.
I bit my lip remembering what had happened before I lost consciousness.
Tears come out of the pitiful reality that I failed before I even tried.
something miserable
But I couldn’t lament my situation.
It wasn’t even like that.
The biggest problem was that he was still alive.
I don’t feel optimistic that I would have kept myself alive out of mercy.
It’s to find out information.
Who planned and ordered the assassination?
He must have wanted to figure it out.
However, it is not an easy situation to commit suicide.
The enemies seemed to be concerned about that, and now they are restraining Lua so that she cannot even move.
But that’s all.
It’s tough for a prisoner of war.
Considering that he was an assassin, he was treated surprisingly respectfully.
Originally, all kinds of torture and interrogation would have to wait.
Maybe it’s being prepared.
‘I can never open my mouth…
Lua made up her mind and was determined to persevere no matter what.
However, it wasn’t until a few hours later that I felt a sense of incongruity.
Surprisingly, the army of Ernesia did not interrogate Lua properly.
‘A mere humanitarian dimension? It can’t be…
that’s ridiculous.
There’s no way an assassin could have something like that, right?
It wasn’t another person, it was Arel Ernesia from the beginning.
Of course, they noticed that too, so they wouldn’t treat Lua lightly.
Still, from time to time soldiers come in to check on Lua’s condition or just ask simple questions.
An unknown knight said so while asking if he had guessed that the Ernesia Kingdom army would also find Lua strange.
“It is because it is Mistress Arell Ernesia’s order not to interrogate you properly.”
At first, I didn’t understand what nonsense it was.
Looking at the knight’s face, he probably didn’t understand either.
“He said that. It’s not even worth interrogating like this.”
Again I didn’t understand.
After that, only a brief interrogation followed.
Even if they didn’t answer, they didn’t show much difference.
Lua thought without being able to comprehend the current situation.
‘…I don’t know, but if that’s the case, I should only think about getting out.’
Since the response to the assassin was so soft, he considered the possibility that he could escape if he did well.
I can’t go back to the castle palace, but it would be better to run far away than to be confined here forever.
Or at least take the opportunity to commit suicide.
If that’s the case, at least pretending to respond to the interrogation…
“….Let’s try running away while pretending to blow the truth? Quit it. you really die Do you know about my hard work in persuading the others to let you live?”
What interrupted Lua’s thoughts was the voice of a young man who opened the door to the solitary cell and entered.
It was Arell Ernesia.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu?!
“Oh sorry. That’s why I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”
He shouted something because his mouth was gagged, but Arel shook his head as if he couldn’t understand.
“I’d love to let you go, but it’s going to be difficult because you don’t know what to do then.”
of course.
Lua glared at Arell resentfully.
“…It’s unfair from my point of view to stare at me like that in the first place. Isn’t that right Miss Lua?”
Lua opened her eyes wide.
I thought you knew your name!
“It’s also not a first meeting, is it? Isn’t that the priestess escorting Nelvania at the conference? I pride myself on never forgetting a woman’s face no matter what I see.”
Only then did I want to ache.
Even if he tried to deny it now, it didn’t seem like he would pretend he didn’t see it.
“When Kania-nee just caught it, it was a mess so it was hard to recognize, but now it’s clear.”
“Don’t get me wrong. Actually, the reason I know your name is because I did a little research before the conference about the guys who will be there.”
“Why would the saintess’ escort be in a place like this?”
Arel smirked as if it was on purpose.
“I never thought he would use his aides like this. At this point, you start to wonder what the criteria for selecting saints by the Holy Kingdom are?”
At that sarcastic remark, Lua glared at Arel with an angry gaze.
However, Arel shrugged his shoulders as if he knew what he wanted to say with just that.
“ah? no? Are you sure you want to say this? It was committed voluntarily out of excessive loyalty. It has nothing to do with the saintess…? Stop talking nonsense.”
At that moment, Arel’s eyes grew cold.
“From my experience, it’s extremely rare anywhere in the world for a real high-ranking official to do anything on his own. Especially for a type like you. And if it’s that holy woman, even if she commits enough, she’ll classify others. Oh no?
Well what about From what I can see, he’s the type that’s good enough.”
Arel just giggled and glanced at Lua, who was now even living, and sighed.
“What happened? I don’t think it’s any different from talking alone.
I’ll teach you the main point I came for you. What’s not obvious Because of course I have something I want to ask you.”
“Don’t be mistaken. I don’t care about the assassination process or information about the Holy Kingdom.
There is only one thing I want to know.”
Arell slowly started to approach Lua.
“This is information about that woman, Saint Nelvenia.”
Lua frowned.
“I have to tell you everything, including the impressions and behaviors of her that you have seen and the things you have done so far. how is it? Isn’t it simple?”
can it be
Do you think I’ll tell you before that!
If only his mouth had been free, he would have cursed at Arel.
“Ah, I can’t say anything like this.”
Arel carefully removed the gag from her mouth.
“…Do you think you will talk?”
“Don’t do that, teach me. I wonder why the saintess is so obsessed with Ernesia Kingdom.”
“Or is it? Does she like war or bloody things like this? If so, there is nothing I can’t understand.
A rare villain.”
“no!”
Lua couldn’t stand it any longer and cried out.
“Nelvania-sama just… made a decision for the future of the kingdom!”
“future? What does that have to do with war? Is this place where you are now the future? this war?”
“While you forced mercy on us, you guys just went to war and got rich! And we were tolerant and gradually became poorer. But what’s wrong with us doing the same thing!”
“Hmm… that’s right. Is that what Nelvania told you? Is it true? Or is it an external performance?”
At some point, Arel’s words became self-talk.
Around that time, Lua realized something was wrong.
Why the hell am I talking to Arell like this?
You shouldn’t give him any information.
But why is he voicing such fervor?
When I realized the incongruity, my body trembled strangely.
Seeing her like that, Arel exhaled a long breath.
“Anyway, I can’t be honest with light hints. I guess I’ll have to make a stronger suggestion.”
“Ah… hint?”
What the hell is he trying to do?
Her face was stained with fear.
“What are you trying to do?”
“Don’t worry. I won’t do anything barbaric like blackmail or torture. Even though I like to hurt, I don’t really like to inflict pain like this. That’s not my taste.”
Arell stretched out his hand toward Lua.
And his fingertips touched her forehead.
“As far as I can tell, you should do it on your own volition. That way, I feel comfortable listening to it.”
no sound.
Lua, who had made up her mind so firmly, soon had to roll her eyes at the strange feeling of incongruity that was burrowing into her head.
Something… I felt a strange feeling as if my tense mind was being relieved.
The fear that has sprouted is quickly released.
Arel muttered quietly to Lua, as if to just be relieved.
“It is a simple spell. It’s like a curse to be honest by temporarily loosening your thinking. It’s like a confession. It is harmless to the human body and has no side effects. As a bonus, you can also blow your memory within an hour or two, so how convenient is this magic?”
And after the effect of the witchcraft completely took over Lua’s consciousness, Arell finally bit the cow.
“Now then, will you teach me what I want to hear one by one, Lua?”
After a while.
A candid answer finally began to flow from her mouth, completely out of focus.
Arell was slowly listening to the information as if satisfied.
Nelvenia seems to have trusted that girl named Lua quite a bit as her escort and confidant.
Thanks to that, I was able to hear more information about Nelvania from her point of view than I expected.
After hearing everything, I properly erased her memories, which no longer had any use value, and left it unattended.
They won’t be executed, but they won’t be released or released, at least not until this war is over.
Immediately after returning to my private barracks, I lay on the bed alone, replaying the information I had heard from her in my head.
and concluded
“…Is that really what happened?”
I finally got it.
Third party anyway.
It is information that I saw from the perspective of someone who knows nothing, but if it were me, I could draw a certain conclusion from it alone.
Now I can be sure what the saintess is doing.
Epidemic… Miscellaneous abilities.
and martial arts from other worlds.
I became certain about the parts that I was uncertain about.
What is a saint in the first place?
and who she is
The strands were definitely caught.
“Now, then, what should I do with that old woman….
Anyway, whether it’s reaching the castle palace or luring her out myself, I need to face her somehow.
To do that, it means that we need to win the next battle and then advance.
Well, it must be soon.
This side of the capital is superior, and in the next battle, I plan to defeat it at once with Kania at the fore.
Either way, the surest thing is to push through with force.
I’m waiting for the next battle… He smiled as he checked the location on the map where Seongguk probably had gathered all available troops.
yeah it’s not long now
The Ernesia Kingdom Army, which had set up an offensive operation in earnest, set a course toward the capital city and pushed on.
Once again, a letter was sent inviting surrender.
As expected, Seongguk had no intention of surrendering.
Everyone had a hunch that they had no choice but to push through to the end.
Arel ordered the march without hesitation.
Ultimately, the final goal is to surround the central saints of the Holy Kingdom.
At every line of defense, the Seongguk Army united to block the Ernesia Kingdom Army.
In each battle, they could not use much force and had to repeatedly retreat.
The Saint’s Decision (1)
“…Are we finally pushed back to the last line of defense?”
Hearing the bitter report, Saint Nelvenia slightly bit her lip.
The news of a series of defeats.
Even after the sword master Kania Ernesia, whose name was known to the enemy side, joined, the advance of the Ernesia kingdom army was extraordinary.
At this rate, it wouldn’t take long for Ernesia’s army to reach the castle.
The defenses were still there, but no one here made any hopeful observations that they would be able to stop them.
“Saintess… I don’t think there’s any way to stop them.”
“If even Fort Caylan is captured, the Saints here will come next!”
“Saintess!”
“Saintess! Please take countermeasures!”
They just tremble and ask for a miracle to overcome this situation, relying only on Nelvania.
Of course Nelvenia couldn’t be at ease either.
