Chapter 44: Let's aim for the master
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I don't know what would happen to me if I went back to where I came from.
After talking about the rescue mission using sleeping pills and deciding to train the carriage to move, it was time to start talking about the future.
Yagi's words were immediately met with a protest from Kobayashi-san.
'Hey Gase Megane, don't you want to go home? Do you want to stay in this world for the rest of your life?
No, I don't mean that. I don't mean that. Don't be so quick to judge.
Well, what do you mean, why don't you tell me?
'We were summoned while we were on the third floor of the school building, think what would happen if we went back to the exact same place?
Hearing Yagi's words, we looked at each other.
I don't know if it's being demolished or under construction, I don't know what's happening to the school, but what would happen if it fell from the height of three floors above the ground into such a place? If it doesn't work, you could end up dead the moment you return to your world...
Well, what are we going to do then...
How could I possibly know that? But don't you know the trouble you'd be in if you went back in there without thinking about it?
Are we going to make it back?
Sakurai-san's words, which she unintentionally leaked, is also the anxiety that we all have.
''That princess, of course she said something like we can go back........''
You lied about the bracelet to prevent the magic from running amok, and that's not a big deal.
As the new and old duo says, I don't know how much of Camilla's words are true now, and it even seems more likely to be a lie.
'Hey Kokubun, do you have any information on that side?
'Yeah, I was more focused on rescuing everyone, so I'm still trying to find out what information I can about the summons and repatriation.
'I suppose we'll have to negotiate with Camilla once the rescue is over, but we should explore that separately, shouldn't we?
'Yeah, if the Third Princess knows about it, there's likely to be information about it in other royalty and books and stuff.
As Yagi said, it would be better to find a way to return to Japan from someone other than Camilla.
''Hey we, do you think we should just go back to Japan like this?''
Yagi asked while looking around at the other five.
''Just going home like this... what do you mean?''
It was compensation, of course. After all this trouble, Funayama is a dead man and we can't just go home without any compensation.
In response to Mr. Kobayashi's question, Yagi made a circle with his thumb and forefinger, suggesting a demand for compensation.
'What's the point of taking our money home with you when you say reparations?
'Idiot, national idiot! That's just the way it is, you know, gold is gold, but you demand it in gold, silver and other precious metals.
Oh, I see...
'You know, Camilla's guy told me you're going to take the credit and go home with a reward, or death... and you're going to make the reward, or rather the compensation, available in precious metals to take home.
I should say that it's indeed a neat line of gussied-up glasses, but it's certainly a good thing there's some kind of compensation for the trouble they've caused, since they've suffered so much.
When compensation is mentioned, of course people look at the theory of liability.
''Yagi yo, it's fine to lavish money, but what about the princess, what are you going to do about her, are you going to let her live?
He killed Funayama. Shouldn't he get the death penalty?
'You can't demand reparations and then execute the royals on top of that, can you?
"If you're going to execute someone, isn't it going to be a knight who fights them directly?
There seems to be a subtle temperature difference between the old and new duo and the Bumpy Sisters, with
What do you think, Kokubun?
Ummm... what should I do...?
I was surprised myself when Yagi asked me about it, but I don't have the same strong killing intent that I had immediately after Funayama's death.
Maybe it's because Project Maisa has lowered my spirits, or maybe it's because Camilla is worried about the people suffering from desertification, but it's only been about ten days since Funayama died, and I'm feeling like if I make him pay for his crimes, I'll be able to save his life.......
''Well........what would happen under Japanese law?''
What? Japanese law?
No, it seems that under the law here, a royal killing a commoner is not a crime, so I was wondering what it would be like in Japan...
Under Japanese law, wouldn't killing one person be punishable by death?
Does that make it a murder? Or is it somehow manslaughter in the line of duty?
The old and new duo of gymnasts and uneven sisters twist their heads at my story, while the flow of the conversation turns to Yagi.
Camilla didn't have a direct hand in it, but she was in a position to oversee it, right?
Does that make it manslaughter or something? Oh I don't know about that!
Yes, but I think that saying that one person dies, so you have to kill another person without any criteria is easy to understand, but I don't think it's going to solve the problem.
Wouldn't it be better to just kill all the knights?
'That won't do, if the knights are gone, who will defend the city if the demons cross the river and invade Rustock?
It's not our business, is it?
'I guess the only people who will be sacrificed by that are children and women who don't know anything about it, but is that okay?'
'No, that's not...'
You may think I'm a peace-loving person growing up in peaceful Japan, but I think there's something different about killing and solving the problem.
Besides, if Camilla is lying and there's no way for us to get back, wouldn't we have to live over here with all the resentment we have for killing a knight?
What are you going to do about it?
I don't know what's going on, but that's about it.
''I don't know... after I came over here and got my magic judgement, I think I was put in a different carriage...''
The old and new duo and the Bumpy Sisters also shook their heads and didn't seem to be looking.
'By the way, Ayako-sensei was there, right?
Aya-chan........she was probably considered a student because of her appearance, wasn't she?
Well, I agree with you about Ayako, but it's a problem if she can't find anyone else, right?
It doesn't bother you, does it?
No, no, no, no, I need you to come back with me. I don't know how to deal with the authorities and the press, and...
Well, I'm not gonna leave you behind, but where are you?
I was so distracted by the training or magic or whatever that I didn't notice that the teachers weren't there.
'Yeah........more problems.......'
I mean, why does everything have to be done by Kokubun?
Yagi, if you were still in Rustock, you wouldn't be able to say those words, would you?
'Ugh ... that's true too ...'
I have decided to have the five of them stay here and return to the boarding house with the intention of doing some carriage related training tomorrow.
Although we've decided on a plan for the rescue operation, I feel like the frustration of not being able to get it to work has increased as the problem of not being able to locate the teachers has increased.
The five of us and I seemed to have talked more than I thought we would, and it seemed that Amanda and the others had already gone to bed in the early morning.
The door to the house is locked because I told them that even if they locked it, it's okay because they can use their shadows to move around.
So I returned directly to my room with the shadow movement.
''Huh.......I'm kind of tired......''
"Master Kent do you care for your saint?
"Oops, I forgot about that...
I hurried to Rustock's room, but the chairman was already asleep.
Just let the healing magic flow, being careful not to wake him up, and he will be forgiven for tonight.
When I returned to Volzard's lodgings, Reinhardt told me.
''Master Kent, it seems to be a little too much to ask.''
'Yeah, sure, it's a bit... but I feel like I need to push myself now.'
But if Mr. Kent should fall, the plan will be ruined. It will be a danger to your friends.
I'm afraid so, but I'm in a bit of a rush.
In the meantime, you get some rest tonight, and I'll have Fred and Basten find out about the teacher.
"I'm sorry, nice to meet you...
I was tired after all, probably because I was meddling with Rastock and Volzard, but as soon as I laid down on the bed, I fell asleep.
In the dream, I went to the chairperson's bedroom to take care of her sleeping, but Beatrice woke up and took her lips without a chance to escape, and while I was stunned, Beatrice took Manon's place and slapped him, waking him up.
I felt tired and refreshed because I didn't have a midnight training session.
Let's not lose the positive feeling only because getting impatient or depressed won't solve the problem.
'Good morning, Mr. Kent,'
'Good morning, Reinhardt, I went to bed early and I feel tired.
Well, that's good to hear. And about those teachers. I think we know where they are.
'What? You've already figured it out?
It seems that Fred and Basten found me while I was asleep.
"Off Rastock I'm being held in another building.
Is it far from the garrison?
'Out of town, across the wheat field, a short distance away.
Why is the teacher separated from the rest of us?
Perhaps to eliminate a person in a position of authority over his students.
Reinhardt says that in the case of an organization such as a school, the teacher is responsible for leading the students, so there are times when it's better to let them lead in that role, but in a harsh environment like this one, they might become the organizer of the rebellion, so they isolate them.
It seems that the aim is to remind the captives that it is the knights of Riesenburg who will be leading the rebellion.
''What kind of situation are the teachers in that facility?
"I just found the place and I don't have any details...
'Yes, I know, you started looking for it last night, how could you possibly know?
It's just that it's not a very good place to be.
It seems that they just looked around at the facilities, bedding, etc., but it seemed to be equal to or inferior to the garrison's quarters.
''Of course, there are knights stationed at that facility as well, right?''
"Of course but not many...
'I suppose it's because they're fitted with servant's bracelets, which don't seem to anticipate escape or rebellion, but the doorway to the quarters is locked.'
There are six teachers, two women and four men (except for Ayako), and even though they are women, they are both grandmothers, and the male teachers are all middle-aged old men except for Furudate, the science teacher, who is relatively young.
Kato-sensei of health and physical education is middle-aged and seems to be able to move around, but even so, I think she's physically inferior to the knightly people.
Hmmm........frankly, I don't think it's a good idea to look at her as a fighting force.
We decided to have a map of Rastok made, including the facilities where the teachers are confined, and for now, let's finish breakfast and head to the garrison's quarters.
'Good morning, Amanda,'
'Oh, good morning Kent, were you late last night?'
'Yes, I'm late because we've been talking a bit about the future and all that.
Staying out too late... well, Kent's got a bodyguard.
Yes, but I'll try to leave as early as possible.
Oh, yeah, you'll be glad you did.
It's nice to know that there are people who care about you.
'Yes, because Kent has to come home early.
Are you worried about me too, Meisa?
'If Kent doesn't come back, then Uncle Skelton and the others won't come back either, right? That's why I have to come home early.
'Goooooooooooo, Meisa, you won't stop worrying about bedwetting when Reinhardt and the others come back.
'Kiwi ... I don't do it! I'm not going to wet the bed again! Get dumped by Kent's idiot, idiot, little Manon, and Mr. Beatrice!
'Guhaha yes, I haven't been able to clear up Manon's misunderstanding.
If I go to the garrison and attach a story to have them do some carriage related training, they'll go straight into training, and I'll have to go to Rustock at lunchtime to take care of the chairman, and I don't know when I reported to Mr. Donovan........................oh, I need another body.
'There you go, there you go, I'll have breakfast, eat well and get on with your day.
Yes, I knew I needed to eat a solid meal to be able to work hard all day.
After breakfast, we walked through the back streets to the guard's lodgings.
There seems to be danger lurking in the main street, so this is also called wisdom in life.
At the garrison's quarters, Kurtz-san was very fortunate to be there, and we talked about the training on how to handle horses.
I understood, so they're going to run away with the carriage.
'Yes, I thought maybe you'd have to learn to tie a horse to a carriage...'
No, Kent, you'd have to start by putting the hammers on.
Hami...?
Apparently, Hami is the hardware at the end of the reins, the part that the horse sucks on.
They also need to wear a brace to connect to the carriage, so even just hearing about it, it seems like a lot of work ahead.
Well, let's first get used to the horse, then we'll learn how to put on the braces, and then we'll actually move the carriage connected to the horse.
'Yes, I don't know anything about it anyway, so please take care of it, I'll take care of the horses and stuff...'
Well, I suppose it will help me get used to the horse quicker, so I'll ask.
With Kurtz's approval, we were to learn to handle the horses in exchange for taking care of them and other tasks.
We took the five of us to the stables, and I was surprised to find that Yagi, who I had been worried about, was unexpectedly shaky.
"Kokubun, you........you don't take it easy on us, even when it affects the success or failure of our rescue mission,
Well I mean, just keep up the good work every day.
That's impossible to do!
No, that's not a dignified thing to say.
Mr. Kurtz introduced me to a veteran stable boy named Raymond.
He was a big man with a big body with deep laughing wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and he was a bear beastman with round ears bleeping on his head.
'Listen, you're going to have to protect this one thing, I won't stand behind my horse! Absolutely, and you don't want to get kicked to death either, do you?
They say that horses are naturally timid animals, and if you approach them carelessly from behind, they may kick up with their hind legs.
Also, if we are nervous, it can be contagious, so they are reassured if we calmly show them that we don't mean them any harm and that we have tools to use.
"The garrison and the horses you borrow from the other side of the Order should be well trained. Otherwise, they would be useless at a critical moment.
If you ask me, it's true that the horses in the knight's club can't fulfill their role if they are bare of their wild instincts.
The horses are probably much more experienced than us poor souls, so we have to be careful not to interfere with the horses' work.
After listening to Raymond-san's warning, we finally met the horses, and of course they were big, right?
'Oh no ... his eyes are so clingy and cute!
It's really sweet.
Oh, uneven sisters, it's like a scary thing.
''Kazuki, the way you have these muscles is amazing.
'Totally, I like the feeling of being trained to run.
Yeah, the new and old duo are curious in a different way.
Why don't you take a closer look, Yagi?
'Oh?
What, I-I-I don't know, maybe later...
I mean, that's what you said.
Yeah, I know, but you know...
I'm kind of scared that it's going to gnaw me off.
'See, you two over there, if you're freaking out like that, it's going to make your horse even more wary.
No, no... only Kokubun is scared, I'm not...
'Nah, I don't know what you're talking about... I'm not so much... wow...'
I'm sorry, I'm scared of horses, I've never had an animal or anything like that to begin with, and I'm not good with big dogs or anything like that.
But I can't be scared of them forever, so I was afraid to touch them.
'Oh, it's warm...'
'Dumbass, national dumbass, you're alive, it's only natural.'
No, no, no, I mean, it's just that, you know...
You've never been afraid of bigger wolf demons, but you're just too scared.
'No, that's just to beat them, so it's not really scary or anything, but we're not going to fight them...'
Well, I felt a little better when I figured that if I got bitten or kicked, I could handle it by using self-healing.
Today we're going to start by putting on the pulling ropes and doing some pulling exercises as a way to get used to the horses.
Since there are so many horses in the garrison, each of us will be assigned one horse.
'Okay, this is the snatch for the boy,'
The one assigned to me is a chestnut mare with white fur on the tip of her left hind leg, and she seems to be wearing a sock just there.
'Nice to meet you, Snatch,'
Vrrrrrrr....
Oh, oh...
I'm not a horse expert, so I don't know much about horses, but I think these horses are stockier and stockier than thoroughbreds.
Raymond taught me how to put on a brace to tie the rope, and then we tied the rope together and started the pulling exercise.
''Well, hey Snatch, where are you going, wait, wait, Snatch.......''
The other five horses stopped quietly, but for some reason, Snatch was dragging me along, walking faster and faster.
I tried to hold onto the reins and hold on, but the force is stronger than I expected and I can't stop him.
'Hee hee hee hee, Kokubun, how far are you going to go?'
'I don't know! Ask the snatch!
Snatch drags me to the sandbox near the stable, and suddenly he lies down and starts rubbing his body against the sand.
She is playing with her legs pointed upwards, her belly bare, rolling around in the sand.
Ehhhh........what are you doing?
Oh, I'm sorry, kid, but he's just too tired to bathe in the sand.
Sand bathing...?
'Oh, they say he rubs his body in the sand like this to get rid of parasites, but unlike in the wild, he doesn't have any parasites on him, so I guess he simply feels better.
Huh... is that so?
Well, it certainly looks pleasant, but it's kind of like a dog or a cat, and it's not very horse-like.
Snatch was rolling around in the sandbox for a while, but when he unexpectedly scooted up and dropped the sand with a burbling body shake, he was satisfied, and I wondered what kind of exercise he was going to go for? He looked at me with a look on his face.
I don't think it was my imagination that he looked like he was smirking somehow.
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I don't know what would happen to me if I went back to where I came from.
After talking about the rescue mission using sleeping pills and deciding to train the carriage to move, it was time to start talking about the future.
Yagi's words were immediately met with a protest from Kobayashi-san.
'Hey Gase Megane, don't you want to go home? Do you want to stay in this world for the rest of your life?
No, I don't mean that. I don't mean that. Don't be so quick to judge.
Well, what do you mean, why don't you tell me?
'We were summoned while we were on the third floor of the school building, think what would happen if we went back to the exact same place?
Hearing Yagi's words, we looked at each other.
I don't know if it's being demolished or under construction, I don't know what's happening to the school, but what would happen if it fell from the height of three floors above the ground into such a place? If it doesn't work, you could end up dead the moment you return to your world...
Well, what are we going to do then...
How could I possibly know that? But don't you know the trouble you'd be in if you went back in there without thinking about it?
Are we going to make it back?
Sakurai-san's words, which she unintentionally leaked, is also the anxiety that we all have.
''That princess, of course she said something like we can go back........''
You lied about the bracelet to prevent the magic from running amok, and that's not a big deal.
As the new and old duo says, I don't know how much of Camilla's words are true now, and it even seems more likely to be a lie.
'Hey Kokubun, do you have any information on that side?
'Yeah, I was more focused on rescuing everyone, so I'm still trying to find out what information I can about the summons and repatriation.
'I suppose we'll have to negotiate with Camilla once the rescue is over, but we should explore that separately, shouldn't we?
'Yeah, if the Third Princess knows about it, there's likely to be information about it in other royalty and books and stuff.
As Yagi said, it would be better to find a way to return to Japan from someone other than Camilla.
''Hey we, do you think we should just go back to Japan like this?''
Yagi asked while looking around at the other five.
''Just going home like this... what do you mean?''
It was compensation, of course. After all this trouble, Funayama is a dead man and we can't just go home without any compensation.
In response to Mr. Kobayashi's question, Yagi made a circle with his thumb and forefinger, suggesting a demand for compensation.
'What's the point of taking our money home with you when you say reparations?
'Idiot, national idiot! That's just the way it is, you know, gold is gold, but you demand it in gold, silver and other precious metals.
Oh, I see...
'You know, Camilla's guy told me you're going to take the credit and go home with a reward, or death... and you're going to make the reward, or rather the compensation, available in precious metals to take home.
I should say that it's indeed a neat line of gussied-up glasses, but it's certainly a good thing there's some kind of compensation for the trouble they've caused, since they've suffered so much.
When compensation is mentioned, of course people look at the theory of liability.
''Yagi yo, it's fine to lavish money, but what about the princess, what are you going to do about her, are you going to let her live?
He killed Funayama. Shouldn't he get the death penalty?
'You can't demand reparations and then execute the royals on top of that, can you?
"If you're going to execute someone, isn't it going to be a knight who fights them directly?
There seems to be a subtle temperature difference between the old and new duo and the Bumpy Sisters, with
What do you think, Kokubun?
Ummm... what should I do...?
I was surprised myself when Yagi asked me about it, but I don't have the same strong killing intent that I had immediately after Funayama's death.
Maybe it's because Project Maisa has lowered my spirits, or maybe it's because Camilla is worried about the people suffering from desertification, but it's only been about ten days since Funayama died, and I'm feeling like if I make him pay for his crimes, I'll be able to save his life.......
''Well........what would happen under Japanese law?''
What? Japanese law?
No, it seems that under the law here, a royal killing a commoner is not a crime, so I was wondering what it would be like in Japan...
Under Japanese law, wouldn't killing one person be punishable by death?
Does that make it a murder? Or is it somehow manslaughter in the line of duty?
The old and new duo of gymnasts and uneven sisters twist their heads at my story, while the flow of the conversation turns to Yagi.
Camilla didn't have a direct hand in it, but she was in a position to oversee it, right?
Does that make it manslaughter or something? Oh I don't know about that!
Yes, but I think that saying that one person dies, so you have to kill another person without any criteria is easy to understand, but I don't think it's going to solve the problem.
Wouldn't it be better to just kill all the knights?
'That won't do, if the knights are gone, who will defend the city if the demons cross the river and invade Rustock?
It's not our business, is it?
'I guess the only people who will be sacrificed by that are children and women who don't know anything about it, but is that okay?'
'No, that's not...'
You may think I'm a peace-loving person growing up in peaceful Japan, but I think there's something different about killing and solving the problem.
Besides, if Camilla is lying and there's no way for us to get back, wouldn't we have to live over here with all the resentment we have for killing a knight?
What are you going to do about it?
I don't know what's going on, but that's about it.
''I don't know... after I came over here and got my magic judgement, I think I was put in a different carriage...''
The old and new duo and the Bumpy Sisters also shook their heads and didn't seem to be looking.
'By the way, Ayako-sensei was there, right?
Aya-chan........she was probably considered a student because of her appearance, wasn't she?
Well, I agree with you about Ayako, but it's a problem if she can't find anyone else, right?
It doesn't bother you, does it?
No, no, no, no, I need you to come back with me. I don't know how to deal with the authorities and the press, and...
Well, I'm not gonna leave you behind, but where are you?
I was so distracted by the training or magic or whatever that I didn't notice that the teachers weren't there.
'Yeah........more problems.......'
I mean, why does everything have to be done by Kokubun?
Yagi, if you were still in Rustock, you wouldn't be able to say those words, would you?
'Ugh ... that's true too ...'
I have decided to have the five of them stay here and return to the boarding house with the intention of doing some carriage related training tomorrow.
Although we've decided on a plan for the rescue operation, I feel like the frustration of not being able to get it to work has increased as the problem of not being able to locate the teachers has increased.
The five of us and I seemed to have talked more than I thought we would, and it seemed that Amanda and the others had already gone to bed in the early morning.
The door to the house is locked because I told them that even if they locked it, it's okay because they can use their shadows to move around.
So I returned directly to my room with the shadow movement.
''Huh.......I'm kind of tired......''
"Master Kent do you care for your saint?
"Oops, I forgot about that...
I hurried to Rustock's room, but the chairman was already asleep.
Just let the healing magic flow, being careful not to wake him up, and he will be forgiven for tonight.
When I returned to Volzard's lodgings, Reinhardt told me.
''Master Kent, it seems to be a little too much to ask.''
'Yeah, sure, it's a bit... but I feel like I need to push myself now.'
But if Mr. Kent should fall, the plan will be ruined. It will be a danger to your friends.
I'm afraid so, but I'm in a bit of a rush.
In the meantime, you get some rest tonight, and I'll have Fred and Basten find out about the teacher.
"I'm sorry, nice to meet you...
I was tired after all, probably because I was meddling with Rastock and Volzard, but as soon as I laid down on the bed, I fell asleep.
In the dream, I went to the chairperson's bedroom to take care of her sleeping, but Beatrice woke up and took her lips without a chance to escape, and while I was stunned, Beatrice took Manon's place and slapped him, waking him up.
I felt tired and refreshed because I didn't have a midnight training session.
Let's not lose the positive feeling only because getting impatient or depressed won't solve the problem.
'Good morning, Mr. Kent,'
'Good morning, Reinhardt, I went to bed early and I feel tired.
Well, that's good to hear. And about those teachers. I think we know where they are.
'What? You've already figured it out?
It seems that Fred and Basten found me while I was asleep.
"Off Rastock I'm being held in another building.
Is it far from the garrison?
'Out of town, across the wheat field, a short distance away.
Why is the teacher separated from the rest of us?
Perhaps to eliminate a person in a position of authority over his students.
Reinhardt says that in the case of an organization such as a school, the teacher is responsible for leading the students, so there are times when it's better to let them lead in that role, but in a harsh environment like this one, they might become the organizer of the rebellion, so they isolate them.
It seems that the aim is to remind the captives that it is the knights of Riesenburg who will be leading the rebellion.
''What kind of situation are the teachers in that facility?
"I just found the place and I don't have any details...
'Yes, I know, you started looking for it last night, how could you possibly know?
It's just that it's not a very good place to be.
It seems that they just looked around at the facilities, bedding, etc., but it seemed to be equal to or inferior to the garrison's quarters.
''Of course, there are knights stationed at that facility as well, right?''
"Of course but not many...
'I suppose it's because they're fitted with servant's bracelets, which don't seem to anticipate escape or rebellion, but the doorway to the quarters is locked.'
There are six teachers, two women and four men (except for Ayako), and even though they are women, they are both grandmothers, and the male teachers are all middle-aged old men except for Furudate, the science teacher, who is relatively young.
Kato-sensei of health and physical education is middle-aged and seems to be able to move around, but even so, I think she's physically inferior to the knightly people.
Hmmm........frankly, I don't think it's a good idea to look at her as a fighting force.
We decided to have a map of Rastok made, including the facilities where the teachers are confined, and for now, let's finish breakfast and head to the garrison's quarters.
'Good morning, Amanda,'
'Oh, good morning Kent, were you late last night?'
'Yes, I'm late because we've been talking a bit about the future and all that.
Staying out too late... well, Kent's got a bodyguard.
Yes, but I'll try to leave as early as possible.
Oh, yeah, you'll be glad you did.
It's nice to know that there are people who care about you.
'Yes, because Kent has to come home early.
Are you worried about me too, Meisa?
'If Kent doesn't come back, then Uncle Skelton and the others won't come back either, right? That's why I have to come home early.
'Goooooooooooo, Meisa, you won't stop worrying about bedwetting when Reinhardt and the others come back.
'Kiwi ... I don't do it! I'm not going to wet the bed again! Get dumped by Kent's idiot, idiot, little Manon, and Mr. Beatrice!
'Guhaha yes, I haven't been able to clear up Manon's misunderstanding.
If I go to the garrison and attach a story to have them do some carriage related training, they'll go straight into training, and I'll have to go to Rustock at lunchtime to take care of the chairman, and I don't know when I reported to Mr. Donovan........................oh, I need another body.
'There you go, there you go, I'll have breakfast, eat well and get on with your day.
Yes, I knew I needed to eat a solid meal to be able to work hard all day.
After breakfast, we walked through the back streets to the guard's lodgings.
There seems to be danger lurking in the main street, so this is also called wisdom in life.
At the garrison's quarters, Kurtz-san was very fortunate to be there, and we talked about the training on how to handle horses.
I understood, so they're going to run away with the carriage.
'Yes, I thought maybe you'd have to learn to tie a horse to a carriage...'
No, Kent, you'd have to start by putting the hammers on.
Hami...?
Apparently, Hami is the hardware at the end of the reins, the part that the horse sucks on.
They also need to wear a brace to connect to the carriage, so even just hearing about it, it seems like a lot of work ahead.
Well, let's first get used to the horse, then we'll learn how to put on the braces, and then we'll actually move the carriage connected to the horse.
'Yes, I don't know anything about it anyway, so please take care of it, I'll take care of the horses and stuff...'
Well, I suppose it will help me get used to the horse quicker, so I'll ask.
With Kurtz's approval, we were to learn to handle the horses in exchange for taking care of them and other tasks.
We took the five of us to the stables, and I was surprised to find that Yagi, who I had been worried about, was unexpectedly shaky.
"Kokubun, you........you don't take it easy on us, even when it affects the success or failure of our rescue mission,
Well I mean, just keep up the good work every day.
That's impossible to do!
No, that's not a dignified thing to say.
Mr. Kurtz introduced me to a veteran stable boy named Raymond.
He was a big man with a big body with deep laughing wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and he was a bear beastman with round ears bleeping on his head.
'Listen, you're going to have to protect this one thing, I won't stand behind my horse! Absolutely, and you don't want to get kicked to death either, do you?
They say that horses are naturally timid animals, and if you approach them carelessly from behind, they may kick up with their hind legs.
Also, if we are nervous, it can be contagious, so they are reassured if we calmly show them that we don't mean them any harm and that we have tools to use.
"The garrison and the horses you borrow from the other side of the Order should be well trained. Otherwise, they would be useless at a critical moment.
If you ask me, it's true that the horses in the knight's club can't fulfill their role if they are bare of their wild instincts.
The horses are probably much more experienced than us poor souls, so we have to be careful not to interfere with the horses' work.
After listening to Raymond-san's warning, we finally met the horses, and of course they were big, right?
'Oh no ... his eyes are so clingy and cute!
It's really sweet.
Oh, uneven sisters, it's like a scary thing.
''Kazuki, the way you have these muscles is amazing.
'Totally, I like the feeling of being trained to run.
Yeah, the new and old duo are curious in a different way.
Why don't you take a closer look, Yagi?
'Oh?
What, I-I-I don't know, maybe later...
I mean, that's what you said.
Yeah, I know, but you know...
I'm kind of scared that it's going to gnaw me off.
'See, you two over there, if you're freaking out like that, it's going to make your horse even more wary.
No, no... only Kokubun is scared, I'm not...
'Nah, I don't know what you're talking about... I'm not so much... wow...'
I'm sorry, I'm scared of horses, I've never had an animal or anything like that to begin with, and I'm not good with big dogs or anything like that.
But I can't be scared of them forever, so I was afraid to touch them.
'Oh, it's warm...'
'Dumbass, national dumbass, you're alive, it's only natural.'
No, no, no, I mean, it's just that, you know...
You've never been afraid of bigger wolf demons, but you're just too scared.
'No, that's just to beat them, so it's not really scary or anything, but we're not going to fight them...'
Well, I felt a little better when I figured that if I got bitten or kicked, I could handle it by using self-healing.
Today we're going to start by putting on the pulling ropes and doing some pulling exercises as a way to get used to the horses.
Since there are so many horses in the garrison, each of us will be assigned one horse.
'Okay, this is the snatch for the boy,'
The one assigned to me is a chestnut mare with white fur on the tip of her left hind leg, and she seems to be wearing a sock just there.
'Nice to meet you, Snatch,'
Vrrrrrrr....
Oh, oh...
I'm not a horse expert, so I don't know much about horses, but I think these horses are stockier and stockier than thoroughbreds.
Raymond taught me how to put on a brace to tie the rope, and then we tied the rope together and started the pulling exercise.
''Well, hey Snatch, where are you going, wait, wait, Snatch.......''
The other five horses stopped quietly, but for some reason, Snatch was dragging me along, walking faster and faster.
I tried to hold onto the reins and hold on, but the force is stronger than I expected and I can't stop him.
'Hee hee hee hee, Kokubun, how far are you going to go?'
'I don't know! Ask the snatch!
Snatch drags me to the sandbox near the stable, and suddenly he lies down and starts rubbing his body against the sand.
She is playing with her legs pointed upwards, her belly bare, rolling around in the sand.
Ehhhh........what are you doing?
Oh, I'm sorry, kid, but he's just too tired to bathe in the sand.
Sand bathing...?
'Oh, they say he rubs his body in the sand like this to get rid of parasites, but unlike in the wild, he doesn't have any parasites on him, so I guess he simply feels better.
Huh... is that so?
Well, it certainly looks pleasant, but it's kind of like a dog or a cat, and it's not very horse-like.
Snatch was rolling around in the sandbox for a while, but when he unexpectedly scooted up and dropped the sand with a burbling body shake, he was satisfied, and I wondered what kind of exercise he was going to go for? He looked at me with a look on his face.
I don't think it was my imagination that he looked like he was smirking somehow.
I don't know what would happen to me if I went back to where I came from.After talking about the rescue mission using sleeping pills and deciding to train the carriage to move, it was time to start talking about the future.Yagi's words were immediately met with a protest from Kobayashi-san.'Hey Gase Megane, don't you want to go home? Do you want to stay in this world for the rest of your life?No, I don't mean that. I don't mean that. Don't be so quick to judge.Well, what do you mean, why don't you tell me?'We were summoned while we were on the third floor of the school building, think what would happen if we went back to the exact same place?Hearing Yagi's words, we looked at each other.I don't know if it's being demolished or under construction, I don't know what's happening to the school, but what would happen if it fell from the height of three floors above the ground into such a place? If it doesn't work, you could end up dead the moment you return to your world...Well, what are we going to do then...How could I possibly know that? But don't you know the trouble you'd be in if you went back in there without thinking about it?Are we going to make it back?Sakurai-san's words, which she unintentionally leaked, is also the anxiety that we all have.''That princess, of course she said something like we can go back........''You lied about the bracelet to prevent the magic from running amok, and that's not a big deal.As the new and old duo says, I don't know how much of Camilla's words are true now, and it even seems more likely to be a lie.'Hey Kokubun, do you have any information on that side?'Yeah, I was more focused on rescuing everyone, so I'm still trying to find out what information I can about the summons and repatriation.'I suppose we'll have to negotiate with Camilla once the rescue is over, but we should explore that separately, shouldn't we?'Yeah, if the Third Princess knows about it, there's likely to be information about it in other royalty and books and stuff.As Yagi said, it would be better to find a way to return to Japan from someone other than Camilla.''Hey we, do you think we should just go back to Japan like this?''Yagi asked while looking around at the other five.''Just going home like this... what do you mean?''It was compensation, of course. After all this trouble, Funayama is a dead man and we can't just go home without any compensation.In response to Mr. Kobayashi's question, Yagi made a circle with his thumb and forefinger, suggesting a demand for compensation.'What's the point of taking our money home with you when you say reparations?'Idiot, national idiot! That's just the way it is, you know, gold is gold, but you demand it in gold, silver and other precious metals.Oh, I see...'You know, Camilla's guy told me you're going to take the credit and go home with a reward, or death... and you're going to make the reward, or rather the compensation, available in precious metals to take home.I should say that it's indeed a neat line of gussied-up glasses, but it's certainly a good thing there's some kind of compensation for the trouble they've caused, since they've suffered so much.When compensation is mentioned, of course people look at the theory of liability.''Yagi yo, it's fine to lavish money, but what about the princess, what are you going to do about her, are you going to let her live?He killed Funayama. Shouldn't he get the death penalty?'You can't demand reparations and then execute the royals on top of that, can you?"If you're going to execute someone, isn't it going to be a knight who fights them directly?There seems to be a subtle temperature difference between the old and new duo and the Bumpy Sisters, withWhat do you think, Kokubun?Ummm... what should I do...?I was surprised myself when Yagi asked me about it, but I don't have the same strong killing intent that I had immediately after Funayama's death.Maybe it's because Project Maisa has lowered my spirits, or maybe it's because Camilla is worried about the people suffering from desertification, but it's only been about ten days since Funayama died, and I'm feeling like if I make him pay for his crimes, I'll be able to save his life.......''Well........what would happen under Japanese law?''What? Japanese law?No, it seems that under the law here, a royal killing a commoner is not a crime, so I was wondering what it would be like in Japan...Under Japanese law, wouldn't killing one person be punishable by death?Does that make it a murder? Or is it somehow manslaughter in the line of duty?The old and new duo of gymnasts and uneven sisters twist their heads at my story, while the flow of the conversation turns to Yagi.Camilla didn't have a direct hand in it, but she was in a position to oversee it, right?Does that make it manslaughter or something? Oh I don't know about that!Yes, but I think that saying that one person dies, so you have to kill another person without any criteria is easy to understand, but I don't think it's going to solve the problem.Wouldn't it be better to just kill all the knights?'That won't do, if the knights are gone, who will defend the city if the demons cross the river and invade Rustock?It's not our business, is it?'I guess the only people who will be sacrificed by that are children and women who don't know anything about it, but is that okay?''No, that's not...'You may think I'm a peace-loving person growing up in peaceful Japan, but I think there's something different about killing and solving the problem.Besides, if Camilla is lying and there's no way for us to get back, wouldn't we have to live over here with all the resentment we have for killing a knight?What are you going to do about it?I don't know what's going on, but that's about it.''I don't know... after I came over here and got my magic judgement, I think I was put in a different carriage...''The old and new duo and the Bumpy Sisters also shook their heads and didn't seem to be looking.'By the way, Ayako-sensei was there, right?Aya-chan........she was probably considered a student because of her appearance, wasn't she?Well, I agree with you about Ayako, but it's a problem if she can't find anyone else, right?It doesn't bother you, does it?No, no, no, no, I need you to come back with me. I don't know how to deal with the authorities and the press, and...Well, I'm not gonna leave you behind, but where are you?I was so distracted by the training or magic or whatever that I didn't notice that the teachers weren't there.'Yeah........more problems.......'I mean, why does everything have to be done by Kokubun?Yagi, if you were still in Rustock, you wouldn't be able to say those words, would you?'Ugh ... that's true too ...'I have decided to have the five of them stay here and return to the boarding house with the intention of doing some carriage related training tomorrow.Although we've decided on a plan for the rescue operation, I feel like the frustration of not being able to get it to work has increased as the problem of not being able to locate the teachers has increased.The five of us and I seemed to have talked more than I thought we would, and it seemed that Amanda and the others had already gone to bed in the early morning.The door to the house is locked because I told them that even if they locked it, it's okay because they can use their shadows to move around.So I returned directly to my room with the shadow movement.''Huh.......I'm kind of tired......''"Master Kent do you care for your saint?"Oops, I forgot about that...I hurried to Rustock's room, but the chairman was already asleep.Just let the healing magic flow, being careful not to wake him up, and he will be forgiven for tonight.When I returned to Volzard's lodgings, Reinhardt told me.''Master Kent, it seems to be a little too much to ask.'''Yeah, sure, it's a bit... but I feel like I need to push myself now.'But if Mr. Kent should fall, the plan will be ruined. It will be a danger to your friends.I'm afraid so, but I'm in a bit of a rush.In the meantime, you get some rest tonight, and I'll have Fred and Basten find out about the teacher."I'm sorry, nice to meet you...I was tired after all, probably because I was meddling with Rastock and Volzard, but as soon as I laid down on the bed, I fell asleep.In the dream, I went to the chairperson's bedroom to take care of her sleeping, but Beatrice woke up and took her lips without a chance to escape, and while I was stunned, Beatrice took Manon's place and slapped him, waking him up.I felt tired and refreshed because I didn't have a midnight training session.Let's not lose the positive feeling only because getting impatient or depressed won't solve the problem.'Good morning, Mr. Kent,''Good morning, Reinhardt, I went to bed early and I feel tired.Well, that's good to hear. And about those teachers. I think we know where they are.'What? You've already figured it out?It seems that Fred and Basten found me while I was asleep."Off Rastock I'm being held in another building.Is it far from the garrison?'Out of town, across the wheat field, a short distance away.Why is the teacher separated from the rest of us?Perhaps to eliminate a person in a position of authority over his students.Reinhardt says that in the case of an organization such as a school, the teacher is responsible for leading the students, so there are times when it's better to let them lead in that role, but in a harsh environment like this one, they might become the organizer of the rebellion, so they isolate them.It seems that the aim is to remind the captives that it is the knights of Riesenburg who will be leading the rebellion.''What kind of situation are the teachers in that facility?"I just found the place and I don't have any details...'Yes, I know, you started looking for it last night, how could you possibly know?It's just that it's not a very good place to be.It seems that they just looked around at the facilities, bedding, etc., but it seemed to be equal to or inferior to the garrison's quarters.''Of course, there are knights stationed at that facility as well, right?''"Of course but not many...'I suppose it's because they're fitted with servant's bracelets, which don't seem to anticipate escape or rebellion, but the doorway to the quarters is locked.'There are six teachers, two women and four men except for Ayako, and even though they are women, they are both grandmothers, and the male teachers are all middle-aged old men except for Furudate, the science teacher, who is relatively young.Kato-sensei of health and physical education is middle-aged and seems to be able to move around, but even so, I think she's physically inferior to the knightly people.Hmmm........frankly, I don't think it's a good idea to look at her as a fighting force.We decided to have a map of Rastok made, including the facilities where the teachers are confined, and for now, let's finish breakfast and head to the garrison's quarters.'Good morning, Amanda,''Oh, good morning Kent, were you late last night?''Yes, I'm late because we've been talking a bit about the future and all that.Staying out too late... well, Kent's got a bodyguard.Yes, but I'll try to leave as early as possible.Oh, yeah, you'll be glad you did.It's nice to know that there are people who care about you.'Yes, because Kent has to come home early.Are you worried about me too, Meisa?'If Kent doesn't come back, then Uncle Skelton and the others won't come back either, right? That's why I have to come home early.'Goooooooooooo, Meisa, you won't stop worrying about bedwetting when Reinhardt and the others come back.'Kiwi ... I don't do it! I'm not going to wet the bed again! Get dumped by Kent's idiot, idiot, little Manon, and Mr. Beatrice!'Guhaha yes, I haven't been able to clear up Manon's misunderstanding.If I go to the garrison and attach a story to have them do some carriage related training, they'll go straight into training, and I'll have to go to Rustock at lunchtime to take care of the chairman, and I don't know when I reported to Mr. Donovan........................oh, I need another body.'There you go, there you go, I'll have breakfast, eat well and get on with your day.Yes, I knew I needed to eat a solid meal to be able to work hard all day.After breakfast, we walked through the back streets to the guard's lodgings.There seems to be danger lurking in the main street, so this is also called wisdom in life.At the garrison's quarters, Kurtz-san was very fortunate to be there, and we talked about the training on how to handle horses.I understood, so they're going to run away with the carriage.'Yes, I thought maybe you'd have to learn to tie a horse to a carriage...'No, Kent, you'd have to start by putting the hammers on.Hami...?Apparently, Hami is the hardware at the end of the reins, the part that the horse sucks on.They also need to wear a brace to connect to the carriage, so even just hearing about it, it seems like a lot of work ahead.Well, let's first get used to the horse, then we'll learn how to put on the braces, and then we'll actually move the carriage connected to the horse.'Yes, I don't know anything about it anyway, so please take care of it, I'll take care of the horses and stuff...'Well, I suppose it will help me get used to the horse quicker, so I'll ask.With Kurtz's approval, we were to learn to handle the horses in exchange for taking care of them and other tasks.We took the five of us to the stables, and I was surprised to find that Yagi, who I had been worried about, was unexpectedly shaky."Kokubun, you........you don't take it easy on us, even when it affects the success or failure of our rescue mission,Well I mean, just keep up the good work every day.That's impossible to do!No, that's not a dignified thing to say.Mr. Kurtz introduced me to a veteran stable boy named Raymond.He was a big man with a big body with deep laughing wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and he was a bear beastman with round ears bleeping on his head.'Listen, you're going to have to protect this one thing, I won't stand behind my horse! Absolutely, and you don't want to get kicked to death either, do you?They say that horses are naturally timid animals, and if you approach them carelessly from behind, they may kick up with their hind legs.Also, if we are nervous, it can be contagious, so they are reassured if we calmly show them that we don't mean them any harm and that we have tools to use."The garrison and the horses you borrow from the other side of the Order should be well trained. Otherwise, they would be useless at a critical moment.If you ask me, it's true that the horses in the knight's club can't fulfill their role if they are bare of their wild instincts.The horses are probably much more experienced than us poor souls, so we have to be careful not to interfere with the horses' work.After listening to Raymond-san's warning, we finally met the horses, and of course they were big, right?'Oh no ... his eyes are so clingy and cute!It's really sweet.Oh, uneven sisters, it's like a scary thing.''Kazuki, the way you have these muscles is amazing.'Totally, I like the feeling of being trained to run.Yeah, the new and old duo are curious in a different way.Why don't you take a closer look, Yagi?'Oh?What, I-I-I don't know, maybe later...I mean, that's what you said.Yeah, I know, but you know...I'm kind of scared that it's going to gnaw me off.'See, you two over there, if you're freaking out like that, it's going to make your horse even more wary.No, no... only Kokubun is scared, I'm not...'Nah, I don't know what you're talking about... I'm not so much... wow...'I'm sorry, I'm scared of horses, I've never had an animal or anything like that to begin with, and I'm not good with big dogs or anything like that.But I can't be scared of them forever, so I was afraid to touch them.'Oh, it's warm...''Dumbass, national dumbass, you're alive, it's only natural.'No, no, no, I mean, it's just that, you know...You've never been afraid of bigger wolf demons, but you're just too scared.'No, that's just to beat them, so it's not really scary or anything, but we're not going to fight them...'Well, I felt a little better when I figured that if I got bitten or kicked, I could handle it by using self-healing.Today we're going to start by putting on the pulling ropes and doing some pulling exercises as a way to get used to the horses.Since there are so many horses in the garrison, each of us will be assigned one horse.'Okay, this is the snatch for the boy,'The one assigned to me is a chestnut mare with white fur on the tip of her left hind leg, and she seems to be wearing a sock just there.'Nice to meet you, Snatch,'Vrrrrrrr....Oh, oh...I'm not a horse expert, so I don't know much about horses, but I think these horses are stockier and stockier than thoroughbreds.Raymond taught me how to put on a brace to tie the rope, and then we tied the rope together and started the pulling exercise.''Well, hey Snatch, where are you going, wait, wait, Snatch.......''The other five horses stopped quietly, but for some reason, Snatch was dragging me along, walking faster and faster.I tried to hold onto the reins and hold on, but the force is stronger than I expected and I can't stop him.'Hee hee hee hee, Kokubun, how far are you going to go?''I don't know! Ask the snatch!Snatch drags me to the sandbox near the stable, and suddenly he lies down and starts rubbing his body against the sand.She is playing with her legs pointed upwards, her belly bare, rolling around in the sand.Ehhhh........what are you doing?Oh, I'm sorry, kid, but he's just too tired to bathe in the sand.Sand bathing...?'Oh, they say he rubs his body in the sand like this to get rid of parasites, but unlike in the wild, he doesn't have any parasites on him, so I guess he simply feels better.Huh... is that so?Well, it certainly looks pleasant, but it's kind of like a dog or a cat, and it's not very horse-like.Snatch was rolling around in the sandbox for a while, but when he unexpectedly scooted up and dropped the sand with a burbling body shake, he was satisfied, and I wondered what kind of exercise he was going to go for? He looked at me with a look on his face.I don't think it was my imagination that he looked like he was smirking somehow.
