CH 131

Good Maou

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When I moved to the top of the fortress wall where Camilla was, the knights and soldiers were making a fuss.

"Not good! It's a Storm Cat!"

"Damn, just when I thought we were finally done with the Orcs."

"Please, eat the Orcs and go home satisfied ..."

Some of them even put their hands together in prayer.

"Camilla, where are the injured people? I'll treat them, so guide me."

"Maou-sama, but there's another Storm Cat ..."

"That's the Storm Cat I made into my genus the other day with necromancy, so don't worry. Rather than that, guide me to the injured people."

"Genus ... Even a Storm Cat ..."

"It's fine, where's the first aid station?"

"Ah, I'm sorry, I will guide you."

Camilla entrusted the command to Levic, and she took the lead and began to guide me.

"Maou-sama, was the magic that annihilated the Orcs just now done by Maou-sama?"

"Yeah, I just dropped stones placed in the shadow space from above, what I did is simple, but the effect is intense."

"To think that you can do such powerful magic by yourself ... As expected of Maou-sama."

"But, I'm borrowing the help of my genus for preparations, and aiming is hard, also, if it's a fast-moving target, it can be avoided, so its use is limited. Ah, but it might be good for castle siege ..."

"Maou-sama, are you going to attack a castle somewhere?"

"No, I don't have any plans for that, so I guess I won't be using this magic for a while ..."

The barracks, which were assigned as relief stations, were in a terrible state.

Apparently, the Orcs threw stones at the place where the refugees were rushing, and it seemed that there were quite a few people who lost their lives due to direct hits.

There were people who were lying unconscious with blood-stained bandages around their heads.

"Priority will be given to severely injured children and women. Those who are not in a life-threatening condition will be postponed, and I'm sorry, but I will ask the elderly to wait."

"Relief troops, please guide Maou-sama."

I really want to help the elderly too, but looking at the number of injured people, it seems impossible to finish treating everyone before my magic power is depleted.

The first injured person I was guided by a medic to was a boy about seven years old who had his head injured.

A woman who looked to be his mother was holding his hand and praying, and a little girl who may be his sister was standing there with tears in her eyes.

"Can I ask you to start from here."

"Umm ... This person is ..."

Before answering his mother's question, I placed my hand on the wound and cast healing magic.

I feel like his skull had collapsed and he's bleeding in the brain.

Frankly, it was the same with Beatriche, but I have no idea how it could be treated theoretically.(TN:Changing Beatrice > Beatriche and Rise > Riche)

Even so, if it could be treated, if I could save lives, there was no reason to hesitate.

When I stopped the treatment when I felt that the fractures and injuries had healed and the intracerebral hemorrhage had subsided, the boy's eyes opened slightly.

"Kyle ... Kyle!"

"Onii-chaaaan ..."

After watching the three of them hugging each other with joyous cries, I headed to the next patient.

"Who's next?"

"Y ... Yes, this one, please!"

The medic, who was ordered to guide me by Camilla, had been looking at me with suspicion until just now, was looking at me with surprise and respect.

"Was that healing magic? He didn't chant, did he?"

"No way ... I'm sorry, but I thought he couldn't be saved."

"Isn't he more amazing than the Saint-sama who was here before?"

"Who is that boy?"

"He's the Maou. It was that boy who defeated the Storm Cat the other day."

As I treated the second and third patients, a commotion spread throughout the relief station, and I felt uneasy, so I would like you to activate your Princess power.

"Camilla, the injured can't rest, so can you make everyone be quiet?"

"Yes, as you wish. Everyone, calm down! This is Maou Kent Kokubu-sama. Earlier, he annihilated the horde of Orcs that were surging in with his mighty magic. The crisis in Lastock has passed. Right now, he's in the process of treating those who are suffering from injuries, so calm down! If you want to rejoice, go outside."

"Ohh ..."

The people who surrounded us were about to burst into cheers of joy, but Camilla was able to stop them by simply raising her hands.

As expected of the royal family, I don't think she needed to introduce me as a Maou.

The people with mild injuries and their attendants who were in the first aid station left the room quietly, and then went outside and cheered to their heart's content.

"Uwaaa! We're saved, the crisis is over!"

"Long live Camilla-sama! Long live the Kingdom of Resenburg!"

"Long live Maou Kent-sama!"

Fuaa! Hey, even me?

When Camilla looked at me, she nodded as if it were only natural, and the way the people around me looked at me was completely different from before.

No, no, I have to concentrate on treatment now.

[ Buhahaha, judging from Kent-sama's achievements, it's quite natural. ]

[ The next king is already decided ... Resenburg belongs to Kent-sama ... ]

[ Wait, both of you ... Now is not the time for that, anyway, is the hunt for Orc remnants over? ]

[ Completed ... But, it seems like they ran away further into the mainland ... ]

From Fred's report, it seemed that there was a group that passed by the fortress of Lastock and advanced further inland because the fortress of Lastock was small compared to the size of the Orc horde.

I issued a warning to Count Zephalos Gleisner, but it would be a problem if something happened to the Second Prince faction we took the trouble to win over.

[ Basten, can you take the Kobold Squad and see what's going on in Bamata? If it looks dangerous, can you help them from the shadows. ]

[ Understood, I'll go there soon. ]

When I finished treating about 30 people whose lives were in danger, my magical power ran out.

"I'm sorry, I'm at my limit, let me rest ..."

"Y, yes, this way ..."

When I laid down on a cot at the end of the first aid station, i fell into a fainting sleep.

Even though I had just collapsed from being drunk on Kizawa-san's magical power from taking her attribute, I may have entered a cycle of fainting again like before.

I didn't know how much time passed, but when I woke up feeling hungry, the surroundings were noisy.

People surrounded me around the cot, but they had their backs to me.

"Please, get out of my way. If we don't restrain him with this bracelet while he's asleep, we'll be in trouble."

"No! This person cured my Onii-chan!"

"That's right, he saved my son's life, too."

"Even among the knights there are people who have been saved, so it's outrageous to make him a slave!"

"I told you, he's a Maou, and he's deceiving Camilla-sama."

I just woke up and my head isn't working too well, but it seemed that the family of one of the people I treated was protecting me.

[ Kent-sama, it seems that some of the knights have gone berserk and are trying to put a slave bracelet on Kent-sama. ]

[ So, the residents are getting in the way of that. What about Camilla? ]

[ She left this place after being summoned by a knight. ]

[ I see ... ]

It can't be helped if I pretend to sleep the whole time, but above all, I'm hungry, so I'll get up soon.

"Nnn ... Hmm? What's the fuss about?"

"Damnit! Move it ... Ugh, what is this, I, I can't move ..."

The knight tried to push the girl away, so I surrounded him from the neck down with a shield of darkness, just like the small-fry adventurer.

"Knights shouldn't use violence against the residents, right. The Minotaurs, the Storm Cat, and this time, the Orcs, were repelled by me and my genus, but is it the courtesy of Resenburg to treat me like this?"

"Shut up, I know you're deceiving Camilla-sama!"

"Haa ... I was summoned from another world by that Camilla, and was caused a lot of trouble, but what about that?"

"Shut up, you monkeys should obey Resenburg."

Hmm ... How should I put it, maybe he's too infatuated with Camilla and can't forgive her kneeling down to me.

Well, it's definitely annoying either way.

That being said, I thought I disposed of all the slave bracelets, but did they hide some somewhere.

[ Reinhardt, put him to sleep. ]

[ Is that enough? ]

[ It would leave a bad image if we're too rough. ]

[ Buhahaha, you're a Maou that cares about the people's image of you. ]

When I got up from the cot and walked over to him, he looked down at me from above, with his sturdy physique, as expected of a knight.

"A monkey like you, I'll never ... recognize ... Nn ..."

"I'm not going to ask you to recognize it, but ..."

As I rolled the sleeping knight out of the shield of darkness onto the cot, the hem of my shirt was tugged.

When I turned around, I saw the girl who seemed to be the younger sister who was accompanying the first boy I had treated.

Bright yellow hair, her triangular ears with white tips, a leaf-shaped tail, she was a fox girl.

"Is Onii-chan a Maou?"

"Onii-chan ... is a good Maou."

"Fu, a good Maou ...?"

"Would a bad person heal injured people?"

"No! Kyle-oniichan, even though he was in so much pain, he's gotten better!"

"Then, am I a bad Maou? Or a good Maou?"

"Good Maou!"

"Right, right!"

Guuguuuu ... Kiyurururuuuuu ...

Haa, even though I've gone to great lengths to act cool, what timing for you to cry out, My Stomach.

Thanks to that, the people around me laughed at me.

"Onii-chan is a hungry Maou! A hungry and good Maou!"

"That's right ... Hungry Maou."

The first-aid room was filled with laughter, and I looked completely uncool.

"Umm ... I'm sorry, but we only have bread that was distributed ..."

"Ah, Onii-chan, you can eat mine too."

"Ah, that ... thank you very much."

I didn't even have the dignity of a Maou, so I'm treated like a big brother.

I ate the bread that was shared with me, and treated people with broken bones and other serious injuries.

While I was treating them, the girl from earlier followed me around and stared at the treatment.

"Good Maou is amazing! Thank you for being a good Maou."

"It's hard to call me good Maou, isn't it. Kent is fine."

"Good Maou is Kent, you say? I'm Leela."

"Leela-chan, that's a good name."

"Leela, will be Kent's bride when she grows up."

"Huh? Bride ...?"

"Yeah, Maou needs lots of brides, right? That's why Leela will be your bride."

Her mother is beautiful and has a good figure, so Leela-chan seemed to have a promising future, but I'm not a pervert who would fall for a four or five year old girl.

But, I might want to fluff that tail a bit ...

Hey, what's with the lukewarm gazes of the people around me.

"Umm ... needing lots of brides, that would be a bad Maou, I don't really need brides like that ..."

"Fuee ... Kent, do you hate Leela? Leela ... is hated ..."

Aahh, no good, no good, Leela-chan's eyes were starting to fill with tears.

"No, no, I don't hate you. I don't hate you, but I just met you today, so, let's think about it when Leela-chan is a little older."

"When will I be older? Tomorrow?"

"Well, I wonder if tomorrow is too early ..."

"Then when? Tomorrow tomorrow?"

"Hmm ... Leela-chan, when you graduate from school ... Maybe ..."

"If I go to school, will I be able to be your bride?"

"If you listen to what your mother and teachers say and are a good girl ..."

"Be a good girl! Leela, will be a good girl and become your bride!"

"Gofu ... I'm sure you'll be a good girl."

I was hugged with a rocket headbutt on par with Meisa-chan, and in the end, until the treatment was over, I was carrying her on my back, hugged, and somehow completely attached.

Hey, Mom, please don't just watch and take her back.

[ As expected of Kent-sama ... He doesn't forget to buy futures ... ]

[ No, no, I'm not buying it. It's just convenience. ]

[ But, a Maou needs a lot of wives ... It's still not enough ... ]

[ Haa ... Anyway, let's go back to Volzard after confirming Camilla's situation. ]

I left the first-aid room in search of Camilla while the patients and their families saw me off with warm eyes.

It was a bit shaky due to the maximum outbreak of Orcs, but the Second and Third Princes and their followers were executed.

After that, I wondered what happened.

In front of Bernst and the others' coffins lined up at the edge of the training grounds, it seemed that Camilla gathered Walter Gleisner, the main members of the Royal Guard, and the main members of the garrison, and held a simple funeral.

Looking at the place where there was a man dressed like a priest, it seemed that the funeral was already underway, and Camilla was about to deliver her condolences.

"Bernst-gikei, Chritoph-gikei, they fought bravely at the forefront of the knights during the maximum outbreak of the Orcs, protected the inhabitants of Lastock to the end, and lost their lives. I pray from the bottom of my heart that your spirits may rest in peace!"

It's an admirable way of saying it, but in short, the evidence would be destroyed by pretending that they died during the maximum outbreak ...

[ Kent-sama, in order to prevent the remains of the royal family from becoming undead, they will cremate them and crush their bones before burying them. ]

"Then, there is absolutely no evidence of a murder."

[ Indeed, the only thing left at hand is the hair of the deceased. ] (TN:Apparently used for some Bhuddist ritual for the dead.)

"Honorable death in battle or being killed after a riot, the former would be better for the idiot Princes, but which one would be better for Camilla?"

[ If she wants to take over the influence of the Second Prince, the former would be better, but if she wants to follow the First Prince, the latter would be better. ]

"In other words, does that mean that Camilla took over the power of the Second Prince's faction?"

[ I think it would be better if you asked her directly about her true intentions. ]

Putting aside whether or not she was hostile to the First Prince, Alphonse, if she could take over the power of the Second Prince's faction as it is, Camilla would be able to obtain the fighting power she desperately wanted.

The western part of Resenburg was controlled by the First Prince's faction, so even if it was difficult to stop desertification directly, it would be possible to advance the cultivation of the Devil's Forest and obtain new farmland.

Camilla's popularity would increase even more if she could prepare a means to save the people who had become refugees due to desertification.

The problem was how the nobles of the Second Prince's faction would act.

"Reinhardt, do you think the nobles of the Second Prince faction will follow Camilla?"

[ Usually, nobles try to get the backing of male royals. The remaining male members of the royal family are the First Prince, Alphonse, and the Fourth Prince, Diethelm, Diethelm is Camilla-dono's younger brother and he's not yet an adult. So, following Camilla-dono, the older sister, and going under Diethelm ... Alternatively, maybe there are people who think about making Camilla-dono King and making their own son her husband. ]

"Come to think of it, the First Prince was thinking of killing the Second Prince and the others. What will happen to that plan?"

[ Since there is no one to kill, naturally it will be canceled. But ... I hope the followers don't think it's a bad thing ... ]

What came to my mind was Torvil, the staff officer of the First Prince.

I had the impression that the First Prince, Alphonse, was following Torvil's orders.

If Torvil could confirm that Alphonse would succeed the throne without any doubt, there would be no unnecessary commotion, but if he thought that Camilla's existence was a hindrance, I think he would plot something.

"Hey, I just thought about it, but wasn't the person who poisoned Diethelm the staff officer called Torvil?"

[ I can't deny the possibility, but since there's no hard evidence, it's hard to say. ]

"Are my thoughts jumping too far ..."

[ Kent-sama, in any case, Camilla-dono should send a messenger to the First Prince. Knowing the death of the Second Prince and the others, let's find out what kind of action they will take. ]

"That's right, there's no point in moving blindly."

When I was watching over the Second Prince's funeral, Basten, who had gone to check on Bamata, came back.

[ Kent-sama, we were able to repel the Orcs heading for Bamata. ]

"Just in case, was there any damage?"

[ We provided support, and since the Second Prince's army had gathered, they had considerable fighting power, so they didn't suffer much damage. However, the Orcs who lost their commanders fled apart, so I'm a little worried about what they'll do in the future. ]

"Were there any individuals that looked like superior species?"

[ Yes, I killed the ones who caught my eye and collected the magic stones. ](TN:Basten, snipes the rare mobs and nabs their loot. Gamers would hate him.)

"Then, for the time being, the crisis is over, right?"

[ No, the danger of small settlements being attacked is much higher. ]

Between Lastock and Bamata, there seemed to be small settlements of several houses, but it seemed that there were usually no knights or soldiers stationed there.

It seemed that Count Gleisner had already dispatched knights, but it seemed that the situation was uncertain whether they would arrive in time.

The large horde proceeded along the road and headed straight for Bamata, but some individuals must have left the horde, and the Orc population density should have increased at once.

It could be said that the Devil's Forest was overflowing and encroaching.

According to Basten's report, Count Zephalos Gleisner was quite good at fighting.

It seemed that he skillfully moved the so-called hodgepodge of soldiers, including the soldiers of other nobles, to keep the attrition to a minimum.

The Second Prince's faction suffered the most damage from the army of Margrave Calvine, and it seemed that the absence of Ryzas and the others, who were responsible for coordinating the army, prevented them from taking command, and they were unable to advance and retreat smoothly.

"I'm curious about the First Prince's movements, but I'm also curious about Margrave Calvine's movements."

[ That's right. Looking at the history so far, it wouldn't be strange for him to switch over to the First Prince's faction. ]

"How about a maximum outbreak and a civil war?"

[ It's hard to imagine at the moment. With this Orc incident, many nobles know that the danger of a maximum outbreak is real, and if Count Gleisner gathers his forces, there will be a flow of people gathering under him. If they try to start a civil war under such circumstances, they're going to get beaten up. ]

"But, this incident will make Margrave Calvine lose his voice in his faction, won't it? How is he going to make up for it?"

[ We need to wait for him to receive a messenger from Camilla-dono to see how he will react. ]

First Prince Alphonse, staff officer Torvil, and Margrave Calvine were all in the middle of gambling for their futures, so they wouldn't give up easily.

Of course, the same applied to other nobles who were on the side of the Second Prince, and Count Gleisner and Camilla were also part of the party.

[ Kent-sama, I think it would be better if you let Camilla-dono and Zephalos Gleisner hold a meeting and try to communicate with each other ... ]

"That's right, they're the two who hold the key to the future."

[ Above all, it would be better to let the messenger adjust the text. ]

"Basten, there was no damage to the town of Bamata, right?"

[ Yes, we had an interception battle outside the city, so there was no damage to the residents. ]

"Then, let's go to Bamata and meet with Zephalos."

After returning to the mansion, I told Zephalos the details of the execution of the Second Prince and the others, and recommended a meeting with Camilla.

When I returned to Lastock and told Camilla what was going on, she also agreed readily, and the next day's meeting was decided.