Volume 2 - CH 46

Chapter 2-46. Visit

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There are really many visitors today.

Bearded slave trader.

After that, Asure Corselete's messengers, and then, Asure Corselete himself came too.

His armor is almost the same as a knight, but with the addition of a cloak.

At first glance, I knew that he was someone from a prestigious family.

But he is younger than I had imagined.

But for the enemy general to come to this castle by himself ... what's going on?

However, the fact that he came may mean that the discussion was over and he was to pull his army.

Is what I thought ... but apparently that's not the case.

"It is the first time we meet with you. The king of Zenki-village. I am Asure Corselete, the third son of the Corselete family."

He put his right hand on his chest and bowed.

This would be the manners of the aristocrats.

Raiki greeted him while sitting at the main team.

"Asure-denka (your highness), I don't think the general will come by himself. I'm Raiki, the lord of the oni and the owner of this castle. If possible, I prefer be called as Lord rather than king"

"Is that so? I will use that from now on."

"And what kind of business did the general commander come to such a place?"

"... Yes ... That's ──"

Asure reported to the royal capital what his vassals had reported, but the king and his brother didn't care about it at all.

On the contrary, their purpose was to use the fact that he was deceived by a slave trader to attack and destroy this castle and show the troops of his own country to other countries.

Despite telling all that Asure is being used by slave traders, that the Zenki-village are not hostile, and that the rumors were false, the king insist him to resume their attack and destroy this castle. Or rather he has been ordered to do so.

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The two vassals who heard this seemed to be very surprised, and even though their commander was still  talking, they asked Asure with a loud voice, "Is that true !?"

But unfortunately this seems to be the case.

Otherwise, the general cannot come to such a place alone in the first place.

"……that is how it is……"

"Fumu ..." (*Hmm while nodding)

As expected, Raiki also had a difficult face.

Of course he does .

He was wondering if they could pull up the soldiers if they knew the truth, but that didn't happen.

If nothing is done, the battle will surely start.

It was good until the vassals came to talk, but … We wouldn't have expected the situation to change like this.

They should already know that the onis here aren't hostile, even Asure sure of it.

Asure tried to persuade the king with all his might, but failed.

However, he never gave up and went here alone.

It is not a trick that can be done without considerable preparation.

No one blamed Asure.

"Asure-denka"

"What is it ... Raiki-sama"

"Did the king take someone you know as hostage?"

"!? How did you know that ..."

Raiki told Asure while hiding his mouth.

His expectation seemed to be correct, and Asure was shaken for the first time.

He didn't mention any hostages in his previous statement.

Though he only explained his story as a 'status report'.

Neither Asure nor his vassals seemed to know why Raiki knew there was a hostage.

Raiki took a serious look and began to tell Asure why he knew it in that tone of speaking with a short pause.

"... It's not very hard to tell. Asure-dono (Mr.), you wouldn't be here if you had nothing to lose. If you had nothing to lose, you would turn back your soldiers immediately. You don't have to come here. Something must have happened on your side that made the Lord come here. Did he say that he would kill your wife or children if you did something wrong? In addition, you just tell me everything about your country. You shouldn't do that. "

It may be exactly what Raiki says.

To hear the story, the king and his sons, meanwhile the eldest son are crap.

Despite having spoken everything, the king is trying to make a meaningless battle just to show off his country's power.

It would not be normal to hear such a story from the Lord of another country.

I haven't actually met the king, but I don't want to see him in the future.

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Asure was forced to fight by such a king and brother.

Asure is already disappointed with the king and brother.

If so, he should immediately pull the soldiers and persuade them with all his might.

It seems that it will be the worst attack.

This will not change as long as the head of the country changes his mind or replaces the head of the country.

But there is a reason why it can't be done.

Hostage.

Or unwavering loyalty.

In this case, I can assume that he no longer has loyalty towards his king.

Usually, someone didn't say bad things about their king and their brother in the story.

If so, there is only one reason left ... hostages.

Asure may have been trying to overcome this situation by talking directly with Raiki.

"... My wife and ... my daughter ... are there."

"... Yeah. It's commendable that you didn't get emotional. It's hard to do. Perhaps ... If the commander returns, the family of the vassals will be captured as well. It's not all of your vassals. Probably the family of the two vassals over there "

"" !! ""

Raiki threw some words at the two vassals who understood the significance of the matter but did not seem to feel a sense of crisis.

The two vassals are watching over what will happen in the future.

"I'm sorry ... Gilnia, Targu ... I've got you guys involved."

"Well, that's ... the same for you, Asure-sama ..."

There seems to be something that seems to be true, but they are in the same situation.

You can't blame anyone here.

But ... What are they going to do now?

Neither the other party nor this one is willing to fight anymore.

However, the safety of the Asure's families cannot be guaranteed without fighting.

It's the king who is playing with his power of authority.

I'm sure he wants this kind of thing happened.

And if the fact that Asure didn't fight is leaked, it puts a heavy burden on the Garrot Kingdom itself.

The people will mention it.

Normally, it is best to explain the situation to the people, but that is the job of the king.

But I don't think the current king will do that.

He will tell the people to believe the rumors from the slave trader.

He feels that he only wants to fight comfortably.

He feels like his country is stronger to the other countries

However, it would be inevitable that both would cause enormous damage.

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After thinking a little, Raiki starts talking with the three of them calmly.

"... There are three ways to protect your family and end this battle, apart from winning or losing."

"! ... Raiki-sama. Is that true ..."

"Fight us, Asure. Will the kingdom's commander die or I will die?"

Asure and his vassals choked on the words that they just heard.

It's the same on this side, and both Tenda and Uchikage are surprised.

Certainly, considering the current situation, there is no choice but to win or lose.

And the best way to reduce the damage is to let the general battle to death.

If you crush the enemy's head, the enemy loses, that kind of fight.

In that sense, Raiki probably prepared this option.

"Choose. Asure. Will you fight me, are you going to let yourself die or will you kill me instead?"

Raiki asks Asure, saying that he doesn't give him time to think.

The vassal looked at their lord with anxiety, but I could also see the expression of giving up in them.

There is also another option.

The most damaging of these options is all out wars with the Onis.

This is obvious to everyone.

If Raiki dies, the owner of this castle will disappear.

However, Raiki has no successor.

Conflicts may arise in this.

But before that, I can't say that Asure should die to Raiki.

That option is like telling Asure to die.

Perhaps everyone here knows.

Asure had been thinking for a while, but immediately said that he had decided.

"... I'll die. This is the least damaging option."

"Asure-sama!"

The vassals shout at Asure's decision, but that decision is unlikely to change.

Raiki sighed deeply at Asure's decision.

He felt relieved and angry.

Asure immediately begins to take off his armor.

He carefully lined up the armor in front of him and took the chainmail.

Asure will die here.

The vassals are staring at him without saying anything.

But their arms were trembling, and they seemed to have a grudge against themselves who couldn't do anything.

They don't want to lose the Lord that they've been following until this day.

Asure seemed to have removed all the armor and was on one knee.

However, it seems that he didn't have a weapon.

"... It may sound shameless, can you lend me your weapon?"

Upon hearing the words, Raiki sighed deeply again.

This time, he intentionally made a loud voice so that anyone could easily understand him.

And he took a deep breath.

"YOU FOOL !!!"

He yelled loudly as to where such a voice came from such an old body.

His voice seems to have been heard up to the whole Sannomaru (3rd palace), and it can be seen that the waiting soldiers are curious at us.

The voice quivered around, and the young onis were sticking to their backs.

It was the same with Asure and his vassals.

As expected, even Tenda seemed to be surprised at Raiki who suddenly yelled loudly like that.

"You are still young as the lord! It's not commendable that you throw your life like that! And what would happen to the country without someone like you! Who would have to change if the Lord had to change! Who would change the country? You are really that stupid! The answer is not always in the options you can choose! Look at what you can't see! "

It wasn't louder than before, but the angry voice still shook the scene.

I've never seen this kind of Raiki. Everyone here has such an expression.

Even Asure, who is right in front of Raiki, was also dismayed and can't even get up yet.

"Young man! Are you okay with your decision as a Lord !? Is it okay for a talented person like you to die in such a place and leave the country to a foolish king and your foolish brother who cannot be left alone !?"

"... Well, I can't leave it to them ..."

"Well then! If so, don't choose to die! Live and change the country! You are still young! You have that much power! Be confident!"

Before I knew it, Raiki approached Asure and took his arm to stand up.

Asure's confused expression still remains, but he looks like his hopelessness is blown away somewhere.

Raiki made his hand like the shape of a knife and tapped Asure's neck several times.

After that, he hit Asure's shoulder powerfully and finally let go.

"Young man. The Lord who chose to die is dead. Now the Lord who chose to live is here. What is the living lord going to do now? ? "

“………… Finding a way for everyone to live and return”

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After a long silence, Asure told Raiki the best possible solution.

But Raiki never mocked or laughed at Asure's decision.

He praised Asure instead.

"... You see. That's a good decision. But rest assured. I've already thought about it."

"Already thought about it ... what the heck ..."

Raiki laughed once while scoffing his nose and stood by the stone wall where he could see the entire castle.

So he turned around and told us the plan in a loud voice.

"Mock combat!"

A question mark emerged above the heads of everyone who was there.