379 377 Meir and the Shadow Warrior

"Were you going to war after we broke up?

"Um, yeah. You know that?

"I just heard a little bit. The great magicians of the earth pushed their enemies back after destroying the army of the Bashar kingdom. Were you with him?

"That's right. Well, not as a princess, but apparently as a mercenary."

"Why?"

When I heard the story, they joined the general soldiers in concealment of their identities. Exactly, he had spoken to the commander and others, but ostensibly he joined the army as an escort for the White Rhino Rigdalfa.

"I can't move freely as a princess, and, you know, I don't know..."

'What's the matter with you?

"There was a Serene there."

"Who's Serene?

"Serene is my royal palace samurai. I am less combative than I am, but I am a shadow fighter because I am better at illusion and my back is similar to that of a lady. Because races can be deluded with magic props."

Could we just say hello, that Shadow Man? I wondered what happened to Serene, but if Meir were named here, he would definitely be told that he had changed from a Shadow Warrior to himself.

"Why?"

"Serene is playing, uh... that's it..."

"Serene also has orders from His Majesty the King to play the so-called princess, who is sophisticated and humble. Honestly, I was wondering how much I've fixed up and how impossible it is to play that one on a real lady. I'm pretty sure they switched it."

I see. You won't be able to be sophisticated by Meir. And by replacing Meir and Serene, many nobles and generals find out that the person they were desperately welcoming and trying to protect with their lives was a fake. It is not natural for a princess of a great power to use shadow fighters -.

"I'm sure you can compare the lady to Serene."

"That's tough......"

"Uhm."

Considering the breeze of the kingdom of the beast, I also feel that the casual and flattering type like Meir is likely to please me. But I'm sure many admire the deep-window maid type.

I sure don't like being compared. It might break my heart if I were you.

However, questions remain.

"Why are you letting Shadow Warriors play such a character again?

In the first place, why is a girl named Serene, that shadow warrior, acting like that impossible? Wouldn't it be a problem if that shadow fighter played a mare-like, active girl?

As things stand, Meir's reputation would feel like a softie, less combative boxed girl. When the real Meir comes out on the table in the future, won't he be slapped inside the Beast Man? 'Cause all of a sudden, you're a good fighter, aren't you?

To my question, Meir nods in tune.

"Do you think so too, Master? It's still weird, isn't it? Isn't a Shadow Warrior something more like him?

He thinks so, too. But Quina answered my question well in advance.

"It's His Majesty's hobby."

"Huh? Hobbies?

"Yes. Let Serene think she's real, and when the lady finds out she's real, she says she's looking forward to everyone's reaction."

"Guru. That damn father...!

When it comes to looking like a beast king, it looks like a beast king... I feel sorry for the guys around me.

"And then there will be the perception of the lady, or the teasing."

"Are you kidding?"

"Yes, you will be enjoying watching Serene behave softly, looking just like herself, and watching a depressed or illuminated lady"

"It's a bad hobby! That father!

"Besides, if you get that wrong, you'll be less worried about finding out who your daughter is."

Oh, you mean that. Unlike regular shadow fighters, you're a Meir shadow fighter doing adventurers outside. Instead, there seemed to be an aim to prevent Meir's identity from being exposed by guiding her image to a different type,

It's about the Beast King, so I guess it's true why it seems interesting.

'I see you joined in hiding your identity, but how was the fight itself?

"I don't care what they say...... Honestly, we barely fought."

'Cause we just chased away our destructive enemies.'

By the time the Mairs arrived on the battlefield, it was already time for the National Army of the Beasts to push back the invading army of the Bashar kingdom and begin their pursuit.

Meir and his men joined the pursuit army and marched deep inside Bashar territory...

"Escorting a commanding general was a condition for joining our army."

"Speaking of which, you said that earlier."

"Well, more than a general's escort, it meant never leaving by the general."

I see. I guess its general's aim is to keep him on his side in the name of escort rather than being acted upon at will by the princess to put him in danger.

Besides, I left the army on the way.

"Why?"

"... headed to the Magnolia family."

Speaking of Magnolia, it's where Murreria was talking. It was a request from the Magnolia family, the lord there, to rescue a child named Romeo.

I guess the Maires cared about those words, too.

"The National Army of the Beasts marched across the border, making the Magnolia realm already a part of our forces."

'They said they were crossing the border, but there were fortresses and fortifications for defense over there, too?

"Whether it exists or not. But there was an army of broken allies pushing into those facilities, completely disrupted."

If you thought you weren't supposed to lose, you suffered a huge defeat, and the armies of your allies fled disorderly, that would be havoc in the rear.

The whole army won't be in the fort trying to accommodate them, and there could be enemy spies mixed inside. Moreover, if the Beast Nation were to pursue from the rear, it would also be difficult to judge.

"To be clear, the defense facility wasn't working properly."

'You mean you were in a bare state?

"Close to it. There were some forts to resist, but it was Lucius's turn there."

"Lucius?"

"Um. Lucius Laurencia, court magician. Be the most powerful earth magician in our country and draw the blood of the famous Royal Lawrencian family to the tragedy of Lawrencia. When it comes to Lucius on the Great Wall, he's famous on the Chrome Continent, isn't he?

Laurencia? Did I just say Laurencia?

"Hey, what does that have to do with Linford?

"Linford? Sure, you were the evil magician who summoned Murreria..."

"Mm. Linford Lawrencia"

"I see...... Were you named after Laurencia?"

"Oh. He was a monster over a hundred years old."

"Hundreds? Lucius must have definitely been over 40. Wouldn't be a child."

So, like, grandchildren or something?

He's not an evil magician, is he?

"Of course."

"Instead, I've heard Lord Lucius hates evil magicians."

In the first place, don't you know if it's a direct blood relationship? It is possible that the Lawrencia family has been divided for a long time, and not all descendants of evil magicians will be evil magicians. If the story of hating is true, it is rather possible that Linford did something to you.

I don't even think the Beast Kings will miss an evil magician, and there doesn't seem to be a problem with a guy named Lucius.

"Lucius' earth magic exerts unparalleled strength in siege warfare. If he's around, it's not a small fort or anything."

"Are you going to attack the fort with earth magic?

"Well, that's possible too, but the toughest thing is to go ahead and dig a hole. Normally, defenses are solidified by magic props that keep an eye on the basement, but they were confused at that time. Lucius digging underground never noticed or interfered with."

I see, do we build an underground tunnel and send soldiers in? There must have been a lot of Takeda diggers in Japan. I don't know how far that is true and where it is creative from, but I'm pretty sure the method of going underground and crossing the walls is very effective.

"Thanks to Lucius and the others, it was easy to get to the Magnolia family"

"There were no soldiers on patrol to deal with the National Army of the Beasts, and there was no security inside Magnolia."

"So Romeo protected you?

"No, I couldn't"