Genjitsushugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki Volume 4 Chapter 4 Part5

Genjitsushugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki Volume 4 Chapter 4 Part5

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Minasan oideyasu. This is Yukkuri demasu!



Well, sorry for being very late releasing
this.



You can’t fight Real Life after all.
Resistance is futile.



DISCLAIMER: There is no
guarantee that my translation is 100% correct. Please correct me if I was
wrong.



Author:



Dozeumaru(どぜう丸)



Translator:



Yukkuri Oniisan



Editor:



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Enlightenment Arc



Chapter 4 FDF E



The elevator door opened, and the
place we get off to was a rather large room with a high ceiling. There was the
same scene just like what I had seen at Ginya’s dungeon workshop. A large
amount of equipment, incomprehensible experiment apparatuses, and a "thing"
that looked like was under construction at the moment…… The difference would be
in the number of the people. There were people wearing white robes, who really
looked like researchers, went back and forth in this room. I began to explain
to the other three.



「This
place is where the military research and development department is located. And
that 『Susumu-kun Mark V – Light』 for the wyverns are also manufactured in this place.」(Souma)



「So we
are manufacturing them on this island? But I believe this place would be an inconvenient
place to establish something like a military a.r.s.enal……」(Castor)



Castor questioned. Yeah, his viewpoint
is not wrong.



「That
is certainly true, but this was because it will be really bad if the military
technologies are leaked to other countries. A location surrounded by seas like
this place is convenient to thwart an invasion from the outside and smuggling
items from the inside. …… Anyway, since it's getting too cramped here, I am
thinking of eventually transferring it to a larger location.」(Souma)



While we were walking and talking
like this, we arrived at a small room with a gla.s.s where we could look into.
Inside, researchers were conducting a motion test for the 『Susumu-kun
Mark V – Light』. More or less, this gla.s.s was a tempered gla.s.s (strengthened
by support magic), so if even if by some chance, the equipment ran amuck or the
researcher got inhaled and then expelled forward by it, there would be no
damage on the outside (since we don’t know how much the damage on the interior will
be, I hope the researchers pay utmost careful when experimenting).



「This
is an a.r.s.enal as well as a research inst.i.tution. Although, most of what we are conducting
right now is inspecting Ginya Maxwell’s inventions. The creator of 『Susumu-Kun』,
Ginya, is a typical genius-like person, she is satisfied by just inventing something
and doesn’t research it in greater detail or further improve it. It seemed
that, rather than doing something like that, she is more interested in inventing
another new object.」(Souma)



「That
is certainly…… felt wasteful somehow.」(Juna)



Juna-san told me while tilting her
head. Yeah, I thought so too. As a fact, we had successfully developed the
lightweight 『Lite』 version from 『Susumu-kun · Mark V』……
However,



「Perhaps
this is an efficient course of action for Ginya. Since it’s natural for people
to have something they suitable or unsuitable for. Just like there are genius-type
people like Ginya who invented many things unpredictably and haphazardly, there
are also artisan-type people like the researcher in this place who studied
things thoroughly. I valued both of these people in an equal manner.」(Souma)



「Fufu, I
think that is a wonderful way of thinking, Your Majesty」(Ex)



Excel spoke to me while smiling.
Contrary to her appearance that is of a lady in her mid-20s, she was a senior
stateswoman who had supported this country for close to 500 years. To hear words
of praise she relinquished, for some reason, I became embarra.s.sed.



「……Well......
Everything considered, it’s not like that this would be effective.」(Souma)



「Hm? What
do you mean?」(Castor)



「To
explain that…… Hmmm, perhaps this direction?」(Souma)



「Why are
you not that sure?」(Castor)



「It’s
the first time I am in this place even if I had reviewed it on the blueprint. Even
if I have a good grasp on the surface locations, the interior part is a jumble
of things and rather difficult hard to be remembered.」(Souma)



Relying on the map inside my vague
memory, we walked for awhile before reaching the designation. It was a field
surrounded by walls and nets. There was a bow hung on the wall, but there were
two leather armors placed on the target for some reason. The room length was roughly
only 10 meters.



「So
there is an archery range. However, if the target is too close like this, it won’t
be a good training.」(Castor)



Castor spoke this as he observed on
the target area. I also nodded.



「Well
this room is not for training. If it’s training, then it could be done on the surface
locations.」(Souma)



「That’s
true……」(Castor)



「This
place is a place to perform a test for bow, arrows, or armor’s durability.」(Souma)



While explaining in this way, I
handed the bow and arrows to Castor.



「Castor,
how’s your bow skill?」(Souma)



「Don’t
underestimate me, I had learned all kinds of martial arts.」(Castor)



「Then
that’s good. First, try to normally shoot the right armor.」(Souma)



「Shooting
is it? Well then.」(Castor)



Castor drew the bow and released
the arrow. Just as the bow made its “tw.a.n.g” sound, the arrow flew straight
towards the leather armor and pierced it. But it didn’t penetrate it. Castor
tilted his head.



「That
leather armor…… Did you inserted something in there?」(Castor)



「Ah,
there is a thin iron plate behind the leather. Now then, this time, please
shoot the arrow loaded with magic power, just like in a real battle.」(Souma)



「……Alright.」(Castor)



Castor drew the bow again. There
was no change in his appearance, but this time the arrows he shot penetrated
the previous leather armor. Magic with a Magic Attributes other than Water would
be weakened when near the ocean, but it looked like enchanting a Magic Attributes
into the weapon like this could be performed normally (what was weakened would
be magics like launching flames or shooting wind blades). Was there any particular
reason for this difference?



In any case, if it is an arrow enchanted
with a Magic Attribute, it was normal that it could penetrate even an iron-reinforced
armor.



「Now,
next, please try to shoot the left armor in the same way with magic power」(Souma)



「Understood.」(Castor)



Castor shot the arrow in the same
way. However, with a “clink” sound, the arrow was flicked away. There was no chip
on the leather armor.



「The
armor of the Magic Armored Corps of the Empire…… an imitation, though.」(Souma)



「Imitation?」(Castor)



「It
seemed that our technology couldn’t reproduce it that far. However, this armor
had been crammed with layers of defense-type magic. In practice, the magic cladding
the arrow will be negated and the arrow will be flicked away in return, right? ……
And then, devised to counter this type of armor and then failed to do so, is
this arrow.」(Souma)



I gave Castor an arrow with a
black arrowhead.



「What
with this arrow?」(Castor)



「I
call this 『Magicbane Arrow』[1]. The arrowhead is made from Curse Ore.」(Souma)



「Curse
Ore!」(Castor)



Castor looked stupefied at the arrowhead.
Well, after all, it was something that is called “the cursed ore”.



「The Curse
Ore has a mana absorption effect, so I thought that we could absorb the magic
power that was enchanted into the equipment from the support magic. So we experimented……
and this arrow is the result.」(Souma)



「Isn’t
this really amazing! If this is true, then we don’t need to be afraid of the Magic
Armored Corps!」(Castor)



Castor spoke excitedly, but I feebly
shook my head.



「I had
said this before that this is a failed creation, remember? The Curse Ore didn’t
only absorb the enemy’s magic power. You also couldn’t enchant this arrow with any
attributes magic.」(Souma)



「Hey,
then that means……」(Castor)



「Try to
shoot with this.」(Souma)



「A-alright.」(Castor)



Castor shot the 『Magicbane
Arrow』. Then the Magicbane Arrow slightly scratched the
surface of the support magic-enchanted armor, but the moment it hit, the arrowhead
shattered into pieces. Castors and the others were dumbfounded and I shrugged
my shoulders.



「To put
it simply, it will return back into the situation similar when you shoot a
normal arrow at a normal armor you had done in the beginning. Not only that,
this Curse Ore is quite fragile. It couldn’t be useful as an arrowhead on its own.
But if we melt it and mixed it in a metal arrowhead, the effect will be decreased
as we decrease the proportion of the Curse Ore. However, if we increased the proportion,
it will become too heavy and big that it would stop functioning as an arrow.
Honestly saying, it’s a dead-end.」(Souma)



「……So,
that’s why this is a failed creation?」(Castor)



「Yes……」(Souma)



…… Well, although there were
hardly any result from its creation, it was not completely zero either. The
arrow could slightly scratch the support magic enchanted armor. The smashed
Curse Ore pieces were sticking at the armor and caused it to lose the support
magic enchantment. In this state, if we could shot something with a high
penetrating power, even without magic power, such as bullets, we could penetrate
that armor.



Yes, the reason why I thought
about developing this magicbane arrow was to introduction 『Firearm』
which didn’t get develop that much because it wasn’t that useful in this world.
When I realized the existence of the Curse Ore, I thought that perhaps we could
make a bullet from this so that we could even shoot the h.e.l.l out of the Magic
Armored Corps. However, the result was just like this.



Perhaps, to make the firearms play
a greater part in the battle, then the wyverns would need to scatter crushed
Curse Ore from the sky, or we guide the enemy to a location where the Curse Ore
had been scattered beforehand, but…… This is a clearly unproductive effort. Even
if we could mine them in great numbers in the Kingdom, we shouldn’t be wasting
them in that way. Furthermore, after scattering the Curse Ore, we wouldn’t be able
to use magic for a while in that area. For this world where magic was used in every
facet of daily life would mean that that land is no longer a livable environment
for citizen anymore.



Even if this effect wasn’t that lethal,
it was troublesome just like cl.u.s.ter bombs or depleted uranium rounds, in the
sense that they will remain after the war and would affect the civilian life.
That’s why it is necessary to be careful in handling it and perform additional researches.



「…… Well,
just like, we are repeating successes and failures every day in this place. Even
if it is just a single step at a time, but we are steadily advancing the era.」(Souma)



「Just
like this country?」(Castor)



Castor asked me with a really serious
expression. I firmly nodded.



「Yes,
just like this country.」(Souma)



「I
see……」(Castor)



「Yes.
Now then, shall we go up this time?」(Souma)



「…… There
still more?」(Castor)



Castor looked a bit had enough of
being surprised after seeing many things until now, so I laughed while replying
to him.



「What
are you talking about? The next one is the main dish for today.」(Souma)



「You said
we will go up? Will we be climbing the rocky mountain this time?」(Castor)



Castor asked me so I waved my index
finger and clicked my tongue (is this kinda old fashioned?).



「Tsk-tsk-tsk.
It's more “up” than that.」(Souma)



◇ ◇ ◇



We returned to the ground level and
boarded the Royal Gondola Wyvern that we used when we came to this place. This time
Castor wasn’t blindfolded. Castor made an expression as if asking “what in the
world, do you want to show me”, but as the alt.i.tude increased and he was able
to see the scenery with one sweep of his eyes, he gasped. The scenery spreading
under his eyes was the ocean and



――― A huge ship that was floating
on it.









There was soil covering the
surface deck of the ship, with rocky mountains, forests, gra.s.slands and red clay
grounds. From above, it would appear as just as every other island on the ocean.
But under that soil was a huge ma.s.s of metal. Observed closely, there was a
bridge for this ship on the rocky mountain. Yes. The location we walked until a
while ago, is not an "island", but that ship.



「Wyverns
are afraid of the sea.」(Souma)



I began to speak with Castor who was
in loss of word from this spectacle.



「This
is because the wyverns that have a cruising range inferior to the true Dragon couldn’t
cross the ocean, right? To be more accurately, what the wyverns hate of is a “sea
where land couldn’t be seen”. For this reason, the wyverns couldn’t attack the
warship on the ocean…… Isn’t it?」(Souma)



「Y-Yes……」(Castor)



Castor nodded. For true Dragons, their
cruising range is outstanding, they could cross the sea with just a single
flight, so they aren’t afraid of the ocean. However, if wyverns with low
cruising range, they could exhaust all of their energy midways when crossing
the ocean. Because of that, they are afraid of “sea where land couldn’t be seen”
that has no place for them to rest their wings. The Gryphon Squadrons of the Empire
has even more inferior cruising range than the Wyverns and so they have a similar
situation (or rather, they even afraid of large rivers where the opposite sh.o.r.e
couldn’t be seen, so they are more severe in this matter).



「!? That
reminds me, the Wyverns are flying in formation, right!? No, wait, isn’t this Royal
Gondola Wyverns is also flying in the middle of the ocean without being afraid!?」(Castor)



Castor seemed to finally caught
on to the situation, but the more he understood the situation, the more his
eyes opened from surprise. His mouth was trembling all over.



「YOU……
what in the world you had created……?」(Castor)



「A
ship that could transport air and naval forces and also serves as their base. In
the world where I came from, this kind of ship is called an 『Aircraft
Carrier』.」[2](Souma)



Yes. That island-shaped ship was an
aircraft carrier with the Wyvern Knights as its aircraft. When I saw the
wyverns and the steel battleship of this world, I thought that these could be
combined to create an aircraft carrier. But to achieve this, I need to somehow make
the wyvern lost their “hate the sea” nature.



「So I
thought, what will happens if we could make that the wyverns always sighted a
dry land. For example, if we are able to create a “moving island”, then won’t
the wyverns could fight even in the middle of the ocean?」(Souma)



The hint for this was from the
first of the 36 Stratagems, 『瞞天過海(Mán tiān guò hǎi)』, 『Fool
the Heaven to Cross the Sea』[3]. It is a strategy of masquerading the plan to look
like a normal sight to induce the opponent to let their guard down, it is based
on the history where: 『to make the sea-hating Tang Emperor to board the ship,
the retainer placed soils on the ship to make it look like the ground』. I
thought that this method could also be applied for the wyverns.



First of all, we construct a huge
ship, covered the deck surface with soils, grew gra.s.s and planted trees to recreate
forests and gra.s.slands (although we left some surface as a training ground).
The bridge was surrounded by ancient concrete and camouflaged as a rocky
mountain with paints. Then, to reduce the stress of the dragon, the wyvern stables
under the deck were reproduced as caves and their berths were reconstructed as nests.
In other words, the wyverns had recognized this Carrier as an "island".



The problem was: how to obtain a propulsion
to move this "Island Carrier". However, this problem was solved
thanks to Ginya’s 『Susumu - Mark V』. Although they couldn’t be seen from the surface,
there were four 『Susumu-kun · Mark V』 installed on the submerged side of this Island Carrier.
The reason why the progress of the 『Lite』 wyvern’s equipment wasn’t that far head was also because we prioritized the
construction of these big ones.



However, this Carrier was still 『incomplete』. It
took a considerable amount of time to familiarize the wyverns with the aircraft
carrier, so our first focus was to establish the minimum functions as a ship,
making the exterior hull to be island-like and shaping the stables to be cavernous.
For this reason, the other parts were still incomplete. Actually, the current installed
『Susumu-kun
· Mark V』 for the propulsion was half the planned number (the
current output was insufficient and could only moving sluggishly, but we were
putting priority for the ship to be in the sea for wyverns training). Even the
s.p.a.ce that was currently used for the military technology development and
research, was eventually planned to become the ship’s hold and the living s.p.a.ce
for the sailors (currently, they were lodged at tents on the deck surface).



Castor, who looked dumbfounded at
that peculiarly built Carrier, stared at me with eyes filled with disbelief.



「……But,
a ship this big…… just-……just how long have YOU been constructing this?」(Castor)



「Hm? The
design and collecting the funds and materials began as soon as I was given the
throne.」(Souma)



「WHAT!
That was before you fought with us or Amidonia!」(Castor)



「Ah, this
was a part of the 『Rich Country, Strong Army』 policy……
as a trump card against the Empire.」(Souma)



I crossed my arms while leaning
against the soft seat.



「At
that time, I didn’t know the Empire’s thoughts. So I was devising a plan for
when they will be hostile to us. Against an opponent like Empire that surpa.s.ses
us in both national power and population, we would never be able to win even if
we conduct a land force arms race. Or rather, considering the technology, I
believe that expanding the air force and the navy are the means of our survival.
Well…… back in those days, we were just preparing the design, funds, and
materials, the construction itself began in earnest after the battle with Amidonia.」(Souma)



Besides, because we were also
constructing a new city at the same time, the funds and materials we had prepared
were not that few, but it couldn’t be said to be sufficient either. When Roroa
and Colbert joining us, we could obtain the needed funds and with Amidonia
annexation we could secure the necessary resources. Without them, the start of
the construction would be delayed even further and the ship construction rate would
have been slower.



Once the construction started, I
felt that the shipbuilding speed of this world is very fast. Or rather, I also
felt this during the construction of transportation networks and the new city. The
construction speed of this world is unusually fast. Because there is magic in
this world, there is no need for large machinery. For example, on Earth, to build
a large building there is a need to construct machinery first such as cranes. In
the worst scenario, to build that machinery, we need different machinery to
build it, which need yet another machinery to build it…… and so on.



However, the Earth magicians of this
world could manipulate the gravity, so there are no need for such machinery. Furthermore,
an experienced Fire magician could mould or weld metal in the blink of an eye. If
I had to say, in this world, where impossible and impossible things are
unbalanced, I felt that rather than funds or materials, it was time that we could
contend on…… Well, the ship was still incomplete, though.



I got up from the seat and stood
in front of the stunned Castor.



「Well,
Castor. This is my power.」(Souma)



I looked straight at the Castor’s
eyes and spoke.



「On the
day of that Final Counsel, you spoke fervently to me that 『Dragons
only let those that they acknowledge to ride on their back』. 『If
you want me to follow you, then show me your power』 , right?」(Souma)



When I mentioned this, Castor made
an embarra.s.sed expression.



「……
Please forget it. If it’s about my foolishness, I already had been taught a lesson
of it.」(Castor)



「No,
I won’t. Castor, right now, I am showing you my power.」(Souma)



「Yes……
Indeed. You had created amazing things.」(Castor)



Castor replied so, but I shook my
head.



「That’s
wrong. That 『Carrier』 itself is not my power. To gather talented comrades, to arrange places
where they could work best, and to construct the carrier, this is the 『Power
to Build a Country』, the only power that I could boast of. Isn’t this
power worthy enough to make you acknowledging me?」(Souma)



When I asked this, Castor feebly
looked down.



「…… I
am completely defeated. Why King Albert give this throne to you…… I was finally
able to understand it, though it’s too late……. However, I am no longer have the
capabilities to serve you anymore.」(Castor)



「Fumu. Then
the “showing my power” matter is over, right?」(Souma)



「? Ah,
yes……」(Castor)



When I was able to draw that
answer from Castor, I finally felt satisfied. With this …… I could entrust it
to him.



「Castor,
this 『Carrier 』 is an extremely unique weapon. It’s a warship yet it is also loaded with the
strength of the air force. To skillfully operate this ship, knowledge of ship
navigation or naval battle alone won’t be sufficient, but it also needed the
knowledge and expertise in commanding the air force.」(Souma)



「-!?」(Castor)



Perhaps he had guessed what I was
trying to say. Castor opened his eyes wide and so I asked him while grinning.



「Even
after you had become a naval personnel, you are still diligently studying,
right?」(Souma)



「……
Yes, Your Majesty! d.u.c.h.ess Excel had hammered them into me!」(Castor)



Castor stood up and answered
while saluting. Despite being in an upright posture, from his feet or his
flushed cheeks, it was palpable that he couldn’t contain his joy.



「Well
then…… the currently surname-less, Castor “only”! I appoint you as the first captain
of that aircraft carrier!」(Souma)



「I
respectfully receive your order! My Lord!」(Castor)



My Lord, huh?…… That was a rather
embarra.s.sing way to refer to me, but this was the proof that Castor truly
acknowledges myself as his Lord, so I will contently accept it. While I was thinking
about this, Excel who had been watching in silence until now (I had informed her
beforehand that I would like to appoint Castor as the captain of the aircraft
carrier and for her to educate him) began to address me while smiling.



「Incidentally,
Your Majesty. I believe that the Carrier is a wonderful ship, but we should
refrain from constantly referring to it as just the 『Carrier』. We
ought to bestow it with a proper name.」(Excel)



「Hmm?
Yes…… That’s true. I wonder what name will be good.」(Souma)



「Let’s
see…… It is common to bestow the name of a place or the name of the reigning
king, how about something like 『Aircraft Carrier Souma』?
The Carrier built after this will be called Souma-cla.s.s.」(Excel)



「Not
going to happen!」(Souma)



To attach my name to the aircraft
carrier, the main force of the navy from now on, like something that people
with power-wannabe will do, nope, I don’t like it. Also, if I attached my name
to the ship, then they might say, 「Souma, Setting Sail(Ha.s.shin)」[4] or 「Souma will withdraw from the battle!」, or
「Souma
sunk!」, right? …… Absolutely, not have a cat in h.e.l.l’s
chance way. I must propose a different name one way or another.



「Th-that’s
right. How about if we bestow it a name of an aircraft carrier from my world?」(Souma)



「From
Your Majesty's world?」(Excel)



A floating question mark floated
above Excel, so I replied back 「That’s correct.」. I will bestow the name of the aircraft carrier from
my previous world that didn’t get discouraged by adversity nor surrender in the
battle. Since it will carry wyverns, it’s a perfect name. While gazing at the
island aircraft carrier under our eyes, I declared its name.



「That
carrier’s name will be 『Hiryuu』! 」[5](Souma)



◇ ◇ ◇



After I appointed Castor as the captain
of the aircraft carrier 『Hiryuu』 and after we finished what we need to do, we returned back to Lagoon City
in Walther Duchy. Then at a reception room in Excel’s mansion, Juna-san, Excel,
Castor and I were enjoying the afternoon tea. In such relaxed mood, Excel suddenly
placed her cup and asked me.



「That
reminds me, Your Majesty. How long will Your Majesty stay in this place?」(Excel)



「Great
Mother?」(Juna)



Because it was an out of nowhere
question, Juna-san tilted her head in confusion.



「……
It will be late in the night if I return to the Capital right now, so I plan to
stay here for tonight and depart home tomorrow morning.」(Souma)



「I
see. Then, there will be “enough time”, right?」(Excel)



At that moment, Excel's eyes
shone eerily. I immediately felt a chill running through my back. There were
gooseb.u.mps on my skin as my instincts told me to be on guard. Is this…… crisis-sense?
Just when I unconsciously going to stand up from the sofa,



*thud*



「Juna-san!」(Souma)



Juna-san, who should have been
sitting next to me, fell with a thud. While still leaning on the sofa’s armrest,
she began to sleep. The figure of her sleeping was also so beautiful…… Eh? It’s
not the right time to say this! I looked at Excel and she was smiling with a
small bottle in her hand.



「Do not
be worried, she is not at harm. I just put her to sleep with “this”」(Excel)



「A
sleeping drug!? Why are you “drugging” your own granddaughter?」(Souma)



「Because
it seems that if this child is awake, she will be in the way.」(Excel)



No-no-no-no-no-no‼ She made a 「I’m
so troubled」-like face, but her method is rather too sly!



「There
is no other way. Because I had been asked by the Black Robed Prime Minister-dono
and Chamberlain Marx-dono to ‘teach’ Your Majesty.」(Excel)



「By teaching,
you don’t mean……」(Souma)



「It is
the so-called s.e.x education. You would enjoy being escorted by an older woman.」(Excel)



「But,
this is way above the “older woman” level anymore!」(Souma)



「Ara, now-now,
that’s a bit rude. My body is still prim and youthful.」(Excel)



「Isn’t
that should be your ‘Heart’!?」(Souma)



Excel then stood up and slowly
approaching me.



「Siring
a King's heir is a grave matter for the nation. Despite Chamberlain Marx repeatedly
urged you to quickly sire an heir, until now you have not laid your hands on
Princess, Juna, nor Aisha-dono. So it’s not a wonder that both of them are
worried.」(Excel)



「W-wait……
that sort of thing will be after marriage……」(Souma)



「Then,
it is worrisome. Although, you may still full with youthful ardor now, but if after
officially becomes spouse you are inept when performing “that”, then it might affect
the marital relationship. And then if the discord between the Royal Couple continued,
it could lead to a Royal House conflict in the future.」(Excel)



Excel sat on the back of the sofa
and entangled her arm around my neck. What’s this! It’s like a frog being glared
by a snake, my body can’t move!



「That's
why the extremely experienced me was asked by Marcus to teach Your Majesty. Now,
Your Majesty, let's move to the chamber. I will give you a strict education
until tomorrow morning. Let's begin with the lectures first.」(Excel)



By lectures, did she meant that we
would have a health and physical education cla.s.s right now!?



「Wa-wait
a moment! Just now, you said “first”, right?」(Souma)



「Ufufu, no
matter field of study it is, doesn’t there is no way of learning more superior
than an actual practice.」(Excel)



Excel was smiling with such a pleasant
smile. I requested Castor, who was drinking tea while pretending not to see
what was happening to me, for help.



「Castor!
You acknowledged me as your Lord! Your Lord is now in a great predicament!
Please help me!」(Souma)



「……
Indeed, I had pledged my allegiance to you, My Lord.」(Castor)



While answering, Castor wholeheartedly
turned his face away.



「However,
I also wish for the perpetuity of the descendant from the Lord whom I devoted
my loyalty unto. I cannot avail myself to hinder d.u.c.h.ess Excel. While holding
back my anguish, I have to disregard My Lord’s requests.」(Castor)



「Yeah,
right! You just don’t want to be dragged by this!」(Souma)



「……」(Castor)



「Now-now,
Your Majesty, shall we begin?」(Excel)



Excel swiftly s.n.a.t.c.hed my collar,
and in that manner, I was dragged out of the reception room’s door. I wondered where
such powers came from such pet.i.te body. Even though I propped my leg up trying
to escape, I completely couldn’t resist her.



「No,
wait. Please wait, Excel. Hey.」(Souma)



「Yes-yes.
It’s fine. You can just leave everything to onee-san. You will have plenty of
studies.」(Excel)



「Wait,
that's why…… For goodness’ sake, I will only accept cla.s.sroom lectures!!」(Souma)



☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽☾☽



Souma got eaten….