"Mizumi, I've made up my mind. You and Miku, you two are to join my knights in returning to Del Lagos, and escorting the banshee and reaper to Victoria Del Lagos. Ensure no lingering remnants from Orca manage to save their leader and vice-leader. As I have no doubts their remaining mbers who were luckily enough to be out on missions must've survived our attack.
After you're done. Either continue serving Her Majesty as her bodyguard, or train the children. Give back to the society and community in which you had taken from. I believe this is the best route for you to redeem yourself in the eyes of Goddess Loha.
Miku, make her relax and recover. She refuses to admit it, but she's still suffering from her death experience. She's still young, so make her join you if you decide to tend to the children. If not, have her assist Victoria and Kozumi, as I'm sure they could use the extra company.
However, keep in mind that all orders in which you receive directly from Her Majesty supersedes mine.
As for: Robin Sol, Bethel and l, they will be coming with . As for Rosemi de Lumix, she can decide for herself her next course of action. At the rate I'm going, Duke Jeffrey may very well kill
himself if I keep taking his daughter into every nightmare and enemy kingdom..."
Mizumi' gazed in shock.
"Please-"
"-Mizumi. Relax, I'm not saying you're not useful to . Just go back and rest. I'll call upon you when the ti cos-" "At the rate you're going. By the end of this war, you'll be barely alive..."
"-I'll be honest, I did find you annoying when I first t you. And although you did kill people from the kingdom in which I'm sworn to. Even if you read their nas to , I wouldn't even be able to imagine their face or appearance at all.
You killed strangers Mizumi. People I don't care about. Listen, I'm not loyal to Del Lagos out of nationalism or patriotism. I'm loyal because that's where my duchy is, and where the people I truly care about live. And also because Goddess Loha might smite my ass if I betray her chosen royal family.
So I honestly don't care that you've killed people I don't know and care about; especially when you did it to protect
and my people. So stop overthinking it, go back and look after Victoria and Kozumi. Who I'm sure will both be requiring lots of assistance with the babies."
Mizumi kowtowed before her king. Accepting her orders before heading off to relay the new deploynt orders to the others.
"What I need is more frontline fighters. Not assassins..." "And besides, why risk the life of a princess when I have the [Hero]."
"Asai..." Miku erged out of stealth. Sowhat hesitatingly. Leaning over, she left a soft kiss upon his cheek before also hopping off the cabin. Even after hearing it from his mouth, she still refused to openly admit it herself. That she needed ti off, away from bloodshed and death, to rest her weary and fractured mind. Thus, she was entirely thankful to the man.
..
The duke sighed.
"Can't you just simply bring all of your won along?"
Asai almost choked on his own saliva.
"Caronia... You and I, we could probably live on the fields of battle for months and not tire. Both ntally and physically, but not everyone is like that. They're only human, and I need to rember that. Because of their loyalty or devotion, which ever it is that makes them follow
to the deepest dungeons and the hottest hells. I have to forcefully make them return and rest, or I'm certain, they'll die whilst serving .
I don't want people to die for . I want people to grow, live and experience this world with."
Caronia took a mont to think to himself. Before eting Asai's gaze once more.
"I- I don't get it."
"Mizumi, if I continue to bring her along. Sooner or later, she will return to Par'Talucca missing limbs, eyes, ears and possible even critically injured. She's strong, but she's not perfect.
Miku, if I bring her along anymore than I have. I fear her mind breaking, forever suffering from PTSD. The problem here is that, because I fought battles and went to war at 16 years old. All these new knights and vassals that join
now all think they too, have to be as strong as I was.
But, I'll be honest, my ntality was also all over the place, in scrambles. I'm lucky I had Robin by my side during the first war against the elven. Or goddess knows what sort of cold-hearted murdering machine I might have beco."
Back when he still thought of this world as a ga. Ignoring morality and his humanity entirely. It was indeed easy for him to take lives without hesitation. However, the more he assimilated into this new world. The more he realised, just how much blood covered his hands. And the consequences of his actions and orders, that fell upon his knights and soldiers.
"I... still don't get it."
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