12 - Holy Knight Brigade 圣骑士旅

Holy Knight Brigade

圣骑士旅

In the entrance hall used for the inaugural assembly, over a hundred adventurers had gathered.

在用于成立大会的入口大厅里，聚集了一百多名冒险者。

They talked amongst themselves, as they waited nervously.

他们一边紧张地等待，一边互相交谈。

I was distanced from the tables, watching over them from the wall. This time, I wasn9;t an attendee, but the host.

我与桌子保持一定距离，从墙上监视着它们。这次，我不是与会者，而是主持人。

Monica was busily moving around, and she put the temple virgins in maid clothes to have them help out.

莫妮卡忙着走动，她给圣殿童女穿上女仆装，让她们帮忙。

When she came up next to me, Monica…

当她走到我旁边时，莫妮卡……

“As I thought, perhaps keeping them in their temple robes would9;ve been better? I was sure it would look out of place, but by doing this, I9;ve killed their character traits.”

“正如我所想，也许让他们穿着圣殿长袍会更好？我确信这看起来不合适，但通过这样做，我已经扼杀了他们的性格特征。”

“What are you even talking about? More importantly, do you think we have enough food and drink?”

“你到底在说什么？更重要的是，你觉得我们有足够的食物和饮料吗？”

When I confirmed it, she nodded.

当我确认后，她点了点头。

“We9;ve made no oversights. But there is a bit of a problem.”

“我们没有疏忽。但有一点问题。”

With some drink in their systems, and some time to alleviate the tension, we had prepared the stage for the others to make their appearance.

『无论什么时期，你都会遇到无法计算得失的人。好吧，事实上他们至少得到了解决，这已经很不错了。』

Among them were adventurers formerly of knight households. Just as Aria hailed from a militaristic Viscount House, there were a number of adventurers with similar heritage.

Music was to be made of instruments, and playing them together before a crowd was the whole point. So her Skill was nothing but irksome.

Majestic music began to stream into the assembly hall. Eva didn9;t show any signs of having done anything, and I couldn9;t help but wonder where exactly the music was coming from.

“是的，我明白这一点。我们一定能坚持到这场战斗结束吧？”

伊娃不这样做是有原因的不要利用她的技能。她讨厌它。

『Exactly. But they9;ll be reliable for now. And thinking of the future, the Holy Maiden will need those who9;ll move as her arms and legs.』

为了夺回昔日的辉煌，他们决心踏上这一次的使命。

当贵宾出来时，一切都安静了。

“Yes.”

它的名字是【声音】……它放大了她的声音，让更多的人听到。

（我没有欺骗他，但我确实在利用他。这种感觉不太好。）

『正是如此。但目前它们是可靠的。想到未来，圣女将需要那些能像她的胳膊和腿一样移动的人。』

（时间到了。）

Its name was 【Voice】… it amplified the sound of her voice, and let a larger number of people hear it.

0;It9;s time.1;

穿着一件看起来紧紧贴在皮肤上的白色连衣裙，亚乌拉小姐下来了。在她身后，跟着前圣女塞尔玛小姐和前大祭司加斯通小姐。

There was a reason Eva didn9;t make use of her Skill. She hated it.

Or so she said.

I looked at the hall. Creit-san was there, and he was wearing conspicuously high-spirited clothing.

（物以类聚，物以类聚。）

祝圣的童女们……不是穿着女仆装，而是穿着莫妮卡缝制的服装，她们出来了，大厅里的人们议论纷纷。

The consecrated virgins… not in maid clothes, but in the outfits that Monica had sewn, they came out, and talk broke out among the people in the hall.

She wanted her voice to reach on its own. She didn9;t want to rely on a Skill.

他们喝了点酒，也有时间缓解紧张，我们已经为其他人出场准备了舞台。

当我看向伊娃时，她点了点头。

我看着大厅。克雷特先生也在场，他的服装显得十分昂扬。

『No matter the time period, you9;ll find folks who can9;t calculate loss and gain. Well, the fact they9;re at least resolved is decent.』

对了，我收集的都是那些以政府服务为目标的人。我也让克雷特先生把那些以骑士身份为目标的人都收集起来了。

音乐是由乐器组成的，在人群面前一起演奏它们才是重点。所以她的技能只是令人厌烦而已。

第六个也是如此。

从宝石中传来了第五号略显厌倦的声音。

When I sent a look to Eva, she nodded her head.

（是的，只要她闭嘴，她绝对是圣女。）

至少她是这么说的。

（很少有技能被持有者讨厌。不，正是因为她不想要它才显现出来吗？技能有很多谜团。）

这次的重头戏是她的舞台【背景音乐】。即使没有乐器，她也能凭借自己的技能进行表演。

0;I9;m not deceiving him, but I9;m certainly using him. It isn9;t a good feeling.1;

0;Birds of a feather flock together, I see.1;

我明白了我们面临的问题。莫妮卡跟我登记后，就回去工作了。

I understood the problem we carried. After Monica checked in with me, she went back to work.

0;It9;s rare for there to be a Skill hated by its holder. No, did it manifest precisely because she didn9;t desire it? There are quite a few mysteries with Skills.1;

Dreaming adventurers.

In order to reclaim their former glory, they had resolved themselves to hop aboard this time9;s mission.

Eva had a Skill of her own. It wasn9;t too useful in battle, and the girl herself didn9;t really seem to like it.

“是的。”

And when the VIPs came out, it all went silent.

Rather than using it to get rich quick, those that wanted to escape from this lifestyle.

“Yeah, I understand that one. We9;ll be able to hold out until the end of this battle, right?”

我把目光转向楼梯。

梦想冒险家。

0;Yep, she9;s definitely a Holy Maiden as long as she keeps her mouth shut.1;

其中有原为骑士家族的冒险者。正如出身于军国主义子爵府的阿莉亚一样，同样出身的冒险家也有不少。

她希望自己的声音能够传达出去。她不想依赖技能。

Right, the ones I gathered were those aiming for government service. I had Creit-san gather those aiming for knighthood as well.

I turned my eyes to the stairs.

那些想要逃离这种生活方式的人，而不是利用它来快速致富。

From the Jewel, came the slightly-fed-up voice of the Fifth.

雄伟的音乐开始流入礼堂。伊娃没有表现出任何做过任何事情的迹象，我忍不住想知道音乐到底是从哪里来的。

In a white dress that seemed to be stuck-fast to her skin, down came Aura-san. Behind her followed the former Holy Maiden Thelma-san, and former High Priest Gastone-san.

伊娃有自己的技能。它在战斗中用处不大，而且少女本人似乎也不太喜欢它。

The Sixth as well.

And this time9;s centerpiece was her stage 【Back Music】. Even without instruments, she could put on performances with her Skill.

This time, we didn9;t have the leisure or time to hire an orchestra, so I left it to her.

这一次，我们没有闲暇或时间聘请管弦乐队，所以我把它留给了她。

The atmosphere and sound, as well as the real Holy Maiden9;s… no, the former Holy Maiden candidate9;s appearance set the hall in silence and anticipation.

气氛和声音，还有真正的圣女……不，前圣女候补的出现，让大厅里一片寂静和期待。

Aura-san stopped part-way down the stairs, and looked over the hall before speaking.

亚乌拉小姐在下楼梯的途中停了下来，环顾大厅后开口说道。

“I thank you all for gathering. I, Aura, am grateful to be in your presence today.”

“感谢大家的聚集。我，奥拉，很高兴今天能见到你们。”

Unmotivated, and violent… from my image of her, the girl9;s current bearing was too different, I felt like I was going to laugh.

没有动力，而且暴力……和我印象中的她相比，这个女孩现在的神态太不一样了，我感觉我要笑了。

I held back and listened, but the contents were, to put it simply… let9;s go forth and beat Zayin9;s Divine Knights black and blue together. Because if you succeed, you9;ll get government offices, and I9;ll take you on as knights.

我忍住听了听，内容简单来说就是……我们一起上前，把扎因的神骑士们打得遍体鳞伤。因为如果你成功了，你就会得到官职，我就会封你为骑士。

Is how it was.

就是这样。

Right, that was the bait for this time9;s gathering. We couldn9;t pay a reward. But it goes without saying we had to prepare the necessary food supplies on our side.

对了，这就是这次聚会的诱饵。我们无法支付报酬。但不言而喻，我们必须准备好必要的食物供应。

And Aura-san sent a glance to me.

然后亚乌拉小姐看了我一眼。

“In order to take back Zayin, here, a new knight brigade will be formed. Its lead shall be left to the one who saved my life, Lyle-dono.”

“为了夺回扎因，在这里，将组建新的骑士团。它的领导权就交给了救了我一命的莱尔大人。”

这是一个简单的想法，但也许效果会很好？就这样，圣女骑士团被称为圣骑士团。

当他如此大胆地说出这句话时，我苦笑了一下，点了点头。

To oppose the divine knight brigade, we had formed a holy knight brigade. By the way, the naming was done on the spot.

第二天，我带着米兰达，找到了阿尔巴诺桑在酒吧里。

「这里，骑士团……【圣骑士团】已经成立。勇敢的人们，愿你们在女神的保护下出击。”

Albano-san looked at us with his cup still held against his face.

大厅里再次沸腾起来，我感觉只有我一个人在思考这个名字。现在采取下一步行动…

They were barely any different.

“协助扎因这边？不想。我只骑获胜的马。”

我向前迈出了一步，聚集在一起的冒险者们的目光都聚集在我身上。

阿尔巴诺先生仍然把杯子抵在脸上看着我们。

“… I do know you lot are making some flashy moves. Making use of Creit9;s rock-headedness, and spreading rumors on your own?”

这是一个家庭传统。我们不会打失败的仗。只有老三舍命换取时间，但那是因为这是必要的。

“What we want to leave to you is spreading rumors in Zayin. That the former Holy Maiden candidate has stood up, and that she will wage war on Zayin.”

阿尔巴诺桑喝了一大口啤酒，看着我们。

他回答时的声音有点颤抖。

“没关系。但这并不意味着挥舞武器就能引发战争，对吧？”

“我想把副司令一职交给克雷特·贝尼尼阁下。”

“It will only be temporary, but I shall graciously take up the position of commander.”

It was a simple thought, but perhaps it would work out fine? And like that, the Holy Maiden9;s knight brigade was dubbed the holy knight brigade.

“Here, a knight brigade… a 【Holy Knight Brigade】has been formed. Brave ones, may you sally forth with the protection of the Goddess.”

“… Y-yes!”

0;I9;ll have to meet Albano-san9;s party tomorrow.1;

I nodded.

这是一家商店，唯一的入口是一条小巷，并不是最好的地方。但他们做出来的菜品质量很高，而且味道鲜美。

It was a store that9;s sole entrance was an alleyway, and not the best place to be. But the quality of the dishes they put out was high, and the taste was delicious.

“I would like to leave the role of vice commander to Creit Benini-dono.”

（好吧，虽然不太能从嘴里说出，那就是……圣女骑士团，或者怎么说……听起来确实像那个国家会有的东西。这是一个临时名称，任何人都可以稍后进行更改。）

Taking a swig of ale, Albano-san looked at us.

“这是为了胜利。我们无意失败。当然，我不喜欢输掉战斗。”

It9;s a family tradition. We won9;t fight losing battles. Only the Third threw down his life to buy time, but that was because it was a necessity.

0;Well, even if it doesn9;t quite roll off the tongue, it9;s that… the Holy Maiden9;s knight brigade, or how to put it… that does sound like something that country would have. It9;s a temporary name, and anyone can come along and change it later.1;

“It9;s to win. We9;ve no intentions of losing. Of course, I9;ve not a preference for losing battles.”

在我们周围，粗野的人们喝着啤酒，寻欢作乐。

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阿尔巴诺桑想了想。他不但没有犹豫，反而像是不明白。

米兰达向她的食物伸出一只手。

Creit-san was so moved, he broke into tears.

张开双臂后，亚乌拉小姐将双手交叉在小小的胸前，摆出了祈祷的姿势。

还有亚乌拉小姐……

And Aura-san…

Around us, rough folk drank ale, and made merry.

克雷特先生感动得流下了眼泪。

Albano-san thought over it. Rather than hesitating, it looked as if he didn9;t understand.

Harlots called out to the customers in the bar, but they didn9;t come closer to us, as Miranda was at the table.

“这只是暂时的，但我会慷慨地担任指挥官的职位。”

“Assist on Zayin9;s side? Don9;t want to. I only ride winning horses.”

“……我知道你们正在做出一些华丽的举动。利用克雷特的顽固，自己散布谣言？”

I took a step forward, and the eyes of the gathered adventurers gathered on me.

The next day, I took Miranda, and found Albano-san in a bar.

“……是、是的！”

When he said that quite boldly, I gave a bitter smile, and nodded.

为了对抗神圣骑士团，我们组建了圣骑士团。顺便说一句，命名是当场完成的。

我点点头。

After spreading out her arms, Aura-san crossed her hands over her small chest, and made a pose of prayer.

（明天我必须去见阿尔巴诺桑一行。）

His voice as he answered was shaking a bit.

他们几乎没有什么不同。

“我们想留给你们的是在扎音散播谣言。原来的圣女候选人已经站出来了，她要向扎因发动战争。”

“That9;s alright. But it9;s not like swinging a weapon is all that makes a war, right?”

妓女向酒吧里的顾客招呼，但他们并没有靠近我们，因为米兰达就在餐桌旁。

The hall heated up again, and I got the feeling I was the only one mulling over the name so much. Now to take the next move…

Miranda extended a hand towards her food.

It wasn9;t for his own loss, he lost his life for a greater victory.

他不是为了自己的失败，而是为了更大的胜利而牺牲生命。

Albano-san laughed.

阿尔巴诺桑笑了。

“Nice! I like guys like you. But what will you do by spreading rumors? If that9;s all there is to it, I will admit there9;s no demerit to us, though.”

“好极了！我喜欢像你这样的人。但散布谣言能做什么呢？如果仅此而已，我承认我们并没有什么缺点。”

He seemed to think it may be a trap.

他似乎认为这可能是一个陷阱。

“Yes, spreading rumors is all we need. After that, it9;ll embellish itself on its own. And there are a number of rumors I9;d like you to leak. Please spread them in order. Ah, I9;ll put up the funds for your food and drink while in Zayin. Once you9;re done spreading them, you need only return.”

“是的，散布谣言就是我们所需要的。之后，它会自己装饰自己。我希望你透露一些谣言。请按顺序展开。啊，我会为你在扎音期间的饮食提供资金。一旦你传播完毕，你只需要返回即可。”

Neither me nor Miranda expected him to do the job properly. But rather than having him carry it out, we wanted the fact to remain that we had made the request to him.

我和米兰达都不希望他能做好这项工作。但我们不想让他执行，而是希望保留我们已向他提出请求的事实。

When we were making so many showy moves, we believed there were those watching us.

当我们做出如此多炫耀的举动时，我们相信有人在看着我们。

“… Hmm, well if that9;s all, then why not. But I9;ve a request of my own.”

“……嗯，好吧，如果仅此而已，那为什么不呢。但我有一个自己的要求。”

“What could it be?”

“会是什么呢？”

When I said that, Albano-san made a serious expression.

当我这么说的时候，阿尔巴诺桑露出了严肃的表情。

当我警惕地朝他们这边看了一眼时，米兰达看到了，也注意到了。

“Come to think of it, Albano-san?”

The Third let his voice from the Jewel.

“… And what reward do you want?”

“我会接受这个请求。当我在做这件事的时候，你能告诉我你要去那里做什么吗？”

“那些干脏活的家伙？是的，我认识他们；那又怎样呢？从我的角度来看，我只能羡慕。他们做肮脏的工作，人们称他们为该死的精英。”

阿尔巴诺先生发言了。

『Well, we9;re only doing this to show our enemies that we9;re making a move. I don9;t think there9;ll be a problem if he betrays, but…』

And…

“让我来谈谈这件事。”

“Would you be interested in that elite force?”

“嗯，也许这样就对了。油和水。”

她带来的是一封信。

阿尔巴诺先生做了个鬼脸，好像无法理解我的话。

With an earnest face, I nodded.

我叹了一口气。

“What?”

“你这是什么意思？你想加入吗？我看不出你和克雷特先生合作得很好，知道吗？”

Miranda was a little wary as she uncrossed her legs under the table so she could move at a moment9;s notice.

When I sent a wary glance their way, Miranda saw, and noticed as well.

“I9;ll take up the request. While I9;m at it, how about you tell me what you9;ll be doing over there?”

“What, I don9;t care about that knight brigade. I just want to get out of this lowly lifestyle of mine. No, make that we. We9;re a hopeless gathering of trash. But look here… we don9;t have to be at the top, but we have our longings for a respectable life. When that chance is rolling around in front of us, isn9;t grasping at it the human thing to do?”

“You9;ll find adventurers here on one side or the other. Those guys are on Zayin9;s side. They may go out to sell info on us. My party will take on those sorts for you. You guys don9;t look too skilled in that field.”

并这么说。

“Money, status, fame… I9;d like to say all of them, but let9;s just say I want something considerable. Even if it isn9;t a Zayin governmental position, something like a medal others will recognize. Former bandits… as long as I can get rid of that label.”

“……你想要什么奖励？”

“What could you mean by that? You want to join in? I can9;t see you working well alongside Creit-san, you know?”

我看了看搜索技能上的回答。阿尔巴诺先生发出蓝色信号。酒吧里还举办了一场红色派对。

“金钱、地位、名誉……我都想说，但还是说我想要一些比较大的东西吧。即使不是扎因政府的职位，像奖章之类的东西，其他人也会承认。曾经的强盗……只要我能摆脱这个标签就好。”

我花了很多时间进行这样的准备，两周后，艾蕾特小姐就来到了庄园。

What she brought with her was a letter.

I looked at the responses on the Search Skill. Albano-san was giving off a blue signal. And there was also a red party in the bar.

I spent my time carrying out such preparations, and in two weeks9; time, Alette-san came over to the manor.

“Zayin9;s knight brigade… do you happen to know of their elite force?”

We weren9;t the best at it, I concede.

“Well, maybe it9;s just right. Oil and water.”

Albano-san made a face as if he couldn9;t comprehend my words.

Albano-san put his hands up on the backrest of his chair, and turned his body diagonally towards us.

“那你到底想要什么？”

她微笑着……

And smiling, she…

“什么？”

阿尔巴诺先生将双手放在椅子靠背上，将身体斜向我们。

米兰达推断出了我的想法。她把手放在下巴上，看着阿尔巴诺桑，连连点头。

“扎因骑士团……你知道他们的精锐部队吗？”

米兰达在桌子底下松开交叉的双腿，以便随时移动，她有点小心翼翼。

我一脸认真地点点头。

And said that.

“Let me in on this matter.”

我承认，我们在这方面并不是最擅长的。

“什么，我不关心那个骑士团。我只是想摆脱这种卑微的生活方式。不，让我们。我们是一群绝望的垃圾。但看看这里……我们不必处于顶端，但我们有对受人尊敬的生活的渴望。当机会摆在我们面前时，抓住它不正是人的本分吗？”

还有……

第三个从宝石中发出声音。

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“So what exactly do you want?”

“你会在这里的一侧或另一侧找到冒险家。那些家伙是站在扎因一边的。他们可能会出去兜售我们的信息。我的队伍将为你承担这些任务。你们看起来在这方面不太熟练。”

I breathed out a sigh.

『好吧，我们这样做只是为了向敌人表明我们正在采取行动。我觉得如果他背叛的话应该不会有什么问题，但是……』

Miranda inferred what I was thinking. She put her hand to her chin, looked at Albano-san, and nodded a number of times.

“想一想吧，阿尔巴诺桑？”

“Those guys that do the dirty work? Yeah, I know them; what of it? From my point of view, I can only be envious. They do the dirty work, and people call them the god damn elites.”

Albano-san spoke.

“你对那支精锐部队感兴趣吗？”

I accepted it in the parlor, and looked at her face.

我在客厅接过它，看着她的脸。

“I9;m looking forward to our meeting with the crown princess.”

“我很期待与公主的会面。”

When I said that with a smile, Alette-san made a dubious expression.

当我微笑着这么说时，艾莉特小姐露出了疑惑的表情。

“You already brazenly investigated it beforehand… that9;s quite a nice personality you have there, Lyle-kun.”

「你已经明目张胆地调查过了……莱尔君，你的性格真是太好了。」

“I graciously accept your words of praise.”

“我欣然接受您的赞美之词。”

She likely didn9;t want it to come to this. But with those three cards in my hand when the meeting was proposed, I thought I9;d surely be able to meet the princess.

她可能不希望事情发展到这个地步。但有了这三张卡片，当提议见面时，我想我一定能见到公主。

Even if I myself wasn9;t of such high position.

即使我自己的职位没有那么高。

Alette-san looked at my face.

阿莱特小姐看着我的脸。

“… I9;ll just say this beforehand, but if you won9;t come under Lorphys9; umbrella, we can9;t back your cause. Even if we can cooperate.”

「……我就先说一下，但如果你不加入洛菲斯的保护伞，我们就无法支持你的事业。就算我们可以合作。”

Funds, goods, manpower… I knew Lorphys didn9;t have the leisure to send such things around.

资金、物资、人力……我就知道洛菲斯没闲工夫送这些东西。

『如果在这里停下来的话，那就是很大的打击了……哈。』

它的建造是为了标记与洛菲斯的边界，但这条线已被推迟，堡垒已经失去了它的作用。

It was the Seventh9;s voice.

When I saw her look around the room, I smiled, and nodded.

我微笑着，听到宝石的声音。

The yawning man spoke in contempt.

我无视了他的沮丧，对亚蕾特小姐说道。

『Results? That9;s something you take for yourself. And our preparations are already onto the next stage. There9;s no stopping it anymore.』

它曾经被使用过，但现在派往那里的骑士却无能为力。它的士兵是刚刚从周围村庄雇佣来的。

这就是我不依赖他们的原因。

打哈欠的男人轻蔑地说道。

The subordinate soldiers9; morale was endlessly low.

“嗯？那是天上的马吗……哎呀！这不是奎林吗！？”

There wasn9;t any helping the young soldier saying such a thing.

…那是扎印郊外的一座堡垒。

虽然阿莱特明确表示同意我的观点，但她并没有对此发表任何言论。

即便如此，它的驻扎人数也接近五十，而且还是为了它而维持着。之所以面积如此之大，与聚集的寥寥无几的人不成比例，是因为它缺乏战略价值。

“这是……我不确定，但我认为你应该把它交给前圣女候补者亚乌拉阁下。好像有动静。”

“I don9;t mind. All I desire is that things may go well for both of us. I do think you will profit from it as well.”

『If we stop here, it9;ll be a large blow… hah.』

I smiled, and heard a voice from the Jewel.

“Right, that fiancé prince did take up a stay, did he? Quite a troublesome thing when war is approaching.”

“We9;ll try to do something about it.”

“Hah, even when there9;s a war with Lorphys… it sure is peaceful here.”

➐

当我看到她环视房间时，我微笑着点了点头。

“This is… I9;m not certain, but I think you should deliver it to the former Holy Maiden candidate Aura-dono. It seems there9;s been a movement.”

第四个也是。

… It was a fortress on the outskirts of Zayin.

看着远方，士兵低声说道。

“Huh? Is that a horse in the sky… oy! Isn9;t that a quilin!?”

The Fourth as well.

Looking into the distance, the soldier murmured.

值班士兵在要塞城墙上叹了口气。一个同村的士兵走了过来。

“That so? Even so, that maid of yours isn9;t here today, I see.”

毫无意义的【诺尼尔要塞】里，被降职的骑士们似乎并不在意，这里从早到晚都弥漫着酒气。

“还有什么可做的？即使他们给了我们钱，在这个该死的堡垒里也没有地方可以使用。骑士们没有动力。即使我们训练，也没有任何意义。这个堡垒应该已经被拆除了。”

Seeing her mutter that in irritation, I nodded.

“我认为结果不会像你想象的那样，莱尔君。”

在那里，艾莱特小姐对我说话了。

There, Alette-san addressed me.

The soldier on duty sighed atop the fortress9;s wall. A soldier from the same village walked over.

看到她恼怒地嘟囔着，我点了点头。

In the meaningless 【Fort Noinyl】, the demoted knights didn9;t seem to care, and the place reeked of alcohol from morning to dusk.

“What9;s that? Were you gambling late into the night or something?”

“我不介意。我所希望的只是我们俩都能一切顺利。我确实认为你也会从中受益。”

It had once been put to use, but now the knights dispatched to it had little to do. Its soldiers were just hired from the surrounding villages.

部下士气低落不已。

That9;s why I didn9;t depend on them.

“是吗？话虽如此，看来你那位女仆今天并不在。」

“对了，那个未婚夫王子确实住了下来，不是吗？当战争临近时，这是一件相当麻烦的事情。”

It had been constructed to mark the border with Lorphys border, but that line had been pushed back, and the fortress had lost its role.

这是第七人的声音。

“哈，就算是和洛菲斯发生战争……这里也确实很和平啊。”

“I don9;t think the results will come out how you think they will, Lyle-kun.”

“我们会尝试对此采取一些措施。”

While she made it clear she shared my opinion, Alette-san didn9;t say anything to that effect.

『结果？那是你为自己拿走的东西。我们的准备工作已经进入下一阶段。已经无法阻止了。』

没有任何人可以帮助年轻士兵说出这样的话。

Even so, it had close to fifty stationed, and it was maintained for the sake of it. The reason its expanse was unproportional to the few people gathered was due to its lack of strategic value.

“那是什么？你是不是在深夜赌博什么的？”

I ignored his depression, and spoke to Alette-san.

“What else is there to do? Even if they give us money, there9;s nowhere to use it in this bloody fort. The knights have no motivation. Even if we train, there9;s no meaning to it. This fort should just be demolished already.”

“You screwing with me!? Where!? … It9;s really flying. Without wings.”

“你跟我搞鬼！？在哪里！？ ……真的飞起来了。没有翅膀。”

The soldiers were excited over such a rare sight. And the others stationed in the fort were the same. Without any stories to speak of, the boring fortress was soon roused by the sighting of the quilin.

看到如此罕见的景象，士兵们兴奋不已。而其他驻扎在要塞里的人也是如此。没有任何故事可言，无聊的堡垒很快就因为看到了奎林而苏醒了。

It didn9;t take much time at all for the hungover knights to stumble outside, and see the quilin spanning the sky.

没过多久，宿醉骑士们就跌跌撞撞地走出去，看到了跨越天空的奎林。

“Quilins are supposed to bring good luck, right? Then something good will happen to us as well…”

“奎林斯应该会带来好运，对吗？那么我们也会有好事发生……”

But a single one of them rose their voice.

但是其中一个人提高了声音。

“E-enemy attack! It9;s an enemy attack!!”

“敌军进攻！是敌人袭击！！”

The bell was promptly sounded, and the knights and soldiers knew what that meant, but no one took up a weapon as they looked outside the fortress walls in surprise.

钟声很快响起，骑士和士兵们都知道这意味着什么，但没有人拿起武器，惊讶地看着城墙外。

Outside, was what looked like a large iron-made box with a cylinder furnished on its side. Even without a horse, it was steadily moving.

外面是一个看起来像铁制大盒子的东西，侧面装有一个圆柱体。即使没有马，它也能平稳地前行。

“W-what the hell is that! Why did you lot let it get so close!?”

“这、那是什么！你们为什么让它离得这么近！？”

The hungover knight opened his eyes, and grasped the lapel of the soldier. But the knight himself was in trousers and a shirt… he didn9;t have a weapon on hand.

宿醉的骑士睁开了眼睛，抓住了士兵的衣领。但骑士本人穿着裤子和衬衫……他手上没有武器。

“她为何如此荒凉……”

“W-who are you!”

A single knight spoke.

“What are your intentions. Dammit! Get your weapons at the ready! That is a fake! There9;s no way she9;d…”

那么……他想起了一个传闻。

被踢的骑士在地上滚滚，然后撞到墙壁，失去了知觉。

一名士兵问道。

“… So it9;s Aura-sama!”

There, with her shoulders, stomach, and thighs exposed, and with separate cloths lazily covering her arms, chest, and waist, a young girl descended from the sky.

“这、那只奎林引起了我的注意。”

“S-strong.”

“……我们投降。”

Hearing that, the knight was sure about it.

当另一位骑士这么说时，入侵者就跑上台阶，包围了墙顶上的人。

The knight immediately looked towards it, to see close to a hundred men stream into the fortress walls. With those fully-armed soldiers streaming in, the knight quickly remembered he was unarmed, and retreated further in

要塞的士兵从来没有见过真正的圣女。他们只见过前任圣女塞尔玛几次。

The knight put his hand to his waist, but he had left his sword behind. To the giggling girl, the knight snatched a spear off a nearby soldier, and let out a thrust.

“那不可能……”

There, one of the soldiers shouted out.

“Why is she in such a desolate…”

In that case… he recalled a rumor.

“The Holy Maiden?”

“What should we do!? Is it alright if we shoot some arrows!?”

他投降了。如果真是自称为正统圣女亚乌菈的力量，他估计不会有什么可怕的事情发生。

After the knight had said that much, a violent explosive sound rocked the fort. A number of soldiers collapsed on the spot, and smoke was coming out of the area around the gate.

“你到底有何意图。该死！准备好你的武器吧！那是假的！她不可能……”

“That can9;t be…”

从扎因逃脱后，她在贝姆发起了行动，并正在集结士兵，至少有传言是这样的。但骑士们没想到她会来到如此偏僻的地方。

骑士说完这句话后，剧烈的爆炸声震动了要塞。多名士兵当场倒地，大门周围冒出浓烟。

“Hurry and tie them up. Aura-sama is coming. And send out troops to secure edible supplies from the area. Gather up soldiers as well. It9;s our victory if we can finish preparing before the enemy comes.”

“赶紧把他们绑起来。亚乌拉大人来了。并派出部队确保该地区的粮食供应。也召集士兵。如果我们能在敌人到来之前做好准备，那就是我们的胜利。”

Having escaped from Zayin, she hand rose to action in Beim, and was gathering soldiers, or so the rumors went. But the knights hadn9;t anticipated she wold come to such a remote regions.

少女开口了。

As the girl dodged it, she continued into a spinning kick, and kicked the man off of his feet.

Before any orders could be issued to the soldiers, the iron box carrying the Holy Maiden had come all the way to the gate. And the large cylinder turned towards the center of the gate.

“… We surrender.”

When another knight said that, the intruders ran up the steps, surrounding the ones atop the wall.

On top of the metallic box was a girl in a white dress. A cloth rendered her face invisible. Her wavy brown hair was clear enough, though.

骑士们认为这是错误的。虽然她的着装很不一样，但是却有一种独特的气质。

“嘿，看！”

“Oy, look!”

骑士把手放在腰上，但他留下了剑。骑士从旁边的士兵手中夺过长枪，对着咯咯笑的少女猛刺了出去。

金属盒子的顶部是一个穿着白色连衣裙的女孩。一块布遮住了她的脸。不过，她棕色的卷发还是很清晰的。

确定他们在数量和装备上都击败了骑士。

女孩一边躲开，一边继续旋转踢，将男人踢倒在地。

在那里，一名士兵大声喊道。

骑士立刻看去，看到近百人涌入城墙。随着那些全副武装的士兵蜂拥而至，骑士很快想起自己手无寸铁，于是进一步退到了

He surrendered. If it was really the force of the one calling herself the rightful Holy Maiden, Aura, he calculated that nothing terrible would happen to them.

“T-the quilin caught my attention.”

还没等士兵们下达命令，载着圣女的铁箱就已经一路来到了城门口。而那巨大的圆柱体则转向了大门的中央。

“圣女？”

那里，肩膀、腹部和大腿暴露在外，并用单独的布懒洋洋地盖住了手臂、胸部和臀部。腰间，一名少女从天而降。

一名骑士说话了。

The young girl spoke.

The knights determined that was wrong. Her outfit was different, but she had a certain air to her.

“我们该怎么办！？我们射几支箭可以吗！？”

The fortress9; soldiers had never seen the real Holy Maiden before. They had only ever seen the previous Holy Maiden Thelma a handful of times.

「……原来是亚乌菈大人啊！」

Determining they were beaten in numbers and equipment, the knight.

“你、你是谁！”

The kicked knight rolled along the ground, before colliding with the wall, and losing consciousness.

A soldier asked.

“超强。”

骑士闻言，心中十分确定。

0;Dammit, for us to lose without fighting…1;

（该死，我们不战而败……）

So the knight was bound, but he noticed the one binding him wasn9;t the most skillful. His men relieved of their weapons, the soldiers were being bound one after the next. The knights began to move. As he was being transported down the stairs, a voice called out to the enemy soldier who9;d bound him.

所以骑士被束缚了，但他发现束缚他的人并不是最熟练的。他的手下卸下了武器，士兵们一个接一个地被捆绑起来。骑士们开始行动。当他被运下楼梯时，一个声音向绑住他的敌方士兵喊道。

“Oy, help out over here.”

“哦，过来帮忙。”

“No, I have to move this one to the dungeon…”

“不，我必须把这个移到地牢……”

To the troubled enemy soldier, the knight.

给陷入困境的敌方士兵，骑士。

“I9;ve surrendered. I shant run. And you9;ve bound me so I can9;t run to begin with.”

“我投降了。我不会跑。而且你把我束缚住了，让我根本就跑不了。”

There, the enemy soldier pretended to hesitate, before going back up the stairs.

在那里，敌方士兵假装犹豫了一下，然后又走上楼梯。

The knight grinned, as he descended with his bindings still on, and proceeded to undo the ropes.

骑士咧嘴一笑，身上的束缚仍然戴着，并开始解开绳索。

“Amateurs. It looks like she scraped together some adventurers, but she could only get a hundred at that. They9;re not even sufficient in supplies.”

“业余爱好者。看来她凑了一些冒险者，不过也只能凑到一百个而已。他们甚至连物资都不够。”

He hid so as not to be found, as he proceeded through the fortress, heading for where he9;d tethered his horse.

跨上马鞍后，他让它跑向被毁坏的城门残骸。

骑士以扎因首都为目标，驰骋在…

当他穿过堡垒，前往拴马的地方时，他躲了起来，以免被发现。

And after straddling the saddle, he set it running towards the destroyed remains of the gate.

（如果我带回这个信息，我就会得救。假设我们与敌人对峙，打了一场漂亮的仗，但被攻破了。而且我尽了最大努力传达了这个信息……）

敌人向他喊叫，但骑士没有理睬。

0;If I bring this info back with me, I9;ll be saved. Let9;s say we confronted the enemy, put up a good fight, but were breached. And that I did my best to convey the message…1;

The enemy cried out something towards him, but the knight ignored it.

Aiming for Zayin9;s capital, the knight galloped on…