16 - Selva9;s Assassin 塞爾瓦的刺客

… Inside Lorphys9; royal castle.

...洛菲斯的皇家城堡內。

Its walls contained the room of Selva9;s second prince, 【Dario Selva】.

牆壁上是塞爾瓦二王子【達里奧·塞爾瓦】的房間。

In his vast room, his chewed on the nail of his thumb, as he walked in circles.

在他寬敞的房間裏，他一邊繞着圈子一邊嚼着拇指指甲。

A knight he had brought along as a guard from Selva cautioned him.

他從塞爾瓦帶來的一位作爲守衛的騎士警告了他。

“Your highness, I9;m not sure what to say about that behavior. We9;ve sent documents on the current affairs to the country, so all that is left for us is to await orders.”

“殿下，我不知道該如何評價這種行爲。我們已經向國內發送了時事文件，剩下的就是等待命令了。”

Dario yelled at the knight.

達里奧對騎士大喊。

“Cut the crap! As if you can understand how I feel! How oh miserable me was sent and sent back from both Galleria and Rusworth! I9;m my brother9;s spare, I am. And yet finally comes the chance for me to hold a territory of my own! Yet that brat… that damn braaaatt!!”

“別廢話了！好像你能理解我的感受！多麼悲慘啊，我從加勒里亞和拉斯沃思被送來又送回來！我是我兄弟的備用人，我是。然而我終於有機會擁有自己的領地了！可是那個臭小子……那個該死的臭小子！！”

After taking a flower vase in hand, and slamming it against the wall, Dario took some deep breathes, and sat down.

達里奧手裏拿着一個花瓶，把它猛地撞到牆上後，深吸了一口氣，然後坐下來。

Second son. Living in a corner of his house as his brother9;s spare. Yet his brother up and matured without problems, so he was sent off to some foreign land to go get some children.

第二個兒子。住在他家的一個角落裏，作爲他哥哥的備用。然而他的弟弟已經長大成人，沒有任何問題，所以他被派到異國他鄉去生孩子。

The countries of the war maiden, Galleria and Rusworth9;s princesses weren9;t interested, and he was sent to the small nation of Lorphys.

戰女國、加勒利亞國和魯斯沃斯的公主們都沒有興趣，他被送到了洛菲斯小國。

The knight who was sure Lyle9;s group hadn9;t left showed off his leisure. Because there hadn9;t been a single report of them leaving the city…

他已經向國家報到了，但他無論如何都要靠自己取得勝利，這可能是因爲他的恐慌。

米蘭達點了好幾次頭，然後環顧四周。六人立即拉開了距離，米蘭達將目光落在了一個小喫攤上。

洛菲斯的城堡小鎮。

The atmosphere indicated the coming war, and the people walking around looked somewhat anxious. All I could hear was rumors of the war.

疲憊不堪的洛菲斯別無選擇，只能依靠塞爾瓦。和扎因已經在桌子底下達成了協議，塞爾瓦將充當中間人來結束戰爭……就是這樣。

“Are you alright? You look pale.”

An exhausted Lorphys would have no choice but to rely on Selva. A deal with Zayin had already been exchanged under the table, and Selva would act as an intermediary to end the war… that was the scenario.

“They9;re coming. Six in number. Two groups of three, to be more precise. They9;re watching us for now.”

Walking together with Miranda, I confirmed the presences approaching us.

The knight let out a sigh before speaking to Dario.

與扎因聯手，達成的協議是讓他們進行他們非常想要的掠奪，然後讓塞爾瓦統治洛菲斯的土地。

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“That? Sure, why not. We were never able to sightsee. So which one do you want?”

“你能明白這麼多嗎？”

達里奧將怒氣發泄在守護他的騎士身上，但他的腦子裏卻滿是如何打破僵局。

“Lyle, I want to eat that.”

“… Once I became king, I planned to become a vassal nation at once! If Selva joined with Zayin, they9;d have enough power to oppose Galleria and Rusworth…”

Linking hands with Zayin, the deal was to let them do the plunder they wanted oh so badly, and have Selva rule over Loyphys9; land afterwards.

“那個臭小子！因爲他，他們會再次背棄我！”

騎士嘆了口氣，然後對達里奧說話。

After buying some food from the stall, perhaps they had dropped their guard, as they had closed the distance again.

Lorphys9; castle town.

“You can understand that much?”

聞言，我搖了搖頭。

Hearing that, I shook my head.

“I9;ve recently become able to. But I9;m not used to using it.”

“Women, and an old man… They9;ll be taken care of at once.”

確信萊爾一行人還沒有離開的騎士露出了悠閒的神情。因爲沒有任何關於他們離開這座城市的報道……

與米蘭達一起行走，我確認了正在接近我們的存在。

I continued walking beside her.

“他們正在以一種隱藏行蹤的方式移動，但他們不可能逃脫。他們永遠無法到達諾尼爾堡。”

就這些話而言，達里奧。

He had reported to the country, but the fact he wanted to achieve victory on his own no matter what may have been a result of his panic.

“女人，還有老人……他們馬上就會得到照顧。”

從攤位買了一些食物後，也許他們放鬆了警惕，因爲他們又拉近了距離。

他們公然表現出敵意，儘管天色還很亮，他們卻與我們保持着固定的距離。

由於該國與兩國接壤，兩國之間不斷髮生激烈的戰爭，塞爾瓦需要增強其國家實力。

Miranda also sense the hostility. She took a bite, and asked me.

“They9;re moving in a way that conceals their whereabouts, but it9;s impossible for them to get away. They will never reach fort Noinyl.”

“他們來了。數量爲六人。更準確地說，分爲兩組，每組三人。他們現在正在注視着我們。”

當我抬起頭時，米蘭達用雙臂摟住了我的頭。

米蘭達也感受到了敵意。她咬了一口，問我。

They were blatantly showing hostility, and even though it was still so bright out, they were keeping a fixed distance from us.

我繼續在她身邊行走。

When I held my head, Miranda entwined her arms around my own.

Miranda nodded a number of times, before sending a glance around. The six immediately took some distance, and Miranda rested her eyes on a food stall.

“萊爾，我想喫那個。”

“那就趕緊把他的頭給我拿來！因爲一個男孩，整個塞爾瓦都面臨危機！怎麼一副無憂無慮的樣子！？”

As the country held a border with the two constantly at intense war with one another, Selva had a need to augment its national power.

“我最近能夠做到了。但我不習慣使用它。”

“That brat! Because of him, they9;re going to turn their backs to me again!”

I tried using 【Real Spec】 to get some information on them, but there was too much info coming in to filter down.

On those words, Dario.

“你還好嗎？你臉色蒼白。”

“Think they9;ll attack us here?”

Dario took out his rage on the knight that was there to guard him, but his head was full with how he was going to break the deadlock.

“Then bring me his head at once! Because of a single boy, the entirety of Selva is facing a crisis! Why do you look so care-free!?”

我嘗試使用【Real Spec】獲取一些有關它們的信息，但信息太多，無法過濾掉。

“……一旦成爲國王，我就打算立刻成爲諸侯國！如果塞爾瓦和扎因聯手，他們就有足夠的力量對抗加勒里亞和魯斯沃斯……”

“那個？當然，爲什麼不呢。我們始終無法觀光。那麼你想要哪一個呢？”

“你認爲他們會在這裏攻擊我們嗎？”

氣氛預示着戰爭即將來臨，走來走去的人們都顯得有些焦急。我所能聽到的只是戰爭的謠言。

I9;m sure they were following us to find out Aura-san, and the others9; whereabouts. They likely thought we were continuing our stay, and that they had yet to leave.

我確信他們跟蹤我們是爲了尋找亞烏拉桑和其他人的下落。他們可能認爲我們要繼續逗留，而他們還沒有離開。

“It9;ll probably happen if we return to the inn. I did think this would happen, but… it seems this one9;s from Selva alone.”

“如果我們回到旅館，可能就會發生這種情況。我確實認爲會發生這種情況，但是……看來這只是塞爾瓦一個人的事情。”

The only ones chasing us were from Selva. Lorphys wasn9;t showing any moves on the surface.

唯一追趕我們的是塞爾瓦人。洛菲斯表面上並沒有表現出任何動作。

From the Jewel, the Third spoke.

第三者從寶石中說話了。

『It9;s possible he doesn9;t have too many sympathizers in Lorphys. Well, there9;s only one pureblood princess, and if they9;re choosing her a partner, they9;ll give in at a Selvian prince, I guess. 』

『他在洛菲斯可能沒有太多同情者。好吧，只有一位純血統公主，如果他們選擇她作爲伴侶，我猜他們會向塞爾維安王子讓步。 』

If you want to look at the surrounding situation, Zayin didn9;t have royalty. A little further away were the countries of Galleria and Rusworth, but it seems they were governed by women. The reports didn9;t say anything about them having children.

如果你看看周圍的情況，扎因並沒有皇族。稍遠一點的地方是加勒里亞國和魯斯沃斯國，但似乎是由女性統治的。報道沒有提到他們有孩子。

The Fourth spoke.

第四位發言。

『But they do seem a short-tempered bunch. Even so, if they had worked with Lorphys to attack us now, things would have gone quite favorably for us after recapturing Zayin.』

『但是他們看起來確實是一羣脾氣暴躁的人。即便如此，如果他們現在和洛菲斯聯手攻擊我們的話，奪回扎因之後，事情對我們來說還是相當有利的。』

If they were going to attack, they might as well send Lorphys as well, it seems.

如果他們要進攻的話，看來還不如派出洛菲斯來呢。 。

The Fifth as well.

第五個也是如此。

（這不是他們的主場，所以他們有點迷路。）

On the map in my head, the form of them hurrying forward to trap us was actually relatively interesting.

“爬上屋頂的那三個人還沒到這裏吧？我建議你在攻擊之前再等一會兒。”

“我們到了。”

I felt a swelling in the leader-ish man9;s Mana. His body suddenly expanded, and his coat was ripper apart.

在那裏，她說話的語氣有點不感興趣。

When I looked at the entrance, I saw the three knights that had gone out of their way to chase us.

There, she spoke a little disinterestedly.

They looked a little tired, but I could tell they were doing their part not to show it. They had spent several hours of their day keeping watch over us, and at the end, they were lured in. There9;s no helping their fatigue.

I raised my hand, and used magic.

I gave a bitter smile.

“想再步行穿過小鎮嗎？”

當我和米蘭達加快步伐時，我們故意走進了死衚衕。

“So you9;re a Skillholder. If it9;s Support-type, then I fear you not in battle. We9;re two men and one woman. And our comrades will soon be here.”

“……你們是萊爾和米蘭達，對嗎？我會讓你帶我們去找扎因聖女的。”

After we purposefully entered a narrow alleyway, the six sent a team of three ahead to get the drop on us.

The leader-ish man didn9;t show any signs of distress. It was a bit sad.

『Because we9;ll be able to smoke out those aiding Selva here. Well, if they won9;t show their tails, then so be it.』

“Want to walk through the town some more?”

“被這麼危險的人監視？如果是約會，我真的不介意。”

我苦笑了一下。

With his muscles bulging this much, it was as if he had become a mass of muscle in itself.

“Here we are.”

“… You are Lyle and Miranda, correct? I9;ll have you lead us to Zayin9;s Holy Maiden.”

他們的服裝給人一種冒險家的感覺。

Their outfits gave off an adventurer-esque feeling.

I spoke.

在我腦海中的地圖上，他們衝上來困住我們的樣子其實還算比較有趣。

When me and Miranda raised our pace, we purposely ended up at a dead end.

我舉起手，使用了魔法。

Drawing their swords they started walking closer.

“有這麼多陪伴者的約會？現在我不得不思考這個問題。”

然後我們繼續穿過洛菲斯。到了中午，我們喫完午飯，又開始散步。當我們休息時，太陽開始落山，街上的人越來越少。

當我們故意進入一條狹窄的小巷後，六人派了一個三人小隊在前面接我們。

0;This isn9;t their home turf, so they9;re a little lost.1;

他的肌肉鼓得如此之大，就好像他本身就變成了一團肌肉。

“發射子彈。”

咬了一口攤位上的糖果後，我對米蘭達說道。

Miranda opened her mouth.

“A date with so many chaperons? Now I have to wonder about that.”

他們看起來有點累，但我看得出來他們正在盡力不表現出來。他們一天花了好幾個小時監視我們，最後他們被引誘進來了。他們的疲勞是無法緩解的。

我們周圍的區域有點寬敞，但有點像垃圾場。

米蘭達張開了嘴。

“Fire bullet.”

拔出劍，他們開始走近。

The area around us was a bit spacious, but it was something of a garbage dump.

“The three that climbed onto the roofs haven9;t gotten here yet, you know? I do recommend waiting just a little longer before you attack.”

這位領袖般的男人沒有表現出任何痛苦的跡象。心裏有點難過。

就在那時，追擊者開始行動。

After taking a bite of the sweet from the stall, I spoke to Miranda.

我發言了。

“While being watched by such dangerous folks? If it9;s a date, I don9;t really mind.”

The ball of fire shot into the sky, before being sucked into the sky tinged with orange and purple.

And we continued walking through Lorphys. When noon came around, we ate our lunch, and started walking again. As we rested, and the sun started to fall, fewer people walked the streets.

當我看向入口時，我看到三個騎士不遺餘力地追趕我們。

“Uwah, so there are these sorts of Skills as well.”

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And it was then that the pursuers made their move.

火球射向天空，然後被吸入橙色和紫色的天空中。

『因爲我們可以用煙燻掉這裏幫助塞爾瓦的人。好吧，如果他們不露出尾巴，那就這樣吧。』

“所以您是一名技能持有者。如果是支援型的話，我怕你不在戰鬥。我們是兩男一女。我們的戰友很快就會到這裏。”

“哇哦，原來還有這種技能啊。”

我感覺到這位領袖般的男人的法力在膨脹。他的身體驟然膨脹，身上的外套也被撕裂開來。

He was grinning, and his tone was gruffer than before.

他咧着嘴笑，語氣比之前更加粗暴。

“A support Skill will never be able to beat a Vanguard Skillholder such as myself. Kill the man. Extract the Holy Maiden9;s location from the woman, then do whatever you want.”

“輔助技能永遠無法擊敗像我這樣的先鋒技能持有者。殺了那個人。從女人身上找出聖女的位置，然後就可以爲所欲爲了。”

His eyes were bloodshot, and he was highly excited.

他的眼睛充滿了血絲，他非常興奮。

The two subordinate-like ones took some distance from the leader-ish man. But perhaps he didn9;t like that, as he ended up smacking one of them.

兩個下屬般的人，與領袖般的男人拉開了一段距離。但也許他不喜歡這樣，因爲他最終打了其中一個。

They collided with the wall, fell onto the floor, and stopped moving. They stopped drawing breath.

他們撞到了牆壁，跌倒在地板上，然後停止了移動。他們停止了呼吸。

The Seventh spoke.

第七人說話了。

『An increase in power, and a loss of self-control? Hmm, that would be the 【Berserk】 Skill, perhaps? But who the hell chooses someone like that to pursue people?』

『力量增強，自制力喪失？嗯，這就是【狂暴】技能吧？可到底是誰會選擇這樣的人來追求人呢？』

Fed-up as he was, he gave commentary in quite a calm voice.

雖然已經厭倦了，但還是用相當平靜的聲音評論道。

The leader-ish man.

有領袖氣質的男人。

“Answer!”

“回答！”

看到我把目光移開，他試圖拔出他的刀片。我往旁邊退了半步才避開。

After sending another glance at the man rolling across the floor, I ushered Miranda onto May9;s back. I hopped on after her, and May kicked off into the sky.

當我們迅速遠離要塞時，梅解釋了情況。

我們在這裏戰鬥這一事實是重要的部分。當然，我們的對手都沒有任何東西可以讓人們確定他們是塞爾瓦的刺客。但有了這個，我就知道那個國家是怎麼看我們的了。

I looked at Miranda.

“What shall we do now?”

His body was big enough to make the sword in his hand look puny, but I went up regardless.

Hearing that, I.

我沒有使用技能。

As he raised his right sword hand, I tripped him up. I took my eyes off of him as he fell, to see the remaining enemy was already bound up by Miranda9;s threads.

“Will the strings come undone?”

我拔出備用刀，插進他的腦袋，仰望天空。幾道閃光過後，梅以奎林的形態降臨。

I didn9;t use a Skill.

於是我收起軍刀，撿起掉落的那把，然後看着米蘭達。

“上面三個……我最終擊敗了他們，但這很糟糕嗎？”

“誰能說呢。你說的這位殿下到底是誰？”

“You sure are hard.”

Whether he passed it on, or not, I didn9;t really care.

“Y-yes sir!”

他的身材很大，手裏的劍顯得微不足道，但我還是走了上去。

我躲開他的斬擊，砍向對手的手臂。我揮舞着想要砍掉它的東西，結果只留下了一個淺淺的傷口，並流了一點血。

“你真是太難了。”

Skill… 【Limit Burst】… The First9;s second stage Skill.

So I sheathed the sabre, collected up the one I9;d dropped, and looked at Miranda.

The man on the ground was making a pale expression as he looked at us. But he kept his mouth closed, and glared.

“那我得給這傢伙留言了。 “殿下，您對待我們的方式讓我熱淚盈眶。”您能轉達一下嗎？

“Then I9;ll have to leave a message with this guy. ‘Your Highness, your treatment of us brings a tear to my eye.9; Could you pass that on?”

“混蛋！”

“Who can say. Just who9;s this highness you9;re talking about?”

Pulling out my reserve sabre, I stuck it into his head, and looked at the sky. After a few flashes of light, down came May in quilin form.

He was looking at the ground mortifyingly.

當他舉起右手劍時，我絆倒了他。當他倒下時，我把目光從他身上移開，看到剩下的敵人已經被米蘭達的線綁住了。

“你離我這麼近到底想做什麼啊傻瓜！”

他試圖用左手抓住我，所以我扔掉了我的軍刀，抓住了他的手臂。當它發出明顯的刺耳聲音後，領袖般的男人好戰的笑容開始扭曲。

“B-bastard!”

And seeing I was looking away, he tried to thrust out his blade. I took a half-step to the side to avoid it.

再看了一眼在地板上滾來滾去的男人後，我把米蘭達帶到了梅的背上。我跟着她跳了上去，梅就飛向了天空。

地上的那個人臉色蒼白地看着我們。但他卻閉着嘴，怒目而視。

在他的下屬大聲回答後，他轉身向我走來。當米蘭達站到我面前時，我阻止了她，並拔出了我的軍刀。

Lorphys9; sky was growing dark, and I doubt there were many to confirm May9;s form. Even if there were, it would hold little meaning.

“What do you plan to do by getting so close to me, fool!”

他羞愧地看着地面。

In his last bit of resistance, the man tried to play dumb.

洛菲斯的天空漸漸暗了下來，我懷疑是否有很多人能夠證實梅的形態。即使有，也沒什麼意義。

“我們現在該怎麼辦？”

在最後的抵抗中，該男子試圖裝傻。

“The three up top… I kinda ended up defeating them, but was that bad?”

The fact that we fought here was the important part. Of course, none of our opponents, had anything to let one determine they were assassins of Selva. But with this, I knew how that country saw us.

我看着米蘭達。

As we rapidly gained distance from the fortress, May explained the situation.

After his subordinate barked an answer, he turned, and came at me. I stopped Miranda as she moved to stand in front of me, and drew my sabre.

無論他是否傳承，我都不在乎。

I dodged the slash he lowered, and cut at my opponent9;s arm. What I had swung with an intent to lop it off only made a shallow cut with a bit of blood.

After May landed on the ground.

He tried to grab me with his left hand, so I discarded my sabre, and grabbed that arm. After it let out a conspicuous grating sound, the leader-ish man9;s belligerent smile started to warp.

一聽，我。

“……沒有人說我只有一項技能。”

“… No one said I only had one Skill.”

技能…【極限爆發】…第一人的第二階段技能。

五月登陸地面後。

“是、是的，先生！”

“琴絃會鬆開嗎？”

“一段時間後它們就會消失。儘管他可能會這樣幾個小時。”

“They9;ll disappear after a while. Though he may be like that a couple of hours.”

“People from the area are gathering at the fort. Around two hundred at the moment? And Zayin has still yet to move.”

“該地區的人們正在堡壘聚集。現在大概兩百吧？而扎因還沒有動。”

Hearing that, the Fourth sounded like he9;d thought up a question.

聞言，老四像是想到了一個問題。

『Still? By our plan, it was dubious whether you9;d make it in time for the battle. What9;s taking them so long?』

“仍然？按照我們的計劃，你是否能及時趕到戰鬥還是值得懷疑的。是什麼讓他們花了這麼長時間？』

To that opinion, the Third.

對此觀點，第三者。

『… You properly let some get away, right? Come to think of it, it was a single knight that ran, right?』

『……你確實讓一些人逃走了，對吧？仔細想想，逃跑的只是一個騎士吧？』

The Fifth.

第五。

『Maybe he was attacked by monsters along the way. But in that case, you9;ve some leisure. I don9;t want to waste too much time, though.』

『也許他一路上被怪物襲擊了。但在這種情況下，你就有閒暇了。不過，我不想浪費太多時間。』

There was much to worry about. It was going well, but food and equipment. Maintaining all that with our party alone was the limit.

有很多事情需要擔心。進展順利，但食物和設備。僅靠我們黨來維持這一切已經是極限了。

The Seventh spoke.

第七人說話了。

『Perhaps they9;re preparing to send in more forces that anticipated. Around a hundred attackers… with strategic value in mind, I thought they would move around a thousand troops at most.』

『也許他們正準備派遣比預期更多的部隊。大約一百名攻擊者……考慮到戰略價值，我認爲他們最多隻能調動一千人左右。』

➐

我對她。

阿爾芒把膝蓋放在地上，疲憊的騎士也做了同樣的事。

他穿着隆重的鎧甲，正要奔赴前線，通知就傳來了。

“There was a rumor that Aura evaded my assassination, and gathered soldiers in Beim to stand against us, was there not?”

『萊爾，回去的路上看看敵人的動向。你可能會催促 May，但要確認地形。』

A vexed Armand found it quite strange that the knight before his eyes wasn9;t wearing any armor.

『Lyle, look at enemy movements on the way back. You may be pushing May, but confirm the terrain while you9;re at it.』

“I lost it in a battle with a monster! Even so, I desperately came all the way…”

“You… you should have just sought aid from some other fortress out there!”

“May, can you fly a bit more? I want to confirm the enemy movements on the way back.”

第五部給我下了一些命令。

……在神殿內……而不是扎因都城的城堡裏，騎士隊長收到了報告。

【Remis Zayin】… As the current Holy Maiden, she was aware of the rumors going through the country.

因爲隊長辦公室裏不斷傳來憤怒的尖叫聲，外面也聽到了這個消息。一個年輕的女孩帶着一位奉獻過的處女走進了房間。

“萊爾，你在想什麼？”

“N-no, this is but an unreliable piece of information.”

The Third anticipated something.

The Fifth issued me some orders.

我和 May 談過。

“小月，你能再飛一會兒嗎？我想在回去的路上確認一下敵人的動向。”

“W-without any evidence, it can only be a rumor.”

He wore ceremonious armor, and was just about to head to the front lines when the notice had come in.

Because of the continuous angry screams from the captain9;s office, the news was heard outside. Taking a consecrated virgin along, a single young girl entered the room.

“沒有任何設備？你不會說你逃跑了吧！？」

“Without any equipment? You9;re not going to say you ran away, are you!?”

“Armand, what is the meaning of this? Did you not dispose of Aura and Thelma who fled?”

“No, rather than thinking…”

… Within the temple… rather a castle of Zayin9;s capital, the knight captain received the report.

“你……你應該去其他要塞尋求幫助纔對！”

Her long silver hair was done in ringlets. She wore the uniform of a Holy Maiden over her body, and her emerald eyes took in the knight captain.

那裏，五月。

“更多？我倒不介意。”

I to her.

“不，與其想……”

“什、沒有任何證據，只能是謠言。”

將報告書扔回被毆打的騎士的是一位名叫【阿曼德·貝納德】的男人。這位四十多歲的騎士團長是戰爭的支持者之一。

『就算安全回來，也不知道騎士所報告的數字是準確的。可能他們正在那裏調動相當多的兵力。』

Remis spoke in a fed-up tone.

There, May.

“我在與怪物的戰鬥中失去了它！儘管如此，我還是拼命地趕來了……”

“我完全不知道敵人的下手在哪裏！他們突然以五百人的兵力襲擊了要塞，想要留在這片區域而不被發現，那是一件不可能的事情！爲了把這份報告帶回來，我瘋狂的策馬狂奔！”

雷米斯用厭倦的語氣說道。

The one who threw the report papers back at the battered knight was a man named 【Armand Benard】. The knight captain in his mid-forties was one of the proponents of the war.

她銀色的長髮捲成小卷。她身上穿着聖女制服，翠綠色的雙眸注視着騎士團長。

“I hadn9;t the slightest idea where the enemy had laid their hands! They suddenly attacked the fortress with five hundred men, and staying in the area without being discovered was an impossible feat! In order to bring this report back, I frantically raced on my horse!”

Armand put a knee on the ground, and the worn-out knight did the same.

“不、不，這只是一條不可靠的信息。”

她看起來很累。米蘭達從後面抱住我的肚子，提高了聲音。

『Even if he returned safely, there9;s no telling that the knight reported the numbers accurately. It may be the case that they9;re moving quite the forces there.』

“阿曼德，這是什麼意思？逃走的亞烏拉和塞爾瑪沒有被你處理掉嗎？」

I spoke to May.

The knight shook as he explained the situation.

“More? Not that I mind.”

阿爾芒有些惱怒，眼前的騎士竟然沒有穿戴任何鎧甲，這讓他覺得很奇怪。

“Oh she definitely did it alright. From what I heard, the rumors said a hundred. But five hundred soldiers, you say? Does that not mean she9;s found someone to back her? We cannot leave her be like this, right?”

“Lyle, what are you thinking?”

She seemed quite tired. Miranda put her arms around my stomach from behind, and raised her voice.

騎士在解釋情況時渾身顫抖。

第三個預料到了一些事情。

【雷米斯·扎因】……身爲現任聖女，她對於全國的流言蜚語是知道的。

“哦，她確實做得很好。據我所知，謠言說有一百個。但是你說有五百名士兵？這不是說明她已經找到了支持她的人嗎？我們總不能讓她就這樣吧？”

“有傳言說奧拉躲避了我的暗殺，並在貝姆集結士兵來對抗我們，不是嗎？”

Captain Armand wanted to go off to the front line, and take charge of his troops at once. He had waited oh so long for this day to come.

阿爾芒上尉想要前往前線，立即指揮他的部隊。他等這一天已經等了太久了。

0;Little girl. A decoration should just act like a decoration. But I truly cannot leave them as they are… if we9;re mobilizing troops, it will be a thousand to two thousand. But if that fails…1;

（小姑娘，裝飾就應該是裝飾而已。但我實在不能就這樣放着不管……如果調動兵力的話，也就一千到兩千吧。但如果不行的話……）

Close to twenty thousand troops were moving.

近兩萬軍隊正在行動。

There were mercenary brigades as well, so a precise count was still uncertain. However, not all of them were soldiers capable of battle. There were support squadrons for the rear. The current state of affairs held around fifteen to fourteen thousand capable of battle.

還有僱傭兵旅，所以準確的數字還不確定。然而，並非所有人都是能夠戰鬥的士兵。後方有支援中隊。目前的情況是，約有一萬到一萬四千人有戰鬥能力。

0;At the very least, it9;ll be harder to push back Lorphys. And who should I send? The mercenaries lowered their down payments with the prospects of plunder, so I can9;t think they9;d move for internal affairs.1;

（至少，擊退洛菲斯會更困難。那我該派誰去呢？僱傭兵以掠奪爲目的降低了首付，所以我認爲他們不會爲了內政而行動。）

Even Armand hesitated to give them free reign to plunder.

甚至阿爾芒也猶豫是否要讓他們自由地掠奪。

But in that case, how many soldiers could they send?

但是這樣的話，他們能派出多少士兵呢？

0;Should I leave them be? But I can9;t think they9;ll make too grand a move…1;

（我應該留着他們嗎？但我不認爲他們會做出太大的舉動……）

As Armand frantically thought it out, Remis spoke.

就在阿爾芒瘋狂思考的時候，雷米斯開口了。

“Yes, that9;s enough. I will give an order. Send three thousand troops.”

“是的，夠了。我會下命令。遣兵三千。”

“明白了。我將率領三千精銳，立即前往諾尼爾要塞。”

“Oh Holy Maiden, aren9;t you the one who said it was important? I will personally take command, and raise a festival of blood upon that rebellious lot.”

Putting off punishing the knight to a later date, Armand stood.

“當然不是。首先，你的工作就是擔任我的護衛。”

0;I9;m doubtful as to whether there9;s really five hundred. There9;s the possibility he reported less as more. But even if they9;re lesser in number, three thousand will be able to take them down.1;

但是雷米斯很惱火。

雷米斯對阿爾芒行爲的突然變化感到驚訝。

“Understood. I will take three thousand elite soldiers and head for Fort Noinyl at once.”

“Even whilst there are rumors that I fear Aura9;s little rise? What9;s more, when the common knowledge is that they have a hundred, you want it to appear to the people that we fear such a number?”

There, Remis.

“雖然有傳言說我害怕奧拉的小幅崛起？更重要的是，當衆所周知他們有一百個的時候，你想讓人們覺得我們害怕這樣的數字嗎？”

（這是什麼意思。爲什麼會有這樣的謠言……自從那個人帶回情報以來，謠言就傳得太快了。難道真的有內奸嗎？不，我們把塞爾瑪的所有盟友都放逐到了遙遠的地方）一定會落地。我明白了，所以他們是故意泄露的！）

After Armand pressed forth his own way, he called out to the knight.

這一角色已被簡化爲公開立場。

將懲罰騎士的事情推遲到以後，阿爾芒站了起來。

Three thousand. With that number, Normand thought it possible to beat down the five hundred men the knight told tales of.

Walking off, Armand looked at her with annoyed eyes…

0;What9;s the meaning of this. Why did such rumors… the rumors are spreading too fast since that one brought the information back. Could it be there really is a mole? No, we banished all Thelma9;s allies to the remote lands without fail. I see, so they9;re purposely leaking it!1;

事實上扎因現在的狀態一點也不奇怪。

如果雷米斯被殺，那麼刺殺奧拉就無法獲得人民的支持。阿爾芒知道這一點，並認爲雷米斯死了也沒關係。

阿爾芒繼續前行後，向騎士喊道。

三千。有了這個數字，諾曼德認爲有可能擊敗騎士所講述的五百人。

事實上，阿爾芒家族世世代代都是騎士家族，除了不自稱爲貴族之外，他們與其他國家並沒有什麼不同。

If Remis was to be killed, then the assassinating Aura wouldn9;t be able to gain the support of the people. Armand knew that, and thought that it didn9;t really mattered if Remis dropped dead.

阿爾芒驚慌失措。

在那裏，雷米斯。

The Divine Knights. Their original duty was to be the Holy Maiden9;s guard. Her shield. But while calling itself a theocracy, it was a country that had repeated pillage and plunder and war with its surroundings.

“聖女啊，這不是你說的嗎？我將親自指揮，爲那羣叛逆者舉辦一場血祭。”

Remis was surprised at the sudden change in Armand9;s behavior.

神聖騎士團。他們原本的職責是擔任聖女的侍衛。她的盾牌。但儘管它自稱爲神權國家，但它卻是一個不斷與周邊國家進行掠奪和戰爭的國家。

That role had been reduced to a public stance.

“三千！？那就是用力過度。在這裏，我們應該派出一千人去試水，並在那裏紮根。即使他們從我們這裏奪走了一座堡壘，他們也應該無法離開。回去之後，我們就可以閒着去對付他們了！”

（我懷疑是否真的有五百人。有可能他說的少了，也有可能多了。但即使數量少，三千人也能打倒他們。）

走開時，阿爾芒用惱怒的眼神看着她……

But Remis was irritated.

In truth, Armand9;s House had been a knight house for generations, and besides the fact they didn9;t exactly call themselves nobles, they differed not from the other countries out there.

Armand panicked.

Armand couldn9;t trust most of the knight9;s report. And as the enemy wouldn9;t leave the fortress, he thought to crush them with numbers.

The fact that wasn9;t strange at all was Zayin9;s current state.

“Of course you aren9;t. In the first place, your job is to be my guard.”

“來吧。我想聽聽具體情況。那麼，聖女，就請您原諒了。」

（既然他們不可能在神殿裏，那麼他們潛入城市的可能性很大。但是這麼多僱傭兵來回奔波，找到他們……我該派誰去？如果其中一個我們的盟友確實是一名內奸……在這種情況下，我應該是那個人。）

0;Since they can9;t be in the temple, the probability of them having infiltrated the city is high. But with so many mercenaries going back and forth, finding them will be… who shall I send? If one of our allies really was to be a mole… in this case, I should be the one going.1;

阿爾芒無法相信騎士報告的大部分內容。由於敵人不肯離開要塞，他想用兵力粉碎他們。

“Three thousand!? That is excessive force. Here, we should send a thousand to test the waters, and root them there. Even if they took a fortress from us, they shouldn9;t be able to move from it. After we9;ve returned, we can deal with them at our leisure!”

“Come. I9;d like to hear the specifics. Well then, Holy Maiden, I must beg your pardon.”

（嗯，我們可以爲你找到任意數量的替代品，姑娘。）

0;Hmm, we can find any number of replacements for you, girly.1;