Chapter 97
The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs v3 Chapter 5 Part 2
The days passed by within the dungeon .
“It seems there’s been a lot of shaking lately . ”
I’ve recently been feeling slight tremors .
“All things considered, I seem to be getting visitors on a daily basis . ”
[That just proves how excellent you are as bait, Master . ]
“That doesn’t please me . ”
Nobles trying to deceive me have been coming here .
They’ve relentlessly been trying to get me to either tell them how to start up Partner or hand over Arroganz .
Sometimes they would arrogantly threaten me with execution, but later would try to get on my good side through whatever means and negotiate with me .
It’s not just the marquis’ faction .
Many kinds of people have been visiting, wanting to make use of me .
Among such people, the ones I’ve lost my patience with are──those from Marquis Frampton’s faction .
As I was laying down on the hard bed in the dungeon, Luxon spoke to me .
[It seems that the kingdom has failed to live up to your expectations, Master . ]
──It seems that Anjie’s papa and Milaine couldn’t do much .
Within the dungeon, I heard the noisy footsteps of a crowd approaching, perhaps armed .
“It seems this is the end . ”
[You’re exaggerating, Master . ]
My accomplice’s remark was painfully true .
The person who’s supposed stand watch was away since someone else was coming in to take their place .
As the armed group approached during that interval, their leader, someone I recognized, stood at the forefront .
He was a viscount in his thirties who belonged to Marquis Frampton’s faction .
In his hand was a bottle of alcohol .
“Viscount Baltfault, I thought you’d be lonely, so I brought a gift . ”
The alcohol the viscount carried──was probably poisoned .
“I don’t drink alcohol . Take it home and share it with everyone . ”
The Viscount smiled, as if mocking me .
“How long do you plan on living in such an unsightly manner? A noble would die with grace . ”
Grace, he says . I’d like to live my second life until I die of old age, so no thanks .
Besides, it would be rather unfortunate if it that were to happen .
Right when I was thinking about escaping from this dungeon, or rather this kingdom, I heard some frantic footsteps .
Luxon appeared, surprising the viscounts as they readied their handguns and rifles .
“Is that the familiar from the reports?! Seize it! With that thing, the airship is ours!”
[Even if Master dies, I will not follow your orders . More importantly, shouldn’t you pay attention to what’s behind you?]
Chris jumped out from the entrance, holding a wooden sword .
He then knocked down the knights that were behind the viscount .
“Baltfault, are you alright?!”
Why is Chris here? As I was pondering about it, Jilk entered the jail and shot down the handgun that the viscount held .
“I won’t let you do that to Viscount Baltfault . ”
As the viscount clutched his hand, causing him to drop the poisoned drink and shatter it, he glared at Jilk and the others .
“D, do you all know what you are doing? I suspected there was someone behind me . As of now, nothing you do can──”
[Silence . ]
Luxon slammed itself down onto the viscount’s head from above, causing him to faint .
When Jilk opened the door with a key, he tried to quickly rush me outside .
“Now then, hurry up . ”
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──Why did these people come here to help me? When I looked at Luxon, it moved its eye up and down, as if to nod .
Does that mean it’s okay for me to escape?
“Why are you guys here?”
“We tried a lot options, but they all failed . In the end, something serious happened, so we went with using force in order to help you . ”
“You guys really are idiots, aren’t you?”
Chris spoke to me .
“We were able to make in time because of that . So isn’t it fine?”
I ran up the stairs of the dungeon, pushed from behind by Jilk and Chris .
Brad and Greg were waiting by the exit .
The two were looking below at a tied-up warden .
“You guys are here too? What happened to that guy?”
I was thinking that they had caused harm to my warden friend, but it seems that wasn’t the case .
“He was already restrained when we arrived . ”
“Never mind that, let’s hurry . Julian’s waiting for us . ”
While checking the safety of the warden, I joined the four and stealthily headed towards the royal palace’s grounds .
During that time──I felt another tremor in the ground .
I arrived at a courtyard after being led by the four .
Julian appeared from the shadows of the trees in the courtyard .
“I’ve been waiting . ”
“Hey, why did you take me to a courtyard? Weren’t we fleeing?”
While pondering about how strange it was, Julian explained while seeming to be a little proud .
“There’s a secret passage here that only the royal family knows about . ”
“Don’t reveal that kind of secret to me! Are you an idiot? You really are an idiot, aren’t you?”
“What a remark to make considering that we helped you . ──Whoa, there seems to be a lot of shaking . ”
When we were arguing amongst each other, the ground trembled once more .
As the six of us were gathering at the courtyard, which happened to be surrounded by buildings, while talking to each other, Luxon spoke .
[Master, we’re surrounded . ]
“What?”
The courtyard was instantly hit by a light, and while I was covering my eyes from its radiance, I heard the swift footsteps of approaching knights .
I was about to give an order to Luxon when one of them spoke .
“Please wait, your Highness Julian! We are not your enemies!”
Julian stepped in front of me as if to protect me from the shouting knight .
“If that’s the case, how about letting us through?”
The same knight told us that he couldn’t do that .
“We came to reclaim Viscount Baltfault . ”
“Me?”
I wonder if I can take his words at face value .
It’s possible that he’s lying .
Luxon said “It would take a few minutes to bring Arroganz over here,” so I thought about buying some time by negotiating .
While I was pondering about it, a figure appeared before me .
“──Father . ”
Julian lowered the sword he held .
“Julian, don’t make a poor decision . Everyone, lower your arms and come here . ”
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It was His Majesty the King──”Roland Rafua Holfault . ”
He had some gray, somewhat quirky hair and a moustache .
He was tall and had a well-trained, slender body .
He held the dignity of a king .
Realizing it was him, we went down on our knees .
“Viscount Baltfault, you’ve had a rough time . However, thanks to you, we’ve come to a decision . ”
Does that mean Anjie’s papa won?
“Father, Baltfault’s about to be killed!”
When Julian voiced his complaint, the king nodded his head and responded .
“I know the whole situation . This is not the time for leisure talk . ”
When the ground trembled, the king looked downwards and seemed worried .
After a change of clothes, I was led to a conference room .
The kingdom’s leading figures sat there, but──there weren’t many of them .
The king and the queen, Milaine, were there .
Vince was there as well . Indeed, it seems that the people who’ve been on my side were gathering here .
“You seem in good health, Viscount . ”
“Yeah, somehow . ”
I wanted to voice a word of complaint, but since they’ve been helping me out, I decided not to take an arrogant stance .
Looking around, Julian and the others weren’t here .
The king answered as if he knew who I was searching around for .
“Julian and his group are waiting in a separate room . Or rather, perhaps I should say they’re being restrained . ”
When I grew cautious upon hearing that, Milaine explained it to me .
“Don’t be mistaken . We’re hiding them for their own protection . It’s the same as you, Leon . ”
“Can I ask why I’ve been called here?”
“We intend to answer that . ”
Vince said those words, but the minister, Bernard, was the one who explained .
He’s Clarice’s papa .
“A fleet from the principality has arrived at the kingdom’s mainland . We’ve lost more than ten scouting ships and defense units . Nearly a hundred units of armor have been shot down . ”
The kingdom has a great national power, but since their war potential has to be spread across the entire land, there’s not much to offer when it comes down to numbers .
If the principality were to make a serious attempt at attacking, there would be considerable damage .
“The opponent’s fleet numbers at around one hundred and fifty ships . It is unclear how many units of armor there are . Reports say that there are countless monsters leading the front . Their numbers shrouded the sky . ”
Hertrude’s magic flute came to my mind at once, but Vince denied such thoughts .
“Her Highness and the magic flute are still with the kingdom . The principality must have had another flute . We suspect that this is the work of the second princess . ”
I was listening closely, but this was the first time I’ve heard about a second princess .
“Second princess?”
Vince explained as if it was a matter of course .
“Indeed . Her Highness Hertrauda . ”
──I didn’t know there was a second princess .
Furthermore, another magic flute? I’ve never heard of such a thing, and that otome game never had that kind of setting either .
No wait, perhaps it was part of the setting, but never explained?
I couldn’t put my chaotic thoughts into order .
The king continued on, saying “In addition . ”
“Other countries aside from the principality are making a move as well . There have also been relief requests from forces and feudal lords near the national border . We’re being attacked from all sides . ”
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Minister Bernard took over the explanation .
“The local troops are unable to handle the situation . ──Reinforcements are unlikely . ”
“The capital city has some fighting capability, right? If you gather the troops, they should amount to a considerable number . ”
It seemed that the people around were overly pessimistic .
Milaine answered my question .
“Something occurred a couple of days ago . The temple requested for cooperation, and as a result of the negotiations, the kingdom’s troops were dispatched for reinforcement . Two hundred ships were sent . ”
Milaine spoke while in low spirits .
The temple, gaining confidence now that they had Marie, had collaborated with the Marquis’ faction .
As for the result of that…
“──The principality tore them apart . Only ten or so ships have managed to make it back . ”
It happened a few days ago .
While Julian and the others were attempting to free Leon, a priest visited Marie .
“Marie, the time has come to show your power as the saint . ”
“I suppose I have to~ . ”
Flattered, she rode an airship while in high spirits, but──
“──Huh?”
She was on top of an airship’s deck .
Marie, dressed in the saint’s outfit, had a necklace, bracelet, and cane, the tools that displayed her title .
The wind blowing atop the deck was freezing cold .
Before she could complain about the wind messing with her hair, she called something else to attention .
“──I, I never heard about this!”
The temple had around thirty ships .
Borrowing strength from the kingdom, there were an additional two hundred ships in the fleet .
They would be able to fight the principality if it was just a matter of numbers, but the opponents had sacrificial pawns, namely monsters .
The power of their numbers was beyond imagination──it terrified Marie .
As the monsters were advancing, Marie raised her cane .
“Stay awaaaay!”
The cane lit up, deploying a large spherical shield that covered the fleet .
The large light with white patterns caused the monsters who touched it to vanish .
The surrounding priests and temple knights praised Marie .
“That’s the saint’s power!”
“We can win . Victory is ours!”
“Move the ships forward! Use this momentum to push back the principality’s fleet!”
Marie’s neutralization of the monsters raised even the lowest of morale .
With a stiff smile, Marie was relieved that she could erase the monsters with her own ability .
(W, well, I can do this just fine . I was a bit worried at first though . )
Julian and the others were not within Marie’s vicinity .
The temple asked for their accompaniment as well, but they unfortunately couldn’t show up since they were trying to free Leon .
Furthermore, Kyle wasn’t there either .
Those from the temple did not get onto an airship .
As a result, Marie was fighting alone, helpless .
There were indeed some temple priests and knights around her, but she did not recognize their faces .
She was a bit timid .
As the pompous airship advanced with Marie riding it, the monsters that collided with the shield vanished as if bursting apart .
“Right . This isn’t child’s play . I am the saint! There’s no way that I would be thrown down with just this!”
Though she had originally been worried about Julian and the others not being there, Marie became drunk with her own power .
The principality watched the kingdom’s fleet being led by Marie .
Inside a warship, Hertrauda was looking at a model of the battlefield with ally and enemy pieces arranged on top of a table .
“It seems that the saint’s power is the real deal . ”
The leading figures around Hertrauda observed her .
Upon getting up from her chair, Hertrauda took a flute, the magic flute, from a woman .
One of the leading figures spoke .
“Princess, we have reached the kingdom’s mainland . We’ve made some deviations from the plan, but there are no issues . ”
“──I see . ”
After saying that, Hertrauda glared at the flute with a stern expression and took a deep breath before placing her mouth to the instrument .
She was about to reach the point of no return .
Though tense, she resolved herself and blew into the flute .
Its tone was ominous, yet beautiful .
The surrounding onlookers closed their eyes and listened to the flute’s timbre .
(Now then, Saint──will you be able to stop the principality’s wrath?)
The sky was a battlefield .
The combat zone became darker upon the arrival of thick clouds .
Then, what appeared out of those clouds was──an absurdly large monster .
Its round body had numerous eyes .
Its long arms sprung up .
Its white body had something pulsating, resembling blood vessels, and it was a giant monster with many eyes and arms .
Its size was larger than humble floating island .
It was a monster whose size could span thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of meters .
The kingdom’s fleet began to tremble from the sudden appearance of the monster .
When Hertrauda took her lips away from the flute, she nearly fell over .
Once the surrounding people helped her onto her feet, she smiled .
“With this, the kingdom is no more . ”
The leaders clapped their hands .
Some of them were even moved to tears .
“And now our long-standing grudge against the kingdom will clear . ”
“How splendid, Princess . ”
“The kingdom’s troops stand no chance before the guardian deity . What’s left is to enter the kingdom and rescue her Highness Princess Hertrude . ”
Hertrauda spoke of her desire to see what was happening beyond the window, and so she was led outside while being supported .
The wind was blowing violently outside the ship’s interior .
What she saw in front of her was the sight of a monster and its arms reaching out from the sky, knocking down the kingdom’s troops .
Once the saint’s shield had been destroyed, its giant arms mowed down the airships .
Its many eyes released beams of light, shooting down ships and causing them to burst into flames .
“Caught between the sky and the sea, your land will sink . ”
The principality was determined to sink the continent .
Hertrauda laughed with a pale face .
Nobody around her seemed to pay attention to her pale expression, and whether it was from exhaustion or fear of what she had just done .