Magic Gems Gourmet

Chapter 211

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Chapter 211 – The Disturbances in the Capital of Heim

When Ain made his declaration, the battlefield fell silent for a moment.

But after a short pause, the most exciting thing of the day happened.

In some places, there was cheering, and in other places, there were voices filled with sadness, as if they regretted Logas’ defeat.

In reality, given Ain’s abilities, it was only natural that he would be able to defeat Logas.

However, the Knights of Ishtalika sensed the conflict that Ain had shown until now, and so they raised their voices a bit more modestly.

“Ain-sama.”

“…Hey, Dill.”

Dill came over to Ain’s side, leading Ain’s horse with him.

When he saw Ain, who looked more tired than physically able, Dill spoke to him with a heavy voice.

He could tell what his master was thinking, and he showed some hesitation as to what to do, but then Dill took Ain’s hand and made him hold the reins of the horse.

“Come on, Ain-sama―let’s go.”

“Ah, wait… Dill! I can walk by myself!”

While surprised by Dill’s actions, Ain followed him as he pulled him along.

As he rode along, pushed along by his back, he suppressed his uneven breathing and spoke to Dill.

“What is it? You don’t seem like Dill.

“We haven’t won the battle against the Red Fox yet…”

“…Yes, I know.”

“I’ve sorted out the situation around us. I think it should be okay to attack the royal capital now.”

“I see, it’s already progressed this far.”

Even before the battle with Logas, the war situation was heavily in Ishtalika’s favor.

Now, however, Ishtalika’s superiority was especially pronounced, and even Heim’s soldiers were fleeing to the royal capital.

Ain saw this scene and understood the flow of things on a battlefield.

“Everyone is probably just trying to survive. Once the one-on-one battle between the generals is over, there will be some who run away.”

“Ain-sama…”

“I know. I’m sorry for worrying you. There’s still so much to do, we have to find Anon―King Ralph.”

“Maybe they’re in the castle.”

As he said this, Dill turned his attention to Heim’s castle in the royal capital.

“I think so too. Then let’s go to the royal capital at once―follow me, heroes of Ishtalika!”

Logas, who had stopped breathing, lay there.

However, Ain did not look at Logas’ body out of disgust.

Looking at it would have caused problems for his heart, so he hesitated to look at the ground.

…Then Ain began to ride his horse and advance toward the capital of Heim.

The army of Ishtalika followed Ain, and Majolica, who had heard his call, also rode his horse to the capital.

Logas’s body was repeatedly kicked by the advancing army of Ishtalika.

As a result, the figure of the great general of the Kingdom of Heim disappeared without a trace.

It was a sad end for the great general, but for the knights of Ishtalika, it was as if the bitterness they had been carrying in their hearts had suddenly disappeared.

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The army of Ishtalika continued to advance.

Led by Ain, they quickly entered the capital of Heim.

“It’s been a long time…”

Ain had only been to this place once.

However, that one time had left a strong impression on him, and he remembered the road he had traveled in a carriage as a child.

The landscape hadn’t changed much, and the only thing that had changed was that the forces of both armies were fighting in the city.

“Your Highness! Are you all right?”

“Ah, Majolica-san.”

“What, don’t just ah Majolica-san me… I was worried about you. Look, I even brought Varra-chan with me.”

“Y-Your Highness, I’m here!”

When Majolica, who had been acting separately, rejoined them, he pinched Ain’s cheeks with his strong hands.

After checking that he was unharmed, he sighed with an enormous lung capacity.

Varra, who had been watching from behind Majolica, was concerned about Majolica’s lack of restraint.

“So you took care of things?”

“…Yes. I managed to settle it.”

Majolica nodded to Ain, who smiled wryly with a complex expression on his face.

Then Majolica spoke to Ain with a startled expression.

“That’s great. I have a few things on my mind, but we’ll talk about them when we get back. …Besides, Heim’s army is desperately trying to get back to the royal capital.”

“Ah, I knew it.”

“Majolica-dono. Then if we guard the gates of the royal capital…”

“That’s what I mean. That way, we can avoid unnecessary disturbances.”

In other words, it’s a plan to use the enemy’s fortress as it is.

The battle was also raging outside the royal capital, but there wasn’t much difference inside either.

In other words, in order for Ain and the others to search, they had to cut off any interference from the outside.

“By the looks of it, the marshal seems to be heading this way as well. I think he’ll arrive soon.”

“Lloyd-san… so he’s okay. I’m glad.”

The fact that Lloyd would come soon meant that he must have defeated Ed.

Ain asked Majolica with a relieved expression.

“But… wasn’t Chris with him?”

“I don’t know. I didn’t see her. Maybe she’s doing something on her own…”

“…No, that’s impossible.”

“Ain-sama! There’s no way Chris-sama fell! We must go to the capital as soon as possible to find out the truth!”

Dill shook Ain’s shoulders, who was in a daze.

“T-That’s right… I’m sorry, Dill.”

Then, Ain quickly pulled himself together and apologized.

There was nothing that would change for the better if he took care of it here.

Thinking this, he slapped his cheeks hard with both hands.

“Majolica-dono, would you be willing to go with the Royal Knights and accompany Ain-sama?”

“…Ara, you’re entrusting me with such a big role? Why is that?”

“I’m… better suited to command the knights in the city. Besides, I think the knights will be more likely to listen to my orders.”

Dill decided to leave Ain alone and take command of the city.

Dill decided to stay behind to prevent the Heim soldiers from interfering from the outside and to defeat them inside the city.

Then, Ain reached out his hand as if to cling to him and was deeply worried about Dill.

“Ain-sama, it’s all right.”

When Dill took the outstretched hand, he bowed deeply.

“It’s just for a little while. Besides, as soon as Father arrives, I’ll be on my way to the castle.”

“You never know what might happen. If something like the miasma that appeared the other day reappears…”

“I’ll be fine. I’ll stay here and keep watch so that nothing disturbs you until my father arrives. So please forgive me if I go off on my own for a while.”

Dill’s decision was firm.

Ain wanted to take Dill with him, but he refused indirectly.

“It’s okay. The crossbow has already been brought in, so I don’t think there will be any major problems.”

“…Your Highness, you can’t just ignore a man’s determination.”

When Majolica put his warm hand on Ain’s shoulder, Ain finally nodded after a few seconds of thought, as if he had finally understood.

“I understand. Then I’ll decide the outcome of the battle before Dill arrives. However, Varra is at Dill’s side. …Even if she comes to me, I don’t think she will have the time to heal me.”

“Hahaha, that’s good. Then… I will prepare a way for you to return, Ain-sama. And I understand about Varra-dono. I would really like you to go with Ain-sama, but it looks like there won’t be time for that.”

The two nodded to each other with a smile, and Ain turned the horse around.

“Oh, Majolica-san. Can I have another magic stone? I’m so hungry, I’m losing weight…”

“…Ara, ara, you are such a glutton, Your Highness.”

Majolica tossed a bag with a new magic stone to Ain, who smiled.

When Ain received it, he said a short thank you and took it into his palm.

Then, looking satisfied, he called to the knight.

“…Our destination is Heim Castle, where our enemy awaits us!”

Thus, Ain and Dill split into two groups and began to move.

Ain, accompanied by Majolica, rode his horse with the royal knights toward Heim Castle.

Meanwhile, Dill, who stayed behind, was busy setting up crossbows and dealing with the Heim soldiers who were attacking the city.

However, perhaps because the enemy was also severely depleted, they were only able to launch attacks as weak as a weasel’s last fart.

A healer named Varra also arrived, and a temporary resting place was set up.

Dill steadily calmed the situation in the royal capital without any particular problems.

…Then, while he was standing on the main street in the center of the city, surveying the smaller streets, the army of Ishtalika arrived from the direction of the city gates.

“Hmm… Could that be…”

Dill turned his eyes to the city gates.

Although they were several hundred meters away, Dill knew who had arrived.

It had only been a short time since he had left Ain, but he had finally arrived.

“Father! You’ve finally arrived…!”

Dill waved his hand, and Lloyd, who looked like he was in great pain, waved back.

“…As I thought, he was injured in the fight with Ed.”

Lloyd’s pitiful appearance came into view.

Still, the way he led the knights showed the will of a marshal.

“Guard Dill, I have information on the August family.”

Then, while Dill was watching Lloyd, he received some information.

“The August family… you mean the people from the August Grand Duke’s family?”

“That’s right. It seems that the August Grand Duke’s mansion has been sealed off by the Heim soldiers, and there are two members of the family inside…”

“So they are under house arrest. All right then. Let’s go rescue them. Take some of the Royal Knights and go to the mansion of Grand Duke August.”

“Ha!”

“…That’s good. At least Krone-sama and the others won’t be sad.”

Dill breathed a sigh of relief at the knight’s report.

Then he looked at Lloyd and said,

“All right. Let’s share this information with Father first…”

Dill tried to run to Lloyd’s side to check the situation and catch up with Ain quickly.

But when he took a step and wanted to run quickly – that was when it happened.

“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts…!”

“――!?”

Suddenly, three men in robes came down from the roof.

They raised their rusty swords and immediately attacked Dill.

“W-what are you people…!”

“We found you, we found you, we found you!”

“Aha…!”

“T-this is so disgusting!?”

Dill drew his sword and dealt with the three attackers.

Fortunately, the three of them were not very skilled, and no matter how many there were, Dill continued to deal with them without difficulty.

The suddenness of the attack meant that the Knights of Ishtalika were not nearby, and they only became aware of Dill’s voice when they heard it.

“Ah, ouch, ouch, ouch!”

“The leg…!”

Dill cut down one of his opponents.

Then, as the two people who had been lying on the ground approached, clutching at Dill’s legs as if to cling to him, Dill sliced one of them down with his sword.

“Wha… What the hell are you…!”

Dill slashed at them with his sword.

The two people had their robes torn off, exposing their decomposing bodies.

Even though their eyes and necks were deeply cut, they did not let go of Dill’s legs.

In the distance, Lloyd shouted Dill’s name in alarm.

A nearby knight had also ridden over to help, but…

“…I had already decided to plunge my sword into you like this.”

“…What?”

A warm, iron-smelling liquid flowed back into Dill’s throat.

At the same time, a voice he recognized reached his ears from behind.

“…Kah…hah…”

Not knowing what had happened, Dill turned his eyes to the spot that had suddenly become hot.

A sword could be seen shining faintly, along with Dill’s blood from the middle of his well-trained abdominal muscles.

“W-what, I… was attacked with a sword…?”

Dill, who had begun to lose strength in his knees, was kicked hard from behind, and his whole body hit the ground.

Then, bright red blood slowly spread out, and the air around them was filled with the smell of iron.

Even though the vital points had been avoided, the blood that flowed out did not stop even when he put his hand on it.

“You guys, let’s go.”

As Dill lost consciousness, he heard the voice of the man who had attacked him.

He clenched his hands in frustration and gritted his teeth.

“Where, where are you going?”

“Of course. I’m going to the castle―this time I’m going to drive my sword into that man.”

The man wiped the blood from his sword that had been pulled from Dill’s body.

With irritation in his voice, he set his sights on his next target, taking the horse that had been at Dill’s side and pulling on the reins.

“Who… who is that man?”

“That is my vile brother, Ain.”

He―Grint―set the horse running.

After lightly handling the Ishtalika knight who had come over, he quickly left with the man in the robe.

“Dill…? Dill! Dill! Answer me!”

Not a few seconds later, Lloyd, who had gotten the horse moving hastily, called out to Dill in a voice that sounded like a scream.

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