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The hero Juchi is dead, but the arrow he shot remains.
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The arrow has not lost its momentum and has caught me in the heart.
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The arrow pierces my heart with the force of his incarnation.
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The sight of him makes Eve and the rest of the soldiers in the camp pale.
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"Asito-sama!
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they said to me, but I was still alive.
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I withstood the hero's full force.
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Seeing this, Hijikata Toshizo, who had returned to the camp before I knew it, blurted out
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"Is your husband a monster? Can a demon king die even if he is hit by an arrow in the heart?
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To which I replied.
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"Demon kings and humans are no different. At least I have one heart.
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I rummage in my cloak and pull out an object from it.
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It is not my heart that is pierced by the arrow, but the carved wooden dog and the novel I have not yet read.
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Jeanne and Eve had given it to me as a gift.
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The wooden dog was pathetically broken, and the half torn novel had a hole in it.
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Neither of them could do what they were supposed to do anymore, but they saved my life.
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I remember what the goddess said.
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They are the ones who will save you.
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They'll give you a gift... choose one of them. And if you do...
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So the prophecy of the goddess has come true, as it should.
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But she's wrong about one thing.
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She told me to pick one.
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If I had chosen one or the other, I would have died for sure.
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Juti's arrow could have been prevented only with both the carved dog and the half-novel.
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The carved wooden dog prevented the arrowhead, and the paper novel mitigated the force of the arrow.
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In this sense, the prophecy of the goddess was a trap.
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It can be said that the fact that he thought and made a decision by himself at the end was a good thing.
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After all, it may be that those who do not stop thinking until the very end will survive.
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That's what I thought.
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While I was basking in this unexpected good fortune, reports came in from my subordinates one after another.
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The survivors of the Demon King Zagamu's army have formally offered to surrender.
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The remaining troops would like to join our army if possible.
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Zagamu Castle will be vacated.
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I agree to all of it.
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The next thing I heard was the casualties on our side.
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The damage was considerable, but I ordered the wounded to fall back and be treated.
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And a message arrived from Kongming, the lord of Dekarabia Castle.
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"The work of the Demon King is unparalleled in all ages. He's equaled only by the ancient Rakki.
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The message said, "The work of the Demon King is unparalleled in all ages.
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Le Yi was the most famous general in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, and was a general of the country called Yan.
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He led the army of the small nation of Yan to drive the great nation of Qi to the brink of destruction.
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He is a hero unparalleled in ancient China.
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It is embarrassing to be compared to such a person, but I will write a letter in reply anyway.
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"Mr. Kongming, your work is peerless. It is because you stopped the invasion of Zagamu that we were able to achieve this victory.
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He wrote his feelings as they were.
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The messenger said that Kongming received it and smiled with a healthy smile.
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This may not have cured his phobia of field battles, but I was still glad to be able to reaffirm that he was a capable military strategist in this matter.
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After a three-day rest at the castle of De Carabia, of which Confucius was the master, we returned to the castle of Ashtaroth.
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The territory that had been captured by Zagamu was now being retaken by Hijikata Toshizo.
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Since Zagamu's army has been completely disbanded and is unable to mount an organized rebellion, the old territory will be recovered without incident.
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Depending on the situation, I order you to take Zagamu Castle as it is.
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Hijikata Toshizo was a man who could make his own decisions, read the war situation flexibly, and choose the best course of action.
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Upon arriving at the castle of Ashtaroth, he disbanded the army and retired to his office.
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From there, he received reports from Toshizo and Kongming, and worked on the management of the Ashtaroth Castle.
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Jeanne reported that the soldiers who had returned to their respective homes seemed to be boasting to their families about my military deeds and plots.
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She came to my office carrying a pile of beef jerky.
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I didn't pay attention to it because it was the same as usual, but then I noticed something.
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There was something else she was carrying besides beef jerky.
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It was a picture book I had sent her earlier.
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She was reading it with a serious expression on her face.
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"Ka-ban ...... kuru ...... wa ...... shinde ...... yo.... ...but ...... it will come back ...... to life."
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The title of the book is
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It is a picture book for children, but it is written in words.
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It's a picture book for children, but there are words in it, and it's impressive to see her reading it.
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"Jeanne, it's amazing. You've finally learned to read!"
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Jeanne turned to me when she heard those words,
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"Yes, thanks to the Demon King. The Devil King taught me every day.
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She gave me an exquisite smile.
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As if in response, Eve, the maid, came in with a cup of herbal tea.
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"Every day, Jeanne-sama writes letters in her exercise book and consults a dictionary if she doesn't know a word," she said.
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"The maid helped me, too. She taught me words I didn't know."
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"I'm glad I could be of help."
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Eve smiles.
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I'm relieved to see her.
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Before their departure, they had a dispute over which one of them should send me a present, but now they are very close.
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They are like sisters.
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Jeanne sips the herbal tea with a delicious smile on her face as she receives it with natural behavior.
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Eve looks at her with kind eyes.
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Eve touches Jeanne's golden hair and starts to tie it.
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Jeanne accepts it silently.
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They look like beautiful sisters, but is it too much to ask how long they have been friends?
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I'm not a prude, so I ask.
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They answer with cheerful smiles.
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"The gift we sent the other day saved the demon king's life.
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"So we thought. We thought that if we continued to work together we could be of more help to the master.
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"We had a dispute over who would be the first and second, but we settled it by rock-paper-scissors-scissors. There are no more hard feelings."
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I thought they were extraordinary girls, but I didn't say it out loud.
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It was a beautiful thing to be on good terms with them, and it was a pleasure for me, as the king of this castle, to see them cooperate with each other from now on.
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I mumble a simple "thank you" and take out something I bought in the castle town on the sly.
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This morning, I went downstairs without Eve knowing, found a flower shop, and jumped in.
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I was nervous because I had never been to a flower shop before,
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Give me the most beautiful flower in the world! Flowers that suit beautiful women!"
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I was dressed as a soldier.
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The owner of the store must have been surprised to see me dressed as a soldier, but she immediately prepared the flowers for me.
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She recommended me a white dahlia.
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She told me that the language of flowers is "gratitude" and "abundant love.
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I thought it would be the best way to express my feelings for them, so I bought a couple of them and hid them under my desk in my office.
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And now I am sending them to them. The looks on the girls' faces when they received them were very funny.
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Jeanne was happy to see her face back to that of a little girl.
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Eve also lost her calm expression and became a woman again.
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They both smiled at the same time and said thank you at the same time.
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"Thank you!
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"Thank you!"
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It was a small price to pay to see their smiling faces with just a bouquet of flowers, I thought.
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It was a hassle to disguise myself and sneak out of the castle every day, but if I could still see their smiling faces, I thought it would be a good investment.
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The pragmatist demon king considered the cost-effectiveness of sending even a single bouquet of flowers.
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It was a bad habit of his, but it seemed that the girls liked him, including this aspect.
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