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　The attendants to the Count of Ismaria were Hijikata Toshizo and Jeanne.

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　Hijikata was a fashionable man, but he did not make much preparation for the journey, as he was not going to meet a woman during the trip.

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　Jeanne, too, thought that a servant of God should not dress up, so she simply put on her usual dress of armor and a white cloak.

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　They were dressed in their usual mix of armor and dress and white cloaks.

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　They did not take a carriage because they thought it would get them to Ismailia faster.

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　Moreover, I knew from the beginning that the negotiations would break down.

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　Count Ismaria would reveal her true nature soon and capture us. I thought we could escape from there and join Eve and the others before the real negotiations began.

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　If we were going to be robbed anyway, we didn't want to waste the wagon.

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　When I told him this, Toshizo laughed merrily.

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"You are a rational man. You have a reason for everything, and you convince others.

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Thank you.

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You're assuming that the horses will be taken from you, not to mention the wagon.

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Yes, I've left my prized steed with Eve.

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That black horse, does he have a name?

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Yes. It's called Black King.

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Oh, that's a mighty name. He looks like he could trample enemy soldiers to death on the battlefield.

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But he's not that big of a monster.

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　Other Demon Kings sometimes ride monsters that can really trample to death human-sized soldiers, but my horse was just an ordinary horse like any other.

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　Eve once asked me, "Why don't you change your horse to an eight-legged horse (Sleipnir)?" I respectfully declined.

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　I respectfully declined the offer, because I admired a famous military strategist of the Warring States period, Hanbei Takenaka.

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"Oh, you respected the military strategist of the great Hideyoshi?

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　Jeanne asked curiously.

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　Jeanne asked him curiously.

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Who is Hanbei?

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"He was a general in Japan's Warring States period. He was a military strategist in the service of a great general named Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He rose through the ranks under Lord Hideyoshi, but he never rode a great horse.

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"Why?"

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　Jeanne looked relieved.

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"The reason is simple. If you rode a great horse, you would take good care of it.

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Yes, I'll take good care of it.

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A horse is just a horse. Takenaka Hanbei never rode a famous horse in his life. A cheap horse can be abandoned.

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"Oh, reasonable."

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"Oh, reasonable." "Yes, reasonable. I've learned from that and try not to ride the good horses.

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　My black horse, Black King, is a fine horse, though.

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"The Demon King is really rational. I want to learn from him.

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Jeanne don't copy him. Jeanne looks good on a beautiful white horse.

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Thank you.

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　Jeanne patted the white horse she was riding lovingly. The white horse purred happily.

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　As she gazed at it with warm eyes, she noticed something.

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　He looked at the chestnut horse that Toshizo was riding.

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"By the way, you can ride a horse, can't you?

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"Yes, I've been training since I came to this world.

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You used to say you couldn't ride.

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"It's not that I can't ride, but I didn't have many opportunities to do so in Japan."

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　Hijikata Toshizo, the deputy chief of the Shinsengumi, was the son of a farmer in Musashi Province, Japan. He was not trained to ride a bow and horse from an early age.

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　After joining the Shinsengumi in Kyoto, he had the opportunity to ride a horse like a samurai, but even so, he was not very good at riding a horse since he had not been riding since he was a child.

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"In the age when the black ships crossed the great sea," he said, "it was not a good time to learn to ride a horse. It's too late to learn how to ride a horse now. But in this other world, riding is useful.

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"Yes, there is a lot of flat land in this world. The mobility of a horse is overwhelming. It's good to be able to ride a horse.

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　If the army is expanded a little more and a cavalry corps is organized, the commander of the cavalry corps must, of course, be an expert rider. In that case, he intended to appoint an expert on horseback as the commander, but if there was no one else suitable, he was willing to entrust the role to Toshizo.

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　While he was thinking of such a plan, he saw smoke in the distance.

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　It was Jeanne who reported that something seemed to be on fire.

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"Are you bandits again?　Whenever I go on an adventure with the Demon King, I always get attacked by bandits.

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　Jeanne exhaled.

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　I wanted to say the same thing to Jeanne, but it seemed unnecessary this time. But there seems to be no need to do so this time, because it is not bandits in front of her.

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　It was not a bandit but a wyvern.

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　The wyvern, a kind of flying dragon, was attacking farmers who seemed to be living in this area.

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　The wagons and their cargo, which were probably pulled by farmers, were on fire. They were probably returning from a trip to the city to distribute their crops.

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The horses are being eaten. The farmers should have run away, but they are fighting back.

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"The horses are the farmers' property. I understand your anger. But if things continue as they are, the farmers will be food for the wyverns.

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　It was obvious that the farmer was going to be eaten in the near future, so he decided to help him.

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　No one complained.

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"Well, we're going to take down the wyverns, but does anyone else feel like they've been a little out of control lately?"

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　I look alternately at Toshizo and Jeanne, both of whom raise their hands as a matter of course.

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"Almost at the same time. Then I'll take the time to take them down."

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　How is that possible?　Jeanne complains, but I ignore her and the wind begins to blow around me.

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　I cast a spell called "Wind Blade" and shouted loudly.

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　The reason I raised my voice was not so much for the chanting, but rather to let the peasants know of my presence.

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"Aircutter!

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　I shouted, and the peasants noticed my presence.

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　They must have instantly realized that we were on their side. But their faces were still grim.

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　Of course, they are in a mortal duel with the flying dragon right in front of them. I wanted to release them from that tension as soon as possible.

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　I throw my blade of wind at the wyvern, hoping to see the expressions of relief on the peasants' faces.

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　The blade of the wind goes straight out. The wind was a friend of Hiryu's, which must be why Hiryu recognized the danger immediately. He stops fighting with the peasants and soars into the sky. But my wind blade catches it.

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"I have nothing against you, but it was your fault for attacking the peasants..."

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　This is Ashtaroth. This is my garden. The people who live here are my people too. I could not let a being who is now suffering and who may harm my people even more in the future go unchecked.

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　He put his killing intent into the blade of the wind and dealt the blow to the wyvern.

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　Wyvern may not have even felt the pain. It was such a sharp blow.

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　A single slice to the wyvern, that's what he said. The wyvern's life activity was stopped in an instant as it was cut cleanly in two from the top of its head to its tail.

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　The wyvern was cut in two, and the farmers who were watching the scene murmured.

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"Wow, ......, it's like watching a miracle!

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　Jeanne, not me, answered this comment.

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　She concluded with a solemn, saintly look on her face.

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"This is what happens to all the demons who harm the demon king's people.

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　Hearing these oracle-like words, the people bowed deeply to me.

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