They killed a large number of noblemen soldiers.
　The total number of enemies and magicians was much higher than I had expected, and if I didn't do this, the castle could fall before Dia's assassination disguise was finished.
　It wasn't all the bad guys I killed. It's just that some of them came to the battlefield unwillingly because they were ordered to.
　...and my heart aches for that. It's a feeling I didn't have in my previous life.

I had decided when I received this request.
　I would kill anyone who tried to take her away from me if it meant saving her.
　There is no way I could have saved her if I'd have chosen my bets.
　So I have no regrets.
　You can repent when you've saved her.
　Now I just do what I have to do.

I'm just glad my worst guess is wrong.

Being attacked with so many troops was the result of a badly missed expectation, but I actually assumed the worst.

He gathered information about the brave man and the divine weapon in the Balor Chamber of Commerce's information network.
　Among them, I grabbed information on the man who was most likely to be a brave man and the divine artifacts he possessed.
　The Clan's hound, the Demon Spear Gay Borg.
　That man is in this country.
　I wonder if the rebellion of the noble faction was successful because he was attached to the noble faction?　He had a hypothesis, and there was little evidence to support it, but it existed.

If that hypothesis was true, there was even the possibility that there was an enemy so powerful that he was considered a brave man equipped with a divine weapon.

However, that worst guess was off.
　He had worked out that much. If they were here, they would have definitely come out.
　But we can't let our guard down just yet.
　Even with all these troops, they could come as reinforcements for not being able to drop Vikone.

''It's going to be a pain in the ass from here as well.''

Now that the battlefield is in chaos, breaking into the mansion is a lot easier, but getting to Dia is still a challenge.

Assassination of Dear is never an outward act. That is, even the vassals, with the exception of a few of them, do not know that Dia is faked dead and taken out.
　Vicone's defeat is inevitable, and many of his vassals are taken prisoner and interrogated and tortured. This is also a consideration to prevent the secret from being discovered when that happens.
　Hence, he would have to sneak in alone to a castle that had been under attack by the aristocrats for three days and no one had been able to enter. And that too without anyone noticing.
　It would be impossible for an ordinary person to do that.
　But still, I can do it.
　I guess you could say that's what an assassin should do.

Disappearing is the operative word.
　It doesn't mean you can't disappear. You can make no sound, you can be inconspicuous, but your body is still there, breathing, smelling, releasing body heat.
　As long as we are alive, we will continue to release traces of our presence.
　Eliminating signs is the art of placing oneself outside the range of perception of others.

In order to do so, one must have a broader perspective than anyone else.
　If you don't know the range of perception of others, you can't place your body outside of it.
　Use the original magic for that purpose.

The wind fills the surroundings.
　The flood of information carried by the wind rages in my brain. If it were an ordinary person, his brain would have been burned out. ........But I was dealing with information that would be destroyed by an ordinary person on a daily basis, and my brain's performance was increased by 【Super Recovery】 and 【Growth Limit Breakthrough】. That's why I can withstand this amount of information.

This magic flows through the wind and translates the changes in the flow of the wind into three-dimensional vision to see places that cannot be seen.

He would even pick up sounds, check the situation, listen to the breath and heartbeats, and read every human movement within range by feeling the heat.

If he could see this far, he could even predict the future.
　I can derive an entry route that weaves its way out of every human's consciousness.
　........Before his reincarnation, he was able to do something similar without resorting to magic. This kind of thing is easy to do.

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I snuck into the mansion, weaving my way through the gaps in people's consciousness.
　I went straight to Dia's side.
　I know where Dia is.

I didn't use the Foul Stone bombing just to change the game.
　It's for two other reasons.
　That's a message to Dia.
　Use a foul stone to let her know I'm here, and she'll see my face out the window.

As I expected, as soon as the bombing happened for the third time, Dear leaned out the window. I know where the room is because I saw her.
　I reach the room where Dia would be without anyone noticing, and put my hand on the door.
　It's locked. I use metal manipulation magic to pry it open.
　Inside the room is Dia and a mature man.

'Lug!　You really came!

Deere's beautiful silver hair flutters and flutters into her chest.
　For some reason, I'm a little happy to realize that I've surpassed Dia's height by this time.
　Maybe it's because I'm growing up to be happy about such a silly thing.
　I hug Dia in a tight hug and confirm its warmth.

I love the smell and softness of Dia's scent and softness.
　I'm glad she's safe.
　But her complexion is pale. Touahade's eyes had seen the reason for that.
　She has almost used up her magic power and is halfway to magic deficiency.
　She was probably desperate to protect her vassals as much as possible.

''You made a promise. If Dia wants you to run to me, I'll definitely run to you. I had a feeling Dia was calling me.
"...you remembered. We had a promise to each other so long ago.

He nodded with a chuckle.
　There was no way I was going to forget my promise to Dia.
　Then a mature man looked at us in an embrace with a complicated look on his face.
　His grooming wasn't flashy, but he had the dignity and refined beauty of a real aristocrat.

'I thought you were a girl who didn't have a single flirtatious story to tell, but I didn't realize that you had stolen my heart. This will be the first time we have met in person. My name is Dimul Vicone. I'm the girl's father.
My name is Lugue Touahade. I am here to respond to your request.
'I asked him to take my daughter away, but by the looks of it, he's going to take her away in a different way. If such a man has come to me, as a father, I should have a heart-to-heart talk with him, but I don't seem to have time for that. ........I told my vassals to leave Vicone and run away. He says he can't leave Dia and me behind, and in the end, he senses that we are about to surrender to the aristocracy, so he ends up locking us up like this.

Count Vicone mutters with a variety of emotions, proudly and sadly.
　The reason he wants Dia to be taken away is probably because he wants his vassals to escape.
　If Dia dies, there is no need for them to stay here.
　They would be able to abandon this battle that they were bound to lose and flee to scatter.
　That would give them a chance to escape.

And even more so in this chaotic war situation, it's even easier to escape.

''What do you intend to do about Count Vicone?''
'If it was just me, I wouldn't have mattered. So, I'm going to ramp up as much as I can to draw the enemy to me, and then disappear after the others have made it easier for them to escape. I'm going to lay low for a while and get ready to destroy the rebels. To return this country to its true owners.

He too has magical powers.
　And when it comes to the Count, he's trained from an early age.
　And he's the man my father calls a friend.
　If he only cares about his own survival, he can do whatever he wants.

'I understand. Count Vicone, I will set this room on fire. The plot is Dia's suicide. Just as well, there is a body that is small and does not look like Dia.
I thought there was a big bag on my back. Is it a dead body?

The third meaning with the foul stone.
　That is the procurement of burnt bodies. I recovered one of the bodies that was blown away by the blast. It has been slightly altered to make it look like Dear.

''Yes, if you put the ring Dear is wearing on this corpse and burn it to a crisp, you will have a fine Dear corpse.

If he imitated this kind of thing in his previous life, he could easily be found out from his teeth marks and such, but there's no need to worry about that here.

''I envy Kian for having a great heir.

I take the oil out of my backpack.
　I pour a generous amount of oil around the bed.

'Lastly, the staging. 'Dear, get your face out of the window and scream. The lines go like this. 'It's hard for me to hurt anyone else any more than I have to for myself. I don't belong to anyone else'. When you've done that, close the window. Then I'll light the fire.'
'Mmmm, good direction. I've heard that those commanding the front line are going to fake Dia's death. ....They'll let their vassals go in a hurry. That's good for Dia too.
Yes, Father.

Not all of his vassals could be saved.
　Even if they stopped fighting and tried to escape, some of them would surely be caught. And even if you survive, you don't know if the rest of your life will be smooth.
　But even so, there's more hope than continuing to fight here without hope.

Knowing that, Dia didn't go against this idea. She is determined.
　In fact, she wants to let us win this battle.
　Only Dia knows that it is possible, if only to win this battle.
　I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what I'm talking about.
　I've experimented with it on a deserted island and it's so powerful it makes a foul stone look like a toy.

Dia should be tempted to ask me to eradicate the aristocracy.
　But I won't do that. There is no point in winning this battle.
　I understand that the plan I've presented is the best way to help more people in the Vicone territory.

'Roug, I'm always ready.

With a strong will, Dia turned her back and put her hand on the window.
　She opens the window and opens her mouth with determination.
　My work is almost done with this.
　All that's left is for Dia and I to go back to Touahade.
　It should be uneventful as it is. ........The moment I thought about that, I felt a strong chill run through me.
　With all my strength, I increased my magic power and pulled Dia's shoulder and sheltered her back.
　This is not good.
　Perhaps the worst prediction I had initially made had come true.