[Tiki]

Looks like we're in trouble Mr. Aifa.

　Finally, Aifa and her friends are on the screen, and they are dying inside the castle.

　There's a rampage inside the castle, Aifa is being held captive, and Ditsen and Yuri are fighting with someone they don't know, so it's a big mess here, not being on the scene.

''I wonder if it's okay,''

　When I let out such words to the scene on the screen while suppressing my agitation, Eira, who was stealing a glance at me while fidgeting, couldn't resist and opened her mouth.

''Ah, um.........! I'm relieved that Taiki-sama has sent out more golems, but why did you take General Violette with you as well...

'Oh, Miss Violette? See, he said he's going to convince the emperor, just in case. I don't have high hopes for that one, though.

　When she replies and laughs, Eira looks up at me with her eyebrows in a C shape. It's a cute gesture.

''But ... if General Violette's suggestion is a lie, then to increase the Emperor's manpower ...''

'Oh, it's all right. I've even sent out reinforcements to make sure Mr. Violette doesn't turn against you.

Reinforcements...?

　I looked at Eira, who tilted her head and manipulated the image on the screen to the right. The image was replaced by the sky with countless black shadows floating in the sky around the castle in the sky.

　It was an image of a hundred robots, flying in the sky. The last robot in the row had a farsighted camera attached to the back of the last robot, showing the images from it. Violette is riding on the back of the robot in the front row.

''This, this is........''

　After muttering that, I reply to Eira, who is immensely disappointed, in return.

I think you can handle it even if Violette-san is hostile to you, right?

I think so, too.

　At my words, a dumbfounded voice came back from Eira.





[Maea]

　I was helplessly angry.

　For the first time, I was overcome with anger at the Emperor of the Blau Empire in front of me.

　I had heard that the emperor had captured the elven people and taken them out of the forest. I felt that alone was absolutely unacceptable, and even more so, he had arranged for other countries to go after the elven people.

　For those of us who have a mission to protect the shrine, we secretly felt a sense of kinship when we heard that the elves lived and protected the forest and the spirit tree.

　If there was an elf child close in age, I would like to be friends with him. He had been thinking about such things.

　Hence, I could say that what the emperor said was the most annoying thing I had ever heard him say. Besides, the emperor told me that he would continue to invade.

　As Barth and Traine had said, if there is a war, we need soldiers. When that happens, people from poor towns and villages will be taken as soldiers, and sometimes they will be hunted for slaves.

　And the people of the losing country would be killed or enslaved.

　Even though we lived in the territory of that empire, the empire is a clear enemy to those of us who are on the verge of becoming slaves.

　The master of that enemy speaks of further wars. To me, there will never be a more evil person.



　When I muttered that, Schnee, standing next to me, growled low and shook her head from side to side.

''........No. The instructions from Taiki-sama are to save the elves. You can't do anything poorly when Aifa might die.''

But....

　I swallowed the word "as is".

　Schnee knows that too, so he glares around with deep wrinkles between his eyebrows.

　Since we've ramped up as much as we can, neither the soldiers nor the sorcerers are moving, wary of the golem. But if they know we can't fight back, we'll be captured in a heartbeat.

　No matter how you think about it, it's no good that way.

　However, as long as Aifa is trapped, we can't move.

　Just as I was thinking that, the elven person called Fiatola started to move at the edge of my vision.

　Although it was a small voice, it was indeed a magic chant.

''Wait, Fiatola-dono!

　Ditsen's puzzled voice sounded, but the chanting Fiatola didn't answer.

　The soldiers holding Aifa were alerted, and the sorcerers in the rear immediately began chanting their magic.

''Aifa is going to die!

　Schnee couldn't help but yell loudly. Besides, the man in the luxurious armor behind Fiatola opened his mouth.

''I'm sorry Aifa, but this is what we have to do. For the sake of the elves, for the sake of our neighbors, and for the sake of the Empire we must ask Emperor Königsbrau to leave the stage here. Aifa, our country has swept me off my feet and ended up taking my life in the end.

I don't care. I have no problem with it as long as my death saves my family.

　The men have that kind of conversation with Aifa and understand each other, but not so much here.

　Because I'm all for the part about the empire changing, but I don't want Aifa to die.

''We don't want Aifa to die!

　Schnee complained and I nodded.

　Then Yuri-sama gave a troubled smile.

''Oh, you shouldn't say that...''

　At the same time as Master Yuri spoke those words, the soldiers who were pressing their swords against Aifa's neck shouted.

''The only ones who move are the elves and Schwartz over there!

You guys don't move! This guy's head is going to fall off!

　That was the signal, and the soldiers rushed to Fearatola and his men. Fearatola also unleashes his magic, but it takes two enemy sorcerers to offset it.

　With the situation at a disadvantage all at once, Ditsen and Yuri-sama are coming towards us.

''We're in trouble. Do you have any new instructions to give us?''

　Even in a place like this, Yuri-sama asks that in a relaxed tone. In contrast, Ditsen opened his mouth, pointing at the battlefield while breaking out in a cold sweat.

''I can't do this anymore! Taiki-sama's golem might be able to handle it, and we'll fight it out for a time or two!

　Schnee raises an eyebrow when Ditsen tells her that.

'What if it doesn't?'

'No, but if we don't, it's obvious that we're going to be wiped out and...'

　As they struggled, the emperor, seated at the back of the room, looked at us with an amused look on his face.

'There you are, boys. 'Now, Tiki's golem, you say? The same name as the King of the Skylanders who allied with the Kingdom of Atul. There is no such thing as a coincidence.

　With that uttered, the emperor stands up. If you look closely, one of his legs was like a stick, but the emperor stood as if he was used to it.



　The emperor muttered, and his smile deepened.

''That golem, I'd love to have it.

　Mumbling, the Emperor muttered something, and the moment he looked up and opened his mouth, there was a shock that shook the hall.

　One after another, windows were smashed, walls creaked, and pieces of stone and wood fell with a flurry.

'Get Schwartz and the elves! Hurry!

　Before they could even grasp what was happening, the emperor shouted something, followed by the shouts of the soldiers.

　In the midst of the confusion, Schwartz and Fiatola, who had stopped moving, were assembled in the blink of an eye and had their swords held out in front of them.

''........What should I do?''

　Should I stay put, help Aifa and Fiatola, or dare to go to the Emperor?

　I made a conscious effort not to think of the word "too late". And as I was thinking in my confused mind about the means I could take now, a voice I heard somewhere echoed through the hall.

''Oh my........you're pretty much stewing, aren't you? Well, a number of people from the court magicians' division are all here, but it's shameful...

　A voice fell from one of the destroyed windows, along with Lord Taiki's golem.

　The one who appeared was Violette, the Imperial General who was supposed to be up in the sky.

　Violette smiled fearlessly and looked around the hall slowly.