Deploy detection magic.
　You will find the commander class in several tents that have been erected.


'First of all, I will suppress the commander class to prevent them from giving me extra orders. You all should not neutralize the knights near me, but rather neutralize the reinforcements from afar.


　If they come close, I'll just release the slave's collar.
　The farther away the magic is, the harder it is to get through.
　That's where those adventurers I asked for come in. I'll have the adventurers neutralize any knights who might be attracted by the sound of battle and come to reinforce.
　That way, I can effectively keep the commander's class at bay.
　This is how it works.


""Yes, sir."


　Quena, Didge and other adventurers nodded.
　They each seem to be ready to go.


''Then let the mission begin.''


　At my signal, they all took off at once.




　As planned, I was heading towards the commander class by myself.
　The other adventurers also seem to be doing a good job of stalling me.
　I disengage the collars of the approaching knights and neutralize them.
　That's all we did, and we arrived at the commander class tent.


　There are voices arguing from inside. But we've already figured that out too.
　I'm going to be able to see Sheila's arguing figure through the detection magic that was deployed. I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on.
　I'm not sure if this can be resolved without me needlessly meddling in it.
　Thinking so, I peek through the tent. I have no taste for eavesdropping or eavesdropping. But I figured that if I could solve the problem with my people rather than messing with them in a strange way, I should let them do so.


'It's ......, so please change your mind!


　Sheila is complaining to Rande.
　That Rande is glaring at Sheila as if she were an abomination. The look in his eyes - it was like looking at a thing.
　I don't know about the eyes from my family.
　But that of Rande shouldn't be a good thing to point at my daughter.
　My commanding officer had often told me not to mix public and private matters. But Rande's gaze is a ...... killing look that shouldn't be sent even "publicly".


'Release the slave collar?　Don't invade the Holy Republic?　Apologize to the royals and civil authorities?　Sheila...... When did you drop to incompetence?


　Incompetence.
　Is that even a word? Sheila shouldn't be old enough to be in her twenties yet. It's not that she's too young. But if you ask me if she's old enough to be an adult, I'm not so sure.
　Why is it so easy to come up with such a thing? Even if it's a job, you shouldn't say it: .......


　I've seen some failed adventurers in the guild.
　But the first thing they worried about was whether or not they were injured. The guild provides a healing station at no charge.
　After that, I just reconfirmed the request rank and asked the reason for the failure.
　I will never curse. ''I'm just glad that you came back alive. Please do your best again next time." and warm words are thrown at me. Just a senior adventurer would say, "What are you failing at, let's go train! And I was taken there.


　Still, it was a cliché, but there was love.
　There was no love in Rande's words.


'I thought I was the proud daughter ...... who graduated from the Knight Training Academy at the top of her class, but I didn't realize that I couldn't use it like this in a real battle. The situation is changing at a dizzying rate!　We have to adapt to each and every time!
Even if you have to use banned magic items!
Yes.
Do you want to hurt people unnecessarily?
It is not necessary. It's a necessary sacrifice.
'We don't need that!　Why did you attack the Holy Republic!
Because of some suspicious activity in the kingdom.
'We're allies!　Just because the Knights moved near the border, without checking it out, doesn't mean you take it as a hostile action: ......!　I think they really just wanted their own territory!


　Wow.
　I feel like I'm hearing a great coming out.
　If Sheila is right, then you are consuming knights and soldiers while treating them as objects. For their own wealth.


...... Sheila. You are a sight for sore eyes.
What?


　Rande, Baran and the others pointed their swords at Sheila. The faces of all of them were not good. It's not a threat.
　They are trying to deal with Sheila in earnest.


　It's time to go. I'm going to get Sheila. I would have thought so. And it should.
　But-- Sheila hasn't drawn her sword.
　She's still trying to convince me. Those hopelessly impersonal people.


'Why? ......!　Was the smile you gave me as a child a lie!　Father!
'Smile ......?　Yeah, that's because I thought you'd be able to tell the difference between people and things.
----


　Sheila's face turns the color of despair.
　Her legs trembled as what she had seen so far was an illusion.
　I fell to my knees when I couldn't find the strength to do so.
　Even the heart that holds the sword has already been shattered--......



I've had enough.



　I get in front of Sheila.
　I can't ask for Sheila's face because I'm behind her, but I can tell that she shudders in surprise. She is truly frightened.


　I can feel my back teeth making a dull, grinding sound.
　I wonder why I was hiding until Sheila convinced me to do it. You knew it was going to happen. The only thing I know is that in front of me, the people who are pointing their swords at the girl they were trying to protect as a group - they were already rotten long ago.


"Gee--


　Balan tries to say my name. It's a natural reaction. You're the first to react because it's fresh in your mind, having met me in the Holy Republic.


　Uncomfortable. Or so I thought.


"-Don't talk anymore. I can't help but smell like zombie rot.


　I'm going to slam my fist into Balan. I don't need magic. I fly through the tent with great force.
　The others are standing around, stunned by my sudden appearance.


"What are you doing?
I told you not to talk.


　He kicks a man who is probably in the commanding officer's class, who has opened his mouth without s*xual discipline, to the ground. The ground is cracked.
　But, well, he's still breathing, so it's not a problem.
　I glance back at everyone. Everyone's mouths were closed forcefully. Just in case they didn't want to make a sound.


'Yeah, that's it. Don't open your mouth again for the rest of your life.


　No one tries to say anything.
　The two of them have seen the precedent, so even if they tried to open their mouths, their instincts would shut them down. With their faces pale and their swords pointing at the ground, they have lost the will to fight.
　Except for one person.


''Zeeeeed!


　Rande raises his voice so high that the earth echoes.


'--I'm telling you to shut up,'


　He picks up the commander's sword that he had slammed into the ground earlier and throws the hilt into Rande's mouth.
　A dull sound of teeth and hilt hitting each other can be heard. The sword fell directly to the ground. A large amount of blood spills out of Rande's mouth.
　Still, ''Fugafuugu!'' He glared at me and I kicked him down from his chest and let him fall to the ground.


'Do you have any idea how I got here, honey?'
Nah, nah. ......?
I told you not to talk.
f*ck!


　I close my foot over my still-open mouth.
　It's unreasonable, isn't it, and I take one look at the people in command who look at me like that but don't even touch me. They all quickly look away.


"Do you know why you guys couldn't see me before you got here?


　Once again, I'm asked, but no one seems to be able to get an answer to the question with a frightened, '? He tilted his head.


'Do you see this?'


　I take out a collar from my pocket as I say it.
　It was a "slave collar" borrowed from a member of the disarmed group.


I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work. It's because they don't want to fight with me.


　He drops the slave's collar to the ground and stomps on it.


"!!!!?


　The faces of the commanding class pale like the dead.
　But there is no groaning. It's because I'm holding my words in check.
　It's like a clown acting mute. It's not funny.


"I wouldn't be so arrogant as to pass sanctions on you. The reason is that the request I received is to 'save the knight'. That's why even as we do this, through detection magic and magical manipulation, the collars of the members are being lifted.


　I think we're about halfway through the group that is now finally being fitted.


Most of them seem to have collapsed from exhaustion. But there seems to be a different crowd.


　Through detection magic, hundreds of people, who are only a 'part' of the Order, have rallied to this tent.
　And finally, the first one has arrived.


''Return your friends ...... who swore to leave the village together and protect their country ......!


　That guy's body was in tatters. Like the trauma, some parts of his body had no magic power passing through them. Probably necrosis.
　However, the first thing he said with a grudge was about his friend.
　The next knight who came in was holding a broken necklace that was hanging around his neck.


'My mother ...... didn't even let me meet my mother's dead eyes ......!　Why ......!　The family I wanted to protect as much as this country: ......!


　One after another.
　With individual resentments.
　They began to gather together one by one.
　All of them were putting all the strength they could into the swords they pulled out.


　From here on out, it's only the commanding class that gets punished.
　It's time for them to realize the weight of their own accumulated sins.


"Stand up, Sheila.


　He reaches out to Sheila, who is on her knees and not moving.
　Sheila's eyes are red. She looks even weaker and more exhausted from the Wyvern incident.
　Did Rande and the others rag on a girl in this state?


'Gee ...... de ...... I didn't know ...... your fathers were really, really the country I thought it was for ...... ......


　Sheila says as she falls on her face, not having the strength to take my hand.
　Yeah, I know.
　So I think I understand how desperate she is. Still, I can't measure Sheila's feelings, though.
　But I know how badly my presence here is affecting her. The only thing that will catch up with Sheila any longer is what she has to do.


'--Let's go, Sheila.
"...... Jide ......


　She looks at me, tears streaming down her face.
　Sheila takes my hand. Her hand is strong, but she can't seem to get up.
　I put some pressure on it so that I don't pull too lightly.
　I got up and supported her as she was about to fall down in her sore throat.


It's not until ...... Jee-la ...... that you are able to get your hands on ......!


　Rande calls for help while trembling at the knights coming at him one after another.
　Sheila, who saw it with empty eyes, ...... looked away from her face.


　Sheila understood that she didn't even want to get involved anymore.
　Instead.


'I told you not to talk. You don't want to get on their nerves any more. ...... I mean, don't even freak out the members of the group who are so weak. All of the Commander Suns have such amazing achievements as 'heroes', right?
"...... aaaaaaahhhh ...... aaaaahhhh!


　I told you. Don't stroke your nerves,
　Rande's exclamation became the beginning. The members of the group, clutching their swords, slashed at each other at once. By the time they emerged from the tent while supporting Sheila, the screams had turned into screams.


-- I could see the magic of the commanding class disappearing through detection magic. Baran, who had flown far away, was already long gone--


　But Sheila shouldn't know that now.
　But that doesn't mean that Sheila hasn't guessed it, either.


　Right now, we just have to see what's going on with the 'saving knights'.