The bad ending of an Otome game MTL - Chapter (122)
Episode 122
The feeling of wanting to lean forward like this filled my throat.
But that didn’t happen.
Laertes asked urgently.
“Where are you injured?”
“…… Rather than me, the princess…… Look at Elodie.”
“Are you okay?”
“Yes……. Sir Laertes came on time, so I’m fine.”
I gave strength to Laertes, who looked at me with worried eyes, and nodded.
In the eyes of the man who looked at me like that, all kinds of emotions raged like a storm.
His hand gripped me with strength.
Laertes, who held me with strength in his arms just once, looked at Elodie and Princess Alogia who were lying on the floor.
Laertes’ face grew serious as soon as he saw the woman’s corpse and black stains lying on the floor.
“…… Are things very bad?”
“I do not know.”
“…….”
“You have to get out of here. The Templars of the Guard should have controlled the people properly… … .”
There was anger in Laertes’ low voice.
The current situation was Abigail. Those who run away, those who fight back, those who fall.
At this moment, the existence of the Guards Knights to control and protect them was very weak.
I even saw someone running away wearing armor, so it goes without saying.
Even to my ignorant eyes, it didn’t seem like it was normal to go this far to the worst.
“The north gate…… It’s already the worst. Get on your horse and go west as fast as you can. Alston will be waiting.”
“Am I alone?”
“I will take Elodie and the princess. You won’t be able to ride an unconscious person on horseback.”
It was not in a situation where I could complain about not being good at riding. I nodded.
Laertes slashed the man’s crawling man’s mouth with a sword to escape.
He struck the man grunting in pain one more time in the back of his head to stun him, and said in a cold tone.
“When enemies and allies are so mixed that they cannot be distinguished, it is difficult for even the best soldiers to deal with them. No, it is close to impossible.”
“…… Then?”
“…… It’s not without its risks, but avoid yourself first. Even if you save everyone in the world, it means nothing if you get hurt.”
A few well-trained steeds remained in place without running away. Laertes whistled, took one of the steeds, put me on the back of one of them, and put the reins around my waist.
“When you are nervous, your hands get stiff. When getting off, I’d rather cut the string with a knife.”
“Yes.”
“Don’t think about anything else, just put your safety first. Don’t look back and run It is very difficult to shoot a bow at a running opponent. It would be safer to run without slowing down at all.”
“Okay.”
“…… I am always worried.”
The sincerity passed by like a sigh. If it wasn’t for this situation, he would never have tolerated the situation in which I, who was poorly learned to ride, sprinted on a horse.
Since people flocked to the north, where most of the exits are located, all the disturbances were concentrated in the north.
The road to the relatively different direction, especially to the west on the opposite side, was straight. If done well, you could even ride a horse and run.
The man kissed the tip of my left hand for a brief moment.
“Sergeant Laertes, you must be safe. …… Please take good care of Lady Elodie and His Majesty the Princess.”
Laertes nodded.
I started my horse and tried not to look back.
* * *
In fact, Laertes Hope wasn’t as ‘friendly’ as Emilia thought.
After breaking out of the soil that first took root like a potted plant that had been re-potted several times, Laertes Hope lived up to the standards of what people say is ‘right’ to meet the public’s expectations.
A simple manner and a polite and considerate way of speaking are a kind of norm to the last. In general, I followed the will of the Marquis.
It didn’t mean that there were no joys and sorrows. A feeling of indebtedness to the marquis couple, gratitude to the juniors who traveled the battlefield with him, and a very faint sympathy to Ophelia, who grew up together like a childhood friend.
Emilia was a stranger in his world who was dyed with an unusually different color.
It was like that from the moment I first saw it. Like a plant that was uprooted and grown in the shade of Marquis Windrose, it dried up and died.
Very slowly, I came to have a gloomy face as if I was hiding my emotions inside me.
Even when I see him now, I politely greet him as ‘Lord Laertes’.
On the battlefield, even when my life was in danger by a single point, I would occasionally think of that quiet face out of the blue.
Like an ash tree, like a blue light spreading quietly, my heart throbbed, and like a seed sprouting after breaking the bark, it penetrated into my heart’s blood vessels and shook.
It’s like when you turn around, you know you’ve forgotten, but then you realize that you’ve never forgotten for a moment.
I really thought I was losing it. My brain turned white.
Laertes held the reins, wiping dry his palms still drenched in cold sweat.
Tired of being so blue, he recklessly entered inside without even thinking of sending someone to check the situation.
For a moment, I couldn’t think of anything. Emilia is there, only that thought filled my mind.
He was able to kill the opponent with the sword at the nape of Emilia’s neck in time, but he didn’t show it, but his heart was pounding.
What if it was a little late? So, what if I lost it?
You must have forgotten the sound of your heartbeat.
You probably didn’t know that your heart, which you thought was just racing to live, could be dyed in a different color.
Even without words, there are people in the world who can be colored with emotions just by staying in the same air.
Even if you don’t try to remember it on purpose, you can’t hold it in your hand Even if you try to imprint on yourself, like an awl sticking out of your pocket. I didn’t know the emotions that assert my existence.
I didn’t want to feel the emptiness I felt when I saw Emilia’s empty room after leaving Emilia.
Laertes captured his thoughts and swung his sword while riding a horse at the one who was running towards him. Warm blood splattered on his cheeks.
From a distance Joseph shouted.
“Leader!”
“How is it?”
“Worst!”
Laertes furrowed his eyebrows.
“Hey, damn it. I don’t know where or what they did, but they’re more upgraded than the ones we had back then! That damn sacrificial tier rating is very high. Alston promised!”
“…… Yes, it seems.”
“Sir Laertes, who brought you……. Hey!”
“We must take Her Majesty the Princess and Lady Elodie to a safe place. It will be difficult to recruit manpower right now, but… … .”
Laertes wiggled his tail. Joseph made an angry face.
“Fuck. How the Guards Templars did their job, they were pouring out from among the participants, and I was very sweaty. It continues even now. I sent a request to headquarters, but… … .”
The Templars of the Guard said bluntly, ‘The capital is our realm. Because the Knights of Glamis were not to be overtaken by the attitude–even because it was an event directly attended by the royal family–the number of Knights of Glamis waiting outside were very few.
There was no better expert in dealing with the so-called ‘unbelievers’ than the Knights of Glamis.
Unfortunately, the absolute number was so small that it was of little use after an incompetent ally made the situation worse.
All those who were already waiting were rushed in, but it takes time to move.
“What about His Majesty the Grand Duke and His Majesty the Queen?”
“Both of you are fine. There are about two areas in the hunting grounds where there is a lot of disturbance, but it seems that you are on the safe side.”
“Where is the commander of the Guard Knights?”
“Would it be better to lead a wonderful Guards Knight commander who should lead the field? They say that the safety of His Majesty the Queen is the number one priority, and they are circling around the area.”
There was a lot of sarcasm in Joseph’s voice.
If Laertes is the number one in the Knights – considering that the commander is almost retired – Alston is number two.
I left Alston on the western outskirts on purpose, in case a dangerous person could ride outside the forest.
It was also there that instructed Emilia to go.
“that…… The behavior of the enemies is a little different. Those who mix and attack in the middle are sacrifices, and most of them stand idly and idly, spit black ones, and writhe and attack the people around them… … It’s a woman.”
Most of the subjects in question, which Joseph did not know if he should call him Moore, collapsed, dripping black water all over his body.
“The sacrifice level, as I said before, is quite high. It’s still unclear, but it’s mostly called green eyes. Either way, it is similar in that it causes a lot of damage to people by driving them into panic like they are hunting people.”
“…… How many people are waiting on the safe side?”
“It’s pretty good. Still, most of them are decent guys. These are handsome nobles who went out hunting for prey and preserved their bodies. Anyway, I don’t know if there is such a thing as noblesse oblige… … .”
“Joseph, this is an emergency.”
“Yes, yes. It’s funny that the handsome Grand Duke was also shivering from being so tired of blue. To be honest, I wanted to say that he was proud of himself because he was a strong man.”
Laertes, who normally would have gone somewhere and made such a remark, who would have tightly shut down the club because he didn’t know if it would cause a big problem, was silent this time.
“The situation needs to be sorted out. If you go like this… … .”
“Yes. It’s going to be more of a bitch.”
Joseph looked around and whispered to Laertes.
“Damn it. Commander, this is very serious.”
“What, however.”
“…… That’s the word ‘sacrificial’. I think there is one person I know.”
“what?”
Joseph slapped Laertes with a serious look on his face in embarrassment.
“Hey, the people who appeared as sacrifices seem to have disappeared from the capital.”
That Otome Game’s Bad End