Nagai Koto Volume 2 Chapter 93: Unsinkable destroyer ship (lol)

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There were a few parts where I really couldn’t tell who was saying what or why they were saying that, but hopefully it doesn’t look too bad. Thanks for reading~

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The council unexpectedly closed pretty readily.

――Could you leave the matter of his treatment entirely to me?

Princess Arsha of the Ten Heroes of Light didn’t say anything more.
Although she is the princess of the empire and one of the world leading champions, I wonder if a brat in her teens should really have this much authority.
The cunning government officials lost their words and nodded to what Arsha said.
Even the people who hold authority in the council, said, “if the princess says so,” and readily acknowledged it.
Straight after that, people wearing yellow, long coats that seem to be Arsha’s close aids came in and took Kagami away somewhere.
Kagami didn’t seem to be resisting or anything and was just grinning happily.

――Well, see you later, Velt-kun♪

After leaving just those words behind, he was taken away.
As far as I’ve heard today, it’s doubtful whether he’ll be given the death penalty or any serious penalties.
What exactly is Arsha trying to do with Kagami?
And, is Arsha’s identity really that woman I knew?
I feel like something troublesome is going to happen again.

“Thinking about whether this world is simple or whether it’s complicated is just troublesome.” (Velt)
“Is anything wrong? I do not like Velt’s face when you are seriously thinking about something difficult. You do not look at me at all during that time.” (Forna)

We’re currently in a dining hall of the humanity’s great allied forces’ lodging house, that Barts, Shalt and the others use as their base in the empire.
I’m not a soldier, but there’s no way I’ll get kicked out when Forna, Barts, Shalt, Hawk and Sannu all gave their permission.
In this wide, clean dining hall with white-painted walls, where hundreds of people could stay in at once, I sit down and think back to the council that ended in the blink of an eye with some random development.

“Also, you need to stop those sorts of actions from now on. We were panicking about what might happen to us.” (Shalt)
“That’s right~, Velt-kun. I didn’t think you would cross over the railing and quarrel with Mackey Mouse, like, there’s a limit to how fearless you can be.” (Sannu)

Sorry. I do think that was quite an embarrassing thing to do if I say so myself.
However, I just wanted to face him and say something about how ironic that was.

“Anyway~, I’m changing the story, but what kind of person is that Arsha woman that came in all of a sudden?” (Velt)

At that moment, all five of them hit my head simultaneously.

“““““Don’t address the princess without an honorific! Rather, calling her ‘that woman’ is definitely no good!””””” (Everyone)

“O, o~w! And it’s not like it matters since she’s not the princess of my country or anything. Kings are different, but it’s fine to call presidents and prime ministers without their honorifics when you’re just talking with friends, alright?” (Velt)

Since they just suddenly hit me, all the other soldiers that had gathered in the dining hall for lunch became surprised, turned around all together and now we’re completely basking in the attention.
However, without seeming to care about that, Forna and the others drew closer to me.

 

“Listen carefully, Velt. Keeping the attitude you have when you come in contact with me is no good. The other person is the princess of the greatest country in the Humanity Continent, the Archline Empire. If I had to say, she would be one of the top-ranking people in humanity.” (Forna)

“Furthermore, it is said that her outstanding talent only comes once every hundred years, you know? Despite being in the same year as Barts and I, she graduated the great national military academy together with princess Forna, who is said to be the fastest in history.” (Shalt)

“And, she is a person who holds the greatest, highest title in humanity, the Ten Heroes of Light title. Rather, do you even know how much of an amazing person princess Forna is?” (Barts)

“Even in the battlefield, she’s rapidly achieving lots of things, and especially the group she leads as the commanding officer,『Independent Special Force, Yellow Jaegers』, also known as the『Yellow Hunters』, are a top class force, even among humanity’s great allied forces.” (Hawk) (TL Note: Jäger, or Jaeger, is the German word for “hunter”, and describes a kind of light infantry. The J is basically a Y, so it’s pronounced Yaegers.)

“On top of that, she’s such a beauty, isn’t she? Well, princess Forna is popular with men too, but in proportion to the fact that princess Arsha doesn’t have a fiance, her popularity is amazing~. Well, all the confessions seemed to have been shot down though.” (Sannu)

 

How much of a cheat is she? If it was a guy that had that much job history, that would be the type of character to die soon.
How blessed is she to be reincarnated into a princess after dying?
I over here am a farmer’s son………… no, speaking of blessed environments, I can’t say much either.
As expected, when they say this much, I was taken in by their words too.
Then, at that time.

 

“Ara, it sure is lively today.” (Arsha)

 

The person we were just talking about, appeared along with her group of comrades.

“Princess Arsha!” (Soldier)
“Princess! I heard you had returned, but it really was true!” (Soldier)
“Arsha-sama! And even the strongest newcomer knight in the empire, Doremifa is here!” (Soldier)
“Even Solasido, the newcomer victor of the magic technique championship!” (Soldier)
“They’ve returned, the champions of the empire have returned!” (Soldier)

A high-pitched cheer was sent to the yellow group. Arsha herself is acting cool and expressionless without answering any of them, but the ten people she brought with her are waving back with smiles like performers.
They’re unexpectedly young. They’re probably all in their teens or their early twenties.

 

“U~wa. What is that.” (Velt)

“They are the main forces of princess Arsha’s Yellow Hunters, also known as Arsha’s bodyguards. They are all our seniors that are almost the same age. They’re all top class, young soldiers that were picked from the capital.” (Hawk)

“Fufu, they are as popular as always. The champions of the empire that bear the next generation have appeared.” (Forna)

“Well, although they are the champions of this country, the meaning is different for them compared to us. Compared to other countries, the scale and population of the empire is different. Of course, the numbers of rivals in their year is overwhelmingly different, including us from the Elfarshia Kingdom. Their talent and ability to win through that competition is not just for show.” (Shalt)

“Oi, what are you saying, Shalt! Aren’t you always that one that says it doesn’t matter!? In the end, we took the same education as them and graduated too! There’s no difference between us!” (Barts)

“Ba, Barts, you’re being too loud~, they’re going to hear you!” (Sannu)

 

At that moment, probably because they noticed us making noise, the Yellow Hunters showed smiles and came close to us.

“Ohh! Princess Forna, Barts and Shalt, you seem energetic.” (Doremifa)
“Yes, Doremifa. Thank you for your hard work.” (Forna)
“It really was. Our leader is too rough when handling her troops. The moment we had gone to the north, she made us return immediately, you know?” (Doremifa)

It was a man called Doremifa who started casually talking to them while smiling. He’s the only person who cut the sleeves off of his yellow long coat, in other words, he’s wearing a strange, non-sleeve long coat.
He’s good looking and has a purple, short mohawk, that I’ve seen quite a lot in Japan.
He’s tall and has a good physique too. It’s different to Shalt’s weak-ass body or Barts’ body that has no excess fat to be as fast as possible.
That being said, he’s not a gorilla like Galva either. His physique seemed like he had trained for speed, power and everything, in a good balance, like an all-rounder.
In other words, he seems strong.

“Barts, and Shalt too.” (Doremifa)
“Yo.” (Barts)
“It sure has been a while, Doremifa.” (Shalt)

For some reason, the three silently exchange glances. Then, they suddenly stuck out their fists to the centre, hitting each other at the same time.
In the next moment, all three of them grinned.

“You guys protected the empire well against the cyclopes.” (Doremifa)
“Yeah, it was a disaster.” (Barts)
“There had never been I time where I wanted you guys to be there even more than that.” (Shalt)

Although Doremifa is showing a careless smile, I could see his eyes are a bit wet.

“I heard about the people that died. I really do feel apologetic for that. But I won’t let that happen again. We’re going to be stationed here for a while, so we’ll protect the empire this time.” (Doremifa)

The dining hall suddenly got excited by those reliable words.

“Exactly! You guys didn’t do anything!” (Soldier)
“You better fight next time!” (Soldier)
“Come on, it’s not like we actively participated in it either.” (Soldier)
“Yeah, the ones that did were princess Forna, Barts, Shalt and those guys that put their life on the line.” (Soldier)
“Next time, we won’t lose for sure!” (Soldier)
“I’ll protect the empire! I’ll protect the Humanity Continent! And, I definitely won’t lose to the demons and demi-humans!” (Soldier)

Stopping their eating hand, the soldiers all stood up and raised their fists at the same time.
Everyone agreed and started shouting passionately, saying, “me too.”
And, one step before that reached its climax, one woman stepped forward.

 

“Exactly, we will fight from next time too. But, it is true that we cannot fight alone.” (Arsha)

 

It’s Arsha. Contrary to her cold, cool expression, she gave forth a voice filled with quite a lot of passion to everyone.

 

“Everyone, Doremifa said this too, but I thank you again. For protecting the country, for protecting humanity, thank you so much.” (Arsha)

 

The room became noisy. Although she’s still expressionless, Arsha, while being a princess, lowered her head to everyone here.
Everyone let out their voices from that sudden action.
And then,

 

“Next time, it will not only be you, nor just the Yellow Jaegers. We will fight together! One for all. All for one!” (Arsha)

 

The feelings of the soldiers that almost exploded, gained even further energy and produced overwhelming passion in the next moment.

 

“““““Uooooooooooooooooooooooooo-!!!””””” (Everyone)

 

Even if she doesn’t show it on her face, I can feel her enthusiasm from her words.
The soldiers that had their hearts struck by those feelings, responded to them while shedding tears.

“Ku~, as expected of her, our leader-sama is raising everyone up as always.” (Doremifa)
“Well, I guess that’s why you can risk your life for her. But personally, I would be happier if she was a bit more social and held an interest in love.” (Soldier?)
“Oi oi, I’ll tell you this, but our experience points have gone up by so much after participating in the empire defence battle.” (Barts)
“Yeah, exactly. If you show too much composure, you might become burdens for us, you know?” (Shalt)
“Yes, we will not lose to the elites of the empire.” (Soldier?)

I feel kinda bad now that everyone’s getting all passionate, but I had to use all my might to hold in my laughter at Arsha’s enthusiastic speech.

“Kuh, pukukuku, one for all, hah~.” (Velt)
“Ara, what is wrong, Velt?” (Forna)
“Well, how do I put it, I just thought that we’re in such different worlds~.” (Velt)

Kagami, what did you think? What did you think about this princess that’s passionately living together with her comrades for the sake of world peace, in this world that you called worthless?
I bet you were laughing pretty hard.

“Fufu, even though we’re both women, I still admire her. That charisma. Princess Forna has it too, but it’s a different type.” (Sannu)
“Yeah, she’s normally cool and doesn’t smile, but her heart is burning and strong. She really gives off that ‘fighting woman’ feel~.” (Hawk)

That’s the assessment of this world, and the way you live, huh.
Well, I’m not particularly interested though. It must’ve been a tiring life, but it should be fine now since you’re surrounded by comrades.

“Well, that part of you that wants to take care of things alone doesn’t seem to have changed though.” (Velt)

By the time I realized it, I had been standing in front of Arsha.

“Ara, you are the person from before, right?” (Arsha)

Arsha, who noticed my existence, turned around.

“I’m Velt Jeeha. Nice to meet you.” (Velt)
“Yes, I heard. You subjugated Mackey Mouse, saved humanity’s great allied forces who were in despair, and you are Forna’s husband.” (Arsha)

Forna, how much have you talked about me? Like, sorry for thinking you had already forgotten about me.

“I am sorry for not being able to properly greet you before, Velt-kun. Nice to finally meet you.” (Arsha)
“Nn, yeah.” (Velt)

She greets me with a slightly slackened mouth.
Well, they say she’s cool, but it’s not like she’s gloomy or anything.

“Hey, princess, I want to talk about something.” (Velt)
“Ara, what could it be?” (Arsha)
“Hm~, ah~, this place isn’t that great, so come with me for―――” (Velt)

―――――――!

“““““―――――Eh!””””” (Everyone)

…………?

“Hah?” (Velt)

Huh? The atmosphere changed all of a sudden.
Why is everyone opening and closing their mouths?

“You, even though you are in front of your wife, how could you say you want to go somewhere along with another woman…………” (Shalt)

In the next moment, Forna had knocked the back of my head.

“Ve Ve Ve Ve, Velt! Yo, yo, yo, you, what are you saying! O, o, of all people, to think you would try to take out princess Arsha, there is a limit to how rude you can be! In the first place, you already have Ura and me!” (Forna)

No, wait a minute. You’re misunderstanding something…………

“Velt, you, why do you end up doing such things so easily! If you go too far, even we won’t be able to protect you!” (Shalt)
“Velt, you………… how could you try to have an affair with princess Arsha.” (Barts)
“Why do you break common sense so easily? In the first place, why princess Arsha, the unsinkable destroyer ship that has continued declining requests from numerous champions and royalty from other countries.” (Hawk)
“Velt-kun, you’re the worst!” (Sannu)

Even Shalt and the others are joining in, say, saying as much as they want.

“Oi oi, that’s no good, Velt~ was it?” (Doremifa)

And, even Doremifa, a guy that I just met today, is getting shocked at me.

“Well, it’s not like I don’t understand why you would fall for princess Arsha. But you know, only a great hero that can change the world and lead humanity, is worthy of grasping the princess’ heart. Well, you became a champion from that medal award the other day, but it’ll still be a long time until you grasp the princess’ heart. Come back again later.” (Doremifa)

Damn, are these guys strange in the head or something? Why are they advancing the conversation under the premise that I fell in love with this woman?
They’re even saying I’m trying to have an affair, a guy I just met today is giving me a trashy reputation and at the end of all that, he says I’m not worthy?
So annoying~.

“Ahh? That’s not it. I just want to talk to her in secret, so I don’t want that many people to hear it.” (Velt)
“Haa? What kind of secret talk would you have with the princess!?” (Doremifa)
“Like I said, I don’t want people to hear because of some circumstances.” (Velt)
“Then what are those circumstances?” (Doremifa)
“If I say that, then there’s no point in it being secret, like, I’m actually going to knock you down!” (Velt)
“What? Knock me down? Oi oi, are you saying that while knowing about me?” (Doremifa)

I’m kinda irritated, so maybe I should use fuwa fuwa panic on him?
However, as I thought that, Arsha let out a few words.

“Very well. I will hear you out.” (Arsha)
“Ah, seriously?” (Velt)
“Princess!” (Doremifa)

The soldiers became confused by those unexpected words.
But…………

“But you have to talk about it here.” (Arsha)

Like I said, there’s no point if I do that.
This guy’s troublesome too.

“I don’t know what you want to talk about in secret, but I do not have any secrets that would trouble me if my comrades heard. Rather, keeping secrets from comrades only invites distrust. So, say it right here and now. If you can do that, then I will hear you out.” (Arsha)

You don’t have any secrets? Liar!
Oi, you soldiers over there. Although you’re feeling moved………… she probably is holding a secret, you know?

“………… Oi, are you sure?” (Velt)
“Yes, I do not mind. Besides, princess Forna will be more relieved that way, right?” (Arsha)

Good grief, guess it can’t be helped. Then, I’ll just say my main point…………

“Kagami muttered it before, but are you really Ayase?” (Velt)
“……………………………………………………………… Eh?” (Arsha)

She made an unexpected, dumbfounded face at the name Ayase.

“““Kagami? Ayase?””” (Everyone)

And just as I thought, the others reacted like that.
See. She really hasn’t announced her secret.
Then, the woman that had been wearing a cool mask, suddenly began trembling.

“Um, um-. U~m, hu…………h? Are………… you………… possibly,『that』?” (Arsha)
“Yeah, I’m『that』.” (Velt)

There was only one thing that could be talking about『that』between us.
Then, princess Arsha kept her head hanging down, and for some reason, I could hear a scary, intimidating noise from her.

“You………… you should have said that beforehand!” (Arsha)

Oi, your mask came off. Your comrades are all agitated.
She shouted at me loud enough to make my ears hurt.

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