But Armia decision to cut off her blind faith and then support Margulus and Sarveria must be what troubled her.
Worry, regret, and other feelings too, as a member of the same party for some time, I could somewhat understand them.
Hence why, Armia whose feeling was betrayed, couldn’t recover.
「………Terrible.」
Narsena muttered that word.
In her eyes were the feeling of revulsion toward Margulus and Sarveria who were no longer here.
I also shared her sentiment.
「I have a request I want to ask you about Armia.」
While our expression still cloudy, Zieg-san opened his mouth.
「I know it’s unreasonable to ask both of you this, but, we can’t leave her like this for longer, that’s why, I beg you, can you please talk to her? 」
He looked pained as he said that.
His expression showed how worried he was having to say that.
Being the third party who didn’t know the full picture, Zieg-san would want to avoid stepping into my relationship with Armia.
「I’m not asking you to unconditionally forgive Armia. But, I hope you can talk if over with Armia, Armia had been tormenting herself over her connection with you.」
And yet, he committed the taboo.
From that, it was apparent how much Zieg-san worried about Armia.
「……I’m sorry, I can’t answer that request.」
……But even knowing that, this wasn’t a request I could accept.
「Kh!」
In response to my reply, anxiety floated on Zieg-san’s face for a moment.
「My bad. I forgot to say the important thing, about the reward.」
However, Zieg-san’s immediately regained his composure and kept talking.
「In terms of rewards, I will give you all the rewards from the phoenix subjugation. Of course, this is the conclusion of my party’s discussion.」
「………Huh?」
「……No way」
I couldn’t hide my agitation hearing Zieg-san’s words.
Giving us all the reward from phoenix subjugation was an exceptional reward.
Moreover, doing that meant Zieg-san’s party would be in the red.
「Please!」
Even so, there was no hesitation in his words.
I was touched by his appearance who cared for his comrades so much.
「……I’m sorry, it’s not the issue with reward. There is no point even if I forgive her.」
「Wha-!?」
…But I couldn’t accept Mr. Sieg’s request.
「Wait! In her current condition, she wouldn’t be able to take part in the phoenix subjugation. If Armia returns to normal, the subjugation would surely be easier!」
Responding to my words, Zieg-san kept talking as if he was impatient.
In order to somehow convinced me.
…Alas, I didn’t accept his request not because I couldn’t forgive Armia.
It was just, no matter what I do, I wouldn’t be able to save her.
「I don’t think she will be back to normal even if I forgive her.」
「…………Hah?」
Seemingly not understanding what I meant, Zieg-san was at lost for words.
「I think Armia is only trying to erase the feeling of emptiness from being betrayed by Sword of Lightning by obsessing over her atonement for me. Whether I forgive her or not, the void in her heart would still remain… No, forgiving her may even have a greater impact on her.」
However, after hearing my explanation which ignored his reaction, Zieg-san looked shaken for a moment, then he opened his mouth.
「…Is that so?」
From his murmur, it seemed he was deeply convinced.
That was when I knew Zieg-san finally realized there was nothing he could do about this.
The reason for her current condition was not her guilt toward me.
The matter with Margulus and Sarveria still occupied her heart, trying to atone to me was just her trying to turn her head away from the matter.
So, I couldn’t possibly cheer Armia up no matter what I do.
…… Understanding that, Zieg-san, unable to hide his discouragement, left the cafe to talk with his party members about the phoenix subjugation tomorrow.
「……Is this alright?」
All I could do as I watched Zieg-san’s went away with drooped shoulder was muttering that.
But when I realized I couldn’t get involved in this, I let out a sigh.
While praying that Armia will recover somehow, I got up to leave the cafe.
「…Um, O-Oniisan」
「What’s wrong?」
It was at that moment Narsena called out to me timidly.
This took longer than I expected, both the gathering motivation part and the translating part, pretty sure I get some part wrong too, might need to come back later if it’s actually important in the future