Extra Story: Thereafter of the Foolish Royals ②

Viewpoint of the captain of the 2nd corps of the Knights.

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“Tsk. Why does an aristocrat like me have to come all the way to the frontier like this.”
“It can’t be helped, Captain. Vulgar bloodthirsty men like the ones in the army can’t do what nobles like us can.”
“That’s true. It should be fine to dismantle an army that can’t even hunt monsters satisfactorily, but His Majesty the King is kind.”

About a week ago, His Majesty the King ordered our Knights to defeat the demons that came out of the Demon Forest.
Apparently, the unscrupulous army couldn’t handle the pressure and came crying to His Majesty the King.
Honestly, this is why I don’t like this vulgar army.

However, I didn’t expect that not only the 4th and 3rd, but also our 2nd corps would be dispatched.
It seems that the 1st corps led by their captain is also on stand-by.

“We were expecting you, Your Excellency.”
“Good job waiting for me.”

When I arrived at the army garrison, a man who looked like an officer came to greet me.
He then guides me to the Operations Room.

“What is this place?”
“Yes? This is the Operations Room.”
“I could tell as much. The aristocratic knights have arrived, a grand welcome should have been prepared.”

Were military officers always so incompetent?

When a nobleman came, a welcome party should be held with alcohol and women.

It may be necessary to advise His Majesty the King to inspect the army’s ranks.

H-, however, we’re in a situation where monsters could attack at any moment, so I can’t give you preferential treatment at this time.”
“Hm.”
“Flowers shall be prepared, so if I could ask you to refrain from alcohol…”

I see.
He has a point.

Then, the vice-captain steps in front of me.

“Scoundrel, do you intend to make fools out of us? Are you saying we can’t match the likes of an anti-demon aristocrat, if we become slightly drunk!?”
“N-no sir, not at all.”
“Vice-captain, Leave it at that. Yes, let’s leave 2 men straight-faced. That should be fine right?”

The job of being sober can be left to the vice-captain and the army officer.
A splendid decision, even for someone like me.

The officer looked like he wanted to say something, but bows his head.

“Understood, I’ll make the preparations.”
“Also, officer.”
“Yes, what may it be?”
“The core of the monsters defeated by the knights, belong to the knights. Understood?”
“Wha-!”

The officer looked startled.

“The monster cores obtained in the Demon Forest must be treated as military property.”
“We are not barbarians like anti-demon aristocrats. As a nobleman’s right, we should have claim on what we hunt ourselves, yes?”

What you get on the battlefield can be taken back as it is, as a privilege of the aristocrats.
This also applies to the Knights, which comprises of aristocracy.

“T-that is something I can’t decide on my own. Let me ask my superiors.”
“…Well, that’s fine. I’m sure His Majesty would forgive me.”

We came out here in the first place, due to the army’s carelessness.
If we’re refused, we can simply depart from here.

I see off the army officer, who leaves the room with a bitter face.

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“Captain! It seems that a monster has appeared.”
“Umu! You lot, let’s depart.”
“”””OUU!””””

About an hour after parting with the officer.
I receive news of monsters appearing while the hospitality party was being held.
These monsters are truly bothersome.

As soon as I heard the news, I depart with my men.

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“”””GAAAAAAAA””””

As I arrived at the scene, a bear-shaped monster the size of a hut had just come out of the Demon Forest.
Around it were several regular-sized bear monsters.

“We’ll start with the small-fries. Prepare [Wind Blade]s!”
“”””HA!””””

I heard that anti-demon aristocrats were always defeating monsters with this move.
If it’s beginner magic like that, then all the members of the corps can use it.

My goodness, to have to come all the way here just for a monster that can be defeated by beginner magic.

No, I heard the cores of monsters that come out of Demon Forest can be sold at a reasonable price.
Isn’t it rather cheap then, if I can get my hands on that?

“Release!”
“”””[Wind Blade]””””

The Knights activate [Wind Blade] all at once at my signal.
Since I didn’t specify which individual to aim for, several blades fly at different targets.
It seemed like a waste, so it might be better to specify a target from next time.

The wind blades pierce their targets as intended.

“”””GAAAAAAAAA””””

…But the monsters don’t even look like they were scratched.
On the contrary, they begin to aim at us and charge.

In a few moments, they were right in front of us.

“Wa—“
“H, help—“
“Hii—“

The group members get blown away by the monsters, helplessly.

“H-, how!”

Wasn’t it possible to defeat them with a single [Wind Blade]?
This doesn’t seem to be working at all!

Like the other members, I was blown away by a monster and lose consciousness.

 

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Author’s note:
Originally it takes a month to reach the frontier by horse-drawn carriage, but since they came with military horses, the knights arrived in a week.

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