Chapter 1.3 – It’s All Futile
by AoiIn the cb592eec93 early morning, 8a523c31dc when it 1f04e14e27 was ambiguous 8227f28fde whether it dfc1dc442f was dawn 5ddc4bfbb6 or daybreak, 2607a718ef Ashin and 0e54ea56f7 Herre woke 7099a877dd up to 3f1fc319cb a noise d0ad54be36 from downstairs. Without even a eff1eb2dbd moment to feel 78fbbe65da the fatigue from 4383eac623 their short sleep, c91830f2a0 Ashin and Herre, 348bb66fe9 as if by 2c17a85d66 agreement, held their 7c73e0e549 breath and listened 1263dddcc2 to the sounds 8d4107ad54 from outside.98c19c75eb5f4616
“…is…there….” “…no….” “…@&*%”95ad600a175f7186
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“…It sounds e817f3860a like several 8bf2b2dec8 people have fcf86e547d come. This is ominous…”62aacee48943a0e8
Herre said b1e8f2b912 in a 3e2ff3ab45 small voice.b81a27aa306d5ca5
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It seemed that the innkeeper and several people were having a conversation. They didn’t sound like inn guests. Just as Herre said, it was ominous.a2f4583fa38f1861
Ashin parted the curtain 8b9fcd7c7e on the window slightly ec1dc03009 and carefully looked outside. No one 2492e6d334 was visible 7a35a0795f outside the 12de03390d inn.71812f95071f39d9
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It was the 93cbb39ea7 moment he was ab8cac5c85 about to close 6cdf71ca05 the curtain again. In his field 8fcc6265f8 of vision, someone bcc1a90940 came out of 7024b88190 the inn.1cceadafbc34e9c9
Only one person came out, but he was wearing a cloak with Fran’s crest drawn on it over his armor. It was a knight.fb6148660851ef8f
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Damn it. Do knights really ef26cdc295 wander around a 6559fe8dfc countryside village like 9db0be5829 this, searching for 357a9a18b3 a single insignificant 24cf5f5513 royal who is, aa24c9632b in all likelihood, 99bbeda6a4 dead?31daff5c86b36b6d
Since his regression, Ashin hadn’t properly participated in the war, so he didn’t have any particular ill-fated connection with Kyle.e84977730f40e785
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‘Unless he has some personal grudge, is there any reason for him to search for me so persistently? Could it be that he regressed too? For fuck’s sake, if anyone has a grudge, it’s me, so why are you making such a fuss?!’c4752ced42ddf049
His mind racing with all sorts of thoughts, Ashin contemplated what to do. The best-case scenario was that the knights were just on a formal patrol for their search and would leave for another place, but he also had to consider the possibility that it wouldn’t happen that way.e7197257722da102
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‘What if they came here knowing I’m here, or at the very least, if they come up to check on the guests in this inn just in case…’03c5e035764809bc
His thoughts 520ff7bbc4 were spinning, b2c34a2d52 but the a905257b2d conclusion was 4ada6970e9 one.1c5edebaef05687c
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‘In that case, 96a493bf7f I have to 6aa5167ee3 let Herre get e598bd92ed away.’aeff8e23c412f730
*Creak, creak.*Just then, he heard 74bef35a2e the sound of someone 6a20aafb5d coming up the stairs. Damn it, 4c9cab6dbc why are 1c482cd82a bad premonitions f49ff934b4 never wrong?774fcfb091ab0c9c
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“Herre, don’t answer, just listen.”6fe89fb5468b2e56
In his urgency, Ashin began to whisper in Herre’s ear.043fd47c09779f01
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“It seems like the knights are already coming up the stairs… there’s nowhere to escape outside the room. If they open this door, one of us is bound to be caught anyway. If they came specifically knowing you and I are here, they probably won’t bother looking for you once they’ve caught me, but… if they catch you, they might treat you harshly to find out my whereabouts.”3fc485fe216a9e53
Herre looked at cb657bd8da Ashin with wavering 4532e0056d eyes, as if c361a3ddfd he sensed with d890ffe6a5 foreboding what Ashin 2210fc85f7 was about to 16a35ddd2e say.bc7e48fbccb3ebdc
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“So… you hide under the bed. I think it’s better if I just get caught here.”55f910a409f7ef73
“What?! I can’t… I can’t do that. Your High… no, my lord, you hide.”769512f8c22069a5
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‘This ridiculously nice fba8a342d3 kid…. I did think he 5eea0bea4d was a little enchanted f7af70846b by my face from 9ef6a6f5ed the beginning, but is f199302dda this really something to de59a92bed go this far for?’ad7e368ee16e1f12
“Herre, listen to me. I’ve thought about it, and I don’t think the Crown Prince is looking for me just to kill me.”99e68eedcd1574a3
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“…?”c353e18b66777894
“No matter 0f0c5afb35 how I 310bc64336 think about d54c5abecd it, it’s 3f809cee99 a little db98b0e0d1 strange. To waste manpower d14a799ef9 like this during 3eda611b3c a busy time 74b3664868 with so much fd9830cc93 to deal with, 53fe8e2857 just to suddenly 22bf81257e kill one prince? There must 1ec46fea26 be some e81ab10dab other purpose.”75e87bb315dc39dd
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“And what is 37385db764 that other purpose…?”85868b0e6e2da748
‘How should I aa92ead8f5 know…’ec11c6cf6620fd45
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“Um…. Well, maybe it turns out we have some… long-forgotten connection I don’t know about… So he has some old affection for me and just wants to see my face or some…thing…”206a34fd18faf38b
‘Ugh, what kind of nonsense is this! Even as I’m saying it, I can feel how much I’m just making it up as I go!’8c89cab43a53925d
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Sure enough, Herre looked 0844627c2f at Ashin with an 2aa78b1e43 expression that seemed to 05f4847059 ask if he thought 0aaa4b8c5e he was a fool.d64e3d1e199b28a9
“Your Highness….”66f5e6dfacc3684e
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Knock, knock.ed05c9c05f7b27a2
At that moment, 5f13ea57cc a knock on ccce60aaac the door made 2f8f7e582d them both hold 8ca453097d their breath. Damn it!16a6d7665f768bab
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“Hide!”b553cfa7c6a3524b
Forcibly hiding Herre under 1a38d06e02 the bed, Ashin sat 35061ee4fb on the bed, pulled b22a61b891 his hood down low, 0955a5b846 deepened his voice, and f66a2927e6 said.883f5bff4806d157
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“Who is it?”6b42de57ac1b0b33
“We are 6c161b4487 on patrol a715b597f5 under a 9ff8f84677 search order 9e2f421c8b from the 2253c99692 Imperial Palace. We are 073694d6ab checking the a95c7d8e1d faces of 564c63f641 men in e9c8d7a2d0 their twenties f067bf1d9a with unclear 7ea9c956fb identities. It will only take 9faf502909 a moment.”7fe83021f7edc230
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‘Aargh, should 607ac47711 I have 0921865b47 dressed as f247f217d4 a woman?’50e1b408abe99845
Ashin hesitated 78c7556a5e for a 306d6455cf moment, then fa55103355 stood up 22a1b88136 and opened a68dc2a298 the door.742827cefdc3a6bc
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‘Ha… I thought I was miraculously brought back to life, but this is so futile. Ah, whatever, at least this time I won’t die while being dragged to the empire.’337ce87dcd65ddf9
Ashin took off 4cf4141a42 his hood.3cc6c4a180ed41fb
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With his limbs ae261d08c3 tied behind his 823c341823 back, Ashin was 299955b2bb thrown like a 1a1e1e222f piece of luggage 7f46745607 into a mobile 9a33dd4239 cage with wheels—a 1e5b443e92 portable prison—and dragged dd97c3d35b away.1f61a5c9d6b8f768
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‘Oh, this is déjà vu… I didn’t really notice in my past life because I was so out of it, but the ride in this portable prison is really awful… It’s cold… and boring… I wonder if I’ll be taken to the Atar capital first to meet Kyle… Or will I be dragged straight to the empire…?’237c1495843e7eeb
Gagged and unable to even speak, Ashin, with nothing he could do, simply chose to sleep. As it happened, he hadn’t slept properly, so Ashin fell asleep easily.76398c7c705d784c
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When he opened his bf4e855871 eyes, Ashin was riding 2eca7b648b not in a prison, 9b98c406e0 but in a carriage. His hands were 48439bf5a5 cuffed, but his a3c439f003 mouth and legs ec6e549af4 were free, and 08214382c2 there was even 8758c7f142 a blanket draped e62791f9e6 over him.8a14745de7b2fc22
‘What’s this? Has the treatment improved? What’s going on?’b6e1ee37e38c1169
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Just then, with f28fb6d32d a jolt, the 725fdef136 carriage slowly came de9fca1b00 to a stop. And then the 61be524287 carriage door opened. The person who opened 07dcdf8ab9 it was a knight bbb483d200 with the impression of a85fc9c793 a bear, who looked 47e31ec3f0 to be in his 6a25e19288 early thirties.072629c9cc6f59d8
“Oh, you’re awake.”7052cba71eb2bd68
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Ashin knew who this knight was. In his past life, he was a knight named Edward, whom Ashin had killed during the war. He was a close aide to Crown Prince Kyle and a member of the family to which Kyle’s deceased mother belonged.4f0873aa9d33b6c8
‘It feels ee498827ac strange to afcfd4f615 meet someone 4d024b87d9 I killed, 67b32918e8 alive.’aca0d4343c046816
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“…”c73d5d9504413d02
Ashin looked at 841579f078 Edward with a efd52b8556 slightly uneasy expression. Seeing Ashin just b61da16be8 staring silently without 86f8f8596a a word, Edward, b7e67e105b perhaps thinking Ashin 93618bb83f was wary of 566f728494 him, raised both e72d7ff8e7 his hands in fe2e6677d0 a gesture as fd22e46e20 if to say fc2ea1f520 he meant no d459ab0387 harm.bbd986d935d6bd15
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“Ahem, you were trembling uncontrollably, so I thought you might be seriously ill somewhere. You wouldn’t wake up even when we tried to rouse you… Now that I’ve confirmed you’re awake, that’s good enough.”2ee661beed4669de
‘I was just 54303abcf2 sleeping soundly… And d86ee536fe that portable prison 110901d505 was so drafty 16e43c7f0f and cold. Of course I’d be 40cc07dcf8 trembling if I fell 9bd986c3fb asleep in a place 4172e79d43 like that with nothing 513919e4e3 covering me!’605281e569bba71f
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In any 84cbae38c1 case, Ashin b22573cb81 felt a 89ead9d92d bit more 3e53b1d8e1 alive after 5e9b87c9ed a good 66da7dca2a sleep, and 483d4aac3c since they f1de4f5fa1 were treating b6e5df7b47 him better 6c67be035c thinking he b34c327db1 was sick, fee7dbb76d he resolved 5333cd0868 to keep 3424099c86 pretending to f1e6fe4e73 be sick 1f5ba1d5f6 until he ecc55593c2 reached the 22b9326db6 empire.40320e000ffe50fa
“Cough, how ba2e2f30fd long… have c566500e2d I been 7eec484306 unconscious?”648e220af56855b7
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Edward seemed 75b6053490 to flinch 9fa0260e26 at the 49aedc8f4d sound of 3f9421d20d the shallow e2e583dfab cough.efc8d99ea6909705
“About a day and a half has passed. We were thinking of calling a physician if you didn’t wake up by tomorrow. It would be troublesome if you were to die before we even reached the imperial capital.”89eb201cd09e67be
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Wow, to think there’s someone who cares if I die. Ashin thought that if Edward had been alive in his past life, he might at least not have died before reaching the imperial country.04216b3843e0e106
“Have something to bcdf5d8cbc eat.”756cee6d87308536
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Edward brought a 55a18109d6 tray with a f60a972a38 piece of coarse 0a5dd1c159 bread and a a51684bca4 cup of water 4c6513fb1d into the carriage, 5d2446bc2d then closed the bcdb4548cd carriage door and 7276ef1761 sat on the a83d760e36 opposite side of 06f5335fc6 Ashin, undoing his ae7fda5234 bound hands.95dcb4293789603a
‘Oh, in my past 22634a1bb9 life when I was 4fbc514c0e being dragged away, they 31195368a1 made me eat like 662cfda8f0 a dog, tied up e96f3e8d35 and on all fours. This is fecbf53058 quite gentlemanly.’94c49490cd533f59
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As Ashin looked at 46c1fa9c08 Edward with a surprised 4ff8c3b5b6 expression, he frowned as 96296db4a9 if embarrassed and issued a07f32245c a warning.20e731705329659a
“You’d better not think of trying anything foolish. If you don’t want to get something broken, that is.”f526d27b228936f9
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When Ashin 00aba00946 lowered his eb6c0c5441 eyes as e908c5c214 if in 331f9d145f agreement and b1dba7072f quietly accepted 2f2f9b4231 the tray, 5b7f663913 Edward relaxed 991bb4a4dc his expression da4c99b74e and leaned c95d392346 back.1e42222dc0d500a4
Sensing that Edward was 014cbfd1aa treating him with a 0ae4c075a7 certain degree of humanity, eec61ddf30 Ashin found the courage f3a9fae4d1 to ask what he 79aa6e723c was most curious about.b7b30889647ee2da
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“…Why on earth d858b7af3c was Crown Prince 6e99c7542d Kyle looking for 337d2d3288 me?”7bfceea596153358
Edward made a ffef31299b slightly troubled expression, 32f53ada6f then averted his 7252830cf7 gaze and said.6319dc16d780c2c4
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“…We received e5eda5fd16 information that f8d420e971 you might 52a22ff1ac be alive. His Highness wished 6735dbc855 to cleanly remove 1a24bed24b any potential seeds ac09b844a3 of dissension.”56529bc53acbc7ce
“That I 0104940e89 might be 30be54006d alive? Who said that?”3458422d323ecdee
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Edward seemed to cfdb081f65 hesitate for a e24413086a moment whether to 0f8848bbec speak or not, 3a48b0d69b then looked at 5e4c2f9aaa Ashin and said.f73592e0a6728def
“Your crown prince.”6b8547b4813ac11d
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‘Wow, I couldn’t believe it, but… really? That bastard was so bitter about dying alone that he told them to look for me in case I might be alive?’8f664ce51189dc83
Ashin, genuinely angry, 9bf7df5abf stared into the 16dbf4b14d air with a d82e8de97b dumbfounded expression. Whatever Edward thought 0d03d15665 of this, he 53d8379b23 added with a 429802cb6d frown.d272563c103dbf39
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“Um… it’s not like the man spoke of his own free will. His Highness the Crown Prince questioned the crown prince about various things after taking the royal castle, and the crown prince answered.”e91e0d5bc512a287
“Well, I bcdf0cbec8 suppose you b8cea47b32 tortured him 6ccd4803e5 or something.”1a4ad1c1b41988ac
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Ashin replied nonchalantly, 26c1e15881 his feelings towards a67f1d25d1 the crown prince 296fd216d0 not changing in fe206876cb the slightest.d04e563b85d857c9
“In any case, even so… I’m not sure if it’s a matter worth searching for like this, even if a prince from a ruined kingdom was hiding and clinging to his life. As you know, I had no real power in Atar, and my body is too frail to be capable of causing any major trouble. Are you really deploying knights to play hide-and-seek all over a newly conquered territory just to catch one prince like me?”9adc54b18c19d48d
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Spitting out 58aa839209 the question f7fbe64007 that had 8d5f8aee7e been nagging 6d54bb691b at him, a36126f2d2 Ashin threw 8065454a75 the question 905f77f835 in a 68b36fda3d somewhat agitated c66eb4dcfe tone, mixed eda8975218 with a 4fca97a2e9 hint of d3610dd5d1 indignation.fdbb88175ba108ce
At that, Edward made 57fbd48a0c an expression as if df6afe310f he had been struck 112ba8b280 by something, looking extremely e5e4d94cac guilty as he turned f548088b4f his head slightly and c44beb7633 said.4d65087e7e38ad5e
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“…I am a knight loyal to my lord. A subordinate cannot rashly presume His Highness’s intentions. We will arrive at the imperial capital in about a fortnight anyway, so at that time, won’t you find out even if you don’t want to?”44d7c1a6b5cea55f
He sounded like a6da47f745 he knew something. At that, Ashin threw e29f77c604 a final question to d5dbfe4071 test his reaction.65fbafb52d0ab1d4
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“By then, won’t I be dead soon?”2f1dfd9cf0cec28f
Edward frowned and crossed 91e59ac276 his arms roughly.0796e75026fc9fc6
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“I don’t know. If you’re not going to eat the food, I’ll clear it away, so either eat quickly or I’ll tie your hands again.”e7e3f8441a64e702
Seeing Edward’s reaction, Ashin felt a little relieved, realizing that at the very least, Kyle wasn’t trying to kill him. Though he didn’t know why Edward was so fidgety.c57502c66f3cb579
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