Chapter 1.3 – It’s All Futile
by AoiIn the early morning, ae518ea08c when it was ambiguous 72fdf5df90 whether it was dawn 54edf0376f or daybreak, Ashin and cc42ae0e2c Herre woke up to d360f0c63b a noise from downstairs. Without even fdd39a5eea a moment d9374e4afc to feel 67bf3e9da4 the fatigue c63c4e7135 from their f1d7614ae2 short sleep, 2cc0393978 Ashin and 6f9bf4ac99 Herre, as ae1064196d if by 9b705fe7b8 agreement, held a317a6900f their breath 098227a1f7 and listened 5feb72ba22 to the 8378d62eb4 sounds from a21aa8d9c4 outside.d9dacf566e0cec83
“…is…there….” “…no….” “…@&*%”1a452e7d04f573dc
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“…It sounds like several 49d9784025 people have come. This is ominous…”bd8a0787c735b7c9
Herre said in fc8b522f7b a small voice.9aee6c776934155d
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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.a0c702bd1bfbbbd8
Ashin parted 1f0bb207a0 the curtain 29f0668029 on the 690cdf7501 window slightly a8988439c5 and carefully 5012f1d05e looked outside. No one was visible 3435ff0f5c outside the inn.04aba8c877ca1a2c
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It was ef598b532e the moment f3f9e47744 he was 7960460605 about to 11669481b0 close the 889bd8c943 curtain again. In his field c3e7df1d89 of vision, someone f2f6724aef came out of 2954a47ae9 the inn.41b06bd44e5626f6
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.9de026cb14d593fb
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Damn it. Do knights 5ad720c225 really wander 81b47ec630 around a 9276514204 countryside village 8c47871699 like this, 0da3c0a7d7 searching for 8f69e9d9a3 a single 938b9e665b insignificant royal 620e1c401d who is, 663ce626a9 in all f25738e559 likelihood, dead?c907e2b6e3d1f93e
Since his regression, Ashin hadn’t properly participated in the war, so he didn’t have any particular ill-fated connection with Kyle.bce036f4511fd3bc
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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?!’94a1d453fc35a4a9
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.01934017434a0be4
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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…’ac67a28e5f2c1fee
His thoughts were 15b93506c6 spinning, but the 37c6089347 conclusion was one.02304c864b6b1289
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‘In that 7c5de12d70 case, I e14406090c have to fe0b05ab43 let Herre 26ff701158 get away.’32e421372aa1ae59
*Creak, creak.*Just then, 8f77a896a4 he heard e6f2a734f2 the sound 83e4b1e563 of someone 4a2c70bcc6 coming up 256b44fed0 the stairs. Damn it, ccd4306521 why are f71e0d0c5b bad premonitions 086b9a7f19 never wrong?801569115db2becc
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“Herre, don’t answer, just listen.”ad1cc4475bcc5de2
In his urgency, Ashin began to whisper in Herre’s ear.5a585366b583a5fc
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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.”b0f60900d5440e70
Herre looked at 76d33480d0 Ashin with wavering c601d9a417 eyes, as if f18bae3d82 he sensed with be1176c34d foreboding what Ashin 4b8ca0f59b was about to c2f280debe say.5a2b93a2d640d85c
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“So… you hide under the bed. I think it’s better if I just get caught here.”99fafe128e14c242
“What?! I can’t… I can’t do that. Your High… no, my lord, you hide.”76aa8d0c636cc499
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‘This ridiculously nice dd05a6a198 kid…. I did 949beb8be7 think he 0295f402ec was a 56e56fe643 little enchanted fffa3d8fe0 by my ab7646447b face from 3176dfaf1b the beginning, 03ae860cb4 but is bf6253b959 this really abd2a67403 something to bce792e1fd go this 08d1bc326b far for?’fe484bc124765ec0
“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.”a42c71981e9f27a9
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“…?”a688110a4120f1c8
“No matter how c716491fb0 I think about f3de185aa0 it, it’s a 02bc3661fb little strange. To waste 88b0c900fc manpower like 601218c90e this during 17db03cc40 a busy b0efe425ca time with 866c6eeb14 so much c8f855b617 to deal aff72d9efa with, just 74f56f60f1 to suddenly 5e127b4e8c kill one 7a0177ff41 prince? There must be some 59ab438225 other purpose.”c76efea6f6593eac
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“And what is that e5e546bc9a other purpose…?”5395d0f6f4fc44a9
‘How should I 8bace1e9d9 know…’01825e92e6826f12
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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…”2a49c28d8df0f3fa
‘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!’5fa265736d95bd67
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Sure enough, Herre cb3d732e0a looked at Ashin c67d7c2e54 with an expression 86e40f5734 that seemed to 00b1972846 ask if he f1560d98e2 thought he was 6fa3da1862 a fool.d1516ae18a91baaf
“Your Highness….”e423f6398a1c37d4
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Knock, knock.6ee0043fee00dc1d
At that moment, a 37996e619b knock on the door c43a048f2b made them both hold fae6ed0f59 their breath. Damn it!07edb2d84819683e
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“Hide!”d27b3ea12c791cb7
Forcibly hiding Herre under a20828baf6 the bed, Ashin sat 32a2959b68 on the bed, pulled 4ad7bbff97 his hood down low, 680f9d11b3 deepened his voice, and 56a8370de3 said.5be210e9fdba05e0
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“Who is it?”386f13a8e27c6102
“We are on patrol 88d785312e under a search order a8185e2a62 from the Imperial Palace. We are checking 9262533c98 the faces of 9f92b90646 men in their dc3cb06448 twenties with unclear f977719a83 identities. It will 326aba53e6 only take 164137f21d a moment.”e598626b046ecb65
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‘Aargh, should I 2e437ff667 have dressed as 92c2af4588 a woman?’11dcf53f56f353d4
Ashin hesitated for 906baa73bc a moment, then c646061a2d stood up and 3153fb64af opened the door.61d9654410c0f76f
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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.’2f2c06c8d9b38b0f
Ashin took off his 42f64a52f5 hood.6b156f0bda04ff39
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With his 40bbf5122e limbs tied b303bb89d4 behind his 2b140afaff back, Ashin f5e494ab3a was thrown 330d8473ff like a d2695208bd piece of 90c1c7c069 luggage into 560adea54c a mobile 33f1c15e19 cage with 4f5e615c75 wheels—a portable 5f65e82e3b prison—and dragged 19e8fe041e away.014bf2e25709bf62
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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…?’1289af981a3edda3
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.e739385bbdf24cf9
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When he 3a7dcc372a opened his cc97c5899e eyes, Ashin 923cb0277f was riding 9a4cca7e45 not in 8aa1f69d4d a prison, 44170ef6bd but in 0bbb961198 a carriage. His hands were cuffed, d30d0075c3 but his mouth and fb0e0b0dc3 legs were free, and 6652a47dc8 there was even a e87c924f5c blanket draped over him.92cd11ce7a04f95d
‘What’s this? Has the treatment improved? What’s going on?’d98d3b1a181d24fe
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Just then, with a 4ef2ea3244 jolt, the carriage slowly 6e7e205802 came to a stop. And then the carriage 4879cacd2a door opened. The person ac1c76b3ba who opened 572979a6d7 it was 62ce3b60e5 a knight 712e26af7a with the 7ccddbfdc9 impression of 4555c94f56 a bear, f7def0a1d9 who looked 325098b003 to be a74aca2d4e in his 6d333cbfa5 early thirties.5c86922003dc2040
“Oh, you’re awake.”25771e15047ff267
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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.59ca26bb3abdd492
‘It feels 1db7a3ae61 strange to a6947d30b2 meet someone 02eba5b4d0 I killed, 22a80f5424 alive.’1b151a7f1e7909ba
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“…”cfeff5d902e52f45
Ashin looked at 0cc53b5595 Edward with a 702e8dad41 slightly uneasy expression. Seeing Ashin 19b65a2a55 just staring 3ceee96e59 silently without 45227467ad a word, 71e282d38c Edward, perhaps 3fd83d2836 thinking Ashin 310e4baa18 was wary 22a5a94910 of him, 8729b147e2 raised both d2c8eb47ec his hands b135186409 in a 1924030ac4 gesture as db49408ec8 if to 3f535078a1 say he 60aea21762 meant no aeb913ca17 harm.ac5a33c2d1097464
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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.”70360766e1732dd7
‘I was just sleeping d8f5793d64 soundly… And that portable 3cf7865911 prison was so drafty 9610ad490b and cold. Of course I’d be 9f303e1194 trembling if I fell c05f1fe14e asleep in a place 9ed2e4f4f5 like that with nothing a880f84764 covering me!’8411d34d1fd58064
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In any e3e09f5353 case, Ashin 67a3495ede felt a f6798e8e71 bit more 67ec5e3cce alive after e8d858697e a good 50a2a6c93d sleep, and 833b549d04 since they 4df8d62098 were treating 8ee64fa5ea him better 3f239080c4 thinking he 31a44192be was sick, 4b53ccd575 he resolved cd005bbc68 to keep 52344b3970 pretending to b770007ab9 be sick 960f7c565b until he cac2b50294 reached the 542fa0ad85 empire.62d872108461951f
“Cough, how long… have 743add2655 I been unconscious?”0c9e644cc97ae62a
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Edward seemed 92fc28a937 to flinch a9e562e21b at the c94e3d3f12 sound of a7ff183fd0 the shallow 42a6a00bb2 cough.8e75cd76226cd302
“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.”00a68292b91385a3
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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.c2c0fdab94c38707
“Have something to 96061aa319 eat.”5c069e020dfc9f9b
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Edward brought a 5f6e539629 tray with a ac64ccf3ad piece of coarse a3b00a2457 bread and a ebeb6dda15 cup of water 64a88a19f5 into the carriage, d994b34138 then closed the d862bd89ba carriage door and f9f8ad4205 sat on the 7b4530b161 opposite side of e7c364ccd0 Ashin, undoing his c575726d99 bound hands.5723880e3b1d936f
‘Oh, in my past dead613ec4 life when I was 26914b3146 being dragged away, they 4d904d9c87 made me eat like 1a5fce8378 a dog, tied up b81ed9659d and on all fours. This is quite gentlemanly.’6f7a34f18c42b234
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As Ashin looked a2bc73f4d5 at Edward with 21a0a1068a a surprised expression, a43658d2de he frowned as 14d37d5126 if embarrassed and 4c28f852f9 issued a warning.991e9eef17eca9e0
“You’d better not think of trying anything foolish. If you don’t want to get something broken, that is.”1d228fffa031dd75
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When Ashin a57c96a666 lowered his 9fea3c996e eyes as 2f7c7d2e01 if in d664078482 agreement and ae6ad4610f quietly accepted 6e00811bce the tray, 7c4c36adb9 Edward relaxed e22a382747 his expression 438be8ae97 and leaned 35f93e6345 back.49f07e8dafca982e
Sensing that 30392f2df2 Edward was 86a7510fba treating him a9244a0a78 with a e2aef7d22b certain degree e95c1afe6c of humanity, b43902ca82 Ashin found ca391a0358 the courage 2bb7236858 to ask 6cd7dde9bf what he 9f728c8029 was most 2872fa4f46 curious about.c46832cefd5e6f0a
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“…Why on 5ab0d32b64 earth was b52810f407 Crown Prince 39da50100f Kyle looking 8cc831df25 for me?”ac03ff0efead546f
Edward made 7ec8d60a9f a slightly 18e7aaee6a troubled expression, 29e916cf15 then averted d6fc467b35 his gaze 917e8a3f50 and said.1b3b5a70d7426ec6
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“…We received information that c8b40faafe you might be alive. His Highness wished b6e8d45168 to cleanly remove 430b9cac69 any potential seeds f09d6787fb of dissension.”862bfad3ebc32457
“That I 3221ff80b8 might be 7a8ccb9be6 alive? Who said that?”d88a2440f2d553d4
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Edward seemed to hesitate 55a48c188f for a moment whether 710adc49e3 to speak or not, db63987411 then looked at Ashin 3137465314 and said.4f558ff3e72290b0
“Your crown prince.”b0832ef0f45a77eb
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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?’2c52a8c095b99526
Ashin, genuinely e394a33219 angry, stared 0f5af87926 into the 56f33af60d air with 5c85c6606e a dumbfounded 75194abc42 expression. Whatever Edward thought aa4d5375e8 of this, he 07a6e8313e added with a 9ba5569fa9 frown.d512cd6f440f8383
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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.”8784182489388841
“Well, I suppose a1e1e2775b you tortured him 8294d06fe4 or something.”8757c56bd56dffc5
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Ashin replied nonchalantly, 1ba93cc3ed his feelings towards 060967ac9a the crown prince 1791d7c9fd not changing in 2f23cbec78 the slightest.002bfc4b8787febd
“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?”9f6828fd3c8a57d6
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Spitting out 73de6cb050 the question 3fc421f36c that had 824da7c38b been nagging dee35813d9 at him, d1cad47efd Ashin threw 66b932f1e4 the question 93b41b773a in a ef655d4b86 somewhat agitated 7558c2972a tone, mixed 58a4f2247f with a 2561b64385 hint of 2da32d9d3f indignation.5bcd642f4472dc1f
At that, Edward made 6bd4c7b17d an expression as if 53c7450b99 he had been struck 2e51bbe548 by something, looking extremely 4b8374d70d guilty as he turned 433f96d350 his head slightly and d61efa4d5b said.13576878b3f5b8cf
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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?”e2191a1729a68b0f
He sounded like he 16171e44d6 knew something. At that, 1dfec46192 Ashin threw f94ebc46fd a final 98268be507 question to 0527a3d127 test his 4cc3edde50 reaction.47bca9716a684944
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“By then, won’t I be dead soon?”9acb5e0a43245b28
Edward frowned f1eace5db2 and crossed 194a84fdeb his arms 57fcd13e59 roughly.af35dd34c805c915
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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.”7205cc47b02febea
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.85a73c5d55bd0d80
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