After the battle, Kursch took the wounded to recover the head of the white whale and prepared to return to the royal capital.
She divided the remaining troops in half, with half of the troops escorting them back, and the remaining half of the troops going to Mezas.
Represented by Wilhelm and Phyllis, there were a total of 24 members of the expedition team accompanying them.
Much less than expected.
However, it is still a reassuring fighting force.
And they were not just the members of the expedition team, but also the 10 survivors of the Iron Fang, including Ricardo.
Of course, the other injured members of the mercenary group also returned to the capital with Kurxiu.
And Rem.
Due to Roswaal's order, the blue-haired maid had to return to the royal capital to be on standby.
"Subaru, I will wait for you in the royal capital."
"Don't worry, Rem. I will definitely save Emilia, your sister Ram, and everyone in the earl territory. You can just wait for us to go back in the royal capital and join you!"
Natsuki Subaru made a promise with the blue-haired maid.
Xiaolin hinted that Rem should go to the earldom with him, not only as a guide, but also by using the twins' senses to avoid alertness.
But in the end the proposal was rejected.
Because the Witch Cult is a difficult and troublesome person, Natsuki Subaru was afraid that Rem would get hurt. Rem is obviously dozens of times stronger than him, but what on earth is this guy thinking?
...Forget it, he was prepared anyway.
Next to the street.
Xiao Lin said to Kurciu who was riding on the earth dragon and was about to set off: "I have already sent a message to Reinhardt, and he will pick you up later."
"Really? That's a really reassuring name."
Kurxiu's face was filled with joy.
Might you encounter enemies on the way back?
It's okay, there is help.
Whoever is called the Priest of Gluttony, I will end his life!
——by Reinhardt.
Who can defeat the Master Sword Master?
Please, do you understand what it means to be the strongest on the surface?
As for the weaknesses of the Priest of Lust and Priest of Gluttony, Kobayashi has already told Reinhardt early on. The Sword Master who must be on guard will not be killed by the Priest of Lust like in a certain timeline.
I just don’t know if those two people’s faces will turn green when they see Reinhardt.
That look must be funny.
In fact, not only the two of them, Xiaolin had already told Reinhardt about the weaknesses of the other Sin Archbishops, and now Felt's camp was in an invincible position.
Jie Jie Jie——
At this time, Natsuki Subaru, who had finished saying goodbye to Rem, came over and blinked when he saw his expression.
"Why is Xiaolin smiling so sinisterly?"
"...You saw it wrong."
"I don't think I'm dazzled."
Xiao Lin's denial made him complain.
Although I don't know what insidious things Xiaolin has in mind, as his closest friend, he chooses not to do anything about it. There is no way, Natsuki Subaru is so wise and considerate.
"anyway……"
Natsuki Subaru put his hands on his head, making a gesture of patrolling back and forth, and pretended to say: "Where did that arrogant woman go? Why can't she be seen anywhere?"
"Who knows, I should have left early."
Kobayashi shrugged.
For Priscilla, who is always chasing fun, when the successful expedition against the White Whale becomes a foregone conclusion, she will definitely leave without looking back.
Because what happened next was not interesting to her at all.
This is the victory of Xiao Lin and others, not hers.
"I didn't expect that guy to take action at a critical moment. I thought she would watch the show until the end... Even though the battle was so intense, I had already forgotten about her."
Natsuki Subaru was talking about how Priscilla used the Yang Sword to kill one of the white whale clones on the way.
To be honest, the timing was perfect.
Not only did it relieve the pressure on the crusade team, but it also indirectly reminded Xiaolin how to kill the white whale itself, which was a powerful assist.
Thinking about it this way, Priscilla seems a bit arrogant? You say you won't help, but you actually take action?
No, no, no, Al must have reminded her, otherwise the arrogant woman would never have helped.
Shake your head and throw away the unrealistic fantasy.
It is better to expect that Subaru Natsuki will become more mature than to expect Priscilla.
In addition, regarding Priscilla's contribution, Kursch made it clear that she would be credited. There is no way. If the opponent is evenly divided and can kill one-third of the white whales single-handedly, it is impossible to ignore the opponent's contribution. And if she occupied it, she would no longer be Curious, even if Priscilla didn't care at all.
Afterwards, Kursch led the rest of the expedition team and left.
Natsuki Subaru looked at the few remaining people and sighed: "People are really hypocritical. Even if they say they have reassuring fighting power, they still expect more."
Typical insecurity.
It's not entirely his fault. Roswaal, the only one from Emilia's camp who has top-notch combat power, is a guy with evil intentions.
The kobold next to him keenly heard Natsuki Subaru's complaints, and roared loudly:
"Brother, do you think there are few people?"
Ricardo really lived up to his name, and was still vigorous even after defeating the White Whale, although this had a lot to do with his lack of effort in the second half.
Natsuki Subaru waved his hand and explained: "I don't mean to say something depressing like being weak. On the contrary, I am very content with you."
"No, you misunderstood. What I meant was that help will come later."
"Is there anyone else?"
"Then let's stop pretending. Although it's a bit far, the people coming over there are the other half of my mercenary group..."
"The other half?"
Ricardo's words made him frown.
Half of Iron Fang, those injured, should have returned home.
"The so-called half means literally. Originally, only half of our team members came to conquer the White Whale, because the remaining half had other things to do."
"There are other things, what do you mean?"
"It would be bad if someone else broke into the street and got involved in the fight, right? So their mission is to block off the other side of the street. Since they set out last night, they didn't have a chance to meet me."
"I see, that's it."
Natsuki Subaru nodded clearly.
This is a necessary diversion. After all, if passing merchants intervene on the way, they will be harmed and their positions will be disrupted.
It's just that I'm still a little unhappy.
The other party probably considered that the crusade would fail, so they did not use all their combat power and chose to divert their forces to avoid risks.
Of course, this was entirely the jealousy of Subaru Natsuki, who had no choice but to throw the ball with all his strength.
"Then they are now..."
"coming."
Xiao Lin's [far vision] first saw a group of people running towards their location, and the groups of ligers and tigers brought up a lot of smoke and dust as they ran.
Soon, Natsuki Subaru and others also discovered it.
However, when he saw a figure that looked out of place among the crowd, his expression began to look awkward.
Sitting on the pale blue earth dragon is a purple-haired man wearing the white uniform of the Knights.
"It's your boy."
It's me, captain.
——When Kobayashi thought that the purple-haired man would say this, he instead raised a leisurely smile and said to Subaru Natsuki, who had an unkind expression: "Facing reinforcements, your tone is really outrageous. You haven't changed at all."
This elegant knight was none other than Julius, who was at odds with Natsuki Subaru.
Normally, Julius should still be in solitary confinement, but not only is he here now, but he has also become a member of the Iron Fang mercenary group.
The embarrassed cat-eared man looked at the neat and tidy knight and felt dissatisfied.
"Julius, you are so laid-back. You were working so hard here just a few hours ago."
"I'm very ashamed of this. And please allow me to correct it. My name is not Julius. By the way...my name is Yuli."
Faced with Phyllis' malicious sarcasm, Julius joked with a straight face.
And what’s up with the name?
It must have only taken a few seconds to come up with it!
It’s perfunctory enough!
The meaningless fake name left everyone speechless.
Julius faced the cold gazes of everyone and said with a smile: "What if, I mean what if. It is absolutely not allowed for a person with a knight status to join a mercenary group and become someone's mercenary. So there are no knights here, especially Lius, only the mercenary Yuli.”
"The knightly rules of the old families are really troublesome. The declining family like Little Fili is much better."
"It's not troublesome to be a knight, but it's a bit troublesome to have to worry about all kinds of things just to help my best friend."
"you're right."
Phyllis stuck out her tongue.
It's like you can watch it directly, but minors are symbolically prohibited from entering.
It really spared a big circle.
After hearing the conversation between the two, Natsuki Subaru clicked his tongue in a bad manner. The way she pursed her lips while avoiding her eyes was completely awkward.
Are you a tsundere girl who wants to be noticed?
Xiao Lin twitched the corner of his mouth.
Sensing Natsuki Subaru's attitude, Julius suddenly turned his gaze, looked up and down and said, "You are more energetic than expected. How is your physical condition?"
"——?!"
Hearing that Julius was concerned about his body and recalling the humiliation of the past two weeks, Natsuki Subaru was almost blinded by anger.
Is this irony? It is irony, right?
But he had already been embarrassed once, and it was really hard to get angry in front of everyone.
With great difficulty, he suppressed his anger at the last moment and suppressed the curse.
"No need to worry about it, it's just a scratch anyway, just apply some saliva and it will be cured."
That’s so embarrassing to say.
At that time, he had a bruised nose, a swollen face, and several missing teeth, which turned into insignificant injuries in his mouth.
Is it necessary to be so brave?
Is necessary!
Natsuki Subaru's expression responded, and he provocatively said: "On your side, they said reinforcements came out but were unexpectedly late. Why, could it be that they were serious about dealing with outsiders and were too busy writing reports to their bosses? "
"What I want to ask about is not the injury at that time, but the glorious injury during the expedition against the White Whale. But it would be best if the injury at that time healed. Originally, those injuries should only look serious. They are just good at To win sympathy, you just fell to the ground and pretended to be in pain."
"Hahahahaha——"
"Ha ha ha ha ha--"
The two laughed dryly.
The atmosphere around him was explosive.
Phyllis rubbed her head.
The Julius he knew should be good at solving problems in a more elegant and tactful way. Why has it become like this now?
It must be Subaru Natsuki, who used some magic power to seal Julius's IQ and then used his rich experience to tease him.
"Okay, okay, everyone already knows clearly that your relationship is very good."
"Who has a good relationship with him (this guy)?" X2
The two of them shouted at Xiao Lin in unison.
Are you saying your relationship is not good?
Everyone looked at them strangely.
"Ahem, sorry."
Julius coughed lightly, allowing himself to regain his previous elegance.
Then--
"Xiao Lin, although I have made it clear to Lady Anastasia, she still wants me to convey something to you."
"Please say."
"Do you want to join our camp? No matter what the offer is, as long as Lady Anastasia has it, she will agree to it."
"...You really have that person's style."
Xiao Lin was a little dumbfounded.
This aura of rich people buying and selling has reached the sky.
With Anastasia's business mentality, there is probably nothing that cannot be bought.
"Please forgive my refusal. Some things cannot be purchased."
"Understood, I will convey this to Lady Anastasia."
Julius was not surprised at all by the rejection.
It was as if he had known this would happen for a long time.
Under Xiao Lin's doubts, he smiled and said: "Actually, I told Lady Anastasia that Xiao Lin you would refuse, but she said that if a businessman doesn't even open his mouth to confirm, he will never make a deal. Give it a try, it doesn’t cost any money.”
hiss--
Why does it sound so familiar?
Did he say something similar when he was preaching to Philip and Wilhelm?
"Ms. Anastasia is actually quite willful. It's obviously not the right time and place. I seem to have offended you. I'm sorry."
"It's okay, it's okay. In fact, compared with the one in my family, it's pretty good."
"Lord Felt? She is indeed a free-spirited lady."
Julius recalled what happened during the king selection ceremony and Reinhardt’s complaints from time to time, and couldn’t help but nod.
"It's enough to rekindle the old relationship. We have more important things now, don't we?"
When the conversation came to an end, the old swordsman approached in a dragon chariot.
Julius looked at Wilhelm's eyes, which seemed to be freed from the possessing evil spirit, and said with emotion: "Your expression has become better, Sir Wilhelm. It is really different from the previous meeting. . In this way, Reinhardt can also be redeemed."
"yes……"
Wilhelm lowered his head and stroked his chin with his hand.
The people around had different expressions.
Sympathy, reassurance, sigh, most of the people who knew what happened reacted like this. Only Natsuki Subaru, who was the only one who didn't understand the inside story, was excluded in confusion.
"I have to say thank you."
Julius bent towards Kobayashi.
It was originally the long-cherished wish of the Kingdom Knights to defeat the White Whale. It not only brought disaster to each kingdom, but also brought trauma to the Sword Demon, the previous Sword Master, Reinhardt and others.
His bow not only represents the gratitude of the knights, but also expresses gratitude for helping a close friend.
"Don't get me wrong, Reinhardt is not only your best friend, he is also my best friend."
"Well, I forgot about that."
"Of course, Julius is also my best friend."
"Then I'm really happy for him."
Regarding the language trap set by Xiaolin, the mercenary Yuli was very keen to avoid it.
"So, do you want to continue this fake identity?"
"We will continue until the end of this mission."
Kobayashi and Julius made eye contact, and then laughed uncontrollably at the same time.
The fog that had shrouded my mind so far was finally completely swept away.
(End of chapter)
