Shin Koihime Musou Gi - 0006

(Seriously, Keifa? 2 is your best? Some strategist you are...) Don't block the way to those who retreat! We'll chase them from behind, so leave them be! Kazuto: ...Isn't that worse for us? It's better than getting hit directly. Kazuto: Well, that's true... (Feeling dizzy there, Kazuto?) Karin-sama. I'm glad you're safe. Good job, Shuuran. You did it wonderfully. Kazuto: Huh? Were's Shunran? She wants to go on pursuit anyway, so I told her to go on it with Kii. Kazuto: ...Splendid. It's a first battle, but she already figured out Shunran's personality. Her own personality aside, she's really good at using people. ...You were thinking something rude about me just now. Kazuto: Not really. Keifa, it was a splendid strategy. We didn't have many injured, well done. (Thank me for that. I was the one who commanded the battle, after all) Ah... thank you! And... Kazuto. Kazuto: Eh? Me? Good job not running away. I'm impressed. Kazuto: No... I wanted to run away and didn't fight at all. Honestly, I want to vomit from the smell of blood right now. I'm surprised I can even still hold at horse's back. I didn't expect any fighting from you to begin with. I'm just impressed you could keep your cool at your first battle.+ Kazuto: ...Thanks. Well, well. Is it something... to praise me for... I wonder... H, hey, Kazuto!? Well, well... I guess his thread of tension got cut finally. Isn't it better to just abandon him here!? Kazuto: ...Huh? So you're finally awake. I woke up shaking on a horse. Shuuran talked to me in a calm voice. Kazuto: ...Fortress? Already captured. And you kept sleeping all that time. You're on a peak of being useless... What... seriously. Kazuto: ...Just how long did I sleep. Want to know? Kazuto: ...I don't. I can see a mountain that I saw when we departed from Karin's castle... It seems I fainted for more than a day or two. Kazuto: ...So. I have a question... Ah, he changed the topic! Kazuto: No. I'm already woke up, so can you untie this rope... I though. Right, I'm on a horse... but I'm tied up with ropes behind the saddle. You don't have enough stamina back to ride a horse anyway, right? While we're at it, how about you just return like that? Cruel. I'm seriously being treated like a luggage. I see you understand it well. ...Don't just read people's minds. Kazuto: ...But, I'm glad everyone's safe. Heh. There's noone so weak to die from that little in our army. Even though we have a guy who fainted and is treated like a luggage. Kazuto: Stop it already, you nekomimi hood. Whatever. Nothing a guy carried like a luggage says is scary. Heh. It's Kazuto's loss this time. My only regret... is that we couldn't find a book Karin-sama searched for. Kazuto: Taihei something... right? You didn't find it? Yeah. Taihen Youjin book. (Taihen youjin = a book you have to be cautious of) ...it's Taihei Youjutsu. I said so! I said so, right! (No, but it was a nice pun) Did it get used as a firewood by bandits or burned down during the siege... Well, in exchange, I found other treasures: Keifa and Kii, so it's fine too. Kazuto: ...I see. Kii, so you stayed with Karin. Yeah! And Sousou-sama is now in charge of my village. So, this time, I'll be the one to protect Sousou-sama. Kazuto: Eh? That's... Prefect of this area was scared of bandits and ran away. So, Karin-sama accepted prefect's role of this area and governs it now. As for Kii, considering this mission, she got entrusted with being Karin-sama's bodyguard. Kazuto: I see... Good for you, Kii. Yoroshiku from now on, Nii-chan! Kazuto: Yeah! If I wasn't treated as a luggage, I'd be a cooler Nii-chan though! Well then. What remains is, Keifa... (Well, you said you acquired her, so you obviously plan to keep her) ...Yes. I see. That deal about half the provision they had before departing... Keifa. Do you remember the promise we made? ...Yes. The castle is right before us, but... I'm really hungry. Understand? ...Yes. Kazuto: Eh? That means... We didn't have enough rations? Half of it is as Hongou guessed. Kazuto: Half...? It's a sort of a long story... ...Judging by the situation, Keifa lost her bet with Karin and we ran out of provision last night and noone had a breakfast today... it seems. But that's because we had less losses than we expected, so there are more soldiers left... But, Sousou-sama. Let me at least say one thing, that's because Kii... Kazuto: That's right, Karin. No matter how you look at it, it's a force majeure... Force majeure and unexpected things happen on battlefield all the time. I think using that as excuse is something incompetent people who couldn't make a precise prediction do, okay? T, that's true, but... Kazuto: ...Well, the fact that someone, who eats ten times the normal human's share appearing all of sudden is something noone can predict. Right. Kii is this small, but it appears she ate ten times the ration than we did. Well, considering the power she has, it's a reasonable calculation. If a small error is overlooked many times in a row, it'll become a serious one... And it seems that miscalculation finally had its result last night. Eh? Umm... did I do something bad? (So, she equals 10 soldiers in eating. You have a thousand...) No, Kii didn't do anything bad. Don't worry. (I don't see how ten people's ration can be of a big deal here) Kazuto: Say, Karin. It's thanks to Keifa that we won with big success this time... so that promise... Breaking any promise will hurt people's trust in me. At the very least, I can't pretend it never happened. Karin-sama... ...I understand. It's my mistake that I couldn't supervise that last meal. You can cut my head off or do as you please. But, at least... in the end, not Kakoton, but by Sousou-sama's hand...! Though, it's also truth that I can't overlook the results of this operation... Fine, I'll cancel the execution and will limit it with a punishment. Sousou-sama...! And, along with Kii, I'll permit you to call me Karin. In order to inspire you to serve me better. Ah... Thank you! Karin-sama! Fufu. Then, Keifa, after we're back to the castle, come to my room... I'll take care of you to the fullest. Yes...! (Nice punishment you have there...) ...How nice for her. Kazuto: Eh, w, what...? Hongou doesn't need to know. Kazuto: What's with that. Tell me. Anyway, Nii-chan. I'm hungry. Let's go eat something. Kazuto: Right. After we're done with everything, let's all go eat something. Yay! Then, let's hurry up back! Kazuto: Hahaha. Don't pull the rope, Kii. If you untie the ropes while I'm like that, I'll obviously fall. And if I fall on my head from this height, even I won't survive that, hahaha. Come on, Shunran-sama, hurry up too! (Kii is Shunran's fan. And Ruru will be Shuuran's fan) I know. Come on, Shuuran, let's go too. Right. And, finishing a big job of getting rid of bandits, we returned with two new allies... Ah, it got untied. ...Ah.