Next Life Vol 1 Chapter 8

For the life of soldiers that fell while confronting the Wyverns, it was decided to leave them on the field as is.
Their death should be mourned, be praised, the ones that should be given memorial, but it couldn’t take precedence over the safety of the King.

(Vincent, Oscar, Hector, I’m sorry)

Once the bodyguards apologized in their minds, they departed.

Raymond fought the Wyvern, summoned the Summon-beasts, in addition to already having consumed a large quality magic power, even now he would from time to time use “Detection” for scouting.

This was the reason Marius was impressed.

What pushed Raymond to move on were his sense of duty as a bodyguard and his obstinacy as third seat of court magician.

(Even so, why did this happen…)

Raymond thought bitterly.

The place without monster, in a state where it was even questionable if there was an insect lives there. The only living creatures that were witnessed were only a few Black owls.

With that intention, it was purposely established as a road around fifty years ago.

That’s why they let their guard down..

However, as soon they hear this precedent they without a doubt ,will say “It was a too small force” with pale face.

(Anyway, The man named Marius, who is he?)

His appearance was too much to their convenience, coming here and speaking only in Famia’s language.

Everyone probably had something of similar thought, but nobody showed it on their attitude.

In can be said that. this kind of trickery for a person coming from different world without any livelihood connection to it. it was his limit.

The inside was large enough to have ten people seated.

Originally it was appropriate if the person sitting next to Marius was Emma, but the only one who can interpret Marius’s words was Loviesa. Because of that, it was a necessary measure to have them switched.

However, at present, with the Oujou-sama next to him, it was unlikely for him to do so.

Transparent like white skin and a faint fragrance. Although Marius had a reasonable immunity against women, he was made close into a psychological state of first-love.

It’s made from white woods, even if it’s weak, he felt some magic power.

(Neetnote : Ojou was a call for noble lady, or high-rank girl, but in this case the author wrote it as princess so I write it as Oujou)

“You did notice it. Shake prevention, heat-resistance, impact-resistance, cold-resistance, such magic was cast on it.”

He found the reason carriage was able to keep intact, even after receiving the attack from a flock of Wyvern.

Currently the shaking could not be felt at all, he didn’t even feel as if he was riding a carriage.

“From here, how long does it take to reach the Royal Castle?”

“It would take about two hours. We will arrive a little early if we hurry, but with Raymond’s familiar it will take about three and a half hours to arrive.”

It meant that Royal Castle’s side required time to prepare to receive Marius.

Of course, there also the case where it was different in calculation.
While choosing his words carefully, Marius asked.

“The time, how is it measured?”

At that moment, a sympathetic look had slightly colored Loviesa.
Although it disappeared immediately, Marius didn’t overlook it.

(I did ask in bad way…but it’s not limited if there is a watch.)

If it complied to the FAO world, a day was 24 hours, a year was 365 days. A watch and calendar should also exist .

Loviesa unlike usual who interpreted it from time to time to other two, took out a watch from her pocket.
Her small palm could even cover it, it was a small pocket-watch.

“This is something called by watch. Looking at this we could make sure the passage of time. Please look at it.”

One to twelve, written in black roman numeral numbers, There are minute-hand, hour-hand, and second-hand.
Exactly the watch Marius knew.

“A day is 24 hours?”

“Yes. You did know it. After that, a year is 365 days.”

“Is that so.”

Thanks to asking the question if a day was 24 hours, it became difficult to pretend to know nothing.

Therefore, in order to change back the flow, Marius asked something he had taken interest to.

And then, learning about Runbern Mountain from Loviesa’s answer, his expression changed instantly.

(ED Fuj: I believe it’s something along the corrected lines that I inputted)
(NEETnote : Hmm… it’s not precisely it. It more like a person who will know if pay an intention of it but he didn’t, just ignore it and only letting himself floating to the wind blown. Kind of that. Once again re-edit it, please.)(ED Fuj: Until someone comes up with better description, I’ll just leave it as it’s difficult to come up with something that fits xD)

“If that story is true, someone with power to manipulate Wyverns, the possibility of an attempted assassination on the two of you was high.”

For travel safety of the Royal Family, it was unbelievable if that had not been investigated in advance.

Perhaps, the enemy present were already near. Even in this situation, she didn’t look shaken or nervous.
While being impressed by her courage, Marius put his thoughts into his mouth.

“Offering me to seat here was an anticipation to a second attack, right?”

Loviesa once again easily nodded.

It was a feint, but ended as a misfire.

More than this degree of awareness, she was thinking how far he knew about the situation.

(Expecting too much from a partner they didn’t believe in would also be like relying too much.)

Marius himself didn’t think that he was completely trusted.

Raymond Summoned-beast was not only suddenly informing other, it wasn’t hard to guess that the purpose it served was not only for calling reinforcement.
If it was like that, to brush away their restlessness, their only way was to defeat Marius, at least by betting the forces they had confidence in. That kind of situation could be currently headed towards.

(I was too hasty.) Marius thought.

One of Marius’s reason to ride the carriage was because he wanted to get acquainted with the Royal Family, but the biggest reason was really the levels of other party.

Confirming all of their levels, it wasn’t simply because he wanted to know their criteria of power.

For example, even the opponent who was specialized in close-combat, with a level difference of more than a hundred, even it was a surprise attack, he could handle it. He would win a fight with only his flesh and body.

As long as it is not a boss monster, there is no problem.
That was what he had concluded and was why he was riding the carriage, otherwise he would have said some reason to refuse.

(If it came to that situation, let’s use Oujou-sama as hostage and run away.)

That would be the scenario if his magic was sealed.

By some chance, princess Loviesa, the weakest of the group, was sitting in a position his hands can reach. By some chance it could have also meant that they were saying that they had no feelings of hostility.

Marius didn’t have that knowledge, but it would not be strange if she had some self-defense means as a member of the Royal Family

While Marius was thinking, Loviesa asked a question back to him.

“By the way, back then, from where did Marius-sama come from?”

This was a question he predicted would be asked, but he still had yet to prepare an answer.

Instead, he decided to tell her the place he had previously been to.

“Hmm, I don’t know the name, but it was at the bottom of the mountain road. From the place with a large lake and wide forest.”

“Eh? From Lake of Abyss?”

Loviesa, for the first time, was frankly surprised.

“Eh, yes. Perhaps it is.”

By Abyss, he had a question, but it was not so high that it couldn’t be reached by flying with flight magic. It was only certainly true that that place was more lower than where they currently were.

“If you can’t use flight magic or transition magic, it was a place that was said to be impossible to came back from.”

That meant it was impossible to escape by foot, even for Marius that at the point he reincarnate as one who can use magic, it was a thing that make him irritated.
He can’t help but think this was planned by someone.

(Thinking about it, first meeting someone only to come to immediately saving the Royal Family, it reeked of conspiracy, Right….  it was too much.)

In a story of the Original World, “there is a limit to opportunism”. This kind of development would get the same criticism.

It would mean that using power of “Marius Touban” to save Firat Kingdom was the purpose, that kind of thing.

Moreover he didn’t have a purpose in this world, aiming to work for the Firat Kingdom was not such a bad thing.

To become a power for Firat, it was necessary to start building trusted relationship with the people of Firat.

There is a limit to what he can do all by himself.

Here, he remembered the phrase, “If you want something, first give something”.

The next thing he remembered was a quote for the sport athletes that were active in a foreign country, “The people that attempted to use local languages were loved and easily mixed-in”.

(First the language, and then the culture.)

The foreigner praised their hometown. While seeing the figure that was deliciously eating their hometown’s dishes, of course they would be happy.

While thinking so, the timing to break the ice disappeared. The sounds of horseshoes coming kept getting louder.

Emma and Loviesa confirmed it from the window.

“I don’t even want to think about it, is it the enemy?”

“No, it’s an ally. The flag with a hawk holding a three-pronged spear on its beak is the symbol of our country’s Magic Knight Unit.”

Loviesa Answering Marius’s question with a clearly relieved look.

There was no bodyguards that released their formation, but Marius mood didn’t clear up.

The reason for Magic Knight Unit being able to merge with them in a short time, Loviesa didn’t look like she was going to explain it.

“Lets believe them”, previously he had a determination to make effort to it, but the idea that he still didn’t get their trust was the correct one, once again confront it to make the shapes.*

(End of Episode 8)

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