Tensei Saki ga Shoujo Manga no Shiro Buta Reijou datta Chapter 146

I, Ricardo was in the battle.

While Marlow waited outside for the reply of that great nobleman, the other side had already taken action.

Even though the great nobleman besieged the Crown Prince, I thought, his subordinates wouldn't dare to kill Prince Marlow.

(I'm afraid that the nobleman intended to capture his highness Marlow as a hostage and then make unreasonable requests.)

There were no noblemen of high rank among my companions present. Ryuze and I were not important enough to threaten the King. Therefore, their target would definitely be the Crown Prince Marlow.

Thinking of Britney's speech in the castle. I became worried about the safety of Prince Marlow. I had to protect him, no matter what happened.

(I'm concerned about Britney, too. Wish you safe and sound.)

There were many soldiers employed by the great nobleman, so it took time to arrest them who were superior in numbers.

“Protect Prince Marlow! We must frustrate their plot!”

Seeing the capable warrior Ryuze knocked down his opponent with an astonishing momentum, I also waved my sword with an unyielding spirit. His Highness Marlow also repelled two soldiers using the self-defense he had learned from Britney before.

Incredibly, some of the enemy soldiers tried to attack his highness Marlow. Of course, their attacks were blocked by his guards around.

(Why would they launch an attack at the Crown Prince? A mistake in the tumult of battle?)

Even though the great nobleman had an advantage in numbers, the soldiers he employed were not of high quality on the whole.

Then after fighting for almost half a day, we finally suppressed the turbulent situation in the great nobleman's mansion. However, the key figure—that great nobleman—had taken advantage of the chaos and escaped.

(I think, he must have escaped far.)

I searched around and found the great nobleman outside the building who wanted to flee into the forest.

At the same time, the residence was engulfed by a flame.

“That bad nobleman! Does he try to escape under the cover of this flame?”

The soldiers scrambled out of the prisoners' house in a hurry.

Our squad leader and I happened to be outside, so we ran after the nobleman.

(If we start right now, then I'll have enough time to catch up with him.)

However, the wall behind us suddenly collapsed with a tremendous crash. It seemed that the house hadn't been designed well, so once a place cracked, then the whole house began to collapse.

Presumably, the design had taken the situation into consideration from the beginning.

Marlow and his guards escaped out of the burning house first, the other soldiers and prisoners followed.

Ryuze remained inside and urged others to take refuge.

But the house began to collapse quickly, sparks shower down. If so, then Ryuze would be in danger.

I had a moment of hesitation.

(From now, if I start to chase after that nobleman and arrest him together with the squad leader, perhaps I can obtain an achievement.)

My engagement with Britney would be accepted as long as I could get it before the next spring.

(At the moment, there is only one chance.)

However, Ryuze was in crisis.

Since the nobleman escaped alone, the squad leader could catch up with him alone. While there were too many companions and prisoners who hadn't time to escape from the building.

If this continued, it seemed that Ryuze, who arranged others to escape first, would be buried in the ruins.

(That's an accident I have never expected to see.)

My thought couldn't keep up with my body. I moved first, even I hadn't got the answer to this choice.

Of course, arresting the great nobleman was important, but if something bad happened to Ryuze, then the achievement would also lose its meaning.　　

“Squad Leader, please arrest him! I have to help Ryuze!”

After confirming that all my team members followed the squad leader, I turned and ran to my friend.

“Ryuze!”

I avoided countless falling debris and ran to the entrance of the building, then screamed at Ryuze.

“Let me help you!”

In this way, after all the people escaped outside, a tremendous sound rang out from behind us. The house completely collapsed, just leaving debris in the place it stood before.

It was a close call, but I managed to pull Ryuze out from the entrance, who had helped all the people inside out, including those prisoners.

(Ah! It's too dangerous!)

Ryuze and I looked at each other in front of the blazing fire.

“Thank you for pulling me out. But if you arrested the culprit, that nobleman, our successful mission would credit to you. The achievement we…”

Where were his eyes staring at? Ryuze seemed to know everything about me.

But I refuted his words directly.

“Don't say that. If I did so, I can indeed get the achievement, but Britney will be sorrowful if you have an accident. If I abandoned you in this way, I would be ashamed to see her again. What's more, Ryuze, you are my important friend.”

Even though I felt anxious for the achievement, I wouldn't pursue it on the condition that I had to abandon Ryuze.

Thanks to him, there were no victims in the disaster.

“Let's return to the castle. Both Emirya and Lucas are with her, but I'm still worried about Britney.”

“Yeah, be quick…”

Ryuze looked in one direction from the castle, with a slightly upset expression on his face.

“What's wrong?”

“No, nothing.” Ryuze replied.

Ryuze's determination rarely wavered, and his eyelids fluttered slightly and covered his blue eyes.

“Ricardo.”

“What?”

Marlow called Ryuze when he wanted to say something to me, so I missed the content.

Chapter end