Yuusha-sama no Oshishou-sama Vol 1 Chapter 13

The man rose from the ebony desk, and slowly walked towards the window.

He gazed at the practice field through the window.

However, immediately after the entrance ceremony, of the people found in the practice field, the figure of students were missing.

It was a common spectacle in recent years.

Since the new students hadn’t gotten used to the atmosphere yet, any students that did enter were extremely diligent, and so a month passed like this. [1]

It had been three years since he had returned from the front lines to the capital.

In essence, it was a demotion.

Afterwards, he learned that the rapist knight belonged to a long line of prominent nobles.[2]

However, the reality he saw here was unbelievable to he who had risked his life on the front lines.

The students of the Knight School who would shoulder the imperial army soon were no exception, especially the the ones who should have been model students, the noble children, were the ones who took the initiative to commit such injustices.

No,The current Knight Order’s leaders were also the same.

He wondered how his other comrades from the front lines saw the reality of the capital.

He was a good battle strategist, but even he couldn’t guarantee zero victims.

He had seen many lives end.
Even those who cared for the sick died. [4]

On the other hand, those who gave the orders that caused the deaths were there surrounded by their family members, living lives of luxury.

But that didn’t mean that they were completely rotten.
They understood that logistics were important.

If they fulfilled their work without fail, some of their decadence would be ignorable.

Of course, before his eyes in the practice field, there were students who trained all day, intending to truly protect the empire as knights.

They were sent to the front lines.
Officially, it was the high achievers that were left in the capital, but in reality, bribery was able to determine the grades.

This was no good.
The empire had no future like this.

While the demon lord existed, it was a threat to all those living, and it was better while it existed. [5]

However, now that the threat was removed, fights between people and nations came to the forefront yet again.

When the country would invade was unknown.

‘Despite the fact that they had been companions united against a common enemy just the other day, the moment the menace of the demon lord disappeared, beings of the same race began to fight each other.’

‘That girl, who became the Brave…’

He had seen the Brave three years ago at the frontier — he was the commander of the platoon that had moved against the ogres about to overrun a village — it became his last battle.

However, what they saw when the arrived was — there, countless ogre corpses lay, standing in the middle was a girl with a cold gaze.

At the same time that he arrived, her companions arrived, and without a word, they departed.
According to the scout platoon’s report, and the villager’s words, he was able to find out that the girl was the Brave, Leticia von Mavis, and he was unable to forget that scene

The cold gaze the Brave showed.
The feelings of fear that coursed through the villagers — they were directed at she who had saved the village, the Brave.[6]

‘Unrewarded, without being given even a word of praise, solely given looks of fear, what sort of mental state could she be experiencing?’

‘But she wasn’t allowed to do so.’
‘Feared by those she protected, despite being rejected, why did she continue to fight on?’

A knock on the door brought him out of those thoughts.

“It’s open. Please come in.”

“Yes sir! Excuse me.”

The person who entered the room was is former subordinate, with whom he had met again when he returned to the capital.
That man returned to the capital a short while before he did.

“Is the plan going well?”

“I believe things are going as you expected, sir.”

“Is that so…”

The man leaned into his chair and closed his eyes.

“Many uninvolved people will be involved in the end, huh…”

“Sir…”

Some fatigue dwelled in the words he muttered with a deep sigh.

“The plan, can we afford to reconsider it again? Now, the Brave is in the school. If she–”

“There is no time for that.”

The man interrupted his subordinate’s worried words.

“She might make a move, we do not know. She probably is not one to tolerate injustice, and she has enough power. However!” [7]

With those strong words, the man raised his head.

Even if he had retired from active duty, they were eyes of a knight who had survived for years on the battlefield.

“I do not plan to let the Brave shoulder the burden of our Knight Order’s problems. This is our problem.”

Originally, the demon lord was also supposed to be the knight order’s problem.

He still felt the anger at his own worthlessness.
Furthermore, he couldn’t possibly shame himself more by troubling others.

“Sir, if you would even go this far, then there is nothing more to be said. Now, the plan is beginning to be put into motion. Lastly, we…”

“Such a stupid matter.”

He laughed off the subordinate’s proposal.

“I am the commander. Your commander. It is the commander’s responsibility see through the plan to the end.”

At those words, the subordinate took a deep bow, and left adroitly.
The man saw him off, and in the room alone, he muttered to himself.

“Oh, Brave. You shouldn’t have returned to this country. This country is rotten. Therefore, before you turn on the country, I will act first.”

“Father.”

“Oh, Jade. How goes your matters?” [8]

“There are no problems. With the money I obtained, I can use the group as I please.”[9]

They were at the Cliffdorf House’s estate in the Imperial Capital.

The table was filled with decadent food– food that those on the front lines would never taste.
While enjoying the cuisine and drinking first class wine, Welt began to speak.

“Have you noticed the movements around here recently?”

“Yes. According to the spies, the plan has not changed, and they will move as planned.”

“Is that so.”

With those words, Welt nodded with satisfaction, and once more drank his wine.[11]

“I must say, Father. It is a splendid plan. The using that man’s plan, it is possible to deal a blow on the imperial household.”

“Hmm. That’s because ha had just returned from the battlefield. The war in the capital is similar to the war on the front lines, it uses not only brute strength, I know.”

Welt had already been aware of the dissident faction of the Knight Order.

If he exercised his influence, he would be able to promptly suppress them, but he wanted to use the plan to deal a blow against the imperial household.

“But, Is it alright? Even if we kill?”[12]

“There is no problem. The Brave has now caught my interest.”

Jade smiled faintly.

“It is surely regrettable, but they can’t compare to the Brave.”[13]

“As for that matter, is it going well with you? Can you obtain the Brave?”

“As we had said before, the Brave is merely a little girl after all.[14] Furthermore, she is inexperienced in high society. Please leave it to me.”

Jade held up his glass, lightly tapping his father’s glass.

Tipping his glass, Jade drank the wine while thinking about the Brave.

‘She certainly is a beautiful maiden. She is suitable to be my partner.’ [16]

‘Only she has the air of nobility.’[17]

‘That unparalleled beauty.’

‘I want to control that girl.’

‘Perfect.’

‘Using him, I will be able to deal with that annoying plebeian bastard.’

Chapter end