Abandoned Retired Warrior Decides to Return to Farming

A dark underground laboratory. There, Mary was monitoring the situation of the castle gate reflected in the crystal sphere.

“Come here, Cael.”

She muttered softly as she saw the carriage that had just arrived at the gates.

There was only Nike driving a horse, Shizu, and some soldiers, but she clearly sensed Cael’s weak magical power.

“My dear Kael. I never wanted to see you again.”

Saying so, she smiled terrified.

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kael, our leader and the true hero who sealed the Demon King.

Mary was the only one who was aware of that fact, so the fact that he was coming in now made my eyes dizzy.

Aurelia seems optimistic that he will help, but Mary shakes her head as she remembers the last day he left.

A hero who had to leave the Empire abandoned when everyone enjoyed the festivals and parties.

He will never forgive those who betrayed them.

Even if the demon king was sealed again, there was a high possibility of revenge unlike the last time.

So, the same measures as five years ago were put in place…

“yes? What, is Serin with you?”

At that moment, Mary tilted her head at Serine’s magical power felt from the carriage.

Why is the kid who went missing a few months ago coming with Cael?

Besides, there must be no reason for the two of them to come together like that.

I’d rather not know if Serin had died while fighting.

Mary soon stopped thinking as she saw the carriage passing through the gates.

“Well, I should talk to Aurelia first.”

Because I told you to report it immediately if you find Kael.

Recently, her heart has been very bad, so it was better to follow her as much as possible.

“Then why did you go alone like an idiot?”

Mary grinned as she recalled Aurelia and the dead Ashua.

“Even if the five of us went, we wouldn’t have been able to touch the devil’s fingertips.”

Having said that, Mary turned on the stretch and moved on.

Anyway, I have to tell Aurelia this good news as soon as possible.

It was because he was having a hard time with the recent lack of periodic sending of test specimens.

It was at that time when Mary was about to leave the lab, complaining that she had promised to give her unlimited support.

“Ouch, oo…”

“yes?”

A voice that sounded like scratching iron came from somewhere in Mary’s ear.

She looked in the direction of the sound, and then smiled broadly.

“sorry. I was out of my mind and forgot.”

“Uh-huh, turn it off.”

Mary put on her white robe and walked towards the sound of the voice.

And when the lantern was lit, more than ten shadows were revealed.

Their hands and feet were tied to the wall with huge nails, but most of them had already lost their breath with their heads lowered.

“Anyway, that’s great. Are you still alive?”

Among them, Mary smiled admiringly as she saw the only surviving man.

As she untied the rope from his mouth, he creaked and begged earnestly.

“Say, save me, save me. Mary. please······.”

A long stream of blood dripped from the man’s mouth.

There were pitted eyes, charred, rotten legs, and blue spots all over her stomach.

Although it was not normal by anyone looking at it, Mary did not release him and smiled with a light tone.

“Then why did you touch Aurelia’s heart? You shouldn’t spread the fact that he’s kneeling down to the Demon King~”

“I, not me. I swear I’ve never said anything like that about the princess…!”

Rumors of Aurelia have spread all over the city recently.

It was about Lucia’s kneeling on her knees at Cael’s request some time ago.

Although only a small fraction of the soldiers who witnessed it actually spread it, Aurelia captured the soldiers of the platoon that had returned earlier that day.

And every time, he threw it as if to feed Mary, who complained about the lack of specimens, and the result was this situation right now.

The man trembled as he saw the corpses of the soldiers stretched out on the wall.

“I will never tell anyone what happened here. Please, please, stay with my wife and children.”

“yes? a. Say it or not, it doesn’t matter.”

“Mary. I, please…!”

The man sobbed and asked, but Mary felt nothing.

Only after making a drug for a still-living subject, he enchanted it.

“And don’t worry. Your family won’t know if you’re dead or alive.”

Mary whispered as she put her finger to her lips and sprayed the drug on the man’s body.

“aah!”

screams of pain. He struggled to live, but Mary would not let him go.

Only, the experiment did not stop for the best research results.

*

“The 55th Imperial Knights Templar. It’s called Shizu.”

Cael’s party entered the inn room of Dimitri’s camp through the castle gate.

However, at Shizu’s clichéd and plain greeting, they put on a shaky expression on their faces.

And looking at her, each of them threw their feelings out.

“Cael. He looks weak.”

“Aren’t you a complete newbie at the age of 55? master. If I fight with one leg, will he win?”

“This bastard, Dimitri. I want you to send me a useful kid.”

“.······uhhh.

Lucia, Serene. Each time Kael threw a word, Shizu put on a hurt expression.

“Hey, Kael. And Lucia and Serin too. Please don’t say anything too harsh.”

“No, Aerith. I want to do that too, but…”

Cael looked at Shizu up and down, then sighed deeply.

“This is nothing.”

“Who, who is the hump? After all, that’s why these guys called heroes.”

Shizu let out her anger and grunted.

Had it not been for Dimitri’s orders, she herself would not have wanted to be in a place like this.

I’d rather stay by his side and prepare for the upcoming war.

“Hmm. Anyway, under the orders of Prince Dimitri, I have been assisting you for the time being. If you have any questions or have anything to say to the prince during this time, you can tell me.”

“Yes, please.”

“yes. It’s me. Oh, and as long as you’re here, there’s a risk of being eavesdropped on that artifact, so please refrain from using it.”

“Well. Probably so.”

At Shizu’s words, Kael meekly put the artifact he was holding into his bag.

It was an artifact that had been used to send messages to Dimitri, but as long as Aurelia’s eyes and ears, Mary, were present, using magic tools here was dangerous.

“By the way, why is the hero Nike still with you?”

Shizu glanced at Nike next to him and asked.

I heard in advance that the hero Serin had betrayed Aurelia.

There was no problem, as we knew that Saint Aerith was framed, and that a low-ranking demon had changed his mind and joined us.

Well, when I looked inside the carriage, I was surprised by this bizarre party combination.

The problem is that Nike, of course, was a loyal follower of Aurelia as well as his family.

But why did he follow me from the gates all the way here?

At Shizu’s one word, everyone’s attention was drawn to Nike.

“That is, rather, what I want to ask.”

But that was also the opinion of Nike.

No, it was Nike who wanted to leave here the most, but Kael smiled and gave a soft warning.

“Did you see the atmosphere when you came? You didn’t run away to keep the morale of the soldiers down, but you were supposed to get lost in a battle. Shall I go out with Serin and spread it all out?”

“Damn it, that’s…”

“Besides, Aurelia should have already reported everything about you as our coach. Wouldn’t it be better to be here now?”

“Wow, whoops.”

Walking around the city, thousands of citizens had already witnessed Nike driving a carriage.

Besides, the Imperial Knights guarded the area around the carriage, so it was obvious to the humans on the Aurelia side, it was obvious how the situation would have been reflected.

It was not enough to run away, and it appeared that he had betrayed Aurelia, so there was no worst situation for Nike.

“If you still want to run away, try it. I’m going to cut off both legs.”

“… damn.”

He looked at Lucia and Kael alternately, then fell to the floor with a face of abandonment.

However, Shizu’s question was still not resolved. No, it just piled up.

I knew Nike’s personality well because I had met him several times at the former social church president.

But what the hell did he do to make that person so obedient?

Maybe it has something to do with the bruises all over my body?

“Ugh. I don’t know what you’re talking about, but anyway, can I think of the hero Nike as being on the same side?”

“no. Not that.”

Cael immediately answered Shizu’s question.

“Think of it as a shield. It’s like a meat shield that doesn’t matter when it happens.”

“······Is that so.”

At the harsh treatment, Nike put on a puzzled expression.

Seeing Cael stroking Serin, Shizu also gave up asking more questions.

Instead, she pointed her finger at Nike and spoke out.

“Anyway, I understand the meaning, but I don’t think it was a very good choice to have him as a coachman.”

“Well. You’ll find out later.”

At Shizu’s point, Kael shed vague words.

She didn’t like his laid-back attitude.

‘This human. Can I really trust you?’

For five years, all five warriors and heroes were attached to Aurelia’s camp.

So, no matter how much Dimitri said, there was no choice but to create distrust in Kael, who was a hero and a hero.

Besides, he hadn’t traveled with Aurelia for several years.

It wouldn’t be strange to betray and betray at any time, Shizue thought so.

Of course, there were other reasons for not trusting Kael, so she observed and watched him.

But in reality, he leaned back on the bed and spoke comfortably.

“And I can’t help it. No matter what you did, Mary would have caught you as long as you came to the capital.”

“yes?”

“The five of us signed a contract with him when we traveled back in the day.”

Having said that, she nodded when she saw Serin.

“If we come within that range, so that Mary can pinpoint us, she can detect our magic.”

“Oh, then…”

Does that mean that no matter what he did, he would have been caught anyway?

Somehow, this is the reason for not hiring a separate driver. Shizu looked around and thought so.

“Still, it is better to avoid noise as much as possible. Because there is no chance of a trap or a surprise attack.”

That’s why I didn’t hire Serin as a coachman. When Kael said that, Serin, the hero who was standing next to him, put on a moved expression.

Instead, Nike’s expression rotted that much.

“Then, aren’t you saying that Princess Aurelia knows everything about us right now?”

“Well, yes.”

“…you’re in a good mood.”

“Oh, I’ll come to you on your own, so is there anything I can refuse?”

Shizu was sarcastic, but Kael answered with a relaxed smile.

can i trust you Will you really be with us until the end?

When Shizu was immersed in such anguish as she looked at Kael, he stretched out and stood up.

“So, get ready now.”

Having said that, Kael looked towards the door.

“The time has come to come to meet us soon.”

*

squeaky. squeaky.

On the fifth floor of the inn, I heard the sound of stepping on the old stairs.

“·················ogue.”

30 minutes after Cael’s party arrived at the inn.

The steps up the stairs did not go up further and stayed on the floor they were on.

and soon,

jerk.

Room 503. The footprints began to slowly approach the room where Cael and the others were staying.

“·················ogue.”

bum bum.

Dozens of footsteps getting closer.

But then he stopped in front of the door,

Quick profit.

Finally, with the sound of an uneasy hinge, the door to room 503 opened.