Abandoned Retired Warrior Decides to Return to Farming

Late night with no one on the street. The street lamps of the imperial capital were turned off, and even the moonlight was obscured by the darkness that descended.

In the midst of such silence, only the light footsteps of Lucia’s wild cat could be heard.

Tick, tick-

She was running over the roof of the building with Aerith in her arms.

“Aeris. Why are you like that?”

Aerith, who was in her arms at her question, smiled sinfully.

A promise between the two of them not to do anything until Kael’s plan is over.

After breaking it, he went to Lowe in the cathedral and caused this incident.

Lucia kept all her promises, but she couldn’t stand the moment and broke it.

It wasn’t a breach of contract, but there was no excuse.

“Ahaha, I’m sorry, Lucia. I should have waited until Kael’s revenge was over-“

“yes? I’m not asking that now.”

After saying that, Lucia tilted her head.

“No. Since Kael’s plans are messed up, is it right to ask them too?”

wear-

After saying that, Lucia stopped for a moment after landing on the roof of the building on the other side.

And after lowering Aerith, I looked at her.

“In the first place, I mean, I was very surprised, wasn’t it? When he came back from the party, Aerith’s body just smelled of blood. I had a really hard time pretending not to know!”

Recalling the time when Lucia returned to the inn, she asked with a grudge.

Originally, I had decided to do it after everything was done so as not to interfere with Kael’s revenge.

Thanks to this, Lucia had a dissatisfied expression on her face.

“Besides, I told Kael that I don’t want to fight again. Ugh, I must have been very upset by now.”

Lucia made a cry this time with a disappointed face.

Aerith smiled softly and covered her mouth with a soft look that wasn’t her usual.

“But why do you keep smiling? It’s all because of Aerith.”

“Oh, it was. Oh yeah.”

“yes. I did. And I must have told Aerith.”

jerk-

Lucia took a step closer.

Red eyes, cooler than the night breeze, stared intently at Aerith.

“The road that Kael is going is mine, so please don’t interfere.”

“·················ogue.”

“I do not remember?”

“I hope.”

Aerith smiled slightly and shook her head.

“Do not worry. Lucia. Although I acted impulsively, Mr. Kael’s revenge will never end in failure.”

“Then why did you visit Kael earlier? Why did you act your way?”

“It was… to get things right on my own. I thought I might be able to stop even now… Fufu, I can’t fool Kael-san.”

“I don’t know what you mean.”

Lucia pouted her mouth, saying she didn’t understand.

Seeing her like that, Aerith smiled and stroked her hair.

“Don’t worry, Kael won’t hate Lucia for just such a thing in the first place.”

“Ugh, is that so?”

“Sure. And the fact that you just laughed didn’t really make fun of the two of you. It’s just because Lucia’s unusual appearance is cute.”

“Hmm. Then I’m happy. I thought even Aerith wouldn’t listen to me.”

“Ahaha… But is there anyone who doesn’t listen to Lucia?”

“I have. Don’t mind Aerith, they’re my old men. It’s a problem for me and my grandfather to solve.”

“is that so······?”

Her words bothered her, but Aerith didn’t bother to ask any more.

Lucia also passed on this matter, and there is no time to relax and talk here.

“Then shall we go back?”

“yes. Then… Ah! But I was also curious before. Aerith’s different appearance than usual.”

When Aerith held her in her arms and looked at her with an unfamiliar expression, Lucia smiled brightly.

“You’ve only had a false smile every day until now, didn’t you do that in front of Kael earlier?”

“yes?”

“Hey, it’s the first time I’ve seen Aerith’s expression like that.”

“Ah, that’s it!?”

Aerith widened her eyes in surprise.

However, Lucia did not notice and smiled as she recalled what had happened a while ago.

“In front of people, you laugh like a ‘whoohoo’ doll, and when there’s no one around, you laugh ‘ahaha’ like crazy, but either way you always laugh with lies, right? But when I was with Kael earlier, it was definitely-”

“👌👌👌 That, stop. Stop it and let’s go Hurry up!”

As Aerith jumped like a fish caught in a net in her arms, Lucia tilted her head as if wondering why.

“yes? Remember Aerith? Obviously, I laughed ‘ahaha’ in front of Kael before, but that was different from usual…”

“Lu, Lucia!!”

Aerith hurriedly interrupted the conversation.

Suddenly, her face was red from cheek to ear.

“Huh? It’s a surprise. Why are you screaming all of a sudden?”

“Please, let’s go quickly. There’s a long way to go. yes?”

“Huh? But-“

“Lu. Si. Ah?”

At the request that was close to intimidation, Lucia kept her mouth shut.

She was very pretty, and I wanted to say that, but I gave up because Aerith stared at me.

“Ah Okay. I got it. So are you leaving?”

Then he started running again towards the imperial palace in the distance.

*

Aerith and Lucia had to leave and return to the room.

The plan has changed.

Of course, it was not the direction I wanted, and it happened due to the unexpected and arbitrary action of a trusted colleague.

Still, I didn’t feel betrayed like I did five years ago.

At least that’s how I felt when I saw Aerith, whom I had met a while ago.

“If we start now, we can catch up.”

After I got my gear and log artifacts, I shook Serine, which was still hidden inside the blanket.

“Get up quickly. How long will you be in the blanket?”

“Hey. I’m just sleepy…”

Rubbing her less awake eyes, she wriggled and cried.

He must have been quite tired because he had a lot of work to do.

By the way, I didn’t know about the other kids, but I believed that Aerith wouldn’t have an accident.

It must have been more than Serine or Lucia.

“But, my lord. Did Aerith really betray us?”

Serin tilted her head in disbelief, sticking her face out of the blanket.

While preparing for the question, I stopped without realizing it.

-Ahaha, isn’t it really fun?

The rain has stopped and the wind outside the window has blown in, but it’s probably not because of this coolness.

The sound of Aerith’s laughter, that was never forgotten.

Anyone who knows her will probably never believe her.

The fact that her stomach was broken in that way.

“No, it makes sense if you think about it.”

He had to live the rest of his life with his arm cut off, and he had to go through the nightmare of being imprisoned and framed for unfairness.

It was as if she had fallen from a saint who was respected by everyone to an endless cliff overnight.

So, she is now fifteen.

In this world, he is at the age of coming-of-age ceremony soon, but on Earth, he was only a student.

There’s no way she’ll be able to overcome all the pain and suffering like that.

“Whoa.”

I sighed as I thought that I must have been hiding such scars behind the smile I always wore.

“Well. I will go and ask myself.”

“Then… was all the time we spent together in the village all acting?”

Serin asked this time in a gloomy voice.

The look on her face when she heard the story that happened earlier was as if she only wanted to say it wasn’t me.

After all, Aerith was the one who took care of her the most when she was locked up in her room. I can’t help but be kind to this and that.

I pinched her cheek slightly and snorted.

“Yumma, is that possible? He accepts the hikikomori fights every day and takes care of every old man. Don’t you know how easy it is to take care of the Demon King like that? If that was acting, I would have to hit the saint and learn.”

“Yeah, is that so?”

When I answered without even thinking about it, Serin twitched her ears and gave a relieved expression.

But it wasn’t for Serine, I really thought so too.

Not because she was a heroine in the original story, but because she was a saint who was respected by everyone.

I can be sure because it’s Aerith, whom I’ve seen in person while living in the village.

Even if the appearance of Aerith I showed you a while ago was real, the fact that the appearance of Aerith I had seen so far was also real.

So, the person I’m going to pick up now is my colleague Aerith, which hasn’t changed.

“So get up now. I’m going to go get those idiots.”

because it’s a colleague

I need to pick you up before it gets any worse and before it’s too late.

Serin also heard my words and finally got out of the blanket like a chick that had hatched an egg.

And with a triumphant smile in his pajamas, he jumped off the bed.

“Hey, really, both of you can’t help it. Then, as a princess and a hero, I should go with you, right?”

“Five. It’s been a long time, hasn’t it?”

But after I hit that line, isn’t it always when I burst out?

“I think my ankle is all right. ahem. It seems that the time has finally come for me to be active!”

Well, I’m getting a lot of motivation, so let’s not say it out loud.

You can just watch it from the side so you don’t mess around.

While I was checking to see if I was missing anything, Serin also changed clothes and grabbed her weapon.

“Are you ready?”

“yes. master! You can go anytime.”

Now that Serin’s ankle is all healed up, if I follow along from now on, I’ll be able to hit it.

Without further delay, we left the inn room.

“Call. The members of the Imperial Knights have already left.”

The staff waiting on the first floor greeted us and informed us.

Okay, then I guess we can leave that to Shizu.

As I was about to leave with that thought in mind, I found Nike standing nearby, staring at me.

oh Then I saw that he was there. I brought it because I had time to write it, but I completely forgot about it.

“Hey, that’s fine. You too.”

“What, what? Hey, why am I- Whoa!?”

I grabbed the back of his crooked back in embarrassment and dragged him along.

There is a saying that even if it rots, it is Junchi.

First of all, are you a warrior too?

At least with him, we’ll see less useless blood.

profit-

As the door opened with the sound of rain-soaked hinges, a cool breeze blew in.

When we came out, our eyes stayed on only one place.

The Imperial Palace is the only one that shines even at this time.

I’m sure the two of you are heading there too.

thud-

But in front of us there was a group blocking our way.

The giant ax held by the leader of the group slammed the floor with a gleeful laugh.

“Kah ha ha ha. Kael. Where are you going in such a hurry?”

“Yes, you were there.”

Gerald.

He was leading his men around the inn.