Anoseka Volume 2 Chapter 9

This is MTL. So, I cannot guarantee that the translation 100% contextually accurate or appropriate.

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Chapter 9 "Count Offley's Territory"

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Part 1

Arroganz lands on deck.

The landing place is not Partner, but the Bartfalt family's flying battleship.

On the deck, captured sky pirates were detained.

"Are you okay, Aniki?!"

When I raised my voice when the hatch opened out of concern for Nix, the person in question approached me with a dissatisfied look on his face.

"How can you say that after using people as bait?"

Seeing Nix safe and sound, I let out a sigh of relief, and then said nasty things.

"I helped you properly, didn't I?"

Nix's cheeks twitched.

"You keep talking without thinking. ——Anyway, are you leaving? We won't be able to move for a while."

When I looked around, my allies had captured a sky pirate ship.

The knights were brought from the Bartfalt family, and I had thought they were usually unreliable and sloppy.

However, they seem to be reliable on the battlefield.

They captured the sky pirates without missing a single person.

It seems that my father was telling the truth when he said they were all fierce warriors who had fought many battles in the past.

Right now, the sky pirates are tied up, and it doesn't look like they'll be able to move for a while while we clean up.

However, my big brother and them both fulfilled their roles.

From my point of view, this is an unexpectedly good story.

"It's okay because I've already taken care of it. The Roseblade family has agreed to lend a hand."

When Nix heard that it was the Roseblade family, she had an indescribable look on her face.

He looked relieved, yet worried.

"I never thought that it was "that" Roseblade family that you relied on."

It seems like he has something on his mind.

It's true that Deirdre, a senior in the same grade as Nix, has a unique personality, but is there something special about the Roseblade family?

"You say that like it has some kind of hidden meaning."

"I don't think they're bad people, but there are a lot of rumors out there. Oops, you better hurry up."

I shrug my shoulders and close the cockpit hatch.

Then Nix waved his hand.

"Go and help Marie-chan!"

Arroganz slowly rises off the deck and continues to speed toward the floating island of the Offley family.

Inside the cockpit, Luxion is supporting me.

[You wasted more time than planned. That is why I suggested that the sky pirates be destroyed by my main body.]

"Arroganz alone would be an excessive force. Besides, it would hurt my conscience to send you out to annihilate them."

[I don't understand. There is no law in the kingdom that says you are guilty of killing or wounding an enemy during a battle, you know. We had to go through the trouble of trying to capture the leader of that head air bandit without killing him too. As long as we get the key item, his life or death is worthless.]

"It's not about the law, it's about my heart."

If it were Luxion, the sky pirates would literally have been wiped out immediately.

But it is too much.

Killing a large number of people with overwhelming force —— is something I feel bad about.

Besides, I don't want to choose the option of killing people for now, if at all possible.

Once you kill once, the next time you kill, you will be less resistant to killing.

I just don't like that.

Even if I couldn't avoid it in the future, I didn't want to choose it now.

"Luxion, do you have any thoughts on the genocide?"

[——New humans are not humans]

That would mean that there is no problem with committing genocide.

I don't want my partner to commit mass murder either.

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Part 2

On the floating island of Offley, Count Offley's territory, a holiday was given to the residents of the territory because of the wedding of the heir, Ricky.

A festival is held in the castle town, and the square is crowded with stalls and street performers.

But those participating in the celebration expressed suspicion.

The reason for it is that the soldiers of the Offley family are armed and guarding the area.

There are many people in the territory who are confused by the situation.

As a result, the excitement of the festival was mixed.

"Is it really a wedding?"

"Just now, the soldiers were asking if there were any suspicious people."

"I heard through the rumors that the person Ricky-sama married had a lover at school."

"A marriage by abduction? Speaking of school, I'm sure the other party is a noble."

"I guess they're wary of someone coming to take her back."

Seeing the people of the territory gossiping, one of the soldiers raised his voice and warned them.

"There, don't spread weird rumors! All you have to do is participate in the festival!"

Scared by the soldiers with their high-pressure attitude, the people of the territory go away quietly.

The Offley family is essentially a merchant, not a noble.

As a result, they control their citizens more strictly than other territories.

Taxes were also heavier than other territories, and they were even stricter in collecting them.

There's no way they would be liked by the people of the territory.

In the castle town square, an explosion can be heard.

The sound of gunpowder exploding, different from the fireworks that signal the start of the festival, made the people look up and look around restlessly.

"Did you hear the explosion earlier?"

"That's a cannon, isn't it? No, there's a little sound, too."

"The sound of gunshots! The sound of a gun fired!"

As soon as they heard that it was a gunshot, the people of the territory ran away from the plaza like scattered spiderlings.

When the soldiers looked up at the sky, they saw the armor of the knights flying away.

The soldiers sensed that the enemy was coming when they saw it flying somewhere.

The soldiers who climbed up on the lookout tower looked into the distance and loudly announced the situation to the soldiers in the square.

"Flying battleships! There are so many!? The enemy is —— roses and swords!? It’s Roseblade!!"

The soldiers who confirmed the Roseblade family crest had pale faces.

It was easy to predict that a fierce battle would ensue since the nobles who were hostile to the Offley family had attacked.

The captain who was leading the soldiers grabbed the rifle he was carrying.

"Why is the enemy moving at this timing!?"

A young soldier next to the captain shouted pointing at the sky.

"Captain!"

The soldiers' gazes turned to the sky, where black armor was battling the armor of the Offley family.

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Part 3

"I knew you'd come to get her back, you upstart baron!!"

The armor of Offley family's knights fires rifles regardless of whether it's over their own city or not.

Since it was their home base, the enemy's armor was rising into the sky one after another.

"One after another, they're a bunch of trouble."

[Master, we don’t have much time. After breaking through the center, we should leave it to the Roseblade family's strength.]

"You're right."

The reason I took the lead and was the first to reach the enemy's base was to reduce the damage caused by the battle.

Even though I came to help Marie, if she got caught up in the battle and was injured, she would surely complain about it later.

"Now, let's go wild with Arroganz before we save Marie."

[It's a problem that you can't use most of the equipment even though you say you're going wild.]

"Using Arroganz firearms in the city would cause a lot of damage."

While chatting with Luxion, I move the stick and operate the foot pedals.

The weapon of armor, which flies freely in the sky, basically has a simple structure.

There is a stone called a floating stone that makes the land float.

That is connected to a magic power reactor, which supplies energy and regulates buoyancy.

All you have to do is add energy in the direction you want to go.

The reason for choosing a humanoid form rather than an aerodynamic form such as a fighter jet, as in my previous life, was the ease of maneuverability.

Since magic power is used to steer the machine, it is necessarily easier to get used to a human form.

In addition, the wind pressure can be reduced because the defensive field can be deployed with magic power.

Originally, it was a technology that made ordinary full body armor lighter and easier to handle, but as it evolved, the armor part became larger and took on its current form.

Today's armor is a knight's weapon and a horse.

[If minimizing the damage increases Marie's chances of survival, I'll gladly help.]

"Say so from the beginning."

Arroganz approaches the enemy's armor unarmed and crushes its head with its right hand, tearing it to pieces.

The head and chest hatches were gone, leaving the pilot completely exposed.

The enemy pilot looked at Arroganz with a frightened face, so I kicked him off lightly to the ground as it was and took bullets one after another from the surroundings, but perhaps growing impatient with Arroganz who continued to move unharmed, the armor that had switched to a sword and a shield came forward.

The flashy armor, with its white base and gold decorations, comes straight at Arroganz, slashing and pushing.

"Don't think you can get away with this for free. Even if the Roseblade family sides with you, the Kingdom will side with us!"

When the knight told me that we were sinners, I laughed and manipulated Arroganz.

Arroganz spread out his arms and embraced the flashy armor —— and then crushed it.

The knight hurriedly rushed out of the cockpit as the armor made a loud noise.

When Arroganz descends into the square, I toss the armor I have crushed.

It seems that the knight fell into the fountain in the square, and apparently he was not injured.

In the face of this guy, I have an important story to tell him.

"You think I'd make a mistake like that? We've already got proof that you're connected to the pirates. The Roseblade family is working on it in the royal capital. His Majesty has already heard about your misdeeds."

When I told him, laughing like a villain, the knight who had fallen into the fountain bit his back teeth and looked frustrated.

Luxion warns me.

[Enemy armor is coming down.]

"Bring out the battle axe and rod."

[Yes, Master.]

A battle ax and —— a rod are released from the backpack's container.

Arroganz, holding each in their hands, combine the battle-axe and the rod into a spear.

When I swung at the descending enemy armors, their limbs were severed.

The enemy armors, which have lost their limbs and become unbalanced, hit the ground and roll with the momentum of their fall.

Arroganz held up the spear in the right hand and did it with the left hand, moving his fingers with the palm upward to agitate the enemies.

"Bring it on, you small fry of the Offley family!!"

When the enemy armors attacked one after another at my provocation, Luxion made an electronic voice reproduction of his amazed voice.

[Master has a bad hobby.]

One after another, limb after limb, sometimes head after head, were slashed off, and armors were dropped in the square.

The wreckage of the armor of the Offley family piling up.

"I'll show you what it means to pick a fight with me. I'm —— the type of guy who likes to remove obstacles in the way of my objective first when I get into a fight!"

Is it the seventh one? When the enemy armors are knocked down, Luxion corrects me.

[It would be easier for me to follow up if you would make arrangements and take action on a regular basis. I am not impressed that you only take things seriously at times like this.]

Is this guy unable to have a conversation without blaming his Master?