Volume 8 3 — Part 3(2/2)
“So that’s what happened! Aah, we sent Schnee first for nothing!”
“What do you mean?”
“You were always traveling as 3 people or more, right? So I thought to let you two stay by yourselves for a while. I should have told Schnee to take it more seriously.”
Filma sighed, looking disappointed. She had no intention of hiding her plan apparently.
“It was Filma that proposed I come here first, to be clear.”
“Just what do you have in mind!?”
“I heard that she waited 500 years. Is it bad for Schnee to have a good time once in awhile? Or do you have some other maiden in mind?”
“I don’t, but the situation here is complex and.. but if we really were by ourselves, I cannot say that nothing would have happened..”
“Oh, you don’t deny that?”
All party members knew of Schnee’s affection towards Shin. If they had stayed in an inn by themselves, the chances of something happening between them was not zero.
Shin had expressed his plans to return to his original world, but it was not something he wanted to achieve no matter what.
Only the gods would know if he would be able to dodge Schnee’s approach.
“I think I know the kind of person I am. I couldn’t say that I would never go with the flow in such situations”
Shin was not insecure or undecided, but his will wasn’t unshakable steel either.
“Oh, now that’s a good thing to know.”
“You’re planning something again, you’ve got it written all over your face..”
“Definitely not a wholesome plan.”
“She never learns, does she.”
“Hey!! Shibaid, you too!?”
Shibaid spoke through a sigh, probably tired of their conversation.
“So, when will that inheritance ceremony thing start?”
Shin had already informed Shibaid and the others of the inheritance ceremony. Also because the divine katana Shin had crafted was the final reward, Shibaid was interested in the outcome.
“5 days from now. I’m sorry to say this after you just arrived, but some trouble happened. A battle might break out.”
“Eh, what? I heard that Hinomoto’s a peaceful place though?”
Tiera was surprised to hear the word battle. She had heard about how safe and peaceful Hinomoto usually was.
Shin explained about the circumstances.
“I just don’t understand. Why are they so fixated on uniting the country?”
“Who knows. Even if they did so through military power, it’s not like governing it would become any easier. What do you think Shibaid?”
It was not exactly like Japan’s Warring States period, but as Hinomoto was now in a similar situation, Shin asked for Shibaid’s opinion, who had participated in the founding of the Empire.
“Without understanding the head of the Ichinose family, I cannot say anything. Such things change depending on who is leading the various groups. In the era after the natural disasters wrecked the land, many countries were founded, but each underwent a different fate.”
According to Shibaid, several countries had tried invading others hoping to unify the continent under their rule.
The areas where monsters spawned and the natural barriers formed by mountains, however, led to the current situation. Despite this, some countries still haven’t given up their ambitions apparently.
Some countries governed while thinking of their citizens’ well-being, others had become military states, so it was not possible to give one single answer.
“Well, I have just heard that the Ichinose are acting suspiciously, but I don’t know anything decisive. It would be great if nothing happened, but please stay alert.”
“Hmm, understood.”
Both Filma and Tiera nodded to Shin’s words.
In the end, the identity of Haruna’s attackers was a complete mystery.
Shin, however, did not think that Juugo, Kai, and the monster Tamamo would simply sit back and do nothing.