“This has apparently been traditionally handed down by a library rabbit,” Ethnobalt said, a wry smile on his face and the book in one hand. “I didn’t expect to get it back in my generation though. I was originally the holder of the ship vassal weapon, of course.” With his intellect, this suited him more than a ship.

“Fine,” L’Arc said. “Itsuki having the musical instrument vassal weapon suits our purposes, anyway. If we announce the death of the hero of this nation, the others still fighting should settle down. We’ve got a little more work to do, so let’s get moving.”

“Okay,” Itsuki said, nodding at L’Arc’s request.

As a result, the battle with Miyaji, Witch, and the enemies of S’yne resulted in just the defeat of Miyaji.

Chapter Fifteen: Mirror

Chapter Fifteen: Mirror

“The hero you believed in was an imposter! This is the proof!” L’Arc announced. With this announcement, and with Itsuki playing performance magic on the vassal musical instrument as we marched to the surface, unrest swelled among the soldiers of this hostile nation, and their desire to fight melted away.

Some of them still resisted for a while, but eventually the king realized their defeat was evident and ordered an end to all hostile action. L’Arc and Itsuki acted as representatives for the negotiations and managed to achieve an alliance with this nation. It was closer to an occupation, perhaps, but the negotiations had gone very well.

Thanks to L’Arc and Therese’s rampage, the entire area around the dragon hourglass was in a bit of a mess. In regard to the women who had been following Miyaji, some of them had gone missing, joining up with the moron woman. The rest of them had mostly been stripped of their privileges and then let go. It sounded about right for the handling of the losers. Miyaji had done some pretty heinous stuff though—a few were likely facing execution. The authority of the four holies and their role in this world was very much like our own, after all.

Killing them was serious stuff.

Not to mention kidnapping Kizuna from another nation. They didn’t have a leg left to stand on. It seemed their queen was missing though. Perhaps she had also joined up with the moron woman’s faction.

As Itsuki and L’Arc dealt with these issues, we went to get Kizuna at long last.

“It’s this way,” Glass said, leading us toward Kizuna’s location. “She was first being held in a room with some kind of machinery, but Chris, Sadeena, and me worked together and freed her.”

“Pen!” We came in through a doorway to find Chris standing guard in big mode. After he confirmed it was Glass and the rest of us, he shrunk and came over.