Chapter 103 – Episode 102. The Way to You (2)
In less than a day, we arrived at the campsite.
The evening of the second day after leaving the mansion.
Tents were lined up on the plain, which had a relatively mild climate, just before entering the full-fledged snowfield.
I slept peacefully at the camp last night, and the last camp I arrived at after moving the next day.
Now, after staying here for one more day, I decided to go on foot the next morning, equipping myself with personal armour.
“So, all infantrymen are on guard against the flanks and rear.”
A few signposts stood on top of a clumsy map set out in the middle of the command tent.
Signs the size of a finger were placed here and there, followed by explanations of plans for the next day.
“Yes. The infantry have nothing to do with this operation. There’s no need to line up for nothing. However, you don’t know what will happen if the tower collapses, so you should be prepared to jump right out and block the battle lines.”
One sign had Astrid’s name on it.
The other one had Baizik’s name on it.
The other bears Wolfgang’s name.
Ashley’s name on the other.
The four signposts began to move one after another on the map.
A sign in the name of a tower erected far away.
Wolfgang’s fat fingers pushed back the signs that said “Infantry Unit”, And placed Astrid and Weizik’s signs closest to the tower.
“Anyway, isn’t it a bit like putting your daughter and a wizard in the front line?”
“What’s up? Astrid will protect you.”
“Anyway, isn’t this a strange arrangement?”
Weizik glared at Wolfgang with a disapproving expression.
Even if Astrid is a heavy-duty knight, it is unknown whether he can protect Baijik alone.
“That’s because there’s no problem. Astrid, is there a problem?”
Astrid was unable to answer that question.
Originally, when the operation started tomorrow, Astrid was supposed to be replaced with the real Astrid.
When it comes to fighting, it’s best to leave it to the experts.
And that expert is not Astrid, but the real Astrid.
【No problem. Speaking of protection, if you destroy the source of harm, that’s protection.]
“… I don’t have any problem.”
It’s a bike that bothers me that there is a moment of hesitation in front of it.
Weizik and Astrid in the front row, Wolfgang and Ashley behind them.
“Don’t you bring any equipment?”
“Didn’t you bring a crane and a catapult?”
“A crane? Catapult… ?”
Was there anything like that?
Astrid searched her memory.
No matter how much I thought about it, nothing caught my eye.
“Are you here?”
Wolfgang’s hand was pointing at Astrid.
Astrid, whose fingertip was pointing, gazed at the finger for a long time before slowly opening her mouth while tilting her head.
“… Me?”
“Okay. A walking crane, a walking catapult. You’re going, so what’s the need for that?”
“Anyway, he’s a living person, and hey… No, it’s kind of like treating your daughter like that… “
Isn’t that a bit like that?
Astrid tried to smile, but even that didn’t make the uncomfortable feeling go away.
“What does that mean? Isn’t it something you can’t do?”
*
【I’d like a glass of cold wine.】
‘Arthur. Then it’s going to get into trouble again.’
It’s a sleepless night.
Astrid kicked Ashley for refusing to follow her and climbed the hill alone.
It’s a plain, but there are hills around, and if you go up the hill, the open view creates a pretty good scenery, I pretended to be fooled by Astrid’s words and came out.
“It’s pretty good… “
A snowy field full of inevitable darkness after the sun goes down.
However, the soft moonlight, alone, was enough to show off the brilliance of the pure whiteness of this snowy field.
Looking around, everything was pure white.
That pure white glitter is beautiful… Simply saying that is not enough.
【Look, I said it was a nice sight. Is it a scenery that only I know?]
“… Well, walking around alone in an operation area like this is rather strange… “
It’s more amazing to know here.
Astrid thought so while looking around him.
How beautiful it is.
If this is the case at night, what about during the day?
【It’s worse if you come here during the day. The night view is a wonderful place.]
Persuasive.
There are places where the night view is great, and most of those places are not very exciting to see during the day.
“… So, do you have plans for tomorrow?”
【I don’t know the situation yet, but what is the plan? I’d rather expect it if the enemy was a human.]
Haha, I’ve never heard of a growing tower… He won’t even attack us first… “
【Just go and destroy it and you’re done. They said they couldn’t approach it, so they picked up rocks from a distance and threw them… I should start from there.]
“What if that doesn’t work?”
【If that doesn’t work, the old man Baijik will step in. I came with you for that, but did you forget about it?]
“Ah, it was true.”
Then, just from the beginning, the old baizique bangs with magic! I wonder if it will be over if I do it.
I don’t think I even need to step out.
【You should think about your next plan.】
“Next plan? What’s next?”
【… Are you sure you forgot?]
“Forgot what?”
I wondered if he was saying something I didn’t understand.
Isn’t the purpose of coming here itself to destroy that tower?
Other than that, the next plan, I couldn’t figure out what he was talking about.
【Didn’t you say you were looking for a way to return to your own world?】
“Ah. It was, indeed.”
【You don’t intend to go back anymore, do you?】
“It can’t be.”
Can you forget that
No, I had actually forgotten.
【You look a bit strange no matter how you look at it. After falling out with Her Highness, I think I became a girl who fell in love very quickly. It’s strange.]
“Ugh… I guess so… “
Actually, it wasn’t like that.
Maybe, yes, maybe.
It must have been from then.
The day I was enchanted and did something bad to Leopold.
It must have been from that day.
It was a bit like seeing Leopold’s face.
On days when you smile at yourself, it feels like your heart is beating.
I get annoyed when someone is alone with Leopold.
There are times when I get upset by what Leopold said passing by.
“… It’s because of hormones, hormones.”
【Ho, Horumo… ? What is that?】
“No, nothing.”
In this day and age, there is no such concept.
But it must be because of hormones.
Any woman with a man like Leopold would look back at least once.
It must be because Astrid is now a woman.
“Quickly, I want my body back.”
【You mean you want to go back to being a man, right?】
“Okay. After all, I was a man.”
【That bastard’s man… It looks like you’re not getting tired of it.]
Tired of what, and that’s true.
Astrid sat down on a rock in the snow.
I shuddered for a moment as the chill felt through his hips in an instant, but I soon got used to it.
“If you destroy that tower… Will we be able to tell Leopold about our current condition?”
【It will be like that. If you ask His Highness for help like that… You should probably find it. Then you can go back. Certainly.]
Have to go back
Where I was originally, where I must return.
I don’t really miss anyone, but things like smartphones and TVs…
A place where missing things are.
There, you have to go back
【I want to finish it quickly and get my body back.】
“Yeah, that’s how it should be. Because this body is yours Not even my body.”
【Iknow, right. Well, I’m used to being here, so it’s a bit more comfortable… But it’s true that I have to get it back.]
“… Let’s go down now You should sleep.”
Astrid heard what the real Astrid was saying in his head, but he didn’t care.
Rising from his seat and brushing off any snow that might have been on his buttocks, Astrid looked around him.
There’s nothing.
Snowfield with nothing.
Only white snow and sparsely exposed rocks.
Astrid, who was sitting on the rock, soon turned and headed for the tent.
Now tomorrow.
In a few hours you’ll be facing the first one you’ve been aiming for.
Like the confident real Astrid said, could she really demolish that tower in an instant, lift the curse, and return with dignity?
Actually, I was a bit suspicious.
It was because nothing was right about what the real Astrid said confidently.
“Go downstairs and get some sleep. Alright, let’s move again tomorrow. Aggg… It’s cold, it’s cold.”
Astrid stretched out his arm wide and stretched him.
Stretching, yawning.
Helplessly white snow was falling behind Astrid as she returned to her tent.
