Chapter 114.1

Chapter 114.1. Expedition

-Masatoshi’s POV-

Aguni Masatoshi was pallid. Masatoshi, the god, was paling at the unexpected. He had to hide the trembling in his body, so he strained his eyes, bit his lip hard, and tried so hard that he looked pouty to the onlookers.

Because something was ongoing, and it’s terrible.

Masatoshi was kneeling before the Emperor in the audience chamber of the imperial castle.

Many nobles were gathered by the wall and in front of the Emperor who could kill a man with just his eyesight.

In front of Masatoshi stands his father in an imposing manner. He changes his face to a supremely serious one, unfolds a scroll in his hand, and reads its contents.

“The Aguni presents this message. Please allow us to go to the aid of the missing warriors and Nagamasa-sama in Tokyo.”

The giant father, with bright red hair and a face of a great man, dressed in a tight military uniform, his thick well-trained chest outstretched, declared in an imposing manner.

“The Takano presents this message. We ask that you allow us the freedom to go to Tokyo to rescue Mashiron, who has gone missing, and that you give us the freedom to go to Tokyo to support him.”

Takano Miu, a girl with a small body standing next to him, declares in a cute, young voice, holding a scroll in her hand. The scroll’s contents were slightly strange, perhaps because she had failed to memorize them. The gray-haired, young girl is full of energy and sniffles wildly.

Beside Takano Miu, Takano Yoshiyuki is frowning, and his face is slightly pallid, which makes me feel close to him.

The gray-haired girl-chan’s idiotic lines were met with gibbering laughter and warm, supportive eyes that cheered her on to do her best.

Masatoshi is filled with confusion as to why this is happening, but the next voice he hears brings him back to consciousness.

“This is Genshin Sena speaking. Please allow us to go to the aid of the missing warriors, Nagamasa-sama, and others in Tokyo to rescue them.”

Even though her voice is not that loud, it has a cool tone that everyone can hear, and Seina has an imposing demeanor that’s almost as impressive as an adult’s. Although she’s only 10 years old, she exudes an air of purity that makes the people around her involuntarily respect her.

Sitting on a throne made of gold, resting his chin on his hand, the Emperor directs his eyes at the prime minister. The prime minister walks up to his father, Miu, and Sena in turn to receive the scroll of the performance.

His father and Sena rolled up the scroll in a dignified manner and handed it to the prime minister, but Miu got confused and asked her parents to help her roll up the scroll. What is this girl? She’s too young. The Prime Minister also said he would help, his face relaxing as he rolled up the scroll.

Too cute. And that’s not on purpose, but natural. It’s to the point where you wonder why she wasn’t there in the original story. H can see why the prime minister would help without a second thought. It is because she is a girl who evokes a desire for shelter like a small animal, like a bird chick that is about to die. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Miu’s parents apologized apologetically, and after receiving all the scrolls, the prime minister took them to the Emperor. Her parents probably wanted to present the scrolls to the Emperor, but since Takano Miu is the head of the family, they had no choice but to leave it to the girl.

“Hmmm ……”

The Emperor received the report and ran his eyes over the contents. Then, his mouth turns into a thin smile, and he turns his sharp eyes on me.

“The report and this book. I confirm that all the contents are the same. Are there any problems with the Aguni and Genshin Sena?”

“Ha! Aguni Enraku. I’d like to head over with my son from now on. My son is a fire magician at his age. I’m sure he’ll be a great help to you in Tokyo, and I’d like to make him a temporary warriors!”

“Duke Enraku, 30 other family members, including your son Masatoshi. As temporary warriors, huh?”

The reply letter stated the people who would be taken along on this special trip. As for Masatoshi, he would prefer not to go to Tokyo. He wants to be temporarily ill, but his father is happy to give him a chance to extend his power, so he can’t deny it. Besides, Sena is heading there, so he makes his choice.

He prayed to dismiss it, but Masatoshi’s divine wish wasn’t granted.

“Very well. I accept this report. You should take the members of this report with you along with the warriors.”

“Hah! Please wait for good news!”

Enraku bows his head, a cunning smile on his face. Upon hearing about the disappearance of Nagamasa and Mashiro, his father acted quickly.

He began to write a response letter to go to Tokyo to rescue the warriors. Even if Nagamasa was dead, it would be good if we found his body, or at least it would be an achievement if we also found the damaged battalion.

He had no intention of heading deep into Tokyo, and he had no intention of making contact with the druids. He’s only looking for solid achievements.

Duke Kanna isn’t going to move against him. Enraku said that he was probably planning to blow the whistle on the nobles, saying this was the result of their neglect of him.

That’s a blunder of the royal family. He would make it out that he had caused unnecessary damage for the sake of foil, and he would let the popularity of the royal family, which was currently climbing up the eels, decline, and drag Teijo Ouga down from the top of the warriors. His legitimate son would be dead, and it wouldn’t be difficult to replace him with the other Teijo family.

He also got Masatoshi involved when he heard that Sena had decided to head to Tokyo to eliminate the disappointment of the royal family.

He ordered him to be part of the guard, which would be in a safe zone anyway, at least to recover the wounded warriors. He wanted us to get to know each other better during the escort.

Masatoshi couldn’t refuse. His future fiancée, Sena, also contacted him to ask if he could be her guard. he couldn’t refuse, saying he was afraid to leave his beloved Sena behind and go to Tokyo.

“Sena has the same request as Duke Aguni. Very well, you may go with 50 guards and a group of warriors to help you.”

“Yes, sir! Please wait for the good news!”

Sena nodded and bowed with a happy expression that made those watching relax. In doing so, she glanced over to Masatoshi.

Their eyes meet, and he’s convinced that they’re compatible. He extends his nose and relaxes his mouth.

Masatoshi is determined to protect Sena. He was determined. He would never enter Tokyo and would stay in the rear with Sena.

He didn’t expect the event to be the murder of the Tokyo Investigation Team. He knew about the incident in which Mashiro was killed. He knew about that because he had read the setting book.

To regain the declining power of the Teijo marquisdom, Teijo Mashiro, with Nagamasa, a member of the imperial family who was also losing his power, formed a Tokyo Investigation Team and headed for Tokyo. The reason was to survey Tokyo and make druids imperial vassals.

With their achievements, they tried to prevent the downfall of the Teijo marquisdom, but the already weakened warriors were incapable of such a survey. He, therefore, died in Tokyo.

The few survivors of the investigation team report that there was an attack. That’s the Mashiro event. That was another incident that would lead to a depressing turn of events in the future.

There were some changes in the storyline. But the fundamentals remained the same.

However, he had never thought that Zephyrus and the murder of the Tokyo Investigation Team were linked.

That’s because the Zephyrus druid hunt and the murder of the Tokyo Investigation Team are described as two different incidents in the original story, the anime, and the setting books.