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Chapter 280

Chapter 280: Self-Proclaimed Magnate that has less money than beggars is so pitiful!

Day 68 – Morning, Souvenir Store Orphanage Branch.

And so the morning came. Although it’s only for a short while, Haruka-kun is going to disappear again. And the problem is that there wasn’t a single time when he wasn’t doing something dangerous when left on his own, with a 100% record of anxious suspicions coming true, which might as well be considered a certain conviction by now.

「I’ll be going then, but there won’t be any issues at the start, so you don’t need to hurry too much, okay? But when the call comes I want you to rush there. Make sure to come in full battle gear with complete combat readiness? If I call you it’s probably going to mean that, so if I don’t call you it doesn’t really matter? Well, that’s it, make sure to make your preparations.」

I don’t understand how facing an army of more than 30,000 all by himself is not an issue, while what is going to happen after that worries him… But he isn’t joking.

「Sure, leave this place to us. And this time we will definitely come to your side when you need us. So call us any time. We were preparing for that very moment all this time. So we could fight together, instead of just being protected by you. That’s why our preparations are long done. Good luck, and please, be seriously careful.」

「I’ll be heading out then? Or rather, since my home is at the Frontier anyway, it’s more like, I’ll be going home? Thank you very much? Kind of?」

Why the last words of someone heading to fight a war alone are 『I’ll be going home? Thank you very much?』? This makes him sound like a very violent wife who goes off to vent her anger on an army? But I think even an army would rather run from such a lady.

「「「Take care~」」」

「「「Big brother, you promised~」」」

During the breakfast, Haruka-kun spoke with each child one by one, making a pinky swear that he will take those who are interested to the Frontier. Putting aside the credibility of a pinky promise made by a person whose finger will literally grow back were they to lose it, and the question of their humanity too… He did make a promise to them.

That’s why the children were able to send him off with smiles.

Now, the children, and also this souvenir store, the cornerstone of provision supply, have to be protected until the countless people living in the Capital are safely liberated. That’s why we have to stay. How frustrating, even though we understand everything, even though we discussed this beforehand, even though everyone agreed to this, it’s still frustrating. After all, he is heading out all on his own again.

Once again, without Angelica-san or Slime-san by his side, all on his own, he is just disappearing from sight, like it happened many times before.

「I mean, someone has to protect the people of the Capital? So it needs the heroes (the girls) to stay? At Murimuri Castle it’s fine to just kill, so I can handle it. The right person for the right job at the right time at the right place? Put like this it begins to look like an amazing plan, which gives me confidence that it will go alright? 」

The plan, he says. But since it 『Begins to look like』, he must be acting on something that just occurred to him without much consideration, but you lose if you actually worry about the lack of planning in the plan.

「Alright, let’s prepare to open the store. If we don’t rake profits, the self-proclaimed magnate, that has less money than beggars in the slums, is going to be angry.」

「「「Ro~ger!」」」

The third division has collapsed, having only a few thousands troops remaining, however, the local nobles have gathered their forces, plus various mercenary bands are also joining them. With the addition of ruffians and vagabonds their numbers reached 31 thousand… And they are still growing.

However, numbers don’t matter, the real danger is the support from the Theocracy. Magic tools, arrangements to overcome the Fake Dungeon, and enough force to take Murimuri Castle. They are coming because they are confident in success. Well, it most likely comes from overestimating their abilities, but they still must have something prepared.

But just like the opponents have something up their sleeve, Haruka-kun has something even more outrageous.

Good grief, challenging Haruka-kun to a contest of annoyance, this is beyond recklessness and just plainly asking to be abused. If the Kingdom or the Theocracy had anyone capable of harassing, trapping, duping, or tricking others on the same level as Haruka-kun, this world would’ve been either unified or destroyed a long time ago.

There seems to be a belief in foreign countries that apologizing or taking a humble attitude equals loss, but trying to apply pressure to Haruka-kun will most definitely mean self-destruction due to the difference in pressure ratio.

If they simply apologized and came to honestly purchase magic stones, nothing would’ve happened. Rather, that was Haruka-kun’s goal all along for which he was secretly working all this time.

But it turned into a war. As a result, Haruka-kun ended up having to stand on the battlefield all alone and kill people. He worked more than anyone to avoid the war, he did everything possible to create the opportunity for negotiations, and yet in the end all of it was for nothing. They ruined all of it.

He worked so hard so there would be no need for a war, sparing no effort to avoid bloodshed, but despite the lengths he went, it still didn’t work. If they say that the Church and their god cannot forgive his actions, then they are free to suit themselves. I have no desire to be praised, acknowledged, or forgiven by a god that doesn’t raise a finger while Haruka-kun is working so hard to create the future where everyone can live happily and peacefully! We will gladly send (kick) back teachings of such a god, with ribbon, wrapping, rhinestone decoration and payment on delivery attached!

After all, all he was dreaming of was simple happiness for the Frontier.

He merely wanted to make everyone smile.

There is no reason for a god to exist if he can’t accept even such a little thing.

A god that doesn’t wish that shouldn’t exist. We are the ones who wouldn’t forgive it!

If their god is justice and Haruka-kun is evil for going against it, then I’m fine with us being evil. I don’t want any of such justice.

If dreaming of happiness for everyone means evil that goes against the will of the god, then there is no need for any talks anymore. I don’t care about their teachings, nor am I willing to forgive them.

We are seriously angry.

They couldn’t forgive even that small bit of peace that Haruka-kun was trying to create. Without having any idea just how difficult it was to bring happiness to the Frontier!

We are seriously angry.

Because we know just how precious, wonderful, beautiful, and miraculous the prospering Frontier is. Because we know just how much Haruka-kun fought for it.

We are seriously furious.

He was stealthily working to protect the Frontier, seeing a peaceful resolution where no one has to die or fight a war. While feigning ignorance, he was working incredibly hard. And yet it was all put to waste and ruined, and now they are even trying to invade the Frontier.

There is no way not to get angry at that, there is no way such a thing can be forgiven! Because they stomped with their dirty shoes the feelings of the single good person that single-mindedly believed in the possibility of a happy end!

Haruka-kun was fighting merely for that small happy end for the Frontier.

He is getting angry for others, suffering for others, crying for others, and fighting for others. No matter how much he pretends, in the end, he is just making an uproar about the happiness of others. Without any care for himself, casually putting his life on the line left and right. Crying and getting angry for the sake of others, yet doing nothing for himself.

That’s why we will get angry. If Haruka-kun only gets angry for others, then we will get angry instead. We will get completely furious. That is way too cruel after all, way too pitiful.

That’s why we are enraged.

Haruka-kun was worried about exposing us to danger until the very end. He is regretting pulling us into the conflict.

But this is long since our fight too, since we are seriously angry about this. And for Haruka-kun’s sake we are going to get his share of anger too. This is our anger now! This is our fight now, we weren’t dragged into this neither does it have nothing to do with us, we are going to fight out of our own volition and rage. Because they absolutely can’t be forgiven!

They trampled and insulted Haruka-kun’s feelings, Haruka-kun’s wishes, that little Happiness that Haruka-kun was hoping for, his simple hope to merely protect. That’s why we absolutely can’t forgive them! That’s why we absolutely won’t!

That was the consensus and the true will of the girls-only gathering.

That’s why we will finish the Capital here. And then head to the Frontier.

Getting busy with two stores plus peddling today, we will finish off the Capital with this offensive. There, the capital will fall.

The conclusion to this play was already written, and both the stage and the actors were prepared, it definitely will go smoothly. After all, I’ve never seen such a villainous scenario!

The Capital will definitely fall with this, there is no way it can withstand.

The Capital that was famed for its impregnable walls and rock-solid defenses is going to fall to the broiled eel and bargain sales. That is the predetermined ending.