Just after Ruth had jumped into the public park—
“Oh my, if it isn't Ruth-sama. Good evening”
Elexis appeared in front of Ruth. He bowed gracefully while wearing a confident smile.
“El-sama!?”
Ruth on the other hand showed a severe expression. And as Ruth instinctively took a stance, Elexis's expression changed it one of worry.
“Is something the matter, Ruth-sama?”
“Where is her highness!?”
”If it's her highness you are looking for, we separated over there”
As Elexis said that he pointed out the area behind him. The paved road continued deeper into the park, but it wasn't possible to see further up ahead due to the darkness and trees completely concealing the path. And since it seemed that this darkness was also concealing Theia. Ruth was overcome by an unspeakable uneasiness.
“I was just planning on returning to the ship. That's right, why don't you come with me? There are so many things I would like to show you there”
In contrast Ruth, Elexis had a bright smile and invited her in a normal fashion.
“That is alright. I have an urgent matter to discuss with her highness, so I will take my leave”
Ruth turned the invitation down and attempted to calm down the unease brewing inside her as she tried to walk past Elexis. She wanted everything to just be her imagination.
“Oh don't say that”
However, Elexis grabbed a hold of Ruth's arm as she tried to pass him.
“I would love for you to come with me, Ruth-sama”
Elexis forcibly pulled Ruth back.
“Kyaaa!?”
Because of her light weight, she was easily swung around and returned to the place she had stood. However, even though what had just happened, Ruth courageously denounced Elexis.
“What is the meaning of this, El-sama!?”
“Why, it's all for the future―”
A boom was heard. Elexis cut himself off in the middle of a sentence. It seemed like an explosion had occurred in the park, and Elexis turned in its direction. The sound had come from deeper into the park. From Ruth's current location, she couldn't see the explosion, but she could see the sky brighten for a moment, and crows were rapidly fleeing from the scene.
“Your highness!!”
Ruth's intuition told her that this explosion was a sign of Theia in danger. At the same time, the explosion made Elexis remove the mask he was wearing.
“Really, I gave them such strict orders not to use their weapons... her highness Theiamillis sure is quite impressive”
While being amazed at his subordinates’ clumsiness, he admired Theia's struggling.
The five bodyguards that Elexis had brought with him were in reality a special forces unit from the army. Of course they had all gone through rigorous training, but they were forced to use their weapons to capture Theia. For Elexis, that merited some praise.
After an explosion had occurred it, would be hard to continue fooling Ruth, so Elexis decided to remove his mask.
“To think she'd make the special forces use heavy weaponry... if she's that strong, why is she advocating disarmament...”
“El-sama, so you really are...!?”
“Oh, so you were aware of our plans. Splendid. Though still young, as expected from a daughter from the Pardomshiha family”
Elexis smiled at Ruth with a confident smile. It was an awfully natural smile, as if saying that this was just another normal day in his life.
“Let go of me, you coward!! Are you so hungry for power that you'd even go this far!?”
Ruth's face was flushed in rage as she tried to shake off Elexis' hand.
“What a foolish question. Without power, one can't do anything. I imagine you would realize that right about now”
However, with such a large difference in physique, Ruth was no match for Elexis's strength. Despite Ruth's struggles, Elexis wasn't budging an inch.
“You'd even go so far as to make needless charitable undertakings, just for this!?”
All Ruth was able to do right now was criticizing Elexis.
“That hurts. Those generous donations were most certainly my real intentions. Large profits are born from a healthy society... I simply felt that if I sided with Elfaria, I wouldn't be able to create a perfect society. That's all”
It wasn't like Elexis harbored malice against Ruth or Theia. It was just that since he didn't agree with the current politics of Forthorthe, so he had sided with their enemy. That was all there was to it.
“So you're going to demand that Elfaria-sama abdicates by holding her highness hostage!? This is no joke!!”
“I agree. However, the royal families are the ones who have given all the political power to themselves, so this is the only way. As such it is only fair that she becomes our hostage”
”I won't let you say you have forgotten just what sacrifices the Mastir family has made to support Forthorthe!!”
“I haven't forgotten. However, times have changed. If a part rusts, you have to replace it. Isn't that just logical?”
“Nonsense! Blue Knight, Anti-Personnel Stunner!”
Realizing that she wouldn't be able to beat him in power, Ruth shouted an order into her bracelet. She was going to the Blue Knight's weapon systems to incapacitate Elexis.
“That won't work, Ruth-sama”
“The network connection has been lost. That instruction cannot be executed”
“Wha!?”
The bracelet didn't accept the order as usual. Instead, it let out a jarring warning sound and reported that it was unable to carry out the instructions.
“Why!?”
The unexpected development made Ruth's expression stiffen.
“It was a mistake to let us onboard the Blue Knight”
“I see, so that's when—!”
”Without weapons, both you and her highness are just girls. You never stood a chance”
Elexis regrettably shook his head. He personally held no ill intentions towards the girls; that was why he seriously pitied Ruth.
“Your only way to not lose would have been to marry me, but in the end, you probably would have lost then too...”
When Elexis had first arrived at the Blue Knight, his five subordinates had set up all kinds of devices on the ship. That allowed them to freely jam communications, wiretap Theia and Ruth's private rooms, and more.
Having learned of Ruth's feelings, Elexis decided on capturing Theia in this empty park. However as he learned that Ruth was approaching, Elexis had left Theia to his subordinates and went out to slow down Ruth.
Theia and Ruth's chances of winning were thrown out the window the moment they failed to notice the devices on their ship.
“Blue Knight, Blue Knight!”
Ruth operated her bracelet and tried all kinds of communication methods to contact the Blue Knight, such as electronic, gravitational and hyperspace communications. However, all she got back was the warning sound from her bracelet. The Blue Knight didn't respond to Ruth despite her best attempts.
“Just give it up. Communications have been completely jammed. Nothing you do will help. Your voice won't reach anyone. Just stop and obey me, please”
Elexis looked at Ruth with pity in his eyes. That pity had come from his absolute conviction of his own victory.
“If I give up, who else will save her highness!? As if I could ever do that!! I am her highness's knight after all!!”
“To think you can't understand that it's useless... that is regrettable”
Seeing as Ruth was refusing to give up, Elexis decided to swing his fist. He would knock her unconscious and bring her onboard his own spaceship. Ruth would allow him to make Theia obey.
“Is that so? It wasn't useless”
However, Ruth wasn't the one struck by a fist. Elexis was. A fist from out of his line of sight struck his cheek.
Having taken a direct hit, Elexis collapsed. At the same time, he lost strength in the hand holding onto Ruth and she regained her freedom. As she turned and looked at the person who had punched Elexis, Ruth's eyes suddenly sparkled.
“Satomi-sama!?”
“Yo, Ruth-san. Your voice reached me”
Koutarou had been the one to punch Elexis. After hearing the situation from Clan, he had gone out looking for Ruth.
You were a big help, Clan...
Since Koutarou's bracelet was connected to Clan's Cradle and Hazy Moon, he couldn't access Ruth and Theia's location. However, thanks to Ruth using various communication methods, Clan's unmanned observation device managed to determine her location. Clan then conveyed that to Koutarou and led him to the park. Koutarou had only been able to find her because Ruth had refused to give up until the end.
“So Ruth-san, what is going on?”
Koutarou glared at Elexis without letting his guard down and clenched his fists. Elexis had taken some damage from the blow, but he was still conscious. And after lightly shaking his head, he slowly stood up.
“Satomi-sama...”
Seeing Koutarou step in between her and Elexis, Ruth was filled with a deep sense of security.
Ah... he really is the one... As long as he is with me, I will be okay no matter what... He will definitely be able to save her highness...
The crisis hadn't been resolved, and she had no grounds for her beliefs, but Ruth felt relieved and believed that everything would be okay now. She believed in Koutarou, and after wiping away tears from her eyes, she converted those feelings into words.
“Please, lend me your strength, Satomi-sama! I want to save her highness! From all kinds of enemies! And from all kinds of hardships!”
That was the future that would make Ruth the happiest, and it was also her wish.
She no longer had any doubts.
“As you wish, my lady!”
Koutarou responded without any hesitation.
He was able to do so because he had made his resolution a long time ago.
Part 4[edit]
After standing up, Elexis had lost his previous calmness. The unexpected interruption had thrown him off his game.
“Curse you... you primitive barbarian...”
Looking at it from Elexis's perspective, it was like a gorilla was interrupting his duel and punched him. Elexis gave Koutarou a glare full of rage.
“Hm...? Hahahaha!”
หลังจากนางรูธได้ไปลงในสวนสาธารณะ —"โอ้ ฉัน ถ้า sama รัธไม่ สวัสดี"Elexis ปรากฏหน้านางรูธ เขาลงอย่างสิ้นเชิงในขณะสวมใส่รอยยิ้มมั่นใจ"เอล-sama ?"นางรูธคงแสดงนิพจน์อย่างรุนแรง และเป็นรูธ instinctively เอาท่าทางการ นิพจน์ของ Elexis การเปลี่ยนแปลงหนึ่งกังวล"คือสิ่งสำคัญ นางรูธ-sama"เจ้า?""ถ้าคุณกำลังมองหาเจ้า เราแบ่งโน่น"Elexis กล่าวว่า เขาชี้ให้เห็นบริเวณด้านหลังเขา การประปาต่อลึกเข้าไปในสวนสาธารณะ แต่มันไม่ได้ไปดูเพิ่มเติมขึ้นจากความมืดและต้นไม้สมบูรณ์ concealing เส้นทางข้างหน้า และเนื่องจากดูเหมือนว่า ความมืดนี้ได้ concealing Theia นางรูธถูกเอาชนะ โดยการ uneasiness unspeakable"ฉันมีเพียงวางแผนในการให้เรือ ถูกต้อง ทำไมคุณไม่มาด้วยหรือไม่ มีหลายสิ่งที่อยากจะแสดงให้คุณมี"ในทางตรงข้ามนางรูธ Elexis มีรอยยิ้มสดใส และเชิญเธอในแฟชั่นปกติ"ที่ได้ครับ มีเรื่องด่วนที่จะพูดคุยกับเจ้า เพื่อจะปล่อยฉัน"นางรูธเปิดคำเชิญลง และพยายามใจเย็น ๆ unease ทำการหมักภายในเธอขณะที่เธอพยายามเดินผ่าน Elexis เธอต้องการทุกอย่างเป็นเพียง จินตนาการของเธอ"แหม อย่าพูด"อย่างไรก็ตาม Elexis คว้าถือของแขนของรูธเป็นเธอพยายามผ่านเขา"ฉันจะรักคุณมากับฉัน นางรูธ-sama"Elexis บังคับให้พับขาดแคลนอาหาร"Kyaaa ?"เนื่องจากน้ำหนักเบาของเธอ เธอได้ถูก swung สถาน และส่งกลับไปยังตำแหน่งที่เธอมีอยู่ อย่างไรก็ตาม แม้ว่า สิ่งเพิ่งเกิด รัธปฏิญาณประณาม Elexis"อะไรคือความหมายของ เอล-sama ?""ทำไม มันเป็นทั้งหมดสำหรับการ future― "เสียงได้ยิน Elexis ตัดตัวกลางประโยค ดูเหมือนมีเกิดระเบิดในสวน และ Elexis เปิดในทิศทางของการ เสียงมาจากที่ลึกเข้าไปในสวน จากที่ตั้งปัจจุบันของรูธ เธอไม่สามารถดูการกระจาย แต่เธอเห็นท้องฟ้าสว่างช่วง และตรงได้หลบหนีอย่างรวดเร็วในฉาก"ฝ่าบาท!!"สัญชาตญาณของรูธบอกเธอว่า กระจายนี้เป็นเครื่องของ Theia ตกอยู่ในอันตราย ในเวลาเดียวกัน การกระจายทำเอาหน้ากากที่เขาสวม Elexis"จริง ๆ ฉันให้คำสั่งดังกล่าวอย่างเข้มงวดไม่ให้ใช้อาวุธของพวกเขา...เจ้า Theiamillis แน่ใจว่าจะน่าประทับใจมาก"ในขณะที่กำลังตะลึงที่วิงเวียนของผู้ใต้บังคับบัญชาของเขา เขาชื่นชมของ Theia ดิ้นรนปืน 5 ที่ Elexis ได้นำกับเขาได้ในความเป็นจริงหน่วยกองกำลังพิเศษจากกองทัพ แน่นอนว่าพวกเขาทั้งหมดแล้วผ่านการฝึกอบรมอย่างเข้มงวด แต่พวกเขาถูกบังคับให้ใช้อาวุธของพวกเขาเพื่อจับ Theia สำหรับ Elexis ที่ merited สรรเสริญบางหลังจากการระเบิดได้เกิดขึ้นได้ จะยากต้อง fooling นางรูธ เพื่อ Elexis การตัดสินใจที่จะเอาหน้ากากของเขา“To think she'd make the special forces use heavy weaponry... if she's that strong, why is she advocating disarmament...”“El-sama, so you really are...!?”“Oh, so you were aware of our plans. Splendid. Though still young, as expected from a daughter from the Pardomshiha family”Elexis smiled at Ruth with a confident smile. It was an awfully natural smile, as if saying that this was just another normal day in his life.“Let go of me, you coward!! Are you so hungry for power that you'd even go this far!?”Ruth's face was flushed in rage as she tried to shake off Elexis' hand.“What a foolish question. Without power, one can't do anything. I imagine you would realize that right about now”However, with such a large difference in physique, Ruth was no match for Elexis's strength. Despite Ruth's struggles, Elexis wasn't budging an inch.“You'd even go so far as to make needless charitable undertakings, just for this!?”All Ruth was able to do right now was criticizing Elexis.“That hurts. Those generous donations were most certainly my real intentions. Large profits are born from a healthy society... I simply felt that if I sided with Elfaria, I wouldn't be able to create a perfect society. That's all”It wasn't like Elexis harbored malice against Ruth or Theia. It was just that since he didn't agree with the current politics of Forthorthe, so he had sided with their enemy. That was all there was to it.
“So you're going to demand that Elfaria-sama abdicates by holding her highness hostage!? This is no joke!!”
“I agree. However, the royal families are the ones who have given all the political power to themselves, so this is the only way. As such it is only fair that she becomes our hostage”
”I won't let you say you have forgotten just what sacrifices the Mastir family has made to support Forthorthe!!”
“I haven't forgotten. However, times have changed. If a part rusts, you have to replace it. Isn't that just logical?”
“Nonsense! Blue Knight, Anti-Personnel Stunner!”
Realizing that she wouldn't be able to beat him in power, Ruth shouted an order into her bracelet. She was going to the Blue Knight's weapon systems to incapacitate Elexis.
“That won't work, Ruth-sama”
“The network connection has been lost. That instruction cannot be executed”
“Wha!?”
The bracelet didn't accept the order as usual. Instead, it let out a jarring warning sound and reported that it was unable to carry out the instructions.
“Why!?”
The unexpected development made Ruth's expression stiffen.
“It was a mistake to let us onboard the Blue Knight”
“I see, so that's when—!”
”Without weapons, both you and her highness are just girls. You never stood a chance”
Elexis regrettably shook his head. He personally held no ill intentions towards the girls; that was why he seriously pitied Ruth.
“Your only way to not lose would have been to marry me, but in the end, you probably would have lost then too...”
When Elexis had first arrived at the Blue Knight, his five subordinates had set up all kinds of devices on the ship. That allowed them to freely jam communications, wiretap Theia and Ruth's private rooms, and more.
Having learned of Ruth's feelings, Elexis decided on capturing Theia in this empty park. However as he learned that Ruth was approaching, Elexis had left Theia to his subordinates and went out to slow down Ruth.
Theia and Ruth's chances of winning were thrown out the window the moment they failed to notice the devices on their ship.
“Blue Knight, Blue Knight!”
Ruth operated her bracelet and tried all kinds of communication methods to contact the Blue Knight, such as electronic, gravitational and hyperspace communications. However, all she got back was the warning sound from her bracelet. The Blue Knight didn't respond to Ruth despite her best attempts.
“Just give it up. Communications have been completely jammed. Nothing you do will help. Your voice won't reach anyone. Just stop and obey me, please”
Elexis looked at Ruth with pity in his eyes. That pity had come from his absolute conviction of his own victory.
“If I give up, who else will save her highness!? As if I could ever do that!! I am her highness's knight after all!!”
“To think you can't understand that it's useless... that is regrettable”
Seeing as Ruth was refusing to give up, Elexis decided to swing his fist. He would knock her unconscious and bring her onboard his own spaceship. Ruth would allow him to make Theia obey.
“Is that so? It wasn't useless”
However, Ruth wasn't the one struck by a fist. Elexis was. A fist from out of his line of sight struck his cheek.
Having taken a direct hit, Elexis collapsed. At the same time, he lost strength in the hand holding onto Ruth and she regained her freedom. As she turned and looked at the person who had punched Elexis, Ruth's eyes suddenly sparkled.
“Satomi-sama!?”
“Yo, Ruth-san. Your voice reached me”
Koutarou had been the one to punch Elexis. After hearing the situation from Clan, he had gone out looking for Ruth.
You were a big help, Clan...
Since Koutarou's bracelet was connected to Clan's Cradle and Hazy Moon, he couldn't access Ruth and Theia's location. However, thanks to Ruth using various communication methods, Clan's unmanned observation device managed to determine her location. Clan then conveyed that to Koutarou and led him to the park. Koutarou had only been able to find her because Ruth had refused to give up until the end.
“So Ruth-san, what is going on?”
Koutarou glared at Elexis without letting his guard down and clenched his fists. Elexis had taken some damage from the blow, but he was still conscious. And after lightly shaking his head, he slowly stood up.
“Satomi-sama...”
Seeing Koutarou step in between her and Elexis, Ruth was filled with a deep sense of security.
Ah... he really is the one... As long as he is with me, I will be okay no matter what... He will definitely be able to save her highness...
The crisis hadn't been resolved, and she had no grounds for her beliefs, but Ruth felt relieved and believed that everything would be okay now. She believed in Koutarou, and after wiping away tears from her eyes, she converted those feelings into words.
“Please, lend me your strength, Satomi-sama! I want to save her highness! From all kinds of enemies! And from all kinds of hardships!”
That was the future that would make Ruth the happiest, and it was also her wish.
She no longer had any doubts.
“As you wish, my lady!”
Koutarou responded without any hesitation.
He was able to do so because he had made his resolution a long time ago.
Part 4[edit]
After standing up, Elexis had lost his previous calmness. The unexpected interruption had thrown him off his game.
“Curse you... you primitive barbarian...”
Looking at it from Elexis's perspective, it was like a gorilla was interrupting his duel and punched him. Elexis gave Koutarou a glare full of rage.
“Hm...? Hahahaha!”
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