[Ginshu]
“……”
[Ginshu]
“It’s starting to fall harder…”
[Soldier]
“Commander, let’s retreat to the previous town, marching on any longer will be dangerous!”
[Ginshu]
“I know, instruct all the troops to retreat.”
[Soldier]
“Yes, sir!”
[Ginshu]
“Jeez, it was just a little further… What the hell is with this mountain of snow?”
[Ginshu]
“This is way too much snow for this time of year.”
[Ginshu]
“Is this his power…? This has long surpassed our intelligence, damn it.”
[Ginshu]
“No matter what, if he doesn’t fulfill his purpose, we won’t have a future, huh.”
[Ginshu]
“……”
[Soldier]
“…Commander!”
[Ginshu]
“What is it? Did you order the retreat?”
[Soldier]
“No, I mean… a messenger from the homeland has arrived with an urgent message. He wants an audience with you right away, Commander Ginshu...”
[Ginshu]
“What? All right, let him through.”
[Soldier]
“Yes, sir!”
[Ginshu]
“A messenger from the homeland…?”
[Ginshu]
“…I've got a bad feeling about this.”
[Ginshu]
“……”
[Messenger]
“Commander Ginshu, an urgent message from the homeland…”
[Ginshu]
“Good work. No need for formalities, state your business.”
[Messenger]
“Yes, with all due respect, I will speak to you, Commander Ginshu, as a representative of his majesty the king!”
[Messenger]
“Yesterday, our allied country, Tou, broke their cease fire agreement with Sai, and are invading Sai through Gun’s borders.”
[Ginshu]
“…What?! Tou is?!”
[Messenger]
“His majesty wants our country to send them reinforcements, but the third division should continue their mission— ……?!”
[Ginshu]
“What do those fools think they’re doing at a time like this?!”
[Messenger]
“B-But it isn’t strange that they would break their treaty to begin with? So…”
[Ginshu]
“Is that so?! That damn king of Tou, does he intend on ending the world with his own greed?!”
[Soldier]
“Commander, I think you’ve said too much………”
[Ginshu]
“…Well, a king's a king…”
[Ginshu]
“Damn it, this isn’t the time to be retreating, is it?”
[Soldier]
“…Commander?”
[Ginshu]
“Tell his majesty this: I, Ginshu, will fulfill my duty, and vow to bring him back.”
[Ginshu]
“…And that I request back up.”
[Messenger]
“Yes, sir! Excuse me!”
[Ginshu]
“……”
[Ginshu]
“Why are we even having a war at a time like this? It’s honestly nothing but foolish.”
[Ginshu]
“Jeez, I'm surrounded by idiots…”
[Soldier]
“What’s wrong, Commander? It’s not like you to talk like that.”
[Soldier]
“No matter what you say, Commander, his majesty must have thought this was a serious battle for Sai, enough to send out a messenger to this remote place.”
[Ginshu]
“…Wrong.”
[Soldier]
“…Huh?”
[Ginshu]
“His majesty told us to settle this quickly. Not to fight to his heart’s content.”
[Soldier]
“…Is that so?”
[Ginshu]
“We can’t fight if we’re worried about that being around.”
[Solider]
“……”
[Ginshu]
“Sai definitely doesn’t have the strength to hold both those countries back, but… but…”
[Soldier]
“Commander…”
[Ginshu]
“…Let’s go. In order to fulfill his majesty’s wishes as quickly as possible.”
[Soldier]
“…Y-Yes, sir!”
[Ginshu]
“This battle will determine our fate. Tell that to all the troops.”
[Soldier]
“Yes, sir!”
[Ginshu]
“Out of everyone in the world, he should know just what a threat he is…”
[Ginshu]
“…But.”
[Ginshu]
“I'll definitely protect them... No matter what the cost.”
---
[Kisa]
“Here you go, mister. Here’s the warm juice, and here’s the medicine.”
[Kuroto]
“Aah, sorry.”
[Kisa]
“No problem. But the little one seems to have a really bad fever. Is he all right?”
[Kuroto]
“His fever is a little high, but well, it’s just a cold. If he rests, he’ll get better. You don’t have to worry.”
[Kisa]
“I see, I hope he gets better soon.”
[Kuroto]
“…Yeah.”
[Kuroto]
“You’ve really helped us out, though.”
[Kisa]
“Huh?”
[Kuroto]
“If you hadn’t called out to us back then, we probably would've been wandering around in the snow… thank you.”
[Kisa]
“Eheh heh, you’re welcome.”
[Kisa]
“But, I was really surprised. The snow started falling harder, and when I looked out the window, you were outside our house holding the little one.”
[Kisa]
“Why were you there?”
[Kuroto]
“This was the biggest house in the area. I thought you'd have a place where we could rest.”
[Kisa]
“I see. You're right. Our house has a lot of rooms.”
[Kisa]
“Mom and dad said it was all right for you guys to stay here until the little one is better.”
[Kuroto]
“...I’m really sorry, for everything.”
[Kisa]
“Oh, no. I'm glad I got to see you again, mister.”
[Kisa]
“Ah, but…”
[Kuroto]
"Hm?"
[Kisa]
“Why wouldn’t the little one tell mom and dad your names?”
[Kuroto]
“…That’s…”
[Kisa]
“I don’t think mom or dad are all that worried about your names, though.”
[Kuroto]
“I mean… well, uuh, a lot of things happened.”
[Kisa]
“Hmmm?”
[Kuroto]
“…Did your mom or dad ask you anything? About us.”
[Kisa]
“Yeah, they asked what were your names.”
[Kuroto]
“…So, what did you tell them?”
[Kisa]
“About that…”
[Kuroto]
“…Hm?”
[Kisa]
“Eheh heh heh, it was REALLY funny.”
[Kuroto]
“…! Don’t tell me you…”
[Kisa]
“I told them what the little one said. That you two were just a traveling bear and rabbit.”
[Kisa]
“Mom and dad laughed, too~”
[Kuroto]
“…That moron, I told him not to say that…”
[Kisa]
“Huh?”
[Kuroto]
“Nothing, never mind. So, what did your parents say?”
[Kisa]
“After that they asked me what your real names were. But I told them I didn’t know.”
[Kuroto]
“…I see…”
[Kisa]
“Don’t worry, I won’t ever tell. It’ll be our little secret.”
[Kuroto]
“…Sorry.”
[Kisa]
“Don’t worry about it.”
[Kisa]
“But you know, I don't think you really need to hide your names. You’re a good person, mister. So, everyone will understand.”
[Kisa]
“I mean, they may think some awful things when they hear your name, but…”
[Kuroto]
“…Huh? Ooh… what?”
[Kisa]
“Aah, it’s time for me to go to bed!”
[Kuroto]
“…Hm?”
[Kisa]
“Sorry, mister, I need to go now.”
[Kuroto]
“No, it’s fine. It is late. You should go.”
[Kisa]
“Yeah, see you tomorrow, mister. I hope Mr. Hanashiro gets better.”
[Kuroto]
“Yeah, you hurry on to bed, too.”
[Kisa]
“Okay. Also, I hope you don’t catch a cold too, mister. Good night.”
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