The Magnificent Battle Records of A Former Noble Lady
Chapter 27 - Egido Purification (Bottom)

Editor: Nikky

Syltina-sama!

Tyr.

Tyrtinkle approached Syltina who continued to bring down the demons while pulling the child along.

Almost all of the demons from the back to the center of the town have been destroyed. My lord will join Milliane-sama to exterminate the demons in the Barons mansion. I was asked to tell you to return to the Saintess side once Syltina-sama is finished with exterminating the demons on her side.

Got it. Im almost finished over here as well, so tell those two to be careful.

Ill let them know.

Syltina crouches in front of the child after seeing Tyrtinkle off.

Im going to use both hands to save time, so Ill give you a piggyback ride. Get on.

Okay.

Hold on tight, okay? Here I come!

Syltina placed the childs arms around her neck to prevent the child from falling, and after confirming that he was in place, she started to run.

By cutting the demons down with the sword on her right hand and blowing the others with wind magic from her left hand, the demons on either side were destroyed in a matter of minutes.

Whew. Was that all of them? Umm, search.

SNAP! Syltina used the sound of her snapping fingers as a signal, and, in the blink of an eye, the wind blew through the whole area.

Uwah!?

Unmoving from where they were for a while, the wind that ran through the town returned and blew against Syltina.

Ahaha. Sorry, were you startled? I asked the wind to see if there were any demons left in the town. It seems that everything, except the demons in the Barons mansion that Al and Milliane-sama are fighting, has been destroyed. Shall we go back?

Okay.

Syltina brought the child down from her back and held his hand as they returned to the towns entrance where they were met with what seemed to be fighting.

Kuro, what happened?

Ahh, youre back, Sylti. The kid that girl took in yesterday ran into the town. Thanks to that, she kept yelling that she was going to replace the child. Yuto was able to pacify her, but for how long. You, thats.

Ah, so thats how it was. See, the Saintess was worried about you. Go on now.

Okay.

Syltina sighed as she watched the child run off to where Akari was.

You helped him? What kind of wind blew in?

Thats rude, Kuro. Even I will help one or two people.

You didnt do it unconditionally?

Fufu. Hey, Kuro. To that kid, the world how do you suppose he sees this Kingdom?

He was thrown away and betrayed by his parents, and yet there was someone who picked him up and helped him.

In the face of danger, someone appeared and helped him.

Even though he wept at the absurdity that befell him and the reality that was thrust into him, he still unconditionally believed in others from the bottom of his heart and chose to take that hand.

I wonder how he sees us, this country, this world?

Surely, that child loves this country. Thats whyYes, thats why I thought I wanted to see it for myself. What we will be doing from now on. The end of this country. And, after all of this ends, I want to know what kind of answer that child will give me. Thats why I helped him. Thats all.

I want to know if hell make a completely different choice against a friends betrayal, or what kind of choice hell make at the time when all the things he held dear to him are stolen away by another person.

Will he resent them or will he hate them?

Or will he forgive them, after all?

I didnt just help him. I helped him because I wanted to know something. And, depending on his choice, I could have immediately bid him goodbye.

If you bear a grudge, lets cast it away.

If you harbor hate, lets abandon it.

If you forgive

What a terrifying person.

Ill take that as a compliment.

Kreutz smiled wryly and shrugged his shoulders at the laughing Syltina.

Well then, Akari, shall we do it?

Okay.

They were a few minutes behind Syltina. Alhart and Milliane, who successfully annihilated the demons in the Barons mansion, returned, and from there, asked Tyrtinkle to make a final confirmation of the demons who might have escaped. All that was left was the purification by Akari.

When Akari, who went out to the front with Yuto in tow, started the purification, the surrounding area was wrapped in a faint, glittering light.

Pretty!!

And from the light-covered town of Egido, numerous light particles drifted into the sky.

The child raised his voice as he watched the light particles disappear into the sky.

He squealed with laughter as the particles slipped through his outstretched hands and went up to the sky.

Syltina looked fondly at such a child.

Syltina-sama

Tyr, how was it?

Her eyes not leaving the child, she asked Tyrtinkle, who shook her head from side to side.

I went to the house Syltina-sama told me about, but the result was just as you imagined. It was a nightmare.

Just as I thought. Thank you, Tyr. Thanks for the trouble.

Dont mention it. If its just this much, you can ask anytime.

After exchanging pleasantries, Tyrtinkle returned to Alhart, and replaced Kreutz who stood beside him.

Golden eyes glanced at Syltina once, but looked away without saying anything.

It seems there were other children like him who were left behind, Syltina said calmly.

He seemed to be the only one who decided to leave the town, thats why he ran off to check if the other children were safe even though he knew it was dangerous.

That so.

Well, he wasnt able to do it I mean, I didnt let him.

Demons attack people. Nothing but people.

It was easy to imagine the end of a powerless person in the middle of a swarm of demons.

It wouldve been fine even if you showed him.

Even if that reality was shown to the child, it would not have caused any inconvenience to Syltina.

But, wont it be pointless if he broke?

I want to see it after everything ends. The childs choice after we have finished everything.

If he breaks along the way, wont it take the fun out of it?

He can accept that if he doesnt see it directly. Hes the type to accept something and move on after all.

Theres no value in helping him if he cannot entertain me.

Smiling as she said it, Syltina gazed at the child who happily laughed in front of her.

Have your emotions appeared?

If its something like sympathy, then, I can give it. But, aside from that, I will never again harbor anything else towards the people of this kingdom.

All my emotions had been trampled on, cut up, messed up, and thrown away by them 2 years ago.

I will not pick those up now and neatly piece it together.

The present me shall trample on, cut up, crumple up, and set them on fire as a result.

I have already used up the feelings I once had to fuel the flame of hate.

Thats why I dont harbor anything for the child either.

If I were here when I was still the Dukes Daughter, then, I would have unconditionally showered him with charity, poured out love, and moved for the sake of this child.

But, that Syltina Balratona is no more.

The most I could do presently is to sympathise, and to help only when its something I want to enjoy.

Sorry you have such a master, Kuro.

Thats exactly why I made a contract with you, Sylti.

Thats right.

Chuckling, Syltina reached her hand out to the light particles.

As the particles slipped through without touching her, Syltina whispered with a smile,

3 more to go.

She said it as if she were counting down, and those words only reached Kreutz, who was standing beside her, and disappeared.