The Healer Struggles
As soon as I left Ellen’s side, I was left alone. I left Setsuna with Ellen because I really wanted some time to think alone. I was thinking about the most beautiful place inside the Dioral Kingdom, the flower garden that Queen Flare created.
“Already losing huh… As expected of a top class soldier.” she said to me.
Now I understand what she was saying. We’re already losing miserably in this war. Even if we go all out in this war starting now, we will still lose in some parts of the war. From here on out, we can only rely on the enemy’s blunders and our miracles. It’s not wise to rely on miracles and it’s close to impossible for Bullet to make a mistake.
In all truth and honesty, the best plan would be the plan Ellen proposed, to kill Eve, use the god bird’s power and win it all in the end. She also pointed out that by turning back time Eve can be brought back. I know all of that. But my heart screams at me for even considering it. If follow through with this plan, I would cease to be myself. My emotions are starting to put brakes on my actions. But it would be meaningless to remove those breaks because those emotions represent me.
I plan to make my own ideal world in a way that I can agree with. That is why I won’t throw in Eve as a sacrifice.
“I’m going to need to keep this in the back of my mind.”
Depending on the future, I might not have the option of thinking such nice thoughts. If I mess up, I won’t be able to just be left as a toy for Bullet. I’m sure that Bullet would injure and humiliate my women to make sure that he takes away everything important from me to break me. That’s the kind of bastard he is. I don’t think I would be able to take it if I saw my lovers, toys and my property being
treated like that. If this kind of thing happened in the future, I wonder what I would be able to do.
Within that day, I made all the preparations and prepared for the departure. I made sure to make love to Ellen and Kureha as much as I could the day before. I made sure to not use contraception because both of them wished it so. I’m not sure if it would work but I just thought to leave it as is. If it works it works. I then departed to go to what may be my last battle ever. There are two things that
take top priority.
First, is to return Prince Casta to his home country, Enritta Kingdom. He has the job of spreading the word around of what occurred at Grantsbach Empire. We need to be the one’s to do this because we are the only ones who can ensure his safety and still make
it there fast.
Secondly, I need to find Eve and gain the support of the demon king and the magic beasts. We also need to get the knowledge of the god bird. This is another thing that we need to do ourselves. The best course to take would be through the Enritta Kingdom and straight to the
Demon king.
“Good luck Kearuga nii-sama.” Ellen said as her voice was filled with sadness.
“Sorry about this Ellen. I can’t afford to take you with me. You’re needed here the most.”
“It’s okay, I understand that fully. Even though I made it so that this country would function without me here… there was no point of me doing that if I couldn’t stick with Kearuga nii-sama.”
“That’s not true. Because you made it so that the country could function so well, we have a better chance of contending against Bullet with your help.”
“I’m happy that you’re praising me but if you say it like that I have no way to complain anymore!”
Seeing Ellen pout, I found it hard to see her as the best soldier in the country.
“Sorry for asking you to be her escort, Kureha.”
“You don’t need to apologize. I’m rather happy that I can be of an aid to you Kearuga. With me here, it is impossible for Ellen to die.”
“Thank you. I will lose as soon as I lose Ellen. The only one that can protect her right now is you.”
I had decided to leave Kureha here too. It’s a huge loss in power for me but it’s something I’m willing to use to protect Ellen. I need to make sure that I don’t lose her. Therefore, the members who now head for the Enritta Kingdom and the Demon King became me, Setuna, Freya, Glen, and Prince Casta.
“We can leave anytime now Kearuga-sama.”
“The aircraft is ready for flight.”
Setsuna and Freya board the aircraft.
“For today’s flight we will need to pack as lightly as possible since we want to prioritise speed. I will apologize in advance for the ride that we will have”
We would need to keep the weight of the aircraft as light as possible to achieve the fastest speed that we can. The food that we loaded are nothing luxurious and are all canned and preserved foods. Usually such an act would only cause problems when flying with royalty like Prince Casta.
“It’s all okay, rather if you had prepared a luxurious ride I would have thought that you had forgotten your country. With the current plan, we should be as efficient as possible.”
Prince Casta and Ellen had a meeting yesterday and they talked about an alliance between their two countries to go against the Grantsbatch Empire. The ability to see and move accordingly to the situation without thinking of their own interests shows that they are not normal people.
“Please hurry and get on master!”
“Guren, didn’t you hate flying?”
“I’m starting to get used to it already. I also recently realized that even if I fall, I won’t die!”
Guren says with a grin while she sits on my shoulders in her fox form. At times like these, she is seriously adorable.
“Well time to go. Destination; Enritta Kingdom.”
“Yes! I’ve gotten quite good at reading maps so we shouldn’t get lost.”
“Yes, let’s go.”
“Let’s put the pedal to the metal!”
“I’ll be quite grateful if you can go at the speed where our safety can still be assured…”
With that, using Freya’s wind, we started our journey. It would be great if Enritta kingdom was still in one piece. There’s also one more objective on this journey. That is to confirm that the countries around the world are still safe. There are already a few countries that have been swallowed up, but it should still not be at the point of completion for world domination but the possibility of that can still not be denied unless I see it with my own eyes. So to confirm this, I’ll make sure to fly over some of the countries to check their
condition.
Freya’s control of the aircraft is amazing, she kept us in a straight line to the destination and kept the aircraft at its fastest speed.
“How is it Kearuga-sama?” Freya asked.
“It’s perfect. There’s nothing I can complain about.”
As I said that Freya upped the speed by a bit.
“Healing hero, this really is wonderful. Is there anyway for this to be mass produced?” I asked.
I feel like Prince Casta had mentioned something similar awhile back.
“I too wish to mass produce it but I can’t find the materials for it, and even if I could, I would only be able to move it with the help of a strong mage.”
In all honesty it takes a lot of skills to fly this aircraft. So even if we mass produce this aircraft, there won’t be enough people coming to fly them.
“That’s true for now. But, I think that if we can slowly lower the requirements for material and skill to make and ride this aircraft, the wars in the future will change drastically.” Prince Casta suggested.
“That’s true. That kind of future might exist. But to make sure we can get that kind of future, we first need to deal with Bullet.”
“Your right. Our current worry should be if the humans will live in the future or will they be utterly wiped out. I’ve also always wondered what kind of world Bullet aims for.”
The kind of world Bullet aims to make…
“According… to him, he wants to surround the world with his boys. He wants a paradise where he can stay with all his boys for eternity and love them. He wishes for that kind of paradise.”
“In that case we should also consider the option of surrendering, no? It’s an extreme argument but I think that it won’t be too bad. We allow him to choose some boys and sacrifice a few every year. By doing that we can save our country.” Prince Casta said.
“So it’s like giving a sacrifice to an evil god to appease them.”
“Yes, just like that, that man can not even be considered human anymore.”
Now that he mentions it, it really is like that. If such negotiations can be done, it will probably only cost 10 or 20 people per year per country. It can be said that the cost performance is very good.
“Sadly the act of negotiating with that man is to risky. There is a high chance of being turned into one of those black monsters.” I sighed.
“That’s also true… but I’ll make sure to keep this in mind because we need to think of all the possible plans of action that we can think of.” Prince casta said.
His voice laced with dejection. As I thought, this man is really sharp and has a flexible mind. In this case, it might be best to tell him about our current strategy to see what he thinks.
“Ellen also thought of that plan before, Bullet is too obsessed with me so by surrendering myself and some boys we could buy some time for our countries and find a way to fight back.” I said, filling him in on the plan.
“As I thought, Ellen too thought of such a plan.” Prince Casta replied.
“In the end, it would just be an act and I could only hope that Bullet would trust me as his toy and that he wouldn’t attack our Kingdoms. I would then need to find the best time to kill him.” I continued.
Prince Casta suddenly starts laughing.
“They trust you quite a lot don’t they. This plan wouldn’t only put you in danger. As soon as you fail to kill Bullet, the country of Dioral will fall from Bullet’s retaliation. Are you really okay telling me this plan? I could use this information as a bargaining chip
with them to keep my Enritta Kingdom safe.” Prince Casta said.
“I trust you because you are an ally. And if I didn’t tell you the plan and Enritta kingdom chose to make a move, it would ruin the plan so in the end it was better that I told you.” I answered.
“That’s reasonable. I’ll promise you this. We won’t move in a way that would mess up your plan.” He replied with determination.
I chose to believe those words. But really, I could only believe in those words. The clouds in front of us opened up and Prince Casta prepared to set out.
“Hahaha, to think that I would get home so soon. This is a good time. Everyone please look down, that right there is my country, the beautiful Enritta Kingdom!”
Beneath us was the capital of the Enritta Kingdom, the city of Enritta. The city of water and one of the most beautiful artistic cities in the world. This beautiful scene was spread right before my eyes. The city was clean to the point that it was almost unnatural. It was indeed a beautiful sight.
“Wow! So pretty!”
“There’s a rainbow!”
“So this is the city of water. There’s water everywhere!” Everyone gasped.
The water came from the center of the city and it rushed all the way down to the streets and washed away all of the dirt and grim. A system of both science and magic was used to clean the city. By doing this once a week, the city was able to stay clean. The trash is separated and the water purified. As soon as it is purified, the water goes to the lake that is full of fish.
“I am really proud of my country. I’m quite glad that the hands of darkness has yet to reach this part of my country.” Prince Casta gleams.
“That’s true. It’s almost dark now so we should land. Flying at night is too dangerous.” I say.
“Then please let yourselves relax at my place. I want to thank you guys for saving my life.” Prince Casta offers.
That could just be an excuse. His real aim is actually to propose a plan that is still on the same line while manipulating us to give him the best outcome.
“Okay, I’ll let you treat us.” I reply.
I knew all this but I still agreed. Perhaps this guy might come up with a plan that even Ellen and I couldn’t imagine. I had that expectation.