Forgiveness Over Permission
Real bastards. You're not even human, you bastards!
If you were truly human, you couldn't commit such heinous acts!
“You guys, be honest.”
“What, Karl?”
“Are you all spies? Huh? Are you spies planted by Luzens?”
“What nonsense is that!”
“That's rude, Karl! You seem to have forgotten that I'm the successor of our great noble family!”
Oh, good, you seem to have self-awareness? Huh? You have self-awareness as the successor of the great noble family!
But you have that self-awareness, why are you touching the devil's item? Huh?!
I don't need to see more and smacked Joachim's head.
Smack!―
“Gah!”
“You talk a lot. Yeah. The successors of the great noble family are trying to spread the devil's item that could cause huge national division in this empire in the future? Huh?!”
“W-what are you saying! National division?! We're going to rebel against the empire… gah!”
“Don't talk back. Huh? Hey, my lords. Don't act tough in front of the Medal of Honor recipient.”
“Ouch! Ouch! I-I was wrong! It hurts!! Gah!”
This is horrifying to imagine. Thinking about the future of the empire that will be spread with these mint chocolates!
If these guys spread the mint chocolates like this, a mint chocolate cult will take over the country!
“Mint chocolate is delicious! Hey, Churai. Churai!”
“Kyaaah! It's the mint chocolate cult! We must judge them all! Guards! Guards!!”
“Huh! That guard has eaten mint chocolate before!”
“Traitor! Traitor! Kyaaaa!”
It's an extreme double standard. And from my perspective, no matter how you look at it, it's something I can't possibly allow.
Trying to put this into my memory-filled fish bread. This is going too far.
“Absolutely not. Even if dirt gets in my eyes, I can't allow it!”
“You said you don't care about patents! Then, doesn't Karl have the right to speak here?!”
“Say it again. Schlipen.”
“Upon thinking about it, the great words of the illustrious Medal of Honor recipient seem truly right.”
When I secretly showed the check from my pocket, Schlipen became obedient.
I see. That's right. You don't want this guy to eat the empire nobles' blood instead of the Gganf's blood?
“No, I'm really not understanding, Karl. This is surprisingly okay, right?”
“Yeah. We've already tasted it all. The double standard can be divided, but still….”
“Whether the double standard is divided or not, don't put it in the fish bread. Please. If you're going to do business, do that separately. I won't stop you from that on a conscience level, but I absolutely won't allow the fish bread I suggested. It's absolutely prohibited.”
Mint chocolate? Yeah. Good. You can make it or eat it, I won't touch that.
But don't put it in my fish bread. Don't put it on my hotteok. Really, it's like dancing the Karl dance.
Eat it as is if it's delicious. Don't go beyond 1st, 2nd verse to brain-cutting!
In the end, the legendary flop of the 4 idiots' mint chocolate fish bread was barely stopped.
It was clearly a wise choice for Selena to accept these humans' confessions.
Real crazy guys. How did they come up with the idea of putting mint chocolate in the fish bread?
And a week later.
“...What is this.”
I lost my words in front of the knights spread out before me.
The mint chocolate that just started business started sweeping the entire empire.
*
The Heigens side meeting participants finally crossed the border and entered the empire's territory.
“It's finally the Empire.”
“Indeed.”
And inside it, Eloise and Ricata, who had finished all the operations, were mixed in.
The massive revenge operation named 'Divine Wrath' was almost perfectly concluded.
Except for the top Luzens side who surrendered to Heigens, most were eliminated.
There were some who claimed to be centrists, but they were all persuaded by Ricata.
“Cut off my limbs, I'll be a centrist. Or I'll obediently enter the Heigens side.”
“R-rebel against Luzens! I won't do it again!”
…Whether this is really persuasion or not, I don't know.
“…”
Eloise glanced at Ricata walking beside her.
As I said before, she was truly overwhelming. Human but not human.
She was one of the top three in Heigens side in terms of military prowess. Yet, she had no self.
If I really fought against that woman, could I survive?
'I've never heard of anyone specialized in special operations better than Ricata.'
A thought that occasionally comes to mind is whether there's elf blood mixed in the Adelheit family.
Too subtle movements. Transcendent level of senses reaching hearing, sight, and smell.
It's puzzling how such unbelievable things could emerge from pure humans.
If by any chance the next emperor of the empire is born as this woman's child...
'Won't the empire's strongest iron-blooded lord appear...?'
“What are you looking at so intently, Eloise?”
It might be because my gaze lingered too long. Ricata asks.
Eloise exclaimed “Aah!” and immediately opened her mouth.
“You are returning to the empire. So I thought you would immediately go meet His Highness the Crown Prince.”
Although only a few months have passed since we started dating, but dating is dating.
And Eloise said that those few months were the most youthful and passionate time—
“No. I'm going to see Karl first.”
“…”
Eloise was thinking that the Crown Prince was pitiful.
“Ahaha…. S-so that's it.”
“Why are you like that, Eloise? Why are you moving with the Heigens side meeting participants? I said I would take charge of the escort. Ah, is it that they are in charge of escort when they return?”
Escort duty. Indeed, there was an upper movement to assign such duties.
There was also experience working with Ricata, an empire side personnel, and an additional command to accompany them to build some friendship since Ricata seems to have something with the Crown Prince.
Of course, Eloise had no more intention to obediently accept it.
“Fuck off.”
[Eloise Lohengrin?]
“Fuck off! You bastards! I won't do it! Can't do it! You've been using me like this for months?! Did you forget the conditions of our contract?! You said you'd throw me away if I did this, right? That's why I'm hearing the Gganf sound!”
After grabbing the squirrel and throwing it away, Eloise took out the resignation letter she had been holding in her chest (exactly between her breasts) during that time.
“I'm resigning! I can't do it because I'm dirty! I won't do it!”
[Eloise! Calm down for a moment! If I just finish this mission...]
“I know how many times I've heard that voice! Don't fool me, don't fool me!”
Look at this. Her skin is rough. Even though she's an elf who is eternally beautiful, she's at this level.
I wonder how much she's been overworked. For two months. No, almost three months. I haven't slept more than two hours a day. I've also stayed up all night many times!
At this rate, I might die without giving birth to a child. No, not even a child, I can't even get married!
My dream is to quickly meet a good man, be lovey-dovey, have a child, but this way, it's never possible. Even if I die and come back, it won't come true!
[Eloise Battalion Commander! Eloise! Hey, you! What are you going to do if you resign like that!]
“Hah! Do you know what this is?!”
Eloise, who flew far away and came back running in front of the squirrel, handed over a single sheet of paper.
What was visible was the 'Empire Academy exchange student application' and Eloise's name written in it.
[Exchange student? No, when did you apply for this?!]
“While I was dispatched to the empire! Ah! I'm not like you guys, a stingy and greedy male elf! I'm going to marry a human man who is tolerant, handsome, and good at fighting, so don't forget that!”
[What kind of marriage is that! If you want to, put on clothes properly! And why a human man like you... Hey, hey! Eloise!]
This was the previous resignation attack by Eloise Lohengrin, the former annihilation battalion commander, from a while ago.
From what I hear, it was a big commotion inside the Heigens military top, but from Eloise's perspective, what? Honestly, the ones who broke the contract conditions are them.
“Eloise? Aren't you going to answer?”
“Ah. No, Ricata. It's not for the purpose of escort.”
“Really? Then it seems like you have some business in the empire.”
With that said, Ricata didn't ask Eloise anymore.
Probably, she thought that asking further would be impolite as a peer in the same industry, assuming she received a separate mission from the upper echelons.
But the annihilation battalion commander Eloise Lohengrin who was to receive that mission is no more.
She resigned, and in the meantime, the fresh-faced exchange student elf Eloise Lohengrin who received the guarantee for studying abroad is here! Plus, in terms of elf standards, she's in the marriageable age!
“Ricata. I have one question.”
“Yes.”
“Is there really no thought of half-elf grandchildren? …Sorry. Sorry. I was wrong. So, could you put that aside for a moment?”
Ricata, who seemed like she would show an elf disassembly show if I added even one more word.
In the end, Eloise decided to drastically revise the operation. Originally, she was going to get permission and approach Karl.... If it becomes like this, there's no choice but to approach the opposite way!
'I said it's easier to get forgiveness than permission!'