The Demon Prince goes to the Academy - Chapter 522

Chapter 522

After having dinner with his brothers, Heinrich was returning to the Temple Garrison.

The time has become night.

Heinrich was recalling what he had heard from his eldest sister on the way back.

I called for a meal, but in the end, I didn’t just eat.

‘As Alphonse said, I don’t agree with the idea that the Empire is driving you into too risky operations, but it’s true that they’re overdoing it.’

‘I can’t help it because the situation is the situation, but you are the royalty of Kernstadt. He is an important talent for the royal family and is bound to be one of the cornerstones responsible for the future. It’s quite an inconvenient situation for the empire to treat such talent as it pleases.’

‘Therefore, I intend to incorporate you into the Kernstadt chain of command. It doesn’t mean that you will continue to do so. If necessary, there will come a situation where we have to cooperate with Ellen Artorius and other Templar forces as well as the general headquarters.’

‘But before you were a student at the Temple, you are the royalty of Kernstadt and our brother.’

‘So I think it’s right for us to have the authority to deal with matters related to your safety.’

‘I’m the youngest. Do you agree?’

headstone.

royalty.

sibling.

future.

The words that came out of his sister’s mouth were tickling Heinrich’s chest.

How much did you want to hear?

Can a person’s heart beat like this with just a few words like that?

No matter how much Heinrich wanted to hear them and how they were treated, Heinrich felt as if he had really returned to his family, which made him feel strange and strange.

Heinrich walks through the camp where night has already fallen.

okay.

If you have this much power, you have no choice but to be acknowledged.

The moment Heinrich comes to his mind, he stops.

As if putting a brake on the arrogance of raising his head again.

I stop and look up at the night sky.

that much.

It was just that lonely.

It is obviously strange that my heart beats at just a few words like that.

Abandoned too young to be a strange person.

Come to think of it, Heinrich is a member of the royal family, but he has little memory of living like a member of the royal family.

So I don’t know what kind of brotherhood between royalty.

That’s why you realize the strange fact that you’re missing something you don’t even know.

There is no favor without reason.

It would be the same between brothers, and even more so if they were labeled as royalty.

Because of their strength and influence, they were accepted as brothers again.

It’s not what you need, it’s what you need power and influence.

Louise’s words that she would receive authority over her personal affairs from the General Headquarters.

On the surface, it is the logic that he should be protected because he is a member of the royal family of Kernstadt and an important person who must work hard for the reconstruction of the country before being a Templar student and citizen of the Empire, but the truth behind it is different.

Louise said that she would not allow Heinrich to be manipulated without her permission.

That is to say, it will soon strengthen the influence of the Kernstadt Army on the Allies.

Louise was trying to control herself because she was useful.

Brotherhood.

The truth is that a drink I have never known and never drank is too sweet to be intoxicated with it. When the veil of emotion is removed, it shows itself.

Think of it in the case of Ellen.

Ellen Artorius is very important to the Allies right now. It has a meaning as a morale booster and also as a practical force.

The Allied Forces Headquarters can decide which operation to put Ellen into.

You can instruct Ellen to help with the operations of the Kernstadt Army, or to assist with the operations of the Knights Templar, or you can mobilize them in the operations of other empires.

All members of this coalition will want Ellen to fight alongside them.

If the decision-making authority was in the headquarters, not in Ellen, everyone would have no choice but to silently follow the orders and orders of the general headquarters.

It shouldn’t be an emotional decision, but after all, the allies are a group of people.

If those outside the eyes of the General Headquarters don’t receive proper support, there will be a lot of casualties.

Even Ellen could clear the battlefield by herself.

Since Ellen’s body is one, if two operations are carried out at the same time, one cannot help.

Since the decision-making authority is held by the General Headquarters, the influence it has cannot be ignored.

The case of Heinrich is no different.

Ellen, who was showing almost the strongest in close combat, also had a wide range of offensive abilities while awakening the holy relics of the sun.

Heinrich had more destructive power than Ellen before Ellen had such power.

Heinrich’s destructive abilities only shine when he encounters a large group.

So, instead of being swayed by the influence of the General Headquarters like now, Louise was trying to have the authority over the personal affairs of Heinrich, an important strategic weapon, in order to have a reverse influence. From the moment Heinrich was incorporated into Kernstadt’s army, that influence would have arisen.

Not because they are brothers, but because they are useful as weapons.

If so, what should I do?

Is it right to follow the words of the older sister who is just trying to use herself under the guise of family?

You wouldn’t even consider yourself a brother.

What kind of good ending would there be if the brothers, who only had the purpose of using it, were used as they wished?

Isn’t it an army that is advancing under the grand name of saving the world and rebuilding mankind?

Is it true that these conflicts are caused by only minor initiatives within the army?

Aren’t you so stupid

too much

Isn’t this too stupid

Why should such a conflict of interest arise when it is not enough to run with only one goal in sight?

Heinrich walks looking at the night sky with a lonely expression.

“… … Whoa.”

Heinrich does not know brotherly love. It’s because you got away from your brothers too early.

I don’t know much about politics. It’s because he got away from politics at a very young age.

That’s why both of them were too difficult for Heinrich.

Whether or not to follow Louise’s words.

Heinrich did not know.

* * *

Returning to the Temple Garrison, Heinrich felt a little commotion inside the Garrison.

It was because none other than Lanian Sesor was playing the guitar right in the center of the garrison.

Garrison guards, knights coming and going, and Temple students were sitting around and listening to Lanian’s performance.

Lanian Sesor, who leads the military band, plays music and sings around each garrison.

talent in music.

Lanian Sesor was good at composing, conducting, and singing, as well as being able to handle almost any instrument.

If this was peacetime, and if Ranian Sesor had been able to graduate from Temple normally, he would surely have become a renowned musician, composer and conductor on all continents.

However, at this point when humanity’s final march begins, Lanian Sesor plays and sings music for soldiers who have lost or left their hometowns.

Music is a talent that has nothing to do with combat.

However, Heinrich knew that the role played by Lanian Sesor was very large.

After the Gate incident, Heinrich felt the value of music that energizes depressed people and calms them down with calm music every time he listened to Lannion’s music.

It’s a talent that has nothing to do with combat, but Lanion’s talent is probably the most needed talent for people. Heinrich thinks.

He plays the guitar with a calm melody and sings to people in a low voice.

It was a song with a message that someday peace would come.

Most of the people in the Temple Garrison were listening to Lannion’s song.

Lanian Sesor has made quite a few songs since the Gate debacle.

In fact, there were quite a few songs about Ellen defeating Valie, the god demon king, and they were popular.

When Lannion saw that Ellen turned blue and vomited after hearing the song herself, he stopped making songs about Ellen.

Songs about the hero are the most popular, but Lannion hasn’t written or sang a song about Ellen since.

Because I knew Ellen was very afraid of those songs, whether because of the pressure or something else.

Heinrich could see that Ellen was also concentrating on singing while perched on top of a wooden box in a corner.

Ellen carried so much burden that it sometimes made me feel sorry for her just to look at her. He doesn’t know what has changed, but Heinrich saw an invisible necklace hanging around Ellen’s neck.

And I saw that he was holding the necklace tightly with one hand, as if it were something precious.

You look tired these days, how did you solve it?

It was true that Heinrich was also taking on a heavy duty, but Heinrich knew that the burden Ellen was carrying was on a different level.

There is a burden that no one person can bear.

“… … hmm?”

However, Heinrich couldn’t help but see something a little different than usual.

It was to the extent that even people were concentrating on Lannion’s music and still staring at Ellen.

There was something on Ellen’s lap.

“cat?”

A black cat was sitting on Ellen’s lap, and Ellen kept petting the cat’s back.

“Are you here?”

Turning to the voice directed at him, there was always Kono Lint with a grinning expression.

“uh… … . what. But what is that? What kind of cat is it?”

At Heinrich’s question, Kono Lint shrugged.

“Oh, you’re late and don’t know. There was a lot of uproar today because of that cat. Why did a cat suddenly ask for it and throw it away?”

“… … okay?”

“After Ellen came back, she only clung to her. What do you know or don’t know? … . Still, I’m glad Ellen seems to like it.”

Kono Lint was looking at Ellen with pity.

Everyone in the Royal Class knows the risks and burdens Ellen has taken.

Ellen is respected, admired, and expected elsewhere, but in the Royal Class, Ellen is recognized as the most unfortunate person in the world and someone to be cared for.

Except for a few.

Ellen kept stroking the cat’s back with a dazed expression, and the cat gave in to the touch and looked at the garrison.

cat.

It’s a sudden existence, but there’s no law that doesn’t exist.

“I don’t know if someone kept the cat secretly or if someone kept it and ran away. People like it, so I wonder if it’s something.”

“… … is it?”

“Yeah, more than anything else, Ellen seems to like it too. Does this mean that Ellen will raise her? But does Ellen have time for that?”

“It’s because it’s okay if someone else takes care of it.”

“… … It is.”

Ellen, who seemed extremely tired these days, still had something to focus on. I don’t know if it’s comforting or not, but I’m concerned about something.

Did that happen?

The sight of Ellen petting the cat was very unfamiliar even to Heinrich.

And Heinrich felt something strange.

The feeling that the cat is looking directly at you.

Should I say I’m staring at you?

It was the beast’s gaze, but somehow it felt very bizarre, as if something was being grasped.

It occurred to me that it was looking right at me.

‘No way.’

Heinrich smiled, thinking that he had become sensitive because of what happened today.

The performance continued, and Heinrich also had a strange feeling about the existence of a cat, but he did not want to distract Ellen, who seemed to be concentrating on something.

-When the kitty

cat meows lowly, Ellen nods blankly and tickles the cat under the chin. Just as the cat liked Ellen, so Ellen seemed to like the cat, though she didn’t quite know it.

It was Heinrich’s idea that whatever could bring vitality to this gloomy garrison would be good.

It could be the music of Lanian Sesor or a kitten that appeared out of nowhere.

Kono Lint tapped Heinrich on the shoulder.

“By the way, the letter came today. I’m going to open it with the kids. How is it?”

“It’s good.”

At those words, Heinrich nodded.

It was a night when the sounds of cats, musical instruments, and songs resonated quietly.