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“Grandfather!”
“Stay there.”
Grandfather said that, and he put a blue shield around me.
As if that was a signal, the three of them rushed at my Grandfather at once.
Clank—!
Grandfather blocked three heavy swords by himself. It looked too much for him to handle.
‘What should I do…’
After that, I couldn’t bear to open my eyes and watch it.
Three swords were constantly rushing toward Grandfather.
Even so, Grandfather dealt with them without showing any signs of being pushed back.
“S, stop…!”
However, as time passed, the results were clearly visible.
Blue swords and black swords flying in between cut all over the Grandfather’s body.
“Keugh.”
“G, Grandfather!”
Then.
A piece of the magic swordsman’s sword, who fiercely aimed for a gap, severely cut my Grandfather’s side.
I immediately rushed to my knees and stood in front of my Grandfather who collapsed.
“S, stop! Please stop!”
The Imperial Guards lowered their swords.
I clasped my hands tightly and begged.
“I, I will go! I will go! I, I will go… so stop, Grandfather. Stop… Hikk.”
Fool.
It’s not the time to cry.
“S, heuk, stop…”
I wiped my blurry eyes with my sleeve and looked back.
“H, heuk, G, Grandfather…”
“Lilith. You can’t. G, heuk, go behind me…”
“Grandfather, I, I’ll be right back. I won’t get hurt and I, I’ll come back soon.”
“Lilith! Heugh.”
I put my hand on my Grandfather’s waist, where blood was constantly flowing.
The wound healed slowly.
My Grandfather stared blankly at it and quickly grabbed my hand.
“G, Grandfather. Heukh. I, I’m fine. I’m fine, so I’ll come back right away. So don’t fight…”
“Y, you can’t. You can’t. Where are you going? How…”
Grandfather trembled with a contemplative face and tried to hug me.
But I missed it because someone grabbed me roughly from behind.
“Lilith!”
“Grandfather, ugh. D, Don’t worry. B, because there are my twin brothers and Cheshire too… I will be fine. I will really be fine.”
“These punks! Let go of that hand!”
Grandfather stood up with bloodshot eyes.
However,
Clank, clank.
The swords of two paladins blocked Grandfather’s path.
“Grandfather…”
“T, this…”
Grandfather looked at me with his wet eyes wide open.
I also kept my eyes on Grandfather until the end, wiping away the tears that flowed endlessly.
“Ah!”
The magic swordsman hugged me like a package and turned around.
“Lilith! Stop! You guys, stop!!!”
Grandfather’s desperate scream continued to hit my ears.
* * *
A granddaughter who was taken from him in an instant.
Nordic staggered to his desk and pulled out a piece of paper.
His hand holding the pen trembled.
“H, hugh…”
He couldn’t calm down at all.
He was supposed to be calm, but his body wasn’t listening.
With his left hand tightly gripping his right wrist, which could hardly be moved by his terrifying imagination.
Nordic filled the paper with letters one by one.
“This, quickly…”
A letter he barely finished.
Nordic handed it to the soldier and picked up the abandoned sword again.
“To Enoch… Hurry, hurry and tell him.”
“Yes, Sir Nordic.”
The place where the child soldiers went out was called Central Jurgen. He himself will follow without delay.
However, they are corrupted holy beasts with more than 300 heads—.
A person with the ability to subdue that group at once and rescue Lilith and the children safely.
There is only one person in the line that Nordic knows.
There is no one else but his son.
“Let him know as soon as possible. The rest of you, come with me to Jurgen.”
“Yes!”
The soldiers responded vigorously.
The private soldier who received the letter bowed his head in tears before leaving.
“Even if it means sacrificing my life, I will unconditionally deliver Nordic’s command to the Duke. Please be safe.”
* * *
After being dragged by the Imperial Guards, I was immediately put into a carriage.
The carriage was ridden by people with Octava class abilities like me.
Both adults and children without exception.
Everyone was terrified and trembling.
‘Calm down. I have to stay calm.’
I took a deep breath and gave strength to my head.
I can’t just squeeze like a seven-year-old in a busy hour.
‘It’s different from the original story. Originally, the leader of the magic swordsman, who was alive until the very end, died.’
Sir Saiyon, the leader of the magic swordsman, continues to appear even after Cheshire takes over as head.
He survived on our side until the end.
‘Then, this attack by the Holy Beasts is something that never happened before.’
Corrupted holy beasts are said to have appeared in Southern Olden.
Due to how serious the situation was, all active-duty soldiers in the Capital went to Olden.
‘But Dad is the commander… Why? Why did you do something so stupid? What if you don’t leave troops here?’
As I was thinking, I realized
“Ah.”
Dad couldn’t have done that.
It must have been the Emperor’s order.
“Oh my…”
If so, everything fits perfectly.
So he can send out child soldiers to the battlefield.
Saying it’s an emergency, he moves up to the Octava rank.
The Emperor deliberately sent all the forces of the Capital to the south.
“Why!”
…It must be because of me
To let Dad know that regardless of class, he can hold and shake me anytime.
“Ha.”
The strength drained from my body.
At the same time, the carriage arrived at the imperial palace.
“Everybody get down.”
I got off the carriage following the orders of the magic swordsman.
Imperial Palace’s training ground.
The child soldiers who were about to go to the battlefield were gathered.
I tried to ignore my beating heart and walked on.
As the line drew closer, I saw familiar faces.
Leon and Theo…
Seeing Gerard for the first time after leaving the training center…
And even Cheshire.
Everyone is here.
After talking with serious expressions for a long time, they were surprised to find me.
I ran with tears.
“Lilith? Why…”
Cheshire, whose face was pale, reached out his hand blankly toward me.
“What is this!”
However, Leon first ran like lightning and grabbed me.
“You, what are you? Little kid, why are you here?”
“B, brother…”
I held back the urge to cry and hugged Leon.
Then the imperial guards’ magic swordsman intervened
“The 103 child soldiers cannot carry out the holy beast subjugation. Therefore, it is His Majesty the Emperor’s order for Octava’s abilities to go out together and support.”
“What, you crazy punks?”
Leon immediately got angry.
“If it’s not enough, shouldn’t you guys go together!”
“We are the Imperial Guards, whose highest priority is the safety of His Majesty the Emperor. We cannot be separated from His Majesty the Emperor’s side even for a moment.”
“T, this…”
“Leon Antrase, Commander of the Holy Beast Subjugation Force, a member of the magic swordsman team. Set up a subjugation strategy and go to war as soon as possible.  I will open the warp gate to Jurgen Temple in 30 minutes.”
“Ha.”
Leon staggered.
I looked around.
Unlike the armed child soldiers, the suddenly brought Octavas were trembling with fear in their daily clothes.
It was the same for me in a dress.
It’s an absurd and funny appearance—.
Perhaps with the same thought as mine, Leon laughed at the capable people around him one by one.
“This, what is this….”
“Brother…”
Twelve years old.
He was too young to become a commander, take everyone’s lives, and wield a sword in the vanguard.
* * *
At that time.
Southern, Olden.
Indeed, the situation in Olden was so serious that all of the Capital’s troops had to be sent.
The corrupted holy beasts went wild, and the numbers were enormous.
If it seems to have been subdued to some extent, a new one pops up somewhere every 30 minutes.
About five times already.
Did they get rid of a group of more than a thousand holy beasts?
“I’m going crazy.”
Enoch agonized over the map in the barracks.
30 minutes until the next Holy Beast appears.
Only Enoch couldn’t rest while everyone was taking a rest.
“Where do they come from? We need to find a base.”
“Isn’t that a bit strange? I’ve never seen a group of holy beasts act so aggressively.”
Axion, who was looking at the map together, spoke.
Yeah, it’s a strange situation, as it sounds.
Holy Beast. Holy beasts were originally beings that used power based on holy power.
Although it is now corrupted, it is rare to threaten humans or attack private houses except in special cases.
But why—.
“Brother-in-law. Send Sir Axion to the back now. Those with high ability skills will die like dogs.”
Then Alexei, who was behind, said to Enoch.
Ordia was treating him with bandages around his shoulders and sides.
“And you stop and save your mana. If you cover this, it will heal.”
“What are you saying now?”
Ordia slapped Alexei on the shoulder.
“Ah.”
“They all died and came here bleeding profusely!”
“No, then what? How can you catch the holy beasts without a single wound?”
Enoch watched the couple and was displeased.
Just as it is difficult for those with magic power to deal with witch beasts, it is also difficult for those with holy power abilities to deal with holy beasts.
Therefore, the wizard troops were placed in the vanguard, and the paladin group was placed in the rear.
“Please work hard a little more.”
The one struggling the most in the vanguard was his brother-in-law, Alexei, in magic combat.
“Ah, I’m fine. Instead, send Sir Axion to the rear.”
There are two with holy power abilities at the vanguard.
Only Enoch and Axion.
“Yeah. That would be better. Next time, you clean up the rest of the guys in the back.”
“That’s enough. I’m still fine.”
Axion’s condition of saying so was not very good either.
An unexpected situation…
Enoch scratched his head nervously.
It was then.
“Your Excellency!”
Someone ran into the barracks.
He is a private soldier of the Duke.
“What. How did you get here?”
The moment he saw the soldier’s face in contemplation.
Enoch was struck by an ominous hunch.