An Old Man from the Countryside Becomes a Swords Saint: I Was Just a Rural Sword Teacher, But My Successful Students Won’t Leave Me Alone!

ying on his shoulder and runs up to the fallen Rose.

I mean, who is this guy? He seems to be rough on him but it seems he’s already unconscious.

He’s a rather thin man with short brown hair.
He looks younger than me.

He’s probably one of the royal’s assailants because he’s dressed in black, but could this be Hinnis?

“… It’s deep,” Gatoga said, putting his hand on Rose’s wound.
“I can only give her relief.”

After a few moments, faint, pale light surrounds Rose’s body.

“Is that a miracle?” I asked.

“Yes,” Gatoga said.
“I’m not very skilled at it, though.”

I remember that the Knights of the Faith could use miracles.
The knights who guarded Bishop Lebios also used body strengthening magic on themselves.

“… Can you use it, Rose?” I asked.

“I… can’t use, magic, so…~” Rose whispered.

“Don’t talk,” Gatoga said.
“I can’t properly close the wound.”

“Oh… sorry, I was just talking to myself,” I said.

I’m certain I’ve never seen Rose using any spells.
Even when she was at my dojo, she was just calling herself a swordsman.

So, it seems that not everyone in the Knights of the Faith can use magic.
Or is Rose just an exception?

“… Huh, come to think of it, aren’t you supposed to chant something?” I asked.

Things have gotten out of hand, so I’m not sure what to do, exactly.

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The Knights of the Faith I fought were chanting something like a spell and then strengthening themselves.
Gatoga, on the other hand, didn’t say any such words, he just put his hand on Rose’s body.

“… It’s just like prayer,” Gatoga said.
“You can perform miracles without saying it out loud.
Even though the most ardent believers still do.”

I see, it seems that miracles can be used even if they are silent.

Lucy says that miracles are part of magic and Lucy herself didn’t bother to chant when firing off her spells.
It’s not surprising, isn’t it?

“Fuuh…” Gatoga sighed, taking a breath and wiping off his sweat, “I managed to stop the bleeding, somehow…”

However, as I’m not very knowledgeable about magic or medicine, I do not know what kind of condition she’s in now that the blood loss is staunched.
I know she’s in critical condition right now, but I don’t know by how much Gatoga’s miracle has healed.

“Now then, what happened, Gardenant?” Gatoga asked.

Still, is it safe to assume that this situation with Rose is over? As if providing evidence, Gatoga’s gaze goes from Rose and sharply to me.

“… The royals escaped with Alexia,” I said.
“Rose… in the end, I had to cut her down.”

“What…?” Gatoga asked.

“”

The air turned hostile in an instant.

“Because I suspect that Rose is involved with the attempted assassinations of the royal families,” I said.

“… Honestly, Rose?” Gatoga asked.

But, my next line changed Gatoga’s opinion.

Obviously, when you talk about how long someone has known Gatoga, Rose has known him for much longer.
However, the Knights of the Faith have a precedent in Hinnis.
And he should know about the civil war between the Papal Faction and the Royal Faction.
He can’t be ignorant of it.

It was a bit of a bad time to dismiss my words as a bad joke.

“… Hm-hmm,” Rose giggled.
“Yes, it’s true.”

“… I, see…” Gatoga said.

Perhaps Rose realized she couldn’t escape, she confessed.

In response to her confession, Gatoga collects himself for a few seconds and only manages those two words.

“The thing was,” I said, “she was conflicted… all the way to the end,” I said.

“… I think you know this guy’s patriotism as well,” Gatoga said, picking up Rose and the man from earlier.

“”

It’s a bit of a rough way to carry a lady, but if he wants to carry them together, he had to put them on his shoulders.

“Umm, about Rose–” I started.

“If things were normal, they won’t be spared capital punishment,” Gatoga said.
“That’s how grave their actions are.”

“…”

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I tried to make a defense for Rose but Gatoga stopped me.

Well, that’s right.

I don’t think you can be acquitted for the attempted assassination of the royal families.
As Gatoga says, if you think about it normally, it’s a straight shot to capital punishment.
There is no reason to keep alive the dangerous elements that threaten the nation.
Especially if the domestic situation is already unstable.

The method was the worst, but it is also true that they were concerned about their country.
I’d like to ask for the range of mitigating circumstances, but is it really so severe?

However, punishing Rose and the other rebels doesn’t mean everything is over.

“Rose seemed to have been forced to obey the Pope,” I said.
“It seems he’s holding child hostages…”

“What the hell…?” Gatoga whispered.

If you were blackmailed, that would change the story again.
I don’t want to think that Rose told a lie at that last minute.

Of course, she may not be innocent, but considering the investigation and hearings, it should not be an immediate death penalty.

“Rose, what the hell is he saying?” Gatoga asked.

“… I’d prefer to keep quiet~, is what I’d like to say, but, now that I’ve lost….
he’s holding the children from the orphanage.”

“… Tch, so is that what you meant,” Gatgo said, the venom dripping from his tongue.

But how much does Gatoga know, really? He knows that Supheniardvania is in a civil war, but what moves are the Papal Faction and the Royal Faction doing?

The information I have came from Ibroix via Lucy, but it’s hard to imagine that the Captain of the Knights of the Faith knows less than Ibroix.

“… We’d have to do some investigations first,” Gatoga said.
“As for Rose’s fate, well, I’ll see what I can do.”

“That’s…” I started.

Personally, I’m grateful, but from the standpoint of the Captain of the Knights of the Faith, I think it’s a bad move.

If you cover it up badly, perceptions toward Gatoga may worsen.
The worst pattern is that Gatoga is suspected of collaborating with Rose and he shares her punishment.

“Of course, I can’t make any promises,” Gatoga said.

“I know…” I said.

Anyway, everything beyond here is not something I can be involved in.
The investigation and judgment will be made at the higher echelons of another nation.

What kind of result does that really lead to?

The sins they have committed are not light.
However, Rose is my former disciple.
Complex emotions came up in my chest.

“Would you like to go back for now?” Gatoga asked.
“However, for you to beat Rose in a single slash, you really are a master swordsman, aren’t you?”

“Well, the thing is, I had a little hidden trick,” I said.

“That’s a hell of a trick, isn’t it?” Gatoga said.

The South District of Baltrain has quickly transformed into a bloody battlefield.

After this, it would be difficult to just move past it, and we returned to the Central District feeling awfully out of place.

Footnotes

Beryl is probably experiencing nervous laughter.
It’s a well-documented response to intense stress, as your body tries to relieve any of it, no matter how socially inappropriate or confusing it feels.