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Kirara.
A girl with an unusual name despite being from a wild land where names are usually made up of intuitive combinations of words such as Red Wind or Sun Song.
This was because she was born of the Suin tribe.
Among those who inhabited the wild lands there were few descendants of pure humanity.
Most of them were of mixed blood with elves, dwarves, or orcs, but there were a very small number of mixed blood born between them and the beastmen of the western part of the empire.
Even though there are quite a few beastmen in the western part of the empire, the reason why mixed races with beastmen are actually a minority is because the origins of the barbarians of the Wild Lands are the ancient races that fled to the north to avoid the invasion of the overlords of Hell, and the Magellan, the magical kingdom of elves that originally settled widely in the Wild Lands.
In the case of the mixed race people, they were born from the influx of people from the Empire after the descendants of those ancient races had already settled in the wild lands, so they were bound to become a minority.
Most of the people who left the empire and migrated to the wild lands were criminals.
Because of this, the beastmen were often ostracized even within the wild lands, and Kirara was an outcast even among those beastmen.
Orphan – and that’s because he was a child from a family where both of his parents died from stealing.
‘You must have grown up eating a lot of junk food since you were little.’
In reality, Kirara was incredibly annoying when playing through other routes, but when you actually play through Kirara’s route, she’s famous for making your eyes water.
‘Of course, that’s only temporary, and if you take a different route, you’ll just get angry again.’
Because he betrayed me as easily as eating rice.
It was even more shocking because he ran away right after an event that was so touching, like becoming real friends or having a proper master-servant relationship.
The only fortunate thing is that, unlike Keynes, the official villain of Hero Chronicles 2, he rarely strikes the head at a truly crucial moment.
In most cases, it was an event that could be overcome to some extent, where I would either sneak out and say I would live alone or sneak out with an expensive treasure.
‘I’ve said enough since the beginning of my scenario was about running away in the middle of the night.’
The first major event in Kirara’s route was escaping by robbing the house of the village chief who had been abusing Kirara and treating her like a slave.
‘After that, he went to the empire and repeatedly committed petty theft and betrayal to accumulate money, but the world fell into chaos.’
As anyone who has heard this far can tell, Kira was originally a character who deviated slightly from the main scenario.
Among the playable characters who fight for a cause, such as Red Wind and Kaisa, who fight to reclaim their hometown, Yuder and Lucas, who lost everything to demon followers and became avengers, and Maximilian and Leon, who fight to protect the imperial family and restore peace, he was a character who lived with only one goal in mind: survival.
“Hieee······.”
It was a truly pitiful sight to see Kirara crying with her ears and tail hanging down as she was grabbed by Yuder’s neck.
Should I say that it makes the protective instinct flow wildly?
But Uther and Cordelia didn’t give up easily.
Kirara was the one who had the skill of pretending to be sick and pitiful.
“Prince Yude, what happened?”
What does it mean to be an agent deployed to capture the mountain king?
Who is the mountain king in the first place?
“Are you like the king of the bandits? So you’re the mountain king? Hmm, that sounds plausible.”
Cordelia said as Caesar’s eyes lit up with interest as he answered his own questions.
“The Mountain King is the King of Bandits. He’s a tiger beast that causes trouble in the far western part of the empire, and he’s quite a powerful guy.”
In the Kingdom of Cailun, he was roughly equivalent to Gamor Khan, who led the Black Hand mercenary group.
“Why such a person? Is it related to the Order of the Holy Cross?”
To Lucas’ question, Yuder nodded again.
“Yes, there are rumors that the Mountain King and his demon followers are in contact, so I’m an agent dispatched to investigate the truth of the story and… to scout out the situation in the Empire. To be exact, I’d say he was hired locally.”
When Yuder spoke seriously, Lucas and Kaisa did not have the slightest doubt. They even nodded and said things like, ‘I see, that’s how it happened.’
Of course, from Kirara’s perspective, it was crazy.
‘What is it?’
Who hired whom?
Did my second personality wake up while I was sleeping and secretly make a contract?
Kirara had a lot to say, but she was too scared of Yuder’s hand grabbing her neck to say anything.
“But why did you do that just now? You said you were going to infiltrate them, but didn’t you reveal your identity too blatantly?”
Actually, all of the Mountain King’s subordinates saw it.
In response to Caesar’s question, Yuder turned to Kirara and continued speaking.
“I have a suspicion that you betrayed me.”
Kirara flinched at Uder’s words.
It wasn’t like I had ever been in a relationship with him in the first place, let alone betrayed him, but because I was always hitting on him, I unconsciously reacted to the word ‘betrayal’.
“Kaisa said, touching his chin as he trembled with his tail held stiffly up.
“So what was it… Right, a double agent. So you ended up becoming a double agent or something like that?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
I sent him to infiltrate the Sanwang side, but he ended up becoming the Sanwang side’s dog and spying on us.
From Kirara’s perspective, it was a ridiculous accusation, but if it was what Yuder said, the sun would rise in the west tomorrow, so they had to consider it.
Lucas spoke with a confident tone, as if he now understood.
“I see. So, it looks like you just blocked the path of betrayal with your conversation.”
“Oh, I see. Our Lucas is smart, isn’t he?”
When Caesar hugged his shoulders and praised him, Lucas blushed and hummed.
“Look at you, you’re embarrassed.”
Caesar giggled again and hugged Lucas a little tighter, then gave him a kiss on the cheek before letting go.
Perhaps because they were three years apart in age, Kaisa was very fond of Lucas.
“Anyway, this is what a traitor is all about, right?”
Caesar’s gaze was extremely fierce.
Unlike Lucas, who had never experienced actual betrayal, she grew up in the South, where family feuds were fierce, and had seen many betrayers since childhood.
‘No, I’m not a traitor. I haven’t betrayed anyone yet?!’
I thought about betraying you someday, but I haven’t done it yet!
Kirara shivered and shivered, her appearance extremely pitiful.
Should I say that I want to tease you some more?
‘No, this is not it.’
Yuder shook his head and came to his senses, then gathered his thoughts again.
There were two reasons why Yuder went to such great lengths to capture Kirara.
One was the fact that Kirara had little chance of surviving under the Mountain King.
Of course, it was up to Kirara, but judging by the fact that she was carrying an explosive magic around her neck without even knowing it, she was already close to being on the death flag.
‘Is it because of the butterfly effect on the Empire’s side?’
In the original, unless it was really serious, this kind of treatment wouldn’t have been given at this point.
The reason why Yuder grabbed Kirara’s neck so tightly was to prevent those watching from using magic to kill Kirara.
‘Blocking magic power through the Black Dragon’s energy.’
It seemed as if Yuder himself had become stronger.
“Ahem.”
Yuder coughed slightly and looked down at Kirara’s head again.
The second reason for saving Kirara.
Kirara was capable.
It wasn’t just about being small and cute and easily attached to anyone or having acting skills that were perfect for captivating people.
‘what do you think about it?’
‘Yeah, I think it’s blossomed.’
At Cordelia’s gaze, Uther smiled faintly.
A talent that only Kirara possesses among the 11 playable characters in Heroes Chronicle 2.
Kirara had the makings of a monster tamer.
When he was young, he went into the mountains to gather wild vegetables on the orders of the village chief, but he almost died after encountering a wild beast. He was saved by an unknown man named Kira, and strangely enough, after that day, he began to develop talent as a monster tamer.
Of course, Kirara herself didn’t know she had such a talent yet, so she was only using her talent to communicate with animals. However, as she grew, she was able to form a one-man army in a different way than other playable characters.
‘Even Kirara never betrayed the monsters he tamed.’
When I see things like this, I don’t think it’s fundamentally evil.
It wasn’t called the line of chaos for nothing.
In any case, even without creating an army of monsters, Kirara was a very useful character.
First of all, since you can communicate with animals, you can do a wider variety of things than you might think, and there was even a so-called fraud route prepared for monster taming.
‘Ghost series taming.’
The biggest weakness of monster tamers was the fact that they had to carry monsters with them, and in the case of large and strong monsters, it was difficult to even carry them around.
Which city would not allow monsters to enter?
But the Ghost series was different.
It was also good for hiding one’s appearance, and even if a large number of people were taken along at once, there were no problems with food or housing costs.
‘The problem is that Kirara is deathly afraid of ghosts.’
So it was a hidden fraud route.
‘Well, he’s afraid of ghosts. If we try to coax him, it’ll work out somehow.’
The problem is rather betrayal.
How to prevent Kirara’s betrayal.
There was also the method of putting a bomb in his neck like the Mountain King and then threatening him, but that wasn’t to Yuder’s taste.
No, it was more than a matter of taste.
Uther actually wore a bomb necklace before.
‘Well, in a situation like this, there’s only one way.’
A method that has already been briefly discussed with Cordelia.
“Prince Lucas and Caesar. Let’s talk amongst ourselves for a moment.”
As Uther said that, Cordelia also quietly joined Uther’s side.
“All right.”
“Well, it’s something that happens between the Holy Cross Guardians.”
After Lucas and Kaisa readily agreed, Uther grabbed Kirara and moved beyond the bushes with Cordelia.
“Ugh, ugh. Please save me. Please save me.”
As soon as we entered the dark place, Kirara started crying and begging, probably because she was scared.
If I let go of his neck, he looked like he would immediately lie down and lick my feet.
Cordelia, who was very affectionate, knew that Kirara was the master of betrayal, Lu Bu from Heroes Chronicle 2, but she couldn’t help but look pitiful, but Yuder was different.
He grabbed Kirara’s slender neck and slowly turned her body, bringing her face closer to Kirara while holding the front of her neck instead of the back.
“Ugh. Black.”
I was wrong. I was absolutely wrong. Please save me. If you save me, I’ll do anything.
Her tearful blue eyes were filled with pleading.
Uder opened the space expansion pouch in front of Kirara and said.
“Kirara, I’ll get straight to the point. We’ll pay you, so from now on, you’ll work for us.”
“······yes?
“I’m talking about hiring you.”
At Uder’s words, Kirara stopped sobbing and blinked.
“You’re hiring me?”
“Okay, I want you to work under us from now on.”
Kirara immediately looked moved by Yuder’s words, but inside she was thinking something else.
‘I’m not sure, but you need my help!’
Then of course you should be hired.
Because you can just earn a moderate amount and then run away.
It was when Kirara, who had been thinking of betraying him, was trying to nod her head even though her neck was grabbed.
“This is just a deposit.”
As he said that, Yuder suddenly took out a pouch of money from inside his space expansion pouch.
Fairly full pockets.
Did I hear a lot of fairy tales inside?
Surely it’s not silver?
I’d like a silver screen.
As Kirara slowly noticed, Yuder opened his pockets with a dark smile as if everything was going according to plan.
“Ugh.”
At that moment, Kirara was so shocked that she held her breath. She couldn’t help it.
Because there was a gold coin inside.
“Really?”
“okay.”
“I will be loyal. Please let me do my best!”
Yay! I have to grab that and run away!
That was the moment when Kirara thought that way.
“Here’s another pocket.”
Uder took out another pouch.
This time it was a bag of gold coins.
“Whoa.”
I love it! I thought my life was over, but it turned out to be a great day!
If you run away with that, it’s just~
“And one more pocket.”
“Hieee?!”
Okay, just wait a minute.
There are three pockets of gold?
You’re giving me three?
Betrayal, betrayal, betrayal is necessary.
You have to take that and run, run.
“And one more thing.”
“Ugh, ugh.”
Kirara staggered, groggy from the mental shock.
And then Yuder delivered his final blow by whispering a small word into Kirara’s large ear.
“I’ll give you more next month.”
“Whoa.”
Kirara completely melted.
I erased the two words ‘betrayal’ from my mind.
“I am yours from now on, Master. You may do whatever you want with me. I will serve you with all my heart and soul!”
A light of loyalty shone in Kirara’s eyes.
betrayal.
Yeah, betrayal.
The only means of living that allowed me to continue my short life.
Kirara’s own way of living in this world!
Are you trying to break my beliefs with money?!
That can’t be! Betrayal is my life’s motto! How can you say that to me!
– It was too much money to turn down.
“Kirara is my master’s faithful servant!”
Look into my eyes. Can’t you see the two characters, loyalty?
As Kirara wags her tail in what is called cat-and-dog mode, Uder and Cordelia look at each other and realize one truth of the world once again.
If you try to do something with money and it doesn’t work out, consider whether it was a lack of money.
Because when it came to money, it was Uther and Cordelia who were brimming with it.
Moreover, there would be no need to hire Kirara for such a long period of time.
[And you have to get out as much as you give.]
Because there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
Cordelia smiled brightly and rejoiced as Uther smiled darkly.
[As expected from our Yuder. I really like a man with good vitality!]
Anyway, when the negotiation ended with satisfaction to both Uther, Cordelia, and Kirara, Kirara spoke with a very obedient face.
“Then, Master, are we going to go catch the mountain king now?”
I think so, given the context of the story.
Moreover, there was a strong scent of strength from Uther and Cordelia.
The reason Kirara had been able to live well up until this day, betraying others, was because she had a great sense of smell for the strong, and the smell coming from these two people was even worse than that of the mountain king.
‘So catch me. The mountain king is scary.’
Because of the new owners, I was branded a traitor to the mountain king.
Since it had come to this, Kirara wanted to eliminate the mountain king and avoid any future troubles.
But Uder shook his head.
“No, it’s not the time for that.”
It had already been nearly a week since the empire closed its borders.
It wasn’t the time to be leisurely catching bandits.
I had to quickly join Kaplan and get down to the next task – figuring out the situation in the Empire.
“Then what about the mountain king? He must be getting ready to fight because of the work he just did.”
“That’s why it’s more comfortable. Since I’ve heard the name of the Holy Cross Guardians, shouldn’t they be preparing a defensive posture at their headquarters?”
“That’s right, that’s right. So now is the chance to just pass it by.”
I think it was called ‘the black of the near ink’.
Cordelia, who had already fallen for Uther, naturally talked about screwing the mountain king and then reached out to Kirara.
“Well, anyway, nice to meet you. I’m Cordelia August Chase. You can just call me Sister Cordelia.”
Because Kirara was only fifteen years old.
“Okay, please take care of it.”
Kirara hesitated and then grabbed Cordelia’s hand. Cordelia laughed out loud and hugged Kirara tightly.
‘It’s warm.’
As expected, Cordelia. Please continue to inspire Kirara.
Yuder smiled and looked back to the northeast.
I was lucky, but there was still a lot of work to be done.
‘First, to the Imperial Academy.’
Towards the zodiac where Leon and Maximilian are staying.
Uther and Cordelia hurried their steps.
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