Inside the operations room, Remedios Custodio and three paladins studied a force distribution chart.

作战指令室内蕾梅迪奥丝·卡斯托迪奥与三名圣骑士一起思考着合适的兵力布局。

Remedios’ thought process was nimble and clear when it came to battle, in contrast to how she would make people sigh in exasperation most of the time. While her younger sister would say, “You’ve got a great body there, all you need now is to study a little more”, she could not have gained her present fighting skill if she had heeded that advice.

和平时令人遗憾的蕾梅迪奥丝相反，与战斗有关的时候就能看到她的敏锐清晰的思路。虽然被妹妹说过「明明本身素质还不错的，要是能多学学就好了呢」，但是如果听从那个忠告的话就无法得到如今的武力了吧。

That was because she was different from her sister, who had been blessed with three gifts -- wisdom, talent and looks.

因为自己和被神赐予了三样礼物——智慧、才能、美貌——的妹妹不同。

Our fighting strength is 10’000. Theirs is estimated at 40’000. Our win conditions are to hold on until reinforcements from the south arrive, or the enemy retreats… we might actually be able to do it if there were ten of me around...

(这边的兵力是一万。对面推测有四万。胜利条件是坚持到南方的援军赶来，或者是敌军撤退……如果有十个和我一样的强者的话，说不定还有可能……)

If the members of the Nine Colors who had been chosen for their fighting strength were present, they might be able to put up a good fight, but the fact remained that the present situation was a tremendous challenge.

被称为九色的众人当中，由因实力被选上的成员们在的话说不定也能打场漂亮的战斗，但是现状则是非常的困难。

If we want to buy time, we need to counterattack the enemy hard during their first offensive. That’ll put them on the back foot and give us the time we need. After all, the enemy doesn’t fully know what forces we possess, right?

(如果要争取时间的话，必须在敌人第一次攻过来的时候用反击给他们个大打击才行。那样敌人就会警戒起来能争取到些时间。因为对手应该也没能完全掌握我方的兵力、吧)

She had also seriously considered the proposal of launching a first strike.

由我方主动进攻的提议也认真地探讨着。

They could gather their forces at the east gate and crush the enemy there in one mighty blow before wheeling around to head for the west gate.

在东门集中兵力，一气呵成地进攻击破敌人。之后再向西门转进。

However, she had quickly reached a conclusion -- all would be lost if they failed. It was very likely that the west gate would be lost to the enemy’s main force before they defeated the small detachment positioned at the east gate, and thus the city would fall.

然而结论立刻就出来了。一旦失败就全完了。打败在东门布阵的少量地方别动队之前，与敌人本队对峙的西门可能就会被攻破，从而导致都市失陷。

And of course, there was the disparity between their forces. They had to compensate for that gap if they wanted to win.

果然兵力差是问题所在。要取得胜利的话必须要想办法缩小这个差距。

But that’s impossible.

(这种事不可能做的到)

Remedios wrinkled her brow and looked at the tokens placed on the map.

蕾梅迪奥丝皱起眉头，适当的移动着地图上所放着的棋子。

She hoped for a flash of inspiration to descend from on high. However, no such thing happened.

期待着会有灵光一闪的降临。然而那样的灵感却并没有出现。

“Do you lot have any ideas?”

「你们有什么好主意没有？」

“Yes. Personally speaking--”

「是。就我个人而言——」

She listened to the paladin’s proposal, struck it down, then asked for more ideas, and the process repeated until none of them could come up with anything. Just then, a knocking rang through the weighty silence of the room.

探讨了圣骑士说出的方案，否决掉，再次征求意见，重复同样的过程直到全员都想不出新的点子。就在沉重的寂静降临房间时门被敲响了。

“Captain, you’re here.”

「团长，您在这里啊」

The person who entered was the deputy commander -- Gustav Montagnes. It felt like she had been saved by the bell. It would seem the other paladins in the room also felt that way, as one could see a faint glimmer of hope on their crestfallen faces.

进来的是副官——古斯塔沃·蒙塔涅斯。简直就像是拯救的钟声响起。在这个房间里的其他圣骑士似乎也是相同的感受，能在暗沉的表情中看到象征着微弱希望的小小光明。

“Ahh, you came just in time. I wanted to ask if you had any ideas.”

「啊啊，你来得正是时候。正想向你借点好主意呢」

Remedios gestured to the map sprawled across the table with her chin. It would seem Gustav had gotten her meaning, because he nodded.

蕾梅迪奥丝下巴指向的地方，是在桌子上展开的都市地图。想是理解了她想说的话，古斯塔沃点了点头。

“I can supply a suggestion or two, but can I discuss a few things with you beforehand?”

「能借的话想要多少都会借的。不过，在那之前有几件事想要商量下可以吗？」

“Hm? What is it? Go ahead and tell me.”

「嗯？怎么了？没事你说」

“Ah…” Gustav continued in a more subdued tone. “Actually, things have gotten quite bad. Some of the people want to know if the Sorcerer King will be taking part in the fighting.”

「那么……」古斯塔沃稍稍降低了音量「实际上稍微有点变得糟糕了呢，一部分民众想知道这次魔导王是不是也会参加战斗」

The Sorcerer King would not be fighting in this battle. This was both to recover the mana he had expended until now, and in case Jaldabaoth’s plan was to make him expend mana here.

魔导王不会参加这次的战斗。因为既要恢复迄今为止所消耗的魔力，也是警戒着在这里再次消耗掉魔力是不是亚达巴沃的计谋。

Remedios had difficulty accepting the first reason, since her little sister Kelart could restore her mana within a day. However, everybody else felt that the Sorcerer King could not be held to the same standards as human beings, given that he had taken back the city single-handedly, and so Remedios said nothing more. Come to think of it, there had been priests present as well, and so the others had accepted it as the way things were.

因为如果是妹妹葵拉特的话一天魔力就能恢复，所以前一个理由蕾梅迪奥丝至今仍难以接受。但是其他人都相信，魔导王仅靠一人就夺还城市所消耗的魔力量不是能和人类相提并论的说法，蕾梅迪奥丝也就没有再说什么。说起来也有神官在场，其他人都认为确实如此的话也只能认可就是那样了吧。

However, even Remedios could accept the second reason.

后者的理由则连蕾梅迪奥丝也是认同的。

Who could tell if Jaldabaoth was hiding within the enemy ranks?

谁能说亚达巴沃没有藏在亚人的军队之中呢。

They had brought the Sorcerer King here to fight Jaldabaoth. While it would be best if both of them ended up bloodying the other, she had no wish to see the Sorcerer King defeated. Therefore, it was only natural for her to back the Sorcerer King up so he could fight to the fullest of his ability, even if she intensely despised the undead.

原本魔导王就是为了对抗亚达巴沃才带回来的。虽然想着他们两败俱伤就最好了，但也并不是说希望魔导王被打败。所以为了让魔导王能全力以赴地去战斗而提供协助，即使是对非常讨厌不死者的她来说也是正常的。

Even so, there had still been some who wanted the Sorcerer King to take the field. Some of the nobles who had remained in the city had offered huge sums of money -- which had made even Remedios’ eyes go so wide that they looked like they might fall out of her empty head -- to induce him to fight, but the Sorcerer King had not accepted their offers.

在即便有那些理由依然希望魔导王参战的情况下，虽然在这座都市里的几名贵族们尽全力——提出了连蕾梅迪奥丝都惊讶得眼珠要掉出来的金额——约定好作为谢礼支付，然而魔导王还是没有点头。

“What’s wrong with that? The Sorcerer King won’t be fighting in this battle. You should know that too, right? Just tell them and be done with it.”

「那有什么问题？魔导王不会参加这次的战斗。这事你也知道的吧？直接告诉他们不就好了」

“Captain. We can’t tell them about this. If things go badly -- no, even if all goes well, it’ll cause a huge uproar.”

「团长。不能把这事告诉他们。弄得不好——不，弄好了也会引起大骚动的」

“Why is that?”

「为什么啊？」

She could not understand it. What was wrong with the Sorcerer King not fighting?

无法理解。魔导王不参加战斗会有哪里有问题。

After seeing the questions written all over Remedios’ face, Gustav frowned and replied:

面对着把疑问直接写在脸上的蕾梅迪奥丝，古斯塔沃皱起脸回答道。

“That’s because the people who watched us take back the city know that there are things which we paladins can’t do, but which the Sorcerer King can accomplish with only two people.”

「因为见过这座都市夺还战斗的民众，知道了我们圣骑士做不到的事情，魔导王仅靠两个人就轻易地办到了」

She still could not understand what Gustav was trying to say.

古斯塔沃说的话果然还是无法理解。

“That may upset some people, but that’s how things are. What’s wrong with that?”

「虽然这稍微有些令人不快，但实际上就是那样吧。那有什么问题？」

“No, what I’m trying to say is, they think of the Sorcerer King as being more trustworthy than we paladins. If the people of this city learn that the Sorcerer King -- the most reliable and powerful asset we have -- is not fighting, morale will plunge to rock bottom.”

「不，所以说，比起我们圣骑士，魔导王更被信赖着。这座都市的人要是得知，最为可靠、也是最强的魔导王不参加战斗的话，士气就要一落到底了」

“Trustworthy? ...You do realize the Sorcerer King is undead, don’t you?”

「信赖？……魔导王可是不死者啊？」

“It doesn’t matter if he’s undead. The Sorcerer King freed the city and rescued the people in bondage. So to them, the Sorcerer King is a hero.

「即使、他是不死者也一样。解放了这座都市，拯救了被囚禁的人们的是魔导王。所以对他们来说魔导王就是英雄」

“A hero?”

「英雄？」

Remedios repeated Gustav’s words back to him, unable to comprehend their meaning.

蕾梅迪奥丝不明所以的复述道。

“The people think he’s a hero? But he’s undead, no? They hate the living and love death. He abandoned the hostages -- no, he killed them off without so much as blinking, didn’t he?”

「人们觉得他是英雄？那可是不死者哦？憎恨活人、喜爱死亡。舍弃人质，不，不仅如此，是毫不在意地杀了人质的啊？」

“It’s all the same to them. Also… it would be one thing if they simply regarded him as a hero. If this goes on, people will start thinking of the Sorcerer King as their savior. If things go wrong, it might affect the Holy King’s--”

「就算如此、也一样。而且……如果只是觉得是英雄的话那倒还好。再这样下去，就会有人觉得魔导王是救世主了吧。一个搞不好对圣王的——」

“The Holy Queen’s, you mean,” Remedios’ face twisted into a frown. “I’ve said this many times already, but Calca-sama must be locked up somewhere for breeding. There were paladins and priests collapsed everywhere after that battle with Jaldabaoth, but we couldn’t find Calca-sama and Kelart anywhere. He wouldn’t need to move her if she was dead. I’m sure she must have been taken hostage. “

「——是圣王女大人，的」蕾梅迪奥丝不快地扭起了脸「虽然说过很多遍了，卡儿可大人一定是被关在了什么地方。和亚达巴沃的那次战斗之后，圣骑士和神官们都倒在了那里，但是哪里都找不到卡儿可大人和葵拉特。如果是已经死了的话没有必要运走。肯定是被做为人质带走了吧」

“I misspoke, Captain. I feel that it might be a problem that could cause problems for Her Majesty’s reign.”

「是属下失言了，团长。那是足以会对圣王女大人今后的统治带来阻碍的问题」

“Problems for her rule?”

「对统治？」

“Yes. ... Our fortress line has been smashed and nobody can stop the demihumans from invading. There will start to be people who want to flock to the side of a supreme being who can protect them.”

「是的。……我们的要塞线被攻破，没能阻止亚人的侵略。所以应该会有想要跟随在能保护自己的绝对者身边的人出现才是」

“But he’s undead… you know?”

「可那是不死者……啊？」

“I say again, it doesn’t matter if he’s undead. He did save them in their hour of need, didn’t he?”

「我重复一下，就算是不死者，也一样。他们可是在受苦的时候得到拯救的啊？」

Remedios still could not understand that point.

在这点上蕾梅迪奥丝仍然没有明白。

“But the Sorcerer King wasn’t the only one fighting, was he? We fought too, under the Holy Queen’s flag.”

「在战斗的可不只有魔导王啊？在圣王女旗帜之下的我们不也参与了战斗吗」

“Yes. You’re right. We all fought, even the common folk. But even with all that taken into consideration, if the Sorcerer King does more than us, then there might be people who would value him over the Holy Queen and seek to make him their new ruler.”

「是。您说的对。包括我们还有民众，大家都战斗了。但是即使考虑了这点，如果魔导王拿出了在此之上的结果，恐怕就有取得比圣王女更高的人望，希望他作为新的支配者的人出现的可能」

“Hah!?” Remedios unconsciously raised her voice. “How did that happen? Not only is he a hero, how is that undead creature being placed above the Holy Queen? Do you even know what you’re saying?”

「哈！？」蕾梅迪奥丝不禁提高了音量。「为什么会变成那样！？不仅成为了英雄，那个不死者还会站在圣王女之上？你知道自己在说什么吗！！」

“No, that’s from the people’s point of view--”

「不是，从民众的角度来看——」

“--Good or not, he’s still undead! How much suffering and effort do you think Her Majesty had to go through for the sake of the people? How could the people--”

「——好死不死偏偏是不死者！圣王女大人为了人民的幸福操碎了多少心，花了多少力气啊！民众怎么——」

“--Please wait, Captain!”

「——请等一下，团长！」

“What do you mean, please wait!? What the hell are you talking about, Gustav? No, is that what you truly believe?”

「怎么等得了！古斯塔沃，你丫在说什么！不，你是当真这么想的吗！」

In the grip of her powerful emotions, Remedios slammed her fist down on the table. The furious blow -- delivered by a heroic individual -- crushed the area of the table beneath it and gouged a chunk out, which fell to the ground. The bizarre damage pattern looked like some giant had pressed out the edge of the table, and it indicated how angry she truly was.

受激烈的感情驱使，蕾梅迪奥丝一拳砸在了桌子上。踏入英雄领域的人愤怒的一击，把桌子被拳头打中的部位砸落到了地上。就像是巨人按住了桌子边缘取走了中间部分般异样的破坏痕迹，诉说着她的怒火究竟有多强烈。

“Please calm down, Captain. We all know the greatness and kindness of Her Majesty as a matter of course. There’s no way the Sorcerer King or any other undead creature could compare to the great Holy Queen. But we only know that because we stood by the Holy Queen’s side.”

「团长，请冷静一下！我们当然知道圣王女大人慈悲为怀，有多么得伟大。魔导王之类的不死者什么的根本无法和伟大的圣王女大人做比较！但是，因为我们是呆在圣王女身边所以才知道的啊」

“Are you retarded? Even if they’ve never had an audience with her before, there’s no way anyone would respect the undead of another country more than the ruler of their own nation! You’re delusional!”

「你丫是笨蛋吗！就算是没有谒见过，也不可能存在尊敬别国的不死者会超过尊敬处于这个国家顶点的大人的人。是你想得太多了！」

“Captain!” Gustav exclaimed in a tone that was close to a wail. “Even if the Sorcerer King is undead and the king of another nation, he was still the one who freed them from torment! And that is something… something that Her Majesty, that we could not do!”

「团长！」古斯塔沃发出了近乎惨叫的声音「就算魔导王是他国的国王是个不死者，但也是把他们从苦难当中解放出来的人！而且那是……是圣王女大人、是我们没有做到的事！」

Gustav spewed those words out in one big burst, and the room echoed with the sound of him trying to calm his flustered breathing

古斯塔沃大声地一口气把话说了出来，房间里响起着调整纷乱呼吸的声音。

“...What do you all think?”

「……你们怎么想？」

The paladins who had previously been in the room all looked at each other as they heard Remedios’ quiet voice. After that, one of them spoke up, a look of mortal determination on his face.

听到蕾梅迪奥丝宁静的声音，一开始就在房间里的圣骑士们面面相觑。之后一个人摆出做好了觉悟的表情开了口。

“Naturally, we paladins do not consider the Sorcerer King a hero. However, we also know that the common folk might feel that way.”

「我们圣骑士当然不认为魔导王是英雄。但是我们也知道平民之中有这样的观点和氛围」

After that, another person spoke.

接着又一个人开口了。

“Most of the people know that the Sorcerer King conquered this city with the strength of just two -- no, one person. Those who have not seen the Sorcerer King’s power in turn exaggerate these rumors, further deifying him.”

「大多数民众都知道魔导王仅靠两人——不，是一个人就把这座都市给攻占了下来。那些没有见识过魔导王力量的人们则谣传得更厉害，似乎进一步加剧了他的神格化。」

The last one added:

最后的那人继续道。

“It is a fact that the Sorcerer King stepped forward by himself to offer aid to a country which was neither an ally nor one that was friendly to him. If we disregard the fact that he is undead… those actions would qualify as heroic.”

「魔导王只身前来，对既不是同盟国也不是友好国的国家提供帮助是事实。如果不考虑他是不死者的话，那确实是……会被称为英雄般的行为吧」

It would seem Remedios was the only one who could not accept this state of affairs. In that case, how could she respond to Gustav’s question after all this had sunk in?

无法接受的似乎只有蕾梅迪奥丝。那么在理解了这些之后，如何回答古斯塔沃的问题才是正确答案呢。

It was true that not having their hero take part in the fighting would cause morale to drop, and thinking about the reasons for that would lead to a commotion. The enemy was an army which outnumbered them four to one. It was only natural that they would be in that frame of mind when they thought about having to fight something like that.

确实如果英雄不参加战斗的话会令士气下降，思考缘由会引起大骚动的吧。不要说敌人是四倍于我方的大兵团了。考虑到想着必须要和那个战斗的状况下的精神状态，这也是当然的。

“...Then why don’t we paint the Sorcerer King as a villain and kill two birds with one stone? How about telling the masses that the Sorcerer King won’t help us any more?”

「……那把魔导王塑造成恶人不就一箭双雕了吗。告诉民众魔导王不会再帮我们了如何？」

“Lying would be a very bad idea,” Gustav said. “The mood of the people is like a dam just before it bursts. If they learn the truth through one channel or another and discover that we were trying to hide the truth, the matter would spiral out of our control.”

「说谎会非常糟糕的」古斯塔沃说道。「现在民众的精神状态有如决堤前的堤坝一般。如果通过什么渠道得知了真相，知道我们想要把实事隐藏起来的话就会变成无法挽回的事态了」

“Well, we don’t have to tell a flat-out lie. We can do it in a roundabout way.”

「不要说得太假，婉转地告诉他们就行」

“If the people think it’s a lie, then it’ll become a lie.”

「只要民众觉得那是谎言的话，就会变成谎言的吧」

“Then all we need to do is keep them from seeing the Sorcerer King, no?”

「那绝对不要让他们见到魔导王就行了吧」

“...So if a riot breaks out or if someone wants to plead with him in person, we’ll kill them off?”

「……发生暴动的情况，或者是有人要直接向他请愿的情况，要把那人杀掉吗？」

“...I don’t want to do that.”

「……不想那么做啊」

Gustav sighed heavily.

古斯塔沃深深地叹可口气。

“This is frustrating. The Sorcerer King showed too much of his strength. I feel we wouldn’t be like this if we had taken this city back under our own power… If the worst comes to worst, the country itself might be torn apart. Who’s going to stop the Sorcerer King if he declares this land an enclave of the Sorcerous Kingdom?”

「真是让人困扰。魔导王展现了太多的力量了。我们能只靠自己的力量就夺回这座都市的话，我觉得就不会有这种事了……最糟糕的情况是国家会分裂也说不定。如果魔导王宣布要把这片土地化为魔导国的飞地时，又有谁能阻止得了呢」

【译注： 飞地，一种特殊的人文地理现象，指隶属于某一行政区管辖但不与本区毗连的土地。通俗地讲，如果某一行政主体拥有一块飞地，那么它无法取道自己的行政区域到达该地，只能“飞”过其他行政主体的属地，才能到达自己的飞地】

“This nation belongs to Her Majesty and the people who live upon it! Not to the undead! And besides, do you think the surrounding nations will accept that!?”

「这个国家是圣王女大人的，也是生活在这个国家的人民的！绝不是不死者的！而且说到底，你觉得周边国家会认可吗！」

Remedios pounded on the table again. However, Gustav’s face did not change, and he interjected:

蕾梅迪奥丝再次击打了桌子。但古斯塔沃表情毫无变化，断言道。

“They probably will. Captain, you saw them too, right… the monsters in his city. No other nation would want to become the enemy of the Sorcerous Kingdom, which possesses such frightening military power. It would be wiser to simply turn a blind eye to the Holy Kingdom, which is now impotent… and if this place becomes an enclave, the Sorcerous Kingdom’s defensive strength will be halved, and many of the nearby countries will agree that it is a good thing. And if the people wish for this to happen as well, the Sorcerer King will have just cause for his actions.”

「会认可的吧。团长也见到了吧……在都市里的怪物们。不会有国家想成为拥有那么可怕军事力量的魔导国的敌人的。比起那样还是无视失去力量的圣王国要来的更聪明……而且如果这里成为了飞地，魔导国的防卫战力就会一分为二，觉得这样更好的周边国家肯定会很多。再有如果民众也期望如此的话，魔导王就有了大义名分了」

“...So being a country of the undead is better than being a nation whose people can’t even defend themselves… is that how it is, vice-captain?”

「……比起连自国国民都保护不了的国家，还是不死者的国家要来的更好一些……是这样吗，副团长？」

Gustav nodded at the paladin’s question. “Just so.”

对于圣骑士的问题，古斯塔沃点头表示「就是这样」

“Gustav. Did I make a mistake in bringing the Sorcerer King back here?”

「古斯塔沃。我把魔导王带回来是做错了吗？」

“Of course not, Captain. It was the best choice at the time. However… it is true that we’ve relied too much on the Sorcerer King’s power. Like I said just now, if we had taken back those prison camps with our own strength, we would not be in this situation now. For all we know, the people might still fear and hate the Sorcerer King, being that he’s one of the undead.”

「没有那样的事，团长。那个时候这是最好的选择了。只是……太过于依赖魔导王的力量也是事实。刚才也说了，如果两个收容所都是只靠我们的力量就解放了的话，也就不会出现这样的结果了吧。民众们现在也会对身为不死者的魔导王感到恐惧，保有敌意也说不定」

“...What should we do?”

「……要怎么办才好？」

“We need to deal with the people, buy time, and defeat the enemy army by ourselves. If we can’t even do that, then even if we defeat Jaldabaoth… the war might still continue.”

「总之先尽量应付下民众，争取时间，只靠我们去击退大军。如果连这点都不去做的话，就算将来打倒了亚达巴沃……战争说不定也会继续下去」

Remedios looked up to the ceiling.

蕾梅迪奥丝抬头仰望起了天花板。

“...Then that’s what we have to do. Damn that Sorcerer King… did he plan all this out beforehand?”

「……那就只能这样了。可恶的魔导王……这真的不是他事先算计好的吧？」

“I don’t know… I really don’t know. But he might have.”

「不知道……真的不知道。但是说不定这种程度的事还真是计算好的」

“Maybe he desires to expand his domain. Is the Sorcerous Kingdom very small?”

「说不定有着扩张领土的野心么。魔导国的领土很小吧？」

“I wouldn’t say it’s very small, but it’s true that the Sorcerous Kingdom is only his city and the land around it, as well as that plain which is rumored to spawn large quantities of the undead.”

「我觉得虽然还不至于说很小，但确实，魔导国的领地似乎只有都市和周围的土地，外加传闻会出现大量不死者的那片平原」

So that was why he had his eyes on the Holy Kingdom’s land. There was certainly more than enough evidence to lead to that conclusion.

所以才会觊觎圣王国的领土，引导至这个结论的证据已经足够了。

“That damn undead creature! We should have asked for Momon’s strength after all!”

「那个可恶的不死者！果然还是应该只去借用飞飞的力量吗！」

“Perhaps things might have ended the same if Momon had come. The shock would simply not have been as great as the impact which the Sorcerer King had. A king conquering a city by himself is an incredibly striking image. The fact that said king is one of the undead who are our nation’s sworn enemies is also very influential.”

「可能就算来的是飞飞也会导致相同的结果。只是不会有像魔导王那么大的冲击吧。王单人攻城，实在是给人过于强烈的印象了。而且还是本应该是我国仇敌的不死者，这点影响也很大」

换言之就是当一个坏人做了好事，会看起来比一般人做得更加好的效果。

“...Dammit.”

「……可恶」

Now that silence had returned to the room, Remedios -- who finally realised that Gustav was asking for her opinion -- gave her orders.

恢复安静的房间内，明白了古斯塔沃在询问自己意见的蕾梅迪奥丝下达了指示。

“We’ll discuss this with Caspond-sama. If, perhaps, though I feel it’s not too likely, just in case, Her Majesty has passed away, then he is the most eligible person to be the next Holy King.”

「和卡斯邦登大人商量一下吧。如果、是的，只是如果，虽然觉得不可能，只是以防万一，圣王女大人已经去世的情况下，他可是最有可能成为下任圣王的大人了啊」

“Since we have not yet found any other members of the royal family, that will certainly be the case. We’ll go ask his opinion of all this, then.”

「既然现在还没有发现其他的王族成员，那确实会变成那样的吧。那就去征询下他的意见吧」

Remedios left the paladins in the room and led Gustav to Caspond’s room.

把圣骑士们留在屋内，带着古斯塔沃，蕾梅迪奥丝前往了卡斯邦登的房间。

In the end, things turned out just like Gustav’s predictions. The conclusion was that they would delay answering the people and if the enemy should attack during this time, they would face them without the assumption of the Sorcerer King’s assistance and beat them back, thus showing the world that the strength of the Holy Kingdom was still undiminished.