Became a Strategist With an Intelligence of 100 and an Accuracy Rate of 100%

46 – Episode 46. Northern Fortress Defense (5)

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“Iren… As I said… Iren…”

“Swen!!!”

Iren called Swen’s name several times.

He was unconscious and made no reply.

“No… What on earth is this, Swen!! Answer me! Come to your senses!”

No matter how many times I grabbed him and shook him, there was no answer.

Iren couldn’t figure out what was happening right now.

I asked him to build an altar, and I made him a drum, and I made him a drum.

It was true that I trusted Swen even when he did something strange.

But…… The result is-

I had no idea that it would result in a burning stone suddenly falling from the sky.

‘What the hell…… ‘What did you do?’

Swen said, ‘There is a need to communicate with the sky.’

You said something like three stars disappeared.

She didn’t know what she said at first, but the Swen she had seen was always a man with uncanny insight.

So, everything he did was definitely meaningful.

The result is……

Couldn’t they have done something to make a rock fall from the sky?

Then.

What on earth did Swen lose her mind right away?

If you think about it a little, you can easily deduce it.

Even though Irene had no knowledge of this mysterious power, she knew that it took a lot of energy to make a stone that size fall from the sky.

No.

At this scale, the ‘energy’ would not have been consumed.

No way……

‘Life…… Put it on…… ‘Did you do it?’

If you think about it, it was natural.

He didn’t risk his life to create such an absurd miracle.

Why?

At the same time as she thought of the question ‘why’, what Swen had said to her so far flashed through her mind.

“My name is Swen. As of today, I am attending Lin Brans. My lord has ordered me to live here with him as a roommate for the time being.”

That’s right. That’s how we met.

Although our meeting was not a pleasant one, he was always there to support us.

“What are you talking about? If it’s okay with you, Irene, I want to live with you forever.”

Even though he was caught up in my master’s affairs, instead of getting angry, he comforted me.

“It’s okay. Getting to know Irene is a very wonderful thing for me.”

He was a really kind person. So much so that even when I talk about something serious, he listens to it all without showing any signs of it.

“Iren… I’m so glad you’re safe.”

He was truly worried about me when no one else in this country was worried.

“The person I want to protect in this country is Irene.”

He was the person who said, ‘I want to protect’ me, who was born to protect and was deprived of even the ability to protect.

His kindness was too sweet for her.

“Iren… As I said… Irene…”

And at this moment… ….

For my sake, he protested and risked his life to create a miracle.

I am making a contribution…… Because I want to prove that what I said is right.

“…Swen.”

Tears began to flow from Irene’s eyes.

She soon began to sob into Swen’s face.

“Don’t die, Swen… Don’t die…”

My heart ached.

Someone who believed in me, told me I was right, cared about me, and said he wanted to protect me.

He who had lived his whole life protecting someone – was actually unable to protect the person who said so.

If.

If this man dies, what will happen to me?

Just when I was about to break free from the constraints of the Brans family and move forward-

What if you lose the man who freed you from the spell?

“…No…!”

You can never lose it.

I won’t let you die.

Irene shouted at her nearest soldier.

“Call the doctor right now!”

In her fortress, she will have a doctor who will accompany her and take care of her wounded soldiers.

“Doctor… Are you saying?”

“Quick!”

In response to Iren’s urgent cry, the soldier loudly answered that he understood and quickly ran away somewhere.

Even from the perspective of a soldier, she would have been very surprised.

Irene, who I thought would lead everyone with dignity for the rest of her life, found herself crying like a child.

But for Irene, now was not the time for her to save her face.

She quickly checked Swen’s current situation.

She was unconscious…… She was breathing lightly.

Because she didn’t know exactly how much strain the act of communicating with heaven would have put on her body, she had to hurry even more.

‘I will never let you die…’ … !’

This was the moment.

It is a clear admission that I was abandoned by the person I wanted to protect my whole life.

It was okay.

It’s not that person anymore…… Because I wanted to protect others.

‘I, you…… I will definitely watch…… !’

The target protected by Irene Juliette’s sword has changed.

A miracle that had never happened in any other world line was just happening.

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When I came to my senses, I was once again wandering down a familiar alleyway.

In between the alleys of various buildings with blue roofs and white walls.

However, I didn’t dislike this hesitation that much.

The breeze I felt from her was refreshing, the sky was blue and warm, and crucially, it was because she existed next to me.

I know who she is and at the same time-

I couldn’t really figure out who she was.

I wondered what this meant, but for some reason, rather than questioning it, I started thinking about how it was supposed to be.

Just as things fall from above and fall, and when the sun sets and the moon rises, it becomes night.

I hold her hand and walk through the alleys here and there.

I didn’t encounter a single person in the alleys, but I felt more comfortable than strange.

Well, how long has it been since I walked around alone with her like this?

If you turn your head and look to the side.

She was looking at me and smiling.

Blonde hair that shines so brightly, and golden eyes that shine even brighter than the blonde hair, so dazzling that it makes you think they were made from stars in the night sky…….

Yes. This time.

This time I can spend with her…….

That moment.

The floor I was standing on collapsed.

He lost her hand and began to fall infinitely downwards.

And then, consciousness fades.

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“…Ah.”

Consciousness returns.

After about 30 seconds, I feel my heart beating, and the smell of furniture in the air tickles my nose, and only then do I recognize it.

Ah, this was a dream.

That dream. This is the exact dream I had when I first slept at Irene’s house.

“…….”

I slowly raised my hand and touched the area around my eyes.

It is tears.

I don’t know why I cried…… Was I crying?

No.

Because I had just woken up, the contents of the dream were still vivid.

I don’t think it was sad content.

With a woman I met for the first time…… It felt like a dream, walking through a neighborhood I had never seen before.

I even remember the blonde hair…… I don’t remember anything else.

Is the experience in a dream something that quickly volatilizes?

Instead of the fading memories of a dream, what filled my mind was vivid reality.

I was now lying in an old bed.

This ceiling…… I think I understand. It seemed to be the ceiling of the fortress guarding the fortress.

It is directly connected to the conference room, and Miguel is there when Carlinz is not there. When even that wasn’t available, Irene used it.

Only then did my memories of before I lost consciousness slowly return.

When I saw the meteorite that hit Serpina-kun directly, I lost my mind.

Okay…… Meteor.

A meteorite fell.

I never thought a meteorite would fall.

In fact, there was one blind spot in this plan to ‘make people think I caused the natural disaster’.

If you can summon lightning with a spell, doesn’t that mean you’re a wizard?

They put on a show by building an altar and beating drums to avoid appearing like magic on purpose, but in any case, making lightning strike the ground is exactly the same as the magician in legend.

If I was mistaken for a wizard, it would be a bit annoying…… First of all, we had to make the enemy run away, and since they told us to ‘stand in a visible place’, we just followed that.

But.

Meteorites are different.

There is no wizard in this world who uses something like this.

In the latter half of the game, the wizards who appeared on the continent with their talent for detecting mana used typical but obvious magic such as fire magic, lightning magic, and earth-shaking magic –

Because there was no one using ignorant magic reminiscent of Meteor.

At the time, I was wondering if I had done something so outrageous that I felt uncomfortable being mistaken for a wizard.

Then I felt something pressing on my knee.

“…Tsk.”

I lightly braced my back and sat up on the bed.

Only then did I realize what was pressing on my knees.

“…….”

Irene, who was sitting in the chair, was asleep with her head on my lap.

The sunlight shining down on the side of her face created a very peaceful atmosphere.

On the small table next to her, there were dishes from the meal she had apparently eaten, as well as various medicinal herbs used in this world.

Did he continue to nurse me by my side?

“Iren.”

“…….”

“Iren.”

I called her name a few more times, and she twitched on my lap for a moment……

She slowly raised her head.

“……Uh…Um…?”

“Iren. Are you awake?”

She looked a little dazed, turned her head and looked at me.

The pupils of her eyes widened slightly.

“…Swen?”

“Yes.”

She looked at me and stared at me for a moment without saying anything, at a loss for words –

Soon, a single tear flows down from the large purple eyes.

“Swen… Are you coming to your senses?”

“Yes. Anyway.”

“Swen…!!”

Her emotions seemed to explode as she hugged me tightly.

“Swen… I’m glad… I’m glad you came to your senses, Swen…!”

She spoke half in tears as if pleading with me.

At this point, I realized two new things.

The first was that for some reason I wasn’t wearing a top right now.

Because I felt her tears flowing through my body.

And secondly, she wasn’t wearing her armor either.

Thanks to this, I felt her soft body and warm body temperature even more vividly.

“I’m fine. But… These days… What happened to Serpina-kun?”

“You protected it, Swen. In a battle that no one said you could win, you did it… By pushing yourself like this…”

“Is it too much?”

Irene looked up at me and nodded her head.

On her face, there was something similar to a sense of guilt that I had put this man through such an unreasonable task.

“For my sake… To prove that I was right, you overexerted yourself and did something like this, right? So… You lost your mind? You risked your life…”

“…Yes?”

“Well, if you don’t risk your life… You won’t be able to do something like this…”

???

I think I’m misunderstanding something.

Did you say that when you don’t understand the other person’s behavior, you should have a dismissive attitude?

I quickly thought from Iren’s perspective.

What did I look like reflected in her eyes?

First, he says bullsh*t like ‘I will communicate with the sky’ and ‘three stars have fallen’, then suddenly builds an altar and mutters something strange.

He then coaxed him to make a drum and had the soldiers beat it.

On the day of the battle, he performed a strange performance and shouted “Heaven!” Like a madman, and soon a meteorite fell from the sky.

After the meteorite falls, for some reason he immediately loses consciousness and faints.

‘…… Ah.’

In an instant, I realized why Irene was talking about her life.

She seemed to have just summoned her meteorite and then discharged it.

I think he just fainted at the right time because he was relaxed due to his low base health.

If someone witnessed something like that without prior knowledge, it would look like they were risking their lives.

If what came out was lightning, it might be a meteorite. It was enough to make me think, ‘I have to risk my life.’

“I’m sorry… Swen, please don’t risk your life because of me… Ever again…”

Irene was crying as she clung to me, even throwing away her usual somewhat dignified tone.

When she saw that, something in her heart warmed.

I reached out to her, stroked her hair, and said,

“Iren. I’m okay. I didn’t risk my life. It’s okay.”

“Lie… Idiot… Don’t lie, Swen…”

“…….”

I looked down at Irene, her body shaking.

Well.

There is no need to persuade her now.

Instead of talking to her more, I hugged her tighter.

The miracle I caused was not something like summoning a meteorite.

It was that I had saved Iren from Lin.

The fact that I succeeded in protecting the people I wanted to protect in Brans County was much more important than that right now.

So, just a little more.

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to feel her body temperature…….

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As I was regaining stability in bed, an unexpected face appeared.

“Oh! Swen! I heard you came to your senses!”

‘…… Uh?’

A face I’ve seen before, a man’s voice I’ve heard before.

A handsome man with blue hair, the fortress commander who led the construction of this fortress, and one of the main generals of the Brans army.

“Mr. Kalintz…?”

“Hmm! Yes, Swen! I’m so glad you came to your senses!”

I blinked and looked at the man.

Why on earth is this man here?