The Traitor: Relic War
Chp. 47 Discussions & Thanks

The clear sky after heavy rain that flushed the city gave the impression of cool and also peaceful, the weather in the daytime that should feel hot now feels so comfortable accompanied by the exposure of cold winds in spring which will soon end and begin to enter the winter.

Or so they hoped it would be, inversely proportional to the atmosphere of the city behind the palace walls, Tension, Anxiety, Worry, Fear, Sadness, All those feelings began to clash right in front of Arthur, where all the warriors and the palace officials were present to discuss after they paid their last respects to Saki and Kenma.

Zen realized that the current situation was very unfavorable for Arthur because what happened this time would certainly be the protest of the fighters as well as the people of the capital.

Several fighters were whispering among their crowd, discussing themselves about what had happened, and began to speculate on what had happened.

The anxious-looking Arthur looked a little distracted by a whispering voice that sounded quite faint to him,

"Begging the attention of all of you fighters" he said then stood up from a chair and advanced a little forward, the treatment of him managed to distract all fighters including Zen who were near Shin and Rika.

"As a king I want to apologize for what happened, it's all out of control and it's a strategy I have, which is why the kingdom can't save Saki and Kenma..." He spoke with a tone that sounded so sorry.

"Dad..." Elize who was right next to Arthur's throne looked so concerned when her father bowed his head to the fighters.

"Your Majesty raise your head... It is not good for a king to bow his head so easily even to us..." Said Shin who first reacted, this was quite felt de Javu for him.

"I'm really sorry..." He said again then Arthur raised his head after seeing the worry that was on Shin's face.

"What has happened cannot be repeated again noble, preventing it from happening again in the future I think that's the purpose of the word regret..." Rika's words immediately received a positive response from all those in the Throne room.

"Thank you so much, Rika... I think what you're saying has a point..." Reply Arthur.

"I have good advice to prevent this from happening again, Your Majesty..." Iori raised her voice while raising her hand upwards.

"Please Iori Fighters..."

"If this is a case of attack and the target is the fighters then the way to prevent it is to not move individually... At least move with 3 or more people so that if the attacker appears it will be easy to defeat him..."

"That's right... The attacker must be strong enough to defeat Saki and Kenma... Therefore if we move in large numbers the assailant will definitely be in trouble..." Sahut Shin who thought the advice from Iori was very good.

Zen only kept silent and did not intend to speak to anyone and only waited for his turn to speak, but from that silence he kept thinking about what means he should use to destroy the stratagem of Iori.

"Alright, from now on there are no more of the fighters moving on their own... At least pair up to prevent this from happening again... This is an order... And not only the warriors but also all the inhabitants of the palace... Understood!" Arthur now gave off his resolute and authoritative aura when he said that.

""understand!"" answer everyone present directly in the room simultaneously.

"Thank you... Next, there is one more problem to be solved... And I need help from all of you..." Then he picked up a paper with a plan that he would do in a few days.

"This incident will not only affect you and the palace residents, but the people will also be affected by this, he said, the decline of their trust in the fighters over this case would definitely cause some commotion... Even the worst is the return of the rebellion, and to maintain the confidence of the people in the Kingdom we will hold a Simulation of fighting between fighters... Let's show the people what the strength of the fighters will protect this kingdom..."

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"Discussion Completed... As already in the share, the fighters will simulate the fight in 4 groups where each group will contain 5 people, Elize and Luna will also take part to clear the number... Tomorrow morning we'll do a simulation... And even if it's just a simulation you all have to exert all your strength... Let's show them what the fighters are like..." Arthur stood up from his throne and ended the meeting after his form had disappeared from everyone's sight.

The warriors disperse themselves from the throne room, walking alternately to the exit and according to Arthur's words they are seen moving in pairs.

There are no lessons in the academy for today and tomorrow because they have come to the end of Sunday, and they all want to do their usual activities and forget about what they saw this morning.

"The zen... Where are you going..." Shin asked to look at Zen walking alone towards the opposite direction to the other fighters, and of course the voice from Shin resulted in the sight of all the fighters who had been walking towards Zen.

"No... I just want to go to town for a second..." Zen replied in his usual voice, he slightly lowered the volume of his voice so that the other fighters would not constantly stare at him.

"Only alone... We're not asked to go in pairs..."

"Well I guess you're right... But it doesn't matter... I'm just going to the city... It's still daytime anyway, I'm sure that the assailant won't move at a time like this..." Answer with great certainty.

"What makes you so sure about that is Kanade..." Tanya is suspicious of Yuuna who might go in pairs with Shin, Rika, Iori and Also Natsukawa.

"Because if I were the assailant then I wouldn't be acting stupid by moving around during the day where a lot of people could see it... Or like that..." Zen's refute when Yuuna looked pretty sure of his question.

"That's how I live..."

"However go with someone Zen... It's for your safety too... Ah well, Katagawa will accompany you... How's..." Shin's suggestion then pulled Miharu's hand hiding behind it.

"E.. E... Uh... Why me..." He said nervously.

"Go Haru... This is your chance to talk to him... Come there..." Push Rica.

"Ta. but Kanade..."

"You don't mind Kanade..."

"Just whatever..." Zen said unconcernedly then walked first leaving the fighters.

"Listen to yourself... Let's go Haru"

"Ba. okay..." Miharu immediately caught up with Zen while running small, then stopped running right behind Zen.

The two now started to step out of the palace area, no conversation had occurred even when they had reached the city, just keeping quiet and looking at the surrounding area, For Zen this was not a problem because Miharu being silent was an advantage to him, while for Miharu herself she felt that she had to start a conversation in order for that awkward feeling to disappear.

"Ka... Kanade... Where we're going..." He asked a little nervously after finally deciding to start the conversation.

"Emmmmm... I don't know, I guess I just want to walk around... What about your own Katagawa... Is there a place you want to visit? If there's a let's go there... I also feel bad about making you follow me without direction..." Reply Zen without even looking towards Miharu.

"Be... So... I don't want to go somewhere either... So I'll just follow you..."

"Ah, right too... That day Shin said that there was something you wanted to talk to me about... What'sthat?" Zen asked after recalling Shin's words that had already passed.

"A... Ah... It. it... An... Anu..."

"Why..."

"Se... I actually want to thank you..." He said Straight away for a moment.

"Thank you? Wh-wh-what for? I don't think we meet or talk very often..." Zen looked curious then slightly glanced at Miharu whose face looked so embarrassed.

"What... You've forgotten..."

"About what..."

"That time... You saved me from the brides of the school..."

"Emmmmm... When's well... I think I've forgotten it..."

"Well, that was a long time ago... Precisely when we were in 3rd grade Junior High... That day I was bullied by a High School delinquent on my way home... They forced me to come with them... Fortunately, you came... I don't know why you look so strong when you teach them a lesson..."

"Well if you remember it again like it ever happened... If it's not wrong that day they're also holding me back from asking for money, to be honest I don't intend to help you... I just gave them a little lesson for eating me..."

"But still because you did that I survived, not knowing what it would be like if you weren't around... Actually I wanted to thank you in person at that time but you're gone... And when I realized that you were in the same high school as me, I thought I had a chance to thank you..."

"so... Well I guess it's true..."

"Again Thank You Kanade..."

"Just whatever..."

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