<purga> spearbro 436

Redo of the Spear Hero
Silt Welt Arc
436: Silt Welt
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"I do?"

"Silt Welt is a country that worships the Hero of the Shield who is known to favor demi-humans, their national religion is that of the Shield Faith. So Iwatani-dono, you are akin to a god in these lands."



Father-in-law looks absolutely bewildered.



"What's the matter?"

"No well, kinda thought you might know something Motoyasu-kun. Do you?"

"Even if you ask me, Father-in-law of the future never said anything about coming to this country"

"Ah, yeah nevermind"



Exactly.

To the extent of my knowledge, the countries visited by Father-in-law can be counted on my fingers.

First, there's Melromarc, Zeltbur, Faubley, and some small countries neighboring Melromarc.

Then would be the country that was made the location of our battle with the Houou battle.



...Huh? I know I've fought with the Houou before, but my memory seems ambiguous.

If we never fought the Houou, then we couldn't have fought the Qilin that appeared in Faubley either.

Furthermore, we couldn't have used the twelve strengthening methods from the Four Legendary Weapons and the Sever Star Weapons if that were the case.

Huh? 4 + 7 makes 11 right?

Hmm, my memory seems to be lacking somewhat.



"Kitamura-dono, I recall you've mentioned that he was essentially acting in Melromarc, where he would succeed my father's domain and grandly revive it among other things..."

"That's right"

"Though I wish for such a future, you did say he walked a path of cruel mistreatment to achieve it... Iwatani-dono, I cannot wish you such a future. So I shall attempt the the revival myself"

"Eclaire-san... Yeah. You can definitely do it"

"That's very reassuring of you Iwatani-dono. Once we qwell these Waves and the world returns to peace, I shall take it upon myself to govern that territory"



Eclair looked to the sky with eyes teeming in a newfound resolve.



And in such and such, we arrived at the castle in Silt Welt.

The structure looks... How should I say.

There's the ever-present China-style feel, but it was stone-built and had a middle-ages aesthetic as well.

The castle in Melromarc is pretty tall and wide itself, but this one isn't falling behind in those respects.

But the doors, gates and bridges were all comparatively large, and some areas had vines growing.

The place is full of beastkin, and the wild-like aspect of it would be what's most striking.



"Welcome, honorable Heroes of the Shield and Spear, you all must be tired after the long journey"



We were guided to the throne room upon arrival.



"I am Valnar, acting as representative of the Shusaku clan. A pleasure to make your acquaintance"



Shusaku... I remember hearing they're a famous race amongst the demi-humans.

Hakuko, Shusaku, Aotatsu, Genmu, should be the four?[Note 1]
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*Note 1:  You can find these on the (http://the-rising-of-the-shield-hero.wikia.com/wiki/Demi-Human)[Wikia] if you don't remember. I know I didn't~
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I have a feeling there were those calling themselves of the Hakuko clan amongst Father-in-law of the future's subordinates... But I wasn't too familiar with them.

I only knew their faces, that's it.



"N-nice to meet you too... My name is Iwatani Naofumi, I was summoned as the Hero of the Shield. Best Regards"

"The Love Hunter! I'm Kitamura Motoyasu!"

"Motoyasu-kun, you gotta say you're the Spear Hero or they'll misunderstand alright?"

"Will they now? Then let's go with Spear Hero"

"What do you mean *let's go with*!?"



The man from the Shusaku clan kept staring astonished.



"Pleasure to meet you too. And..."



The Shusaku man now addressed Eclair.



"May you be the young lady of the Seaette house?"

"Yes! I am Eclaire Seaette. I have taken upon the role of guarding the Hero of the Shield in place of my late father"

"You've done a great justice making this perilous journey here. I am also truly thankful for your precarious efforts towards ending discrimination of demi-humans in Melromarc"

"Not at all, I only did what was right"



Eclair took a deep bow.

I don't know very much about it, but Melromarc seems to be exploiting demi-humans as slaves.

But the story goes that their relations with demi-human countries were ameliorated by Father-in-law's efforts and through the achievements of Eclair's father.



"Heyy Naofumi, Sakura's so bored~"

"Sakura-chan. Please bear with it a bit more"

"Okay~"



A harmonious dialogue betwixt Father-in-law and Sakura-chan.



"Would those be people you've made comrades along the journey?"

"Well uh..."

"They're three glorious Filorial!"



Father-in-law seemed to be having difficulty choosing words so I stepped forward and declared it loud.

I, Motoyasu, *cannot* bear to have a miscommunication of the fact.



"Pardon me? Filorial?"

"Yes. We have confirmed this with our own eyes. Before we entered into the castle, these ones here had the appearance of Filorial... No, of the legendary divine bird"

"Perfect timing! Flourish your true forms everyone"



As per my instructions, Yuki-chan, Kou and Sakura-chan poofed into their Filorial figures.

Witnessing the magnificence, the Shusaku man took a step back even.



"I-Indeed... having legendary Filorial are all the more reassuring"

"So we just have to work on to suppress the Wave in this country right?"



Father-in-law got right into the bouillon of the matter.



"You've had a long journey, so before that, we were thinking you could rest your tired bodies"

"Ah, sure. Then we'll take you up on that offer"



And so we were guided into the rooms Silt Welt had prepared for us.

It was frustrating that Father-in-law had a room separate from mine, but Sakura-chan would act as his guard so I restrained myself.

Father-in-law doesn't seem to dislike Sakura-chan being there either.

I'm counting on you my girl.



"Ah, Motoyasu-kun"



Yuki-chan and the others were resting in their rooms when Father-in-law came knocking at door.



"What's the matter?"

"No well, you've been helping us out all this time, I kinda wanted to thank you again"

"What is this now. Father-in-law, you and I have no need for such formalities"

"Sure. I know that but still... thanks."



Father-in-law sure is proper with his manners.



"And there's a lot of little stuff I was curious about, so I wanted to go over those a bit"

"Little things meaning?"

"Let's not stand at the door and talk inside. And we should also be careful not to let Sakura-chan, Kou and Yuki-chan eavesdrop"

"Understood. So what might this talk be?"

"No well, we've been getting targeted religious factions right? So I was thinking that sort of stuff could happen here in Silt Welt too"



It isn't an unfounded premise.

Now that I think about it, the people of this world give the impression that they see the Heroes in a strange image.

We know for a fact that the Three Heroes Church are scum and heretics, but if you ask me if the other religions are well-founded, I, Motoyasu, wouldn't know the answer.

There are holes in the future events that I know of, and I haven't a clue what sort of country Silt Welt is, being that it worships the Hero of the Shield.



"My apologies, I hadn't come to this country in the future, so I don't know"

"Oh yeah. Guess that's why you haven't been warning me of stuff here"

"I see, that may be"

"Yeah Motoyasu-kun, you teach me lots of good stuff, but you don't look like you can remember them if I don't ask. I don't want to take many chances you see"



Father-in-law had believed me about him dying in the past, and is putting in the effort to not die from now on.

Meaning the only thing I, Motoyasu, can do here, is put all my power into protecting Father-in-law.



"Let's try talking about probable stuff. Like in novels or manga, you get cases where Heroes are given social position and kept on a payroll right?"

"They have stories like that?"

"Eh? Ah—... So I guess you're not one of our ilk huh, Motoyasu-kun?"



What might this ilk be I wonder?

I, Motoyasu, am unfortunately unfamiliar with such subjects unless we speak of a certain sect of online games.



Though there was that console game, Misgaea, which got me hooked into angels and such, that was a great game.[Note 2]
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*Note 2:  Misgaea is a parody of Disgaea, That's the TLDR of it. I didn't recall if it was mentioned in any previous chapters, so I kinda searched for similar stuff in all the TLed chapters. No results. Then I went and searched the term in literally all the previous raw chapters. 1 hit. Went back to that chapter in that translated ones... the term was paraphrased away! But it *is* related to Disgaea apparently, so I named it as such. Incidentally, Disgaea is Makai Senki, while this is Makai Daichi in jap. idk... I spend too much time researching this stuff lol
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The only reason I ended up playing this Misgaea was because of an impulse buy from seeing the cover.

Thinking about it now, perhaps it was my fate to meet Firo-tan and all the beautiful Filorial even before becoming a Hero.

I, Motoyasu, am moved to tears in expectation of what fate may yet bring about.



"And I don't know a thing about what kind of life you lead in the modern society of your world..."

"In my highschool days I spent all my time chasing after pigs"

"Err... I don't think we talked too deeply about, but you got so bad a trauma from women that the Filorial called Firo that I was raising had to get you out of it?"

"That's wrong. Firo-tan helped me realize the true nature of love"

"Right, that. So uh... let's get back on track. Before that, you were living okay with those pigs, right?"

"Yes unfortunately. Now that I recall, a lot happened back in those days, it was all very shameful"

"Uh-huh... Any examples?"



Hum, an examples.

I absolutely despise having to remember about those filthy pigs, but since it's Father-in-law's request, I shall recollect.

The first few such events should be around my middleschool days.

In those days I used to walk head held high in my false bliss.

Let's start...



"Both my parents had gone out of the country for work, and as a middleschooler, I spend most of my time alone at home"