What If the Strongest Villain from the Original Story Became the Protagonist's Ally? - Chapter 91 - Stay Calm, and Shoot to Kill!

Hearing about the Empire’s despicable tactics, Iris became indignant.

However, I deliberately stayed calm and soothed her.

“Getting angry won’t help anything, Iris.”

“Are you fine with it, Yuu-san? With spirits being used and many people’s lives being taken?”

“If you’re asking whether I’m fine with it, I hate it. I’m always thinking that it would be better if no one died.”

“Then—!”

“What would you do?”

“!”

I cut off her words and continued:

“What do you think should be done? Just get angry and destroy the Empire with violence?”

“N-no… not that far…”

“Right? What we should do isn’t act based on anger. We should calmly crush their schemes. That’s why we’re going to the elf village to help them.”

“Help them? Aren’t we going to form an alliance?”

“This situation won’t end with just that. It’s going to get much more interesting.”

“More interesting?”

“Yeah. The fact that they tried to target the World Tree means they’ll definitely attack the elf village itself next. Moreover, since they couldn’t burn the World Tree, the second time they’ll attack much more fiercely.”

In the source material’s events, Imperial soldiers attacked the elf village after the World Tree caught fire.

Chronologically, they’d probably try to capture the elves soon.

This time, the elves were able to protect the World Tree. They weren’t in despair like in the source material.

Most importantly, without me on their side, it would be virtually impossible to quickly subdue the elf race.

If Iris, Nana, and I joined them, we should be able to handle it without problems.

“Then let’s hurry to the elf village.”

“Calm down. Since we’re traveling by carriage, no matter how hard we try, it won’t get any faster.”

The carriage passed through the town’s main gate and started running.

Even so, it was slower than normal horses and had physical limits.

It would take the same time as when we went before.

“…You’re right. I’m sorry. When I think problems might occur, I can’t sit still.”

“I understand the feeling. Iris is a mass of justice.”

“I-I’m not a mass of it…”

Her face turned slightly red.

She was embarrassed by the praise? Let me praise her more.

“You’re exactly like justice incarnate. There’s probably no one with higher aspirations than Iris.”

“P-please stop! You’re saying that on purpose!?”

“Not at all. It’s not good to be suspicious.”

“Your face tells the whole story! If you don’t stop that smirking, I’ll cut you down!?”

“Stop resorting to violence immediately!?”

Please be gentle with me too.

“Good grief… Yuu-san is such a fool, it’s troubling.”

“Iris balances things out for me. Being a bit foolish is more comfortable.”

“Please don’t rely on me. What would you do when I’m not around?”

“Nana would balance things out.”

“Leave it to me.”

Nana answered with a smug expression when the topic was directed at her.

A truly anxiety-inducing response. I wasn’t expecting anything from the start. She’s on the same side as me.

“I know that leaving you parent and child alone would lead to terrible things. I suppose I’ll have to stay with you forever.”

“Is that a proposal?”

“!?”

Whether she’d said it naturally or was caught off guard, Iris’s face turned bright red.

Unconsciously, her hand touched the sheath at her waist.

“Wait wait wait wait. Put that hand down.”

“Y-y-y-Yuu-san is saying strange things!”

“It was just a joke. Let’s avoid bloodshed, okay? We’re about to go to the elf village—how would it look if the guard was covered in blood?”

“Since you’d block it anyway, at least let me cut you!”

“What an unreasonable demand.”

You’ve become someone who just wants to cut people down, but is that okay with you, protagonist?

You’re getting your character wrong.

“More importantly, I want to hear more about the elf race.”

Even in this situation, my daughter’s inability to read the atmosphere remained unchanged.

While her father was about to be cut down, she calmly continued asking questions.

I answered Nana’s questions while catching Iris’s downward strike with my bare hands.

She mainly asked about elf culture and daily life.

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Despite attempted murder occurring in the cargo bed, the carriage journey proceeded without any problems.

Just as I was thinking my senses had become numb enough to consider this “no problems,” I could see the fog hiding the elf village ahead.

From here it would be travel on foot.

Following the correct route from last time, all of us arrived at the front gate of the village.

Then, the two elf men on top of the gate aimed their bows and shouted:

“You’ve come again, Imperial soldiers! Know that no one can violate our village!”

Next, arrows flew without question.

Seriously?