How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom: Volume 18 [Parts 1 to 7] by Dojyomaru

Author:Dojyomaru
Language: eng
Format: epub

That brings us to today. I was holding a broadcast call with Fuuga. We already knew what the other wanted to say, so we cut straight to the chase.

“You really can’t stop, Fuuga?”

“Yeah.” Fuuga looked me in the eyes and nodded.

I ground my teeth in frustration over how completely unwavering he remained. “Yuriga showed you another future! You still can’t take it?!”

“I can’t. It did touch my heart.”

“Then...”

“But the people and the times want an answer—to see the end of my epic tale and the conclusion of this era,” he said calmly. “I can’t just abandon it halfway through.”

Even after his sister attempted to persuade him not to, he was still going through with it.

“You’re not the type to care about other people’s opinions, and you know it,” I asserted.

“Hah hah hah! True that. Which is why I want the answer for myself.” Fuuga turned his sharp eyes towards me. “And that’s why I declare war on the Maritime Alliance.”

He delivered his declaration of war so casually. We all knew it was coming, so it didn’t feel like there was any weight to it.

“You realize that not even you can beat us,” I warned him.

“Tough talk. And uncharacteristically warlike for you.”

“I just finished learning that having other people make my decisions for me only results in greater losses. If this war is unavoidable, then I should be proactive and take initiative to limit the casualties.”

Fuuga let out an amused laugh. “So you’ve found your resolve, huh? Looks like I’ve finally gone and stepped on the slow turtle’s tail.”

“Hmm? Slow turtle?”

“I’m just talking to myself, pay it no mind... If that’s the case, there’s nothing more to say.” On the other end of the broadcast, Fuuga held his fist out towards me. “Let’s decide who’ll shape the future! Us or you!”

“We won’t lose! Not a chance!”

Fuuga and I stared each other down. Eventually, he snorted, and the corners of his lips turned up.

“So long, Souma. See you on the battlefield.”

The broadcast cut out, and Fuuga vanished. To the very end, even how he declared war was true to his nature. He didn’t have the sense of guilt that a man on the verge of war ought to have. He carried a darkness within him, but also a brilliant light. That was probably what made him a great man.

“Souma.”

“Souma...”

As I stood there vacantly, Liscia and Yuriga, who had been watching us from a spot where they weren’t visible on the broadcast, approached me.

“Can we take that as a declaration of war?” Liscia asked hesitantly.

“Yeah, I’d say so.”

It has begun. There was no time for standing around.

I looked at Yuriga. “Are you sure you didn’t want to talk to him?”

“I’ve already realized that nothing I say can stop my brother. Although I did ask you to let me be here so I could see him, to watch as he embarks on what’s bound to be his final war,” Yuriga said, suppressing her complicated feelings in order to remain resolute.

She prepared for this in her own way.

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