「「「「Waaaaaaa!!」」」」
「Nuo!?」
When Kazuya entered the castle in the centre of the fort city, in order to meet the duke; it was flooded with soldiers who heard about the Imperial Army retreating, who gave shouts of joy, along with the residents of the city.
「I heard about it!! The one who beat the Imperial Army was you!! Thank you very much!! Really, thank you very much!!」
「Oh? Well, thanks. Please let me through!!」
「Where did sir come from?」
「Brother, come find me later, I’ll treat you to some liquor!!」
「No, so let me through!!」
「Hmm, what’s this?」
「Wha–!? Wait, that shouldn’t be fingered!! It’s a grenade!!」
Since the news had been passed down about the Imperial Armies retreat. Kazuya was completely encircled by soldiers and the residents of the fort city, who had taken shelter within the castle walls. It was not possible to easily advance.
「Well, that was an experience. Are you okay, Chitose?」
「Yes, somehow」
Kazuya, who had broken through the encirclement somehow, finally arrived at the location the soldier told him about.
「Everyone except Chitose and me, wait here」
「「「Understood!」」」
「――Excuse me」
Kazuya makes the soldiers from the 1st squad wait outside, as he knocks on the door and then enters the room with Chitose.
Inside the room there were two women who looked exhausted, with dark circles around their eyes.
One of the girls seems wrapped in a strange feeling. Her body is supple and thin and her chest area has no bulge…..it’s small….
And the small girl….lady has blonde hair rolling down her back.
The other person was a real beauty, with a tall figure and a long ponytail that extended down her back.
As Kazuya was glancing at the two women, the duke opened her mouth.
「…..I don’t know who you are, but you saved us. Because of your efforts, the Imperial army was temporarily repelled, you have my thanks」
Kazuya had in fact met Karen once before. However, since he was wearing a helmet and sunglasses at the time, he must have looked just like every other soldier.
「Oh~~~~~? I just came to return a personal debt. My name is Nagato Kazuya, I am the leader of Parabellum」
When Kazuya removed his sunglasses and helmet whilst saying so, Karen’s eyes grew wide in shock.
「It’s you!?」
「….Karen? You know him?」
Karen’s subordinate; the witch Maria, asks in a surprised voice.
「Oh. Yeah, a little bit」
Mary was a little confused about the vague answer given my Karen, but she dismissed it nonetheless.
Kazuya met Karen after saving Iris’ party from the group of bugs. The first town they stopped at was the fort city. They stayed there for 2 days whilst they collected the necessary resources to continue their journey, they also carried the injured people to the church (In this world, the Church acts as a hospital as well)
He met Karen on the second day (It was not a good encounter…)
The details of the meeting will be saved for a later date, however in short. Kazuya was exploring the town whilst incognito and bumped into someone. The resulting collision lead to that person being pushed down and having her lips stolen. That person was Karen.
At this point you could probably call them acquaintances.