Celebration party

    Somehow when I noticed, I was trusted by the emperor when I noticed。

    Anyway……

    「Congratulate for becoming the Twelve Apostles……！」

    「「「Kanpai!!」」」

    The next day after that long and painful selection meeting

    As comrades fighting to the end together, Gashi, Seki, Rei and me decided to gather for a modest celebration party

    The celebration with family was done yesterday

    My parents were in ecstasy as both I and Selen had become the top brass of the country

    Therefore, today is a party with my friends

    Selen also has a congratulation party with her elite cadet friends today

    That’s why I can drink with by male friends today

    We sit at a table at the corner of the bar

    Since this is the imperial capital, there are various bars here and there

    「But it’s a joyful situation! All of us have become the Twelve Apostles!」

    The giant man Gashi said

    It seems like he is already completely drunk due to drinking in a fast pace

    All of us turn 15 this year, but it’s already the adult age in this world. If you are proved to be a strong person who can serve the empire, both drinking and marriage can be done

    Therefore there is no problem

    No problem at all

    「I thought Jira would pass for sure……but I didn’t expect even us could pass」

    「Why was you only sure about me?」

    「I thought if I could survive as long as possible and caught the eyes of some big-wig, I could hasten my promotion……but suddenly it was a great success! I can approach my dream in one go!」

    Gashi, who has become Gashiep of the Twelve Apostles

    His tension is high

    With the momentum of alcohol, he couldn’t hide his joy of becoming the Twelve Apostles

    「……Gashi’s dream?」

    「For that, let me explain」

    Why does Seki answer?

    「Aniki has a dream to build an orphanage in the slum where we grew up. We can gather and support the abandoned children with it」

    「Fueeee……!?」

    What a splendid dream

    That is more like the dream a famous person would have

    「Idiot, it is not that splendid」

    The person himself replies embarrassedly

    「Not just gathering those damn brats. We would train them to become good soldiers. The orphans of the slum were mostly those who didn’t seem to be able to grow strong, thus they were abandoned by their parents」

    The darkness of the empire

    「I will prove that is a huge mistake! Even a small weak brat can become brawny after eating and exercising a lot! With that, there won’t be any brats starving to death on the roadside!」

    Slum reformation

    That was the dream of Gashi, who started at the same place and has reached success

    Despite having the same age as me, he lived with such mature ideal

    Compared to the idiotic me who lived without thinking anything about the future

    「Really, you have stimulated my inferiority complex」

    「What!?」

    「I think there is no person more distanced to inferiority complex than boss!?」

    Hell no

    I am always suffering from my inferiority complex

    「Etto……, how about you, Rei? Did something change after you became the Twelve Apostles? 」

    The atmosphere has become strange so I tried to change the subject

    The Twelve Apostles Reinight, formerly Rei, is……

    「Well, my family was pleased……After that, the main family also sent their congratulation」

    「Ah」

    Rei’s Family is also a noble household

    He couldn’t escape from the ties between the main and branch family

    「Thanks to the disposal of Gilly-sama, they have avoided the worst scenario. In addition, they wanted some good word from me who have assumed the position of the Twelve Apostles. I also intent to take the initiative to protect the main family. That is my atonement for being unable to stop Gilly-sama!」

    A serious guy, as usual

    「However, I have opened my eyes! Jira! I was moved by your words!」

    「Eh? What words?」

    Are you throwing the lemon used for deep-fried food into your mouth without wringing it or removing the skin?

    「Loyalty should be dedicated to the nation! Even his highness the Emperor was loyal to the nation and devoted himself for the survival of the country! I will follow suit and pay my loyalty toward the nation! 」

    「Ah」

    Well, let’s drink

    You should get drunk and distract yourself from those troublesome things

    Though, it’s possible to get drunk and make it even worse

    「Haa, everyone seems to have amazing aims」

    Seki was drinking lifelessly

    「Saying so means you don’t have any big dream?」

    「Nope. A small man like me is satisfied with just living safely under the shade of a big tree」

    A reversed man, just like his appearance

    「This time too, it would be good if I could curry the favor of aniki or boss and become your flatterer. And yet I myself also become one of the top brass, the responsibility is heavy……！」

    He fell down

    ……Certainly, you are not the type of guy who will step forward by yourself

    「Don’t be disappointed. The time where your ability can be helpful for the Twelve Apostles will come」

    「What situation will come? Aren’t the Twelve Apostles a group with high fighting ability? A guy who is only good at using mouth like me isn’t fit in」

    Seki is bewildered about being chosen as the Twelve Apostles

    He is also embarrassed about the rabbit ears grew as he received the Beast Piece. It seems like joining the Twelve Apostles is just a disaster for him

    Those rabbit ears shook on top of his head

    I end up thinking about unthinkable thing like 『Those are cute if you only look at them』

    Suddenly, those rabbit ears turned around。

    To the right

    「What’s wrong?」

    It’s like a directional microphone reacted to only specific voice

    In response to that, Seki stands up, leaves his seat and walks away

    He heads to another table

    He then put his hand on the shoulder of one of the drunken men sitting there……。

    「You guys, what are you talking about?」

    Seki smirked

    「These rabbit ears aren’t just for show, you know? In this bar filled with a large amount of people, they can clearly hear the talking voice of every single one……You guys are the resistance, aren’t you? And you planned to attack the food warehouses, right?」

    After a few minutes, we saw the guard come and dragged the planned offenders away

    Then, we drink again

    「Aren’t your rabbit ears super helpful!? They can easily catch any secret talks」

    「Getting some achievement immediately……!? Aren’t you the first one among the Twelve Apostles?」

    When you are with those motivated guys, it cant be helped if you are influenced by them

    Seki himself and was in despair because he noticed it too late

    However, looking back, what the hell is this place?

    The men gathered together, drinking while talking about dreams, it’s this youth?

    Youth, huh?

    「Then, next is Jira’s turn」

    「Eh, what?」

    「Each of us have talked about our dreams, so this won’t end unless everyone has spoken, right? The only one left is you, so let’s talk」

    The mood of a men-only drinking party

    「Right, for the time being, it’s to make you guys learn how to control your spirit」

    「This again, huh?」

    Otherwise, I don’t know when their spirit would be controlled by the beast aura again

    It would be troublesome if I have to pin it down with holy wisdom art every time, also I want my friends to be able to control that especially thick beast aura by their own effort

    「Ah! How about imitating boss and learn that holy wisdom art!?」

    「Oh, right! If we can be like Jira, we will be the strongest! Good idea」

    It’s good if it’s possible

    「But it is impossible」

    「「「EEh？」」」

    I already said many times before, the power of 『Beast』 of Beast god Beast and the power of 『Wisdom』 of Wisdom god Sophia are antithesis originally

    Especially, the beast god extremely hates the hostile intelligence

    Therefore, the one who already have the beast aura can’t learn holy wisdom art due to the repulsion

    If you want to combine both no matter what then you must master the holy wisdom art first, then controlling the beast aura with that power

    Just like me

    「You guys already become the Twelve Apostles, so you can’t imitate me and learn Holy Wisdom art」

    「What? So it’s not that simple!」

    What you can do is to control the spirit erosion of the beast aura

    The world is like that

    「Leaving the upcoming stuff aside, don’t you have any target for the future? What you have from the start, don’t be evasive and tell us」

    「hmm?」

    Right。

    What I desire the most is to survive safely

    This world is a copy of the scenario of 『Beast Fantasy 4』. If this continues as it is, the only thing await us is destruction

    I thought it would be fine if I alone can survive, but even my sister Selen entered the Twelve Apostles

    There is no way I can let her die……。

    Same for Sero

    He, as the protagonist of 『Beast Fantasy 4』, has passed time together with me during the training. Currently I like him and think of him as a brother

    To think I am fated to fight against my brother from now on……。

    Also thinking about the harsh future of my family and friends, I want to let all of them survive unhurt

    「I am dying with anxiety……!!」

    「「「Eh!?」」」

    The surrounding became noisy

    「What the hell!? Aren’t we sailing very smoothly!?」 (Gashi)

    「Especially, you are promised the most brilliant route ahead, aren’t you!? What make you so worry about!?」 (Rei)

    「You even cry!? What can make you that worry!?」 (Seki)

    I wish for world peace

    When I remembered, I was so worry that I had to drink

    Everyone drank

    We made a fuss

    We were so noisy, everyone in the shop got angry

    I apologized