﻿\setgamedatatitle("Trushka  \nConquest of the First City, Tojin")

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Magahime regretted the words she had spoken.

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She wondered, why did I say something like that?

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\text("Honju")
Civilian casualties were kept to a minimum... and the losses
to the defense force weren't that great either. I suppose we
were lucky.
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\text("Magahime")
...Yeah. Though we did lose Toujin.
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She never imagined they'd attack Toujin on the very same day
she said those things.

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...Or rather, she was still half in doubt whether he was
really the Demon Lord.
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\text("Tsushin")
Magahime-sama, the Demon Lord's army has more forces than we
do. At this rate...

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\text("Magahime")
Well... if we lose, we lose. We'll just have to see what
happens then.
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\text("Tsushin")
Huh?
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\text("Magahime")
Just talking to myself... hehe.
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\text("Tsushin")
...This is no time to be laughing.
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Tsushin tried to scold her, but she couldn't help it―she was
having fun.
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If that man were to defeat her and become king of Shuka...
how would things change?
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Just thinking about it made her excited.

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\text("Honju")
Tsushin is right. Magahime-sama, perhaps you should form a
Demon Lord Extermination Squad separate from the army.

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\text("Magahime")
Do you have anyone in mind?
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\text("Honju")
Magahime-sama, you have a connection with that Itsuki-dono,
don't you?
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\text("Magahime")
...Alright. I'll get in touch with her myself.

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\text("Honju")
Thank you very much.
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\text("Magahime")
(…Honju is actually pretty serious, huh.)
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She'd never really paid attention to him before. Maybe
because she'd always avoided him, she never noticed.
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If this keeps up, maybe she could actually trust him...
maybe.
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\text("Honju")
...You seem to be enjoying yourself, Magahime-sama.
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―Perhaps Honju noticed how Magahime had been smiling with
such composure the whole time.
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That's why he said that.
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\text("Magahime")
Well, this country might be about to change in a big way.

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\text("Magahime")
Whether it's by our hands or the Demon Lord's, I don't
know... but it's something I've always wished for.

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\text("Tsushin")
(Now you say that...?)
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Magahime noticed Tsushin's irritated gaze.

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But it didn't bother her as much as it used to.
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\text("Fortune Teller")
Magahime-sama, please excuse me!
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\text("Wenjin")
What's going on, barging in during a war council...!
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\text("Magahime")
It's fine. What is it?
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The one who came in, out of breath, was the court-appointed
fortune teller.
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\text("Fortune Teller")
Hah...! There's a bad omen! Something major that will affect
Shuka's future!
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\text("Honju")
Magahime-sama.
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\text("Magahime")
...Speak.
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\text("Fortune Teller")
Soon, the 'Great Calamity' will awaken...!

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\text("Fortune Teller")
If nothing is done, not just Shuka, but the entire Nilt
region will be swallowed by darkness.
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\text("Tsushin")
The Great Calamity... do you mean the Demon Lord's army?
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\text("Fortune Teller")
No, that's not it... Even the Demon Lord's army will be
swallowed by darkness and disappear. Along with Nilt...

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At those words, the bureaucrats began to stir.
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It meant that a threat greater than the Demon Lord's army
was approaching.
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\text("Magahime")
...Assuming that's true. Is there a way to stop it?

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\text("Fortune Teller")
...We have no choice but to defeat the Demon Lord's army
ourselves.
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\text("Fortune Teller")
If the Demon Lord's army seizes power, this Nilt will be
shrouded in darkness.
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\text("Magahime")
I see. Then there's no problem.
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With that, Magahime responded as if to dispel the officials'
unease.

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\text("Fortune Teller")
But...!
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\text("Magahime")
Shuka has the Dragon God and me. So there's nothing to worry
about.
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She declared it firmly. But that didn't mean she was without
anxiety.
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――A calamity greater than the Demon Lord's army is coming.
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That fact nestled in Magahime's heart like a small,
lingering lump.
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