The Cast Assembles

 

When the encrypted message from Kou reached Vasa, his face went deathly pale.

Caught between loyalty and a visceral sense of refusal, he couldn’t bear it alone—and went to Albert for counsel.

「If there truly exists a swordmaster who can stand beside you other than Lord Hermes, then refuse.」

When a friend put it that way, there was nothing for it.

Vasa summoned Bardo, who was currently wandering Planet Asia.

「Huh. What’s this about?」

「I have a matter that only you can handle. It concerns Asia’s Knight.」

「Do I get a right to refuse?」

「You do not. It is a matter I would refuse myself, if I could. You will join a conference with Hermes-sama by comms.」

「Lord Hermes, huh…」

Even the roughneck Bardo shrank a little at the name.

After adjusting the meeting time, Vasa went to Hermes once the hour was right.

He conveyed Kou’s message as-is to the two of them: a ‘Round Table theatre’ designed to annihilate