Editing Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica:Volume 5 Chapter 3 (section)

===Part 4===
 
Sherfied's army had completely withdrew from the battlefield on the grounds that their top commanding officer Loutier was taken prisoner of war.
 
After returning to the royal castle Listy immediately summoned Zechs to her office.
 
"What was that all about...... Akatsuki was the one who killed Leon!"
 
Listy pressed upon one of her most trusted comrades seeking the truth.
 
At the battle in Gorudono Grand Canyon Listy witnessed an unbelievable spectacle. Akatsuki was mortally wounded in an instant -- and Disdiya's armor Knight turned out to be Leon. Since the scene unfolded in the northern route the Sherfied soldiers stationed to the south didn't witness the events. Which could be said was a great fortune amidst all the misfortune. If it was seen by anyone else, Sherfied would have been thrown into chaos.
 
Listy bit her lower lip, she could only think of one thing.  
 
......Please Akatsuki...... you have to be okay......
 
Akatsuki's wound was very serious, but there was still his Renkan Keikikou and Loutier was taken there. Anyway right now, all she can do was believe that Akatsuki was safe. Therefore, Listy began to think about another problem.
 
The person who stabbed Akatsuki through his chest turned out to be the long since dead Leon.
 
And was what Leon unbelievable declared really -- the truth?
 
So Listy need to ask Zechs. At that time Zechs stopped her from calling out to Leon, it looked like he clearly knew something. She needed to make sure,
 
"Is it true......? The one who killed Leon, really wasn't Galious?"
 
"Ah well, it's true...... five years ago Akatsuki told me himself."
 
"What was that......"
 
Zechs bitter expression said it all, however Listy still wasn't able to accept this fact.
 
That story was just too absurd, how could Akatsuki kill Leon? But thinking it over, why the need to tell such a blatant lie. Also it was undeniable that the way Zechs and Leon spoke to each other was hostile.
 
"Tell me this first, Zechs...... who besides you and Akatsuki knew about it?"
 
Listy said, while concealing her inner horror,
 
"-- Does even Lulu know......?"
 
"Uh...... she also knows."
 
Listy was stunned at Zechs's admission.
 
And gradually -- that surprise turned into an indescribable sense of anger.
 
"For all these years, you all have been hiding it from me......!"
 
Akatsuki, Zechs, Loutier, and Listy traveled all around the world together. Their relationship couldn't be expressed as easy as mere companions. Comrade-in-arms -- no, it was closer to that of a family. Yet, now Listy found out she was only person not to know the secret, as if she was never a true companion to the other three.
 
Then, did all these feeling over five years mean nothing? The one who failed know anything was her, don't tell me Akatsuki and the others pretend to have a relationship with me just to fool me?
 
...... That was all too much......!
 
Listy didn't care that Zechs and Loutier failed to report the one who most likely destroyed Leon's tomb was Phil Barnett. There was no clear physical evidence, and at the time she herself lacked the cool headedness to make the right decisions. And although on the surface Zechs and Loutier's relationship to her were as subjects of the Queen, in all actually they were close friends on an equal footing. She had explicitly conveyed to them, as long as it was the best course of action for the country, they could make the most appropriate judgment on their own without needing to report everything to her. And if her judgment was ever wrong, she even wanted them to stop her.
 
But this time it was a completely different story.
 
Listy bit her lower lip, trying to hold back the sorrow of being completely kept in the dark for so many years from crushing her. So Listy reflected on the facts at hand anew.
 
-- First, Leon had passed away five years ago. That was an indisputable fact, Listy personally confirmed it.
 
After all, after the tragedy the very first on the scene was none other than herself.
 
Now Leon appeared again on behalf of the person who resurrected him.
 
It's probably...... the work of Disdiya......
 
It was said that Disdiya since ancient times has handed down forbidden spells, and among them include a way to recall the souls of the dead. The reason Phil destroyed Leon's tomb could have been to take his remains all along. It was such an unbelievable evil atrocity that runs completely contrary to the moral ethics of mankind, and if it was true it won't be possible to simply forgive.
 
-- But before that, there are other things to deal with.
 
That was right. Listy El Da Sherfied must learn the truth. So,
 
"Tell me, Zechs -- I want to know what really happened five years ago."
 
Zechs stared straight ahead, before letting out a deep breath. He then lowered his head and quietly,
 
"...... I don't even know where to start."
 
"From the start to finish without leaving one word out."
 
"Yeah, Let it be...... right from the beginning."
 
Zechs down in thought, seemed to be in doubt as to where to begin to explain the whole thing.
 
"Five years ago -- the true purpose of Galious's attack on Erdia was not to invade."
 
Zechs slowly began to untie the knots to the truth.
 
"It was in retaliation for Leon's actions -- All of the attacks were for sole purpose of killing Leon."