Konjiki no Gash!! Chapter 45

**Kiyomaro’s Father** (清麿の父, *Kiyomaro no Chichi*) is the 45th chapter of Makoto Raiku's Konjiki no Gash!!. This chapter was originally released in Japan as part of volume 5 on April 18, 2002 .

## Plot

The battle against Steng and Baltro had now been decided and Kiyomaro ties the two of them up and takes their spell book. When looking at Gash, Steng almost comments that Gash looks similar to someone but he disregards the thought mid sentence. With Steng tied up, Kiyomaro uses this opportunity to ask why Steng had kidnapped his father, Seitaro, as this did not make sense since Seitaro was not from the villages where Steng had sent his knights to kidnap people. Steng answers that he had been hired to kidnap Seitaro specifically by someone who paid a lot of money for this. Steng then goes on to mention he had sent his knights to kidnap Seitaro while he was out on a walk that morning. Kiyomaro is confused about this and asks if it wasn’t Baltro who kidnapped him and Steng confirms this to be the case as it would be foolish for him and Baltro to appear in a public area.

Troubled hearing this, Kiyomaro begins to wonder who it was that went so far as to elaborately lead them to fight Steng and Baltro with the clues that were left in Seitaro’s office and why they would do this. Kiyomaro gets lost in thought about this but is snapped back to reality by Gash and Seccoro who tell him that it’s time that they rescue the castle’s hostages. The people that were imprisoned by Steng and Baltro were now finally free and they all thank Kiyomaro, Gash, and Seccoro for saving them. When Kiyomaro sifts past the crowd of people, he sees his father and calls out to him. Seitaro turns to look at him but he is then tackled by Gash who is relieved to see that he is alive and well. Kiyomaro tries to talk to his father but Seitaro tells him to wait as he was more focused on giving a lesson to the children that were part of his “class”. Kiyomaro becomes angry and the two of them briefly argue with each other before Seitaro kicks him out of his class to go back to teaching. After thinking for a moment however, Seitaro asks Kiyomaro what it was he was doing in there and Kiyomaro shouts at him saying that he was there to rescue him. Seitaro then understands and points out that Kiyomaro seems more grown up now. Seitaro then tells Kiyomaro that they’ll talk again later and he’ll catch up after he’s done with his class.

After this, Kiyomaro notices that Seccoro appears troubled and Kiyomaro asks what was wrong. Seccoro tells Kiyomaro that he’s not able to find his parents anywhere and doesn’t know where they could be. When Kiyomaro looks to his side, he sees Baltro who had freed himself with his sharp nails. Baltro takes back his spell book from Kiyomaro and he returns to Steng’s side to make his escape from the castle with him. Before they leave, Steng casts *Zeberuon* and Baltro uses his power on a single flower to push in the brick piece it was attached to. This then leads to various brick pillars holding up the castle to collapse and the entire structure of the castle becomes unstable. With the castle about to collapse, Steng and Baltro flee from the scene, and Gash, Kiyomaro, and Seccoro are left completely frozen in place and wondering what this situation now means for Seccoro’s parents who were nowhere to be found.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Steng
* Baltro
* Gash Bell
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Seccoro
* Cook
* Seitaro Takamine

### Locations

* England
	+ Hobark Castle