Bijo to Kenja to Majin no Ken

"- Kay, this is a corner opportunity.

You too go to the King's Capital and meet Olga. "

"Me too?

Kay asks again like an unexpected thing.

He expected Grace to advise him to use the gate to shorten his time.

But I didn't expect to be suggested that I should go see Olga until I did.

"Yep.

If we are going to expand this settlement in the future, I think we should explain it to Olga first, including its intentions.

Given the surrounding autonomous communities, I do not think it is possible to ask the Kingdom of Harland to support this settlement in order not to stimulate the autonomous communities.

But on the contrary, if this settlement grows significantly without saying anything to the Kingdom of Harland, this time the neighbouring Kingdom of Harland may be wary.

In order to dispel that concern first, I think Kay should go and explain himself. "

"That's true, but..."

As he said so and conceived, Grace's gaze staggered with Celestia again.

But now Celestia speaks out of concern, not out of sight.

"But then you'll be absent not only from me, but even Kay.

I don't think it's a problem to have some delays in pioneering, but if you're at the transfer gate- "

Celestia glanced at Kay's face as she swallowed the word "won't wait for me". With the same idea in mind, he was returning a toothless word to Grace's suggestion.

"Kay, Sylvia will be back tomorrow morning.

With Sylvia and me, perhaps the metastasis gates can be contained. "

I say to Kay so Grace can wear it.

But after hearing both Celestia and Grace speak, Kay once again expressed his concern to Grace.

"If we do just destroy the metastasis gates to repair, it would be enough to have two Sylvia and Grace.

But what if 'The Apostle' shows up?

No, there is a possibility that a demon may appear that is difficult for the two of us to deal with even if we are not apostles. I've fought powerful demons since I was born from the Metastatic Gate.

No matter how strong they are, there is no Celes to take on the target.

You should make a prudent decision to be somewhat too cautious. "

Then Grace walked away silently into the back of the room when she heard the statement.

Kay was concerned for a moment that Grace was in a bad mood, but apparently she just went to the back of the room to pick something up.

When Grace came back a little bit, she had a small pair of earrings on her hand.

In both cases, a small, green gem fits in.

"Kay, take this."

"- This is?

"This is a magic tool (magic item) that I gave away from Leda of Knowledge.

Apparently, with this, we can send signals to distant opponents.

- Here. "

When Grace said so and magic was applied to one crack of the earrings, the jewel embedded in the other earrings reacted and the green light turned red. And from the ear decorations (earrings) that have turned red, you can hear small sounds like playing glass.

Kay had previously given Grace an accessory called The Bracelet of Life. The bracelet changed the colour of the gifted bracelet in a remote location when something unexpected happened to the original owner.

Although these earrings differ in structure and role, they remind me that they are magic tools (magic items) similar to them.

"Something like this..."

When Ledda handed Kay this magic tool (magic item), she said it was useless for Ledda and useful for Kay.

Indeed, this magic tool (magic item) will not make sense unless it is used by multiple people for contact purposes. So I can say it's useless for Leda to contain the metastasis gate by herself. But it's more useful to Kay's situation today than ever before.

"If there is an emergency, Grace and Sylvia use these earrings to alert me to the urgency.

I just have to look at it and go right back at the gate.

Surely with this item, I would be able to make my way to Ansel. "

While so concluding, Kay's gratitude for Leda comes to mind.

Although Leda of Knowledge is an invincible man with an overwhelming ability (from my side), he seems to care less about his comrades, Kays.

"- I mean, Ceres.

I needed to see Olga, too, and I think I can dispel my concerns about leaving here.

Tomorrow morning, when Sylvia returns, we will travel with her to Ansel. "

When Kay said that to Celestia, she said with one sigh of relief and a slightly noticeable look.

"Okay - I'm sorry for the hassle."

Hearing that word, Kay smiles.

But Grace, on the other hand, didn't change her expression and stared at Celestia's side.

The next morning...

The figure of Sylvia, who was supposed to come back early in the morning, was still not in the settlement.

Sylvia, who left the settlement about a week ago, was on her way to the three adjacent autonomous communities.

On the road to the Autonomous Community is an area partially surrounded by forests. However, although there are such areas, there are no dangerous places to install them.

The role entrusted to her was to gather information on the cities and villages in the surrounding autonomous communities.

How many people are around the settlements where they are, what stores they have, what assortment they have and what they are missing, which are more children or old people, how many people are looking for work, etc...

Such information is very helpful in developing our own settlements.

Regardless, it goes without saying that Grace is better suited for the intelligence role.

However, Grace had an important role to play in attaching an appointment to meet with the autonomous lord. And that's an inexhaustible role unless she originally lived in this settlement.

Of course, Celestia had the choice of replacing either role.

But she is quite a well-known advertising tower in the Kingdom of Harland. Even though it is now a one-time adventurer's identity, Celestia should have avoided meeting the autonomous lords independently or collecting information on other autonomous communities.

With some anxiety due to those circumstances, the role of information-gathering hit cheerful Sylvia -.

"- Where do you sell oil?"

Kay looked over the alley leading from her home to another autonomous community, showing a slightly irritating feeling.

The time is slowly approaching lunchtime.

Isn't Sylvia in some kind of danger...

Such an idea passed Kay's head, but the danger is thin only for her, who is a good wizard (soothsayer) in the first place. I'm more concerned that it may create some kind of trouble and crush the target to the point where it can't be restarted.

"It was strangely floating when I went, so I thought you were stretching your wings a little bit."

Soon, Kay's side saw Grace.

She gives a slightly frightened look, but smiles small.

Sylvia's body had a "wedge" in her past struggles. So with the magic of the opening (gate), Kay can transfer to the immediate side of Sylvia in an instant.

But that would be troublesome if we were to get into something like getting dressed, and using the door (gate) to kick her out could be a result of undermining each other's trust.

So Kay decides not to use that wedge, unless it's an emergency.

"I can't afford to offer to see Olga after it's time for the sun to fall.

I don't know if he will come back after waiting until tomorrow.

I remain anxious not to come back, but do I have to leave first "

"Yeah, that's right"

When the two opinions showed convergence, the front door opened so that they could be led into that conversation.

It was the blonde - Celestia - who came out of the house.

But it's not what it was yesterday.

If yesterday she was as one woman living in a settlement, now she is the figure of one swordsman who stops herself in the struggle.

Katcha, Katcha and his armor rubbed together small, while Celestia walked over to Kay.

St. Maiden's armor (Armor of Line), representing her, shines blue and white reflecting rising sunlight.

Another sword of the Virgin (Jacqueline), boasting of her presence, hung on her waist.

"Kay, I can always leave"

Kay nods at Celestia's words.

Grace, who saw how it was, spoke to them.

"Then Kay and Ceres should not hesitate to head to the Wang capital (Ansel).

Sylvia is - it's about her, so I think she'll be safe back in a while.

If you find out you've gone away without waiting for your return, you may complain about it. "

Kay smiles bitterly at Grace's words.

I just complained. That's not what Sylvia deserves. Nevertheless, for her sake, she would be in a better mood if she bought me even one of those souvenirs.

"Okay. Grace, I'm sorry, but leave a message. Don't hesitate to contact me if something happens.

And I also want to hear from Sylvia if she doesn't come back. Don't try to contain the metastasis gates by yourself. "

When Grace nods at Kay's words, she steps back in anticipation of the opening (gate) activation.

When he saw it and activated the magic of the opening (gate), a pocky, big black hole opened in front of the three of them.

"Grace, this filling will one day (...)"

Meaningful gaze is exchanged with Grace and Celestia moves through the gate first to the Wang Capital.

And the moment Kay saw her transfer, she tried to dive in the gate herself - Grace stopped Kay.

"Kay.

- Ceres is shaking.

Hold on tight. "

There's no laughter in Grace's expression when he said that.

Kay returned one question, inquisitive of the meaning of her words.

"But what about Ceres' own will?

Hearing those words, Grace raises her voice huffing as she tries to cover her mouth with her hands.

"Making sure of that would be the best (...) reason you would follow (...), wouldn't it?

Kay laughed and waved at Grace as she heard Grace.

"- I see. Very well."

When Kay left behind, he made his way to the hole in the space that leads to the King's Capital.