As soon as the political ministry left Heirkwalt, so did a single one, and the brave men of Fishanatika, once dissolved.

Nobody understands now.

What can we do for ourselves......

But we don't know so much about our magic as we get lost.

Then don't get lost, you just have to work hard.

- "And establish a regiment of adventurers"

Surprisingly, it was Shu (Hiragi) Zhu Yin who said so.

What kind of change of heart would that be? Maybe he's following his father's back.

This is a garden on the property of Fishanatica.

There was a fountain in the centre, surrounded by brightly colored flowers, which appeared in white school buildings.

But today, I can't even confirm such vibrancy.

Rain grains strike the flowers and water builds up in the flower beds.

It's still past noon, but the sky is dark, and there's no “garden” where it's supposed to be.

There was a girl there.

The girl looks at the sky, just filled with gray, as it is hit by rain.

But when the rain hit my forehead and cheeks, I accidentally closed my eyelids.

- West Side bird.

There he was, a little bird.

"Politburo..."

When the little bird squeals so, she shifts her eyes from the sky and nags.

And open your eyes and look at the ground.

Then I squeezed it in my palm, and I saw something.

……

- It's a blue ring.

On the palm of the little bird was a clear yet dark, bright blue ring.

A simple ring with no special decorations.

- "Please have this. You can have a conversation even if you're away."

The little bird was staring at the ring, remembering the words of some.

A little bird nagging with a cloudy look as the rainstorm struck.

In its eyes, there is no power.

"Politburo... why did you leave me? Why... why aren't you telling me anything?

The political ministry told the little bird nothing and left the college as it was.

You dare, or you didn't have it in your head at all, that's all you know in person.

"Politburo..."

- "It's because... she's manipulating me”

The little bird remembers again.

Give me the words of whoever gave you this ring...

And I was thinking.

- Why did that guy give me this ring?

"Zhengzheng-kun... I..."

Then the eyes of the little bird swerve.

That's not like being ready.

- Little bird with cold eyes, as if frozen.

"Political sect... I'll help you. My... political sect. It's just me... political sect..."

In the little bird, something changed.

But it still only looks superficial.

On the left hand of the little bird who squealed so, his pharmacopoeia, the blue ring glowed.

The little bird swore something, and looked up into the sky again.

Then a man appeared in the garden.

The one who wore a grey robe and hid his face in a hood.

The person did not even show signs.

A little bird notices the magic that suddenly appears there and swings like a panic.

And looked down from the stairs leading to the school building, alerted to the man.

"Who?...?

Then the man answers without even showing his face.

"I was watching from the delegate decision. Both schools......"

The little bird guards and turns his palm to those in front of him.

And deployed a magic formation at his feet, waiting.

"Who...?

Little bird looking frightened.

Then the man answered.

"Was it Hanoi? I talked to her, too, and she gave me a pleasant reply."

"Mr. Hanoi?

What happened to Hanoi? The little bird keeps on guard as he floats the question mark.

Then the man spoke.

"A" senior blacksmith ”is a valuable talent. It's not that easy to find. The Emperor wants someone like you. Please, help me..."

The man bowed his head shallow.

"My... power? What do you mean? What about you? …"

"- Darmskale"

At that time, a thunderbolt struck and the sky glowed.

For a moment I saw two faces in a white-lighted garden.

The look on the little bird's face was clear, and I could see the “man” face of the hood.

Probably not human. - He's an animal man.

- I'm an Imperial messenger.

Messenger of the Darmskale Empire.

That day, the little bird and Hanoi, before the two brave men, the empire appeared.

And Heirkwalt.

Patrick, who broke up with Nito, was walking down the hallway with a dark look on his face.

There's one Patrick.

There is no sign of Sarah and Yui.

Then at the end of the hallway, SSS Rank Adventurer Brahms appears.

"Hmm? You're not well? If you're a guardian, you have to be a guardian, right?

When Patrick noticed the voice, he looked up.

"Mr. Brahms......"

"Is your Lord staying here?

"Huh?... Well, yes. For once, because I'm a student."

"Right..."

"What happened to Mr. Brahms?

Why is Brahms here?

"Me? I'm leaving here for now. I've done all the errands. They're waiting for Fiora outside."

"Really..."

Patrick's reply was one that didn't flatter.

"By the way, isn't your lord the prince of Razhausen? What are you gonna do after graduation? You're going back to the country?

"Well yeah. For once, I'm a prince."

"Right..."

Then Brahms starts answering like he came up with something.

"For once, I will speak to the Lord. But it's up to you to decide."

Patrick floated a question mark.

"I'm going on a journey to find the Spirit King. I don't know what's gonna happen in the future."

"Is that... about Nito?

"Whatever, right? Is there a problem, too?

Brahms knew.

That Patrick is reluctant to nit.

I spotted it with excellent insight from trivial conversations.

Then Brahms sighs loudly.

"Beyond gaining the power of the Spirit King, the Lord has a mission as Guardian. It is unacceptable to renounce it. If you are not willing to do so, it is to cut the contract with the Spirit. Whether it's the Lord's freedom or not? But as you know, there's no coincidence. At the time the Spirit King dwells, there is some meaning there. If the Lord is already part of the gear, he cannot turn back. Be prepared for that. I'm going to do what needs to be done, but if there's anything like a guardian coming together as a result of your journey, you can't run away from the Lord at that point, either, can you?

"... Yes"

Patrick nodded cheaply.

"Goodbye, then. Don't miss your training."

Until you leave, Brahms with a lot of words.

Patrick was sick of it.

Then Sarah and Yui appear beside him.

"You don't like him, do you? I can only wonder why Voluto chose such an old man."

Sarah was outraged.

"Even that one is an SSS ranked adventurer. It's not just the Spirit's power, is it?

Then Yui denies the opinion.

"No! That's not true! I can assure you! It's definitely the king's power! That one relies entirely on the power of the Spirit!

"You know what it is?

"It's a spiritual inquiry!

……

Yui doesn't seem to like Brahms.

"If that can be SSS rank, then you can be Patrick! If I can use my powers perfectly, I can be the SSSS rank on top of it!

"I'm not interested in adventurers, and adventurers only rank as high as SSS (Triple S)."

Sigh and sigh, Patrick.

Even then, Sarah and Yui were heating up the more they spoke, and the content of the conversation had turned into chaos.

But at the end of the day, Patrick, I can help those two.

I forgot, when I realized it, I felt depressed, etc.

- A little time goes back.

This is what happened between Nito, who attacked the dungeon, leaving Beyond Beyond, and the start of the Representation Decision.

This is a vast meadow area.

I can see the lockup far from there.

And beyond that, we saw a barrier that lasted extensively.

- Greyberg, Holy Nation.

A new king reigned, and this country was changing.

And there were two people in the woods near the barracks who were watching the barracks while lurking as if it were an obnoxious thing.

"Lord Khalifa, is this not muzzled by boulders?

Leonardo, the knight of Darms Aldan, had appealed to Khalifa to turn back.

"We need to make sure it's Guinevere."

"GUINEVIA?... Oh, is that the daughter of the king who reigned in Greyberg? But I recovered something called Oliver's Cocoon, so why don't we go home now?

"That's not all you can do. Next time I see Nito, I need to find out what I can find out..."

After sending the nites to Heilkwestern, as Nito “ordered," he asked for Khalifa and sent him to Tanya village to collect Oliver's cocoon, but Khalifa suddenly told him he was going to Greyberg after the collection.

Leonardo, who could not disobey Nito's request, had no choice but to take Khalifa and come here to Grayberg.

And to this day.

Leonardo now knows the purpose of Khalifa.

"Do you mind? I'm about to break into Greyberg. I'm used to this."

Once upon a time, Khalifa, who was the "heart of the dragon," worked daily with the Kaguetras to assassinate the royalists.

I'm used to breaking into royal castles and such from that experience.

I don't know how many times I've snuck in.

"Besides, assassinations are easier on their own."

"Is it an assassination? No way...... do you kill anyone?

"I hope not, but in some cases it will, won't it?

Khalifa's aim is vinevia.

If the present princess of Grayberg, Guinevia, had been the same person as the princess of the empire that existed before that time, the makeshift that Khalifa now thinks would be borne out to some extent.

"Not yet... I don't know. We're superhuman, and maybe we can think enough that Kagetra is still alive somewhere. But..."

But Gynevia is not a superhuman.

The disappearance of the Lizard, and the disappearance of the Dragon's Heart, occurred about 150 years ago.

Khalifa, for 150 years, has lived alone in Beyond, without even knowing loneliness.

And this time of 150 years, that said, it is not a rare story in this world that an organism can live this much time.

But the princess of the kingdom should have been human. That's what Khalifa thinks.

There's no way a human can live 150 years. It's a simple story.

"That's why you can't have her in this country."

Assuming he's alive, and assuming, even if that's Khalifa's mistake, that's an anomaly at a time when he's the king's daughter.

Why, what was the princess of the Reich, 150 years later, is becoming the princess of Greyberg?

Either way, Khalifa's suspicions never covered it.

All hypotheses are substantiated when there was a "girlfriend” in this country.

Yes, Khalifa was sure.

"Leonardo, you must deploy your magic formation here. Metastatic magic team, huh?

"I don't mind that..."

I don't mind, but I want you to stop breaking and entering.

Soon as I thought.

Leonardo said, "I don't care if we get here," and gave up persuasion.

Leonardo had received only a brief explanation in advance.

"You just need me to deploy Lord Khalifa's Transfer Magic Formation instead, right?

"Yes, the metastasis will take time. But“ surrogate chanting ”can cover that. It's the basics of intrusion.“ Escape routes "should be prepared in advance. And the Wizard's escape route is a metastasis."

Leonardo and Khalifa's left hand, the pharmacopoeia, have a common 'blue ring'.

This is what is called a "ring of friendship", and naturally it is possible to talk to each other by those who are away, but what is different from a "ring of conversation" is that you can recognize the person's current position.

And the rings are endowed with special transfer magic, which allows each other to transfer to each other's current position, all the time.

After the metastasis, it is automatically marked to the pre-metastasis position, making it easy to return.

- In other words, it is a 'ring of friendship'.

Simply attach to each other to recognize even the fluctuations of each other's magic powers and always be able to know the trends of the other.

"I'm not going deep. I'll run away as soon as I'm in danger, so will you wait so I can get the carriage out as soon as I'm transferred?

There seems to be no gap in Khalifa's plan.

Then Khalifa, again, confirmed to Leonardo, and embarked herself out of the shadows of the forest.

But at that moment...

――――

Khalifa's vision was suddenly wrapped in “white”.

"Huh..."

A white world where fog can set in.

Khalifa was instantly lost in the world.

It's like being in a cloud.

When I checked the area, it was vast, with endless white fog.

Then suddenly a certain man appeared there.

The man appeared before Khalifa without any foretaste.

To the sight, Khalifa lost her words, and then, for some reason, tears spread on her cheeks.

"... Zephyr... how..."

It was Zephyr who showed up there.

Zephyr with the alias' Eat Red '.

For Khalifa, he's a good friend, and a lover.

"Zephyr?... Why, are you here?

Califa asking in tears.

"Khalifa, listen, I don't have time for this."

"I... have been waiting for you..."

"Oh, I know. But now, we can't celebrate reunion. This is my body of thought. 'Existence' is elsewhere"

"Somewhere else? That's..."

"- It's 'Playades'..."

"Huh..."

Khalifa is surprised by Zephyr's words, and then gradually, he understands what they mean.

"Yes... everything was true, not fairy tales etc. But I can't talk any more. The spill of information is detected by“ them ”. So now I just talk about what I can tell you"

Then Khalifa wipes her tears and listens to Zephyr.

I haven't been able to organize my head.

It's amazing how Zephyr just showed up.

Even so, Zephyr said something even more unlikely.

I can't calm down in such a situation.

But Khalifa managed to read Zephyr's mind and decided to listen first.

"Don't go to Grayberg yet, it's dangerous over there. If you're going, take Masamune."

"Masamune?"

"- It's about Nito. His real name is Masamune."

Khalifa has a lot to ask.

I don't even know why you shouldn't go to Grayberg.

But...

"... ok"

Khalifa returns a superficial answer.

"But if you can wait, it's better after I come back to life. Then about bringing me and Oliver back to life, but pick a place for the public."

"In front of the public? What do you mean?... Then the irrelevant will see us?

"That's the safest way. They don't miss the escapees. But I want a reprieve if I can. In front of the public, we'll be able to buy some time. Okay? Don't pick the wrong but unpopular places."

……

But even if they say so, Khalifa doesn't know.

It's just where Zephyr is now, and what he's trapped in, about which, to a certain extent, I see.

But because it was so unrealistic, I couldn't believe what Zephyr said.

But Zephyr, who showed up like this, couldn't have said anything bullshit.

Khalifa didn't know that either.

"Ready, Khalifa? Information is valuable. This world consists of information. Somehow, but now I feel like I know that. So don't make the wrong choice. Before you take action, gather information first, you don't have to hurry. I will definitely see you again. So don't go to Grayberg. Wait until Masamune retrieves me."

Zephyr came to stop Khalifa.

California was about to break into Greyberg.

But that's like proving that Khalifa's hypothesis is correct at the same time.

"I mean... you know what? Vinevia in Greyberg..."

"... I can't talk any more. They won't allow unnatural information to spill."

……

"Wait in Beyond. Tell Masamune this when he asks again."

……

"Khalifa?

Zephyr waited for Khalifa's reply.

Khalifa wants to understand.

But to Zephyr's inquiry, Khalifa does not answer.

What Khalifa is thinking right now is about Shawn, Adolph, and the lizard tiger that is said to be dead.

What happened to the three of you after that?

With Zephyr, where's Shawn headed for the Reich?

What about Adolph, who said he was going back and didn't?

And... what about the lizard tiger?

"Khalifa, I know what you're trying to say, but I can't answer that. Too much information was passed on. I have to go back..."

"How long?... How long do I have to wait?

"Until Masamune returns. I believe him. So trust me, too. We'll have to leave it to Masamune."

"You don't even know when Nito's coming back, do you?

It's just sweet, Khalifa is.

150 years at any rate.

Whether it's longevity, that time is never a short thing.

The memories were erased and abandoned without understanding the translation.

There's no way Khalifa isn't mad about it.

"It's time to go."

"Wait! Not yet! …"

Then Zephyr's body starts to fade.

"Khalifa, stay away from Grayberg. And wait at Beyond. And start generating objects…"

Then Zephyr disappeared completely at the end of it.

"Zephyr?... Zephyr ah!?

But no more replies.

Then Khalifa blinked unconsciously.

――――

And when I opened my eyes, there were just clear skies and meadows spread out there.

Lord Khalifa?

Then Leonardo, lurking in the shadows, looked at this one worryingly.

……

Khalifa did not answer Leonardo's words and did not move from there for a while.

But after a while, Khalifa looks back and slowly returns to the carriage.

"Huh? Mr. Khalifa?

Leonardo is surprised by Khalifa, who suddenly turns back to the carriage.

"The plan is canceled. I'm going back to Beyond."

"Huh?! What do you mean?

Leonardo panicking without knowing why.

"I've been contacted by someone I know who's been reading, and I'm sorry to ask you to carry me so far, but could you come back to Beyond?

"Well... I don't mind that..."

Inside, Leonardo was at ease.

It was most unlikely as Leonardo, such as breaking into another country.

Plus, if I knew I was the one who carried that intruder, there would be a war between DarmsAldan and Grayberg.

I was also thinking about that possibility.

"Now let's go"

"Yes -"

Next to Khalifa, Leonardo also gets into the carriage.

And when I grabbed the noodles, the carriage soon began to move.

I guess Leonardo didn't want to be here so long ago.

This one, which seemed like an assassination play was supposed to start, ended without anything, without Nito's knowledge.

And he was Zephyr, who seemed afraid of something called "information spill," but only told him where 'Playades' was.

I guess I didn't want to worry Khalifa.

But I don't know what Zephyr's trapped in.

Khalifa noticed “it” from Zephyr's story, but it was for the time being that the political ministry would know about this one.