Amaku Yasashii Sekai de Ikiru ni wa

- They got away.

The fact that not only Albione but Julia raised her voice meant that that Zenos replacement was probably made of their families and skills.

He rises with his tongue pounding as he perceives the situation and captures Albione and Rafael flying swiftly over it at the edge of his sight.

"I've been talking to the neighbors for a while, but be careful."

"Oh, I know," Scion ""

If you block the words of Zion and call his name in response to the mercenaries who were trying to draw attention to him, the air around him becomes tingly nervous and everyone's gaze gathers at me.

"Zenos is gone"

"Become!?

"Such an idiot!

The two of you who were watching my words speak first. Their eyes kept their eyes open for a moment, and I don't want to doubt that claim.

I was just better at Zenos.

- No, in this case, the Zenos should say.

"I'm pretty sure the Spirit of Water cautioned me too. There's no 'man' in that shop."

If you go through Espada listening to Ries' voice on your back, you'll have eyes on Mr. Richter and Julia, who have already pulled out their weapons.

"I'll give you."

"I'm coming, too."

"Okay, you two, behind your back"

"" Yes ""

Left and right, we split up the store, and I head to Zenos' to chase the two of them around the back.

The distance to the front door is approximately twenty meters.

Running through the store, I kick in the door as I catch Scion grabbing Hulbert coming from behind.

At the same time, as many adult arms would have been, the crawl plundered his cheeks and pierced the wall beside the door.

The innumerable spreads stretching to inhibit intruders entering the store are wiped out with a cooling espada. With the sound of Gotgoto and frozen fragments of the crawl bouncing off the floor on his back, he packed the distance to the center where he was wrapping his torn white coat around him, avoiding the spreading crawl again, a knife.

"[Ice Column]"

If multiple spreads were intertwined and the body, which looked like a single tree, were doubled up and down and trapped in the ice, the spreading that was following Zion also stopped freezing motion.

"... looks like you've been hit first"

"Sorry, young lady. This is our fault."

As the exhaling breath fades white, I look at the ice-soaked body that peeks at the pieces of white coat and the stores that are desolate by the crawl, and I squeal, and Scion walking to me as he crushes the crawl that pierces me in all directions leaks a regrettable voice.

"Too sweet a look at Zenos"

That was the same for me.

The skills and talents of Zenos were not significantly different from those of a general pharmacist when confronted or put in prison. Somewhere in my mind I was getting high that I wouldn't be able to escape the surveillance of the ancient snake.

As a result, this is it.

I never imagined I could get away so vividly, even though I also took into account Maris' guidelines and also took measures against skills such as [disguise] and [disguise]. Apparently, they're more versatile than we thought.

With bitter thoughts, he tried to say something to Scion, who seeped remorse, when the sound of cracking ice echoed, informing us of the presence of visitors. It's Ries.

"- No. This isn't just a sweet look at a man like Zenos."

After she told him that in a bitter voice, she was staring at the window with a sharp eye that she hoped had found something unforgivable.

"Ries?"

Apparently, one of our people helped Zenos escape.

That's what I said, and I walk over to the window, and she urges me with her gaze, and me and Theon move too.

"Writing formations on window frames, this ink is what's used in the elves."

"... are you sure?

If you ask Ries, who looks at the line in the window frame with his two fingers, his angry, dark green eyes will shoot through me and Zion.

"This uses holy wood for some of the raw materials and is something special that is used when festivals are held inside. It can't be wrong."

Having said that, Ries seems to be unable to push her anger to death and breathes in the intensity of the emotions seeping from her. But that may also be natural given the circumstances in which she was placed.

The fact that there is an elf for the Maris and the others means that there is a good chance that the Holy Tree has been cut down as well.

As long as I recall my conversation with Ries and Lord Muske, there is no doubt that the Holy Tree is very important to the Elves. For the elf, the holy tree was a divine tree, and it would not be tolerated to hurt him in a meaningless way, let alone cut him down and all three of them said it.

If you cut down something so important, it is a tremendous betrayal of your people.

She likes to be in the elves.

And I am proud to have been born into this world as a species called Elves.

Therefore, the word 'why' would now be constantly circling behind Ries' brain.

... I can't do much time, but she needs time to settle down.

Softly out of sight from her, trembling with anger, I turn to the back of the store.

There is one sign I explored and found before I entered. Mr. Richter and Julia would have no problem, as I don't feel a lot of magic coming from any of the windows where Ries and Theon are, even if I looked indoors.

With that in mind, Mr. Richter peered into his face from behind the store.

"- Dear Doyle. There were footprints for two at the back door. It's been almost half a day since the trace was clear."

"Right."

I frown at Mr. Richter's words first and foremost.

Half a day later, between noon and evening yesterday, Zenos was getting out of this store. If that too were to have so many tricks in place, I would never come back here again. It's hard to even think of lurking in Handel.

"It must be Maris who set this up."

"You know what I mean?

"Because family members are influenced by their husband's magic. There are ways to use demon stones and other magic powers so you don't know, but you're not going to hide them from Maris."

I guess that's what my countrymen will find out. Julia, whining so as she gazed at her ice-soaked family, looked complicated.

I'm sure Maris knows as much as Julia and I do. I am also aware that Maris has set this up.

Are you regarded as a failure to catch up, or did you want to boast of your existence...

I don't know what he thinks. Even if I can somehow grasp the purpose, I can't imagine why it led to action.

When I say to get food, Maris is not leading a clan. You shouldn't have to move on a massive scale until you put yourself in danger. And if you want to use this battle as an opportunity to rebuild your clan, you should have taken Julia as well as Zenos. I would have expected her to take my hand, given the circumstances surrounding the clan.

- What the hell do you want?

A glimmer of wind strokes his cheek as he begins to blur about where Maris's sincerity lies.

I tried to track down the magic that was going on outside the store, but it was broken in the alley.

"I looked around town, but it looks like Zenos isn't around anymore"

Albione and Rafael brought me back to consciousness, and I said to them, "I knew it."

We purposefully bought time by deceiving the ancient serpent's surveillance until we left evidence to back up the elf's involvement. Xenos and the others will be moving to their next office a long time ago.

"What do you want to do? Dear Doyle."

".................. head to the Hendra Chamber of Commerce. Because if we follow the holy tree, we may be able to reach Maris and Zenos, beyond the traces of the elves involved."

In response to Mr. Richter's inquiry, he nodded quietly when he looked at his face lined up to see if there were any objections.

About an hour after leaving the store.

We checked to see if there were any other clues in the store, and we were visiting the Hendra Chamber of Commerce on its feet after we recovered the brands that were connected through the dark market.

Purpose is the record of trade in timber treated on the market.

The trading records of the market, for which the Royal Family is in charge, can be viewed if the person qualified for business in Handel submits an application.

It was the day after we left Fortrace that I heard Velco's reply, 'I accept', from the two back from use. It's been two whole days since then, so it's probably already been prepared.

Now that Zenos has disappeared after being struck first, we can only entrust hope to the culprit who cut down the holy tree.

That's what I thought and took to the Hendra Chamber of Commerce, but unfortunately Mr. Velco was absent.

"Velco went out around yesterday evening saying he was going to meet with someone from the Shultz Chamber of Commerce. I'm talking about the one who picked me up, who seems to have swallowed too much and asked me to stay. I thought I'd be back after noon at the latest."

"... ok"

The time now is just before noon. Lord Velco will be back in an hour or two if you believe the words of the employees who responded. Then it would be better to stay on this spot than to move poorly and get in the wrong place.

"Young lady, if you don't have someone you're looking for, why don't you contact the leaders first?

Nodding and conceiving at the words of Zion.

I have to tell Feltrayce that it's up to me, and I'd better put in a report for Lord Sumva and Lord Pail heading to the Royal Castle. With the confirmed involvement of the elves, Ries will also want to tell Lord Scola and those inside. Besides, we need to share our guiding principles about what we're going to do.

Excuse me while I talk to you.

If I put my face up to that voice I heard as I was thinking about my future plans, the employee who was responding spoke of an attractive suggestion.

"If you don't mind waiting in the reception room?

"... is that okay?

It would be very helpful if you could lend me the reception room at the Hendra Chamber of Commerce, but they have a job at the Chamber of Commerce. If you think so and ask, he shakes his neck vertically without getting lost.

"Of course. Because Master Doyle is a good customer of our Chamber of Commerce. I asked my men to check, but no more customers need a reception room today, so please take your time."

Young men and women who seemed to be subordinates who had not been behind the employees who told them so had refrained. I'm guessing he had us confirm today's business meeting while he told us about Mr. Velco's absence. Only the head of the Handel branch works fast.

"It helps."

"No, because it's also for the Chamber of Commerce to have a good relationship with Master Doyle."

(a) If you grin and don't forget to encourage him to contribute to the Chamber of Commerce, Yulia zeroes in on Bosoli.

"... I would love to."

"It's an honor."

"This is just a young lady."

"Thank you. - Then please come this way. We'll show you to the reception room."

He tells the employee who gave him his reward with a cheeky smile, but he invites us to go back in response to the words with a mild smile.

Bringing in three mercenaries and an elf doesn't show one upset, and they don't forget the merchant soul. They deserve praise. So smug, I proceeded to the back of the building, prompted by my employees.

"I'll take care of you"

"I'll keep these two out of the room, so please let me know if you need anything or need anything from the Chamber of Commerce."

"Thank you"

That's how we were led to the reception room, where Hendra Chamber of Commerce employees moved to contact each other and sort out the situation at the same time as they were no longer in the room.

Theon writes a report for the leader, and Ellis writes information for the inside of the elf and for his aunt. One of the two mercenaries who arrived went back to the castle to tell Lord Sumva and Lord Pail, and the other to Azit, where the flaming serpent and other troops were waiting.

I call back Feniche and the others to entrust the letters of Zion and seek help in pursuing Zenos, Maris and the Holy Tree with Rafael, Albione, Richter and Julia.

A few hours for each of us to act so that we don't waste time passing a moment like that.

By the time Zion, Ries, and the mercenaries, who had finished what they were supposed to do, returned and all of them faced each other again in the reception room at the Hendra Chamber of Commerce, it was completely sizzling outside.

It is peace itself that the merchants who have finished their work and the parents and children who have finished their shopping walk through the day in a voice full of fulfillment. But gradually the crowd diminished, and eventually the Lord Velco did not show up, even if he could no longer hear from the outside.

"- What the hell is this? Young lady."

"............... I don't know"

As a gradual and unpleasant hunch aroused, I heard my own voice in response to Sion's enquiry that had been uttered.