Zeros and Ado, revealed overnight in the camp, went on for about two more hours in a light wagon, reaching their destination.

[Fort Bomba]. It is one of the defence bases in front of one of the border fortifications and, in the event of an incident, assumes the role of carrying food or providing backward support.

At the moment, however, the main task was to patrol the streets of the surrounding villages and towns, keeping an eye on the emergence of bandits and demons.

The body, whose cause of death is unknown, was brought in about five days ago now. The body was discovered by chance when the hunter was chasing the rabbit.

I can tell from my possessions that I am a bandit, but the cause of death remains unknown.

No, the cause of death is known. All the moisture in her body had been taken away from her. The problem is that way.

I've seen a number of small scars, but no other noticeable trauma.

Sometimes it was half mummified, and to examine it in detail, it was also indistinguishable by technology in this world. Immediately thereafter, the body of a demon who was killed in a similar manner is also discovered.

This will keep Fort Bomba on alert for a while.

"... and here's what the general report says. I can't say much about not looking at the body, but perhaps..."

"Did you get sucked and drained, including blood, from your body? When that happens, a foggy monster... I think it's a Legion of the Necromancer system..."

"The question is if there was such a demon. Oh, boy."

"Those two! What's it like in this fort?"

It was stopped by a gatekeeper before Zeros and the others reached the fort.

It looks quite tingly.

"We are the magicians sent here by the life of the Duke of Delsassis to investigate the bodies of bandits who died in an inexplicable manner. I have a writ from the Duke of Delsassis here, so could you give it to the person in charge?

"What?... Aye, okay. Let us not hesitate to keep the writ of the Duke of Delsassis. Wait here for a while."

"Hi, I'll be waiting for you."

"Why don't you seem so motivated..."

Ado twitched powerlessly into Zeros' attitude that would reverse the nerves of a gatekeeper whose shitty existence roamed and whose nerves were pointy.

Ado knows he looks like this and is surprisingly serious.

I just want you to pick a time and a place.

"I hate being kept waiting."

"I don't like it either..."

Ado with an old man who fluffs cigarettes with ease.

Two little birds honking close to Hibari through the blue sky flew away.

Then they wait about seven minutes......

"Thank you for waiting. I'll open the door now. Hey, untie the gate!!

I heard a slightly noisy voice on the inside, and eventually the two doors make a heavy noise and open.

"Okay, I'm sorry to bother you"

"I kind of get the vibe, but how long has it been going on?

"A new body was found three days ago, and then night thieves and animals have been discovered that have been sacrificed every day they chase. I've just entered a state of strictness from function."

"Well, because something unidentified is wandering around. We need to protect neighboring villages and cities, too, so we just don't have enough people... We can't abandon the possibility of attacking this place."

"Meet Captain Luger, who will keep this fort first. I'll show you."

"Please"

Many of the knights worked out in the fort and guarded their surroundings from above the fence.

Some other troops checked the neighboring tail villages and towns while traveling by carriage down the street, and they could see that it was quite a large area.

"When things happen, besides backup, are we going to intercept or play troops? There seems to be some skill in it."

"Recent reforms have made training more demanding. The former Trustworthy Mage has been swept away and will finally be able to organize tactical training. Graduate students these days think amazing things."

"... a graduate student? No way, Istol School of Magic students pushed for organizational reform in the country? There's a promising generation growing up. It was well adopted before that."

"Well, thanks to you, I also have trouble making intense personnel changes. We will also train to raise our stature in the Great Deep Green Zone of Furfran, so the sweet idea is once and for all Ni Consumer Shifei Bimashi...... hahaha"

………

I witnessed the moment when the knight's eyes vanished in the last one, and the old man had a very bad feeling.

I have spent a week dealing with the harsh nature of the Farfran Grand Green Zone in training the Zvates before. And it was the college students who put forward the organizational reform proposal.

In the case of the Tsvates, it's the result of an overlapping incident, but what would happen to the knights if they thought it was an effective training and they were in survival training?

So much so that Arlev, the knight on the escort, has nearly doubled his level. Sweet thoughts disappear, and that could be the birth of a knighthood as strong as an idiot.

This knight, with his eyes like a dead fish for a moment, seemed to be the result of what Zeros had done.

"Arr? This is... indirectly my fault, isn't it? This knight was laughing like he saw hell earlier, and no way... hey?

If you do poorly, the knights of this country may be the strongest warriors in the world.

When it may be you who created the trigger, there will still be many knights screaming in those hellish big woods for a survival of life and death.

"... Mr. Zeros, you... what have you done?

"Ado... it's not all my fault this time. It may be indirectly caused, whether directly or not…"

"At least you remember me."

"Well. Don't ask me too much, 'cause I don't have a certainty either, and above all, it's what the state does."

"Sounds like someone's had an unfortunate eye, huh?

"Ka, kankainine......"

It's a project that's already out of Zeros' hands. It certainly has nothing to do with this at the moment.

But the guilt wasn't hammering.

Those two people are guided into the building in the fort as they are guided, and immediately go down the stairs to reach a room in the basement.

The two of us thought we'd be guided to a room with the head of the fort exactly, but this was unexpected.

"What is this place?

"This will be the room where the body of the example victim rests. I think it's time for the captain to come, so wait a minute."

"All of a sudden it's the spiritual peace room. Well, I hope it saves you the trouble..."

"Something feels evil..."

The lights are only due to demonic props, and places without light are dark anyway.

If this is the game, the more uncomfortable it is if a monster comes out of the corner.

When I was thinking a little crap, the footsteps down the stairs and the sound of metal scrubbing. Perhaps the head of this fort has come.

The knight, illuminated by the light of the magic props, is a large, heavy knight who dresses without even making the full plate mails feel heavy. He was a formidable man his age as Zeros.

"I kept you waiting or I had a project I had to clean up a little, so I thought it would be disrespectful to the customer, but this one would save me a lot of time. I'm so sorry for your lack of gratitude. I am the [Ruger Gunsling] who deposits the responsibility of this fort"

"This is polite. My name is Zeros, and I am the magician who came to investigate with the life of the Duke of Delsassis. This is the co-worker's address. Well, I'll say no first, but it would help if you didn't pry too much into your relationship with that one."

"... I understand. It's that one, so there's no wonder you had an individual intelligence organization or a real task force. Let's get right to the point."

"Right. I don't even know if there's a reprieve in time, and I've never been over it early to start an investigation."

"Um, here then..."

When I entered the room, five tables were placed in a dim hall, one of which lay the whole mummy that would be the victim.

Was it carefully dispensed with? The mummy had no clothes, and worst of all, it was a scene currently dissected at the hands of a doctor. Honestly, I feel bad.

"You got something?

"This is Captain Ruger Knights, what we found was traces of blood being taken from his stomach. By letting the water inhale and undoing it from a dry state, you can finally see why there is no blood. The victim could have taken blood from his body."

"I can't solve it...... That would have led to demons breaking into your body from your mouth, but too little trauma. That the victim swallowed the demon himself? Plus, there's a lot of blood for every human being. Even if you were a small-sized demon like a dandelion, there are limits to the blood you suck"

"Uh-huh... and for absorbing that amount of blood, the existence of the mystery should be quite swollen. And yet there's no damage to the body... how did that demon get out of the body?

"... Commander of the Knights of Ruger. What about these guys?

"It's an investigator sent by the Duke of Delsassis. I'm just wondering how the hell I found out, even though I've only told my lord about this yet."

"'Oh, come on, you mean this case only knows the lord who rules the land? Seriously, what's that guy doing back there?!?

Know again, the breadth of the information network of the Duke of Delsassis.

Since Fort Bomba is outside the territory of the Duke of Solister, it is naturally managed by another lord. The knights who guard the border are lords, even if they belong to the country, and if anything, it is the first to pass on the information.

It still seems like a confidential investigation phase in Ruger's story, and reports are still ahead of the country. It has nothing to do with the Duke of Delsassis ruling the neighboring territory.

Yet in view of the already informed hits, there is likely to be a Delsassis handler in this fort as well, so if we talk further into it, we can also take it that we don't trust the lord of the land. Say duke. This would be an act of transcendence.

"Well, that lord can't go against the Duke of Delsassis. I was told that he had exposed the evil to me before, and beaten me to death without my skin. I feel sorry for him, even if he was being used to wear a collar."

"... Duke of Delsassis"

"Well, that Jen would do it. On the contrary, the attempt to use a rogue lord is such a trick. If you're in the way, you just have to do it."

If the fear of physical or magical attack is zero and adds, then the symbol of the fear of organizational operations is called Delsasis. Besides, I even use bad guys.

It is good or subtle to show understanding, but it is comforting to the people that these powerful people move for the peace of the country. But it will also be certain that the way it was done was not complimented.

"No, why isn't that guy the king anymore?

"Ado... think of a way to do it. Lord Delsassis is more of a champion of turmoil than a wise king who rules the world of peace. That genius shines as hard as the world of war. You must be aware that this is not the right time."

"I see... odd to say. But the next religious state is reaching out, right? It's more of a necessity now, isn't it?

"That's why. I am thorough on the back because I am aware of my talent. If you do anything wrong, you could be compromised and sent in an assassin, right? It's depressing. Well, he doesn't seem to enjoy it..."

The country cannot be ruled by beauty.

A man whose time of peace does not suit him, that was the Duke of Delsassis.

"Captain, are you here?

"What's up?"

"We found the body of another bandit. And there are thirteen of them."

"... again. Fortunately, it doesn't matter because we're criminals, but this time there's a lot of them. It's like we're heading north."

Ruger grumbles bitterly at reports from the knights under his command. But Zeros cared more about his words.

'Looks like we're heading north,' Ruger said. In other words, we will be grasping the direction of the mysterious existence that is producing this mummy-like body.

"Lord Luger, you said 'we're heading north' now, didn't you? What makes you think so?

"Hmm? That's because the bodies of goblins and oaks were also found, not bandits. It just seemed like that move was going on north, but what's wrong with that?

"I see...... So, is there a settlement in that direction?

"Much further away, there is only a village of those flowing from the Holy Law Reich of Metis. Right next to the border is a refugee village, but I don't know... no way!

Ruger realizes what Zeros is trying to say.

Bandits and low-level demons are just being attacked now, but if they do poorly, they can also be attacked by settlements.

He was watching to protect his own people, but it is not his own people who are attacked, but refugees too, who could be attacked. This is Yukiyoshi himself.

"I don't know where the body that just went up in the report was found, but if it went on like this tentatively, could it be attacked? Anyway, we're not familiar with the geography around here. I just need a little information."

"Hey, where was that body found?

"It's the woods of Makel, north. I stumbled upon a demonic mummy..."

"Shit... we are in a position to protect the people, except for the refugees. If we're going to move the army, we're going to need permission from the lords and the country. Anyway, you're an illegal resident..."

"Then let's go. You're going to cross the worst border, but, well, it's also going to be ant to push you into the Methodist kingdom. I used to try to push [Great Givrion] into this country."

"Become!? They're probably the ones behind it."

Previously a fortified city near the border was attacked by the largest stampi de and giant cockroaches.

He managed to be stopped in the defensive battle, but a Great Givrion loose shell was found on the earlier plains, and then the deal was stalled by a giant crater.

I haven't rebuilt it yet, but I wasn't even willing to fix the streets because the Metis Holy Law Reich is a virtual enemy. It is the result of the accumulation of daily resentment.

The heretical inquisitors, who were in the dark, have been bogged down by Cocco and the people and handed over to the country with serious injuries. My employer didn't even take refuge because I was a criminal.

This is a story that can also be used to negotiate between countries, so the truth has not been made very public.

"I've seen the crime scene before, but how can I build a crater like that?"

"Come on? It's none of our business. Why... So, where is the location of the refugee village? If it's a map, I'd love to."

"Are we on our way now?

"Because that's our Osigoto. I hope it takes a long time to get over it..."

"Let's get a map ready immediately. I'd appreciate it if you could report the investigation."

"I'll do you good."

It was thus decided to start moving again for the investigation.

The Zeros, who left the fort, walk to a distance where they can no longer see the fort's protective walls and run out again on a light wagon.

"Hi, straight down this road. On the map, turn left on the mountain road ahead, but don't miss it."

"You're the instructor at the teaching center... And I'm driving again."

"I'll drive you home. Or would you like a motorcycle tandem?

"... I don't like that. What's so sad about having to hug an old man?"

"I don't care, Ado, how did you get your license? I'm directionally tone-deaf..."

"Don't ask me."

There's supposed to be some disturbing things going on, but these two don't feel nervous.

A light wagon with two such bastards on it raised the earthen smoke and walked down the road.

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"Ha-ha-ha... you can't eat anymore..."

And it was Urna that slept on the tatami, saying so, and was happily doing her own belly.

"Yes, the dog... looks like a cat."

"Awful. Atahsi is a wolf, not a dog, Carostie"

"Either way, the maiden doesn't look good to me. I don't think so."

After a slightly late breakfast, Celestina and the others were relaxing and relaxing in their own rooms. Carostee gracefully drinks tea.

"Mr. Anz didn't even show up for breakfast, but where did that kid go? Don't you know Miska?

"Mr. Anz finished breakfast while the ladies slept with their stomachs out in bed, and has already been assigned an escort. Well, since I'm here, you gave me permission to move a little freely, but you said you'd have the break before lunch."

"You're a work enthusiast, aren't you? Eromura didn't..."

"I'm already a professional at that age. More than that, my lady..."

Miska's glasses glow brightly.

"Even though the lady remembered people's faces and names but didn't like them, you immediately remembered Mr. Eromura's name. Could that be your preference?

"I thought so, too. I don't recall Mr. Dio or Mr. Makarov's name, but it looks like his name was broken and remembered very well. I was really wondering."

"Mm-hmm... Mr. Elomla had quite a chance to meet him. He even arrived as an escort in the library, and he took books that wouldn't arrive, right? I think you're surprisingly kind, but not to the two of you?

Miska and Carostee looked at each other.

I don't know what to think, Mr. Miska.

'It just seems crude to me, but I didn't know you were making points between escorts... If this is what you're calculating, it's just that a hell of a dark hose has appeared...'

But it's Mr. Celestina, isn't it? I don't think you're aware of other people's preferences. There are those nearby who are so fond... '

"Dear Dio, it's a free sauce. There can't be a hundred million years to tell your daughter how you feel, because you have no hesitation to even speak up. '

'So is Mr. Elomla leading the way so far?

'That doesn't matter to me either... So at this point, may I ask what the lady's male preferences are?

"That's good."

These two, in fact, were very concerned about how far Dio and Celestina's relationship would go.

Misca also serves as the Duke of Solister, but more than that, Celestina is an important oblivion of a friend. It's an absolute condition to be happy, but I don't think I can count on it if I don't have the strength or the will to defend Celestina with my life at stake.

Carostee has an intrigued teething turtle gut, so much so that he says, 'I like you. Ahhh!!' He inflates expectations about whether he will develop into a relationship with Dio, who speaks in Aura.

Her hobbies like that were sweet romance novels and some thin books.

"My lady, I have a simple question... What kind of lord does the lady prefer?

"Your preference…? Right...... is it someone who is an adult male, inclusive, intelligent, and has an understanding of women?

At this point the line between Eromura and Dio disappeared.

Celestina was the ideal male portrait sought by a man older than herself, or by someone who had grown-up thoughts and showed an understanding of herself as well.

And there's only one such person in my mind.

Yes, it's Delsassis who doesn't know how many mistresses there are everywhere. Most of all, in his case, the problem is that he shows an understanding of many women...

'I didn't know you were obstructing the fazacon... This is a mess.'

"What!? Mr. Celestina prefers to be like the Duke of Delsassis!? No, if you're a nobleman, it's a fully conceivable situation... but I don't think there are many more like that. '

Celestina is in complete isolation in the Duke's house.

Creston told me a lot about her mother, but her father, Delsassis, doesn't really try to see her. For whatever reason there is.

Delsassis is not going to make Celestina a nobleman, because he wants her to live strong in one of her own. Above all, I am not going to tie you to noble smugness. That Miska also acknowledges.

But Delsassis, who also has to show his position as a nobleman, has distanced himself from Celestina and deprived his parents of a sweet time. In Creston, he is not a father, even if he can replace his parents.

Because Creston is only your grandfather.

It is because the educational policy that sets us apart from the nobility's smugness has been linked since sometime to the ideal man = ideal father statue, and as a result has become uninterested in heterosexuality of the same age.

"Our education policy is behind us? No, I still think so as soon as possible... we should be sure here. '

Miska takes a deep breath and calms her mind, sweating cold inside.

And then he manages to give the next word without shaking his voice.

"So, lady, do you think grown men are good? Like Lord Zeros for example..."

"Are you a teacher...... well, some teachers are surprisingly childish, and I have a feeling you're going to have a fun family when you get married. But I'm still being treated like a child. Looks like Mr. Luceris and I are responding a little differently, and I think the relationship with the godchild is coming first, right? Even if it's a political marriage, I'm sure a teacher would think about me properly, but you'll still need time."

Marriage is ant, but Zeros doesn't recognize Celestina as a woman. Even if we were engaged, we'd still be talking about being seen as women.

Celestina also somehow understood the area.

And on the contrary, her rating of Zeros is far higher than that of the Dios, which means it's okay to think about marriage.

"Um... So what about Master Dio?

…… Who is it, it "

"This is Deo, your friend from Zveit. I also see you in the library and occasionally in the training area..."

"Oh? Wasn't that Mr. Destroyer? You're a thin air person for some reason, aren't you?

"Lady...... shouldn't I say the shadows are thin there?

A lot worse. And miserable.

For Celestina, Dio is about the air, and he's not dealing with it at all.

He might have remembered the name or so if he had any features at all, but unfortunately Dio wasn't as distinctive as Elomla.

No matter how much you favor it, it doesn't even make sense to be unimpressed. Anyway, I recognize his presence as air...

Wrong, he wasn't a destroyer or his presence diminished by the underwater oxygen destruction weapon effect. It's a perception of Zveit's friend-like character.

To such Dio's pity, Miska and Carostie turned their backs on Celestina and wept quietly. There was a sadness there that wouldn't reward me for my hard work.

"Do you two have feelings? It's not fair to ask only me."

"I... am a maid"

"Wow, I... I have a fiancée... gus..."

"Oh really...?

Celestina leans her neck wonderfully, wiping her two tears with her back turned for some reason.

Miska finally realized her mistake at this time.

'Oh, my God... I can't believe you tried to set him on fire and look at the opposite sex, but it was an old man's hobby... If Milena finds out she was educating like this, what the hell would she say... I'm sorry, I don't have a face to match you in the afterlife.'

For the record, Misca naturally intended to kill Dio behind the scenes if he tried to impersonate Celestina.

That's why I was constantly watching from the shadows, but Dio was too hectic to form a decent conversation yet. It is so frustrating to watch on the contrary.

'Were we looking too sweetly at something called education or was he really too hectic... He doesn't seem to be interested in romance either, and it's still going to be a long way before the lady is interested in heterosexuality...'

Seems intriguing for heterosexual romance in another direction, Celestina has had too long drawn-out lives, and now there's something fun and dull in her surrounding eyes.

When the magic couldn't be used and the situation reversed.

Also, there are many boys after Celestina, even from what I've looked into. For those of aristocratic origin, most of them are just ambitious people trying to connect to the Duke's house, and for the Delsassis, who normally wish happiness, they are equal to pests.

But Celestina, now enriched, could not even see such malice and was greedily researching her knowledge of magic.

Knowing this status quo, these old men will be ecstatic. It seems to come to my attention that I dance all over without caring about people's eyes.

"Now let's head to the hot springs after we get a breath after dinner. They say there's a public bath, right?

"I mean, it's a hot spring you can let in regardless of nobility and popular affiliation. I'm tempted to expose my skin to a lot of people..."

"Separate men and women, right? I don't think it's embarrassing because it's just women. Isn't that the same bath you took at the inn yesterday?"

"Mr. Celestina is willing to go into the hot springs, isn't she? Wouldn't it be sprinkled with hot water?

"It's about getting beautiful skin and empowering women! I've been neglecting to take care of my skin because of all my research lately, and here I am looking to recover once and for all. And it's interesting to have all kinds of baths."

'Good... at least you're interested in beauty. When it comes to romance, even if it's rare, it's the woman's sexuality that wants to be beautiful. Should I drop my guard one rank when this happens? It's a little arrogant to bring the stupid men closer together, but for the sake of education...... but the command over the escort is under the direct authority of Grandpa Fool's Big Husband...... nasty'

Misca and Eromura, and Anz are escorts of the Delsassis command, but the other escorts are under Creston's jurisdiction. There is a cooperative attitude, but it seemed like a headache between those with different command on this issue.

Delsassis will show an understanding that 'it's okay to loosen your guard if it's for education,' but Creston will say, 'Keep the men away! Celestina's with Noon. Bye!!' It's obvious to waste.

Trouble is, the only people on the escort are professionals.

Like, "Seriously, is this the kind of job you do? Come on, Grandpa... 'Even with orders, they ripen the job perfectly without spilling stupidity. I was also likely to bump into him in the chain of command.

"Ugh...... my chest is beautiful skin now as I look forward to the future. I'm going to slip around and surprise your grandfather."

"Lady, you should not name Lord Zeros or any other lord there...... What are you going to do when you show it to your eldest husband..."

"I haven't seen him in a while, so I wanted to look as healthy and healthy as possible, is something wrong?

"... no"

Celestina is jealous of the beauty of others and keen on beauty.

But the contents were pure filial piety that worried my grandfather.

No one knows at the moment if she can make a decent love like that.