Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign Magician

"Welcome all the way. My name is Philip-Baltwhistle."

"My name is Eleanor, Philip's wife"

Heading to the dining room, he was greeted by the eldest son and wife of Grand Duke Debonis. Philip is the heir of the Grand Duke, and you're the next Grand Duke.

I would be older than my father when I say oldest son. It will be Prince Josiah and Princess Stephania's uncle.

"Nice to meet you, Sir Philip, Master Eleanor."

"Yes. I'll see you first. I've heard from your father."

And, he breaks up and asks me to shake his hand. When I responded, my palms were flat.

You have a sword, Dako. The same goes for your outfit, but it looks like someone wearing solid martial arts. In his capacity, he may be leading the Grand Duke's Knights.

"We're out of time, Uncle Philip"

"Oh. It's been a while since Stef's been here."

Everyone greets Princess Stephania in a derisive manner.

"Again, this is a tough crowd of guests. Let me show you to your seat."

Each passes to a large dining room seat. The scent of cooking that tickles your nostrils and the fun music the musicians play. There came the Grand Duke of Devonis, too, and the feast began.

The tone of the musician's dulcimer echoes across the castle cafeteria.

Dulcimer is an instrument that plays a sound by stringing a lot of strings over a trapezoidal resonance plate and hitting a string with a spoon-shaped bee.

He was a musician with a lot of repertoire inside, playing everything from simple songs to fantastic songs to fun songs.

A string called violet, resembling a violin, plays an unseen sound, which makes the atmosphere of the swinging table in the candlestick light what a calm thing it is.

Various musicians hobbled and uplifted me, such as the singing princess who sings to those instruments. Grand Duke Devonis only calls and is sure of his skill.

"That instrument was hilarious"

"Right. That was a good tone."

Sheila and Illumhilt, who usually become musicians' sides, seem to have fun talking about the musicians playing like that.

Do you mean Dulcimer? When you get back to Termwilds, you may want to procure a variety of instruments. Wouldn't it also increase everyone's repertoire and choices?

"I hope you enjoy it"

As I enjoyed the musicians playing while savoring fish dishes, Grand Duke Debonis called me.

"Yes. This white fish liquor steaming is delicious. We also enjoy the performance of the musicians."

Answering that, Grand Duke Debonis nodded contentedly. Mallane also smiled back, so the Grand Duke has his eyes narrowed and a calm look on his face.

"It means it's worth the preparation. It doesn't seem to be possible to wish you a long stay. At the very least, it's up to me to make sure you get some rest."

"Thank you"

Overall, it must have been a calm tune so that we could get some rest, but it would also reflect Grand Duke Devonis' preference. There's one way to entertain it. It's interesting inside because I feel like I can see the taste of each of them.

"... but is it the south? The Bahárzad kingdom seems to be sweeping away the remnants of the Order, which seems to be somewhat annoying."

And Philip said.

"After all, will the Kingdom of Bahalzad require vigilance"

I hear that the south is insecure because of the continuing confusion compared to Verdogal. I also hear that the Duobelis Church was an opportunity to spread because the country laid down repression in the first place...... well historical history or is that an old story too?

For once, King Melvin sends a protégé in the name of an investigation into the demons to the south. He also replied that he had accepted from King Bahalzad. That's why you won't have to be vigilant even though you don't know much about it.

"I don't know. Bahárzad has inherited the throne and has also shown calm in the national government since the time of his predecessor. In my view, I don't think we're going to do anything to renege on our commitments to our country at this time."

Said Grand Duke Devonis, showing him a little like he thought.

"If so... you will need to be more vigilant against Ning Luo bandits, etc."

"Maybe. If there is a coup d 'état, it is conceivable that the losing side will surrender to the bandits."

"His country is among the dog-monkeys with the Duobelis Church. Even if the details haven't been communicated, I don't think you have a bad impression of Verdogal, who also fought with the denomination. They're trading originally, and even though the country isn't stable, they're probably going to want to avoid wagging with Verdogal."

And, Philip. Hmm. I can tell from Roy's desire to wage war against the South, but Verdogal seems better up there as a national force.

On the other hand, the Verdogal side doesn't want to stimulate it, and that's why they want to keep the AC. Besides, if I interfered with the demon tangle, my impressions from other countries would be worse.

"I see. If this one doesn't say it's impossible, we have to be aggressive. We have to be hostile and obstructive."

"I guess."

Hmm. Archduke Debonis and Philip seem to have a lot of information on the South. I just wanted to ask you a few more things when I'm done eating.

"The way we're going to investigate -- on the map, it's going to be around here. If you know anything, I'd like to talk to you."

Spread the map over the desk and point to the location.

After dinner, we all moved to the office and were to hear from the two of us. I asked him if he could let me talk about the south, and Grand Duke Debonis and Philip took it on in two replies if they could help.

The place in question is located in the southwest of the Kingdom of Bahárzad. Quite a bit from the border.

"There was a small country around here about 30 years ago, but I hear it was destroyed by a raid by a high-ranking demon. There seems to have been some confusion for a while, but then it seems to have been incorporated into the Bahalzad"

"Example of a raid by an unknown king."

"Yeah. It's Baharzad territory now... well, I guess it will be geographically"

Nodding at Grace's words.

"What about the scope of the Church's activities?

"Looks like you were working around the Middle East from the north of Bahalzad. To be honest, I don't hear much activity around here."

"It was supposed to be, too, and the Patriarch was sending out a circular to stay away from the area immediately."

"I have information from my brother's captured denominationalists that there is a sacred place for the denomination."

Philip's brother. So you're getting information from someone who's on the border. Rosemary frowned and said.

"Considering that the Patriarch was the devil and used the faithful... Theodore sees it because he didn't want us working on the land."

"I see..."

I roar like Philip was impressed with Rosemary's words.

Yes. For the denomination...... no, for Gardinis, a demon, the land was probably what he wanted to hide. Thinking that believers feared that their activities in the place would turn them into snakes, they fall into pieces.

If you're going to call it a sanctuary or something, it would be natural to make a pilgrimage, and stay away from it, because it's more for the devil than for the denomination.

"Does it not mean that the remnants of the denomination that have lost their patriarch gather with hope in the Holy Land?

Ashley asked so. The remnant… or perhaps cases where the collaborators of the denomination are interested in the Holy Land. Collaborators, that is, vampires.

"Seems like the executives we caught actually thought about it that way. But the denominations since the loss of the Patriarch seem to be losing much power, partitioned everywhere and captured by the soldiers of the Bahárzad. In the light of the circumstances, it seems suspicious that there are even those left who can call for the assembly."

"The same goes for semidemon secrets, but without Gardinis, there will be an overall loss of fighting power that the individual is not just missing. It hurts a lot for the Order."

Right. I agree with Claudia. It is difficult to fill the hole that Gardinis has fallen out of. As long as we see it as a force, as an organization, as long as we have Gardinis, we can get through even unscrupulous operations, and we can force ourselves out of this even if we're in a predicament. If you assumed that but suddenly you couldn't do it, you'd have to be destroyed later.

But when it comes to vampires, things are a little different. Because they were originally in a different organization, and they called Gardinis the leader of something different. That's why we can wrap it up even after Gardinis is gone.

It is for this reason that I am wary that I may run into them in the Holy Land.

Well...... I got a general point about the Duobelis and the current situation in the Bahárzad kingdom. You should actually go after that. So far, the people I've named as the ones to be vigilant against seem to be the ones I can easily ramble on too.