The journey to Miarak's castle was a terribly quiet one.
There were no people, and even what was being sold was left unattended... from a situation where it was as if a person could disappear into the border at some point, some disturbing signs could be felt.
"Mr. Leo."
Walking with Mr. Alc and the others in the city where silence reigns, I speak to Mr. Leo, the man in armor who is walking in front of me.
"Yes, what is it?"
"Won't you take the helmet?"
!?
From earlier on, I was a little concerned about him not trying to take his helmet off.
When he hears my questionable words, he holds his head down with his hands.
"Oh, you were rude to keep your face hidden at all times. Excuse me, I'll take it off now."
Mr. Leo immediately tries to take off his own helmet.
But contrary to expectations, the helmet doesn't come off like it was caught in something.
"Oh, that? Can't take it? Mmmm...!"
Mr. Leo tries to grab his own head and pull it up.
Maybe his armor was distorted in the battle with Mr. Caron, and he got caught in the helmet and couldn't come off.
Leo, who began to jump up with Piong Piong on the spot, turned to us in a hurry when he noticed our gaze.
No heart, or the voice seemed trembling.
"And I'll have it removed at the castle."
"Well, you better do that..."
I looked embarrassed and walked out again, Mr. Leo.
I'm whining a little bumpy about something like "I've done it..." or "Maybe not anymore".
I guess it sums up the report to the castle. This guy looks serious.
"Are you a more eye-catching person than I thought?"
"Sounds like it. It's a very rare personality to be naturally intimate."
Nodding to my words, Mr. Alc.
I just met Mr. Leo, but I had a lot of impressions.
Reliable, serious, friendly personality for the kindness with which you cared more about me than about yourself...... I felt a little sorry for you, but I'm sure that's because of you.
Every time, not everyone I meet is a shame.
"Too bad..."
"... Am I? What?"
When I see Nair walking casually diagonally, she is returned with jito eyes.
……
"Ha..."
"Hey!? It's not terrible to look at people's faces and sigh!? I didn't do anything!?"
"No, I don't... I'm sorry about you..."
"I don't want the unfortunate one to say it! You bastard brain muscle blunt dull man!"
"Stop slapping all the curses you can think of together, it's pretty rough on my mind,"
I can't help complaining too badly about the boulder.
I'm blunt.
Whatever the cattle and brain muscles are, I'm rather proud to be reaching an area that's too sharp to reach the reflex nerves.
"If you're talking about pain, I usually feel pain, too. I'm just being patient. The point is, I'm in the mood. If I don't break my mood, I can stand it."
"I wonder if you'll notice something strange at a time when you're in the mood for it..."
"Because humans are creatures that get stronger every time they get through pain..."
Awesome muscle pain in training.
Pain that ignored screaming muscles and continued to use them badly.
Injuries and poisons in the fight against snakes.
Avoidance training to be unilaterally beaten by Rose.
Injuries in battle with evil dragons.
Mental attack in Samarial.
It wasn't all half-baked, but I put up with it and got over it.
"Oh, I thought you were still human?"
But the vampire wearing the skin of my village daughter returned it with such a reaction.
"That reaction hurts me a lot."
"No, because... think commonsense... because ordinary humans don't smother orgs with a single blow first... And Samaritan, you're a monster at a time when you can stand centuries of resentment?"
This guy doesn't think he's fooling around.
Really pulling...!? I almost cried more at the reaction.
"Nair, stop. Even Usat gets hurt?"
"Amako...!"
I knew you were on my side, Amako.
Hiccup and Amako, who held my arm with both arms, stared at Nair.
"Usat is still human. Not yet."
"Hey, why did you say that twice?"
I mean, it makes sense, but I'm human, right?
You don't turn one time into another, do you?
Amako tilted her neck adorably at my appealing gaze.
?
"No, don't lean your neck. Why do you look like you really don't know?"
Amako, that's not a follow up.
Somehow, I don't think so.
I guess this is exactly what you say about treading and kicking.
"We will soon reach the castle.... Oh, Usato, what's up? No way, I got hurt somewhere in the fight earlier!?"
"My body is alright, but my heart is... heartbreaking"
I should have gotten stronger in spirit with Samaritan, but I'm usually shocked when they pull me off normally.
I told Leo that I was okay with what I had misunderstood and I turned to the nearby castle of Miarak.
Looks like a castle made just like the kingdom of Ringle or Samarial. Is the color a little watery?
Here's someone Mr. Leo wants me to meet.
"We have a lot to ask you, too."
that the water around Miarak is frozen.
Mysterious man, why is Mr. Caron running wild?
And we have to listen to what's happening to Mr. Caron.
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Mr. Leo guided me to the castle where I arrived.
Moving to the front of the castle gate there, the maid of the castle greeted us with Mr. Leo. But no one comes out of the castle but her.
When she saw Mr. Leo, she changed her blood and rushed to him.
"- Are you all right!?"
"Oh, as you can see, no injuries"
"Aren't you worn out!?"
"Oh, no, I'm in there, I'm intact"
"Oh really... Um, who are you?"
A maid of relief, but she gave us a surprised look when she noticed us behind her.
Probably because there is a Brulin who is a demon. It usually looks smooth, but from a normal person's point of view, it's a ferocious demon, a blue grizzly, so there's no reason to be alarmed either.
"They've helped us where we're in danger. I can assure you I'm not the enemy."
Thanks to Leo telling the maid about us immediately, there was nothing to be alarmed about.
"Usato, let her guide you later. I have to take this armor off."
"Ah, yes. Okay."
"Well, you'll see me soon enough"
Leo, with his hand on my shoulder and a smile on his face, walks up to the castle.
The maid who dropped Mr. Leo off turns this way and congratulates him.
"So long, folks. This way, please. Ah, demon of use... demon of use? … May I have the Blue Grizzly enter the stables?"
"Yes, I'm fine"
For now, take Burlin to the stables on the castle grounds, and then ask the maid to show him inside the castle.
Inside the castle, it was not as popular as outside.
"Is there no one here...?"
"I don't think so, do I? Pretty little, but there seems to be some."
Hear Nair's words and look around the castle.
I don't know what it means more and more. It's the same out there, but it doesn't matter what you think about the lack of so many people. Assuming that Mr. Karon's hands outside have wiped out Miarak's people, it's still convincing - can you get that far to him manipulating the ice?
"Why did you all come to Miarak?"
"We have come from the kingdom of Ringle with our mission. But if you come, the water around Miarak is frozen and the unidentified man is rumbling around... What the hell happened?"
……
Yes, when Mr. Alc asked the maid, she became silent.
After a brief silence, she opened her mouth with hesitation.
"I... don't understand the details. I haven't... It started about a month ago"
"A month......"
About before we arrived in Samaria?
You mean the noise had begun since then?
"One night, a knight burst out of nowhere. As if he had forgotten me, he began to attack those around him, and was immediately seized by the knights around him and put in prison."
Perhaps the knight is Mr. Caron.
But what does it mean to have burst out of nowhere?
"After a while, he'll be back to normal too and the usual peaceful routine... I thought so, but he never went back to sanity at any point. Moreover, its power seemed to be increasing day by day...... And -"
"... and?"
"Just two weeks ago, he broke a cage and escaped. Taking Miarak's powerful weaponry, he instantly disarmed the knights and tried to do everything possible to destroy them."
"Weren't those axe powers the only ones..."
The axe Mr. Caron has - I thought that was what was turning him into a foreign form because he was wrapped in powerful cold air, but he had changed since before that.
Besides, two weeks ago......
Even when we left Samarial, we went straight to Miarak without realizing the anomaly?
Hmm, what a bad luck story.
"So the people here told him...?"
"No, people living in Miarak have fled to neighbouring countries"
"... eh?"
Did you say you let the neighbors escape while Mr. Caron was out there rambling the people of the country?
Is that possible...?
Failure to solve the maid's explanation stopped her as she walked forward and turned this way. There's a big door on our side, and she puts her hands on it.
"For more information, the Queen will be told"
"Queen...?"
That's what I say, open the door.
At the far end of the hall, which I saw at the end of the door, was a woman sitting on the throne.
Are you about the same age as Rose or better? But because of the tired look on his face and the neighborhood in his eyes, he also looks older and older.
A royal costume with a blue tone, with a wand as clear as ice. As she narrowed her eyes, the woman who shifted her gaze here stared at us with intrigue.
"You... No, you're the one he was talking about."
……!
Look at me, I'm confused by her for saying that.
It's like you know me. Besides, it didn't feel like I was looking into it beforehand this time, like Samaritan.
The queen slowly rises from the throne to me, staring into amazement.
"Welcome to Miarak, I am Norn Elad Miarak, Queen of Miarak. First of all, I can't welcome you."
Queen, the obvious word of rejection of Norn Elad Miarak.
I couldn't help but be sure that this handover would not be so easy. [M]
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"I know you're not welcome. But it's like we got caught up in something we don't know or why. Can't you tell us what's going on first?"
After a clear rejection, Mr. Ark was speaking to Mr. Norn instead of me, not knowing how to cut the story out.
To his words, Master Norn opened his mouth small as he dropped his shoulders to drool.
The voice was a weak one that did not make you feel the majesty of earlier.
"I know. I know I should have welcomed you guys in... but it's too bad of a time. I'm sorry it's been a tough way to put it..."
Master Norn lowered his arms slowly to create a shadow on his expression and weakness.
What to say, the way it looked was more like a reminder of a salaried man tired of his job than a queen. I waited for her next word, bewildered by the difference between what I expected of the queen and the queen in front of me now.
"I haven't slept properly in about a week and honestly I'm pretty frustrated..."
"Oh, yeah..."
Even if you get grumpy for reasons that have fallen short of your expectations......
She lays down her expensive wand unconstitutionally and abusively sits in a chair, holding her eyes against her sleeping beard. If you look closely, there is something like a bottle rolling by the throne.
... What, is that... alcohol?
Looking at the empty bottle, neighboring Nair and Amako hold their noses and gag at their faces.
"Ugh, Usato... that's a potion. Besides, this tough smell... it's the one that helps to skip drowsiness..."
"Wow, potion is supposed to be expensive, but it's a great way to use it..."
I've never heard of potions or anything that bothered me before, but I see. Is that a nutritional drink thing for sleepiness awakening?
Hearing Amako's words, the queen grinned in karakara and emptiness, grabbing the bottle with the contents beside her and sipping it trumpets.
Seeing such a Norn, the maid who was behind him rushed over.
"No, Master Norn! How many times have I told you that overdose of potion is bad for your health?!? You can sleep for as little as three hours!"
"Yes, I don't like it! You'll never wake me up in three hours! I can't sleep all day trying to figure out what to do with that troubled kid out there! Gabo Gabo Gabo!"
"Oh, all at once!? No!"
The queen who drinks potion and the maid who tries to stop that heinous act while mundane.
... To be honest, the young Norn in front of me, who has met king-like kings like Lucas and Lloyd, looked quite different.
Rather than, it's pretty much pulling off.
"Why do we have to be on the verge of annihilation when the sun is still shallow when we are queens?"
Finally, even though we were here, I started whining.
I couldn't help bothering you, so I sighed one, and I decided to step forward.
"Um, excuse me"
"Hey, what is it..."
Speak up to her like a ghost who feels the majesty of the first time and ruins everything.
The truth is, you must be a great beauty. Although it's ruined because of the neighborhood and tiredness.
"Let's cure magic, shall we?"
"... Ha!?"
What, did you have that hand? The face.
I saw Master Norn and the maid as if I had found a Savior, and somehow this one got more tired.
Asking what's going on is going to be a little further.