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The mock war is over, and we have succeeded in demonstrating the strength of Illis rather than talking about us...

Spike, an S-rank adventurer recognized as one of the strongest of the Duchy of Ishgaria, admitted defeat without a hand or leg.

At least you could understand that Iris has more strength than an S-rank adventurer.

"What are we going to do?

Looking up into the sky, there is still time until the sun sets.

I was free until then because dealing with the undead will be tomorrow morning.

"Wait for now, that means..."

We were allowed to act alone, as Mr. Mishrina said, but we had to wait until tomorrow morning, too, because it would be timed.

You should act like any other adventurer so that you can respond immediately.

Trying to find somewhere we can camp...

"Hey!"

Spike, who was supposed to have defeated him in a mock fight, stood up.

I thought you weren't convinced by the results.

"How did you get that power!?

I came to ask why I was strong.

From his point of view, the contents of the simulation are nothing but irrational, so I have no choice.

"What do you do when you ask me that?

"I want to be stronger!

It was a spike that got stronger enough to be an A-rank adventurer, but I started to see limits to getting stronger there. He also tried to compete against Illis before, thinking about getting stronger by fighting opponents as strong as himself.

Spike's voice contained truthful thoughts.

He looks at me like Illis is asking for help.

I guess she's also sympathetic because she didn't know how to feel because she was beginning to see limits in her strength.

But I can't teach you how to open it.

"Sorry, but I can't tell you"

"Oh no... there was some way to say it that way!

……

Iris piercing silence.

I sympathize. I've been too rude.

"I'm sorry. Let us act differently."

If we talk any more, it's going to be troublesome.

"You... you're not the same guy I was with when I met you before"

I noticed that the party was changing, apparently remembering Mr. Phillip and the others who were acting with Illis.

"You remember me well."

"There was only one woman in every three men at the party. That's less men now, so it's another party."

You can't even mistake me for someone from Mr. Phillip and the others who were just about his father's age.

If he remembers at all, can you tell it's another party?

"... it's you"

"What?"

"We shouldn't have been this strong when we met before. I just think something happened. If something had happened in the last two years, I would have changed the party. And the others...!

I kind of knew from the party atmosphere that I was the leader.

Plus the other members are just as strong.

"You did something. What the hell did you do!

I did what I did to make my family... I can never teach them that.

"- Withdraw!"

I'm already in trouble.

Ask Sylvia and Ira to hold Mr. Mishrina and Mr. Claudia and leave the scene.

"Uh, were you okay?

"No, I'm sorry about that."

Left the camp where the adventurers gathered to escape pursuit from Spike.

"It's a big city."

In the meantime, I fled from the wilderness to the city I saw.

He looked up in front of the gate protecting a strange city because there was no way to enter the city with a woman in his arms.

"Yes, this is Winkia, the capital of the Principality of Ishgalia"

With that said, I didn't ask where I was going with [metastasis].

I just thought it was a wilderness somewhere on the looming south side of the army, but they were actually still near the center.

"Was an adventurer camping in the wilderness in front of the capital?

"Right. We have enough facilities in Winkia to accommodate adventurers, but it was planned to be an expedition in a few days, and we were planning to increase the number of people, so we were asked to camp outside to avoid problems."

"I see."

Many adventurers are rough.

If the numbers gather, there will naturally be noise even in a secure capital.

It was only natural to strike a hand beforehand.

"But I'm not asking you guys to camp."

Not only did Mishrina, the Virgin, invite an adventurer to prepare a place to stay, but she was to be entertained immediately.

There were a number of gatekeepers at the Gate of Winkia, the capital, but it was only a matter of two or three words for Mr. Mishrina and Mr. Claudia to be able to speak to us barely.

The influence of the Virgin who should be.

"Where are you going?

Ira, who was on guard around her, asks.

First place to visit. As for Ira, who's out buying my guard at times like this, I can't help but care what's ahead of me on my way.

"You don't have to be so vigilant. It's dinner time, so I just wanted to show you to the destination store first."

Looking up at the sky, the sun was starting to set as it was evening within the escape.

When she visits a place she has never visited before, she decides to eat her favorite dish at the store. I decided to leave the store to Sylvia.

"Right here."

Mishrina led us to a slightly larger dining room kind of store.

"... the Virgin is great."

"Should be."

I'm pretty sure there's quite a bit of standing from what happened at the gate.

"Well... Michelina is the one who goes out to the city when she comes to mind, so the gatekeepers know each other, and they've known each other for a long time, even as the general of this shop."

Mr. Claudia tells me how sorry I am.

The words seeped out hard work. Must have been attached to Mr. Mishrina many times going out to visit the city.

"Excuse me."

"There you are."

I didn't care about Mr. Claudia. A woman's voice greeted me from inside when Mr. Mishrina entered the store.

We'll go inside the store, too.

The store was divided into counter and table seats, so that about forty people could enter the store.

"What's going on today? I heard rumors that the country is getting a lot louder."

For once, despite all the country's importance, the woman - the general - is standing at the counter and laughing like any other HR.

"Yeah, it is"

"I heard the Virgin was going out on that measure, but you're related to people other than Claudia behind you."

"Yeah......"

The general noticed us visibly with Mr. Claudia.

There is no way that those who act with the Virgin in this situation are ordinary people.

"Okay. I'll get you a seat in the back."

"Thanks"

The general disappeared into the back of the store.

The general showed up from behind the store as she waited at the store entrance for about a minute.

"Fine."

"Thanks"

Mishrina, in a shattered tone, thanks the general.

There's no such thing as a Virgin there, she just looks like a normal girl.

"What about cooking?

"I'll take care of it."

"Aye."

I'll make sure the general disappears to the counter before entering a private room in the back that you've prepared for me.

"This room is completely soundproofed, so no matter what you talk about, you won't be heard."

Mr. Mishrina tells me as he sits in his seat, returning to the virgin atmosphere.

"How could there be such a room in a regular restaurant all over the city..."

"Originally, the general was also a retired detective in a store set up to hold secret meetings that could not be made public by the country's heavy towns, but Mishrina came to like it when she found out about the store's existence."

It was too late when I realized it.

When I first visited, I enjoyed cooking under the guise of being a saint and hidden identity, so the general made the saint a regular without realizing it.

"Isn't that good? Only when someone tells me that I can't even use this room. I couldn't possibly know I was a labyrinth, and I was only allowed to use it when I was with someone like Master Glorio."

If Rio also used it, the credibility of the private rooms doesn't seem to be a problem.

I'll give Melissa a look just in case. He immediately drew my intentions, so he covered the entire private room with a junction so that no sound or signs could be transmitted outside.

"You don't have to go that far..."

Ms. Mishrina was frowning because she instantly understood what she had done.

But I can't feel safe if I don't do something here either.