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- I want you to show me and my grandson to the lowest level of the labyrinth in the basement of the Wang capital.

I don't know what it means to ask for such a request. Not me.

"Please, can I ask why?

"I got the royal castle and did another thoughtful survey and discovered a staircase leading to the labyrinth. Of course, we decided to send a credible knight to conduct the investigation."

A labyrinth in the basement of a royal castle unknown to anyone.

Perhaps some important secret was hidden, and there was no reason to dispatch the untrustworthy. So, four knights were dispatched who could also be trusted within the royal castle and whose identities were well guaranteed.

A day or two...... the knight never came back after a week had passed.

Turns out it's not even possible to return, at least with the strength of a knight.

"Of course, in the meantime, we rushed to gather information"

I looked for clues from the material left on the ground.

"Did you find it?

In the labyrinth beneath the royal castle rests the labyrinth nucleus, which manages the power of the King's capital.

The administrator of that labyrinth is the king, and he is able to reign as king because he holds the authority to administer it.

I don't do hemma that makes me know where it's important like that.

As for the existence of the labyrinth, generations of kings take over only by oral biography, so that no records are kept either.

"Found"

The fact that I was told where I was just a little relieved.

The Duke of Foulshees takes one book out of his nostalgia.

"Is this...?

"The diary of the former king."

It looks like you can read it, so let me peek at the diary Melissa has in her hand from above.

It seems to be a private diary, and the shattered expression spells out what happened that day. Many of them were about my sons. It even depicts so much detail that I can see that I really loved you.

The diary is also only drawn up until May of this year. It's no longer the kind of situation where you can keep a diary by means of a coup. He is not a person in this world because he has been executed. There will be no continuation drawn.

What I want to know is when I first met the king.

Melissa turns to the desired page at once, apparently remembering exactly the date of the day.

... There it is.

"I told you to keep it a secret..."

It said exactly what happened.

I guess I didn't mean to publish it because it's a private diary, but I haven't thought about when it came out on the table for any reason. The coup has now found me.

"After discovering the knight, I found this diary and found out what was there. I'm also convinced why no one knows. But if you're sure it's in this diary, you have to go to the bottom of the labyrinth once."

"Well, you're right"

The grandson of the Duke, who became the new king to listen, has not gone to the lowest level of the labyrinth and is not registered as the new labyrinth lord.

I don't know how effective it will be on the magic tools of the crown, but I need to be an official labyrinth lord in order to be recognized as king.

The labyrinth of Wang Du is very shallow, only up to the tenth floor underground.

It also has to do with the strength of the boss in the deepest part, but if you're an adventurer, you can reach the bottom tier of the D-rank party as well. When I just became an adventurer, I would be able to afford the party of the first Mr. Blades to get close.

That's why you can't invite adventurers cheaply.

The moment you reach the bottom, you will lose your rights as a royalty.

I can't admit that.

We need a companion to escort us to the lowest level, but if the companion touches the labyrinth nucleus at the lowest level, he becomes a new labyrinth lord.

I can't make a far-fetched choice.

Must be a trustworthy person.

But few humans and others can stay calm in front of their qualifications to be kings.

"In your case, the diary said all my worries would be resolved."

I, the Lord of Alistair's Labyrinth, cannot be the Lord of any other Labyrinth. That's the same for my family.

I mean, we wouldn't have a problem taking him to the bottom.

"... you were perfect as an escort."

"Will you cooperate?

Talk to Sylvia and the others about it.

I didn't have any particular objections, and Melissa is nodding in front of me.

It would be enough for me to be alone to get to the lowest level of escort, but perhaps one of us should follow because the women won't allow it.

"Okay, let's go"

"Is it now!?

"I have a lot of plans. I have no problem canceling today, so I can make it convenient."

We can get to the bottom level in a few hours.

Fortunately, it was only noon ago. You can still make it if you go now.

Count Alistair and Mr. Gaelio broke up because they said they would greet and root for the nobles in the royal castle.

Me and Melissa, Silvia were guided to one of the rooms in the Royal Castle.

In that room a man dressed in armor...... no, a boy waited because he was only as tall as a child.

"There it is."

A child about ten years old has his best voice.

You're trying to be a little dignified. You're rebelling against your chest, but it just looks like your kid is stretching his back to the fullest.

Melissa is smiling when she sees the boy.

Have children's sized armor just recently been built? The shiny, hipster sword is also new.

I don't even have to think about who this kid is.

"It's my grandson Curtis, the new king."

"It's Curtis!

Your Majesty the King - - Curtis, you speak up too.

Curtis, you have blonde eyes. I'm laughing at Nico as a child now, but she has a neat face to the point of being unusual and can expect to look beautiful in the future.

Our job is to get this kid to the bottom of the labyrinth.

I just don't get it.

"Silvia."

"Yes."

"Take it off."

"Oh, uh... oh!?

Sylvia takes off her armor in a tedious move.

Sylvia is better at this kind of work.

"Hey, what are you...!?

"What are you thinking..."

I just had to be shy.

"Your request is to escort this child, His Majesty Curtis, to the lowest level of the labyrinth."

"That's right. You're the only escorts I can take. There are demons in the labyrinth that would even knock down a knight. You can't let a grandson go to a place like that in a defenseless way. I'm going to get dressed too."

I don't know anything.

"Can you move in that outfit?

"... what?

"We're going to walk through the labyrinth caves. You can go home on a day trip, but I'm not going to support you until you walk."

How many hours can a man who has never worked out continue to walk with heavy armor wrapped around him?

Curtis is a ten-year-old to you in the first place. Apparently it is made of light material even though it has not lost defense compared to normal armor.

Still, it doesn't turn out to be heavy for kids. He was exhaled to the point that he would now be taken off by Sylvia's hand. If you have a consciousness as a king, do not imitate that.

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The Duke also finally realized that he was straining his grandson.

I acted in the hope of my safety, but on the contrary, I was burdened with it.

"If you're a demon in the labyrinth, we won't let you near it. All you have to do is follow us while we protect you."