Furthermore, a week has passed. The fast-paced cicada rings in the forest, and the sun's enthusiasm begins to fall brightly, heating the stage of a battle in which political will, never made public, intervenes.
Chosen as the venue for the divine match were the imperial capital, the aerial arena overlooking the emperor's castle, which shredded and decorated the rocky mountains that existed more than before the founding of the kingdom.
Once a casino for the nobles whose gladiators fought to wash their blood with blood, the colloquium, which now has a side as an important cultural asset, has a neutral cardinal on its bench, King Eduardo and Queen Alicia, as well as civilians and kingdom soldiers, to the south.
On the north side are Emperor Alberto and Queen Alice. The nobles who solidify their surroundings and their breathtaking civilians and knights.
"I didn't think… I was going to step on this land again"
Shirley looks up at the old stone ceiling in the aisle leading to the arena, which is located on the south side.
The aim of the empire is two people, Sophie and Tio, then there's no other one but her to be chosen as the representative of the kingdom.
And this isn't about the Shirley's family at the earliest. The King's own request to deter the war… the heavy burden of betraying the peace of the country rests heavily on the shoulders of one adventurer.
If you can't read the imperial demands of losing a friendly match… In any case, it is certain that it is not a busy one… it is likely to involve a country, and defeat is unlikely.
"But why bother coming all the way to the Empire? What I heard, you don't fight at the border?
"Come on? I can't believe how great you think. I'm so happy for you."
"According to Lord Canary's story, thank God the emperor reluctantly moved many times. It's not an impossible story to be in power."
"I mean, there's something wrong with His Majesty's footwork. Even with escorts, I can't believe I'm going into another country."
Near Shirley like that, Leia and Cood, Asterios and Kyle are the four running adventurers and mentors that Shirley has partied with a lot lately.
"But I didn't know Sophie and Tio were the emperor's blood muscles."
"And when that happens, Mr. Shirley is a former nobleman and fiancé of the Crown Prince, right? I was wondering where you came from, but this was unexpected."
"Ahaha...... I still can't believe it either"
"Well, I don't know what's in life."
And finally, they were gathered to escort Sophie and Tio, the parties, to the stage.
Alberto and Alice were initially supposed to decide on the plains of the border according to custom, but ignored it and reluctantly traveled for long periods of time.
It was surprisingly Canary and Edwald who came out poorly there. A king and queen invited to the empire in the form of considerations from the kingdom side that do not take long to move humans on the kingdom side because there is space transfer magic that is good at canaries, but all his subjects are fiercely opposed to going into the middle of a country still in a state of tension.
Canary himself obtained immigration approval on the condition that he would be thoroughly escorted by the King and his wife, but when we talked about what Sophie and Tio's escorts would do during the game, the first thing that came to mind was a party led by Asterios.
"Mr. Shirley! The enemy fool emperor of such a woman, twist and kill him!
"Leia, it is to the boulder… because it is not His Majesty the Emperor who fights it"
Kyle shoots out his fist and reveals his frustration.
Disclosure of information is more inevitable than requesting an escort. Asterios, who specializes in protection, decided that Sophie and Tio's blood muscles should not be transmitted (starved), but chose them with no clutter or position.
Three of the four are still new Americans with child shells, and the rest are monks with little interest in income rights. People are impeccable.
"The groin! Take away his groin!
"I'll imprint the wound with something mixed with salt and corn!
I heard about Shirley's past. There will be no betrayal to see how they react. What I'm saying is too nasty for Shirley, and I just have to blush without being able to say anything, but I just hope he's not guilty of being exquisitely disrespectful.
"But that's surprising. Regardless of His Majesty Edwald, such as the Witch Hall going out to bad with his opponent... is this a plot we don't even know about?
Shirley did not answer the question. However, before visiting the arena, Canary turns to Shirley and remembers the words he said with a smile to the dazzle as he pointed to the castle with his thumb.
"See you later. Reveal the nose of the boy who drools over that low-powered talk. Your lord wants to clear his previous depression, too, right?
As I understood the meaning of the word correctly, I was a Shirley who became deeply depressed that I was also poisoned by canaries, but I don't care about that now.
"……… Mother"
Tio grabs Shirley's clothes hem.
"Good luck.........!
Sophie takes my mother's hand to the battlefield. The two daughters, whose hands tremble and whose eyes are filled with anxiety, but without desperately trying to put it on the surface and dropping off their mother at her temper, are quiet... and then a more intense fighting spirit burns inside than ever before.
"It's ok...... because I will definitely win and come back"
I smile a pale smile that is really rare for an iron skin to be a regular Shirley, and gently stroke them to mercy their cheeks and hair with their gaze.
A short, awkward ale emitted without words, with a gaze that drops off my mother's back rising to the stage where she turns her back and shines light.
There is no reason. It's simple, but that's the only thing that makes you invincible when it comes to parents.
Meanwhile, in the aisle opposite the entrance aisle where Shirley is located, Lumigliana, the leading warrior of the Empire, wraps up his red hair with strings and holds the pattern of a decorated family heirloom demon sword.
Looking at the back of a girl who is such a direct knight and best friend, she bites her teeth in retrospect of how she got here.
Due to the characteristics of the divine match, it is only natural that the best user in the country will be elected… This time the problem has been raised that Lumigliana is a knight who is younger and has the best sword moves in the empire.
Even if she doesn't know what to do with herself, Philia knows her sword well as a position to be protected.
So, while I'm not questioning Shirley's strength, I really can't think of a vision of winning over Lumigliana.
Then you can either deliberately not let them compete with injuries, or ask them to lose, and that's not why.
First of all, as a reason for the former, I defeat the best user to make you give up on the imperial side... because if you are analogous to the adventurer style, you need to beat the boss of the demonic flock the best.
If we do not, we will be able to make some difficulties later, and vice versa, no one will challenge us if we know that there is someone stronger in the kingdom than anyone else in the empire. It is necessary to avoid applying for a divine match from the Imperial side.
The reason for the latter is a kind of curse (serious) that the Legnard family, the living family of Lumigliana, has inflicted on their veins for generations.
The Legnard family has long been a knight's business lineage. That breeze, which does not allow for any negligence or compromise, goes so far as to extend to the imposition on sorcery.
The spell of not being able to mediate blood muscles into everything. I usually benefit from drilling and duty, but this time it will be a disaster.
Extremely strong curse makes it difficult to solve the curse, and even your master's life cannot resist it. Most importantly, it would have been a story before if they had used "Senslai", a magic trick that discerns the deliberation that monks are good at.
That's why Filia was plotting so that Lumigliana didn't have to compete, but before she moved them into action, a canary suddenly appeared in the empire...
"You should let out the little girl from the Legnard family there. If you even discuss it, the rest of it will be filled with cluttered fish that you don't need to take. '
The nomination of a canary that stirred up Alberto and the knights, who appeared on the lower side, and the feathers who once again could not resist the life of Alberto, whose thoughts were dominated by anger.
Although it is a canary of collaborator proximity, we know that its purpose is to reach out to merchants in imperial territory, starting with the Adventurer Guild. That's why publicity at this time is too bad of a time.
"I can't help it sooner if this happens, princess. Believe in Lord Shirley later."
"... sorry, Lumigliana. If it's true, I'm in a position to support you..."
"What the princess cares about is more important than my history of war."
I can't honestly be happy with the situation alone, but I'm sure it's not all bad for Lumigliana because of the exuberance of cutting it off with the swordsman I was eyeing.
Aware that it was not a gala, I tried to set it aside on the surface, but the look on Philia's face is not excellent.
I'm trying, but the princess is only seventeen. Many things are often flushed without experience or strength. It would be even more unfortunate if that were to be the future of the loved ones' daughters.
At least I pray that the Kingdom's "White Sword Princess" will go beyond this "Guardian Sword Princess" … Later, she will realize that she is a frog in the well.
"Are you ready?
"No problem. It's an old trick for a few minutes, so I'm trying to repair some of it, but it's all working."
Alice nods contentedly at the answers she returns, staring down at the clerk.
"You may also think it's cowardly..."
"I have no choice. I don't think we're going to lose like adventurers, but we shouldn't be so cocky just in case."
"Most importantly, it's for the future of the Empire. At any rate, your sister's son needs to come to the empire."
Alice leans against Alberto while straining the saint's face, thinking only about a corner of her mind.
There are places where I think I will be able to hold the son of my otherwise neglected sister as my next heir to the throne. However, I am also aware that I cannot hope for a child and that it is necessary for me to live through my current position without worrying about the presence of my concubine.
Then I'll have to put up with it. Precisely, I'll call it the princess education. Son of my own supporter...... it's also good to drown in luxury and force him to marry an ugly, fat man.
"But I'm worried. Can the kids do it in a tough royal world...... at least I have to protect them and guide them"
"You're no different, Alice. You're so sweet, I risked my life to protect you."
Though I think about my chest deep down, I don't forget words and actions that don't make me understand it. Satisfied with Alberto's attitude of squeezing herself as she let her eyes slip away, Alice looks at the hidden tricks underneath the stage.
"And there was something like this under the air arena."
"Oh, it's a dark story, but it was meant to close the race for the nobles."
There was a narrow line of tricks that interfered with gladiators, such as karaki set traps and magical mines.
The history of a plot swirling behind the word magnificent in order to win gladiators who wanted to be entertained and cared for by nobility, only by name, is part of the darkness of an empire that even Filia does not know.
This time, a blunt trigger noise was sounded when the mother tried to protect the child.
"But now Master Alberto can take a step forward as a great emperor to name the continent."
"Oh. If you'll stay with me, I can run up everywhere."
A battlefield in which various ideas swirl. As an empire, the future of the country, as a kingdom, the protection of the people and their restraint in other countries, and as a single mother, the curtain of battle was about to rise to grasp the future of children.