- Time goes back a little.

There was some fighting, but Altrius succeeded in securing Elle, Lute's mentor, as a hostage for discussions with PEACEMAKER (Peace Maker) as planned.

Put her on the back of the dragon, and Altrius goes for the Original Plains (01) headquarters on the demonic continent.

Hachihara (01) If HQ is to be represented in a nutshell, it is a 'castle fortress'.

Thick and huge walls, as if even the Giants envisage dealing with them.

Neither is the castle to assert its authority over the people and other countries, but only specializes in robust creation with a focus on combat and defence.

As a result, it emitted a unique sense of intimidation that was not found in the castles of other countries.

The dragon with both of them flapping their wings and landing on the runway of the take-off and landing strip set in the upper part of the castle.

When the dragon gives in, there is one Altrius, ahead and down.

He reaches out and tries to help Elle get down.

"Oh, thank you"

Elle hesitated at first, but took Altrius' hand and went down from the dragon.

The dragon vanished into a grain of light, as if it had not been there from the beginning.

Almost simultaneously, the door in the back opens, and more than one woman and maids like the secretary greet them.

Welcome home, Captain.

The secretary and the maids line up left and right and at the same time bow their heads to their own Lord.

"Follow me."

Altrius ignores the greetings of his secretary and maid, and when he says a word to Elle, he just walks out one person.

She could not ignore the instructions, bewildered, but followed him into the castle.

Walk in the castle in the order of Altrius, El, Secretaries & Maids.

There are no paintings, pots, armor or other ornaments on the walls.

There's just an equal spacing of magical light sources illuminating the hallway.

It is truly a quality rigid making to fight even.

How long would you have walked - into a room where Altrius is located?

There is no boneless atmosphere until just now.

I was introduced to this royal private room, but I was just satisfied with the conditioning, and it was so carefully cleaned that there was no dust.

This is one of the VIP rooms located at headquarters in Harihara (01).

Looking back to El, where Altrius was finally coming with his back.

"Let Miss Elle live here until the end of her discussion with PEACEMAKER (Peacemaker). I'm sorry, but I need you to put on an anti-sorcery collar just in case, okay?

"Yes, I don't mind"

"Thank you for your cooperation. If you leave the room, it will be helpful if you tell anyone nearby beforehand. And if anything goes wrong, call the maid and tell her I'm going to make it happen if it's not too badly demanded."

With the made-up of the maids, the maids lining the entrance bowed their heads again in unison.

Did Elle recall her old royal palace life or she puts on a frightened vague smile.

Altrius gave him some freedom and told him that if he was dissatisfied, he would respond immediately.

This is not what I said to care for Elle.

If Lute and the others treated the muddled Elle crudely, the discussion with PEACEMAKER (Peacemaker) could have been twisted.

Altrius wants to absorb PEACEMAKER technology as much as possible.

It's a necessary measure to do that.

Elle goes through, looks around the room.

It has everything you need: a toilet, a bathroom, a bedroom, a kitchen where you can make simple dishes.

That's exactly the difference between living in an orphanage and cloud mud.

She contemplates for a moment, then looks closely into Altrius' eyes and demands.

"Now listen to only one thing selfish"

"Okay. Say it."

"Let me do my job"

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Altrius frowned as troubled by Elle's remarks.

The secretaries and maids standing at the entrance take their breath away from the Lord's changing expression.

Elle didn't mind continuing the conversation.

"Lute, talking to you guys takes time, doesn't it? Then I will take care of you for such a long time, so I want you to let me do your job so that I can help you at all.... Can't you?

"... No, not at all... Miss Elle is a guest to Kurihara (01). Don't worry about not doing your job and don't hesitate to ask me to do what I want. Instead, staying here is like work..."

Elle smiles bitterly at Altrius' dialogue.

"I appreciate your concern, but even if you say what you like... because caring for the kids and running the orphanage are the things I want to do. I can't do that here on a boulder, and I'm more restless as far as I'm concerned. Don't hesitate to leave the job to me because it looks and is powerful and I am confident in cooking and laundry"

Elle confidently puts his strength into both fists and brings them before his chest. Motivated, she appealed with all her body.

Again Altrius creates a wrinkle between her brows in her dialogue & attitude like that.

Surely there is no way we can take care of the children or run an orphanage while we are at Harihara (01) headquarters.

(Is it distracting us...)

Surely from El, Altrius is the enemy of Lute, who is as adorable as my son. I can't say enough about never having that kind of emotion.

It is also possible that we are trying to gather favorable information around the origin (01) headquarters in order to help Lute and the others at all.

But if I refuse here, my words saying 'make demands come true' will be a lie. Besides, it's not expensive jewelry, dresses, or magic tools, it's 'work'.

If you reject the root of your tongue before it dries either, you may think your vessel is small - slightly inspiring the pride of Altrius.

And Altrius tells of the results of the tour.

"... ok. Let's find out by tomorrow if we have any work to do. But rest for today. There was a lot of fighting, a lot of moving."

"Thank you. Now, sweeten your words and let me rest for today."

The meal immediately told the maids to bring it to this room, and Altrius left the VIP room behind.

"... Phew"

Walk down the hallway and leak a slight sigh to avoid being understood by the secretary behind you.

(I feel more tired than when I fought PEACEMAKER (Peacemaker) and others...)

Altrius unexpectedly becomes aware of his mental fatigue.

I'm about to go back to my room and fall asleep like this, but I still have work to do.

He gives instructions before he forgets.

"Tell Shishiten and the others on each continent to come to HQ as soon as possible in order to hold an emergency meeting. Keep the Wing Dragon for communication on the runway later."

Shishiten - the top of all races that hold the Origin (01) branches of the Beast, Demon, Dragon, and Demon continents.

In the Beast Continent, the Beast Race, in the Demon Continent, the Demon Race, in the Dragon Continent, the Dragon Race, and in the Fairy Race Territory of the Fairy Continent, the top of the Fairy Race divide their branches.

Consideration is that it would be easier for a race ruling the continent to be at the top because they have a good understanding of the culture and customs in the field.

The secretary responds to this instruction.

"I'm in awe"

"And by tomorrow, look for and arrange a job that even Miss Elle might be able to do. But remember, she's a guest to us."

She also replies to this instruction without hesitation.

Altrius went to the office, which is the office, thinking about what else to give the instructions.

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The next morning, noon, the office.

Finishing lunch early, Altrius will process the paperwork he has accumulated.

…………

Just because you're Captain Kurihara (01) doesn't mean you should just be running around the battlefield.

More like plain paperwork and chores.

There are many important cases that he needs to look through and confirm and acknowledge.

Altrius himself understood it so well that he was immersed in paperwork without divulging a single stupidity.

I cannot speak of stupidity because, as Captain Kurihara (01), I cannot show my men or others the weak parts as those who draw the blood of the Five Kinds of Brave...

Altrius pokes a piece of paperwork back at the secretary.

"This meeting with the Catholic headquarters, but I will stop. Tell them I'll get back to you later."

"May I? Although this is the first meeting of the new Pope to be held in office. It is at this convenience that I stretched out and finally installed the date and time to rebuff again..."

"I don't mind. You can let the boys summon you as they please. Because there's nothing you can do. Response to PEACEMAKER (Peacemaker) is a priority."

"... ok. I'll take care of it that way."

The secretary rises from his seat and receives the paperwork back.

Asked as Altrius remembered on its back.

"Where did you decide where Miss Elle was going to work?

"Yes, after some consideration, I thought it would be easier to arrange 'Cooking Aids for Members and aspiring Adventurers'"

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There are only the top legions (Legions) in Hachihara (01), and there are many adventurers among the group members and prospective joiners.

As a result, there is always not enough hand in preparing meals for them in the morning, noon and evening.

He also said he was confident in cooking and laundry, and there are mountains of jobs such as peeling vegetables, treating fish, and cooking meat. You don't have to worry about getting into trouble with the team because you're not on the table.

It was certainly not difficult because it was not a job to leave the castle.

(We just need to check the working environment once so that we can't complain later from the outside...)

Altrius gives instructions as soon as he makes his decision.

"I want to check Miss Elle's working environment just in case. Do you have time after this?

"Conference on the Arms and Protective Equipment Budget, we have two others in it, but we still have some time. Head over now and see if there's any impact if you just want to confirm."

"Okay. Once you've cleared this document, head to the cooking area for confirmation. Just in case it sounds like it's gonna take a while, let it wait."

Copy that, sir.

When Altrius cleaned up the paperwork he was about to do quickly, he headed to the workplace where Elle worked - the cooking room.

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Harihara (01) Third cooking place.

That is where Elle works.

Young members of the training Inhara (01) and adventurers wishing to join Inhara (01) who are gathered at the training ground for screening.

It is such a dedicated cooking place to cook meals for them.

The cooking area is large, but large pots, pots, and cookware are located in a small area.

It was like a cooking ground making elementary school lunches.

They finished serving lunch to the members. Empty pots, dirty stew dishes, spoons, forks and other dishes and cookware were not washed and placed.

Seeing that, it's like a battlefield trail, Altrius mutters in his chest.

In the third cooking area, twenty people worked, including Elle, and now everyone was in the process of gathering at a table in one for a dish served on a large plate.

The head of the third cooking place rises in a panic, noticing Altrius.

"Ko, this is Captain! What can I do for you!?

"Get out of the way. Miss Elle, a guest, was set to work here today. That inspection."

Altrius turns his gaze from the person in charge to El.

"Is the job okay?

"Yes, thanks to you. Thank you for listening to my selfishness."

Elle, wearing an apron, carefully bowed her head.

Her attitude is natural and she doesn't look like she hates working.

There is also only a cooking room, with well-maintained and clean spaces. I wouldn't have a problem getting her to work here.

But there's one thing that bothers me.

"... Miss Elle, what the hell are you eating?

The dish they had been eating earlier - it was like fried fish bones in oil.

It involves the face of Hachihara (01) if you let Elle, a guest, eat such a crude dish.

Altrius said for a moment, 'Is everyone abusing her?' I also thought, 'Then it's not fitting that we're all eating together.

When he was wondering, Elle guessed and explained the situation.

"We had more members today than we expected, and we lost the dishes we made. So while we were making our own meals, we were eating Bone Sesame with you as a connection."

The noon menu for today's members is fish fries, bread and stew.

Because they had eaten all of it, Elles was baking bread from scratch and making stews.

But I was just so hungry that Elle fried the fish bones she used in today's fry with oil and shaken the salt to make a 'bone spike' that everyone could eat.

"Once upon a time, when Lute returned to the orphanage, he made a treat called potato chips with bean potatoes. At that time, he told me that there were dishes like this that I had made before. If you like, how about one?

Elle, an outsider, doesn't think much about it and recommends cooking to Altrius.

The person responsible said, 'I can't believe I'm supposed to feed fish bones that I'm supposed to throw away in a dish, fried in oil and other dishes!' and tried to change the blood phase and stop it.

It is the act of ridiculing Altrius, the head of Original Plains (01), depending on the way he sees it.

The secretary, who was holding back behind him in the evidence, creases between his eyebrows and stares at Elle.

"Dear El, please stop recommending such crude dishes to our captain. Besides, the captain has already completed a lunch made by a skilled cook."

"Oh, I'm sorry. If I did, I wouldn't notice... I'm sorry."

Elle bows her head sorry for the attention of her secretary.

The other fellow cooks were relieved that the attention of the secretary was sufficient.

Elle and I worked together today, and her cook buddies were fond of her because of her personality, work skills, care, etc.

That's why I don't want her to be punished or treated badly for this mistake.

But Artrius, the person of the moment recommended,

"It's a corner recommendation. Besides, the dishes devised by the head of the PEACEMAKER (Peacemaker) delegation… I'm interested"

"Master Altrius!?

The secretary gives a surprise voice.

Ignoring it, he sips a piece of fish shears served on a large plate.

"!? - Good"

The bones are fried crunchy with oil and the crisp texture becomes a habit.

This dish is salty and makes you want liquor later.

Then he eats the second and reaches for the third.

"Pfft... Pfft..."

Elle can't stand holding her mouth cute with both hands and laughing out.

Cooking buddies and secretaries turn blue on this.

Because she's laughing at Altrius Arger, head of Orihara (01) from the front, race, mage S class.

Elle wipes tears floating at the edge of her eyes with her fingertips and mouths an apology.

"I'm sorry, I laughed. But I had lunch earlier and it was hilarious how I was obsessed and eating bone shears... hehe"

"I'm sorry. This was Miss Elle's lunch."

"Eat without worrying. Because it's a connection until our bread and stew are ready. Besides, boys are hungry right away, so they have to eat a cup."

Elle gives Altrius a full grin, as if dealing with an orphanage boy.

At this time, Altrius' chest rang even though it was not a battlefield.

No, my heart beats more than that.

Altrius carved a wrinkle deep between his brows so that he could experience chest pain.

Everyone but El on the spot turns blue.

Because Altrius was irritated by her words and misunderstood them as frowning.

"... got in the way. Miss Elle, please continue to work in the cooking area."

"Yes, I understand. I'll do my best."

Altrius turns his back on Elle and leaves the cooking area early.

The secretary rushed after him.

Altrius doesn't care about the secretary or anything, and one keeps walking silently.

It's been a long time since I left the cooking area, but I can't stop hearing my chest squeak and pain.

Instead, the more time went by, the stronger it got, and the hotter it started to have fever -