"Then I'm going home! I took care of you!

Say goodbye to the two Tiamato and Serene who came out to drop us off, and we'll go up to gung altitude. Unlike going, it's easy to go home. You just have to fly magic back to the straight line. I'm in control of keeping everyone together, and Dieria's doing what keeps the wind out, but the move will rely on Ciel's flying magic. I'm here to show you my strength. Unlike before, Ciel's manipulative flying magic had become very stable and activated quickly. Besides, only powerful words were available to use magic. At this rate, you'll have another breath until unchanging.

"I'm coming!

Waving at the two people under my eyes who were already about the size of a bean grain, we accelerated at once with a single voice from Ciel. Mountains flowing with tremendous momentum. It's so different in speed that it fits before and after training that it seems like someone else.

"That's not awesome, Ciel! It's getting really fast!

"I'm surprised myself. I can't believe this is the difference."

Ciel, who praised Karin, replied so with her face, but the expression on her face was slightly loose as to whether the joy could not be hidden. There's no way I'm not happy because I'm visibly improving my strength. I had a hard time hiding my grin when I saw how Ciel was doing.

Even with the aid of me and Dieria, Ciel's manipulative flying magic was capable of transporting us to the city of Suphore in about two days. The second half seemed tedious to the boulder, but now she's not yawdy enough to leak a cry to that extent. He took control of me, offered to take turns, and he ended up moving on his own until the end.

"I'm back -!

"I'm just away for a month, but I don't think I've been back long enough."

"Anyway, let's go home and get some rest. I couldn't get some rest over there, so I'm gonna sleep all day."

We arrived at the city entrance. The people who were going through the process to get into the city were watching us faraway when suddenly we appeared with unfamiliar flying magic, but eventually one soldier appeared in a panic to spark them like that.

"Mr. Gatekeeper, long time no see"

"Oh, it's been a long time, Lapis...... not if you're greeting me with such ease! You guys aren't listening!?

I don't understand what his hurry means at all, and everyone puts their necks up. He walked out into the city inviting Karin and the others to take my arm to see how we were doing.

"Hey, hey, what? What's the matter with you?

"It would be bad if I were here. Anyway, come and get me."

I don't mind people making queues showing their discontentented faces, and he takes us further and further away from the stuffing. We made some turns down the alley from the main street in the heart of the city and we finally stopped at a less popular spot.

"Maybe here... are you okay"

That being said, he was cautious and vigilant about his surroundings. I kind of got here in the stream, but I need to know what's going on.

"What's wrong? Hey, did we do something?

"No, no one in this city thinks you guys did anything. But there have been a lot of people who don't think so lately."

"... what do you mean?

"Explain in order. Was that just about a month ago from now? Right after you guys left."

Here's his story. Shortly after we traveled to the Dragon's Nest, there was a coup d 'état in the centre - or king's capital of the Kingdom of Bordeaux. Rebellion by Prince Steed, currently the number one successor to the throne. Though ostensibly in the form of a replacement for a diseased king, the act was shown to be a rebellion in everyone's eyes because the king, who was healthy until the day before, was suddenly shut down and all of a sudden Steed began to take the helm of the country. Naturally his second brother Magna, who contends with him for the throne, rebelled. But it seems that Magna was more steep than she thought, and someone who would do something unscrupulous and fine.

"I don't know the exact story because I wasn't in King's Capital, but I hear Prince Magna was killed. Prince Steed said he had relentlessly crushed forces hostile to himself, so in the King's capital, a considerable number of human beings, both aristocratic and civilian, had died."

…………

Everyone who was on the spot looks worried about Rubias. She was silent with a bright blue face about how things couldn't keep up. I can't help it. That's something I never imagined a month ago. Her mood would be complicated for that to have happened while she was away.

"But aren't there people who disagree with that?

Ciel speaks the question. Yes, she's right. It was known as a half-public fact that Steed and Magna were fighting for the right to inherit the throne under the water. Then naturally, there's no way the Magnas would shut up and watch such outrages. Isn't it normal to try to combat force by force?

"It looks like the majority of the Knights were on Prince Magna, but that was all kicked out by the soldiers Prince Steed was taking with him. They wore black-crushed armor like they'd never seen before and defeated the Magnas, who outnumbered them with overwhelming strength. Prince Magna went missing in the confusion, and I hear that the surviving Magna nobles, knights and soldiers fled back to their territory. They said they were still resisting without going down to the Steads."

A regular knight should be dressed at a glance, so you're saying that Steed brought them from somewhere? But what's Steed thinking about relying on those inexperienced people?

"The missing Prince Magna is being treated as dead. I don't know where it is, but most people believe that because they advertise that the Steads are dead."

That doesn't mean Prince Magna is dead yet. Is that also why the Magna continue to resist? If you've only thought about survival, you should just saddle up with the Steeds.

"It's only now that we know that something terrible has happened in the Wang capital. But why would that lead us to hide?

Says Dieria, who was listening in silence. Then he dives deeper into his voice and continues the conversation.

"... after the coup d 'état, Count Grom didn't seem to lucidly articulate his attitude, but at last the Stieds nobility came into the city. Master Grom doesn't seem to have been expelled from the castle, but his entire family is under surveillance. Besides, the training center is starting to let the inspectors and other weirdos get the width right, so people are down all at once. Now people don't lean on me anymore."

"What happened to the guild? No way. Nor the guild..."

"No, the guild is fine with boulders. That's an organization that roots in every country, and I guess I thought it'd be a bad idea to turn the Stieds on boulders to enemies. Even so, the whole city looks like that. The number of adventurers is decreasing in itself, and the guilds that can no longer make requests seem troubled."

The demon king's resurrection is reinvigorating demons everywhere. If there are fewer adventurers in that situation, there is no reason to be insecure. Even before we left, it was so critical. And yet this...

"So... That's why I pulled you guys here... Simply put, Prince Steed has arranged for you to be nominated."

"Yes!?

"Nomination arrangements..."

One of us who was surprised was Rubias. Though she remained blue, she is biting her lips off with remorse.

"Perhaps you found out that me and Brother Magna were approaching. In addition to that, our presence, which was raising its name, became neglected. So get rid of it. That's what Brother Steed would have done."

"............ do you want to go that far"

Because you're not popular with yourself, you won't be able to help capture popular people. That's not how you rate yourself, huh? Can't you see how easy that is?... I guess I don't know.

"Your house must be under surveillance."

"!? Are Maria and Sepia and the others safe?

"Yeah, looks like the guild hid it well around there. You're the problem. Walking me like this is also gonna suck if I find out later. But we've known each other a long time, and you've done a lot for the city. We couldn't overlook it."

For the aristocrats who think they are the best, they will only feel the life of a single gatekeeper and other roadside stone places. So if he finds out he let us go, he could really take our lives. He moved for us to say so. You don't even remember the name, for us.

"I can do something about myself. The city has Steeds in its ears, but there's only a handful of guys who follow them wholeheartedly. I can handle enough to mislead the report or grip it along the way. You better get out of the country so you don't find him. Then excuse me."

That said, he left behind the shittiness and the spot. The silence comes around. A coup d 'état I never thought I would. I honestly can't tell what's going on because I'm going to be placed in the opposite environment of a nominee from a brave man representing the country.

"What do we do?

"What are we going to do... what are we going to do?

If this is the demonic opponent, I can also take the forceful hand of getting busted and solving it. But if it turns out to be a coup, it's not a story. Even when we use force, we need a big father-in-law. In this case, only Rubias can make a decent decision among us. Let's fight, let's run, it's up to her policy. Nature, everyone's eyes gather in Rubias. She raised her face after taking a deep, deep breath and opened her mouth with determined eyes.

"Brother Steed, you can't leave the tyranny above you alone. If left unattended, the country will be disturbed and many innocent people will suffer. I don't even think the Demons are looking at that with their fingers around. If so, you must take charge of Father or Brother Magna as soon as possible to confront him. But before that."

Chirali and Rubias' gaze at me. I nodded one thing, knowing I didn't have to tell you.

"Maria, I have to make sure my parents and kids and Sepia are safe. Later, we'll get in touch with Master Grom and figure out how to fight back."

It was depressing to the boulder that he returned with strength because of it, but it was likely that he would be a human, not a demon, to wield it at the beginning. But I can't say that either. I don't have a choice. Suppose you're ready to move?