- Dierian Perspective

After the city of Suphore I was not aiming for the King's Capital, but for the north of the Kingdom of Bordeaux, the sphere of power of the Steeds. If you head to Wang Du, you're likely to get information about Steed himself and the leading nobles close to it, but there must be two of Karin and Ciel on their way over there. Because I thought it would be better to look at different places than to aim at the same place at the same time. So I bought a horse from the road bank I got, and I was running further north of Wangdu.

"It hurts your butt to be on a boulder all the time."

I am used to horseback riding because I belonged to the army in the country. But I've never traveled this far at a faster speed, just because I used to march a lot of long distances in a group, like walking a short distance at full speed. Besides, it was a lot of magical travel these days, so my butt had softened or the pain had become quite painful.

I would be a weird person to understate, shaken by a horse whining a bump at myself. But I can't help it. Unlike everyone else, I am acting alone. I can't help but miss you if you haven't even said it to yourself.

"I think I've crossed the Wang du already..."

There are many paths if you simply head north. If we had gone north without going through Wang Du, we would have gone quite a distance, even in a short time. If we move away from densely populated areas, there will be fewer people on the streets for that matter, and the proportion of streets that differ from people will be reduced in a good way. Occasionally I met a pedestrian in a carriage to refill supplies and gather information, so I knew where I was.

"... there he is again"

It is demons that have come to show their faces instead of such people. From small demons like small animals to demons that become a threat when they become a group like goblins, they walk our way through the kingdom with our faces. If the Kingdom of Bordeaux before the disturbances, it would give me a headache about the kind of deterioration of security that I would never have thought possible. There's no reason to leave it alone, and although I exterminate it every time I see it, I'm not clear. That's when I reached for the arrow barrel on my back just to say goodness, I heard a tall scream in my ear.

"Ahhh!

"Get away from the lady, you monster!

The voices are heard from further afield where there is a group of demons. I knew someone was being attacked, and I hurried to put a whip in the horse's ass. When the horse rings with Hihin, it accelerates at once to narrow its distance from the demon. Then gradually it became clear what was going on forward. A bunch of demons have a few cobolts. Probably not more than ten. Cobolt, who has a reputation for being weaker than Goblin, is a demon that even beginner adventurers can defeat, but it becomes a sufficient threat to the average person. If it were more than one, too, the danger would jump at once, and it would be difficult to escape.

One knight is waving a sword at that cobolt opponent. Is he about the second half of his teens? Behind him is a girl about the same age sitting around like she lost her hips, with clarity and fear on his face.

(You're just rich... If you're using a knight as an escort, you're definitely a nobleman. After I help you think about it)

Releasing my hand from the reins, I set up a bow and release four at the same time. The unleashed arrows tore the sky sharply, and raised it to pierce each demon. Nearly half of his companions were defeated at once, and the demons raised their voices of alarm, but by then they had already fired a second shot. The knight is as pocan as he was taken aback by the sight of the demon who was cutting himself apart quickly falling and falling. And you must have finally noticed me on the horse. Now he's pointing his sword at me.

"Hey, hey! Isn't that for the person you just helped?

Either you're excited or you're alert, either way, the knight doesn't seem to have room. From my skill. Probably to the extent that my amateur grew hair. We have to deal with adults at a time like this. As he went down the horse and raised his hands up to prove that there was no hostility, he opened his mouth as the girl behind the knight panicked.

"Wait, Simon! Lower your sword!

"But lady..."

"I can't believe I'm pointing my sword at someone I've had help with! How rude of you! Stand back!"

When the knight, who still said something, refused to accept it, he put his sword behind him, as he was told. Instead, it was the girl who was shaking until just now. She bowed her head deeply to me after getting herself disfigured in the raid.

"I don't know who it is, but thank you for your help. I'm Verna from the Christopher family. Excuse me, may I ask your name?

The girl who named herself Verna has such a grand attitude that she didn't think she was frightened until earlier. Its standing behavior is sophisticated and offers a glimpse of how well it grows. Think from where you named your last name first, definitely noble. That also seemed quite famous.

"Uh, I'm Dieria. I'm an elf from Zerbis. There's a lot going on right now, heading north. It's a coincidence, but I'm glad you saved me."

"Was it Zerbis? Brilliant bow skill, impressed."

Is that it? No particular reaction from asking my name...? So you're not aware that you're a member of the Brave Men's Party? There's no need to appeal in particular, and let's keep it quiet.

"By the way, how did Mr. Verna end up here? From what I've seen, it looks like there's only one escort, and is there anything I can do for you?

"You may speak normally, Dear Dieria. It's hard to say that I seem to expose myself to the shame of my body, but there are many circumstances to this..."

The circumstances I heard from Verna, who makes it difficult to talk, were still related to the seizure of the throne by Steed. Her parents' house - which means the Christophers are nobles in the Kingdom of Bordeaux, and they say it's an old house in the status of Count. You think it was a family that has managed its territory well for its ancestors, even though there were some problems at all times? But there was an anomaly in her father, Ralph's generation. Ralph told the royal family what he thought when he said it was a house that had been dedicated to the management of his own territory while maintaining a moderate distance from the royal family until now - which he also began to snuggle up on Steed.

Unlike his second brother Magna, who is capable, solid and reputable even if he feels cold, his eldest son Steed has a bad reputation. He was famous among the nobles for overtly favouring his faction and harassing others. Then why did you start snuggling up on such a person, and it seemed like there were circumstances that didn't stop you from doing so either.

The Christophers are located north of the Kingdom of Bordeaux, whose territory is adjacent to the Levre Empire. In other words, it is a front-line location when things happen, and it is very likely that the territory will be ravaged. Still, if it was normal time, there was no problem with just the soldiers in their own territories, but recently they started to resurrect the Demon King, with an increase in demons everywhere. And because of the disturbing movement of the Rebble Empire and the fact that it wasn't strange when anything happened, Ralph, anxious, begged the royal family to allow some soldiers to reside.

But the royal answer is no. He replied that the country cannot just treat the Christophers special because they deploy the proper force throughout the kingdom. Reinforced by the sense of crisis, Ralph relied on a steed who only favoured his faction, as far as such a royal family was concerned. As Ralph aimed, Steed dispatched soldiers to the Christopher family who could handle them on his own power, so the problem seemed to have been solved... but those dispatched soldiers seemed to have had a lot of problems.

The soldiers Steed sent were to the extent that they had hair on Gorotsky, and security in the territory deteriorated. The people frightened by them fled with us, and the merchants' feet began to wander away. It was a rushed Ralph, but a later festival. I couldn't kick out the Steed soldiers now, and things were in a situation that he couldn't handle. At the end of the quote, Steed has ordered Ralph's only daughter, Verna, to be offered. Although it was in the name of strengthening its connection with itself and its faction as a pre-construction, the purpose of a favorable color steed was obvious to everyone's eyes.

It was Ralph with his head, but he seemed unbearable to be toyed with his own daughter by a boulder, and he secretly decided to let Verna escape. Even so, if you let the table escape, you suspect treason, so it's only Verna's body that escaped by herself.

"- And I left the realm with Simon, who has spent time with me since I was a young child. I thought I could hide myself if I fled into the realm of Count Grom, which is remote, but I was attacked by a passing object looking..."

"It took me through there to help..."

"Exactly."

Was there such a circumstance? I guess I was in a pretty hurry because the noble lady took only one escort and ran away on foot. But this kid hasn't got a lot going on either.

"Er... Verna? Hard to say, the city of Suphore, Count Grom's territory, is now occupied by the Steeds, isn't it?

"Huh..."

Verna was stunned when asked about a fact she hadn't even anticipated. I can't help it. Because I flew out on my own in search of a place of peace, and the destination was Steed's. Confused or turning bright blue, she stared at Oro, Simon and me alternately and went into the spot.

"Lady!"

Even if Simon rushed over and tried to intervene, he wouldn't move off the spot like his hips had fallen out. You seem to recover early, but you sound like a kid vulnerable to adversity. I'm sorry, but I'll have to give up and hide myself in the future, or go back to the realm - and I might have thought about it so far. But not me now. Because the strength gained from accomplishing rigorous training is for times like this. I smile at Verna with a blue face.

"Verna. Would you like me to help? I think I can help, and I think I can kick Steed's soldiers out if I want to."

"So-"

"Stupid! There's no way I can do that alone!

It was Simon who reacted faster than Verna. He still seems incredible to see my strengths, and he denies this suggestion from the head.

"No matter how good the bow arm is, there are limits to what you can do alone. Besides, you can't put a lady in danger's eye! I appreciate your help, but don't give me stupid suggestions!

"Simon! Watch your mouth! Dear Dear Dieria, I am sorry. But there's also a point to what Simon says. No matter how strong you are, there are many enemies. It doesn't seem like you have a winning eye."

Seeing the reaction between the two of them, I wasn't angry about anything else. Well, that's the natural reaction, isn't it? I might have said the same thing if I was in a third-party position where I knew nothing. But...

"Well, just calm down. You know Rubias, the princess of this country, named the brave ones, right?

Both of them neck each other in the story of the princess who came out of nowhere.

"Yeah, naturally. Master Rubias is a hero who took his own sword and stood up for peace. Peace in the Kingdom of Bordeaux and the world with my people…"

And he said that much and noticed something, and Verna observes my face as serious.

"... Master Rubias has four companions. Lapis, said to be the resurgence of the brave and master of swords and magic. And Karin, the dragon slayer and the famous warrior. Ciel, also the wizard of the Dragon Slayer. And Dieria, a spiritual elf who is the brave man of Zerbis and has the same title......!

"No way, you!?

The reaction between the two of them staring open in amazement is hilarious, and I deflect my chest a little.

"Oh, I'm Dieria, one of Rubias's people. Now I'm acting differently for a reason. Whatever the big army is, I can do as much as kick Steed's private soldiers. Why don't you try my power as a fellow brave man?

He who drowns also grabs the straw. For those of them whose hopes were all turned down, I would have looked exactly like a straw when I showed up in front of them. The two, who agreed without a single word or two, were busy shaking their heads vertically.