"Just fine. If you're going to the Empire soon, I want you to take me with you."

Francesca mentioned this when the king left the line and was drinking cold dishes into the dishes. Look at me no matter what Satie does.

Sure, I'm just saying it's just fine, but when it comes to taking Francesca with you, don't be bothered by the restrictions on your actions.

"Erm, you go ahead to Ellie's home, and the Sword Sanctuary could be pretty behind you"

Routely, via Imperial Capital to Ellie's home. After that, I plan to go to the Sword Sanctuary.

Since it was just me and Satie who trained and there was no rush, we decided to give priority to rebuilding Ellie's parents' house.

"I've never been to an empire. You can go all the way to see the mountains. Let's also formalize our request as a proper escort. Is that okay with you?

You must be rich, so don't take a ride. I wish I could go on my own. I thought so, but I just can't get it out of my mouth.

"If you guys are going to accompany the escort, don't worry!" or Borzola, but if he was as strong as Francesca, he wouldn't need an escort.

Considering the response, the Sergeant came back.

Speaking of which, I had to invite Lord Sergeant to Sati's victory party, and I wanted to ask him something.

I get a chair, I sit down, I drink, I stand up and I welcome you.

"We need to talk. It might be a little longer, but are you okay now?

"Yeah, I don't mind hours"

There's nothing more to be done in King's Landing, and I'm not doing anything in King's Landing anymore! Absolutely!

Francesca distracted me and left me. Borzola is getting a souvenir wrapped up for her family when she gets home. I wish Francesca could have gone home anyway, but it looks like she's going to continue talking about escorts later.

It was just me and Sati, so I sat back down, and Lord Sergeant started talking.

"First let me say congratulations to Sati. Well done. You took control of the mighty enemy and won the championship. The chief guild is a lot happier, and we're talking about putting Satie in A-rank."

"Thank you, I'm so happy!

Did Satie get the same rank as me? Well, it's only natural from the strength of Satie.

"And Masal. He fought well in a bad place, and stood up many times without giving up. I'm proud of you."

"Oh, thank you, Sergeant."

Ah, yabe. I've been here for a while. I'm most pleased with the words of this sergeant...

"Like I said, it's been a good experience for both of us, right?

"Yes. I think it was a difficult experience. If they told me to leave again, I'd still hate it and say it."

"The Imperial Games are even higher. This is gonna be a good experience, okay?

It was such a terrible sight in the kingdom. Even the Imperial Games are set to see worse at a higher level. I don't want to imitate what I find to be a landmine field and go into it.

Suitably laugh and deceive.

"That's right. I have decided to take the training of Kensei, which the Sergeant used to say."

"Armand tells me. You should be carefully instructed. That's what I'm trying to say..."

"Something?

"That's the real deal from here. I have a request for Masaru's party. Transport mission."

"Transport, is it?

"I want you to carry as much food as you can to Fort Bloomdar in the Empire."

Fort Bloomdar? I guess the Empire means we're going to the Empire.

"That's a place you don't know."

Well, I don't even know the name of this place in the capital of the Empire.

"The border between Hiragis and the Empire. You know what I mean when I say that?

The Duchy of Hilagis, a country that was destroyed while we were fighting at Fort Gorbus. It can't be forgotten either.

It's going to be pretty far away... but I think of the map in my head. The fort is a border, and the sanctuary of the sword and Ellie's home are close to the border. If you stay away from the central imperial capital and move along the border line, you'll be more efficient.

I'm just saying that I'm on my way to the Imperial City, and I don't need anything other than sightseeing.

"There's a pretty big change of route, so we have to talk about it."

"That's natural. And one more favor in relation to Hiragis."

It's not a request, is it a favor?

"What is it?

"This is still a secret story, but a nearby Hilagis recapture operation is issued under imperial leadership. Beginning with the kingdom, all the surrounding countries will participate and the Adventurer Alliance will send all the strength it can. And I want you to join me."

Retrieve one country. That's a grand operation. Is the supply transport ready for that?

"Will that be a request for coercion?

"Arbitrary. It will be a dangerous and long-term battle, with less reward for urgent requests"

In the battle of other countries, and when the reward is an urgent request, I guess it just can't be enforced either.

This is your chance to get your experience disappointing, but this is what you need to talk to everyone about carefully.

[Take part in Operation Hilagis Retrieval]

Take part in Operation Hilagis Retrieval.

The reward is given when the end of the operation is declared

Give all reward parties 10 skill points + one hope

Do you want to take the quest? YES/NO

Suddenly the menu opened and a quest occurred. Ever since you were an elf.

"Instead of the success of the operation, I don't even know if I can make it home alive. Only a small reward and the honor of saving one country can be gained by recapturing it. But..."

"I'll join you."

I answered instantly because there was no response. It won't matter how much I hate you more than the quest has been made. Then it's better to move on and join in.

"Oh, yeah? Don't you have to talk to me?

"I'm sure everyone will agree. You don't have to. Just me. Be sure."

I wouldn't be the first to disagree.

"Yes, I will join you!

All right, all right. Satie's a good kid.

"The order should be shortly, but the operation itself will be months from now. I wish I had time to train."

The imperial territory, founded by swallowing several nations, is terribly vast and, normally, has considerable travel time, but Lilian spiritual magic allows it to travel fast, and once it's gone, it can use metastases.

Besides, if Hiragis is dangerous, it would be good to train and strengthen him well before then.

"I'll do the training exactly"

Does Ellie's home hold an elf's hand? I said I didn't want to take too much care of it because of that offer, but I guess I should use everything I could use to get here.

"Right. Well said. It'll be a tight schedule, but I'll ask my master to do a dense training even for a short time, from me."

Oh, no, that's good enough...

"Oh, thank you"

"They're running out of supplies on the ground right now, so I want you to go around to Fort Bloomdar first, if possible. Supplies will be ready by the end of the festival. Let me know when you're ready."

The festival is in three days, except today. Rest tomorrow and have Satie's victory party the day after tomorrow.

"It's the day after tomorrow, but I'm having Satie's victory party, so I'm sure the Sergeant will."

"Let me join you as promised"

Can we talk about Satie's wrist hurting then?

"Then hey early. By then, we will have consolidated our will."

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"It sounded like participation, but are you going to join something, Satie?

Can I talk to Francesca? He's a royal man and a soldier, and he seems fine...

"Do you know what's going on in Hilagis?

"They say Hiragis is turning it into a demonic realm. The scouts have lost track of a number of them. What if it's a Hilagis operation?

"Did you know"

"Whatever. I'm sending troops from the kingdom."

"I'll also participate in the operation, but before that, you're transporting supplies. I also have a big item box."

"Then go to Hilagis, the sanctuary of the sword. No, before that, is that Ellie's home?

"I also wanted to go to Imperial City, but thank you. You don't seem to have time to sightsee. Well, I just heard the story, and I've been talking to my family about it since then."

"The adventurer... you can move freely"

The princess won't be able to carry out a dangerous, long-term operation. But if I'm free to move, I want to stay still in the realm. You can't move, you have to, I can't.

"But Master Francesca's going to training too, isn't he?

"It is opposed. I haven't convinced him yet."

Whoa. That looks like a tough one.

"So that's it. If the A-rank party is an escort, it'll be easier."

But wouldn't it be unnecessarily opposed if I said via Fort Bloomdar or something?

"If you're mad at me for kicking you, I apologize. Honestly, I was scared I was going to come back. Actually, I got up right away. You know what? You're called the Undead."

It seemed shocking that he had returned from injuries enough to throw up blood reflexes to win.

No, wait a minute. The menu opens... with the title of [Immortal]...

"The pursuit was excessive, and when I talked to him about how to defeat it, he concluded that the only way to do it was to do damage to his mind."

"Yeah. Well, I'm not mad at you for that. Hey, Satie."

"Yep...... yes"

I really didn't care anymore, but Satie's in a bad mood again. What's wrong with this?

"Some years from now, you'll serve the royal family, won't you? Make me a loan and you'll get a good deal."

I wish I could sell you a favor, but more than that, I'd be more scared if you turned me down here and resented me. If Satti's training, and Francesca's leaving a message...

"Convince me properly, won't you? Be king, be duke, if you piss me off, you won't be able to live in our kingdom, will you?

"I know. Then I asked for an escort. Absolutely, huh?

"If I could persuade you. Don't think about running away from home because you couldn't?

"Wow, I know."

This guy even thought about running away from home if he had to. Abu-ne.

"We have a real or fake official, so we can never deceive you, can we?

Even though nothing has become a life-saving development, I urge you never to bring it into this royal family situation.

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"We're having a family meeting, Ellie!

"Welcome home, Massal. Is something wrong?

Upon returning to Elf Mansion, Elves was greeted by Ellie following the Elves.

"I want to reschedule after the festival. Gather 'em all."

"Okay. I'll call you. Wait in the living room."

Enter the living room with Sati and wait for everyone to relax on the couch.

But the leather armor is long removed, but the clothes are intact and don't stink a bit with sweat and leather. I guess I should have taken a bath first. No, but I'd rather have some leisure time with Sati...

First Lilia ran into the room with a dash and jumped at me relaxing on the couch.

"Welcome back!

Pushing his body plenty without worrying about the smell and hugging me, I hugged my neighbor Satie the same way.

"Both Massal and Sati worked hard today. My concubine is impressed. Especially when you knocked that big one out in the finals, it was really numb!

"Thank you," Satie said, looking happy too.

Anne and Ellie, Tirica came too. Lilia pinched me and sat back on the other side of Sati, and Tirica was next to Sati. Moving one of the couches, Anne and Ellie sat across the street.

"Good luck with the tournament, both of you. So how was the launch?," Ann started.

"Oh, well. The king is coming," he says, scratching the launch.

As an aside, Francesca and Borzola's story details the story of the Giant Killer's Rigid Bow. And interacting with the last king.

"I'm planning to build a territory and settle down, but I'm sure the situation will change depending on Massal, right? It was really nice to have Lilia. Normally, you can't say such a powerful thing to a king."

So you're putting a cona directly on me? Well, it was hard to say that I would leave anytime if I didn't like it, in front of the king.

But I just said something close to that.

A good country can bury bones. In contrast, the king responded that he would then have to continue to govern firmly. That king might not be bad enough to serve.

"Ma, it's time to get ready," Ellie said.

"Masal is from far away, and it hasn't been a year since he came over here. It's not that easy to decide," Ann said.

"Even from me from the Empire, this country is a good one. That's where the king's ratings are."

"That's where it is?

"You've recently failed in the development of the demonic realm..."

I guess Ellie has a lot to think about when it comes to Fort Gorbus. He looks complicated.

They have ruled without difficulty so far, but only without difficulty and without merit such as merit. That's the result of the color hue I gave to expand my territory there, which seems to have devalued me considerably.

"I think it would be enough to govern without difficulty."

"If that's what you think, we can help you. I have that power."

That power was not enough when Fort Gorbus. At that time, to what extent could you have changed the situation if you had as much power now?

"Master Masaru."

When I was thinking about it, Sati next to me followed me. I was a little confused. I may have had too much alcohol.

"Mm-hmm. Oh, right. Here's the real deal."

Operation Hilagis Repossession will be a long and dangerous battle with the Sergeant, he said, that he may not even want to survive. Francesca also said there were not many scouts back.

Everyone will definitely agree to participate in the operation, but my stomach is starting to ache when I think it must be sawdust dangerous.

"I got two requests for work. No, three cases, I guess. One told me to give you a ride to the Sword Sanctuary."

I thought, "Come on, let's do something else."

"But it's like my family's still against me. So if I can persuade you."

"That's... that's gonna be a hassle to deal with in a rough way."

We only have about three days before we leave, but can you convince me? Well, if you can't, can I ask you to go on your own later? You don't have to take care of us at all.

"Second of all, I got a request from the guild to transport supplies to Fort Bloomdar"

"Bloomdar... Hiragis."

"When it comes to going to Fort Bloomdar, the route through the planned imperial capital will be quite far away"

"Right. Then why don't you go to the fort and see if it's a sword sanctuary?

"You're Ellie's home later. If you're going to the Imperial Capital, that means after that..."

I don't think I have time to go. It should have been a casual vacation trip to the Empire, too, but how could this happen?

"The Empire is useless, and it'll be enough when you calm down."

Everyone agrees with Ellie's words. I'm the one who wanted to play the most!

"Last but not least...... Operation Hilagis recapture was planned a few months later and its request to participate came"

"That's good. This is your chance to make a difference!," said Ellie.

"It's dangerous, long term, and the rewards are urgent."

"If anyone's in trouble, you should help," Ann said.

"We have enough of that power," Tirica also said, listening so silently.

"You're not in trouble for the money, are you?

I've made a lot of money in Wang Du. Even working for free is perfectly fine.

Again, it's unanimous without having to bring up the quest.

"Masaru doesn't feel comfortable?," Tirica gives me a worrying voice.

"No, I already said I'd be in."

If you look more and more like you, that's what I'm worried about.

"It's rare to be motivated from the beginning, isn't it?," said Ellie.

"Yeah, sort of."

Okay. That's the real deal from here.

"Earlier, a new trust (quest) descended"

But why bother with the quest? I'm pretty sure you'll join me even if you don't have a quest.

But without the quest, I might have fought with restraint. Is that why you stabbed the nail telling me to give it my full strength? Or will it also be a tough fight enough to make you want to escape?

"This is our quest."

[Take part in Operation Hilagis Retrieval]

Take part in Operation Hilagis Retrieval.

The reward is given when the end of the operation is declared

Give all reward parties 10 skill points + one hope

"You just have to join us until the end," Ellie said.

"That's right. This time it doesn't say to help like it did when I was an elf, and it doesn't mention winning or losing."

"Could that mean the operation could fail?

"I don't know. Maybe I just don't want to give you a prediction."

Besides, unlike one elf territory in a city, Hiragis is vast, albeit small. In order to clarify the conditions for completing the quest, it would have taken as a reference the operation planned by the Empire.

"Doesn't make any difference to doing everything you can anyway, does it?

"That's what I'm talking about. Well, but I have no idea what the operation itself is going to be like, and now I think we should just keep it in mind."

"Masaru, what do you do with sword training?," said Tirica.

"I'll do it right over there. I don't know what happens in Hiragis. That's why I think it's better to strengthen the force by then."

Ellie said she was willing, but nothing like that at all. I don't want to die. I want to survive. That's all.

The recapture of Hiragis will help to stop the ruin of the world. I guess that's why it's a quest, and the significance of doing everything possible to escape death in twenty years.

In the end, neither training nor Hiragis recapture want to die for me. It's a simple story.

"It's going to be pretty hard..."

"Yeah. Let's all join forces and good luck"

Everyone nods at Ann's words, too.

"Let's just rest the rest of the King's Capital."

I'm still sick. Let me slow down.

"But shouldn't we hurry? The empire is huge, and it's gonna take a lot of time to get around, right?

This is it right after I told you to give it a rest.

"Whatever it is, I don't care if you stop by our parents' house..."

All right, Mr. Ellie. Shall we discuss this carefully?

I need time to heal my mind and body. Put that in Ellie's bedroom, and no, you take a bath first. Let me get some help.

"Oh, hey, what's up?"

Pull Ellie's hand, grab her body and lift it.

The good thing about strengthening your flesh is that even a stifling girl can hold it lightly this way.

"Satie, take a bath."

"Yes, Master Masal"

Hold on to her shoulders for a moment, Ellie finally grows up knowing her own destiny.