─ ─ McCard Empire, Imperial Castle, Special Conference Room-

"─" A human being named Takafujiinori is no longer in the world, "he said. The judgment is white."

In a seat at the round table, a woman dressed in a dress is reading out the report at hand.

"Also, as for the culprit who set fire to the Royal Castle of the Kingdom of Rising Sun," In the Demonic Nation, the Knights of the Kingdom of Rising Sun refused to propose marriage and killed the Knights. He then magically set fire to the royal castle and said he had burned every human flesh inside '. This one's also white. "

Sitting at a round table is a heavy town in every country. And the woman who is currently speaking was the Prime Minister of the McCard Empire, Indella Genda.

"With regard to that demonic tribe, there was also a statement saying, 'I had named myself the new demon king and had declared war on the army of the brave'. This is also white. … the testimony of the brave man, Lyutshinzaki, is no more."

"... a new demon king, is it? The fact that you burned one castle is quite powerful..."

You can't ignore me.

"I advance that the McCard Empire should proceed with the investigation as an army of brave men in the future. If you have any questions, raise your hand."

When she urged her to speak, one man sitting at the round table raised his hand small.

"Pope of the Holy Land of Lean. Go ahead."

"You've never heard the name Takafuji Inori before, but you're one of the brave ones?

"I answer. This is the fourth man summoned by the brave summons of the Kingdom of Rising Sun."

"Non and others have not heard such stories."

The Pope of the Holy Land of Lean says in dissatisfaction, but the Prime Minister of the McCard Empire responded calmly.

"Looks like the Kingdom of Rising Sun was covering it up. We were informed by a handout from our empire, but we did not mention it in the brave army conference because it was not confirmed."

"The fourth brave man, you mean?

"Unlike the brave, physical ability seems to have been the same as or less than the average person, so it seems like an irregular. But I'm not sure I can help you right now."

So the Pope of the Holy Land of Lean put his hand on his chin once and tried to think a little bit before telling him to give up.

"... ok wow. Let's make this a futile argument."

The Chancellor of the McCard Empire cuts his gaze there with the Pope of the Holy Land of Lean and once again looks over the face of the Round Table.

"Does anyone else have any other questions for you? Without..."

"Wait a minute."

One man waited. It was a shattered tone, but the voice sounding in heavy bass doesn't make you feel lighter.

His face was stern with his beard, and he was a man with a forged giant.

"Dear Rudolf Birgon, President of the Doyle Federation. Go ahead."

"It's a little different from the question...... McCard Empire, this is a roundtable and you, the Sovereign, have promised to 'exchange information fairly without equally concealing your position'. But you kept quiet about the fourth man in the Rising Sun kingdom. Isn't this fair?

President Rudolph turns that sharp glance to McCard Imperial Chancellor Indella.

Indela took that eye from the front.

"As I said earlier, it was information of low certainty and priority, so we were putting information behind us until evidence was available. I apologize for taking the form of an ex post facto report. To publish all information about Inolita Kafuji, including the foregoing…"

"No, I don't care about that fourth one at this time. What I'm trying to figure out is that the McCard Empire is still hiding information about the braves."

Slightly indoors twitch.

In it, Rudolph stares at Indela, his eyes narrow and laughs.

Indela is flushing all over Willow with the wind, but Rudolph's eyes did not miss the slight shaking of those eyes the other day.

"It's a legacy that was left in a small village called Galli, said to have been moored by an earlier brave man. In that village, it is told that the previous brave men used 'power beyond protection'"

"It's only a inheritance. could have been exaggerated over the years"

"Similar heirlooms remained in other settlements. It can't be a coincidence."

Indera was in a hurry inside. It was later in the journey that the previous brave men visited the Doyle Federation. It was after gaining 'power', so it was possible that it was being exposed, but it was not thought that it remained as an inheritance.

"But..."

"No, that's enough, Prime Minister"

"Sire?"

Emperor McCard spoke only intimidating when he sat Indella down.

"Sure, let's admit we were covering up about that information. But understand that this is because you decided that it was not the information you needed and that it should not be released."

"Not necessary, you say? It could lead to an increase in the strength of the Brave Army, no, it would definitely contribute to that? Are you kidding me?

"No...... Let the Chancellor explain the details."

"Ha"

Indela receives the life of the emperor and rises again.

"'Power Beyond Coverage' in what Federal President Rudolph said, which we call the 'Over Box'"

"Over the box? That's a weird call. Isn't it easier to understand simply 'awakening' or something?

"This is a diversion of what no other previous brave man would call it. Says there's no stranger naming than this."

Because it is information that is not in the material, Indela organizes the material while summarizing what she says with her head.

"The Over Box is regarded as a statement by the previous generation of brave men," releasing the true power of protection, "and no one has gone but the previous generation of brave men. The process leading up to the over box, the conditions are unknown. From these things, we regulated information so that brave men could drill into tunnels without running cheaply over-boxes."

"You're weak for a reason. Then you'd still be more comfortable regulating information to monopolize the over-box and their benefits."

"That's not the only reason. Because the nation feared recommending an over-box to the brave, and that some brave man who over-boxed some nation, including the McCard Empire, would appear."

"What? What?

Rudolph made a frightened face. It is the same even in the face of a round table.

"Why did you bother to fear that?

"It depends only on 300 years old material, but the brave men who fulfilled the over-box, that is, the previous brave men, had the power to slightly exceed the national force. After the over-box, the brave men became so mighty that they could not heal into the hands of a single nation that it was not funny to be able to conquer the world."

"... isn't that an exaggeration?

"It could be somewhat exaggerated, but at least it will be certain that the Over Box will produce power that greatly surpasses the Demon King. So much so that the previous brave men themselves regulated the information of the Over Box to the McCard Empire."

"300 years ago, after the Demon King crusade, peace was made because of the personality of the previous brave..."

"That's also why I called for an army of brave men this time. It was the goal of the Brave Army to keep over-boxing from happening by providing more brave men than the Demon King."

It was necessary to summon a number of brave men in order to defeat the Demon King sparingly.

But if a nation had many brave men, the balance of its forces would lean greatly, and there could have been war between human states before the Demon King crusade. For this reason, this army of brave men has been formed, which distributes the brave men to each nation.

"Hmm, okay, let's convince him. But in this case, my credibility with the McCard Empire has fallen. I'm asking you to deal with it."

"Okay. It'll be good."

"Do you have any other questions? If not, I'm going to move on to the next agenda."

Indela turned her attention to the face of the round table.

Silence persists for a while.

"Let me now move on to the next agenda. As I have already said, the three brave men of the Kingdom of Rising Sun are now protected by our McCard Empire. about which countries will administer them."

Indela rolled up the material at hand.

"Allow me first of all to express the opinion of our Kingdom of Rising Sun that, in the light of national power, the margin of financial resources, convenience and their mental state, we should continue to exercise control in the McCard Empire. If you disagree, please."

"None," "None," "None," "None," "None," "Never mind," "None," "Hey," "Nothing in particular."

Each face sitting at the round table responded instantly.

Now that the power of the country is being reduced by the attacks of the Demon King's Army, only the McCard Empire can afford to bring in three more brave men.

Being inferior in national power in the first place, excluding the brave, it wasn't much of a problem for the brave to concentrate six people in the McCard Empire.

"With the exception of the 'Republic of Grants', which is not here, and the demise 'Kingdom of the Rising Sun', there were ten in favour, including the McCard Empire, so let me move on to the next agenda"

Indela rolled the dossier again.

"As far as the national territory of the demise Rising Sun kingdom is concerned, it is inherently outside the jurisdiction of the brave army argument, but I believe that an agreement should be made because all human states, with the exception of the 'Republic of Grants', are in place on this occasion. If you have any objections."

"It seems silly, such as troubling between human states during the invasion of the Demon King's Army. If you want to break the deal on this occasion, you should."

"Agreed"

Indella moves on to the discussion because everyone has indicated their intention to consent.

"Now that we have received the consent of more than ten countries: 'The McCard Empire', 'The Doyle Union', 'The Lean Holy Nation', 'The Empire of Ziehan', 'The Principality of Canadi', 'The Uyghil Union', 'The Awsa Empire', 'The State of Jerusalem', 'The Principality of Allein' and 'The Republic of Kish', we will conclude an agreement on the territory of the former Kingdom of Rising Sun. The round-table meeting will be held again in a few days with regard to the content of the agreement. Let me now move on to the next agenda"

Indela says as she rolls through the pages of the material.

"Please open your materials, page 24"

After that voice, I heard the paper rubbing intermittently in the conference room.

After it fits all the way in, Indela continues.

"The table summarizes the strength of thirty-six brave men of the Brave Army by ranking them. The three brave men of the Kingdom of Rising Sun who did not join the Round Table, as well as information from them, gave us information on the protection of the three brave men of the Republic of Grants, so we edited them rapidly as an amended version. Complete versions with additional information will be distributed again at a later date."

A-rank

"Magic Affinity," "Body Affinity," "Martial Arts," "Space Magic."

B-Rank

Swordsmanship, Skillsmanship, Bow, Shield, Junction, Light Magic, Fire Magic, Wind Magic, Water Magic, Earth Magic

C-rank

"Jujitsu," "Martial Arts," "Wand Arts," "Karate Arts," "Thermal Magic," "Ice Magic," "Dust Magic," "Melting Magic," "Breaking Limits," "Body Enhancement," "Magic Enhancement," "Telepath," "Thousand Eyes."

D-Rank

"Life Magic," "Cooking," "Clairvoyant," "Alchemy."

E-Rank

"Dark Magic," "Beastification."

Non-standard

"Count," "Notebook," "Hikinito."

"Well," magical affinity "means" junctional art. "

"I wish the Kingdom of Rising Sun had just gotten the information. I could have helped you with some of this."

"That country, because the queen was the queen..."

"You have one more out of standard. Is this the brave man of the Grants Republic?

"There are too many out of standard this time... even if there are too many denominators, it's not an anomaly"

"Supplementally, only the 'count' held by the McCard Empire's brave men is found capable of doing so amid non-standard protections." Notebook "is the brave man of the Grants Republic. Also, the McCard Empire brave man with" Hikinito "is counseling and is on a comic tour under surveillance."

"... you can't discern non-standard protection by name alone..."

"Mostly what," Hikinito "? I've never even heard the words themselves. He doesn't know what that means either."

(No, I know that one, but I just didn't want to talk about it...)

After all the stirring had settled down, Indela excused herself, coughed up a little before continuing her remarks.

"We will also later collapse the information to make sure that it is a 'breakthrough in limits' for former Rising Sun Kingdom braves, currently classified as C-rank..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

"What?"

"The protection of 'Breaking the Limits' should also be on the record of the literature...?

To the natural reaction, Indella nodded and said one thing.

"The ability itself is no different from the literature's 'breakthrough in limits', but it seems that the ability discovery and expression was not at the time of the summons, but more recently"

"That's... that's a non-standard feature"

"Therefore, the protection of Lute Sinzaki may be outside the fourth person's standard and outside the second person's proven standard"

─ ─ McCard Empire, Imperial Castle, Training Ground-

"Hey, hey... lute? You should stop now."

".............................. shut up...... duh!

Dragon Dou, who stopped Pearl Hill, crawled to the ground weakening his whole body as he groaned at one end.

In a four-legged beastly position, he coughs as hard as a slap on the throat.

"Kaha... gebo, gaho geho... gu... ha... ha..."

As his breathing settles, he rises again, shaking his feet like a newborn deer.

(It's hard to keep hanging 'Limit Breaking' in a row... but the effect time is growing little by little...)

"... 'Breaking the Limits' Huh!

While the whole body is originally threatened by strong tiredness and intense muscle pain due to the recoil of "Limit Breach," further layering of "Limit Breach" sharpens the senses and increases the pain.

In order to further strengthen the exhausting body, it becomes a more injurious form of the whole body.

"Gaaaa!"

Raising a beastly voice to severe pain and sweating wet all over his body, Ryudo still doesn't release "Breaking the Limits".

(I don't know if it's because it's a brave body or the effect of 'breaking the limits', but it's a fact that my body is being trained by this whole body of muscle pain! This is the most efficient way to build your entire body!)

"Kaha... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~!

With the recoil of "Breaking the Limits," Ryudo is crowned with further severe pain.

Pearl's face still seemed to cry, but she kept an eye on the painful figure of Ryudo.

"Riu, Ryudo? What...!?

Aoi, who visits the training ground, tries to rush over to Ryudo, but Ryudo stops it with his hands.

(It's bad for both of us... I (...) need to be stronger... I need to get the power...)

Behind Ryudo's brain flashes back the Knights captain, who lightly adorns himself, and the look of Prayer Ri mocking this one.

(The power to resist irrationality like shit...!)

"... 'Limits'

"Yes, a little bit that far"

Where Ryudo tried to call back 'Breaking the Limits', he heard a distracting voice on the training ground.

"I don't know what you're in a hurry for, but you, you're overstuck."

It was a young man with dark hair threads who was ahead of Dragon Dou's surprised gaze. Next to it was a brunette with a fuzzy impression.

The young man walks up to Ryudo with a hella and a laugh.

"Who are you?

"Oh, yeah. Let me introduce myself first."

In response to Ryudo's uncanny question, the youth punches Pong and answers with his hand.

"I'm Keito Kanejo, and this cute kid here is Saijo Kazu. Greetings."

"Or cute, already! Kanejo-san."

Ira.

Somehow Ryudo became frustrated by the sight in front of him.

But as a token of courtesy, we also want to introduce ourselves and speak.

"... I'm Ryudo Shinzaki. This is Yuki Tanzawa and Aoi Isoya."

"It's Pearl."

"Aoi..."

"So, by that name, you Japanese... are you brave?

In response to Ryudo's inquiry, the young man named Keido with a grin answers.

"Soya. The McCard Empire's brave man... I'm going to teach you" blessing, "because I'm the substandard" count, "and Sky is the A-ranked" spatial magic. "Why don't you tell me about your protection, too?

"... I don't mind, but what's rank? Never heard of it."

"It's a blur, too."

Dragon Dou narrows his eyes to Keido, who is always in a light condition.

"I'm" Breaking the Limits, "Pearl Hill is" Magic Affinity, "and Aoi is" Junction. "

"Well, I knew that."

……

I get irritation from the bottom of my belly. Ryudo had no idea why it was so frustrating.

"There are three brave men, aren't there? What's the other one doing?"

"Mm-hmm. Shinai, Sakata, I'm going on a journey now."

"Journey?"

"It's this country's orientation. I don't know, but he said it was meant to express protection."

Ma, that's fine now, Keido repartitioned one end, and he laughed at the dragon dogs again and said.

"Welcome to the McCard Empire. You can ask me anything you don't know. We're going to be friends in the same country. Let's get along."

"Nice to meet you. Hey!

After the sky made a bright voice, Keido offered his hand to Ryudo.

Ryudo shook that hand back after a moment.

"... oh, nice to meet you"

Ryudo said that in a low voice.

A single street that cracks the plain.

One carriage was running over a path of light brown soil bursting with rattling noises.

Next to it is a ridden escort and thought adventurer, with a total of three horses lined up to walk.

I heard the pitiful voice of one man in a plain carriage.

"Uh, my butt hurts...... I should have learned about suspension in Japan if this... Hey, May. You still don't get there?

"We've just left. And a little more expensive, but the suspension carriage is already built."

To the young man who gives the nayo impression, the maid, called May, answers pale.

"Seriously? Then I'll buy it that way. I have money."

"The money paid to the Empire is limited. Unless you make a decent fortune, you should save some money."

"I behaved heavily on the escort..."

"You should pay more for security, but paying for comfort on the ride is a luxury story"

"It's hard, May. You don't mind if my ass skins off?

"If I peel it, I peel it. And don't worry, I'll restore it with restorative magic."

"... hey"

The adventurer, hired as an escort, who was listening to the conversation between the maid and the young man, spoke with great concern.

At that moment, however, the young man becomes vicious and solidified.

"... er...?

"is, hi, it would be Nan Ka"

The adventurer gets confused before a young man who has solidified into a bee.

So the maid went between them.

"I'm sorry, my adventurer. Master Zenta is very familiar and has difficulty talking to the first person..."

"... for what it's worth, I seemed to be talking to you casually?

"I'm Zenta's maid of honor, so it's special. So, what can I do for you?

"Oh, no. I wonder what kind of relationship you two have. I know it's my husband and maid, but they're both too casual for that. Boy is not a nobleman..."

"... isn't it a violation of manners to pry into your client's identity?

"Ah, ah. I'm just curious, I'm not going to ask in depth. You don't have to talk if you don't want to."

"Well, that's what I'm talking about"

Silence fell in the carriage because I cut the story. Until earlier, a maid talked to a young man called Zenta, but because the young man had hardened, he would never open up a single population.

At that time, the wagon shakes loudly and the young man hits his ass hard.

"Oh... hey."

"... Dear Zenta, are you okay? Shall I give you restorative magic?

"No, fine..."

The young man dismissed the maid's suggestion that it would be difficult, or pitiful, to have one healing magic done with this.

(... Ha. I'm sorry that I was summoned by another world as a brave man because of this. "Hikinito" is a name for protection... and I don't know how to use it...)

The young man sighed.

It was this young man who was the third brave man summoned by the McCard Empire, Shinai Seita, who gained the protection of 'Hikinito'.