We left the Dwarf kingdom. We were blasting our way to the Holy City.

I told Estea that I would not focus on talking to her, but that I would listen to her when she arrived in the Holy City.

Estea spent ten days in the Dwarf kingdom, but sometimes the Lionels hadn't forgotten Estea's face and name, and they couldn't confirm the fact that the Dark Spirit manipulated her memory.

"Thank you for your letter. I sat down. When I gave it to King Dwarf, I was not suspected at all, and I was offered safety and meals."

She has smiled and thanked me for saying that.

During the travel break we... we talked about a lot of things with our ex-slaves.

Listening to family composition, favorite dishes, and the conditions for joining the Mage Guild, I heard a chant that seemed like I could already use, bearing in mind my new knowledge.

"... why?

There should be a magical aptitude for fire attributes, water attributes, and earth attributes, but I could not activate it by making a magical chant of LV I.

Well, I predicted this.

The same way when you were on the heel, just chanting, because you weren't proficient.

"... can't you lose your magic?... Not getting more proficient? Why?"

It was also a desperate journey to indulge in the apparent fear that none of his proficiency had increased.

"St. Shroud's country is safe."

"I envy you."

"It's good to have demons that feed moderately, surrounded by woods and mountains with wild grass."

That's kind of a deja vu conversation.

I went down the road thinking about it and said what I thought.

"I wonder why there are no villages around Dwarf Kingdom or Rockford."

"Of course towns and such, but to create villages, you will also need the permission of the Pope if you are a representative of that country… this Holy Shroud Accord"

"I can't make it on my own because it's all about rights."

"What about the Empire where Lionel and Ketty were?

Lionel and Ketty decided to ask because they were likely to learn more about the autonomy of the Empire.

"The Empire is steered by the Emperor and the Duke family throughout the Empire. While the Marquis and Count run their territory, they let the faction's Viscounts and Barons run their territory in detail."

"In fact, the situation is too sudden to be able to steer."

"The Empire, like Lionel and the others, is trapped more and more."

The two of them were mourning the present empire.

I knew the interior of the empire was rotting, but I didn't think it was this much.

"The time may come to patrol the Empire, but you should stay away from it for the time being."

"Lionel, don't tell me you're scared...... even though I certainly don't have plans to go to the Empire for the moment, if it's going to be all that dark behind me, I might have to think of something to do with the boulder"

The Empire has a brilliant military master, and all I see is a structure that stretches out a ploy to corrupt him from the inside out.

I don't even know what the situation was like originally. It's hard for me to try to find out everything, but I'd like to live peacefully apart from the country.

Estea looked at me as I was talking to the Lionels as the sun set and preparing for the camp.

"Dear Luciel, can I help you?

"No, I'm fine. What better condition is it in the carriage than that?

"It's so vast that you can't imagine it from the way it looks out there, it doesn't shake too much, so your body doesn't even hurt"

"Well, I guess."

So I cut the conversation, but Estia didn't try to leave.

"What can I do for you yet?

"... you know, it's the horse Master Luciel is riding on..."

"Why does Forenoir come out here?

Even to continue the conversation, Estia began to talk like she was determined again that the conversation was flying too far and suffering from understanding.

"I feel a tremendous power from that horse. Where did they bring you from?

"Forenoir is a very good and kind horse. Of all the horses on which the Holy Knight was riding, the only one who kept me firmly on board was Forenoir, so the Pope told me not to. Something bothering you?

"... I don't know why, but I feel like I've faded feeling lonely since that horse saw me..."

"I won't give up Forenoir if he asks me. The Pope gave it to me, but before that, he was my partner."

I heard couscous laughing from behind when I said it with laughter, but nothing wrong because I just told them what I thought even if they laughed at me otherwise.

"Okay. I'm sorry. I said I couldn't. Um, so what happens when I'm done listening in the Holy Capital?

"I think that would be fine if you answered the question firmly about what kind of job the Spirit Magic Swordsman was in and what course he spent and belonged to the Healer Guild and told him exactly how he became a slave"

"Really? Will the Luciels also be present?

"That will be the Pope's judgment. If nothing happens, we have a city we want to go to, so we're heading there."

"Really? Ok. That's what I'm telling you."

Estia went back to her former circle of slaves.

"She could see the color of anxiety."

"... I lifted the slaves, but if they were raised in the empire, wouldn't it be strange if they were under oath?

"I can't say for sure. No one has ever taken a pledge near Master Lionel."

Against Ketty's voice, I turned to Lionel and then asked Lionel.

"Lionel was looking into human experiments and slavery, and his men targeted him, right?

"It will."

"Did you know, like Estia, that there are facilities where you can raise physically weak children from a young age?

"The Empire is not a single rock, so much so that military men, whether generals or not, can grasp everything.

Well, if you're a nobleman, it depends on you being a demon cave, even if you're targeting a territory that's going to grow up.

It's not normal for anyone to tell you what they're doing or what they're doing. "

"Well, that's how we get together and we get to war."

"If you raise a war fire, if you collect and pay money for the change of land, the Emperor will allow you to count to the Count. Even if you are not good at martial arts, you are equally good at tactics. There's also an opportunity to be recited by civilians."

"... Yenis, the kingdom of Dwarf, is it a disturbance caused by the intellectuals?

"No doubt about it."

"... have you already missed me?

"You will. But as I said before, I can't imagine you attacking me outright."

"Then naturally you're also finding out about Lionel and Ketty, aren't you?

"Yes, if you accompany us as slaves, you won't have to worry about getting attacked if you grumble for fear of retribution."

We now know the fundamental reason why we cannot release the Lionels from slavery until the problem of the Empire is over.

He was going to finish his dinner, wondering if he was able to gain a little trust from the Lionels.

The next day, I told him that I had cut a day until I arrived in the Holy Capital, and demanded that the ex-slaves register adventurers.

Because I can't make an ID if I don't.

I had decided to ask Mr. Grants, who made me master of cooking, to do them a favor.

"When you leave the Holy City, you can finally fight the whirlwind again."

"It will. Maybe we'll spend a few days in the Sacred Capital, but we're definitely going to Melatoni. I'd like to take a moment to look back at myself."

"I want to fight, too."

"My master is as much a combat freak as Lionel, so I think leaving him alone will be a battle. And Keffin, of course. I think Mr. Garba will be back by the time we get to Meratoni."

"... I will try not to die"

"Was it that hard to treat Mr. Garba?

"... I saw a couple of horse racing lights"

"What, isn't it normal? It was like that every day when I was in Melatoni."

"What?"

"I see. Is that why..."

"I'm not blunt about the pain, it's because it was everyday."

Each of them reacted differently to one of my words, but I decided to go through.

"St. Shroud's Church has a lot of ethnicity.

If Ketty and Keffin get set up, you can do it back.

Never lose.

If you say anything, if you can't tell him you're my squire, I'll have him waiting in the Adventurer's Guild so he can live outside the church. "

"Is the Adventurer Guild okay?

"Isn't there a lot of adventurers and people?

"I don't think I've changed that much in a year, but I don't think I've done terrible things, so I can handle it."

"I know about the two of you, but what about me?

"Lionel might get trained with the Saints"

"That's a good idea."

"Only Master Lionel, Zuluigna"

"I'd like to gather information from the Adventurers Guild."

"Ketty, for a little while, please."

"I can't help it."

I wish my former slaves could work normally, but I didn't know what would happen, so I decided to put on surveillance.

After that, we talked a lot, and when the sky stained with sea, I gradually returned to the Holy City for the first time in a year or so.