Master of the brave.

"Is the Demon Clan involved?

Leticia narrowed her eyes after listening and asked Raul.

"That's not all. Then I led my own army to the old castle to investigate. Investigations at that time showed no trace of the existence of the Demon Clan, but after the evacuation of the Administrator, we found traces of another incursion between the time the army rushed."

The dust accumulated for a long time rose in the atmosphere due to the impact during the collapse. It will take a long time before all that dust falls to the ground again.

And Raul, who went to investigate, found multiple human footprints on the dust. It turns out that the footprints came with all the dust since it fell to the ground. And the fact that its footprints are heading toward the town at the foot.

It was then that some of the magic books and props that seemed to have been taken from the ancient castle from the luggage of a small merchant company were discovered while the residents of the town were being interviewed and questioned in the streets.

"As a result of the interrogation, the merchants confessed that they were followers of Sarah Ferrule. According to what they say, they were commanded by those who were above them to go to the ancient castle and bring out what was written in the note that was given to them. It also seemed that it was not only they who received the order, but also others who were carrying them on a different route"

Raul and his men hurried to the place of delivery of the estate confessed by the merchants, but it was already too late, and no one had ever seen the mansion as a base.

"I don't know if those the admins saw were truly demonic. But the shadow of the glittering 'apostates'. I'm sure you're just up to something that's not busy."

"Sarah on Konrat. When it comes to using those two legacies to destroy the coming of God?

"I guess that's more likely. The organization of those who Sarah had died and worshipped the 'traitors' mostly disbanded, but some of them dived underground. Besides, Liara says that God of Destruction is not an evil God. A few, but some have long believed in God of Destruction."

Liala Sain is the woman who was another of Leticia's people.

And Konrat is also a cause.

"Is that what Liara said?

"Oh. You said something in the first place about applying God's deeds to people's standards"

"Raul... you were listening to Liara, weren't you?

"Anyway. It turns out that the organization of the 'Pagans', who thought Sarah Ferrule had been dissolved because of her death, was still active and that the Demons were also involved in the movement. Is its purpose to summon the same God of Destruction as before? Or do you even think about Sarah's revenge, which was a patriarch to them? Either way, Letty, then Mr. Wynn. I need your help."

"Whatever it is, if the 'traitor' is involved, you should go."

When Leticia stood up after the meal, she walked to a window with a view of the sea.

The Royal Palace building is the tallest in the King's capital Lyon. From the harbour of Lyon, visible through that window, we saw a cape that became a cliff as we moved our gaze west.

Leticia knows that there is a small shrine on the edge of the headland, although it is very invisible from here.

The place is where Sarah Ferrule lost her life.

"When the ancient castle's boundaries were broken into the Imperial Palace, he called one of the attending officers. Maybe I can get a lead on something. Before you go to Sarah's shrine, you should listen to her."

When Raul said so, Leticia nodded.

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"Shall we come, Princess Cornelia?"

"Yes."

When Winn and Leticia took their breakfast seats first, Raul walked out urging Cornelia to stay on the spot.

The big conference room is on the way. There will be an analysis of the situation taking place inside the current empire and a previous meeting on the scale of reinforcements to be dispatched.

On the way to the conference room, Fu Raul stopped.

I'm looking out the hallway window.

When I was caught and Cornelia looked out the window, I saw just two of Winn and Leticia walking together.

"I also thought when we met again in the Empire, it's something I really miss a lot"

The hallway, albeit upstairs, was tall and not within a distance of hearing the two conversations, but the two can peek.

Winn's expression, which was given direct cooperation by the venerable 'Sword Saint' Raul, was filled with a sense of mission.

Leticia walking side by side that win. I could even afford to look at her expression.

(I don't think Letty and I were the same person when we first met here.)

Leticia had some dangerous vibe when she first met him, indifferent to others.

Sometimes when we started traveling together and had a relationship of trust as companions, we would smile, but still somewhere Leticia had the air of being stuffed with cuts.

That's what I can't feel at all from Leticia right now.

Leticia when she is with Wynn shows so much serenity that Raul, who was on a long journey together, has never seen it.

(As long as he's by his side, Letty's fine)

At the young age of ten, Leticia was to bear the burden of the fate of the world.

Even if you were the bearer of unparalleled power, you must have been hurt until you were both physically and mentally worn out. I was worried about Leticia like that, but she had a place to rest her well-hurt feathers after a long journey. Raul was delighted with that. I'm sure Tiara, who is seeing Wynn, must have been equally relieved before Raul.

Another fellow traveler, Leara, will also meet with Winn again and be relieved to know how the two are doing.

Raul looked away from the two going away and smiled small as he looked down. Then Raul glimpsed the look on Cornelia's face as she looked at them beside him.

Successfully erasing the expression, but only for a moment, I could see a slight feeling of envy and jealousy floating in the face of the still young princess.

(I'm sure the Imperial royal woman has the right to choose her own companion)

The first emperor of the Lemursil Empire, who was a woman, stipulated that the royal family of women could decide their own companionship so as not to taste the grief of losing their beloved companion to their own descendants.

In accordance with that gesture, the royal woman does not marry politically, but is accompanied by a person she herself sees. At that time, however, the responsibility arose to determine whether the other person deserved to be the father of the royal family. Because if that child was given the right to inherit the throne, he could be on the throne of the emperor.

But the fact that royal women were not regarded as instruments of political marriage made the Imperial family too powerful in its foreign relations and remained in a privileged position for nearly three hundred years.

The royal woman welcomes her excellent husband and has an important mission to leave blood for the next generation. The man at the end of Cornelia's gaze, the princess...

(Well, but it's pretty hard to get between those two from me. Alfred, too, would know that)

As a companion who traveled with me, Raul hopes Leticia will be happy, and puts her on the shoulder. But when he thought about Cornelia's heart, which kept hiding his thoughts, Raul leaked a great deal of sigh.

The conference room where your meeting took place, like the rest of the Royal Palace, was raised with many decorative cloths and the flag of the Kingdom of Lyon, as well as a flag sewn with the family crest of the nobles.

A heavy table is placed in the centre of the room, and the chair is placed so as to enclose the table. And the deepest part of the room was a step higher, and there was a throne decorated with gold and treasure balls,

Red carpets are laid on the floor of the room, and ornaments and seasonal flowers live on the walls. Yet somewhere cold and bizarre oppression may be due to the fact that this room is a place for discussion on what to do to kill people efficiently. Cornelia, who followed Raul into the conference room, thought so looking around at the faces of the military officials of the gathered kingdom of Lyon.

(I am here as representative of the Empire. You can't let the atmosphere in your room overwhelm you before the meeting starts)

Pushing into his stomach, he slowly advances to the center of the room. Then, according to the manipulation, we salute Daris Orto Lyon, the fourth king of the Kingdom of Lyon, who sits on the throne at the front.

"Thank you for inviting me to your previous meeting. His Majesty Darris."

"Once again, you've come a long way to our country, Princess Cornelia. Did you enjoy the feast?

"That's it already"

"That's good"

King Darris's voice is not the same full of majesty as when he visited to greet him during the feast. Cornelia felt like she was standing in front of a lion because her eyes were sharp and intense and she could see her stubborn flesh even from above her clothes.

I feel completely hidden in the fame of my son, Prince Raul, but this King Darris is the most martial name, famous and honorable man among the kings of the neighboring countries.

Upon his accession to the throne of the king on his youth day, he immediately sought to improve his relations with his neighbour, the Lemursil Empire, thoroughly beating the kingdom of Cassinate, which had attempted to invade with a gap in the alternation of thrones, and victorious in turn by falling two cities and three fortifications. He did not fail to practice martial arts in the army afterwards, especially by putting his heart into the maintenance of the port and the navy and embarking on a pirate crusade to stabilize the sea route. Those efforts have borne fruit, and the number of pirates has fallen dramatically. Increased profits from rising maritime trade brought immense wealth to the country.

The name of 'Sword Saint' Raul Ort Lyon, a hero who defeated the Demon King with the brave, is now surpassing King Darris' fame, but it was also King Darris that spotted Raul's sword genius in the first place and invited the then 'Sword Saint' to the Kingdom of Lyon as his master. Because King Darris himself has martial arts, Noah was able to find his son's talent.

To train a successor to the military in government, and in front of the willing King Darris, Cornelia could not help but feel the great difference in character between Emperor Alexei of Lemursil, who still showed no movement, and Emperor Alexei of Lemursil, who, as a monarch, felt disappointed while my father was about to start a civil war that divided the country.

"It's a matter of country. Would you be wondering what's going on in your country today?

"Your Majesty's consideration, it hurts"

"But I didn't know you could come through the mountains of Magil, who is said to hesitate to step in, too, with only a few offerings. The princess isn't quite as bold as she seems."

"As His Majesty also said, our country is in a difficult situation today. In the meantime, you can't break any more precious manpower into my escort. But on the road you were accompanied by His Royal Highness Prince Raul, the 'Sword Saint', an ally of His Royal Highness the King of Raul, the 'Brave' Leticia, who will be revealed to the world as a famous hero. Nothing is more comforting."

With that said, Cornelia made me smile.

"I see. If Lord Brave will escort me, I will be more comfortable than being defended by the hosts of hosts. But I think I heard from Raul, who asked His Highness Leticia for help from my country. Lord Wynn, a valiant master and servant, is also to be hunted for help with Lord Leticia."

"I know. It would be a great honor if my squire could help His Majesty and your country. Please use it to the fullest when it comes to my squire."

"Mm-hmm. He's even called Lord Brave's Master. If anything happens to him while he runs for our country, he may buy the wrath of Lord Leticia. I assure you that I am responsible for the safety of my neighbourhood."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

When he urged Cornelia to take his seat, King Darris let the assembled minister snort one at Eagle Fling.

It is the beginning of your previous meeting.

A knight who was holding back behind the king spreads a much larger map on the table.

It's a map of the Empire.

That was just not as detailed as the map used in the Knights of the Empire, but it depicted the topography and towns that were the main ones.

"The army of Prince Neumann, who left Simurgh, has taken a path along the River Rooms and has received reports that he is headed towards Ertz, the capital of Ersted Uncle"

First, the first person to stand up and speak was an imperial civilian working for the Imperial Palace.

He looks up to the army at the pieces of wood painted and leaves them on the map. By doing so, the current position of the military is visually clear, etc.

"Hmm, the difference in force is obvious. After all, Neumann is more dominant in suppressing the imperial capital and the emperor's stature. Besides, we can gather soldiers from the Emperor..."

"At the moment, there is no sign from His Majesty the Emperor"

That's what an imperial civilian answered after Raul's gaze.

"It's a rude story for your country, but it's a strange story that even this period of civil war is about to begin, the emperor still hasn't come out of it. If the rest of us are in the same position, we won't let this happen. Does His Majesty, Alexei, lie still with any illness?

"No, that's not true. At least until I left Shimlug, the Empire, Your Majesty was shown a good victory. I'm sure His Majesty the Emperor will be heartbroken by the current situation. But if the time has come to observe the situation for the first time and to come on top of it, it seems that you are going to go to arbitration."

I think it's a painful excuse without content myself, but that's what Cornelia had to give back to King Darris.

As a matter of fact, Alexei just won't be interested in what's going on outside the Imperial Palace.

The Imperial Palace is supposedly controlled by the Neumans, but Alexei will not be particularly concerned about it.

Originally, he was an emperor who showed no interest in politics or the military. Morning meetings discussing important policies were often left to the Crown Prince Alfred as well.

Outreach, thanks to Neumann's reign over the Imperial Palace, he may be pleased to be freed from the annoying emperor's affairs. And you must continue to paint even hobby paintings in your own room in the deepest part of the Imperial Palace

But if Alexei was swallowed up by the Neumans and offered to take Alfred as a traitor, all the Knights of the Empire would be enemies.

Either Prince Alfred or Second Prince Neumann.

The nobles who are currently deciding on opportunism, and the nobles of the Neutralists, cannot refuse to send troops.

Ironically, just now, that attitude of piercing indifference to things outside Alexei was gratifying to the Alfreds. Most importantly, though Alexei would not have allowed the rise of the Cliffdorfs if he had taken more interest in government.

"From the front, Neumann's army is dominated by the Central Knights coming along the River Rooms. And from the eastern side of Ersted territory, the neighboring Klefdorf Army is in formation and the Crown Prince Army is half-surrounded. On top of that, we have information that the Kingdom of Petersia is also ending its army on the border near Kleifdorf territory."

"The situation is extremely unfavourable."

"Pull the main unit into the woods stretching along the River Rooms. It's hard for the army to spread sideways here. No matter how many, no soldier can stand on the battlefield. Keep your ambush troops down... and you'll be able to stop our reinforcements from arriving while they bleed."

Raul and the other generals move the pawn and explain so.

In the middle of that explanation, new information was brought to the meeting room.

Information that the Knights of the Southern Side of the Empire saw the movement of the Royal Petersian Army and placed it on the border between Kleifdorf territory and the Kingdom of Petersia.

"Did you indeed say General Redwick, the leader of the Knights of the Southern Side of the Empire? He does hear that Count Elsted and I were colleagues in the Allies against the Devil's Continent. I see... and then Lord Cliffdorf won't be able to move his army lightly."

The Knights on each side stationed on the Empire's north-west, east and west borders have the authority to move freely around the noble territory, even without the permission of the Lord when things happen.

The reason why the Knights of the South stood out this time as they moved was to restrain the movement of the kingdom of Petersia, which is enlivening near the border, but it was clear that the support for the Elsted territories was the real aim.

However, even Lord Klefdorf Marquis cannot restrain them from forming themselves in their territory, even if the movement of an external enemy called the Kingdom of Petersia is justified.

Because it is true that the Kingdom of Petersia is moving.

Having been held back by the Knights of the South, the Klefdorf Marquis cannot be freely conscripted either.

Alfred was making a good situation by focusing only on Neumann's army coming from the front.

In the light of that situation, the generals of the Kingdom of Lyon were in turn beginning to discuss, among other things, the size of the specific reinforcements.

Occasionally, the Imperial Civilian is asked for opinions and amendments on topography and specific paths.

Cornelia kept watching in silence.

My brother, Alfred, would have sent himself to Lyon as a military alliance signed envoy to keep herself, her squire Wynn, and Leticia out of this mess.

He will return with reinforcements from the Kingdom of Lyon, but he is still a student of the Cavalier School and cannot command the army of another country. And, in fact, the clerical matters are also answered by the Civilians on this occasion of the previous meeting, and Cornelia is not asked for an opinion either.

(This is my current position -)

Cornelia, who is less than eighteen, is not originally involved in official business.

Yet there must be some intention that Alfred sent her to Lyon in this way. I expect her to achieve some kind of accomplishment.

To meet his brother's expectations, Cornelia desperately sees it on a map spread out on his desk.