Munou To Yobareta Ore, Yottsu No Chikara Wo Eru

"Stop."

A carriage approaching the main gate of Sumerian Castle is stopped by soldiers guarding the gate.

The time was about to pick up seven o'clock at night.

"What can I do for you?

The old man, who was manipulating the carriage, opened his mouth towards the soldiers guarding the gate, after having his beautifully dyed all-back gray head lowered with a peck, still touching the fine white-dyed moustache with his hand.

"I'm from the Brightshaft family. Today, my husband promised to let me see it with His Majesty..."

"Oh... I'm listening. I'm sorry, but just in case, I'll let you change inside."

"Yes, I did. I'll open it now."

As Bius stepped out of the carriage, he gently opened the door of the passenger car after putting a no to his husband as the guard watched.

Inside, Glatton, the head of the Brightshaft family, and -

"Excuse me, Master Glatton... I'm sorry about every time, because this is also the rule"

"Mm-hmm. Load is one of these. For once, it is a precious gift to His Majesty... but carefully."

That's what Glatton says, pointing to the luxuriously decorated slightly larger crate he keeps beside himself.

"Ha... hey"

The man, the guard chief, commands another soldier to carry it outside the carriage.

And I turned my gaze to one more person in the carriage.

"By the way... who is that?

"Oh... actually, I was going to give Bius a little free time there. Well, thanks for everything you've done as deacon head for so many years... and so on. So, this one will take his place in the meantime..."

"My name is Rebecca. After that, I want you to know me."

maid with brown skin on her silver hair...... Levi bowed her head saying so.

"Don't spend some time with him in the future. I want to see your majesty."

"Is that what happened...... ok. I'll tell you from here."

"Captain"

"Mm, excuse me..."

Shortly after his men called him in and the guard chief man left the carriage, Glatton took the handkerchief out of his chest and wiped the sweat hidden in his forehead all at once.

"... are you okay?

"Yeah, yeah... Phew... but you don't feel alive..."

There's no point in Glatton saying that either.

For him, this has been a huge beating since the beginning of his life.

It was the best I could do just pretending to be calm.

"Rest assured. You… I will protect you no matter what."

That's why Byrne put Levi on his assistant.

Of the members, she fits most "on the spot" and has origami strength.

There was no further aptitude.

"Ha... nice to meet you"

The door of the passenger car opened again when Levi smiled and nodded.

"Thank you for waiting. Please keep going as this does not seem to be a particular problem. We have also registered the magic of our new squire. You don't have to say no in the future. Now let my men lead the way."

"Mmm, thank you."

After reloading the crate, the carriage moves out according to the soldier's lead.

Glatton opened the crate and peered inside, confirming he had passed the gate.

There was a magic guide placed so that it was wrapped in laid straw.

When Gratton takes it out and puts it on his own lap, he pulls the straw that was laid off and looks at the plate underneath it with his finger.

"... there's no sign of it being opened. Apparently, we didn't find out."

"Really... one thing first,"

"Yeah. Well, it's normal that I don't have the courage to touch anything I offer to Your Majesty. It's under the straw… it's impossible not to notice this double bottom"

There was a trick in this crate.

Glatton made me make it in a hurry. That's that there's a board in the middle that separates the top from the bottom, and you can open and close it by pouring out his magic.

At the top where the straw is laid, an ancient magic guide is offered to King Sumerian.

And underneath it...

"I didn't know this would come in handy...... glad I was doing this job"

That's what Glatton says, touching it that was tucked away at the bottom of the crate.

Discs made of bronze.

In the center of it was embedded a silver glowing demonic stone.

"And then let's hope Garad and Evans do well"

"Yeah, well... I just hope nothing happens to you two..."

"What... those two will be fine. Because these are my proud sons. Besides, the operation set up by the hero, Mr. Byrne, will definitely work. Hey, when I think about it, it's kind of getting easier on me, too."

"Phew... that's good"

"Ha ha! Now, we have to concentrate on what we do."

"Yes, well, let's check again. The operation Master Byrne set up."

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On the eve of the operational decision.

The Lords were gathered in the Brightshaft family cafeteria again to finalize the operation.

"... you're all here"

After seeing the faces of everyone who took their seats, Byrne said so quietly.

There are now ten members: Byrne, Lord, Visor, Levy, Brance, Cheryl, Karen, Bahamut, Gratton and Bius.

"Hmm? What about him?

I realize there's not enough of one, and Blance asks.

By "him," he means the other one that Byrne was hiring.

After rendezvous once at noon, the man was disappearing again.

"Oh... he's behaving differently. Maybe it's the usual... it's in this town, too."

Byrne thumbs up and says so with a frightened face as he moves to press it three times.

That's all I understood. Blance also opened his mouth to a sigh mix.

"Damn... are you okay?

"Well, the operation is telling at noon, and he's a pro at first. I'll do it when I do. Assuming there's a change, I'll call you. Okay, let's just get started. Big muscles are exactly as I told them at noon. First, Mr. Glatton and Levi"

"Uhm."

"Yes."

"The two of them went from the main gate to the castle with Mr. Bius. This... with a transfer device."

That's what Byrne says, slapping two bronze discs placed on his desk alternately with Concon.

Gratton was a so-called imported grocery merchant whose business was to take various goods from various countries and wholesale them to royalty and nobility.

The commodities he deals with start with rare foods from every country and range from liquor, precious metals and condiments.

Of these, the most popular… it was the antique.

Riches show a higher interest than the pots and dishes made in ancient times, shields on swords, and ancient magic guides, which are hard to come by in modern times.

It was the same for Glatton himself.

He was using his work and doing his hobby, antique collecting.

Various magic aids of particular interest were supposedly used by ancient people.

When he found it, he said he was collecting it for the job itself.

That is how he has found what he has so far devoted to King Sumeria.

And this time, when he captured Ridley and Jigdra and found it while renovating the underground warehouse like that, he thought, "Maybe we could use it for something," and advanced to Byrne during an ops meeting that took place during the day.

"My biggest concern was cleared up thanks to this guy. I can't transfer the rod to a place I've never been, and I'm the only one who can move my magic. There were other measures... anyway, Mr. Glatton."

"Ha... glad I could help"

"Are you sure you can use that?

"Oh, I experimented during the day. It works fine. With this guy, it's possible to fly to the center of the castle at once. Put a few people together. I just need to complete some challenges to do that. The first is the demonic barrier that protects the castle. Most castles always have them, but Sumerian's are especially robust. As long as there's this guy, no physical intrusion, no metastasis... and this guy told me from my brother in Blance that the castle has a magic registry. Assuming unregistered magic breaks in from outside the main entrance, the alarm will go off immediately. So we need to stop them first."

"Hmm, so it's our two brothers who do that... right?

"That's the thing. As for the flow, Mr. Glatton and his brothers went inside through the main entrance and asked Blance, who confirmed it, to disarm the barrier and the alarm device. Then, first, me and that idiot, Yang, Lorde vacate for a little while, then disappear and break in, and the rest of them wait for a signal from Levi to activate the device... go inside. How about this far?

Everyone snorts.

Not so far.

But the problem came from here.

"Hang on... are you sure Byrne will be right?

"You can't say absolutely. But there's a good chance it will."

"I hope so..."

"... let's do what we can. I'm sure it'll work."

Everyone's gaze gathers to the road.

In that unmistakable look, there was nothing to speak of.

"Okay...... then, let's pack the operation. First......"

This is how Sumerian darkness was defeated.

Sumerian King Robert laughs underground today.

He doesn't know yet.

That big cracks are about to come in in the days that were going well.