Then we decided to follow the Alliance Branch back to the Knights headquarters.

Nevertheless, Hild and Ambrose are still in a wizard-only meeting, and Leila is acting differently from Travis, so it's just me and Garnett and Sophia on their way home.

It's a path where a large number of humans go back and forth like every day, so naturally we get back to the Knights headquarters without any trouble.

That's how the arrow tip that went into the building from the front entrance, the figure I was just trying to find, got into view.

"Oops! Welcome home sooner than I thought."

Ulysses, who was indulgent near the entrance, smiled a deluded smile when he noticed our presence and manipulated his attitude.

"Just fine. Ulysses, I need a favor."

"Oh? Isn't it unusual to talk directly to yourself? What's wrong with you?

Ulysses didn't seem to be in a hurry either, so I decided to explain what the meeting was about and the role I wanted to leave to Ulysses on this occasion.

Positive maneuvers using waterways flowing from the second to the third tier.

The best way to do this is to use a magically powered ship that will be summoned with Ulysses' skills.

If the assumption is not to dispose of the members of the Yangtze unit, the minimum condition is to use a ship that can leave the front against the waterway flow.

Ships sailing with water flow manipulation, such as magic, can easily achieve conditions, but such substitutes do not exist around Green Hollow.

One of the reasons why they are not seen in the countryside because they are up-to-date and luxury goods is that the biggest factor is that Green Hollow is a town located in the back of the mountain and the surrounding area requires little high-performance ships.

That's the only big job I have to procure elsewhere and bring it to the second tier entry point.

The first tier of the mausoleum still has to be a major undertaking, no matter what anyone thinks, to break through the second labyrinth that spreads beneath Demon King's Castle.

In this regard, Ulysses ships (skills) are impeccable in every way.

The convenience of being able to call with summoning skills to adequate performance.

It's a level of fitness that no longer brings any further ideas to mind.

"Good for you. You were bored and stupid without a job. I think the time has come."

Garnett laughs happily and Sophia smiles somewhere relieved too.

But the reaction Ulysses showed was against their expectations.

"Come on, what do you think? I can't guarantee it will work out conveniently. Because it's a skill that's been rusting me for a long time, and it's a substitute for what I used in the Great Sea Plains in the first place, not a rapid-stream or something."

Garnett and Sophia turned their eyes all round and looked at each other in Ulysses' reaction, which was not too good.

I'm sure the two of you must have thought Ulysses would be happy with the turn that finally came.

"I can't be held responsible for failing... No, in the first place, if I fail, is it a battle death of honor myself before responsibility? Anyway, if you don't mind, give me an order."

"Oh my... what a white wolf..."

"I know. I spoke up with that intent. I plan to accompany you to support me in [restoration], but I don't know how I'm going to have to rely on Ulysses for all this."

"... dude! It's the first time you're going, too!

Garnett hasn't been busy between me and Ulysses to dictate his gaze.

Ulysses felt cat-backed and scratched his head, then looked up and looked at me.

"Well, if it's an order, I'll obey. So, you're not going to tell me you're going to decide tomorrow or anything, are you? Exactly. I need to get my mind back on it. It's useless."

"We also need to prepare the adventurers in charge of Yang Dynamics, so we should be a while away. I'll give you plenty of room for your plans."

"Thanks for that one. Then would you feel nervous enough not to hurt your back?"

That's how he replied with a strange and careless attitude, and Ulysses walked out of HQ with a flickering wave.

Where the door closes and then he can't see, Garnett opens his mouth without even hiding the confusion.

"... Ulysses bastard, seriously, I guess it's okay. If you don't have anything to do and you're rotten, I'll tell you..."

"That was kind of unexpected..."

Sophia wasn't as thorny an expression as Garnett either, but it hiccups to be confused by Ulysses' attitude.

But I wasn't very uncomfortable with Ulysses' behavior, unlike the two of us.

"That's not true. Maybe he's just trying to hide the pressure."

"Pressure? You're always floating."

"Your attitude doesn't mean you don't feel the pressure."

If this was the kind of age known as "the young man of expectation," and he was burning in his willingness to emerge up his right shoulder, he might have responded to the nomination of the captain (me) with enthusiasm enough to blow up the heavy pressure of his big job.

But that's a reaction because he's full of energy and physical abilities, and his skills are still there to stretch, and he's like a guy who has hope for his own future.

But Ulysses gave up (...) for better or worse (...) and (...) (...).

The stupidity of being sent to Green Hollow for an unintended transfer also bore the colour of masochism for giving up that one's own background (career) had fallen into more and more clogs, rather than the willingness to return to the upper echelons in return.

I've suddenly stepped in there, the big job of shaping the big picture on top that only I can do.

It was like being offered a full course dish all of a sudden where it continued to be crude, and I guess I wasn't mentally ready to take that pressure.

"... so maybe I just need a little time. There's no time for him to be sure he can do it."