Farewell to Mr. Smict. We'll follow Eina and her team down the street to Wang Du.

I was two days late, but I dropped the elves off and asked Kutl to fly to contact me about the lightening of the carriage. I had Shella raid one of the cities along the way and was able to catch up while the main unit responded to it.

The response of the dragons to escape anyway seems to be staining the body, and the evacuation guidance unit was able to carry out the operation without any problems to the extent that it protected some of the people who had missed the escape and the elves who were left stranded (creased).

This is the second time that a unit has defeated the Dragon, so now everyone has participated in the attack and has done a great job of getting rid of it.

After that, under Eina's command, we proceeded to reload the support supplies, almost at the same time as we arrived.

The offensive itself is going extremely well.

The raid by the dragon, which was planned two or three times on the road at first, was also omitted only once because rumors (rumors) are widespread enough. August is coming to an end on the 26th. We arrived on the outskirts of Zarut, the king's capital of the kingdom of Daphra...

The city of Zalut, which climbs a small hill and looks at it, is just stunning, with only the King's Capital of a country that boasted the greatest national power on the continent until a short while ago, and the city walls are the tallest and heaviest (all around) I've ever seen. And that's double.

The sight that can be attacked and attacked with a positive attack method is a bit unimaginable.

... but. Its walls, which boast an overwhelming presence against humans, will also be smashed with one shot per body if it falls on Shella.

In the first place, the walls themselves don't make any sense to a flying dragon.

With such an unsatisfactory nightmare looming, I thought the city was quite confused, but as far away as I could tell, it was utterly quiet, and I didn't see anyone rushing away, or any livestock or elves connected to the area as a decoy, like the rest of the city.

Maybe that's just the King's Capital, and you have some kind of dragon secret to prepare for it?

If so, I'm a little worried about Shella, but Eina, who was watching the city next to me, utters words like a snap.

"It's odd, I can't feel the signs of people.... Yoichi, may I ask Lord Kutl to scout the city?

"Ah, yes. Kutl, are you okay?

"Yes, I'll take care of it!

Kutl has been a bit energetic and motivated since he met Mr. Smict the other day.

Are you eagerly awaiting your promise to go see me again after this expedition?

Dropping off the cheerful flying ctre, I'll ask Eina for a detailed analysis.

"The funny thing is, first of all, I can't see the guard (Bumpei) at the gate. Besides, there doesn't seem to be any guards on the city walls, and even though it's such a big city, there's no merchant carriage going in and out, and there's no smoke in it."

... I see. If you ask me, the gates are open but there's no shadows, you can be a blacksmith, a stall, and if you're using fire, you can see about the smoke.

"... do you mean they all escaped?

"Perhaps... but even if we were all in the King's Capital..."

Aina with a puzzled face.

Scheduled to have Shella play a big stand around here, where Lynne and Mr. Yumika's troops against the Dragon were very active in front of a large crowd to make a name for themselves all over the continent, while also breaking the hearts of King Daphra's kingdom and his neighbors and taking them to the annexation. Apparently you can't do that.

Speaking of which, there have been many wars and expeditions before, isn't this the first time that Mr. Eina's predictions have been drastically off?

Even my head squeezes all sorts of wisdom, and Kutl returns and gives me a report.

"There is no one in the city. We flew around pretty wide, but the people didn't feel any signs of elves, nor did they see horses or sheep."

"Oh well, good luck. … Eina, let's just get into the city"

I'm watching Nina in the back, and there's only people around who know our relationship, so I'm going to suggest we show you a little bit of a good place.

Eina is pondering (all the time), but for now we should make sure she's in the city, and if there's really no one there, she won't be wrong with the option to subdue her.

Eina, too, looked up and nodded.

"Right. In any case, this city needs to be occupied. Nina, order the evacuation team to enter the city and scout ahead."

"Yes."

At Mr. Eina's direction, Nina jumps on a horse and runs to a unit resting nearby.

With a small unit, and only the central members know me, the next king's candidate will be dispatched.

But as far as I can see, Nina doesn't just follow Eina, either, because she sometimes insists on her opinions, and sometimes she makes the argument fight, so I think she's having a pretty good sisterhood.

It depends on Nina whether she chooses to eventually become king or not, but either way, I think the experience will feed, so I want you to go through a lot.

It would be a difficult experience to occupy the king's capital of a great power with a force of about a thousand people.

That's why we're going back to the carriage and heading to the city of Zalut.

I also ask Kutl to do additional reconnaissance and exchange words with Eina, who is glittering with the map.

"But it's quite important (oh and oh) that everyone in that city escaped."

"Yes, Zarut is the second largest city on the continent, approaching a population of 1 million. The most important is Urtai, which was the capital of the former Idra Empire, but it is the largest city surrounded by city walls, given that it is like a giant village in a prairie, mainly a lake. I didn't know everyone from that city..."

"Do you have any idea where he went?

"Probably north. The east is immediately the sea, and to the south there are mountains, which are not suitable for large numbers of people to travel. I am also anxious in terms of food procurement. If you did transition, it would probably be here or here."

Eina's fingers point to the two cities on the map.

North and northeast.

"I see... but why didn't you come west? I don't think I saw anyone at all who looked like an asylum on my way here? Even the west was flat, with large streets and easy to navigate, and there seemed to be plenty of food on one side of the wheat fields."

To my words like that, Eina said, 'What are you talking about?' That's right. I'm turning my eyes.

... Is that it? Did I say something weird?

"Yoichi. With the dragons approaching from the west, there can't be anyone trying to escape to the west."

"No, but isn't it safe the other way around once you've done it? Well, that doesn't mean there's no chance you're turning back, but it's dangerous to run away in the direction you might be coming, right?

"That's... well, maybe on reason..."

Rarely, Eina has a bad tooth cut.

... but right. To see the people of this world full of fear for dragons, even if it's one time dangerous, you're afraid to go down there.

Once I see the dragon burn down one of the cities, I may have a weaker perception of the dragon's threat for the stronger image of Shella, who is a person and has a calamage on her sister.

The discrepancy in perception can also lead to a discrepancy in views and judgments, so while we reflect that we have to be careful, the carriage we ride arrives in front of the city walls of Zarut...

Continental Calendar 26 August 426

36.2% Continental Unity Progress at the moment (Owned by Parklen Mine - Owns the Great Forest Zone of the former Kingdom of Markham and the former Idra Empire - Owns the Great Wetlands Zone of the former Kingdom of Siddhar - Strong influence over the Kingdom of Parklen, which dominates the western half of the continent - Secures land for orphans (Koji) in the eastern part of the former Kingdom of Siddhar)

832,548 total emancipated elves

Breakdown 159,019 people in mines 532,879 people in 4603 villages in the Great Forest Elves 139,596 marsh elves (some in turn migrating to the Great Wetlands) in protection at the Listella Chamber of Commerce 24,148 orphans

Asset holdings 21,140.1 million

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Lynne (Elf Archer)

Linea (Class B Adventurer)

Lena (Elf's Textile Artisan)

Ceres (Elf's Woodworker)

Listella (hired chairman of the Chamber of Commerce)

Lucrea (Elf's Pharmacist)

Nina (next king candidate)

Eina (King of the Kingdom of Parklen)

Kutl (Fairy)

Shella (Enchanted Dragon)