I asked Etna after she and her men worked together to bury the bodies of the soldiers.

"Don't you have to contact your father?"

"Yes! It's okay, Father. I won't give in to the threat until I'm taken hostage."

"Even so, if you lie that you 'caught', you'll get lost." Give your parents peace of mind. "

Ah, that's right. Well then...

Etna thought for a moment and called in one of her nearby men.

After hitting his ears and saying something, his subordinates nodded tinyly, turning over and running.

After seeing it off, Etna came back.

"Well, I'm sorry to bother you here."

I was conscious of the gathering of people to deal with the corpse, and I told them in a tone that I wasn't the Emperor.

Where are you going?

“The state capital. I want to hear the rumors for myself.”

I omitted the word "my".

Well, then, let's go together... let's go together.

Together?

Yeah, I'll show you around, because I know there's a rumor going around.

Hmmm.

I nodded, thinking.

It's easier for me to just infiltrate, but it's easier for me to have a local guide.

I see, can you do me a favor?

Yes!

I was very happy to be counted on by the Emperor, but Etna called on another of her men with a full smile and said something.

Waiting for that, I left the village with Etna.



This is a monster!?

After I left the village, I kept walking for a while, but Etna wondered if I would try to get in the carriage.

Speaking of which, I don't think she introduced herself, so I called Mule lightly and made her just put her neck out.

Looking at the face of the monster, Mule, Etna was amazed and almost lost.

What, what do you mean?

"I decided to keep it. My name is Mule."

"I said, I'll keep it..."

"Mule, she's not an enemy. Don't attack me."

"Miki!"

As I said, the mule responded with its muffled eyes and its lovely chirping.

Etna was even more surprised when she saw it.

"Very obedient..."

That's right.

"Your Majesty, amazing... I've never heard of a human handing a monster so naturally"

Umu

I nodded tinyly.

The Empire certainly managed to "control" the monsters.

But it is close to brainwashing.

Unlike that, the behavior and atmosphere of a mule are more or less "ped".

No wonder Etna was surprised to see it.

As I did so, I saw my destination.

Goffel Province, Itosugi Provincial Capital.

Although it was an imperial territory for a long time, it was sometimes at the forefront of the western frontier, and the outer walls surrounding the city were high and comparable to the imperial capital in terms of severity.

I came to the spot where I could see it, and then I called out to the mule in the carriage.

"Wait here for a moment."

Miki?

"I'll be back in a night or so."

Mule was depressed and looked remorseless.

I stroked it hard.

Then he jumps off the carriage stand and asks Bahamut.

Can you distract yourself from the carriage?

There's no fabrication.

"No problem, I'll be back overnight. I'll take care of it."

Roger

"Um... Your Majesty? Who are you talking to?"

Behemoth.

"It's the same name as the ancient Great Sage... what the hell is that...?"

Etna looked around.

Leviathan and Behemoth and everything around them would be a long time, so I walked out deceitfully.

Etna followed behind.

There was still a long way to go, so I thought I'd ask around.

Is the gate tightly guarded?

“That's fine. The captain knows you, so he can easily make it through with a little pocket money.”

I see.

I nodded small and convinced.

I didn't particularly think that it was the same everywhere around here.

"I don't think I'll spend any money there."

Huh? So what do we do?

Let's go in separately, shall we meet inside?

It's fine to be different, Your Majesty, but do you have any reason to enter?

“No problem”

I nodded, and this time I asked Jizz with only my consciousness.

After Behemoth, he said, "Who's Jizz? I don't care if you ask me."

Like Behemoth, Jizz responded in two ways.

"I'm going first."

"Huh? That 's--huh!?"

Behind me, I heard Etna's frantic voice coming from the ground.

Jizz, the demonic bird that flew in the sky.

With the help of that jizz, I jumped into the sky and flew in a straight line towards the direction of the castle.

Wow, that's amazing!

Etna's cheers from behind quickly drove away and became deaf.

"Leviathan"

Umu

It is highly probable that you will not find it even if you just fly away.

Normally, enemies seldom fly from the sky, so the guards don't even look at the sky.

There he distracted himself with the Leviathan.

By the way, anyone who is consciously distracted can be polarized.

Leviathan, Bahamut, Behemoth, anyone.

Reason is to create a powerful sign on the other side, so any Leviathan with an overwhelming presence can do it.

Then he leapt over the walls and found himself inside the castle of Itosugi.

I thought this was also a hand that would eventually become unusable.

Since there is no human coming in from the sky, consciousness cannot be directed there, and consciousness diversion is effectively utilized, but the possibility of coming in from the sky can be seen, and furthermore, for example, if you are fighting, you can no longer use it.

I thought once again that I had to defeat it when I could use it.

When I land, I'll head for the gate.

When I came to see the gate, I stopped and left Etna.

After a while, Etna came in through the gate easily, and approached her and called out to her.

"Etna"

"Huh? Huh, heh-"

"Eye-catching."

"- Oh, uh, yes.... where are you?"

"Stay close."

”Nearby... yes, nearby, right? Your voice is right next to you... but... where?”

Etna wandered around.

I was in a panic when I couldn't find him.

The state capital, Itosugi, is completely enemy territory, and if possible, I don't want to be seen to become one. I did my best to distract myself.

I was trying to infiltrate with this, but if I stay with Etna, I'll have a little problem.

Then I'll help you.

"Behemoth? What is cooperation?"

"Huh? Huh? Huh?"

Listen to Behemoth while Etna remains unable to swallow the situation.

It's easy, Leviathan, but I'll just have to distract the surrounding consciousness.

"... I see."

I nodded tinyly.

If you can distract your mind, it is easy to concentrate your mind.

And it's complicated for one person to attract when they turn away, but it's not that difficult if you separate them.

"All right, please."

Yes.

Immediately after hearing the innocent voice of a boy, Etna turned to me.

I was there.

"I've been here forever."

"Huh? But...."

It's like my stunt. If you play hide and seek, you won't beat anyone.

"Um, yeah... I see." It's an amazing stunt to not be able to find your voice when you hear it. "

Etna said so.

Well, let me show you a lot of things.

Ah, yeah.

Etna nodded, trying to walk, “Which way to go?”

Lady!

A man ran into Etna like that in a panic.

The man who rushed to Etna was putting his hand on his lap and cutting off his breath.

"Good, we'll find you soon."

What's the matter?

Milord wants you back soon.

My dad said, "If that's the case, you've already been in touch."

“No, it's a different story.”

Another one?

“Yes, come back once anyway.”

"... what do you mean?"

Etna, who frowned, turned her gaze to me.

I went to Etna, keeping my voice down and not being heard by the man in front of me.

"Go over there." I'll pick you up later. "

"Okay, I got it."

And Etna nodded, and went with the man of the house that came to pick him up.

I wondered what I would do if I was left alone.

I said, "Let's worship the face of Eilah Noof."

One of the things I'd like to do if I infiltrate is to actually look at Eiler Noof with my own eyes.

Speaking of Eilar Noof, he was the royal family, the man who captured this Itosugi and became the emperor himself.

Naturally, security should be very strict.

There's no need to take Etna with you, but it's easier and definitely easier if you do it yourself.

I walked out to the heart of Itosugi.

The map of Itosugi is hammered into my head, and I can see the location of the government building where Eilar Noof might be.

Go there by sewing between passers-by.

"I see... it's not like most of them are immobile encampments, but it's hard not to be" "invisible" "in a city where people move around orbitlessly."

I laughed a little.

I was still distracted by Leviathan.

As a result, I nearly bumped into passers-by several times.

To make things easier for you to understand, all the passers-by are walking with me in sight.

It's a bumping situation.

When I was in the camp, it didn't happen because most of the soldiers were stopping, but when everyone was looking away and walking their way, they bumped into each other cheaply.

Actually, I thought it was almost impossible to escape after the assassination that I told Henry.

While thinking about it, I came to the government building.

"... it's like a royal palace."

I was a little stunned.

The government building in Itosugi, the state capital, looked quite different from the previous information.

In a nutshell, the palace.

It was like a building.

I thought Eiler might have forced me to do it because I could see traces of the piercing work in the area.

While distracting Leviathan, he stepped into the palatial government building.

"Hah... I'm busy. I'm free."

"It's good to have free time." Or what? Do you want to go to the front too? "

The two guards at the entrance of the government building exchanged private words, so they stopped and listened to what they were talking about.

It would be better on the front.

Is that so?

That's right, because the Emperor's army is doing everything he wants, and no matter what he thinks about it, he can do whatever he wants with his battle shield.

Well, I don't know.

”I can't do that here... even though I can't at least come here, I don't have a gatekeeper”

Would you like to go straight to the captain?

Let's try it that way.

……

After hearing the last thing that was close to blurry, I left the scene with my mouth shut.

Since then, I have encountered many, many groups of soldiers.

It was usually full of people, some of them gathered to gamble, drink, and at the end of the sentence, they were playing with the ladies.

I was surprised at the lack of discipline.

Honestly, you can easily infiltrate without being distracted. I thought so.

"... that's exactly what I'm talking about."

I shook my head, shaking away the stupid thoughts that came to my mind.

I thought, as I put it, there would be no such thing.

But I thought I might be able to go.

Looking up at the sky, it was dusk, but the west sun was completely falling and the sky was dark.

The surroundings are also completely dark.

……

The lights-- they're still on.

It is bumpy, but the pace of bumpiness is slow.

I thought it would be okay if I didn't lose consciousness now.

"... Leviathan"

Roger

Leviathan was distracted by my request.

I thought it was dangerous.

But don't you want to live? The feeling gradually increased.

I cut my mind off and just sneaked forward.

The palace was rebuilt with a piercing construction, but the structure is not that good.

I'm headed to the room where Eilar would be.

There were soldiers along the way.

The soldier stood with his spear instead of his staff, and rowed the boat.

The soldier leisurely passed in front of him.

……

I was terrified. I was terrified.

Eiler called himself the Emperor.

In other words, this was the place where the royal castle was most heavily guarded.

And yet, it's so easily intruded.

I thought this would make it possible to assassinate someone like Henry said.

"... stupid."

I shook away what came to my mind again.

Eventually, he came to the front of the room where Eiler was.

There was a gatekeeper, as expected.

I thought I'd use the diversion to get inside.

"Hey, it's your turn."

Ooh!

After another soldier called from a distance, the soldier in front of the door walked away.

"...... hey hey hey"

I was even more shocked.

It's normal to do it in the same place as the guard.

Otherwise, the empty security zone will be empty time, so that kind of turnover is basic.

And that didn't happen.

Footsteps can be heard from a distance, but the distance is far enough for me to get inside the door, and it took me a long time to get there.

Once inside, the room smelled of alcohol.

It smelled like booze.

And behold, there was a giant bed, and a man laying with two women in his arms.

As they approached, the strong smell of alcohol from the three of them stimulated the back of my nose.

I wasn't surprised in a way.

Just like I acted and showed you, I'm not surprised that the people in power at the top are liquor-colored.

If the security outside was strong, I wouldn't have felt any discomfort.

But that didn't happen.

Lord

"What's the matter?"

The new gatekeeper outside, yawning, is about to fall asleep.

Leviathan's report... came to my mind with a daze the first time I infiltrated.

And three times.

The word assassination ran through my head.

…………

I approached, pulled out Leviathan, and stood in front of Eiler.

Shake off the last remaining shackles of mind and stick out the matter.

Leviathan pierced Eiler's chest and pierced his heart.

Eilah opened her eyes for a moment, but she couldn't even raise her voice and died.

I opened the window and ran out into the garden.

Then, in the midst of security, Leviathan escaped the government building and returned to the city with little use of his distraction.

"... I got it."

I was stunned.

I didn't expect it to go so easily, so I didn't say anything.

The Lord...

Leviathan opens his mouth to see what he thought.

Hmm?

"The Lord exalted man too much."

"...... Henry and Neil also told me, that."

Even an incompetent person is highly regarded, so this is what happens.

……

Leviathan told me so, and I felt complicated.

I wonder if I overestimated it.

I was smiling bitterly, thinking of what I had prepared.