Cortina and Kacchan had also dropped fleas and rubbed insect-loathing vanilla into their bodies before coming up from the water.

Afterwards, after we all enjoyed our meals, we were supposed to have a little meeting.

Regardless, that's not about Lyell's cage. That's already done.

"Nicole needs to talk to you about something."

"To me?

"Yeah, not exactly 'to Nicole', but Nicole's not irrelevant either."

It was about Michelle that Lyell and Maria cut out for saying that.

"I just couldn't seem to hide that vandalism. The topic has already spread to nearby towns"

"At this rate, you'll probably find out all over the continent in less than a month."

"Is that... not bad?

"Pretty bad. Or that Raum's leading aristocrats are already on the move."

"Leading...... Marquis Yowi or something?

"He knows the word self-weight, so you don't have to worry about it. Rather, the other Marquis is the problem."

Was it Rittenberg?

The Marquis sought to muster the Knights into the protection of the aristocratic city and to cut off the common man. Rumor has it he's also been doing some pretty belly-up stuff for a long time.

That the Marquis moved on to Michelle's acquisition?

"But that was because there was a white magic aid..."

"By white, you mean Nicole's kid who calls himself God, right? Of course she started after him."

"This is what it means to have no prospects. What kind of skin is that?"

Throwing away spicy is directly damaged cortina.

Nor does the moderate Maria intend to turn to following all this time.

"Of course there would have been a magic aid, but more emphasis is placed on the fact that it ejected its effects. Perhaps the battle over her will begin soon."

"That's what happens."

"Even if you get in trouble...... and the timing isn't very good. She'll graduate from support school next year, won't she? We don't have much time left."

"Now that we have Maxwell and Cortina's back shield, you won't be in public contact, but when you graduate and you're free, you can think of the worst that's ever happened to you."

"Worst case scenario, solicitation rush or something?

"Kidnapping, kidnapping, incarceration, brainwashing. We need to think about that."

"No!?

Unlike the School of Magic, the School of Support does not exist.

I was going to go to the High School of Magic like this, but it's time for Michelle to be independent as an adventurer.

It's September, so I'm graduating in six months.

"If you can, you should leave this country at the same time as you graduate. Regardless of the nobility there, being a marquis can be beyond your control."

"Then Nicole and I will say goodbye."

"Even if I keep you cloud on her escort...... will I stay worried? Because she's still immature and she doesn't know the world."

Maria worried about breaking up with me and Cortina worried about the lack of power in the cloud.

But their concern is natural, too.

In this one case, Michelle has been blinded by the country's leading men.

Even though Maxwell and Lyell are behind the wheel, when they graduate and become free, they will be able to have a contract with anyone in the pre-construction era.

Six heroes of course have enough influence to prevent it, but if they do it, they will even interfere with the freedom of the individual adventurer.

Even as a guild, it is not preferable to set such a precedent.

It would, of course, be possible to force that will through. But it is also a violation of the adventurer's autonomy and independence.

It is also possible to turn the very philosophy of the Adventurer Alliance into enemies in a preliminary way.

Of course, guild and not stupid. I don't think I'd ride such a lame rationale, but it can be a spark where rumors like that are heard.

And suppose the six heroes who are stared at by the powerful showed such weaknesses... it could be some sort of gap to get into.

"That's a nasty story..."

"Retina is that her father, the Marquis Yowi, is also there, and I don't think she's going to be so impotent, but as for Michelle, maybe we should think about the worst."

"Nicole might have to be ready to break up, or else you might have to make up your mind to leave Raum."

"... ok"

I answered that with a strange look and got on the floor.

At night, I sneaked my footsteps and left the room.

It's not like there's anything dark behind it this time, so I didn't kill the signs.

I just had a few things to think about.

Regardless, there's no way Lyell or Cortina, warriors of the war, can't be unaware of my signs that I'm not even willing to hide them.

Signs showed that Cortina was sneaking up behind me.

Go out into the courtyard of the inn, sit back on the garden stone and look up to heaven.

The decision to break up with Michelle and go to higher education or leave this country with her is approaching in six months.

Given that, I couldn't sleep at all.

"I wonder what's going on..."

"Are you worried?

Stop hiding yourself. Cortina came next door.

I wouldn't be surprised if I knew it existed.

"Yeah. Exactly."

"It was Nicole's dream to go to high school"

"Well."

"But you're worried, aren't you?

"Yeah."

No, think about it, me.

What was the purpose of going to higher education in the first place?

It is… to master the magic of change (polymorph).

That aim has already been achieved in a sense. If there is a scroll supplied by Ast, it can be substituted.

"Well... don't even think about it"

"Was there an answer?

"I can see my purpose wherever you are, but adventuring with Michelle is something I can't do without"

"So when you graduate from elementary school, are you leaving the city?

"Of course, I'm going to come back sometimes. Cortina's house is the same as mine."

"I'm just glad you said that."

Cortina softly hugs me to my words and strokes my head.

"You can come back whenever, whenever you want? Whatever it is, I don't mind choosing to stay. You are Maria's daughter, as is my daughter. If that's what you're doing, I don't care if you turn the Alliance against the enemy."

"Yeah, if you're going to be a full-scale adventurer, something that was right when you could get out of the city. And Michelle's opinion takes precedence."

"Oh well. I haven't even heard if she's leaving yet. What I did, I got ahead of me."

Cortina with a peppered tongue and a tea glance.

But I was sure. Michelle probably leaves the city.

That city has not only us, but also her parents. She doesn't want there to be trouble.

"Time to go back. My dads will be worried."

"Oh, you also knew Lyell had noticed"

"I am the eye of the party. That's how much I can tell."

"You've had a good time, Nicole."

That's what I said, we met our hands gently, and we went back to our room.