An old cemetery on the outskirts of the city in the middle of the night. A majestic man lying on his back, buried in the undergrowth.

A young man with a slightly dropped shoulder and indifferently standing, and a beautiful girl who doesn't seem to belong in this world.

A pair of clown-shaped spirits, both male and female, that don't move like statues.

First of all, it's an impossible and strange match.

Moreover, it was a pseudo-space created by someone that was slightly different from reality.

There is no cold air, no wind, no stars, no night birds in the autumn nights.

Ishur said with a small smile.

Where are the manuscripts of your ancient Urk history now?

Well, where is it?

Nizza smiles back too.

"In this world, no one is stronger than me." I can catch you, threaten you, and make you throw up in the manuscript. "

……

Neff, Lena, and the twin spirits showed no reaction.

Ishuru-san couldn't have done such a thing, could he?

Nitza didn't move at all.

"You have no prosperity, no glory, no power, no authority. Would such an innocent person commit treason by capturing and torturing a child?”

"Hey, hey, hey."

Ishur did not hide his anger, but said in a low voice.

"I'm not such a good person."... sarcasm? Stop making fun of me. "

Nizza looked upward at Ishur and said:

But do you really want to torture me?

"I certainly wouldn't do that."

Ishur sighed exaggerately and continued.

"But I haven't decided whether to listen to you before that." I haven't replied to you. "

Yeah, I'm sorry.

Nizza bowed to Ishur with a look on her face.

I told them to try each other out, but now I should have either teamed up with her or asked her more closely and figured out the situation.

That's why I asked you some probing questions.

"What happened to the original of the history book?" Have you restored the basement between the gods? "

"Fufu, no way. It's still with me."

Nizza quickly broke up again and said in a glamorous voice.

"Oniisan Ishur wants to know about the 'Magic Tools and Petitions of the Five Gods', right?" It would be good if you could know some of the contents of the history book, and there is no need to read a whole book or to officially own it.... so... "

The smile gradually warps again.

It's enough to get permission from oniisan and Ulturo to browse.

Anabelle Balroad's magic wand was swung around her place.

"Even if you hide the manuscript, if you put the original back where it belongs, that's it. Oniisan Ishur should take the side of the royal family, the church, those who accept your wishes, and those who are favorable. I need to keep both the original and the manuscript until the work is done.... yes, the last volume of ancient Urk history must be returned to the underground among the gods myself.”

Hmm, that's a condition, too.

That's how it is.

Nizza smiled as she burst out, staring straight at Ishur.

"So, will you listen to my story?"

Hmmm.

Ishur folded his arms in front of his chest and made a thoughtful face.

"I see.... For example, what if I betrayed you and reported you to your brother, King Salomon?" I'm sure that person will do well. I will find and take the last volume of your hidden Urku history and a copy of it immediately, falsify and deceive the magic scrolls you used on your own, and do nothing. "

Ishur smiled gently there.

"No, he might already know your prank." You're looking up everything, aren't you? If that's the case, I won't have to go out of my way to tip him off. You just have to wait until it's all over. Once the owner of the forbidden book is determined, move and ask the winner to show me the history book in question and it will be over. "

"I don't know if it's going to work that well, but..."

Nitzua did not deny Ishur's words and showed a modest attitude, but it was obvious that she was only looking at her face, that there was no upset in her heart, and that she was not feeling any anxiety or frightened.

Her eyes turned toward Ishur with a completely unwavering glow.

"Fufu"

Ishur laughed in a whisper that no one could hear.

... she's confident. I'm confident that Salomon will never be outdone or defeated.

"Nizza"

Ishur cheerfully called the name of the princess of the House of the Kings.

"I don't think you need my help."

“No, that's not true.”

Nizza disappeared from the dangerous smile and stared at Ishur with a very serious face.

"I didn't just want to play with Oniisan Ishur. After all, I wanted to touch the mystery of the realm of the gods that no one could reach."

And he looked a little sad.

"When I heard rumors that Oniisan Ishuru was in trouble because he had all five magic tools, and found the history book as if someone had tried to find it, I couldn't help but think that this was a chance for a one-on-one encounter."

Nitzua's eyes swayed like a girl's.

"Will you help me?" And will you read that passage in front of me? "

His eyes jumped over Ishur and he looked somewhere far away.

It was the same face that Mira, Rifia, Nina and Maria once showed.

……

Ishur stared back at Nizzaa's eyes in silence.

... I can't believe you even made such a face.

This girl is truly a genius, no wonder, an impersonal being apart from humans.

Even so, you are attracted to ancient magic, and you lose your way and make mistakes.

I can't help but ask for something out of reach, unknown.

It's not just about humans. Yveda and perhaps other gods, including Lord Jerez, are the same.

The moon god Lelia, the spirit god Aprosius.

Fine, fine.

Ishur grinned and nodded.

"I'll take your suggestion." I'll help you. "

No matter the genius, Nitzua is a seven-year-old child. I haven't completely cared for the infantility and danger that drifts through my body.

It's ridiculous to think of a child asking for help and refusing.

If you refuse, you will be deceived and betrayed.

... and.

The presence of those twin spirits, the ancient scroll that summoned them.

I wonder if Nitzua's invitation, or this event itself, was caused by Aprocius.

At least you can't say it has nothing to do with him.

"Then it's decided." There's no way I won't take this girl's invitation. "

Ishur muttered in his mouth, leaning down slightly and grinning.

“So if you need anything, I'll let you know each time.”

"What if I contact you?" Nitzua is usually in the harem, isn't she? "

Ishuru-san, do you have a Summoning Spirit as your messenger?

Yeah.

“Very well. Let's make arrangements as soon as possible to make sure we can get in touch with you in the Houmiya.”

Nizza bent slightly and looked up at Ishur.

"Then I'll tell you more later." First, I will send a messenger from me. "

When Ishur accepted her request, the two chatted about the future and decided to cut it up early that night.

Nizza, in particular, had to travel all night and return to the Holy City by morning.

Very well. Does that messenger set up your spirit there?

Ishur twisted his mouth and jerked his chin.

……

It was a sarcastic question, but Neff and Lena did not respond much.

"No, I also have a shadow worker who is free to use." Then please forgive me. "

Nizza smiled at Ishur's sarcasm, parrying and answering as if nothing had happened.

"All right."

Ishur nodded, staring at the edge of his gaze, and said to the man lying in front of the grave.

"I'll take Collano with me."

Collano Baraldi, the shadow man who escorted Ishur's party and led them to the holy city, had been unconscious for a long time, and it seemed obvious that he had only been used to lure Ishur.

"Yes, I don't need that person anymore." If that's what Ishuru-san says, I'll take care of it. "

Umu

Ishur stood beside Collano and lifted him up, unravelling the new barrier of the five elements that stood around him.

Quietly, the surrounding darkness was thin and clear, and the slightly damp cold air of the autumn evening returned with the sound of night birds and insects. The sky was filled with clouds and the moon was not visible, but instead countless lights of stars blinked.



The moment Ishur sowed the magic power of the wind, carrying Colano in one hand and turning his back, the twin spirits moved at the same time.

When Neff and Lena jumped out in front of Nitzua, they took out a slender one-handed sword from somewhere and stood up on their hips.

"Nh..."

Ishur turned his gaze down from the twin spirits that came out in front of him.

A strange magic ran down the ground.

Unsystematic magic I've never seen before.

Something moves through the ground.

... oh!

Ishur lifted one leg tightly and stared at the sparsely grown ground of the grass.

A large number of spines protruded from the surrounding dirt and began to stretch out the tip of the branch while stupidly stupid.

... oh.

Ishur raised his exclamation in his heart and looked around at the numerous spines that crawled up from his feet to tighten his body.

Interesting. It's easy to get rid of this thorn... "

Besides thunder, these guys can use interesting magic.

Ishur and Collano are enveloped, and the crawling thorns try to pierce their spines, but the magic of the wind covering their entire bodies is too powerful to penetrate.

...... It's quite a picturesque magic, but it's a sloppy moon.

When Ishur smiled at Neff and Lena, he lifted one leg in an attempt to wipe out the magic of the thorns.

However, before stepping through the ground, the magic of the twins disappeared in an instant.

/(adv, adv-to) (on-mim) gently/g

Slightly earlier than Ishur, a sharp, intense blade of wind rained down from the sky, crushing all the spines and erasing them without trace.

"What do you do with the sword?"

A small female spirit stood between the twin spirits and Nitzua. Like the speed of magic, wherever it came from, it was unbelievably fast.

I may have jumped from the sky, but I couldn't catch the movement too soon.

Federica returned, ordering her to go back to her rear to prevent Nizza from retreating.

You can see the fierce rage and murderous fury filling his small back.

Federica, keep it down.

... their hostility is a disguise. You're testing my abilities and my personality.

Ishur spoken briefly to his spirits and told them in his heart.

... I see, swordsman.

Federica turned her back and gave it back to me without worry.

Neff and Lena stepped back half a step towards Nizza and remained silent.

Ishur gave a thin smile, and looked at the three spirits before him.

... the owner, Nitzua, is going to persist in her plan, even if she says so, because she has other goals. For example, you want to know a little bit more about what my power is like, or something like that.

Excuse me, Spirit of the Wind.

Nitzua showed her face among the twin spirits and gave her a gentle bow. Then I opened my eyes to Ishur.

"You must be sick and tired of being a child with no sense of hearing." Please forgive me if I give you back. I'm sorry to bother you tonight. "

When Nitzua bowed again, she promised to use it as soon as possible at a later date and to keep her contacts confidential. Finally, she said "greetings" and disappeared, leaping into the night sky with her spirit facing forward, so that she could be sucked into the darkness.

Would you like to follow it?

In the blink of an eye, Federica turned around and said.

"No, I don't need it."

More than that, I have a question for you.

How was it, those twin spirits?

Federica glanced at the vanishing night sky of Nizza and began to speak slowly in a low voice without showing any expression.

"That's definitely a spirit close to Aprocius." This is the first time I've seen it with my own eyes, but I instantly understood it intuitively. It was a very rare presence, and I saw something good. ”

... after all, you mean the spirits of the Great Spirit Class.

Ishur put his hand on his chin and looked difficult.

Well, that Nizza would summon me later without thinking about it, and I would sign a contract.

"What are their abilities?" Did you feel anything? The barrier between the thunder and the thorns...... I mean, it seems like I can use the magic of plant gaze. "

"No, it's not clear....... I felt that there was no gap, and I was not alarmed."

Federica continued in an unappealing, grown-up tone.

"However, if you become the spirit of Aprosius, you can almost understand the magic that those people are good at." It is a magic that disguises humans, such as hiding, sleeping and changing. I think they're hiding a more powerful secret technique as a trump card. ”

Well, that's definitely the point.

Ishur nodded and said with a smile.

“So, what do you say, Federica? Are you going to be able to beat them all by yourself?"

Of course, swordsman.

Federica remained as expressionless as ever, but she replied unequivocally.

... well, I would never say I couldn't win.

Ishur nodded tinyly with a smile and looked at Nitzua's disappearance.

"Let's go home too." I need you to be very vigilant, especially in the back. "

Will

When Federica disappeared, Ishur shook his shoulder tightly to see how he was and jumped into the night sky without a sound.

The autumn night went deeper, and the outside air was cold and clear, cooling his lungs to a deep freezing bottom.

... now, let's see what we can do about the challenge that Nizza has taken on.

Ishur muttered with a strangely mixed heart of cloudiness and clarity.

The voice was blown away in the blink of an eye by the wind at night, without any distinct sound.

When the night sky clears, the moon appears in the western sky and can be seen from the horizon.

I looked down and saw the main road where Collano had flown his horse. Follow the same path you followed back to the city.

Where did his horse go? I don't think Nizza would have disposed of it on purpose, so I may be back near the inn by morning. It's a passenger horse, so someone might catch it and report it to the lords and temples of the city of Daryl.

When I gave Corano my consciousness, he was still asleep. I didn't feel anything particularly magical, but I was sure that I was intentionally asleep.

Feeling Federica's faint gesture behind me, I suppressed my magic power and flew quietly for a while before seeing Daryl's city in front of me.

In the center of the old city, around the old block, there are still old walls, and there is a main temple near the eastern wall. I found a man on the roof. In addition, I saw Lucatos, the spirit of that mysterious cat, flying over the sky. Leni was on his back.

When I approached the temple, I knew who was on the roof. Rifia and Mira with Sharka. Rarely did Liffia have a long sword that shone silver in its entirety. I put my hands on the handle with the cutting edge underneath. Mira was sitting directly on the roof with Sharka on her back.

Nina, with her inferior mobility, seemed to be staying in the inn with Romile and the others. They are accompanied by the Spirit of Earth, Urula.

Ishur headed straight for the temple.

Ishuru!

Mira stood up and raised her voice.

Leni lowered his altitude slightly and waved from above Lucatos. They were going to continue their cover from the sky.

It was a strange thunderbolt. I followed you, but I couldn't get there from the way, so I waited here.

It's Mr. Ishur's knotted barrier, isn't it? We were all worried. "

As Ishur descended on the roof, Liffia and Mira approached and called out.

Huh? Is Lord Baraldi safe?

I wake up to Collano, where Rifia is asleep.

"Oh, it looks like you're sleeping with magic." I don't have any particular trauma, and I think I'll be fine. "

That thunder was magic, wasn't it?

Yeah.

Ishur nodded heavily to Mira's question.

It was lightning magic after all.

Liffia said with a puzzled expression.

She had bothered to prepare a longsword that she would not normally carry, which was a good representation of how much it was.

The magic of thunder was so rare, it also made me feel the presence of the spirit god.

Well, that's how we built that barrier.

I went out of town and somehow I couldn't go any further.

"There is a different wall, it is separated by different places, there is no such feeling at all, but strangely enough, I couldn't move forward anyway."

"Master Ishur's barrier is amazing, isn't it?" Even though it feels so carefree, natural and harmless, you can't do anything, you can't accept anything. "

"So, I used the magic of lightning..."

"It's a contract. It's a twin."

Ishur blocked Liffia's question and said suddenly and clearly.

Twins?

Well...

Ishur said to the two of them in amazement that they should keep covering them.

"Let's talk more about it when we get back to the inn." It's a challenge. "

That's a real challenge, isn't it?

Mira put one hand on her cheek and said with a difficult face.

"The princess."

Liffia sighed as she put her arms together in front of her chest.

She meets Nizza with Ishur in the royal castle of the Holy City.

"So, what do we do, Ishur?"

Leni asked as he stepped out.

"I'm afraid you're going to deceive His Majesty Salomon."

“If we don't get through this well, it could be a diplomatic problem.”

Nina muttered without concealing her anxiety.

After returning to the inn and handing over the sleeping collano to the members of the Chamber, there was an immediate discussion among all of them, even in the middle of the night. Every time something happened here, it was held every day and became a classic, but it was unusual for it to take place immediately after the incident, and at such a time.

The unusual late-night meeting took place in Mira's living room and conversation room, where she stayed in the biggest room in the dormitory. All but Romir and his servants participated in the meeting.

"But I can't betray Nizza-san." The next king of Salomon will probably be that one. Even though I'm not a child, I can't try to scorn Nitzua-sama. ”

Mira put her fingertips between her wrinkled eyebrows and said while rubbing it several times.

"If you think about the future, isn't it a bad thing to sell your debt to a promising talented lady in the future, Lord Nizza?"

Rifia, an aristocrat of the Ladyship, said it in a somewhat teatized way.

Well, the easiest way to see the contents of the book in question, "The Last Excerpt of the History of the Rise and Fall of the Kingdom of Urk", is definitely to team up with Nitzua.

Ishur shrugged his shoulders, twisted his mouth, and said.

... betraying her, telling Salomon everything and then leaving it to him is certainly the easiest thing to do, but I don't know if I can get the history book in question safely. I can't say that there's no chance that Nitzua will desert herself and dispose of the book on her own.

Ishur looked around at the faces of all the riffirs sitting in the car seat.

... and that's it.

"Anyway, the most important thing is..."

Raise your face and turn your ironic smile into an invincible one.

“It's very unlikely that anything that has happened so far has just coincided.”

She spread her hands in front of her, palms facing up.

The Grand Duke of Pippin, Collano Baraldi, showed up and was lured out by him to encounter Neff and Lena, Nitzua, who summoned the twin spirits.

Both Rifia and Nina, as well as Mira, who was frightened and alarmed by Princess Nizza, smiled vigorously as if she were drawn to Ishur, of course.

"This is the thought of the spirit god Aprosius." It's nothing but blasphemy to undo his divine invitation. "

The sound of biting dirt on the wheels of the wagon does not stop.

To tell the truth, from about two days before that night, my memory of the night was particularly vague.

Collano, sitting next to Ishur on the stand and holding the reins, explained what had happened until last night, keeping his gaze in front of him.

"No, no, I swear to Jerez, I'm not lying."

I wonder if Ishur stared sideways, or if Colano was in a hurry to explain.

“Please continue. I don't really care."

The two wagons advance in the front row of the caravan merchants. The carriage that followed was empty, and a guarded swordsman rode in front of it.

Around the streets, there is an idle area that is not seen as a natural meadow, and it is not popular. No one overhears Ishur and Collano's conversation.

"I think you know Lord Ishur, but in the city, I regularly showed my face at a whorehouse and made contact with my handlers, but from the middle of the day, my memory became dazzling." I'm fine during the day. "

Without trying to hide the colour of anxiety on his face, Collano continues to talk.

“Thinking about last night, as we talked about, maybe the spirit of the church or the exotic shadow work has turned into a mystery.”

So Colano thanked Ishur for his help.

When Ishur returned to the inn last night and handed him over to the merchant, he woke up and told them that he wanted to talk to them alone.

So this afternoon, it was close to evening, and the two of them had the opportunity to ride in the wagon and listen to Corano.

Corano's suspicious behavior in the middle of the night, repeated every day, was probably at some point alluded to and manipulated by those twin spirits.

In other words, Nitzua was used to lure Ishur away.

"I'm glad I didn't have to be too vigilant."

Of course, Collano was responsible for the encounter with Nizza in the graveyard outside Daryl.

Ishur also turned forward and looked at the road.

The road stretches eastward, and the surrounding gentle hills, which run like big waves, shine brightly warm and golden in the evening sun.

For a while the two of them remained silent, and when they passed a hill, a small mountain appeared in front of them. At the top, I hit the city on the hill, where the ancient castle rises.

At the foot of the mountain, before the streets were sucked into the streets, several people gathered and talked.

A riding horse stopped, and the men on the horse looked toward Ishur.

Is something going on in the struggle?

……

Corrano immediately got out of the carriage and rushed to his feet. Ishur also continued.

"Shit, what the fuck?"

Damn it.

As I approached, I noticed that several men in badly patterned clothes were entangled in a man carrying a heavy load. When they saw Ishur and Kohler, they spat dirty words and left quickly towards the city on the mountain.

“Thank you, I almost had my precious books stolen.”

The entangled man was dressed in the dirty clothes of the Hira nobility. The contents of the sack on his back certainly looked like a few books.

"Because the book of the temple is precious. But they're absolutely ridiculous."

Collano called out to the skinny, tall guru.

"No, it's not much, but... bless Jerez."

The guru offered Ishur a piece of paper folded in half, and a copper coin attached to his talisman.

Haha

The guru bowed to Ishur, who stood dumbfounded, and forced the amulet and gold he offered to him. He bowed and walked toward the city, chasing the Gorotsuki who had left the city first.

Quite well, the back of the shrine official quickly disappeared into the sunset.

... but do you know if the guru is an amulet, he will bother to give me the copper money?

When Ishur suddenly saw Collano's face, he was drowning, looking toward the day after tomorrow.

That night, when I opened the amulet in the inn's room, magic power immediately flashed, and a lot of characters written on the paper came up.

There, he said, "Whenever you get to the capital city, you can do it anytime. Be sure to visit the St. Patandale's Cathedral. The king's house doesn't mind stopping you, so be sure to come." Finally, there was the famous Décio Buñier.

The righteous who fought with Ishur was now the name of the high priest.

……

As soon as I read it, Ishur activated his little fire magic and burned his amulet on the spot.

The next day, at last, there was an event near the entrance of the sacred city of Estfor, including Desio's dictionary.

In the plains mixed with grassland as far as the eye can see, and black wheat fields before the winter rolls, there were also sparsely maintained cypress cedars in the scattered houses.

The street was mingled with travellers on the same road, and as they walked along the gently curving path, suddenly from the top of the hill in front, one of the horseback riders showed up, flipping the flag of the bright king's house. At the head of the silver-colored cavalry column was a crimson cloaked knight on a striking white horse.

What is this?!

That same day, Collano, who was riding on the same wagon, said with surprise.

All the merchants behind them, Mira and Rifia, were stunned.

Of course, I knew that Ishur would have a team of cavalry for a long time.

In the wind, you can hear countless scrapes of armor, riding gear, and hooves.

... but.

When Ishur commanded him to hide himself deeply by the spirit of the wind, Federica, and the spirit of the earth, and Urula, who was wary of his surroundings in his heart, he let out a great sigh in his heart.

... That's right Salomon. In the middle of the night, he greeted Nitzha and Désio in a flamboyant and overwhelming formation that he could not resist.

The beauty of the king surpassed Ishur's predictions and appeared majestically on a clear day.

In the dazzling sunshine, Ishur made a shelter with one hand between his brows.