The meeting is over and people are gone.
But we can't talk here.
Her Majesty seems to change places to the office.
I followed only the two of you on duty today.
"You came right at me, Leon"
"I asked for you."
"You're stiff anyway. Well, that's good. You know Annelotta."
Hate? I was told in the face that you naturally know, but I don't know. Not at all.
"I'm sorry. Who is it?"
"You mounted the date promise."
So what? Is that food? If it's something sweet or something...... oh well.
"Maybe that's about Senior Ann, a sophomore at the Royal School"
When it comes to dating promises, that's all I can think of.
"Yes, that Annelotta.... I thought you named Anne at school? I don't think so."
I seem to have forgotten it with vegetables.
But what a suspicious thing to start saying.
Mr. Ann, are you going by a dignified pseudonym?
And Anne's real name is Annelotta. All right, let's remember.
When I sent the letter, it arrived in my sophomore Anne. [M]
So I passed it to him, which means that all the paperwork goes by a pseudonym as well.
"I am an international student from Athletic Country, and I have only heard of Anne."
"You were, weren't you? His real name is Annelotta Lagos. The family of the rabbit in the third place in the sequence. Granddaughter of the Lagos."
………………
Big guy. Too big.
Were you the granddaughter of the chief of the family? There are only nine clan chiefs in the country of skill.
Is it like being a dragon country is part of a royal family or something?
The moving-country is a collection of clan nations consisting of nine clans.
Every eight years, technical competitions are held. So the home of the winning family is registered as the capital.
The family of the now-named Ra became third in the council seven years ago and has earned the title of deputy capital.
"Anne... No, was Annelotta a member of the Lagos family"
"Yeah, so the day I met Leon, I got picked up from the country."
"Welcome?
"You need permission from your concubine to go home. So I picked you up at the castle."
I see, so I went home?
I didn't get to see him at all.
But how do you know me and Anne met?
If there's any sign that they're watching my routine, I'll notice.
"When it comes to urgency, is that what you want to know about Annelotta?
"Yeah, you picked me up last night from the Raven clan to the castle."
Huh? Mr. Ann must have gone home. And yet, pick me up again?
What's this all about?
"So you hadn't gone home yet"
"No. A dragon jockey drove us to the border."
"... that there were two groups of pickups?
"Either of you is going to be fake."
"Where is Master Annelotta now?
"I asked the dragon jockey to take me to the town of Chulis. By now, you'll be in the country of moves."
I spread the map in my head. [M]
To get to the city where the family of Saul lives, or home, it is necessary to go from the town of Saul through the "capital of the west" in the country of commerce.
From the western capital, go to the home of the family of the bee, and continue east.
This is the common way to get around.
On the other hand, if you are going through the town of Chulis, you need to enter the kingdom and go straight to the home of the family of Kamo and go through the home of the Great Bobcat (Oyama Cat) or Peacock (Kuzuku).
Neither, at a distance, is very different.
"If it was the town of Chulis, I don't think it would be strange"
"Right. My concubine thought so, but you've been using Saul's town."
I see, that's strange.
Mr. Ann is a sophomore. If you've been home many times, use the route you usually use, unless there's more to it.
The town of Saul takes a flying dragon to the capital with dignitaries from the merchant country.
Of course, the public like us are kept secret about important people, so they don't know when they left.
Well, when Anne returned home, did she use the town of Saul?
Maybe I've made a mistake on the road.
That's when I realized.
If the one who picked me up first was a phony, why did Dragon Nation get fooled easily?
"You look strange."
"I was thinking about the handiwork that left Dragon Country behind."
Is it something so easy to fool?
The same goes for Mr. Ann. Were you not in doubt about those who came to pick you up?
"The paperwork was real. Both."
The documents the first messenger brought, he said, were official.
I didn't even seem to think of anything suspicious.
As for the time of return, but he thought it would be the same this year as last year, as it was just after a long holiday last year.
Of course, before I picked you up, I thought I got a letter from Anne's parents telling them to pick you up.
And the person who picked me up.
Civilians and escorts, one at a time, and this is not surprising otherwise.
I will ride the Fei Long to near the border, so I was making a request here that the number of people be narrowed down to no more than two.
The two of them have also come. There is nothing suspicious about it.
And extremely.
The person who picked me up had an acquaintance with Ann.
From conversations, etc., we didn't feel so close, but we know each other, so we don't have to doubt it at all.
"I just heard what you just said, and it sounds more suspicious to those who pick me up later."
"Indeed. But it's not. 'Cause the usual people are here."
It seems that those who come later will be picked up every long break in March and August.
In other words, if you suspect a phony, the only one who can really pick him up first.
"You're in trouble"
The meeting must have been in dispute.
Important figures from other countries deposited by Dragon Nation. Therefore, the granddaughter of the chief of the family.
A false messenger took it from me.
There is not so much fallout in Dragon Nation.
The paperwork was official, and the clerk was familiar with Mr. Ann.
If we do not now acknowledge our return, we will have a crack in our relations between the two countries.
But the fact of abduction remains unchanged.
Ann has been taken out of the country, and it is the dragon manipulator that Dragon Country is proud to have politely sent.
I have a lot of excuses, but I can't say enough that I have no responsibility at all.
Earlier minister-like figures and dragon jockeys argue.
"'Cause you guys admitted to going home!
"Why didn't you think it was strange to send you to a different town?"
Maybe we were talking about the area extensively.
"So that's the point."
Her Majesty patted the fan. "Left Hand" pays attention to the surrounding area.
You don't have to be so vigilant, you can't feel anyone standing there listening. I won't tell you.
I waited quietly for the conversation to continue.