Sanzen no Souru Supina

Did you come down? Did Izuma go to the Overlord's army?

"That's right, and..."

"Red Dragon: The corpse of Smaugard?!" Is that what you're saying? Are you trying to carry me, Ashlee? "

After receiving the results of the paranormal investigation using the Magic Book (Grimoire) from Ashlee and the report, Theon finally raised his voice in amazement.

It is extremely unusual for a Night Demon Princess to make such a disturbance in a picturesque way.

When she entered the room, she was the Night Demon Princess who had literally sunk her sister-in-law into the bed mat by completely reproducing Snow's prayer (cancer) and vows for Ashle that had been leaked during the past browsing, but when she heard the facts about Izuma that Snow and Ashle had identified, her beauty (bubbles) disappeared.

It's not impossible.

The facts revealed there.

It was Izumi's betrayal.

And it was against the Red Dragon: Smaugard.

A tyrant who once reigned in this aerial garden.

"You know, there's always a leap, no matter how much it takes."

“No, it's a fact──. Izuma met the corpse── of Red Dragon: Smaugard in an underground labyrinth tentatively named the Snowy Clouds Mountains. I encountered it overloaded into a mass of resentment and somehow swore allegiance. As proof of this, he offered himself an original puppet needle and used it against Smaugard. He is now a loyal servant of Smaugard.”

"Isn't that manipulation or something?" That's what you're saying when you come down on your own?! "

Theon's voice was clearly upset.

She always seemed to despise Izuma, and perhaps the one she trusted the most was the Night Demon Princess.

That's why I can't believe the betrayal of the Earth Spider King, who has won in the end under heavy pressure, no matter what his predicament.

No, it's the same thing with Ashlee, but this is an indisputable fact using the Grimoire (Grimoire): Vibro Valeri, which reveals the past of others.

"Isn't that some sort of solution?" Izuma's usual..... "

"I want to believe it, but... I believe it, but I can't be sure because I can't describe Vibro Valeri's abilities to my heart." All I know is the objective fact of what Izuma says and what he does. I could see how Smaugado responded to it. But I don't know anything else. "

Zion covered the tip of his nose and mouth so that the palms of his mouth were aligned.

Exhale deeply.

"I see... I understand your offer and intentions to keep this story to ourselves"

"Especially the two earthen spiders... I want to keep quiet about Ele and Elma." No, that's not all. Even the true knights' maidens. They still have a deep disbelief in the earthen spider race. I want to avoid breaking up the squad here. "

It's definitely nothing, isn't it?

"But it's not like there was no harvest." Izuma is now tied up in an underground labyrinth = dragon pit instead of Smaugard, and seems to be showing his face in the terrestrial world.── This is the place. Somehow it's around here in the Snowy Clouds Mountains. ”

While speaking, Ashlee pointed to this aerial garden: a map of Isla Hyperia.

This is not the principal of the battalion's headquarters or the round table, but a perfect copy that Zion has just improvised using the complete memory of the Night Demon.

Following Ashlee's request, Theon quickly recreated the map on parchment.

"──I wonder if there is an entrance or exit to the Dragon Grotto in the Snowy Cloud Mountains, which are always filled with deep fog and snowstorms." In other words, it falls into a lot of cracks. With such thick fog and snowstorms, see how the true knights' maidens try to have the eyes of an eagle. "

"Probably, but the fog and sunny blizzards that stand in this part of the Snowy Clouds Mountains are a kind of barrier." It not only acts as a barrier against others physically, but it also hides what is inside from the gaze poured from above. "

Isn't that where the dragons are kept?

"If the hot spring springs in the back of the caldera terrain where the cold wind blows in, it makes sense that the fog and snowstorms are not clear, right?"

"The heat of the hot springs continued to fly up into the air like a cold fog, and the corridors leading there were constantly blowing winds and snowstorms because of the rising air currents....."

"If you go beyond the barrier to the depths, perhaps the circumstances are different, but at the very least, you can imagine that it is quite difficult to see from the outside, let alone intrude."

"Isn't that the rule?" Let us go, Ashlee. We must meet and speak in person to find out why Izma descended. If you make a mistake, you must correct it immediately, or you will be involved in the future of the battalion. "

It was three nights ago that I told such a story.

The Ashleys are now in the midst of a blizzard barrier, warming themselves in the cave they found in the vortex.

Named the Earth Spider King Rescue Operation, this expedition was strangely carried out by Ashlee, Zion, and Snow, as suggested by the Night Demon Princess.

"We Night Demons don't suffer from ice and snow." You won't be taken away by the snow. "

"I was born and raised in the country of snow, so marching in the snow is a feat!"

"With the shadow cloak, we don't have to worry about food and fuel." It is an urgent matter, it is unavoidable, to put salami, wine, and firewood in my clotheshelves. "

"I'll take care of the cooking!" You can enjoy the many love dishes directly handed down by Atelier Louis! I'm sure the knight and sister Zion (hey) will be satisfied! "

"Ashlee and I share the heart as one." Jagli Jagliar is also buried in this body. Either master is an Ashlee, so even if he gets lost in the snow, he won't lose his place, and my sister: Snow will be the same. "

"Even if our clothes get wet in the snow, we won't hesitate to warm up!"

For a moment after Snow's last statement, something similar ran through the team, but the proposal was largely accepted by Katachi.

It was Ele and Elma who rushed to Ashlee after the operation meeting, as expected.

"Ashlee, I'm sure you've asked for this."

Thank you for Izuma-sama.

"Ele, Elma, don't you hear why you've been removed from the search party?"

Despite the fact that Ele's talent as a scout and Elma's spell of divination were unlimitedly effective in such exploration, Ashlee removed the two from the selection.

Ele was the one who responded to the inquiry.

"Until now, you have not despised the news of Izuma-sama, nor of us. I still use the magic book (Grimoire) as an extraordinary means to continue to strike as hard as I could. It was the man who made the decision. I don't have any complaints."

Answers came back in a crisp tone.

Aashre greeted this with a sigh of gratitude and relief.

"It would be helpful if you could say that to me." In this case, the biggest factor was the ability of the earthen spider race to operate in the snow for a long time. If it's usually snowing, there's nothing wrong with it at all... but Ele and Elma aren't really good at prolonged periods in a very cold world, I suppose, as a caste feature. "

Yeah, that's right.

Ele said, honestly acknowledging Aashre's point.

"Earth spiders cope with any environment. But it was not an adaptation. Using tools and various medicines to fight the environment while aiming for a short-term showdown. Our stamina is less than that of mankind. It's not very good at healing wounds and changing the environment just by pushing it up with magic or medicine. The constant use of strong chemicals is definitely harmful to the mind and body."

In addition, you can say that the supplies of the battalion are── particularly well supplied with those powerful chemicals.

"I managed to secure a few stamina elixirs in the rare part of the demon beast that you brought back... but that's why." You can't drain a lot of hard to say material. "

"You like to understand things. A little surprising. It's helpful, but it's strange that two people don't come down."

Ashlee asked why she felt uncomfortable at Ele's attitude, who nodded to her to affirm her decision as the leader of the battalion.

It was a self-mocking smile that came back.

Something must have happened during the investigation using the Grimoire, Izuma-sama.

I told you I couldn't get out of the overload barrier.

Fufu, and Ere laughed at Ashle's words.

His gaze was prone, and his eyes were looking somewhere other than ashlee.

"We are not the only ones left out of the search party this time." Not only the Normans and Askaria, but also the true knights and maidens, were allowed to join. "

"I'll have Rave hang out with me until just before I enter the barrier....."

Is it because of the War Maiden Contract (Valkyrie's Pact)?

"... yeah, well, I guess so. It's tempting to treat the devotion of a true knight's maiden like a thing, but you have to face extreme environments. No matter how much Zion influenced me and brought me closer to the Nightmare Devil, I couldn't become an orthodox lineage after all. Um, what is it, yeah?"

"Fufu, you've done well." The villain's pretend to be better. But we're a family of assassins and plotters, aren't we? You'll notice. "

Ele didn't say what he noticed.

However, Aashre understood the words swallowed by the Princess Shrine Maiden of Earth Spider.

"You don't want to split the squad."

The Ashleighs' battalion, which seemed to share the same aspirations, were not monolithic.

Both Elle and Elma have helped Achilles, but they are not serving themselves because they are drunk with the Earth Spider King named Izuma.

If Izuma decides to serve the dead Red Dragon: Smaugard, they may follow suit.

No, I would obey.

When that happens, the Ashleys will become the corpse of the exhausted Dragon King: not only Smaugard and Izuma, but also two powerful princess sorceresses, Ele and Elma, will turn their enemies against them.

If that happens, one day we'll be forced to fight harder than ever before on Caterpillar Island.

Even worse, even if they did win, the Ashleghs might lose three of them: the Earth Spider King and the Princess Shrine Maiden.

"One day," Ele said as he searched for a way to free the water supply.

I should have been ambushed on this occasion.

He said that he should have bonded with love, drowned in lust, and been an accomplice to adultery.

That concern came true here.

That's why Aashre won't take the true knights with her.

If Izuma, who had descended into the enemy gate, had mistakenly attacked Lev and his sisters, the True Knights would undoubtedly be hostile to all the Earth Spiders.

Once that happens, we can't stop fighting to split the squad.

Furthermore, it was easy to imagine that it could become a quagmire between the Ashlegh people and the Night Demon sisters.

Ashlee leaves behind a group of humans like Norman, Barton, and Asuka because when such concerns become real, she decides that they are the only ones among the two races who can stop them.

However, the difference between Ele and Elma, the two princesses, was that they were aware of Ashlee's efforts and considerations in advance and were trying to control the risk by pulling themselves.

Ashlee couldn't stop her deep gratitude.

That's why I only answered one question.

"Thank you, Ele, Elma."

The human knight who began to show the scales of the King's vessel was like Ele's older brother. Elma, on the other hand, responded with the expression of the maiden.