A few days after Alain joined Lucci.

Rio and the others had taken to a trading city situated on the border between the Kingdom of Beltram and the Kingdom of Galarc.

Get to the city or no, head to the inn district where Rio is present outside the walls. I've been walking an average distance of dozens of kilometers per day without resting every day, so I want to devote the night entirely to resting time.

Next to Rio, Celia is walking closer, behind which Vanessa and Christina are walking, and further back, Hota and Pity are walking. Everyone was hooded so they wouldn't show their faces in public without darkness.

As the sun hasn't set yet, many people are walking inside the city, moving on to sew the people waves.

"That's a lot of people."

Christina, who grew up as a princess, looks around rarely.

I've been rolling around all over the place during my journey, but all of them came around were lodging towns and small cities. Also, I guess the crowd is rare because when I lived in the Wang capital, it was enough to travel between the college and the royal castle and rarely rolled out to the castle town.

"This is one of those trading cities that flourishes in trade with the Kingdom of Galark. Be careful not to be separated -"

And Vanessa walking next door, cautiously explaining to Christina...

"Shah."

Christina collided with a large man who appeared distracted by the crowd.

Rather than, you're right to say you've been bumped into by a man. Cristina's blind spot is fast approaching, so she missed it.

Almost at the same time, the crate the man was holding tumbles down, from which Gashan and the sound of the pottery cracking.

"Oh, hey, are you okay? Lady!?"

For a moment, Vanessa was about to call me "the princess," but rushed to call me "the lady" again to see if Christina was cheap or not.

"... yeah, it's okay"

Cristina, cursed, told him she was safe.

But on the other hand...

"Are you okay, brother?

"Whoa, that hurts. I can't do this. Commodities for trading have been wasted. What are you gonna do, man?"

A man who bumps into her deliberately attributes it to Christina, as she cares for her brother and two young men.

Then the passers-by who perceived the anomaly began to distance themselves quickly and beautifully like ripples. A small blank zone can be created around the area, and attention is drawn to what is going on.

The men involved wore swords on their hips, dressed like adventurers accustomed to rough things or mercenary-broken gorotzki.

"Oh, my God, you didn't run into me."

Christina objected in a murky tone. If it was my sister Flora who was bumping into me, I might have apologized reflexively.

"Ahem? Oh, my God, is that a woman?

A large man who bumps into him squints his eyes softly and stares at Christina in a hood.

"You."

Vanessa snuck into the gap between Christina and the men with her hands on the knife she reflexively laid on her hips.

"Whoa, that's a mess."

A bumped man joyfully engraves a grin. But those eyes stare at Vanessa and Christina behind them without alarm.

On the other hand, Rio was also calmly observing a series of interactions with Celia on his back.

(Coming)

At first glance, the men are typical hitters, but Rio feels close to certainty about their qualities.

It's Alain and Lucci, who are following Rio and the others on Reyes' orders. The information is basically out of hand because the two people are letting Isiah monitor their behavior.

Ugh, according to information from Isiah, the two of them were trying to make contact with Rio and the others in this city. They had also temporarily started another action to do so, and had also received reports that Lucci was ahead of the city.

By the way, Alain is now letting Isiah tail him as a priority, as Rio and the others started their own action at the same time as they arrived in the city.

So, assuming the man in front of you was Allaine, Isiah would have heard from him somehow.

Nonetheless, at a time when there was no contact whatsoever from Isiah, Rio affirmed that the big man now being forcefully involved with Christina was Lucci.

Regardless, there's really no zero chance of a mere hitter either......

"Cecilia, Tina, beside the lady"

Rio whispered instructions to go next to Christina so Celia wouldn't be harmed.

"Ugh, yeah."

Celia nods naggingly and lines up next to Christina on a small run.

On the other hand, Kota and pity are completely abandoned, unable to move while standing up. But since it's a hassle to be moved poorly, I'm grateful to Rio.

Rio walked mostly, and when he lined up next to Vanessa,

"Please calm down"

And, saying it in a sober voice, he forgived Vanessa for an instant touch.

"Lord Hart, but..."

Vanessa shows a difficult colour in a murderous manner, staring unawares at the men involved.

You're probably frustrated that you couldn't prevent what's happening now beforehand.

Nevertheless, Lucci was quite good at how he carried his legs and how to erase signs.

It would be inevitable that Vanessa could not prevent the act of hitting Lucci beforehand because even Rio could not detect its existence until just before it collided.

"I just (,) hit my shoulder yet. It's quick to unplug the sole (,)"

As Rio advised.

If it's true, the men can't complain about being killed on this occasion any more than they are imitating a hitter mastermind on Christina, the royalty. Suicide.

But unfortunately, now that she's hiding her identity, she can't act like a powerful person.

I guess Rio told me and I realized that. Vanessa loosened her semi-fighting posture while floating on the tannic side.

"I'm sorry. My head's cold."

"No."

and so on, Vanessa and Rio interact in a whisper.

"Whoa, what the hell, loose ends. I need to talk to my sister there. Let's get you out of the way."

A big man told me to intimidate him as he watched Rio and the others interact.

"You must be the one who bumped into me"

Rio returns it in a cold voice.

"Ahem? This one broke the important product I had in my nostalgia. I don't want you to pay me back."

And the big guy says something like a typical hitter.

It's such a mouthful I'm used to suspecting it's really just a hitter, not an act or something.

"I see. By the way, is that product and the other thing in that crate?

As I asked, I saw the crate that Rio was rolling on the ground.

"Ooh, it's a pottery teaware. I had plans to resell it for five gold coins. What are you gonna do about it?

A man picks up a crate, opens the lid and shows the contents to the Rio's. It did contain a set of broken tea utensils inside.

"... that's five gold coins? No, it's not cheap."

Seriously staring at the design, etc. of the area where the original shape is fastened, Celia, who is good at appraisal eyes of tea utensils, groans uncomfortably. That was a substitute for those who saw it and could see it was cheap at a glance.

"I see. So your claim is to pay off five gold coins? That if you pay that amount, you have no objection whatsoever?

and Rio asks pale in deciding and hitting the demands they seek.

"... well, don't"

The big man replied with a slight vigilance to the clerical Rio response. Meanwhile, the two youngsters of my brother-in-law are creepingly silent and bypassing the situation.

I took your word for it.

Saying, Rio gives out five gold coins from his nostalgia.

"Hey, ha, Hart!? You don't have to pay me, I can't believe it's five gold coins!

Celia ate the bubble and screamed. But she's not the only one surprised.

Christina and the wild horses, as well as the two younger brothers on the set's side, are gawking round their eyes.

At first glance, the only person keeping calm is the big guy who is Teng himself who set up with Rio.

"What's up? You don't take it?

And, Rio asks with an invincible voice. Hiding in the hood of a robe, I can't see the expression from the men, but I wonder if even a little mockery floats.

"........................... Hey, Olin. Take it."

Put aside for a while, a big man commanded one of his brothers in a grumpy manner.

"Yes!

A young man called Orin returns to me and hurries to walk over to Rio. When I received five pieces of gold with my trembling hand, I slipped back under the big man.

"Shit, let's go"

A small, tongue-in-cheek, big man turns back on his heel. I guess I can't put any more difficulty on the boulder than I got something to offer me my forehead.

Two young brothers chase after a mundane and a big man.

"Let's go too"

Rio also turned himself over and walked out to the inn. Cristina and the others chase after it.

When Rio glanced at the wild horses in the direction of progress from under the hood, he paved the way beautifully in fear.

"Um, Sir Amakawa, I'm sorry. That, because of me..."

After a short walk, Christina begins to apologize for how sorry she is.

"No, it's outside the walls, even near the castle gate, and this is where so many people are, so it's only natural that it's insecure. Let's change our minds beautifully, thinking we were just unlucky sometimes earlier"

Rio responded somewhere that the bat looked bad. I feel backwards because I have something to do with the opportunity that brought them here.

"... Yep. Uh, thanks."

Christina thanks you for the smell.

"No."

Rio smiled bitterly and, shaking a little snuggly, began roughly to circle his gaze around him. I saw the interaction earlier so that no other fool would appear to imitate it similarly.

Seeing Rio like that makes Christina even harder to talk to.

Then, this time reluctantly, Celia spoke to Rio.

"Hey, Hart, nothing. Didn't you have to pay those guys earlier?

"... there was a lot of noise on that occasion, and it was a hassle to come out in the official constitution. You don't want to be as involved with the power of this country as you can under the circumstances, do you?

and explain why Rio is appearing with a troubled face.

"Um, yeah..."

Celia said she wasn't convinced, she was pointing her lips.

"Uh, so you mean you quickly swallowed their demands and put that place away?

Kota asks, approaching from the side.

"It will."

Rio snorted.

There's almost no doubt that the others ahead are Lucci and the others. Isiah has also reported that the name Orin is an adventurer hired by Alain.

Perhaps the earlier contact was meant to be a power reconnaissance.

I am aware of the obvious risks, and will broadly explore the membership and relationships and determine the characteristics. If you decide you're likely to hit it on top of that, maybe you've stepped further ahead.

But I cut off the flow early to keep them off pace, so I could empty their thoughts - they should.

If so, the outpost is Rio's win. If you were to show up a second time, you would most likely be in an even more direct demonstration next.

At least you won't be setting me up in public. The next time you're going to serve something, you're probably going to be outside the city.

"Almost there. If you enter the territory of the Kingdom of Galark, you cannot let the Bertram Army invade the National Army, even if it is on the surface. Good luck."

Rio said when he came to a section with dense inns. Christina and the others tighten their minds and nod deeply.

The journey to the Restoration headquarters was about to welcome the mountain fields.

◇ ◇ ◇

That evening Lucci was pulling the Orins and visiting a lonely inn outside the city walls.

Once inside the inn, an old man sitting in a counter chair stares at the loochies with a giddy voice, but does not speak. Lucci and the others don't look particularly concerned either, and they go into the back of the inn.

When you move upstairs to the corner room in an unmistakable foothold, Lucci regularly knocks on the door. Then the old tree door opened with a gibberish sound.

From there, a man in his late twenties - Alain shows up.

"Get in."

"Ooh."

Alain invites me and Lucci enters the room in a light foothold. After that, Olin and the others continue. In addition to Alain, there were two other young people indoors who were having an adventurer party with Orin.

"So, how was it, your tail?

As Lucci lowered her hips to the chair, Alain also sat in the chair and asked.

The Orins are moving to the corner of the room standing.

"No. It was good to be dressed as a hitter and tangled up, but they paid lightly to put the place away. If you'd been a little reluctant, you'd have done it."

I tongued him and Lucci answered in a grumpy manner.

"Well, did you pay for it? Without a little reluctance?

"Oh, I had no time to sickle, no gap to blackmail. I don't hesitate to offer you the value of five gold coins in bulk, do I? I should have made it ten."

"You idiot. It's not about your forehead. More than that, what else have you figured out?

Laughing delightfully, Alain interrogated.

"Speaking of what else I found out, was there a relationship between them that made them smell the Lord's obedience? My husband's probably an old woman."

"Right. … you can accept that you paid five gold coins without hesitation because you wanted to avoid trouble all over the city, but you only have the resources and even have an armed swordsman or a sorcerer."

and Alain, who recalls reports of the battle scenes of the Rio's that Lucci witnessed the other day.

"What do you want me to do, see it as pretty likely? Isn't it about time?

Lucci asked Alain, who comes to mind, with anticipation.

"Right, tomorrow, I'll set you up. So far, I haven't heard from Lady Reyes, but this is the limit. I've hired the extra personnel I need. I mean, it's almost thirty years old."

Alain sees the Orins and makes the decision. Then, Lucci grabbed his fist in a good way and said, "Okay!" and gut pose.

"Um, nothing dangerous, right?... crime or something."

It was the hired and adventurous Olins who were listening a little further away, but to a noisy discussion somewhere, Representative Olin threw questions from the side.

"Am I? Well, if you don't want to, you can pull it out. Let me deduct the reward for that."

Lucci laughs thinly, wondering what it is now - in addition to being part of the act of hitter masturbation.

"... Oh, if I help you with your work tomorrow, can you color the reward?

"Well, yeah. You guys have moved around a lot. If you're going to help me, I'll do the five gold coins I just gave you, apart from the rewards I've had."

"Ho, is that true!?

Olin and the others change their complexion and devour the generous look suggestion. "Let's do it, Olin," my fellow youths burn.

Alain and Lucci looked at each other and mocked. That's cheap morality, he said.

Then, the Orins immediately indicated their willingness to participate in tomorrow's planning. And then Alain and Lucci start talking about the steps that will strike Rio and the others.

(So far, roughly as the Spring Man reads)

The invisible girl, who was indoors, stared at the indoor collusion with an emotionless look.

◇ ◇ ◇

The next morning, Rio and the others left the city and proceeded along the eastern streets leading to the border of the Kingdom of Galarc.

The weather is clear. If you leave the city and walk for several hours from the foothills to the foothills, the border approaches a lot.

Nevertheless, you can't walk straight down the street from here. Because at the foot of the valley is set up a bertram kingdom checkpoint that combines fortifications and manages entry and exit.

Hills are spreading as long as the fort is crossed. The view is not so good but it is easy to get out of the street due to the light of the tall hills and large rocks along the street. Whether you find it or not, it's a crime.

If you walk an hour from the area where the fort is located, you will be able to cross the border between the Kingdom of Beltram and the Kingdom of Galark.

As the Rio and the others pretended to rest on the way and waited for the street's pedestrian streets to break off, they largely broke out of the streets and dived into the mountain groves that spread aside.

(Spring Man. The river runs a little further from there. Looks like we can ambush it near the bridge it takes there)

As you bypass the fort and exit through the mountain forest, you will receive a reading from Isiah as to whether you are within communicable range.

(Copy that. Yesterday's report was correct.)

The fact that Alain hired adventurers and mercenaries based around here, as well as plans for the raid, have been confirmed by Isiah.

(What do we do? It's gonna be pretty far, but it feels like we saw it from the sky, and we can take a detour, too, right?

(No, we'll keep going and head to the bridge. I just took a detour, and you'd have a griffon over there, wouldn't you? It's just going to get ahead of me another place. And -)

(And?)

When Rio left for a little while, Isiah asked.

(It's also troublesome to get attached any more. I'm going to suck the information out of them here. I'll take care of their opponents, so can Isiah ask for an escort from the teachers while they're spiritualized with a replacement? Just in case)

(... ok. Spring Man, be careful)

(Oh, I'm fine)

Ask Isiah somewhere to worry, and Rio will try to answer her comfortably.

From there, walking for a dozen minutes or so, I could see the river in question. Approaching the street to cross the bridge.

And when you see the bridge...

"Gentlemen, we don't have time for extra conversation, so just shut up and do what I say from now on"

And Rio said hello.

Christina and the others listen to what is going on.

"There's someone ambushing around that bridge. It is possible that he is not an enemy, but it is also possible that he is an enemy. So if I give you a signal, strengthen your physical abilities and run through that bridge. Never stop footing no matter what. Is that good? Cough lightly if you find out."

I command you with a saying that Rio does not allow extra questions. Then they started coughing with the weasel.

"If they come after us, I'll stop them. In that case, rendezvous at your destination today. If there was an irregular, we decided to wait three days for each other as long as possible."

Rio adds a lot of instructions. For a moment, I showed signs that Celia had said something, but Vanessa grabbed me by the shoulder and told me how I suppressed it.

While we're having that conversation, the bridge is approaching the present.

That's how, the moment you step into the bridge...

"Now!

And Rio gave the instructions.

Then, Christina and the others began chanting the spell together -,

"Physical Enhancement Magic (Hyperphysical Ability)"

His physical abilities were enhanced. No, he ran out simultaneously and instantly ran through a bridge about a dozen meters long.