Shikkaku Mon no Saikyou Kenja~ Sekai Saikyou no Kenja ga Sarani Tsuyoku Naru Tameni Tenseishimashita~

Then, an hour later.

Our guild card was successfully rewritten to A-rank and we were about to leave Frigia.

"Hey, are you sure you don't want to be S-ranked? Matthias is undoubtedly the strongest in this country. If the great men of the Alliance disagree, do your best."

"Don't be shy. Rank A is enough.... we just want to get into the first type of access control area."

That's what I say, and I say no to Gil 'as' proposal.

Gilás insisted after the exam that I should be S-ranked.

But I didn't come to this country to improve my ranks.

Rank, etc., A is enough.

"Right. If you don't want to raise it, I'm not saying you can't.... By the way, where do you want to enter the regulatory area?

"Indeed… it is the Aetheris prairie, in the territory of Folkia. Sure, if you're above A-rank, you'll get permission down, right? Is it going to take time for permission to go down?

I'm not very familiar with the radinian system, but Gilás, an S-rank adventurer, would know.

That's what I heard...... Gil 'as heard of Forkia and looked like it was going to be difficult.

"By the time I get permission, it's like five days at most. … but Volkia…"

"Forkia, can't you?

"It's not that I have any particular basis, but you haven't gone somewhat unpleasant. But I hear that the atmosphere in that city has changed lately. The examination of nearby roads is suddenly getting tough."

That's what Gilás thinks.

And then you told me.

"Well, if you don't get permission, tell me. I'll do something about it."

"... S-rank, permits go down?

"Oh. Direct judgment will get you through the whole thing. If you can't, declaring you're going to punch into the department upstairs is the trick to negotiating."

"Something's bargaining like Matty..."

"That's more of a threat than a negotiation..."

I see, you're reliable.

Alma's right, I kind of feel the negotiations are a force move, but that seems to be a success.

"If you need to negotiate, you might ask for it then"

"Whoa, I got it."

With that conversation, we leave the city.

"Uh... from here to Forkia, is it, like, fifty kilometers?

"Oh. That's roughly how it should be"

"Since about 20 kilometers before that, I think it was Forkian territory... from around there, is there an inquisition?

"That's possible. … just in case, keep your luggage in storage magic"

When it comes to examinations, there is a good chance that there will be a luggage inspection.

There should be a lot of magic that I can use when something happens, so I was trying to hold some of my luggage normally, but it seems better to keep everything in storage.

"It's probably just the street that's doing the interrogation, right? Why don't we just deliberately go off the road and break through the woods or something?

That's what Illis said, pointing out the way.

It does make sense.

It's not like there's a wall at the border between the territory and the territory.

As long as you avoid the streets, you won't get caught up in the interrogation.

But......

"No, this time we'll take a look at how things are going, and we'll just get tested."

"How are you doing?

"Gilás said oh, but it doesn't look like he was actually coming and saying it. If you go through normally, you may not even get an exam."

Besides, believing in rumors and bypassing the streets is like showing hostile will from yourself to the territory.

Rather than that, it is better to go through normally on purpose, without being alerted, to enter the territory.

If we're going to fight, it's easier to fight once and for all from where we're not on guard.

"If you don't know how to get them out, there's no way to deal with them... All right, let's go normal!

That's how we set the policy. We went straight down the street.

Then, a few hours later.

Several knights stood in the middle of the street, blocking the road.

Near there is a building that I thought had recently been built.

"Uh... Is that the rumored checkpoint?

"Sounds like it. … so far, it doesn't look suspicious"

For once, we explored magic reactions, such as in buildings, but we often found no suspicious magic reactions.

At best, some magic props put aside?

Based on the amount of magic, it's probably not for attack, etc.

With that in mind, I'm going down the road.

"Stop. Do you want me to give you an ID?"

Then, the guard stopped me.

Apparently, it's true that security has been tightened.

"Okay."

We personally gave him an ID.

The guard receives the ID and asks me.

"What's the purpose?

"I'm here to work as an adventurer"

It is not yet known whether this territory can be trusted.

For that reason, I will lay low for the real reason.

"... I see"

When asked why, the guard operated the button on the machine at hand.

Then, four boards appear that say 'Pass'.

"Take this. One at a time. … be careful, as passports are invalid when you pass a route off the street"

That said, the guards hand us the boards and gesture like they just told us to go.

Apparently, there's no luggage inspection or anything.

"Something went right through you."

I tell him to stay away from the inquisition so far that he can't see, then Alma relieves him.

"It seems like there's nothing if you keep it normal, even if you say the interrogation is getting tougher"

"I don't think I needed to worry, I didn't!

Lurii and Iris seem relieved, too.

But......

"Sounds like it's too early to be relieved. There's a magic code stamped inside this pass."

That said, I activate encryption magic on my pass.

It was easy to decipher because it's the type of cipher I've seen in my previous life.

"Cryptography?"

"Oh. The decrypted contents... look like this"

That said, I will output the contents of the cipher to the paper I have at hand.

"Beware. A party of four high-ranking adventurers. questionable motive. 174517 First Examination Station '

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"Be careful... something seems suspicious..."

"Is it unusual for adventurers to work in this town?

That's what Alma looks like.

But I immediately brightened my expression and said:

"But if you're just suspicious, you can handle it later if you deceive me? If you did the request properly, it would look like it!

Indeed, the contents of the cipher itself are likely to be irrelevant later on.

I don't know what the number 174517 means, but from where it says it would be a number or something that represents the time of passage.

But unfortunately, that's not enough to reassure me.

There's a bigger problem with this pass.

"The problem is not the cipher."

"What do you mean it's not content...?

"It's this cipher... the way it's encrypted is the same as the old demons. … the technique used to engrave the cipher on the pass is not a substitute for chanting magic"

That's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna show them the passes.

Lurii asks me with a surprised face.

"Does that mean... you've been giving me this pass, Demon Nation?

"No, it's been confirmed that there are no demons in that interrogation center. I knew the cipher as soon as I saw the pass, so let me analyze the magic a little bit."

If you are the type of Demon clan who is good at disguised magic, it is possible to escape from distance detection by 'passive detection'.

But the distance from us to the humans at the inquest was about 50 meters, even for the furthest guy.

At that degree of distance, the unnatural part is noticed no matter how much disguise is applied.

If you're unconscious, you may not realize it, but if you pay attention, you'll see through first.

"Then I said, good... and you're okay?

"That's not good. Rather the other way around."

That said, I'll see the encryption code on the pass again.

Yeah. I don't think it was made in this magical declining era, even a decent composition.

"Think about it. You have to take control of the entire territory to instruct the inquest. I mean, this stuff is used for the test..."

"No way, the whole Folkia is controlled by the Demons!?

Alma raised her voice like a surprise.

"... it's possible. It's possible that humans only received tools from the Demons, so it's not 100% certain yet."

In the meantime, do you want to go through the second inquisition and see how they get out?

Depending on the circumstances, we may need to do something about Forkia before we can serve our purpose here.

Especially this time, assuming this is the work of the Demon Nation, it is likely that a fairly special type of Demon Nation is involved.

Or so I feel.

Hopefully, it would help if it was an easy pattern to deal with......