Skeleton Knight, in Another World

vast depths of the Canadian Great Forest. On the banks of the huge Great Slave Lake, deep in it, lies the forest capital Maple, which is also the heart of the elves living in this great forest.

Within the stubborn double city walls, a high-rise group of architecture integrated with the great trees connected the houses and built a huge city where more than 100,000 people lived.

In the heart of its enormous city, it is more expensive than the buildings of the great trees, and towering giant trees are built.

This is a place called the Central House, where the ten Great Elders embrace the policies of all the great Canadian forests, using as pillars the chiefs who bind together some of them.

One of the rooms near the top floor of the central courtyard, on a balcony with a view of a giant lake underneath, were two men across the table.

One is Dylan, an elder who keeps inside Laratoia, mouthing a cup of tea served on hand as he lets his slightly longer green blonde hair swim in the wind.

Sitting across from that Dylan is a dark elf man with pale purple skin, big scratches on his succesful and robust looking body and tough face. His name is Fangus Fran Maple as he watches Dylan with his short pruned white hair and a hand stroke of his stretched jaw.

He is one of the ten great elders, a man who is also the father of Glennis, Dylan's wife.

"I'm sorry about all this. In the transfer from Laratoia to here, the demonic stones used will also be foolish."

Speaking in a thick, low voice, Fangus has a considerable physique among dark elves with a stubborn body, and his voice and face also have an atmosphere that is difficult to come close to from time to time.

But I wonder if that's also due to years of dating, and Dylan tried and smiled as usual, shaking his head small and putting the cup in his hand and answering his stepfather.

"No, I received eight of Wyburn's magic stones from guests who came to my house, so my nostalgia hasn't hurt that much in using the transfer team so far."

"Are you a mercenary that the grandson you were talking about hired..., is he going to have credibility?

Slightly frowning and peeking into the face of my daughter's son-in-law, that look just seems to be causing it from the side. But Dylan looked straight back at him like that, lowering his brow butt a little and clapping his shoulders.

"Yeah, well. It has changed a little, but you can trust one person. Looks like you've been helping Arian a long time, and this one's helping."

"... well, if that's what you think, there's nothing to say from me."

When Fangus said so, he clapped his nose with his arms like a thick round tooth.

To him Arian is a lovely granddaughter. I guess it is a source of worry that there are people nearby who he does not know, let alone people, beside her like that.

But he, the great elder, will not call the elder of Laratoia to the central court of the forest capital Maple for all that. Dylan asked her original business, laughing bitterly at her father-in-law like that.

"By the way, father-in-law, what can I do for you today?

"Oh, you did. I just got word from Limburt that a messenger had arrived from Rhoden regarding the previous Lord Diento. Finally, we set up a meeting place over there, so the central court sent me and you out."

When he heard the story, Dylan snorted and gaveled at the reason why he had been called here.

"Well, that was surprisingly quick"

Fangus exhales looking at such a daughter-in-law's spare attitude with such boring eyes.

"But it doesn't seem like he's just a messenger visiting Limburt this time... Of the second princess, the royal family of Rhoden, a man named Juliana, is coming."

When Dylan heard the messenger's name, with a slightly surprised look, he gave it to Fangus by taking out a writ with a single sealed wax that had made him sneak into his nostalgia with a meaningful grin.

"That's odd, when we discussed it, I wanted to set up a place with someone named Yuliana once, but you saved me a lot of trouble."

Fangus, who grabbed the letter in his hand in order to ask what it meant, returned his gaze to Dylan, who was sitting in the seat across the street.

With that in mind, Dylan told me yesterday what Arian had heard about him in Landbart.

"I see. Then you might be able to land a good story without making too much noise..."

Fangus grinned thickly as he stroked his jaw.

The next day, Dylan and Fangas moved from the central transfer formation shrine located in Maple with the warriors of the escort to Saskatoon, the nearest rear to Limburt, the heart of the neighboring Grand Duchy of Limburt.

Saskatoon is upstream of the Sagne River, one of the large rivers pouring into the Gulf of Aldria that seems to separate the Grand Duchy of Limburt from the Canadian Great Forest.

From the forest capital of Maple to Saskatoon, the heart of the Canadian Great Forest, there is usually a considerable distance, but if you use a transfer formation to consume a large amount of demonic stones, it's also a momentary move.

And this time, Limburt, the heart of the Grand Duchy, an intermediary with the Kingdom of Rhoden, is a huge port city built across the Gulf of Aldria on the banks of the Canadian Great Forest.

At present, only this Grand Duchy of Limburt is the country of the people who have dealings with the elves of the Canadian Great Forest, and the countries of the people from all over the North continent visit this port in search of fine magic artifacts created by the Elves, etc.

For this reason, the Grand Duchy of Limburt was a small country on its national soil, but it had become a fairly rich country economically, and Limburt, at its heart, had also undergone remarkable development.

A line between Dylan and Fangas sailed down the Sagne River from inside Saskatoon, continuing along the Gulf Coast into Limburt's harbour.

In the corner of the harbour, there is a section that only the Elves are allowed to use, and the ship is put into it. Once we got off the ship, there were already several carriages waiting at the port to pick us up, each split up and took us to that carriage.

Normally, the escorts would rent horses to solidify the perimeter of the carriage, but no one is usually good at riding horses for the elves traveling on foot through the woods.

Moreover, Fangus, one of the subjects of this escort, the Great Elder, was also formerly one of the warriors, as can be seen from his inflexible body. The battle hammer hanging on his hips is a Dwarf specialty, not just a decoration, etc. He is a fierce man who would even smash the Grand Dragon's skull if he really wielded it, many of the Great Elders excelled in martial arts like him, and this time the escorts were just an external outfit.

When the Grand Duke Limburt Army consolidated the perimeter of the carriage, the carriage moved slowly.

The carriage carrying Dylan and the others leads straight to the Grand Duke's castle in the centre of Limburt.

Crossing the stone bridge, which was given to a large moat set around the walls, diving through the castle gate and the carriage slid into the walls, there was in front of him the palace of White Asia, inhabited by the Grand Duke who ruled the Grand Duchy of Limburt. With several spires, the overall walls have elegant sculptures and a majestic atmosphere.

It is different from the central courtyard in the forest capital of the Elves, but this is also a building that attracts the hearts of the beholders. Dylan looked up through the window curiously because it was the first time he had stepped into a palace in Limburt.

Eventually, as the carriage stops under the main staircase in front of White Ya's palace, several servants promptly respond to Dylan's line into the palace. And when I was passed to a room behind the palace, there was a woman waiting for Dylan and Fangas.

"Long time no see, Master Fangus"

The woman tied up her strong yellow blonde hair beautifully and narrowed her eyes towards Fangus with tender brown eyes, picking up the beautiful light blue dress slightly and thanking her and greeting her.

With that in mind, Fangus also smiles, giving thanks in a slightly exaggerated gesture.

"It is an honor to welcome you in person, Grand Duchess Celiana."

Her name, which Fangus is giving back, is Celiana Meliá do Orav Ticiento, the righteous queen of the Grand Duke who governs this Grand Duchy of Limburt.

"Thank you for your early visit despite your sudden call."

I was a little interested in the ambassadors of the Kingdom of Rhoden who wanted to talk to us.

To Celiana with a thin grin, Fangus chuckled back and hoisted the edge of his mouth.

"Your Highness Juliana, this messenger, is my real sister, please be gentle with me."

"Oh, I'm looking forward to seeing you."

Guided by Celiana, the two were taken to the back room further. The room passed through is not as large as the left, but from the large windowsill the light of day is captured in a cup and gathered in a bright, hobby interior, with a large circular table in the center.

There was already one woman in her seat and one samurai to refrain beside her, and three men in young knightly clothes awaited her.

A woman who was in her seat sees Fangus and Dylan entering the room and gets up and meets lightly.

Long blonde hair, strong in yellow, very similar to Celiana, had loose hair tips twirling, and lovely brown eyes on a white, tidy face had a slightly tense color. Celiana had no adult atmosphere, she was still an interesting girl, but she could see a strong will in her eyes.

"I'll catch your eye first. My name is Juliana Merol Melissa Rhoden Orav, Second Princess of the Kingdom of Rhoden"

When Juliana greets her so, she chooses and bows down modestly to a dress with a calm atmosphere.

"My name is Fangus Fran Maple and I will keep the Great Elder as the Great Canadian Forest Collector. Because I'm boneless, I'd appreciate it if you'd spare me the courtesy."

That's what Fangus says. He puts an awesome grin on his face. Seeing it, the face of the young knightly man standing beside Juliana is slightly stronger, but Fangus looks at Dylan next door without even noticing.

"And this one over here..."

"My name is Dylan Targ Laratoia, and I am an elder who keeps Laratoia in the Great Forest of Canada. See you later."

Unlike Fangus, Dylan, who was next door, politely greeted him, exhaled as if he were somewhat relieved, with a strong tension coming from the young knight's man's face. It feels slightly the same atmosphere not only for him, but also for Juliana and the samurai who refrained beside him, slightly soothing the indoor air like a stranded one.

When he saw how it was, Dylan slowly zeroed his grin and uttered words to take the place.

"My father-in-law looks like this, but don't worry, it's not as illegal as I say"

As Dylan urges, when Juliana gets to her seat, Fangus mimics it as well. Between the two sitting face-to-face, when Celiana, the Grand Duchess of Limburt, sat in the seat near the center, Dylan also reached the seat next to Fangas.

We greet each other again, and then Juliana, the second princess of the Kingdom of Rhoden, cuts the tone of the story.

"This meeting with the Elves is about what happened in my Kingdom of Rhoden in Dient territory."

To Juliana's cut out, Fangus put his arms together and lay his eyes down and shut up. Dylan just looks towards Juliana to imitate it, and she doesn't react to anything in particular.

"As a matter of fact, I am ashamed that the Lord of Diento was breaking the treaty and dyeing the abduction of the Elves, but the Marquis was assassinated in the fold where our royal family was examining its contents."

Once there, Juliana cuts her words and turns her attention to Fangus, who sits across the street. Fan gas does not make it slight, but raises one lid and looks back at Juliana.

"I am aware of your details on this matter, and we are in a position to apologize for it. But leaving this matter alone involves royal prestige. So here's the consultation, could you please assume that the royal family has acquiesced in all matters relating to this matter?

Yuliana has been saying that she will grant permission in the form of an endorsement, knowing that the Elves are involved in the assassination of Marquis Diento.

Fangus makes it look funny, grins, and peeks at his white teeth.

"Hmm, so what do you want from us?

Originally, on the elf side, which did not speak to the kingdom side in rebelling the treaty and its slaughter, he was not in a position to be asked for anything by the pain division between the two sides, but he deliberately asked that way.

"No, from here on out, it's just my favor... to ask the Elves of the Canadian Great Forest if I could be my back shield to the throne."

That being said, Juliana slowly bowed her head as she took her seat. With that in mind, Fangus nods and tries to encourage ahead.

So Yuliana talked about inheritance disturbances currently occurring within the royal family and so on.

"What are the benefits of being the back shield of our Lord Juliana?

"Behind my brother, Sect, lies the Leblanc Empire in the west on the back shield. The Leblanc Empire was the country that caused the Dwarf tragedy back then. Now it separates our country from the Wind Dragon Mountains, but if my brother takes the throne, he will also increase his own interference from the Empire. It's uncertain information, but we've also heard rumors that the Empire is using the Elves to develop new magic tools."

Her term "Dwarf tragedy" refers to Dwarves hunted all over the North Continent for their skill in metallurgical (Yakin) techniques. And it was before the division between East and West that the Leblanc Empire was at that time, and it is a recognized history among the people that the Dwarves have disappeared from this northern continent due to their harsh deeds and the work of an empire that has otherwise managed to pass on their technology.

But the Dwarves joined hands with the Elves, who were targeted in a similar way at the time, and still live hidden in the forest capital Maple, the depths of the Canadian Great Forest, which was a fact kept secret from the people.

"If Lord Juliana were to be the back shield to take the throne, you would be the walls with the Empire?

Dylan, who had so far listened silently next to Fangus, asked back to take Fangus' gaze and see her sincerity instead.

Juliana nods quietly at it and responds.

"We Elves are oblivious to the history of the nation, and I don't think we can help greatly behind you?

Fangus exhales as he clasps his shoulders with those thick arms together.

"Surely it would be if it were a direct matter. So I was wondering if you could set up a deal between me and the Elves."

"But it..."

In response to Juliana's words, Dylan looks at Celiana, who was sitting quietly beside her.

"Of course, we have reached the understanding that we can proceed as far as" Toyoshi's Demonic Stone "is concerned, by leaving this story to Grand Duke Limburt first. There are no countries outside Limburt that currently trade in this" Magic Stone of Abundance, "and if we get these in trade, the royal glory will rise, and many nobles will gather at my mercy for that deal."

"I see. Lord Juliana will be actively promoting friendship with our Elves."

While stroking his white jaw, Fangus moves his large body while sitting down. I was meditating a lot, but eventually I had a thick grin.

"We have also heard that our compatriots have been welcomed by the wife of the Lord Landbalt of your country, and if friendship with your country progresses and more good understanding of our Elves will be open to consideration. We can't make any promises here about the deal, but let's call the Great Council of Elders and get back to you with a positive response."

To his answer, Juliana turns her attention to the samurai and the knight, who had held back beside her slightly. But they both only responded by shaking their heads slightly with each other's surprised faces.

When Fangus stood up gradually looking at them like that with delight, he shook his hand and offered his hand. Then Yuliana, who was across the street, also took that his hand and shook it back in a slight panic, peeking at the slightly soothing expression.