Sword of the Philosopher

"Nice to meet you, hero Luon"

Look at me, that's what visitors say.

Is the person who showed up a woman, about twenty years old? A knightly outfit dressed in silver armor. Glittering blonde hair and characteristic is the color of the eyes. It has a lot of glossy purple color. Something about appearance is always apart and makes you feel as elegant as Sophia releases. I can see at a glance that I'm not a normal knight.

So, one odd thing. He looks like a knight, but he's not lowering his sword to his waist, he's not carrying anything on his back... will he make a weapon out of magic or something?

- Long time no see.

The next person to react was Eina. Apparently, the person who was instructed to pick you up is the woman in front of you.

"Yeah, it's been a while, Eina. Truth be told, when Sophia went missing, I tried to rush her, but she stopped me."

"Sometimes I wish I hadn't gone too far, so I'm glad."

"What about Sophia, by the way?

"You're in your room. I guided you here and introduced you to Lord Luon."

In Eina's words, women see me again. And give me your right hand,

"Introduce yourself. My name is Lieseleit-Fialan-Guildein, First Princess of the Kingdom of Gildein. Reese is fine. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Luon-Maddin. If you don't mind talking to me."

said in response to a handshake, she laughed,

"Really? That's fine with me too...... I'm here as a friend of Sophia's, but do you know what my name is?

I'll look inside my head. You've heard of chills on your journey.

"Oh, I do... but I haven't heard much about Sophia personally or anything, so it's just her name"

"Yes, Sophia's mother... I mean, the queen is from the kingdom of Gildine, and she's one of those people who used to talk face-to-face from that relationship."

Hmm, I see. I can understand you coming here worried as a friend...

"Why are you completely armed?

"Huh? Of course, I thought I'd listen to you and work with you. Until we're ready to fight right now."

smiling...... and Eina dropped her shoulder here.

"Master Reese, are you really going to fight with me?

"It would be a trivial force from the hero and Sophia who fought the Demon King, but I want to help as a friend."

I'll buy that intent... but I'm a princess, and I don't know.

"There will be some anxiety in my position, but you might want to give it a try once you have some strength, right?

"... so what do you do, Luon?

Eina asks. Can I make up my mind in one place...

Somehow, but I smell the same as Sophia from her... you know, stubbornness that doesn't bend even once you decide. Even if it's not hired, you probably need a muscular reason.

"Uh... just let me think a little bit about what I'm going to do. Why don't you just meet Sophia for one second and talk to her?

"Right. Then I guess I'll go see Sophia first."

"I'll show you"

Eina leaves the room with Reese... Somehow, the atmosphere that emits is the princess of Sofia and the opposite pole. If Sophia were to look good on a mysterious night when the moon comes out, Leese would feel like she would look good under a clear and midday clear sky.

"You're a much more motivating princess."

Gark shares his thoughts. I nodded from the bottom of my heart,

"Maybe there's a SS or something under the castle that accompanied her... if you can't, it's the first thing you stick to unilaterally, and besides, the human side... it would be in the form of reinforcements in the Kingdom of Gildine, so you can't go underneath"

'You should consider something powerful and decide what to do'

"Right."

Do we also have to decide on evaluation criteria such as failing...... and how to test our strength, etc.

"Hey, I was just like a beautiful guy, but who is it?

Amel appeared in the hall.

"Is the meeting good?

"I'm tired of talking to Croix about things, so I'm taking a break. What about that woman earlier?

"Princess, a friend of Sofia's"

"Well, so is she."

When he groaned so, as Amel noticed something,

"... a princess is anyone armed?

"Honestly, I think Sophia and the others are the exception..."

It's not unlikely if you think back on things like royalty taking the lead and fighting in the first place...... well Canaan.

"Is she strong?

"I don't know. He seemed kind of confident."

For a moment, I thought about asking Amel to cooperate... but what about this?

Troubled, Amel pointed to herself,

"If that's a good idea, shall I help? I think we can see if we can make it into a force."

"No, because I'm still considering what to do about it"

"Hey, wait for me. You don't trust me completely, do you?

"- Of course I do."

And, where I mentioned it, Amel grinned bitterly.

"Oh, I'm not trusted."

"That's what you do every day."

"Well, wait. Even for me, I owe a lot of favors in this case. It's true you want to help."

"Benefits...?

"As it turns out, we can stop Bizell's murder... which means that my people will also be saved"

I know what you're trying to say...... and here Amel pounded her hand.

"Yes, Mr. Luon. I was worried about how I was going to shake myself in the future."

"In the future... you mean after this fight?

"Yes. If this battle ends with Croix's victory, my power will no longer be harnessed even when I am in the demonic world. Even if confusion requires force, I'd rather leave it to Croix's men and El-Ass, and above all, I don't think Croix will let me do my job."

Well, that sounds like it.

"That's why you hire me? You're gonna build an organization in this castle, right?

"... including feelings like wanting to fight the existence of our enemies?

"I won't deny it, but I'll follow your instructions better than being an organization, and I'll do my job."

Hmmm... if I were to ask Amel for something, I would naturally be on the battle side... but I was serious just to say about the fight, and maybe I can trust you in that sense.

"Let me tell you something first, we're gonna do exactly what we have to do about the fight. It's hard to kill someone without being able to add or subtract them in training. That's what amateurs do."

"... Whatever the way you put it, I found myself confident about the fight. But it's hard for me to decide on my own, so I'll talk to Sophia and Croix."

From the standpoint of being a Demon King candidate, I don't even know if I can hire... and about a princess named Reese. Maybe it's a good idea to be motivated... but no, if the princess is motivated, is that a hassle story?

Looks like I went to talk to Sophia, and for one second I waited to finish and consider what I would do with her... and that's how I came to the conclusion, and I decided to leave the hall to help Richard as well.