Sword of the Philosopher

I find a place in that day where I can be quite a candidate...... but it breaks my bones to look for these just one by one. It's just, well, this is the only way to do it, beyond knowing that information is sleeping within this continent.

"You should talk to Sophia and the others and decide how it works."

As we plan to do, we will conclude this meeting at short notice. The duration of the stay is scheduled to be about ten days, but from there, we go into thought-provoking action.

Because the members who secretly belong to organizations like me and Sophia stay... well, it feels like they're going down on the boat and coming back to the continent.

So what are we going to do about going home... To tell you the truth, since we left, there's been a ship out of the kingdom of Barks. It feels like investigating us and seeing the situation and boarding a return ship. Since this is the real deal from here, we plan to mobilize about other organisation members as well. I don't know if that's all you're going to need, but the fact is you should have more manpower.

I think the talks themselves will be a success, so a full investigation will be done after all the meetings and other dates...

"Well, for now, you've broken out of the lack of guidance."

"Still, it's gonna be tough."

Yuno's best opinion. I'm the boss.

"I can't help it... because it feels like I'm crushing a vast continent. Nevertheless, from here on in battle with time...... I don't know how imminent the showdown with the Star God is, but once Princess Emena's journey is over, it is finally possible. This is where we work hard."

And here's the sound of a knock. If you're one of us, I'm trying to tell you by the difference in sound... no. Open the door while moderately concealing the material.

"Yes."

"Hi."

It was Princess Emena. I look around and realize I don't have a squire.

"I'm alone today"

"... by accident?

"You won't even imitate them as stupid as what happens in the castle. May I come in?"

... Although I'm a guest, this doesn't make me feel careless... well, someone isn't watching me, okay?

Get inside. So the princess glanced at the scattered material,

"Did you come up with a candidate?

"To some extent. Nevertheless, if you look all over the continent, there are as many candidates… so the task itself will be extremely difficult"

"... I don't know if it matters, but there's new information from me"

information? Waiting for words, Emena said,

"This is information from a merchant who has a deal with the royal castle...... do you know a city called Torbas?

"Yes, it's an urban state."

"That's right. There's a lot of unusual customers in that place."

Customer? Emena continues while she wonders.

"According to the story, I buy magical relational tools… and often expensive things. They say it's been about six months now, and the way they buy it is a lot chubby, and they've become famous among merchants."

Magic Tools......? And six months ago...... Hmm,

"In some cases, that kind of shopper might be the person we're looking for."

"Yes, it's only possible... but it's just conspicuous because nothing is all the tools you need to fight"

"... any further details?

"No, because we just talked about it in a public discourse... something like this happened, something like that."

Hmm, it's more likely that it doesn't matter at all...,

"Where is that merchant now?

"You've already left King's Capital, haven't you?

"I don't want information right away. Just thought if you could give me your name or something, I might be able to talk to you when you visit the city sometime."

From there, ask Emena to give me the name of the merchant. Well, in case that happens, it won't hurt to know.

I figured I should ask the merchant or something to look for suspicious people etc... while I decide to shake another topic.

"Are you ready?

"It will be over tomorrow. I'm leaving before all of your talks are over."

He said you wouldn't be attending this drop off.

"Because if we delay our departure any longer, we may not make it to the due date"

I see... I guess it was critical that we visited the continent of Lisfana and met Princess Emena.

Plus, even she was stuffed with chopped wings, so she got on with our suggestion... I guess that's the upside. It was critical, but I visited this country at a time close to the best, I guess.

"... secretly, we're going back to this continent to find out, right?

Emena's inquiry. I nodded at it,

"Of course I hide my identity... so I won't be able to meet with royalty or anything in the future. I'm going to put an escort on you, but this castle... or maybe I should avoid going into the king's capital."

"We had a get-together, etc., but it's hard to imagine that you guys would still remember even the escort people, so I think things would be fine around there."

"Just in case. And I'll think about excuses in case something happens."

I refer to the princess as I look at the dossier.

"What do we do about the material? Can it still be in this room?

"If you can hide it as well as the note says, you won't be blamed for having a samurai in. Just so you know, if I go on a journey, I won't be able to return the material, so I'll have to collect it the day after tomorrow."

"Okay. I'll put the information together by then."

Princess Emena nods at my words. So,

"... I'm not just here to pass on new information, am I?

"Yes... only to you, I thought I'd tell you"

Just me... before I ask what it is, I ask one thing.

"Not good if Sophia or Reese asks, huh?

"You two are in very different positions, and I thought if you were suspicious during the talks, there might be a delay in the negotiations."

"... about the mastermind of the case,"

Emena nods cocklessly. He said he was speculating, but did not mention it because there was no certainty. However,

"Did you not speak in the park because you thought it would be an obstacle to the talks?"

"Yes...... it is true that there is no clear evidence. Mastermind… or I'm sure it's an important position in a series of events that harm me"

You mean someone in an important position, even if it's more than one offender? As I was silent, Emena began to talk further.