The Branded Female Fencer

"Nia, do you know the beast general Roch?

"Yeah, of course. You're a general who takes the alias" God Speed. "

"That Roch and I are corrupt, but a strange message came from him. There are many traitors in Gruzaldo territory."

"Holy shit!?

Near gets up even once again. Groussard's army is famous for its firmness. Unlike the other kingdoms of the Beasts, there are circumstances around which Gruzaldo could have become a major military state. Because I was in the military, Nia is also a matter of real sense. It was incredible to Nia, such as a traitor in its inner circle.

"Of course there is no certainty. But that's not what I was hooked on, and Master Gora was pointing it out. That's why Roch worked for me this time. I don't think I can trust a nasty guy. I refused to let you hit the lieutenant because I want to keep someone I can trust beside me. From what I've heard, you still seem trustworthy."

Amur stares at Nia.

"But, Captain..."

"I'm also going to know how you feel. So serve me all the time. I'm not saying anything. But at least three years, no, even a year. Will you work beside me until you find out who the people who corrode Gruzaldo are? I'm guessing your family is in Gruzaldo territory, too. I hear you're alienated, but you can't even ignore it?

"... but that's true"

"Besides, your sister is in the army now. Why don't we meet?

"Huh!?

The words were unexpected to Nia, so the bent face rises unexpectedly. Nia doesn't know the face of it because she hasn't been home since she jumped out of the house.

"You're strong, your sister. Sooner or later, you might be in a general position."

"Not so..."

"That's not all. The reason I joined the army is to see you. Isn't she cute?"

Because Amur niggered, Nia got in trouble. Even if my sister admires me for never seeing her, I don't know what to look like. But I do want to see you.

And what Amur said in particular. If Gruzaldo has a large number of treacheries, I guess none of them will be irrelevant to any other country. As Nia was worried about what to do, Alphilis placed a gentle hand on her shoulder.

"Near"

"Alfi."

"Why don't you go to Gruzaldo once?

"Are you sure?

Since Nia looked sorry, Alphilis let her snort forcefully.

"It won't be refreshing as it is, will it? Besides, it's gonna take me a little while to set up a mercenary regiment. There's a truce agreement with them, and I don't know what's going to happen right now, but you need a rush, right?

"That may be true."

"Besides, maybe they're behind it"

Everyone was annoyed. That's a good chance.

"So I'm sure it won't be in vain for Nia to go. Don't worry, Kazas will be alive, and I'll tell him exactly where you're going."

"... right. I'll do what I can!

Looks like Nia made up her mind. Strength returns to the eye.

"Captain Amur. I'll take that story."

"Are you sure?

"Yes! Because I've already decided. But you're not staying long, are you?

"Now I'm telling you, you son of a bitch"

I shrug and stroke Amur's head as she holds Nia's head in her arms.

I'm sorry, gentlemen, but I'm gonna borrow this nearer for a while now.

"Yeah, I want it back early. He's my friend."

"Oh, I'll turn it on and give it back to you. Bye, Nia. Let's go, huh?

"Oh, yes!

Amur already started walking. Nia rushes back to Alphilis again to try to follow him.

"I'm sorry, this happened all of a sudden"

"It's okay. Besides, I hope Nia's okay."

"Oh, so am I."

Alphilis and Nia have had a disappointing hug and have spared no part of the rest of the membership. Meanwhile, Gwendorf approached Amur softly.

"Lord Amur."

"This is Master Gwendorf."

"Can you give Gora a message? Nearby, when Gwendorf goes to see him."

"Yes, my master will be delighted"

When Amur thanked him deeply, he was urging Nia away. Nia had looked back at the Alphilis and the others many times, but eventually she couldn't see them either.

"You're gone."

"Oh, that was so sudden."

"Absolutely, one less common sense person"

"I miss not seeing that tundra for a while."

Heavy air flows on the spot, inspired by Uty sighing. It was Ilmatal's voice that broke that silence.

"Hey, you and Nia are gonna see each other again, right?

"Right, Il. I'm sure I'll see you."

"So we should go now, too, huh? If we don't hurry up, the sun will go down, okay?

"Ha ha, this is where Il took one. This girl is the most solid!

Miranda laughed, so everyone looked at each other ticklishly and laughed. And as they spared Nia their goodbyes, they followed the scene.

The Alphilis and the others head to Pilebos to go further. While I had an encounter with Amur, I was going to spend the night at the foot of Pilebos that day, as planned, and proceed to Anneclose's guide to cross Pilebos the next day. But...

"The road..."

"A rockfall."

Originally there were roads and mountain roads, but Miranda's arrowheads were in jeopardy as to how nobody was coming because they were going to be there.

"What do we do?

"Once you get back and go south from here, you can go to the North Street branch..."

"It must be dangerous. If there was still an examination, it could be bad."

"And when there are a lot of people, it also comes to my attention. Plus, when you think about it, you don't have a pass when you cross the border."

To Miranda's words, everyone put their necks up.

"What's a pass?

"Ugh, Nia's gone, and they're all just no longer known to the public? There are too many people on the central street, and there's peace, so only suspicious people can confirm a pass. The streets of the north and south are quite sparse for people and insecure. That's why we usually have a pass that identifies us at every border."

"You know what, why don't we just take a little off the street and cross the border?

Miranda sighed in disdain as Alphilis said grandiose.

"Even if they make a criminal statement that grand. Well, you're right, but there are guards patrolling the border, so you can't make excuses if they find you, can you? If it's a single covert operation like a maple, it still smells pretty nasty when the border looks like nothing at first sight and there's a trap in magic, or when it comes out in groups. Besides, the more insecure the inn is, the more inns you won't be able to stay without a pass. In Brugal, the proof of Atashi's Arnelianism replaced the pass, but that's not all I'm going to do. It's gonna be a streak of border breaking and wild boarding in the war zone, right?

"It's..."

"Either way, Nojuku is ready. Did you just say that if you do what Anneclose says, you can break the border successfully?"

Lisa made a sober statement, so Miranda nods.

"Miranda, by the way, if we go back south, how likely do you think we are to cross the border?

"... with the strength of the Atasis, we might be able to make a breakthrough. But you're almost 100% caught. Because the border with the war zone is very tightly secured. If I catch it, it's more of a problem later. If there's a bounty you can put on it, it could be used against mercenaries all over it."

"That's not good..."

I was hesitant for Alphilis to risk creating a mercenary regiment from now on. And after a few minutes of discussion afterwards, we arrived at the conclusion that we might be able to take Pilebos a little further north.

"There's going to be a way on the map."

"I don't want a wreck. Hey..."

Alphilis shrugged as he saw the mountains spreading in front of him. Behind you can see the ground, but on the front is the mountain as far as you can see. Worst of all, riding Gwendorf would be one flight away, but in that case all the horses and equipment would be sacrificed. Aerial understands leaving the silphide behind.

That's how the Alphilis acted differently than they had originally planned.

After a while off the road, the mountains get even higher. The altitude of 2000 m may no longer be exceeded. It's an Aerial horse, so it's moving fast, but normally it's time for the sun to go down, but I still can't find the right place to stay in the wild either.

"The air is a little thin."

"I guess I can't breathe a bit"

"Ah, the maple is back"

Maple is overwhelmingly faster in such mountainous areas than horses. She's always ahead of us and makes sure we're safe ahead. The maple is back.

"Report"

"How'd it go?

It is always Miranda who hears the report.

"There's no problem with the path, but there's a fight between demons"

"Demons? Like what?

"I didn't see the details, but it seemed like a feud between feathered demons. Seems like one of them was pushing it off unilaterally, so I think I'll just lose it and stop."

"Um, so you want to take a break for a while? Alfie, what do we do?

"Right. Or it could be a hand to multiply this mess gap and break through all at once."

"I see. Everybody?

Miranda asks for an opinion.

"Isn't it a waste of time waiting?

"Well, since the sun is already over Jomtien, it should be time to find a safe bed"

"You shouldn't expect a water field in Rock Mountain. So considering we're going down this mountain before we run out of water, I suggest we move on a little bit."

The words of the last Utility were decisive. Water is essential for the journey. There's nothing scarier about putting it on a journey than running out of water. If you only travel without water, you can handle about 3 days, but considering fighting, it's hard without water even for a day. The line decided to move on, albeit somewhat forcefully.

And after a while, I hear the battle and the hustle and bustle.

"You're still doing it."

"Empty?

"Over there."

The Alphilis look softly at the direction Lisa pointed in, hiding herself.

"Is that... a wild griffon?

"That's unusual. And it's a herd."

"I wonder what they're doing. I don't really see it."

"I just saw it! Looks like white feathers. Oh, it's falling!

Uty is right, he's being driven up by a herd of griffons, and something of the white feathers is coming this way. Apparently you have something on your chest. He doesn't seem to be a bird, but he can't help fighting or defending anything. And Griffon kicked me in the air, or something on the white wing seemed out of balance.

"We're gonna hit the ground?

"You shouldn't!

Alphilis was running away at some point. Activate the compact "Compressed Atmosphere (Deep Press)" towards the ground, slowing down the fall speed of something falling due to its recoil. And the good thing is, Alphilis, who succeeded in playing on this side, held it up reflexively.

"What, girl?

Something Alphilis received. It was an angelic girl with a back or white feather and a pitch-black sword on her chest.

Continued