It was the bat-shaped (type) fairy who dived through the windows of the castle and jumped in with the Duke of Automatéria Norard in mind. Flying around with a patter and a high voice.

"Kita, Kita......!

"Darlit, you've kept me informed. My faithful servant."

"Fairy Clan...?

"That's right, Mr. Grecas. This is a first-rate natural product (...), unlike a artifact (homunculus)."

"Ichirius!

The Duke's "Demon of Use" was about the same size as the fairy Metius and looked like a girl.

My whole body is blackened and growing on my back are bat-like feathers. The hair is blue and has a length to the area around the waist, with black tails hidden from the buttocks. Big eyes with all the black eyes and sneaky faces have such atmospheres as "heterogeneous" multiplied by humans and reptiles.

"Sage Grecas... I'm not going to be your friend."

"You don't have to be, Meti."

"Nilew!"

"Yikes!?

Ba! and the bat fairy flew toward Meti, intimidating her before turning U-turn. Metius ran into my chest pocket screaming.

"I hate you, that girl!

"It's not cute..."

"The hardliners have set it up, what do you mean, Duke?"

Ergonote stopped by the Duke of Automatériel. The blue-white-faced duke opens his mouth as he sits a black user demon on top of his silk hat.

"I am a diplomatic envoy and came to the negotiations gently as an informant...... seems to have given too much priority to personal friendship and personal ends. Looks like a party that doesn't feel comfortable negotiating with me made a move."

"What's the aim...?

"The purpose of the radicals (...) is the same as mine. We ask you to recover your magical wisdom and samples regarding the training of artificial life forms (homunculus) and return our asset, the Manuferno Noluado."

"I don't care what you're kidding me about, but was that what it was all about from the start!

"I wanted you to build trust in peaceful negotiations and give them away. I shook up trying to get the others out...... you failed. When the negotiations broke down, they cut the paralysis and hit the next hand…"

Sigh all over the game. Half acting, half with the look of a serious shame.

"I told you honestly, didn't I? Did you trust me with this? Prince Ergonote and Grecas, what won your trust (...) and... I think?

"" No!

Me and Ergonote's double scratch bursts. The Duke has a very shameful acting face, but this man is also quite crazy.

They, The Secret Society (Zortaxzaian), are exploring magical wisdom about artificial life forms (homunculus), plus the kidnapping of Plum and Manuferno (...).

In the end, the Duke of Automatéria Norard and the "Rapid" have the same purpose.

Either we unilaterally demand it under the guise of a discussion, or we try to get it "forcefully"... just the difference.

Nothing like this is moderate or radical. It's a comparison of the back of a dungeon.

"What are you going to do, Grecas? It's a long way from here to your lovely homunculus and your decaying magic (pedos) woman. Can you protect me?

"... No way!

And the duke stood idly, and said away niggardly. An assassin (...) has already been sent to the hall.

"Guards!"

A guard and a servant rushed over to Ergonote's voice. This is a meeting room close to the heart of Royal Metanostadt Castle.

"Ha, Prince Ergonaut!

"Contact the security forces immediately. Hurry him up to the Sage Hall! And lock the Duke of Automatériel up in this safe room. Never put it on the table."

"" Ha!

"Oh no? What imitation? I'm an informant. At least he's friendly, isn't he?

"The Duke tried to get out of the organization. I mean 'traitor'. So we will protect you for your own safety."

"That's troubling..."

"Duke, come here!

In the gap between Ergonote and the Duke of Automatériel and the guards pressing questions in front of the conference room, I contact the 'Hall of Wise Men' in the village of Finobocchi.

"Sage Grecas, we're connected to the magic comms line!

"Thanks Meti!

Deploy tactical information display (tactics) and the communication line to the hall is connected. Earlier, Fairy Metius told us about Faria's visit in a crystal sphere.

From here to the village of Finobocchi is also ten kilomertes away. In case anything happens, I'll have to fly away myself in 'Full' and 'Blurb' flight modes. That should be reachable in five minutes.

The call sounds and the letters' Connecting 'appear. A few seconds, unchanged from usual, felt very long. and... out.

"Oh, it's Greg -?

Sage! I finished my homework. "

"At lunch time - su"

"You're safe!

Looks like the Sage's Hall is safe. Pram and Larna's scarlet eyes, and Hemperoza's black eyes peek into a substitute crystal ball.

Reinforce the vigilance of Souma Hall while offering heartfelt relief to the three healthy people.

- All mass-produced 'Barrel (Barr)' planes, first level alert deployment!

Twelve 'barrels (bars)' rolled out of the garage, forming a formation that circled the hall.

Although fewer in number than at its peak, it is an elite force reinforced by a control formula that incorporates past combat data.

"Plum! Hemperoza! A suspicious man may come. Keep the door tight and don't go out there! You can't leave even if someone comes! Protect the children of Rana and Lu, okay!?

You felt strange about how I was, Plum and Hemperoza nodded honestly as they were surprised. But he looks like he's in trouble.

'Okay... someone's already here. Okay?

"Yes, Manu, my sister just picked me up."

"The carriage's here, too, Dace."

"Nah!?

Were the enemies prepared to predict until the time of the raid?

"Sage Grecas! React to interpersonal connections unfolding around the" Hall of Wise Men "! There is one person in front of the gate pillar. And then there's one carriage......!

"Damn it! Not good."

The enemy has already arrived. The aim is a manuferno on the pram. I rushed to Manuferno's "Golden Bracelet" to connect magical communications.

"Manuferno! Can you hear me! Don't go outside the premises of the hall! Get back inside the hall!

"Suddenly. What's wrong?

"Manu... I don't have time to explain right now! The guest is the enemy!

Even though I was told earlier about the Duke of Automatéria Norard, I still feel at ease with the conversations I have with Manuferno and the voices and appearances I interact with in this way.

- Is it something you never give? I will protect you at all costs......!

Manuferno looked a little surprised by the sudden communication.

Looks like he's walking down the garden from the sound of his voice shaking.

Starts sending video from crystal balls, where the magic of the video relay (real live) is planted. It's a crystal ball on top of a gatepost.

Checking around like a panorama, a woman in a dress stands beside an iron gate with silver hair. Your face doesn't look good, but there's one fine black painted carriage parked on the other side.

Manuferno is walking towards it.

"Manu! Who's here? Never let him in the hall."

"Confused. But... Though I don't think it's dangerous?

"What do you mean?

There is a strong interpersonal bond around the Sage Hall. If you don't open the iron gate, you can't come in except for authorized humans. Of course, if the opponent is a superior wizard, it will only buy time, but in that case it is the turn of the 'Barrel' platoon.

"Companion. Mr. Faria is here, isn't she?

- Huh?

For a moment, the light shined in front of me. With that said, I was planning to stop by the village of Finovocchi to see my sisters' boarding house. And he comes in time for a visit to the pinch in the hall...... well.

"Faria? No... first of all, it's too soon for anything"

Besides, isn't it too good a time?

A bad feeling shapes one suspicion. That's the worst possibility. I don't want to think about it, but I have to think about it as a possibility.

Faria is the assassin......!?

The possibility that you are being manipulated by a superior wizard, not your own will...

Why don't you come to the front door like you always do in the first place? Faria, my best companion, should be able to pass without regard to interpersonal ties or anything else.

Images are rough in Manuferno's "Golden Bracelet" communication.

"Confused. Greg, Greg"

"Hey, what's that, Manu?

Manuferno stops at a few steps of the iron gate and whispers in a whisper.

"Beautiful. Mr. Faria is very nice. I'm wearing a dress or something?

"It... it's fake!?

Continued