The hero magician wants to relax. He was too active and targeted for his life, so we'll start over.

"Me, I couldn't..."

We gathered in the quarters, but the bull, who had fallen preliminarily, regretted it with great tears.

The crying child is also crying with a silent giant dropping his shoulder. Tears in the eyes of ghosts too.

"We had a good game. Preliminary number two, right? You won more than before!

Leos encourages, but Bull shook his head.

"If I lose, it doesn't make sense!

I said, whispering enough to ear Kurf.

"Bull, is this always the case?

I heard it's the third time I've competed in a selection competition.

"No, because it was particularly intentional this time.... In fact, it was just one step away."

"Sorry, Jin!

Bull hit his head on the desk and apologized to me.

"You told me because of you, and I was the only one who couldn't break through the qualifying round! Impudent......!

……

Honestly, how did you speak up? Good luck, Leos said and denied it earlier.

"... Dear Jin, Actually, Bull had a sick mother"

Kurf whispered.

"When I was a kid, I was a pain in the ass, so I managed to help my mother..."

"Are you seriously ill?

"Yes, so far, it's something that we can't treat in general"

"And what does that have to do with the Twelve Knights?

For a long time now, he is a bull who has spoken of his devotion to the Twelve Knights. Kurf turned into a sinister face.

"When you're a twelve knight, you can get treatment that only the privileged class can get in Apolito."

I see. You mean if Bull became the Twelve Knights, he might have helped his sick mother?... Well, isn't it impossible to be so depressed as to cry?

For a moment, I wondered if I could treat the mother's illness. but I don't know what kind of disease it is, so there is no guarantee that I can treat it, and if I can, I seem to waste my bull effort thanks......

Unless you say it won't last a few days, why don't we explore this place in a direction close to the normal procedure?

"Hey, does that mean that if I or anyone in here becomes the Twelve Knights, I can't let my Bull mother be treated and dealt with only by the privileged class?

"I think it's hard"

Kurf dropped his gaze.

"Because it's basically limited to him or his relatives. Just..."

So the obedient knight saw me.

"The top of the Twelve Knights - the captain, he says, if you nominate them regardless of relatives or anything, you can make them receive special treatment"

Do it. Be captain, huh? The Twelve Knights Commander is probably also the strongest knight in Apolito. I mean, that captain hasn't been in the tournament in the first place. If I could win the game... I'd think about it.

"If you win the Twelve Knights Selection Competition, you can nominate a team leader or less, a white knight or a black knight to compete."

Kurf said that. It is allowed by the rules to test how strong the winners of the Twelve Knights selection and their top three are.

Instead, the upper management of Apolito wants to know that too, so it seems to be the real deal to rather fight me.

"No, no, you can't!

Leos shouted out loud.

"I can't believe I beat the Twelve Knights Commander......! He's also said to be the most powerful knight of all time in this Apolito!

"Leos."

What did you learn under me?

"It's not like I can't do it before I do it."

……

"At the time I thought I couldn't, you're losing"

"... but!

You think there's an overwhelming difference in power, Leos made a difficult face. Indeed, I do not know the strength of Lord Commander. Objectively, I guess it feels like a reckless challenge.

"In order to do it, you have to be prepared to take the top."

Captain Stigme says Grand Duke Talguia wants me to take the top of the Twelve Knights. I guess that means you expect me to have enough power to do it with the captain.

I mean, like Leos, I don't think it's possible at all.

Of course, if that's all you're strong enough for, you don't commit foolishness that helplessly challenges you. We need to gather the information and think about what to do.

"The Lord is kind."

Dixie sarcastically told me when I got back to my room. She glazed over my bed and seemed to be meditating on something.

"What are you talking about?

"We're talking bull. You're gonna save a seriously ill family, aren't you?

"Well, I don't suppose they'd show up like that."

You weren't there, but you know it well. I laughed unwittingly.

I'm sympathetic. One man is desperate to help his own mother. I also want to support you.

"You know what I mean? That bull could be the Emperor of the Great Empire, right?

A man who is an immortal emperor in his original times. Apparently he was flown here with a wand of transfer. He called this era his hometown. Though somewhat speculative, it is likely that in this day and age the human being in this place was at the young age of the Emperor.

"I don't think that bull is the same as Bulgator, so far"

"Are there thousands or 10,000 years going on? That would make a difference."

Certainly. Human beings, even in just a few decades, change.

"No certainty yet"

Could be someone else in red. I don't want to do anything to plunge an innocent human being.

"More than that..."

I stare at Deacy.

"Exploration of the whole Apolito, how was it?

"Oh, I'm letting go of the user demon and looking around from corner to corner"

I was asking her to get an overall view of the floating island. Cities, military ports and factories, educational institutions, administrations, empress castles and frigid people like the House of Lords, etc.

"Is it still going to take long?

"You can't use territory scans or big demons that are likely to be detected."

Dixie in a meditative position opened one eye and glanced at me.

"And this place is huge if you do it"

Yes, I'm secretly exploring it so that it won't be perceived by the Apolito army or local humans. I hear there are people in the SS who suspect me, but I don't want them to think I'm a spy for the dark forces.

He was asking Deesy to explore carefully to avoid being perceived.

"I want to know a lot about magical civilization before I go home"

The same goes for magic machines and the like, but their manufacturing and maintenance relationships. And about the magic education facility that Grenya El, Hal and others belong to.

Back in the original times, even to counter those used by the Empire. We'll take the information home. Many things are inaccessible in my capacity at the moment, and there are still many mysteries.

"To do so, the Twelve Knights Games must be used effectively."