A month from [Ritual of the Virgin Summons].

A time when the sun also falls long ago and outside the room is wrapped in darkness. Two men were indulgent while drinking wine at a separate residence of the Earl of Valdek family in the Wang capital. One is the second son of Count Valdek, the lord of this hall, Johann Valdek, who lives here, the director of the Institute of Medicinal Plants. The other is Johann's best friend from an early age, Alberto Hawk, the third son of the Hawk Borderline Uncle, and head of the Third Knights of the Royal Palace. The two were often close to sipping alcohol at the Valdek Mansion, but lately Alberto was too busy crusading the demons to take any time inside. It has not been a month and a half since we met at the Valdek Mansion.

"With that said, I hear there's been a new entrance to the lab recently."

"Hmm? Oh......"

Sometimes for the first time in a month and a half, Alberto asked about the researchers who had recently entered the institute as they had been updating each other. Johann smiles bitterly at that question Alberto uttered as he remembered for nothing. Disguised as nothing wind, Johann guessed that while Alberto was busy, the purpose of this story was to make time to visit the Valdek Mansion.

"What's it like?

"It's normal."

"Normal?"

"It's the same as the researchers who are here."

To the extent that it does not deviate from the question, Alberto will deviate from what he wants to know. I know, but it's the usual thing to tease me like this. This is how Johann always teases serious Alberto. Alberto knows that too, so I urge him to continue with my gaze, smiling back at Johann's answer.

Satisfied to see it, Johann gave the right answer.

"So far, I've never complained about the Royal Palace, and I'm seriously encouraging you to do your job."

"Right. I summoned him. Sounds like you pissed him off early. It seems that too many swordscreens had turned bright blue that the corresponding internal affairs person had angered the Virgin."

"Seems so. Because of that, the people who are always clear have come out badly this time."

"Really?

"Oh."

The day on which [the rite of the Virgin's summons] took place. Even that day Alberto had left the king's capital for the crusade of demons, so he only knew the extent to which he heard rumours about the various after the ritual. When I came back, as I heard various rumors, I learned that the candidate for the Virgin in the matter (more or less) was now at the Institute for Medicinal Plants, where Johann is the director. So, it was quicker to ask Johann about the Virgin Candidate directly than the rumors, and he made time in his busy schedule to come to the Valdek Mansion.

Explain how Johann was to keep Sai, the Virgin Candidate, at the Institute.

Suddenly a month ago, a brunette, black-eyed woman came every day. At first Jude, one of the fellows, was dealing with him. But in a man-belt lab, a woman interested in herbs quickly became her counterpart. Seeing Sei with a rare hair and eye color in this country, Johann remembered the heartbeat. Just a few days ago, when I stood up with my brother, who I happened to meet in the hallway of the Royal Palace, I was listening to him say that the [liturgy of the Virgin Summons] had taken place. There were two summoned women, a black-eyed woman with brown hair and a black-eyed woman with black hair. Johann, remembering the story, immediately contacted his brother. And the day after I recently contacted the institute that a dark-haired, dark-eyed woman often came, my brother called me to come to the royal palace as soon as possible.

In addition to his brother, there was also a high ranking man in the appointed chamber of the royal palace, even a civilian. Sitting on the sofa on the reception set, listening, the woman who is coming to the laboratory was still one of the summoned women and asked to take care of her at the Institute of Medicinal Plants if possible. Why do I have to keep her at the lab? Although a candidate, for this country today, the Virgin is such an important figure that she stands alongside the King. No, in the sense that you hold the fate of this country, it may be more important than the king. What is the reason that an institute in the corner of the royal palace will keep her, who may be such a Virgin? When Johann pointed that out, the senior official replied badly with his teeth cut as he wiped the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief.

To the actions of the First Prince shortly after the summons, Sei's mentality for this country had become infinitely worse. In fact, after the First Prince left, she also tried to leave. Not from the room, but from this country. It was a situation in which those who were on the spot managed to stay in the royal palace because of the desperate persuasion of the senior officials who had managed to guide them to another room and then responded. Since there have been no attempts in the past in which there were two Virgins at the same time, and there have been no attempts in [the rite of Virgin Summoning] in which two or more Virgins were summoned, it is the prevailing view within the royal palace that, at present, one of them is not the Virgin. But I wanted to keep them both as royal palaces just because there are no examples, maybe they are both Virgins, and it's dangerous to let go. In the meantime, Sei apparently liked the royal palace herb gardens, so that she went out here every day. As a high-ranking official, I wanted to make sure that this place had a deeper rapport with the fellows and a little better mental fitness for this country.

"The point is, Kyle, we need you to wipe your ass."

"With the original plan, she was supposed to have a teacher on her and learn about this country. By the way, His Royal Highness Kyle is attending the Royal Academy."

"Daimyo, before I pissed you off, for the sake of her mood, you'd have the guts to let me like you for a while"

"I guess so. I'm not in a situation where I can stay that long... It's about you anyway, you must have blown a lot on your internal affairs, right?

"Of course."

Johan laughs niggardly and puts up the glass he had in his hand.

I heard from senior officials, and as a nobleman, I understood the royal palace's thoughts, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with keeping them even as I watched Sei coming to the institute. But Johan didn't like the attitude of the senior officials in trying to leave it entirely to them. Therefore, I deliberately made a difficult expression and tried to say no for a reason. Even if she comes to the daylight lab, isn't the royal palace and the lab distant and hard to attend every day? Some of the researchers are staying at the lab because of that, but what if she says the same? Even if they say they want to stay at the lab, is there a problem with letting them stay in a painful place like that? Even if we were to remodel the room that is now in the laboratory, we would not be able to remodel it with the budget given to the laboratory, etc. I gave various other reasons, and when I said I couldn't, in the end everything Johann wanted went through. In attaching full support on the Virgin's candidacy, Johann's brother, who was sitting next to him, was pulling on when he looked at his arms through proposals for environmental improvement pertaining to the entire institute, insignificantly, but Johann ignored it. Subsequently, the renovation of the room where Sai was actually to live took place as a top priority, in an unusual short period of time - a week - but was able to finish it by the time she moved in.

"But it's strange that the housekeepers left her in the room in the mood for the Virgin Candidate."

"Left alone?"

"According to the researcher's story, she herself was so stupid. I was summoned and led to my room, but then I was left alone, so I was free."

"What do you mean? That's not what I heard."

To Alberto's words, Johan raised a single eyebrow. What Alberto heard in the royal palace was that the Virgin candidate had fallen ill and was lying down after the summons. In fact, there was a jet lag between Japan and the Kingdom of Surantania, which was late at night in Japan, but in the Kingdom of Surantania at the time of the summons, it was only in the morning. As a result, Sai was sometimes tired of being summoned home from work, and immediately after being guided to the room where he was staying, he fell asleep in bed to fall. I applauded it and acted in a direction that made Sei look bad. Bears under her eyes due to years of sleep deprivation had made her look particularly ill on her skin as blue-white as the sick cultivated in her daily intense duties. The woman, who fell on the bed and saw Sai sleep like she was dead, was rushed to catch up with a senior official, who panicked as to whether Sai had fallen ill under the influence of the summons, due to the discrepancy between her appearance, which had raised her anger until two or three hours earlier. I hurried to call the court doctor and let her see her asleep, and the diagnosis was made that she was in a state of fatigue, although there were no signs of being particularly ill. It is the end of the matter to say that Sai was given rest because of the manipulation of the senior officials who heard it. Also as a result of this series of disturbances, reports that there were two candidates for the Virgin were to reach the King a day late. It cannot be denied that some of the reasons for the delay were just a little, the grip of a senior official who had to make an indeterminate report.

"I see. You did look terrible when you first started coming to the lab."

"What about now?

"Now? Right......, that's a lot better"

Listening to Alberto, Johann recalls that when Sei started coming to the institute, he looked not strange, as Alberto had said, if ever judged to be ill. After a while, my skin remained white because it did not hit the lab in the day, but the bears under my eyes were diminishing considerably, and I was no longer feeling well at first sight.

"Right.... Are you getting a decent meal?

"Dinner? Kind of like your father."

"Huh... Shut up. I hear a candidate at His Highness Kyle's hasn't eaten much lately and he's been having problems."

"Ho."

"The chef seems to be running out of hands, but his Highness is worried that the food is too thin for him to fall one day."

"Sure, our food's thin, too"

"Is it normal to eat less in their country?

"I don't know. Do you want to hear it next time?"

For the two summoned by Japan, the flavoring of the Kingdom of Slantania was too simple. The dishes, which were rarely seasoned and often remained intact in the flavour of the ingredients, did not suit their mouths. So nature and we both just got thinner food, but the first prince, worried about Ira, another candidate for the Virgin, was giving instructions around with this. Most of all, though it had not worked.

"Your Highness Kyle is very enthusiastic this time."

"Well, there's a lot going on..."

Alberto clouded his mouth, but Johann knew what it was about.

There are three princes in the Kingdom of Surantania. The first prince is treated as the king prince because his eldest son has been king in this country for generations. But the second prince was very good, and more recently the faction that pushed this one as the king's prince appeared. It was not so much a problem because the Second Prince had no interest in it and the King denied it, but the First Prince, who had long realized he was inferior to his brother, was concerned that there was such a faction. It can also be seen that the purpose of the offer of ceremonial control in this [rite of the Virgin Summon] was to appeal to the nobles around him. Unfortunately, at the time I pissed Sai off, it was counterproductive to what I was after, and that was the extra pressure on the First Prince.

"Is His Royal Highness still partitioning when it comes to the Virgin?

"Oh. His Majesty also had a headache at this time of His Highness's failure, but he said it could be later worrying to replace him here with others, which is how it looks for a while. Fortunately, your candidacy has come to mind. I suppose you'd like your Highness to make it up to you, if possible."

"Successor disputes are a mess for the country."

In addition to the question of temper, Johann sighed in anticipation that the country would undoubtedly be disturbed if a successor dispute broke out. It is true that the First Prince is somewhat highly conjectured and has a slightly more fortuitous part, but there was a thick part in his emotions, and many preferred it. Furthermore, there was support for the second prince and the vicinity, and there was no problem when the first prince became king. Although the evaluation from some nobles fell in this case, the King seems to believe that the fatal failure to lose the candidacy for Virgin Mary is avoided and can still be remedied.

"And you two... Did the ritual really succeed? Given the history you've had, it's weird that the Virgin isn't alone."

"I'm sure the ritual is successful."

"What's the basis for that?

"The demonic surge is slowly decreasing here."

Since [Ritual of the Virgin Summons], there have been fewer, if not fewer, demons occurring in the neighborhood, and the knights, who are regularly on crusades, had certainly felt it. As for the demons that have already occurred, they will not disappear, but because they are occurring at a slower rate, it was felt that the amount of demons was decreasing than before. It is from that feeling that among the knights the ritual is a success, no doubt convinced that the Virgin is in the royal palace. Of course, this has been reported to Heavy Towns. It is not known if either or both of the two are Virgins, as the head of the division of the Court Demon Division, who is able to identify the Virgin, remains unconscious, but the royal palace's grief had been dispelled.

"Right. I hope your place calms down a little."

"Right. Everyone's getting tired of boulders."

"Was your next crusade in the West Forest?

"No, you have an eastern crusade ahead of you. I'll put you on a little longer break when the west is over. It's a nasty place to be compared to the east and south, but it's not a place where such strong demons emerge. I'm going to end this without difficulty."

"Well, I don't think it's just for you, but be careful."

"Okay."

At this time, there was some kind of flag, but there was no reason for the two of them to know about it.