It was autumn and the time of sunrise was much later.

I think I've become familiar with this world a long time ago, even though I don't have an alarm clock.

That's not the only reason.

I was so thrilled that I couldn't sleep well.

It's like a kid from the day before we went on a hike.

Unlike an excursion, it wasn't just about expectations, it was also mixed with anxiety.

Today is the day to set off for a crusade in the West Forest.

Get out of bed and brush your teeth first.

Reflect on your plans today as you polish them.

That way, I wake up with my head asleep step by step.

Until I wash my face and get it done with cosmetics, it's my usual routine work, but I also think I might not be able to do this long during the crusade.

For once, I have some cosmetics in the luggage I'm taking that I transferred to a smaller bottle.

When that's done, get dressed next.

I won't be wearing my usual clothes for a while from today.

Going on crusades is the same robe worn by the people of the Court Demon Division.

Unlike a dress, if it's a robe, I can wear it alone.

Because sometimes we fight, it's easy to move and doesn't feel cramped.

Naturally.

The robe was given to me a few days ago, but I'm glad it's not as flashy as I wore it when I saw it.

You think it's inconvenient to crusade because such beautiful clothes, they stand out in the woods, and you're afraid to get dirty.

I won't forget to fix my hair.

It's usually left down, but I'll wrap my side hair around the back and fasten it with a hair clasp so it won't get in the way today.

I went downstairs with the luggage I had prepared when I was done.

It's an early time to start a business, but there are signs of people.

Probably the people who came out early to deliver potions to the Third Knights.

The entrance to the laboratory is surrounded by a slightly rushed atmosphere.

All the potions that had been requested by the Knights had been delivered by yesterday.

But this time he decided to take an extra potion by saying I would join him.

Of course, I have told the Third Knights to that effect.

Suddenly, even if I took it, it could mean that I couldn't put it in the carriage because of overcapacity.

And I was also going to have the luggage truck to carry that potion with me at last.

"Morning, Sai."

"Morning. Jude was driven out, too?

"Uh, yeah. Well."

When I went to the entrance to the lab, Jude was there.

Was he driven out to carry the potion to the Knights?

I've never seen Jude happen so early in the day, so I guess it was hard to wake up?

Potions ordered from the Knights are often carried by the lower worker.

Sometimes it's carried on a whim by one of the researchers.

I used to often deliver breaks to the Knights, but I've been in lectures lately, and others carried them to me.

I thought today's haulage would be carried by someone who works downstairs because it would be quite early in the morning.

And yet there's Jude, does he carry it?

"Maybe Jude carries it?

"Yes, I am."

"You had a hard time waking up. Early in the morning, I thought someone from downstairs was carrying it."

"Hey......, is it because I feel like it?

When I told him what I thought, he returned a subtle reply.

I tilted my neck a little concerned, but I can't give you a clear reason.

Well, okay.

Without further pursuit, he helped load the potion.

We'll leave when we're done putting it on.

"Say."

"Director?"

As he tried to get in the luggage car and leave, the director called out to him.

It's rare to follow Jude to the director.

"What's wrong with you?

"What's the matter, you... I guess I'm here to drop you off."

"Yeah!?

Dropping me off......, that's all you've been at work so early in the morning for?

Surprised, he looked so frightened.

Not only to the director, but to Jude.

Huh? What? Is it my fault?

"Well, fine. Crusade will be tough, but go with care."

"Thank you"

"Run if you feel threatened. All right?"

"Yes, sir"

They said it with a serious look sometime, and I flaunted it with reflexes.

Besides, it comes with an omelet that can stroke your head.

What's the matter with you?

While wondering, there were times when time was running out, and I got in the luggage car without pursuing any further.

"Well, then, I'm coming"

Say hello, get in the luggage car, and leave the lab behind.

As soon as I ran out, I looked back and waved, I saw the director and the downstairs also looked back at me.

"You're exaggerating."

After a while, Jude, sitting next to him, grinned bitterly when he said what he had questioned earlier.

Speaking of which, Jude had a frightened face, too.

"Well, that's true."

"Huh?

"'Cause it's a crusade, isn't it? I've been to school (academy) before, but it was the East Forest. But this time it's west, right? Because it's really dangerous over there."

I heard it was more dangerous than the east or south woods, but that much?

In retrospect, it was a dangerous place, as I was told, to have salamanders or to have a massive outbreak of demons.

Don't you feel real inside or your brain refuses to think because you haven't encountered demons in the woods you've been to before?

That attitude of the director is also satisfactory if it is a dangerous place.

"Be really careful."

"Yeah."

"Are you sure? Don't flutter around on your own because you found the herb."

"I know."

Jude even told me to worry.

Anyway, because of what's happened before, I can only honestly complain about that advice.

I tightened my mind to try not to move around on my own when I found a new herb.

When I arrived at the Knights' quarters for a while, my feelings tightened even more.

Because the atmosphere of the Knights preparing for the last in a hurry was distracting.

The tension contaminated me too.

Get out of the luggage car with Jude.

When Jude talks to the Knights downstairs, the downstairs unload their bags one after the other and reload them into the Knights carriage.

Looking at it, Jude came back.

Looking up, he looks as serious as the director earlier.

I thought Jude was worried about me, too, and then he took my left hand and grabbed my fingertips.

"Come back safe."

"Thanks"

Because I had heard so much about it by the time I got here, the drop-off greeting was less than words.

In gratitude, Jude returned to the institute after dropping his gaze to the ground only once, smiling his usual smile.

Drop it off, and I'll turn my heels back, too.

To find the person you want.

After wandering around for a while, he seemed to find me over there and saw me walking toward this one.

"Say."

"Good Morning"

"Morning."

I greet the captain who came nearby.

In a prior meeting with Mr Civilian, I heard that this time I was supposed to travel with the Third Knights to the West Forest.

Sometimes they have me attached to magic practice, and the Third Knights have many familiar knights, so I was helpful in this.

I'm tired of being surrounded all the time by people I don't know very well.

Thinking about the later, I don't want to get tired during the trip if possible.

According to a story I heard later from the knights, there was a slight dispute between the Second Knights and the Third Knights over who would act with me.

Seeing that mysterious intoxication of the Second Knights against me, I don't know if it's possible.

To be honest, it's very uncomfortable to be treated with that intoxicating attitude, so I was relieved that the Third Knights decided.

Thank you. I see you have the backing of the division chief.

The deputy division chief, Intelli, seems to be the chief's brother, so did he also have that relationship?

It's a good job, division leader.

"Did Sai travel by carriage to the West Forest?

"That's what I hear."

"Right..."

The clerk tells me that there is a short distance from the Royal Palace to the West Forest so I will be traveling by carriage.

The knights have a lot of people riding horses, and it seems like I'm the only one traveling in a carriage from the Third Knights.

It may be boring to be in the carriage all the time by yourself, but you wouldn't mind if you slept while traveling.

But the look on the head of the regiment's face is harsh as to why.

Do you care that I'm alone in the carriage?

Such a question was resolved when it came close to the carriage.

"Good morning, Master Sei"

"Is that it? Master Division?

The division leader stood at the side of the carriage that I seemed to plan to ride.

The court demon division was supposed to leave your building...

"Good morning. How'd it go?

"I thought I'd join you."

"Together..., maybe a carriage?

"Yes."

The division leader smiled and moaned.

In contrast to the captain, who has a sinister look next to me.

"It takes a while to get around, and in the meantime, I thought we'd talk about magic in the carriage."

"As a lecture, is it?

"Yes, I heard you were alone in the carriage, and I thought you were bored."

"Right......"

I thought I'd go to sleep, but you're gonna give me a magic lecture, which I appreciate.

I had to take all my lectures off while I was on the crusade, and I was a little worried, hopefully, during the crusade.

"Thank you"

"No. Well, is it time to leave?

"Right."

As I thanked him, the division chief's grin deepened.

Looking around at the words of the division chief, it seemed time to be ready, and many more were waiting on horseback each.

The captain of the regiment and the division chief urge me to travel to the carriage gate.

Am I the lady first in order to get in or am I the first?

The ride exit was in a high position, so when I grabbed the frame of the entrance and tried to get up, my hand was gently offered from the side.

Looking at the Lord of Hands, he was the Commander.

I'm somewhat embarrassed, but as I thank you, I put my own hand on the hand I was offered.

I'm used to these escorts, too.

Thanks to the manners lecture, maybe?

When you get in the carriage while making a little escape from reality, it's wider than you thought.

I could see that there were cushions and blankets in the seats and they were worried about me so that I could be comfortable.

Thank you.

As I lowered my back, the division leader followed me on board.

They sat next to me, but the inside of the car was bigger than the carriage I rode when I went to Wangdu before, and I don't care that much.

Yeah, I would definitely shy away from a handsome close journey.

The carriage door was closed and moved out a little later.

It seems to take about a day to get to the West Forest.

While receiving a magic lecture from the division chief, he also decided to listen to the West Forest.