Tsuihou Sareta Bannou Mahou Kenshi wa, Koujou Denka no Shishou Tonaru

"Lucy's rescue... how'd it go?

Philia asked me, and I shook my head to the side.

In the end, my solo infiltration rescue operation ended in failure.

Father Gapon would have said well if it hadn't been for his use of the Demon King's powers to obstruct him, but failure is failure.

Lucy's rescue must be re-planned.

But there's one thing that bothers me.

Lucy, I should have told the Phileas to wait at the mansion before we went to the rescue.

Because it was this operation where I would infiltrate alone using a stunt that I could speak Alemanian.

Yet somehow Philia is in the safe house of the Free Alliance.

"Why is Master Philia here?

Leticia answered my question.

"I brought you here. If you're not here, some of you will be after Her Highness."

That's what I was thinking, too.

It's just that Philia has Sophia on it, and he even asked the Lascaros and the humans from the old St. Sophia Knights Empire Branch for protection.

On the other hand, although Leticia is one of Lucy's people, I don't totally trust her.

In one way or another, wouldn't it be more dangerous to have Phyllia on this occasion?

"I'm sorry I took the liberty of leaving the mansion, Solon. But they said it was necessary to help Lucy."

"To help Dr. Lucy, is it?"

I mean, I hear Leticia's trying to use Filia to rescue Lucy.

I don't know what shape that is.

"Whoa, Mr. Solon. Don't look at me like that. You and I both have one thing in common in terms of wanting to help Lucy."

"That's true, but I don't agree that putting Master Philia at risk"

"Are you sure?

"What do you mean?

"The Book of Magic Left by Lucy. Only His Highness Philia can use the great magic sealed in it. Use that great magic to rescue Lucy. You should have thought about it, too. Wouldn't you?

I stared at Leticia in surprise.

It was a secret, of course, about Lucy's magic book and that Philia might be able to use it.

And yet, how does Leticia know that?

Looking at Philia, she sifted and shook her neck beside her, "I didn't talk to you," she said.

If so.

We walked down the hallway of the safe house and eventually headed out into the damp hall.

There were seven or eight people there.

The majority are members I saw only once at a meeting of the Free Alliance.

but there were two of them, well-acquainted faces.

One is my fellow Virgin Sophia.

The other was Lucille's niece, my sister's apprentice Lucille.

Sophia stared at me with her tearful eyes and immediately hugged me.

"Sophia!?

"Solon! I'm glad you're safe..."

"Mi, we're all watching..."

That being said, Sophia hasn't left me for a while.

When I was hugged from the front, the softness of Sophia's chest took the form of a push, and I didn't know what to do.

You noticed I was blushing, and Sophia got embarrassed, too, away from me.

And Sophia started explaining how she was here.

Leticia visited the mansion after I made my way to Lucy's rescue.

Leticia had been nominated as an executive of the Free Alliance, and she was missing, but suddenly appeared.

Though Sophia was also wary at first, Leticia is also one of Lucy's companions, and Sophia acts with Leticia during the Necropolis offensive.

Apparently, Leticia convinced Sophia and made her promise to cooperate in order to rescue Lucy and thus ensure my own safety.

Of the inhabitants of the mansion, Sofia is the only one who will have sufficient fighting power, so he also came here with a Phyllia escort.

Then what about Lucille?

I once walked over to Lucille, stood back, and gazed at Lucille, the little one.

Lucille is staring at me with no expression.

"Did Lucille tell Mr. Leticia about the Book of Magic?

"Bad?"

"I'm not saying it's bad."

Originally Lucille was a collaborator of the Free Alliance and probably had a face-to-face with Leticia as well.

Anyway, I could grasp the situation.

The other members of the mansion are protected by the Lascaros as planned.

I turned to Leticia and looked at the other Free Alliance members.

"I would like to thank you for your help. However, do you have a plan to help Dr. Lucy?

As long as we believe in Cleon's words, the implementation of the ritual that makes Lucy the reign of the Demon King is imminent.

That's why I forcibly rescued Lucy.

Then if Leticia is really going to help Lucy, she won't make it if she doesn't get into action tomorrow.

Worst of all, Leticia could have abandoned Lucy, I thought.

If you're just protecting yourself, you can run away to a foreign country without helping Lucy.

I don't think that we're doing that at the moment because we need Lucy for the purposes of the Free Alliance.

But still, it's a mystery how seriously Leticia takes to rescue Lucy.

Leticia raised her beautiful brown hair and smiled.

"Don't worry. Lucy, rescue will be decided the day after tomorrow. On that day, Lucy will be transferred to the Cathedral of the Saviors of the Empire."

"Cathedral...?

"Father Gapon belongs to the emperor's office, not the army, in the first place. So, not the Army and Navy ministry at the knees of the army, but the ritual of the demon king's resurrection under the imperial church. We will raid the cathedral because there will be gaps there"

"But even the church should be tightly guarded. The Temple Knights of the Church are an elite array, and there are people in the third part of their official offices."

That's where Her Royal Highness Philia and the Virgin Sophia came in.

I thought about the meaning of Leticia's words, and I was annoyed.

Indeed, with the order of the Empress and the request of the Virgin chosen for the Church, it is possible to go inside, even without bothering to defeat the guards of the Cathedral.

But in the end, Lucy's recapture has to be an exercise of strength.

If Philia and Sophia reveal their identities so much, and force the rescue, they'll both be treated like traitors.

Originally, my attempt to infiltrate alone and take Lucy out was one reason I didn't want to endanger Philia or Sophia.

When I said I disagreed with Leticia, Leticia laughed delightfully.

"So you're abandoning Lucy?

"It's..."

I shut up.

I really don't have any other hands.

But......

Suddenly Sophia held my hand softly.

When I looked at Sophia in surprise, Sophia blushed.

"Thank you, Solon, for worrying about me. But I want to help you, Solon. So I want you to use me."

"But you can't involve Sophia..."

"You're not gonna get involved, are you? I decided that I would always be next to Solon."

Sophia had beautiful jade eyes and looked up at me.

I hesitated for a moment and then I shook Sophia's hand back and said, "Thank you."

Sophia made her face more and more red, and she got annoyed.

I looked back at Filia.

We also need to be sure of Philia's intentions.

Philia smiled, "Of course, I'll help Solon," but for some reason its face was a little cloudy and lacked the usual brightness.