"I see."
Aotea had taken note of the information she had obtained from the man. The people who make up the organization of the information you were able to get out, but who's at the top? This was a man named General as you can guess from previous information. The man who manipulates the demons of the hood and the man in the armor, Aotearoa knew, had the strength to be called an executive among the general's men.
The story was that no other executives had ever seen him, but that he had an elf who could carry out ultra-long range shooting. That and the woman who was always beside the general was also talking about a pretty powerful man.
Because their strength is superior in the organization and their authority is strong, the man in front of them managed to overshadow it and tried to catch the Ethereal Tails.
"Does the general's men mean the empire's power of war?
To Aotearoa's question, the man shakes his neck sideways.
"That organization has nothing to do with the Empire. That's just like the General's child's power of war. His Majesty the Emperor is intoxicated by the General and screws over all of his dissent because he relies on it"
Aotearoa and Deena are leaning their necks towards the answer. Letting the general have that much power of war makes it so much easier to rebel, to have a coup. Therefore, the extreme concentration of the forces puts at risk.
"Why? You have a face. I don't know much about it, either, but the previous emperor, His Majesty, said he liked the general when he was younger. So my own son, that is to say, His Majesty the Emperor now, but he appointed me either as his guide or as his guide, anyway. So since I was a kid, I've been blown into the general's thoughts, and then I don't know if I'm attracted to that charisma... because so am I."
The man had a proud look when talking about the general.
"Is there some kind of anecdote about the general?
Aotearoa discerns that the man wants to talk about the general, and takes him to a stream that is easy to talk about.
"There is? 'Cause there's a plan. First of all, as a solo force, the General has defeated many dragon species by himself. Even the Empire's Flying Dragon Squad was devised by the General in the first place, and it was the General who created the way to keep them. Then, of course, he's superb at leading a mass battle. The Empire is located in the north so close to the territory of the Demon Nation. So many times in the past we've been threatened by demons and demonic invasions. The General is retreating, of course, to minimize this damage!
Aeta takes the right palm in front of the man and interrupts the story, thinking that if he keeps the guy excited as he talks more and more, he won't be able to stop talking.
"Okay, okay, so stop around there. Turns out the general is amazing, he's the strongest as an individual, and this is the strongest again even if he leads the army? It's hard to keep up with Sorina."
When Aotea said it with a translator's face, the man began to talk further into a doorman's face.
"Heh heh, the great thing about the General isn't just about fighting! The general's knowledge is sobering, and he's not even a civilian or scholar of the Empire. There's no shortage of water in the Empire, we're creating a system that produces water by running magic. It may sound like it's everywhere when I hear all this, but I'm using a lot of people's circulation. It is a mechanism that sucks away a very trace amount of magic the moment it creeps through the gate. By using its magic, the city's water doesn't deplete."
If the magic runs out of water, Ethereum also has it. But when it comes to a system that can keep the water across the city, one level of knowledge alone, such as how magic flows and storage functions, is not going to make it.
"Wow..."
The man had a full grin because of what Booshiri and Aeta had said.
"No! That's right! The general is an amazing man, so... I want to be recognized for something like this..."
The man's thoughts were pure, I want to be recognized by someone I respect. It meant that I tried to fit the Ethereal Tails out of that thought.
"You had a tough time, too. I also know that someone wants to be recognized."
There's something I think. Deena seemed sympathetic to the man and spoke so gently.
"Well... well, it's none of my business. You've been hostile to us for the time being, so let's get you punished a lot."
"Oh no! You told me everything, and your sister knew how I felt, didn't you? Isn't this how I forgive my sister?
The man rushes to preserve himself because Aotearoa cut it off with a bassari.
"Deena, do you want to acquit this guy?
Take the man's word, Ethereum confirms.
The man watched Deena as he pleaded.
"Um, I do know how you feel, but it doesn't change what you tried to do to get us into dangerous eyes. It just so happens that you chose to be Mr. Arben, that's all it took, but it's stronger, because that would have changed the outcome if the S-rank had appeared better...... I'll leave the decision to Sorta"
Just because we asked him how he was until things happened, it didn't change the fact that we tried to attack ourselves, so Deena couldn't follow him in and let Ethereum loose her judgment.
"So it seems like the decision has shifted to me. So you're going to be punished. First... go to sleep."
That's what I said. Aeta puts her hand on the man's head and sucks out the magic.
"Hey, what..."
When the magic is gone, it becomes difficult to remain conscious. Though slightly as the man who noticed it panicked, he shook his head fluffy with resistance and then passed out as it was.
"Well, I'm glad you made a threat, but what's wrong with this guy?"
"Heh heh, Mr. Sota, you didn't mean it. I know you just shook it at me on purpose."
Aeta was scratching her head when Deena had a slight irritation that her thoughts had been found out.