"?　What's up, Nell. You're in a good mood.

　In the sanctuary, Nell replies with a smiling face to her knightly superior, who walks next to her and looks at her curiously.

''Yes, I had a good thing happen last night,''

"How?　Have you met your lover?

"What ......, how did you know?

...... No, it was supposed to be a joke.

　It's a very good idea to have a good time with your boss, who is smiling at the brave girl with a blush on her cheeks - Carotta.

　You'll be able to find a lot more information on this topic.

"But Nell. I know you're happy, but there's an important strategy meeting that's about to take place. You'll have to brace yourself.

"Yes, yes!

　Carotta nodded at Nell, who switched her expression and replied with a smile.

"Okay. Now, let's go to the conference room. The others will be there by now...


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　A conference room full of a dozen soldiers.

I think we're all here. We're going to begin mission briefing!

　Carotta, who stood in front of them and played the role of chairperson, raised her voice cheerfully to her subordinates - the holy knights.

Our mission is to traverse the labyrinth that exists in the coastal region and defeat the demon king (...)

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work for you.

　--It's not a coastal region at all," he said.

When you say coastal region, do you mean the Rhone region?

　To the words of one of the holy knights, Carlotta replies.

Yes. Yes, we will dive into a labyrinth that exists in the Rhone region, four hours from the port of Poza.

"Four hours ......?　That's pretty close. Why hasn't it been defeated before?

No, it seems that the adventurers have been in charge of the attack so far. But you're not quite ready to take on the demon king yet.

It's a good thing that you're not going to have much of a problem with ...... if that's how the attack is going, but how did you end up with such a case in our office? It's not only that, it's a dungeon attack.

　Another question posed by another Holy Knight.

　The job of a holy knight is mainly to maintain the security of the parish, apprehend criminals in cooperation with the military, and guard dignitaries, but they rarely go out of the city they are in charge of to capture dungeons.

　The fact that such a job, which could be called out of your jurisdiction, has been assigned to you means that there is a certain reason for it.

Ah, it seems that the adventurers who went to defeat the demon king have returned after failing. Since the demon king is a threat, he needs to be defeated as soon as possible, but the timing is not good enough for the other adventurers to get around to it. You can find a lot of people who have a lot of experience in the field, but you can't find a lot of people who have a lot of experience in the field, so that's the ostensible reason why we, the holy knights, who are relatively more free than the army and who have a certain amount of ability individually, have been given the opportunity to do so.

　So, Carotta breaks off once and continues with a bored expression on her face.

'Didn't we capture two cardinals by our hand before?　The fact that there was a quarrel almost at the top of the church, the cardinal, has been noticed and distrusted by the people. To resolve this, the top officials want to show that the church has the power to protect the people. In short, it's politics.

　Hmmm and sniffles Carrotta .

It's not only because of the fact that we caught the idiot, but also because of the ....... It's a grown-up thing to do to clean up afterwards. We have to show that we are not old people who can't even wipe their own asses with their own hands, we have to show them that we are not old people who need care.

　Her sarcastic words elicited laughter from the conference room.

"That's why. We're going to start preparing to go underground now. --But first, we have one problem.

　The holy knights, who had been laughing, quickly closed their mouths to hear the words of Carlotta that followed.

As you know, the 'selection ceremony' for electing a new cardinal will be held in the near future. Therefore, more than half of these men will be assigned to guard you. Then we must take on the dungeon where the adventurers failed to defeat the king with a small force. Therefore, this time, I want to call for help from outside to make sure that we are ready: ...... Nell

"Huh?　Oh, ha, yes!

　I was stunned for a moment because I didn't expect to be talked to, and then responded hurriedly to Nell.

"Well, regarding your helper--


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"Dungeon!

"Dan Dan!

"Capture!

"Kouryaku!

"I'm getting rich!

"Dah!

　Imitating me, she holds her hands high in the sky. Too cute.

　By the way, I don't think he understands what I'm saying.
　She often parrots words without thinking.



"I thought I started playing with ...... magic tools, and then all of a sudden, what.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on," said Reffi, who had been watching us with a questioning look on her face.

It's a good thing that you're not the only one who has the ability to do this. So I'd like to go on a dungeon attack.

"Yeah, well - so you're going to take down the demon king?　Isn't it just like you?

"Kin?　Hahaha, don't be crazy, Refi. There's only one thing for a demon king to do, friend or foe, you know?

　And since my allies are the people here, Nell, and a plus-one, the rest are enemies, or people who don't care.

...... If you don't mind, whatever you want to do is fine with me, but ......

　I've always wanted to see the other demon king's dungeons. I've never had that chance before.

　I've heard that demon kings have a bad reputation of being arrogant and enemies of mankind.
　In fact, you're wondering what other demon kings are like. If they're really trash, I can kill them without hesitation.

　Well....even I have a title of 'humanity's adversary' just like the demon king.

So I suppose you'll be out for a while?

Yeah, I'm going to go visit. Well, I think I'll be home earlier than when we went to the capital a while ago. It's near the sea, so I'll pick up some sea food as a souvenir.

"Umino Sachi!

"Oh, the seafood. It's good, huh?

　While talking to a smiling Shi, I began to prepare for the outing.