"Uh, well, you see, Mister Luke: ......
What's going on?　Not so much.

　As Sakura and I start a conversation, Garnett casually gets up from his chair and removes his seat.

　Although there is no physical partition, there are no other humans around, so it's practically just me and Sakura.

'I'm sorry about ...... earlier. I've heard the details from Garnett. Due to my inexperience, I'm sorry for the ridiculous inconvenience to you all .......
It's all right. It's weird to stay calm in that situation. Did you talk to Nagi and the others?
'Yes ...... of course I tried to apologize, but I was shunned and told to stop because it's so creepy to be bowled over by you.
It's like Nagi. I think he wants to keep his distance in his own way.

　It looked like this was going to be a bit of a long story, so I would urge Sakura to sit down in a chair.

''Again, that was an unavoidable situation. In the first place, when I ran into the demon general, I had no choice but to ask him to use a godsend after being prepared to take the risk. Moreover, it's impossible for anyone to predict that a god-like object would show its face.

　There's no doubt that Sakura is the one who started this whole thing, but that doesn't mean it's unreasonable to blame her for it.

　We can't blame Sakura, but if an outsider thinks about it logically, they'll realize that it's out of line.

　Indeed, it has been thought for a long time that there was some kind of risk to the gods' descent.

　Sakura herself had sensed the signs, so it would be a lie to say that she couldn't have foreseen the occurrence of major trouble at all.

　--However, the enemy we faced at that time was one of the four demon generals of the Demon King's Army, the Fire Suzuri.

　The fact that we needed a godsend to get out of our predicament should be easily imagined by anyone who was involved in the Demon King's War.

''Just to confirm, Suzuri's body was really your father, right?
Yes, sir. There's no doubt about that face. The first time we fought, I couldn't recognize it by its voice: ......
I knew it was the modifications.

　He just said the first hypothesis that came to him.

　I was confident that this should be a sure thing, but Sakura sat back in her chair and shook her head sadly, looking down and shaking her head.

'I don't remember ...... your father's voice. The memory of his face is vivid. I have not forgotten the teachings I received. But ...... I can't remember what he sounded like.
...... I see. They say people forget from their voices.

　I had just realized the same thing.

　When Garnett had taken me back to my home village.
　When I saw Mark for the first time in fifteen years in King's Landing.

　In both of those experiences, I had a new experience to remember, 'Oh, I didn't know I sounded like this.

　People forget first the voice, then the face, and finally the memory.

　Suddenly, a question that has nothing to do with the current exchange passes through my mind.

　How accurate are the memories of Alfazul's memories of the Hyun-nihime woman who was obsessed with that man - who should have ended her life as a human being so long ago - how well do they retain their accurate form?

''No!　I didn't take your time to listen to you whine!

　Sakura raised her voice as if to remind herself, and offered me the scarlet sword she was holding at her waist, sheath and all, as she held it out to me.

'Regardless of where the blame lies, the fact is that I've been playing with the power that's beyond my control. I cannot act with you all while carrying the key to a power that could lose control at any time. Please leave it with me.

　This sword, made entirely of hollywood, is the key ritual tool that activates God's descent.

　It's a special product made of 100 percent pure hibiscus kane, unlike the cherry-colored hibiscus kane alloy swords that we usually use in battle.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work for you. ...... Any kind of power is something you need to get used to with experience, and you won't be able to use it forever. Are you going to use it without being able to control it when you need it one day?
But we can't just leave it like this: ......

　This was probably also the conclusion of sincere consideration in Sakura's own way.

　It's important, but if you can't handle it, you have to let it go--that's certainly one way to draw a line.

　But to be honest, Sakura's godsend is an important force that is difficult to let go of.

　I'm not sure if there is any way to make both of these things work at the same time.
　The more I thought about it, the more I thought about it.

　The more I think about it, the more it seems like this is the only option.

　A compromise plan that would allow me to let go of the total hijinks and kanezo swords to serve as a punishment and still continue to use the divine descent as before.

　The only question that remains is whether Sakura's future policy is in line with that.

By the way, Sakura. What do you plan to do from now on as an adventurer?
''Eh ...... it's ...... still wants to get to the mystery of this dungeon. There's also the matter of your father, and the Demon King's Army and Alphasul seem to be related to Hinokagahime for some reason. I have no reason to turn my back on them.
''Good, then. This one is my suggestion as the leader of the White Wolf Order: ......

　While accepting the scarlet sword, he looked straight into Sakura's eyes and offered a compromise plan.

''We'll keep the sword as the Order. And you, why don't you, as a member of the Knights, get involved in investigating the dungeon?
Wow, did I?
Yeah. I'm sure you'll be able to find a great deal more to say about it. However, you can't become a knight, so I think you'll be in the position of an adventurer with a long-term exclusive contract with the Order.

　Not all of the people who worked with the Knights were necessarily knights.

　The soldiers that the Golden Fang Knights operated as a fighting force could be said to be a clear representative example of this.

　There may be times when an apprentice knight would be treated as a soldier and go into battle, but the majority of the personnel were hired regardless of their knight status as a percentage.

　In the case of the Silver Wing, it seems that all the personnel directly involved in important investigations are regular knights, but there are times when non-knights are hired as the end of maintaining security--for example, to patrol the local towns and villages--as well.

　If that's the case, what's the problem with having adventurers as necessary personnel for the white wolf (me and my team) whose mission is to mediate with the adventurers' guild and uncover the secrets of this dungeon?

I'm sure you'll be able to use this sword only when you feel it's necessary as the leader of the group. Of course, training to use it is part of that. In exchange for the Knights to manage the use of the divine descent, the accompanying troubles are also the responsibility of the Commander. How about this?
Nothing, thank you very much, is too good for me to wish for or ...... too good for me.
I won't take your sword if it's not on my terms.

　Awaiting and upsetting Sakura.

　Totally, if you think it's convenient, why not just take two responses?
　With a renewed sense of Sakura's earnestness, I decided to wait for her to regain her composure and respond to me slowly.