-- As soon as the meeting with Eir Sethloomnir was over, Hild and I left the reception room together.

　His Majesty and the Duke had returned to their diplomacy as royalty and nobility, and Commander Angelica had also left the royal palace, so we were left alone to return to the party hall.

''Commander Luke, I think you behaved very majestically earlier,''
Thanks for that one. I really thought I was going to die from nerves, but I'm glad it worked out in the end.

　We didn't turn back to the venue right away, but instead took our time talking to each other as we moved around.

　I'm not sure if I'd be overwhelmed by the mental temperature difference if I went back to the venue all of a sudden, and more importantly, I wanted to exchange opinions with Hild about the content of the meeting earlier.

It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you want to do with it. I thought he was a guy I could talk to in superficial contact with .......

　Perhaps it was because they were a demon race that lived for a long time, after all, but they never put into words the idea of what it was.

　Even though he is relatively young among his own race, Hild is also a member of the demon race called elves.

　He shouldn't say something that could be perceived as a difference in values because he was of the demon race.

''To be honest, I was also surprised. I thought that my hometown of 'Chalk Fairyland' had historically been on friendly terms with the northern countries and lent them power through that connection, but ...... even that was a trivial matter to that person.

　Hild gave a small shake of her head under her hood.

''Perhaps, for that ...... person, he recognized that the High Elves who lived in the ancient magical civilization and the ordinary elves born after the destruction were fundamentally different beings.
'Maybe that woman's time stopped when Alfazul was alive,'

　If you think about it that way, Eil Sethlumnir is rather pathetic.

　Although he is a long-lived species that has lived on since ancient times, he is in love with a human man, unable to spend his last days in peace, and lost him when civilization collapsed, and waits for the time of his resurrection, which may come at any moment, while he watches over the next age he left behind.

　Yeah, in terms of the individual elements alone, she's a really good tragic heroine.

　If I hadn't been in the position where I was greatly affected, I might have felt sorry for her and thought of her as someone else's problem.

　Of course, such a hypothesis will never become a reality, and for me, there are a lot of whines and complaints that I want to hurl with all my might, such as "How dare you involve that guy in your business" and "If you have the time to set a trap without permission, you should at least persuade him verbally first".

' ...... At least the humans don't seem to believe it. Even if they don't look down on you like Gandalf does. If you're looking at them as equals, you'd at least explain to them first, 'Don't do this because it's dangerous.'
'By that logic, even ordinary elves are not to be trusted. If they tried to reveal the secret, they were severely punished, no questions asked.

　Hild is also unusually angry and complaining.

'Maybe she thinks of us as children. You see, even if you explain to him that it's child discipline, he won't understand, so he scolds you anyway, right?
I don't think every family does that, but ...... there are certainly some homes that have that policy.
'It's knowledge that shouldn't be spread because it would cause confusion on earth, and you wouldn't be able to understand it anyway, so ...... scold him for not being able to do it anyway, and then punish him and keep him away from the reach of ...... It's really arrogant.

　He thinks of us as children - this metaphor that Hild has used to describe Eil is really quite an odd one to say.

　As Hild lays it out, it's as if Eil is trying to discipline a child who is too young to understand and keep him away from danger as if he were a guardian.

　There could be no more accurate metaphor to describe Eil's thoughts and actions in a nutshell than this one.

''By the way, that secret that woman tried to cover up, hasn't the rainbow rainbow scale knight group investigated it?
On our side?
It's not that I'm asking you to tell me, but I'd at least like to know if the state knows what's going on.
'Yes, ...... if it is, as that person said, something that will cause a great deal of confusion if it gets out into the world: ......

　Hild put his hand over his mouth as he folded his arms and thought for a bit before replying to my question.

''Even if they were exploring the same knowledge, since the kingdom isn't currently in turmoil, only a very limited number of people must have been informed. The head of the research, the head of the Knights, the ministerial level nobles and His Majesty the King ...... I thought that anything else would be a secret subject.
'I knew it would be so. Even though our motives are completely different, it's kind of annoying that I'm going to end up imitating that woman if you just look at the results.

　Even if the truth of the world that truly disrupts the kingdom is hidden, and even if the knights and the palace are aware of its existence, I can assure you that no choice other than to hide the truth from the world will be taken.

　There is not much difference from Eir's idea if you only cut out the point of hiding the truth from the people living on earth.

　Of course, the rest of the world is vastly different, and it would be shortsighted to equate the two for this reason alone.

　While we were exchanging such conversations, we had arrived at the front of the party venue.

　A lot of other people have gathered beyond this point, so it's really not a good idea to continue the conversation we had earlier.

　There is a possibility that they could be lost in the hassle of the surroundings as they were talking to Garnett, but the confidentiality of the information is too high to be optimistic.

　-- So, without needing to make an offer, Hild and I dismissed the topic and entered the hustle and bustle of the party quite naturally as the Knight Commander and his subordinates.

''Well, ...... where have Garnet and the others gone ......?''
What? Isn't Lord Garnett not attending?
...... Oops, that was it. I'm with that guy all the time, so it's easy to forget he's not there sometimes when we're separated.

　I chuckle at the mutterings I accidentally let slip and mend them for a good reason.

　In fact, there are so many misunderstandings during those separate activities that they are never lied to.