A few days have passed since my visit to Miranda Sewing Shop.

　While Noir's development of the heat-resistant equipment for carrying was advancing, I was visiting a room at the White Wolf Knights' headquarters to proceed with another project.

　It's an experimental hall managed by Ambrose.

　It's a large room with enough space and strength for Ambrose, a knight by profession as a wizard, to conduct various experiments related to magic.

　The reason why I visited this laboratory is not for another request I received from Theodore, to develop a means to safely drop supplies and personnel to the fourth level - but for the other request.

　Alexia is leading a team of technicians to design that one, and I'm not at the stage where I can get involved yet.

　So what was the purpose of this trip to the laboratory?

'Ugh!　White wolf, I'm all set.
I'm fully prepared. I'm ready to start.

　Garnett and Sakura, who had finished their preparations, came into the laboratory looking fully motivated.

　Both of them are wearing the same equipment as they do when they dive into dungeons for work, and their weapons are securely strapped to their hips.

'All right. I'm sure Chandler and Ambrose will be here soon, so we'll start when we're all here. Are Nagi and Melissa ready as well?
I've gotten rather tired of waiting.
I feel like we shouldn't be on the clock, though.

　Nagi and Melissa, who had been waiting at the edge of the lab, replied in unison.

'Sorry, you two. I just came back from my search and made you tag along early.

　When I said that, Nagi reacted the same as usual, raising one eyebrow and giving Sakura a sideways glance.

''It's a request, so I don't mind. It's not a good idea to lend a hand to Shiranui, but it would be unbearable if he went out of control and caused damage to the town,

　I've heard that Nagi is an adventurer from the same Eastern Continent as Sakura, and that they come from clans with opposing principles.

　For that reason, whenever they meet, they say and do things that have a lot of thorns in their side, but they never go beyond the realm of sarcastic repartee, and they don't hesitate to lend each other their strength when necessary.

　In short, both Sakura and Nagi have personalities that allow them to prioritize the big picture over their personal likes and dislikes.

　I understand that so well that I don't hesitate to ask for Nagi's help when I need it.

''Uh ...... steps are that one first, and then the next one is this way ......''

　Meanwhile, Melissa, Nagi's partner, seems to be concentrating on reviewing her own role while staring at her notebook.

　Melissa has an understandable amount of feelings for Nagi, and she's wary of Sakura, who he's dealing with at a certain distance, but it seems that's not the case right now, as expected.

　The request to the two of them was to deter Sakura's god-slaying in the unlikely event that it got out of control.

　Applying Nagi's knowledge of Eastern spellcraft, Melissa's attribute magic is converted into Eastern-style attributes to stop the runaway magic of the God-Descending - until Noir completes the equipment, this is the only countermeasure against the runaway.

''Ugh ...... It's been a while since I've been nervous ......
Five elements conflict is the most basic of all. If you are thinking of changing saddles, you should be able to say at least conflict and conflict in the sky.

　I was just thinking of leaving Melissa's guidance to Nagi when the door to the laboratory opened to reveal two knights who didn't look like knights.

'You've kept me waiting. Let's get the experiment started.
Oh, I've seen you before. Good luck today.

　Ambrose of the Knights of Suigan, a strange wizard with a long dress that covers his entire body and hides his true face with a hood and apron.

　He is a brown-skinned, strong warrior from the south, Chandler of the Akabane Knights.

　The plan is to have their help this time.

　I decided to declare the purpose of today's meeting once again after confirming that all the planned members were present.

Okay, let's get started. The reason why I asked everyone to gather together is to help me collect practical data for the purpose of stabilizing the war effort. Specifically, I want to collect data through mock battles regarding two of the medallion's [Fusion] ...... wizards call it 'Limited Awakening of Demonic Beast Factors' and Sakura's God's Descent.''

　This area is just a reaffirmation of what I explained to you beforehand, so no one here has any indication of questioning it.

''I really wanted to test the new sword as well, but I can't blame you for something that isn't ...... finished.
Ezell's guy said he could show up by the end of the day, so we'll have to be patient for a bit longer.
'Right. Let me analyze the Ezell's Evaldi sword and hear from the second level dwarves and administrators (Flaxinus) as well: ......

　I counted the upcoming tasks (tasks) on Garnet's new sword.

　Ever since I returned to Green Hollow from King's Landing and Theodore reported the discovery of the fourth level, there was a lot of work to be done anyway.

　However, my energy is more than enough to keep me energized after spending a peaceful night with Garnet a few days ago.

　At this rate, we might even be able to get things done earlier than planned.

"Commander Luke. I'm sure you'll be able to find no signs of magical treatment on the Sword of Adamant given to you by His Majesty.
'Yeah, if even the wizards in King's Landing couldn't find it, we should assume it's not really there.

　I looked at the sword lowered at Garnett's waist as I answered Ambrose's question.

　This time, Garnett is going to equip an unprocessed adamant sword for the mock battle instead of the usual mithril alloy sword.

　The reasons for this are that the size and blade length are slightly different from conventional swords, so I want to get used to it now, and since this is only a 'limited awakening' test, I want to exclude any other magical effects.

''Then it's unlikely that I can give you any particular advice from here. It's probably due to the physical properties of the adamant metal or the properties derived from its crystal structure. If it's a human, it's the domain of the alchemist, not the wizard, and it wouldn't be wrong to ask the dwarf for his opinion.
If you have an alchemist's handmaiden that you can call upon right away, you can tell me later.
'To be honest, I don't have any idea if you're going to tie it up in this neighborhood. Unless you're inviting people from far away, in which case, I'd like you to expect it to take a lot longer.
'Well, ...... whatever it is, it's the dwarf and the sword of Ezell first.

　I have to take a break from adamant mithril processing for now, whether I like it or not.

　I'll just focus on other tasks now.

...... Okay!　Let the mock combat begin!