I'll explain the situation to Mr. Moch in Leaprich. Then we'll move in. I've decided to keep the bed here.

It's Mr. Moch's dad's shop originally, if you're attached to it. We can afford it, and I think it's fine.

I'm going to talk to Mr. Ruin and return the shop to Mr. Mochi. Monsieur Moch, you were depressed about the loss of the shop.

Then I'll take Hephaistos and move in with him.

'S...it's a great house...'

'I think so, too. The Hephaistos Forge, but do you want to build a proper one?

'What?　Are you sure?!

'Oh. It's a big site for nothing, and I got a lot of reward money. I owe it to Hephaistos to build me some equipment, so leave it to him.

Hephaistos thanks you so much. Well, I guess that's another necessary expense.

As I was moving in, the info came in. Apparently Lise is here.

I take Ix and Bran to the front door, and I see a dandy guy I don't know and Liese.

'Tact!　I'm here for a quick visit!

We're still moving, so there's nothing there.

Haha, I'm sorry. She's not one to stop once she's made up her mind.

The daughter is still Lise's father.

'It's nice to meet you, Summoner Tact. I've been good friends with your daughter.

I've heard about you from Liese and my brother. I'm Liese's father, Hands. It's a pleasure to meet you. Hero of Freetia.

Have you... decided on that name?

'Ha!　You're exactly what Riese said you were!　You might as well get used to it while you still can, huh?　That's all you've done, you know.

I wasn't the only one who did this... but anyway, you came all the way to my house and I'm going to show you into the house.

'I'm sorry... this is the only thing I could get you.

'No, no. I'm sorry you had to serve me that drink I've been hearing about. Well, I just wanted to come over today to thank you and talk to you. First of all, thank you so much for saving my daughter.

Ah. You came all the way out here to thank me for saving Liese.

"Keep your head up, sir!　I only saved Lise because I wanted to save her.

But it still saved my daughter's life, that's for sure. And you helped my daughter grow up. This is our way of repaying you.

Mr. Hands produced a mystery stone... what is this? Try to identify.

? The sealing stone for: rarity?　Sealstone Quality?
? The stone that sealed the

Hmmm...a mystery item. Hanz-san explains it to me.

"This is the stone that sealed a powerful summoner, I'm told. If you continue to be a summoner, it should be able to help you one day.

I don't know if there's an item like this... perhaps something will come along that uses this in summoning magic. I'll save it for dear life.

Hanz-san speaks again.

''This time, you have become the center of attention from the Freetian nobles. You understand the strength of the summoned beasts in particular, don't you?

Yes, sir.

Lily, Aeon, Noah's dragonization of Noah, Setia's spirit summoning, and the beastization of Love Fire and Wufu would be representative.

And there must be many who would try to use that power to their advantage. So here it is.

Hanz-san took out a scroll with the linkage written on it.

''If you form a linkage with me, I can protect you from other nations, not to mention the nobles of Fretia.

'...So if you're talking about that kind of thing, you're already making moves?

''Well, that's what I'm talking about. The Reich Empire, Vineleaf, Wizard Orb, and Elixir Lapis are already pressuring me about Ex Machina and the Magic Sword.

It's too soon... the Reich Empire and Weinleaf are very impressed with weapons, so it's no surprise that they are. Wizard Orb seems to be interested in magic swords that have something to do with magic, and if Elixir Lapis is in the land of alchemists, it wouldn't be surprising if they were interested in magic swords, too.

''Wouldn't Dragoneut and others be a problem?''

That's unreachable territory for humans. "It's the domain of the unreachable, so we'll take the possible and the more militaristic option over the unreachable.

So that's how it is... but Ex Machina's weapons can only be made by Ex Machina, and they are exclusively armed. My magic sword can also only be made by me, according to Setia.

They probably don't know about this and wouldn't believe me if I told them.

''This talk of cooperation... it's King Gran's decision, right?

'You're clever... no matter how many heroic medals we give you, you're not part of the Freetia's military, so if anything happens to you, we can't move as a nation.

Our position is that we're adventurers based in Freetia.

'That's where the idea of working with me comes in. I'm the brother of King Gran's brother. It was decided that it would be easier for the country to work with me as a partner.

I see. It's a trend that's already been confirmed to involve the country in a quarrel, but if it's inevitable, we have to take the initiative.

I understand. As for me, I'd like to take the job, but I already have a partner in place, so would you mind if I talked to him about it?

'Yes. Then you will contact me when you have your answer. If you're willing to accept the partnership, I'll take care of the formalities. Here's my contact information.

He became friends with Mr. Hands, and they left.

Then, as we were moving, the nobles came one by one. Let's be clear. Annoying.

Tact...are you okay?

'Um... you're afraid of your face?　Mr. Takut.

Lily, Aeon... can you turn them off?

Lily and the others were desperately trying to quiet me down as I was on the verge of falling into darkness in the annoying aristocratic rush.