The story of mercenaries attacking the tower of birth is, of course, well heard by Dusker.
　No, it would be right to say that Dusker was informed of it as a top priority.
　For Dusker, the lord of Gilm, the existence of a tower of birth is of great significance.
　If such a place is attacked by mercenaries, he who, of course, conspired to do so... moves to find out the mastermind behind the mercenaries.

"...and? Did you throw up the information?"

　Dusker's mouth grumbles as he organizes the papers in his office.
　This incident will undoubtedly be my fault.
　If it comes to negotiating with the Grand Dragonian Empire, one of the attacks on the Tower of Birth would be their card.
　It's inevitable now.
　If so, it was necessary to move to reduce the damage even a little as possible.
　Yes, as if the person who planned the attack had already been captured and punished.
　That's why we had to catch the mastermind in this case as quickly as possible.

"Yes,"

　Dusker's face, though only a little, softens after his men's words.
　That's because it was definitely a happy report from last night.
　But... the man who brought the report doesn't look cheerful.
　No, it's rather dark.
　When Dusker noticed what his men were doing, he stopped reading the papers and turned his eyes on them.

"What's the matter? You know the mastermind, don't you? Then all you have to do is catch him."
"It's impossible. The mastermind merchant had already left Guillum yesterday..."
"...that's it,"

　Dusker also looks bitter when he learns why his men look like that.
　I hope the mercenaries attack will succeed.
　If you fail, you won't be in Gilm by the time you find out, so you don't have to worry about being caught.

"But I can't give up that much. Neutralist... and even aristocrats send letters to friendly people, and ask them to catch him."
"Yes!"
"Well, it's okay to run away from Gilm in this situation, but don't think you can run away."

　Dasker sounded obnoxious, but immediately spouted new... and more urgent issues.

"And did the merchant, who attacked the tower of birth, know where he got the information from? At the time of the mercenaries' attack, not many people would have known about the tower of birth, so it's easy to see who leaked the information?"
"It seems that the mercenaries did not know about it, either. I think we need to catch the merchant in order to find out the details."
"Well, then hurry up."

　Nevertheless, Dusker's judgment was that it would probably be difficult to identify the person who leaked the information about the case.
　If they knew they were looking into it, naturally the dark side would run away for some reason.
　If a mastermind dealer is caught, he or she will be in danger of spreading the information.
　Judging from that, there was no reason to stay in Gillum.
　Moreover, the current guillem is undergoing extensions and there are a lot of people coming and going.
　Then it's not difficult to escape.
　As his men see him out of his office, Dusker drinks water as if to extinguish the flames of anger inside him.
　But that doesn't stop all the irritation.

"Oh, you're going to make a nuisance of me. ... Is it the work of the King, if you want to interfere with us? It's not very likely."

　the incident of a covolt that occurred a few months ago
　No, there is no doubt that the royal faction was moving from the red cloth incident before that.
　If so, it would have been no surprise if the royal faction had moved in such an incident.
　But the information in Dusker does not include information that there are no particular royalist or noblemen in the royal capital.
　To be precise, it is more correct to say that there are many aristocrats who are plotting, but that they are now making some sort of attack on Gilm... than the men who are sending them to the royal capital.

"Then did the rebounders of the King's faction do it, though not without the possibility.

　mutter and drink another sip of water
　Spring is getting warmer, but it's not hot yet.
　Still, the reason I'm thirsty is probably because the current guillem is in a very unstable situation and Dusker is under intense stress.

"If you act badly, the guillem itself could disappear, not to mention the extension of the guillem. I'll never let you do that."

　Whispering to himself, Dusker managed to figure out how to turn things around.





"Well, then, Lizardman is friendly to me?"

　Elena takes a sip of tea before nodding to the words of the nobles she is meeting.

"Yes. I think you already know that the lizard men who have metastasized are building a country. That's clear that they have a high level of intelligence. Do you think they'll be hostile to the people they encounter if they've metastasized to places they don't know?"

　Elena was confident in telling us, but in reality some of the lizardmen were hostile at first, and most importantly some were attacking the greens.
　Given the circumstances, it is true that Elena's words are quite unreasonable.
　However, it's true that there are friendly lizards like Zozo and Gaga, so it's not a lie at all.

"Well, then, is it possible to negotiate with the lizards?"
"It's possible,"

　Elena nods without hesitation.
　This is not a lie, for example, but Gaga has played a mock battle with Ray and vowed not to attack the Greens while he is here because he lost.
　Even if it's not such a big, heavy promise, it's great to be able to make good promises with Lizard Man.
　Of course, I made an appointment, but it doesn't make sense if they didn't keep it at all.
　It was good news for the nobles to be able to make promises in the sense that they would keep their promises.
　...although it's true that the monster lizard was somewhat incredible.

Then, wouldn't it be better for the aristocratic group to move in various ways? It would be a problem in the future if only the neutral group had such an existence.'
"I understand how you feel, but if you make a poor move in this situation, you will have trouble with Dusker. At the very least, you'd better wait for him to ask you to lend him a hand instead of to me."
"...and it will take too long, won't it?
"Maybe, but Gaga and Zozo are very valuable. It's better to proceed carefully than to rush and fail."

　The nobles seemed a little dissatisfied, but when Elena told them so much, they could not argue any more.
　If you do so, you will find yourself in a bad position in the aristocracy.
　Elena, a symbol of the aristocracy and nicknamed General Hime, has so much influence.
　That's why I now had to step back quietly.

"All right, if Mr. Elena says so, I won't say anything more."
"Yes, I'm saved,"Elena knows what the aristocrat in front of her was thinking and making such a statement.
　But now that it's better to step back quietly, I'm not going to complain about the other person'
　On the contrary, it would have been the best outcome if they had withdrawn so quietly.
　After that, after ten minutes of chatting, the nobles left the room.

"Well, to be honest, I don't like this very much."

　Elena muttered languidly, carrying the hot tea to her mouth.
　Even if it's a bad thing to do, you have to do it because you understand that this is good for Ray.
　Zozo has been involved with a lizard named Gaga, and Zozo is loyal to Ray.
　Ray says a lot of things and often makes decisive decisions, but he is kind to his relatives.
　And Zozo is becoming semi-relative to Ray.
　That was why aristocrats could not have been the first to pander to the Lizardmen, and consequently create a rift between them and the Daskers who were protecting them.
　This could also cause problems with the relationship between the neutral and aristocratic factions, which currently have friendly relations.
　Elena couldn't admit it as a public or private person... ...though her feelings as a private person were stronger.

"How about a new cup of tea, Elena?"

　After seeing the nobleman out of the room, Arra asks Elena so when she comes back to the room.
　But Elena shakes her head and savor the hot tea.

"The tea that Arla made is delicious enough even if it gets a little warm."

　Aura smiles happily when she is praised for her ability to make tea.
　I've been praised many times before, but I'm still happy to be praised by my beloved Elena.

"Thank you. I'll continue to do my best. ... But I have time to spare until the next person comes. What shall I do?"
"Well, yes. What's going on with Yero?"
"I'm playing in the courtyard if I'm an erotic."

　Despite the absence of his best friend, Seto, Yero was still flying around in the courtyard.
　When Arla saw it, she wondered what was fun and imitating it, but decided that if she was playing in the courtyard, there was no problem and left it alone.

"Well, I thought he would definitely go outside."
"I'm curious, perhaps because I'm an errand boy for Mr. Elena,"
"...does it concern me?"
"Was it dragon language magic? It was created by Mr. Elena, so isn't it related?"

　If Arra says so, Elena can only agree.
　Elena, too, was aware of her strong curiosity, and it was natural to think that it had affected her.

"By the way, if you're in the courtyard, you'll have a strange partner in the guillem today."

　Ray has heard of mercenaries attacking the tower of birth.
　I didn't know what I was thinking about doing such a thing, but I can predict why.
　If the tower of birth was the tower of birth... that is, the place where the lizard hatches and grows, he would have targeted the lizard's children and eggs.
　What would they do if they found a child of a black dragon named Yero?
　It was obvious without thinking.
　Yellow has the ability to be firm and transparent, so it's not so easy to be caught by a malicious opponent.
　But if you want to catch them, you can catch them.
　Strong in terms of defense, it hurts that there is little habit of attacking people trying to catch them.

(In my case, I'm better at attacking. If I'm influenced, that's what I could do.)

　I can't help it.
　With that in mind, I will pass the last cup of tea to my mouth.
　The tea was already cold rather than hot, but strangely enough it didn't taste bad.
　Basically, tea doesn't taste good when it's made in hot water.

"What shall we do for lunch to-day, Elena.
"Huh? Marina made it for you, right?"

　It is correct that they are prepared correctly and only cooked.
　Both Elena and Arra can do just that.
　You can also reheat the rest of your breakfast for the soup.
　Then you don't have to worry about lunch in particular.
　Arra shakes her head to tell Elena so.

"No, I thought it would be nice to try it on the street once in a while. I'm sure Yero would like to."
"... well, outside?"

　Whispering, Elena's gaze turns outward.
　There, the soft spring sunshine was pouring down, and it seemed not bad to eat lunch in that kind of sunshine.
　I eat in the garden in the morning sun, but I think it's not bad to eat in the daytime sun.

"Well, then, when I finish meeting the rest of the morning, I'll do so."

　It might be interesting to go and see Ray in the Tower of Birth.
　As she thought so, Elena smiled.