They appeared when the sun was high.

"Is this the residence of Lord Lasse-Taymer?

　A group of knights dressed in ornately carved armor entered the office of Lasse.
　Naturally, the guests in the reception room looked at the knights to see what was going on.

Did you want to see Mr. Lasse?

　But the receptionist, Lamia, dealt with it calmly, without panic or fuss.

(This decoration is not for a knight fighting in a real battle. So is it a knight of the Kingsguard?　But what does a knight of the Kingsguard do for Master Lise?　(Maybe some trouble?)

　Lamia extends her long tail and signals the danger to the skirt of the dryad, which was operating behind the reception desk, out of sight of the knights.
　The dryad also replies back to Lamia's tail with the ivy stretched out of her skirt, out of sight of her legs.

'We are from the Temple of the King's City, the holy knights of the Mother Earth God. We have received a request from Master Mitic to receive an item in custody of Master Lasse.

　Hearing the name of the holy knight, Lamia understands that they are temple officials who have come to retrieve the magical treasure that sealed the demon's power.

"So you are from the temple. Then I would like to call Master Lasse to see you in the parlor.

"Yes, sir.

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"Good evening, welcome to the holy knights of King's Landing.

　When Lasse enters the reception room where the holy knights are waiting, the holy knights rise from their chairs and bow to Lasse.

I'm Jinra, the captain of the Holy Knight's Corps, which is available to the Mother Earth.

　　The holy knight who called himself Jinra bows to you and his subordinate holy knights also bow to you.

"No, no, no, no, I'm just a one-time nobleman. I'm not much of a person to be called a lord.

(Actually, this aristocracy is also a way to stifle the reward.

　The situation in which the commoners are given the rank of nobility is basically treated as a synonym for a reward for a person who has performed great deeds.
　In reality, however, it was a countermeasure to the dissatisfaction of the people who could not give appropriate rewards due to their activities being too great to be rewarded appropriately.

　For example, if a soldier accomplished a great deed to save a country in a small country, he would be rewarded with a large sum of money or treasure.
　But a small country in wartime could not afford it.

　If it was a fairy tale, you would marry the princess and live happily ever after, but there's no reason to give the princess, the material for a political marriage, to a commoner.
　However, if you want her to move up in the world, she'll need to be educated to the task at hand, if she wants to move up a notch or two.
　You can't command a subordinate without knowledge.

　In order to work through this problem, the rank of nobleman is given to the hero.
　But since they aren't landlords and aren't even vestments that have been passed down through the generations, their pensions are paltry.

What did you say? We have heard of Lord Lyse's activities during the war. He attacked a demon invocation experiment conducted by neighboring wizards and drove away several demon apostles, and finally defeated a real demon!

Well, the dragon.

　Lasse chuckles and corrects Jinra's words.
　Dragons are the most powerful creatures.
　Because of this pride throughout our race, they strongly rejected the existence of a ruler demon from the other world.
　They say we are the strongest in the world.

(That's why the dragons were so eager to hit all the demon-related facilities.

And now I hear that you have defeated two new demon apostles and obtained a magical treasure that contains the power of an evil demon!

　Now that the conversation is back on track, Lasse puts a box on the table.

This one?

　Then open the box Lise.

"Oh, here it is: ......

　Emerging from the box was a familiar gem.
　A jewel that contained the power of the devil.

Amazing. You have done well to have this recovered.

　Lise laughs at a trembling Jinra.

"Haha, this brother is the reason why the lizardmen were in trouble.

　Jinra straightens her posture and turns her gaze seriously to Lasse.

"Sir Lasse-Theimer, we, the Holy Knights, do hereby swear to carry this magical treasure responsibly to the capital. After reviewing your performance to date.

　Jinra thanks Lasse with a knightly salute, and Lasse returns it with a knightly salute as well.

"Nice to meet you.

　◇

"Phew, finally got around to dealing with the messy stuff.

　After Jinra and the others left, Lasse leaned back in his chair and exhaled heavily.

"Good job.

　Lamia congratulates Lasse and offers him a cup of tea.

Yeah, thanks.

　After receiving the tea, Lasse drank it to relieve the fatigue of his visit with Jinra and the others.

Now, let's get back to work.

　That was the time.
　There was a knock at the parlor.

"Come in.

　It was the dryad who came in, who was supposed to be the receptionist.
　But the dryad looks at Lasse with a clipped look on his face.

"What's the matter, dryad?

That's why we have a visitor for Mr. Lasse again.

Who's here this time? Who's here this time?

That's ......

　And then someone comes into the parlor from behind the dryad.

"Excuse me, Master Lasse-Tamer, I am Jinra, and I have come from King's Landing to receive the magical artifacts you have sent me. I am Jinra from King's Landing, sent by Lord Mitic to receive the magical treasure.



　The holy knight Jinra, who had been talking with Lasse in the reception room, appeared there.

'Yes?'