"...... masks

　The one muttering in a bitter voice is--Argos-Radrio.

　Several surprised voices leaked out from other nobles who seemed to have heard the murmurings.

"That's the valiant squire.

"The hero of the country or ......

"You're even younger than I thought you would be.

　Ignoring all the stares of the surrounding aristocrats gathered around me, I walk through the aristocrats who naturally open up a path for me to walk through the hall.

　By the way, I'm not wearing a mask at the moment, so my face is exposed.
　This will divide the attention on Nell to some extent.

　As I walked up to the place where the king and Nell were, I threw down the commander-like man I was carrying and dropped to one knee on the spot.

"Mask, who is that?

Ha, this is the man who was the commander of those who foolishly tried to cause a disturbance in the castle and bring danger to your Majesty.

　When he said this to the king in an awe-inspiring tone, his expression was indescribable and he let out a small gasp.

...... I'm not used to honorifics from you.

Onii-san, I think His Majesty shouldn't mind this at all, since it's probably half a joke.

　The king smiled for a moment at Nell's words, but quickly switched to a dignified expression and nodded with a hawk-like gesture.

I see. Thank you for putting down the noise. And why did you bring your commander all the way here?

"This fellow, it seems, has a friend. I would appreciate a few moments of your time to find out who that idiot is.

"Hmm. ...... Very well. I'll take you at your word for quelling the commotion.

"Haha, thank you very much.

　I bowed to the king in a flirtatious act, then stood up and looked back.

"Well, ...... I'm pleased to meet you, Mister Argos. I am Yoo, not Wai, your valiant squire.

　As I spoke to him smilingly and familiarly, the shitty aristocrat, or rather Argos-Radrio, twitched his eyebrows, but seemed to hide his inner feelings, smiled as I did, and opened his mouth.

I'm flattered to be remembered by the hero of the kingdom. So, what can I do for you?

The engraving on this man's sword. This is your family crest, isn't it?

　The man who falls down beside me removes his sword from its sheath and holds it up high so that the inscription on the hilt of the sword is clearly visible to the f*cking nobleman in front of him and the surrounding nobles.

...... Yes, that's right.

　There is a clamor as the shitty aristocrat acknowledges my words.

　But the f*cking nobleman doesn't seem to care about the noise around him, he just looks at me coldly.

Surely that's my man. But what do you mean?　I was just telling my men to guard the area around the castle.

　I don't know if you've stopped mending your ways, or if you've already made up for it, or if you're just a shitty aristocrat with a look of contempt on your face, but I'm just going to smile and continue speaking.

"Guarding the castle?　You didn't know that the castle is guarded by a Kingsguard?

No, of course I know. But I have some information on my end. I've been personally alerted to the possibility of a possible attack.

You mean, you knew about the raid in advance and didn't tell anyone else?

"No, it's not?　I have given the information to the military to be vigilant. Before I go any further, I'm sure there is a solid official record that I entered the capital with my private army. There's nothing illegal there.

　I'm not sure if it's a good idea, but it's not.

　I'm not sure if it's just a matter of time before you'll be able to find out more about it.

But I'm not at all ....... There is no need to say, and you bring my men as commanders of the bandits. You may be mistaken, but depending on what happens, even if you are a hero, I will sue you for defamation, so please be prepared for that.

　I'm going to say, "You're a f*cking aristocrat who's going to say that kind of thing in a hurry, and I'm going to say...

"You're talking crazy, man.

　Nitaa, and smiled, objection!　He poked his finger in the air with such force that it was like, "Wow, brother, you look so wicked, now.

Wow, man, you just looked so wicked.

　Shut up, Nell.

As for the lack of explanation, well, that's what I'm talking about, my dear. Your men were standing in front of the bandits while they were attacking, standing there in the background, laughing loudly.　It's as if they were deliberately trying to figure out when to go in to help. Maybe they were trying to figure out when it was the best time to move.

"How do you have proof?　You are not going to condemn me with your words of uncertainty.

I don't have any proof of that, but I do have proof that this attack was coordinated in your place.

　At my words, the face of the f*cking aristocrat hardens.

　Huh, if only someone's testimony were to be flirted with and gingerly avoided, but ...... is sweet, you idiot .

　I open the item box and take out a crystal from inside.

This is a magic tool called the 'transmutation crystal'. When activated, it records a certain range of magic and can be displayed later.

　In a word - camera (...).

　To use it, the user can activate it by pouring magic power into it.
　To display a picture, you can take a picture and then pour magic power into it again, and it will appear in the air like a hologram.

　However, there are some disadvantages: Since the picture is taken through magic, it is black and white, unlike modern cameras, and the picture quality is quite poor.
　Moreover, once a picture is taken, it is disposable and never used again. The pictures themselves can be viewed as many times as you want, but they are not very useful.

　This is the one that I exchanged in the DP catalog when I wanted to take pictures of our residents, but the resulting pictures were so coarse that they had been stored away without being used after all.

　I never thought the time would come when it would come in handy. ...... Well, with this merit, I'll add you to the demon king's secret tools.



　By the way, you can get a modern camera in the DP catalog if you want to, but I don't have a modern camera that can be made without a certain level of civilization, such as chess or cards, because the DPs that are required to make those things are really crazy.

　I don't have enough DP to waste it now.

Let's take a shot at it. Here you go, cheese.

"What, hey, hey!

"...... buoy

"Cheese, does cheese mean food cheese?

　So I said a call that none of them in this world would understand and activated the crystal, it sucked up some of my magic power and after a few moments it stopped working.

　After confirming the cessation of action, I poured my magic power into the crystal again and let Buon and the photo appear in the air.

　The picture shows Nell, who is impatient as the crystal is suddenly pointed at her, and Princess, who tilts her head curiously at En, who has no expression on her face as if she understands what I'm doing and makes a peace.

It's a good idea to make a picture of this place and document it. --You'll be able to see that the photo is one of your heirlooms.

...... Onii-san.

"Yu...... Wai-dono is still the same.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find the same magic in the same way and make the photo appear, pretending you didn't see Nell and the king smiling at you.

And now for the main topic. This one is after the photo was already taken.

　In the photo are two men in what appears to be an alleyway, discussing something frankly in the background.

The man to the right here, he's the head of the attackers. I heard they've already captured him and put him in the dungeon, so if you're wondering if he's real or not, you can check on him later or whatever.

　I've left that to Carrotta, the female knight commander, so I'm sure she's got a lot of things to back it up.

　By the way, I heard that they also have a lie detector that will help us to disguise ourselves as fake criminals that we set up to frame a f*cking nobleman.

　If we could bring the tool to this place, we would have been able to get it here, but it seems that the tool is too big to move from where it was set up. So what can I do?

And the man next to him. And the guy next to him is having some kind of a secret conversation with the head of the attacker: ...... It's funny, because he looks just like one of your guys (・・・・・・・) face (・・・・・・・). --Oh, hey, what's up, Argos-Radrio?　What's with the twitching face?

　I abandon my polite language and smirk and agitate myself.

　The f*cking aristocrat, who seems to have understood the meaning of this photo, manages to squeeze out the words while his face is scrunched up and he is in a cold sweat.

...... and I don't know. I'm sure you'll be happy to know that even if that crystal is real, my subordinate did it on his own and I didn't order him to do it, and above all, that magic tool was prepared by you. There is also the possibility that some kind of manipulation is being done.

　You went to cut off my men.
　You're a bastard.

Oh, yeah. Okay, great. --By the way, I've got one more thing for you to see, or rather hear.

　Next, I bring the gramophone charm that I had asked the king to prepare in advance, which I had used during the dance practice with Nell, from the corner of the hall to a nearby location.
　You take out the discs for the gramophone from the item box and hold it up to be seen again and open your mouth.

"Here is a disc. This is a very interesting disc. It's a recording of some dumb men talking, completely oblivious to the fact that someone is listening nearby. I urge you all to listen to that stupidity.

"No, no, no--

　I'm sure he must have guessed what was being recorded, because he reached for the disc in a hurry, took the arm of the aristocrat who comes over and forcibly pulled him down to the ground with all his strength, and I sat down on his back with a thud.

"Guffaw--

"Impatient guy, stay there and listen.

　Then I set the disc into the gramophone wizardry and played the recording.