There you are, Cryer.


　Cryer, who had passed through the outer gates with a sluggish gait, walked toward the mansion. When I called out to her back, she shook her shoulders with a jolt, exaggeratingly so.

　Cryer turns around in a hurry. I had my back against the wall near the gate, waiting for Cryer's return, and the corner of my lips hung up in an understandable "nii".


''So, Sora-dono...''

Well, well, you look awfully pale. Are you okay?


　When I told him that, Cryer's face, which was only blue, turned even paler. Fear and doubt alternated in her red eyes.

　I smiled once more at such a clairvoyant and smiled at him.

　--It's not a good idea to be able to have a good time with them.

　To be precise, I knew that some suspicious people were infiltrating Ishka. From the previous incident with Jijinbo, Duke Dragnaut's eyes are shining on the border between Ad Astera and the Canaries, and there is a network of information about the slavers' union in Ishka.

　If it was a clandestine spy in his day job, he would be able to evade such surveillance, but the Kishi of Onigashima are not that versatile. They are warriors, not spies.

　So, we had a general idea of their movements.

　The problem was that we didn't know when they were going to make contact with Cryer.

　Although I said they are not spies, but as expected, if you keep a lookout in the city, some people will have a hunch. If they are cautious, it makes it difficult for us to do anything.

　That's why I purposely left them alone. We have to be careful with only Cryer. If they get in touch with him, it will change his behavior.

　I'm not sure if I'll be able to get out of the gates without being noticed, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to get out of the gates without being noticed. Even if you succeed in getting out of the gate, if I chase after it with all my might, I can catch you before you reach Onigashima.

　I was waiting for Cryer's return, thinking like that.

　And the result is the pale Kuria in front of me. Yeah, it's too in your face, Cryer Berch. I didn't even have to question it, I was pretty sure I was in contact with Onigashima.

　Well, for what it's worth, Claia is a member of the Belhi family, a golden generation that has been expected by those around him. He is an elite, so to speak, and it would be difficult for him to behave calmly in a situation like the one he's being held hostage in now.

　--I'm not going to be able to get a good deal more than a few of these.


The first thing to do is to send Goz and Klimt back to Onigashima and have them tell me what I want. My demands, of course, are for the sparrows. You must make the master of the sword swear to leave the sparrows in my charge and that the swordsman will have nothing to do with them in the future.

"Cryer is a hostage until such time as the pledge is made. Of course, if my master refuses my request, he will have to prepare himself accordingly. And the same goes for anyone who gets in the way of my people.


　My father only sent me to the island to prove my power if I wanted him to leave me in charge of the demons. There was no reason for us to let Crya go.

　If this was the case and Onigashima had decided to retake Crya, we would only retaliate against the hostage. And it's only because Kuria knows this that she is looking like this.

　But, to my chagrin, I didn't tell them not to send a single one of their own. If the other side insisted that they only came to make sure that Cryer was safe, there would be no reason to retaliate. This was no matter how obvious the lie was.



　Of course, he could have acted without such petty logic.

　You could assume that this was all about retaking Cryer, cut off the suspicious parties and devour his soul in retaliation.

　However, if they forcefully assembled Cryer like that, they would have to keep an eye on Cryer's actions in the future.

　There are a lot of things that are just too much trouble to deal with. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make your life easier and more fun. It was a poor idea to provoke him into a needless rebellion.

　Above all.

　The way I see it, if the sincere Cryer decides he's broken his vows, he'll take our retribution as a matter of course.

　If I could bring Cryer to that state, all the better for me.


'What's the matter, have you met anyone in town?　I wonder who the opponent is that Qinglin Banshi has to look like that?

...it's


　Cryer chokes on his words, unable to grasp how much we have grasped.

　For Cryer, he must feel trapped in an impasse. Do you want to give me an excuse to retaliate by lying to me? Or betray the swordsman by telling the truth. Either way, Cryer will be put in a very untenable position.

　That's why Kuria is holed up in a fortress of silence, but for us, that's what we want. I chuckled three times.


I don't care if you can't tell me, but I'll keep in mind that you didn't tell me.

Ugh....


　Impatience appeared in Cryer's red eyes and swirled around.

　If he knew about the rescue attempt and kept mute, it would be the same as helping the rescue. After clearing out the Blue Lin Bannershi, it would be a weapon to hunt down Cryer.

　Again, I don't know what Kuria did today, so it's exactly an accusation. I'm not sure I've ever heard of a plan to retake it, but I'm sure the effect will be immediate and immediate, as far as I can tell.

　It seems that they were able to devour the soul of the blue-linen bannerman earlier than expected.