Halt. Long time.

Hey, Brother Leo!

　When Hurt and the others arrived at the royal capital of Glendale, they were greeted by Hurt's brother, Leon.

'It's been a long time. Why haven't you been visiting us much lately?

Sorry about that. I've got a lot on my plate.

'I see........it's a lot of work. By the way, His Majesty and brother Kai (nii) were also there for Mai and Mei's birthday last month.

I'm busy, all right? The king of this country is going to be gone at the drop of a hat.　You know how much of a fuss I make every time... well, I'm just going to your mansion to eat Tina's homemade food.

　Jill-Glendale, the king of this country, visited Hurt's mansion almost every month.

　 If you add the two households of Luke and Ryushin, who are staying in the house, Hurt's family is roughly twenty people. In other words, someone's birthday comes every month. Jill had visited Hurt's house for the purpose of having Tina's home-cooked food served at the birthday party.

　 Leon, who had been informed of this, was scrambling to make sure that things didn't get too big each time.

''Since Brother Kai is also here as His Majesty's escort, why not Brother Leo come too?

You know, Your Majesty is a king. He is the most important person in this country. It's difficult to find out that such a person stays in the residence of a nobleman's child. The fact that the king is favoring a few noblemen is a problem for the country.

You're as stiff as ever.
That's right. You have to be more flexible.

　Suddenly, Jill and Cain appeared.

'Your Majesty!'

　Leon kneels down in a hurry.

''Leon, you........ You're starting to look like the old Cain.

'Your Majesty. This is the proper attitude for a soldier in the service of his country.

Yeah, Cain. You used to be this way.

　Leon used to be a more shattered man, too. But as his military career grew, acting with discipline became the norm. On the other hand, Cain...

'I've been poisoned by His Majesty since I got out of the army, though, and I've ended up like this.

I'm okay with that. We just need to be a little more like it in front of the people.

　Jill didn't look like she was going to change her attitude.

'Then at least give the minister and the knights a shout when you go out.

If I call out to you, will you let me go out?

I don't think that's...

　Originally, if the king (Jill) was going out, he would need to select a route to take, place soldiers, and check the movement of a group of people aiming to attack the king beforehand. Furthermore, in addition to a few members of the SS, at least ten knights of the kingdom and medics would accompany him as his bodyguard.

If possible, I would like to go to Hurt's mansion by myself. But I've conceded that, and this is why I'm bringing Cain along as my escort.

　Jill used to visit Hurt's mansion once in a while, as she was concerned that Cain, the king, kept her company and rarely went to see his brother, Hurt.

　But ever since he ate Tina's home-cooked food, he has been captivated by it (home-cooked food). He wanted to invite Tina to the castle and make her his personal cook, but it was absolutely impossible.

　Tina is a world hero and Hurt's wife.

　This country of Glendale is an agricultural powerhouse, and it has prospered thanks to the blessings of Undine, the water spirit king. That Undine has now joined the House of Elnor. In other words, she became Hurt's wife.

　With the Wind Spirit King Sylph officially tied to Hurt, Undine said, ''Well, then, so do I! And then he barged in on Hurt.

　Undine, whom this country can never defy. This country can't go against Hurt, who has become her husband.

　However, Hurt is not going to ask the country to do anything unreasonable. He can do most of the things by himself. Conversely, he can't negotiate with Tina to feed her a homemade meal in exchange for Hurt's wishes.

　It's impossible to instruct Tina to make her cook for him.

　But there is a chance to eat her home-cooked food. That is the birthday of someone in the Elnor family, of which Hurt is the head. Only on Tina's birthday, though, was that not the case.


''By the way, Your Majesty, what's going on today?''

I heard that Hurt and the others are taking the exam to become C-rated adventurers. I'm here to support them.

'Oh!　Thank you for that!

'Mm. Good luck with that.

　If you become a C-rank adventurer, you may receive a request from your country.

　Maybe if you order a quest to 'bring a hero's home-cooked meal', Tina might deliver a home-cooked meal to the royal castle. Jill was thinking about such a thing. That's why she came out like this to support Hurt and the others.


''Oh, shit.''
It's like they found out about the dark side.

　Jill slipped through the watchful eyes of the dark section that was escorting her from the shadows and came here. Jill and Cain sensed that they were here, the entrance and exit of the king's capital, and that a few dark parters were heading towards them.

''Well then, Halt, good luck, when you get to the C-level, I'll turn in the country's requests for priority.

You sure you want to do this?

Yes. That's fine, but if you ever want to have a party at your house again, I'd like you to have me. But if you ever have a party at your house again, I want you to invite me.

Tina, are you okay?

　Hurt checks with Tina, who was next to him. He invites a large group of people to the party because Tina does a lot of hard work for him.　

''I have no problem with that. Jill-sama, Cain-sama, and then Leon-sama, please join us.''

Thank you, Tina. So, Your Majesty, I'm going to ask you to do a favor for me.

All right. I'll do the same.
See you later, Hurt.

　With that, Jill and Cain disappeared.
　They used their covert skills.


'Oh, I've just witnessed the king and his people making a backroom deal. But my brother doesn't want me to stop him, and he's the one who made the deal. What in the world is the right thing for me to do as a soldier of this country?

Why don't you give up your brother Leo and come over here?