"So I'd like to go through the kingdom once.

　I suggested as the four of us ate our breakfast together.

'The kingdom!　You can go to the kingdom!

　Marie's guy is strangely excited to say that, but is this the first time he's been to the kingdom?

''Hmm, wait. Come to think of it, does Marie have any ID cards or anything?
There is no such thing. There is no such thing.
"Rafe, before you...


　I stare at Rafe, and he turns his head away from me and Fee. This world isn't a system that allows you to bypass the country, as it should be. It's only natural to need identification... but if you don't have it, that means you were smuggled into the country before and captured the third labyrinth. But for the future, it would be more convenient to belong to someplace and have an identification card issued by that place.


''Then why don't you become an alchemist belonging to an association in the kingdom?　I think Marie will be fine.　I'll arrange for you to take the test myself.
'Whoa, whoa!　It's true!
'I mean, why didn't Marie have it?'


　I ask her that and Marie starts to mope. Is there a reason for this?　
As I thought this, the words that came from Marie were incredibly simple.

''I don't understand the procedure.
What?
What?
'I don't know what to write about on that paper!　And it's a long explanation!　I've been living in the woods all my life since I had a bad experience with that in the past!
'Well, isn't there another reason you live in the woods?
No. I've always wanted to get out.
"Yeah....


　Me and Fee let out an exclamation of amazement. I didn't think that he was holed up in that forest for such a stupid reason, so I was seriously surprised. I thought there must be all sorts of other reasons, but no way........


''Did Leif know about this?''
'No, I've never heard of it before, but I kind of knew what to expect.
I see.


　For now, let's just figure out how to get back to the kingdom now.


''Me, Fee, and Leif have our IDs, so we can enter the Principality of Melkut for now, but.......''


　A huge country in the south of the eastern continent. It is the Principality of Melkut. Since this country is the center of the distribution of the world, various people exist. However, as with other countries, various checks are made on the entry examinations and the submission of identification documents.

　The question is how to get through it....


"Hmm. You're going to be smuggled into the country by transfer as usual?
As usual I'll make an ID when we get to the kingdom properly and we'd better get some other formalities done as well.
"?　No way am I going to live in a kingdom?!
'Well, it's not impossible. Besides, you may be more skilled in alchemy than I am. You're welcome.
'Ho ho ho ho!


　Marie is strangely excited, but is the house in that forest a good idea?

'Hey, Marie. Is that house good?　Don't you have a lot of things on hand?
Hmm?　As long as I have this book, I don't mind losing that house.
".........


　What a lightweight. The three of us sigh again at Marie's weirdness. Considering he's bringing the books he got in the third labyrinth, that's all you need... totally, he's really a great guy in many ways.


　And after wrapping up the story to some extent, me, Fee and Leif arrived at the checkpoint in the Duchy of Melkut. There aren't too many people at the moment.......or perhaps it's because there aren't many people coming from the direction of the forest. The checkpoints don't seem to be that tight either.


'Entering?'
Yeah.
I.D., then a body check.

　We handed out our three IDs to the person doing the checkpoint. He looks through them and then stares at our IDs again.

"Elweed Willis.
Yes, sir.
"Ars Fira Medis.
Yes, sir.
"Rafe Allan.
Oh.
Uh, are they real?
Well they're all real.

　When I replied, he bowed his head with a bang and said, "I'll have your autograph!

"Sign here, please!

　I felt nostalgic.......


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　We got into the country safely and came to the Principality of Melkut. I only know their names, but I wonder if Fee and Leif have been here before.

"Have Fee and Leif been here before?
I don't.
I've had a few. I know some people.
So you don't happen to know the guy who arranges the boat?
No the only people I know are adventurers or alchemists.
I guess we'll just have to go back the normal way.


　We come to the alleyway with this conversation.

"...Elle, can you really do this?
Yeah, I got it.


　I had made a pass to this place and this place where Marie is. However, there is an abundance of the First Pledge《Prima Terrier》and Marie has taken care of various things over there. All I have to do now is connect the path, and as I was thinking about it, it was completed.

　And then Marie's appears, clad in golden particles.


''Huhahahahaha!!!!　Marie, look out!

　He appeared, taking some kind of weird pose, but all three of us seemed to be able to get used to it and just went through it. We started walking.

'Hey!　I'll miss that reaction, ah!



　So we immediately came to the harbor to check on the ship's flight to the kingdom. However, there was information posted there that we hadn't expected.


...Due to a large number of demons, the flight to the Kingdom today is cancelled.
Oh, terrible timing.
A demon?　It was normal when I was here before... or rather, a demon out at sea...
Squid!　Tuna?!
It's not a seafood. It's a monster, you idiot!
Aah!


　Marie holds her head up when Rafe bites her with a chop. Well, let's assume it's normalcy.......what to do.


'Excuse me. What's the meaning of this?

　I decided to talk to someone nearby. You can see that he has the appearance of a sailor, and his skin is quite tanned.

It's been like this for about a week now. We can't sail because of the demons that are out at sea. A few Gold-class alchemists went on board the ship, but there are so many of them that they can't seem to get rid of them.
''Well it's a negotiation, but I'll deal with the demons, so can you give me a free ride?　And you won't even ask for our identities.
What?　Are you guys criminals or something?　I'm not going to be a part of a crime like that... hmm?

　I show him the azure-star class 《Bluesteller》 badge that I kept in my pocket. This man would know about alchemists, so he should know what this badge means.

''Blue, a badge?　You're not... are you... are you real?
Elweed Willis. It's real.
'I heard you recently captured the labyrinth, how did you end up here...'
Well, it's a long story...
''Well it certainly matches the look you're hearing about, but what about your abilities?　I don't want to imagine all of us getting hit, do you?
The four of us will be fine. Trust me.
I don't believe it...


　When the other guy is so reluctant, Fee's guy comes forward. For some reason, he opens his chest boldly.

''Hey ... no?''
'What?　Oh no, that's not it!
Trust me. We can do this for you.
Ha, ha, ha, ha!

　Squeezing the man's hand tightly, Fee looked up at him and said.

''Ugh...''
Oh. That's nice.....
You can't get it out. Lolita.
"I'm not some old loli b*tc*!　Leif's an a**h*le!　One day I'll fix it!


　So the negotiations were concluded. We were to go out to the sea where a large number of demons were occurring.