Today, since this morning, he had been riding on the back of the Dragon Form (Dragon Form) Aura and training for his riding flight.
　Until now, I had been doing this discreetly in the middle of the night, but the surrounding cities had already seen me as a dragon rider, so I decided that there was no need to hide it.
　
　Although it is called training, I thought it was also a refreshing change of pace for Aura, who is always in her human form, but it felt good to flap her wings under the blue sky, and she kept circling around Mt.

　I couldn't practice releasing magic from a mounted position, so I repeated the balancing act of riding and the practice of chanting quickly in this position.

　I've been training for about an hour, and that's it for today.

　Since only a few people know that Aura is a dragon, Aura walked into the cave where the layers of dragon scales were being mined in dragon form (dragon form) and took a break in the compartment where the dragons could rest in dragon form before returning to human form.

　By the way, since Aura, who returned from the dragon form to the human form, becomes naked, I left this place first.

　From this compartment, an underground passageway extends to my office in the town hall, so if I return to the town hall through it
''My lord it's not fair that you are always with your sister. Next time you'll have to ride with me.
　Aura's sister, Aela, was waiting for me, looking a little displeased.
　Since she is Aura's sister, naturally she is also a dragon person (dragon people) and can transform into her dragon form (dragon form).
　I thought for a moment that if a stranger saw me saying something like 'get on' to a still young Aela, she might get a misunderstanding if she was still young, but when I promised her that I would ask her to do it next time, she finally got in a better mood.

　After taking a break, I headed to the underground dungeon of Jambalea.

　It's not only for the sake of the company, but also for the purpose of training my own attack magic.

　It's a good idea to be able to have a good command of medical magic, but as long as you are a lord, you need to be able to do a good job of fighting.
　I've been thinking about such a great idea, but I'm still at a level where I can't clear the beginner's labyrinth (dungeon)...to tell the truth, I've only made it to the 4th level.

　... Today, I want to break through the 5th level at least.

　After completing registration, I went through the entrance of the beginner's underground labyrinth (dungeon).
　After advancing a bit, you'll reach an elevator, a box-shaped room that moves up and down automatically, and you'll enter the room.
　When the door closes automatically, the room goes down, and after a while, it stops and the door opens.
　A vision of a cleric appears in front of you.
"Now the challenge of the underground dungeon is about to begin... I wish you good luck with your warrior spirit.
　When the phantom said his words and bowed, the phantom disappeared as if to drown out.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a great deal more to say about it.
I'm not going to be able to get out of there.
　I got into the spirit of the game and stepped into the underground labyrinth (dungeon).

　The day was going well at the beginning of the day, and I was able to progress smoothly up to the 3rd level, but at the 4th level, I ran into a party of 3 bone-human knights (skeleton knights) and had a hard time.
　Since the monsters of the knight class are equipped with shields that can absorb magic to some extent, they are very incompatible with people like me who are not very good at attacking methods other than magic.
　Even so, I managed to get to the 4th layer, but this time the challenge ended with the 4th layer boss again.
　It could be said that the boss this time was a Skeleton Knight Giant, which was also out of luck, but I was also defeated by force, so I couldn't help but feel a sense of disappointment.
　
　I wish I could have tried again sooner, but I had to return to the town hall at once because I had to wait for work.

　By the way, I should add that I paid the regular amount for the challenge.
　I'm not going to get any special treatment just because I'm a lord.

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　When I returned to the town hall, I found Foldente waiting for me in the lord's office.
　I heard that there was a movement in the frontier city of Batcombe.
　
The army of Butchcombe is gathering near the border of the small frontier city of Gehemorse.
　It's supposed to be a military exercise, and they're actually repeating the exercise, but the baronial lord of Gehemorse is so frightened that he's advancing his troops near the border of the city in the same way.
　When I say that much, Foldente looks at me, chuckling as usual.

　Batcombe's M.O. is roughly the same every time.

　They are deployed near the border of the targeted opponent city and repeat the exercise there.
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　Suddenly, one day, its army invades the opposing city and commits an act of looting.
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　When the troops come home.
　"Thank you for taking part in our military exercises.

　After that, it is said that there are cases where the army of Batcombe is defended by Batcombe's troops against the opponent's city that has been weakened because it was overrun, while stationing itself unilaterally, charging the cost of stationing, and then, without further ado, incorporating it into Batcombe territory.

I'm sure that even that baronial lord is not foolish enough to fight a battle right away, but anyway, I'll keep a close eye on him.
　At Foldente's words, I nodded my regards.

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　It's been a long time since Black returned to the village with his wagon team.

　This time, he seemed to have gone around quite extensively to promote the underground labyrinth (dungeon) and to sell the dragon scale armor.
I'm a little tired, too.
　Black says that, but laughs as usual.

　We ride to the hot spring village in a stagecoach with Kuro and the rest of the group, who want to take a hot spring bath.
　In the carriage, they told us many stories about their journey.

　As for the underground dungeon, I showed them my dragon scale armor and told them all about it.
You can get this kind of armor from a drop item, can't you?
　He said that there was quite a bit of buzz around the city when he agitated for it to happen.
　Well, if you look at the situation in the city today, you can see how effective it was.
I'm sure there are many more adventurers who will come to challenge you.
　Saying that, Black laughs with a hahaha.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.

　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.
　A young buffalo man and his wife have been cultivating this area, and their pace of expansion is quite remarkable.
　I had heard that they were in the process of adding more and more seedlings from my own fields, but it was clear that the area was even bigger than I had seen the other day when I headed to the hot spring resort.

　The young elf proprietor of the hot spring village's hot spring inn went out of her way to greet us personally, despite her busy schedule.
　I had heard that Hot Springs Village was also thriving, but I heard that almost all of the rooms, including the additional lodging facilities, were booked up and fully booked for the foreseeable future.
　There is a regular stagecoach service from the hot spring village to the dungeon, so people are starting to relax here after visiting the dungeon.
　However, I've heard that a young couple of elves and four ant people are not enough, so I have to think about how to deal with the situation as soon as possible.

　After that, I enjoyed the onsen with Kuro and the others.
　It's been a long time since I've had a leisurely soak in a hot spring, so I felt relaxed.
I'm sure you've been through a lot, but it's good to have some time like this once in a while.
　I return the smile to Kuro, who laughs at me with a gahaha, saying that, totally.

　Before dinner, Eldena and Yome from the magic workshop also came to the hot spring inn.
''........Sorry I'm late.
　Erdena, who was supposed to come in the stagecoach with us, apologizes, but since she has to work, I feel rather sorry for making her do it.
　Anyway, while the two of us were in the hot spring, we started dinner with Kuro and the others at one of the banquet halls that had been reserved for us.
　The food cooked by Unja and the dwarf wives in the town hall and the cat elf (Ketsey) in the dungeon diner were delicious, but the cooking skills of the young elf master, who worked as a cook for hire in various places, were exceptional.
I have to say, the food here is really good.
"'Tis true.
　Black and his group, who have been eating various cuisines in various places, are very happy to eat their meals and bring their drinks to their mouths.
'Master!　Here comes the bear!
　And Korok, Aura, Aura, Aera, and others who should have been left on the other side suddenly burst into the room.
　In the back of the room, Unja is smiling and smiling, so she must have brought them with her... or so I thought.
Son?　What's the matter, were you leaving Unya behind too?
　And then he managed to sneak up on me with his amazing sword...
　That's because I was going to be back as soon as I finished eating.

　In the middle of the party, even the other adventurers who were staying at the inn were involved in the big party, and the banquet hall was filled with the boisterous voices of everyone until dawn.