Early in the morning, I received word that Lil Pop had returned.

　At any rate, he said he had something he wanted to contact me about as soon as possible, so he had his hawk people (Hawk People) father transport him back to the Liberty Village Town Hall.

''Ri........my lord, I would like you to do something about it.......there is.......''
　In the town hall, Lil Pop, who is being hugged by two unfamiliar women, greets me with a salute, despite his bewildered expression.
　Beside her, the chief of the guard, Googus, who apparently had already heard what was going on, was looking at Lil Pop with a wry smile.

　These two.

　One is Jalvin, my sister.
　One is Selvin, my sister.

　Both of them are said to be mavens who specialize in fusion magic that creates chimeras.
　It is said that when they were sent to this world from the demon world, the Bobblebum cultists in the royal capital had cast a servitude spell on them.
I'm going to have to say it. I'm not sure if this is your doing.
　In Foldente's words.
Yeah, of course~
That old bastard's orders.
　Yes, the two of them reply.

　The one who ends with "none" is my sister, Jalvin.
　I know that the "no" in the end of the word is my sister, Selvin.
　However, the two of them are almost perfectly alike in their appearance and their voices are similar, so without this difference in endings, it would be completely indistinguishable as to which one is which.

　The two of them would answer my questions, but always remained in a hug to Lil Pop.

　My sister Selvin, from the looks of it, looks like she's injured in her skirt and in her lower body, and when I asked her about it, I heard that she's still pretty badly injured.
He's healing naturally. He just needs time.
　So, he said he would decline the therapeutic act.
　In the meantime, I told him to feel free to let me know if there was anything I needed to do.

　After listening carefully, I heard that this injury was sustained by Jalvin when he was shot by Lil Pop's demonized infantry when he was flying around the chimera pseudo-photorealic body and was shot through by Lil Pop's demonized infantry.

　Not only me, but also Foldente.
At the time, I thought there was something in there, but I didn't notice any light........
　It is so much more than that.
　The power of mages who specialize in combat is breathtaking.

　Through the testimonies of these two, I was able to understand the general situation of the Chimera Pseudo Incident.

　The military faction in the frontier city of Batcombe had the support of the Bobblebum Sect in the capital.
　That, the military faction and the Bobblebum religion faction were threatened by the hostile Lord Gelter's faction, who had recently begun to rapidly regain power within Batcombe.
　Therefore, they have planned to wipe out the lord and his faction under the guise of an accidental attack on the city by a giant monster, the Chimera.
　While doing so, they also attempted to overrun the village of Liberty, which had recently endorsed Bunnism and was on friendly terms with Gelter.
　After the chimera attack, he instigated the village to say that the reason why the monster had come was because the village did not worship the Bobblebum religion, with the intention of exterminating Bunnism and reintegrating it into the Bobblebum religion's power structure.
　The Selvin Jalvin sisters, sent by one faction of the Bobblebum religion in the royal capital, who were behind the military faction, were creating a chimera in the basement of Batcombe, but because they used their powerful magic, they were noticed by the Gelter faction. Therefore, the magic that would take three days was cut off in one day, and the chimera, which was still in its halfway state, was released.
　However, because of the half-heartedness of the generation, the chimera went out of control and overran the city of Gehemorse, which it was supposed to jump over, and headed straight for the village of Liberty!

　The story goes something like this.


　But after hearing the whole story.
　I showed the Selvin sisters to their room and asked Lilpop to guard them as well.
　Lilpop looked heartily uncomfortable at this, but he somehow agreed to it, although reluctantly, which was a relief.

　According to Foldente's story, a magic-specialized mage is equal to a baby in front of a battle-specialized mage.
　However, even a magic-specialized mage is not strong enough to take on a human strongman.......

　After listening to the conversation, I decided to go to see Gelter in Batcombe first.
　I think it would have been better to have them come and hear the story of the Serbin sisters in person, but my decision was based on the fact that Geltor was not able to walk easily at the earlier meeting.

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　The next day, I visited Batcombe in an early stagecoach as soon as possible.
　
"Hey, hey, you didn't have to come. If you'd told me, I'd have flown right over.
　Gelernter smiled at that, but he was still pale as ever.
　Perhaps he is spearheading the recovery process on a daily basis.
　Anyway, before we start talking, I'm going to have you undergo my healing magic and medication treatment.

　In between, I asked them to pay the man off, and in between treatments, I told Gelter what the Selvin sisters had told me.

　At first, Gelter listened with his usual slightly coy look, but his face soon changed to that of a lord, and by the time he finished talking, he was silent and deep in thought.

''.......First of all, let me apologize for getting you involved in the faction war in Batcombe.''
　With that, Gelter bowed his head deeply.
　I tell him that I want him to quit doing that anyway.
　I understand that when you're in charge of a city, there are problems, big or small, that exist.
　Even a city the size of Liberty Village has this and that problematic issue.
　But when it's on the level of a frontier city with 10,000 people, that's not so bad.

　Geltzer told me.
　He said that this one incident has allowed him to wipe out the military faction, within the Batcombe.
　This is being done by his daughter, Biblina, who is taking the lead in doing this.
'If I was well, I wouldn't have taken a back seat to my daughter.
　It was Gelter who laughed as he said that, but I don't think it was my imagination that I felt the expression on his face as a parent happy about his daughter's success came to my mind.

　Also, as far as the Serbin sisters were concerned, regarding fusion magic.
I thought it was strange, but I didn't really know what was going on, and I was trying to figure out what to do... Well, we were on high alert.
　This was the case.
　In other words, the military faction had been overly cautious of Gelter's movements, and as a result, they had gotten ahead of themselves in a way that was close to self-destruction, resulting in an incomplete chimera.
'Well, the people who were thought to be the ringleaders were the ones who were all in line, lounging around in the rear and complaining about it all the time.
　Gelter said and sighed loudly again.

　After going through the whole story.
　I consulted with Gelter about the Selvin sisters.

　What should we do with them now that they are unofficially under our protection in Liberty Village?

　Normally, they should be sent to the King's Capital, and the judiciary and the Frontier Bureau of the Central Agency should be entrusted with handling their case.
　However, if the two men were working under the orders of those from the Boblebum faction, there was no small chance that they would be harmed by the dark machinations of the church if they were taken to the capital.
　Together, there is also the possibility that they will try to silence those who have seen and heard this story.

　After consulting with Gelter.
　For the time being, the two of them were to keep their mouths shut by deciding to remain in unofficial custody and not be included in the report to the royal capital.

''I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused you,''
　And then Geltor, who holds my hand.
I thought he was a great guy, but this whole thing has changed my mind.
　And while they say that, the majority of their successes in combat are subtle, as the majority of their work in combat comes from Sarah, Lil Pop, Aura and others.
I'm not just talking about the battle, I'm talking about the support for Gehmose and the care for Batcombe afterwards... It's not easy to see how someone could do something this fast, this fast.
　I laughed at that.
　It was somewhat gratifying to have someone like Gelter say that much to me, even though I knew it wasn't worth it.
''So. If you're such an excellent lord, I'd love to see you get my prancing horse girl as a wife, what do you think?
　And then Gelter suddenly brings up Biblina.
　It was so sudden that he was in a slumber.
Father! What are you talking about!
　Biblina, who has just arrived, seems to have noticed what we're talking about and takes a bite out of Gelter with a bright red face.
You have no problem with that, do you?
　Having been told that, Biblina stretched Gelter's face as hard as she could, making his face turn even redder.

　After this, it went without saying that the full recovery of Geltor's injuries was expected to be delayed by about two weeks.......