We were able to return to the frontier city of Liberty Combe safely after splitting up with the wyvernized Aura and Era.
　As soon as we left the royal capital, the bird people belonging to the royal knights were chasing us, but Aura and Era easily shook off the chase as they reached their maximum speed.

　After landing in the cave behind the town hall where Sara's scales were being mined, Aura and Aela dropped us off and moved deeper into the cave in their wyvern form.
　When the two of them returned to their original form, they would be naked.
　Therefore, I have set up a closed space in one corner of this cave that the two of them can use to change into dragon form.
　The two of them went there.

　When I landed in the cave, I was assaulted by an unfamiliar sensation.

　To be honest I never thought that the royal capital ... the Senate would do this to me.
　I had heard about it from Foldente, and I had seen and heard some of it when I was an aristocrat.
　I'm sure there are only a handful of corrupt people who could do such a thing...I thought so somewhere in my heart.
　But these corrupt people have locked me up.
　If you look at the fact that even the guards of the House of Lords have arrived, then perhaps the House of Lords and the Knights of the Guard also have friends of those former nobles of the Senate.......
　Those knights who interrogated the carriage in the city could be part of that gang... and as I thought about that, I felt my heart tighten.

　It was then.

'Dad!　Mom!
　Korok came running up to me and Erdena, sobbing.
　Behind him was Tiree.
　The two of them came hugging me and Erdena as they sobbed.
''Papa ... mama ... I'm glad you're okay, bear.
Yeah, well...
　The two of them continued to squeal as they hugged me and Eldena.
'I'm sorry for worrying you, Korok, and Tiree...'
　I hugged them both tightly.
　Erdena also hugged them both with me.

　Unja Sara Fordente was looking at us with a smile.

　........Come to think of it, the reason I was able to come back here to the frontier city of Liberty Combe this time is because of everyone I've met so far.

　If it weren't for Unja, who has been taking care of me since she was at Greed's house, I wouldn't have been able to escape from that basement.
　If it wasn't for Sarah, whom I met when she stopped me from going out of control, I wouldn't have been able to get out of the building in one piece.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot of good reasons for your decision to go with us.
　If it wasn't for Quinn, with whom I became acquainted through business ties, arranging for a carriage and mansion, we wouldn't have been able to get around on the road, and it would have been difficult to keep Aura and Aela's huge bodies out of sight.
　If it wasn't for Lil Pop, who had fallen into this world after being stuck in the space-time gap, we wouldn't have been able to ensure the safety of that Quinn.
　The guard chief, Gugs, who has been a good friend of mine since the days of the settlement at the foot of Mount Gorun, also seems to have been supporting our escape from the shadows.
　If it weren't for Giambalea, who came to sell the underground labyrinth to my newly appointed chief, we wouldn't have been able to escape the predicament in which we were surrounded by carriages.
　I might not have been able to get to Quinn's private residence so safely if it wasn't for Jalvin Serbin, who protected me at Liberty Combe after the Chimera Pseudo Incident, destroying the Bobblebum cult's headquarters and diversion.
　If it wasn't for the old man from the Three Dragons Pavilion and the regular sub-people who had befriended me when I was living in King's Landing, I might have been caught coming out of the underground plumbing way.
　If it wasn't for the tactfulness of Biblina, whom I've befriended since the Chimera Pseudo incident, I wouldn't have been able to stop the operation of the magic ship and use it to raid Gelter and the others.
　It was also significant that Foldente, who had followed us from the ruins of the gate, took advantage of the fact that he himself was a non-physical contemplative body and coordinated with the surroundings.
　If it wasn't for Aura and Aela, who had come to live together because of the Depa Fever incident, they wouldn't have been able to return to the frontier city of Liberty Combe like this.

　And.........

　Eldena has always been there for me.
　If she hadn't been there for me all the time, I would have been crippled.......

　I couldn't have gotten through this one without the help of everyone I've met.
　I strongly believe that.

　That's what I was thinking as I hugged Korok and Tiree.

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　Soon after, back to the size of the race, dressed Aura and Aela came in.
'My lord it's so good to see you.
　As they said this, they both came over and hugged me, too.
Thank you both. You really helped me.
　I thanked them and gave them a hug.

　We walked through an underground passage that extended from the cave and tried to get back to the town hall.
"Safate, you're not going that way.
　Then Foldente approached me.
　Foldente led us to the back of the cave.
　We passed through a work passage at the side of the cave and went out the back side of Mount Gorn.
　There we found Nirmana, a teacher from the small frontier city of Pickus.
　Nirmana was leading a group of knights that she had called in from Picks.

　She teaches children's studies here in Liberty Combe, but she is originally a supervising teacher at a knight's school.
　Many of them became knights under her tutelage, and all the knights who came this time are her students.

The guards of Liberty Combe are heading to the capital in droves, so we'll protect them.
　As Nirmana said this, she put us in the carriage and set off, keeping a tight guard around it.
　Nirmana avoided the front road and continued on the back road.
'Foldente, what is the meaning of this?'
Hey, you don't know what's going to happen, do you?　I thought it was best to hide in a safe place for once, for now.
　When I said that, Foldente chuckled.
　Our carriage, heavily guarded by Picks' guards, arrived at the hot spring settlement after half a day.
　Instead of entering the hot springs, we went into a small house at the foot of the mountain.
　
　This is a mansion built by Liberty Combe officials so that we and other Liberty Combe officials can use the hot springs without worrying about the eyes of other hot spring visitors.
　A considerable number of guards had already been deployed around the mansion.
　They seem to have been dispatched from the frontier city of Batcombe, and here and there are the faces of the Geltor Destroyed Maids, who are directly under Geltor's guardian maids.
　When we entered the mansion, we were greeted by Biblina.
　Biblina had a happy smile on her face.
I'm glad to see you're okay. It's good to see you are safe. You can leave the rest to your mistress, the deputy lord.
　Biblina said, her chest heaving.
'I'll take your word for it and let you rest for a while.
　I thanked Biblina for her help, and she quickly showed me to my room.
　When I sat down on the couch in my room, I was more tired than I thought I'd be, and I fell asleep in no time.