A few days after Foldente returned to King's Landing again, I received an express mail from King's Landing.
　A few days after Foldente returned to the capital again, an express mail from the capital arrived for me.
　It was brought to me by a winged emissary working for the King's Capital Council and it contained a notice of summoning witnesses from the King's Capital Council.
It has been decided that in a month's time, the King's Council will hold an intensive discussion on the series of cases involving the Senate, including the house arrest case. Therefore, we would like to ask the Lord of Liberty Combe to come to the King's Capital Council on this date.
　In the messenger's words, I
Roger that, sir, one month from now.
　Yes, I returned the reply of consent.


　Unlike inviting witnesses to testify, refusing to attend the testimony without a valid reason or committing perjury is a crime.
　To begin with, there was no reason for me, as a victim, to refuse to attend this testimony.
　The messenger who heard my reply said
Then I will report to the council as such.
　With that, he hurried back towards the royal capital.
''It's good.
　Erdena, who had been listening to the messenger and me behind me, had a complex expression on her face that could be taken as either relief or anxiety.
'What's your anxiety?'
''Your decision to testify means that the fate of the masterminds of the Senate is also in doubt. ........I was a little worried that those men who had gone so far as to put us under house arrest to protect their interests would be quiet......
　As she said this, Erdena gently grabbed my arm.
　That hand was trembling in small increments.
　Even for me, I would be lying if I said I didn't have that anxiety.
But..........the date has been set, and all that remains is for me to give my testimony that day at the assembly......it will be fine.
　I talked to Erdena that way.
　At the same time, I kept reminding myself that........

　But our fears came true that night.

　That night, Eldena and I, along with Korok and Tiree, were asleep in the mansion below the hot spring village when we heard a loud noise from the forest.

　Suddenly there was a loud noise coming from the forest.

''What the hell?''
　I jumped up in a panic.
　At the same time, Unna came running into the room.
"Hey, little girl, you need to get dressed right away.
Unya, what's going on?
We don't know what it is yet, but something is attacking this house.
　At Unja's words, not only me but also Eldena paled.
　When we hurriedly changed our clothes and left the mansion, a fire was rising across the valley where the mansion is located.
　There, some huge creature was standing there, rushing towards us.
　Ahead of it, a salamandered Sarah was standing in front of it, holding the creature back while spitting out flames from its mouth, but there were two of these creatures, attacking Sarah from both sides.
　Moreover, the creature has three heads each, and Sarah is in an inferior position as she is continuously attacked by a total of six heads.
　You can see the guards of the small frontier city of pix around the mansion, but the guards are in a battle stance with another group of unidentified people, and they are not able to protect Sarah.
'Come on, Botchan, please get in, Nya.
　From inside the carriage that had been prepared, Unja called out.
　I frowned as I looked at that carriage and Sarah in turn.
　Then, Aura and Aela came running out from inside the mansion.
''My lord, we'll go to cover Sarah-san,''
My lord, please take shelter.
　With that, the two of them transformed their figures into a wyvern in front of the mansion.
　I jumped on Aura's back after a little hesitation.
''My lord!''
"Little man!
　At my actions, Aura and Unya shouted at the same time.
　I could also see the worried faces of Erdena and Korok, who were getting into the carriage.
　I turned my smile towards the carriage.
'Don't worry, I'll take down that monster with Aura and go after everyone soon............Unja, take care of everyone.
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
　As soon as Wunya's mouth tightened, she took the reins herself and started the carriage.
　I watched her go.
'Aura, let's go. I can't let you guys be the only ones in danger.
　Aura was often puzzled by my words.
　But Aura sensed that my resolve was firm.
"Acknowledged my lord's wishes my aura and I will protect my lord's life, even if I have to pay for it with my life.
　When he said that, he roared loudly once and flew up into the night sky in one fell swoop.
　After that, Aela also followed.

　When we arrived, Sarah was in the middle of continuing her solitary struggle against the two creatures.
　However, she seems to have already suffered a serious injury to her left shoulder, and her left arm is still slackly hanging down.
　Still, Sarah is trying to block the monsters' invasion, spewing flames from her mouth.
　However, those monsters' necks are long, and their necks suddenly extend out of the range of Sarah's flames and bite her body.
''That was........''
　As I stared at those monsters from above, I was reminded of something.
(Looks like........that chimera that appeared in Batcombe....

　A demonic beast chimera unleashed by Serbin and Jalvin, who were once sent by the Bobblebum cult's strongest attackers to make Gelter a dead man.
　At that time, the chimera was still not fully grown, so it was confronted and defeated by Sarah in a half-blown state.

　However, those two bodies in front of us now were almost completely intact, and they didn't appear to be in an unstable state like the chimera pose.

''Aura!　Ella!　Flame from above!　We have to get those monsters away from Sarah!
　When I shouted, Aura and Aela roared at the same time, and once they soared into the sky, they descended at once towards the monsters.

　My body is surrounded by the light emitted from the body of Aura, who is in a master-slave relationship with me.
　Thanks to that light, I'm standing without support on the back of the aura as it descends straight down, but it doesn't falter.

　Aura and Aela simultaneously burst into flames.
　The monsters, who apparently were not expecting the attack from directly above, were both eaten by the two flames.
　As it was, Aura flew parallel to the ground and left the battle line once.
　At the rear, Aela went straight to one of the monsters and crashed into it.
　The monster, which had been hit by the hit, fell down with a loud scream.
　The other monster is in a panic as it stretches its neck toward Ela.
　Behind it, Sarah rushed forward.
　Sarah lifted her aching left arm and held the monster's huge body from behind with both hands, then lifted it up and shoved it with her body towards the cliff.
　Once out of range, Sarah rushed forward again and crashed into its back.

　As she crushed the monster, she tried to jump away, but the head of the monster underneath her attacked her.
　The monster bites her and Aela screams as the monster bites her.
'Aura!　Fly for that neck!
　Upon receiving my instructions, the aura soars into the sky at once and then glides away again as it is.
　As it did so, Aura's body collided with the monster's neck, and she bit into one of them.
''Aura, keep it going, flame!
　At the same time as my instructions, intense flames of fire were released from the mouth of the aura that was holding the monster's head in its mouth.
　The head of the monster, which had already turned into an adult dragon, was screaming loudly after being hit by the flames of Aura's flames, but in the blink of an eye, it became silent and limp.
　In the meantime, Eira also escaped from the spot safely, but her wings seemed to be badly damaged and she didn't seem to be able to fly away at all.
'Ela, turn back into a human form and get on here!
　When Aela heard my voice, she changed her body into a human form.
　Immediately, Aura landed on the spot and bobbed her head.
　From behind it, a standing monster came towards us.
　It pointed its two remaining heads towards us.
''d*mn it, f*ck this!
　I reached out my hands.

Chanting Wall Make

　We chant that.
　Then a huge wall is created between the monster and the aura, and the two heads of the monster that were rushing towards us collide head-on with the wall.
　At the same time, another wall I generated above the monster's head is completed and it falls directly to the ground.
　The monster, which was directly underneath it, takes a direct hit and falls to the ground.
'Aura, still.'
　I called out as I took Aela in my arms and lifted my jacket over her naked body, draping it over her.
　At the sound of my voice, my aura rose quickly.

　Then I saw Sarah, who had already succeeded in silencing one of the monsters, stepping towards the monster that was coming towards us.
　The monster roaring at us.
　Sarah spits out her full-length flames towards that monster.
　The monster received the flames from directly behind us and let out a scream of despair from its mouth.