Rollees, the royal capital in the central continent.
　The royal castle is located in the center of the prosperous capital.

　In the audience room, there was the figure of Argus Van Lollies, the king who ruled over the three regions of the Central, Southern, and Eastern Continent.
　Although he was over sixty years old, the supremacy he wore had not diminished at all.
　He is looking down on his men from his throne with a sharp gaze.

　In front of Argus........Arios and the others were in front of him.
　

'It's Arios,'

　Arios's body jerked as the grave Argus's voice sounded.

''You know why you were called here you understand?
That's not...
"You set the demon free and murdered the adventurer who was a witness. Furthermore, you tried to take credit for yourself by teaming up with a demon... what do you have to say about that?
"...I didn't do any of those things.

　Even under Argus' stern gaze, Arios did not admit his fault.

''Hou........?　I've received a petition from the local villagers, what is it?
'We have saved the villagers, but we have not done anything to put them in a difficult situation. You must be confused by their fears.
So what about the reports coming from the guild?
I don't have any idea what it is. There must be a mistake.
Through no fault of my own, I guess.
Yes, sir.

　Arios replied firmly.
　This is an imposing attitude, as if he has nothing to be ashamed of.

　Seeing Arios, the entourage around the king felt lost.
　Could it be that the guild's report was wrong?
　The villagers must be mistaken.

　After all, Arios is a brave man.
　There is no way he would do such a thing.
　He had come to think that way because he treated the existence of "brave" as sacred.

　........But Argus was not misled.

''Fool!
What?

　Arios' face tightened as Argus's shout, like a thunderclap, rang out.
　Aggus and the others also shuddered.

　Argus is a king.
　It is not a foolish king who is controlled by someone else, but a wise king who firmly treads the earth with his own feet.
　Can you deceive the eyes of such a king?
　The answer is, there's no way you can.........

Did you think you could get away with such a lie!
But there's no such thing as a fact or a lie.
Are you still trying to pile on the lies?

　Argus' mood rapidly descends.
　Seeing this, Arios's complexion deteriorates as well.
　He desperately tries to defend himself, but....
　Unaware that it was counterproductive, Argus' mood reached its lowest point.

''........Enough.''

　Disgusted, Argus pays his hand away.

'You can't seem to have a decent conversation right now. First of all, I suggest you go and cool off. Knight, take Arios and the others to the prison.
What?

　Putting yourself in jail for being brave?
　Arios exclaimed when he heard the impossible words.

　But Argus' eyes were serious.
　And the knights who were ordered to do so are also serious.
　They walked up to Arios and the others and pressed their arms from both sides.

''Come on, this way.''
'Kuh ... that's ridiculous!　I'm a hero!　So why are you in jail...?
'Don't worry, we'll get you out of there overnight. Until then, you can keep your head down and reflect on it.
"My king, this is not...!
Shut up. I don't want to hear another word from you today. I don't want to see you anymore. Go to prison and face your sins.
Huh.

　Arios' face contorted greatly.
　Anger, impatience, humiliation.......all sorts of emotions appeared on his face.

　It's easy to shake off the knights here.
　No matter how well trained the knights are, they are no match for the brave men.

　However, if they did so in front of the king's eyes, they would be as good as rebelling against him.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this.
　You will fall into the position of a rebel, turning from your position as a brave man to a rebel.
　Because he understands that, Arios was meekly taken away by the knights while biting his teeth just barely, but he was taken away by the knights.
　He just stared at Argus until the end.

"Wind.

　Arios and the others disappeared, and Argus rested his back deep into the throne.
　A heavy breath naturally spilled out.

''I never thought you would do something like that...''

　Thinking about what Arios and the others had done, Argus became bitter at the thought of what they had done.
　Although he was prideful and had no regard for others....
　I didn't expect him to do something so stupid.

　Argus thinks to himself.
　What Arios has done is absolutely unforgivable.
　Normally, I would have tried him as a criminal and imprisoned him.

　But Arios is a 'brave man'.
　If Arios is gone, they will lose the ability to oppose the Demon King.
　Although the Demon King is currently in a dormant period.......
　Eventually, they will start working in earnest and turn on humanity.
　If there are no brave men at that time, humanity will have no choice but to become extinct.

　Arios is a necessary presence.

　But that doesn't mean they can do whatever they want.
　If it's a little problem, I'll turn a blind eye, but....
　This time it was clearly too much.

　I hope he's sorry, but judging from his earlier attitude, it's unlikely that we'll get any help.
　What should we do?
　Argus thought about it.

'I'd like to control Arios somehow, but... hmmm. Should I fish for a reward?　No..........................just to make it worse. If you think it's a mistake to let them do what they want until now then let's have an observer. So, we'll have some control over....

　Muttering, Argus thought about the future.

'Well let's start with that. If there's a watchful eye, they won't do anything stupid. We'll see what happens with that for a while.............................if we get back on the right track, then fine. If that doesn't happen then I'll consider using insurance.