........a few days later.

　
　Sarya-sama formally apologized for the one incident caused by Arios.
　He said he would make any kind of reparation...

　Struck by his straightforward attitude, Al decided to solve the problem without blame.
　And not only that, but an exchange between the spirit race and the country was established, although it was limited to Al-san and a few other individuals.
　It's still a small stream right now...
　Eventually, there may be a resurgence of interaction between people and spirit races.
　I can't help but hope.

　Incidentally, Suzu-san and Milua-san also seemed to have taken a liking to Sarya-sama, and had formed a personal exchange with her.
　To make a connection not only with Al-san, but also with Suzu and Milua-san, Sarya-san must be a pretty amazing person.
　She was just the daughter of a wise king.

　And.........

So, thank you, gentlemen, for your help.

　The day has come for Sarya-sama to return to the royal capital.
　Someone has to accompany him to use the transition gate used by the spirit race, but.......

Then the mistresses are off.
Miss Lane, some other time.

　Together with Al-san, Sarya-sama disappeared inside the transition gate.
　I didn't know Al-san was going to accompany her....
　I heard he liked you a lot.
　Well, it's no wonder, since she's Lord Sarya.
　She's a very attractive person, or rather, she's full of charm.

　A few hours later....

　Having accomplished our initial objective, we also decided to leave the village of the spirit race.
　Suzu and Milua, who are planning to stay there for a while while while we go sightseeing, came to see us off.

'Kanade, you're going to be fine. You mustn't eat anything that falls on the floor, okay?　There's no three-second rule, you know. Also, I think you can learn to be a little more girly. By doing so, you'll appeal to Ms. Lane...
'Unya!　Mom, it's none of your business.
Oh, uh-huh.

　They were still mother and daughter.

'Ughhhh, Tania. Are you going home?　Can't you stay with your mother?　It's time to stop the ordeal and come back to the village, okay?　Don't worry. If anyone disagrees with you, your mother will take care of everything!
Well I'll see you later, Mom.
'Wow, Tania, you're cold!　I'm a rebel, I'm a rebel!

　Tania and Mr. Milua....
　They were saying goodbye to each other, which seems to be the case.
　Tania and Milua-san both seem to be having a hard time.

　Al-san, Sora and Luna hadn't said their goodbyes, but is it okay?
　I was curious about that and asked them both...

'My mother is that kind of person, so I made it easy for her to say hello this morning.
'Be of good cheer,' was all he said. Well, that's easy enough for me, so I don't have any problems with it.

　.........that was it.
　I felt that it was like Al-san and also like Sora and Luna.

　Finally greeting the chief, we left the village of the spirit race.
　We stayed there for a few days, and the purpose of our stay was to persuade Al-san and the others to run amok.
　We didn't come here to play, but we were able to spend some quality time...
　Next time I had a chance, I simply wanted to come and visit.

　We walked through the transition gate and into the Forest of Lostness.
　I tamed the rabbit and was led to the exit, and walked down the road to the street and the path that led to Horizon.

''.........''
'Meow?　What's going on, Rain?　You're kind of spaced out.
Hmm?　Oh ... no ... anything.
Hey, are you sure it's nothing?　You need to tell us something, don't you?
It's...

　I was about to say no, and then I suddenly had a second thought.

　They say it's a bad habit to keep to yourself, and that might make the problem worse.
　Besides, it sounds like I don't trust everyone, and again, I'm not sure if I should think about it.
　I guess I'll have to confide in them honestly.

'Well, actually I have two pieces of bad news.
Meow, two...
And they're both bad news...

　The two of them get a puzzled look on their faces.
　Seeing them, the rest of the group gathered around.

　As they walked, they all shared the two pieces of information together.

'Didn't I tell you that Arios was imprisoned?
'Mm, I heard. I also heard that you were disbarred from being a brave man.
It's a shame, isn't it? I think you'll spend the rest of your life in jail.

　Sola and Luna were relentless.
　Well, I feel the same way, so I can't speak for others.

'That Arios I hear he's escaped from prison.
Very?

　It seems to be a difficult word for Nina, so she tilted her head slightly.
　Tina explains to Nina in a cheerful manner.

"You know, Nina. Breaking out of jail is a bad thing to escape from a prison without permission.
Rain is out, huh?
Haha, yeah. So you must be a bad boy, Rain.

　Hahaha, laughing...

What the hell?

　He shouted loudly as he came to himself.
　Everyone else rolled their eyes in surprise.

'This isn't public knowledge, so please don't tell anyone.
Uh-huh. All right.
I'm just surprised to see that the brave man escaped from prison.
Sarya told me about it. Wasn't there a female knight named Monica?　They say he's the one who got Arios out of jail.

　Monica was an SS in the king's service and an observer of Arios.
　However, it seems that she had been in touch with Arios from the beginning...
　The day before the sentence was to be carried out, he apparently disappeared with Arios and his friends.

　When I tell the story, Tania looks puzzled.

I don't know what that is. It's not a good idea to be betrayed by your entourage. You can't be sure that the king is really okay with this?
'Don't say that. I heard that Monica served for years, so it's hard to expect such a knight to betray her. Rather, I think it's amazing that Monica would spend so many years in the bosom of the king. No, it's not Monica, it's the people behind it...?

　Once, I thought back to the night I met Monica face to face.
　From the conversation we had then, I could tell that someone was behind her.
　Is it an individual or a large organization?
　I don't know, but..........................it's definitely not a simple opponent.

''In other words, that brave man, is he going to do something again?
Now that we've lost that, what can we do?

　I'd better be careful, though.
　I know because I spoke to him in person, face to face, but Arios had become a lot crazier.
　He was an arrogant guy to begin with, but now it seemed so easy to do so...
　Maybe we should move on from here.

　However, I have zero information about it.
　I heard that Al-san and the others will pay attention and look into it too....
　Right now, all we can do is wait for information to appear from somewhere.

What's the other bad information?
It's also related to Arios, but he has a legendary equipment called the Shield of Truth. And according to additional information provided by Sarya, she also possesses a legendary equipment called the Ring of Heaven.
'Since you've been disqualified, what's the point of having that?
''Even if they take away your qualifications, you won't lose your brave blood. You'll still be able to use your legendary equipment.
It's tricky...
So.........the equipment confiscated during their imprisonment seems to have disappeared as well. In order, Arios and the others must have taken it with them. Or Monica.

　What Arios had in his possession was legendary equipment.
　It was left in a vault, it was not sloppily managed.
　I'm sure they used magic and kept it under strict control, but....
　I'm more and more concerned about the background.

It's more like a knife to an idiot, or rather, the possibility of it getting out of hand has increased.
'Neither of you seem to have mastered it yet but that's not going to be the case for a long time to come. I think you'd better be careful.

　I can't think of any specific measures to deal with it, though.
　We don't know where it's lurking, and we don't know what actions it will take.
　It's quite a difficult problem.

I don't think there's anything we can do about it right away, but I want everyone to be aware of it.
Ragnar!

　If Arios has a plan, I won't let him have his way.
　I won't let the incident in King's Landing be repeated.
　I was strongly determined to do so.