Still no luck?

　The soldiers nearby nodded at the voice with troubled faces.

''I'm sorry.......we are searching hard, but we still don't know where the two of you are......''

　The man let out a deep sigh as one of them reported that on behalf of the others.

　He was a well-fed, first-generation man. He had a white beard that framed his round face, and a chock-full of gold crowns rested on top of his short beard and equally white hair.

　Dressed in a sober reddish-brown cloak, the man leaned back in the back of a large chair and exhaled through his nose.

　There are soldiers everywhere in the view in front of him, and it looks like a grassroots search. The same is true for places that are out of the man's sight.

　It's not that the soldiers are slacking off, but rather that they are making an all-out effort. Knowing this, the man waited quietly without raising his voice.

　Just then, a loud voice rang out from the man's left side. As the voice propagated, the voices rose from the mouths of the others, and it instantly turned into a noisy murmur.

'What, what's going on?'

　The man asked this as he fidgeted and looked around, and a soldier standing nearby ran towards the sound of the voice instead.

　A moment later, the soldier returned and uttered a report.

'Your Majesty Zepten! I heard that His Highness Yanuar and Yuri have been found!

　At the report, the man called His Majesty Zepten stood up from his chair and broke his face.

''Oh, oh...! Well, good job! And then you two!

They'll be here shortly!

Oh, right!

　The soldiers around Zepten, who instantly became in a good mood and now fidgeted in a different way, smiled with relief.

　Soon, Januar, Yuri and Ditsen appeared underneath Zepten, who waited with a long neck.

　Zepten looked slightly mystified at the three of them walking in surrounded by soldiers, not even on horseback, but quickly changed his expression.

''There are many things I would like to say, but first a word. I'm glad you're safe, Januar. Yuri.

　When Zepten told them this, Januar and Yuri bowed their heads, and Ditsen hurriedly knelt in place.

''Utterly ... if you're going out somewhere, you'll have to put a squire on and give a word to the deputy before you go out?

　Januar looks up when Zepten says such things in a gentle voice tone.

''I'm truly sorry for causing you to worry,''

Mm. That's all well and good. But why are the three of us here...

　Januar smiled meaningfully at Zepten's question.

'I have a very interesting report to make about that.

It's a lot of fun, isn't it?

　Yuri looked up and agreed with Januar's line. Seeing their eyes shining, Zepten's cheeks twitch.

It's not a good report when you guys say things like that...when was it? As I recall, there was also the time they put a frog in the futon...

　Zepten muttered with a faraway look in his eyes, and the soldiers around him laughed in annoyance.

''When are you talking about?''

'It's really interesting. Really?

　Januar and Yuri said that as they stepped closer to Zepten, and they all pointed to the sky.

'There was a country in the sky.

　Zepten and the soldiers froze for a moment as they told him this, and then they smiled again, a troubled smile on their faces.

''Haha. That's certainly funny. Hey, all of you.'

No, really.

His Highness has a great sense of humor.

　Januar's mouth twitched as everyone laughed, saying it was funny and amusing.

'It's no joke. Here, take that.

　Everyone looked up with a wry smile at Januar, who looked up at the sky and pointed to where he said that.

''Haha. It's been a long time since His Highness has had a fine joke... hmm?''

What is that thing?

There's a dark shadow in the sky...

　The soldiers let out a startled cry as they spotted something floating in the sky.

''It can't be a dragon...''

There aren't any dragons shaped like that.

But it's pretty big.

　While looking at the upset soldiers, Zepten opens his mouth.

'If that's the country that says it's in the sky, is that it? It seems small for that...

　Yuri shook his head from side to side at those words.

''No, those are Taiki-sama's golems.

Golem? No, wait. The golems? One person named Tyki is moving multiple golems? How is it that you're flying through the air?

　Zepten had a series of questions, but he suddenly noticed that there was an expert behind Januar and the others and called out to him.

He called out, "Oh, there's Ditsen. That's Ditsen. That's the golem, but why do golems fly? Is this a country that has such technology?

　When Zepten asked that question, Ditsen, who had been kneeling and bowing his head until then, raised his head vigorously.

''........Your Majesty! I'm off to that country up in the sky to learn!

　As Ditsen barked this out, Zepten arched his eyebrows and pulled his chin back shallowly.

'No, that's fine but will you answer my question for me?