It was a disappointment for me, who had imagined Gurgar-san's delicious food in the Adventurer's Guild, but everyone seemed to be tasting Gurgar's delicious food.......
''Mr. Gulgar, please let me have some of your delicious food. As expected, I won't be tasting any more dishes with object X in them.
'Chi, we can't get our prototypes and research going until Luciel is around. Come back to the mess hall after the fight downstairs.
That's just the way it is, Mr. Gruger.
But let me have a few more prototypes and let me know what you think.
Okay.
　As expected of a culinary bear street name, I was scared to death of being pressed in close proximity.
　Smiling at my reply, Mr. Gruger was returning to the kitchen.

　Waiting for me to finish my conversation with Mr. Gruger, Kefin called out to me.
''So, Luciel-sama, I heard that you're going to fight those men, do you have a plan?''
Nya. I know I can win if I do it normally. But we've never trained for linkage.
　Kefin and Ketty didn't seem to think they would lose individually, but they seemed to think they would struggle in a group fight.

'In Grandle's Labyrinth we were trained by our masters and Lionel. Unless you two were playing with each other for the next six months, I think we can manage to beat the demonized soldiers individually, right?
''Luciel-sama, does that mean you're going to fight those people for real?
Could it be that they also use spirit magic?
　Nadia and Lydia say the obvious.

'What?'　That's right. And I'm going to take advantage of the dragon's power too. I'd also like to know how well I can fight my own opponents if I can. Just for the moment, no really killing, otherwise I'll do my best.
　Especially since I can lose even to my master, whose level is lowered, even if I use the power of the Thunder Dragon, I won't be able to beat Lumina-san unless I always go in earnest.......

　But here, Lionel raises an unexpected proposal from Lionel.
''Luciel-sama, if possible, I would like you to fight with only physical strengthening for a little while from the start.......''
Well, may I ask why?
　As expected, I was puzzled to respond to it if I didn't understand its intentions.

'Yes, sir. If it ends too soon, we cannot estimate whether the dragon has the power to counter it.
　The only thing I'm afraid of is Lumina's accelerator boost, but other than that, I think I can handle it.
"...what about recovery and warding magic?　And what about Lydia's magic?
I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work. It's a good idea to have a good defense against physical and magical forces, so I'll use that to judge a lot of things. And as for Lydia's spirit magic, there's no problem.
　Lionel has been watching Lydia's spirit magic in the imperial fort, so he could decide if it's okay or not.

''Alright. You all do the same.
""Yes."
　OK. That's it for the fighting squad.

"Dolan, what about the engineering team?　We don't have any tools, so nothing ... so what do we do?
　In the middle of talking to Doran, Doran grinned and pulled out a tool from the magic bag he was carrying and showed it to him.
　

'This one wants to spend time analyzing these things that are still unknown, so I'm going to head to the inn first.
　Paula, Lisian, Lyna and Nanya nodded in response to Doran's voice.

　That leaves Estia and Alice, though........
''Luciel-sama, I'll watch the mock battle. And after the meal is over, please join Alice and me for a bit.
Okay.
　I had a pretty good idea what Estia wanted.

　Then Alice, who was next to Estia, opens her mouth while looking at me and my master's object X, which had object X in it.
'Hey Sage-sama. 　What's unusual about your appraisal?
　Come to think of it, Alice was the possessor of the appraisal.
　But.........the contents, does that mean she was able to appraise what that was?　I want to ask him, but I'm uncommonly afraid to ask.

"...Did you find out what that was from the appraisal?
Yeah. That one you drank, Sage, it says it's double concentrated.
You're the one with the... concentrate?
Yeah. I see it says double.
'In the street I thought it was the wrong color what is that man going to make me drink!
　I looked at Gruger and saw that he was cooking with an unsuspecting look on his face.

''Also, it seems that the pill was dissolved by magic, but what pill was it originally?
　This guy died doing the Don't Mix It Up Danger, as I recall.........

"....if you're interested, you can wait until you've had a drink.
　I told them that much and decided to move to the training grounds.


　In the training grounds, the War Maiden Holy Knights were already waiting in formation, and the people who would have been training were already excluding the inside of the training grounds from the passageway outside the training grounds.
''Thank you for waiting. Your master was over here first, right?''
''Yeah. If I fight Luciel after eating that, I'm going to do a lot of poorly.
...I see.
　


''So, Luciel-kun, I want to make sure the rules of this time are properly checked again.
　Lumina-san is a really clean and innocent person.

''Anything but a quick death attack. You can cut off an arm or a leg if you want. I will heal all of them once the battle is over. If there's anything else, I'll accept the terms from you.
"Okay. I'll accept the conditions as they are. I'll make sure that the power of the War Maiden Holy Knights is properly remembered by Luciel-kun.
　The smile had already disappeared from Lumina's face.

''I'm looking forward to it,''
　Me and Lumina-san took a little bit of distance from each other, and then Master was going to give the signal to begin.

''Then let's start right away ... start!
　Master looked at me and Lumina-san, who was about ten meters away from him, and then started signaling.

　Immediately after the signal, Lumina-san's sword was approaching me, perhaps because she had read my jumping backwards.
　Probably from the very beginning, it seems that he activated the accelerator boost.

　I thought for a moment that Lumina-san's momentum was fast and tasteless, but Lumina-san's sword never reached me.
　A high-pitched sword strike rang out, and there it was, Lumina-san's sword was played by Kefin's sword, which had passed me from behind.

　With the timing of my landing, I circulated the magic power in my body at high speed and seriously slashed at Lumina-san with the illusionary sword.
　Lumina-san managed to block it with her shield, but her body floats up as it is, and she is flung backwards.

''Luciel-sama, after all, even if you lure her in, if you just jump backwards without strengthening your body, you're just a target.
'But I knew Lumina was going to set you up, didn't I?　And the opponents are all standing still.
'Master Luciel, lately... no, I'll be off then.
　What is it?　I'd be curious if they stopped me in the middle....
　But I don't have time to listen, so I'll do my job first.

''But first--''
　I activated the area barrier on all of them.

　That was the signal for the start of the battle from here.

　Kefin and Keti, who were spread wide to the left and right, shared the consciousness of the War Maiden Holy Knight Squad on both sides.
　Then the ice pillar created by Lydia's spirit magic from the air attacked the War Maiden Holy Knight Squadron.
　Me and Nadia waited on the spot, waiting for the War Maiden Holy Knights to break down their formation.


　It's been four years since we first met.
　There wasn't a single Holy Knight who was new to the War Maiden Holy Knight Squad.
　But not a single dropout had been sent out by the War Maiden Holy Knight Squadron.

　To the extent that the force had not been replenished, if someone was injured or dropped out, anyone could see that the War Maiden Holy Knight Squadron would be exposed to such an uphill battle.
　Even before the uproar over the transformation of the demon race, Lucy and Elizabeth, who were injured after intervening in the war with the empire, also made an immediate return to work, and the morale, skill level and cooperation of the squad must be of a high standard.

　That's why we have to assess Lumina-san and the others.
　Are they the ones who protect or fight together........

　Marluka-san and Gannett-san stepped forward to Lydia's spirit magic, and as they held her hand, their magic power mixed with red magic and green magic, blowing all of Lydia's icicles away.
　Then Ripnea-san and Bearyce-san went in to deal with Kefin, and Elizabeth-san and Saran went in to deal with Keti with two people.
　Lipnea-san and Elizabeth-san, who are users of the twin swords, play with their hands, while Bearyce-san and Saran-san cover them with their spears and great swords.

　Cassie-san, the orthodox Cassie-san with her long sword and shield, Queena-san with her small shield and fine sword (rapier), and Myra-san, a rare cleaver user in this world, trust their companions and are wary of me and Nadia.
　Lucy seemed to be observing the whole thing as she treated the blown up Lumina-san.

　Each of us seemed to be focused on our own battles as we played our roles.

''But that's why I don't want you to accompany me to the foot of the dangerous Dragon Valley.
　If I just wanted to level up, I could raise it in the room where the random bosses are in the Grandle's Labyrinth after everything is over.
　I'm going to follow Lionel's and Master's decisions, but I've decided to seriously go and fold the hearts of the War Maiden Holy Knight Squad.

''Nadia, can we go?''
Anytime.
Lydia, three times what you said before.
I understand.
　
'Gawd!'
　At that moment, our real attack was about to begin.