Air, emow.

　When I turned around, the brown girl from earlier was standing there. What is it?

''Mawo no nekugowa, noesatki lutnehoe moe no cat?''
That's why I don't know.

　I was confused about how to communicate with him, and Leanne interrupted me.

''You're the one who healed everyone's injuries, aren't you? I said.
You know what they say?

　I can't help but look at Leanne's interpretation. Somehow I can sense that there is a law to the language.

'How many years do you think I've been alive? There are quite a few people who can understand the language of these Lauri people, even if they are mismids.

　Well, I remember you saying that you came to Mismid for help. How could you not understand a word?

'Your name...er...onoto, nomouho?'
"Pam,

　Apparently she's called Pam. It's inconvenient if you don't know the language. I know I can talk to Leanne and talk to her in various ways, but I have no idea what she's saying. I wonder what it is about Pam's glances at me.

'Ende didn't show up after all...'

　I thought he would come if Frase was there, but apparently not so much. Is it not so important for him to defeat Fraise?

''But you've been destroying it with a lot of flair.

　I looked around again and saw that there were remnants of demolished houses scattered here and there.
　This village seems to be built like a treehouse, where houses are built on top of trees. A suspension bridge made of rope is passed from tree to tree.
　The only part of the dense jungle where Frase had rampaged had been cut down and the sun was shining through.

'Apparently some of them died,'

　Lou looks at the women crying out with a sad face. Seeing them hanging on to the bodies and sobbing, I couldn't help but wish that we had arrived earlier....

''As expected, there's no magic to bring people back to life.......''

　To the mumbled words, Linse, who was next to me, replied in a small voice.

''It's not that I don't have it, but...''
What?

　Is there a spell that can bring a dead man back to life? No, I've died once, and I'm not the only one to say that.

''...It's the highest level of light-attribute magic, and resurrection magic does exist. It's just that the conditions are very strict.

　Conditions? You think it's necessary to have something to bring him back? I know it's not like a game where the priest says, "Please donate..."...

"...first of all, the body must have been dead for no more than one hour. The body must be able to function properly. In addition to this, it is said to require a great deal of magical energy and vitality.
"Life force?
'...Simply put, it's life itself. In other words, it's possible for the sorcerer to die at the same time as the person he cast the spell on comes back to life.

　...What a high risk. It's true, that's not going to work unless you're prepared to risk your own life to bring someone back to life.......
　But that's about as much as you should be willing to do to bring someone back to life. I also said goodbye to my world in exchange for coming back to life. I'm reminded of how difficult it is to do that.

And yet...

　I've been wondering about this tribe for a while now, but there are a lot of women in this tribe. I mean, there aren't any men in here at all. Has the Frayze killed us all? I was wondering about this when Leanne, who had come back before I knew it, explained to me.

'The Lauri are a female only fighting tribe,' she said. There are no men among them. I heard that Pam, the girl from earlier, is the grandson of the chief.

　Amazons, huh? I didn't expect to meet them here. I heard that when they are old enough to have children, they take a man from another tribe and make him a mate.
　If it's a boy, they kick him out of the village with his father, and if it's a girl, they raise her as a child of the village, teaching her to fight. In this case, too, the father is eventually kicked out. It's horrible that up until about a hundred years ago, the father would kill him.
　As a man, I was horrified by Lean's story, and then I felt a gaze that was staring at me──at me. It's Pam.

'What?'

　As I looked at Pam quizzically, she suddenly ran towards me and jumped at me with the same momentum.

''Wha...?

　I was suddenly amused by this, but Pam was lighter than I expected and managed to take it in. I could feel a huff and puff, and my face almost relaxed. But the next moment, an intense pain was felt in the neck.

"Idahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

　He bit me! She bit me good and hard! What is this kid? You were raised by a monkey!
　I tried to pull Pam away from her because it hurt too much, but she pulled back from me before I could do so.

''Wha, what...?

　I put my hand to my neck where it had bitten me and it was smeared with blood. What are you doing?
　Pam smiled wryly at me and turned on her heel and ran on. What the hell!
　The people from the surrounding tribesmen who were watching this started to buzz and make a restless noise.

''Are you okay, Fuyao-san?''

　Linse used her recovery magic to heal the wound on my neck. Ah, that hurt.

'I think she likes you.'
How?

　Lean makes a statement that I don't understand. Where does it make you feel liked? Normally, that behavior is a reaction to being disliked. When it's a stray dog or a wild animal.
　I don't want anyone else to get bitten. Let's get out of here. Why do you think they are looking at us so strangely? What's wrong?
　I opened the "gate" and headed back to Babylon in the air. I picked up Sheska and Rosetta and went straight back to Brunhild's castle.

'Ah, Master, welcome home!'

　Ripple waves at us from the frame hanging on the stairwell. I'm used to this scene.

I'm home, Ripple. I'm back, Lupul. Did you notice anything unusual?
Well, we have a visitor.

　Customer? Huh? Who could it be?



'Huh? Tsubaki-san?
It's been a long time.

　They all wanted to take a bath, so we parted, and I came to the audience room alone. And there, kneeling on the red carpet, was Tsubaki-san, the Kunoichi of Yishen, looking up at me. She was dressed in a white jacket, a black scarf, and black culottes. He was worn out in many ways to show that he had made a long journey. His long black hair was also flowing straight as it was.

''What happened to you to this point? On some sort of mission?

　She is a Takeda ninja under Takasaka Masanobu, the Four Heavenly Kings of Takeda. It is normal to think of her as such.

I am no longer a Takeda ninja. I wish to serve you in this capacity.
What?

　According to Tsubaki-san, Takeda fiefdoms became the new fiefdoms, and after a while, Kosaka-san told me that he was told. He said, "The future of Takeda is in jeopardy if things continue as they are. Take a member of your family and serve another family while you still can. Tsubaki-san refused at first, but was eventually forcibly dismissed.

'When did that happen?'
'About two months ago. Shortly after that I left for a trip, so...

　I see.... At that point, you were already thinking ahead. That's amazing.
　When I told Baba-san about the recent Takeda situation I heard from her, Tsubaki-san nodded in agreement.

''That's why Kosaka-sama kicked me out.......''
But why do you come to me? There would have been Tokugawa and Oda.
''Tokugawa and Oda are only one lord after all. In that respect, Fuyao-san... Fuyao-sama is someone who, in addition to that power, may become the next king of Belfast. I thought there was no need to compare the two. It's just that I didn't think you were already king.

　After all, he had heard a rumor about this country on the boat trip to Belfast. When I asked him for more details, he said that he found out that it was me, so he hurriedly went up the great river of Gau and headed this way.

'Well, there's a lot going on over here, too. So, what do we do now? It's not a big country like Belfast, it's a newly formed country.
''Yes. If it's all right with you, Fuyu-sama, I would like to serve you.

　As long as they aren't unhappy with the other side, it doesn't bother us at all. It's good to know that they'll have more friends. Besides, perhaps the Four Heavenly Kings of Takeda will come to our home.

"Then we would like to request that you allow some of your family members to enter the castle...
"...wait a minute. Are you from the clan?
Yes. The entire clan of the Takeda Ninjas have come here with us.

　What did you say? Well what did Tsubaki-san say just now? He said, "Take a member of your family and serve another family"... that's what he said!

''Well by the way, how many people are in the family........''
If you include the children, we'll have about 67 in all.
Rho...!

　That's a lot! I mean, how could you travel with that many people! What was he going to do if I was dead or never found?

'Ummm ... what would I do ... no, I don't mind having you live in this country. I don't think we can hire them all in the castle like Tsubaki-san did.
Don't worry about it. Most of the clan of ninja have second jobs. I have enough skills to make a living.

　It's nice if it is. Well, I think I read in some book that ninja had a front of various professions to infiltrate other countries. I wonder if it is such in this world.
　Certainly there is a forest and a river, so I think we can get fish and beasts. As for food, I'm not too worried about it, but I'm sure we'll need a lot of other things as well.
　I guess we'll need merchants.... like to visit this country and do business with us. Let's talk to Orba-san in Mismid or Zanak-san in Rivlet.

''You've increased the number of citizens at once.
Yeah.

　He replies with a wry smile at the words of Lime-san, who is standing beside him. Anyway, I call our three knights and order them to let the people of Tsubaki-san's clan into the castle. For now, I'll rent the unused barracks as a place to stay.
　In the meantime, I'll ask Rain-san to keep an eye out for any people acting strangely. In her case, I'll listen to her with my proud bunny ears.

"Master, you have a letter for me.
Hmm?

　Sheska came to the audience room where Tsubaki-san and the others had disappeared with a single letter in her hand. Using the 'gate mirror' that she had given to her acquaintances and allies, she could contact them immediately by letter. I wonder where it came from.
　He took the letter and read the contents briefly. What timing is that?

"Who is this letter from?

　Mr. Lime asks. I handed him a letter and suggested he read it.

'This is ...'
Apparently there are going to be a few more of them.

　The sender is Masanobu Kosaka. It's from the "Gate Mirror" that I gave to old man Baba the other day. Unfortunately, the Takeda family was taken away for the crime that the head of the family neglected the people and caused a public uproar. The territory was taken away, and Oda and Tokugawa received it from the Emperor of Yisheng.
　That was short..... Since they are already being watched for the incident with Kansuke, they should have stayed quiet. Was it that, or did he run off to surpass his great father? Or was he really an idiot? At any rate, I heard that Katsuyori Takeda was sent to the capital and then exiled.
　And I heard that he wanted to serve Brunhild as a result of the Four Heavenly Kings conference.
　We are grateful for talented people. Shall we discuss this matter with Kosaka-san? Of the Four Heavenly Kings of Takeda, Kosaka-san is the only one I've yet to meet.
　Which one do you want me to pick up? I opened the gate to Yisheng.