A group of Restia's Knights attacked Cavuto Frase as a group. However, they couldn't hurt Frase's hardened body, and some of them were skewered with sharp horns, skewering their entire armor.

''d*mn........what hardness!

　The girl knight slashed sideways at the thin leg, aiming for the thin leg while coming around behind Frase.
　However, instead of severing the leg, on the contrary, a high-pitched sound was made and the girl's sword was broken in half.

''N-........!

　When she stopped moving too much, the horns from another individual grew at a great speed.

''Shh........''

　As I fly through the air with my 'fly', I take the sword I had made from Frase's fragments from my 'storage' and slash off the horns that extended to the girl.
　As it slides over the cobblestones, I approach Frazeez and thrust my sword into its core, which I can see through it.
　The nucleus is shattered and Fraise's entire body cracks and falls to the ground with a rattle.
　Yeah, it looks like this weapon can cut Frase's body as well. This thing is designed to increase its cutting power by allowing magic power to pass through it. It would be a mess if it could cut through the spasms all the way through.
　If it's a lower-grade breed, all you have to do is draw a nuke from the nuke with your APORTS and it's done, but let's see how well it can cut.

"Oh, you're........
You need to let me handle this. We'll talk later.
Okay, okay. Please!

　Well.

Search. How many frazes in a one-mile radius? Oops, except for the one I just destroyed.
"Search begins. ...end. Eleven in all.

　So there were 12 of them. Two of them, two of them, three of them, and one of them....... Okay.

You think you can play with them? Accel Boost.

　Using physical strengthening and acceleration magic, I first cut the two animals in front of me down to the core in one fell swoop. Jumping upward at an angle, he kicks the wall of the house he was standing on and thrusts his sword at the nucleus of the flames below him as he falls.
　Without stopping, I run through the city and slash the horns of the guy who attacks me. As it is, it slashes the nucleus into a horizontal cleave, and the spinning momentum cuts down the flames on the other side of the plane as well.
　Three more. In one fell swoop, I closed the distance between the two nukes, piercing them with a thrust, and cut the last one in half from the front.

'Search. Show three remaining bodies.
Copy that. Copy that.

　Checking the indicated location, I jump up from the spot and run across the roof. He jumps down at the flames that connect with the Knights below him, and then pierces the nucleus.
　Leaving the stunned Knights stunned, he heads towards the last two bodies in front of him.
　Those two bodies also slash through the nuke in the same way while avoiding the continuous attacks of the spear-like horns that are coming at them. That's it.
　I dared to cut them all down, but not a single blade spill. That's useful, crystal sword.
　It's not like I'm holding it without it, so I stop channeling my magic power and place it in the scabbard I took out of the 'storage'.
　When I suddenly looked up, the girl knight from earlier was staring at me. Apparently, she was safe. I call out to the girl.

''How much damage is there?''
'What? Oh, yeah, some of them are dead. Some from the city and some from the Order. A large number of people are injured.
'Well I'm sorry you're dead. I'll fix the wounded alone.

　The girl, what? I looked at the knight who had fallen down injured beside me with a look of "I'm sorry, I don't know what to do". I activate 'Multiple' and cast a recovery spell on the injured person within a radius of one kilometer.
　The grains of light envelop the injured man and heal his wounds. The girl looked at the knight who had fallen right beside her recovering with her eyes wide open and a surprised expression.


'My name is Fuyao Mochizuki. I just happened to pass by this neighborhood. What about you?
'Oh, oh, my goodness, my apologies for this. I am Hildegard Minas Restia, the first princess of this Restia Knight Kingdom. I thank you for your help.

　I'm surprised. So she was a princess. I'm not sure if it's the knight's lady of the order because she's wielding a sword. As expected of the knightly kingdom.
　When I looked at her again, I could see her slender height, long blonde hair, dignified, clear blue eyes and white porcelain skin. It's true that there's a certain elegance to it.
　The armor he wears seems to be made of mithril. The golden ornaments are decorated everywhere, and some kind of magical power grant can be felt. The breastplate portion of the armor is engraved with the emblem of the Royal House of Restia, not the Knights of Restia like the other knights. I'm sure that was the emblem on that crown. Apparently, it's true that she's a princess.
　In that case, do you want to greet them properly?

"I'm sorry I didn't know you were a Restia princess. I'm the Duke of Brunhild, Fuyuuya Mochizuki, duke of Brunhild, west of here, between Belfast and Regulus.
Brunhild...! I've heard it said that the boy king, who rose from the ranks of the adventurers to become a mediator between nations across the West, is a mediator in the affairs of nations.

　When he introduced himself again, his tone changed again, Princess Hildegard's tone changed in surprise.
　A mediator or something. Is that how it's coming across? It's true that we do things on our own in many countries, and we do things like host the Western Alliance. I just say that's a neutral country that doesn't join any country in the alliance.
　He wanted me to show him my guild card, so I took the card out of my pocket and showed it to him.

''It's a gold-ranked card just like your grandfather's. I apologize for my rudeness. Please forgive me.''
'No, no. ''Speaking of grandfather, you're the Earlier King. I'd like to meet you once as a senior of the same gold rank.

　It's true that I'm curious about what kind of person he is. I'm sure he's a fine and amazing person. When I told him that, the princess knight gave an indescribable drawn-out smile. It's a 'the bitter smile' kind of thing.

''No........I think it's best not to expect too much, but.......''
What?
Nothing. But still, it's amazing. A demon that we couldn't defeat even if we were bunched up together, almost in a single blow.......

　The princess lets out such an impression while looking at the Frays that are shattered around her. No, it's amazing that the knights alone can hold out so well without the support of auxiliary magic.

''This demon is called Fraise. It is a formidable enemy that absorbs magic, has a hard, elastic body, and has the ability to regenerate. In order to defeat it, the core inside its body must be destroyed.
Fraise...

　When I talked to the Princess Knight, she said that they were on their way to the Knights' exercises. When they found out that the city was being attacked by the Frays who had appeared from somewhere, they rushed over and found that their swords were not at all able to stand up to them, and it was all they could do to let the people of the city escape. They must have been so frustrated, their slightly clenched fists were shaking.
　I just looked at it for a moment, but Hildegarde's sword skills are quite good. I think it's comparable to Yae.
　It's just that this time, the opponent was bad. That's all.

''Ah, I'd like to take this piece of defeated Frase, if that's okay with you?''
'What? Ah, yes, Your Majesty defeated him, and that's fine, but.......

　It's an adventurer's rule, but the person who defeats a monster or demon is entitled to its materials. If you're in a party, you'll have to split them up, but if you're solo, it doesn't matter. Use "Storage" to collect all the shattered pieces of flames at once. Everyone in the Order was surprised at the demon that suddenly disappeared.
　Alright. This is an unexpected harvest. Even though they were a low grade species, 12 of them would be enough to make a decent number of weapons. I can't be honestly happy about the fact that a large number of flames have appeared, though.

''By any chance, that sword........is it made from those flames?

　Hildegarde looks at the crystal sword I hold with interest. Gee, you're surprisingly eye-catching. Well, they both look like crystals, do you notice the quicksilver?

''That's right. Our country's knights have this sword and shield as their normal equipment. I can only make them with my non-attribute magic, though.

　Include the nuance that there's no point in trying to imitate it without saying so. I don't want people to say, "I knew you'd have to give me back my earlier flays. In fact, you need 'modeling' to process it, enormous magical power to increase its hardness and cutting power, and 'gravity' to reduce its weight, so you won't be able to imitate it, though.

''I see........ I'm jealous. As a knight, I'd like to have a sword like that one day.''

　I see. So that's why you were glancing at me from earlier.
　.........Hmm. It wouldn't hurt to deepen my friendship with Restia here.
　I take out two more crystal swords in their scabbards from storage and combine them with the one I had, and use "modeling" to carve the emblem of the Lestia royal family into the hilt of each of the three swords. I then hand it to Princess Hildegard.

'Then I will give you this as a memento of our meeting. To the Princess, His Majesty the King, and His Majesty the First King.
What?

　Hildegarde was horrified and impatient when she received it, as if she hadn't expected to receive it. Interesting.

'Are you sure? Isn't this a state secret of your country...?
No? I'm the only one who can make it, so there's no secret or anything. It's true that the materials are hard to come by, but in my country, all the members of the Order have them. However, those three are made for me, so their performance is far different than mine. If you let magic power pass through it, you can cut the iron or something like that just by putting the blade on it, and it almost never breaks. And even if the blade spills or cracks a little, it will regenerate.

　The princess knight pulled out one of the three swords she received and held it up to the sun. Gazing at the glittering sword blade, he poured out his magic power and lightly applied the sword to the rubble of the collapsed house beside it. The brick wall was cut away like tofu.

''It's amazing........ And it doesn't feel heavy.

　As he looked at the happy and frolicking princess, he gulped down the words that it wouldn't be so easy, as expected of an intermediate species, and even more than that. There was no need to take away his joy by saying something unnecessary here.
　Now, I've stayed too long. Why would a king from another country be here? I'll leave before they come at me with "I don't know what to do".
　It's too much of a hassle, so from now on, I'll give up the throne to someone else before I go out. I'll ask for it back when I get home.
　Normally this would not be possible, but we could make a law that would allow the king to hand over the throne easily. Only when I'm alive, of course. Maybe I'll let Ember be king when I'm away. The king's tiger. A king tiger. A chariot?
　Well, I'll talk to Kosaka-san about it when I get back.

I have some business to attend to, so I'll be leaving now. I hope we can meet again.
Thank you for this wonderful gift. We will be sending our thanks to the Principality for this gift in due course.

　I don't really have to worry about it. Well, this kind of thing is a feeling, so I'll take it gratefully when it comes.
　I almost laughed a little as I rose and left, almost laughing at the surprise on the princess's face when she saw me floating in the air after activating "Fly".
　Well, I had an unexpected encounter, but I have to find the ruins of Babylon soon.