'Oh no, I ate, I ate. For the first time in three days, you ate something normal. As expected, I didn't want to eat bugs or frogs or anything like that.

　After gobbling up the dragon meat skewers and other things that came out of [Storage], Engineer Elka finally seems to have calmed down. You ate as much as a Yaeyama........ Well, it's fine.

I'm not going to be able to tell you why Fuyao-kun is here?　Thanks for saving my life, though.
I was looking for something to talk to Engineer Elka about.
Me?　Do you mean Golem, as you may have guessed?
'Well, there's that too. I don't know where to start but for now, look at this.

　I took out the newspaper I had bought earlier and pointed to an article on mutants.
　Beside Engineer Elka was reading it, Fenrir was also looking into the newspaper. Can you even read, this wolf golem........

''I see, it's the golden monster that's been rumored recently. ''This is it?''
It's a family created by the Evil One. They are the sharpshooters that have appeared to invade this world. In time, they will appear all over this world and rampage through every corner of it. This world is on the verge of a crisis.
Are you okay?　Can I give you a referral to a good doctor?

　As if looking at the poor kid, Engineer Elka shifted his bottle-bottomed glasses and stared at me. Even Fenrir, who is next to me, gives me a similar look.
　No, I'm pretty sure I thought to myself that I sounded like a dubious religious person or a phony prophet!
　No, no, no, don't give me the wrong impression unless I explain myself properly.

"I'm actually a king from a different world than this one.
Oh, it's too late...
"It is a tragedy that he seems so sane...

　It's not!　Don't look at me like you're sorry!　
　Then it took me a few hours to explain a lot of things. Words are hard.....




I see. 'Invaders from another world' and 'other worlds next to each other'. Well, conceptually, it's not impossible. Otherwise, it wouldn't explain Noir's abilities.
"Noir?
The Black Crown. It operates the wheel of time and the gates of space-time. I can pull whatever I want from a parallel world into this world. I didn't expect someone to come from that other world, though.

　Another "crown". This "Black Crown" is said to be able to control space-time magic. I wonder if it was the "crown" that Old Man Parellius met 5,000 years ago.

I'm sure it's hard to believe. I can't just say "I'm from another world". It could be a new kind of scam.
'If this is a scam, it's a pretty dumb scam,'

　Rude. But, well, I know how you feel. I feel like I'm lying when I say it, too. The way to get people to believe me is........
　Frase is the proof of this, but fortunately or unfortunately, this world hasn't suffered that much from Frase. Is this still not enough material for you to believe in? It's also possible that people think it's a new kind of magical beast or something and that's it.
　For the time being, if it's enough to get this Golem engineer to believe in me, should I force him to take me to the surface world?
　Ah.

Well, I'll show you something that will never exist in this world.
Something that never happens?

　I opened 【Storage】 in front of the Elka engineer who tilted his head and made the Regingrave that had been stored in that spot appear. With a thud, my beloved machine lowered its feet to the earth.

''Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!


　The crystal armored giant soldiers that appeared in front of me, their eyes widened and their mouths opened wide, one and one of them froze while looking up.

''This is Frame Gear. It is a mechanical soldier born to protect the world from the invaders of another world.
"Frame gear...?　You're not a golem?
'No. Unlike the Golems, the frame gear has no intentions. They're vehicles that are driven by people.
"A vehicle without a will. I'm sure that's not a golem. So it's a weapon, a tool, as it were.
'Of course, he's not just a tool, he's like a loving partner. I think that's something I have in common with Golem.

　As a demonstration, I boarded the Regingrave and flew in the sky to perform simple movements. I was in a good mood and even demonstrated the Flying Manipulation Sword 《Fragarach》.
　I checked the ground on the Regingrave's monitor, and there was one person and one animal that looked up at the sky and froze again. Apparently I had succeeded in startling them.
　When we landed on the ground and I stepped down from the Regingrave, Engineer Elka came running towards us at full speed, "Give me that!

"Give me that!
No.

　When I cut him down with a slash, the Elka engineer crumples up with an end-of-the-world look on his face. Can you do it that easily?
　She squirmed like a child begging for a toy for a while, but Fenrir bit her ass and managed to get her to regain her composure. She was still mumbling though.
　At any rate, I put Regingrave back in [Storage] and since he finally seemed to believe me, I'll get to the point.
　

It seems that if more than one powerful golem is assigned to deal with them, they can be defeated, but it seems to be pretty tough. Because there are golems ranging from the pinnacle to the top, and some of them have no fighting power at all.

　Well, yes. Sancho's cannibus is probably a mobile golem. I can tell by looking at them that they aren't good for fighting. I don't think our three Etoiles are suitable for it either.

'Master, how about a military golem?　You can't outnumber them.
In terms of numbers, yes. But in this case, if you fall short on quality, it won't do you any good.　And if we can't beat him, it's not worth it.
"A military golem?

　He interrupted himself at the unfamiliar words.

''Golems are basically one person. It's because they are afraid of the jamming that occurs when controlling multiple golems at the same time, but military golems... the ones called soldat do not have that. In other words, one person can control multiple golems at will.

　The golems called "Soldier" are called military golems, and are said to be able to move like a single platoon through a leader golem called "Sergeant".
　In other words, a golem user only has a contract with the Sargent, and they have a number of Soldat soldiers under their command.
　I see, with this, one person can control a large number of golems without causing any dampening. But.....

The Soldat are all factory-made. In other words, they don't have any special abilities [Golem Skills]. Furthermore, the number of Golems that can be controlled is limited depending on the individual. I'd say an average of about five per person would be a good place to start. Moreover, if the contracted Sargent is killed, the Soldat under his command will also stop functioning.
What do you mean?
I mean, it's probably better to have a unit with abilities. It depends on the situation.

　Hmmm. I mean what?　Do you mean one person can control a strong power 10 golem, or five power 2 golems?
　It's true that it depends on the situation, but....

But I've made a contract with the three Golems of the ancient plane Legacy.　I didn't see any sensory deprivation or anything like that.
You ever heard of the Legacy?　...Isn't that a series or something?
Oh, there were three in the 'Etoile' series.
It's so hard to get a whole series together with the ancient plane Legacy.　Most of them are golems whose creators are unknown. It's true that the desensitization [jamming] might not happen, but it's not practical.

　It was. Those three units were left unsold because they weren't working. Otherwise, the ancient plane 《Legacy》 would have sold out quickly.

The bottom line is that if the mutants you're talking about are attacking in droves, this world will have almost no way to counter them.

　I knew it. No matter how powerful the 'crown' is, there will be a limited number of them, and a 'price' will be necessary.
　With any other ancient aircraft, the Legacy could still manage a low-grade mutant, but a mid-grade mutant, much less a high-grade mutant, would be impossible.
　I guess we'll just have to station the Frame Gear in this world and create an organization to hunt mutants.
　In the worst case, we'll have to rely on Nia and the rest of the 'Akaneko', this is...

Now, I also have a question I want to ask you... or rather, a favor to ask you.
Hmm?　What?　I wouldn't do that with frame gear.
Tsk.

　Don't hold your tongue.

'I'm personally interested in you, but let's just leave it at that. You said earlier that you were the king of another world, right?
Well, we'll see.
'Does that mean you have a few other units of that frame gear thing and the power to set it free?
''The power, well I certainly have hundreds of them, but they're all my personal possessions. No one else has it.

　No, did you give Ende the Dragon Knight [Dragoon]?
　It's not Brünnhild's property, but my own personal property. I don't use a single penny of the government's money for production or development costs. It's all through Mr. Olba, using money I've earned from baked goods and baseball equipment and all that stuff.

All I'm asking for is a favor from a small country I've been getting to know in the northwest, and I need their help.
Can I help you?
I know that country is currently in a difficult situation because it's being invaded by a neighboring country. And we'd like to ask you to stop that invasion.

　The name of the small country is 'Primula'. The country that is going to invade is 'Triharan God Empire'? Let's see, a search........
　Project the map in the air with your phone. It's hard to tell because it's inverted, but in the surface world, 'Primula' is a part of Xenoas....... And the one doing the invasion is Euron.........





　..............................I guess. I wonder if the people who live in this land, both in the front and in the back, will do something similar. Euron used to wage war on Hannock.

What kind of country is this "Triharan God's Empire" by the way?
We're a thoroughly authoritarian country with an imperial government, but the emperor is a decoration. The Senate is the highest authority in the country and it's their decision to invade this country. This invasion was also decided by the Senate.

　Even the state resembles Euron. The Heavenly Empire and the God Empire.

The Triharan God Empire is a country that possesses the military machine soldiers [Soldat] that we talked about earlier. In terms of the number of military golems it possesses, it's said to be second only to the Galdio Empire and the magical nation of Isengard.
However, other than those three countries, there are hardly any other countries that have adopted the Soldat.

　So that's the bottom line, then. Well, I guess that's why the contract with Golem is usually partner-based.
　Anyway, intervention in the war, huh? As far as I'm concerned, it's not going to be a problem as far as I'm concerned. In this world, though, it's great that you don't have to think about your position or anything.

To be honest, I can't do my best without knowing the background. I don't mind until the war is stopped, but I can't say for sure until I hear what they have to say.
'That's all right. I'll see King Primula and hear what he has to say. It's just that I can't take it so easy, though. I heard that the Knights of Primula and the Divine Empire Army have already begun fighting on the border.

　That's a lot of hurry. We don't want to be stuck around and get more victims. Even if it's not your world.

Well, let's hurry up. [Levitation]
Meow!
''Oh!''

　You can use levitation magic to raise one person and one animal off the ground.

You'll be flying through the air, so just stay put. It's not dangerous, but it might be a little scary, so you might want to keep your eyes open.
"Jump?　What the...

　Without saying a word, I took the Elka engineers and others and jumped up to several thousand meters in the air at once with [Fly].
　It would only take a few minutes to get there from here.



　Before accelerating towards the Primula Kingdom, I looked at the floating guests and saw that they seemed to be in pain for some reason. Ah, I forgot to put up that barrier.
　It's a hassle, so I activate 【Prison】 and form a cage around the girls to prevent them from wind, shock, and various other things. I also set the oxygen concentration at the same level as on the ground.
　Alright, now it's safe to speed up at once.
　The Elka engineer is making some noise inside the [Prison], but let's listen to him complain later.
　If you fly with all your might, it won't take you more than five minutes to reach the Kingdom of Primula.
　Leaving behind a shockwave that surpassed the speed of sound, we departed for the Primula Kingdom.