Entering the warehouse were knights wearing armor with a dragon emblem on their shoulders.

　The dragons of this world, dragons, would be the Western-style dragons of the previous life. It's a basic quadrupedal dragon. And the emblem on this knight's armor would be an oriental dragon. There are no dragons with such a long torso, so they would be imaginary creatures.

　And the one who spoke to me was a man who was dressed in the most luxurious armor among the knights. He looks at me with some kind of nervousness. How like a snake.

''What do you want? ''Knight Commander Serpan?''

　When I was thinking about this, Caro spoke to the man. So this is the Knight Commander. I'm looking at the Knight Commander, and my sleeve is tugged on. I'm not sure what it is, but when I looked at the person being tugged on, I saw Priscia-san coming close to me, hiding behind me. She seems to be shaking a little. What's going on?

Oh, it's Lady Caroline. How did you end up in this place?

'It doesn't matter where I am. Anyway, why are you here?　This isn't supposed to be a case where the head of the Blue Dragon Knights comes to you, is it?

By chance, by chance. Would you mind if I caught a criminal instead?

Okay, okay.

　When Caro says this, the knights come in with instructions from Serpan or some other knight leader. Then they catch the fallen men. As you watch such a scene, you feel a gaze that sends a shiver down your spine.

　When I looked towards the gaze I felt, the Serpentine Knight Commander was there, staring at me. Tingling!　I've seen this look before!　And recently. A memory I don't want to remember.......yesterday. I feel the same gaze as I did when that cardinal of the man-coloured house looked at me.......

　And I don't know if I looked too much or if the Serpent Knight Commander looked at me too much, but our eyes met. And at that moment, he smiled at me with a grin. Tickle, tickle, tickle!　Oh, no!　It's a perfect target!　The only people in the upper echelons of this country are man-coloured people!

　While thinking about that, I look directly in the opposite direction. Or rather, I look at Ferris and Caro. Phew, that was close. I wonder what would have happened if I had just kept making eye contact with them. My goosebumps are getting fierce.

　I've been trying not to make eye contact with them since then, but I can feel their eyes on me all the time, so I manage to endure it. Yah, the gaze has finally been removed........

''Now then, if you'll excuse me, Lady Caroline.

Yeah.

　And the knights walked away. The Knight Commander looked at me for the last time. I have to make sure I don't go near that man either!

　After that we left the warehouse and returned to the church where Alexia and her friends were waiting. Priscia and her friends, who had been reunited with the sisters, were crying and hugging the sisters. The sisters hugged her with all their strength while crying.

　It's heartwarming to see something like this. After confirming their safety, the sisters come to us.

Thank you so much for saving Pricia and the others. How can we thank you?

'No, that's fine. We just did it the way we wanted to do it.

　Originally I just started it on my own and got everyone else involved.

'Anyway, what are you going to do now?　The church we've lived in is on this street...

　Alexia says as she looks at the crumbling church. Indeed, the church we've been living in has been burned down. It will take months to clean it up and build it again.

''We'll figure that out now. Since Pricia and the others are safe, that's enough for now.''

　Sister smiles as she says this. I say so, but the kids will be hard on you. What should we do? I wish there was something we could do.

'Let's go to the palace for now. Let's ask the sisters to come under the guise of questioning us.

　Caro smiles at that. It's only temporary, but in the meantime, can you think of something to do about it? The sisters nodded with great trepidation, as if they had noticed that Caro was a saint. The kids are excited to find out that they can go to the palace, which they can see from here.

　I was walking down the street, holding hands with the kids. Mei-chan is on my right hand and the kids take turns holding each other's hands. Mei-chan doesn't seem to give up.

　And on the other side of Mae's hand is Pricia, who is holding her hand. May says it has to be Pricia-san, so this is what happens.

　Alexia and the others look at us with smiling eyes. But then Mei said something outrageous.

'Hey, hey, big brother, Pricia, big sister!

Hmm, what?

　Pricia replied and I turned to Mei-chan and she looked so happy to see me.

We're like a father and son in this way!

　I said. Pricia-san froze at those words and looked up giggling like a machine rusting. And when she looks at me, bong!　I got so red in the face that I could hear the sound.

　The children around me thought it was funny, or maybe they thought it was funny, and they surrounded me with "mommy~" and "daddy~". I wanted to make them stop, but it's hard to say that the orphaned children must miss their parents.

　Sister-san is just looking at them with a woof and a smile, and Alexia and the rest of them are delusional, "A child with Ray, huh~". Well, I guess I'm not ready to be a father yet~.

　When I arrived at the palace with that in mind, the palace was somewhat noisy. I wondered what it was all about. Then from inside, a group of knights with red armor and a bird emblem on their shoulders and a group of knights with white armor and a tiger emblem on their shoulders go out, forming a formation.

''Those aren't the Vermilion Bird and White Tiger Knights. I wonder what happened to them forming a formation?''

　Caro also muttered curiously. We decided to ask the sisters to go to the Pope's place, asking a nearby maid of honor to take them to the Pope. I wouldn't normally be able to do that if it were just me, but Caro and Alexia and Ferris are there too. Maybe I could meet them.

　And when I asked for an audience with the Pope, I was immediately granted permission. However, the gathering place was the dining room that we used in the morning as well. When we all entered the dining room, Dagris and the others who had already returned, Christina-sama and Clifford-kun were sitting inside. And at the same time the Pope came in at a similar time.

'So Caro and Ray you guys are back. Everyone sit down.

　We sit down as the Pope urges us to. The atmosphere is tense, not as friendly as yesterday. Then, after confirming that everyone is seated, the Pope begins to speak.

We don't have a lot of time, so I'll tell you what happened first, but the fort on the border with the demon kingdom of Tempest was destroyed. That was yesterday. I heard that it was a dragon, which I believe was an old dragon. Since that dragon is heading straight here, I asked the knights to come out and fight for it. That's all.

　We froze in surprise at what the Pope had told us.