The day after Alexia came home. I was in a daze - I was in a daze. Today, Alexia and Helen are checking the health of the women for their departure tomorrow, and the women are helping them. The men are putting the things they are going to bring from this village on the carriage.

　However, there isn't much to bring with them, and there's no need to hunt and gather food and other things because Viscount Kenus, who lent us the carriage, provided it to us.

　Then what about the training, Levin-san and Hilde-san are not here today. When they heard that we would be leaving here tomorrow, they said they would return home once they heard that we were leaving.

　Hilde-san said she would meet us at the King's Landing, so she would follow us. Levin-san looked at Ekla on top of my head and stared at me abominably, though.

　Of course, Ekla is still at my side. Now that I'm lying down, she's lying on my chest, swooshing on my chest. She's cute when she occasionally makes a "coo" sound and scratches my chest with a crunch. What am I dreaming about?

　However, it's kind of unusual for me to be alone in a room other than my own. At least Ekla is there, but she's sleeping, and the spirits are also sleeping on her. Light was helping Alexia for some reason. It seems that the women would be calmer if they were handled with that smile.

　If it's home, they'll have someone from Alexia and the others, and if it's the school, they'll be with Dagris and the others. Even if you go to the Arcadia Papal States these days, Caro is still there. It's been a bit of a slap in the face these days, so this kind of slowdown is good.

　I raise my right hand to the sun. Then I remember my training. The scales that play no matter how much I attack them. Levin says that if it's a level 9 magic, the attack shouldn't be able to pass. Then what am I missing? Thinking about that.

Cunn!

　And Ekla was rubbing her face against my chest. It seemed to happen before I knew it. And what's going on?　He tilts his head to look at me as if to say.

'It's nothing,'

　As I say this, I stroke Ekla's head a little harder. She's squealing with pleasure and flapping her wings. Hmmm, the feeling that had been sinking in the background has eased. For now, we just have to do what we can do now. I'm going to love this baby dragon for now!

Uri-uri-uri!

Squeak, squeak, squeak!

　I had been flirting with Ekla until May came looking for me.

　The next day.

Are you guys on board?

Yeah, I'm fine.

　I look at the carriage lined up behind me. There are women riding inside. However, it's amazing that there are more than ten carriages lined up. It's like a peddler. And I look around at all the people gathered around me.

'Well then, nice to meet you all.'

　When I say that, we split up into our respective carriages. With this many carriages advancing in formation, they should attract attention everywhere they go. There will be bandits and demons among them. In order to deal with them when they appear, we decided to divide ourselves into three groups.

　First, we'll divide into me, Renee, Alexia and Aeris, who can use magic. Alexia and Aeris will be in the front carriage, with me in the middle and Rene in the back.

　Next, I'll separate Ferris, Dagris, Kate, Burton, Elea and Shizuku, who are good at short distances. Dagris, Elea and Kate are in the first carriage, with Shizuku and Burton in the first carriage. Ferris is in the middle carriage.

　And the rest of Helen is in the middle and Emma's in the first carriage. Ekla, of course, is above my head. I told the others to send their magic up in the air if anything goes wrong. It's a good idea to have a good time. I've also told the boy to stop when his magic is shot.

Okay, let's do it Aeris.

Yeah.

　And when I see that everyone but Aeris is on the wagon, I get ready to activate my magic. The reason is to destroy the village we stayed in.

　We've been discussing this yesterday, but Alexia said it wouldn't do us much good to leave the village unoccupied. They said that even if we leave it as is, bandits and demons will only settle in. Then it's better to clear the land, Alexia said.

　When I told this to the people who lived here, they all said it's fine, as they have no intention of returning to this place anymore. They also say that the lord of this place, Baron Mangus, has abandoned this village. There was no need to leave it.

　And they decided to clear the village of land. If you want to live here, you have to rebuild it.

''Let's go. Fire Magic Flame Storm!

　Aeris activates her fire magic and releases a tornado of fire. The houses caught in the tornado burn one by one. The women who lived here peered at the scene from the carriage. The women who lived here look at the tornado from their carriages and see that this is the place where they used to live, no matter how much damage it caused. They must have felt something for it. Some of them shed tears.

　And when the fire had burned out to a certain extent, only the burned out remains. I used water magic to put out the fire that was still burning. There will be nothing left but burn marks. That way no one will ever live here.

"I'm sorry, Aeris. I'm sorry I put you in a bad position.

No, it's okay.

　Aeris laughs and goes to the carriage. Thank you.

　Then I will get in the carriage and leave too. Since there are this many carriages, the speed will be slow. Considering the fact that we're going to be camping out, though, I'd like to get to a place with a little better visibility.

　If we continue on like this, I heard that we will also pass near Baron Mangus' territory, but I don't want to stop by because the baron will probably have a grudge against Alexia and the others. It's because he'll try to kill them in the worst case. If I tell the king that I was killed by bandits, I'll be able to get out of the situation.

　It took about six hours to swing in the carriage while thinking about this. We came out in the morning, and it was time for the sun to start setting from its apex. Helen says that the barony is about to be visible. Whatever.

　Ekla is also bored with the unchanging scenery, and, you know, don't bare my hair. It will fall out. Ferris is also playing with the hair on his own tail, looking bored. Helen is reading a book she had in her possession. ........How can you not get drunk?

　While I was admiring her like that, suddenly I hear a bang, bang, bang. And the carriage stops. That means that magic has been shot up in the sky. What's going on?

Mr. Ray!

Yeah, you two stay in the carriage. I'll go check on them.

　He said that to the two men and got out of the carriage. When I ask the driver which one of them shot him, he says he was shot from the carriage in front of him. So it was Alexia. I hurriedly run to the front carriage. However, as far as I can see from here, nothing has happened.

　Alexia and her friends were getting out of the first carriage.

'Alexia, what happened?'

Ray. You're in trouble.

　When I'm tilting my head back, Alexia points to it. I can see what looks like a city in that direction, although it's still too far away for it to be vague.

''Could that be it?''

Yes, Baroness Mangus. And look at that.

　Then Alexia points in a different direction. There's something muffled and curled up, but what's that?

I saw it through my telescope, and it's a cloud of dust. And the thing that's making it happen is a goblin.

　....What?　I look at the dust cloud again. Even from here, I can see that there's something rolling up. How many goblins would it take to create that much dust?

As far as I can tell, there's no less than a thousand of them. ─ As far as I can tell, it's no more than roughly 1,000, but if you include the ones you can't see because of the dust cloud, there are probably close to 2,000.

　Why are there so many of them?　Thinking about that, I suddenly thought of the village I burned.

''........Could it be that baron, not only did he leave the bandits, but also the goblins unattended?''

''Well that's all I can think of. Maybe it's because we left the damaged village unattended.

'But the money is supposed to go to the guild from the state, right?　And what are these adventurers doing?

'What if they didn't even tell the guild that the village was being attacked?

　I shut up at those words. Apparently there is no adventurer's guild in the baron's domain, and even if I wanted to make a request, I would have to go to the neighboring Viscount Kenus. Baron Mangus neglected to do even that.

　When I asked Alexia about the population of Baron Mangus' territory, she said it's about 1,000 people. Then the soldiers to maintain security are probably about a hundred. No matter how many gates there are, if we are attacked by that number.......

''What will you do, Ray?

　Alexia asks me. I look at the goblins again. It's going to be sketchy, but the goblins won't even have an hour to reach the baronial territory. From here, if you fly a carriage, you can just barely make it.

　And when I return my eyes, Alexia is looking at me anxiously in front of me. Alexia probably wants to go help.

　But she's also glancing behind me. Because there's a line of carriages there. I guess she also doesn't want to involve the women who can't fight, right?

　It can't be helped. I don't care about Baron Mangus, but I can't stand the sacrifices of unrelated lords and ladies. If we go, at least it will buy us some time to escape the lords.

　The women in the carriage should be left in the custody of the next viscount for a while. I hear it's only a day's journey from here. I'd like to ask for reinforcements if possible.

"Helen. I'm sorry, but could you take the carriage and go to Viscount Kennus' place?

　I guess he knows what I'm asking. Helen nods at me. The guards are Ferris and Dagris, Renee and Burton, Sizuku and Emma. I've told them to aim for the Viscount Territory without stopping, even if something happens.

　The rest of me, Alexia, Aeris, Kate and Elea are the goblins.

''I'd like Ekla to follow Helen if she can, too.

Swoosh!

　I don't want éclat!　As if to say, she clings to my head as hard as she can and shakes her head noisily. It's no use. At worst, I can get him to fly away.

'All right. Just stay in my head.

Clu!

　Ekla purring happily.

Ray.

　Then Alexia comes in. Everyone seems to be ready to go to the goblins. I say ready, but it's just a matter of transferring the luggage.

"Yeah, let's go.

　We're all riding off in our wagons. Do you want to work hard for your lordship?