On the day of his departure, one of the mature senators, accompanied by an escort, appeared at the inn where Cain was staying.
　As the inn had no reception room, they rented a dining room that was still unoccupied and sat down opposite each other.

'This will be the twenty white gold coins for reparations. I am sorry for the inconvenience this country's senators, or rather, former senators, have caused you.

　Cain opened the sumptuously finished box on the table and found twenty white gold coins neatly arranged there.

'I have indeed received them,'

　Cain closed the lid and the senator took out a sheet of parchment and unfolded it.

'Now, can I have the signature you received?

　Cain read what was written on the parchment, and when he was sure it was OK, he wrote his signature on it.

'That's all right. I'll submit it to the council. But still, you know what will happen if you get in trouble with the ...... kingdom at all. ......

　The senator grumbled and took the parchment from Cain, checked its contents, rolled it up, put it in a tube, and handed it to one of his guards.

'Now if you'll excuse me. I heard that you will be leaving the city today. Take care of yourself on the way. You'll have given them a good deal of money. Well, I don't think any of them would be stupid enough to pick a fight with an S-ranked adventurer. ......

　If there are any more problems, even the Republic of Irstin can't cover up for them if there are any more problems.
　As a commercial nation, we believe that no one is stupid enough to fight with our customers, but twenty white gold coins is a considerable amount of money.
　It was not something that could be said that they would not be targeted.

　After seeing off the senator and his guards, Cain quickly put away the box containing the white gold coins into the item box.
　Then he returned to his room and prepared to leave.
　In fact, all of his luggage was in the item box, although he only used magic to clean the room.

　◇ ◇ ◇ ◇.

　There were several carriages lined up in front of the inn. The students loaded their luggage into the carriages where they would each board.
　The itinerary for the return trip is first to Ghazal, where they will spend the night, before leaving the Republic of Istin and heading to the city of Terenza.
　The itinerary for the return trip was to return directly from Terenza to the royal capital instead of stopping in the city of Drintle.
　The students were disappointed, but Cain, on the contrary, was relieved.
　Lizabeth, who was brought from the arena, was also staying in the city of Drintru, and if she was in the mansion, they would certainly meet each other.
　There was a chance that the conversation would get complicated again to explain the situation to Telestia and Silk, and as Cain, he was relieved to be able to return to the royal capital directly.
　The loading of the luggage is finished and the students get into their own carriages.
　Cain was in the same carriage as he was going, as well as Telestia, Silk and Rilutana.
　They thought the other carriage would be better, but Cain would also serve as an escort for the three of them. Reluctantly, he climbed into the carriage.

　The escort arrived back and forth and the carriage departed.
　It proceeded slowly through the city and left the city of Tambar behind.
　The carriage went on without incident and stayed overnight in the inn town, arriving in the city of Ghazar in the evening of the second day.
　Originally, they were scheduled to have another get-together with the school in Ghazar, but the attack had been cancelled due to the effects of the attack.
　It was a shocking incident that Ralph had asked for the attack, but he was to be put before the council and made a slave, and his parent, Maluf, was also a delegate lost.
　Under pressure from Dambar, the school in Ghazar offered to stop the attack, and the accompanying teachers approved it, as they couldn't make any more blunders.
　It was also a consideration of the students' feelings that they couldn't enjoy themselves honestly.
　After getting off the carriage, the students took their luggage and went into the inn and went to their assigned rooms.
　By the way, thanks to this incident, we didn't have any free time anymore.
　Although there are some complaints, considering the nature of the incident, the students have no choice but to accept it. And moreover, there was no one other than Telestia and the other three who could seriously complain to Cain, the senior noble head of the family.

　After finishing the meal at the inn, Cain lay in bed in his room and thought about Lizabeth's future.

I'm sure it can be managed since Dalmatia is here for now, but I don't want to leave her in the mansion forever ....... You can go back now, but for now, I'll leave it up to you until you return to King's Landing.

　Showing up could cause some more problems, and Cain went to sleep, hoping that Dalmatia would be able to handle it.

　◇ ◇ ◇ ◇.

　We will leave the city of Ghazal and head for the border crossing over the next three days. The itinerary will include camping on the move along the way.
　We finished the first night without incident, and on the second day, the carriage will proceed along the city road that is formed along the forest.

It's going to be the border of the Esfort Kingdom tomorrow. It seems like it's been a long time, but it feels like it happened so fast.
That's true. Well, Cain-kun seemed to be the busiest person in the room.

　Silk winked with a smile. Cain chuckled, not wanting to talk about the arena.

''Cain-sama, no matter how strong Cain-sama is, you can't be reckless and get injured.

　Cain nodded to an angry Telestia with his cheeks puffed out a bit, his cheeks relaxed.

''And yet, ---- oh ......

　Cain stopped speaking there. Then he suddenly opened the carriage door and jumped down.
　After jumping off the carriage, Cain shouted to Claude.

'Mr. Claude!　There's going to be an attack!

　Claude, who had been leading the way at Cain's shout, gave the whole thing the order to stop and steered his horse to Cain.

'Cain...... attack?'
'Yes, maybe. There's still some distance between us, so it's hard to say until we see it in person.

　The squires who were listening to their conversation on the Gohja-dai twitched their faces.
　There were a total of eight adventurers in the escort party. Claude, Lina, Millie, Nina and a party of four B-ranked adventurers. With that and four knights, there will be twelve of them in strength.

''Everyone pack up the carriage. There could be an attack!

　At Claude's words, the Gosha maneuvered their horses and lined the carriage up on the street. The students show up for something, but the teacher instructs them to stay in the carriage.

'Cain, is it true that it's a raid ......?'

　A teacher came into the circle of conversation between Cain and Claude.

'Maybe it's a raid. We'll have to see what's actually going on. There's still some distance between us, but it doesn't look like a normal number of people. ......
Cain, how much longer?

　The teacher swallows his spit at the words.

'I think there are ...... probably more than two hundred people ...... that's about it.'
"?　...... What the hell?
'Cain, seriously: ......'

　Claude's face twitches and the teacher is immensely disappointed.
　There are twelve guards, including the knights. The opponents are more than two hundred.
　Just by asking, a sense of desperation appears on the teacher's face.

''What about ...... the other students ......?''
I don't want them to get hurt, so I thought it would be safer if they got out of the carriage and stayed in the vehicle I'm about to take out.
'Cain, you're not going to put out one hell of a thing again, are you ......?'
'No, no, it's just a ride. Can I ask the teacher to guide the students?
...... All right. I don't think I'm going to be much of a fighter. I'll get right on it.

　The teacher runs over and tells each carriage to tell the students to get out of the carriage.

'Then here.'

　A short distance away, Cain pulled a vehicle from the item box.
　It looked like a - convoy.
　It's shaped like a bus and covered entirely in metal, with windows covered in clear glass and iron mesh.

'Cain ...... what the hell is this ......?'

　Cain explains to Claude, who opens his mouth with a pout.

'It's really something that prevents the person who caught you from escaping ....... On the other hand, it's safe inside here. It's hardened and can't even be wounded by a sword, and it's also magically defended, so it's not a problem. Of course, you can drive yourself, just in case. And there's enough seats for all of us to get on board.

　Claude can't help but be dismayed by Cain's confidence.
　Millie and Nina have actually seen it in front of them, so they understand how insane Cain is, but they understand that Claude and Lisa are strong, but they didn't understand how insane they are to this extent.
　It was the same for the teachers and students. A lump of metal that they didn't know where they took out from suddenly appeared in front of them.

''Master Cain, such an insane thing again: ......
This is a big one, Mr. Cain!

　Telestia is dismayed, Silk is delighted, and Riltana is exclaiming.

'Quicker than that, get in!　We should be able to see it soon.

　The students, Gosha and teachers take their turn getting in.

'I'm starting to see .......'

　In the direction of Cain's pointing, a group of people who were raising a cloud of dust and heading towards the group of the Esfort Kingdom could be seen.