Chapter 47 - Linking Up (1/2)

Several days later, Keyhart and the others who arrived at Fuyune were giving orders to the Knights lying in wait there.

“But, we received an order from the King.”

“The King has sent us with further orders. We will take over from here, and you will go to Rakayan to prepare for engaging in battle with Rulan Kingdom. Do I make myself clear?”

“Ha!!”

After confirming that the Knights who had made a clean bow had left, Keyhart takes out the magic circle he received from Clarina and contacts Syltina.

Several days after that, they joined up with Syltina who had arrived in Fuyune.

“You must be the Saintess’ party, correct?”

“Eh? Who are you?”

Syltina, who had left to scout Fuyune, returned with 3 men in tow.

Out of the 3 of them, it was the bespectacled man with black hair and black eyes who talked to Akari.

“It seems they are from the Knights’ Order.”

“Knights Order?”

“Nice to meet you, Saintess. I am Keyhart of the Royal Knights. And, these two are,-”

“Lunard. Nice meeting you.”

A muscular man with short, dark gray hair and ultramarine eyes gave a small wave of his hand as he introduced himself.

“I’m Sesshura. Let’s get along, okay?”

Smiling as he introduced himself was a man with light, quirky blond hair and deep green eyes, who could easily be mistaken as a woman due to his features and small build.

“It seems they were sent here on orders from the King to accompany us.”

“If we had known sooner, we could have joined up with you earlier, but……I apologize for joining you this late in the journey.”

“Ah, no, it’s……”

“So, on that note, they will be accompanying us on the trip from now on. We will be talking to the three of you later, so we can tell you about the details of the purification of Fuyune tomorrow.”

“Yes. Understood.”

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And, so, that night, Syltina gathered everybody except Akari, Frackt, Mars, and Yuto.

“Uh… umm….Where is Yuto-san……?”

“Yuto is watching over the Saintess. Well, the Saintess, the Prince, and the Child are sound asleep, so they should be fine, but I had him stay over just in case. The Saintess is docile as long as Yuto is around after all.”

“Ah, so it’s like that………But, um…”

Smiling, Syltina explained. Milliane nodded her agreement, but warily glanced at the person behind her at the next moment.

“Is it alright for Tedla-sama to be here, too……?”

“Eh?”

Tedla unintentionally raises his voice at the sudden mention of his name.

“I, I’m sorry!! Umm… Tedla-san didn’t do anything wrong, it’s…… just, um….”

“Ahh, it’s alright. I get what you’re trying to say, so, please calm down.”