Chapter 13 (2/2)

Upon hearing Riggan’s response, the man lifted the edge of his mouth.

「Interesting…… You said that it’s heading this direction. I want to see it.」

The man stood up after saying that. Immediately, the maid who stood in the corner of the room silently walked towards the man.

The man placed his hand on her shoulder and walked towards Riggan, slowly passing by the side of the desk.

Riggan reflexively glanced at the man’s left leg.

The man’s left leg is missing below the knee. He was wearing something similar to a prosthetic leg connected with a rod, and a loop wrapped around his legs.

「Where is it now?」

「I heard that it’s above the Beesh City.」

Hearing Riggan’s words, the man became silent and gazed at the doorway.

「…… So it’s far beyond the border. No wonder no one have noticed it until now. If so, are we too late to stop it if we send soldiers back traveling on horses?」

Murmuring with ‘butsu butsu’, the man looks at Riggan.

「It will arrive at the Imperial capital by today or tomorrow at the latest. Perhaps, the messenger was ahead of it because it’s a flatland with a well-maintained highway from the Beesh to the Imperial city. It’s going to arrive anytime soon.」

When the man says that, Rigan wrinkled his brows.

「An object that flies in the sky … There is no way we can opposed it only with the magicians here. Even the mechanical longbow will not shoot upwards that high.」

「Gather all the available magicians, even if we can’t do anything considering its height.」

「Hah.」

The man’s shoulder trembled and he laughed. He grasped the maid’s shoulder who supports him naturally.

「Is there anything left I have not seen yet….? Interesting.」

The man muttered so and laughed again.

【Taiki’s POV]

When we go to the operation room of the castle, Ayla looked around with excitement.

「Th, this is…… I have never seen a room like this. Is this a room for magical research?」

Ayla murmured excitedly as she watched me manipulate the screen panel.

The outside scenery was shown on the screen. While laughing to Ayla with her eyes wide in surprise, I point at the terrain in the camera.

Although the forest was continuing for quite some time after crossing the mountain, it looks like we finally arrived in the open field. The grassland is spreading out in the screen.

I’m looking at the screen while explaining about the camera, and suddenly something appeared inside of the screen.

「…… It’s a city.」

When I mutter that reflexively, Ayla looks towards the screen.

Then, she covered her mouth with her hands to express her confusion.

「…… No way, that’s Beesh City?」

「Do you know it?」

When I ask, Ayla answers while looking at the screen intently.

「May, maybe…… that big two towers are characteristics of the Beesh City so……」

When I look at the screen as she said that, there are indeed big towers on both sides as if sandwiching the city. Because the image is shot from above, the height of the tower is difficult to measure, but it seems to be a considerable size.

「Which country is the Beesh City in?」

「…… It is a city in the middle of the Blau Empire. It is a great country that has a hostile relationship with the Azul Kingdom where I used to live.」

When Ayla said that anxiously, she looked at me with a worried expression.

No, don’t worry. I will look after you from harm, you know?

Staring at the anxious Ayla, I smiled gently in order to reassure her.