Vol 1 Chapter 37 (1/2)
Chapter Three
The Decision
(Part 7)
The ice dragon, which had ree a little ways off of the royal capital,snon to it on the wind
The king didn’t control the nobles that atteinally should have protected the people beca escorts for the city’s upper echelons that were scra potential to subjugate the ice dragon becanificant In the end, even the royal family ran away
The present situation was that the knights couldn’tthem
Accordingly, it was decided that the guild would be used to hunt it
Pretending to be a caravan for the rescue coation commission since money would be paid afterwards
(They’rearound~ Ufufu… Well, amateurs that interrupt with eh They’re just for appearances)
With that thought, she realized it was the sarumbles and interrupted herself
“—Then, we shall return your registration cards As soon as the thirteenth caravan group is organized, please extricate the royal capital citizens… I sincerely hope for everyone’s success”
Seeing off the representatives as they left the rooh
“Finally done~”
“Thank you for your efforts Though we finished a little early, shall we stop for the day?”
“No way! We get paid by the hour, it’d just get wasted if we stopped now!”
“It’s alright Today’s duties also have a special wage, different froular time”
“… No no no! Don’t want to! I don’t like that difference!”
While saying she didn’t like it, Cynthia seemed to be a little worked up
“How about a break for now, then? Wait asome tea”
“It’s fine, I’ll do it! Ilya can take a rest!”
As soon as she said that, she practically flew out of the room
The subject , but her stamina wasn’t exhausted at all due to her cheat
While she sat on the chair and waited as Cynthia suggested, Haku jumped onto her apron
Incidentally, this reminded her about her cat that would hop onto her keyboard when she was using the computer in her previous life
(Haku also gives that kind of a feeling, doesn’t he?)
Putting the probleon into the corner of herHaku on his head
However, it couldn’t last long in this tiency
“Ilya, you were here?”
As for who poked their head in from the door, it was Frank, not Cynthia
“Did theend?”
“Yeah, though, just troop ranks and formation Concrete plans haven’t been ood to knohat kind of ainst it”
“I take it that there wasn’t anyone who has fought against an ice dragon?”
Frank smiled wryly at Ilya’s words
“Such veterans aren’t that readily available”
“Is the departure tomorrow?”
“No, we are waiting for Charon’s report We’re getting cooperation with other branches”
As they had to clion in battle, she thought it to be a natural decision
“Thanks for waiting~… Oh huh, Frank-san… Did I interrupt so?”
“It’s nothing like that”
“Cynthia should rest too You’re worn out right?”
“I-I’ll accept your offer then…”
They exchanged idle talk while taking a rest with soreen tea
Though really, thecorumbled her complaints When Ilya escaped to care for Haku, Frank sent her a glance as though seeking saving, but—
(I’ive mental care to their subordinates)
Making that excuse, she didn’t look him in the eye
And so, the first day’s affairs came to an end like that
However, the next day was just as busy as the day before since the caravan was sent out Miraculously, the highway’s final developh all of the large-scale construction was completed, the completion festival that was scheduled to be after it was completed was, as to be expected, postponed
Two days later, the caravans had evacuated each town’s citizens
Ilya, who had been distributing supplies to various inns, went to the lord’sa summons from Hector
Both Hector and Frank aiting for her in the parlor with pensive expressions
The subject on’s subjugation
As well as the ice dragon descending the ation corps—heading towards Lunéville, it was a fact that it wastowards south
“The ice dragon… is co here?”
Hector’s expression was stiff as he nodded in silence Frank couldn’t just sit by and continued speaking
“With their exhaustion, the decision to withdraas not a ht that it would pursue the subjugation group”
“Right Dragons are a strong species that are generally aware of territorial bounds, but it shouldn’t have gotten to the point of chasing a retreating enemy past those bounds”
“Yeah… It’s currently being confined by guildin and out with each other, but it looks like it will immediately mobilize towards the direction of Lunéville the moment it can”
Ilya regretted not paying proper attention and escaping from reality She wouldn’t be able to understand its inexplicable behavior by just observing it now If she wanted to be absolutely sure, she would have to look over the subjugation team with [Clairvoyance], not just the rescue team
“By the way, it’s been said, but this isn’t sos were taken before”
“Is… that so”
Frankly, if there was such a coood
Even if the ice dragon had no ill will, it’s true that it brought harainst it As for who held responsibility, neither did
The parlor rapped in a heavy air
A knock broke the silence, resounding through the room It was the human butler, Fabio
“Hector-sama The evacuation advisories sent out to the various places have been completed”
“Thank you… how did it go?”