26. Return to the capital

Yuma opened his mouth.

“White Night Clan?”

-The White Night Clan, a legendary clan that exists between the borders of the barbarian kingdom and the sacred empire of Hailem. His characteristic feature is blue hair that is close to light blue. And eyes that are close to red. It is said that the entire clan had outstanding talent in martial arts, especially swordsmanship.

Princess Brigitte continued.

-It is said that the reason why the barbarian nation of Pyneton cannot touch the White Night clan is because their power is strong. I thought it was a semi-fictional entity. According to the oracle handed down by the saint, that seems to be true.

-There will be a blue-haired sword saint in the midnight sun between barbarism and divinity. It is said that a fairly direct oracle came down.

“I see.”

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White Night Clan. Yuma narrowed her eyebrows slightly.

I have never heard of such a clan in .

If the Blue-Haired Sword Saint had been identified as a single clan, it was clear that things would become considerably easier.

-The problem is how to approach the Byakuya clan. A barbarian country is a country that is completely hostile to the Astes Empire. Even now, they are making all kinds of trouble against the empire. But, in the end. The only way to contact the Byakuya clan and find the blue-haired sword saint of the oracle is to infiltrate the barbarian country.

Yuma had a feeling that business would soon come in.

-Actually, a few days ago, a request came in for support of special troops guarding the southern border of the empire. We are facing off against a barbarian country. I’m asking you to send reinforcements so we can gain the upper hand over them.

Do we have to go to the battlefield this time?

Yuma already felt a heavy sense of fatigue.

“Do you want me to go? Princess Brigitte.”

-… Yes, it may sound very shameless. I can’t think of anyone as qualified as you.

Yuma’s worries did not last long.

Because it was something I decided to do with my own hands anyway. Finding the blue haired swordsman.

“Good. I’ll go, so tell them to use provocation properly. Make sure the enemy commander is at the front line.”

After what Yuma had just said, a very loud laugh from Princess Brigitte von Astes was heard.

-Are you really saying that you’re going to blow off the heads of the idiots without having to deal with them? Even the Conqueror is not afraid at all. Well, you are the one who defeated the dragon….

‘It’s just because it’s annoying.’

Conqueror and all. If I defeat the enemy general, the enemy’s will to fight will be greatly lost, so I was just planning to aim for that.

-Provocations are continuing, but it seems unlikely that war will break out immediately. So, I wonder what it would be like once you return to the capital and are appointed to the position of full-time battlefield ‘Grand Marshal’. If victory is confirmed in this war against the barbarians, I plan to somehow receive the title of archduke. How about you, Grand Duke Yuma?

“Will the imperial family and nobles acknowledge that?”

-It’s my job to make you admit it, when you’re doing everything. If he couldn’t do that, he wouldn’t be qualified to become emperor.

That sounds quite remarkable.

Yuma twisted the corner of his mouth.

“Okay, then let’s return to the capital first. I think the group might increase by one person.”

-Any group you bring with you is welcome at any time.

That’s how the call ended.

“Kaisen.”

“Yes, Yuma.”

Yuma opened the door and called Kaisen, who was standing far away outside. Kaisen still has some business left to do, such as requesting support.

Yuma left Kaisen behind and came down from the communication tower.

She cleared her mind as she came down the communication tower.

Breaking through the barbarian country.

Find the ‘Blue-Haired Sword Saint’, one of the Byakuya clan.

And he made Princess Brigitte Emperor Brigitte.

‘Somehow.’

Yuma was planning to somehow accomplish all of these things.

If we succeed in that, we will be able to secure a peaceful daily life.

Of course, the ultimate goal was still to This world.

***

Count Rubel led an aging body.

The demonic energy that had invaded the body was not fading away, but was digging deeper into the body. I could already feel my spinal cord being engulfed by demonic energy.

The priest had already declared that there was no way to save the situation. Now, he has been given a terminal diagnosis that he will only live for a week.

I could no longer postpone the succession to the title.

“Thank you, Commander Hyman.”

“No, Your Excellency.”

Heiman, the commander of the knights, supported Count Rubelt. Count Rubel sat down in his seat with difficulty.

On the left are the main vassals that make up the count family. To his right stood his eldest son Kai Sen and his youngest son Ruine. The second son, who was in the area just below the capital for his studies, said he was in a hurry to return home, but he said it would be difficult for him to arrive today.

Count Rubelt’s dry mouth opened.

“I can feel my body gradually dying. I can no longer postpone the succession to the title. Therefore, I am planning to hold the title succession ceremony now.”

Count Rubel sat on a chair and looked through the family members.

“Come forward, Kaisen Fel Rubelt.”

Eldest son Kaisen, who came to the center, knelt on his left knee. Rubel stood up. Pain arose throughout his body.

Tuk!

However, this time he refused the helping hand of Knight Commander Hyman.

Heavy footsteps echoed on the ground.

“I, Count Rubelt, abdicate at this time. From now on, I am the Count of this land.”

Luvelt slowly placed his hand on Kai Sen’s shoulder.

“It is you. My son, Kaisen Fel Rubelt.”

Teook!

Weight.

Kaisen felt the weight of his father’s hand.

“Yes, father.”

Kaisen became a count.

While the small succession ceremony was in progress, Yuma and his party were outside the castle.

And after the succession ceremony. Yuma and the others walked back into the tower.

Yuma spoke towards Kaisen in front of her.

“Congratulations on becoming a count, Kaisen.”

Kaisen nodded his head sharply at Yuma’s words.

“Thank you, Yuma.”

Ruvelt County, which had been devastated by the appearance of the black dragon Acreon, was being restored very slowly.

“I will go up to the capital tomorrow morning.”

“Yes, Yuma. I will never forget the grace that Yuma saved the county.”

Yuma twisted the corner of his mouth.

“It doesn’t matter if you forget.”

Yuma’s joke. A deep voice came from next to the two.

“I can’t forget.”

It was Count Rubelt. Now he has declared his abdication.

“The Rubel family… Will not forget the grace. The grace we received from you, Yuma, as the former agent of Princess Brigitte. The Rubel family will not forget.”

Kaisen opened his mouth at Roosevelt’s words.

“Father, what you said is correct. So, when the moment comes when you need even the power of our Rubelt, please speak up.”

“I understand.”

***

In front of Hestia, the scarlet-haired Miao swordsman, was Haruk, a brown-haired boy. A boy who accompanied a Miao prosecutor. A boy saved by Yuma and his group.

“Sister, do you want to follow that person?”

Haruk stared at Yuma, who was walking near the count’s castle with Clone, with a bored look on his face.

And that was the scenery Hestia looked at first.

“Follow me, I just have the strength to follow you. Just the ability. If you have talent for something, you’re someone I want to follow. You have that ability.”

Haruk’s eyes gazed into Hestia’s green eyes.

“Hestia can create beautiful flames on her sword.”

A person who can step on the shadow of an extraordinary person is ultimately a correspondingly extraordinary person. Haruk has thought that way since he was very young.

So ever since Hestia saved her from her bandits and they ran away together, she thought that he was the one who would have to leave her someday.

It has nothing to do with the fact that they are a Miao tribe.

She thought she was a genius who should play in a very big world.

Hestia felt the sincerity in Haruk’s words.

“Then Haruk will settle down in this county?”

“Yes, I will! Thanks to my sister, I have already become close with Kaisen, no! The Count.”

“I’m glad.”

Haruk looked at the scene where soldiers and knights were clearing away the rubble together.

“I need to help you, you’ll be able to settle down well. If you happen to pass by the county, I’ll stop by. Sister?”

Hestia nodded her head furiously.

“Ugh, of course!”

In that way, Yuma’s group was decided to have a total of three people.

The next day came. Yuma and his party left the county, receiving a warm send-off from the count family.

I took a carriage and arrived at the transit city .

At Akan Station on the mana train .

I immediately bought a direct ticket to the capital.

“Sister, it’s called red bean bread. It’s delicious.”

Clone, a black-haired, golden-eyed wizard girl, purchased red bean bread and placed it in both of Hestia’s hands.

Hestia’s nose, who was wearing a robe, twitched.

Yuma. Since we are part of the princess’s representative’s party, even if Hestia’s identity is revealed, there will be no one in this empire who can oppress her.

Unless the emperor, who is lying in a hospital bed, suddenly wakes up. But Hestia is what attracts people’s attention. He didn’t like it himself.

It is only natural that the ears of the Miao people, an ethnic group of which only a very small number remain, attract people’s attention.

“Huh! W-what! This violent smell…!”

Hestia opened her mouth and bit into the sweet red bean bread.

***

The bar in Akan, a transit city, was packed with people. The empire’s second most famous commercial city. A place like this was always crowded with people at night.

Secretly. And before we knew it, the drug dealers and addicts who were openly active were no longer visible in this city.

Amid the thorough renovation of Akan Mayor Gelmore. The city took a step forward into becoming a fully commercial city.

“Did you hear the rumor? A very large dragon appeared in Rubelt, right below Akan!”

“They say it’s a black dragon.”

People’s conversation topics were all similar.

A black dragon, a black dragon, that appeared in the Roosevelt territory.

“And then a flash of light redder than the sun exploded, and the black dragon was destroyed in the air?”

“Did you say it was not a flash of light, but a red sword? Anyway, the being who did it was a human. A dragon slayer has appeared in the empire.”

And these were stories about the dragon slayer who killed the dragon.

“Isn’t that a lie? The fact that such a dragon suddenly appeared. The fact that there is someone who captured such a dragon!”

Someone expressed a question.

About the credibility of the story.

However, those doubts were immediately put to rest.

“I saw the dragon in person.”

“I saw it too.”

“There was clearly a huge dragon gliding across the sky. After the red light spread throughout the sky, the dragon disappeared.”

There are more than just one or two people who have seen a dragon in person.

And then the mouth of a man drinking alone opens.

“I am from the County of Rubelt.”

All eyes of about 50 people gathered in the bar were focused on that man.

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“It is true that the Dragon Slayer is real. He saw him in person, although from afar. He was a huge black dragon.”

The man swallowed his saliva.

“It was the black dragon that attacked first. It was a terrifying dragon breath… The dragon slayer blocked it without a care in the world. He unleashed an even greater attack. A sound more powerful than the sound of lightning enveloped the empire. ?”

Starting with the transit city of Akan, the story about the dragon slayer began to spread rapidly.

Rattle─ Rattle─

And that person was now inside the mana train. A girl with black hair and golden eyes dozing off. With a Miao girl asleep with her head tilted back with her robe pressed down on her face.

It was a mana train heading to the capital.

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