The next day, July 27, the capital, Leusert. The time was noon.

Reinhard was waiting for Jin at the square in front of the palace.

"I think he should be here by now. ......"

Two hours before, he had talked with Jin on the manacam, and Jin had told him that he would arrive around noon.

"Mr. Reinhardt, please take that."

Noire, who was standing next to me, pointed to the western sky over Lake Tosmo.

"An airship?"

There was an airship in the sky.

"No, it's smaller. ...... And there are two of them?"

There were two flying objects. It was getting closer and closer.

At that moment, a blue-haired automaton was transferred to Reinhardt's side. It was Anne.

"Mr. Reinhardt, that's the hot air balloon that Goshujin-sama and Erza-sama are riding. Please tell the people in the castle that.

"Okay!"

Reinhardt hurriedly finds the nearest knight and tells him. Tell them to make sure they know that that's the flying ball that Magecraft Meister Jin is riding.

Since it is Jin, I don't think he will be hurt by an errant shot of magic, but just in case, I ask him to inform the Emperor as well.

A few minutes later, a hot airball came over Reinhardt's head.

"......You've made a new one again, Jin-kun. ......"

He turned to see Gerhard Hilde von Rubies, the current emperor of the Shoro Empire, standing there. Of course, he was protected by five Kingsguard knights.

"Hmmm, isn't that the that was once used by the Unifilers?"

said the Minister of Magical Technology, Degas Furt von Manischlus.

"There are two of them. One of them is Jin-dono and the other is ...... Elsa-dono.

This is the Prime Minister, Jung Forss von K?bsler. Many others were also present, including Christoph, the undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic and Technology, and the captain of the Kingsguard.

It seems that everyone had heard that Jin was coming from the sky, and had rushed to the airport without lunch.

The hot air balloon in which Jin and Erza were riding descended slowly. It landed at the plaza in front of the palace in full view of the crowd.

The door attached to the gondola was opened, and Jin, Reiko, Erza, and Edgar alighted.

"Sir Jin Nido, welcome!　Welcome!

The first to welcome them was the female emperor. Jin and Elsa bowed deeply.

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry for the unexpected visit."

"Don't worry about it. It's only natural to welcome a Magecraft Meister and an honorary knight.

Jin removes some kind of magical equipment from the hot air ball, which has completely lost its buoyancy, and asks to manage it.

"Your Majesty, will you take care of this flying ball?"

"Of course."

The queen chose two knights of the Kingsguard and entrusted them with the management of the flying ball.

When they had done so, they moved into the palace.

The knights were then moved to the palace.

Once again, I apologize for the unexpected visit.

When everyone was seated in the conference room adjacent to the office, Jin first apologized.

"Don't worry about it. I'm sure you must have some urgent business to attend to."

In a friendly tone of voice, the emperor asked Jin to go on.

"Thank you. I have a few topics to discuss. ...... Let's start with the report on the demon tribe.

"Yes, I received a letter from Makina-sama last night. A demon tribe has appeared in the Kingdom of Klein.

I sent it in Makina's name to add credibility to the story.

"I see. ...... Actually, the other day, in the Kingdom of Selroa, too ......."

Here Jin explained the incident in the Kingdom of Celuloa that caused Stearina to defect.

There is no law in the Shoro Kingdom to judge the smuggling into the Kingdom of Cerroa. This has been confirmed by Reinhardt. Therefore, the Empress did not mention it. But she frowned at the information about the demon tribe.

"Hmmm, something like that, you know... ......"

"And I don't have any proof here," he said.

He added that it seemed that the demon tribe was controlling Marcus.

"I don't like what I'm hearing!"

The Prime Minister's face changed color.

"We still don't know what the demons are after. But from the way they have been acting in various countries, I do not think they are friendly.

"Yes, that's right. Mister Jin, is there anything else you can tell us?

Yes, about the magic they use.

I read about it in the letter from Makina-dono. It says that they use gravity magic, transfer magic, and explosion magic.

This is also what I informed you in advance.

"Yes, it's a power not to be underestimated. We must be very careful.

"...... In any case, we have to be careful to make sure that no demons have infiltrated the city."

The difficult-looking empress.

"I think so. And I think this is something we need to discuss not only here in the Shoro Kingdom, but with other countries as well.

"Yes, that's right. Your Majesty, we will talk about it in the afternoon when we have our regular meeting.

The manaphone that Jin distributed to each country through the Nostalgia Party was used as an effective means of communication in each country.

First of all, a fixed time network. The time in each country is slightly different because of the time difference, but in the case of Leusert, the capital of the Shoro Kingdom, calls are made at 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to the kingdoms of Selroa, Egelea, Franz, Klein, and Elias. .

The time difference from Alban, the capital of the Kingdom of Klein, which is the most eastern and the earliest in time, is 2 hours and 40 minutes. In other words, the regular time in Alban, the capital of the Kingdom of Klein, is 10:40 a.m. and 4:40 p.m.

Here, the coordination against demons will be made between the small group of countries and the Shoro Kingdom.

Next, I have a gift for you.

The female emperor immediately recognized her.

"Could it be that flying ball?"

"Yes."

The emperor was so pleased that he almost hugged Jin who nodded his head.

"Really?　That's amazing!　Jin, thank you!　No, thank you is not enough. Is there anything you want?　I'll do everything I can, okay?

Yes, I have a favor to ask.

What is it?

The emperor made a gesture of respect and showed his willingness to listen to Jin's request.

"I would like a permit that would allow me to freely enter and leave the Shoro Kingdom. Preferably for my companions as well.

"I see, so that's why the hot-air balloon."

The Prime Minister seemed to have guessed why Jin had brought the flying ball.

"Yes. When coming and going from the sky, you do not have to pass through the customs. In that case, I hope you have a permit so that you will not be considered to have entered the country illegally.

Jin then said that he would be sending two hot air balloons each to the kingdoms of Egelea and Klein.

"I see, so you are going to send them to the country that recognizes you as a Magecraft Meister. Are you going to make the same request there?

"Yes.

This is what I discussed with the old man, Anne and Elsa last night. We decided that it would be better to use the title of "Magecraft Meister" to come and go with an open mind, rather than to keep sneaking back and forth.

After that, I will approach the Kingdom of Elias as well.

"Okay. Well, how about the condition that we allow up to 10 members as long as they accompany Mr. Jin?

Yes, that's fine. Thank you very much.

The Empress immediately ordered the Prime Minister to issue the documents.

"By the way, I have decided to call the hot air balloons <> to distinguish them from the ones used by the Unification Party (Unifilers).

Jin begins to explain about the hot air balloons.

"Hot air balloons, aren't they nice?　According to what I've learned, hot air is stored in that balloon and floats, right?"

"Yes, that's right. The Unifiler used fire magic to generate hot air, but my hot air balloon is different.

"Well, please explain in detail."

Degaus, the Minister of Magical Technology, leaned forward.

"Yes, I would like to see the actual balloon and explain it to you.

"Yes, then let's go back to the plaza in front of the Palace once more!

With a single word from Her Majesty the Emperor, everyone moved to the plaza in front of the Palace once again.