On August 9, Jin and the others left the H?tel Len?re.

"So, Jin, what are you going to do?"

Sion looked doubtful. Of course they should, since the towns of Loron and Genf are more than 70 kilometers apart in a straight line.

There is no way we can catch up with the convoy by carriage.

"Oh, don't worry about that. I won't tell you how. You didn't tell us everything, did you?　We have our secrets. You have to understand that. But we're gonna get your sister out."

"......" Okay, okay.

This time, Jin doesn't want to hurt you. He does not want to be blamed at first glance, and he does not want to risk his own life.

So for the time being, Jin was going to return to the Klein Kingdom from the Franz Kingdom.

He arrives at the gate by the reverse route.

After the same screening and confirmation, he was given the same cuffs and passed through without any difficulty.

We passed through the gate on the side of the Kingdom of Klein without any problem with the certificate of Jin, just as we had done on the way there.

"I wonder if the certificate is very effective or if the management is too loose," was Jin's impression.

This is Jin's impression.

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At 13:00 on the same day, we arrived at the midpoint between the towns of St. Fosse and Genf in the Kingdom of Franz.

There are no houses around, and coniferous forests continue.

A road about 5 meters wide stretched undulatingly from north to south. The road is unpaved and dusty.

Ten soldiers and two knights were advancing around a covered wagon.

"It's less than ten kilometers to go, so we should be there in two hours.

"Ah, at last we will be rid of these d*mned demons!

"We'll go to a whorehouse when we get to Genf.

The soldiers were walking around the carriage with the cages on it, talking like this.

And then...

"Wait!"

A suspicious figure appeared in front of them. There were five of them.

Thieves?

Idiots. I don't have anything of value.

But they were not bandits.

They were a convoy carrying demon tribe members. Let's hand them over.

What?　What are you people?

Let's just say we're enemies of the demon tribe. Please hand them over quietly.

The leader of the group steps forward. His face is obscured by the robe he wears. But I could catch a glimpse of the breastplate he wore underneath.

"Is that a coat of arms ......?　Are you ...... a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Celuloa?

A knight questioning the crest stepped forward.

"We're transporting you on official business. We cannot turn you over. If you interfere further, we will remove you by force. We'll have to ask you to leave as soon as possible."

"That's fun!　Let's do it!

One of the five, who identified himself as one of the demons and their opponents, raised his voice. But the leader of the group, who seemed to be the leader, said calmly

"It can't be helped. If you don't hand him over to us, we will condemn him right here and now.

Before he could finish his words, the ten soldiers and two knights in the convoy fell to the ground without uttering a sound.

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This is Skye 1. No sign of anyone within a two-kilometer radius.

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Regulus 41 copy.

Regulus 41 approaches the convoy himself and carefully pulls down the top.

"<>"

Inside the cage, two demons, who looked to be about 17 or 8 years old, were lying unconscious.

"<>"

Regulus 41 activates the magical tool that Jin gave him.

"......<> malfunction. Demon tribe."

Yes, since Zion and the others could not be trusted to check their faces, another characteristic of the demons, <>, did not work (only meaningless content could be read), and this was confirmed.

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The VTOL Falcon 1 descended.

Regulus 41 searches the fallen knight's body for the key to the cage and opens it. Regulus 42 and 43 carried out the two demons, and were replaced by dummy dolls prepared in advance by 44 and 45 carried in the dummy dolls they had prepared in advance.

The stunned demons were carefully handled, with their magijammers pointed so that they could be used at any time, and sent into Nido Castle using the warp gate of Falcon 1.

At Nido Castle, 20 army golems are waiting for him and guarding him, and he is put down in the guest room on the second floor.

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The old man ordered the wagons to be oiled and then set on fire.

The wooden wagon quickly burst into flames.

The stunned soldiers around the wagon were moved far enough away from the fire to avoid being burned.

Eventually the fire was extinguished and all that remained were ashes and an iron cage. Inside the cage were what appeared to be two charred corpses. They were, of course, dummy cinders made of demon material.

Since most of them are ashes and charcoal, it is hard to recognize them as fakes.

Regulus and the others used the warp gate of Falcon 1 to return to Horai Island. They will be reassigned to their new posts.

Then Falcon 1 took off with invisibility deployed and set a course to Horai Island.

The breastplate worn by Regulus 41 was engraved with a coat of arms similar to that of the royal family of Celuloa, in order to intentionally mislead the audience.

The town on the border of the Kingdom of Klein, the city of Regulus 41, is located in the southwest part of the country.

Jin drove his carriage a little north from Storsk, a town on the border of the Kingdom of Klein, and found an airship managed by Steward.

Steward, thank you. Now let's go back to the village of Kaina.

"Jin, Jin, hey, hey!　Are you going to leave without doing anything?"

said a disgruntled-looking Zion in a panic.

"What?　You got the information, didn't you?"

"You got information?" he said, "I didn't just get information from ......!"

But Jin laughed and told Zion.

"Don't worry, I'll save your sisters for now. I'll take care of it."

"U....... Are you sure about that?

Yes. So let's hurry home.

"I don't know what the is, but ......"

After such an exchange, Jin and the others boarded the airship.

The return trip was the reverse of the outward journey, and they arrived at Nido Castle in about two hours. The time difference is about one hour, so it was about 2:00 PM.

At about the same time, Istaris and Netros arrived at the castle.

"Welcome home, Master Gin!

Barrow greeted them.

"There was a visitor in the guest room on the second floor, but I don't know what happened to him, since Master Jin told us that he did not need us to come. Is that all right?"

"Oh, I see. Just in time. Barrow, don't come into the guest room until I say so.

"Yes, I understand."

Theon and Lucas do not understand what the conversation is about. Erza, on the other hand, was not surprised because she knew what the old man had done based on Jin's instructions.

"Zion, Lucas, you'll find out anyway when you get there.

Jin walked quickly with Reiko. Sion and Lucas hurriedly followed them.

The guest room on the second floor. Reiko opened the door. Jin is behind Reiko. Reiko, not wanting to put Jin in danger, insisted on this.

"Welcome home, Master."

Lando 1 greeted the two demons on the futon, keeping watch in the name of nursing.

"Sister!"

Zion shouted loudly when she saw the lying demoness and ran into the room and clung to the female demoness who was still not waking up.

"Why!"

How many questions were contained in those words? Zion looked at Jin and then at his sister who was lying on the floor, tears spilling down her face.

"She looks so much like Zion."

The female demoness, probably Istaris, had silver hair the same color as Sion's, and her skin was white as if it had fallen out, while the other man, probably Netros, had dark brown hair and dark skin, just like Lucas.

"Is it the drugs that are keeping him awake, or is it ......"

Jin swallowed the line, "Is it the paralyzing gun? But Rand 1 understood what he meant and quickly answered.

"I think it's both.

Then it was Erza's turn.

"Well then, Elsa, please examine and treat the patient.

"Yes, okay."

Erza stepped forward and gently pulled Zion away from Istaris, who was clinging to her, and turned the covers over for examination.

"What? ......"

"That's terrible ......."

"Hey, sis. ......"

Istaris was wearing nothing but a tattered piece of cloth that could hardly be called clothing. Her exposed skin was covered in bruises and dried blood that had dried and hardened.