Chapter 503: Departing from the Hot Spring

[A/N: We are just a few more golden tickets away from reaching another milestone!!]

The next morning, preparations for breakfast were ready, the main people were gathered, and it was decided to take breakfast while arranging today’s movements. I am allowed to attend with treatment as lover and guest and bodyguard-like. As expected for breakfast I am made to eat something solid.

The Hagen Empire’s Heroes seen first thing in the morning, and the Mainz Kingdom’s Sage Noshima’s complexions are not good. Did the Hagen Empire’s Heroes not sleep at night? There are dark circles under their eyes. For Noshima’s side, is it because friends are gone, those who lifted them up until yesterday are gone, and no one properly deals with him? Compared to that Lady Sonya has a glossy face. And the knights who were dealt with by the professional older sisters can be understood at a glance, their faces are grinning. Were they melted from the core of the bones? That is only a very small number, and many seem not to have had such a thing, and are being looked at with sticky jealous eyes from around. However for the people themselves, that gaze also seems to feel good. I also want to experience such a thing at least once.

I wanted to fully enjoy the thing called morning bath, but for the time being they say they have to meet the Itsuki Margrave and report the course of yesterday’s matters, so they will depart immediately after breakfast. Already right after dawn, I hear they ran a fast horse to take today’s appointment with the margrave.

The four Heroes + one Sage are put in a carriage, and made so they cannot be seen from outside. Even without that Zhu Biao has just healed from injury and lost quite a bit of blood, so making him walk or ride a horse would be bad.

Did they advance one hour after departing from the hot spring, a carriage running from the direction of the capital was seen. Raising dust and troubling people going on the road.

That carriage stopped suddenly at the place of the head of the Eisleben procession. And after conversing as if yelling with the lead person, it was brought to Lady Sonya’s place. That guy seems to have been the one who went to the capital first thing in the morning.

What that person reported was,

"That Lord Itsuki Margrave and the neighboring Lord Richmond Margrave have entered a combat state!"

With too shocking content everyone holds their breath. Lady Sonya arranges water, makes that person drink, and says to calm down.

"Speak calmly. If true it is a serious matter."

When Lady Sonya calls out, that person says "Yes" and repeats deep breaths. Everyone below Lady Sonya who is listening takes deep breaths.

Below Lady Sonya, everyone is waiting for that person to speak. That person finally opened his mouth.

"That Lord Richmond Margrave next to Lord Itsuki Margrave has started a large-scale invasion of Lord Itsuki Margrave’s territory, and Lord Itsuki Margrave seems to have issued a call-up of soldiers to the entire territory. Rumors are also flying that Lord Richmond Margrave is bringing in the Empire army and invading the Itsuki Margrave lands together, and inside the lord’s mansion is in great confusion. It is not a situation where we can meet Lord Itsuki Margrave at all, so for the time being I returned to report!"

"What!?" "The Empire army?" "I heard they were on bad terms but to that extent!"

Various opinions come out.

"What will you do?"

Lady Agnes asks Lady Sonya. Lady Sonya thinks. Everyone is watching Lady Sonya.

"That’s right, for the time being with only one report the information is insufficient. Rather than entering the capital as is and getting involved in the confusion, let’s separate from the capital and wait for the investigation results. Moving in a hurry is bad."

Saying that Lady Sonya dispatched three new knights toward the capital. This time she is issuing instructions to somehow meet the margrave or someone in a close position and obtain certain information and return. At times like this I think if there was even a drone, but when thinking that I remembered the Empire’s Heroes. Surely the Tamer called Xu Meiyi can borrow the eyes of the beasts she controls and see, was it not? But the same as a drone is there a restriction on communication distance? Is there no cheat of being able to see no matter how far?

When talking about the Tamer to Lady Sonya, it became let’s immediately call Xu Meiyi and hear the talk.

What came was of course the four of Zhu Biao and the others. It is not only Xu Meiyi. After explaining the situation once,

"Is it possible to see from the sky? I understand it is an unreasonable request."

Lady Sonya looks at Xu Meiyi with sharp eyes.

"If it cannot be done say it cannot be done. And if it can be done this way then say clearly."

To Lady Sonya’s question Xu Meiyi thinks a little,

"If the beasts or birds I am controlling go far, nothing is visible to me. If it is a distance where we can see each other’s figures, the eyes of the controlled beasts can be used. Therefore seeing the scenery far beyond as you said now is impossible."

Answered.

"As expected is that so."

It was the answer as thought, but the sense of disappointment cannot be wiped.

"Is the answer now the one when controlling a wyvern? Or the hawk’s eyes?"

I try asking an idea. Xu Meiyi’s eyes were startled for an instant, but

"Yes, now I said about the eyes of the winged dragon called wyvern. With a hawk it can be seen even a bit more separated. As expected winged dragons because the body is large are difficult to control. Besides perhaps because not much time has passed since being able to control, they do not easily listen to what is said. In that regard, the hawk has been controlled since being in the Imperial Capital so it works as I think."

"I see, then shall we have you try. Approach the capital a bit more and have you see the state of the capital from the sky."

Lady Sonya says.

"Understood."

Xu Meiyi lowers her head. Lady Sonya’s subordinates, perhaps because they knew the usefulness of a Tamer for the first time, are talking in small voices. I inwardly think it would be good if by stacking such things ability is recognized and they are accepted.