It''s the day after Commander Yelle sent me on a mission to spy on him.


    I''ve spent the past month with the Knights, and I wake up at the usual waking time.


    The Knights'' dormitory in the royal capital was hardly damaged by the recent raid.


    So I''m in my usual room, getting up and getting ready as usual.


    The only difference is one thing.


    Elena is not in the bed next to me.


    By the time I wake up, Elena is definitely awake.


    When I wake up and look next to her, Elena is often sitting up and looking at me.


    She even wakes me up when I''m about to oversleep.


    Once I asked her, "Why do you always wake up so early? I asked.


    ''Hmmm, is this a habit you''ve had since you were a kid?''


    Elena said with a smile.


    I don''t know if that smile was genuine.


    I guess I won''t be able to hear that very fresh "good morning" from her anymore.


    Feeling a little sad, I got ready and headed to breakfast.


    There were many people in the cafeteria.


    Not just people from the Order of Knights and Magical Knights, but people from the city as well.


    The people who lost their homes are here to get a meal.


    The damage was small, but not without.


    Those who were unable to live because of the raids are given a place to live and food to eat with support from the government.


    King''s Landing has plenty of reserves and other resources coming in from other cities, so there shouldn''t be anyone dying of starvation.


    Only a limited number of countries would be able to have such a solid system in place after such a raid.


    ''Good morning, Eric.''


    Oh, good morning, Tina.


    I went to my usual table and found Tina and Yulina.


    I guess they were waiting for me.


    ''Good morning. I''ve heard from Commander Yelle, too.


    ''Good morning. Okay, then.....


    Yeah, I don''t want to leave, but I''m going to do my duty.


    We nodded at each other.


    We probably got the same explanation.


    He said we could look for Elena-san as long as it didn''t interfere with our mission.


    ''Tina is........''


    ''It''s okay, Yulina, I know it too.


    Jurina tried to explain, but Tina stopped her.


    ''I taught her yesterday,''


    ''Well I see. Tina, if you know, we''ll talk fast. Will you join us and find that man?


    Me and Yulina said we were going to leave together and look for her, but Tina wasn''t there.


    No, she was there, but she was still lying in bed due to her injuries.


    So Yulina asked for a serious look.


    ''''Of course. I don''t think Elena-san would be the one to do that either.''''


    Thank you.


    Tina agreed with a smile.


    Yulina-san also loosened her cheeks as she was tripped up.


    ''''And the reason I didn''t wake up is because Elena-san beat me up. You wouldn''t complain if I hit you at least once, would you?


    ''''Hmmm, I guess so. I''m going to have to take at least one hit myself.


    So we laughed and we ate our breakfast.


    Then we finished eating and went to work.


    Tina and Yulina are going to the city to help with the reconstruction.


    I''m going to spend the morning training.


    Most of the Knights'' soldiers are helping to rebuild the city, but we''ll take turns training.


    If we don''t, our arms will fall off.


    Down the road, when our espionage is over, there could be a big war.


    So we can''t afford to lower our soldiers'' skills for that.


    We will go to the training grounds and start training with hundreds of people.


    Each of them trains on their own, but they all take it seriously and seriously.


    The atmosphere was different and bleak than it was before the raid.


    ''Yo, Eric,''


    Oh, you''re an old man.


    While I was pretending to be one too, an old man was talking to me from behind.


    I joined the knight''s group and the old man has been involved from time to time since the first training.


    I''m not sure if it''s because our training times didn''t coincide, but we haven''t seen each other much lately.


    ''Let''s get together for the first time in a while,''


    Yeah, sure.


    We faced each other and started fighting--


    ''Ah!　You''re still strong!


    Well, yeah.


    We took a break once when the old man collapsed on the ground in a big, sweaty heap.


    He fought several times, but never lost a fight.


    The shoulder injury that Elena had done to him was now almost undisturbed.


    In perfect condition, I can go on a spy mission.


    And then I found Elena-san.........


    ''What''s up?　You look weird.


    The old man who had fallen down sat down on the ground and looked at me and said so.


    ''No, it''s nothing,''


    ...Is this about Elena-chan?


    ''　Why, why...!


    Why is that old man talking about Elena-san...!


    Only we and the Commander and the Vice Commander should know that Elena-san is a traitor.


    ''That''s obvious. You were good friends with Elena, you know. Anyone would be depressed if they saw their friend''s name in the name of a missing person.


    Oh, oh, I see.


    The old man thinks Elena-san is dead.


    The missing person may be alive, but most of them just haven''t been found dead.


    That''s why the old man is mistaking Elena-san, who is treated as a missing person for the moment.


    ''''Well that''s true.


    I can''t tell you the truth, so I''ll just fake it for you.


    ''I''m shocked too. A pretty girl like that....


    ''Old man, I thought you said Elena was a man.


    As long as you''re pretty, you''ll be fine.


    Nothing''s okay with you, perv.


    Elena had been on missions around town, though there were times when she''d been tangled up with perverts like the old man.


    ''I had a chance to talk to that girl once, and I asked her a ton of questions. The look of confusion on her face was adorable.


    That''s disgusting, old man.


    ''Ugh. It''s bad enough that Elena is pretty.


    The old man is grinning and making a sickening face, as if he''s remembering what happened then.


    But the question........I haven''t heard much about Elena-san.


    ''What did you hear?''


    Hmm?　Oh, yeah. Do you have a family structure, do you like anyone, are you dating anyone...


    I''m an idiot for asking.


    I asked him if I could get some information, but I preferred not to ask.


    ''The puzzled look on your face was cute, but when I asked you where you were from, you looked scared for a moment.


    ''　What did Elena say?


    Elena-san''s hometown, if you ask me that, I might be able to find Elena-san.


    At the moment, the Lindow Empire is the only candidate I can think of.


    I don''t know if it''s the name of the country or the city, but you said the first letter was ''ha''. ''Don''t tell anyone else,'' he said with a smile, and it was cute.


    Yeah, that''s disgusting, old man.


    ''I took that as a hint and did a lot of research, and I found something like "Kingdom of Harvena" or "City of Hamayu". As far as leading, it would be one of those.


    You''re as close to a stalker as you''re going to get up there, old man.


    The acronym is the land of ''Ha'' or the city....


    I don''t know if that''s true or not, but I''ll refer to it.


    What the old man was referring to would be the kingdom and city of the human race in both cases.


    Elena-san is a demon race, so she should never be there.


    I didn''t expect to get a hint of Elena-san''s location from the old man.


    Should I be a little grateful for the old man''s perversity?


    ''''Even when he had that scary look on his face, there was some kind of gap between his cute face and that, which was even better. Such a pretty girl....


    I knew I didn''t have to do it, or it would be weird.


    But ''ha''........hmm?　Wait, you can''t mean...


    The Kingdom of Harzion - the country where my former lover from my previous life, Irene, is from........