Well thank you for telling me.


    ''No, thanks to me. For telling me about Elena.


    Me and Nina finished exchanging information about Elena and we thanked each other.


    We''re lucky to have met Nina here.


    We can make a plan on how to ask for information about Elena-san when we go to the Harzion Kingdom.


    ''''What part of the Harzion Kingdom did Nina look for?''''


    I couldn''t find the nobleman''s quarter, as expected, so I was looking for information behind the scenes.


    Back?


    I had heard that Elena was an assassin, so that''s what I was trying to find out.


    I see.


    I think it''s a good move.


    If you explore that line of reasoning, you may eventually come across information about Elena.


    But no matter how hard you look, there''s always the chance that you won''t find it.


    If you''re a private assassin, you''ll definitely be able to find him, because if you don''t have that kind of information in your background, you won''t get the job.


    But if Elena-san is a slave of a nobleman and is forced to be an assassin, the name of an assassin held by a nobleman may not appear.


    It''s even more difficult to find information on an assassin''s agency, even more so if they were hired by the nobility.


    ''''Eric and the others are also looking for Elena, right?


    Yeah, I''m just on a mission.


    I didn''t tell Nina about the secret mission, as expected.


    Let me come with you to find out.


    ''No, we''ve got a mission to do...''


    ''I''d be happy to go on that mission with you. I think we''ll find it quicker if I look for it with Eric and the others.


    ''Ummm...''


    It would certainly be more efficient to search with us than to search alone.


    It''s also helpful for us to have Nina, who knows the other side of the Halcyon Kingdom, to look for it with us.


    But I can''t make a decision about the top secret mission on my own....


    ''''Okay, I''ll check it out and I''ll get back to you on that later.


    Yes, please.


    It''s time for us to go outside together to see what happened to Yulina-san''s side.


    ''''.......Why are those two fighting?''''


    What?


    For some reason, Yulina-san and Tina were fighting.


    Since Yulina-san took her sword with her when she left the house, I thought she was going to dissipate by swinging outside, but I didn''t expect Tina to be doing it with her.


    And they''re fighting pretty seriously.


    Yulina-san hasn''t let her out of her scabbard, and Tina hasn''t used enough magic to inflict a fatal wound, but other than that, it''s a serious fight.


    It''s Tina who has the upper hand.


    Yulina-san''s movements are slow, as if she''s upset by what she said earlier.


    Yeah, maybe there''s a hangover.


    ''''You''re both strong.


    Yeah, well, yeah.


    Yulina-san, who is probably the third.................or fourth strongest if you count the Commander.


    And Tina, who is probably the next strongest in the Magic Knights after the Commander and Deputy Commander.


    If you look around the world and the world, only a few of them would be able to win.


    ''But Eric is stronger than you, right?


    I don''t know.


    You won''t lose to Yulina-san, but I really don''t know about Tina.


    It''s true that if it comes to close combat, I''m confident that I can defeat her with a single sword.


    But if the spacing can''t be closed in a single step, and if I allow the magic to be activated I don''t know the outcome.


    ''''Nope, I think Eric is the strongest.''''


    Why?


    Because I beat my brother Felix.


    Nina assures me so.


    ''If it had been one-on-one, we probably would have lost. We won because of Tina''s magical backup.


    ''Yeah. Well, then, Eric and Tina would be the best when they teamed up.


    Well, there''s no denying it.


    As we were talking about this, the battle between the two of them was coming to a conclusion.


    Yulina-san approached at once and swung her sword, and Tina, who dodged it, lost her stance and fell down.


    Then she swings her sword wide and....................teh!


    -Oh!


    Seeing Yulina''s attack, which has no intention of stopping at all, I jump out of the way.


    I stand behind Tina and catch the attack with my sword.


    Gosh, that''s heavy!


    It was tough to catch Yulina-san''s sword that she wielded with all her might, but she managed to prevent it just in time.


    ''''Ha, ha.......wah, I just.......''''


    Have you settled down, Miss Yulina?


    ''Oh, oh, I''m sorry Eric. If you hadn''t stopped me, I would have...


    I''m glad to see you''re cooling down.


    I grab Tina''s hand as she falls and help her get up.


    ''Tina, I''m sorry. I almost hurt you.


    No, I''m fine.


    No, yeah, Tina seems to be fine.


    If Yulina-san had attacked her like that, Tina would have attacked her for real.


    ''''Well that was a bad idea.


    I heard Nina mutter that as she approached.


    Yulina-san couldn''t sense the magic power, so it couldn''t be helped that she didn''t notice it, but probably Nina would have noticed it too.


    Tina''s magic power, which had fallen down, had swelled up at a tremendous rate.


    The one who was most likely to be injured was probably Yulina.


    ''''Thank you for stopping me too Eric!


    Oh yes.


    Tina says that with a very nice smile, and I return it with a bitter smile.


    I''m glad I was able to stop it too........