We take a break after the fight with Yulina and Helu, and a light reflection session.


    While we''re fighting and stuff, Tina and Nina are also talking about magic together.


    ''''Attack magic is hard to do, while protective magic can be used... Tina is amazing...''''


    ''In my opinion, I think guardian magic is more amazing. No matter how much you try, you can only surround me for one person.


    It''s a gift. I learned about magic pretty quickly.


    ''That''s great!　The only thing I was able to do as soon as I learned it was to get water out of my hand.


    They seem to be teaching each other offensive magic and protective magic.


    Both Tina and Nina are strong to begin with, but if they made up for what they lacked, they would be even stronger.


    Nina, in particular, would be perfect if she learned attack magic as well as protective magic.


    And Tina, you said that the only thing you were able to do as soon as you learned it was to get water out of your palm.......


    Well, it took me over a year to learn to do that.


    A few years after that, Tina had already passed me by magic.......


    ............I''ll work on my magic more.


    It was a little dark to begin with since we were underground, but it was getting even darker now that the sun was setting.


    The place where we live, the lights will be on, just in case. Let''s go there and talk some more.


    We all went back to that room with Helu''s invitation to go back to the room.


    Haeryu turned on the light and we each sat on the floor and a chair in the small room.


    ''''Hey, Haeryu, there''s some kind of a letter for you.


    Tina said and picked up the letter from where she was about to sit.


    ''Hmm?　Oh, thanks.


    Yes. But it doesn''t have a sender''s note on it.


    Indeed, what kind of a letter coming to Helu, who lives in an underground city, albeit a shallow one, would be like?


    Does Heelu usually have friends or something?


    Hmmm, what do I say, you know, that''s it.


    No, I don''t know.


    As he opened the letter''s seal, Helu muttered, "Um," as if searching for the words.


    ''Oh, yeah, client?　Or something like that.


    Client?　Of what?


    Come on. We don''t know.


    What do you mean?


    When Tina asks this, Helu replies with a finger to her mouth.


    ''Let''s see, wasn''t there some sort of convention where you and Eric met before?　After it was over, we were approached by a lot of people too.


    Is that because you want to hire Helu?


    Yeah, yeah.


    I was approached by a lot of people after that event, and Helu was there, too.


    Well, Helu had a pretty impressive win, too.


    He killed a big man in armor with one shot.


    And it was a slender, pretty girl like Helu who did it.


    That''s because they''ll call on you.


    ''''Something like, ''I would love to have you as my wife! Some of them looked like that, but I punched them anyway.


    ''I think that''s the right thing to do, Helu.


    ...............................Tina was right about that.


    I''m not going to be able to get a job, but I don''t want to be under someone else''s thumb. It''s not just because I don''t like it, but because I want to live my life on my own then.


    Yeah, well, maybe it''s Helu-ish.


    Right?　So I said no to all of them, but I said I''d do this kind of thing where I''d accept the request as an equal. So I think this letter is probably that request.


    Haelu opens the letter and reads the contents.


    But as he is reading it, Helu begins to frown.


    It''s as if what is written in that letter is unpleasant.


    ''''Helu, what''s wrong?''''


    ''Hmmm, there''s some cumbersome request on there that I''m not sure if I''ll take... well, it''s cumbersome.


    What''s it like?


    "Kill the royals," he said.


    ...What?


    Along with Tina''s questioning words, everyone except Helu reacted with wide eyes.


    Helu looked at the situation curiously.


    ''''Hmm?　What''s going on?


    No, no, no, I mean I got a request to kill the royal family...?


    ''Yeah, I do. It''s too much trouble, isn''t it?


    ''No, I don''t think it''s going to take more than one word of trouble...''


    Helu doesn''t know what we''re here for.


    In other words, he doesn''t know that we have come to this Harzion Kingdom as spies, and that we are in the business of protecting the royalty of the Begonia Kingdom who are now visiting this country.


    So I guess the reason we are reacting so well is that we recognize that we are just surprised that we have received a request to kill the royalty.


    ''Helu, can you show me that request?''


    ''Hmm?　It''s fine, yes.


    Eulina receives and reads the letter with the request on it.


    Tina and Nina are reading it as if they are peeking out from both sides.


    I have to wait until the three of them finish reading it.


    ''''........I don''t know who from where sent this letter.


    Yeah, it doesn''t say his name.


    Maybe he''s a cautious aristocrat.


    The three of us finished reading and said so.


    I, too, was handed over by Yulina and read.


    ''''Huh!　That way...!


    Reading the letter, I couldn''t help but say so.


    When I heard of royalty, I thought it was His Majesty Leo and Christo, the two men from the Begonia Kingdom who were here as decoys.


    But........the written request was different.


    "Kill Princess Irene Haljion.