933: Request from Mea

Today marked the fifth day since Fran woke up.

I wanted her to relax until her muscle soreness healed completely, but I guess everyone else couldnt leave her alone.

Mea visited this morning, bringing up the subject. They had been meeting every day, but todays Mea looked serious.

Fran, I have a favor to ask you.

Got it. What should I do?

R-Really? I havent told you anything yet.

Ill do anything for you as long as its not impossible. So I can agree in advance.

Fuahaha! Thats my friend! Worry not, it is a simple matter. I am not always so reckless!

Mea laughed and turned to Urus.h.i.+, who was standing next to Fran.

To be honest, this is more of a request for Urus.h.i.+ than you. I need a message sent to Nocta.

Woof?

Message? Isnt there a magic tool for that?

The communication tools in the Adventures Guild, Dragon King Syndicate, and Sanatorium were all destroyed during the incident. Part of the Dragon Kings scheme, Im sure. The only way to contact the outside is to send a messenger.

It seems that Mea, Sophie, and Velmeria held a meeting with other influential people in the town, such as the trading company presidents and the womens a.s.sociation chairwomen. They decided to spread word of the Dragon Kings misdeeds.

As a result, they dispatched a number of trustworthy and speedy messengers to get the word out to the other cities.

Now that Lind is finally back in action, hes going out as a messenger to the distant cities.

You can call Lind again?

Indeed! Thats why Im trying to leave town as soon as possible.

Oh, is it still pretty bad?

Its actually gotten worse now that Lind is back.

The news spread about Meas sword being a divine sword. As one might expect, like a hundred people have already tried stealing it from her.

However, it was the dragonkin who reacted even more intensely. To them, Lindwurm was not just a weapon, but a G.o.dly ent.i.ty.

Many dragonkin constantly crowded around Mea, asking to see her blade. At first, Mea and Quina took advantage of this trend to increase the reputation of the Beastmen Union, but they quickly got fed up with the overly persistent dragonkin.

The ones simply wors.h.i.+ping it were fine, but some of them demanded the blade be handed over to the dragonkin race.

Although Quina got rid of them quickly enough.

Ah.

Royal status was pretty worthless on this continent, but Mea was still technically a princess. Demanding a divine sword from royalty wasnt something they could let slide.

Wait, dont tell me That story about a rowdy dragonkin gang finding a severed head on their doorstep Was it just a rumor, or did Quina actually go that far!? s.h.i.+t!?

Whats wrong, Master?

No, its nothing. I was just thinking about how we should never make an enemy of Quina.

Wow, youve finally reached that level! Indeed, youd best not go against her. You never know what kind of punishment she might give you!

Mea glanced around the room after saying that. Quina has you completely trained, huh?

Enough about her. Lets get back to the main topic, shall we? I would like you to head to Nocta, making use of Urus.h.i.+s immense speed. How about it?

Master, can we do it? Im also worried about Auntie.

Frans muscles are pretty much healed now, so it sounds fine to me.

Woof woof!

Urus.h.i.+ barked, his chest puffed out as if to say, Ill take care of it. I guess he was getting tired of lounging around in the Sanatorium.

Then Ill bring over the letters for you to carry soon. Depart as quickly as possible.

Nn. Got it.

Leave it to us.

You can decide whether or not you want to return to Sendia. Theres barely any antidemons left around here, so it would be pretty boring either way.

Okay.

If only I could move as well as you Give the antidemons h.e.l.l on my behalf.

Nn! Im on it!

From there, it was pretty quick.

Within an hour, Mea returned with a bruise on her forehead from what appeared to be an iron claw, and handed us several letters. Apparently, she had made a mistake and gotten punished by Quina.

I bet Mea made a slight remark about me agreeing with how terrifying Quina was. S-She wont be mad at me too, right? Lets not come back to Sendia until things cool down.

Okay, Im heading out.

s.p.a.ce-time casters sure have it nice because of how quickly they can move.

Heheh. Super convenient.

Fran, Master, Urus.h.i.+, Im counting on you all!

And then, one full day pa.s.sed.

We headed for Nocta riding on Urus.h.i.+s back, and that familiar huge wall came into view.

I see Nocta!

Woof!

Its the same as before.

Such a huge horde struck at Sendia, so I was worried about Nocta But there it was, exactly the same as it looked before.

It seems Nocta successfully repelled the antidemons. The city had way over ten times as many adventurers and soldiers than Sendia, so thats not surprising.

Once inside, we found the place bustling as usual. No, actually, there were even more people than before.

We could clearly tell by walking through the crowded streets. There must have been a large influx of refugees from illegal villages similar to Castel, or adventurers who intended to operate with Nocta as their base of operations.

There were also a few dwarves and demonkin here and there. Maybe they came after hearing that their queens were in the city.

Actually, no one seemed to be celebrating any victories. Did Nocta even get attacked in the first place?

We headed for the Adventurers Guild while observing the surroundings. There, we met a familiar face.

Sis!

Diggins!

The happy bearkin running towards us was the Rank B adventurer, Diggins. He was one of the guys who fought with us at Castel.

I could easily tell Fran was happy to see Diggins again. I guess she now thought of him as a comrade-in-arms.

You stayed in Nocta?

I was asked to take care of Nadia-san, so theres no way I could leave her now!

Whoa, it seems he actually stayed in Nocta to protect Nadia.

Was Nocta okay with the antidemons?

There was one attack, but we all made it through! Its just, this season seems to have a really strange distribution of antidemons. The number at Nocta was really low for some reason

I guess the Dragon Kings men dragged even the antidemons near Nocta to Sendia. No wonder there were so many of them.

What about Auntie?

Nadia-san hasnt woken up yet.

Oh

Shes at Mulsanis mansion right now.

Master, can I go see Auntie first?

Sure, I want to know how shes doing too. Lets go.

Nn. Thanks, Diggins.

See you at the Adventurers Guild later!