Chapter 376 – Transfer

000

When the joyous festival is over, the leaves of the giant tree, the main body of Yggdrasil, unfold their folded leaves and collect the light pouring down from the sky.

When night comes in this land where the sun does not exist, Cleon and his friends gather at the root of the giant tree, finish their long adventure and prepare to leave this realm.

“Finally.”

Cleon looks at the Frost Queen with pure sentiment.

What she holds in her hands is Mjolnir, which she retrieved from the Thunder Lord, and Anansi’s egg, which Cassius used.

“If you have this much magic, I think I can send you all to where you want.”

“Ah. As I said before, divide the place into two places.”

At Cleon’s words, the Frost Queen nodded her head.

Cleon, Gray, Cassius, and Amelia were in the banquet hall of the royal palace until they were thrown into the rift of another dimension.

And, Utgart, Sif, Moose, and Peruluca are sent elsewhere.

“Well, if guys like us suddenly show up in the palace, other guys might be surprised.”

At Sif’s words, Cleon bowed his head in an apologetic manner.

“It’s okay! You’ll be able to join soon! I’ve got the letter of introduction Mr. Cleon wrote for me!”

Saying that, Peru Luca raised the envelope containing the letter she was holding in her hand.

What is written inside is a letter of introduction from Cleon to Luti.

What Cleon asked of the Frost Queen and the four people was to send them to ‘Elesia’ instead of the royal palace.

Since Ellesia is a rural city, it is more tolerant of strange things than the people of the royal capital.

Of course, if you ask if it can accept Dark Elves, larger-than-human stag beetles, or spirits in human form whose heads are often set on fire…

It’s not that there isn’t anything to worry about, though.

For that part, there was trust that Sif, who had common sense and was quick-witted, would do something.

“Amelia.”

While Cleon thinks about it, the Frost Queen calls for Amelia.

Amelia then approaches her Frost Queen and bows her back to her.

“…You really helped me a lot. Her Majesty the Queen. I will never forget this grace.”

“I didn’t call you to hear such a story. I just wanted to see your face her one last time before we parted ways.”

The Frost Queen put her hand on Amelia’s head with a small smile on her face.

“…The road ahead of you, even compared to the hardships of the road you’ve walked so far, will not be able to compare its ruggedness. However, do not forget that there are people who walk by your side every time .When you grow up, even more so.”

“…Yes.”

Then, she hung something around Amelia’s neck her.

She is already the one with the pendant, but added to it is another accessory made of ice that does not melt.

Its shape was the face of a wolf seen from the side.

“—This one?”

Amelia looks at the familiar looking wolf.

“It’s an item that compressed the power of the hammer you returned. So that you can continue to use the power you gained here in your world. That power will be the key to overcoming the obstacles that stand in your way.”

“Go, thank you…!”

Does the Frost Queen even show Amelia’s future?

Perhaps, as the ruler of a realm, and as a human being who has lived for a long time, he might want to watch Amelia’s path to her.

“Cleon.”

Cleon, who was watching the two of them while thinking about that, turned to the voice calling him.

Standing there, including Freyja, were the comrades who had been left behind in this world with Illenu.

“When I first met you… I’m sorry I tried to attack you without understanding the situation properly.”

Hearing Freyja’s apology, Cleon blinked and burst into laughter.

“… What’s the point of laughing while apologizing?”

“Ah, I’m sorry… But, you don’t have to apologize. As the guardian of this realm, it was your duty to do it. I can understand it now.”

Hearing Cleon’s answer, Freya quietly nodded to him.

“…I, as a guardian of this realm. I have spent thousands of years as a guardian of Yggdrasil- and the other brothers and sisters… But among them, there is no one who can be called a colleague or a friend. There wasn’t.”

After Freya said that, he made a somewhat lonely face somewhere. He makes eye contact with Cleon and clears his throat with a ‘heh, heh’.

“That’s it. If you ask me what I want to say… Cleon. For me, you were my first colleague, chi, friend.”

“…I see. I owe a lot to you too. …Thank you.”

Cleon held out his hand and asked for a handshake, and Freya grabbed it.

“Here’s a kiss! Freya!”

“We, Yggdrasil-nim!? What are you saying!”

When Freya let go of Cleon’s hand, startedled by Yggdrasil’s sudden joke from the side of her.

Yggdrasil smiled and looked at Freyja.

Then, Illenu, who was watching the conversation from behind Freyja, approached Cleon and raised his hand to her.

“With this, goodbye. Forever.”

“——The word eternity that comes out of your mouth has an extraordinary weight.”

The four undead will exist until this realm is annihilated.

Unless he is exiled to the exile area again, he will never be reunited with Cleon.

“But I don’t think there will be any time to be lonely. Life here seems to be fun… “

She laughs and looks at the shadow under her own feet.

“It’s just a little bit, but there are still traces of Cleon in my world.”

“If he were me too, I wouldn’t want to leave my comrades’ side.”

At Cleon’s words, Illennu nodded and smiled.

“—Is this all?”

And looking at Cleon who finished her greeting, the Frost Queen opened her mouth and Cleon nodded her head.

“In that case. I will open the door. First, the magic swordsman. You and your colleagues can pass through. I will open the door to the place you came across and send you there.”

“—The banquet hall of the kingdom.”

Amelia looked a little nervous, but both Gray and Cassius seemed prepared.

“—Mr. Cleon.”

“…”

“When we go back, just as we said. Please.”

And, as Cassius finished speaking, the Frost Queen stamped her own wand into her land.

By dissolving the magical powers dwelling in Mjolnir, it opens a passage from the other dimension to the present world.

“Return. The brave men of this world. The seven worlds will bless your future.”

001

In the royal palace of the royal capital, in the banquet hall, the banquet of the night before was being held.

Aristocrats gather here and there, drinking glasses, discussing policies for this year and next, and discussing political facts.

Wherever you look, in a banquet hall that looks ordinary, you can see a few people busily running around.

“Beatrix! Eustes! How is it!?”

Aruru followed Amelia’s figure as she wandered around the banquet hall, but she was gone.

It must have been about 30 minutes ago, when a man suddenly appeared and disappeared after emitting a light so intense that it blinded him.

The imprisoned princess-Amelia, who must have been close to her, had disappeared.

Not only that, but also ‘Cleon’, whose existence must be felt because it is connected by an imprint.

And even Crown Prince Cassius, who was surrounded by nobles.

“I’ve been to the inside and outside of the banquet hall, but I can’t find you anywhere…”

“It’s the same here.”

In order to find the figures of the three, Beatrix and Eustes, who had been with Aruru, traveled all over the place together.

Aruru’s expression her became more and more serious when she could n’t find them anywhere in the palace.

—But, above all, the question is.

The point was that everyone gathered in the banquet hall was acting as if nothing had happened to the fact that they had disappeared.

Even if you ask the nobles who were with Crown Prince Cassius about him, they just say they don’t know.

It was to the extent that he could not tell whether he was here or not.

Even about Cleon, a prominent dark horse clan, no one answered.

“How the hell did this happen…”

Eustes put his head on his head as if he didn’t understand.

“I told you. You don’t have to worry about them now. They’ll definitely come back safely.”

And, approaching and talking to those three people, a man who could be mistaken for a giant with a height several heads taller than an ordinary person.

With a beautiful beard, he was the king of the eastern part of the continent and the father of Riomes, the beauty dyer.

Right before Cassius disappeared, he questioned the one closest to him, of course.

He only replied, ‘His Highness Cassius will be all right, so don’t panic and wait’.

“…What do you know, the beauty dyer?”

“I just believe in the story of His Highness His, Crown Prince Cassius. Miss Aruru.”

From the circumstances, it was clear that he had some knowledge of the situation, but he seemed unwilling to answer.

Aruru looked around once again while fiddling with her earring her—the blue crystal holy sword Arondaite.

A man wearing a grove and mask.

Although he could not figure out his identity, an ominous feeling continued to weigh heavily on his body.

Maybe, it might still be in it.

Then find them-

—At that time, I felt that something from the other side of the magical power was rapidly approaching my direction.

All the people who are sensitive to magic are in the middle of the banquet hall-

The song for the ballroom dance stopped, so I turned my gaze to the empty space-

Pajik, if you think sparks flew in the air.

As if, something like a snowflake of frost appeared there, drawing a circle in the air.

As the rim of the circle rotated, it gradually expanded its width.

Soon, four people emerge from within.

Of course, Aruru, Eustes, and Beatrix instantly took a combat stance, and then looked at the figures appearing from there with dazed expressions.

“Hey, Cleon…!”

“Senior!”

When the three of them run towards it at the same time, the Beauty Painter next to them also looks at Cassius.

Even though he was wearing a robe, he could still feel his energy.

Although I felt that something had changed a little.

When four people dressed in inappropriate clothes for a banquet hall suddenly appeared out of thin air, the people gathered there gossip.

“No way, that. Is she that imprisoned princess… ?”

“Then. Cassius-sama…? Why did he look like that…”

“There is also a clan of dark demons. …What happened?”

The same hum is heard.

Two people running towards Cleon – Eustace and Bea puck! I barely managed to get it to hit me hard enough to make a sound.

Aruru breathed a sigh of relief and met her eyes her.

“—Aruru. What time is it now?”

“…Is it time checking when you come back after disappearing? … It’s been a little over 30 minutes since Cleon disappeared.”

“Is it…”

—If that’s the case, this fact wouldn’t have been conveyed to Lyla, Quon, or Sasha yet.

I’m glad I didn’t worry, as I stroked her chest.

Gray, who moved with him, checks the physical condition of Amelia.

“Are you okay? Grey. Amelia.”

“Okay, I’m fine…”

“…”

Gray seemed fine with her body her, but Amelia felt the gaze of the banquet hall pouring toward her and hesitated a little, clutching her sleeve in her hand.

Cleon tries to tell Amelia something about her, but soon meets Cassius’s eyes her.

Seeing that Cassius nodded, Cleon put down his raised hand and waited for his words her.

“His Highness Cassius? Is this a performance of some kind? Why is it like that-“

And, of course, the nobles approaching Cassius.

Cassius raised his head towards them and then threw off his robe.

And at the sight of his appearance his, everyone else held their breath.

The Beauty Painter also made a sound close to a sigh, and some seemed to feel a physiological repulsion to the point of nausea at the sight of it.

This is because Cassius’ half-body his was twisted by his magical power his while living inside the rift of another dimension, turning it black as if it had rotated away.

“Ka-His Highness Cassius!? What the hell does that look like…! Are you really His Highness His?”

“Everyone, I want you to listen with peace of mind. I am Cassius himself, and this figure is just… An incurable disease.”

Where should I find reassurance in his words?

The eyes of all the nobles gathered in the banquet hall focused on him.

“I was in a gap in another dimension a little while ago. I went through a situation where I could die there- but the three people on this side. “

“…Majesty?”

At those words, Amelia looked at Cassius in surprise.

Of course, it was true that they had saved Cassius from the Thunder Lord, but there was no need to exaggerate this much.

But——the next words Cassius continued, blocked Amelia’s mouth her.

“…There’s not much I can tell you- but I’ve spent over a year in the rift of another dimension. It might be 30 minutes to you, but to me it’s been a year. To the point where I miss this banquet hall and the people around me.”

In the silence of the people around him, Cassius did not stop and continued his speech.

“However, when I was in such a crisis, I realized my powerlessness to do anything. …And even if I took over the rule of the kingdom, I couldn’t protect it from the forces of evil. I felt it painfully . Is.”

“Your Highness, what-“

As if he would not allow anyone to interrupt his words his.

Cassius blocks the words of the Minister of the Kingdom who is trying to stop him, and then speaks.

“Therefore, here, I have decided to give up the position of succession to the throne. I have decided to transfer my succession rights to ‘Amelia Chaldearis’, who is of the same royal family.”

“──”

A freezing silence fell in the banquet hall.

Cleon’s eyes widened, and the smile disappeared from Gray’s face.

And, the most started Amelia, she involuntarily steps behind her.

At the scene of an event that will greatly shake the history of the kingdom.

The gears that had been stopped started spinning with a loud noise.