Chapter 563 – The Ring and the Man With Glasses

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The room in the royal palace with antique decorations and high ceilings, the traces of time felt on the walls and decorations tell how old this building was and how strong it was built.

In addition, each piece of furniture placed is carefully crafted by artisans, and it feels like a work of art made with the mind of the owner who uses this room, not a simple ‘product’.

That much, it was proof that the artisans sincerely respect the person who uses these furniture, with the degree of perfection.

Truly, in a place that fits the description of the king’s room, Cleon was meeting the beauty dyer.

In a quiet space where not even the sound of breathing echoed, the only thing that moved was a beautiful flameman holding a report in his hand with his body his still.

I don’t know how long the report is, but it must have been about 15 minutes since he started reading it.

Cleon and Amelia waited quietly for the reaction of the beauty dyer with a nervous expression.

And, when he finally started to move, he closed his eyes for a moment.

He seemed to be pondering something, then put the papers in his hands on the desk and let out a small sigh.

“You’ve had a lot of trouble going a long way. And… Thank you for bringing the report.”

To the beauty dyer’s polite expression of gratitude, Cleon answered while bowing his head slightly.

“Aaron helped me a lot in many ways. Thanks to that, I was able to have no trouble exploring the dungeon.”

“Hmm. She’s a sincere and kind woman. I’ll take care of the complete closure of the dungeon. As for Aaron and the officials deployed under her.

While saying that, the beautiful flamer brushed his beard for a moment before asking Cleon a question.

“Were you able to find information about Lesia-dono?”

Is he, too, concerned about the hero Lecia?

Cleon nodded and explained most of what he saw in the dungeon.

Amelia, who was listening by her side her, also nodded from time to time, guaranteeing that Cleon’s words her were true, and after hearing all of Cleon’s explanation her, Beauty Painter nodded as if she understood.

“Yes… Nemea… Is he the throne lord?”

Somewhere, Cleon cautiously asked a question in response to the reaction of the beautiful flamer, who spoke as if he knew to some extent.

“Did you know?”

“I knew about Aaron’s family, so to some extent. But that’s it. In order to get the Duke of Lecia back, it seems that it is necessary to solve the problem about Adam after all.”

Amelia opened her mouth as if sneaking into the conversation.

“The Beauty Painter was also looking for Lesia-sama.”

“As far as I know, she is the most reliable and strongest warrior in the world. In a situation like this where the continent is in chaos, the appearance of a hero is necessary.”

To his words her, Amelia nodded as if agreeing.

‘…’

[When a great calamity comes to the world, there will be a flash of light to dispel the darkness. He must be a courageous man who carries a sword entwined with holy power and cuts down evil.]

That is the common sense that the Order of the Protection of Saints has spread to this world.

However, the very existence of the holy sword and the warriors who use it was a concept that existed even before the Saint’s Protection Church was created, and the church is just using it as if it were their own doctrine.

To that extent, for people living on the continent, it was ‘common sense’ that ‘heroes’ and ‘sacred swords’ were beings who would solve the world’s difficulties.

However, it must be that ‘Adam’ is a troublesome enemy to the extent that even the existence of a beauty dyer wishes for the return of Lecia.

It would have been nice if Lesia could find traces of her in the ruins she visited, but most of what she found out was related to Nemea.

And maybe it was just that she confirmed the conditions to summon Lecia back to this world.

In the end, that condition was to solve the problem with Adam, so the remaining friends on this continent had to do something about it.

“The world is looking for a hero…”

At Amelia’s words her, Beauty Painter nodded her head, and she and her Beauty Painter simultaneously looked in Cleon’s direction her.

“…Yes?”

Because Cleon was lost in his own thoughts, he hadn’t heard Amelia’s words immediately before, but he looked back at the two of them with an expression as if what was going on at the two people’s gazes toward him.

“No. I just thought that saving the world doesn’t always have to be a hero…”

And, when the beauty dyer answered with a small smile, Cleon tilted his head as if asking what a new story he was talking about.

“I was thinking of doing that from the beginning. I have absolutely no intention of waiting for a hero to appear.”

“For him too, excavation of artifacts and ruins must be important.”

When Cleon nodded at the words of the Painter, the Painter continued the story while sweeping his beard.

“When the Five Elements Festival ends, we will send an excavation team to the Dragon Mountain Range. And if there is a home base for regressors, there will definitely be a big battle.

A gigantic weapon-type ruin structure that should be dormant in the Sarong Mountains.

It is unknown how much power Adam had, but it was the party who thought that they should at least prevent the other party from obtaining the artifact.

“Then…Until that time comes, it will be important to thoroughly prepare for the Five Elements Festival and safely pass the visit of those who pursued Princess Amelia under the guise of an envoy from the kingdom.”

“The five elements system… Come to think of it.”

On his way here, Cleon remembers what he heard from Pamela.

To purify the organs of the earth, not only priests and priestesses, but also the power of the Earth Dragon were needed.

However, Dryne, a resident of the Eastern country, said she had never heard of such a thing.

After hearing all of Cleon’s story, the flamethrower seemed to be thinking about something while stroking his beard for a while.

No, in a way, it seemed a little flustered.

It was the first time he had seen that beauty dyer shaken in front of them, so Cleon couldn’t help but be a little surprised.

In any case, he seemed to be thinking for a while…

“What you just said – I’ve never heard of it. The Earth Dragon… If you say Earth Dragon- you’re talking about the Earth Dragon Gaios.”

Cleon nodded at his words his. However, to say that even the Beauty Painter has never heard of Pamela’s story is…

“But, Pamela’s face her… Didn’t look like she was lying.”

Okay. She definitely has a bit of a flirtatious side, but she’s not a character to lie to.

So, if you think rationally, you can just sort it out with what she misunderstood…

As expected, Cleon was something that bothered him.

First of all, let’s get it sorted out.

There are two problems that are happening in the spirit vein of the Eastern country.

The first is ‘a phenomenon in which mana is excessively accumulated on the ground’.

In this place where the magic dragon veins of four attributes pass at the same time – in the Eastern country, there was a ‘sacred tree’, a medium that absorbs and stores magic power, so it was able to enjoy abundance for a long time .

However, if anything is excessive, it will cause a problem, and unless the mana accumulated in the ground is periodically released, the excessive accumulated mana will cause problems.

What is needed to solve this is the ‘Ambassador’s Orb’.

Did you say he went missing decades ago?

Now that the ambassador’s orb was gone, Tokoyo was still working hard to train Quon into a single Miko in order to resolve the situation.

And- the second problem is related to organs that accumulate on the ground.

As I said above, a lot of mana gathers in this land.

Magical power is now an indispensable element in human life, but even so, as magical power is not purely for the sake of humans, there are cases in which bad things flow in addition to that magical power.

That’s a long term

In the land where life grows, it is close to ‘miasma’, and in places where organs are dark, crops do not grow properly, and the power of animals and plants gradually disappears.

It is said that the damage can be prevented with the magic of abundant natural elements to some extent, but if organs continue to accumulate, the ground itself will rot and become unusable.

For example- such as becoming a wilderness where not a single blade of grass grows.

However, it is possible to purify organs, using divine magic or extremely natural elemental magic.

If it’s divine magic, it’s used by priests and shrine maidens-

Speaking of natural elemental magic that is extremely close to the original.

Dragons are one of the few beings capable of manipulating the elemental magic of nature, just like the dragon word magic Layla used against the Beast.

I don’t know if Pamela knew about it or not, but it wasn’t difficult for an Earth Dragon to purify the organs accumulated in the earth itself.

That’s why her story is more persuasive.

This fact was well known to both Cleon and the Beauty Painter, so it was impossible to dismiss it as just a child’s misunderstanding.

And one of the things that backed it up was the increasing number of ghosts and ghosts.

“Everything I know can’t be true. So, I’ll investigate. Maybe, something new we didn’t know might be discovered.”

Cleon nodded at the words of the beautiful flamer.

If there was a possibility- and if that possibility was a matter directly related to the safety of the people under his rule his, the Beauty Painter had an obligation to check it.

“I’ll contact you if I ever find out anything. But… As the Five Elements are few and far between, I can’t guarantee that I’ll be able to find the answer.”

“We’ll help too! If what Pamela said is true, you’ll really need the Earth Dragon’s power.”

To Amelia who said so, the beauty dyer nodded.

Then, according to that, Cleon also opened his mouth and said this.

“Perhaps, finding the Earth Dragon ‘Gaios’ and asking him directly could be a way.”

“…Without even figuring out whether it’s true or not, the Earth Dragon…?

Amelia tilted her head as if questioning Cleon’s proposal.

But, on the contrary, Beauty Painter nodded her head while stroking her beard as a habit.

“Because there is not much time until the Five Elements… Even if what Pamela said is her misunderstanding of her, if she can find traces of the Earth Dragon on her own, that would also be an advantage.”

“Is that so?”

When Amelia tilted her head at Cleon’s words, Cleon nodded her head in reverse and continued his explanation of her.

“Yes. It will be more certain if we can borrow the dragon’s power to solve the problem of the earth organs.”

That means, even if what Pamela said isn’t the truth, let’s really make it true.

In other words, she judged that if she could find the missing earth dragon, Gaios, she would be able to solve the long-term problem of the land.

“But… Is that okay? No matter how much the dragons do not intervene in the human world, they are ruthless towards those who come to them or those who try to steal their treasure.”

At that, Cleon smiled bitterly and nodded his head as he rubbed the ring on his finger her with his hand her.

“Yes. Probably, it will be fine.”

“…If you say so, it must be so.”

Cleon quietly nodded at the voice of the beautiful flameman who had high confidence in himself.

Of course, there was an additional story not to overdo it.

If you can find the earth dragon Gaios and ask him to purify the land, the burden on the priests and shrine maidens will be greatly reduced, and you will be able to divert those people to other places.

Besides, Cleon hadn’t yet considered Pamela’s illusion an illusion.

Because-

It was because the ring he was wearing on his hand she had been vibrating, albeit weakly, since ‘Pamela’ uttered the word Earth Dragon.

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When Cleon and Amelia left the throne room after reporting on this incident, Amelia let out a small sigh and placed her hand on her chest as if her tension was relieved.

“…I know that you are a kind person, but… After all, I can’t help but feel nervous.”

Cleon smiles bitterly at Amelia’s words her.

That big, basically frowning face.

And, with his low-pitched voice his and his body his like a rock, it was daunting just to hear him speak normally.

[Huh. Now I can finally go back to my dorm~]

And, Caliburn bursts out the voice she was holding back from her waist.

[Well, there will be many things waiting for you when you go back.]

Galatea agreed with Caliburn’s words and was about to say hello to them for their hard work.

“Excuse me… Are you, by any chance, Prince Cleon… ?”

Cleon flinched at the voice of a man approaching and talking to him without a trace.

Then, there stood a man from the East in his early thirties smiling weakly.

The clothes worn by the palace vassals and aristocrats of the Eastern countries could have been identified.

Somewhere, it would be an rude but not wrong feeling to feel that the clothes don’t suit him.

He had brown ponytails and was talking with his back slightly bent like a cat.

The lack of confidence in his expression his, his creeping voice his, and his thick-rimmed glasses his further weakened his impression of him.

“By the way… Are you?”

“Ah, that’s right. It seems like I was hit… I’m glad. I’m… That… As a subject of the Eastern country, I’m ‘Tenchi’… Who swears allegiance to Mr.

Watching him lightly reveal his name her, Cleon nods his head.

“Tenchi… Is it?”

“Uh, I heard that Prince Cleon has been working with Beauty Painter to solve various problems lately… I have something to tell you, so I dared to speak to you… By any chance, were you busy…? “

“No. I was just about to leave this place because my audience with Beauty Painter was over.”

Cleon is worried on the contrary, but he sees his expression brighten when he hears his answer.

And with a relieved expression, he continues to speak.

“This is a story about the assassins who attacked you…”

“Assassin…?”

Cleon fell silent for a moment, then opened his eyes wide and looked at him again.

It was because from the moment he said that, the dragon ring, which suddenly reacted on Cleon’s finger his, was showing a stronger reaction.

“…Why do you know? The only ones who know that fact are me and Amelia, and the beauty dyer who received the report.”

“…”

Hearing Cleon’s question, he smiles and holds his hand his.

“I’ll explain that as well… Please, don’t refuse. In order to- guarantee your lives.”

His eyes his saying so-

I couldn’t see it because I closed my eyes to keep my smile.