“Um, Sir. Alex. I would like to ask you to wait a little while before you attack the city of Ullarad. I want to evacuate the people of the city first.”
“No, wait a minute! Julie, what do you mean but attack the city!?”
“What? Aren’t you heading south to attack the city of Ullarad in the Shiina Country?”
After turning into a kid with Mami’s skill, satisfied each of them, and returned to my original form, everyone finally calmed down.
But just when I thought they had calmed down, Julie suddenly begged to let the inhabitants of the city of Ullarad — the city that lies ahead go.
“I have no intention of attacking the city of Ullarad in the first place, you know?”
“Then how in the world did you get from the demon territory to the city of Ullarad?”
“Well, it’s a long story, but I came here to cultivate the fourth demon territory at the request of the Adventurers Guild.”
For now, I explained to Juli how I came to the demon territory and the reason why I was heading south.
“I see. So you have a purpose to return those who were enslaved. However, Sir. Alex is ……”
“Hm? What’s wrong?”
“No …… This is very hard to say, but in the Shiina country, Sir. Alex, who was supported to become independent by the Emishy Country, was treated as an invader. This fourth demon territory was originally the territory of the Shiina country, so ……”
Ah, so that’s why Julie called us invaders in the first place.
Perhaps the Emishy Country is the country of Neve and Snowy.
If another country recognizes an independent country on its own in its former territory, it isn’t strange that it would be seen as an invasion.
The Adventurers’ Guild had told me that the reward was land, but becoming independent as a country would be a different story.
“That’s why the city of Ullarad is very wary of anyone coming from the north …… that is, from here.”
“You mean, the wall that Julie was talking about ……?”
“Yes. The wall is meant to keep out monsters from the demon territory, but if you go south from here, there is a really long wall. There are no entrances or exits, and the only way to come and go is through the sky, so the sky is always being watched, day and night.”
“Hmm. I don’t have the slightest idea to invade, but …… I guess the Shiina Country and the people of the city won’t believe me.”
When I told them that we just want to get information from the Shiina Country about whether we can send someone home…
“Then you can just go with us-pon! If it’s Alex in the form of a child, we can hide you-pon!”
“Yes! That’s a good idea! You can stay at my house while you are in the city of Ullarad.”
“We originally came here to get rid of the red dragon-pon. We got rid of the dragon, but if we say we need regular patrols, we can come and go as we please-pon!”
Mami and Julie suggested that I cross the wall in the form of a child.
I’m sure they know my name, but they don’t know what I look like, or if I enter, I can just revert back to my original form, which might not be a bad idea.
“…… Um, how many people can ride on that bird-like thing that Ms. Mami is using to go over the wall?”
“Hm, if they’re adults, three is the limit. I spend most of my time in the city looking like an adult, so Alex is the only one I can take now.”
“Kuh …… M-Mr. Alex. If you stay away from home too long, we will be in trouble! And if something happens, and we aren’t able to contact you ……”
I was thinking of going to the city called Ullarad to gather information, when Lydia asked me to wait for a little.
It would certainly be a problem if I could not contact them, so I should probably take a doll with me.
“How about Tsubaki’s doll? She looks about eight years old, and she can move. I think me and Tsubaki in our child form could ride Mami’s bird as one adult.”
“The eight-year-old Tsubaki …… well, I think that’s fine.”
Yes, if Sakura says so, then there’s no problem.
If it were only about looks, Nina or Mio’s dolls would be better, but Tsubaki, who is a Shinobi, would be better suited for hiding.
“Then it’s decided-pon! Once that’s decided, let’s get ready-pon! We can’t come back today, but we’ll be back as soon as I can-pon! I want Alex to be ready as well-pon!”
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Saying that, Mami calls the bird-like being and goes back south with Julie.
Lydia and Valerie are a little unhappy, but I appeased them because I want them to be able to go home …… and decided to infiltrate the Shiina Country.