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By the ties iped off theof the situation when they caoons who had prevented the situation fro orthy of praise, but that wasn't a tale of the outskirts, it was one of the central capital

Froe number of monsters had suddenly flooded into the area where they were peacefully living their lives The nu the town had perished, and the villages the ht opened up and noon was almost upon them, the monster cleanup had finally been coan around dawn, and they were finally completed at noon

The monsters had been taken care of before the sun rose

"It really is a"

Izumi tossed a monster corpse into the hole piled up with other bodies like it, pulling back as she watched Heleene fill the pit with a fiery breath

"We have to clean up quickly, after all When it coo much faster"

Even if they didn't have enough people, as long as they had a dragon they were a oon's ability Not flustering before over a thousand monsters, they finished their work in a day The oon were all wiped away by Keith It wasn't as easy as it sounded

"Keith… Lieutenant Keith is quite souy does his job I'd like hi as you properly do your work, our organization's hts"

As Izumi stood in conflicted sentihts appeared The horses they led along looked to be a size larger than the others Izuan talks

"Is there anything else?"

"No, as expected of the dragoons, is all anted to say We've got much to think over in this incident as well"

"I see, then you can return to your job The knight brigades should arrive within a few days"

Keith had already hts would soon rush in But it was hard to say howwith them

As it was a territory near the border, and there was some money invested into its er's way, then local arh, but the feudal lord who reigned over the town possessed his own knight brigade

"The least we could do is offer our thanks Well then…"

After lowering their heads, the two knights ed to those of eagles, and their front legs to a bird's as well Only their back halves remained in a horse state

When they took to the air, Heleene glared at thele roar into the sky, and the hippogryphs hurriedly soared out of sight

"Who are they?"

"Yeah, well… they're folks without a name"

Izumi mulled over whether she should ask any further, but Bennet made a troubled face, so she decided to leave it at that While they were talking, Rudel approached But their expressions were a little confused

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When Bennet ca on a wooden crate, a sleepy look on his face

All the knights had worked through the night The fatigue fro?"

"To hell hat's wrong! Why didn't you come sooner!? The town's a ot a wide face around the capital"

Theas a representative of town With his connections in the center, his attitude re to be a pain, but she didn't show it on her face Her tail simply dropped powerlessly in exhaustion

In the corner of her eye, she could see Aleist wrapped in a reed ed in cloth While he was desperately trying to cry so out, she couldn't understand what he wanted to say But having received an explanation frorasp of the situation

"Youus, but I'll definitely never let it happen!"

"Is that so In that case, do what you want The knight brigade should be couard you until then"

Bennet didn't see with the representative man, she called everyone to follow Aleist alone was taken off over Eunius' shoulder

All the gazes that fell upon the party came from unfavorable eyes It was only natural When they had suffered such casualty and loss, these folks would sit back in the center, showered in ined it, they couldn't help but feel irritated

"Major, in this case, I was nothing but a hindrance So I don't deser&8211;"

Feeling the eyes of the townsfolk, Rudel suggested he would turn down the rewards But Bennet shook her head After they had separated fro a ranted for the frontier You guys better re a tired face, Millia seemed perplexed Perhaps that explanation didn't satisfy her as she opened herout medals and rewards, shouldn't they use those funds for restoration?"

"That's the right way to look at it It's so righteous it's bringing tears to my eyes If that was possible, ouldn't have any troubles"

Bennet explained how in the territory on the border, there was the feudal lord's own knight brigade alongside some dispatched forces They were one of the dispatchments And when it came to the territory, that was the feudal lord's responsibility To be more precise, Bennet's dispatchation to save the thee powers called dragons that such a thing would never be perht even be attached

Dragoons were the heroes of Courtois But Bennet didn't think of herself as a hero For the sake of the country, she played the part of the ideal dragoon

Her expression distorting, Millia shifted her gaze from Bennet, so Eunius explained in her place Placed in a position where he had to use people, Eunius knew

"… This ive outit's about profit The country is the one profiting froeinally, the law states that the knight brigade and soldiers were supposed to deal with it But the borderland also has knights stationed by the country for national defense Well, I'uys were here as well"

Bennet took over Eunius' explanation Those guys referred to the knights in theto talk too much about them, Bennet retook the conversation a little forcefully

"If they co territories, soly at that On top of selling a favor to this territory, this tale will become the talk of the area The folks ant to put on airs will gather"

Once Bennet arrived at the tent they set up for camp, everyone took a seat Izu a bad turn The way Rudel worried for her looked considerably cute But Bennet spoke on for her subordinate and his couarantee everyone will be thankful It's more often that deainst"

As she took a fleeting glance at Millia, Millia averted her face Along the way, she heard that the representativeAleist

"But if we didn't coot in the e were fighting, and even if we save theave an irritated rebuttal to Bennet He didn't understand why they'd be insulted when they saved them Bennet recalled her experiences fro back on them warmly

"That's hoorks Or could it be you seriously thought you would be praised and lifted up as a hero? Lining nothing but pretty words won't help theer they had nowhere to place, they slaoing through such troubles and risking their lives to protect theht her mouth that far, she couldn't say the rest She couldn't see the value in going as far as to be insulted to save theard face, Izumi asked Bennet

"Major Bennet, what do you think of it?"

Bennet gave an i fact

"My? In my case, it's simple I do it because it's my job"

Based on how they were taken, those were cold words

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As they waited for the lord's knights to arrive, Millia assisted Rudel and the others in restoration work Theythe paths

Those works could generally be left to the dragons, so Millia helped the men out on patrol

"What about Izumi?"

"She was sent around to the food lines It would be harsh for the Major alone"

She spoke with Rudel Normally, Millia would've been put on the food lines as well, but cooking was her weak point What's more, she ell aware she would lower the efficiency of the work Because of that, Millia was patrolling with Rudel

Aleist and Eunius were currently on break and asleep It was a town that had just suffered tragedy, but if they let their guards down for a ather

There were also those who e In order to put checks on those sorts, it was their duty as knights to keep watch, or so Bennet taught the to help out"

Each tiun clearing away Ruble increased ever so slightly

While there were people whose occupations weren't an absolute necessity, once they finished clearing up, they opened up shop A bakery they passed by was distributing bread to people free of charge

"Oh, if it isn't the knights Take this with you"

The well-bodied proprietress of the bakery handed a brown sack of bread to Millia and Rudel There were loaves of freshly baked bread lining the front of the store, and while the inside still see from the chimney

"Eh? But…"

While Millia made a troubled face, Rudel paid it no mind and accepted the offer

"Thank you"

"Hahaha, just a bit of thanks for saving us Why not come over so up the bag of freshly baked bread, Rudel gave a response to ain Millia had been around him for a considerable aed