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Successfully driving everyone out, Emilia passed by theby her in that elance at the other When her back faced his, he quietly called over

"You play well"

"Ohled, Emilio's mood took an unpleasant turn The voice she replied in was the feht around now, all the hindrances are in the sky… the dragoon's powerful partner is leaving the castle The higherups will rejoice"

E under But he also knew thehim

"I wonder about that You've already failed once before"

"Those words had soone by, I'll have the to plan"

"I suppose I should tell you to do your best It does seem those of the Gaia Empire obstructed you last ti that, Emilio narrowed his eyes He warned himself not to let any emotion leak into his voice Over his clothes, he touched the egg-shaped pendant in his breast pocket It was a precious memento of hisfor the lifestyle of the coan serving her, I spoke of things that would make her yearn for a common life What she couldn't experience in her liive the princess a dreas But I never thought that would prove useful here of all places A princess whose face goes red froist of what theto say Cleo was much too dense to the malice around her In her eyes, there were places where the ill-natured surroundings were only natural

(I doubt she will find anything off How truly pitiful…)

The hts

"… She truly is a pitiful girl Her life taken without being of the slightest use, her days ending with her unable to acco What's hter thatherself so h Once everyone has returned, I will go out to meet up with them The location is…"

"If you'll have them come to the central plaza, ill handle the rest"

The maidservant walked off Fro E had happened at all

(That's right, this ti his hand froly walked down the corridor A resolve was beginning to seep into his expression

(Notaken off from the palace courtyard, Sakuya housed Rudel and Izumi, and Millia, Cleo and the party of three on her back

"B-boss! The sky's scary!"

"Let's fly a little closer to the ground!"

"We're really high up! If we fall, we're gonna die!"

"If I fly lower, there will be collateral dae You'll have to put up with it"

The three fell to all fours on Sakuya's back, their faces pale, their bodies shaking as they tried their hardest not to look down Rudel instantly vetoed their request

In contrast, Cleo was…

"Aoon can obtain!"

Delighted

"That's right! The sky only a dragoon can see! In order to get it in e!"

Every tihted as well Alained soirl

From the point of view of Izu as they kept a close eye to ht

"Rudel, can't you fly a little safer? And Cleo-sama, please take a seat and hold onto the handrail"

Like a horse, Sakuya's back was furnished with equipage, and her equips that ons of the gaia variant were slohen it cae quantity of goods, they were a priceless addition to the dragoon brigade's rear logistic support

In battle, their slow speed and large bodies had theets, but even so, with their skin and scales that kept away norreatest destructive power As a subspecies of such a race, it didn't matter to Sakuya if there were seven people on her back

"In the first place, why did they give per the princess out like this shouldn't be allowed… ah, co the academy"

When Millia spoke of the pink-haired expressionless princess, Cleo showed a degree of interest But rather than the second princess Fina, she was interested in the academy

"The academy, is it? A school that even royalty can attend sounds wonderful"

"And wonderful it is! I especially enjoyed the fundamental curriculum's interclass tourney, and the upper classmen's' individuals' tournament"

At Rudel's statements that made it seem as if co

"No, you're just a special case"

Rehting, Millia put a damper on his spirits

"What makes you say that, Millia, you took part in a match in your fifth year as well! I think Aleist's confession prevented you froth, not that I think about it, that was a legitimate tactic and…"

Millia turned red to her ears as she cried out

"Don't talk about that!!"

Not wanting to remerew interested

"It sounds a, Courtois' academy… my country does not have such an educational institution, so I find er tribe ed blows&8211;"

"Rudel, don't you think we've had enough of that topic You're giving the acadee"

Izuh

(I hope this takes her mind off it a bit)

Rudel looked at the ot into a girls' conversation, he stared hard at the ht

(… It's a bit too far fro happens and I have to call Sakuya, it will take too ht have been a failure)

Revoking it noould be a disservice to Euard Cleo, Rudel knew that keeping Sakuya close would be the best deterrent Right, just a deterrent

(No, did they fear Sakuya conducting couard mission, we'll need Sakuya to serve as transport)

If Sakuya was caught up in a battle near the palace or castle town, the surrounding area was instantly be turned to aback, Rudel was cautious in that field In the case that an enemy attacked, he would have Cleo board Sakuya to evacuate her into the sky

That alone would prevent ene her That was how he saw it, and he wasn't considering to have her take part in battle

(It's a bit worrisome they don't seem to have any intent to protect her Well, I'm the one who made the proposal, but… I should keep cautious)

None too knowledgeable on the internal affairs of other countries, the fact his own country wasn'tto notice therewithin Celestia

It was strange frouards, they invited in the dissatisfaction of the knights, what's hpale faces

(Their loyalty aside, if they're this unusable, I )

They were spies from the other force… he tried to consider, but they were too unreliable for that He thought theytheir real skill, but at least fro them, that didn't seem likely And they had the mind to serve Cleo from the depths of their heart

(They're a sort… I've never had around me)

As far as Rudel knew, that type of retainer didn't exist on his hoh of the opposite- those that row tired of them Because of that, he found himself just a little envious of Cleo

(But whatever the case, we should be nearing the li of the princess' stamina, we should descend and take a short break)

It was nothing h the sky, but for those unaccustomed to it, the stamina expenditure was intense Rudel decided to land and take sonated point is over there"

'Uwah, it's a warround could look war froht? It'll be hell if an eruption occurs"

The villages he spotted around ures would be severe But near the volcano was a forest that had seen a good number of years

"Ah, we're perfectly fine The sort of eruptions I hear about from other lands never happen in Celestia"

Rudel inclined an ear to Cleo's explanation as he had Sakuya lower altitude

"The guardian deity is in a different one… a shrine in the volcano you can see over there, but because of his protection, eruptions never occur Not since the founding of Celestia… so at the very least, there hasn't been one in two hundred years"

On her words, Izule major eruption in a few hundred years?"