"This is my pass."

“…… Kimma Evans? A merchant from the province of Kruchen? ”

"What, what's the problem?"

“…… No. ”

At the same moment, at the gate of Redcarr City in the Free World, a man who had lined up in a carriage in front of the guards took off his top hat and faced the Imperial guard who was checking his formalities with aristocratic courtesy. The buildings full of imperial style are also lining up a sea of red behind the two people, and the old style that is still the same is showing a messy scene that is difficult to hide at this time, and the imperial soldiers and adventurers who continue to enter and leave this place are also like the imperial soldiers in front of them, hinting at the chaos in the city to every visiting outsider with the seriousness and anxiety on their faces: "Sorry, Redkar is in an extraordinary time now, so we must strictly vet everyone who enters and leaves the city, Just in case some weirdos sneak into the city. ”

"We're sorry for the inconvenience, sir." He returned the pass to the noble gentleman in front of him, and the look of exhaustion on his face was then replaced by apology: "But this is our duty, so ......"

"Can you tell me what's happening in the Imperial Capital now?"

Another woman's voice then came from the carriage behind the carriage, accompanied by a wheat-colored face peeking out of the curtain of the carriage: "Why did you suddenly become like this?" ”

“…… Who is this? ”

"This is my wife."

Geeking to the back of the carriage, Kimma Evans, who was sitting in the coachman's seat, then introduced with an elegant smile: "We agreed to travel along the empire after the wedding, and we came here after a long detour, and we wanted to take this opportunity to enjoy the scenery of the imperial capital, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen......"

"That's a shame." So the Imperial Guard, who had retracted his gaze, shook his head lightly: "The security in the Imperial Capital is now much higher than usual, and it can't bring you any good sightseeing experience for the time being, and-"

"If possible, I hope you don't ask anyone else the question you just asked."

The rumbling of the open gate then echoed inside and outside the imperial capital with the passage of ruts, accompanied by the figure of several other imperial soldiers letting this ordinary carriage into the city, and the man who maintained the image of a noble gentleman then lowered his voice faintly after a period of steady driving: "Okay, let's come in." ”

"It's really tiring to act." Then came the girl's characteristic stretching and complaining voice from the carriage: "I don't know how you managed to survive with so many masks." ”

"It's just some survival instincts that have been cultivated in Tania." Shaking her head with a smile, the Queen of Darkness, who had once again transformed into Kima, replied in a low voice, "And if it weren't for your nod of approval, I wouldn't have been able to enter this place." ”

"Rest assured, there are as many things as the pass and the merchant wants." The girl in the carriage replied with a little excitement: "Remember to pay your share, and then patronize our chamber of commerce more next time!" ”

“…… Hehe. ”

Involuntarily let out two wry smiles, and Maggie, who touched her face, still maintained her disguised male voice: "You are really a peculiar person, if you don't let the head of the Roland family do it, you have to run out to run a business......"

"Because I have a burning merchant's soul!" The carriage resounded with the girl's excited roar, and then it leaked down like a punctured balloon: "And the affairs in the family are too troublesome, I don't want to show a false smile to these imperial nobles and His Majesty the Emperor every day......"

"But you're back now, take me with you." Maggie shook her head, "If you hadn't picked me up in Faris, I don't know what would have happened to me now." ”

"It's just easy, it's easy." The girl in the carriage who cheered up replied casually: "I just heard some rumors, so I was in a hurry to rush back to my hometown, and I met a down-and-out you on the way, so I picked you up again...... Hey, that's not right. ”

"Didn't you say you wanted to come here and have a look?" She lifted the curtain of the carriage, and at the same time looked at the back of Maggie, who was dressed as a male gentleman, with a surprised gaze: "I remember that it was because you happened to make such a wish, so I brought you here, am I mistaken?" ”

"That's true." Maggie, who answered her, shook her head: "But...... My purpose is just to find someone, and I came to the imperial capital just to get more clues. ”

"I know, I know, it's the gray-robed magician, right?" The wheat-colored girl at the probe showed a somewhat teasing smile on her face again: "The story of that Tanzanian city is very exciting, and it sounds fascinating...... Well, if you want to see that life-saver again, why don't you go to Tanzania City to find clues first? ”

"Because I'm afraid that those who covet me will catch me again." Ignoring the cunning look in the other party's eyes, Maggie looked up at the sky above the imperial capital: "Of course, I am still a little resistant to returning to that place again. ”

"Poor little one, he has suffered so much." Shaking her head slightly, the girl who shrank back into the carriage smiled and said, "But it doesn't matter, when we get to the territory of the imperial capital, we have the final say." ”

"Because this is my hometown."

The noisy voice with the chaos of the imperial capital suddenly began to move away with the girl's order, and the ordinary carriage then deviated from the avenue of the imperial capital, and while carefully brushing against the wall next to the alley, it drove straight towards the central district of Redkar in the north: "How about this shortcut?" Just turn right ahead and head north along Salis Avenue and – oops! ”

Walking out of the next alley, the carriage staggered slightly in the chaotic crowd that reappeared in front of it, and the expected bump turned into an emergency brake in the next moment, and stopped with the shouting of several Imperial people rushing to the street: "Romney! Traitor to the Empire! Get the hell out of here! ”

"It's you again! Do you still want to mess around here? ”

"Don't forget who you are, you prime minister's number one favored servant! Do you dare to say that you have nothing to do with last night's rebellion? Your days of smugness are over! ”

"Ha, don't think I don't know who sent you, your Koyan family is also half a catty! Do you dare not admit that you have a secret deal with the Date family? Recently, I also secretly bought two of their properties! ”

"You, what did you say?"

The noise rose in the nearby streets and alleys with the-for-tat confrontation between the two groups, and they became independent from the surrounding crowd with the sight of the group of people who suddenly rushed to the street and another group of guards guarding a mansion on the side of the street pushing each other together. ”

"You won't admit it, will you? Someone, call Captain Campas, I'm going to report them on the spot! ”

"You want the wicked to sue first? That Captain Campas was originally the second prince's person, do you think I don't know? ”

"Now you have to be called a prince! Now that His Majesty the Emperor has returned to heaven, he is the future Emperor of the Empire! ”

“…… Alas. ”

Above the carriage that had to stop because of the blockage, Lola, who poked her head out again, shook her head and retracted her gaze: "A group of real imperial nobles have begun to pretend to be princes before they get the exact news. ”

"If this is in the City of Freedom, I'm afraid that the other people of the throne will be killed on the spot on the charge of rebellion." Maggie also showed a mocking look: "I haven't stabilized my position yet, so I put my position out in such a hurry......"

"I'm sorry for pointing you to this path, I was trying to take a shortcut." Flattening her mouth, the wheat-colored girl who had already hid back in the carriage then muttered, "I didn't expect to encounter such a thing...... Why don't we call it? ”

"Considering the current situation in the imperial capital, it's better for us not to make trouble." Maggie covered half of her face with her hands: "There's no road, let's just take another way to bypass, in short, just rush to the central block, and then find the old mansion left by your family there, right?" We-"

A larger commotion was heard from the depths of the alley ahead, accompanied by a small wave from the two groups of people pushing and shoving, and a woman who had been pushed out of the crowd then appeared in the eyes of passers-by who were watching the farce, accompanied by a shout from one of the parties: "Get out!" ”

“……”

Staggering and falling to the ground, the white-haired woman, covered in mud and dried blood, did not fight as the others had expected, and her scarred body then wiped her unrecognizable face from the dirty and unrecognizable face, and silently climbed up from the muddy and messy ground. As if he didn't expect the other party to react like this, the noble general who had just pushed the woman to the ground then withdrew the weapon he had just wanted to lift, and the sound of breaking the air appeared in front of the noble member, smashing the figure he wanted to continue to look for trouble and flew away.

"Shadow Raid!"

Bang!

A discordant scream then rose at the end of the block, and the nobleman who had just raised his weapon disappeared behind the chaotic scene with a splash of blood, and the excessive speed also made his companions a little unresponsive, and the action of looking for the perpetrator just now was also raised in the chaotic crowd behind him with a deliberate fierce look: "Who? Who dares to attack us? ”

They watched the passers-by retreating, but for a long time they did not find any suspicious person, and then their indignant eyes moved to the ground, but they could no longer find the white-haired woman. The deliberately escalating tension then became a stumbling block for them, making it impossible for them to continue their search for the attacker, and the carriage, which had been crowded to the rear by the crowd, then turned around silently and staggered away at the other end of the street: "It's Miss Snow Spirit, right?" ”

“…… You are? ”

"Oh, I forgot that I'm still in disguise."

Nodding slightly, Maggie, who was sitting in the driver's seat, tugged at her male face: "I am Maggie, the one who was once sent to the altar by you in the events of Zaraha City and Sky City, and then rescued by you in Tanzanian City. ”

“……”

His eyes gradually widened a little, and Xue Lingphantom Ice then lowered his head again: "Yes...... That's ......."

"Miss, you look a little tired."

Glancing around the miserable body of the white-haired woman again, Maggie's voice then took on a hint of inquiry: "And it looks like there are still a lot of unhealed wounds...... Did you just go through some kind of big war? ”

"Sort of."

Knowing who he was being rescued by just now, Xue Lingphantom Ice cautiously curled up to the front of the carriage: "There was a big chaos in the imperial capital last night, and there were also a lot of battles, since you are also here, I think you should also know." ”

"No, we're people who just entered the city." Pointing to the carriage behind him, Maggie, who maintained the appearance of a male nobleman of the empire, shook her head with a smile: "So please be sure to introduce us to it, especially the current situation in the city...... Well? ”

She frowned, and halfway through her words, her gaze also fell on the back of Xue Ling's phantom ice, and her narrowed eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the void, constantly patrolling above the white-haired woman's back: "You ......"

“…… What's wrong with me? ”

also discovered the other party's abnormality, and Xue Ling's eyes, which had not been relaxed, became vigilant again: "What did you see?" ”

"I saw your wounds, just as I brought you back."

Silence took hold of the carriage for a moment with a pause in Maggie's voice, and then left again with a low chuckle from her, pointing at the other's back and then striking an innocent look, as if to divert attention with another suitable excuse: "You have a huge abrasion on your back despite using your cloak as a cover, right?" How did you get hurt so badly? ”

"Well...... this"

Her eyes flickered slightly, and the voice of Xue Ling's phantom ice became slurred, and after hesitating for a long time, her fingers followed her turn around and pointed in the direction of the hill where the palace was located not far away: "Of course it fell like this." ”

"If you fell from that height, you'd be what I am now."