"This is ......" After a month's deep sleep, the dark-haired teenager finally awakens near a gorge in the northern Eichingut Mountains.

I was hungry and my body was very heavy because of the lack of exercise during this time. The original clean and tidy uniform on the body has also been torn to- huh? Why are the clothes so neat?

Rien thought a little strangely. He looked at the strange and familiar canyon around him, at the black cat who seemed to be talking anxiously to him, and at the huge knight statue crouching beside him, without saying a word at this moment.

"What the hell am I ......"

"Did you just wake up?" Serenu sighed helplessly—ten minutes ago, when Rien woke up, she couldn't have been happier. She has had enough of the worries and worries of the past month.

It's just that the unnaturalness of Rien after waking up still makes Serenu feel a little uneasy. Do you want to use a spell to put him back to sleep and wait until his spirit is completely back to normal?

While Serenu was thinking wildly, Rien slowly regained his senses. In a drowsy state, he remembered everything that had happened during this time.

The prime minister was sniped and fell in a pool of blood. The murderer is Chloe, who gets along with him day and night.

Torista is attacked by coalition forces, and a group of instructors and collaborators work to protect the school and give the students a chance to escape.

At the last moment, the "Gray Rider" summoned by himself woke up from a long slumber in the old school building, and under his own control, repelled several attacks from the enemy.

Then - Chloe arrives in the "Blue Rider", and the two have a big fight. Without the weapons at hand, and without the experience of manipulating the gods, he naturally fell behind and was defeated by Chloe.

At the last moment, "Red Wing" arrived just in time - His Royal Highness Olibat and Viscount Victor personally commanded it, and Red Wing created enough space for Dawn while maneuvering with the Rider of the Firmament.

Serenu took it upon herself to give the order to escape—despite her own reluctance. Scarred himself, lying weakly in the cockpit, looking at the little figure representing his companions, gradually moving away......

"That's not right!" Rien suddenly said loudly, startling Serenu. He jumped up a little frantically and looked around anxiously.

"Have you finally come to your senses?" Seeing this, Serenu let out a sigh of relief, "Dawn Schwarzer." ”

"You...... Are you ......" Rien narrowed his eyes and looked at Serenu with some confusion - as if he had just woken up from a complicated dream.

"It's a pity...... These are all facts. Cold, and unforgiving. It seems that Serenu, who hesitated a little, didn't intend to use this method to deal a complete blow to Rien as soon as she came up - but she knew that things had progressed to the point where there was no time to delay, and in any case, she had to help the "Ash Initiator" cheer up as soon as possible.

"There's no time to hesitate. Because the wounds on the "Spirit Core" have not yet been fully repaired, it is not yet able to move. Serenu patted the Grey Rider on the side with her cat's paw, "You'd better think about yourself first—the Grey Initiator." ”

"Wait...... Initiator...... What's going on......" Lane looked confused, obviously not adjusting his emotions from the dream, "No...... Finally...... First of all, what happened? ”

“…… yes, I don't think you know. Sighing softly, Serenu said softly, reluctantly, "Okay...... This knight statue is the crystallization of technology from the period of ancient relics that has been sleeping for hundreds of years......"

"I'm not asking you this." Rien interrupted Serenu anxiously—for some reason, he had begun to vaguely remember the strange knightly statue in front of him, including its origins and the role it had played in the evolution of the empire, though it was definitely not his own experience—but he was most worried about his friends, classmates, relatives, and associates.

They- what happened? That's what Lane thinks, and that's what he asks.

"......" Obviously, Serenu's evasion was light, and it was easily recognized by Dawn. Therefore, after being lost for a moment, the black cat reluctantly told him: "Another initiator...... Have joined and worked for what you call the "Noble Alliance". "The Rider of the Firmament" Ordine - is the opponent you challenged and defeated. ”

The moment of "......" - the fierce battle of Class VII at the school gate, Crow's helpless and decisive smile filled Lane's mind. Still, he was puzzled - what happened after that?

“…… After that, you were not lightly injured, so I asked Valimar to get out of that battlefield for a while, and with the help of the Red Wing's high mobility as a cover, I managed to get you here. In order to heal you, it has been converting the spiritual power it has absorbed from the leylines into life force to repair your tired body—and since then, a month has passed, and your body has finally—"

"What did you say?!" Hearing the word "one month", Lane couldn't help but ask out loud.

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"That's terrible......" Marchias wrapped gauze around his calf—his well-dressed jeans had been torn open by the poisonous thorns on the edge of the bushes, and he was bleeding profusely. Heliga easily heals the wound with magic, but Macchias is still very uneasy and decides to wrap it himself in gauze to prevent infection, much to the amuse of Heliga and Emma. It's one thing to be ridiculous, though, and it's another thing that they've been gone for a whole day today. Although the threat that Helliga unleashed intentionally or unintentionally caused the originally ill-intentioned monsters to flee in fear, so they didn't actually encounter any threats from the monsters and beasts, but it was true that this road was a bit difficult for Emma and Macchias. Especially on those muddy uphill roads, the two of them still feel very tired even though they have been baptized by Tolz's militarized management and physical training.

"Alright...... A short walk ahead, we will cross the border of Sasarante and reach the town under the Eichingut Mountains. If we're lucky, we'll be able to find out where this afternoon. Heliga encouraged them. He used the direction of Hamel as the coordinates—the village coincidentally sits on the map, at a diagonal angle of 45 degrees to the left.

This map was obtained by Heliga from Cassius, and "Hamel" is still marked on the old map. Even if there are attempts to erase it from history, there are still people who commemorate its existence in a variety of ways.