The Persians, one of the descendants of the Aryans, ruled this vast empire in Central Asia, but the once nomadic blood became the martial arts of this dynasty, striving to expand outwards and seek their own living space.

At one time, the territory controlled by the Persians spread from the Iranian plateau to Asia Minor, breaking through the continents and establishing a foothold on the side of Greece and Egypt.

Now, the king of kings of Persia is nostalgic for the territory and power of that time, and is ready to go west to conquer this unyielding region like Alexander once did.

The Roman Empire was the first target in front of them.

Because the Roman Empire's base in Asia happened to be the foundation of the Persian Empire, as long as it mastered this region and consolidated it, even if the conquest failed, the foundation of the empire would not change much.

But...... That was before.

"It's all nomads...... Although not Turkic, like finding a pure Persian, I didn't expect it to be so difficult. ”

As she made her way south along the Aral Sea, she saw nomadic tribes of all sizes, and improvised earthen towns built on oases.

"Indeed...... I didn't notice that......

Does this perhaps mean that there is such a big threat to the rear of Persia? ”

It seems that Uther had not noticed these conditions before, but in the blink of an eye he was connected to what is now Rome and Persia.

"Miss, what do you think?"

"Do I think? ……

Maybe the Persian Empire will throw some military power here and then contain the western army, but the two sides will still have a tug-of-war in the eastern provinces of the empire...

It's just a matter of time. ”

“…… Is it? ”

After listening to Erlie's words, he looked down and thought for a moment, then shook his head slightly.

"Anyway, Miss.

Maybe the next time you go to Sui or Yamato, the situation here will definitely change a lot, so please be careful. ”

I know you're talking about the Turkic and Persian problems, but I think the biggest problem is the Arabs below Persia...

Erri thought about it, and didn't plan to say anything more.

"That's right...... I need to go somewhere, there's something over there that I care about. ”

“…… What is that place? Miss? ”

"I don't remember very well, if I can find it, I'll go there, if I can't, forget it.

I just remember... The city is called ...... Persepolis? ”

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"Are you sure it's the location?"

Uther, along with the Messiah and Kessler, were suspicious because this was the former capital of Persia and, coincidentally, there happened to be a temple dedicated to the Holy Fire.

What embarrassed Erlie even more was ...... Shiraz, a city not far from here, which also happened to be the camp of the human priests, knew better that she had stayed in that city for another night.

"Maybe I was chased too closely......... That's why I rushed in without even looking at the road..."

Maybe it was the other party's self-confidence, or negligence, they never thought that a demon would dare to rush directly into the place where the sacred fire was enshrined, that would be no different from looking for death, so if Ellie could survive in the first place, it would really be fate.

After all, if she moves a little slower, or attracts more attention, then these human priests will immediately surround her, and then directly reduce her to ashes.

"But we don't need to go into town...... Back here, I still have some memories. ”

She also understands that it is okay to go into the city alone, and it will not be interesting for the rest of the people to go in together.

In addition, the destination she is going to is near Persepolis.

“…… It looks like a ruin......"

The first thing she saw when she came here was this, but she was right, all that was left was the ruins of the year, and the mess after the wind and sand attacked.

The walls were no longer distinguishable from the surrounding stones, but the pillars standing above the vast ruins were clearly visible.

Although the building has collapsed, the staircase on this side has been almost intact, and at the end of the staircase is a long relief painting depicting how Persia, the former king of kings, was unprecedentedly powerful and magnificent.

It's just that the only thing left for the five of them now is this one piece of ruins.

“…… Miss, you didn't come to see this, did you? ”

Looking at the familiar ruins, thinking of what he had done here, Uther was a little puzzled, this was the place where he first lurked among the humans, and slaughtered and plundered with the group of humans.

But why did the eldest lady find this place?

"Nature is not...... If it weren't for it, I wouldn't have known there was such a place. ”

The person who caused this kind of thing looked at the surrounding situation and seemed to be looking for something. It didn't take long for her to find a clue and run over quickly.

"Messiah, mercy, you two are optimistic about the eldest lady."

Uther couldn't let Erri mess around alone in this situation, so he immediately asked the two men to look favorably on Erlie, but the Messiah asked rhetorically.

"What about you?"

"I want to ...... Go find Kessler, he's been watching this place, and I'd like to see how it's going.

If anything happens, you take the eldest lady away first. ”

With that, he strode out of the place, leaving the two demons looking at each other.

Running to some small corner of the place, Ellie stopped, on this dry land, of course, there were no mounds of earth or anything like that, what she was looking for was a stone pile, a stone pile that she had built with her own hands.

"Nasir"

That's right, this is the place, she remembers carving the name of the other party on the largest stone here, and sending herself all the way here to thank it.

The traces of the flames had long since disappeared, and all that was left was the heat of the sun shining on the earth.

But when viewed from under the stone, there was only shriveled fur and exposed bones, and the contents seemed to have been eaten by something.

“…… Miss? ”

The Messiah, who looked inexplicable, flew over, but what he saw was a name written in Greek, so he was about to ask a question in a tone that deliberately lowered it by five points, for fear of disturbing Ellie.

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

“… Is that an acquaintance you know? ”

How could it be...... If there is still time to make friends in Persia, why not wait for the human priests to send him out of the city after washing and dressing?

“…… In the Roman Empire, the Saracens of the south, in the name of a friend, gave me a camel.

Now it's just a little sorry for them, and before it came out of Persia, it died. ”

“…… Saracens...

I remember you always cared about them? ”

He asked cautiously, not paying attention to the subtle expression on the side, as if he was a little dissatisfied.

"Just some speculation... I'll leave it to my mother..."

"Miss! There's a horde of humans approaching this way! ”