It's night, and the moon is in the sky.

In the end, Louise and her party chose a medium hotel.

Pache went to bed early, and Valudo and Louise seemed to return to their rooms.

As Louise's exclusive maid, Shesta did not rest after serving Louise to sleep, but came outside the hotel alone.

"The ......"

Blown by the cold wind of the night, Shesta couldn't help but shrink back.

-- She hasn't reached the realm of cold and heat immunity.

Observing her surroundings, Shesta finally found an uninhabited clearing.

The little maid ran to the open space in a hurry, pulled out the Emei thorn on her waist, and cultivated seriously one by one.

Although it was late at night, the harbor pulled? As a transportation hub, Roschel is still lively and bustling at this time.

In almost all hotels, mercenaries and adventurers from all over the world, as well as public servants sent by various countries, are partying all night long.

It's just that in the vicinity of the open space where Shesta practiced, it was extremely quiet.

Only the sound of the maid waving her twin thorns piercing the air echoed.

"Row the clouds!"

"Partial clothes!"

"Flowlin!"

"Dancing Dress!"

……

Every move and style, Shesta practiced it seriously, without the slightest sloppiness.

Tear down the paulownia flowers, quiet like a virgin.

The wind dances neon, and the thorny green sleeves are bent.

Shesta, who could only be regarded as cute, actually revealed a bewitching attitude when she danced her twin thorns.

Not far away, sitting on the mountain rock, Yakumo Mo looked down at Xie Sita, who was working hard below.

"What a hard girl."

Suddenly, Yakumo Mo discovered. Not far away, on the balcony of the second floor of an inn carved out of the mountain rock, a man was standing.

Varudo.

In the night, Varudo stood on the balcony, silently watching Shesta practicing in the clearing below.

Then, Varudo turned and entered the room.

It wasn't long before he walked out of the hotel's door. Came to Shesta's side.

The two seemed to be chatting about something, and with the ears of Yakumo Ink Youkai, it was easy to know that Varudo had sent an invitation to Shesta to discuss it.

-- Just like the original Anies.

Shesta seemed hesitant, then nodded in agreement.

"Interesting ......"

Yakumo Mo, who sat on the mountain rock, curled the corners of his lips.

“…… Do you want to hear the truth and the truth? ”

On the way here, although Valudo was extremely secretive, Yakumo and Pache still sensed that this guy was secretly in contact with someone.

With the relationship between Ann Lietta and Louise, any questions will definitely be asked directly.

In other words, this Varudo is no longer Anrietta's person.

Perhaps allegiance to other great nobles in the kingdom.

Or maybe...... Are you from other countries?

Yakumo and Pacouli, who have already labeled Valudo as villains. Because Louise's trust in Valudo was not directly exposed.

It's a fox, and it's always showing its feet.

Yakumo also vaguely guessed that the purpose of this Valudo was the Welsh crown prince.

In Yakumo's thoughts, Valudo was already fighting with Shesta.

Swords and swords, you come and go.

As the captain of the Griffin team, in addition to his magical power, Valudo's swordsmanship is also quite good - at least not on par with Anies.

However, before becoming a knight, Anies was an ordinary person who could not do magic. After becoming a nobleman, he only specialized in swordsmanship and shooting, and still couldn't do magic.

Compared with. Valudo, who attacks with magic from time to time in between battles, is stronger than Anies.

But Shesta's progress over this period has also been impressive.

Therefore, although he lost to Varudo, he also fought well.

Valudo, who wields the knight's sword, struggles at first because he doesn't adapt to Shesta's fighting style. He was caught off guard by Shesta's approach.

However, he quickly adapted to the strange routine of the double stabs, sending a wind blade to block Shesta's attack, and then jumping to open up the distance and begin to release his magic continuously.

Once Shesta uses footwork to dodge magic and close the distance, he will attach a furious whirlwind to the knight's sword to force him away.

After all, Shesta's practice time was still short. After holding it up for a while, Valudo put his sword next to his slender neck.

She failed.

But there was not the slightest discouragement on the little maid's face.

In her opinion, Valudo is the captain of the queen's guard, a noble magician, and her transformation from a civilian maid who knows nothing to now being able to fight against such a big man is already a great progress.

Shesta's small heart was unusually satisfied.

Afterwards. Valudo returned to the inn, and Shesta put away the Emei thorns.

Yakumo looked up at Shuangyue alone, stunned.

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Following.

As soon as the day dawned, everyone gathered in the pre-agreed assembly square.

"There happened to be a ship to Albion today, and we took that boat to get there."

Valudo, who was riding on Griffin, turned back to the man behind him, and then led the way to the staircase at the end of the plaza that led to the top of the cliff.

"Shh

Seeing that he was going to climb the mountain, Yakumo could only give up riding a horse and couldn't hold the reins.

Patchui frowned, then sighed.

With her physique, it's almost impossible to climb this almost endless staircase with her body alone, right?

However, Pache also had a way, as a magician of Qiyao, and after summoning rock spirits from the surrounding rocks at will, she let these little ones float with themselves and follow behind everyone.

Climbing a long staircase, the group came to the top of the hill.

In front of me, there was a huge tree with branches stretching out in all directions.

Between the branches of the mountain-sized tree, a huge object that appears to be a ship hangs.

"This is the ship we're going to take, and it's going to take us to Albion."

Varudo laughed.

The land on which Albion is located is in the sky.

Therefore, ordinary people who want to go there must take such a means of transportation.

The trees have been artificially modified, and some of the branches have been trimmed into a stepped shape.

The crowd stepped up the stairs to the ship.

It didn't take long. It seemed that when it was time to sail, the shouts of the crew rang out on the ship:

"Departure! Put down the mooring! Hold up the sails! ”

The whining crew, obeying the captain's orders, expertly lowered the mooring ropes hanging from the branches, climbed to the fixed rigging on the sides, and propped up the sails.

The ship that was unrestrained. It sank in an instant, but it floated in the air again with the power of activating the "Wind Stone".

The "Wind Stone" is a magic stone that stores the power of the wind, and this type of ship relies on the power of the wind stone to fly in the sky.

Yakumo leaned against the side of the ship, looking down at the harbor that was getting farther and farther away.

As the ship's height rose, the wind grew stronger, ruffling his long hair.

"At first glance, it looks like a novelty, but if you look closely, it's a rough way of powering."

Pache didn't know when she came to Yakumo's side, grabbing her collar to prevent it from being blown by the wind and revealing the spring light.

"Sister Mu Q really can't help but want to study these new things everywhere."

"It's the work ethic of being a scholar."

Compared to the magic envoy of the Seven Dawns. Pache identified more with her status as a scholar.

For her, all kinds of knowledge are the most fascinating things in the world.

The lifted ship gradually flew into the clouds.

The white clouds floated in front of the two of them, as if they were within reach.

"This height ...... If you're in Gensokyo, you'll be almost there. ”

"Got a top of the sky?"

Pache frowned, and when she mentioned that there was a top sky, she thought of a certain M-son with a strange fetish.

Several times when there were banquets, that girl was abused by Youxiang, Zi Ah and others in front of Pachouli.

At this time, Louise ran over in a panic. Grabbing the placket of Yakumo Mo's clothes, he said:

"Yakumo, it's not good. I heard from the captain just now that the royal army deployed near Newcastle seemed to be besieging and fighting hard. ”

"Oh? What about the crown prince? ”

Louise shook her head, frowning worriedly.

"I don't know. It seems to be alive though......"

"Anyway, the port has been suppressed by the rebels, right?"

"yes!"

Tapping his fingers lightly on the side of the ship, Yakumo asked again:

"How can I get in touch with the royal party?"

"I can only break through in the formation. Horseback riding from Sokaboro to Newcastle in just one day......"

"Are you going to face the rebels?"

Yakumo laughed. Touched Louise's little head.

"Don't worry, it's all up to me and Pache Li."

"Hmm!"

Nodding, Louise let go of her worries a little.

The hand in the sleeve of his shirt squeezed the rune card that Yakumo handed to him.

[Her Royal Highness Princess, I will definitely complete the task]

The ship continued to sail through the sky.

I don't know how long it took -

"See Albion!!"

The crew standing guard on the mast shouted.

From the gap of the white clouds. You can get a glimpse of the dark continent. The continent continues to stretch into the distance. Mountains rise on the surface of the land and rivers flow.

Albion, floating in the air, has arrived.

"Floating continent Albion. Just like that, floating in the air, mostly hovering over the ocean. However, several times a month, it floats over the continent. The size is the size of Toristine. Collectively referred to as 'White Country'! ”

Louise, who was standing next to Yakumo Mo, explained with a "I know a lot" expression.

Looking at the little girl's appearance, Ya Yunmo was amused, and asked cooperatively:

"Why is it called the Land of White?"

Louise pointed to the mainland.

"The overflowing waters of the great river are sprinkled into the air. The moisture turned into a white fog that enveloped the lower half of the continent. The fog turned into clouds, and it rained heavily and continuously on the mainland of Hardkinia. That's why it's called the Land of White! ”

Pache abruptly interrupted Louise's explanation, pointed into the distance and said, "There are ships approaching. ”

The crowd looked over, and sure enough, a ship was approaching.

It was one size larger than the boat they were on, and the muzzle of the cannon was exposed in the open hole in the side of the ship.

"Warship?"

Yakumo frowned.

"Is it a rebel? Destroy the ......"

Speaking of this, Yakumo raised his right hand in the direction of the ship.

"Wait!!"

Louise suddenly stopped Yakumo.

"Wait, what if it's not the rebels but the royal army?"

Ya Yunmo thought for a moment and lowered his right arm, "That's right." (To be continued......)