The drizzle blurred the boundaries between heaven and earth.

Holding an oil-paper umbrella, Yakumo Mo, who was dressed in brocade clothes, stood on the castle tower.

Below, along the bluestone slab road, countless knights in military uniforms were slowly riding their horses out of the city.

Stretching out his hand, the falling flowers swept by the cold wind floated on Yakumo Mo's fingertips.

"I didn't expect it to rain today."

Ares stood beside Yakumo Mo, his true red armor still emitting a blood-colored glow even on a rainy day.

Frowning at the drizzle in the sky, Ares shook his head.

"Do you need me to change the weather?"

"Can you do it?"

"Of course."

Yakumo nodded.

Ares thought for a moment, shook his head and refused, "Forget it, that's not bad." ”

After looking at Yakumo for a while, Ares suddenly said, "Looking at your outfit, it looks very similar to a certain country in the Far East on the continent. I've heard that the country has to practice wine before going on a campaign—"

"Don't mention the wine!"

Yakumo glared at Ares in disgust.

"I hate that thing."

"Uh......"

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- The army of the Kingdom of Lakia, sent troops.

The news spread in an instant among the neighboring countries.

Soldiers in heavy armor, tens of thousands of military horses equipped with armor, and hundreds of thousands of spears glowed dimly under the gray sky.

Numerous merchants and travelers have already seen this large armed group marching towards the border.

The total number of soldiers on the march was as high as 130,000.

The soldiers are directed at the center of the world, the labyrinthine city of Olali.

Towards the huge city walls and the white towers that soared into the sky, the sound of hundreds of thousands of military boots could be heard approaching.

The military flags leading the heroes in heavy armor are fluttering in the wind.

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Holding the solicitation order issued by the [union], or the mandatory task, Bell smacked his lips and returned to [Hestia. Dependents].

At the end of today's adventure, after handing over the day's harvest to Bell and letting him go to the [Guild] to exchange money, Yui and the others were the first to return to the clan residence.

And in the [union] hall. Bell gets a surprising message from Aegina.

"Out of the army!?"

The wide-eyed rabbit looked at the glasses lady with elven blood in front of her in a daze.

"Yes."

Aegina tapped Bell's head gently.

"Don't make such a fuss, this matter has not been officially announced, but it has been decided to enforce the mandatory summoning order."

"What's that?"

"It's the same thing as the tasks issued by the [union] in the past, but the named dependents must carry it out and can't shirk it."

Bell nodded in understanding.

Since Olari is facing the situation of being invaded, it is the responsibility and obligation of those powerful clans who are usually high up to rise up to meet it.

"That's a ......"

Bell felt a trance, he had never thought of it. Olari also faces the invasion of the enemy - in the young man's mind, there has always been only one enemy, and that is the monsters in the dungeon.

"This isn't the first time."

Aegina searched for information on the side.

"According to the records, there have been five invasions before."

"Huh!? Five times? ”

"Yes."

Aegina gave a book to Bell.

"This is a detailed record of the past wars, do you want to see it?"

"No, you don't have to......"

Returning the book to Aegina, Bell took the proceeds and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute!"

As soon as she turned around, Aegina shoved a piece of parchment into his hand.

"I'm going to give it to you sooner or later anyway, so I'll leave it to you now. This is a compulsory conscription order for your dependents. ”

Bell looked down at the parchment in his hand, which read "Notice. Hestia Clan. Mandatory Order] and other words......

"Are we going to war too?"

"You don't know, do you?" Aegina gave him a blank look, "Defeated [Apollo. Dependents], your comprehensive evaluation has reached grade B, and it is naturally within the scope of compulsory solicitation. ”

……

In this way, Bell returned to the station in a trance with the solicitation order.

After explaining the matter to Hestia and the others, a group of young girls immediately gathered around.

"Is there going to be a war?"

Yui curiously held the parchment and looked at the solicitation order written on it.

"Latia...... Kingdom? What is that? ”

"That's the family of Ares, the god of war - the whole kingdom is his."

"Huh!!!!!"

The little ones let out a burst of exclamation.

"Doesn't that mean it's better than the strongest clans, Loki and Freya?"

"Of course not." Hestia waved her hand in boredom. It seems that he is not interested in the solicitation order, "although the number is huge." However, most of them are Lv.1 or Lv.2 adventurers, and there are very few who have reached Lv.5, and Lv.6 has none at all. ”

"It's no longer the time when numbers alone can overwhelm everything, do you know why the first few invasions didn't succeed?"

"No~know~way~!"

The little ones sit in a row and shake their heads neatly.

"Humph! Of course, it is because the children who have been blessed by the gods can have the strength to ride a thousand, and the most powerful adventurer can block thousands or even tens of thousands of troops alone! ”

"And look at the whole continent. Only Olari has a dungeon here, which is the best place to train adventurers. In other words, the most powerful adventurers can only be found here in Oralie. ”

"Ever since Ares was kicked out of Orali, it has been doomed that it is impossible for him to produce the highest level of adventurers."

"And the low-level children, no matter how many there are, it's useless."

Hear Hestia explain. Bell and Shesta breathed a sigh of relief.

For them, a war game with hundreds of people fighting is already a bit unimaginable, a war in which hundreds of thousands of people participate......

"No wonder we're also subject to a solicitation order."

Yuriko tapped lightly on the tabletop.

"Does the [union] side also want us to fight against the Lagian army?"

"Yes."

Bell nodded.

"Aegina told me that this time [the union] intends to make [Loki. Finn, the head of the Clan. Danner was in charge of the commander-in-chief. ”

"The Lilliputies?"

Shesta's eyes widened, and the maid Sang was deeply impressed by the little man who looked pink and cute and was only in his teens, but his actual age was more than forty years old, and her eyes couldn't help but look at Lilyluka to the side.

With the help of Yui and them, the girls of the Lilliputians have now broken away from the original [Sumo. Dependent], officially became the [Hestia. Clan].

Shesta would have been impressed by the little Human, or was it because of Finn. Danner once wanted Lilyluca to propose—and of course she was rejected.

"Well, it's not a big deal!"

Hestia clapped her hands.

"The children who live in Olari are also used to being invaded by Laceia before a while, so there is nothing to worry about."

――Really, don't you have to worry?

Yuriko was silent as she looked at the solicitation on the table. (To be continued......)