49-049-Request from the King

"Just southwest of the capital, on the top floor of the Tower of the Gods could you go up there and re-establish the wards that protect this country!

The king's sudden declaration caused a commotion.

No, it's no big deal for us to be in an uproar!

Does that mean that someone broke the wards?

The king took a glance at me and shook his head, as if he could hear me.

He took a glance at me and shook his head, "It was not destroyed, but rather degraded by the passage of time. The huge magical ward that protects our country collapses about once every twenty years, and the only way to reestablish the ward is to reactivate the magical circuitry for deploying the ward on the top floor of the Tower of the Gods to the southwest. I would like to ask all of you brave souls to help me there.

I see...

With Elena's defeat of the Demon King's Four Heavenly Kings 'Megidor the Flame', the wards protecting the Frost Kingdom did not have to be destroyed.

........Nevertheless, if the event of re-establishing the warding was inevitable, perhaps this event was an 'inevitable fate'.

''There are extremely strong monsters roaming the Tower of the Gods, and they are extremely dangerous. I urge you to take it to heart.

The king says the same things I once saw in the world, as if he were recounting a play script.

The last time I was here I said something like, 'Why didn't you just always leave guards on duty to get rid of the monsters...'

''Isn't that a good idea to keep the monsters away from them beforehand?

What?

The people around me were buzzing at the sudden words, and their gazes were drawn towards me.

Naturally, the owner of the voice was not me........but my sister Satsuki.

Or rather, it was Harl who actually asked the question, though it was Harl who was hiding under Satsuki's hood.

''Eh.........wait......!

Although Satsuki always shakes everyone around her with her problematic comments, she is indeed not insane enough to raise her voice in this situation, so she just cringes and cringes halfway through.

However, the king may have seen it as "a child who was here out of curiosity and just asked a question without a second thought", but he answered seriously as an adult.

'The wards weaken once every twenty years. During that time, it would cost a lot of money to constantly send soldiers to guard the tower, and many of them would be in constant danger. In that case, it makes more sense for the strong and formidable men who are here every time to defeat the monsters. Does that make sense to you, young lady?

The king laughed as Satsuki nodded coyly with tears in her eyes, and finally went on to announce the main issue.

''And ... the one who reaches the top floor before anyone else and re-establishes the wards will be allowed to marry my daughter Lulmif!

The king's words caused an uproar in the hall.

Well, as for me, this is my second time, and my only impressions are, "Is the white brave man and the princess doomed to marry?" or "After all, it's a race to get the brave man and the princess to marry?

The Tower of the Gods is a venerable building that was once used by the new king to see if he was capable of ruling the country before he underwent the coronation ceremony. To reach the top floor with the aim of restoring the tower's wards would be well worth it.

In other words, I guess they want a strong man to marry the princess.

But if I go by that logic, there's a risk that the worst possible choice for the king would be a brainless bastard like the crazy-strict Giant Cyclops....

I wonder if we're going to be okay with such a colossal standard of judgment?

I shall be expecting you, gentlemen!

Thus, as soon as the king's grateful words were finished, those who had gathered left in unison to head to the Tower of the Gods.

Why do you guys always make me play the wrong guy?

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Here, "To be an adult Reidy? If I was to say "I'm going to be taken to heaven", Harle would really be taken to heaven, so I somehow managed to rescue Harle while calming Satsuki.

''Ugh, it was a terrible experience...''

'I mean, why would Harle pretend to be Satsuki and ask such a question?

It's to make sure it's consistent with the diary you left behind. The difference is that the reason for putting up the wards is not the destruction caused by the attack on Megidor, but the collapse of the wards over time, but we all agree that the reason for not adding security is financial.

'Well, it would take a good amount of money and people to keep a guard up for twenty years.

But in response to my answer, Fleur shook her head instead of Harle.

''In that case........we can just relocate the warding magic circuit to the castle. There's no need........to build a warding facility.......in a place where monsters gather.''

According to your record, when you entered the tower, a child named Sharon used fire magic to break through the door wards. That means there's a system that prevents the outside world from entering the tower in order to protect the ward. .........Then why are there monsters in the tower?

Ah!

Harle was right!

In other words, the monsters didn't break into the tower, they were "in the tower from the beginning".

And the king didn't gather everyone together for the purpose of setting up the wards, but to get everyone up the tower - and that's what he did.

HARLU!

My thoughts were interrupted when I suddenly heard a voice calling my name.

I turned my eyes towards the direction of the voice and gulped in surprise.

Behind him, his fellow girl could be seen as well.

''Hey Uranus, it's been a while.''

Yes, I'm indebted to you for that ice-sword incident. But why are you guys here when you're supposed to be in the temple on top of the mountain?

I thought it would be good to see the foot of the mountain from time to time. We've run out of ice crystals, so I'm going to be accompanying them for a while.

'That's right!　.........Oops, I'm late to say hello. My name is Uranus and this is my partner Krull.

As soon as he saw us, Uranus greeted us politely, and the kid called Krull also bowed his head with a bow.

It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what you're doing.

I'm going to head to the tower of the gods now, what do you guys want to do?

''Hmm. I don't want to marry the princess, but I don't want the city to be attacked because of the loss of the wards. It's a good idea to at least help out.

When I replied appropriately, Uranus looked at Elena, who was beside me, and then laughed in amusement with a wahaha.

'Haha, you can say that. I don't want to be royalty either. I just want to get the job done and move on to the next adventure.

What?

In the world as I know it, Uranus would have successfully redeployed the tower wards and unveiled them with the princess.

But the Uranus in front of us now doesn't want that?

Hmm, what do you need?

No, no, it's nothing.

?

Uranus tilted his head curiously when he saw me, but when he regained his composure, he glanced at Krull.

''Well, let's head to the Tower of the Gods soon, shall we?

Oh, oh. We'll be there when you're ready.

So let's have some fun, shall we? Let's do it together.

With that, Uranus raised his hand with a fresh smile and walked with Krull to the southwest.