38 04 Stories: The Mandate

- I'll have my previous loan repaid.

Listen to Chris.

I realized that I had a bad feeling about myself.

I owe Chris now - and hence the Royal Defense Intelligence Agency.

I owe you for exploring Elysia's information. As far as Roberto's assassination is concerned, the Bureau also had the purpose of "obtaining the back books", so no loan has arisen.

I owe you just one.

Chris is telling me to return it as soon as possible.

Perhaps - an extraordinary circumstance.

"The school lunch break ends in the next thirty minutes. Can you explain that by then?

"Yeah. Enough is enough."

Chris says.

'Tu Eight... No, 28 (Tu Eight). The Royal Defense Intelligence Agency gives you a formal mandate'

Call me 28 - that means it's a mission you can't accomplish without me once.

Tighten your mind.

This mission could be even more difficult than the previous Roberto assassination.

"The work involves secrecy escorting the Second Princess of the Kingdom of Holy Arkedia, who is currently in the midst of the Builders School's high places."

When I heard what was said, it took me... nearly ten seconds to understand.

"... I have so many questions, I'm going to ask them in turn."

Chris said "Yes" in a small voice.

He seems to be aware that there is a lot going on in this assignment.

"The princess is confused," he said? The princess of another kingdom, royal... is it also in the school of the king's capital?

'Yeah. She goes to school as a student in general, fraudulently describing her identity'

I'm scamming my identity.

Which means the school teachers don't even know.

If you know it, it develops into an international problem, and you are held accountable. I would like to believe that no teacher tolerates that in boulders.

"Why are you imitating that?

"... runaway, apparently."

"... what?

A princess of one country... runaway?

This is ridiculous. Though the idea itself is a nagging one, there is no way the nobles and knights around can keep their mouths shut, even if they try to make it happen.

"I'm sorry, but we've only heard of runaways about this."

Apparently, Chris doesn't know the details either.

First, convince yourself forcefully. Apparently, the Second Princess of the Kingdom of Holy Arkedia tried to run away from home with no idea what she was thinking and succeeded safely. And he said he went to Builders School, a learning building in another country, without anyone ever being enlightened.

I'm getting a headache.

"Next question.... There will also be an organization in the Kingdom of Holy Arkedia that protects the royalty. Why aren't they out there?

In the case of the Kingdom of Terraria, the Kingsguard Knights fall into that category.

There must have been a Knights of similar roles in the Holy Arkedia Kingdom.

"It's the client's intention. I don't think I want to take too much care of this one. That's why, via the Kingdom of Terraria, a request came to our Bureau '

"So long as it's done... so it's a secret (...) escort. Well, if running away from home is a fact, you certainly don't want to take care of it..."

I'd like to believe it's a pretext for a boulder.

The very request that you don't want to take care of is better heard if you work in the dark parts of the country.

As usual, the job stinks. Apparently, the Royal Defense Intelligence Agency drives normally.

Currently, relations between the Kingdom of Holy Arkedia and the Kingdom of Terraria are good.

The client probably decided that it would be more certain to make a request to the Kingdom of Terraria than to hire his own escort to send him to the Kingdom of Terraria. In that case, you would owe the Kingdom of Terraria, but considering the safety of the second princess, you can't get belly on your back, etc.?

"Can I ask you about my client?

'That's unnecessary information for the mission. Even so, you can predict'

"Sort of."

There are not so many people who can do other countries a favor.

The client is at least noble. Is that also a duke or a royal?

Normally, he's royal. Someone who led her to the Second Princess must have made this kind of request.

"I'm talking about a secret escort, but it's not good to know who exactly"

'Everything. The fact that you are escorting must not be understood by the enemy or by him. "

"He also tells me, or... inside, difficult things. I'm not very good at escorts in the first place."

I believe you can do it.

What are you saying based on?

Chris' clear face comes to mind. I was driven by the feeling of wanting to tap into the flat-handed.

Honestly, escorts are not my specialty. The Bureau knows that, too.

Still, I guess the Bureau made me a request because I'm a student at school.

The original request for this hand begins with sending the agent to school. But only this time, it's not necessary because I've been enrolled in school since the beginning. This would be a great advantage in covert operations. If you attempt to send an agent to school after a request has been made, you risk being enlightened externally about the move.

"Who's after Her Royal Highness?

"A group of criminals for ransom… well, it's a common pattern. However, you will have the strength to just aim for the big guy (...), so be careful there '

"Oh."

There's no way a pompous thief could suddenly be after a royal daughter.

The enemy should be considered a fairly large and highly skilled thief.

There are some slightly suspicious points, but the content of the mandate is simple.

Escort without anyone finding out.... Easy to say is a difficulty.

But the information is unclear, but there is no shortage.

The Bureau also decided that this task was feasible, so I assumed it.

"Last question."

Finally, it's the real deal.

I double-checked that there were no people around, just in case, and then I started asking questions.

"What's Her Royal Highness's name?

Chris answers with a careful voice.

"Your Royal Highness's name is Meesheliase-Alkedia. The school goes by the name of Mize-Hoens. '