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In front of the castle gate for entering the pleasant district of the pleasant city of Venere, you can see the guards that you did not see in the civic district of the centre of the private house that has passed so far. You mean to confirm your identity here, or vice versa, I can also say that the Civic District doesn't confirm your identity. What about that in relation to security? Though it seems, the more the pleasure streets shine, the more the civic streets are engulfed in darkness. That relationship may have been necessary for the development of this city.

Approaching the castle gate, one of the guards walks over here.

"Stop, verify your ID and collect the capital tax. Who's in charge of all this?

Will this city take an entry tax..., when I was researching this world in the archives of the fortified city of Barga, I knew that some cities and villages had places I could not enter without paying taxes, but I had not collected either Barga or Wang Capital, so I completely forgot.

Lapitilica's escort includes me and Ashley. The person responsible, as the guards say, will therefore be the escort corps of private soldiers, the leader of the regiment.

The captain is talking to the guards. He does all the inquiries of the aristocrats on the carriage and pays the capital tax.

Still, the presentation of the guild card is at your own disposal, but it seems that the aristocrats, Ashley and Lapitilica, do not have to make a direct presentation.

We have completed the examination of the entrance capital so that we can pass through the castle gate. On the way is the "Glorious Capital Pavilion", which will be your place to stay in Venere.

They say the "Glorious Capital Pavilion" is a luxury inn that also contends for 1,2 in Venere, with a three-story stone building that serves as the main building and several detached houses behind it. Our stay will be the deepest away from home. The convoy stayed in the main building, with a few servants and Lapitilica, and the most recent escort, me and Ashley, being placed away from home.

The detached house feels like a wooden two-story house, or the upstairs part is a bedroom with a living room, bath, and a simple kitchen laid out on the ground floor part. The perimeter of the detached house is so much so that trees are planted to block sight, and only on the property of the inn feels elsewhere. On the contrary, however, these trees are preventing us from being alert to our surroundings.

It was a difficult inn to protect for those who escorted it, as it also blocked the sight of vigilance from inside the house to the surrounding area. Guards patrol the house on a 24-hour basis, while Lapitilica lives indoors, we will be guarded by escorts while we go out. Confirm a detailed security plan with the head of the convoy, and we'll give it a rest in case of tomorrow, but there's something we need to do before then.

It is an AN/GSR-9 (V) 1 (T-UGS) installation. There is room at a distance, but in order to grasp people's movements in detail, install them beside the main building and inside the aisle to get away from the house, so that people's movements can be more accurately grasped.

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Lapitilica's schedule, which began the next day, was hard inside. Visit the residence of the small lords who rule the surroundings, including Venere, attend the salon of the Old Counts, who stay in Venere for a long time, and at night unmarried young nobles and their children attend the central dinner party to deepen their friendship.

If this is just a nobleman, or three leading noblemen, they don't have to move around so busily, but the Duke Barga family is a magical guide nobleman. If she is the three women and an adventurer who has crusaded one labyrinth, she must lead the adventurer, lead the nobility, and lead the magical guiding nobility to fight the evils of this world, whether the future daughter-in-law is royal or not. We must inherit the blood, the magic.

This outing is not just a pageant outing, Lapitilica's life as a guiding aristocrat has already begun.

I noticed one thing when I watched the dinner party tonight from the corner where the escort was waiting.

That's the same for all the young aristocratic men around, the ladies, respect for Ashley? Fear? I treat you more than equal to Lapitilica with that look on my face, it looked that way.

Lords and the Old Counts weren't, but does that mean they could have hidden their expressions for the title and age,

He digested his day one schedule and returned to the "Glorious Capital Pavilion". Report to the team leader if anything happened in his absence or during the outing to see if there are any changes after tomorrow.

In the meantime, Lapitilica and Ashley go for a bath. Of course the perimeter is solidified by escorts, and even the maps shown on my Kevlar mask follow the movement of the light points moving in the bathroom... this isn't a peek, is it?

"Lord Shaft, have you ever wondered anything else?

The head of the delegation has asked for the final confirmation at a time when I would also like to conclude the briefing. I also spent the day standing guard, so although there was no physical fatigue, drowsiness hung on my eyelids due to the boredom of my spare time. So, is that a good reason?

"Speaking of which, the young nobles cared a lot about Ashley, is there something?

I didn't even mean to hear it. I uttered words.

"Is that it? Did you not know Lord Shaft? Lord Ashley, you're more of a Zepernell family than that. Her… I'm sorry, I didn't know it for generations, but the prestige of His Highness the Eternal Honourable Chancellor of Zeppernel is directed with respect and awe, even though it forbids any power over relatives"

Zeppernel Eternal Honorary Chancellor, few know his name, which is an elf. But no one in this country knows his surname. Since the founding of the Kingdom of Kurt Melga, he has striven for domestic stability as Prime Minister, a masterpiece that continues to live beyond the average life expectancy of the elves of 300 years. It is the first line that has retreated, but remains strong in its voice in the reign, being given the one-generation position given only to him, who says he is the Eternal Honorary Chancellor.

He has lived in the Kingdom of Kurtomerga as a noble but not titled family with no office and detached from any power in order to prevent the Zepernell family from later gaining comparable, no more power than the Kurtomerga royal family.

Ashley said he was one of the main candidates for the next term.

With that said, I heard Ashley was noble, but you never heard of the title......

But from what I've heard about this, it won't even change the way Ashley and I hang out.