CH 539.5

–Three days had passed since Lars and the others had left, and Luciel and the others were steadily making preparations.

“Luciel-chan, I think I’ll take some of my herbs with me.”

“Oh, that’s good! Now that Lars-kun has left, we’ll have to hurry as well. Leor-san, can I leave preparing the horse to you?”

“Yeah, at any rate, everyone is going as a couple, hahaha, I’m so jealous.”

The main peddlers, Luciel and Leor, and the adult, Verna, were talking about this as they loaded the carriage with goods.

Leor, who joined the group later, was agreed to be the head of the peddler’s group, but since there were many pairs, he joked about it.

“Don’t you have anyone, Leor-san?”

“Hmmm, I go around selling and buying things myself, so I can’t find anyone to join me. If you find someone, please introduce her to me.”

“That’s difficult. I wonder if there’s anyone who’s still single?”

“There’s a girl from another class ……”

“Hahaha, don’t worry about it. Well, I’m traveling in the hope that I’ll find one in some other country.”

“I know it’s inappropriate, but I hope you find one on the Everlide. Mr. Horse, please take care of us, okay?”

“That’s a lot of horses, Mom!”

Verna and Tilia loaded the luggage into Leor’s special carriage. It’s not a problem for the number of people loading the carriage, but it’s heavy, so we had prepared four horses, and Tilia was so happy and she raises her hands.

Then Jack and Sharuru joined them.

“Hey, I know I’m late, but I’ll help too!”

“Oh, Sharuru-chan and Jack-kun! Please, there are still some crates left.”

“Okay! …… is that rubber on the wheel?”

“Yes, Lars-kun said he’s sorry for the haste, but they’re called ‘tires’. I heard that the carriage runs smoothly if it has this.”

Jack pushes the carriage full of cargo while Leor says with a wry smile that this will be for sale too”.

“Oh, it moves so easily ……”

“He’s kind to horses and demons, so maybe he figured we’ll have a lot of baggage.”

“Aha, that’s what I like about Lars-kun.”

“…… That’s right, that’s why Luciel likes Lars, isn’t it?”

“Hiyaah!? H-Helena-chan?”

While checking the tires, Helena whispered in her ear, causing Luciel to jump in surprise.

“Yes, are Luciel and the others ready to go anytime now?”

“That surprised me, sheesh ……. Yes! I think we’ll be leaving tomorrow …… Lars-kun told me to remind you, but I can’t take you with me, okay?”

“Ufufu, it’s no problem.”

“Haha ……”

Helena looked at Leor for a moment and smiled, then Leor lowered his shoulders with a troubled look on his face and hurried back to his loading area. As Helena watched, she narrowed her eyes and continued.

“Be careful, okay? It seems that there are a lot of people who can fight, but there are some things you don’t know about other countries.”

“Well, we’ve decided that it’s going to be Verna-sensei, Urka, Ogure-san and Vince who will be fighting, and Leor-san or Luciel who will be doing the negotiating, so we just have to make sure we won’t be discovered. Ryuuze and others have outstanding strength too.”

“Yes, yes, It’s infiltration until you come back safely, right?”

“No, it’s not a field trip …… Speaking of which, where’s Urka?”

“He’s meeting with Milfy, that’s how I know when you’re leaving♪ Well then, you can take this instead of me.”

Helena says something like Basleigh, which Jack finds astonishing, but he doesn’t seem to mind and gives the hair ornament to Luciel.

“This is ……!?”

“It’s a hairpiece that everyone bought for me when I left A-Class. As a good luck charm, okay?”

“…… Yeah, thanks! We’ll definitely come back together safely!”

“Seriously, you should also wait properly while doing your Idol work, okay?”

“Yeah. I’m going to go now then. I feel like going if I stay here.”

“You’re not going, big sister?”

When Helena took a step back, Tilia called out to her, she patted her head and smiled softly.

“Yeah, you are going, aren’t you, Tilia-chan? You have to be careful not to get kidnapped.”

“Yes! It’s bad to follow strangers, after all!”

“Ufufu, Tigre and I taught Tilia well, after all!”

“That’s Verna-sensei for you♪. I’m going to go back, then. I’ll tell Urka about it too.”

“Thank you! …… Then, let’s continue–“

Helena looks back at Jack and the others as they go back to work, her eyes narrowed in a smile.

“…… Now then, it seems like Leor-san is okay, I need to find someone strong. I wonder if there’s anyone?”

–Helena had been given permission to go with Leor by the king, but she had decided to go on her own.

However, with a hand on her chin, she thought that she would like to have someone who was skilled in combat to accompany her, so she was investigating who was going where.

“I don’t see anyone who looks like they’re available anymore …… Nora and her husband are strong, and we can take Radia and the others, but I need another one ……”

As Helena puts her hand to her chin and says this, a voice calls out from the shadows of the building.

“Hey there, young lady! You seem to be in some kind of trouble. Why don’t you talk to me about it!?”

“Ah, you are!?”

And–

“I never thought I’d be leaving on His Majesty’s orders.”

“I was surprised too ……”

“I’m sure you’ll be fine since you’re mainly backup, but be careful.”

“Yeah, Nora’s a certified tamer, so Radia and Schneider are going too, and they’re bringing some other strong people with them too.”

“I’m amazed how Helena-chan decided to go when she had to work as an idol.”

In the Irving household, Dedite and Nora, who had been asked by Helena to go to Everlide, were talking about this as they prepared.

Helena’s suggestion to the king was to create a unit that Lars and the others didn’t even know about and back them up.

She did not ignore the fact that the tragedy at Sandiola was the Gospel’s Descent’s doing and that her father had almost died because of it, so she offered to help in order to make sure that the Founder and his organization were destroyed.

“She said that one of the ministers of the castle would come with her, and that Hitzrite-san wouldn’t treat the travelers so badly if they were Everlide people. We should just watch out for the Gospel’s Descent and we’ll be fine, I guess.”

“With a tamer and a dancer, so you seem like a traveling entertainer.”

Marianne was about to say something troubling when a familiar voice echoed in the garden.

“Hello♪.”

“Oh, Helena-chan!”

“We’re all set here, Ryuuze is leaving tomorrow, so let’s leave the day after that.”

“Okay. I’ll pick up Radia and the others just before we leave. While Aina is sleeping, of course.”

Helena nodded with a smile at his words. We’re ready to go now.