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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
The appearance of the magic circle was immediately noticed by Amidio, who was watching the proceedings.
Amidio himself was not that well versed in magic.
He could use ordinary magic, but that was the extent of his ability.
However, the scale of the magic was so large that even Amidio could sense it.
After the magic circle disappeared, about ten figures appeared.
“No way…”
Amidio confirmed that he recognized one of them.
In fact, some of the people around him were familiar to him, but he was too distracted by the person to check.
It was not so surprising that this person would be here.
After all, he had information that he was on his way to the town of Eiren.
That was why they even went to the trouble of arranging a regular army to settle the matter before the arrival of the person in question.
However, he had no idea that the person would come using transfer magic.
In the first place, the transfer magic was not a magic that could be used so easily.
Moreover, it would take a lot of skill to move a group of people from one magic circle to another.
The old man and the other magicians who were still with the person in question made it possible.
The old man was Oke Euholdt, the first court magician of the Kingdom of Flores. The person who prompted Amidio to rush into this matter was Prince Renald, the second heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Flores, who was giving instructions to Oke.
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“My name is Oke, the first court magician of the Kingdom of Flores! Both sides, refrain from fighting!!!”
Oke’s voice echoed across the battlefield.
Of course, he was using magic to amplify his voice.
In response to the name call, the regular army’s attack ceased.
Mitsuki and Peach did not give chase.
The captain who was attacking Kousuke also stopped attacking when he saw the magic circle.
The sudden appearance of a great figure caused a commotion among those who had been watching the situation around the area.
The group at the center of the commotion, after confirming that the fighting had stopped, started to move.
Toward where Kousuke was.
Seeing this, Amidio panicked.
He thought that if they were going to come, they would naturally come to him, so why would they go toward a mere adventurer?
At first, Amidio thought that he was right, but then he conveniently reconsidered, assuming that he was headed first toward the one who was fighting against the army.
If it was the regular army and the adventurers who were fighting, he thought, they would naturally side with the regular army.
This naive thinking was quickly dispelled.
As Prince Renald’s group moved toward Kousuke’s place, one of the men in armor directed the captain.
“Captain, put away your sword and stand back.”
“What?”
The captain, despite his doubts, immediately followed the instruction.
After all, the person who had told him to do so was Armin Schaefer, the number two officer of the regular army.
In the military, orders from superiors must take precedence over anything else.
He immediately started giving instructions to his aide, who was nearby, to organize the men who were fighting.
Leaving only the captain and one other subordinate, the subordinates ran toward the troops.
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The hustle and bustle that had just occurred was now quiet, as if it were a lie.
Mitsuki and Peach were already on their way back to Kousuke’s place.
Some of the people who had been watching the situation doubted what the head magician had said earlier.
It was only natural.
It was a statement made after he had suddenly appeared out of the magic circle.
There was no basis for immediate belief.
However, some began to think that it might be based on Amidio’s panic and the captain’s immediate compliance with the instructions.
And the question that naturally came to mind was, what was such a big man doing in a place like this?
Then something happened that took those present by surprise.
One of the young men in the group that emerged from the magic circle approached Kousuke and suddenly bent down to his knees.
The audience, who did not know who it was, was not so surprised.
It was Oke, who claimed to be the first court magician, who panicked, and the audience was surprised to hear his words.
“Prince Renald! Please do not do such a thing on such an occasion!!!”
Oke dexterously demonstrated the art of yelling in a whisper.
He restrained himself, as it would not bring a good image for the prince being involved in such a situation.
Of course, Prince Renald was known to all the citizens of the Kingdom of Flores.
After all, he was the eldest son of the current King’s child, making him the second heir to the throne of the current Flores Kingdom.
Naturally, the first heir to the throne was Prince Maxim, the father of Prince Renald and son of the current king.
The young man, Prince Renald, bent down on his knees, addressed Kousuke.
“I apologize for the occasion, even though this is your first time visiting our land.”
“Oh, no, it’s fine. I think that one over there is going to have a stroke, is he okay?”
Oke was confused as to why the prince went out of his way to kneel despite his warning, as Kousuke looked at the prince with a wry smile on his face.
There, Oke, who had turned blue and looked as if he would collapse any minute.
“Oke. don’t you understand the situation, try to think about why this is happening?”
Prince Renald admonished Oke.
“But…!”
Prince Renald whispered something close to Oke’s ear as she tried to speak up again.
Hearing this, Oke’s face turned even paler, as if it would never turn white at any moment.
Armin, who was right beside him, also turned pale.
As a military man, he was famous for not changing his facial expression, but he was doing a great job showing a change in his expression.
They had not heard about who Kousuke was, either.
Of course, they had guessed that he was a well-known person, but they did not expect that he was not even human.
“I’m, I ask for your forgiveness…!”
Kousuke interrupted Oke, who was about to suddenly kneel down.
“Ah, that’s enough. Why don’t we just get this over with now?”
Kousuke, who looked fed up with the event, said so, then pointed out to Amidio.
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Amidio, who was watching from a distance, was in a state of confusion.
Prince Renald, who he had expected to come to him, had given priority to a mere adventurer and even knelt before him in public.
Prince Renald was said to be certain to be the next crowned king if he did not lose his life in a serious war or accident.
The only people in the current Flores Kingdom to whom Prince Renald would bend the knee would be the current king and his father and the Crown Prince Maxim, who would be the next king.
That had been his belief until just a few days ago.
The reality, however, was that Prince Renald was, for some reason, on his knees.
He was kneeling to the person he had just confronted.
For Amidio, who was a little far away and could not hear the prince’s voice at all, the scene unfolding before his eyes was beyond his comprehension.
“Wha, wha, wha, wha?”
Such were the only words he could utter.
Unfortunately, the only ones who had noticed the abomination were the few soldiers who had remained behind to escort him.
They, too, followed the instructions of their superiors and left the scene, leaving only him and his private army behind.
