Published: July 3, 2025
When Fiona launched five red emergency rescue signal flares into the sky, Vice Captain Oscar, Officer Jurgen, and Officer and Maid Marie happened to be outdoors.
They saw the five red flares rising from the courtyard of the Lord's Manor.
"Five red flares... emergency rescue request? Jurgen, Marie, we’re rushing into the manor."
"Understood."
In the military, orders from superiors are absolute.
Although they usually joke around as friends, in a battlefield or similar situation, the relationship becomes that of superior and subordinate.
The guards at the manor's gate were as usual.
The three were close aides to Princess Fiona, and especially since Oscar was known as the blazing flame mage, they could pass through without being questioned.
The problem came after they entered the manor through the door.
"What in the world is this…?"
"They're dead."
Jurgen and Marie checked the fallen individuals and reported.
"It has been confirmed that this is an emergency. We’re heading to the courtyard."
As they turned the first corner, they encountered a group clad in black.
"[Piercing Fire]"
Oscar, at the front, unleashed more than twenty extremely thin arrows of white flame.
What was noteworthy was that all of them struck the foreheads of the bandits.
"As precise as ever..."
Officer Jurgen murmured.
This [Piercing Fire] was the spell that Oscar excelled at most since his days as an adventurer.
The extremely thin, non-burning white flame arrows struck with a single blow to the forehead, delivering a fatal attack that reached the brain.
The wounds inflicted on the target were minimal.
As a result, the materials he collected were also bought at a high price.
After passing through several hallways and defeating several groups without delay, the three reached the courtyard.
However, the scene that unfolded before them was a hellish scene.
Corpses of those who had been killed by magic, arrows, spears, and close combat were scattered around.
"Could it be that your highness is...?"
Marie whispered, her voice trembling.
"There's no way your highness would fall so easily! She might be injured; we must search for her!"
Oscar shouted, and both Marie and Jurgen began to look for her...
But they couldn’t find anyone that resembled her.
(It's okay, there are no corpses here. She must be alive somewhere...)
While Oscar maintained a calm facade in front of the two, he was inwardly frantic with worry.
At that moment...
"Vice Captain, there are sounds of combat from over there."
Jurgen pointed.
Without wasting a moment, Oscar took off running, followed by Jurgen and Marie.
Over the hedges, the sight they saw was...
Fiona being blown away by flames and earth as if from a geyser.
In that instant, despair washed over Oscar's face.
But it was only for a moment.
He confirmed that even while being blown away, Fiona looked at him and moved her lips.
"Jurgen and Marie, protect Lord Conrad. I will chase after the blown-away princess."
With that, Oscar sprinted toward the outside of the manor with all his might.
On the final night of the festival, a post-festival celebration was taking place in the town.
If this were modern Earth, there would likely be fireworks, but in 'Fai', gunpowder was apparently not yet widespread.
At least, Ryo had not seen any since he reincarnated into 'Fai'.
That said, there was a massive campfire set up in the square.
There were even vendors using decorations from the festival as firewood, and it seemed people were enjoying the post-festival celebration in their own ways.
The four from Room 10, finally freed from the adventurers of Whitnash, were heading not to the square’s bonfire but to the one set up on the beach.
Of course, they were gathering various foods along the way.
"I'll have four grilled mini kraken."
"I'll take four crepes."
"I actually wanted some rindo candy, but it was sold out... I tried something called takoyaki, and it was delicious, so I bought four sets of that."
As they each brought their favorites to exchange, Eto made that suggestion, and the four split up to gather supplies and reunited here.