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Chapter 13.2: Night of The Festival
Chiyuki then remembered Shirone’s frustation which stemmed from the fact that she couldn’t go back to their world, and her total defeat against the Dark Knight. She guessed that Shirone might simply want to vent her stress.
「I see, it’s better if you do that then.」
「Yeah. It’s better to leave it to you then, cheer up Shirone.」
Reiji and everyone else had the same opinion.
「I will leave the matter of the investigation to you then, Shirone-san. It’s probably not as dangerous as we think, but just to be safe, you must run as soon as you feel the situation is getting out of control.」
「Yeah, just call me when the situation gets dangerous, Shirone. I’ll come save you immediately!」
Reiji struck his chest as he exclaimed.
Though Reiji couldn’t use teleportation magic like Chiyuki, he could use a certain transition type magic. It was magic that allowed its user to move towards a marked person. The difference from normal teleportation magic was the fact that it could only send the user to that marked person’s location and that the transition wouldn’t happen if the target resisted.
Reiji often used this magic to save his comrades when they were in serious danger.
The only exception was when the Dark Knight raided Rena’s temple. Because the Dark Knight used dimension freezing magic, which prevented any type of transition type magic from functioning in the temple, Reiji had arrived when the battle was over.
But, without dimension freezing magic, Reiji would be able to save Shirone wherever she was.
「Uhm, I understand.」
Shirone replied to Chiyuki and Reiji with a smile on her face.
「Is that a~ll?」
After the trio snapped back, they saw Rino was sulking.
「The dinner is going to get cold you kno~w!」
The dishes had already been prepared on the table. It was cooked by Sahoko with the help of Rox Kingdom’s chefs.
「Yeah, the dishes Sahoko made are going to get cold. Let’s eat first.」
Rino and Nao’s faces brightened once they heard Chiyuki give an ok.
In the end, we just ended up acting like usual, moving without planning and knowing what to do.
Chiyuki and the others toasted each other.
That toast was the signal of their small banquet’s start.
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Rember and Almina were strolling together through the main street of Rox Kingdom.
「Is something the matter, Almina?」
He felt that Almina’s complexion was rather odd since a while ago.
「No, I’m just
 a bit tired.」
「I see, it seems you’ve a hard time while accompanying hero-sama.」
According to the report he received, Rember knew that Almina had inspected the festival with the Hero Reiji. In addition, the inspection just ended a while ago. Thus, he felt that it was natural for Almina to be exhausted. [ED: Oh you poor unfortunate soul àČ„_àČ„]
Hero-sama might be holding a small party with his wives right now.
Naturally, Almina didn’t participate in that party. But of course, her reason was simply because she couldn’t fit in with so many beautiful girls, which seemed like a reasonable excuse. Rember believed that the hero wouldn’t sink his claws into Almina with so many beautiful girls around him.
Thus Rember felt relieved.
「Ooh, if it isn’t Rember!」
After walking for a while, they met the Gallios couple.
「Senior, big sis, are you two strolling around the festival?」
「Well
 you see
 staying at home right now is a little bit too
」
「Yeah, it’s a little bit too
」
Gallios and Peneroa replied with an awkward smile on their faces.
(What’s happening in their house right now?)
「Come to think of it, Rember, how’s that matter we were talking about before?」
That matter referred to the incident that involved the Temple Knights.
In the evening today, they found five collapsed Temple Knights in the back alley of West street.
The first person they found had a wound on his shin, thus the one who found them went to report to Gallios first, just to be safe.
Thus, Gallios and the people who found the Temple Knights rushed to the scene right away and brought those knights to doctor Orua, who lived not far from West street. Afterwards,  they split up to report to the Hero’s mansion and the soldiers’ station.
Gallios wanted to hear the follow up of that incident from Rember.
「Well they didn’t say anything about this matter. This incident ended with them being carried back to Hero-sama’s mansion.」
「I see. But, aren’t they curious about the criminal of this incident.」
Gallios pondered about this matter while rubbing his chin.
Rember was worrying about that matter too.
The Temple Knights of the Holy Republic of Lenaria were famous for being powerful. Every single one of them was a martial art’s master. In addition, many of them were also wielders of magic. They were so powerful that even if Rember and Gallios teamed up, they would still not be a match against a single Temple Knight.
And there was someone who could beat those Temple Knights in this country. It was only natural for them to worry about this matter.
「Well they might be, but
 it’s not like we can do anything about this matter either.」
「Yeah, you’re right.」
Gallios replied with a hearty smile on his face.
Because, what could they do against someone who could overpower Temple Knights?
In addition, the person who attacked the Temple Knights didn’t seem to be a dangerous person.
Reason being that all the Temple Knights who got beaten by that person only ended up with minor injuries; no one died in that incident. The culprit didn’t do any other harm, nor did he steal the Temple Knights’ belongings.
That person just knocked them out.
In the situation they were facing, the rampant goblins were more dangerous than the culprit.
Despite his worries, Rember had no choice but to do what he could do.
Thus, Rember parted ways with the Gallios couple after their discussion.
「Let’s go, princess.」
「Yeah, Rember.」
They continued their stroll.
But still, I wonder what kind of person could beat those Temple Knights?
Rember worried about the maid’s reaction, the one he had met in the Hero’s mansion when he sent the Temple Knights back.
The name of that maid was Kaya. Despite having an extremely beautiful face, she was always expressionless, as if her face was just a mask.
The expression of that maid had flinched for a second when she saw the wounds inflicted on the Temple Knights.
Thus, Rember felt that she might know who the culprit was.
Though that matter keeps weighing on my mind, now isn’t the time to think about it. Let’s just enjoy the festival with the princess.
Rember and Almina continued walking along the main street.