In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.
After Shirou cooked for the refugees of the Fittoa territory transfer incident, he prepared to set off on a long journey.
As he, Eris, and Ruijerd were about to get on the carriage to start their trip, Paul came to see them off.
"Shirou, goodbye. I don't know when we'll meet again."
Paul hugged Norn, looking regretful.
"Don't worry, we'll definitely meet again, and Norn too."
Shirou said, smiling at Norn.
But the girl, whether still disliking him or just being shy, buried her face directly in Paul's arms.
At the same time, Eris next to Shirou was glaring fiercely at Paul.
On the day Shirou argued with Paul, Eris clearly developed a bad attitude towards Paul.
To the point that she hasn't forgiven him even today.
Shirou and Paul both smiled wryly at this.
They could only pretend not to notice and continued to say some farewell words.
"So, Shirou, you're going to send Eris back to the Asura Kingdom, right?"
Paul's expression became serious, and he suddenly started a serious topic.
"Yes, she has to go back."
Shirou said silently, making up his mind.
"The Fittoa territory has completely disappeared, and the Boreas family must be in a whirlpool."
Paul said with a complicated expression, "If you take Eris back, you might encounter unexpected dangers."
"But even so, I'm going to send Eris home."
"Is that so? You've decided, so I won't say anything."
Seeing Shirou's firm attitude, Paul nodded silently, "The only thing I want to say is that after you send Eris home, I hope you can go to the northern area of the Asura Kingdom to search. It's one of the areas that the investigation team hasn't been able to reach yet."
"The northern area of the Asura Kingdom? I remember that's..."
"Yes, that's where the three magic superpowers are located. If Rudy is still alive, he should be at Ranoa Magic Academy in one of the three magic superpowers. He should be there."
"Rudeus..."
Remembering the appearance of his younger brother that he saw through clairvoyance, Shirou nodded slightly. He knew that Rudeus must be in some trouble to be in such a low state.
Not only to find family members who might be there, but also to help Rudeus, he needed to go to the three magic superpowers in the north of the Asura Kingdom.
Of course, before that, he first needed to send Eris back to the Asura Kingdom.
"Speaking of which, Ruijerd is from the Superd race, right?"
Paul suddenly looked at Ruijerd, "The demon race is still discriminated against in the Milis Holy Kingdom. If you want to cross the sea, you will most likely be troubled by the guards. Please be prepared."
"Yes, I have a way to deal with that."
Ruijerd nodded silently and took out a letter.
Shirou saw the envelope and recognized a familiar name, Jilgard Nashwick.
The leader of the teaching knight order that Shirou had met in the church before.
After asking, he learned that the friend Ruijerd had gone to see before was this leader of the teaching knight order. The man had ventured into the demon continent decades ago but encountered danger. Fortunately, Ruijerd happened to pass by and rescued him in time, thus forming a bond.
Ruijerd recalled this incident after decades and went to meet Jilgard. He didn't expect that the once green youth had grown into the leader of the knight order. After they both had a few drinks, Jilgard wrote this letter of introduction for Ruijerd, ensuring that he could board a ship to cross the sea.
With this letter of introduction, all preparations were sufficient, and all that was left was to embark on the journey.
"Okay, Norn. Say goodbye to your brother."
"...No."
Although Paul urged her, Norn still kept her distance from Shirou, only peeking out half her face to look at him quietly.
Shirou didn't force her either and said with a smile, "Norn, goodbye. I hope you grow up healthy."
"..."
Norn didn't say a word in response to Shirou's farewell and blessing.
But at least she didn't show any disgust.
This was already a victory for Shirou.
After getting on the carriage and starting the journey, Shirou suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something.
He racked his brains and finally realized the problem.
He had forgotten to fulfill his promise with Therese and see his grandparents.
Because he had been forging weapons in the church for a long time as Muramasa, Shirou's mind was full of embarking on the journey and completely forgot about this matter.
Thinking of this, Shirou felt quite helpless, but he could only apologize as much as possible later.
...
The carriage traveled all the way to the western port of the Milis Holy Kingdom.
During the journey, Shirou listened to Eris's adventure stories.
She had made quite a name for herself in the adventurer's guild in Milis these days. Although she was just the weakest member of the S-rank adventurer team, her performance was still quite outstanding.
Eris had also met a temporary teammate named Cliff.
But Eris had a very bad feeling about him, thinking that he was just an overly confident guy with no real skills, so she only teamed up for a while before decisively dumping him.
Since it was just an anecdote that Eris encountered, Shirou and Ruijerd didn't pay much attention to it.
They arrived at the western port like this.
The street scene of the port was very similar to Zante Port, but the scale of the town was much larger.
The route from the capital of the Milis Holy Kingdom to the capital of the Asura Kingdom was like the Silk Road of this world. There were towns that could become trade hubs everywhere, and the western port was one of them.
Although not as good as the commercial district of Millishion, some trade guilds had their headquarters here, and merchants under their banners also gathered here, making it a large town.
Shirou and the others were going to take a boat from the Milis continent to the central continent.
For this, they needed to go to customs for inspection first.
The checkpoint here was quite different from Wind Port. It was a large building, and there were guards in armor standing at the entrance.
However, unlike Wind Port, the western port was truly crowded with people.
There were people who looked like adventurers, and there were also people who looked like merchants.
Merchants and tourists from all over the world were gathered here, waiting for the next boat to arrive.
After Shirou and the others contacted the counter lady, they received a number that belonged to them. For the sake of safety, Shirou gave Ruijerd's letter to her.
Otherwise, if it was discovered that Ruijerd was a Superd, it would probably cause a sensation.
Because it was a letter from the leader of the teaching knight order, they thought it would go very smoothly.
But in reality, after the letter was sent out, there was a loud noise inside the office, the roar of someone.
Soon, a guard came to Shirou and the others and said to them, "Duke Bucksil seems to want to meet you all."
"Duke?"
Shirou and the others looked at each other, not expecting to attract the attention of such a super-noble in the literal sense.
They braced themselves and went over, soon meeting the duke.
"I am the director of the Milis continent customs, Duke Bucksil von Weisel."
The duke's appearance was very likable.
Like a pig's trotter waiting to be slaughtered.
Shirou instinctively remembered a minister named Darius. He and the duke were practically brothers from another mother.
"Hmph, I didn't expect that a filthy demon could get such a letter of introduction!"
The duke roared as soon as he saw them, "To use the name of such a big shot, and the envelope looks like the real thing, but I won't be fooled. This is a fake!"
"..."
Shirou was speechless at Bucksil's reaction.
He tried to argue, "Duke, why do you think this is a fake?"
"Basically, that taciturn man would never write a letter. I know that guy very well. He not only hates writing letters, but he doesn't even want to write necessary documents. That kind of person would write a letter to me for a demon like you? You should know your limits when joking!"
The duke seemed to be saying this based on his understanding of the leader of the teaching knight order.
But Shirou felt that he hated the leader of the teaching knight order very much, so he deliberately came out to make trouble.
"What are you talking about, you bastard!?"
Eris naturally couldn't accept Duke Bucksil's attitude.
She was about to draw her sword aggressively, but Shirou and Ruijerd quickly stopped her.
It was unwise to make a move here. It was impossible to threaten the duke, and it was impossible to cross the sea successfully.
"Let me handle it. You guys wait outside for a while."
Seeing the situation becoming troublesome, Shirou could only use a backup plan.
He had anticipated possible situations and had thought of many ideas.
Eris and Ruijerd both trusted him and agreed with a nod.
After being chased out by Duke Bucksil, Shirou changed his appearance and went straight to the headquarters of the Holy Knight Order in the western port.
As soon as he entered the door, he immediately slammed the Galatine and Milis badge that the Pope had given him on the table and said, "I am the blacksmith Muramasa. The Boreas family has done me a favor. Tell the customs director, Duke Bucksil, to let me pass."
Shirou simply wanted the customs to let him pass.
He didn't expect that his words would directly alarm the entire Holy Knight Order in the customs.
The Holy Knight Order had long received the Pope's order that the blacksmith Muramasa must be welcomed with the treatment of an honored guest, and the knights generally admired this strongest blacksmith of the human race.
Therefore, without saying a word, they directly sent someone to Bucksil's office.
"How dare you, you fat pig, offend Master Muramasa?"
The captain of the Holy Knight Order in the customs ignored Bucksil's confusion and directly kicked Duke Bucksil off his seat.
Only then did Shirou learn that although Bucksil was nominally a duke, he had made a big mistake in the past and was exiled by the Pope to this remote place with no power or status.
After comparing the status of Duke Bucksil and Master Muramasa, the Holy Knight Order didn't even have any extra thoughts. They were close to throwing the duke into the sea to feed the fish.
The problem of crossing the sea was solved smoothly.
The speed at which it happened was truly astounding to Shirou himself.
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