In the end, I decided to put off going to Lacia for a few days.
"Haa... What a pain."
If I tried to leave a few days from now, they'd probably grab me again...
"Haa..."
Come to think of it, even if I went to Lacia, I doubted that damned father of mine would even give me permission...
"Should I just look somewhere else?"
"...Where?"
While I was thinking it over, Aiz came to the forge.
"Just thinking. What brings you here?"
"Lacia is invading."
"...They got smashed that badly last time, and they're back again? What about the Guild?"
"They're in a meeting right now."
"I really hope this gets resolved safely."
"...I think they'll target Bellf again this time too."
"..."
"Don't worry. I'll protect Bellf."
"Yeah, thanks."
Well, there shouldn't be any problem...
...
Wait a second, how many magic swords did I make in Lacia again?
Last time—during the fifth invasion, I think—about ten of them were used.
Before I left home, the ones I'd left behind in Lacia were... around thirty? Maybe?
"...Aiz! I'll be right back!"
"I'm coming with you."
"Hahaha! I'm back, Orario!!!"
Several tens of thousands of troops gathered near Orario, waiting for the orders of the god Ares.
"Now then, fire!"
"Wai— Don't fire!!!"
Ares ordered them to shoot, but the blond man beside him, Marius Victrex Lacia, the crown prince of Lacia, stopped them from firing.
"What the hell are you doing, Marius!"
"You're the one who's doing what!? Weren't we here to recruit them right now!!!"
"We can recruit them later!"
"Any sane person would recruit them first!"
"Keep this up and I'll strip you of your crown prince title!"
"That sounds great! Then can I finally go to Orario like I've always wanted and become an adventurer!?"
"Absolutely not!"
Ares and Marius bickered and argued back and forth.
"Tch, ignore this idiot and fire!!!"
In the end, the soldiers fired the magic swords they had been issued under Ares's higher authority.
About ten magic swords were launched.
They were all works Bellf Crozzo had made back when he was in Lacia.
The launched magic swords flew toward Orario's outer wall, and—
"Trace on."
"Rho Aias!"
They were all blocked by seven defensive barriers that suddenly appeared.
"Phew... That was close."
I'd somehow made it in time and stopped the magic swords.
"Those too... were made by Bellf?"
"Yeah. They were made before I met you."
Why was I still keeping things like that around...
"Bellf Crozzo!!!"
From a plain far away, I could see Ares on horseback.
Ares took out a magic tool that amplified his voice and shouted, "If you return to Lacia now, I'll hand over the princesses to you!"
"..."
"And the most beautiful women in all of Lacia—"
"I'll go wipe them out."
"Don't kill them."
"...Okay."
========================
The website for reading paid chapters is available on my Patreon. The number of chapters on Patreon: 89
Link: patreon.com/UltraMagnus_T