Somewhere in Flamen, the capital of the Republic of Eldo.
“M-Miss Morrigan! I’m glad to see you’re safe.”
“Hmph, being insincere again.”
“Please, that’s absurd.”
“…I’m joking. I guess I really worried people, uh?”
“No, if anything, the fault lies with us for not being stronger.”
“You couldn’t do anything about it. I got careless. And you looked after Chris too, so I thank you for that.”
“…It was all we could do… And along the way, we just left everything to that young man.”
“I see. I heard about it from them too, but maybe I should actually say thank you.”
“…So what brings you here today?”
“How much do you know about Eris?”
“Sorry, pretty much nothing.”
“Including the fact that they found her?”
“…! They did!?”
“What, you didn’t even know that? Eris is in Nahal. And apparently she got turned into the demon king.”
“No way! And what happened?”
“It looks like she’s been freed. But that’s the thing, while she was the demon king, there were people who helped her a lot. Apparently they’re descendants of people who were persecuted a long time ago, and lived in hiding all this time.”
“…And if you’re telling me this, does that mean you want me to find them a new place to live?”
“I’m glad you catch on quickly. There should be about five hundred of them. And there might be demons who want to live with them too.”
“D-demons?”
“You’ve heard about them, right?”
“Yes, I know what happened in Elesya. They said they were going to let those people live as slaves, but if necessary, we can do something about them.”
“You should leave that alone. Although people from there might come here to talk.”
“Very well. Then we will talk more about it then.”
“You give an old lady a lot of work. So, about those people moving here. They looked after Eris, and there are elves among them too.”
“…I understand. But where…”
“I heard about those ruins from Chris. What happened to them?”
“The investigation showed there aren’t really any dangers, but nothing to be discovered either. But then Elesya attacked…”
“And that’s what kickstarted it. So? Can’t they move there?”
“…There’s nothing there, but we still want to preserve the ruins.”
“You can leave that to their new inhabitants. And you can send your people there too if you’d be worried.”
“…And the soil there is bad. We would have to send food over there periodically.”
“Don’t worry about that. We can try that thing, the soil medicine, right?”
“I guess so, but according to the alchemist guild, they can’t produce a lot of it… And there are other places that want to use it.”
“I’ll ask the person that came up with it.”
“Oh? You know someone in the alchemist guild?”
“What, you didn’t look into that? I thought you’d grown, but you missed something that important.”
“…”
“The inventor is Sora, who is traveling with Chris.”
“Really?”
“Why would I lie? I can just ask him about that. Chris doesn’t seem like she’d have a problem with it, and I’d actually like him to be her husband.”
“…”
“What’s that face?”
“It’s just that I remember when I went to see Miss Eris, and baby Miss Chris a long time ago, and you said you wouldn’t let them marry anyone.”
“…Times change.”
“I understand… I will speak to congress about the matter of the migration.”
“That would be helpful. I wish everyone was here but…”
“…Everyone is busy… Yes…”
“Don’t tell me that with that sweaty face. One more thing.”
“Yes?”
“Don’t get so nervous. Did you hear about the people summoned by Elesya?”
“Yes. Did they really come from another world?”
“From what I’ve heard, yes. I brought them here with me because I want them to have identification.”
“…Understood. I will take care of it right away. But are you sure?”
“They’re nice kids. And they should decide for themselves what they’re going to do from now on. Maybe some will want to leave this country. We won’t know until it happens.”
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