On the airship, the atmosphere was very delicate.

Princess Michelle, Aliyah, and Yaling sat on the couch at one end of the airship, squinting their eyes and looking at the other end.

On the other end were the White Moonlight Trio, Oyado, Gabriel, Dell, and Lois, who shamelessly followed them.

And I sat in the middle of the two groups, helplessly watching them.

"...Um, shouldn't we introduce ourselves?" I said.

"We don't need to do that!" Princess Michelle said with a pouted face.

"On that side are White Moonlight from the Eastern Continent, Tai Shi Xi, and Black Lorelei. No criminal records. 'Magic Hand of Light' Gabriel Lancaster, 'Artificial Girl' Oyado, 'Flash Thunder User' Dell Lester, and Lois from the Oceandus Guild. I've read all your information on the way here. Although there are some decent individuals among you, since you are all Fir's friends, I'll let it slide... But Fir! According to my investigation, you've been back for several days now! Why didn't you contact us earlier?"

"I thought you already investigated..."

"You mean Yuri's new identity?"

"Um..."

I changed my name and appearance, so they didn't recognize me? Well, the original purpose was to keep them from knowing.

"Um~ Sorry."

"Just saying sorry won't solve anything, you idiot! What were you thinking?"

"Big brother, who is this sister?"

Oyado pulled my clothes and asked.

"Big brother... So you have this kind of hobby."

This time it was Aliyah. Although she didn't say anything earlier, I could tell from her sharp gaze that she was not happy.

But her expression wasn't anger, it was...

A very interesting expression!

Really, she must be thinking about how to make things more interesting instead of solving them. I must not fall into her trap easily.

"Calling me big brother is only for Oyado!"

Oyado said to me.

"Big brother, you don't have a sister who looks like a madwoman, right?"

Well said, I silently praised Oyado in my heart.

"Crazy... madwoman!"

Aliyah frowned, drew her dual swords, and charged forward. But at the same time, Oyado stretched out her hands, and two shadows of swords flashed, blocking the opponent's dual swords.

Did this girl hide a dagger up her sleeve?

But these two are really strong. With just their weapons clashing, the entire airship shook violently!

"Why do you want to attack me? I just stated a fact."

"Who cares about your facts?!"

Aliyah took a step back and then jumped up, twisting her body and striking down again.

"Ultimate Skill·Dual Split!"

Two sword shadows came down, but at the moment the swords were about to hit, Oyado's figure suddenly became weak. The blade went through her body and struck the floor of the airship.

"How...?"

"You lost."

One dagger pointed at Aliyah's neck, and the other at her heart. Oyado, who appeared behind Aliyah, declared victory.

"Alright, alright, stop fighting. Do you plan to destroy the airship?" Princess Michelle declared.

It seemed that there was no space beneath the floor, and the crack wasn't big. It should be fine. But if they continued, they might really tear this place apart.

After all, I had seen Aliyah directly cut a house into pieces before.

"Hmph, anyway, get ready to face punishment!" Princess Michelle said.

"Hey, hey, I didn't do anything, and I only contacted you for the safety of your country!" I argued.

"And you killed the griffon we painstakingly raised, didn't you?"

"If I didn't kill it, I would have died!"

"I don't care!"

"..."

Truly the 'Haughty Icicle', she really is unreasonable.

"Ah, really, anyway, let's talk about this later. Compared to that, let's first deal with the intruders."

Then, I turned to the trio from the East Continent.

"Well, I assume you have a rough idea of the situation, right? What do you think about the invaders?"

"Well..."

Bai Yueguang pondered for a moment.

"To be honest, apart from our city in the beginning, we haven't been to any other cities in the East Continent. As for Tai Shi Xi, she..."

"Neither have I, but to be honest, those things are definitely not from our country, but are closer to your country, Xiaobai."

Tai Shi Xi shook her head.

"Even so, our side is divided into different countries, and we have never heard of any plans to invade the West Continent..."

"The Rosend Kingdom..."

I suddenly remembered something and quickly asked.

"Do you know anything about the Rosend Kingdom?"

"Oh, that one, it's close to Ye Country, staying out of our battles, but has deep connections with both the East and West Continents, after all, it's in the middle..."

Hei Luoli seemed to be quite clear about it, but of course, she was a princess.

"So, it acts as a middle corridor country, huh? Well, it must have gained considerable economic power. Do they want to expand their territory? But why choose the farthest Ais Empire... Because they want to occupy a coastal nation? But your country is also a coastal country, right?"

"The navy."

Bai Yueguang spoke up, and Princess Michelle beside him said at the same time.

"Due to years of civil war, the countries in the East Continent basically don't have any naval deployment, while our Ais Empire has tripled our overseas fleet expansion in recent years. They must have set their eyes on that."

"Is that so... it's really simple to understand."

I nodded and looked at Hei Luoli.

"Well, since that's the case, is there any way to identify the Onmyojis? Controlling those things either requires semi-automatic means or someone to control them. And it seems that if it's semi-automatic, you need to summon the Shikigami from the paper in advance, right?"

"Yeah, summoning from the paper needs the Onmyoji to do it, that's necessary."

"I see. In that case... the other side could have just brought the Shikigami directly into the city and summoned them there, right? Why..."

Why did they intentionally summon those Shikigami in advance, and then have people transport them?

And in the end, they even escaped directly, carrying the magic circle used for escape. Such a big move...

"It was deliberate!?"

"Yeah, what did you say?"

"I said it was intentional!"

I explained the situation to them, and then continued.

"They deliberately had the summoned Shikigami stored in trucks and had people escort them. Even if your intelligence department is dumb, they would notice, right? And then, after you launched the attack, they took the Shikigami to another city, causing you to send out more people to search, and let the Shikigami appear around the city to incite chaos, and at this moment..."

At this point, I paused for a moment.

"And at this moment, they would launch an attack while your attention is diverted."

"Huh? At this moment?"

"Your Highness!"

Suddenly, the broadcast inside the airship sounded.

"What’s wrong?!"

Michelle, grabbing the nearby microphone, asked.

"Smoke signals are rising towards King City! We are heading directly to the shelter now."

"What?!"

"I knew it..."

I turned to Dai Er.

"How many gliders have you made?"

"A lot, because mass production is cheap."

"Very good."

I walked to Princess Michelle's side and took the microphone from her.

"Pilot, can I open the hatch when we are closest to King City?"