Taking advantage of the fact that the nobles and mercenary groups were happily excavating dragon tombs without any interference from the dragon clan, our group started a briefing meeting inside the school.

I felt quite helpless about this, after all, sitting in front of us were the leaders of two empires, and I had no choice but to speak properly. But the question was why these two guys didn't go to their own intelligence departments and instead came to me to ask about the situation?

Am I their free labor?

Initially reluctant, but when they offered a reward of hundreds of thousands of gold coins, I reluctantly agreed.

Well, I thought if I didn't agree, Mary next to me might, and then I would lose out, right?

Accompanying them into the school meeting room were only me, Mary, Oyado, Dornanal, Princess Cher, and Princess Anne. The other classmates had all gone back home to report or rest, even though most of them hadn't done much. But after all, they had gone on the trip with us, so there was some hardship even if it wasn't physical labor, so it was time to go back and get some rest.

Yeah, if they didn't intend to pay, I also wanted to go home and sleep.

"I say..."

After sitting down, I was the first to speak.

"Is your intelligence department on vacation? You should also know what happened, right? Why come to us for answers?"

The leaders of the two countries looked at each other and both gave a helpless smile.

"To be honest... we really don't know what happened."

"Huh?"

"Because those we sent to follow you in never came out, and we have no idea what happened to those who didn't go in. Your group is quite strong, with varying skills, but you all have strong luck, since you all made it back."

The Emperor of the Ais Empire sighed, and judging from his expression, he seemed to be telling the truth.

Thinking back, it immediately made sense to me. Those who followed us were actually agents of the national intelligence agencies, right? Well, it was very likely that some of them got caught by Alexia's trap and couldn't enter. But in a way, that saved them because if they had followed inside, they probably wouldn't have made it back now.

I glanced at Mary, she just shrugged, looking like she didn't care.

So, I had to be a bit more honest.

"Well, it was mostly luck for us, otherwise we would really have been buried under the dragon tomb."

"The dragon tomb... is that really the case?"

The Emperor of the Witte Empire lifted his chin and said.

"That forest... has had many legends for a long time, but because it's too mysterious and connected to the forest sea, to be honest, I dare not let too many people go inside except for deploying soldiers on the edge of the forest."

"Hey, but you actually approved the school organizing such activities, even if others don't matter, but after all, your princesses went."

"Haha, that's because you led the team~"

These two old foxes, really treating me like I'm invincible, huh?

But since they put it that way, I couldn't say anything, after all, I still had to keep up the act.

However, when I looked at Princess Anne and the others, it was clear from their eyes that they were all displeased with their old man. Seeing this, I felt relieved, it seemed that these two old guys were not going to have an easy time today.

"Alright, let's get back to the main topic. This incident with the dragon tomb... to be honest, it's very dangerous for the entire continent. It could potentially change the whole continent's landscape."

Upon hearing me, the two emperors immediately became serious.

"Change the situation? Is it that serious?"

"Come on, just think about it. If someone desecrated your ancestors' tomb, how would you feel?"

"Of course..."

The king of the Ais Empire was about to say something but stopped halfway, and his expression turned ugly.

"So... who destroyed the dragon's tomb?"

"If you're talking about direct destruction, it was the black dragon that appeared that day, the Silver-Eyed Shadow Dragon—Leio."

When I mentioned this name, Nana next to me visibly trembled.

However, judging by her appearance, it seemed like she had taken my words to heart and was listening quietly.

"Wait, if the ones who destroyed their dragon's tomb were their own people, then why is it our concern?"

"That's the problem. First of all, the location of the dragon's tomb is within the territory of the Witte Empire, which makes it completely our concern. Also, on the day the dragon's tomb was destroyed, there were so many humans around. Even if you tell them that humans had nothing to do with it, do you think the dragon clan will believe it?"

"Well..."

"And think about the dragon's nature. It's impossible to say that they wouldn't care at all. Moreover, consider the most important point, even though I don't have direct evidence, this incident is directly related to Snake Eye."

"Snake Eye? Is it them again?"

The two emperors frowned.

"What have they done now?"

"Well, in simple terms, when we went down below the dragon's tomb, we happened upon the graveyard of that black dragon."

"Graveyard? So, you mean that black dragon was actually dead?"

"That's right, originally it was dead. Snake Eye somehow used something to turn it into a shadow dragon and then resurrected it. At that moment, we happened to be there and witnessed its resurrection."

"..."

However the two emperors were rulers of their respective countries and naturally knew about the threat of the Shadow Dragon.

"So, I think you should prepare yourselves in the near future, regardless, the dragon clan will definitely not stay idle. But..."

I recalled the angel and the blue dragon from that time.

"It seems like there is some treaty between the dragon clan and humans, do you know about this?"

"Well... we will have to look into it when we get back."

The emperor of the Witte Empire said.

"After all, the last appearance of the dragon clan was a very long time ago."

"Well, then you should get busy, even if you're not now, I think you'll be very busy in a while."

"True..."

The two emperors nodded.

"Alright, if you have any questions, feel free to come find me."

After saying that, I extended my hand to them.

"..."

The two emperors looked at me, puzzled.

"What's this about?"

"It's for payment."

I smiled.

"What about the information fee?"

Looking at the expressions of the two emperors, I probably understood one thing.

I might be the first person bold enough to ask them directly for money... right?