Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?

A spot of bother

I’ve completed the moat and ramparts surrounding the city, so I was going to meet with the person in charge for Yggurle Kingdom when that happened.

Among the knights that Yggurle Kingdom had dispatched, there were some who had served during the war with Triaria Kingdom more than 50 years ago.
The knightss who learned about Sophia suddenly snapped at Sopha and I.

「Oi, Sylphide. You, you’re a knight of Yggurle Kingdom and yet you married a human? You’re a disgrace to the Elves! How dare you show face to us!?」
「Wha!? Stop! Someone take him!」

One of the Elven Knights cursed Sophia, and the other knights around him hurriedly stopped him.

「Let me go! Don’t you guys think so too!? That woman became Triaria’s prisoner!」
「Shut up! Sophia-san was captured because she protected many of our comrades! She was betrayed by our kind and even lost her ability to use magic!」

Perhaps because they knew about the situation in those days, someone instructed those surrounding the man who disparaged Sophia to take him away.

I think after the incident with those criminal slaves, my boiling point had gotten lower. I couldn’t stand it anymore and tried to take a step forward, but I felt a soft touch wrap around both of my arms.

「！？」
「You can’t, Takumi-sama. Sophia-san is holding it in.」
「Takumi-sama, it is fine by me. Besides, even that fool is a noble who holds peerage. Please be patient here.」
「Kuh, okay Sophia. And thank you, Marnie.」

Not all of the knights that belong to the Chivalric Order of Yggurle Kingdom were nobles, but their percentage was quite high. According to Sophia, the man who made reckless remarks was a member of a group in the knightage that did not get along with her, and would, in one way or another, compete with her.

The man screaming noisily was led away by his fellow knights, and the man who seemed to be in charge of the knights apologized.

「Please forgive us, Iruma-dono. I fully acknowledge that the fault lies completely on us. With all that, I humbly make a request. Would it be possible for you to accept our apology and let bygones be bygones?」
「Please raise your head. I don’t want to be the cause for disputes between Valkyra Kingdom and Yggurle Kingdom, and I will no longer see that man, so I accept that apology.」

I appreciate that someone who must have been commanding officer in the Chivalric Order was bowing deeply and apologizing to a human for an Elven knight who had a deep-seated elitism, so with my anger flying off somewhere, I had him raise his head.

Eventually, after a brief greeting with Holt-san, we headed back to Volton.

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「「Welcome back, Master.」」
「We’re back, Sebastian, Maribelle.」

Sebastian and Maribelle came to greet us as we came up from the basement where the Teleport Gate was installed.

「Have you finished the construction?」
「Yeah, I’m done with the part I’m in charge of. Did anything come up?」
「A correspondence from Lord Portfort, and a message from Jeeves in the Sanctuary Mansion stating that Princess Mimir would like to meet you.」
「Eh!?」

I was surprised that Princess Mimir left a message that she wanted to meet up. Maybe it was about the recent dispute with the knights of the Yggurle Kingdom. Isn’t that too fast? Trouble really chose today to act up.
As I was thinking that, Sophia told me of how Princess Mimir could have been the first to find out about the knight.

「Takumi-sama, I believe one of the Great Spirits told Princess Mimir.」
「Ahh, I see. The Great Spirits would have overheard that, huh. They didn’t have to notify Princess Mimir though.」

Just in case, I had come to an agreement with that commanding officer, so there’s no need to bring up what’s been swept under the rug.

「The Spirits were definitely angry. Especially the Wind Spirits who have a strong connection with Sylphide family.」
「I’ll have to tell Sylph to not act rashly, huh.」
「Yes.」

Spirits are fundamentally free. That was no different for the Great Spirits. Those women were beings that did as they like.
However, there was one thing they had in common. It was that the Spirits and the Great Spirits were good beings sent into this world by Goddess Norn. As such, the Wind Spirits could not stay silent when Sophia, who is deeply connected to them, was slighted.

Even so, currently in Yggurle Kingdom, the number of people who lost the blessing of the Spirits which makes them unable to use Spirit Magic or hear the voice of the Spirits was increasing, which is becoming a problem in the country.

「If they make Sylph any angrier, it would be bad.」
「Yes, Yggurle Kingdom might lose its Divine Wind Protection.」
「Hm, let’s go to the Sanctuary mansion then.」
「「Have a good day.」」

Finding the situation to be urgent, Sebastian and Maribelle saw us off as we teleported to the Sanctuary mansion.