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99 - Is it wrong to seek the end point of life in the last dungeon?

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When Josiah was involved in a farce called the condemnation drama, Midia questioned the official at the academy that was located in the exact opposite direction of Sackwill Academy.

“What do you mean”

“I’m sorry, we have not fully grasped the gist of the incident. The information we have is confusing, so we will wait until the situation settles down to――”

“Enough.”

With a curt attitude, Midia turned on her heel.
She has no expression, but the fire magical essence is burning all around her, as if showing her violent emotion.
The people around her naturally had no choice but to distance themselves from her.

The information that has reached Midia is that [Josiah is being taken away for violating the royal decree of E Kingdom].
It's not hard to see why.
During Josiah’s stay in W Country, E Kingdom side was aware of Josiah's capabilities.
Hence, Midia predicts that they may be planning to use their authority to bring him in.

If this is the case, there is no reason to quietly obey.
How can Josiah, who was so badly exploited during his time in A Empire, have to suffer the same fate again in another country?
Once again, Midia is on the verge of flying off to Sackwill Academy.

The fire magic essence that surrounded Midia suddenly decreased its rate of activity.
Sensing that a debuff was being applied to her movement, Midia quickened the magic essence rate of activity and cleared away the darkness magic essence that granted the debuff correction.

[As usual, you’re doing things in a muscle-brained way]

An exasperated voice echoes from the shadows.
Midia put herself on guard and was alert of her surroundings.

“Garda! If you get in my way, I'll seriously kill you.”

[Killing is a crime in I Confederacy. Let me tell you, E Kingdom is not involved in the matter this time. It's all my work.]

“...In other words, it’s that stupid phantom thief’s doing?”

[I had taken several measures for this very day, but it just happened to be solved unsatisfyingly and easily. ...This time, I will specially provide information as a fellow former member of the A Empire.]

“The hell’s that?”

Midia never intended to let down her guard, but readying her stance with her sword and filling herself with fire magic elements is the only thing she didn’t neglect to do.
On the other hand, the owner of the invisible voice――Garda spoke like he was grumbling.

[Send Josiah to E Kingdom. This is surprisingly not an easy request. As you probably know, E Kingdom communicates with other races through the puppet W Country. It seems like they are putting a lot of effort into international exchange, but that’s only indirectly. They will never allow other races to enter the mainland of E Kingdom.]

“...Are they going to let senpai enter the mainland of E Kingdom?”

[Yes, the only one. There is only one way where they let... They have to let other races, such as humans, enter the mainland of E Kingdom. That is to summon the witness to the mainland of E Kingdom and conduct a trial in order to confirm the authenticity of situations involving the country itself, such as violations of royal decree like this one. In other countries, their response would be different depending on the situation, but at least in the case of E Kingdom, where only their pride is exceptional, they wouldn't be satisfied if they didn't take care of it themselves in their own country. Only if they’re concerned with their country's royal decree though.]

Midia, who has become a little calmer, vaguely realizes “No way”.
She didn’t care when Phantom Thief R... Randy was repeating strange attempts, such as unsealing calamity designated weapons and causing natural disasters.
This time, the ulterior motive to send Josiah to E Kingdom no matter what as if it was some kind of assassination is.

“If it’s really so that senpai creates a barrier for E Kingdom――then he’s really messing around.”

[You’re half correct.]

“Am I wrong somewhere? That guy should be planning on doing the same thing as Desire.”

[That’s also half correct though.]

Garda was desperately speaking ambiguously, but he finally blurted out what he really wanted to say.

[...Hey, Midia, W Country and E Kingdom are almost neighbors. In other words, that guy and I have already inspected it in advance.]

“...”

[While inspecting it, I also evaluated it, but――it was full of holes.]

“As expected, that’s a lie.”

[It would be nice if it was a lie.]

“...A lie, right?”

Garda's voice alone gave the impression that he was not joking, but Midia also found it hard to believe it out of the blue that she repeated herself.
However, Garda says in an indescribable tone of voice.

[It's not like the elves' magic circle has deteriorated. That's all I can say. But you see, Josiah's knowledge is better than that. And from the point of view of me, you, and my client, all of us who learned from him, it’s “full of holes”. How ironic.]

In other words, this means that Josiah is already the only one who can oppose Randy.

[My client seems to be breaking magic circles in various places as training. There is still some time. Tell Josiah to do something until then.]

After listening to the end, Midia retorted, “Is this a message job?” But Garda presence has disappeared.

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