In a room inside the main palace, key mbers of the Fifty Bells Union were reunited around a low table.
The leader of the entire Union, Kagura aka Uzu was there, together with the strategist and commanding officers of the main platoons, the leaders of the multicolor troops, supervising representatives, and two Hidden mbers. An urgent eting had been organized to talk about the information Mira had brought to them.
Mira herself was waiting in a separate room though. Kagura trusted her entirely, and she worked directly under King Solomon, but it would still take so ti to explain who she was to the other mbers.
While she waited, Mira went from being puzzled at the sight of a traditional Japanese style toilet, tasted Japanese confectionery after what felt like ages, all while chatting with Acadry. She told Mira more details of the ti Nyanmaru’s master spent with Kagura, and how she had no way of refusing to na the Shikigami 「Nyanmaru」. Acadry also ntioned that the large eagle shikigami with scarlet wings that carried her to et Mira was called 「Piyonoshin」 for a similar reason. With a sigh, she added in a murmur 「I really respect her, but still…」 with a distant look on her eyes.
Mira had no idea what to add to the conversation, so all she did was nod in agreent.
So ti later, a man ca into the room to call Mira into the conference room.
The room was very similar to the one Kagura had been in earlier. The only notable difference was the low table that was shaped like a square. The leaders sat around it, their appearances befitting of the architectural style, and when Mira entered the room, they all looked at her. Mira felt a bit bewildered at first, but Kagura beckoned at her saying 「Over here」 while waving her hand.
As Mira moved through the room, so did all the gazes on her. Kagura kept pressing her to co closer, making Mira sit at her side.
「This girl is the envoy from Arkite that delivered the information I just relayed to you all. And as most of you are aware of already, she’s also the person who helped capture that mber of Chira Clauzen.」
「I’m Mira.」
After Uzu’s introduction, Mira simply nad herself.
Voices of admiration ca out from those present, mostly after Uzu ntioned how she was the one who helped capture Chira Clauzen’s mber. News of that had spread quickly throughout the entire Fifty Bells Union and everyone praised her great deed. After all, the raids on Chira Clauzen bases occurring that very mont were thanks to her. With that benefactor in front of them, everyone present was itching to know just how strong she was.
「Not only that, but she’s also the pupil of Danbulf, one of the Nine Wisen.」
When Uzu added that, everyone fell silent. But that was only for a short mont, one of Uzu’s assistants that knew she was Kagura decided to believe what she said.
「I’ve heard of many phony pupils in the past… But if Uzu says it’s true, then I’ll believe her. As long as she helps take down Chira.」
An aging man sitting closest to Uzu, with a moustache that Mira liked, approved of Uzu’s claim. Hearing that, the rest of the mbers also agreed with him and looked at Mira with admiration.
After showering her with appreciation, they began introducing themselves.
「I’m Mizar, the commanding officer of the Bellerophon platoon.」
「I’m Alioth, strategist of the sa platoon.」
Both of them were part of the Bellerophon platoon, the commanding officer Mizar wore plain leather armor. He appeared to be in his forties, his wrinkles starting to beco obvious on his brow as he looked straight at Mira.
Alioth was the sa man that had spoken earlier saying that he trusted Mira was telling the truth. He wore a plain robe, while his lustrous silver hair was combed back.
「I’ve heard about you, apparently you helped the Silver platoon quite a bit. I’m Kongou, leader of all the multicolor platoons.」
He had dark skin and was almost twice as big as the rest of them, he was part of the Gardia tribe. His white hair was cut short, while his stubble covered half of his face like a faint coat of snow. He smiled cheerfully as his small eyes followed Mira.
「I’m Cophin. You could say I’m sothing like an ambassador in charge of listening to all the countries.」
Cophin waved as he introduced himself. He wore the regular clothes of that world, pants and a shirt, though he also added a coat on top. He looked the youngest out of everyone in the room, with exception of Mira, but his actual age was hard to tell given that he was an elf with a long lifespan.
「I’m Hebi of the Hidden.」
「Sasori of the sa.」
The two Hidden mbers wore clothes that could pass off as any random adventurer in the streets. Hebi had a white robe, while Sasori wore a breastplate made of insect husks. Both of them were girls, Hebi had long black hair and a piercing stare, while Sasori was part of the ou tribe and had a bob cut pink colored hair and a friendly smile.
「Well, I think that concludes the introductions. Let’s go back on topic.」
When everyone had cald down, Uzu resud the eting. Her voice rang completely different from what a cute young girl’s would, catching everyone’s attention and focusing it back on Chira Clauzen.
「About the three dungeons ntioned earlier. Let’s send a few elite troops to them as well.」
Mira’s information had already been passed on to them, so they called Mira so she could listen to their plans regarding that.
「That was valuable information, indeed. If we succeed in capturing one of their higher-ups, they’ll begin counterattacking as well. But on the topic of that information, I believe it would be best to investigate a bit more? From what you said, it’s still a guess that they might be targeting the Spirit King. It might be so form of trap to lure us sowhere.」
Mizar voiced his doubt. That Chira Clauzen was targeting the Spirit King was only the conclusion ca upon after investigating their movents, so he was afraid their guess would be completely off the mark and they would fall into a very well planned trap.
His point was valid, so all the varied faces surrounding the low table fell into pensive silence, only their breaths audible. But Alioth voiced another theory.
「I can see what you’re trying to get at, but everything we found out ourselves also supports that theory.」
The strategist of the Bellerophon platoon, Alioth. He was the brains of the Fifty Bells Union and one of the few that knew Uzu’s true identity. He had earned an imnse amount of trust from the other mbers, so when he said that, everyone’s eyes focused on him. Even Mira looked at him, curious to know what he was going to say.
「Well Alioth, tell us what you know.」
「So…」
Uzu urged him on, so he took out a folded paper from his pocket and spread it on the table. When unfolded, the paper was larger than his both arms outstretched, and on it was drawn a map of the entire continent, with multiple marks all over it.
「As you’re all aware, we’re currently launching surprise attacks on all of Chira’s bases, and we’re gathering a large amount of new docunts and information from them. The marks on the map represent those places. We already found more than fifty of them, and the number just keeps growing. Following their usual trends, Chira is quick on their foot, so even after raiding all these bases we’ve only captured a low number of people. However, this still represents a loss in their power. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it’ll only be a matter of ti before we capture all of them.」
「That much is true. It’s not much, but the attacks on Spirits are starting to decrease in number. But on the other hand, the mbers of my platoon keep crying about not having ti to even catch a breath!」
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