The pig……No, Dew…..Dea……n…..?
Summarizing the words of the viscount, it’s like this.
Presently, in this town of Iris,
there is a huge labyrinth underneath the royal school of Tristania.
In a surprising thing, there is a considerable area even just on a single floor, and somehow only up till 50 floors have been confirmed. It’s one of the renowned large scale labyrinth.
I mean, it’s too wide.
Why is there something like that?
It’s bigger than the castle of the demon king that I know of.
Legend has it that a great demon king created it.
Well, in this case, the origin or the reason of existence is not worth worrying about.
Anyway, right now, it’s positive that there’s a labyrinth.
Demons appears intermittently within the underground labyrinth, and it looks like they get stronger the further one heads underground.
Different from the demon and demon race living on ground, it seems as pseudo lifeforms, defeating the demons exhaust the magical power within them and causes them to disappear and circulate in the dungeon to become new demons again.
As there are no records about the lowest levels, it means that it’s not understood how many levels the heck there are.
The crucial marquis isn’t around is the reason, but currently, Tristania royal school is conducting its graduation examination.
This graduation examination is the exploration of the underground labyrinth by the current batch of graduates.
Cooperating with everyone, it’s an event where they have to travel to the stipulated number of storeys.
And that is the graduation exam.
Of course, there are many students who are weak in combat.
In the mass mobilization, it’s an examination to see if one can play a part and contribute to the group, searching for a role suitable for themselves.
Although there is a stipulated number of stories, something such as repeating a year from not being up to the task of traveling doesn’t happen often.
However, there seem to be a rumored rare genius magician in this year’s graduate.
Furthermore, an external student.
Those called external student are those that came from the masses, and not from nobility.
The Millis kingdom is a place that is big on the merit system.
It isn’t that one can become a noble easily because of ability, but being appointed an important post if abilities are displayed properly and so on, it seems that there are numerous situation to receive preferential treatment.
A rare genius magician in a country with such a setting.
And furthermore, an ordinary person.
Not being satisfied with just reports, Marquis Cordaru who is the feudal lord participated as the examiner to see the genius with his own eyes.
I’m told that the exam stretches close to 1 month.
Is it fine that the feudal lord is absent for such a long period of time?
No, as expected, enough prior arrangements have been made huh.
Because it wasn’t revealed to others and our arrival was on the unexpected task of the king’s orders, we had missed each other.
It was a little over 2 weeks ago that they went into the labyrinth.
If I think about the return journey, it will be another week after the scheduled 2 weeks till he returns.
Will we standby till then?
Deciding to come again, we left the marquis’s residence behind.
Pig frog had insisted to take care of Rithina in the residence, but it was firmly refused.
Although he had held on obstinately, there was no room for objection if the princess herself declined.
“This is a chance.”
Rithina says.
Ha?
“What is a chance?”
I ask in return.
Rithina’s face lights up.
Or more precisely, it’s a face that is thinking of something bad.
Her expression is extremely good.
This, probably, is a face that won’t say something good.
“An appeal to the Marquis.”
“Appeal?”
That, I heard of something like that previously too.
“That’s right! Appeal!
Haruto-kun should participate in the graduation exam too!
In that case, it’s a situation of the marquis with the doctrine of placing ability first.
If he accepts the ability of Haruto-kun, it becomes easy to have a talk later.”
A good idea indeed!
Rithina rattles on as if so.
No no, it’s strange right?
The graduates entered the labyrinth roughly 2 weeks ago, wouldn’t the timing be strange if I reach the stipulated floor even if it goes smoothly?