Reign Empire

Mid-way the Kuro's explanation about Botan, he began extracting his mana because the discussion was taking too long.

"so, you promised her to make a game, Kuro?"

"Yes!"

With a somewhat bragging faces, Kuro said to the young girl in front of hIM.

"hmm~... well it's okay. let's go home!"

The Oni smiled to Kuro and called him out to home.

'Eh... I just extracted my mana and the stamina tolls is 2x greater than before that just walking is already tiring me...'

but Kuro couldn't disagree with Ayame.

After some while he fell down and had the Oni carry him back.

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4/10

Despite being the 2 places close, Botan still took 4 days to travel from Agrenoria to Reign Empire.

The reason behind it was, she didn't rush that much, and she enjoyed seeing the scenery along with Lamy, as well talk with Lamy about some daily things.

With the great walls enough to reach the heavens in sight, a gate with bunches of humans lined was seen. That's the entrances to Reign Empire, and it was pretty well-guarded..., well not to her.

Despite, being able to easily sneak in, she decided not to, one of the reason was for Lamy, one of the reason was for Kuro. If she illegally entered, she may not be able to buy a tools/material Kuro mentioned.

Although all of this was just an excuse because she can just also steal it.

in the end, since she turned into human, she didn't want to do something inhumanly action.

"Miss aren't the citizens of Reign Empire. Please come with us first."

With the common human senses taught by Kuro and Lamy, she now wore a clothes. so, she was at least a little bit better compared to before. Just, because of her beast ears, and Lamy's elven ears, she was judged as 'not human'

The guards even made sure to show sign, expressing to come with her... because most of the lifeforms can't speak more than 2 languages. It was handy if Elves could Viran, but this world just that of a pain in ass.

"Lamy, let's follow him."

"Un."

The winter elven nodded to white lion and followed the guards obediently.

The places where the guard lead was a building where the other demi-humans was seen. Some was being questioned with the help of 'rune-devices' that was mysteriously translating the word spoken. Although, the translation was a little bit rough.

"Name?"

White lion and winter elven was ordered to sit down and both of them faced the glasses with the man inside it, and a hole in the glass so that the voices can reach.

"Shishiro Botan, and this one here is Yukihana Lamy."

the man over the glasses wrote the paper and proceeded to next question.

"Races?"

"is it, my 'first' race or the 'current' race?"

"Winter Elves."

Lamy answered not keeping the silences anymore. but Botan seemed to be in difficulties at the question she was asked. Facing her troubles, the man said while failing to hides his astonishment.

"The current one..."

"White Lion King."

"CRAP, RUN. WE'RE IN DANGER!"

The man over the glass suddenly shouted. he felt that the glass, with a protection-rune ability in it, wasn't enough to keep him safe.

The rest couldn't heard them because both the right and left side, was covered with wall so that the voices won't go over, but the little wall couldn't block the shouts of the man over the glasses. as such, the crowd couldn't help but diverse their attention to Botan and Lamy.

"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!? HURRY! ACTIVE THE LEVEL 5 EMERGENCY!"

"U-understood!"

Even though they were panicking, they were still an experienced workers. Just..., the level 5 emergency was their first time, as well, seeing the man over the glass panic this much was also.

Breaking the protection glass that prevented them to unintentionally press it, the men pressed the button.

"Hey- I don't have any intention to cause trouble..."

"Who- who'll believe in you! You literally destroyed an middle-ranked city 10 years ago...!"

With fear covering his faces, he said back to Botan. Although her face was adorable, to the man over the glass, she just looking nothing but a monster. he was already courageous enough not to piss himself.

"That city has too many darkness and I've promised to someone that I'd destroy it. so it's not my fault!"

Unreasonable as it may be, she said to the man.

The next instances the emergency button was pressed, the red flare was fired up the sky and the entire building was now blocked in the spatial barrier..., along with the worker here and the demi-humans inside.

"They are so bad! Keeping the innocent person inside because just an dangerous people appeared."

Lamy said in an elven words which no one besides Shishiron understood because the 'rune-devices' was already turned off.

Just a moment after the spatial barrier was made, a burly person launched toward it with great speed, almost equal to teleportation and with little effort, a hole was made in spatial barrier which began repairing itself after the burly man entered inside the building.

"Le-Leon-sama!"

"What's the matter... White Lion!? Why're you here?"

"Could you let us go? Leon. I have no intention to bring troubles here."

"Oh, okay. Wait here a bit. I'll tell them to cancel the barrier here."

"Sure. Make sure to make us an ID so that we can enter this empire anytime we want."

"We?"

"Yeah, this is Lamy. I've picked her up in the winter elves territory."

"...Hah~ that's so like you. Alright."

"See you~"

With a final words from Shishiron, the strongest knight disappeared and it didn't took long before the spatial barrier to disappear from the building.

"Sorry for troubling you, Akuna."

"No, it's okay."

Leon bid farewell with the person that's capable of controlling the city, as well, the main creator of most of the rune in the city, Akuna.

During his way to Botan, Leon sighed to himself.

"First, a demon king. Now, the White Lion King... Haaah~... What's going on with this Empire, lately?"