Now, the stage moves to the east, to the royal capital.
「The Grim Reaper and a knight of unknown nationality, is it?」
A small old man who looks like a goblin, raised one eyebrow while sitting in his overly large chair.
I, who had gone to the giant hole in search of mineral resources, but gave up and retreated.
After talking to the herbivore mechanic, I took him with me and came to report back as soon as possible.
「B-class Knights, painted green and white, with silver ornaments all over its bodies」
I tried to explain with hand gestures while standing.
The guild leader crossed his arms and groaned loudly.
「About the Grim Reaper, there was no helping it. You will have no chance of winning if you fought that man」
There, I sighed lightly.
「The fact that the Empire had realized the existence of the giant hole. Their quick ears got us this time」
A look of defeat crept across his face, which was unusual for him.
A team of adventurers had been sent to Awoke to retrieve the golem. The expense for that was also wasted.
「Still, Knights painted in green and white, huh? On top of that, they had the same fighting style as Tauro-kun」
Sitting on the couch, the vice-guild master, who looks like Santa Claus and Goblin jii-chan looks at each other.
Santa Claus, who seemed to have no idea of who they are, lightly shook his head from side to side.
「Fumu」
The guild master crosses his arms and makes a sullen face. His gaze turns to the herbivore mechanic standing next to me.
He seems to want his opinion from a technical point of view.
「The Knights of unknown nationality, used a rifle as their main weapon, and fought by shooting magic from a distance」
Herbivore mechanic who understands, speaks out his opinion.
「In regards to their movement method, they’re continuously casting wind magic on their legs to move around」
Just like my hover movement.
With this, they eliminated the Old lady’s advantage in mobility.
「What all of this shown us, is that the pilot must have an unusual amount of magic power」
Goblin jii-chan and Santa Claus nodded. Me? I feel a bit complicated because I’m the same as them.
「I’m excluding the possibility that they’re using a technology that are several times more efficient than us, because that’s highly unlikely」
Including me, the three of us listened in silence.
「Abundant amount of magic power and high magic power control ability that make them able to move using wind magic without crumbling their posture. And there are five pilots who have both of these aspects. There are too many of them to be considered outstanding individuals. It’s better to consider them as a some kind of military force」
A look of realization appeared on the face of Herbivore mechanic as he continued. He looked a little lost, but continued with his words.
「Based on racial traits, it is more likely that they are the elves」
I haven’t mentioned the possibility of them being an elf yet. Because I didn’t want to give them a false impression.
And it’s only based on my personal impression.『The Knight’s design was similar to an elf-branded bag』is the base of my assumption.
However, Herbivore mechanic came up with the idea of them being an elf through his own build-up of evidence. It’s safe to say the certainty just increased.
「I see」
「But I never heard the existence of Elves Knight and pilots」
The guild master and vice-guild leader share their opinions.
「Maybe because they don’t see the need to show it to the world. They’re all so secretive after all」
「Certainly, their species does have what it takes to become a pilot」
The conversation between the two old men gets more lively.
While this is happening, the Herbivore mechanic is busy mumbling to himself.
「ーーand so, it all makes sense if we assume as such」
Herbivore mechanic turns towards me. He looked at me with both eyes and his mouth wide open.
「….I see now」
I wonder what it is.
I stared back at the herbivore mechanic with a bad feeling in my heart.
I had a feeling that if I looked away, I would lose.
「Guild master! Vice-guild master! Please listen to me」
At the sound of a loud voice that almost sounded like a shout, the old men looked at us to see what was going on.
「I finally… I finally figured it out! Now I know why Tauro-san is so special」
(Could it be, I got found out that I have a cheat from the stone statue!?)