The arrests in the Eguilla Mine underground were entering their final phase.
"Everybody, move in!"
A hidden door on the side wall about 10 meters back from the end of the staircase. This was the hiding place of Garrison Yak Arks.
To be precise, Garrison was just Garrison, since he had been disowned by the Arks family at this point.
"Uh-oh!"
No wonder the old man was not worried, this was just a and nothing more.
"Got him!"
"Got him!"
There were six people hiding there. Four men and two women.
Except for Garrison, all five were former nobles of the Klein Kingdom. No, Garrison is a nobleman now.
"No! I can't be a commoner!
"Let go of me! I'm the second son of House Arks!
Don't touch me, nobleman! You're a common soldier!
"...... is all I have to say. I surrender.
At this point, there were still five men who were still stuck in the electorate, and one woman, not ...... a man of integrity.
"All right, take them away."
"Ha!"
Here, the plan to sabotage the <> was averted.
* * * * * *
"Now, we have less than two kilometers to go! The race is about to be over!
Number 9 was still in first place, but numbers 1 and 2 were making desperate efforts to catch up, and the gap between them was not as great as it had been at one point. At best, they were only a length, or maybe a plane length? or maybe even a length or two.
And then numbers 1 and 2 were in a dead heat, side by side ......, so close that their wings were almost touching.
"Lo is doing well, too.
Theon muttered.
"By the way, Lord Rhodes, number 1, is a relative of Mr. Zion, isn't he?
Josephine Lumeth Klein, Queen of the Klein Kingdom, spoke.
"Yes. < clan, so I take the name of that clan now, but I'm your great-granddaughter.
"Great-grandchildren?" ....... I envy you Northerners for your longevity."
It is Josephine's virtue that she can say this without a trace of sarcasm and with a smile on her face.
She is a very good person, but she has a lot of hard work ahead of her. I lost a longtime friend the other day."
Of course he was talking about Maricka.
The queen senses this and changes the subject.
"We are almost at the finish line. I guess the winner will be number 9, right?
"Yes, because of the performance of the aircraft and the way the race was run.
Sion avoided making any definite statement, but admitted that the number 9 was still favored.
"But there are two points in favor of number 1," he said.
"Well, what are they?"
I'd like to know too, Mr. Theon.
Corwin Racka Kiddo, the Minister of Magical Technology of the Kingdom of Klein, also took an interest.
"One is the concentration of free magical element (ether). As you know, the further north you go, the higher the concentration of free ether is, and the further south the concentration is, the lower it is.
"Yes, that is true."
"I see. ...... I am beginning to understand."
The queen nodded and Corwin Raqqa Kido, Minister of Magical Technology, seemed to have an idea.
"The efficiency of the air jet, is it?"
Theon nodded.
"You are half right. <
Rhodes has had many interactions with our countries, and has traveled back and forth many times, and has been here for a long time.
In contrast, this is the first time that Kondak of Shinra has left the Nordic Federation.
Although the difference in the concentration of free magical element (ether) is no longer as great as it was 400 years ago, the fact remains that it is lower here. Even if it is only a few tenths of a percent.
"I think Rho has the know-how to make full use of limited resources.