Inside the carriage going to the capital of Comotoria, there is Melissa and me, and also Chibi Dragon who was lying down .

    「My bad, asking you to come with me」

    「U?un, Kakeru is always helping me after all . Besides, if it’s Comotoria, I should be of help」

    「I heard from Althea that its a country which the Solon Church has a huge authority, is it true」

    「Un . The current king is a devout follower」

    「What kind of person is he?」

    「It’s a 70 years old Ojii-san」

    「A 70-year-old Jii-san is the king huh, then, the age of the prince is quite old right」

    It somehow felt strange, imagining a prince who is forty or fifty, I couldn’t help but laugh .

    It’s not like there are contradictions with a prince being forty or fifty, but if you say prince, the standard image is a cool and young one so I couldn’t help but laugh .

    「The crown prince should be 9 years old this year」

    「Fue?!」

    『Don’t let out such strange voices』

    『Otou-san, how cute』

    The Demon Swords pointed that out .

    「It’s a 70 years old Jii-san, and the crown prince is his son right? And he is 9 years old」

    「Un」

    「He’s pretty vigorous, huh」

    「It seems like he had a hard time . Also, that was the reason why he was faithful to the Solonism」

    「What do you mean?」

    When I asked that, Melissa answered .

    She said that in the region of Comotoria where late marriages are common, the first child he had was when he was over 30 years old .

    The child who was born at that time was a girl, meaning, a princess .

    There was no problem with that .

    The next child who was born was a girl .

    There was still no problem .

    The third child born was a girl .

    Buzzing sounds started to be heard here and there .

    The fourth, the fifth, the sixth, they were girls too .

    Seven, eight, nine, tenーーuntil the thirteenth, girls were continuously born .

    All of them are children born with miracles, thirteen consecutive children .

    “The king is cursed”, there was many rumors like that .

    「In fact, he was being possessed by something . That was removed by the great priest of the Solon Church ten years ago, and with that, a boy was finally born」

    「It’s like that huh」

    A successor was finally born, well, he would really be a follower with that .

    But, a successor when he got old huh, I somehow remembered Toyotomi Hideyoshi .

    Hideyoshi was also being called a playboy when he was young, but in the late years, he became a tyrant because of the love for his children .

    I wonder if that king was alright .

    「Myu??」

    Chibi Dragon who was lying down raised her head .

    She was tilting her head at first, but she started crying “Myu?, myu?” towards the wall .

    『O-chan?』

    「Is there something . Stop」

    I ordered the coachman, and the carriage stopped .

    I went down from the carriage and looked at the direction where Chibi Dragon cried to .

    There was nothing there with one glance, but looking carefully, I saw a scene more than a kilometer far away that someone is being attacked .

    A knight-like person, was attacking the carriage .

    「Eleanor, Hikari, let’s go」

    『Umu』

    『Un!』

    「Melissa, you stay here, Chibi too」

    「Did something happen?」

    「I’ll explain later」

    It looks like its an emergency . I sprinted .

    I ran the distance of more than a kilometer without thirty seconds .

    The person inside the carriage was already dragged out from the carriage .

    It was a 13-14 year old girl, and judging from her clothes, it looks like she’s a lady or a princess .

    And the one attacking her had a crest that I had seenーーit was knights wearing armor with the crest of the Comotoria Army .

    「To betray your master, what a filthy man!」

    「This is not a betrayal . It is an order」

    「What did you say!」

    「Please forgive us . Be prepared!」

    The knight slashes down his sword towards the girl without reasoning .

    *Gakiーn*! I drew out Eleanor, and get in between them while parrying .

    「Who?」

    「Who are you!」

    A girl being attacked, and the knight attacking . I heard them at the same time, and both of them were surprised .

    A girl without arms, and an attacking knight .

    I instantly decided, and saved the girl .

    After I had cut down all of the knights that were attacking the girl, I said to her .

    「Are you okay」

    「Yes」

    It was a quite courageous girl .

    「I am Yuuki Kakeru, you are?」

    「I am called Aura?Torideca?Comotoria」

    「Comotoria? Don’t tell me you’re a princess?」

    「I’m the thirteenth princess . Rather than that, Yuuki Kakeru you say, the Great Sage Althea’s?」

    「Yeah, that’s right」

    “It’s easier if you know”, I nodded .

    However, the situation seems troublesome .

    The thirteenth princess, attacked by the knights wearing armor with the crest of the kingdom .

    It really seems troublesome .

    ☆

    I took Aura with me, and returned to the carriage .

    I tied up the knights, and left them behind .

    「Aura-sama!」

    「Saint-sama?」

    It looks like the two know each other, and got surprised the instant they faced each other .

    I heard about the story, so thinking that there was a high possibility that they know each other, I was not surprised .

    「Why is the Saint-sama here?」

    「I’m on the way to Krades with Kakeru . Instead, what happened to Aura-sama?」

    「I don’t know! Why did that suddenly happen」

    「Kakeru?」

    “What does she mean”, Melissa asked .

    I asked Aura .

    「The man earlier, was that man your subordinate?」

    「He’s father’s subordinate, a man that can be trusted」

    「Clues for the reason that that man would attack you」

    「There’s none!」

    It seems like Princess Aura was quite irritated . Well, she was almost killed so it can’t be helped .

    「……you have a clue huh」

    「Mu?」

    I looked at Melissa . Melissa was looking at Aura with an ambiguous expression .

    Aura bit her lip, she had the face that she was holding back on something .

    Cluesーーit looks like there was some .

    The silence continued for more than five minutes, and from there, Aura heavily said .

    「Since last year, my Onee-samas had continuously died from accidents」

    「Continuously?」

    「Astrea-oneesama, Clora-oneesama, Shima-oneesama, Daphne-oneesama, and Eunice-oneesama . Within just a year since last year, six big sisters had died from accident」

    「You saying Onee-sama, means the princesses born 13 consecutive times」

    Aura nodded .

    「Five people dying from an accident within a year huh . ……it doesn’t look like a coincidence」

    「Leda-oneesama and Lena-oneesama died from sickness」

    「……that’s not a coincidence」

    It’s too consecutive . If it comes to this much, there could only be the smell of conspiracy .

    「Any clues?」

    「……」

    She bit her lips again, and didn’t say anything .

    “Don’t tell me”, I thought .

    I remembered Toyotomi Hideyoshi who had a successor when he was old .

    There’s no way, right .

    Aura who doesn’t say anything, and for her, Melissa said .

    「Aura-sama . How about asking this person, asking Kakeru for help?」

    「This person?」

    Aura looked at me very suspiciously . On the other hand, Melissa looked at me with eyes full of trust .

    「That’s right . If its Kakeru, he would save whoever it is, and solve the problem」

    “Absolutely”, Melissa said strongly .