The next time Bats woke up, it was a ceiling made of white wood that extended to one side of his sight.


    I wonder why you''re here - and I thought for a while,


    "Wake up, you idiot"


    "... Leonard, you"


    "Master Marco told me the details. You cared, but you said you were impotent and apanied me, didn''t you?


    "... where am I?


    "Huh. I wanted you to answer first. This is the Tiggle Hall in the harbor town of Roundheart."


    I remember if you ask me.


    Leonard lowers his back to a chair ced beside him in the bed where he sleeps himself if Bats looks around.


    To see Leonard with a bunch of thick paper on hand, I guess he was watching the bats as he worked.


    "Oh, yes, the Red Dragon..."


    "You forgot? You''ve been crushing the Red Dragon''s demon stone by yourself, haven''t you? Thank you, Red Dragon Killer."


    "Oh... if you ask me... isn''t that a different alias?


    "I hear Master Marco professed highly about the Bats as the Red Dragon Killer. I can imagine how that happened... but you don''t have to say too much extra stuff even if you think about it."


    Leonard then offers the bats a cup with water from a nearby table.


    "You should drink"


    "Oh, I''m sorry"


    Drinking up momentum in almost a bite, the Bats say after a few seconds of relief.


    "What do you mean, extra?


    "It is decided. It''s a delicious ce, but don''t talk about the aversion to what''s called the Red Dragon Killer alias."


    "... Leonard. I''m sorry, are you telling me to ept something like hyena?


    At the time of the Aerial Warfare of Red Dragon opponents, he was also distracted and fought to honestly ept Marco''s powerful words.


    But the status quo, it just breaks my heart to be told Red Dragon Killer, like my own feat.


    Leonard, with a shivering gaze on him, but he sighed in the way he was used to,


    "I think that''s too much of a problem."


    Answer in an embarrassing tone.


    Bats scratches his hair like he was drained of poison.


    "I guess the Bats wanted me to be present myself, huh? And we cooperated ording to Marco, crushing Red Dragon''s demon stone. To be honest with you, I don''t think the Bats took the bulk of the fight, and I don''t want to say anything that would scratch your pride. - but ept the results of your actions as one of themanders."


    "I said... I can''t believe I did it"


    "I don''t know. If you want to assess the size of the matter, I''ll leave the rest to you (Warren). What I''m trying to say is, even if there''s something you''re not convinced of, ept the consequences of your actions."


    "So I..."


    "Bats. Certainly you have a verse that prioritizes your emotions. Then take responsibility for it."


    That being said, the Bats don''t understand the meaning of the word very calmly right now.


    He let loose a thin crease between his eyebrows and waited for the next word Leonard would say.


    "The youngmander showed courage and merited about the Red Dragon Crusade. Everybody''s morale goes up the eel... and I''m not going to let anything cool me down on this one."


    "Huh... Oh, you mean that. I finally know what it means."


    "That''s more than anything. Themander has a side of the g, which means he wants you to ept it in anguage that doesn''t fit his height."


    "... ok"


    "Ha, you don''t have to be unfaithful. But..."


    Now Leonard with a soft grin.


    He got up from his chair and walked out with his back to the bats, stopping just before he left the room.


    "I''m proud of Bats'' courage. As a friend and as a colleague, I want to give you no morepliments. - You''re an amazing man, Bats."


    Pathan quietly, looking at the closed wooden door, Bats was taken aback for a while.


    ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇


    After the Red Dragon crusade, the Bats woke up hourster.


    In other words, the same thing happened to Ain, who aplished the ck Dragon Crusade, while he explored the signs of one person, Chris, who followed hostile forces headed by Cami, and one on a poorly scaffolded path.


    That time can never be said to be long in about dozens of minutes.


    But with Ain''s physical abilities, his speed of movement is faster than that of the beast lurking in the woods.


    A hidden coast through the mountains and through the woods, asionally reaching across rivers and so on.


    "- Dear Chris. I thought we were going out of here."


    "Yeah...... really, just the getaway was amazing"


    Chris and Dill standing shoulder-to-shoulder.


    The two were searching for evidence and watching the knights watching over the men in the captive robe talking about what was toe.


    I don''t even notice Ain right behind me, he has a serious face, his eyes on the end of the ocean with a tough gaze.


    "Excuse me, Captain Christina. This is a report from someone who looked around from the high ground."


    "Yeah, you got something?


    "He said he saw a wave that was a little ufortable. I was wondering if it might be a trail caused by taking some sea demons and sailing on some ships"


    "Huh... in the direction!?


    "Ha, as for you...... - Huh!?


    A Kingsguard knight who came to report noticed Ain showing up from the woods behind him.


    He hurriedly broke his knee and bowed his head,


    "Oh, wee home!


    and drew attention out loud.


    Ain looked a little embarrassed, but he pulled his stretched brte out in earlier battles and approached Chris and Dill, who were being taken aback.


    While doing so, all knights kneel regardless of standing position.


    "I''m home. A little tricky, but I knocked him out."


    Dill smiles gently and lowers his head with his arms in front of his chest.


    On the other hand, Chris burst into tears because he was worried or thin.


    "What Dear Ein!? That hair......!?


    "I''ve grown something. Maybe it''s because he sucked off the ck Dragon''s demon stone and got stronger."


    "It''s already... it''s that simple to say... Wee home. I was really, really waiting for you toe home."


    Returned with the usual light story, Chris shed a glimmer of tears from relief.


    It''s not that I didn''t believe it, but the return of a thinker who fought against a mighty enemy doesn''t stop with so much peace of mind.


    "By the way, you look a little different."


    The next Dill I spoke to.


    "Uh, yeah?


    "Yes, somehow, but I feel older about a year old. It''s a little more spiritual."


    "... I think you want me to stop because I can light that up"


    Ain then orders the knights on their knees.


    "Everybody, I want you back to work," he said briefly with one arm up.


    With the exception of the knight who came to report to Chris, everyone said, "Ha!" and reply and scatter.


    "Chris."


    "Oh... yes!


    "Hair fastening, can I borrow it if I have spare?


    "I have it! Uh... go ahead."


    Receiving a brown hippo hair sp, Ain wraps her hands around her mouth andbs her hair together.


    Eventually I tied it to one with a hair sp I borrowed from Chris.


    "... No, really, Ain''t got a different vibe right now"


    And there was Dillughing like trouble.


    The reason was simple: Ein''s current trick on Olivia''s face was lustrous, even though Ein was a man.


    Sufficient to attract attention from the same sex, Chris identally blushed his cheeks and turned his face away.


    "Hey, you were here to report something, weren''t you?


    Ain spoke to the knight.


    "Ha! I have predictions of where the target is headed."


    "You mean the route? If that''s the case, maybe, but I know where to lurk, so I''ll be fine. In the time leading up to my arrival here, I was wondering where Cami could safely lurk."


    That''s what Ain said and looked across the ocean.


    "After all, I feel signs from the direction I expected"


    Those who listen to his words shine upon themselves the absolute aura of a heightened Ain.


    There has always been strength to follow, but now it''s as if, born to follow Him - it drifts as much strength as it seems.


    "Um, Dear Ein...? I mean in that direction... uh, how did you know where to lurk?


    Chris opens his mouth, still blind.


    "When I thought about it, I didn''t think I''d be able to do anything big until now without a ce to settle down. It''s hard to do that in Ishtal, and the continent over there has been tight surveince these days - and Chris? It''s time for you to take a look at me?


    Then she looked at her sorry.


    Eyes moistened from relief are as beautiful as gems.


    "He said you had an ind that was easy to use with all the amenities. There was an ind that was easy to navigate between continents and was a great base."


    For a while, three people who heard the words tilted their little necks.


    It was Chris who leaked his voice, "Ah," who opened his mouth before anyone else after decades.


    "... there was, an ind of convenience"


    "Oh, okay?


    "Hahaha... yes... I will never forget that ind"


    An ind with no bitter memories, but not very good ones.


    It can be deduced from Chris'' expression, and for Dill, it was a littleter watching Ain and Marco fight.


    He also says with a sigh.


    "It''ste, but I get it, too. What Ein is saying is that the uninhabited ind he used in his meeting with Heim?


    There are no demons on uninhabited inds with considerable facilities, led by Ishtarika.


    The user-friendliness came with origami, and Ain nodded honestly at Dill''s words.