Today was the day. The day we return the illegal sves home.

  It has been 15 days since we discovered that operation and freed the sves, but because of diplomatis, I couldn’t just immediately return all of them to where they live.

  … and because we needed mapping for where they live and so forth. And I’m detly sure Duke Burch sent some sort of letters to the tries the sves inated from, apologizing for the situation and saying that the sves would be retur this time.

  Out of the seventeen sves, of course four were now with me, w at HomeBase. Ahree were hired by Duke Burd three more are trying their luck w indepely as adventurers/something else. The st sevehe ones we were going to return home today. That included the three elves, two foxfolk, a horsefolk and a dogfolk. All of them were female, as Karl was the only male of all of the illegal sves.

  Now for their return address, yes that does sound like they are mail, what of it? The elves were all from the same elf vilge, so that was going to be an easy return. One of the foxfolk and the dogfolk were also from the same town, so that was aop. And then the horsefolk and the other foxfolk were from pces of their own, so that was two more stops, for a total of four.

  And I know you might think that is a one day job, and you would be correct. If we used my speedrunning style of getting stuff done. But because diplomatic retionships were involved in this operation, Duke Burch was making sure we did everything correctly. Especially as some Uates fa has been gaining trol of the small tries to the north, unifying them under one power. While not all of the small tries to the north had joined, a lot of them already had. And Duke Burch saw it only as a matter of time until the rest would joiher willingly, or by force, so he didn’t want to get into diplomatic trouble with the tries.

  On day one of the operation, we were taking the elves home. There were three of them, so they were seen as a priority.

  I was of course in charge of transport, but I was also seen as a of the System/the Goddess, due to me having the System Support. From my crew, other than me, I had both Alid Lua with me, and I also took Einar and Elih us. I thought about bringing Ria, but I decided to leave her to be in charge of HomeBase with Agunan instead. And I do want to start bringing the others to cool pces, even if Ria is the OG. And yes, Lua did have to take a break from her teag job, but having a few days off is a good thing.

  Also, the Duke came with us, and he had with him his own crew of people. I did tell him to keep it small, as there was a limited amount of spay airship, so he only had four people with him, matg the size of my crew. Those four people sisted of two civil officers and two guards.

  Mariina was also with us, as she was someone capable of representing the Sage’s tower. And as the tower art of the Hero’s try, it was respected even in the northern tries, so she decided to e along.

  So all of us, with the three elves, we had a total of fourteen people on board.

  As for our ride, we were in B.E.S. Covered Core. I picked Covered Core, as it has the rgest inside space out of all of my B.E.S. monsters.

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  [colpse]I feel like I really should look at Boss Rush, the B.E.S. Field Spell. With it, I could probably get some of the B.E.S. monsters I don’t have yet, like Big K-2 and Big K-3. Not that I really hem, I just want them.

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  Getting everyone on board Covered Core was of course no problem. Their reas… well, they were a small problem, but we dealt with that. No, we didn’t knock them out, though that is an option. Have Alice put them all to sleep with her magic. It would be easy and hassle free. Maybe we will do that with criminals iure?

  But no. Instead we just let them gawk at the wohat is Covered Core. Sure it takes a bit of time, but as we only are taking one group today, we have all the time we need. It is better to just corrupt people to accept my norm than … well, than not doing it. This costs nothing, except a bit of time which I was already going to use for this job.

  Alice was taking charge of answering everyone’s questions. Well, some of the answers were lies, but still. I was flying and I let Lua trol the ss that showed the outside to our passengers. Einar and Eline were alternatiween beied in the gunner seats and serving uests. Also, I don’t know if I ever mentio, but I did make a tuxedo for Einar, so he would look more like a butler. At least my vision of a butler.

  After just under an hour of flight time, we reached the area where the elves said they were from. It was a forested area, with a small vilge built along the trees in a way where it would minimize the amount of trees that had to be cut down. It was also under some sort of a barrier spell, but the B.E.S. sensors were still able to pick up on it, so it robably a weak barrier.

  By the instrus of both the elves, as well as one of the civil officers who came with Duke Burch, I beamed us down a bit away from the vilge from where we would be approag on foot the rest of the way. No point in spooking out the locals by telep into the middle of town.

  I was a little hesitant on making a literal Duke walk, but this was his idea, so I’m not going to say no. Sure I could get my carriage out of Ste, or even summon something for him to ride, but I’m not going to. If he asks for it, maybe, but as a free favor, not happening. I’m not selfish, I just don’t want to do too many free favors fh ranked nobles or they might think I just do anything for free, just because the recipient is a high ranking noble.

  Duke Burch sent two of his men, well one of them was a female, to hurry towards the vilge to announce our arrival and we followed soon after them.

  As we got to the e of the vilge, we passed through a barrier. At least that is what I think it is. Again, I’m not the best at deteg magic like that, but I’m learning. Lua and Alice both picked up on it as well. It didn’t seem to be any sort of defensive barrier, as we could pass right through, and it wasn’t great at hiding this pce either because the B.E.S. sensors saw through it, so maybe it is some sort of a monster repelling barrier. I wonder if the vilgers will answer if I ask about it.

  As we got even closer, we saw the two people Duke Burch sent to announce our arrival, and a group of seven armed people, who I assume are some sort of guards. Out of the seven, five were elves, one was some sort of fox or wolf-folk, and the st was a birdfolk.

  As the guards saw us, one of them quickly moved towards us. At first, I thought he was a threat, but as soon as one of the elves we brought here stepped up meet with him, I realized what was going on.

  “Umi!” The male guard called out the girl's name as they embraced each other. Her full name was actually Umithra, but that isn’t really important at this moment.

  I just watched as the two had a heartfelt reunion. The man she was embrag was her lover, Morishin. This was something I had learned while we were assisting in the … -up operation. The elves actually shared quite a bit of information about themselves, so it would be easier for us to find their home aurhere.

  After a while, and a few more tear-jerked reunions, we were brought to meet up with the vilge leader/elder, whichever you prefer to call this old guy. He was an elf, and looked to be around 70. By the way, elves of this world do live a lot lohan regur people. For most humans, they live around 70 years, but live up to 100. Being higher leveled and of course being a master or a founder of a dungeon helps to live longer. Elves, and actually dwarves as well, generally lived about 2.5 times that, so from about 180 years to 250 years. So for someohat looked to be in their 70s, the elder robably more like 180.

  As for me, well, it is plicated. Not just because of my race, but also because I was the founder of a Chaos God Dungeon. And that could easily screw up my lifespan, so I really didn’t know what to expeyself. I guess wait and see.

  “I extend my gratitude to you.” The elder ended his statement.

  “Of course. It was my fault that the buards weren’t able to catch the sve traders, so I must also thank you for your leniency.” Duke Burch replied. He was ag very humble for someoh the rank of Duke.

  “Yes. I just hope this will be the st trouble those girls will face. They might just have a difficult life ahead of them.” The elder sighed, almost like in resignation.

  “Has somethiroubling you?” Duke Burch asked. “If it is in my power, as an apology, I assist you in that matter.”

  “No. This isn’t something where another try simply step in to help.” The elder said. “The Uates has been b our small kingdom to join. I am just afraid they will do so by force if our leaders don’t agree.”

  … really? What the heck, states? You are putting a bad name on the Uates, even if they aren’t the Uates I know.

  “Yes. That would be the case. I would offer our prote, but I our Kingdom to a potential war.” Duke Burch said. “However, I am willing to offer citizenship to ahat wishes to leave this try and move to the Ruiso Kingdom.”

  “And for a small fee, we are willing to add transport in the form of my airships.” I added, even if it wasn’t my pce to cut in. I was expeg the Duke to say something, but he kept it in, so maybe he approves of my offer.

  “I thank you. I really do.” The elder answered. “But we simply ot abandon what we have. No. Not we, I ot. I shall extend your offer to the vilgers, giving those that are afraid a ce to run away. But I will not. This is my home. This is where I was born and this is where I will die.”

  “You do seem victed in your ideals.” Duke Burch said. “But you are a good man. Being able to put aside your ideologies for the younger geion is admirable.”

  “Do not say it like that. We elves have grown a lot from what we were iimes of the Demon Lord.” The elder joked. I wonder what that was about?

  “There is nothing wrong with hiding from the greatest evil in history.” The Duke said.

  After a bit longer of a chat, during which Alice was subtly asking about any information the vilge elder might have about the illegal sve traders, roup left the elder’s house and then the vilge. For our return trip, I used B.E.S. Tetran. Like Covered Core, Tetran had a single rge inside area that exteo the bridge. Covered Core’s inside area was a bit bigger, so teically it was better for transport. But I do want to use a variety of monsters when possible, so that is why I used Tetran this time. And if someone asks, I’ll say mana reasons or something.

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  Over the wo days, we returhe other four sves to their homes. The sed day was fing the fox and horsefolk, who didn’t share a hometown, so we had to do two stops that day. And ohird was the other foxfolk, as well as the dogfolk who both inated from the same vilge.

  Like with the elves, the vilgers were gd to have their own back. But uhe elves, they didn’t seem too worried about the threat of the Uates, as it seems like the beast-folk are a bit more open to ge than the elves, or something like that.

  I do wonder, should I ask the Goddess about that? Should I a it? I mean, I could, but just because I , doesn’t mean that I should. If I am some sort of an enforcer of the Goddess, is it my pce to prevent wars between tries?

  I don’t think it is. Like sure, some people will die if a war breaks out, but it isn’t my job to save everyo least not from human … humanoid caused problems. Dimensional Fissures are a different thing.

  Well, if the Goddess asks me to do something, for a reward, I of course will. I need new sets after all.

  … am I too easy? Is my carrot just getting access to new cards? Well, what I say? I’m a Dragoed. I hoard cards aing new ones is worth putting in some effort. My hoard has to be the ultimate hoard, even if it is just magical cardboard.