"Can you tell me your names?"
When this sentence came from the princess-like girl in front of them, not only Yukina, but even Rozen had an impulse to respond to her reflexively.
That extremely natural and seemingly inevitable tone of voice really had a power that made it impossible for people to refuse, to the point that the thought of refusal couldn't even arise.
Presumably, this was also why the owner of the ice cream stall couldn't refuse the request of the princess in front of him and obediently complied, right?
"I..."
Yukina appeared somewhat confused, about to report her name on the spot.
However, before that...
"You are from Aldegyr, aren't you?"
Rozen suddenly interjected, interrupting Yukina's action.
"Aldegyr?"
Yukina was slightly surprised, looking at the silver-haired woman in front of her.
— Aldegyr.
It was a small country in Northern Europe, facing the Baltic Sea, known for its natural beauty and high industrial capacity. Due to its remote location and distant relations with Japan, it was renowned as a magical country in the world.
In this country, the magical industries far surpassed those of some major countries, and even the Three Nights Empires couldn't compare. Its magical technology was outstanding, even causing sensations globally, with several technologies making waves worldwide, making Aldegyr, despite being a small country, impossible to ignore by major powers, with an international status much higher than anyone would imagine.
So, if one were to underestimate Aldegyr because it was a small country, even the foremost countries in the world would suffer.
Evidence of this was Aldegyr's proximity to the Warlord Dominion, with a portion of its borders adjacent to the Warlord Dominion, leading to several significant conflicts and even wars between them.
As a result, in the face of the Warlord Dominion's aggression, Aldegyr, with its superior magical technology, managed to repel the army of this empire, and its internal knight orders were extremely experienced in dealing with demons, being praised as the world's top anti-demon forces, extremely famous.
Incidentally, the part of Aldegyr's territory adjacent to the Warlord Dominion belonged to the Ardeal principality.
That is to say, Aldegyr and Ardeal were international enemies, even the lord, Dimitrie Vatler, could do nothing about this country.
Thus, the strength of Aldegyr's national power and magical technology was evident.
The silver-haired woman in front of them hailed from there.
"Oh my, can you tell?"
The silver-haired woman also looked somewhat curious, seemingly not expecting to be instantly seen through.
However, Rozen wanted to say.
"Because, on the ceremonial uniform you're wearing, there's the emblem of Aldegyr."
Rozen pointed to the woman's chest.
There, there was an emblem of a Valkyrie holding a greatsword.
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the emblem of Aldegyr, and it's also the symbol of the royal family."
Rozen also looked at the woman.
In Aldegyr, the most famous were not only the magical technologies, but also the qualifications of the people who ruled the country's royal family.
It was said that every woman born into the royal family of Aldegyr was without exception the most top-notch, most powerful spirit medium.
That is, the women of Aldegyr's royal family were all the top-notch, most excellent witches.
Their qualities were even enough to allow them to be possessed by spirits.
Even compared to Nagisa, who was a mixed-ability individual with extremely excellent medium qualities, they were weaker.
And among them, there was a particularly famous woman in the contemporary Aldegyr royal family.
She was a combination of nobility, gentleness, and intelligence, not yet twenty years old, but she had already demonstrated numerous diplomatic skills in international affairs, causing foreign countries to fear and be deeply loved by domestic people, like an exemplary princess.
She was known as the reincarnation of the goddess Freya, and her beauty was even enough to represent the country, becoming a symbol of the Nordic countries.
She was the first princess of Aldegyr, the first heir to the throne, and the future queen.
"La Folia Rihavein."
Rozen smiled and asserted.
"I presume you are the princess of Aldegyr, aren't you?"
With this statement...
"What...!?"
Yukina gasped.
Not only Yukina, but even the surrounding pedestrians stared wide-eyed, staring stiffly at the silver-haired girl.
"Princess...?"
"She's a princess...?"
"From Aldegyr...?"
"Come to think of it, I think I've seen her on TV...?"
"Is this some kind of joke...?"
The surrounding pedestrians all began to clamor.
On the contrary, the person in question, as if completely indifferent to the opinions of others, looked at Rozen with interest.
"You're quite something too."
Saying so, the princess named La Folia glanced meaningfully behind Rozen and smiled.
"I've had a faint feeling since earlier, but I didn't expect you to be carrying something so interesting."
These words made Rozen squint slightly.
"I see." Rozen shrugged. "So you can see it?"
"Of course." La Folia nodded, still smiling. "After all, I'm an spirit summoner."
The so-called spirit(seirei), in this world, referred to energy beings that existed in higher-dimensional space.
They, like the beast vassals from another world, were aggregates of power, with beast vassals being aggregates of magic power and spirits being aggregates of spiritual power, with very similar natures.
Of course, although their natures were similar, their characteristics were different.
Unlike beast vassals, which could reside in blood as long as life force was provided, and be summoned and commanded, spirits could only be successfully summoned by individuals with qualified abilities, and once summoned, they would disintegrate and perish within a short period of time.
Therefore, only high-ranking mages or apostles could use them as mediums for magic and jujutsu.
If one wanted to stably summon and command spirits, it was said that a giant spirit furnace, which could only be carried by warships, was needed as a carrier, and it was not a power that could be used by individuals alone.
There was only one very rare exception.
That is the spirit summoner.
This type of summoner could summon spirit within their own bodies and manipulate their spiritual power as they pleased.
Naturally, to achieve this, one must have extremely high spirit compatibility, and only a qualified spirit medium could accomplish it.
And the women of the Aldegyr royal family were the highest level of spirit mediums, capable of even allowing gods to possess them. Summoning spirit within their own bodies was naturally an effortless task.
Therefore, the women of the Aldegyr royal family were basically extremely outstanding spirit summoners, able to freely manipulate the spiritual power brought by high-level spirits.
With this, La Folia seemed to have noticed.
She noticed the presence following Rozen.