"What do you mean, huh? Don't be naive! She's clearly trying to attack the ordinary people in the group, I'm sure she scared the nightwolf monster group into attacking the chariot group," Rafe said while looking at Hayato who was running while drinking potions to heal his wounds.
"She's my teacher! We planned all of this! Please listen to me first!" shouted Hayato as he ran over.
"Your teacher? You planned all this? What does that mean? Are you being controlled by her, huh?" asked Rafe confused.
"My teacher's ability is telepathy, she can connect her mind with the minds of people who have met her, I told her about our meeting in Rhymus City and explained that you came from the Acedia Era, that's why my teacher suggested to lure you to show your abilities in front of her," Hayato explained.
"The monster was indeed feared by her in order to distract the adventurers, and it was also so that I could bring you to her without involving other adventurers. But the monster can definitely be defeated by the adventurers, they won't be able to hurt the townspeople. Master has calculated the strength of the adventurers and the monsters so that there will be no casualties," Hayato continued.
The lightning that enveloped Rafe's hand instantly disappeared after hearing Hayato's explanation. While Hayato immediately poured potions into the still helplessly lying masked witch, all the wounds on the masked witch's body slowly healed. Several times, she coughed and vomited blood from her mouth, but after that, she seemed to be able to get up and sit on the ground with heavy breathing.
"No wonder you kept your distance from me, apparently he passed on my skill information to you as well," Rafe said while looking at the grinning Hayato.
"Yes, I apologize in advance. But I was curious when I heard Hayato's explanation, that's why I wanted to know your skills," the masked witch said while bowing apologetically.
"You should have just said you wanted to spar with me, if Hayato was even a little late, your life would have been lost," Rafe said as he turned his gaze to the east.
"It looks like some adventurers from the group are starting to come here," Rafe said.
"Then I'll say goodbye, you should hurry back before you meet them. I'll explain everything later in the Ruttera capital," the masked witch said as she quickly floated away.
"Hey," Rafe said, trying to stop the masked witch, but she was already far away.
"You'll have to explain everything later, Hayato!" grumbled Rafe as he punched Hayato's shoulder.
"Ouch. Yeah, I'll explain," Hayato replied, grimacing in pain.
The two of them immediately ran to take a rather long way to avoid meeting the incoming adventurers, Rafe using his sensory ability to keep his distance from the adventurers until they finally reached the carriage again.
The adventurers heading into the forest also returned shortly thereafter. Duke Lorbein's carriage party resumed its journey after a long pause, and several dead nightwolf monsters were taken to be sold in the capital city of Ruttera.
Time passed, and finally, this morning, the group of carriages driven by Rafe and Hayato arrived in the royal capital of Ruttera. Nearly ten times the size of Rhymus City, the fortress that surrounded the city was towering and heavily guarded by royal soldiers.
Mount Ruttera loomed high in the middle of the city. In the middle of the mountain was a magnificent palace whose splendor could be seen from afar outside the fortress. The area outside the fortress is occupied by small villages, farmlands, gardens and livestock owned by the residents.
A river from a spring on Mount Ruttera seemed to flow from inside the city to the villages outside the capital fortress, Rafe looked amazed because inside the fortress there seemed to be many tall towering buildings, a sight he had never seen in the Acedia era.
There were four entrances to the capital, all of which were heavily guarded. Fifty soldiers could be seen guarding each gate with full weapons. Dozens of other soldiers could be seen patrolling the roof of the fortress.
The group of carriages began to enter the northern city gate, stopping only when they reached the market north of the capital. Rafe looked surprised when he saw several dwarves and demi-humans wandering around the market in typical adventurer garb.
"Dwarves? Demi-humans? Wasn't their kingdom destroyed by Xavier?" muttered Rafe as he looked at the people passing by.
"You, two thousand years have passed since Xavier's death. Surely the surviving dwarves and half-humans have bred again. Even today, there is a great empire of dwarves and half-humans in this world," Hayato explained.
"No way. Don't tell me that the elven race and the dragon race still exist in this world," Rafe said while looking at Hayato.
"They do exist, there are even two great kingdoms of the elves and one great kingdom of the dragon race in this world. You could say that they are the strongest kingdoms today," Hayato said.
"It is hard to believe. Even though the elven race and the dragon race are the races that Xavier hates the most, they used to be slaughtered and tried to be exterminated completely. I didn't expect there to be survivors," Rafe muttered.
"Never mind, we can talk about it later, just to be on the safe side. Let's go to my inn now, my teacher has prepared an inn for us in the capital of Ruttera," Hayato said as he hurriedly left.
"I didn't get a chance to ask at the time, but what exactly is your teacher's name?" asked Rafe.
"Her name is Nia, one of the teachers at Elexia Academy," Hayato answered.
They stopped after reaching the inn. There seemed to be some adventurers staying there as well, having breakfast in the tavern attached to the inn.
"Tch, he's really stingy. It turned out to be just a cheap inn," Hayato grumbled after arriving at the room. There was only a chair and a bed without any other furniture. The two of them had to share the room before the test at the academy.
"I want to take a walk outside first," Rafe said after looking at the contents of his room.
"Eh? You don't want to listen to my explanation of what happened on the way?", Hayato asked shocked.
"Hehehe... I've never seen a pure elf before, maybe this is the first time I see them," Rafe replied with a smile.
"Are they really that skinny?" asked Hayato with a shocked look on his face.
"Yes. The races of elves, dragons, and dwarves were the ones Xavier targeted the most. They are considered very dangerous to him, especially the elven race, that's why the three races are hunted down and want to be exterminated from this world if they don't submit to Xavier," Rafe explained.
"Then no one submitted to him until they were exterminated?" asked Hayato.
"There were many who chose to submit. But those who submit to Xavier will become demons until their appearance and pure blood is tainted, except for the human race. That's why I'm curious about the form of pure elves who don't become demons," Rafe explained enthusiastically.
"As you wish," Hayato said. Just then, Rafe left the inn, while Hayato just laid his body on the bed.
"Master believes that he is a student of one of the Neutron members, that makes sense. After all, there's no history that talks about their disciples, moreover, he was able to defeat Teacher, that's beyond reason because the difference in mana between them is very large," Hayato thought while staring at the ceiling of the room.
"The history of Neutron is limited, as the master and his friends concluded. History will probably repeat itself, they all started two hundred years ago. The whole history of the Avaritia Era and the Acedia Era will be completely erased to start the ambition of the person behind it all," Hayato thought.
"It is really annoying, the path I have to take in this story is too difficult. Even now, I haven't met my future wife in this world, even though the main character usually meets his future wife in the first episodes," Hayato grumbled while closing his eyes.
Continued...