Over the next few days, nothing strange happened.
Shien also informed everyone staying at House Poztut that he would soon be heading to Duke Streim's Territory.
When they learned that Shien was going to Duke Streim's Territory to suppress the Old Demon Faction, Vivian's group offered to accompany him.
Shien did consider setting out with Vivian and the others, but they had only recently survived a crisis, and Roxie had claimed that this trip would not go smoothly. Not wanting to drag the girls into it, he refused. Instead, he said that Aiyi would be accompanying him, so they did not need to worry.
Naturally, upon learning that Aiyi would be going to Duke Streim's Territory with Shien, the girls felt reassured and readily gave up on accompanying him.
In Tier's words—
"If you get into trouble even with the Dragon Demon beside you, then we'd only hold you back even if we came along."
Thus, Vivian's group planned to remain in the royal capital, help Shien look after things at home, and officially register at the Adventurer's Guild headquarters there. From then on, they would use the royal capital as their base for adventuring and improving their strength.
There was no problem on Aiyi's end either.
"Rather, I've been waiting for this for a long time."
The girl seemed somewhat impatient to set off.
The only one whose thoughts were hard to gauge was Sera.
After learning that Shien and Aiyi planned to head to Duke Streim's Territory together to suppress the Old Demon Faction, the supreme ruler of the Demon Race merely raised her brow. She said nothing and made no indication of her stance, simply standing aside in silent thought, no one knew what she was thinking.
Shien went to speak with her.
"Shouldn't you be heading