This trip to Erlord took Fang Li and the others a total of ten days.
Four days were spent traveling.
They stayed in Erlord's royal city for three days.
Finally, Fang Li and the others spent another three days rushing back to the Belzerg Kingdom.
Normally, it would have taken another day to reach the Royal Capital from the Belzerg Kingdom's border.
This time, however, they used the teleportation shop's services in the border city, transporting themselves and the Dragon Carriage directly back to the Royal Capital, saving them a day instead.
That was because the three troublemakers had caused no end of problems along the way, leaving Fang Li thoroughly fed up and prompting him to make that decision.
Thus, on the tenth day since departing Belzerg for Erlord, they returned to the familiar Royal Capital and arrived before the royal castle.
"You did an absolutely splendid job!"
Before the royal castle, Kureia, who had come to welcome Alice, burst into excited praise the moment she appeared.
"I've heard all about it. Not only did you complete your duty of protecting Princess Alice and successfully secure the support funds, you also foiled the Demon Lord's Army's scheme, exposed the chancellor's identity, saved Erlord's royal city, and earned Erlord's enormous gratitude. These results far exceed anything I imagined. You did an absolutely splendid job!"
Kureia lavishly praised everyone with rare frankness.
Beside her, Rain could not help but mutter, "Even though you were just upset that Lord Fang Li wasn't made to suffer by Prince Rivi..."
Let's be a little considerate and pretend we did not hear that.
Meanwhile, Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness all unconsciously held their heads high and puffed out their chests under Kureia's enthusiastic praise.
"Well, something of this level is no more than a piece of