Durandal stood up at once and placed Chelsea on the sofa. She should have said so earlier—mentioning a mission was enough to pique her interest!
Ai-chan: Boss, you really are... speechless! A dragon-shaped Super Dangerous Species has appeared in the skies over the sea east of the Empire. If you hurry there now... you should be able to trigger a mission. Ai-chan: Remember to be quick! If you arrive too late, it will be gone, and naturally, so will the mission. "A dragon-shaped Super Dangerous Species in the skies over the sea east of the Empire...?"
It felt strangely familiar. Could it be that kind of Dangerous Species?
That would be interesting... Durandal felt that she was still missing a mount. She was a knight, after all, yet she did not even have a suitable mount. What kind of knight was that?
The ones she had encountered before were all too inferior, and Durandal had not taken a liking to any of them. But if it was that dragon-shaped Super Dangerous Species, it would do for now.
"Alright!"
"Sirin, are you in your room?"
After acknowledging it, Durandal called directly toward Sirin's room on the second floor.
"Coming, coming!"
A few seconds later, Sirin opened her door and ran out barefoot.
"Mother, what is it?"
"Help me open a door. Destination... the sea east of the Empire."
"No problem, leave it to me☆~"
Sirin patted her chest, indicating that it was a trivial matter.
In the endless sea east of the Empire, the deep-blue waters seemed boundless, with no end visible at a glance. Above the sea, dense white clouds made the blue sky difficult to see, creating an unusually unnatural sight.
At that moment, a strange portal appeared in midair more than twenty meters above the sea.
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