"Why? That's the throne we're talking about."
"But if I became king, wouldn't I have to stay in that city and never get to visit different places?"
Ye Qiyan clapped his hands.
"Good answer. Then the mission is decided."
"Huh? What mission?"
"Nothing, hehe. Just pretend I was talking nonsense."
Ye Qiyan tossed another Whiteforest Fruit into Melis's arms.
Missions were either assigned by someone, or something you thought up yourself.
This time, since no one was paying, he would decide for himself what he ought to do.
Someone wanted the girl before him to become king.
Yes.
There was no mistaking it.
All sorts of malice lingered around this girl, none of which she herself had noticed.
Ye Qiyan called this malice surrounding her...
[Imposition]
Her future was a fate imposed upon her.
Had he not chosen this world...
What awaited Mebis was becoming this world's destined king.
Then he would make a point of not letting her become king.
Ye Qiyan swept an amused gaze around him.
Nightmarish black wisps circled in the shadows.
Faint malice assailed him.
This malice...
Was [Displeasure].
Something was displeased with his arrival and with him taking it upon himself to raise that question just now.
"Master..."
Lisette spoke softly.
"Black String can't control this evil being. Its level is above 8."
"Mm, leave it alone. It'll come out sooner or later."
They entered the castle.
The owner of this rural castle, a knight named Ector, saw how the two were dressed, took them for noble Magic Mages from a foreign land, and entertained them lavishly.
Ye Qiyan used [Bewitchment] to ask about the Sword in the Stone and the throne, but did not get much information from him.
He simply regarded Mebis as his adopted child and knew nothing about anything else.