「Melody-chan. You see, our territory’s in a bit of trouble」
「Chloe’s place?」
Chloe spreads the letter on the table in the common room, looking troubled.
Chloe’s family are mid-level lords with territory in the south.
Their territory is rich in nature, having vast fields, orchards, spice tees, and an abundance of food and even a mild temperature. It’s a good place to live in.
However, part of the territory is bordered by the great forest, which is filled with monsters. Most of the monsters in the forest don’t come out, but some of them do emerge from the forest and target the people, so the damage was nothing to scoff at.
On the West front, the soldiers engage in fierce battles with the Demon Lord’s army, but in the south, it’s common for soldiers to run around the boundaries of the great forest to drive away the beasts, insect, and sometimes, plant monsters from entering the fields.
They can get kicked by a giant monster, get beaten by a bug with poison effective against the Zatsuryu, or get parasitized by plant monsters. If you let your guard down, the forest monsters easily swallow you up.
In the West, it’s a battle between army vs army, group vs group. But in the south, it’s a survival stage between monsters from the forest, and the dragons of the Kingdom.
Although the territory is in the southern area, the number of monsters coming out of the forest has increased, and the fields are suffering from damage. That doesn’t mean that the people in the South will starve right away, but the south is also the Kingdom’s food supply, and if the damage continues, the entire kingdom will starve.
And above all, Chloe was planning to make another curry, but the ingredients have become so expensive that her allowance couldn’t afford it.
The golden curry that Chloe made before. The material is a plant monster from the southern forest, but now the entire forest is now dangerous and you could no longer collect them.
Since the new materials aren’t available and it’s unclear when the forest anomaly will be fixed, the amount currently in the market was increasing price steadily.
「It’s gonna be tough so I’ll help out at home. I’ll be back when I’m free」
「That sound rough. Want me to help?」
「You sure? Melody’s also in the Lord course so the classes are hard, isn’t it?」
「It’s totally fine. I’ll be flexible helping out the defense in Chloe’s territory and I still study hard regularly. That shouldn’t be an issue」
「Really? I might as well ask for help」
Melody and the group will be moving up to their sixth year.
The students at the upper dragon academy choose their class based on their career paths, such as becoming the lord of the territory, where they learn territory management and law from the fourth year and above or the Knights course, where they get busy with combat and training, there’s also the Housewife route for those who intend to get married after earning the minimum credits, or biting at the shin of their parents
Melody intends to take over her father’s territory and become a lord, so she naturally too the hardest, the Lord course. Chloe planned to spend her time relaxing and helping out her family, so she’s on the last one.
By the way, the housewife course is only for women, the boys are forcibly thrown into the knights, civil, or become a NEET.
「I wish Sophie was here too…」
「Sophie-chan’s stuck with Nasha-chan and the girls so we can’t do anything about that」
After graduating, Sophie hopes to find a job at the Royal palace as a civil servant. Most of the civilians in the Kingdom are humans or Zatsuryu, it’s rare for a KIryu to become a civilian. As long as you have the skill and you wish to become a civil servant, you’ll most certainly get hired, but on the other hand, there are a few Kiryu who are suited working as a civil servant.
Sophie’s studying for the civil service exam, but she skilled classes and came with Nasha, explaining to the school that she’s about to study the Kingdom and the Dwarves Since Nasha’s father was the representative of the Kingdom’s negotiations, they gave permission after Nasha recommended her.,
That’s why Sophie’s missing from the usual trio, only Melody and Chloe remain.
「–I’ve heard about it. It sounded fun. I’ll join you」
A beautiful woman in red and gold playing mahjong in the common room joined in the conversation.
「Ruu-neesama」
「It’s reassuring to have Ruu-nee with us, but are you sure?」
「Yeah. I’m not taking any requests now so I’m bored. Chloe’s family is in a difficult situation so I’d be happy to help」
The former strongest in school offers to join Chloe.
Then.
「I’m a little worried if it’s just Ruu alone. It’s also likely that there won’t be enough power. I’ll join you」
「I’ve been wanting to have fun for the first time in a while. Chloe, I’ll join you too. Thanks. Ohohohoho!!」
「I-If Everyone’s coming…then I’ll go too. Is that alright?」
Getting attracted by Ruu’s movement, the others playing the game with her also started joining in.
「Hey, are you in a rough spot?」
Melody’s terrified by the highly motivated special forces.
「It’s rough. I have to prepare beds and food for everyone…」
Chloe, who got asked to bring her seniors back to her parent’s home, hurriedly got in touch with her family to prepare their welcome.
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Thus, an anomaly occurred in the south of the kingdom and the four king of games in the women’s dorm were sent to deal with it.
Thus, an anomaly occurred in the south of the kingdom and the four king of games in the women’s dorm were sent to deal with it.