"However, I can say for sure that Lord Roa is not purely a swordsman. How should I put it? His magic is also quite powerful."
This statement left the others somewhat bewildered.
Brain widened his eyes, looking shocked, and said, "You mean, he's also a high-tier magic caster?"
People's energy is limited, and most adventurers in this world choose to specialize in one area. Mages are either mages, and warriors are either warriors.
This is similar to "Mushoku Tensei." Of course, this isn't necessarily bad. For most people, specializing in one area is the right path.
After all, it's better to master one thing than to dabble in many. In fact, specializing in one area can lead to great heights.
People like Roa, who are proficient in both physical and magical combat, are rare.
"Wait," Evileye interjected, as if remembering something. "I once investigated his background. I recall that when Roa first appeared, he was wearing mage robes."
"So, his forte is actually magic, and swordsmanship is secondary?"
Evileye began to speculate, her curiosity and doubts about Roa only increasing with this new information.
Gazef didn't delve further into the topic, but instead said to Evileye, "Don't make wild guesses. I only know a little bit. How could you deduce more information about Roa from what I know?"
"You have a point."
Changing the subject, Gazef asked, "Are you planning to go to the Royal capital next?"
"Yes. I need to meet with the leader later. Oh no, it seems like we've been delayed for too long!" Gagaran frowned, as if belatedly realizing this.
"This is bad. I didn't expect to waste so much time. Our devil leader must be furious by now, right?"
The leader of the Blue Roses, Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra, is an old friend of the kingdom's third princess.
This legendary adamantite-ranked adventurer, who entered the hero domain at the age of nineteen, is also a noble, or rather, a noble lady.
As such, the well-known leader of the Blue Roses occasionally appears in Re-Estize and is even invited to the Royal Palace of the Kingdom by the third princess.
For example, this time, they seemed to be at leisure, but they were actually on a mission.
The main purpose was to go to the Royal capital to join the main force and carry out a secret mission issued by the third princess.
But clearly, Brain's situation had caused a significant delay.
Gagaran was already looking worried, but Evileye smiled and comforted her, "It's not that bad. Although we've been delayed, we've gathered quite a bit of information, haven't we?"
"Information?" Gagaran blinked in confusion, not immediately understanding what Evileye was referring to.
Evileye had to explain, "Actually, the leader instructed us to pay attention to Roa Greyrat, long before this."
"Really?! I didn't know about that?" Gagaran was surprised.
Evileye gave Gagaran a cold glance, saying dismissively, "You're not good at this kind of thing anyway. Knowing would only cause trouble for everyone."
"Alright, alright, stop talking and let's go. Climb must be getting impatient."
Climb is the personal attendant of the third princess.
An audience naturally requires an attendant to guide the way, and Climb, as the third princess's personal attendant, is responsible for these large and small matters.
After saying their goodbyes, they went their separate ways.
By the time the two members of the Blue Roses team met Climb, it was almost noon.
Climb squinted at the two who were running towards him from afar. He couldn't help but complain, "You're too slow! I offered to pick you up, but you refused. Now, Her Highness will definitely blame me."
Gagaran quickly apologized, "Sorry, sorry, something came up on the way, and we were delayed. It's okay, I'll explain everything to the captain and Her Highness. I'm really sorry."
Climb had handsome features, a typical blond-haired, blue-eyed youth. He was honest and rigid, absolutely loyal to Princess Renner, and served as her personal guard. The young man wore a suit of armor, looking quite impressive.
Climb sighed and said helplessly, "Forget it, let's go."
Re-Estize, the Royal capital, was the capital of this country, covering a vast area.
The perimeter of the capital was about 1,400 meters, surrounded by city walls. Around the city walls were twenty cylindrical towers forming a defense network, enclosing and protecting this vast land.
This was the Royal city of Re-Estize, the most important place in the kingdom. Within Re-Estize were three magnificent palaces, known as the Royal Palace.
That was where the Royal family of the Re-Estize Kingdom resided, and also where the third princess lived.
Royal capital, palace.
Palaces are naturally large, as they are in any country.
As the center of a country, the gathering place of power, the palace can be said to be the face of a kingdom, and its grandeur cannot be small.
Climb led the two through a long corridor, the walls lined with various murals, and the tiles on the floor were spotless, giving a clean and tidy feeling.
Climb knocked on a door, and a crisp, melodious voice soon came from inside.
"Come in."
Climb opened the door and said to the two behind him, "Come in."
Gagaran gave a faint "oh" and strode into the room.
What came into view was a girl sitting in the main seat, which made everyone's eyes light up.
Princess of the Re-Estize Kingdom: Renner Theiere Chardelon Ryle Vaiself.
She had flowing light-blonde hair and sapphire-like eyes. The girl had a dignified and beautiful appearance, with delicate features. Her smile gave people a feeling of being bathed in a spring breeze.
In fact, her beauty earned her the name "Golden."
Bards rushed to dedicate songs to her, and legends about her beauty were as numerous as the stars. In addition to her beauty, she was patriotic and loved her people, dedicated to abolishing the slave trade, and had also begun to show her talent on the political stage. She was compassionate, gentle, and radiated the dazzling brilliance of a princess, but—
Was that really the case?
If Roa saw her, he would definitely exclaim "Holy crap!"
This beautiful girl was actually a yandere.
She usually gave the impression of a naive and innocent princess, but in reality, she was a woman with deep schemes, changing her image like an actress to benefit from different people.
Her scheming was far superior to that of the "Bloody Emperor" Jircniv Rune Farlord El-Nix.
Most importantly, the morbid love in her heart was enough to make people feel terrified.
In the original story, she betrayed the kingdom and signed some kind of agreement with the Sorcerer Kingdom (the country created by Ainz), making an indelible contribution to the kingdom's destruction.
The princess's suggestions accounted for 80%, and then the princess sent Climb away and personally killed her father, formally pledging allegiance to Ainz Ooal Gown. In the end, the kingdom was destroyed, and the princess changed her race to a lesser devil, taking care of the resurrected Climb in a room in the Great Tomb of Nazarick. (Climb could never leave his room for eternity)
In short, this seemingly gentle girl was actually a yandere.
But right now, these people didn't know Renner's true personality, and still thought that the girl in front of them was the kingdom's savior, a kind and benevolent princess.
Renner's gaze fell on the two who had entered the room, and she couldn't help but complain, "Really, you're too late, aren't you?"
The girl's voice was still melodious, her tone as gentle as the spring breeze in April. It had to be said that even a person with a dark heart could become a bright and beautiful figure as long as they could hide themselves well.
"If you two don't give me an explanation, this matter isn't over."
Another pleasant voice sounded. The speaker looked much more mature than Renner. She also had beautiful golden hair and green eyes. Although she was slightly inferior to Renner in appearance, she had a unique charm that was different from ordinary people.
The person in front of them was Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra, the leader of the Blue Roses. She had entered the hero domain at a young age and still had room for improvement, and might become a legendary figure in the future.
In other words, the two most dazzling women in the Royal capital were sitting in the room at this moment.
Hearing Renner's complaint, Gazef quickly stepped forward and bowed respectfully, "I apologize for keeping you waiting, Lady Renner."
The time was indeed a bit long. After all, it was just a matter of picking up two people, and waiting an extra fifteen minutes for no reason was indeed worrying.
However, Renner was just saying it casually and didn't mean to blame Gazef. On the contrary, when she saw that Gazef was safe and sound, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good that you're okay."
Renner's eyes were filled with a hint of tenderness as she looked at Gazef, and Renner's gentle words moved Gazef deeply.
Gazef lowered his head even further and apologized for a long time.
Compared to Gazef, Gagaran and Evileye seemed much more carefree.
"We're here, boss."
"Sorry, we're late."
Lakyus looked at the two little partners below speechlessly. She frowned and said casually, "You guys, it's not because you heard that the place you were coming to was the Royal city, so you deliberately delayed the time, right?"
This wasn't Lakyus making wild guesses. In fact, these two might really do such a thing.
Lakyus knew the behavior of adventurers best, after all, she was an adventurer herself. And that was why she knew that her companions were different from her.
They all belonged to the type who didn't really like the Royal city, which was full of rules, and didn't like to dress up and appear in the palace.
In other words, they didn't follow the rules, which was very common among adventurers, and she could understand it to some extent.
However, understanding was understanding, but if that was really the case, the two would still be scolded.
However, this time Gagaran took the lead and said, "You're wrong about us, boss. We were just delayed by something, it wasn't intentional."
"Oh?" Lakyus's face showed a suspicious look. She looked at Gagaran intently and said, "What could have happened at this time? Don't lie."
Seeing that Lakyus didn't trust her, Gagaran quickly turned her pleading gaze to Evileye.
Evileye shook her head helplessly and then stood up and said, "We did encounter some small things in the middle, but the gains were also quite a lot, because I got information about 'that person'."
Lakyus raised her eyebrows and said, "'That person'? It seems that you did encounter some things in the middle, forget it, I'll spare you this time."
In fact, the reason why Lakyus suddenly ordered everyone to investigate Roa's identity was largely due to a request.
Roa's reputation was indeed great, but it hadn't reached the point where Lakyus would pay special attention to him, especially to the point of issuing targeted orders to everyone to investigate Roa's identity.
The reason for doing so was also related to a senior in the team.
That person was a former senior of the previous Blue Roses, who had now retired. The role she played in the Blue Roses team before was Evileye's role.
Since that senior retired, she had basically had no contact with the Blue Roses.
But one day, Lakyus suddenly received a message from her, in which the request was to hope that Lakyus would pay more attention to Roa.
The reason was also very simple.
"This person is very special and may have a very big impact on this world. I can't determine whether this impact is good or bad. I just hope that you can pay attention to him now, or try to contact him."
Without much hesitation, Lakyus accepted the request.
After all, she was a senior of the Blue Roses, and this matter was just a piece of cake for them.
However, Lakyus was indeed a little interested in Roa, especially as Roa's style of doing things became more and more high-profile, this curious interest also rose.
Lakyus didn't dwell on this topic any longer. She glanced around the room and said, "Where are Tia and Tina?"