Epilogue
“Mother, there is a task I wish to ask of you.”
“You’ve got a job for me, Mai-Mai?”
After the festival that replaced the tourney, Cayna returned to the Adventurers Guild and was informed there was a request for her from the Academy. The client was Mai-Mai, so Cayna had to wonder why she didn’t just tell her personally.
Her daughter, who had been waiting in the principal’s office, explained her proposal.
“I don’t mind, since I’m free, but I can’t imagine what kind of request you have in mind,” Cayna said as she tucked into the cookies served with their tea.
Mai-Mai stared at her mother enviously.
“I submit a similar request to the Adventurers Guild each year, but in short, this is an escort mission.”
“An escort mission? Are you going to another town, Mai-Mai? In that case, I’ll teleport us.”
“I appreciate the offer, but I am not the one in need of an escort. This is for the students.”
“The students, huh? Are they going on a field trip?”
“No, although we will be conducting an outdoor lesson with interested students. They’ll learn how to set up camp and stand guard in a nearby forest.”
“So that’s where I come in? I don’t mind, but isn’t that a bit too much firepower? Are you sure?”
As her mother tilted her head with crossed arms, Mai-Mai’s heart filled with joy. She explained her main reason for asking Cayna.
“Mye—no, Princess Myleene—wishes to participate as well. There will be many aristocratic children, so your presence will give me peace of mind, Mother. Can you do it?”
“Hmm.”
A map was rolled out on the table, and a marker was placed over each intended destination. It was an annual event, so the students knew the area like the backs of their hands. However, what concerned Cayna the most was the fact that these lesson spots sat on the same course the flying column had used in their previous raid. There was a chance their outdoor camps would be directly inundated with monsters and, in a worst-case scenario, end up like the barrier around the Brown Kingdom back in the game. That had to be why her presence would reassure everyone.
Before explaining the Brown Kingdom to Mai-Mai, Cayna decided to talk things over with Opus first and put a pin in the request.
“Just let me think it over. There’s something I want to check, but I’m leaning toward ‘yes.’”
“Thank you, Mother. Now Princess Myleene won’t be upset with me.”
“The request was from Mye?!”
The princess was apparently the true mastermind.
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