An ordinary profession creates the world's strongest

Nez's sharp words hit home. Seeing Reagan stand up without hesitation and leave with Oscar, Meredith groaned, her hand on her chest, and lowered her head.

At this moment, someone reached out from behind and grabbed Meredith's cheek.

"Come on, Xiao Mi, let's go too. Of course, Xiao Mi and Sister Mei'er will stay in the same room, okay?"

"Oh wow! Mei-nee, you're here!?"

Mel, who had been so quiet that her presence was almost invisible, suddenly started to move again, and Meredith was startled.

"It's a rare opportunity to come to the capital, let's go shopping for clothes later~"

"... Mei'er, you only wear that swimsuit-like thing, don't you?"

"We're going to buy Xiao Mi clothes. I'll let you try on a lot of clothes."

"Wuhei~"

Meredy was dragged towards the exit with an annoyed look on her face.

The employees looked at Miledi's expression, their hearts filled with joy and warm smiles on their faces.

The next two days.

On the first day they held a grand welcome party for Oscar and others, and on the second day they held a grand farewell party.

During the banquet, the liberators' idol, Meredith, performed her signature moves, winked at everyone, sang and danced, and the scene was very lively.

In the end, Chiara, who wanted to stay and work hard, and Meredith, who was about to embark on a journey, might have been drunk.

"Mileddy~~I love you the most!"

"Xiao Qi~~I love you!"

The two hugged each other and cried loudly.

"Chief, are you and I just playing around?"

At this time, Shirley, who was also drunk, joined the melee. No, it should be said that all the female employees also joined the battle, and...

"I'm sorry, but Xiao Mi belongs to Mei'er."

Free wine is the best! Sister Meier drank without hesitation and snatched away Meredith while drunk.

The allied female staff, led by Chiara and Shirley, were enraged and launched a "Battle for Meredi" against the God Age magician Sister Mei, shrouding the Esperade branch in a bustling clamor.

The male employees weren't much better. They surrounded Oscar, drunkenly, and pressed him, "Hey, tell me the truth. What are you actually going to do with our idol? Tell me, Ao-chan."

As for Niz, no one misunderstood his relationship with Meredith...

The fact that the male employees turned their heads away in polite deference suggested that the reason was, "Huh? Mr. Nizu... he already has little sisters aged twelve and ten, right?" "He's almost thirty, but he's treating such young children... you know?"

Anyway, Natsu was drinking alone in the corner of the room.

Thus, Meredi and the others spent two very lively and fulfilling days, and then finally left the Esperade branch.

With Natsu's teleportation, they leaped dozens of kilometers in one go. After Mei cast regeneration magic, they flew dozens more kilometers, repeating this process several times.

As everyone knows, Nizu can move a hundred kilometers at a time if he exerts all his strength, but doing so will drain his magic power. The possibility of the enemy attacking him while his magic power is exhausted is not zero, so the safest approach is to keep some energy in reserve and move while recovering within Mei's range.

As a result, they traveled hundreds of kilometers with virtually no fatigue. Shortly after noon that day, they successfully crossed the border of the [Entris Commercial Alliance City].

"This is already the Beruka Kingdom."

Oscar gazed at the Beruka Mountains on the horizon with deep emotion.

"What's wrong? Oh, it's only been less than a year. Are you actually homesick? Or do you miss your little sister Colleen? Hehe—"

Glasses light!

"It seems like we can rest by the river there. Let's have lunch."

Meredith's reaction of shouting "Eyes! My eyes!" has almost become a routine. Oscar holds her horizontally to his side, and everyone begins a short lunch break.

Oscar immediately created a cooking table and a set of tables and chairs, then took out kitchen utensils and ingredients from the treasure house and began to prepare lunch.

His cooking skills are like those of a housewife.

"No matter when you look at it, Oscar-chan is always very virtuous."

"Because Mei'er-sister doesn't even have the item 'virtue' in her stats!"

Each time she was exposed to the light from the glasses, the time it took for Meredith to recover became shorter. This time, she recovered her vision very quickly and said so.

Meredith was then caught by Sister Mel.

Sister Mei'er held her from behind and pinched her cheeks.

Natsu casually took out cheese and bread, and while helping Oscar, he said with a wry smile:

"Well, in Mei's case, I think it would be better if she could at least train to be able to make food that won't make people faint."

"Sister Mei'er doesn't know how to cook for the weak."

Just let people who can handle my cooking eat it.

This is an extremely arrogant and unreasonable Pirate Queen theory.

Having said that, even Sister Mei seemed to feel a little uncomfortable being stared at coldly by all her companions.

"Oh, right, Xiao Mi, how many Liberators are there currently?"

She probably wanted to change the subject, but Meredith's cold eyes only grew colder.

Her eyes gradually changed from dumbfounded to contemptuous, and her sister's authority was like a candle in the wind.

"During the meeting with Reagan, you should have reported on the current situation of the Liberator, right?"

"Mei'er, weren't you listening very carefully at that time?"

"Yeah, you didn't even say a word."

As expected of a captain leading a large pirate group. During the discussion about the organization, she wore a smile on her face while listening to the report with an extremely attentive look, earning Oscar and the others' admiration.

She was obviously listening so attentively, why would she ask such a question now?

"I have a unique talent for water magic."

When Mel suddenly brought up a seemingly unrelated topic, Milady and the others looked surprised.

Mei'er turned her head away and continued:

"When it comes to water magic, it's no exaggeration to say I'm omnipotent. For example, even without blinking, I can keep my eyes moisturized and dry."

"Sister Mei, answer me honestly. You wouldn't—"

"I fell asleep!"

With a smile on his face and his eyes wide open, he fell into a sound sleep.

"Why!? Why did you fall asleep at that time!?"

“Because what you are saying is too hard to understand!”

A minute into the meeting, when they talked about the world situation and the financial situation, Sister Mei had already given up trying to understand what the meeting was about.

Because she was sleeping the whole time, she didn't hear anything about the current situation of the organization that was discussed later.

"But Sister Mei, you were awake at the end."

"Sister Mei'er can fall asleep instantly, and she's also very good at reading the atmosphere and waking up at the right time."

"What a boring stunt..."

Meredith looked back at Mel, her eyes as if she was looking at an indescribable creature.

"You know what, Natsu? Don't look at her like that. She once tried to become the ruler of Andika."

“There are such terrible things in the world.”

Seeing her companions' disapproval, Mei'er pouted in dissatisfaction and buried Milady's head in her cleavage to vent her anger.

"What can I do? I'm a pirate who grew up in the slums of a criminal island."

It's normal to be uneducated. Mei'er's implication is that it's not my fault.

"No, Chris and the others have normal knowledge."

"Katie also asks questions proactively and learns a lot."

"Yeah, she also asked me to tell her about the mainland's economy and prices. She's quite curious, isn't she?"

Perhaps the reason why the team members work so hard is because the captain is lazy and careless.

"... Mei'er hates big talk."

The sharp looks from Mireidi and the others seemed to say: This person is really hopeless.

Oscar began to fry the smooth hot dogs in his self-heating pan—the "Hot-Blooded Pan Teacher (Oscar named it)." Listening to the pleasant sizzling sound, Meredith sighed.

She pointed her index finger at her troublesome sister and said:

"Currently, the total number of 'Liberators' is approximately 3,000."

"Oh, that's quite a lot."

A wry smile appeared on Meredith's face.

This number of people is not enough to fight the world, and the "Liberators" are always short of manpower.

Moreover──

"Among them, approximately 30% are simply being protected in secret bases..."

"What this means is that there are over two thousand people who are truly acting as 'Liberators'."

Oscar used a kitchen knife with a 'Light Blade' that had dramatically increased its sharpness—'The food (you) has...broken! Magic Sword Kitchen Knife (named by Oscar)'—to quickly shred the fresh vegetables and added.

Meredith nodded.

"Yes, 80% of them are 'supporters', and 20% are the execution forces."

"In other words, when fighting is necessary, one can fight the Church—"

Just as Mei was mumbling "Hmm~" and putting her index finger to her lips, her eyes wandering in the air, Natsu suddenly spoke the answer for her.

"About four hundred people."

"...Natsu-kun, you may be living in seclusion, but you're so quick at calculations."

"Because I make a living by buying and selling Iraku."

As a self-employed person, President Nizu is very good at keeping accounts.

Mel looked at Natsu as if calling him a "traitor", while Meredy said, "Sister Mel! Pay attention!", and fixed Mel's cheeks with both hands and turned her head back.

"But comparatively speaking, the members of the execution team are all elite. One person can handle at least four or five Knights Templar."

"What if it's the Knights of White Light?"

"One on one, I think I can win. But if the opponent is a captain or above, it's hard to say..."

"If it's now, it should be fine, since I sent a lot of artifacts. Come, get it done."

Oscar distributed submarine burgers filled with hot dogs, cheese and vegetables, as well as vegetable soup that had been prepared at some point, to everyone.

Meier said, "Oh, it looks delicious. Oscar will make a good wife." She said something that made Oscar a little irritated and immediately started eating.

"But, Oscar-kun's existence is really menacing in a sense."

"That's right~ Although there are many people like us who are strong on their own..."

"Oscar can strengthen his companions as long as he has the materials, and he's also very smart. In a sense, I don't want to be his enemy even more than the Church and the Liberator."

"What's wrong with everyone? Even if you praise me like that, I can only give you one more hot dog."

Everyone immediately handed over their plates and asked for more.

So Oscar started frying hot dogs.

Mei ate her soup while repeatedly thinking about the number of people to be protected and those who would support her.

As a result, I accidentally spilled some soup on Meredith's head...

Although it was inconvenient for Mireidi to eat with her sitting on her lap, her sister complex made her not want to let her go.

So even though the soup seeped into Meredith's hair, she decided to pretend not to see it.

"There are a lot of secret bases and branches, right?"