As a result, the name of [Fitts] who was once known as Sylphy, had become known widely in the Royal Palace.
The rumors of the genius boy had been heard, 'was he a fake?', it's possible they thought he was a counterfeit.
To begin with, the positions of Guardian Knight and Guardian Magician have been a tradition of the royal family passed down since olden times, the position is usually filled by spare children of powerful nobility as offerings.
When an assassin is sent, they die bravely in their protection of the royal family.
The noble parents grieve exaggeratedly about how brave their child's death was.
The royal family acknowledges it by sending a medal of honor as recompense to the family, and in this way, Noble and Royal bonds are deepened.
Their very existence amounted to only such a thing.
You could call it a sacrificial pawn, a display piece.
However Sylphy was quite different.
Although her actual fighting experience was lacking, she was by and far a talented magician.
To hear the report of the repelled assassin, Darius had revealed his concern.
The assassin whom he released on her possessed that much skill after all.
The first prince faction became cautious.
And Ariel's group feared it.
Thinking they would be killed sooner or later if they remained in the royal palace.
They had only a few allies remaining.
Just the several servants who were at hand, and one remaining influential noble.
An assassin had brazenly showed up in the room of the imperial family, yet no one was blamed for it.
However, the issue was more that such a matter was not even questioned.
The leading noble of the Ariel Faction, Philemon Notos Greyrat, summed up the pressing state of affairs.
[Please escape, Ariel-sama. Only death awaits you here.]
[You are saying I should run away?]
[Darius is friendly with me, so I will enter into the first prince faction, and weaken their power from within.
Ariel-sama then gathers her power in the lands of a foreign country, creates alliances, then returns when she sees the opportunity, and by then I should be reconstituted and ready for action.]
Philemon was a clever man.
For him, the ending where Ariel is king, is the most profitable one.
While he had pretended to gain favor with Darius so that Notos did not fall even if Ariel died, he had taken steps to ready a hand to be played for either situation's outcome.
Following that advice, refuge was to be taken far away in a foreign land.
And there she would gather her strength and bide her time.
Ariel did not know of such things.
But it was clear that she would be killed the way things were going.
There were many places where she could go to study abroad.
Some were large countries such as King Dragon Kingdom or the Holy Land of Milis that were included as candidates.
However, Ariel chose the north.
The Magic City Sharia, of the Ranoa Kingdom was the destination.
To the Magic Academy the [Magic Triumvirate] was so proud of.
In other countries, the number of allies she would be able to borrow power from for a dispute against Asura would be insufficient.
Nobody would want to back a quarrel against a monster nation that had an abundance in funding.
However, if the Academy gathered all races from all countries of the world, it would soon become known as the 2nd Princess's foothold of restoration.
Ariel had not yet given up.
Ariel was alive.
And also the path to becoming king.
It was not just nobles' idle talk.
She who was born to the Asura Royal family, had understood her destiny.
[Sylphy, my apologies.]
Ariel was aware there was no reason for Sylphy to accompany her on this journey.
She had already cleared away almost all distrust she may have had of Sylphy.
Paul's name was now associated with the Fittoa Territory Search Party, and was confirmed to be unrelated to the Metastasis event.
Sauros nonchalantly turned up at the Imperial Palace unaware of what had happened, and had been executed by the schemes of Philemon and the second prince faction.
At this point, the whereabouts of Philip and Rudeus were unknown.
And only looking at Sauros's excuses and dedication regarding the assassin, Sylphy was found to be innocent.
Merely, another victim of the Metastasis event.
[...Now that it's become like this, while I think that it's only right of me to release you, I humbly ask this of you instead, 'Please protect me. There is no one else I can rely upon but you.']
[I also beg this of you, my sword is not yet sharp[4]. And I have no confidence that I can protect Ariel-sama by myself.]
Ariel and Luke, bowed their heads to Sylphy who's social position was far lower than their own.
Sylphy, who wanted to search for her family and Rudeus on her own two feet.
However, in this one year, Sylphy had come to think of them as friends.
Friends with some peculiarities that tended to stand out, and who's relation was a bit different than that of Rudeus.
Sylphy felt strongly that 'A friend is a friend.'
And for Sylphy, the number of friends she had was easily counted on one hand.
[I understand. I will continue to protect Ariel-sama.]
Sylphy, at that moment, may have possibly become the princess's Guardian Magician in the truest literal sense.