You must be a pretty important guy to be sitting in the library reading, without a care at all...

...considering the state of the world, Warlon.

......

Lugina, commander of the 23rd Demon Slayers Division, the Sky Guardians.

No, wait, you're the secretary of the Otherworldly Investigations Office now, aren't you?

I'm shocked that you were the one to come visit me, instead of Grahdens or Owen.

You sound pretty sure someone would come to see you...

...even if you're surprised that it's me.

Which means that you already know what I'm here to ask.

What the Abel Faction is up to...

You've got strong ties to the Federation. You have to know something.

Something about what they're after, for example...?

......

They're not after what we are when it comes to the sealed gods. I know that much.

But I doubt that they want to...

...lose the power of summoning or see this world collapse.

That idiot Bertz and his faction don't seem like they're particularly suicidal.

Bertz, or "Klauser," a high-ranking diplomat in the Federation...

He belongs to the Abel Faction, and he's working on assignments for the Federation's government.

He doesn't seem to agree with the Abel Faction entirely, or rather, he doesn't agree with Rahnas.

Of course, Rahnas is aware of that as well, so trust between them is essentially nonexistent.

......

Just as you suspect, Rahnas does not share our objectives.

In all likelihood...his goals are the opposite of our own.

The opposite?

He wants to leave the corrupted sealed gods as they are? Is that what you mean?

I don't know exactly what they mean to do, I'm still uncertain.

And I don't know what they're aware of, or what sorts of trump cards they're holding, either.

Tsch. Fine, then.

Looks like I'll just have to meet with him and have a frank discussion, just as I expected.

Hans! You're late!

Hehe, surprised to see me without any advanced notice?

Grahdens asked me to join in the investigation of the sealed gods.

He said he didn't feel like you were sufficient as backup for Tilith on your own.

By the way, Karl is apparently off surveying some other world at the moment.

Anyway, it seems like we're dealing with a culture very different than our own in this world.

Let's see...according to Lin, this world is called, uh..."Ohbanahara."

Oh, wait...I think it's actually pronounced "oh-bah-nah-hah-rah."

Considering that you've visited two worlds like this already...

...it seems like you've been pretty busy without me.

And I was sure you'd just be lounging around on a beach somewhere...

Come to think of it, though, you always did rely on summoning exclusively for combat up until Ishgria, right?

If you need help, I'll be happy to give you a personal lesson on combat!

All right, joking aside, let's get going!

Where to? To where Tilith is waiting, of course.

She's just up ahead.

Don't whine, just get moving!