Chapter 172.3
As Viro replied in a barbed voice, turning a sympathetic glance toward the door through which the Prime Minister had disappeared, he heard hurried footsteps echoing from behind the door, and without knocking, the door was opened by the Prime Minister himself with a mighty bang.
“Mrs. Layton! We have received word from the border that the girl you are looking for has been found.
Sera and the others then began to scurry about.
The girl had been found with several orphaned children by a young man of Imperial nobility who was on his way back to Japan. She was found and sheltered in a town near the border.
The young nobleman himself had used a special code to contact the Marquis Durand, who was known as a moderate in the Empire.
Since the subject was fatigued, it was suggested that he be moved to the Imperial capital after a few days of recuperation there, but Sera, half threatening that it would be too late for him, made an arrangement with the Marquis Durand and rushed to the site alone with Sera and the members of the Rainbow Sword, without any of his subordinates or companions.
Sera and her team first went to the imperial capital and arranged to borrow a high-speed carriage for military use.
The normal horse-drawn carriages were only a little faster than a person could walk. Otherwise, the horses would not be able to keep up over long distances. However, like Dalton’s carriage, a military carriage had a certain amount of self-propelled functionality with magical tools, and by using trained war horses, Sera and her team arrived at their destination in less than half the number of days.
“Elena-sama…I’m so glad you are safe.”
“We were worried about you. But as you can see, we are safe.”
Elena smiled kindly and held Sera’s hand tightly as she kneeled down and took Sera’s hand.