I love time travel the most!

That's right, these people are all members of the expedition team that participated in the White Whale Extermination Campaign.

After witnessing Kobayashi's healing magic, they naturally became devout followers of the Axis Cult.

The seed has been planted; all that remains is to wait for it to take root and sprout. When the time is right, the Axis religion will appear before the world and seize the kingdom in one fell swoop.

Kobayashi has this confidence.

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That day, the sun had just risen above the horizon.

Vendors and farmers should have already gotten up by this time, but nobles should still be dreaming.

However, at the entrance of the Sword Saint family's residence, a group of people stood there to see someone off.

"Okay, that's it."

Xiaolin gestured for them to go back.

The matter of Wang Xuan has come to a temporary end, and since he has been away for more than a month, it is time for him to return.

He hadn't forgotten his promise to Wilhelm to inquire about his wife.

"Is he leaving already? He just did all those things to me, and now he's going to abandon me. What a heartless man."

Elsa's words were filled with resentment.

Of course, there's a lot of pretense involved.

Since being resurrected and finding new happiness, she has been clinging to Kobayashi, claiming that a bowel hunter will never let go of what she sets her sights on, even when Ryuu was jealous and the two almost came to blows.

"You know I can't take you with me."

It's not that Elsa can't be brought along, but Felt needs her more.

Before taking orders from Felt, Reinhard was a knight of the kingdom, so if he encountered any danger, he might not be able to come to his aid in time. In such cases, he would need another powerful person as his bodyguard.

The gut hunter is the best candidate.

"I know, I just wanted to see you looking distressed."

Elsa looked at him with a radiant smile.

To say that on purpose, how twisted must one's sense of humor be?

If the occasion weren't so inappropriate, I would definitely teach her a lesson! ...Of course, whether I could actually win is another matter, but at least I can't lose in terms of presence.

"Xiaolin, come back as soon as possible."

Even Felt had a reluctant expression on her face. She clearly wanted to pretend to be happy to tease Kobayashi, but in the end she couldn't control her emotions.

"I will. And so will Mary, you must be a good girl and listen to your sister."

"Okay, I understand. Mary will listen to me."

"So nice."

He gently pinched the black-haired little girl's nose, then said to Reinhard and Rom, "I'll be leaving things in your care while I'm gone."

"give it to me."

"Yes, I will keep an eye on Lady Felt and make sure she doesn't do anything reckless."

Kobayashi nodded after receiving the reply.

Amid Felt's question, "Reinhardt, what did you mean just now?", he and Ryuko left the Sword Saint family's residence and also left this world.

(From scratch, temporarily completed)

Chapter 403 Who doesn't love a silly goddess who acts cute towards you?

"Mmm...so good!"

On the open plains outside Axel, breathing in the fresh air, Kobayashi stretched and yawned, his tense mind immediately relaxing after taking a deep breath.

Seeing this, the maid behind him asked, "Lord Kobayashi, do you seem to have let out a long sigh of relief?"

"It's not just a little bit, it's a real relief." Under the maid's questioning gaze, she explained, "There's that saying, you know, that the air here smells sweeter, it's just better than other places... something like that. Do you understand?"

"I'm sorry, Lord Kobayashi. It seems I misunderstood. I thought you would say that there's no place like home."

"The world isn't that bad, is it?"

I'm probably immune to Ryuu's sharp tongue by now; this is just an instinctive retort.

But she's right.

There's no place like home, no matter how good it is.

"Alright, let's not waste any more time. Let's go back quickly. I can't wait to see Aqua and Sato-kun. I wonder how they've been doing lately. I hope they haven't caused any major trouble."

"I hope your expectations won't be disappointed."

What she said makes no sense.

I really miss Aqua, Kazuma Sato, and the others after being apart for so long, but they are undoubtedly all problem children, so I guess I'll get annoyed as soon as I run into them.

Hey, wait.

Isn't this just like parents who have been working away from home for a year, miss their child terribly, but when they come back they find that their child has caused a lot of trouble and is not doing well in school, which makes them even angrier?

So that's how it is. I'm their father.

Xiaolin quickly performed the conversion in her mind.

Following the path towards the distant town, I greeted other villagers who were out working in the fields along the way, and soon arrived at the entrance of Axel town.

"Oh? It's Kobayashi!"

"Long time no see, Kobayashi."

"Long time no see! I didn't expect you two to still be guarding the city gate."

The impatient guard B approached, looking quite displeased.

"Hey, were you just implying something?"

"No, no, I just think you guys are really lucky to be here guarding the city gate unharmed."

"What did you say?!"

"I misspoke, I misspoke. I was just curious why you haven't been promoted yet. Of course, this isn't meant to belittle you, but I'm genuinely happy that you're guarding the city gates."

The more they tried to explain, the worse it got. For some reason, their eyes welled up with tears when they heard Xiaolin's words.

However, they were both very lucky to survive.

Despite being a border town, Axel has been attacked by the Headless Horseman and the Mobile Fortress Destroyer. Moreover, huge mushroom clouds rise from the town and its surroundings from time to time. The fact that these two can guard this place unharmed suggests that they might also be hidden masters.

Amidst the doubts, [eyes] had already seen through their strength, just as Kobayashi had suspected.

Axel was indeed full of hidden talents; even the nameless guards AB at the city gate were over level 30.

"I don't want to either! I don't want to do this anymore, but the new lord says there's no one else, and insists we persevere!"

Guard B suddenly burst into loud sobs, startling passersby.

Kobayashi asked curiously, "What happened?"

"Actually, it has something to do with the previous lord."

Guard A answered his question.

After a brief moment of reflection, I finally understood what had happened.

It turns out that the previous lord, Eldap, bribed the soldiers in the town in order to better govern (control) the town, including the soldiers guarding the prison, but he excluded the two of them and didn't include them at all.

Could these two have offended the previous lord and that's why they were assigned to guard the city gate?

Xiaolin felt that something must have happened.

After the current lord, Darkness's father, the head of the Darkness family, took over the position, he immediately arrested everyone associated with Eldap and had them interrogated by the kingdom's prosecutor, Sena.

The vacant positions were temporarily filled by members of the Dustinis family, but even so, there were still not enough people, and the two who deserved to be rewarded were still guarding the city gate.

"OK OK."

Guard A reassured his colleague, saying, "It's thanks to this that we weren't thrown into jail and are still here guarding the city gate."

He should have kept quiet, because once he did, Guard B cried even louder.

This story is so heartbreaking that it brings tears to the eyes of anyone who hears it. Should we say he was unlucky or lucky?

Anyway, it has nothing to do with Kobayashi.

He then fled quickly.

There were many more pedestrians on the street than before, and they all had happy smiles on their faces, which should be thanks to Darkness's father's hard work in making changes.

Axel is supposed to be a beginner's village, so the number of players should be this high.

At the same time, I felt relieved.

It seems that nothing major happened to Axel during his absence.

Soon, he returned to his suburban mansion.

Familiar buildings, familiar weeds, familiar scenery.

It's definitely more comfortable here.

He strode forward, then forcefully pushed open the door and shouted loudly to everyone in the mansion in a booming voice.

"--I'm back!"

In my imagination, upon hearing his voice, a large dog named Aqua should have pounced out of the mansion, but after waiting for a long time, the light blue figure did not appear.

"Did he just happen to go out?"

Didn't care.

Upon entering the living room, I turned my head and saw a figure curled up on the large sofa, humming a strange tune with a blank stare. Her soft, bright eyes shone with a blue glow under the sunlight. Wasn't that Aqua?

What's up with her?

"Xiaolin, welcome back."