Chapter 4-41 : Talent Identifying Magic (part 1)
The group of immigrants led by the knights of the Griffith Family entered the town and proceeded to the reception venue in the vacant land in front of the old church.
Males and females, elders and youngsters, children and adults. They ranged from single individuals to large families.
Most of them were traveling by foot, but some were riding carriages, especially women, children, and old people.
Dust was rising from the road as they proceeded toward the venue.
There were so many people that they were lining up all the way to the entrance of Lavender Town.
（Uwahh… There are so many people…）
As they got to the venue, they stared at Mylia curiously. Some of them were pointing at her and whispering to each other, talking about her.
They were surprised and confused when they saw a cute girl in a beautiful dress sitting in a chair decorated with monster bones.
（Ugh, thanks to this barbarians’ leader’s chair, they’re staring at me as if they are watching a freak show…）
「Hey, look at that girl.」
「Those bones are huge. Are those monster bones?」
「She looks cute but also looks badass at the same time in that chair.」
「Hold on… That lavender hair… I think she is Baron Mylia.」
「Now that you mention it. I’ve only heard about her from the rumor.」
「She must have defeated strong monsters and decorated her chair with their bones.」
「Seems like she’s as strong as rumored.」(immigrants)
The immigrants were confused at first, but then they realized that the girl sitting in the weird chair was actually their new feudal lord.
（Onee-chan, it’s not working. This chair makes me look bad… Oh, please, stop looking at me like that!）
Mylia didn’t realize it but Chloe’s plan was actually working.
Chloe, who was standing next to Mylia, turned to Hypnus and whispered to him.
「Hypnus, are your friends ready?」(Chloe)
「Kuu.」(Hypnus)
Hypnus replied to her with a nod.
「Good. Now it’s time to entertain our guests!」(Chloe)
「Kuu!」(Hypnus)
After Chloe instructed him, Hypnus flew straight up into the sky and shouted.
「Kuuu~!!」(Hypnus)
Soon after, twenty other griffons gathered in the sky, surrounding Hypnus. They then started aerobatic maneuvers in uniform as if they were dancing in the sky with Hypnus as the center.
「Look! Are they griffons?」
「Whoaa! I’ve never seen griffons before!」
「This is awesome!」
「They’re dancing in the sky!」
「This is so cool!」(immigrants)
The immigrants were so stunned by the spectacular griffon show in the sky that they forgot the fatigue from their long journey to the Atwood Territory.
The wave of excitement spread all the way to the last row of the line.
They learned something new about Mylia that not only was she a talented Dragon Slayer but she was also a great leader who was willing to entertain her people with a great show.
However, it was Chloe and Hypnus who prepared the show. Mylia didn’t know about it at all.
After all, not only immigrants but Mylia was also stunned by the griffon show. She looked up at the sky with her mouth wide open.
「Whoaaaa!!」(Mylia)
「Fufu. You like it?」(Chloe)
「Yeah! This is wonderful!」(Mylia)
「They have been practicing since last week, you know?」(Chloe)
「Hee~ I didn’t know griffons can dance like that.」(Bonnie)
「I’m surprised too! What a beautiful sight!」(Josephine)
Bonnie and Josephine who were standing behind Mylia were also looking up at the sky, watching the show.
「Well, they are smart, so I thought of doing something to entertain the immigrants and came up with this idea, but Hypnus was the one who trained the other griffons.」(Chloe)
「I see. This is much better than the jet aerobatics I watched on YouTube!」(Mylia)
「You… what?」(Chloe)
「A, Ahaha… Nothing. Never mind.」(Mylia)
After performing for a while, the griffons ended the show with a huge backflip. People then applauded and cheered at them.
「Woohoo!」
「Bravo! Bravo!」
「What a spectacular show!」
「I’m glad I decided to move to the Atwood Territory!」(immigrants)
After ending the show, Hypnus and five other griffons descended and surrounded Mylia, Chloe, Bonnie, and Josephine in the center of the venue, standing by as bodyguards, while the rest of the griffons were flying around in the sky, keeping an eye on the surrounding area.
Now that the show was over, Mylia realized that one of the knights who seemed to be the leader of the pack had been standing by on his white horse at the entrance to the venue. He had been waiting for Mylia to give him a chance to speak.
「A, Ahem! …Please come forward.」(Mylia)
The knight then got off his horse and approached Mylia. He bowed once, stepped forward, and kneeled before Mylia.
「Baron Mylia de la Atwood, thank you for the show. It was wonderful. I would also like to thank you for your audience. I’m the vice-commander of the Griffith Family Knights. My name is Kinvate. Duke Griffith ordered us to escort the immigrants to your territory.」(Kinvate)
「Sir Kinvate, thank you for your hard work. I really appreciate Duke Griffith and Aria-saー I mean, Lady Aria for their cooperation. It must have been tough protecting these people while traveling for more than two months. You’re safe here, so please take a rest and heal the fatigue from the long journey. I hope you enjoy your stay in this town.」(Mylia)
「Thank you, Lady Mylia.」(Kinvate)
After thanking Mylia, the vice-commander of the knights stood up, but when he was about to turn around, Mylia stopped him.
「Ah, wait a minute. Let me clean your armor.」(Mylia)
Mylia cast Purification Magic on the knight’s armor to clean it from dust like she did to the messenger from the knights yesterday.
The vice-commander, Kinvate, was surprised that his dirty and dull armor became shiny in the blink of an eye as if it had been polished for hours.
「How kind of you, Lady Mylia. I like this armor. Thank you very much.」(Kinvate)
He bowed deeply to Mylia. He was so happy that his favorite armor that had been protecting his life for a long time became as good as new.
「Did you see that?」
「She made his dirty armor look super clean!」
「Is that magic?」
「I’ve never seen that kind of spell before.」
「I heard that Lady Mylia has created many unique spells.」
「As expected from the rumored talented witch.」(immigrants)
Being amazed by Mylia’s unique spell, the immigrants began to applaud and cheer.
（Uhh… I just cleaned his armor. It’s not a big deal… I guess my Purification Magic is very unique…?）
Mylia thought that she didn’t do anything amazing, but from the perspective of the immigrants, she just did something that most magicians normally couldn’t do.
To the immigrants, she appeared to be a distant figure beyond their reach. They thought that casting spells was like breathing for Mylia.
Some of them were doubtful at first when they saw how young Mylia was, thinking that the rumor about her was not true, but then they believed it after witnessing what she did.
Everyone was looking at Mylia with admiring eyes. They were happy to have a genius and kind person as their feudal lord.
Seeing the positive reaction of the immigrants, Chloe thought that it was the perfect time for the speech. She didn’t want to waste the opportunity.
She turned to Mylia and whispered to her.
「Are you ready to give a warm welcome to your new people?」(Chloe)
「So, I have to do it, huh…?」(Mylia)
「Of course, you do. Don’t worry. Your speech when you became a feudal lord was great. You just have to do that again.」(Chloe)
「A, Alright…」(Mylia)
Being nervous about having to speak in front of more than two thousand people, Mylia’s tummy suddenly hurt as always.
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Many jap folk who isekai hate making speech lol, i don’t blame them, i would hate it too…