The next day, Lava General found the Wild Mage: "I received the god's decree. I need to lead three thousand combat clerics to the Tulip Kingdom. For Foster Iron Mine, I'd like to entrust it to you to manage temporarily... Of course, for your safety, I'll leave behind 1,000 combat clerics and lots of war weapons. That should be fine."
"The god's decree? Tulip Kingdom? Entrust the mine to me?"
The Wild Mage was shocked by that short sentence... multiple times. After hesitating slightly, the Wild Mage finally spoke: "Actually, I was born in the Tulip Kingdom, but I've never entered the real Tulip Kingdom."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Lava General got interested and also a bit curious.
Born in the Tulip Kingdom but never joined the real Tulip Kingdom.
That kind of description was very... bizarre.
The Wild Mage either went silent or was organizing his words. After quite a while, he finally spoke:
