After the tea party, the next few days for Erwin and Onean were quite peaceful.

Erwin was spending this time contemplating what they were going to do next. After turning down Count Onen's offer, it seemed like there weren't many viable alternatives for them.

The main problem was that all of his Loonies were still on Christine's airship. Without any money to his name, he couldn't do anything.

Right as Erwin was trying to work out a future plan, Chahan came to visit, and he did so very early in the morning.

Erwin thought that Chahan had to have run out of Loonies again, but to his surprise, that wasn't the reason for Chahan's visit.

"What? Who?" Erwin asked with a surprised expression. "Shiba? Who are you talking about and what do they want from me?"

"This is an old friend of mine. He heard that you're a powerful magician, so he wanted to request an audience with you," Chahan explained. "He's currently the commander of the Monge Riders mercenary legion."

"What is this Monge Riders mercenary legion supposed to be?" Erwin asked.

He had truly failed to anticipate that all of the nobles at the tea party would be such massive blabbermouths.

"Aside from Count Onen's Wild Ax Legion, Shiba's Monge Riders mercenary legion is the legion with the most number of troops in Zans," Chahan explained.

Erwin wasn't very impressed upon hearing this. Zans was only a tiny city, so he wasn't expecting any particularly large mercenary legions to be situated here. Thus, he didn't display much interest in this Monge Riders mercenary legion.

"What kind of relationship does Shiba share with Count Onen?"

"Count Onen really wants to absorb Shiba's mercenary legion into his...