"Whaaaat?! You got a ride on Kragon-san and flew through the sky?" (Mile)
After that, Crimson Vow went to the inn where Wonder Trio was staying and booked a room for themselves. After eating in the dining hall on the first floor, both parties gathered in Wonder Trio's room and began chatting over tea and sweets that Mile had taken out of her item box. During the meal, there were other guests present, so Wonder Trio merely talked about what they knew about the situation in the royal capital in a harmless manner. So, now they got to the main topic.
"Wh-how did that happen? And why are Marcella-san and Kragon-san friends in the first place? Please explain from the beginning!" (Mile)
...And then, Marcella and her group explained it all from the very beginning.
"Wha, what? What..." (Mile)
Mile was shocked and stunned. Mile001 was explained as "A fairy from a magical land that has transformed into the form of Mile," and the members of Crimson Vow who were accustomed to Mile's optical camouflage and optical disguise understood this without any sense of incongruity. As for other things, Mile had given roughly the same level of explanations about herself and the Nanomachiness to everyone at Crimson Vow and Wonder Trio, so the explanation proceeded without any major discrepancies. But…….
"Teleportation using storage magic?" (All CV)
The lady was stunned (Lady Bozen)[1].
"...Wh, wh, wh... what is thaaaat!!!" (Mile)
"Why is Mile so surprised...?" (Mavis)
Mavis pointed this out to her, and it's no wonder she was surprised. That's not something Mile had taught them; in fact, it's something Mile could never have thought of.
The reason why the three of them shared an item box was because Mile felt bad about asking the Nanomachiness to let the three of them, Marcella and her group, who had authority level 1, to use the item boxes, and therefore felt it would be a shame to have them each find and prepare their own separate alternate dimension worlds and appoint their own dedicated Nanomachines to manage them, so she simply proposed the idea of 'Sharing one item box between the three' to save the Nanomachiness' work. She never imagined it would lead to such an outcome...
"......" (Reina + Pauline)
Then Reina and Pauline had their souls sticking out of their mouths and their eyes rolled up.
"Ah……"
Marcella and her group knew that Mile had not told the members of Crimson Vow much about the item box, explaining only that it was a special storage magic that had an extremely large capacity and prevented the contents inside from deteriorating, and since Mile had previously warned them not to tell anything, they were able to skillfully cover up that fact with their explanation. So, they explained that both they and the princesses had gotten hints about storage magic from Mile and had learned it on their own through intensive training, and that because they hadn't put in enough effort, the three of them were only able to work together to maintain a single storage space.
Also, since she'd made the right opening remark at the beginning of the story to confirm that Reina and Pauline hadn't mastered storage magic—they were shocked to find out that Mavis had mastered it on her own. Marcella and her group had also been cheating thanks to Mile, and hadn't mastered storage magic on their own—they'd explained this to them with care, but... it seemed that Reina and Pauline were still very shocked.
If Marcella had been the only one who had mastered storage magic, then even though it would have been frustrating, the mental damage might not have been so great—However, all three members of Wonder Trio. Not only that, but both princesses (or so Reina and Pauline believed) were spoiled and raised without any proper training. Furthermore, within her party, there was a swordsman, Mavis, who was not a magician and should not be able to use magic properly, who had easily mastered it.
This was like saying that even a layman could easily master something like storage magic. And then there's Reina, who called herself a "magic genius," but despite having been practicing desperately every day before going to bed for quite some time now, she hadn't even reached Pauline's level. As a mage and a merchant, Pauline boasted to her companions that she would definitely master storage magic.
...This was tough. It's no wonder that your mind goes blank due to feelings of shame, defeat, self-loathing, and so on. Even though Pauline had practiced slightly better than Reina, she was still nowhere near the level where she could be called a "storage user," so she was just like Reina. The two of them looked like they were never going to reboot...
Reina and Pauline had just regained their senses and were calming down after drinking the tea Mile had served them. Their hands were still trembling as they held the cups. While the two were losing consciousness, Mile had told Marcella and her group about what they had done since arriving on this continent, leaving the three of them dumbfounded at usual mischief-making.
"...Adelle... No, it seems that taking the reins of Mile-san is too much for the people of Crimson Vow to handle. As expected, Mile-san understands everything about her, so it seems we, the 'Childhood friends trio', must be by her side..." (Marcella)
"Wha-?" (x3)
Marcella's sudden bombshell statement made not only Mavis, but also Reina and Pauline, who had been a little scared until then, instinctively grimaced.
"Childhood friends? You're just classmates at school! You probably never met each other before! Besides, if you two are childhood friends, then aren't we the same?!" (Reina)
Reina barked that, but...
"Yes, the first time we met Mile-san was when we entered the academy, when we were 10 years old... Since she was 10 years old and a student at the academy, isn't it fair to call her a 'childhood friend'? On the other hand, the member of Crimson Vow said that when they met Mile-san, Reina-san, and Mavis-san were already over 15 years old and adults, and they met at a hunter training school, which is like a vocational training school, so they are no longer students but working adults. You can't really call them 'childhood friends'..." (Aureana)
"Guh..." (x3)
Reina and the other two were at a disadvantage. When it came to back and forth, Marcella was calmer and forthcoming than Reina, who was more emotional. If you could get into the logic, then there's Aureana, who had a broader range of knowledge than Pauline, who specialized in business. In the argument, Reina and the other two were at a disadvantage—By the way, Mavis and Monica were no longer part of the team.
Translation Note
[1] This again. See Chapter 498 or 80k Gold chapter 366.