[Azure Kingdom, Throne Room]

Every single summoned archangels were inside this room, especially Asagi herself together with the twins. The reason why they had gathered like this is because the kingdom itself have finally arrived at its destination at exactly at 3 in the midnight.

"Travel far o child chosen for this wretched fate, to the west far you go, to the yellow land of scorching sun, to the land land full of betrayals, schemes, and sin, to the land governed with iron fist. Find the wise, find the old, find the strong, it will lead you to the answer you seek. But do not be discouraged o child, temptations may find you, but you will reach your goal as long as you stay true to your will"

Due to that prophecy back in the northern continent by a principality, they have then no choice but to tread the unknown land carefully because of the grave traits that this kind may possess. Alongside it, if the northern continent is filled with snow as far as the eyes can see, then the western continent itself is filled with sand as far as the eye can see. A complete contrast of environment from the northern continent. What's more back on earth there was a title in the ancient past in regards to the desert. During the high run of the Egyptians, they called the desert as the land of the dead.

After all in the desert anything is possible, one may dry due to starvation and dehydration, killed by bandits, poisoned by nature, killed by sandstorm, and buried in the sands. In the ancient past of earth's history, deserts are dangerous place.

"My queen! We have arrived at our destination? Should we send in a scout team to survey the land just like last time?" Asked by Gabriel

"That would really be fine but I would also like to explore it myself  you know, I've grown quite bored in this place... I want to explore the new land" said by Asagi

"But your majesty!!!" Called out by Michael

"I don't want to hear any opposition Michael! You already know just how capable I am right? I've already proven my point time and time again! All I want is a bit of trust coming from you" Complained by Asagi

"That may be so your majesty! But you should know that an unknown land is also threaded with unknown danger... you experienced it yourself when we fought the cyrophoenix, when you were literally at the face of death... based on your performance, you could actually die" reasoned by Michael

"Its not that we underestimate you your majesty, but you truly lack battle experience and somewhat kind of an important figure in this kingdom... if you die, everything will cease to function, you are the heart of this kingdom, a walking core" added by Uriel

"Something like that happened? I wish I was there" commented by Jophiel

"Your majesty! I don't want to come out rude but your more adept in being in diplomacy rather than the field" said by Ariel

"You guys are all against the idea of me going down to the surface arent you?"

As Asagi asked this question, the rest of the angels stood in silence as they can't even utter a single word to her. After all for them Asagi's safety is the number 1 priority, so if they let her be, they would constantly worry about her getting killed on the surface, after all their queen is pretty much Guillaume sometimes just as she was serious at times.

In that moment in a surprising turn of events, someone sided with Asagi as he said.

"Why don't we just let her be? After all she does need a but of experience if we wanted her to grow"

The moment someone said those words, all eyes in the room darted towards the source of that voice, as they found Azrael silently leaning in his sycthe, while looking at everyone's way.

"Did you just support me?" Asked by Asagi

"Its not that I supported your adventurous spirit your majesty, but you really need some experience to be able to defend yourself properly"

"Azrael!" Reacted by Michael

"Thats is a stupid idea" commented by Uriel

"When will this meeting be over?" Asked by Sandalphon

In front of everyone's presence, Azrael calmly assessed the situation as he replied.

"Why are you guys so confused? You guys wanted her to be safe yeah? Then the only way that is possible is for her to get stronger, to do that she would need a real life experience" said by Azrael

"We can't do that! If we do that, her safety will be in jeopardy" argued by Michael as he slowly raises his voice

"Her safety will be in jeopardy if she doesn't know how to defend herself!" Shouted by Azrael

Because of that shout, the whole room then suddenly went silent as they were surprised that someone as scarcely speaking Azrael would actually shout in defiance agaisnt the first archangel that was summoned. But despite his rudeness, none of them dared to retort his claim as Michael simply gnashed his teeth.

"Is this how you treat her all this time? Like a prized doll? No wonder she almost died from fighting the cyrophoenix, her majesty is a being far higher in divinity than the cyrophoenix, so it's quite weird how she would almost be defeated by a creature who fell from the demon's clutches... but now that i hear it, it is no wonder... she needs to learn, she is not a pet! She is a living embodiment of our beliefs... don't treat her the same as how you would treat a child!"

Once more the room fell silent, as Michael tried his best to reason it out.

"But her safety...."

"Oh safety this and safety that, if your so worried of her safety, then I'll guard her majesty!"

"You?"

"Yes! And I'm confident that I could do a better job than all of you here"

The moment Azrael said this none of them could even refute as Azrael is an archangel second only to Micheal on terms of power due to his unique trait connected to death. Just like death is a dangerous power, death itself is also inevitable. Everyone dies when their time is near and no one can escape death itself.

Just like that it was decided that Asagi would descend back to the world once more together with one of the dangerous archangel she had at her disposal. With that the meeting had ended and the exploration had begun.

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[Western Continent]

A few hours has passed, the preparations for the exploration was finished as Asagi together with Azrael and Jophiel descended unto the surface world and welcomed the new land that they will traverse. The reason why these two archangels were chosen to descent together with Asagi lays in two variables that everyone had considered as a whole in regards to Azrael's notion of guarding Asagi in this exploration mission.

First is that this is the first exploration mission of Azrael and Jophiel in this world and in the line of archangels, both of this archangels needed to experience the world and somewhat practice their social skills, since the two of them literally lack social skills and often isolate themselves from the others. The second reason is because Johpiel's rune law actually complimented Azrael's rune law. The rune law of souls is somewhat aligned with death and transmigration, so Jophiels rune law is somewhat the medium in which these two opposite powers could share as a trait.

As the the others that made up the whole exploration team, Asagi had no choice but to include the whole class of hero and his classmates in order to be fair for everyone who wants to explore the world. Due to that the heroes were quite excited when they landed on the ground and begun exploring the land of rocks and sands.

Of course before the heroes departed here, Asagi bestowed upon each and every single one of them an amulet which been engraved by an ejection spell which would forcefully return them back to the throne room of the Azure Kingdom whenever they are in danger or want an immediate return. Due to that, a lot of hours were wasted on the preparation causing the beginning of the exploration to start in exactly 4:00 of earth's time.

"Its quite sandy here" Complained by Ban, a saintess of their class

"I know right? Plus it's so humid here, if  only we have a sunscreen here right now" added by Hino one of the rangers in the class

"At times like this, I miss the technology back on earth" said by Hinabayashi as she remembered the cooling system of earth

As the girls were giving their own thoughts in this matter, the boys on the other hand seemed non-chalant of the situation, as they enjoyed their time in this new land.

"Hey if it's snow and we can create a snow man, then doesn't that mean we can create a ball of sand man with sand?" Asked by Fuse one of thiefs in the class

"Thats the most innovative and stupidest idea I've ever heard in my life" replied by Adachi, one of the priest in the class

"Thats the stupidest idea you've ever heard? Then that means, you'll be surprised by his other worst arsenal of nonsense" said by Goda one of the paladins in the class

As the class were divided by opinion into two, Hero Sato then walked closer towards Asagi together with Suzuki, Miyake, and Chiba. They wanted to know what their objectives is and what kind of information they must find in this literal deserted place.

"Your majesty!!!" Called out by Hero Sato

"Yes?"

"If you only told us that we were going to explore this deserted place, we could have prepared and change into a different outfit to match the environment" said by hero Sato

"Is that going to be a problem?" Asked by Asagi as she looked around the place with sweat on her face

"Well apparently I want to say yes! It is quite hard for us to move in this environment" said by hero Sato As he showcased their class attire.

Upon seeing their clothes, aside from those who wore light clothes, the other who were wearing heavy clothes such as armor and such, is currently having a hard time stabilizing themselves in this land filled with sand.

"Hmmm... your right! Alright! Tell the others to wear light and take off their armors"

"But we will have less protection" said by hero Sato

"Do you really need protection? I believe that the irboume kingdom had trained your properly on how to protect yourself, I'm pretty sure they also taught you on how to fight with an armor less body"

Hearing that, hero Sato was speechless for a bit as he cant refute what Asagi had said, after all they were indeed trained by the orboume kingdom through such means, so they were not lacking at all in any aspects. In fact they were quite privileged in comparison to Asagi who have to learn everything from the start and spent months just to get her castle moving from one place to another.

"Alright! Understood!"

With that hero Sato begun to gather his while class as he gave out what they needed to do in this situation.

When Asagi saw this, she just gave out a sigh, as she turned towards the sea of sands and voice out her concern.

"At this rate it will take us months to explore this land"

"We have no choice your majesty! We need to tread this land carefully since we have the hero party's with us this time around.... and a whole lot of them" said by Jophiel

"I really think it's a bad idea to bring them here with us... they are... a baggage" said by Azrael

"We have no choice, just like what you said, they needed experience to survive in this world... plus we made a deal to let them explore the world with us" replied by Asagi

"Well looks like a covert exploration is out of the question for us with this size of a team" said by Jophiel which caused Asagi to turn around and look at the Hero's party

"Your right! This size is quite a problem"

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