A Chronicle of Life in a Different World

With Calvin and the others in charge of Kimira's body, Reurus walks to the town through the “former” forest, which became difficult to walk after the battle.

I didn't care so much during the battle, but I slashed dozens of trees and they were so hard to walk that they fell down.

"Sara-sama told me to evacuate because Kimira had left, but I felt a terrible sign of chaos. I was wondering if I should join the Reurus..."

Calvin's tone as he walks toward town is neither firm nor soft. Let's be straightforward about what we felt.

"It wasn't a monster, it was a Reurus."

"Are you kidding me?

"What else was there besides you and Kimira? You're the only one who can't say" yes ”to Kimira, right?

Reurus leans his neck against Calvin who speaks like that, feeling something that doesn't fall into his heart.

"It was bad... like what?

"Ah... like this, my whole body's hair is upside down... I'm afraid I can only say it's bad..."

It was a surprisingly vague tone from Reurus, who knew Calvin normally. However, the reaction also made Reurus feel at risk.

"... by the way, how about now?

"... is that normal? I think it's the usual revulsion....."

I fought using 'Caloric Release', but it was the first time I had been directed to such a reaction.

(Because there was more magic than usual...? Speaking of which, magic...)

Reurus explores his magic. It didn't take five minutes to defeat Kimira, but the more time goes by, the more magic will be exhausted. The magic accumulated was unprecedented, but the amount of magic consumed increased, so I couldn't even see it.

(I don't know if it's accurate, but all the “surplus” is gone...? There is still a lot of magic in itself....)

It was a revulsion that I thought I was used to handling "caloric release", but I was desperate not to be swayed by my motor abilities while I was fighting.

It was able to move faster than usual, and it was more powerful than usual - for that matter, it was more difficult to control than usual.

(Not to mention the limit amount, but I used "Calorific Release" with Eliza and Sarah exceeding the “upper limit” at which magic began to flow... did that affect you? Or is there too much magic and too much reinforcement?

Like "strengthening", the more magic, the more power. Or was it because I used "calorific release" when I exceeded the “upper limit”?

Speaking from the feeling of using "caloric liberation" so far, Reus thinks that the amount of magic is not so relevant. Whether the remaining magic is critical, or vice versa, the ability to exercise when using "caloric release" did not differ greatly.

The duration of "caloric release" varied only, and there was no major variation in the ability itself.

Even so, this time, the ability was improved so much that it became difficult to control.

(... I'm afraid I don't know.)

I don't know if I'm talking about myself, but I'm not sure it's this. Until now, I hadn't wondered, but Reurus felt a shadow in his mood.

However, the sense of revulsion is not particularly disgusting to the "caloric release" that I have just used. It was too different from the usual feeling and difficult to use, but I didn't avoid it.

Having returned to the town in distress, Reus headed for a place where the town's workers were gathered. Not only Eliza and the others were there, but Collard decided that we should report it first.

"When Sara-sama told me that a strong monster was coming, I was interrupting my work for now... but this is a lot bigger again."

Collard talked in an unusual tone to Reurus, who was walking with Kimira's “half body”. Workers and adventurers in the abandoned city of Laval are only surprised to see the Kimira that Reurus took down.

"Oh, that's a big one... nearly twice as big as the one we used to have around Laval Waste City."

"That's 'Monster eater'. Kimira's meat... are you going to eat it all?"

"Let's get back to work in the meantime... the town's fields have taken shape to some extent, so what are you planting?

"It's a little early, but you can have some potatoes. Then we need to plant some root vegetables that grow fast and see if they really grow."

The faces of the abandoned city of Laval are returning to work in a familiar way. I didn't say anything worried because it didn't look like Reurus was injured.

― ― If it's a Reurus, the monster will do something even if it hits us.

--I can't help it if I can't use Reurus.

With that trust, they return to do what they can. However, before returning, he tapped Reurus lightly on the arm and back, laughed and left.

Collard, who worried about whether he should be surprised or surprised by the size of the Kimira that Reurus took down, would not stop those who returned to work.

"I've seen Kimira a few times, but this is the first time I've seen a giant... Hmm, I'm afraid I'm going to start a village on this land someday..."

Collard looked at Kimira's body for a while, but eventually said so and smiled bitterly.

Unlike workers and adventurers in Collard and Laval, dwarves are slow to react. They rubbed their arms and feet and wandered their gaze with restlessness.

"Hey, what's going on with all the dwarfs?

Reurus wonders about the dwarf, and Sarah asks with a strange look. Apparently, the dwarves have been doing this for a long time.

"I can't explain it in words... but it sucks."

"Ah... that was bad."

"This is the first time I've gotten my goosebumps so bad."

Face to face and say so individually, but as a revulsion, I have trouble reacting.

"Even Calvin's grandmother can't help but tell everyone... eh? Was it that bad?

"Oh, my God... wasn't that the first time you saw Vaniel's husband?

"... that sucks."

The vanilla was brought in, and Reurus murmured 'Oh no' as if the dwarves had caught him.

Then she turned to Eliza and the others, but the reaction was also divided.

"I didn't feel anything in particular... well, did I feel the magic of Reurus?

"Me and me! You're surprised Calvin and the others jumped into the moat all of a sudden?

Eliza also looked at her surroundings and leaned her head strangely, nodding to agree.

"I was really surprised... Ah, I wonder if it was okay to think of this as the magic of Reurus...?

Meer also had a vague tone, but he was less surprised than any other dwarf.

…………

And finally, Neddy is silent. I thought I'd stared at the Reurus with Kimira in my hand, and all of a sudden I walked out and started to circle around it.

"... Neddy?

I was doing the same thing the other day, so I called Neddy's name worried about Reurus. But Neddy answered nothing and nodded silently.

"For now, the trouble is later. Work as hard as you can while the sun rises."

It was Collard who was alert when he heard of Kimira's attack, but when he heard that Reurus had taken him down, he actually looked at the body and he was conscious of resuming work.

Not to mention others, Collard knows that Reurus has defeated an advanced monster called the "Head Hunt." Therefore, even though it is a big monster at the intermediate level, it does not pay attention to “that degree”, and the dwarves are also started to be called on to resume work.

"Ah, Reurus... you have to clean up the trees you cut yourself. I can't waste it, so I want you to carry it inside the town."

"... I understand."

Reurus nodded for a moment, eyebrowing at the difference in reactions between Collard and the dwarves.

That evening, when Reurus returned to his assigned home, he removed his weapon and armor and lowered his hips to the straw covered ground.

I fought Kimira during the day and was exempted from sleeping tonight. Instead, Sarah and Eliza, who were good at searching for her enemies, and Meer, who acted as the two arbitrators, took on a nightmare.

There are also Collard and Calvin, so it won't be a problem if Reurus doesn't go to sleep.

…………

But Eliza, Sarah, and Meer are sleepless, and Neddy is not. She was retreating home with Reurus and staring silently at Reurus.

While catching Neddy's gaze, Reurus sat down. We've already eaten, and all we have to do is sleep.

But I wanted to ask Neddy that it was a good opportunity, not to sleep like a revus.

"Neddy, can I talk to you for a second?

"... yeah, okay.

Neddy nods without expression while standing in front of Reurus. Sitting there, Neddy had a higher gaze than Reurus, and Reurus looked up naturally.

"Uh... well, what is it? Can you sit down for a minute?

Uncomfortable sitting alone, Reurus asked Neddy to sit down. Then Neddy leans his neck small and then lowers his hips.

--on the leg of a sat-down Reurus.

"... Neddy?

"... what?

Reurus shouted to Neddy as he sat with his back facing away for a few seconds.

"I'm glad you sat down, but why did you sit there?

…… Am I wrong? "

Neddy looks over his shoulders and his blue hair shakes. At the same time, the blue feathers that I normally wear were shaken, but Reurus suddenly smiled bitterly.

"Is it wrong or not... is it hard to sit down?

Neddy is a good developer for her low height compared to Eliza and Sarah, and she weighs well. Still, it weighed a little less than I thought from Reus, but I wondered why I sat in a place that seemed difficult to sit in the first place.

"Nh... I'm fine. I like it here."

"That's fine, but...."

Reurus didn't say anything more to Neddy, who was looking satisfied with his back. Instead, he immediately talks about it.

"Anyway... that's what I want to talk about. Neddy knows something about me, doesn't he?

That's what I've been worried about for a long time. Not only here recently, but also from time to time, Neddy has been showing mysterious behaviors. I wanted to see what it was.

As for Reurus, if Neddy didn't want to talk about it, he didn't want to talk about it. However, given the possibility that the "calorific release" affects the surroundings negatively, it cannot be confirmed.

"Sometimes you make strange moves, and you look at me and Sarah with strange eyes... there's something going on, right?

From Reurus, I sometimes thought that the strange movements that Neddy would show from time to time would be relieved, but they would not be meaningful.

So when asked to make sure, Neddy rubs his head against the chest plate of the reus and looks up at the ceiling to see the reus.

"... Neddy doesn't really understand either.“ That way ”is different from Neddy's, so that's all I care about."

"Is that... Sarah?

"Nh... but Reurus is different."

Neddy looks up at Reurus at close range.

"I'm just keeping an eye out for Reurus... because Neddy is on the side of the humans.”

That said, Neddy stared at Reurus with a serious eye.