The journey to welcome Nair, my new companion, was difficult in many ways.
First of all, loud - annoying - dodgy daughter, three beats of. Plus, there's constant fights with Amako - no, if you include the point that Amako at the time isn't even on his teeth at all, you could call it Nair's one-person sumo.
Either way, it doesn't change the noise.
It's been about a few days since I left the village, and it's good that you got used to the journey for a few moments-
"Hey, tell me about Usat's world"
Suddenly, he said that to me, as Nair remembered riding on my shoulder looking like an owl.
"Ha..."
I think about the words and how I don't like the sound of a slightly excited voice inside me.
I don't hate talking about anything else in itself. The reason she tried to catch me in the first place was to ask about the other world, so much so that it was rather late to ask for each of these requests.
Can I just talk about the other world in a detour to the type of Nair who even immerses himself in this thing of his own interest?
... I guess the toothpick won't work anymore and will likely be question-attacked all four or six times.
"Look, tell me something. You're not free to just walk, are you?"
Besides, why does this guy look great in vain?
Well, you didn't walk.
You're just on my shoulder the whole time, aren't you?
Stick a smile on my face, even though I'm a little irritated by Nair slapping me in the cheek with his wings.
"Well, let me tell you something about vampires in my world."
"Well, a vampire from another world?"
Nair eats when she hears that she is the same as herself.
All right, all right, have you eaten, let's tease him a little.
"The vampires of my world lift the Great Rock lightly. You just see it with your eyes and you drain the blood. So, flying around the night sky like swallows and sneaking into a private house, you're a monster who lives in the darkness that rubs and kills people's blood."
"... heh... don't do it quite -"
"No, I still have it. I shoot rays out of my eyes, evil dragons out of my mouth throw up bright blue poison, and it gets huge, foggy and slips through any wall. I think vampires are the worst creatures."
"Is that really a vampire!?"
Of course it is a lie. Can there ever be such a vampire?
But you believed my words, which I said in an unchallenged voice, Nair, that trembles a small body, and I can see from that appearance that vampires from other worlds were monsters far above their own expectations.
I don't know, it's great to watch. It's fun.
"Ugh, you're lying, right? Vampires aren't such monsters, are they? Oh, could I have been a vampire?"
"Ma, I'm lying."
"... eh"
I'm sorry to hear more about you than I am. [M]
"Kitty! Wow, you don't have the guts to plot me!"
Knowing that she had been teased, Nair, with her wings open as if to represent anger, tries to cling my head with her mouth.
But I slipped off my shoulder, stiff as if her body had been tied to something at the inch of my mouth hitting my head.
I took her with my left hand, which fell with a pitiful cry, and I looked down at Nair, who was turning my eyes over my palm.
"Come on, you forgot about the habit you put on yourself. Constraint that no harm can be done to me, the Lord..."
"Wow, I just forgot!!"
"Don't forget who I called."
Nair cannot harm me. [M]
Because there are various constraints and functions in the user magic contract that she and I have entered into, and one of them is that we cannot do any harm to the Lord.
Since the scope and standard of harm is only at my discretion, which is the Lord, Nair, with my permission, can exercise witchcraft against me and give me blood, which is her food.
Now she doesn't have to worry about biting unless I give her permission... but I didn't know our person forgot...
"Birdhead..."
"What did I just say Ironhide Fox!!"
Nair overreacted to Bosoli and Amako's zero words.
Amako, who was walking with Burlin in front of me on my left, looks back at me and opens her mouth to Nair with a frightened look.
"Until I told you the facts. I see why you won't walk on Usat. Three steps and you forget."
"Huh, huh.... I've been vain on my journey, but I can't stand it anymore! Ho ho!!"
Nair jumps out of my hand and storms Amako with tremendous speed.
The opposing Amako avoids just tilting her neck at Nair, who comes in face-to-face, as well as eagling her, turning her arms wide and throwing them at me.
She was returning in seconds, and her transformation broke through the air and rolled down the ground to my feet.
... How many times do I have to repeat the same exchange to punish this kid?
"Fuck, shit... next time, haha..."
"I'll admit that gut, but I don't think it's gonna be easy to beat Amako to preface the move, do you? Besides, you can see losing with that..."
"Shut up Shut up!! Originally it's bad for Usat to lie!! Why are you lying!? Why are you messing with me?!?"
"Nothing. You don't have to be angry until the toddler regresses... Oh, I'm sorry."
I'm the one who's sorry.
But why go so far as to be fought back by Amako just for making fun of me a little bit? I'm surprised they turned me back like a catch ball.
Nair, who wiped the mess and his eyes, jumps on my shoulder as he transforms into an owl again.
"So, you're gonna stay on my shoulder after all."
"Hung, I'm Usat's demon, so this is the best place to go"
Over the past few days, Mr. Alc, Burlin, I've been staying on the horse, but at the end of the day, I've become staying on my shoulder.
Apparently, she took my shoulder for a privileged seat. As for this one, if you don't shut up, I don't mind so much, but sometimes when you can spread your wings and stuff, it's just itchy to hit your ear and neck.
After that, Amako's gaze was strangely harsh.
"Mm-hmm..."
Speaking of which, Nair stands in the position of a demon, but can he be human?
In this case, I guess that's how they treat you if you say you're a demon about what kind of perception you will have in Samarial, where you will have a strong wind against the subhuman...
At times like this, it's best to ask Mr. Alk.
"Alc."
"Yes?"
Speaking to Mr. Alk, who was pulling a horse in front, he slows me down so that he can stand alongside me.
I point to Nair on my shoulder and ask her what she cares about.
"I'm talking about this guy, even though he has a contract to use demons, is it okay to put the human-shaped demons inside Samaritan?"
"Hmm, if you're a user demon, you should be fine. People like Nair's demons are quite rare, so you can't honestly judge them. Maybe she'll be recognized as a sub-person who Samaritan hates..."
I hear Samaritan doesn't have good feelings for the subpeople, but it's a total pain in the ass that he might have to hide the existence of Nair, a monster, not just Amako.
"Tortoise."
Next to my cheeky face, Nair is proud of me for some reason.
"A demon of human form means it has as much intelligence as it can understand a person's language. In other words, a smart, amazing demon like me is unlimited to be subhuman!"
"Now there is me who regrets having accompanied you on your journey... Is that it? If you suck at this, you'll be mistaken for taking a slave..."
"... Ha, that's possible too..."
You're lying.
You shouldn't have carried your baggage.
From her, she was forced to sign a contract, but treated like she was carrying a slave...
Besides, Nair's transformation is easy to solve out of the guide. So much so that Amako just waved the hand he grabbed Nair earlier that he could easily go back to where he was.
If this were the whole city of Samarial, I'd be nowhere near giving you a letter.
Good and kicked out of the kingdom. Bad, Nair gets crusaded, and we get caught, too.
"You just have to find out. If only I'd stayed an owl forever, you'd be fine."
"At least stay human..."
"Well, it's easier if you don't have to walk here."
You're turning me into a bird. Why did this kid turn me into an owl?
Besides, it's only the opposite of anxiety that basically the unfortunate part stands out that she confidently said 'okay'. Perhaps after entering the country, only this knowledge will make a mess of the unknown girl a little over a century ago, so leaving a message is definitive when handing over a letter.
"Mr. Alk, should Amako and Nair act separately when we see each other? I'm worried about bringing the two of these dog monkey friends together, but is it better than getting into the castle with us?"
"Right. That would be nice, when you hand over the writ, have the two of you stand by with Burlin. Are you two okay with that?"
"" No ""
You guys are close.
I don't think I can handle that attitude if I look at you guys these past few days.
Amako accidentally pulls the sleeve of my uniform as she drops her shoulder to react as expected. Looking at you, Amako looked up at me and spoke to me.
"But I can't help it at this time..."
"Amako......"
You're too good a kid.
That's a level where things get too good to worry about the other way around.
"Nair, you too..."
"No, why should I be with such a petty beast man?"
He's a pain in the ass. Now you know which one is older.
I can't help it, until I get out to hard means if I don't have any other means.
Quickly I stroke his head near Burlin walking forward without my involvement.
"Amako is great. That's what Brulin would think, right? Unlike someone else, it's not my fault."
"Guh......"
How about some meat for dinner? You know, you've only eaten fruit lately, so sometimes you want to eat something you can help with? Just... because I have good chicken. "
"Pi!?"
Immediately suppress Nair's head with his left hand as he attempted to fly off his right shoulder.
When I slowly turned to you with a grin on my face, the owl with tears in his eyes was gabbling and shaking his body.
"Oh -!! I suddenly thought I could wait with this guy!?"
"Oh, yeah? You're gonna help me understand."
He agrees to leave a message with Amako in a cheerful voice.
Yeah, I suppressed the nodding nair. Get your left hand off me.
Now that she's free to move, she sifts and shouts confused.
"Ho, ho, ho. hey, why are you threatening me so plainly!? my common sense is wrong!? or is there something wrong with Usat!?"
"Don't worry, there's just something wrong with Usat"
"Ha, Lord Usato is as bizarre as ever"
"It's not something cute about being bizarre!?"
Amako is faceless and Mr. Alk says that with a happy laugh.
The chicken on the boulder earlier is a joke to threaten. But if I'm too impatient, I'm going to have to resort to these means because I'm going to be trapped.
"I told you to leave a proper message."
"F, hun. Why are you so afraid you'll find out what I look like? If they find me, I can erase my memory."
"That's only a last resort. If there's nothing you can do about it, and it's really, really the only way, I can count on your abilities."
But if a few of her abilities are also found out in a place where people are still dense, she can't even erase her memory.
It has the disadvantage of making an extra position worse if you use it incorrectly.
"It seems convenient and difficult to use, your abilities are"
"Mm, what's the approximate way to put it? In terms of diversity of abilities, there's no one on my right! The ability and magic to manipulate the Necromancer's dead! Vampire charms, ability to manipulate the living, ability to transform! And three magic tricks I've mastered over 300 years!!"
Sure, that's a great number. I can only use healing magic to tell you it's an anomaly.
Even so, I don't need the ability to manipulate the dead and the living in my journey. If you find out you used it, they might think you manipulated the other person to install the cooperation when you handed them the letter.
... essentially, when it comes to what Nair is likely to be able to do on his journey, it's only about magic - he said.
"Three? Didn't your witchcraft have two things to do with restraint and resistance? And it's pretty user-friendly."
"It's user-friendly. But you noticed something nice."
That's a good one. Just saying you asked me, Nair, and I'm gonna be good at it.
One more thing besides restraint and endurance, can you use magic? Wouldn't it be pretty awesome to remember three magic tricks that people spend almost a lifetime mastering?
"Huffle, this is it. It's an important magic trick that any magician must remember at first."
"Well, I guess it's a lot of magic to say that."
"Yes, yes, my third sorcery, it's..."
So once separated, the breathing Nair opens her small mouth with a full look at herself.
"Liberation - I mean the curse!!"
"... ooh, ooh"
It was plain as thought......
You disgusted my reaction. She's a ho ho! and make a ringing noise containing some anger.
"What's the approximate reaction!! A magician who can do the spell of liberation is amazing!?"
No, even when they say liberation, it's not a good pin.
Rather, I'm surprised there was such magic.
"Fine!? Sorcery can only be solved naturally in principle, or it will continue to function semi-permanently!! So so-called sorcery, which is the art of solving it, is the first important sorcery you have to remember!?"
I see, so the curse of restraint I put on her disappeared over time?
If it was what she called semi-permanently functioning magic, I would remain in captivity until she let me go?
If you include saying so, the spell of liberation and the magic of liberation, which is the role of the curse, can be called important magic.
But...
"How long does it take to learn?"
If it's going to take you a long time to learn, don't you think other sorceries will soon die while you remember the spell of liberation?
Nair said, "If you try to be human, it's a natural question." But he opens his eyes with excitement and opens his wings wide to show me.
"Ugh!? What the sudden..."
"It's only 40 years!! As for magic, you can learn it pretty quickly! I don't know if I can do it because I've never done magic that's too complicated, but a simple one can solve it in a flash!"
That would be 40 years from a longevity demon in no time!?
But if you try being human, you'll be an uncle no matter how quickly you learn it, no matter how soon you're born.
Is it worth remembering that much?
"... do you have a chance to use that magic?"
"It's up to you. Because there are magicians in every country, right? If you're involved in witchcraft, you're dealing with curses and magic books."
"What?"
Sorcerer?
Leaning his neck, if you look at Mr. Alk silently, he is also shaking his neck sideways with a bitter laugh.
If you look at Nair again, it's as if magic is being used normally. I boast of my remembered magic.
The speculation we can derive from these is -,
"No way......"
... Don't Nair know that the magic of this world is almost in decline?
It could be. He's like a kid who's been pulling into a village and a western hall ever since he was born. Perhaps for her, witchcraft has only the perception that technology is a bit unusual.
When that happens, it's too harsh to teach her reality. Anyway, I have to tell you the fact that I spent 40 years doing almost pointless sorcery.
"Hey, Usato -"
"Amako, don't say it. Don't tell him. I look so happy..."
I stopped Amako from speaking, and I turned away when I saw Nair in a good mood over my shoulder.
I can't tell you how my mouth is ripped that I rarely get a chance to use the curse because witchcraft is almost in decline. And subtle, I heard you've only solved your own magic.
From Nair's point of view, it's extra painful because it feels like the first time I've had a chance to brag about witchcraft.
"What do you think, Usato? Am I awesome?"
"Oh, you are... an amazing one"
Don't look at me with such confidence.
I feel unnecessarily sorry for you.
"Huh, well, naturally. … why aren't you trying to keep an eye on me?"
If you look forward as you strive to keep your eyes out of Nair's sight, behind the road - the city surrounded by large walls has been seen far away.
Luckily for me, I point in the direction where I can see what looks like a city.
"Oh, I see something!"
To my words, Nair, who was about to question me, and Amako and Ark, who were walking nearby, also look at the end of the road.
The city at the end of its gaze is separated by walls, but within sight you can see an elongated building as tall as a castle and a thoughtful building and its castle.
It would be our first destination from around where we could see parts of the city that are either mindless or very similar to the streets of the kingdom of Ringle.
That's Samaritan.
More than a dozen days after we left Lukvis, there was a disturbance with Nair, but we were finally able to reach our first destination, Samarial.