The kingdom of the beast man, Hinomoto.
In a country shaped by Japanese culture, conveyed by the brave, we were greeted by Hayate, an aide to the chief, who was watched by the beasts, but up a bleak uphill hill.
Slow uphill on a path that passes between houses.
It sounds good when it comes to avoiding people, but if you change your mind, it looks like we're being taken somewhere. Mr. Hayate, who walks the lead, doesn't look like someone who thinks we should be trapped, but from the experience of Mr. Fegnis being deceived in Samarial, it's dangerous to trust someone who hasn't been around since we met.
Honestly, there's quite a few things to be fooled by people you trusted.
Soon the brulin next to me looked up to see her expression strong.
"Guhu."
"... are you worried about me?"
stroke Burlin's head.
... Not if you regret your previous failure.
Returning his mind and looking forward, he saw a bright open place at the end of the dark road. Apparently, this back road ends there.
When I went to a place with light in fear of what would come out ahead of me as I was guided, that was different from the path I had just taken, and I went out into a wide area. Plus, a building big enough to look up in front of you.
Hayate, who looks back at this one, looks back at this one.
"This is the most important building for our Beast Clan. Is it easier for you to describe it as a castle?"
A carefully built building, distinct from other houses, obviously.
The white based appearance and the cornered shape of it felt different and powerful than the castle.
Mr. Hayate went on to spin his words, smiling proudly at us as we were blindfolded by the white building.
"Look behind you"
"Behind?"
That being said, looking back, there was a view there that allowed Hinomoto to be seen from above.
Spread beneath your eyes are lots of buildings and dots of visible people.
The view from the castle of the kingdom of Ringle was Western, but the view from here was like a time slip to the old Japan.
I heard that the Beasts have developed a different culture than humans, but if you look at the whole country like this, don't snort it too.
Now when I think of all the people I can see as the people of the Beasts, I make them realize that they have finally arrived here.
"... I miss you"
"Has Amako been here before?"
"Yeah, with your mother... I've been here many times"
The look on Amako's face, who talks like a little whine, is somewhere disturbing.
If you look at Mr. Hayate subtly on the side, he has his hands on his neck casually.
… is there something behind you? Or are you just sympathetic......
"Okay, I'll show you ahead. Let's keep the horse and the blue grizzly first. The owl on its shoulder..."
"Oh, this is my demon... is it okay if I stay inside?"
"Hooo."
Mr. Hayate looks a little troubled at Nair, who leans his neck with the sounds of it, but immediately turns his face here.
"... I don't mind. But don't leave your side."
"Don't worry about that. He's very sweet."
Nair snorts snortedly as she agrees.
The truth is, he's a far cry from words. Instead, you can also say a chunk of curiosity.
Linka, who knows Nair can be a person type, had a surprising look on her face, but she quickly returns her expression to whether it's not something that bothers her her so much either.
What about Mr. Hayate? If I can't get in, I'll be staying with Burlin and the horses...
"Then you'll be fine. Okay, follow me. I'll take care of the luggage."
One nod prompted him to follow us.
As I follow him, I see a white building high enough to look up again.
……
I wouldn't even say that everything around me is full of enemies... but I'm pretty sure the Beasts don't have a good impression of me. Mr. Hayate has responded softly, but not necessarily others.
Worst case scenario, you could get vicious or irrational arguments.
In contrast, I should not be as emotional as I can be. [M] That is all the more so if that is the grudge they beastmen have been abused to date.
"... what's waiting for you,"
Beast Nation, Chieftain.
I walked forward with a little anxiety when I met the most senior of the Beast clans that I was about to meet.
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We left Burlin and the horses in the stables and were invited inside the building.
At that time, only Linka was to part with us. Well, I'm the one who's going to talk to the chief, so I can't take unrelated Linka to an important place.
But when I went inside, I was surprised they took off my shoes.
Until now, it was common sense in buildings that I was wearing shoes because I lived in this world, and I was honestly surprised that I would take my shoes off and go up.
How far did a brave man give the Beast knowledge? Cultures that resemble this far, on the contrary, make me incomprehensible.
"First, let me keep my weapon."
"Okay."
Give the soldier the two swords that Mr. Alk has.
My cage hand is not a weapon, but a protective device. Is it okay? In the meantime, let's also keep the blades and stuff we use for cooking.
"... hmm?"
Second, at the end of the entrance, I notice that the Japanese-style interior is decorated with an unmatched square object.
Subtle, I turn my gaze and observe.
Is it about two meters in diameter? A strange object in which various black plates combine to form a square shape.
That's a structure similar to what I saw and saw in the open air of the summary reel.
"... magic?"
Nair leans to my words. [M] The condition seemed puzzling.
And Nair doesn't know? Or do you keep it here as an object, independent of witchcraft in the first place?
Either way, you don't hate it as a design.
"That was before I left here."
"Really?"
"Yeah, it's been here since I got my mind on it."
So is this just like a figurine?
"She's right, this is just like a figurine"
"Heh..."
You were listening to us, Mr. Hayate agrees with Amako.
But there was a part of Mr. Hayate that I was a little concerned about in his words.
"Something like that, does that mean it wasn't originally a figurine?"
"... Yep, it was originally a demon prop, but it's something that nobody uses and no longer needs. It's supposed to be discarded, but it's a little bit of a special magic item, so it's left in this way."
"I see..."
Originally a demonic prop, now it's a powerless object?
I see, I thought it was reasonably demonic and tool-like shaping.
"... although this will never be used again"
"Huh?"
"Well, that's it for now, and let's move on. The Chief is waiting for you."
"Oh, yes."
... Mr. Hayate was whining about something small, but you couldn't hear him.
I regained consciousness from the black box. I take care of my luggage and follow Mr. Hayate as he moves in the back. The interior is divided by a bamboo, and even if you look from the inside, it seems to be built wide inside.
"I'll tell you now"
"What?"
Suddenly Mr. Hayate spoke as he walked.
Without looking at this one, he uttered the words in a slightly heavier tone.
"Our chief does not favor you, no, human beings."
"... no, this is the one who suddenly pushed me, so naturally they don't think it's favorable"
In fact, there's no way we can suddenly be seen favorably in a place where humans have never set foot before.
"As far as I'm concerned, I'd like to finish my conversation with you in peace. So I'm going to try to get as much space as I can."
"It helps."
Everything is different when it comes to meeting with the head of the Beast clan.
Director of Gladys School at Lukvis School.
Dear Lucas of the Kingdom of Samaria.
Dear Norn in the water city of Miarak.
All three of us are everywhere. Normal...... Normal......
……
... No, Mr. Gladys was a normal woman, but Master Lucas would behave unexpectedly like he had inherited a trail from me, and Master Norn was drowning in a potion when we first met, and, to be modest, he wasn't a normal person.
But what those three have in common is that they didn't have bad feelings for us.
Continue down the hallway with a good view of the outside with a delay in thought.
Then he saw a wide range of beast soldiers with spears.
The Beast soldier who saw me and Mr. Alk was caging his strength in a spear in his hand with a tense face, but Mr. Hayate stood in front of him, so he moved sideways to clear the way.
"Chief, I've brought Amako and the others with me."
If I put it that way in front of you...
"Get in."
- And a voice that makes you feel low and cold.
A soldier of a snorted beast opens his fist.
In the back room of the cuckoo, a man of one beast sat in the form of a seat sitting in the futon. Behind it stood two beastly women who seemed to accompany you, but I was more surprised by the beastly man sitting in front of me than by grasping the situation in the room.
Round brown ears reminiscent of a bear and a physique so muscular that you can see it. You don't have to stand up to understand. So much so that it's not an exaggeration to say that I've never seen anyone this big in my life before.
Mr. Hayate urges me to sit in the front seat in a pre-prepared seat futon and introduce myself in advance.
"My name is Usat from the Kingdom of Ringle, Lifeguard Corps. You're invited this time, but..."
"Beast Clan, this is Jinya, the chief."
……
To block it, he, Jinya, who briefly spoke of his identity and name, becomes silent.
... Yeah, I'm not upset. But I'd like you to hear as many words as you think hard as you can while you suck.
Jinya, wearing a black kimono and her brown hair, turned to us and finally saw Amako and took a small sigh.
"I was missing, I didn't expect my mushroom daughter to come in this way. Besides, I didn't expect to bring you even humans..."
The next thing you know, you'll look at me. [M]
He grinned when he was confused without knowing what to do because he would look at it quietly.
"You're an incredibly poor minister that you've even been able to get here. Are you sure you've traveled this far?"
"... what?"
"Ho, ho"
He leaked Dos' dominant voice with a smile on his face, but he returned to me with the snare of his shoulder.
You shouldn't, you shouldn't, the other person is the supreme power of a country. Don't work disrespect. Rather, it could even be that this one is gearing up to anger.
Jinya reacted to me with a grin, and now she sees Amako.
"So, Amako. Why are you back here now?"
"... now?"
"Two years have passed since you disappeared. In the meantime, we did everything we could to find you... but it ended in a terrible failure. Some thought you were imprisoned by humans or already dead."
If so, maybe Amako's return here has caused a lot of confusion. Besides, I can snort Mr. Hayate's joy when he meets Amako.
Amako saw this one in Jinya's words, so I nodded. You should leave it to Amako, rather than me explaining the situation.
"I'm here to save your mother."
"Well, that's a particular reason. Your mother hasn't woken up in two years. In the meantime, we tried everything we could to treat them, but all of them failed. I just got back here because I found a way to save you, okay?"
Amako nods at the kind of words she asks.
"I brought a healing wizard. If healing magic, the finest healing magic, you might be able to cure my mother."
"... I see. If so, the man is the healing wizard?"
He turned his gaze to me again, but his eyes were like he just looked down on me and said, "That's poor magic as it looks."
I'm used to being a Rose, but if you're a normal person, it's not weird to be pretty. This.
More than that, why is this guy so high-pressure?
"We didn't even try healing magic. In the first place, it was impossible for us to use the healing magic that only humans can handle… I see, if we were brought in as collaborators, it's not unlikely that we could save them"
Mr. Jinya nodded as he was convinced.
"Fine. I'll have the healing wizard meet your mother."
"Oh, okay"
"I intend to understand the difficulty of the beast man's children living in the human realm. Allow that healing wizard to heal you from that power of action."
Unexpectedly, Amako is surprised that the request went through so well.
I thought I could get more twisted too...
"... now my mother..."
"Alive. I haven't woken up for the last two years."
... Why has Amako's mother stopped waking up?
There's no way that's going to happen without knowing why, so it's like there's a cause for what I did. Well, if you actually see him, you might know something.
"Save my mother or not - are you willing to stay here?"
……
Amako pushes silence on the heavy and low words.
After a few seconds of silence, she wandered her gaze to get lost, never opening her mouth.
"No, I'm not staying here"
"I'm not gonna let you tell me you don't know the mission of Time Chant?"
"Of course, I understand. But I... even if I'm here..."
I can't live normally.
To Amako, who said so, Mr. Jinya leaks a discouraged sigh.
"... well. If you're done, you can disappear anywhere. I wish something other than you had woken up to predictive magic... shame on the clan"
"... chief!"
"It is unnecessary for our country, such as those who seek to abandon the mission of time chanting"
"Jinya! There would be no way to say that!! This child is leaving the country because -"
Mr. Hayate roughed up his voice at Jinya's harsh words.
Mr. Jinya turns a cold gaze at him like that.
"Stand down. Don't talk to me like an assistant."
"But...!"
"No matter how her daughter is, I can't use this guy. I don't know what I've been doing for two years... but I had no idea the beast man who lived on the outside could change so uselessly."
I was about to say it back, Mr. Hayate, but I pushed my anger all the way back to control it with reason.
I myself had a little anger for Jinya, who looked down at Amako and spoke to her to mock her, but I tried to keep her calm so she wouldn't put it on the table.
It was contempt, but this is convenient in a way.
If we follow his word, we can take Amako back to the kingdom of Ringle without being forced to dwell in the kingdom of the Beast Man. Does Amako know that too, he accepted his words without a look on his face?
"I don't mind. We will leave this country as soon as we heal our mother."
"Let's get that done"
So you tried to break up the conversation, Jinya with your hips up.
I'm done talking about Amako, but he hasn't told me yet, so I open my mouth to call him off in a hurry.
"I'm sorry, but I need to talk to you."
"... what"
"We have deposited a letter from Lord Lloyd Brugust-Ringle, Kingdom of Ringle"
Say so, take out the letter and show it to Mr. Jinya.
I know I can't do it as I am, but I have been a messenger of the kingdom of Ringle, and I need to talk to you.
He glances at it when he asks the grumpy one to accept the writ.
"A demon king... I say no. There's no reason to cooperate."
……
After all, huh?
Well, it's a story I can't help it.
"If you try from us in the first place, it doesn't matter what the battle between demons and humans is. Even if we let the demons meet the spears, it's after the human race dies."
"… I will report to the King as such"
Even if the Beasts were informed of the imminent threat of the Demon King's Army, it is your word.
Seeing me say nothing more, this time Mr. Jinya stood up.
"I'm keeping my guests waiting, apart from you. I'll take care of it, Hayate."
"Yes, sir."
Having said that, Mr. Jinya rose and left the room with his entourage.
From start to finish, you remained harsh.
Somehow, he was acting like he didn't show us any gaps.
But...
"Finally, huh"
It is the beginning of the journey and the ultimate goal, to meet Amako's mother.
I know what that means.
That our journey is coming to an end, nothing more.