I had heard of Vale's 'village', but its hustle and bustle was closer to the city than Fujido's supposed village.

Can it be called Western-style architecture? Fujido lived in Japan before the summons, but his architectural skills seemed quite sophisticated even to Fujido's amateurs, who had only just graduated from high school and were barely bright in the field.

There are great differences between different worlds and the planet.

Culture is different. There are races other than men that are more intelligent than men, and there are all mysteries in which magic, the Spirit, is considered a product of fantasy in Japan.

Just a light walk around town allowed Fujido to confirm them.

A magic wand that lights a black flame held by a wizard in a thick robe. The head of a merchant who sells people by the side of the road has beast ears, and a man with a giant body twice the height of a vineyard walks around the body of a giant blue wolf as long as its length.

I was terribly surprised when I first saw them.

Fujido sighed briefly, remembering memories that felt much like old times no longer.

Dark hair and dark eyes are rare in this region. Sometimes the appearance was beautiful, and the people on the road were looking at each other, but they didn't seem to care about it.

I am not wearing armor because it is in the village, but on its back is a skinny sword carried.

Holy Sword Ex. The sword of the brave chooses the bearer. For Fujido, its weight feels like a feather, and the sword is barely borne at all times.

"The only thing that doesn't change is the expression, or..."

A look of joy, sadness and anger. That alone will not change the other world or Japan.

The grunting voice disappeared into the hustle and bustle.

I heard it wasn't the front line yet. But the sight seems so peaceful that I don't think the Demon King is invading.

Thin arms groan. Tightened chest, I feel my heart beat hard.

Keep the peace. Do justice. Naoto Fujido has always lived for it. Before I summoned you as a brave man to another world.

I used to be powerless. I do now. And as the level rises, it will grow.

But what about the will to do it?

From behind the pondering Fujido, a voice I was totally used to hearing.

"Thank you for waiting, Lord Fujido"

"Oh... no, I'm not waiting"

Change your expression. I smile calmly and look back.

Unlike before, only two people are here now. A blue-haired, sword-king's daughter-like swordsman and a demon mentor who says he's one of the best.

We are still traveling together and the sun is shallow, but we have already developed quite a relationship. In particular, he also understood that it was associated with his position as a brave man. It will still take time to establish real trust.

Aria, carrying a sword bigger than that of Fujido, stands behind Fujido in a light foothold.

View its appearance. The skin completely burned in the sun on the January journey is not stained, however.

This world is all about levels.

If you have a high level, you won't get scratches if you're cut with a sword, and you won't get sick. Aging can be suppressed to some extent, and it can move with the disease of the beast. Today, Fujido's skin, which was higher than Aria's, had barely burned the sun. Fujido's will is rejecting it.

- I can do anything with a high level. Even the Demon King, who has the anecdote of destroying an army on a single horseback, can be defeated.

Therefore, you have to increase the level. We must not risk it until we reach a higher level. It is understandable in reason. But not with emotion.

"You'd better get out within the high sun. We have to go beyond the prairie. You can also supply in the city on the way, but you should try to reduce the number of replenishments."

"... I haven't even finished my level."

"Yes."

Aria nods with a serious look. The riddle coincides with the knight of the story that Fujido imagines.

"Demons living in the prairie are often herd builders and are supposedly less present for strength. Few mercenaries level up in the meadows. I was wondering if I could learn from it."

"... a garnet can also bake them all?

"... better not lick the demons that make the herd. If they notice any signs of magic, they'll definitely be after you. Of course, I intend to defend the mistake as much as possible, but if I am surrounded by dozens of people, I will be forced to fight quite hard. Not to mention..."

Aria's gaze is pointed behind her back. There was an interesting appearance of Gresha looking everywhere.

Green hair, a luxurious body and atmosphere even lower in height than Remis is like an innocent fairy, and I don't think he's very much that dying dragon.

The humanization of Gracial Plant was also completely irregular for Fujido. The only thing Fujido tried to do was treat a dying dragon. But I didn't know what kind of dish to cook, but I had to take more responsibility for it than it had changed. Of course, I was going to go back to the woods if I showed the will to go back to the woods, but I have already received the will to confirm it this morning and follow along with it.

Fujido reaches out and slowly strokes its beautiful long hair. Gresha wandered slightly and looked up at Fujido with sad eyes.

"I'm hungry... I'm hungry..."

……

"... it's going to cost you a lot of money."

Aria sighs.

I just took the meal at the inn a few minutes before it came up.

Apparently, even though her height shrunk, only her appetite was very different from that of the dragon's body, and Gresha developed a tremendous appetite, not commensurate with her childlike height. Thanks to this, accommodation costs twice as much as originally assumed. It would have been a struggle just to carry food without a magic guide that could store the tools indefinitely.

Fujido laughed bitterly and put his hands away from his hair.

"Haha... shall I prepare more food"

"... haha... I just need you to fight for some of that instead of just eating..."

"But can you fight? So small..."

Somewhere less tall than myself, Rimis looked at Gresha.

Sure, it doesn't look very fightable if it just looks like it.

"... what can be done is a challenge in the future. I don't think there's anything you can't fight because it's the original..."

Even Aria, who is educated about the war, has never heard of demons becoming humanized, etc.

I was going to send a letter to my parents to look into the matter, but I can't even leave Gresha alone until then.

Rimis looked at a little girl smaller than herself with a seemingly unintelligible look somewhere, but eventually gave her face whether she was tired of it.

"Well fine. Let's get to the Golem Valley! I'll show you my spiritual witchcraft!

"... oh, I'm looking forward to it. Well... only after I put the report in the church."

"Oh... you did"

A favor from Ares, told by Rimis. To accomplish that, the Vines advanced their feet toward the church.

Be careful not to turn your eyes to emotions that you may not even get to smoke inside it.

§§§

Just like last time, I go inside the church by saying hello to Sister, who was cleaning outside the church.

A symbol of AZ GREED reflecting sunlight, some quiet air in a stained glass with a pattern of scales. Through among the mercenaries who were coming in search of restorative magic, Fujido turned to the back of the church.

It's been a day since I've been here. Last time I was here for an exam in sacred art, this time for another purpose.

I was going to brush my arms and try again, but I ran out of time. Fortunately, they can take exams in any church, so they'll have another chance.

The priest in charge of the church was in the deepest room.

Fujido enters the room, no, or a priest who was somehow arranging tools on his desk turned toward Fujido, slightly lifting the edge of his lips and a thin grin.

"This is Fujido..."

The same grin that ate people. It's a long way from Fujido's imaginary Priest, called Ares, who always had a staring eye.

The priest rises with a slow act. Its length is about one and a half heads bigger than Fujido's. Fujido frowned slightly at the intimidation felt without even being skinny. Even if I don't call it hostile, I know it's not very welcoming.

"I'm here to report.... I think Ares has told me."

"Oh... I'm asking."

Father - Helios Endel grins deeper and punches his hand with a pound.

Rimis looks at the table in his spare time and rounds his eyes to the tools arranged.

Multiple dozen silver piles (piles) of about a dozen centimetres on a silver cross. Silver wand with a rounded tip in a sparkling, clear liquid bottle. A bunch of other odd tools you can't even predict what to use for.

I look up to Helios, who had received a report from Fujido, and ask him.

"... this, what?

"Mmm...... oh. It's a weapon for the devil's crusade. Freedia lady."

The helios pinch the pile in their fingers in casual motion and wave quickly. At the same time as the light noise, the pile pierced the wall shallow.

A throw I'm used to. Without worrying about the astonishing gaze directed at him, Helios strokes it with another pile in his hand and continues with love.

"The devil is vulnerable to blessed silver. Especially since it's not so sturdy, it's ineffective besides demons and undead..."

"Devil Crusade... the devil out in the woods?

Fujido, who was following the movement of the pile with his gaze, returns his gaze to the priest. Helios narrowed his eyes to the words.

"... Oh, did you know. The devil is going to cooperate with the enemy of the Church, me neither."

"Priest takes the fight...?

"Yes... because we have - exorcism"

Exorcism.

Fujido flickers his eyebrows at the name of the only sacred art (Holly Play) he didn't learn because he didn't need it.

"Exorcism...... Certainly exorcism works against the devil...... when Lord Helios fights alone?

Aria asks with a harsh look. In contrast, the priest waved in a daunting motion.

"No...... I am only going to support, fate is going to have other experts coming"

"Request the Knights...?

"No. There's a specialist monk (Priest) from the church"

"Priest... is it..."

"Yep. In a few days the foolish devil will be crusaded..."

Helios had a terrible grin.

"... isn't Priest alone dangerous?

"Come on... I'm aware of the danger. You can't destroy God's enemies without risking it."

Without passing through Aria's words, Helios pulled out the pierced pile.

§§§

When I finished reporting at the church, I went to the village market and bought groceries.

The kind of portable food is basically expensive, but there was still room for Fujido, who had sold off all the demonic material he had gained in the 10th Enforcement Army and had also been lubricated with reserves. When you buy in just enough food to fill Gresha's stomach for a few days, you head to the city exit with that leg.

It's a village that only stays a few days, but it's somewhere emotional when it comes to leaving villages like this. At least we won't be visiting this village until we crusade the Demon King.

Fujido was mistaken for a mercenary who had an 'accident' along the way, but Fujido didn't notice.

The mercenary opened his eyes as if he had seen Fujido for a moment, but left early to be frightened without saying anything.

Around the corner where the exit was visible, Fujido spoke to Aria, who had an inventive look long after leaving the church.

It was empty up there as if I cared about something while I was buying in groceries. Roughly a month in the same party, not for that long, but there's no way you just don't notice.

"What happened just now?

"... no... it doesn't mean what happened..."

Aria turns her gaze in the direction of a church where she can no longer even see the roof.

"Maybe you're talking about the Devil's Crusade earlier?

"No... not that... yes"

Negative, but to Fujido's upright gaze, Aria gives up and smallly agrees.

There were more people at the gate than usual to see if the entrance and exit were sealed off nearby. Procedures are required for entering and leaving the village. Fujido, a brave man, is given a certificate to take precedence over it, but it's still going to take a lot of time.

As usual, he glanced once at Gresha, who was just looking around, and at Rimis, who was catching the hem of his flickering clothes as if overseeing it, and asked Aria with a voice.

"... any anxiety?

"... Yes"

Fujido has little knowledge of the devil.

Of course, basic information such as the fact that the superior demon clan has powerful powers and cannot be overwhelmed by ordinary people, and is entangled in a solid juncture that cannot be overwhelmed by concurrent protection, as well as information on the demons currently confirmed, were taught, but the intrusion is only a burning blade.

Aria also drops her voice and returns it to Fujido, who lurks her voice.

"... Do you remember Lord Fujido? That murderous roar directed at us."

"... oh, there's no way I'll forget"

Repeat in your heart as you answer. There's no way I can forget. Oh, there's no way I can forget.

Fujido is a brave man. Intimidation enough to atrophy it was one wall to break.

I did think. I didn't think I could win. But I never admitted to losing. There is no hesitation in challenging a battle without winning, if it is for the sake of justice.

Aria sighs small so she can't hear the look on Fujido's face.

My lips were dry in my mouth.

Should I tell you or should I? Aria got lost. I was lost.

Fujido's reaction before that killing intent. Humanity is never evil, but its courage is far from commensurate with its strength. I have to say it's too reckless. If Aria doesn't stop it.

But Fujido was a brave man. He was a holy brave man to trust. We should not hide from leaders who will travel together for a long time to come.

The Lizards are honest in their training. Aria did not intend to change her family training, although that sword technique was the one that made the difference in the genre.

To conclude, Aria said, licking her dry lips.

"The Lord of that murderous intent, that... is not the devil"

"... Huh!?

Aria remembered it and shook her shoulders.

The intent to kill high level creatures physically binds humans. Aria, who has the highest swordsman of humanity in her parents, named Sword King, has always felt close to the presence of the superior, at least, even in real life experience.

Speaking of training, I have also had the intention to kill it many times. I felt it in the woods, which is no less than what a high level swordsman releases. But that's not the problem.

"I don't know if you know Lord Fujido...... the signs of the demons and the dark family who said undead come with a unique feeling. Words have unspeakable fears, depths of the body, and unique signs that immerse the heart in darkness. But at that time, I felt that the mass itself was quite large... and there was no sign of it."

"It's like being immersed in darkness... signs..."

Fujido rebuts the word with a serious look.

"In the first place, there should be no such thing as demons or undead in the Vale Forest... ten or eighty-nine. That killing will be more of another... animal or plant demon"

"... flora and fauna, or... so what's the problem?

"... Yes"

He opened his eyes and stared at Fujido, Aria said.

"As that priest said... the method of attack used by Priest - exorcism is ineffective except for the family of darkness. Lord Fujido, they will be defeated."

"Defeat... Do?

A dry voice out of my lips. Fujido's thought is delayed to understand the meaning of the word.

Fujido's pupils opened wide and a pitch-black iris shot through Aria.

"Lose, you mean? They did?"

"Probably..."

A slight regret strikes Aria at the color of that emotion. but it's already too late.

In the first place, I decided to go along with it. Aria's role is to follow the brave and defeat the Demon King.

Fujido asks Aria with a trembling voice.

"They said they'd call an expert"

"It is...... an expert in devil crusades. Priest is never an expert on monster crusades... It's under the jurisdiction of the Knights in this country."

In fact, most of the mighty demons that have invaded the kingdom have been crusaded by the Knights. Of course, there was also a dispatch of Priest from the church, but that was only for recovery and auxiliary magic, not for direct exchange of blades with demons.

Fujido rotated his head desperately.

Fujido was never fond of Helios, but he also does not have enough aversion to hear that he would be happy to defeat him. That is not the justice Fujido aspires to.

Noticed that there was a fudge, Fujido raised his face and asked Aria.

"Wait... why didn't you tell Mr. Helios that? If you teach me that..."

"... no use, that's why..."

"... what? Waste......?

"... Yes"

The order to leave the village was steadily approaching.

Go forward so that a group of mercenaries lined up behind you can rush you, Aria answers.

"Priest's move to crusade meant that his life had been given to him by Church headquarters. That says...... divine life, takes precedence over anything else for them. That priest wouldn't stop trying, even if he didn't win."

"... what?

Words too incomprehensible.

Aria continues to be distracted by Fujido. Aria knew. Sword Martial Academy and the Magic Leadership Academy, and the Church are the imperatives of national defence. I understand each characteristic. Each has a long and short time, characteristics, history and role. Even if there was a harsh invasion from the Demon King, that would not change.

"And about the experts that it comes from the church... as well. Lord Fujido, don't you remember? The figure of Ares Crown, who herself advanced the demon eater that was originally repelled in the church. Look at Priest, who even broke his doctrine for the divine life of a demon king crusade. Priest is... that's what it is."

To Aria's words, Fujido remembered.

The appearance of an overly harsh Priest who was sacrificing everything to achieve the Demon King's Crusade. It didn't look very Priest, but it would be convincing if Aria's words were true.

Alia sighs shallow when she sees the look on Fujido's face listening to it in silence.

As expected. As expected. I'm sure the brave don't want that. I don't choose that. An overwhelming pursuit of ideals that do not acknowledge injustice. Who can easily make choices that are never chosen by ordinary people.

"Lord Fujido, I... didn't want to tell you. I shouldn't have said it if I had. But there are two means we can take…"

Hearing Aria's words, Fujido bit his lower lip with a rugged look.