It was a lot of noise in front of the main entrance.
The gates were still about to be broken - and from the inside.
The anger is flying. I can barely hear the guards. What you hear is the voices of the citizens of this town.
"Get me out of here!
"I can stay in a town like this!
"Tie up the guards!
Civil unrest - No, it's a commotion.
It turns out that a frenzy curse has been activated inside the town, plus even city officials have been subjected to a frenzy curse. I don't know when my own neighbor, my family, will be a mad warrior. Such fear turned people into thugs.
This was the sight Caro expected. And this is not something I can stop on my own.
I ran along the walls where there were no people, and from there I jumped on the branches of the trees, and further up on the walls.
"What is it!
"I'm Ichinojo. He's an associate baron."
When I showed the Associate Baron's brooch, the guards saluted him.
Even when it comes to soldiers, the majority are civilians. The knight with the title is not here.
"But why the hell would an associate baron be in a place like this?
"Show me the upside of this mess - if nothing happens - if the worst doesn't happen, that's fine"
"What if the worst doesn't happen - but the gates are still broken and the worst is already happening"
Guards say. Is this guy serious?
Disturbance. Confusion. Escape from town.
This isn't the worst thing at all. Caro told me I should be worried, and it wasn't the worst thing I ever feared.
I see far from the walls. There the king's army is still in line and surrounding the town. Nothing moves.
That was terribly creepy.
"Associate Baron, it's dangerous to peek outside from the narrow room"
That's what the guard on the watch said.
"... are there only guard soldiers on the walls? Even though they're surrounding the town?
"They are surrounded, but they are not enemies. A soldier who fights for the same country - a compatriot."
"Even if they point the blade at you, you're still a compatriot..."
Can you call that trusting?
It just seems to me like you're giving up thinking.
Because I'm terribly tired of assuming about the worst.
I thought so and wiped my sweat.
Even though the southern continent is a tropical climate, in addition to that, heat waves caused by the enthusiasm of its citizens are transmitted so far.
"Let me get you something cold."
"No, I don't need it"
At that time, cheers arose from the citizens.
Apparently, the gate has been broken.
Citizens went out of the gate with us first - that was when.
"-!"
And the king's armies unleashed arrows against the citizens that went out.
The worst happened - the King's Army decided not to let anyone out of town.
That took the form of force.
I didn't think we could shoot arrows from soldiers who were supposed to protect us. Screams subsided from the citizens who came out of the gate.
I jump off the walls and get out in front of the citizens.
"Boost Mega Ice Cream!
Forward, he created a huge mass of ice, temporarily preventing an arrow attack.
Then, until just now, the heat cools like a lie - no, it gets cold.
"Guys, get back inside the gate now! The King's army is seriously going to kill us when we get out there!
My scream was a sort of failure.
The man who sees the attack of the arrow rushes back into the gate, but the man inside the gate who knows nothing tries to go outside.
Not narrow, but the center of the gate is panic. In time, some of them could die of crushing.
It was then.
I heard a song from nowhere.
I overheard the gentle singing.
Noticed, those who were outside the gate and those who were about to go out the gate went into the gate where they could hear the singing.
As soon as the singing stopped perfectly, the guard, who regained his sanity, hurriedly closed the gate and hung it.
What the hell happened?
And that song - I used to feel like I heard it.
And I looked around, and I saw the direction in which I could hear the singing.
I could see two shadows moving on the far roof.
I hurry to the one whose shadow has moved.
"I knew..."
It was Hal and Caro who were there. Caro stands as an adult.
The song I just heard - it was the same song that called me in when I first met Caro.
"Excuse me, Master Ichino. I did what I had to offer."
That's what Caro said, and he went back to his usual way.
"Thanks for the help. But what's that song?
"Skills of the Dream Demon Queen - It's the singing voice of Seylane. It's a skill that hypnotizes and directs people who hear a song."
Sai Lane.
Seylane is a sea monster who appears in Greek mythology, calling ships in beautiful singing and sinking them.
If it was this world, it might not be a demon, but a subhuman.
Imagine a winged mermaid.
I see, I did feel the power that earlier singing was not an exaggeration to call it Seylan's song.
"But often, you got a voice from there to outside the gate. Is that the effect of Seylan's song, too?
"Thanks to the loud bills that Master Ichino gave us."
That's what Caro said, showing me the bills that had lost their effect and were just pieces of paper.
"Your husband gave Caro a loudspeaker in anticipation of this, didn't he? I'm impressed."
Hal admires me, but normally I just mistakenly gave it to him as a telecom bill.
I didn't even know how skilled I was to sing Seylan, or what I remembered.
"Is Seylane in this world too?
"Like Centaur, you're a race that supposedly was once there. Heritage remains everywhere, so I'm sure you were, but there's no evidence. Maybe it was a phantom created by a species of ocean with the same power as Caro to be enlightened."
"I think so."
I nodded and said.
And I see the citizens.
The shooting of arrows by the King's army spread among the citizens. There will be nothing more to try to get out of town. No, where I don't know, trying to get out of somewhere other than the main entrance, there could be dead people.
"Do you think this will cure the riots?
"Fewer people will try to get out of town. But security in town will get worse."
"Caro thinks so, too. Besides, many people will pull into the house without trusting anyone. There are also concerns about food shortages. Perhaps the only salvation is that demons living in novice labyrinths are revitalized more than usual."
Is there also a massive outbreak of demons in the novice labyrinth?
You said novice labyrinth demons have a lot of plant-based demons that drop ingredients.
Fortunately, there's never been a demon that doesn't fit the ranks like a labyrinth for intermediates. You think it's to the point where a rare monster shows up at best?
But the mass outbreak of this demon and the curse of frenzy, and the relentless attacks of the King's Army.
What's really going on in this town?