Kujonin

"How was it?"

When I returned to the mercenaries' bases, I heard.

"I was a demon king more than I thought.

Because the grassland is cold, we will have you rest in a tent.

"Did you make any kind of demon corps, Sarah?"

Devan asked.

"No, I'm going to get rid of the hero.

Devan handed me the fur and told me, "President's tent is over." My tent seemed to stretch out a bit away from the mercenaries' tents.

"What's the reason I left my tent?"

"Oh, I guess it's easy to watch as there may be people crawling at night. There are a lot of women looking for the president."

"I have a bride."

For the time being, go out and sing to "Ai'amua wife" and head to your tent. Isle brought me dinner for me.

"Thank you"

Today's supper is a forest rabbit soup with meat dumplings and vegetables, and yellow bread with chocolate. Aisle gave me dinner and looked seriously at my face for a while.

"What's good?

Aisle was rude to me, waving his sword on the ground to make a border. Anyone who crosses the border will be deported to the Northern Hemisphere.

The supper to eat alone was a bit cold. I'm thankful for having food in the southern hemisphere.

Eat too early, wash the dishes and go to the floor.

"Then I'll sleep too."

I heard the voice of Ile from outside the tent.

When I closed my eyes while hearing such a light voice, I heard a sound approaching. When you check your detection skills, it seems that someone is coming from the grassland, not from other tents.

The person stopped in front of my tent. Oh? Maybe I'm crawling at night. What should I do. I have a wife named Miss Milia. In the world before, I saw a lot of people who had upset their lives in a one-night relationship. That said, it's no wonder I'm coming to me until I steal the eyes of the other mercenaries. If you say that you want to respond to that cleanliness, it is a lie. No way, I'm really in this situation.

The moonlight slowly entered the tent.

Did you enter? What happened? What about contraceptives? Just cover it with a wall of magic. But then, the fit is ... well, let's deflate. The wall of my magic was good with a sphere. No, not at all! I have a bride ...

Aside from my conflict, the person is creeping over.

What should I do? It would be correct to return here gently as an adult. If I die with grudge, my spirit is unlikely to keep.

"Foo, foo!"

A rough breath blows to the ears. I also heard my heartbeat.

Gus!

Suddenly, I felt a shock at my chest.

Looking in the darkness, I saw a knife standing on my chest.

Rush!

Knives are pushed into my chest many times, and my inner is shredded more and more.

"No, I didn't expect that play right away!"

I grabbed the knife and stopped, and turned on the magic stone lamp at the bedside.

A black smoke-like mass was shaking in front of my eyes. It looks like a flock of fine monsters when viewed with detection skills.

"That's not what I thought!"

For the time being, when I apply the cleanup, black smoke is scattered. A girl appeared from inside. The year is about 20 years old. She has dark skin and a black hood and black costume. It's like a ninja.

"Why death !?"

"Ah! Assassin!"

Finally, when I checked my chest, it didn't have any big scratches but it was a bit red. Probably because the level was different, I couldn't attack.

"I need to aim for softer blood vessels. There are muscles and ribs, so the attack does not work ... Oh no, it is not like this.

For now, twist the arm of the surprised assassin out of the tent.

"Naoki!"

Woopy approached me across the border.

"Woopy, will you tie me up and interrogate? I tried to assassinate me."

"I've acknowledged"

Woopy tied the girl up with a noose and stuffed it into her mouth. The sucker grows in an instant.

"It seems that there is quite a lot of magic power."

The girl's mouth is closed and the magic is out. The girl was taken to a big tent.

Mercenaries who noticed the commotion woke up and gathered.

"Is it an enemy attack?"

Devan looked at me in a tattered inner look and asked.

"Yeah, can you call me aisle? You're not in the range of your detection skills yet, but you may be hiding in the dark and attacking. Illuminate the meadow with light magic."

"Roger that"

Devan went to call Aisle.

When observing with the detection skill, you can see the tiny smoke-like monsters making a way on the ground.

Tsukun!

A big light sword was launched in the sky. You can see the dark shadows running away from the light.

"Any organization?"

"It's probably a dark hero. I don't think other adventurers would turn us into enemies."

An aisle in a sleepwear stood all the time.

"Why are you aiming for my life?"

"Because Naoki kills spirits."

"Is it a first strike?"

I saw the knife the girl had. It's a plain knife, but well sharpened. If they were smelling poison, they might have been assassinated. He had a healing medicine applied to his chest.

"Well, what kind of magic is dark magic?

"Yeah, I don't know well, but they seem to use shadows, charcoal, and small monsters."

"Isn't it gravitational?"

"No, there is a theory that gravity magic is a part of dark magic, and magic that attacks mentally is also considered dark magic, but anyway, the conditions for generating skills are unknown and there are many mysteries Yeah. "

Can people think of darkness as dark magic? It feels like a god of evil, but it's probably worshiped at Apenir because there are even spirits.

"What do you want to do?

Aisle asked.

"No, I'm catching one. Will you come over?"

"I don't know, because the Apenirs have a different mindset."

Sure, it was a religious country.

"Are you a fundamentalist extremist?"

"Hmmmm, eat rotten things, and cut off offenders without enslaving them."

"We'll eat wine and cheese separately, too. There was a death penalty in wasteland."

"That's right, but it's a different culture, so it's possible to forsake your friends?"

"Well, why don't we go looking for it at dawn? There are many things we want to ask."

I was attacked in the dark night, so I decided to act in the morning.

"Make sure your president is on guard again."

Isle was giving instructions to the mercenaries.

A bonfire was lit in front of my tent, and Thione and Stenno kept their sleep, so I slept soundly.

Waking up at dawn, Woopy reported about a girl who came to assassination last night.

"That girl is a dark hero."

"I understand well."

"The dark hero seems to change often, saying," This failure will kill me and the next dark hero will be chosen. "

A type of spirit that is not very interested in the brave? Did the brave think that he wasn't worth it as a hostage?

"Give me enough rest and eat. Let's think about what to do."

"Roger that"

Woopy returns to the big tent.

"I took care of you too. Thanks to you, I slept properly."

He was wiping his face with a wet towel while working on the mercenaries who were keeping their sleep.

Suddenly, magicians who finished their morning practice surrounded me and glared at the west horizon. Looking at the detection skills, you can see that someone is coming. Did you come from the other side shortly after considering the response?

"President! Customer!"

Devan points to the west grassland.

With my own eyes, I could see a group of black costumes holding up a white flag coming here. Probably the dark heroes who fled last night.

"I'm raising the white flag. You don't have to be vigilant. Serve me politely. Prepare for breakfast."

Let's negotiate while showing the depth of nostalgia. Money doesn't make much sense for a company right now, and I wanted to think a lot.

"Don't get into trouble. Spirits and heroes are troublesome."

The aisle that had just happened was growing next to me.

"I'll get the advice of the Vice President. I'll be wearing a jumpsuit. Please guide me."

"all right"

I returned to my tent and wore my usual blue jumpsuit, and when I came out, a group of black costumes headed to the ground and sat prostrate.

"I was very annoyed by the immaturity of the brave this time. Apenir and the spirits of darkness are not going to be hostile to the Komuro Company. Is there Naoki Komuro?"

The sight of an elder, a shaven-haired shaved head rubbing his head against the ground, made me feel uncomfortable.

"I'm Naoki Komuro. Raise your head. You're not hurt, but it's true that you've been assassinated. It's up to you to decide if you're hostile. Let's talk while eating rice."

"Stand up! Over here!"

Isle took five of his dark heroes to a large tent.

I nail the mercenaries preparing the rice saying, "I don't need confession or paralysis, so give me the same thing." Both Dovan and Sutenno were throwing out weird mushrooms while saying "click!" Many of the mercenaries we gather are weird, so be careful.

When I went to the big tent, my fellow dark heroes laid their swords on their desks and sat in their chairs waiting for me with a dying face.

"What happened?"

I asked Aisle.

"The hero of the darkness is the princess. He gives his head, so he says only life can help."

"Hmm, I don't know what I want to fix, but please close my sword. No one is going to kill me, and I'm not going to die here."

I urged everyone to sit down.

Breakfast was grilled with salt of fish monster and spinach on wheat bread. I wish I had rice, but I had to import it from Shangri-La.

"South Hemisphere has few supplies, so we can only prepare this much, but please."

I ate myself and showed that it had no poison. However, the members of the Dark Hero do not cook. Can't you trust so easily? I don't trust this too.

"I'd like to ask some questions.

"If we can answer"

A man with gray hair returned.

"Why did that princess try to assassinate me because she could kill a spirit?"

"That's right"

"I want to get rid of the misconceptions, but we will not exterminate heroes or destroy spirits unless we are working properly and not bothering others. It's a request. Some mercenaries also have a spirit of originality. "

As I said, the gray-haired man opened his eyes and looked at his friends. Friends in black costumes seem to be surprised at me. Do you think you are an unreachable person against the gods?

"Why is Apenir isolated?"

"It's a misleading history about darkness. It's hard to understand for people in other parts of the world, but the Great Plains across the western mountains have revived, and emerging nations and demons have been created to the north. We felt the need for our country to change and came to the Southern Hemisphere. "

"Yes. What do you want to hear the most about darkness for you?"

"It's a light pair"

"It is power that cannot escape"

"Is an irreplaceable friend"

"It's something to bring up."

"It's a snuggle for life"

Five of the brave companions answered each.

"Do you think differently?"

"Everyone is the same, I understand each other."

Indeed, it's complicated.

"Can I visit one by one?"

"here you go"

"Is there no doubt that being a light pair means that there is darkness with light?"

I'll take it for granted.

"No doubt, but we are not afraid of darkness."

One of the brave companions answered.

"Is the force that can't escape means gravity or gravity?"

"I know that in other parts of the world, but we don't yet understand it clearly, so we consider it dark. We want to find out if possible."

One of the brave friends explained me while watching me properly.

I don't know, but did you take it head on? They did not worship or fear the power they did not understand, so they did not appear to be religious to the gods and evil gods.

"What is an irreplaceable friend?"

"Since we were born, we have a shadow. It's an irreplaceable friend who has seen everything good and bad."

Indeed, is the shadow a friend?

"What does darkness bring up?"

"We are ourselves. It is not soil that grows plants. It is dark. No matter how much we cultivate the ground and mix mulch, plants do not grow easily. There is darkness that makes it easier for plants to absorb the nutrients in the soil. They grow because we eat them, and we and the monsters grow. "

Will plants not grow without mycorrhizal fungi?

"What is snuggling with life?"

"Our life is with darkness. Seeing the moon and stars at night to know when to sow and harvest."

Lunar calendar?

"The darkness of the light pair is not afraid or admired, but always besides, grows plants and forms the basis of life."

I felt I could understand the darkness in this world a bit.

"Life has waves. You can't always walk on glorious roads. You may walk on dark back alleys. Fear too much light, don't fall into deep darkness. Enjoy the gradation. That is the word given by a monk from the dark spirits. "

Finally, a man with gray hair told me.

"Isn't the dark spirit a deep darkness?"

I asked a man with gray hair.

He said that the deep darkness exposes human sin and gives punishment, which invites human fear and easily turns himself into a demon.

Self-defense by a dark spirit? Perhaps the spirit of darkness was troubled with words because it was dark.

"I see, I understand you want to follow the dark spirits."

"Do you understand Naoki Komuro?"

The members of the brave group of black costumes smiled happily.

"I see. I met the Spirit of Light, but I also wanted to meet the Spirit of Darkness. Could it be temporary, could you break the isolation?"

"Oh, that's ... it doesn't happen right away if you say it suddenly, but honestly, I never thought you could understand this much. Perhaps you've misunderstood our world. No ... can you please wait a minute? I'll have to go back to Apenir and talk. "

"That's right. Oh, please eat breakfast if you like. I'll send you to Apenir when the princess comes up."

"... I'll have it!"

When the man with gray hair started eating breakfast, the other four also started eating while saying, "It's delicious!"

If you can go to Apenir, you will have a wider range to find Miss Milia.

A little more. Just a little more.