Approximately a week from the day Cecilia traveled from our home.
That day, me and my three godchildren were visiting the Guild of the Brave to receive a quest for the exorcism of the Demon King.
As we were looking for a quest to exorcise the Demon King in front of the bulletin board, one of the brave guild's female employees who found me ran over on a small run.
The female employee asks me this while showing a slight hesitation.
"Um, Mr. Brett... you did know Mr. Cecilia, didn't you?
"Yeah, well. What's wrong with Mr. Cecilia? ─ ─ Ha! Oh no, that guy finally did something...! Where are you now!? As soon as I find him, I'll beat him up, detain him and imprison him! My Cecilia is really sorry!
That said, I bowed my head reflexively.
It's something I've been living with all these days, so I've got an inner consciousness.
But female officials laugh like troubles.
"Yes, no, I'm not. I mean, 'our Cecilia'..."
"Uh, no, Mr. Cecilia, we've been living together lately."
"What!? Mr. Brett, were you living with Cecilia?!?
"Oh, it's not even like that. I live with my godchildren. So, Mr. Cecilia was with his godchildren."
"With the godchildren!? Four people together?!? Mr. Brett, I was wondering if there was any kind of manoeuvre at all."
The female employee who was eating at me was slapped in the back of the head by another female employee who was walking behind it.
It was more "painful......" when I was running wild, tearing eyes and putting a scratch in it was "different, right?" The real deal, "he urges," Oh, yeah, "he says and tongues out pero.
And the first female employee told me this.
"Mr. Brett, Mr. Cecilia is still on the quest, and he's not back. I should have gone to a village about half a day from here, but I haven't heard from anything in almost another week..."
The female employee conveys that with an anxious look.
The officials who put the scratch on her were showing a cool attitude but equally disturbing.
It is certainly somewhat of a concern that I have not returned for a week towards the village, which is located a half-day one way street away, and that I have not heard from them.
The content of the quest - - the exorcism of the Demon King itself - often ends within a day, and even if there is something irregular and longer, it is common to end within a couple of days.
Also, the Demon King Hunter is at a quest stage, where the Brave Alliance is related to work orderers and contractors.
So if it seems to take a lot longer than is normally assumed, it is common sense to put a report into the Guild of the Brave using the Magic Instruction Caller at the stage it turns out to be.
Of course there are rough brave guys around there, but Cecilia is a neat type of place like that, hard to think of failing to contact.
"Even from the Guild of the Brave, you tried to contact me, didn't you?
"Yes. I called Cecilia's number on the register a few times, but I couldn't get through..."
Hmmm......
I do know that when that happens, you want to suspect that something abnormal is happening.
"What demon king did Mr. Cecilia go to exorcise?
When I heard that, the clerk waved.
"Oh, no. The quest you received from Cecilia is not a quest to exorcise the Demon King. It's a" general quest, "but there are so many boys and girls missing in the village that I want you to find out..."
"Uh, is that a general quest?... No, nevertheless."
"Yes. Which way, because it's strange that I haven't heard from you..."
I nod to that official's words, too.
A "general quest" is a quest other than the exorcism of the Demon King.
The Guild of the Brave, from which a portion of the nation's defense spending is allocated and operated, and the Demon King Hunter who takes quests from it, have aspects of the country's expected policing in general, including anything other than demon king exorcism.
Sometimes a bowl turns to a brave guild in the neighborhood when it comes to what the average person would expect to be at risk for responding to incidents that have occurred in various parts of the country.
And indeed, if the content of the disappearance of several boys and girls in the village, even if we do not know what caused it, we can anticipate in advance the possibility of more than a certain danger coming down ahead of the investigation.
If so, I know it's the turn of the Demon King Hunter...
"... it's not a case for Cecilia, is it? He's out of combat, but I don't think he's the type to be good at investigative work."
"Yes, that's right......" Boys and girls are missing!? I can't stay like this. Let me go now! 'And so on, Cecilia took it upon herself to be willing. "
"Uh..."
I can imagine the sight is obvious.
Well, sure, don't go if that guy does.
It's awkward, and he's going to be expecting a romance or something that starts there.
But in any case, if you're as brave as Cecilia, you'll do something about some irregular back on your own, and it's still odd that you haven't heard from one person for nearly a week.
The opposite worry also came to mind only for a moment, but I want to believe that there will be a degree of discernment no matter how much that person doesn't actually run into crime.
Whatever the joke is, like when I'm dealing with him, he's planning to hit me with resistance and scratch.
By the way, I also tried using the Magic Call Device on the spot and tried calling the number of Cecilia I knew, but never got through to her.
"Can't you connect after all..."
"Yeah, you can't. Well, I don't know what's going on."
I put my hand on my chin and think.
I care about Cecilia as someone I know.
If it's a half-day place from here, it's up to you to go see what's going on directly.
Sometimes it can be a mistake to just be missing and come back Kellogg without a thing after a while.
I can't say enough that the lack of communication is not due to the inadvertent loss of the Magic Call Device somewhere, etc.
But...
Somewhere inside me my instincts were ringing the alarm.
Fear that if you don't go looking for Cecilia here now, something will happen that you will regret for the rest of your life.
"Hey brother, Cecilia sister, what's wrong...?
Rio, who was listening, asks me in an anxious voice.
If you look, Iris and Mayfa were staring at me with a face that said something.
... Right.
Even these guys are no longer friends with Cecilia.
You'll be worried if I hear you're missing.
All right...
"Okay. Well, then, all three of you, I'm sorry, but can I take the Demon King's exorcism internship today? I'm just gonna go check on the village. You know how to get back to Litt Village, right? You guys wait at home for a while."
I tell the three godchildren, yes.
Then the three of them tilted their necks.
"I wonder what you're talking about."
Is that...?
Did I say something funny?
"Um, Doctor...? Why are we leaving a message? I think we should go find Mr. Cecilia with the teacher."
"Hmm...?
Now it was my turn to tilt my neck.
"No, 'cause this isn't an internship, is it? I don't know what's gonna happen, and it's like I have no idea if I'm the only one who can protect you guys when something happens. The element of uncertainty is too big to get you involved."
When I answered that, Mayfa came through my hand this time.
"... brother, no.... We want to help you.... and we're worried about your sister Cecilia. I want to go find it with you."
"No, I'll say so. I also have a responsibility as a teacher..."
"... it's better to abandon responsibility when 'something' happens and even your brother is missing.... and you, my brother, will beat the three of us to protect us."
Gussa!
Mayfa's blade of words pierced my chest.
"Ugh... no, I did lose three to one, but apart from that..."
"It's not anything else, Doctor! Even we can protect ourselves now! ─ ─ Plus, if we can't get someone to protect us, other demon hunters will be unable to operate in the first place. Different?
"Mmm..."
To Iris' diligent assertion, I did think so.
All three of them - Rio, Ilis and Mayfa - are already too powerful as a one-serving demon king hunter.
I'm no longer a poor brave apprentice who can't stand around properly without my protection.
Or a net story, you're strong enough to cross each other with a little dragon already just because of your fighting power...
As far as I'm concerned, I see them as protected, but all three of them are not really brave men of that level.
I realize that and I laugh bitterly.
I hope the three of you can stand alone, but I can't help but keep my hands off you.
"... ok. Well, why don't the four of us go find Mr. Cecilia?"
"" "Yes!
Reply from the good healthy godchildren.
That's why I took three men, Rio, Ilis and Mayfa, to the village where Cecilia had lost track of me.