A strange girl.

Keep the atmosphere quiet and courteous.

Though I can feel a bit like a little devil, given my age, it's something so-so for a girl like this.

At first glance, you look like some lady.

Noble Lady, if you say so, I will be convinced.

It's not just that...

I feel something heterogeneous.

Such discomfort, like a vicious beast wearing a man's skin.

Isn't the overflowing aura a regular? Makes me think.

"Oh, what's wrong?

"Uh..."

Trapped by the girl's strange sensation, she stuck around and stared.

Though I'm concerned about who the girl is...

Exactly, that's not good to stare at in person for the first time.

"I'm sorry. Nothing."

"Heh heh... if it wasn't for my complacency, wouldn't you be interested in me?

"It's..."

"If you're seen passionately like that, you might be curious about it"

"... stop teasing me"

For a moment, I got a zombie feeling.

Like a frog staring at a snake...

Such fear, like confronting an absolutely powerful man.

Are you afraid of this girl?

There are a lot of people in the world whose common sense doesn't work, although I don't think...

For example, with everyone at our party?

Doesn't look like it's harmful...

But maybe we should be careful.

Now, I'd rather rely on intuition than common sense.

"What's wrong?

"... no, it's nothing"

"Oh, really? Hehe."

"By the way, what about the house? This is the time, and it's not like we're gonna meet these guys again, so I'm gonna send them."

"Oh, I'm so happy. Rain, your escort would be very reassuring."

"I don't know what I'm talking about, but I don't know if I trust the person I just met that much..."

"Heh heh... no problem. I don't trust you."

That's... what does that mean?

If you don't trust me, why are you treating me so casually?

After all, is there something?

It makes me more alert to girls.

If it's true, maybe we should break up here.

But what if it's all my mistake?

What if the girl is just a normal kid like everywhere and there's nothing behind it?

Given that possibility, I couldn't say goodbye here.

"Well, because of that, please."

"entrusted"

Walk the city at night alongside Illis.

It was a quiet night.

There is an illusion that Iris and I are alone in the world.

It's never comfortable...

Somewhere, it was a creepy silence.

"Rayne, what are you doing?

"I'm an adventurer."

"Oh, really? Excuse me, but it didn't look that way."

Let me get this straight.

I laugh bitterly when I stick around.

"Working in this city?

"No. The hub is a city on the Central Continent. I came here to ask for a little favor, and along the way... I'm stopping by to replenish it."

"I see."

"Is Illis from this city?

"No, I'm traveling, too."

"Really?

"Yeah, I've been looking for something… I'm walking around the city."

"Maybe alone?

"Yes, it is."

"Isn't that... dangerous?

The demons are full of bandits and lots of danger outside the city.

I judge you by your appearance, but it doesn't look like Illis can travel alone...

"Even if it looks like this, I have a lot of power."

"Really?

"Yeah. You're very strong, aren't you?

tickles, and Illis laughs.

Somehow...

If I had seen that invincible grin, I would have thought it was true.

People say it doesn't look like it...

I guess Illis is equipped with as much power as he can travel alone.

"Really... bad. Something to insult me."

"No, because I don't care"

"Let me just say on top of that... if you can afford it, you better hire an adventurer"

"Oh. Again, don't you believe me?

"No. That's not it, this is, I guess, my rule of thumb. No matter how strong Illis was, it's a tough one to be alone. When I'm with someone, they can help me when I have to... and I thought maybe we could create a 'buddy' to make things easier together."

Iris turned his eyes round.

Simply, you seem surprised.

Slightly, I laugh when it tickles with pleasure.

"Hehe... I've never seen anyone say that to me."

"Really?

"Everyone, when they know about me, they will no longer hold such thoughts"

"Me neither, because I don't know much about Ilis... I don't know, so I could say things like right now, I wonder if there's anything like that"

"Well, Rayne, if you found out about me, you'd say the same thing."

"Really?

"Yeah. Well, this is my idea."

Iris stopped walking and leaned over here for a long time.

Keep peeking into this face.

……

"Yes, Iris?

"... you're a stranger, Rayne. I'm a human being... and I don't smell bad. Wonder, I'm going to forgive my heart."

"Er...? Is that a compliment?

"That's the finest compliment I've ever heard."

The dust and the iris laugh.

An innocent grin.

But... are you out of your mind?

What makes you feel like there's something cruel hidden in your innocence that your child occasionally shows you?

"Oh?"

Two, Illis looked in the direction of the day after tomorrow.

That's the way we've been walking.

……

"Iris? What's wrong?

"... drop me off, that's all you need. Thank you."

"Home near here?

"Yeah. So I'm saying goodbye here."

"... well. Okay."

They're lying.

Though I intuitively thought so, eating down here would be a little different.

You're right that you don't want to be with me... but you'll have trouble following me.

Though I'm curious...

I don't want to do anything to uncover what I'm trying to hide on purpose, for no reason whatsoever.

"Okay. Here, then."

"Thank you. Hehe... I hope to see you again"

"Right. Take a relaxing stroll through the city."

"Yeah, I promise."

Illis waves...

I followed the scene so that I could be dropped off.

――――――――――

In the alley at night, the rough exhales of the men were spilling.

Women are being ambushed by such men.

Clothes are messy, tearful, desperately trying to resist.

But the men held me down disappointed, blocked my mouth... and I didn't have the skill to exchange it.

"Hey, hurry up."

"I know. I'll keep your share, so don't rush it."

"I failed earlier... hehe, let me have some fun, okay?

The men grinned lowly, reaching down their pants...

At that moment, something ran through the scene.

Humph, there was a wind cut...

Then I put it down for a while, and something fell.

A man who was trying to reach out to a woman looks at you.

My arm was falling off.

"... ah?

The man spilled a grumpy voice...

Then, finally, I realized I was losing my arm.

"Become!? Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!?

Momentum bled out of the man's arm.

The man rolls on the spot and can quickly build up blood.

"Hih!?

In the loose clearance of the men's restraints, the woman fled at once.

A new figure appears so that it can be replaced with it.

"Hehe."

"What did you just...!?

Illis, who appeared before the men, was grinning softly.

But the expression is cold.

The eyes that look at the men are inorganic...... I can't feel the emotions.

"I heard a little voice, so when I came to see how it went... it was you guys, after all. I try to hit other people with lust that I couldn't dissipate... it's a very easy diagram."

"This guy..."

"After all, garbage is garbage. It's annoying even if it's bugged, so I need to clean it thoroughly. Well... that's why it's time to clean up."

Illis laughed when he shrugged...... from that back, he grew wings.