Monster no Goshujin-sama

Twelve.

Dawn, the next day.

"Oh dear. Master."

"... good morning"

Yesterday, she eventually fell asleep like that, and I woke up with Rose in my chest, greeted by a strangely happy Lily smile.

Apparently, she was glad Rose, my sister, was close to me.

I wondered yesterday when I heard the name 'Sister Lily', but she may be surprisingly a good sister.

"Change base? Why?"

After breakfast, when I cut out the conversation, Lily hugged me in the arm and blinked her black-eyed eyes, not saying that was where she was.

"Yesterday's...... is that what you heard from that senior?

Unlike Lily, Kato seems to have picked up. Although Rose only listens to the conversation, she has no way of joining the conversation and is still cutting wood today.

I nodded back to Kato and decided to give Lily an explanation.

"If the Kaga story we heard yesterday is correct, there could be powerful monsters around here that would kill even cheat capable people. It's dangerous to stay here like this."

"Oh, well. Among the five fragmented corpses in the example, there was a member of the expedition.... but is that true? I can't trust you right now."

"No way. I wouldn't trust you."

I flaunted my shoulders.

"It's just that I don't dare take risks."

Although I answered Lily because I was unsure, I decided that Kaga was telling the truth about the matter.

For example, another matter Kaga was talking about - 'knowing more about the expedition's plans' would be a lie. That was a lie to interest me.

In response, 'I found a pair of torn apart corpses. One of them was a cheat capable person' story had no benefit to Kaga from lying.

There's no reason to lie. Kaga was a fool loyal to his desires, but not a holla blow that scattered lies that meant nothing.

First of all, without a doubt, you can assume that one of those quintuples was a cheat capable man for the expedition.

Though a very common Warrior, its power should be at a level that easily kicks off most of the monsters in this forest, etc.

The monster that killed it.

I just wanted to get away from such a dangerous monster as soon as possible.

"Nevertheless, I can't believe there are monsters that can kill cheat talent"

I can't believe it as far as I'm concerned... it's something I don't want to believe, but this is true.

I also thought I might have been surrounded by a large number, but there were no other monster carcasses on that spot. It would be reasonable to assume that that was a massacre by just one monster.

"So strange?

"Isn't Lily wondering? Even dragons can be killed with their bare hands when they come to this world. I can't think of a monster that would kill it."

"Even so, monsters have character, too."

"Ger?"

"Yeah."

Lily nods as she rubs her cheeks against her arms.

"What do you mean?

"Hmm."

Lily showed a slight bare gesture to think before opening her mouth.

"You know what the students who have transferred to this world call monsters are creatures of magic, right?

"Oh."

"Basically, monsters have more magic, more power."

I can see this. The metaphor 'A big bear without magic can never beat a rat with magic' can be considered an extreme case of it.

"So, the average strength of a monster is proportional to the amount of magic in the land."

"Wait a minute. What is the magic of the land?"

"Hmm? Ah. Well, your husband can't sense magic."

If he complained about the dialogue that was put in his mouth as a matter of course, Lily gave out a slightly red tongue as she put it aside.

"Magic is what originally depended on land. It is magic that travels with the flow of the atmosphere, stains the ground with rain, and roots in the land. And it was the monster that absorbed it and concentrated it in the body. Us."

"Erm. Is it okay to picture it like a harmful heavy metal dripped as factory waste fluid?

"... right, but I'd really like to deny it, that. You're right."

Lily looked disgusted because her image was too bad.

Well, the image does suck, but I think it's easy to understand as a phenomenon.

Heavy metals dissolve in the water, plankton absorbs it, small fish eat it, bigger fish prey on small fish...... ultimately humans do harm by eating it.

"Small animals and plants in these woods, though extremely trace, contain magic. Even in the air, of course. That's what builds up in monsters. So maybe we should define monsters as' creatures that accumulate magic '. That magic is what absorbs it from the land, so naturally, if the land is full of magic, the monsters will have so much magic."

You're familiar with it.

"That's well. It's about our own ecology."

"Ecology?"

"Yeah."

Lily snorted.

"Some individuals who have accumulated more than a certain amount of magic power… or have just enough magic capacity to do so, when they live for a long time, become engaged in regular reproductive activities. It's easy to understand, you're having a baby."

"... yes"

What is it, this?

Don't feel terribly subtle when you hear a poor girl like Lily say 'reproductive activity' or something.

I know it's serious.

"I wonder if it will be asexual reproduction. Ah, but. Is there any difference in the monster that should have been born that way because it has a slight but different magic capacity? I'm sorry, I don't know where it is. Anyway, slime like me and magical puppets like Rose are supposed to be this type. I don't know what it's like to be an animal-like monster like Fire Fang."

"That means... a monster with too much magic capacity for the amount of magic the land holds doesn't increase the number of individuals?

"Yes. So the strength of a monster depends on the amount of magic in the land. Although this is only about normal monsters."

"Normal?

Does that mean some monsters are not normal?

"For the sake of clarity, I would divert my knowledge of the games in Miho Mizushima... but for normal monsters, for example, does it feel like the monster that started doing the reproductive activities I just said is a Queen Monster?

"Naturally, you're stronger than a regular monster."

"Pretty much. I just don't have a constant strength because every time I do reproductive activity, my magic drops. So, the next thing I know, I guess I should call it a unique monster."

"Unique means only the hell?

"Yes, yes. Irregular born in asexual reproduction... it's called a mutation. Well, I suppose you should think it's unusual. Nothing, I'm not strong because I'm a unique monster. I'm a unique monster, especially when it comes to slime."

Indeed, Lily is not very vegan combat capable.

However, its pseudo abilities are unique. In that sense, the name of Unique Monster is exactly what she deserves.

"So I guess Rose feels like a rare monster"

"What? Wasn't Rose a regular monster, too?"

I turned to Rose, surprised.

She bowed her head only carefully.

"Rose is something a little stronger than a regular magical puppet. Don't you have any idea?

"If you ask me. I've impressed you with excellence."

"Compared to Sister Lily's excellence, it's like an error,"

Rose pinches her mouth, but I don't think so.

Lily also looked at her sister's share and laughed like she was having a little trouble before continuing the conversation.

"And above the Rare Monster... well, there's a monster to be called the High Monster"

"What's so different about that than a rare monster?

"Everything."

Lily ran out of words in a clear tone.

"It's bad for Rose, but the only thing I called Rare Monster was that when he came of the same kind, he was better than the others. 'Cause you're not ashamed of the name' rare 'enough, are you? For example, sooner or later, enough to be a queen.... it's just that high monsters have different statuses in the first place"

Lily looked so serious she was scared.

"That's outside the ecosystem. Like Queen Monster, you're an individual who didn't perform reproductive activities. Perhaps the limit values that can accumulate magic are shaken out."

"The amount of magic determines the strength of the monster."

"Yeah. So we'll never be enemies. Don't fight. If we fight, they will surely kill us. It also depends on your luck if you can escape. For example... the individuals I had seen before had wiped out a herd of nearly a hundred Fire Fangs. Exactly. It's" Monster. "

"A monster in a monster."

I don't feel comfortable fighting a guy like that.

Naturally, it would be easy to get away with it as soon as you find it, and it would still be easy to move the base and avoid encountering it.

I was just wondering one thing about my future policy.

"Hey, Lily."

"What?

"Did you say hi monster? Can he kill a cheat man?

"... hmm. There it is."

I got an answer that never boiled down.

"It depends on the situation, but if you're gonna fight from the front, I think it's gonna be hard."

"Is it hard?"

"Yeah."

In response to Lily, I sighed without being able to say anything more.

I wonder how out of standard, cheat capable.

Are you saying it's still human to be afraid of?

"It's just that some monsters may be as powerful as I don't know. Because I'm only a slime, and I wasn't very broad in scope of action. Rose might know something else."

"No, I have also never seen, including myself, a unique monster at my sister's place and anything but a rare monster"

As far as listening to the two of you, the chances of getting into a hit with a high monster seem pretty low.

But it will be easy to take cautious measures here. It's too late to regret it in hell after you die.

"Anyway, we should probably get away early from where such a monster might be. I'm sorry about Kato."

When I summed up, I gave Kato my last glance.

If Mr. Kato waited here, there was a good chance that the expedition would come.

But if we move here, the situation goes back to shaking it out.

When I turned to the water, Kato laid her eyes down quietly and stroked the sauce on her shoulder with her fingertips.

Doesn't look very discouraged.

Or, as usual, I can't see the emotions.

You look a lot demodulated, but you're still far from being in the book, and you just said it was subtle to see if your spirit would completely regain hold in the first place. I may wish there was some trigger, but I can't offer it to you.

"Nothing...... I don't mind. And I will."

"Right. Then let's hurry and get out of here."

If that's the case, it's quick to talk.

We packed our bags quickly.

The weapons Rose has created so far are three swords, two spears and two axes. And then there's protective equipment like shields, chest pads, and protectors to protect your lower body.

Lily has a spear as her main arm and a sword as her subarm.

Rose holds the battle axe in one hand and carries a spare axe.

And I lowered the sword of the example to my waist, and carried a sword on my back, and held a great shield in my hand.

The breastplate was distributed to everyone and besides me with a large shield, I gave them a smaller round shield that would not interfere in the battle.

If it's true, I almost wanted to give Kato, who is out of the same force as me, a big shield instead of a wall, but no matter how light, I haven't created it so far because it was impossible for her to operate with her arm.

Apart from these items, Rose has been asked to make items that are convenient for her to live with, but she decided to throw them away because they are inconvenient to carry.

It's a decision you should make again when you need it. Makes Rose go through a lot of work, but she admitted without looking particularly concerned.

The clothes and other items were packed in a backpack taken from Kaga and in Kato's handbag, and groceries such as smoked meat were suitably bathed on all sides by peeling and skinning Fire Fang. The same goes for Rose's spare parts.

"You don't forget anything, do you? - All right, let's go."

Thus did we leave behind a cave that we were accustomed to living in.

Tree branches become and are slammed to the ground.

That blow, as sharp as a whip, had the power to just not make a big decision on the ground.

Probably if it's about a passenger car, this would be fashionable in one shot. It was a contract that if I ate it, it would stain the ground.

It was the whole wooden doll... Rose who tried to avoid such a bloody destructive attack at the edge of the line.

"Shh!

Ahead of landing or no or Rose jumping with a sharp temper is the beauty of a large monster known as Trent.

The figure, in a nutshell, is a 'walking tree'.

Lily at slime form was also quite large, but Trent's size is loosely over four meters.

Its appearance, which sometimes swept down the surrounding trees, was as compelling as the whole house was falling as-is.

But Rose goes without even cowering at such a huge opponent.

Axe one of the approaching branches of the tree from left to right and sweep the other wide to avoid -

"Huh!?

- Where I did, branches chase me like snakes.

At Ayaya, Rose played it with a one-armed shield.

Though successful in her defense, that breaks her posture considerably. Thereupon, Trent drove the myriad roots of his feet to chase him.

"Sister!

"I know!

While Rose was holding back, the attacking magic of the reserved after he was ready shined at Lily's hands as she waited in the rear.

Attributes are wind.

Properties are bullets.

The enchantment is three staircases. Comparable to an objective rifle, it is powerful.

- I don't know.

At the end of the sound like scratching the tympanic membrane, a portion of Trent's body bursts.

"Gino!?

A trunk so thick that even if the two adults reached for it, they could not reach it, they could sneak a peek at the view on the other side 'Take It' about half way around.

Did Trent the boulder also suffer this pain, and the hand of an attack that seemed furious gathers.

Without missing that gap, Rose wields a big battle axe.

"Shh, shh!

The stubborn blow is sucked into Lily's big hole.

How did Trent's giant fall to the ground after a splendid break in two by giving him an alternative to the demon?

"You're starting to stabilize the battle."

I snuffed.

Push the branches of the tree that came around your face. Rose, who leads the way, makes his way and walks, but she's shorter, so there's an occasional branch that walks and gets in the way.

"That was a terrible first fight or something. I, prepared to die."

Lily, who was walking next to me, reacted to my soliloquy.

"Me too. Especially when Rose showed up, her heart almost came together."

"I'm sorry. It surprised me then."

"No. After all, I survived because of you. Thank you for today's battle."

"I'm afraid so."

"Lily too."

"Haha. I had so much fun."

"What are you talking about? Without Sister Lily, I cannot safely fight as an avant-garde. The role will be even greater than mine."

After our encounter with Trent, we were walking through the woods again.

As for direction, it's more or less the direction in which the sun comes out.

It is now conveniently decided to be east.

More specifically, away from where the colony was.

... should be. Probably.

The view of the forest is hard to distinguish between urban kids like me, so I don't really feel it, but it should stay away from it properly.

My sense of direction is irreplaceable, but I leave the lead to Rose, so there will be no problem.

Even in the woods, where the sky is barely visible, and among the mountains that can occasionally be seen far away due to the high and low differences in terrain, it seems that the First Expeditionary Corps is marching on a mountain like Mount Fuji.

This is information from Kato. More precisely, the information that Takaya had told her about it.

Moving in the same direction they were headed for means they are far from the colony.

In other words, it's far from that cave.

Out of that cave, five days had passed earlier today.

I have a real feeling that I have stepped quite a distance so far.

Of course, if we hadn't gone around the same place.

We humans alone would not have made it this easy to advance through the woods. We humans are making it easier because Rose and Lily have made our way, which is not comparable to humans in strength and arm strength.

Kato, the least able-bodied of these, used to hang in there. Rather, I'm a little reluctant to force it, so I needed to be careful.

Nojuku, who was anxious, has never been attacked in bed so far.

Plus, even where there was a raid, Lily and Rose, who don't need sleep, are keeping a good eye on me. I slept in Lily's arms, and Kato often slept near Rose, who silently creates stock of hands and feet.

"Let's do this today"

Forest nights are early.

We humans at night lose our feet when it gets dim, and the risk of accidents increases dramatically.

As we did here for a few days, while we were still bright, we began to prepare for Nojuku.

When I find the right place for Nojuku, Lily first returns to her original slime form to melt and eat the tall grass.

Thus, as soon as some space is secured in the woods, Rose begins to prepare for the bonfire.

There is also a great risk of being 'conspicuous' in setting fire, but I had decided that it was more dangerous for human sight, which is a foothold, to be completely blocked than that.

Of course, I pay attention to the location so that there is as little light as possible. There are many shields in the woods, but at times like this they are useful.

It was familiar, and we could eat without waiting so long.

I sit in a car seat with a flaming fire in the middle that blows up my pussy.

It is the usual sight of a meal.

By the way, the tree Rose has been cutting down burns well. Normally, raw trees are supposed to burn hard, but they easily catch fire. I guess this is a magical force too.

"Well, we got here safely... let's not be alarmed"

"Right. It could be the real deal from here."

I nodded back to Lily indicating my agreement.

"It's not weird that it's time to get out of the expedition's range of action. The number of monsters will gradually increase."

Until now, we have encountered only a single monster. But that was only because the expedition was hunting monsters and drastically reducing their habitat.

One of the reasons why we are moving in the same direction that the First Expeditionary Corps headed is because of their whispering expectations that if they were kicking the monster and had at least a little less of that habitat......

Another reason, of course, is to have Mr. Kato taken over by them. Hopefully we can rendezvous well.

"If there are dangerous monsters around that cave, it's also a question of how far to go."

"It's going better than I assumed. It's time to find a place to sit down."

"What do you mean, you keep following the expedition and you're going through the woods?

"If that's possible, that's fine. Isn't that hard as a real problem?

Thus walking through the woods of scarce landscape change for days and days, the feeling of hardship is rather heavier than fatigue.

I don't know about Lily or Rose, the monsters, but for humans this is pretty tough mentally.

If you get caught in a part of your feelings, that increases the risk on the road.

Of course, fatigue builds up.

Where the monsters didn't attack us, if we step off on the slopes, we could easily die of humans. I've never been cautious.

"Out of the cave, it's only been five days, but maybe it's time to create a new base"

"If your husband is like that, I will obey him."

"At least you should go any further after a little rest. Honestly, I'm feeling a little tired. I feel like I'm pulling your legs. I don't want to make a fatal mistake."

While we were talking, we were roasting the smoked meat of lizards and monsters that we were carrying again on a bonfire.

And I chewed one of the lizards out of my head with my hand.

Yes. There was also a food problem.

It is very difficult to secure food while on the move. If a monster hits you, for example, Fire Fang, you can eat it, but if it's Trent, you can't.

Again, once, you should calm down and collect food, rest and restore your health. If possible, it would be best if we could find a place like the cave we used to screw around.

"Speaking of which,"

And it was Kato who grabbed the roasted lizard with both hands until he became a calf.

She's basically silent.

I don't know if that's been the case from the beginning or if it's happened, but I'm often just listening to conversations between me and Lily.

Rose, who got the conversation function because of it, also has a personality that doesn't assert herself, so me and Lily were often talking on the road.

"What?

"What?"

It's unusual for me and Lily to gaze at her at the same time.

"Uh, the..."

Were you uncomfortable, the usual Kato wrapped in a sheet rubbed his mojo and his sports seated knee together.

"I was asking about my upcoming plans, and I thought, the"

"What?

"Seniors... aren't you thinking about going back to the original world?

The question was, it was some kind of bomb.

Pikun, Lily's body trembled small as she leaned against me.

From the wood Rose was shredding, he turned his face to this one in a slight panic.

It was an understandable reaction.

It also means that this was such an important topic.

"Especially if you don't think about it."

But my answer was terribly light.

Was it surprising, Kato had uncommonly opened his eyes and revealed his surprise?

"Yes, what is it?

"Oh."

I chewed away the lizard limb meat.

"Well, I was just wondering when the first person who came to this world would be able to go home."

"If so."

"But I have them now."

I stroked Lily's head next door.

"... your husband"

Lily called me in a rare and reluctant voice for her.

"If we want your husband to go home..."

"Oh, no. I'm not. I'm sorry I said that."

I pulled Lily's torso with one arm.

"I want to be with you."

"Your husband..."

"In the first place, these assumptions do not make sense in themselves. Whether to go home or not would be something to think about after you know you can go home. As things stand, there's not even one clue, and before that, it seems to me that just surviving the day is the best we can do. We can't afford to explore those means."

It's not like you don't think about the parents and brothers you left over there.

As much as I am safe, I want to tell her somehow.

That's why I don't even think about letting go of the important stuff I made here.

As long as I can take them home.

It's quite a dilemma if you think about it, but fortunately, the status quo is only 'if' talk.

It would be a higher priority to set an eye for living in this world first than to explore the possibility of an unlikely return.

However, even if I were to accept about living in this world, living in a dangerous forest like this was another matter.

In short, there will be limits sooner or later.

The same could happen with a monster raid that could cost you your life, but even the food problem is serious. Although I don't eat hard right now, I've been concerned about nutritional biases lately. I eat small nuts and the like that were confirmed to be eaten by colonists, but the vitamins were supposed to be lacking.

It was Lily's statement with Miho Mizushima's memory that if she continued to live like this for a very long time, she might get sick too......

I'm not very familiar with this kind of thing, but I can see how serious it would be if the sepsis were explained with extreme examples.

I don't know how being able to follow a monster can be perceived by the humans of this world, but it seemed necessary to step through the woods once and into a world with humans.

I don't know what happens after that until then.

Sometimes I get anxious.

Do we have a place of peace?

"Your husband."

It was then.

Rose, who had previously been silent, gave a low, push-kill voice.

Almost at the same time, Lily, who was sleepy with me, hung her eyeballs up.

I guess I'm sniffing around trying to get information about the area by virtue of the excellent sense of smell I got from Fire Fang that I knocked down the other day.

"Please be careful. … surrounded."

"Okay."

Immediately upon Rose's warning I lifted my back and took the great shield that I had left nearby. The kind of protective equipment you can wear remains equipped even when you are asleep, so you are now ready to engage.

Lily draws a spear in one hand and starts preparing for the magic formation, and Kato rushes to me quickly. It was something I was used to around here.

After we're ready to fight, a few seconds later.

"... uuuuuuuuuuu"

What emerged from the back of the woods were two Fire Fangs.

"No. Not anymore."

While Rose stood guarded, he turned his noseless face in the opposite direction as the two appeared.

Rose said they were surrounded. As the saying goes, the other Fire Fang showed up from the shrub where he was hissing.

Apparently, the ambush decided it was a failure.

Or so there was no way the wolves would retreat.

This means we are judging ourselves dominant.

"The three of us. That's a little fucked up."

encounters with more monsters than we do.

I've fought Fire Fang several times already, but all of them were against one another.

That's the trisomy.

It's something I thought would come one day, but nevertheless, I can't help but feel terrified when I'm actually surrounded.

"Somehow we need to clear one up soon..."

The tense lips moistened with tongues, and the wolves slowly began to circle around us clockwise, ahead of me looking at them crushed.

I'm watching the gap.

Aim... damn it. He's obviously looking at me and Kato.

The wolves may have smelled us both weak in the wild.

Then, it's a little uneven. Poking the weak part is because it is a constant means in battle.

I didn't think of it, and cringed my throat.

Can Lily and Rose alone fulfill and cut through this critical situation? If it wasn't for us...

"It's all right, sir"

"Don't worry, my lord"

And you noticed my anxiety, and Lily and Rose spoke up to me.

"Because we will protect your husband"

"Even in our stead, I will protect your husband's life"

Their path has conveyed the anxiety I have.

That's why they spoke up instantly.

And I also convey their hearts.

It is a determination to never protect me, and a strong readiness to do anything for it.

Their thoughts toward me push away the cowardice that dominated my heart.

Instead it breathes courage into me to face difficulties.

"Lily, Rose......"

And when I clenched my fists, and trembled, I forced my strong mouth to warp.

It's too inappropriate to call it an invincible smile, but this was my least fortitude and the only way to respond to their care.

"Don't be silly. If we're going to survive, we're all going to survive."

"Yeah!"

"I understand!

Whatever opponent we are, we will not lose.

That's what I believe.

Because what I believe is supposed to empower those connected on the path, too.

"Lily is in charge of the whole thing! Knock me down as soon as you can! Rose wants them to hold out while she protects us. Don't leave me, Kato!

There is no way to wait.

If the three of us were after Kato at the same time, there was no way we could protect him.

Hit Lily with this one's maximum firepower first and defeat the whole thing as soon as possible.

In the meantime, Rose, who has excellent combat skills, should be thorough in his time.

All you have to do is trust them.

That's all I can do.

"Go!"

I give the order.

Hit and pierce the green glow of the Devil's Square that Lily has in her hands.

Rose stands still as our shield.

"Guruuuuuuu!

I don't know if it's up to us, but the wolves intercepted Lily in one piece, and the other two came running for me and Kato.

"Hey, hey, hey!

"Shh!

"Guruuuuuu!

Five monsters stagger.

- Just before that.

Something white crossed my horizon.

"Gha!?

The wolf that was toward us unnaturally collapsed in the air, flaming in his mouth and flying wide.

What I witnessed was an incredible sight.

The body of a wolf over two meters softens directly across the air.

The wolf, a party, must have had no idea what had happened to him.

Before it blows away, there's a huge giant tree, and the wolf has a bullet-like momentum from the head -... Gushi.

The night is littered with ominous red flowers, and giant trees that could not withstand the shock rise and fall.

That was too abrupt an event.

Everyone can't figure out what's going on.

"Guru...?

Of the two fire fangs that were coming toward us as everyone on the spot made their moves, the one who didn't have to die looked up as if he had noticed something.

It was late.

"Ghaa!?

To something that fell, the wolf was crushed and screamed.

And I won't move again.

"hey... but?

I groaned. What I saw was - bright white, spider.

It's a giant spider covered with blocky, bright white hair.

Eight legs had sharp hook claws on the tip, one of which skewered the head of a crushed Fire Fang.

"This guy... no way"

The giant white spider, which must have been more than three metres if his legs had been spread, was housed in its head and chest with a foreign form that should not have been there.

It's the upper body of a young woman.

A woman with long, thin, white hair like a spider's thread was staring at us with a grin.