Monster no Goshujin-sama

Fifteen.

The fortress sitting in the deep woods was like a combination of horny polyhedrals.

The impression is heavy in a nutshell. Years have passed and the surface has faded red, adding a different kind of weight called the passage of time to an original mass.

All you can see from here is the outer peripheral part, which is probably only part of it, but you can still see that it's a huge enough fortress.

I thought I was going to be brought to a village or town... but if you think about it, there is no way that a normal village or town could be established in the 'Tree Sea' of a different world.

Arming your whole body with cold metal is not enough. If we don't lock ourselves in the sturdy boxes that we built by piling up tens of millions of bricks, we're sure people won't be able to live in places like this.

"Metastatic people. That will be our Fort Chile."

The harshly tightened silane voice color also now had a relieving color.

"I feel safe now. Our Knights regularly sweep monsters around the fort. The fort should be ready for acceptance. Your compatriots will also be waiting for you to arrive. Come on, let's come. The fort is right over there."

With a lighter foothold, the students began to move on with the legs they had kept together. At some point beneath the soles of the shoes was a tread solidified ground that could be considered a way to turn.

"Are there other transferees in the fort besides us?"

I took a ride to the students who spoke to each other in an excited way, and I also threw an inquiry to Siran.

"Yes, just like you, one lucky one through these woods"

The shade fell on Siran's voice, who replied so.

"Unfortunately, he's the only one who could get through this forest on his own."

"Me and Li...... except Mr. Mizushima, is there just one person?

"Yes."

But there are a lot of other students here, just like me.

I looked around at the students walking slightly floating around. If Silan is right, what the hell are they?

"They didn't walk through these woods on their own like you did."

Silan answered in a consistent and honest manner.

"Our Alliance's Third Knights have several forward strongholds in the woods to gather information on this tree sea. Your brethren were hiding there. We toured four strongholds and brought your brethren to our fort."

"... I see"

I hammered and nodded.

I thought it was weird in the first place.

The number of students present in the colony at the time of collapse was about eight hundred.

In that, how many would have left the colony alive?

Hundred? Two hundred? Or would you have survived twice that?

Either way, for them fleeing the colony, the monster's trekking woods should have been hell waiting for them ahead of hell. This is something I can say from my own experience, no doubt about it. In fact, if I hadn't met Lily, I would have drowned wild.

Not surprisingly, if you had excluded an irregular like me, it would have been annihilated.

It was around here that I wondered 'Was there so many survivors' when I found the students to be protected by the knights? Frankly, if we survive this forest, only a few of the students here have been overnumbered.

"But I don't know what it is."

Silan said in a smudged tone.

"The stronghold is like a resting place for our Knights to explore the depths of the tree sea. It looks like a mountain hut."

……

"We install precious junction stones that collect alchemy pieces, so we don't lean on monsters. Thanks to the hiding there, all the transferees have lived to this day. You don't know what's going to help."

I was unwittingly silent.

I spent the night myself, because I remembered that mountain hut.

Apparently that belonged to them Knights.

The junction stone and the dot must be about that strange stone that was holding Lily and Rose back from entering the mountain hut. Whatever was in that place, I crushed it to bring Lily and the others into the cabin...

And I noticed that I was reminiscent.

"Are those junction stones and dots also used in the forts you see there?

In some cases, it could mean that Lily and the others can't get inside that fort.

I thought so and panicked inside, but fortunately, this concern was denied.

"No. It doesn't. Because the bounding stones installed have a limited range of effects. Covering the size of the cabin at best is the limit. When it comes to covering that fortress, it's not very, but it's underpowered."

"Oh really?"

"It's also a rarity that has already been lost in manufacturing, and it's limited in potency for it, only to keep the monster away. It's not like it can completely prevent an intrusion. Conditions for installation are too strict in the first place to be used on this land"

I stroked down my chest as I hammered the answering silane properly.

This was good news. It doesn't seem to be the case that the junction stone will continue to stand in our way.

I regained my composure and looked at the students walking around in a floating manner.

"I don't know what it is, do you? You're absolutely right."

I sighed after repeating Silan's earlier dialogue.

So they were lucky.

"What do you mean, Takahiro?"

"No. 'Cause according to the current story of Mr. Silan, they must have been helped by coincidence by the Silans who visited them when they reached the mountain hut where the junction stone was installed. Isn't this great luck?"

In addition, it resembled my own situation.

After falling through the colony and wandering through the woods, my body and mind were melted, I reached that cave. So once I gave up raw and fulfilled my unexpected encounter with Lily, I am here now.

After a while, I may have felt sympathetic to the students walking around.

"No, that's a little different"

But my thoughts were denied by Silan.

"We went to the cabin when we asked to be protected because there might be survivors. So it's not a coincidence."

"Requested? What the hell is that...?

I was confused by Silan's words.

This is not Japan, where we lived. Regardless of the accidental encounter, there is no way that a clearly willed rescue hand can be reached or anything like that, and we cannot hope for such sweetness. In the first place, who can request rescue, etc.?

In my ear, imprisoned by doubt, a glorious cheer arrived at that time.

When I turned my face back forward, I saw a tiny iron gate compared to the splendour of the fort.

As we talked, it seems we were following right into the fort.

Around the fort, which sits in the woods, the hands of men were open.

From the left and right of my walking sight, the trees disappeared.

The sky is wide.

I felt like I had been freed from the invisible things that had wrapped us up to now.

This is the realm of men. That's what I can feel on my skin.

Unfortunately, that was no reason for me to get distracted.

Dozens of knights stood on their heels in front of the fort, which was still only a short distance away.

Among them I found several boys and girls in student clothes.

... Weren't there supposed to be only one student who reached the fort?

I wondered, trying to ask Cilane, who was walking right around the corner, that she was holding her legs.

"Mr. Silan?

"... No way"

One step too far, when I looked back, a groaning silane was just waving up the air.

Nature and I did our gaze there, too. The yellow light was blinking slightly.

An example mysterious creature fluttered over Silan's shoulder, moving his short hands and feet, spinning around. The trick seems to be complaining about something, but hatred, I don't know what I'm trying to say.

But it seems that Silan was different.

"All hands, through the sword!

Silan's warning pierced the forest.

Things were moving faster than asking what was going on. The next moment, a giant green eagle appeared, pushing down the trees in the woods that we had just fallen out of.

"Wow!?

"Khaaaaaa!

It's a big monster over three meters long.

That too, Five Bodies. I tend to jaw and thrust.

The students screamed and the knights pulled out their swords in a hurry.

"Hey, why so many Green Caterpillars near the fort......!?

One of the knights screamed in an upset manner.

Speaking of which, earlier Siran said, 'The Knights regularly sweep the monsters around the fort'. Usually in places like this, you probably never run into so many monsters.

With that in mind, I was pulling out a fake wooden sword.

This area is no longer a reflection. Decide that you can't afford to equip the shield on your back, and turn to Lily, who was right next door. Let's start by checking what's going on around us.

I looked around because I thought so. [M]

"... what?

The students around us were all panicking.

He who escapes to the fort at the end of his eyes and nose and falls against each other without much perimeter confirmation of his haste. They're still the best.

It is the end of those who push those who are on the path, those who lose their hips, those who cling to knights and, on the contrary, even the great fools who are kicking down those who were beside them.

... what is this?

Does this mean these guys have survived so far?

Sure, according to Silan's story, they didn't go through the woods on their own. They lived hidden in a mountain hut and just stood still until the Silanese Knights came to help.

But at least they should have survived the hell that happened in that collapsing colony before they took refuge in the safety zone. And yet, how...

This will not allow us to escape in a detour, nor will it stand in the way of the Knights' battle. Panic is contagious, and because of them the knights stood.

It's not the noise where I pull my leg. This was a clear suicide.

"Don't wander around!

The only thing that kept Silan calm scolded his men. However, there is also a slightly bitter mix of things in her tone. I understand the situation.

"Steady your defense! Coming!"

The green caterpillar came under attack, squeaking his chin tightly.

I had a blunt image because it looks like a big eel, but rather this is close to a giant bull rampage.

The knights, who returned to me by the scolding of Silan, stood as hard as possible with their shields in their hands.

But I couldn't see their backs in my eyes.

That might be because, for a moment, they were unconsciously comparing their backs to that per Rose.

Can this prevent you from fulfilling it?

Five Green Caterpillars clashed with the knights of all-body armor as I watched for anxiety on my chest.

No. It was on the verge of that.

Things show unexpected developments.

- I'll take care of it.

A cool voice reached my ear.

By then, it was all over.

"Huh......!?

If I had noticed the end of Green Caterpillar, which was torn apart and blown in the opposite direction with blue fluids scattered, I would have watched.

In a moment the battle was over.

Only the results were in front of me, as if I had cut off time.

I have no idea what happened.

But it was only clear who did it.

Ton '.

A girl in sailor clothes, who had no shadow or shape until just a moment ago, stepped down to the ground.

What she showed up in was a position to protect the knights who were about to face the monsters. That means that she is the Ten Himself who created the incredible sight in front of her.

"It's all right now."

The girl looked back at her lustrous dark hair stretching up to her waist, grinning.

That was a warm smile that would engulf everyone's anxiety.

Everyone on the spot was taking a hard spit at the sudden appearance of the girl.

That was no exception to me.

Instead, I might have been the most shocked.

In the hand of the girl who appeared, a slender sword with an elaborate design was held. I'm sure that's what tore the five Green Caterpillars apart.

But that was only a guess.

Her attack on Green Caterpillar did not come to my attention, even though it happened in front of me.

It was incredible.

I am learning to strengthen my physical abilities by magic. This also strengthens the sensory organs, so if it's about Fire Fang's disease, I can follow it with my eyes right now.

Human sensation is a lot better than motor function. Whether or not it can be handled is another matter altogether, and even if the other person is that gabella, it doesn't show any movement in my eyes right now.

But her movements in front of her, she couldn't see without exaggeration.

When I thought I saw a black shadow, it was all over now. That means she's overwhelmingly fast, even compared to that gabella.

Impossible. I have enough out of common sense. I just think the living timeline is different.

Its strength, even irrational, just implied who she was.

"... with cheats"

Hearing that word leaked out of someone's throat, she grinned.

Doing so makes the impression of a slightly sharp looking girl soft all at once. It was such a fascinating smile that even I was so used to Lily's smile that I was about to fall in love with her dangerously.

"Hey, Iino. Wouldn't it be terrible to show one person how to dress?"

A loving complaint was thrown at such a girl.

Looking back, I almost got two boys in student clothes from the fort with me.

Of that appearance, which is also visible as a back-to-school student, only a wide range of straight swords held in each hand and a battle wand embedded with brilliant treasure balls emit a different colour.

The girl, with her fine sword on the pattern, responded to them with a slight smile.

"I don't care if they complain. You were in contention for a moment. They're all slow on their feet, and I move fastest."

"Compared to you, they're all like turtles."

The two were having conversations in nature.

Suddenly they appeared and they had already become the protagonists in this setting.

Everyone, the students and the Knights, was paying attention to their one-by-one throw.

The sight that we saw had such an enormous impact that we had to.

They noticed how we were doing.

"More than that, Cross Letters. Guys, it's pompous. I need to introduce myself first."

"Oh. No, you're right"

When the girl said, a male student with a straight sword - however sportsman and other atmospheres, the tall and disappointed boy nodded and looked back at the gaze that gathered them.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Tatsuya Shigami. And this is Yuna Iino and Yoshiki Watanabe. They're all part of the expedition."

Ahead of what he showed with his gaze, the girl who had just kicked Green Caterpillar, Iino, waved lightly shrugging her shoulders a little shy, and Watanabe, a small boy student, responded by lifting the cane in his hand.

"Looks like we made it through the woods safely, above all. And the Knights, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for responding to our request. We didn't have to lose our alumni."

... I mean, I snapped in my chest.

I was finally figuring out what was going on.

For example, Yuna Iino. Her name sounded familiar.

There are many different types of cheat abilities, ranging from "Warriors" with excellent physical and magical abilities to those who, like me, do not have the power to fight for themselves but have unique abilities.

But surprisingly few, less than ten fingers, are those who combine both.

Yuna Iino is the exception.

- Yona Iino from "Weiwaten".

Her weapon, which even resonated with the remnants, is its speed. She's fast. Fast anyway. I hear none of the Superman expeditions were alone in catching up with her.

In fact, from the sight of it, its speed was overwhelming.

Even I, the Residual, knew that she was in the First Expeditionary Corps, which was an elite match, because she was such a famous one.

First expedition.

Consisting of cheat capable men belonging to the expedition, they left the colony for the eastern lands to seek information on this world… That group, which consequently led to the weakening of the expedition stationed in the colony, also triggered the collapse of the colony, apparently fulfilled contact with the inhabitants of this other world, as initially intended.

Silan described how he protected the students as' no coincidence '. "He asked me to protect him because he might have survivors," he said. It was the First Expeditionary Corps - that made that request - namely, they were in front of us.

That means that all the students here were saved lives by them.

Now again, they kicked an impending monster in the armor sleeve to try and get rid of the threat.

There is no danger there. There is only the result of the right use of that power by a powerful man.

"I'm glad to see you all here. From now on, there's nothing to worry about. With us, it's all right."

That dialogue of the cross was one that convinced me that I was someone on the side of protecting someone.

Although it was the attitude we were showing each of them differently, the three members of the expedition were all full of some kind of confidence.

To their power, to their will, to their existence, they are convinced.

The way it was, it was like a living hero in a story.

...... stupid.

Is there a reason?

There's no way they're heroes.

That's just a student. It's just a teenage boy and girl like us.

"All we have to do is leave the rest to us. Rest in peace, everyone."

So where they told me this, there was no way I could feel safe.

In the first place, it was that tragedy that ended up in the colony.

I will never forget that hell.

I've never forgotten.

It was the same cheat abilities they had in front of them that caused it. They are never saints. It's a bunch of immature young people with filth, driven by greed and sometimes wrong.

... yet what does this mean?

Without having to bother to look around, the air on this occasion affirmed their heroic behavior.

I am relieved and relaxed that this has ended many of the misfortunes that have befallen me, and that the danger has already been turned away forever.

No students, no knights, no one, including the three explorers themselves who spoke of it, seemed to question it as one.

I was the only exception.

Something's still wrong.

It's off. There is. Divergent.

... Or is this stranger to me?

"Mashima kun"

Lily called my name to care for me.

Now only her warmth leaning beside her felt like proof of my sanity.

As part of the protected students, we were safely invited to the fort.

The three members of the expedition acted differently because they said they wanted to talk to Shiran, who came back to the fort.

The knights also broke up and only the students were led to the room.

It was a man with a different gear than the knights who guided us through the red brick aisle. The armor is just to protect the torso, carrying a round shield just like me. I just looked at it a little while on the move, but whoever was working as a sentry had a spear. Maybe he belongs differently.

We talked about having one room for each person, but I decided to have Lily and the room the same. Given our safety, this was a natural choice for us.

I'm glad we weren't the only ones who stood out because there were others who wanted to use the room for a few people who were anxious to come to a place they didn't know about.

The room shown was a simple one with a bed and a desk.

One single window had a wooden frame fitted. Surprisingly, there was a lighting device on the wall that lit up the room.

When I looked it up, not lights or pine lights, but gripping fist-sized stones were fitted. The stone itself emits light about what the principle is. Is it a magic tool? Apparently, in this world, technology is developing differently than in our world.

By the time I finished checking the room all the way, the man who gave me the guide came again.

He brought me tarai with water and clothes and clothes, and he looked nervous because he knew we were from different worlds.

The man left, telling them that the fort had set up a welcome seat for the arriving transferees and that he would come and get them when he was ready.

I wiped my body well with a wet cloth, then washed my jersey and changed my clothes.

The clothes I was given were blue long-sleeved shirts and trousers. It looks like it was sewn for a good Gatai man in this fort. It would be big when the size was done and would look like a tunic if the luxurious Lily wore it.

Honestly, it's not very comfortable. Perhaps it was around here that the expedition wore student clothing until it came to this other world.

Honestly, I miss Garbera's clothes, but I can't help complaining. I changed my clothes while closing my mouth to the touch. The excess sleeves are wrapped around the wrist and fastened around the waist with the bands provided. I couldn't take away the weapons I brought, so I'll wear them from above.

After I was well acquainted, I sat down on one side of the two beds.

Ugh, and I sighed.

The developments so far have been frighteningly smooth. Thinking about it a lot and getting ready is enough to make me seem stupid.

I just couldn't honestly rejoice that it was all just because I knew what I felt was causing this' deviation '.

"Are you tired, your husband?

Until then, Lily stood before me, looking into the room. I'm going to peek into this face.

"... stop being your husband. I don't know who's listening."

"If you watch your voice, it's not good enough to be in the room. Soundproofing sounds good. That's why you're only free in your room to quit, right?

"That's true, though."

Lily, hearing my reply, lowered the zipper in front of the jersey.

Under the clothes there is semi-liquid slime body tissue from chest to belly, with large cavities. So a quit that was getting round raised his head.

If this room had been monitored by any means, the hiding would be out at the top of this... well, too much to think about going that far?

I don't know what magically possible means I have. If you start thinking about it, that's what makes me talk about how it's okay to be hiding under Lily's jersey.

"... Okay, Lily. Let's do what we always do when we're alone."

"Yeah."

When the quit waiting for the conclusion went down to the floor of the room, he came to me to put him to sleep on the bed.

Apparently, he wants you to mind. A fluffy tail swayed as much as her own body.

When I somehow reached out and stroked him under his throat, Ayamu narrowed his eyes to make him feel good.

When I hold my hand in prank, Akira scratches my hand with her front leg. It doesn't hurt because I'm not standing my nails up.

Follow the urging and stroke again. to follow the direction of the hair, or to turn against it.

The yawning hairs are soft. I regularly take a bath in the water, and occasionally I'll be doing it by combing it with the wax that Gabella had Rose make for me.

When I stop stroking, it's a trick, a trick. Still, if I don't stroke him, he tries to pull my hand together with both hands.

Desperate tricks tease me. Somehow, it heals.

It's time to stop being mean because I'll squeal my nose with pity. Then, he also removed the bandage on his left hand. Asalina stretches out slightly and begins to wind up giving up.

"Your husband."

Lily, dressed up, hugged me in the arms watching the youngsters play.

Lily's lips, laughing like a prank, touch my cheek. If the little bird pecks the bait, it's like, or, that's the kind of fox who grabs his hand sweetly trying to catch his attention.

I could understand what she was urging me to do so, so I honestly twitched my mouth.

"Can you listen to me for a second?

"Of course."

I decided to tell Lily what I had felt since I had joined the humans.

Lily listened to me until the end.

I was able to sort things out myself while I was talking.

This is what happens if you sum up the discomfort I have in a word.

"In short, I think we all believe in each other too easily"

Silans, from the Knights of the Other Worlds, we are suspicious Gentiles. I have no reason to believe it. The story is that the expedition asked me to go to a dangerous forest, and I went to the rescue, but there should be no such thing as a brother-in-law.

And protected students. They should know that hell that happened in the colony. But how did you accept us so easily? They favored us as if they didn't know they were suspicious.

"That's crazy indeed."

Lily, who had listened to me until the end, agreed with me.

"I did feel a 'deviation' like your husband did, too. Maybe there's something we don't know."

"If that's the case, I'll have to ask around Mr. Silan soon."

"Yeah. Right. Just..."

Lily nodded, but chose the words to hesitate there.

"Is that inconvenient?

"Huh?"

Lily's inquiry was poking at a part I never thought possible.

"Your husband just said, 'I believe in them too easily,' but that's not inconvenient for us, is it? In fact, it's going so well here."

"... it"

"I don't know what kind of back there is, so I think we need to check things out just in case, okay? But that's not what your husband cares about."

I looked up at this one and looked at Lily tilting her neck, and I was stuck in words.

Her allegations were targeted.

It's going well, so you just have to be honest and happy there. Doubting the back is another dimensional issue.

Yet I am not pleased. That's why...

"From me, it kind of looks like your husband is shocked by the 'deviation' itself..."

Lily glanced at my face and said something.

It was then.

There was a knock in the room.