Monster no Goshujin-sama

Twenty-three.

- Third day of stay at Fort Chile.

It wasn't the same as the day before, it was a peaceful morning.

"... sleepy"

"Your husband's still weak in the morning."

I chewed up my absences as I heard Lily say in a mixed voice with a frightened, then somewhere smiling.

Early morning when the sky is still dim. We are waiting for Silan in our room.

Yesterday, he promised me he'd teach me his sword.

Siran seems to have a habit of moving his body early in the morning, and he was about to be invited to go along with it.

Silan is a good teacher. For me waving my sword in our style, yesterday's training was a bigger and fuller time to learn than I expected. I don't complain because it's early morning because I can get instruction from her again like that.

However, one shame is that after that, Silan said he would leave the fort from morning until around noon to hit the sentry. Siran, who was originally on a long expedition to the depths of the Tree Sea, was supposed to be given a vacation, but he was feathered to return his holiday due to the shortage of Allied Knights manpower to which he belonged.

If I only had time to talk carefully, I would have told her something. It's important. But that seemed like nothing else to do next time.

But there's no particular reason to rush.

Because there are more opportunities than there are in this fort.

While I was half asleep, Lily prepared me for a response, including my own. For some reason I was allowed to sit back in bed and be semi-awakened for the time until Silan arrived, sweetened by her regular 50% increase and a twinkling smile, after a while I heard the sound of a knock.

Lily, who was in a good mood for a hug to my left arm, quickly stood up and answered and opened the door.

There was a slightly smaller eyeglass boy in the hallway with one hand up.

"Says. Good morning, Takahiro, Mr. Mizushima."

"Is that it? How did Taki-kun do that?

Leaning across Lily's face, Kanahiko waved at me in the room.

"Oh, my God."

"... good morning"

"About a friend telling me a story through. Takahiro, are you asleep?

Kanahiko, who came into the room, asked Lily, who was grinning, and immediately after that she opened her eyes with excitement.

"There are two men and women in the room. Sleepy man.... this is the one from the legend 'You were looking forward to last night'!?

"... you know I've been weak in the morning for a long time"

"Oh, is that it? Ha ha, that's rude.... but subtly Takahiro, you didn't deny what I said, did you? How's it going around there, Mr. Mizushima?

"Huh? Oh, yeah. - I don't know. Hehe."

"Meaning, taste, deep!? I shouldn't have asked! Captain, console me! Can't you...? That guy's guard is too tight, damn it, but I like that place too!

"... you're doing well in the morning"

It's just that I woke up because of you, and I shook my head holding on to my slightly sore forehead.

"So what are you doing here so early in the morning?"

"Mm-hmm. Uh, well. That's what it is."

When I asked him again, Kanahiko scratched his head a little shy.

"I heard that Takahiro will teach Mr. Shiran his sword, so I thought I'd have it mixed up."

"Kanahiko? What kind of blow is that again?

"... hmm. Well, I'm not gonna talk about it, so I'm gonna say it at this point."

Kanahiko let his eyes swim under his glasses.

"I've been trained by Mr. Silan occasionally, too. So well, that's the thing."

……

I'm ashamed to be seen trying - I know this guy is of that nature.

I was attacked by a little laugh attack. 'As usual' is apparently the same thing with this guy.

"Besides, look, if you're with Takahiro, at least it's more fun than moving your body towards cheat awakening with the brave Nori guys. Mr. Silan, the captain has a lot of trust. And for once, I can use it to strengthen my physical abilities and simple magic."

"Oh. I see. You mean it would be more efficient to train with me with the same progress?... but I can't use magic."

"Even I can use as much water attribute magic as the first staircase at best. Even so, if I hadn't taught you this, you'd be drowning wild in a tree sea. So this has helped me as much as it's ever been. Physical enhancement has been taught since I got here, and I've been working out 'over here' ever since. There's still more to it than magic."

Saying so, Kanahiko played the dagger's patterned buttocks on his hips with his fingertips.

"Speaking of which, does Kanahiko use a dagger?

"Oodle."

Four sturdy daggers, about thirty centimeters across the blade, are lowered to the waist of Kanahiko.

Shh, and the sound made Kanahiko pull two swords backwards. Its smooth motion is into the hall. This alone made it possible for Kanahiko to take his workouts seriously.

"... duplicity?

"So. is that cool?

This kind of place seems to be Kanahiko.

Around well prepared spare weapons too, I guess you assume a real battle instead of playing. Kanahiko, who laid down his sword, said with his chest outstretched.

"The aim is a hundred martial arts. How about I become the captain's knight? In the meantime, I'm trying to tame Mr. Silan from a sticky weapon. So, who's that Mr. Silan at the heart?

"We're waiting for you too. I thought it might be time to come..."

I was about to tell you, knock noise.

Where did you say that rumors would cast a shadow? Lily headed for the door again.

This time, it was Silan who showed up. Holding his helmet aside, he covers his elf-specific clear appearance with white armor today. I assume you mean in preparation for the sentry you said it would be this morning.

"Good morning, Takahiro, Miho.... oh. Was there also Lord Kanahiko?"

"Oh. Good morning, Silan.... What's wrong"

I frowned.

It was because I found a cover that clouded Silan's understated and neat expression.

"I'm sorry, Takahiro. As for the workout, may I have a moment?"

Siran with a worried face bowed his head.

"I don't mind that. Is something wrong?

"Yeah, that's what I told you to get ready for this morning's training. I can't see Kay anywhere."

"... what?

I narrowed my eyes by accident.

"This has never happened before, so I'm worried."

Siran seems upset, as the word goes.

I also know how much she cares about Kay, her niece, in yesterday's interaction at the temple. I couldn't help but get upset.

"I'm sorry, but I'm going to look for that girl from now on. You will be breaking your promise, so contact us first..."

"I see what's going on. Then I have no choice. Look for Kay. … or we can help."

"Huh? No, that's..."

As Siran tried to solidify my offer in a frightened manner, Kanahiko pinched his mouth with a snare and a grin.

"Fine, fine. We're out of time, too."

Kanahiko pushed Silan's back out to the hallway.

We follow behind it. Kanahiko with her legs together, her eyes and eyes met.

"Besides, it could be our side of the story... right?

"Lord Kanahiko? What is that...?

"Fine, Mr. Silan, go quickly."

"Ha, ha. Well, I'm sorry, thank you."

Perplexed, Silan leaves with his head bowed.

Kanahiko, who dropped off that back, looked back at this one. The look is harsh.

"The third day I've been here. It's just the right time for a fool to start fooling around, isn't it?

"... Was Kanahiko thinking the same thing"

I couldn't help but frown.

Yesterday, Kay is serious enough that it feels like we talked. There's no way you're skipping and playing somewhere. If so, it is correct to assume that there has been something.

And if there was something 'something' that had never happened before, it was more than likely a troublesome thing brought on by humans who had recently visited this fort.

Unlike Silan, I and Kanahiko both know that the transferee who visited the land is not a hero or anything, but just a teenage boy and girl. If this were trivialized, it wouldn't have been strange if someone had made some mistake and ran into selfish behavior.

"Shit, if this is the case, I should have kept an eye on those guys properly!

Kanahiko kicked the floor in agony.

"Calm down. We haven't decided yet."

I hold Kanahiko back.

Yes, we haven't decided yet.

But what if it's "yes"...

What came to mind in my brain was the body of Miho Mizushima, who chose to die himself. And it was Kato's figure I saw at the mountain hut one day.

"... Anyway, let's find it"

As I waved Kaburi, Kanahiko nodded with a harsh expression on his face.

"Right. Even if someone is watching something, Mr. Silan, they may be talking with 'special consideration for the brave'. We have equal standing. You can tell."

"Let's do a division. I move with Mr. Mizushima. Look for Kanahiko again."

"Yeah. I think that's a good idea. Because even Mr. Mizushima could be dangerous to the fool. I'll see you later."

Separated from Kanahiko, who waved and rushed out in haste, we began to look for Kai's whereabouts.

Walk fast down the hallway. I can't help the soldiers who give me their gratitude right now. I wasn't going to ask them about it like Kanahiko said.

I didn't think Kanahiko was in a hurry, but we can't handle the words of this world. I can't listen to you. Kanahiko, who has been in this fort for a long time, may have a 'Translation Demon Stone' with someone I know, but I don't even know that.

Nevertheless, that's why I'm not even going to walk around to the dark clouds.

"Lily."

"I know. You need my nose."

Heartfelt. I arrived yesterday from Silan to the room where I received the sword's hand.

I was supposed to move my body here this morning. In other words, Kay, who was able to come up with preparations from Silan, was likely to have come here or nearby.

I asked Lily to simulate Fire Fang's wolf nose and follow Kay's latest smell.

Led by Lily, my legs grew less and less popular.

Sansan and Lily snorted.

"You smell like old iron. Maybe it's a weapon."

"If so, is there a storage area around here?"

It's a warehouse if it's easy to understand. It doesn't make sense to be popular.

What is Kay doing here?... What are they about to do? The unpleasant feeling begins to become realistic. Nature, walking faster.

"... was there"

So much less, we discovered two blonde boys and girls in an unpopular hallway.

Girl with transparent native blonde hair on one side. The other one holding that wrist was a dyed blonde boy whose roots were turning black.

The boy was dragging a girl who was not even old enough to bring her into the room. The girl seems to be too young to resist, frightening her neat face.

……

It was the worst case I had ever assumed.

It just hasn't gotten to the worst.

Apparently, I made it.

A boy noticed this presence approaching early enough.

He frowned, distorted his expression uncomfortably, and the boy turned something.

My attitude is much bigger than it was yesterday morning when I encountered it.

I wondered why, and realized that I was in a slightly different situation then.

There are no expeditions here.

It's easy to understand and I don't like it.

Convinced I packed the distance without loosening my steps, I eagled at the boy's head as he was throwing dirty cursing complaints.

No questions asked.

Before the boy reacts, knock on the face to the door of the room where the girl was about to be brought in.

A boy with a nosebleed fell unconscious without a scream.

It was like there were gaps everywhere. Did you even think that you would never be attacked alone, trying to hurt others with selfish desires? I didn't even have to take Lily's hand.

But, well, maybe this is what it is.

I didn't have rigorous combat training, I didn't have experience standing on the dead line. I'm not ready for any kind of thing, and you can still shield the privilege of being a brave man. It just stood on the side of waving violence - because that's the kind of person you're dealing with.

I cut my gaze off from the boy, and I looked back.

"Are you all right?

Kay, with her buttcake on her and her eyes closed, was looking up at me. It's pompous.

"... ah. Right. Don't you know what you're talking about?"

There is no 'demon stone of translation' here. I am a transferee, and Kay is a resident of this other world. The words don't make sense.

I just scratched my head wondering what was going on and Kay screamed something and stood up.

"-, -! ――

"Whoops."

It surprised me because it was a pretty agile move, but it just seemed to follow. My name had been mixed up several times in the words of my mouth.

"- Eh, -"

As it is, Kay cries out. I guess I felt scared. Even if it's an attempt, it doesn't mean it won't hurt your heart.

I stroke his head as gently as I can, and again, look back over his shoulder.

……

There's this blonde boy who falls flashly with his nosebleeds scattered...

Don't kill him.

- Grab my shoulder, Lily says. So I returned it to me.

Scratch your head badly. It wasn't a clear intent to kill, but it wasn't something I figured out what I would have done if I had stayed that way.

"... bad"

"Yeah. Lord - I know what you hate about these people and why you hate them."

……

Originally, unless there was much more to it than Lily pretending to be Miho Mizushima, I wasn't going to move standing on the arrow. So we're on schedule so far.

But I'm not planning on stabbing the stomach here.

Now, I wouldn't hesitate to get this hand dirty with blood when I needed it, but now it was simply a bad place.

It's not like the threesomes in that mountain hut or Kaga. Let us not forget that this is not a lawless forest, but an already human realm.

You can't just lay your hands on me here, knowing that my opponent is an inferior species who was about to work rampantly on a young girl and probably won't be punished for her privilege as a brave man.

... what the hell is right and what is wrong is such a story that I don't know.

While I felt the inseparable, I stroked Kay's head crying on my chest.

……

And, there, I notice the gaze I'm looking at here.

Until earlier, he had narrowed his field of view and missed it, but there was another boy walking by the hallway wall.

It looks familiar. He was a 'bully' boy. I have swollen cheeks for some reason.

Lily, who had noticed his presence earlier than I did, walked over to him.

"Are you okay? Uh, are you..."

Say it, Ha. She looks back. In fact, he stood up to me to fulfill his duty as an escort.

The blonde boy who regained consciousness - Sakami was standing up.

"This... this! You're kidding, you're kidding me...!

Dropping his nosebleeds, Sakagami was staring at me with his bloody eyes.

"Come on, regret it... regret it, I'll let you"

"You..."

Totally repugnant. The anger that has ravaged the madness at any rate is shallow.

But there was a shallow human-specific danger there.

Another sense of crisis from when dealing with monsters makes me run scared on my spine.

These people do anything. I had a hunch. This guy will never forget this outrageous resentment. The result is an eye-covering tragedy.

There is no need for a great deal of reason for the loss of something honorable without a replacement. Instead, I have learned from experience that these small things are more troublesome.

Kay is a good girl.

Silan is an honest, serious girl who can face others, and Miho Mizushima and Kato were never such good people to see.

And yet, how can they have to be hurt by these guys?

Am I supposed to miss this guy on this occasion?

... Wouldn't it be better if we ruled it out on this occasion?

Miho Mizushima and Kato will not necessarily have the same misfortune as they did. Instead, it's already about to happen. It's too late to lose it.

Even if my position is going to be bad, I'm going to take this guy here...

"I'll make you regret it...... Huh!

My hand stretched unconsciously to the wooden sword of my hips, on the brink of it.

"- What are you doing!

A man's voice broke in between us.

Caution turned his gaze as he left it on the hill, and there was an expedition crossword there.

He's in the shape of anger, approaching this way. Is it a good time or a bad time? If this happened, I had to stop.

"Rubbing again? What is it this time..."

"Shit. Nothing!

The change on the hill was quick.

When he glances at me with hateful eyes, he leaves early enough through the sides of the cross.

"Come on, wait! Sakami!"

The cross seemed a little lost, but they decided to chase us up the hill after a glimpse.

"Did you say" Mashima and Mizushima, "and" Kudo "? Let me talk to you guys later."

And then without even listening to this one, the ten letters go.

I heard frustrating stupidity when I left.

"Totally. How long have you been in the world? Why should I be slighted by someone who doesn't know that everything is different here in different worlds......!

Is it hard to be a leader as well, and on the third day apparently the ten letters accumulate a lot. Well, it's not an impossible story. Even a cross is just a student, except to have cheats, and you'd want to have a head for a problem molecule like Sakami.

- This is a different world, different from the world we were in.

I remember the crossword saying something similar yesterday. Sure, that's right.

I don't think you're right that I don't know anything about that area on the hill.

However, on the other hand, it was, to be honest, doubtful whether the 'difference' was known in the true sense of the word to a cross that had never hit a real difficulty before.

Unlike me, they hold the values of the world in which they were. They continue to hold "The Great Thing" without realizing it's great. And yet, what makes it look different?

How dare you think that's the business of boring jealousy that the unfortunate will have in the lucky.

"... what are you talking about? Nothing's changed."

- And because it was when I was thinking about it, that dialogue struck me oddly strongly.

Looking back, while I was distracted by the appearance of the crossword, one of the remaining 'bullies' stood up.

"Are you okay? Haven't you hit him in the head?

"Thank you, seniors"

As Lily spoke to the boy with care, the boy had a faint grin on the narrow face of the line.

"It's okay. Yeah, I'm used to it."

Consciousness seemed solid, and there was nothing dangerous about how it worked when it stood up. In the meantime, you don't seem to be worried about a major injury.

"Mm-hmm. What's up?

At that time, Kay, who was following my chest, moaned.

"-, -"

I still don't know what you're talking about, but I found out that he wanted to claim something.

―― ――

Kay, sipping up her nose and letting herself go, bowed her head to the boy with swollen cheeks, saying something in a language that we metastasizers could not understand. I move my gaze from Kay to the boy.

"... hey, you, you got beat up sheltering about this kid?

"Haha. I couldn't do anything. As long as you're ashamed."

I laugh lovingly and scratch my swollen cheeks. You touched it and you felt the pain, and the ends of your lips cramped.

Pull in a grin and the boy bows his head gently.

"I'm glad my senior came. Please tell me about her."

The boy tries to leave through our side.

"Just give me a minute. Er..."

I try to call on that back and sip for a moment without knowing his name.

The crucifix of the expedition should have called earlier. Sure...

"... Kudo, was it"

I heard the names of all of them when they rendezvoused with more than a dozen rescued residual groups in the woods, but I remember hearing those names snugly.

- Kudo Lu. That was definitely the name.

"Yes. What is it"

"Earlier, I said, 'Nothing's changed.'"

I asked Kudo, looking back.

"What did you mean by that?

"... oh. Is that it? I was going to talk to myself."

Kudo spilled a bitter laugh. He looked like he'd given up.

"A strong guy can behave as he pleases. I just thought that our world would always have been."

……

For Kudo, who seems to be in an unwanted relationship with a child or servant on the hill, even where he has come to another world, the world looks as if it's a continuation of the same...

That may have been the negative side of what I had never known, 'hadn't changed', which I had only seen by comparing to myself.

"I'm sorry I said something weird. Excuse me."

Lift your head gently, this time Kudo is leaving. Lily gave herself up to me to drop off her back.

"What's going on?

"No."

I waved for the first time. It wasn't a big deal.

I just had myself convinced somewhere that I was interacting right now.

- The strong can behave as they please.

In the world we once lived in, apart from things like morality, ethics, and justice in the hearts of individuals, there was a norm called the law, which maintained order in society.

And it was the various policing mechanisms that underpinned those mechanisms. You can easily refer to this as the police, or you can think of a country where the military is responsible for it as a more extreme example.

But there was no such 'deterrent' in the sea of trees that we had transferred.

The result of some powerful people behaving as they please was the tragedy of the collapse of the colony.

The original world, in that deep forest, or in this fortress where it is now, may not change the essence of what is called man. However, if a stronger force sets the rules...

"-, -!

Around the chest of clothes was pulled, and I dropped my gaze. Kay with red eyes is staring up at me.

"... back for now? Silan's worried."

Whatever the world is, it doesn't change what we can do. We just do everything we can to protect what's important.

Cutting up thoughts without benefits, I stroked Kay's head pounding. Similar to Silan's, a softly dusted, refined face.

Now, let's just say this smile was protected.

In the end, early morning training became a fluke.

I changed my clothes to something new, then left my room, and had breakfast side by side with the other students in the fort.

Sanoko Taiichi, in a 'wrap-up' position, said today he will be teaching magic with a particular focus. I moved my body hard in yesterday's training, so it seemed to be a result of a raised voice saying it was physically demanding day after day.

There was a Kudo figure at the breakfast table, but I didn't get to talk to him, and there was no tangle or crossword and slope figure in the morning. The "Weiwaten" Iino had not yet returned, and in the expedition only a small crossing with a cane was surrounded by a large number of people, including the head of the fort.

And after we had finished our meal, we went to Siran, who was leaving the fort for the sentry, and returned Kay to the depository.

That's how it started, your time to study. Except we're not the teachers, we're the younger girls.

Spread the books around the little table and Kay told me what he knew about the monsters in this world.

"The origin of all monsters is in the tree sea, isn't it? Then, outside the tree sea, aren't there any very strong monsters?

"Basically, it will. But there are exceptions."

Kay answers my question with a reddish cheek.

The firmly gripped fist is on her knees, and the slightly forward position represents her zeal to give a serious answer, how adorable. From his neck, a red demonic stone the size of his fingertips was lowered.

"As the valiant men of history cut and pioneered the sea of trees, there are still pieces of the sea of trees everywhere. This is called the 'Coma Forest'. There's a lot of monsters out there that are so strong that they can hardly be defeated. That's enough that if we try to shred the forest, we have to be prepared for enormous damage. From what I just talked about, you're famous around" Greed Kingdom "and" The Wrath of the Earth "."

"I see. You mean that's all there is left of a cut tree sea"

"Yes. Conversely, some things that are not settled are treated as disasters outside the tree sea. Unlike the sedentary ones, this one is very damaging, so quite a few of them have been crusaded by the brave."

"So that's one of the brave guys' jobs."

"That's what happens. In other cases, some legends have been told about monsters who ruled one small country. Even so, this is an exterior that is not recognized by the Church"

"Not recognized?

"'Cause it's impossible for a monster to rule a country with reason"

"... well, yeah"

Lily, sitting in bed at the edge of her sight, chuckled.

"They say it's been a play in the Imperial Capital for a long time. Carl, the immortal king of tragedy. Originally, it's a tale of a magical king with excellent witchcraft who goes mad at the death of the brave lady who was his lover and finally turns himself into Rich, the undead monster. Even though it is imperfect, it is highly immortal, and no one can defeat the Immortal King, who left his intelligence behind by tough willpower, and finally the Cathedral Knight, once led by the Lady Brave, is sent, and the Immortal King disappears in the flames of purification."

"Does that mean that the immortal king and the others are already dead?

"Hehe. This is only a game, Takahiro. The church said the mad king led the country, rebellion against the empire. It was hundreds of years ago, so it's only natural that he's dead."

Well, I hammered, and I sighed unnoticed. Too bad.

It makes sense, of course, to be listening to famous monsters from Kay this way. Because stepping into the human world will keep us further away from the world of monsters than ever before. That means I can lead monsters into battle, which prevents me from building up my own.

However, there is also the advantage of being able to gather information more smoothly in the human world.

Gather information on powerful monsters and you may be able to make contact with rare or high monsters that could be my family. As far as Kay was concerned, there was also a feeling that there was going to be a monster who was conscious without the presence of me, and that was about to intrigue me around it.

Of course, even if there was no such reason, it makes sense to gather information on monsters. There was a particular wealth of information about the monsters on the surface of the tree sea. It was interesting to say that it was regional even when it came to the superficial areas in a bite, and that there were many that I had never encountered directly.

I could also hear such interesting stories.

"There are also famous monsters in the northern realm of this tree sea. It's a white spider that was confirmed five hundred years ago. A very beautiful Arakune appears among the heroes of the brave."

I was just about to spray the tea I was carrying in my mouth.

"And white Arakune......?

"Ah. Are you interested? On your expedition to the deepest part five hundred years ago, you said you had scattered and kicked the exhausted army on the way back? It is told that a brave man who fought a decisive battle to protect his army was already killed and seriously wounded, but he fought a spectacular battle. They said the result was a draw without a battle attached. Maybe the white spider is still wandering the tree sea."

No. We should be near this fort now, I can't say.

Even though he wasn't self-conscious, he also played Garbera right. No. I've heard stories before, but I didn't think I was fighting the Grand General's Quality.

Either way, the time I welcomed Kay into the room in this way became quite meaningful and enjoyable.

We had lunch together, and the lecture lasted until Silan, who returned from the sentry in the afternoon, showed his face.

"Thank you for keeping Kay. Was Kai able to help Lord Takahiro?"

"Oh. I've heard so many interesting stories."

"That's good"

After smiling at Kay, who blushed and blushed, Silan stuffed a distance from me and whispered.

"With regard to the matter being asked, as caregivers of Takahiro and Miho, I was allowed to attach Kai"

"Huh! Right. That's good."

I asked you to take Kay as our caregiver through Silan.

The boulder is only in the position of a brave man, and this much of my body seems to pass by. Most importantly, Kay didn't originally have a job in the Knights only with Silan.

Needless to say why it was so accomplished. Though the caregiver, the truth is, he sheltered Kay under the position of our brave men.

That place was pulled back down the hill by the expedition cracking in, but that hand guy is good at shifting responsibilities and resentment. I never went over to keep Kay in shape as far as I could see.

"But I still can't believe it. I can't believe the brave..."

"I know how you feel, but it's true. It's not like you don't believe Kay."

"Yeah. Of course it is, though."

"We've seen it with these eyes, and it's boring."

If you try Silan, brave is a living legend, an object of faith. No way did I even imagine that would have an evil idea for a young girl. My words seemed difficult to swallow, wrinkling between my eyebrows.

Nevertheless, we must ask her to look at reality properly and to protect herself.

"I told Kay this, but if anything happens, you can come running to us anyway. We're in the same position as brave men, so we should be able to take refuge."

"... thank you. I seem to have annoyed your hands about Kai, and I really don't know what to say to Lord Takahiro"

"Never mind. The bad news is the hillside, and I don't feel like I've lost my hand. Besides, there's no way you can pretend not to see a good boy like that get hurt on the hill."

Kay notices the gaze I'm looking at. A flower of laughter blossomed on her young face.

"Takahiro! Your sister's here, too, and it's time to go, isn't it?

Kay came running over and pulled my hand.

He seemed to miss me a lot, either because of an early morning incident or because we were together for half a day today.

"Oh. Okay."

Kay's here, too, and I decided to cut to the chase, and I turned my gaze to Siran.

"Is that okay with Silan, too?

"Yeah. I don't mind. Sentinel duty is temporary, so we have time."

Instead of early morning training, which has flown away, I was supposed to have Silan hang out with me from now on.

"I'm sorry I let you use the day off that's been half a day."

"No, because this is what I offered to do here. Besides, as I said yesterday, we don't have anything else to do but train anyway. Takahiro is enthusiastic, so even this one is worth teaching."

"It's a good way to teach Silan. It's a waste if you don't take it seriously."

"Oh, I don't think so..."

Laying down her gaze, Silan teased her pointy ears with her fingertips. Apparently that is her habit when it is very illuminating. While I was invited to laugh, I was asked to place one order.

"You can just be a little tougher"

"... even more severe could result in injury"

"I won't complain if it's to the point of breaking a bone. I mean, heal with healing magic anyway, so do it as hard as you want. Otherwise there's no point."

"Ha, ha. Yesterday it also seemed to move my body to the limit of my strength, and I have no doubt that Lord Takahiro is serious..."

Silan's voice was a little frightened, but at the same time it felt like it contained favorable emotions there.

"If you're done talking, let's go, Takahiro. I'm going to have Sister Siran put on an audition today. Let's do our best together!

You think our conversation is over, pull my hand a little harder that Kay stayed in the grip. Seeing such a sister's share, Siran frowned like she was in trouble.

"Kay. Don't be too familiar with Takahiro..."

"That's good, Mr. Silan. Mashima-kun, I'm talking about having a brother, but not a sister, and she seems nostalgic and cute."

Lily takes the trouble-faced silane.

"But..."

Seeing her niece holding my hand in dismay, Silan made a grin with her eyebrows lowered.

"... no. I get it. I'm sorry, Takahiro. Regards, Kay"

Yay! and Kay snaps small and invites everyone to laugh.

Here is a sight of peace that I don't think is amidst the sea of trees where the monsters roam. I felt it on my skin that this must be what Silan wanted to protect.

Silan said he would go ahead and get ready, so me and Lily decided to hang out with Kay.

Grab the sweat wipe and water bottle Kay has prepared and head to Silan's waiting workout. Kay had a big leather bag, so I and Lily decided to carry the rest of the luggage.

The leather bag contained tools for Kay to have the archery on, so even the weight of it was fun and the girl's footsteps were bouncing.

Incidentally, Shiran also said he had his voice on Kanahiko, who was about to attend this morning's training, and he was talking about rendezvous later. Maybe he's with the captain until the end of the day, helping him combine his studies for the future.

Along with Kay, who joyfully tells Silan what he has learned so far, we have arrived in the designated room.

……

As soon as a few people entered the room just the right size to move their bodies, I felt the strained air on my nose and put my feet together.

There was a fully armed girl with a sword on her right hand and a large shield on her left, showing Rin's side.

I get exhaled all the time.

Wearing heavy armor, the stepping in is sharp, so that it slips. A sword is swung down, not knowing when it was lifted. Cut back, the tip turned over his head with a crease, and now the reverse. Collaboration of poking from horizontal giraffes. Light enough not to think you're wielding a chunk of steel, the sword move of a thousand changes flashes.

It never works itself fast, as if to check every single move. Yet the carrying of that sword was extremely difficult to follow with eyes.

It's too smooth to move and there's no waste. First of all, it was a routine, unseen move. I'm sure this was gained in a real battle between blood seeping drills and life bets. The girl was there as integral with the sword, so much so that she originally illusioned with the girl herself in front of her, being there for 'waving the sword'.

If this is the norm for knights fighting at the forefront of the battle against monsters, isn't it surprisingly not a lot like the metastatic cheat ability...

"... it's amazing how many times I've seen it"

"It would be amazing"

Kay consented innocently to my words spilled by accident.

"Besides, your sister isn't just a sword. He's very good as a spiritual user."

Kay's voice was filled with respect for her sister and the girl she admired.

"In the first place, even elves can only contract with the Spirit in the extreme. The Spirit tries the contractor. If the unqualified challenge the contract, all they are waiting for is death."

"You mean you need to go beyond the trials"

"Yes. What is needed is a noble soul. And it's supposed to be a pure prayer. To that end, we elves get rigorous training from an early age. Still, there are only a few spiritual users."

Glittering his eyes, Kay grabbed the leather bag he held over his chest.

"I'll be like my sister one day too..."

"That's not what I'm gonna hold you to, Kay"

I accidentally picked up the sword that Silan was sifting and turned around here.

He seemed focused, but he noticed this one properly.

"Wow, sister!? Were you listening?

"I can hear you."

Siran, who laid down his sword and came this way, raised his finger and said:

"Okay, Kay. I, and others, are still half immature on the road. You will also become a squire next year, on your body aspiring to be a knight. The goal must be higher. You see."

"Yes. Sister."

"You promised to look at you today, too. Get ready."

"Yes, sir."

Kay rushed to the room to follow Silan's instructions, which were completely in sermon mode. When I put the leather bag I brought, I take off the piece on the spot and start dressing. As a courtesy, I strayed from my room.

Lily walks into the room with her stuff for me. They get along, they start to bicker at something.

Left in the hallway, I spoke to Silan, who turned back to us.

"Wouldn't it be too harsh?

"Because I have a duty to raise her in public."

Silan answered, whispering a little so that Kay wouldn't hear him.

"Otherwise, I can't face my deceased brother and his wife and my mother, who have always cared about that child"

The appearance of Silan like that, whatever the pattern, was entirely as his sister.

There are similarities to Gabella, who cares about giving up. But there are many gaps.

"But it feels like I heard that at that age, swords and magic can be used there, right? In fact, he also used Translation Stone."

One thing on the hill this morning, even without the difference in positions where resistance is unacceptable and the fear and confusion of being compelled by an older man, I might not have needed my help.

I think it's a lot at that age, but Silan shook his neck to the side.

"Not yet to fight through in this tree sea. Besides, there's something so far-fetched about that kid. I can't keep my eyes open."

"I guess I couldn't help but want to talk about my proud sister. That's good."

Maybe there aren't many opportunities for that.

Both Silan and Kay are elves, so only a thoughtful person can talk. I guess the presence of outsiders who listen to her like we do is unusual.

"In fact, Silan's skill is a lot. I also know Kay's gonna want to brag."

"That's not true"

I meant it, but Siran denied it.

"To this extent, it's not a big deal"

I thought you were humbly saying that, but her face is calm.

Apparently she said that from the bottom of her heart.

"Of course, I've done everything I can to myself. … but really, that's not enough"

Silan's expression is not excellent. The voice color was even slightly darker.

"Yes. It's not enough. In this body. No matter how much you work out, your people die one after the other without failing to protect you."

"Silan......"

Siran's eyes with a dark look may have reflected his brother's death in battle in this tree sea, as well as his companions who have ever mourned him.

"There's too little we can do. Year after year the villages disappear, people are eaten, and gradually the forests erode the world. Even where we fought with a sword in our hands and risked our lives, we had the best to eat it. Once you lose it, you'll never get it back."

There's a smudge, and Silan's fist is gripped.

"So..."

Silan's clear pale eyes inadvertently reflected our - 'brave' appearance to them.

"Does Lord Takahiro know what the big difference is between us and the brave ones?

"Difference......? You got something like that?

Silan nodded at me, frowning in surprise.

"Yes. It is said that the difference between the rare brave men who come from different worlds and us is in the soul. It is the power of the soul that creates mighty abilities. The essence of man is not in the flesh, but in the soul. In other words, we and the brave men are different by nature."

... That's not true, if there's a difference, it's simply a different world born.

I thought so, but I couldn't put it lightly in my mouth.

Because the quiet Silan words had a unique weight.

I'm sure what's out there is the envy you can't give up, trying, trying... to something that still didn't arrive.

It seemed to me that "the statue of the brave created" was an idol, and it was bound by faith.

This, 'created statue of the brave', was what I felt when I heard about the legend of the brave.

In the legend that Siran tells of, all the brave men who descended from other worlds were throwing themselves into battle to save a suffering people. There's not even one exception.

You have to look at righteousness without courage. I see, that's great.

But that's all too pretty. Human beings are not flower making. Ten people and ten colors don't always mean good things, some look at misfortune and sympathize with it, others turn a cold blind eye.

It is impossible that all the humans who have so far transferred to this world are good men. Then we wouldn't have needed the police in our world. The legend of a brave man who is too beautiful has a falsification of history, which means that fabrications exist. 'Made up' is what I mean.

But I can't say that's generally a bad thing again either.

Sometimes they need more beautiful crops than mud-filled truths.

"'This is a world where wishes come true,' said the first brave man."

Silan's voice had a fever.

"There are theories about interpretation to be too simple a word, but it is predominant that in the dark times when more people were being hunted down than they are now, words left to encourage people to 'give up hope'. I have also been inspired by this word."

……

My first dialog, 'This is a world where wishes come true', only sounded like it was saying, 'Even a mediocre self who had no power whatsoever can be a dream hero here'.

But it seems different for the Silans.

However, I still didn't feel like pointing that out in my mouth. For Silan, that fantasy is important. There was no way I could say something insensitive to break it.

"In less than a few years Kay will be on the battlefield as well. Given the Knights' wear and tear rate, that kid won't live to return to the village first either. Besides, even if there's something going on back home, it's not something I found out when that village will be swallowed up in the woods. And there's nothing I can do about the status quo. I cannot finish this endless battle, which has lasted thousands of years, before he leaves for battle..."

Silan looked with some sad eyes at his niece as she changed into archaic clothes and wore skin protective equipment.

"I am powerless, and I cannot do anything. … but hope has come down"

Silan smiled at us.

"Never before have so many brave men visited this world. Maybe today is the time when we humankind will be free from years of threats."

……

I think as I look at that smile.

This may not be possible, he said.

I wanted to talk to Silan about one thing.

It was about the collaborators Lily and I discussed last night.

As the Lord who led Lily and the others, I decided to find someone I could trust and ask them to help me.

But don't just think you won't betray me more than you will bring consultation. If you don't choose someone who knows what's going on in this world, you're just going to get them in trouble.

The first thing that came to my mind when I thought about finding someone to talk to was Silan.

But if the presence of us for Silan is only one of the 'brave men created', I can't say 'I want to leave the fort without anyone knowing'.

Because that means, 'I'm not going to live as a brave man'.

... Unfortunately, do we have to hit another one?

That's when I made the decision, and Silan accidentally pulled in a smile.

"But now I think. I was wondering if this was my self-serving expectation."

"Silan......?

"I have been taught that the rare brave men who come all the way from different worlds are heroes who fight for the great things of the world. If you eat up your teeth, one day they will save us. I am not going to deny the past that has fought for that in hope. But......"

Siran turned his sincere eyes to me, bewildered by words I never expected.

"At the temple, Takahiro said he knew my feelings about protecting my homeland, my countrymen, and my companions."

"... oh. I told you."

"I could see if I could see Lord Takahiro waving his sword that the word was not a lie. I felt that Lord Takahiro was desperate to protect someone important, that it was never the world that the brave men of the story were trying to protect, etc. I thought Takahiro was just like me."

What was in Siran's words was empathy for those with the same thoughts.

I myself held it against Silan in an underground temple. That's what she felt, too.

"In fact, Lord Takahiro looks like he has a line-drawn attitude towards the other brave men. And if this idea of mine is right, the expectation I had for Lord Takahiro is only my own fantasy."

"... don't you get angry? I must have betrayed Silan's expectations."

"It would be too untrue to be angry that you have been betrayed your pressed expectations. Instead, I must apologize to Takahiro. I ask you to forgive me for speaking of my own fantasies."

Siran's eyes like that were staring at me right now here.

"We're ready!... What, Sister Silan? Takahiro? What's wrong?

Kay, dressed in leather armor for archery, rushes over here and compares us with a strange face. Lily felt something and put her hand on Kay's shoulder.

"Silan, I..."

I open my mouth.

Silan waiting for the word - then, suddenly, he changed his complexion.

"Huh!? Please wait, Takahiro."

At the tip of her swinging, there was a figure of the Spirit glistening with a slight yellow light.

It was a visionary sight.

Just before we got to Fort Chile, we were attacked by Green Caterpillar.

"Is that a monster?

"Yep. Looks like he's near the fort"

Seeing about me nervous, Silan smiled with a dependable grin.

"Rest assured. It is a daily tea meal here in Fort Chile, such as the raid of monsters. In fact, we were on sentry around here today, but there was no anomaly. Perhaps a monster of mobility… per 'trip drill'. It's no big deal."

Silan walked through my side and out into the hallway.

"Perhaps the others haven't noticed yet, so I'll be in touch. We'll talk again when we get back."

"Oh."

When I nodded, Silan smiled soberly.

"You, who can dedicate everything you have for something important, can be respected. Even if you're not a brave man. I look forward to talking to you when I can."

"I was wrong with Mr. Silan earlier, what, some sudden errand?

Shortly after Siran left, Kanahiko turned up.

"I left when I said the monster was out. Is this a lot?

"Oh, so? Yeah. That's a lot. I wonder if there will be one every three days for sure. Most of the time, Mr. Silan was the first to realize that it didn't make much sense for an army outpost? Sounds like a high-performance radar."

"Right."

The truth is, as you can also see from the fact that you don't notice anything about Ayama or Asalina, the only thing you can know about Silan's ability to fight foes via the Spirit is that 'the enemy is here', so it's a little different from the radar, though.

Most of all, it is still a sufficiently effective means of countering the enemy. I also heard from Kanahiko's mouthfeel that he was treasured in the fort.

"Maybe the Knights of the Alliance will come out to exterminate the monsters approaching the fort"

Kay, who was beginning to take care of his slightly skinny sword, looked up and said. I lean my neck.

"Wasn't the fort's defense under military jurisdiction?

"Of course, the military will have a better defensive posture, but basically, they're turtles."

He said, "I'm not going out in the woods."

"Yes. Extremely occasionally, but there's a way out of the fort, and then, the Knights complain, right? The fort's defense is military business, don't you think it's terrible?

"Well, if you're complaining, we're talking about getting out on our own."

Kaihiko grinned bitterly when she saw Kai, who was outraged.

"Nevertheless, this time, I guess we'll be talking about the Knights' jurisdiction in the woods."

"... that's a troublesome story"

"I don't know about the organization."

Kanahiko shrugged her shoulders at my words with her eyebrows lowered, clanging her fingers as if she had come up with something.

"That's right. Takahiro, come on, it's a corner, why don't you take a tour?

"A tour... a fight with a monster?

"Sort of."

That seemed an attractive suggestion.

To be honest, I'm interested in fighting different worlds. It may be helpful.

"Can you see it?

"I have to mix it up with soldiers and say I want to see it up close. No. I feel like I can handle that if you insist, but Takahiro, you don't want me to cry about Kai, do you?

"I won't cry!... I disagree."

"Is the tour good in itself?

Kay nodded in stiffness once she confirmed because she couldn't help but bother and didn't want Kanahiko to cry like he said.

"Let's take it from the northeast watchtower. There, you can look around the fort for about half."

Following Kay's guidance, we moved the fort.

The soldiers are going somewhat hastily down the hallway because the monsters showed up? After interacting with the soldiers several times and obtaining permission to cross, we reached the spiral staircase leading to the top of the tower.

"Speaking of which, Takahiro"

Kanahiko flickered his mouth as he was climbing the stairs. It was a fun tone.

"I heard you made Kay your concubine, really?

"Ooh... Huh!?

It was Kay, not me, who reacted to this. Kick me in the stairs, I'm about to fall. Speaking of me, I was used to Kanahiko saying stupid things because of his raw hatred, long relationship.

"He's got his hands on Mr. Silan, too."

"Mi, Kanahiko, who's saying that?!?

"I wonder if the transferees know much about it.... Well, I'm the one who touched it."

"Kanahiko - Huh!?

Forget the other guy is a brave man or something already, Pocky Kay is slapping Kanahiko on the shoulder. I would have blamed Siran if there was one on this occasion, but now Kanahiko is just laughing with pleasure.

Totally a delightful offender's face, but it wouldn't even be so thoughtless.

It's certainly safer for both of you to keep it that way. I'm not complaining about being ex-post consented to, or anything that seems loud around the expedition, but I guess Kanahiko is trying to protect this elf sister as Kanahiko.

While interacting like this, I got to the top floor.

There are several soldiers in the room, alerting the outside world through large cut windows.

"Oh. Dear Kanahiko, how did you get here?

"Just a tour. Take me with you."

Kanahiko exchanged words with a familiar soldier.

"I heard the monster came out, where?

"I don't see it yet. The Knights are just leaving."

"Whoa. Then for now, the front."

Kanahiko approached one of the windows where there were several.

Fort Chile has a polygonal calf from above, but apparently this is one of the circle towers at the corner of that polygon. From the windows set on the round-through wall, I saw the iron door of the fort, which was slowly opening.

The vitreous is not fitted, so the wind is blowing through the window. I smelled the forest.

"... hmm?

Lily lowered her voice. Sniffles and frowns.

"What's up?

"Oh, no. I don't know if it's my fault..."

"Oh! I'm out!

Lily was about to say it, and Kanahiko raised her voice.

Look, the iron door is open. About twenty knights of full-body armor came out of the gate. From what I've seen, it's the costume of the Allied Knight to whom Silan belongs, but to the boulders. It seems that Silan is no longer mobilized today. There is no sign of her white helmet.

Soldiers with bows and arrows line the walls. This would be the fort's defensive force moved by Silan's warning.

A bouncing bridge descends across the moat surrounding the fort and the knights begin to cross the bridge.

When the last one was finished crossing, the knights accidentally took their feet.

I was just wondering what was going on, and Lily, who was watching next door, grabbed the hem of my clothes.

"No, it's not good."

"What..."

As soon as I tried to ask him back, I heard the sound.

It sounds like ground. The forest is trembling. Something is coming.

When I thought so, the green tsunami was overflowing from the woods.

It's a huge group of Green Caterpillars, giant potato worms over three metres long.

It's not about ten or twenty noises. That number of Green Caterpillars that emerged from the woods is not going down a hundred. I give him the smoke, and he pushes me as furious as he gets.

"Hey, what the hell?"

"You're lying, dude. Am I dreaming..."

"Hey, why so many...... oh, come on, that sucks. We need to give him the jump bridge fast!

Soldiers in the lookout tower shudder. It was also clear from their reaction that this was an anomaly.

The bouncing bridge finally begins to rise, whether the reaction has been stunned or delayed.

At the same time, arrows began to be released from above the walls. Flamebombs by magic mixed, and the space in front of the gate turned into a dead place with a mixture of iron and fire.

... but that's only a story for the regular person. I can't stop the wave of monsters pushing over.

Arrows stab. The epidermis burns. However, on this level of attack, a highly viable Green Caterpillar cannot be killed, nor can it be stopped.

Originally, perhaps the fort's defense presupposed concentrating numerous attacks on a few or so monsters. It was also natural that it would be ineffective if it were dispersed.

The large crowd of spikes finally plunged into the bouncing bridge.

There, I couldn't cross the bounce bridge and go home - no. There was a figure of the knights who chose not to return to the fort but to guard the scene dead.

No matter how deep they dig, they can't stop a monster invasion in a moat like this. It's the only equipment that was originally supposed to be underfooted.

But that foothold is important in base defense. Enemies clumped together to cross the moat become good and favor the defensive side. But that's also half as effective if they hold down the bounce bridge.

We can't let him cross the jump bridge. The leader in the field, who leads more than twenty Knights, must have made that decision.

A sharp decree was issued, reaching this far away.

"All hands, assault!

More than twenty knights who looked too tiny, dressed in heavy armor, rushed to the worms… swallowed by the green waves, not for a few seconds.

"Hey ah!?

Hold your mouth and Kay screamed.

Already the knights are invisible hidden in worm giants and earthly smoke. Under honorable sacrifice, only the time earned was what they left behind.

But that's a precious few seconds.

Because their sacrifice gave them time to raise the bounce bridge.

... it should have been.

And yet, how come, that bouncing bridge is stuck on the way?

The giant Green Caterpillar jumped toward the bouncing bridge that was clumping in a halfway position. Some fell to the bottom of the moat, but the rest caught on the bridge.

"Hey. Whoa, whoa, whoa. You gotta be kidding me, man. Come on, man. Stop it!"

Kanahiko yells in a cramped voice.

Before we watched, whenever the number of stubborn worms increased, the bridge slowed the gradient and finally fell across the shore, unable to withstand its weight.

The road flickered. There's nothing to block anymore.

The potato worms march at full speed towards the Iron Gate. Assault. Proceed. As we look around, we approach the iron door that blocks the gates of the fort.

Without slowing down as it was, the potatoes crashed into a giant iron door.

The fort swayed with the roar.

"Ugh."

Green fluids were scattered.

Next to next. Like a martyr throwing himself. Or like a moth jumping into a fire. Without any hesitation, the potato worm knocks its giant against the iron gate.

Each time, the crashing head shaken, collapsed, and splashed.

They're dying. Like competing. The way it brings back nausea makes me think of it somewhere in Ghoul, and I can't feel the obsession with survival that should exist as an organism at the very least.

But any attack that would make even those own bodies self-destruct would surely destroy the fort.

He shuddered with one blow, trembled with two blows, followed by three, four, and five, with gaps. The iron door swayed, tilted, and at the end of the day the hinge could be played. In the dark green fluids of his compatriots, the green caterpillar, transformed into a turbulent stream of greenery, creeps through the gate.

"A monster broke in...?

A loud voice struck me in the ear as to who crushed it.

The time I was suddenly losing myself was probably shorter on the spot.

So I could also notice Lily stretching her body right next door.

"No, they're coming this way too!

If you patrolled the gaze that was nailed in front of the gate, you could see there a flock of flying bullets - large beetles over seventy centimeters long, stub beetles.

At the next moment, the top floor of the lookout tower where we are collapsed.