Monster no Goshujin-sama

Twenty.

Feathered coat sways in the wind over a blazer that has been woven.

With the girl's skull-piercing sword in her right hand and the chain tying the girl's body in her left hand, the boy smiles with no evil.

Jun Takaya.

It was Miho Mizushima's childhood tame who passed away, and although it was the episode I've heard about leaving her and Kato in the mountain hut to follow the First Expedition, this was the first time I've seen her face to face.

"Come on, let's go. Sister Miho."

Across the river, Says Takaya, who held Lily tied up in chains.

It was the warm voice of an innocent boy.

Maybe he called Miho Mizushima the same way before the transfer, when he was in our world. The warmth too out of place felt rather raw and licking my skin.

Lily is unconscious as a result of an unparalleled highhouse attack.

As it is, Lily will be taken away.

The moment I thought so, I was kicking the ground.

"Wait..."

"Don't interrupt me."

Turning around, Takaya told him in a cold voice.

There was a sort of resentment floating in my eyes directed at this one.

My spine pops.

Survival instincts cultivated by survival in different worlds to date sound a warning.

"Your sister will have it back"

The treasure sword shined in the hands of Takaya.

The magic formation did not unfold, but signs of intense magic struck the skin.

I jumped out of the way, reflexively resting my legs.

At about the same time, the ground thrived at the foot of the high house.

"Magic Tools......!?

A great deal of dirt and sand has slipped into the river plains where we are.

The dirt and sand that has entangled the water in the gorge is gaining weight by involving the water. The reaction was delayed. You can't get away with it in time.

"- Your husband!

On the verge of being swallowed by impending dirt and sand, before my eyes, grey hair spread.

"Rose!?

I pressed my wounded body and Rose was interrupting my eyes.

Shielded, she clashes directly in front of the pressing dirt sand.

"Gi...... ugh"

A moment of equilibrium and bankruptcy. A short scream was scratched off by the explosion.

Rose's body is bounced off. At the next moment, a great deal of dirt and sand swallowed up the river plains we were in.

"Ugh, what!?

By Rose's interruption, the impending dirt sand was diminishing momentum. Nevertheless, the weight of pushing over is just a threat. Soon my vision will flip and I won't know what it might be.

I held my breath trying only to avoid losing consciousness, and I bit my back teeth hard.

"Whoa!?

Unexpectedly, he pulled his left hand with great momentum.

I thought my joints would dislocate, but as a result, my body would escape from the dust.

In the dizzying, shifting scenery, I could see Asarina stretching from the back of my left hand wrapped around the nearby trees. She pulled my body up.

"Ugh."

I rolled unnecessarily to the ground, unable to adjust my posture.

Ignore the painful body and get up as fast as you can. Throw away the gravel in your mouth, pull out your sword and set it up...

……

There was no pursuit I was afraid of.

Instead, there was no appearance of a high house per se.

"... Huh! No way!?"

Hurry back from where it had been flushed to the river plain where it was.

The landscape on the banks of the river where the ground has been repeated and changed.

There were no high houses there, either.

... Lily, who was caught by him, had also disappeared.

"Damn, they did it!

Earlier magic attacks were not so powerful.

Although fine dirt and sand were scattered over a wide area, there was no damage other than my tiny river plains. Yet Takaya didn't even come after me.

That was a mistake.

As far as unhesitant attacks go, if I could have taken my life, I guess that would have been good, but there was only one other purpose.

In fact, if you were willing to destroy us in the high house, you could have destroyed us. I guess the failure to do so meant that we acted with the highest priority on our aims.

Purpose.

They took Lily away.

……

I felt bloody from all over my body.

My body feels hot, cold, unstable.

It was Kato's call that made me return what I had suddenly lost.

"Senior Mashima"

Looking back, there was Kato sitting there, hugged by Iino.

She didn't have to be flushed much earlier in the dust. As far as standing up with trembling feet, no injuries appear.

"Are you all right?

"Ah, oh. I'm fine. Kato's safe, too."

"Yes, because Mr. Iino sheltered me."

"Iino?

Even when I turned my gaze, Iino didn't respond.

He's apparently upset by the unexpected appearance and attack of Takaya.

Earlier, Takaya launched an attack, regardless of the presence of Iino.

If you try Iino, Takaya is part of the expedition. It must have never occurred to me to be attacked.

Even in such a confused situation, should I say that I protected Mr. Kato?

The magic of Takaya was aimed at me. Even though he was in range of attack, Iino didn't take a direct hit. With the power of "Wewaten," it would have been as simple as protecting one non-combatant.

"Rose pushed me toward Iino..."

Kato squeezed his hand in his chest and looked up at me.

"... Um, what about Mr. Rose?

Rose was found a short distance from the river plain.

It was buried in half the dust, so I had to dig it back.

Kato is wetting his little cloth with river water and wiping his muddy Rose body with praise.

On his back, Rose remained heavily exchanged.

Should I say that I only had to be adult?

The skirt, which spread over the repeated ground, did not have the bulge to be there.

Rose had lost her lower body.

Originally, where I was taking a blow to Iino, it was because I couldn't. The lower body, which was broken from the waist, was buried in dirt and sand, and I don't know where it went.

"... it's not serious, my lord"

"No. You did a great job"

Without hating to wreck it, Rose stood up to me. Thanks to you, I don't need to get hurt.

"But to get my sister back..."

……

In order to get Lily back, we have to find a place in the high house, catch up, and fight him.

I can handle it until I find a place.

There is a path between us. If you get just far away, you'll lose your effectiveness, but at least now I know where Lily is.

The question is, can we catch up?

Yeah, and striking a brilliant escape means the tall house probably doesn't have the will to engage. Lily, even though I have one, can I really catch up with having cheats to escape?

Plus, I just caught up with you, and there's no way you're not fighting Takaya to help Lily out.

But the raids that continue to stand are depleting this battle force.

Gabella and Silan, stop, and Kay and I strayed, and Rose blew it.

Mr. Kato is out of combat.

Me and Asalina are the only ones who can fight. It's not like you can't fight, but not enough to fight Takaya alone, a warrior with good combat skills, to get Lily back.

"How do I..."

Whatever you think, you don't have enough power.

As it is, I can't get Lily back.

"In the first place, how did Takaya get there..."

"That's the thing, sir"

I just groaned, and Rose called out.

I cursorily raised my gaze.

"... what"

"I had one thing caught on. That's what Iino said earlier."

Iino's words?... Speaking of which, was Rose about to say something earlier?

"She said, 'I want you to take me to the entrance to the mountain road'." If we get that far, we can go home with the horse we left behind, "he said."

"Oh. You said it. So?"

"Though my legs were dull due to collective action, it took me nearly two weeks from leaving our tree sea to reaching the lodging town near Serratta. Four days on an early horse. Mr. Iino said he ran through there in two days.... Why is the horse left at the entrance of the mountain path?

I looked back.

Rino, who sat down, looked up at me. He had a strong face. I approached her slightly.

"What do you mean?"

Grab the chest barn and stare at it at close range.

"Well, the horses have come this far."

Iino, kneeling, distorted his eyes as to whether he was forced to move and his foot wound hurt.

"I came back from Fort Ebenus and stopped by Serratta on the way. Mr. Lewis told me to do the same..."

"From there, he said, he came with a horse.... because you were with Takaya, right?

Iino nodded.

"By the time I arrived at Fort Ebenus, Takaya had already left... and it was Serratta who rendezvoused. Takaya and I broke up at the entrance to the mountain road. You'd better have manpower when you're listening in the settlements on the road. But if we get here, all we have to do is catch up..."

When I heard the story from Iino until I got here, I thought it was an itinerary I could afford.

But think about it, if you're Iino's character, it's natural to come as fast as you can.

I couldn't do that because I needed to align myself with the tall house.

Iino said to me that he was surprised to understand the situation.

"I can't believe Takaya did this. … there's been a mistake."

"Mistake? Even you would have been involved in the attack on the Takaya, wouldn't you?

"That's... but he's a really hard worker, he's a good kid"

Iino shook his head small to the side. It was a powerless trick.

"When I reached the fort alone, my mind and body were exhausted and blurry. Just to be clear, he's not the stronger of Warrior. Alone in the wide woods, I think, was thoughtful. There would have been mental drain, and if I had thought about the monster raid, I wouldn't have been able to sleep busily at night. If you lose strength and lose focus, you get hurt too. In Takaya's case, I was rushing ahead..."

……

"Still, Takaya let him reach the fort. That first word was," I want you to help me, Miho. "" I don't care about myself, get your sister soon "... like a rumor, that's what he said"

I felt like I could sketch out what Takaya looked like at the time that Iino saw it.

He must have really been desperate to help Miho Mizushima.

Not to mention myself, I just scratched my feet to save a childhood tame in love.

Whatever the tragedy of the consequences, you can say that the act is noble.

But I couldn't agree with Iino that it was some mistake.

Rather, I heard this and was satisfied with the raid on the high house.

"Truth is, I'm not a kid who does that..."

"That won't be a reason"

"Huh?"

I grabbed the chest barn and the attracted Iino blinked at close range.

"You think all the bad guys in the world like to dye their hands at evil?

All the humans in the world are good people, and there's a mutation and a mix of bad people.

If so, how good would it be?

Reality is not that simple.

There is no such thing as absolute evil. If there was such a thing, it would almost be a miracle. Any human being, in some cases, can be cowardly and despicable.

For example, the cheat capable men who drove the colony to ruin. I will never forgive them, but that is why I do not even think that they were born wicked.

They were normal people, except that they had off-digit power. It was that power that drove them to murder.

Or, conversely, weakness can make mistakes. Like Kudo Lu, another monster user. Because it is too difficult to remain right in this harsh world.

Takaya, maybe, yeah.

If you've been thinking so much about Miho Mizushima, his actions are rather convincing this time around.

"I guess Takaya just got his childhood back together."

Precisely, I assume I got it back.

But actually, no. That's Lily. It's not Miho Mizushima.

... it sucked.

The stronger your thoughts, the greater your disappointment and anger when you notice failure.

When I realized that the girl I got wasn't Miho Mizushima, what Takaya would do with Lily...... all the ominous imaginations came to mind and it was like the core of my body would freeze cold just to think.

"At least if you say it first..."

Iino trembled.

You must have noticed the violent signs contained in my groans.

If I were to do it, what a tense shot I would be able to kill, as if I were a mediocre girl, Iino was afraid of me.

When I noticed that, part of my brain that was boiling got cold.

"... damn"

Beating an irresistible Iino here is easy. It will clear my mind.

But that doesn't mean anything.

At those places, it's not like Lily's coming home.

Nor do we get what we need to recapture her.

Besides, Iino is not my collaborator, he's not on my side. On the contrary, they are enemies who were crossing swords until just now. Assuming she was intentionally hiding information from me, that's not reprehensible.

I just knew about Takaya, and I don't even know if I could handle it.

What happens when you hit eight?

Be cool.

"... I need to ask you something"

After a great sigh, I asked Iino.

He was so inorganic a voice that he didn't think it belonged to him because of his efforts to contain his emotions.

"The sword and chain that Takaya had. That's a magic tool, right?

"Ugh, yeah."

You thought it was something to be beaten, and Iino opened his eyes frightened and narrowed.

"Do you know the details?

"Ke, the sword is definitely a treasure sword called 'Blade of Collapse'. A magical tool that rolls out the pillars of earth, with a power equivalent to a third staircase. This is one of the finest weapons in the Empire, provided to the expedition at Fort Ebenus."

"Best class?

I questioned the place of the highest class in about the third staircase, but speaking of which, was the magic of the upper limit that humans in this world could handle the third staircase? I'm out of feeling, too.

Magic tools are not as accommodating as normal magic. For the limited effect of 'rolling out the pillars of dirt', if you can produce the equivalent of a third staircase, you can call it an industry. Depending on the ingenuity, we can also expand the use of the terrain, as in the previous highhouse, where we used the terrain to try to set up an eye-drop.

"But Takaya will have cheats, won't she? You need something like that?

"Takaya's ability as Warrior is because he's not good at magic by stopping by melee warriors"

I see. Takaya can't use effective magic without magic tools, he said.

Earlier, Iino also said, 'Takaya is not stronger among Warriors'.

This could be the thread of the offense.... is too much hope.

"The chains are," The Tied Chains of the Sinister Family ". Never heard of it? It's one of those magical tools that keeps criminals from using magic."

"I've never heard the name before. But is that it?"

Human beings in this world can destroy cells with their bare hands, as long as they can handle magic. I've heard stories before about having magic tools to seal it up.

We were talking about whether the person is unwilling to resist or is unconscious or not activated and not powerful enough to hold back the power of cheat-held for battle, but it would be enough to seal Lily right now.

The possibility of her escaping on her own is now gone.

This is not very good information, but it is useful to know the current situation.

"Almost got it."

I let Iino go. I could ask you what you wanted to hear. I don't need it anymore.

But Iino seemed different. With her butt on, she opened her mouth in a panic.

"... wait. Mashima, what are you doing?

"You bet, follow the tall house, get Lily back"

"Seriously!?

Iino changed his blood phase.

When I turned my eyes, for a moment, he seemed frightened, but he still did not retreat.

"Takaya was clearly in strange shape. Maybe I can't get any word of persuasion. To fight...... no. They could kill each other."

"I guess. I don't think we should discuss it either."

"You are!

Iino reversed Willow Eyebrow.

"Are we going to kill each other with someone else to get back something monster!?

"... a monster or something"

I repeated Iino's dialogue.

They seemed to be saying terrible things, but I wasn't surprised.

That's probably because the speaker, Iino, had no malice.

Or Iino hasn't really thought about it and spoken.

Here she ate down, only because she wants to somehow avoid killing each other.

Nothing, I'm not even saying that wrong.

Iino's attitude in trying to avoid killing each other is correct.

Whatever the reason, it can't be right for people to dispute with each other.

The balance is crazy to kill each other with humans in order to take back the monster. I see, this is also true.

... Whether that's just an outside human opinion though.

"It's just a monster to you, but it's important to me. What does it matter if they're human or monsters to get back what's important"

If I'm safe with everyone I care about, that's fine. Conversations with Iino become parallel lines wherever they go.

To a non-meshing conversation, Iino showed himself stuck in words. Still, try to keep me in mind somehow.

"In the first place, if you don't feed Mr. Mizushima to a monster, there's nothing like this..."

"Oh. Right. I can't argue with anyone blaming me for that."

I waved for the first time.

"But that would be different from this."

If I hadn't fed Miho Mizushima's body to Lily, Takaya wouldn't have run into such a crime, as Iino said.

But it was not only Takaya who lost Miho Mizushima.

That was the failure of the highhouse that left her side. Nothing, I didn't even take her life.

"More than anything...... no matter what the reason, can you remain deprived of your own woman"

When I heard my reply, Iino dropped.

"... let me ask you one last time"

I guess I found the battle to be inevitable no longer. He asks in a powerless voice.

"You killed Miho Mizushima?

"No."

I answered instantly.

"I don't know if you believe me."

"I..."

"If the words of my predecessors cannot be believed, shall I testify from me too?

Kato pinched his mouth.

Leaning against Rose, she watched Iino with cold eyes.

"Senior Mashima didn't kill Senior Mizushima. If so, don't you think there's no way I could be with Senior Mashima like this, who was close to Senior Mizushima?

"... if you're gonna say that, you're gonna feed the monster the body of a friendly senior and be with the person who stole his body."

"Right."

With a slight frown, Mr. Kato laid his eyes down.

I made a small fist grip around my chest, perhaps because Iino's words inflicted less pain on her.

"… but after the collapse of the colony we were desperate to live. You can't stay right in that situation."

Kato raised his face. Iino breathed in a strong eye besides his thoughts.

"At least it's not something a person who wasn't on the spot could say. If you get angry, Mizushima is about you."

"... Mr. Mizushima is dead."

For some reason, Kato loosened his mouth just a little to the words that Iino had returned at last.

"Yeah. Right. Dead seniors can't laugh or be angry.... although I don't think she's angry about this."

"What, that. What do you mean?"

"When I used to have an affair with Mr. Gabella... No. Better not say anything less certain. More than that, Senior Mashima."

Kato, who stopped saying something and shook his clothes, turned to this one.

"As a matter of course I can't get Mr. Lily back, not on my own. I need to think of something."

"... I know"

Where we have gained so much momentum, the status quo, it does not change that we do not have enough fighting power.

I was able to get information about Takaya from Iino, but the difference in strength between Takahiro Mashima and Jun Takaya is not small enough to be filled.

For God's sake, I want to go after Lily soon enough, but that's just barbaric.

After all, do I have to run all the way to the mountain road and call for reinforcements? But will that make it?

"Your husband."

It was then. Rose raised her voice as she lost her lower body and lay still, just listening to our conversation so far.

"It's Gabella."

"... what?

Shadows fell from the sky before asking what it meant.

It was hope in the form of a white spider.