Monster no Goshujin-sama

19. Grooves to be carved

Nineteen.

With a rugged look on his face, your hand washer stepped into the room.

"... Aoi?

A small voice shook the air in the room.

It was Kato's voice.

There was a tremor at the end of the story.

The wise girlfriend, in just one second, might have expected what was going to happen.

Regardless, the disturbing air, even if it wasn't, would be what everyone was feeling.

Lily and the others were jumping up the alert level to the thrilling atmosphere of "Rigoku White Snow," one of the two names.

Most importantly, your handwasher never attacked me.

I just said it in a hard voice.

"About Senior Mashima's rendezvous, but I disagree"

"Hey, Aoi..."

"Please shut up, Senior Yona"

Iino opened his mouth in a panic, but your handwasher returned it without a scratch.

In a strong tone, Iino was stiff as he was struck, and Nakashima returned it instead.

"What do you mean?

Being an expedition leader, I guess he's used to these things, too.

Or maybe it's simply due to the extra time to boast tremendous combat capability.

Even in front of the sinister signs of two names, it was flat.

"I don't mind giving my opinion, but I can't ask you why."

"Is that why? It's easy. Because I have doubts about Senior Mashima's humanity."

"I mean, you don't deserve an expedition?

"That's what I mean"

"Can I ask you the rationale?

The questioned handwasher turned this way.

In my eyes there was a strong hostility that I had never shown before.

Then my gaze slipped away.

"Senior Mashima is in a romantic relationship with the human of that knight woman over there, isn't she? And a human who looked like Mizushima over there."

……

"So do spider humans and maid humans."

Turn your gaze to each and every one of you and make a point.

That was the fact that until I thought about the dragon's candidacy in the dragon abyss, I lay low to buy the expedition's objection.

All of that was revealed.

Unless you're being stuffed with this, you might even have felt vivid.

"Do you deny it?

challengingly, your handwasher has asked.

……

If you look so sure, you can't pull back so easily.

If I misled you poorly, it could have rather resulted in a worse impression of the human being on this scene.

"No. Fact."

As soon as I answered that, my eyes changed looking at this one of some humans.

Let that one go for now.

Now I'm talking about the girl in front of me.

"You've noticed."

"Somehow, I can tell by the sight, the expression, the sense of distance."

Your hand washer snorted.

"It sounds like he was hiding it where he had eyes, but he was observing it."

"Observation?"

"I followed Senior Kimono to see what kind of person Senior Mashima was."

... Speaking of which, even when we first met, were you watching the meeting with Silan?

That doesn't just mean he was a teething turtle out of curiosity, it seems he had a purpose.

Even if it wasn't as conclusive as it was then, I accompanied him until he got here. I guess I had enough signatures to notice the relationship if I suspected it.

And this is how she stomped through the charges.

What worried me more than this happened was the reaction from the expedition.

After all, it was Mr. Kuriyama who sandwiched his mouth.

"But aren't they monsters? Technically, you can't be a woman."

Apparently, she's going to protect me.

Rather than this, as one of the people who moves the organization, I may have simply hated the annoyance.

"In the first place, that would not be unacceptable in this world"

That's not what I'm talking about.

But your handwasher was stubborn.

"This world is about this world. We're not human beings in this world."

No. Is this an attitude you take for granted rather than stubborn?

This way of thinking is normal for her - for the face of a well-informed expedition.

Kuriyama's point may have rather made your handwasher stubborn.

That was the evidence, and the voice of approval was raised.

"Well, you sure do."

It was Mr. Kuda who said the words of consent.

"I know what you're talking about. If you can't blame me for making a bunch of women at the same time, you can't even question your humanity."

He wasn't as hostile as your handwasher, but he still looked a little unpleasant.

"But I can't even snort that they're not women. I always thought monsters would be the same until I first met them, but the family of Mashima just doesn't seem to be the same as people."

"That's what I mean"

After Takeda's words, your handwasher nodded all the time to get my will.

"I'm not honest. I can't act with a human being. I think this is the same for everyone who agreed. - Yeah. In the first place, it's suspicious that 60% of the consent that Senior Knights was collecting."

"Huh?"

Mr. Shimazu raised his voice.

"Duh, what do you mean?

From earlier on, she looked like she was talking about how she arbitrated in front of unexpected developments.

But I just couldn't seem to keep my mouth shut about this.

"In fact, 60% of the signatures are gathered..."

"I have now spoken to the child who has given that consent. Think it's crazy."

"Oh, that's crazy...?

"In that list, as far as I know, was the name of a child who was a dissident."

Apparently, Mr. Handwash had gone to speak to other members about one of this rendezvous.

I guess that's why I didn't show my face from the beginning on this occasion.

"That kid, Senior Mashima, said it might be dangerous if he rendezvous, so he said it was weird. Of course, I didn't think Senior Knitwear would lie, but I was curious, so I went to check. I asked him why he agreed. Then I heard a certain story, and he said he decided to agree."

"A story?

The questioned handwasher turned his gaze.

"The slime that Senior Mashima has is that he can resuscitate the dead."

At the end of that gaze was Lily's appearance rounding her eyes.

"Huh? Me?

I guess you didn't think the story would come around here.

Lily raised a bewildered voice.

I said, "What?

"You look like Miho, don't you? Not only that, I hear there's a Senior Miho in you who should be dead. That means the dead are back."

"It's..."

What your handwasher was saying was poking the truth on one side.

Mr. Mizushima is dead once.

But I'm certainly here.

If it is meant to be, resuscitation of the dead cannot be carried out, even if it has cheats.

This was what we knew in the post-metastatic colony era.

Where there was so much power, there was something I couldn't do.

That's why the story that came down may have seemed fascinating.

"Even before, during the colony years, there have been deaths from expeditions. Even when you're in a fake brave riot, that's what you do. We're not all anxious."

I had a real sense of what your hand wash said.

Maybe it was her own experience.

"I could die myself. My people could die. I think that's what made me anxious. But what if Senior Mashima could help us? With that expectation, that kid wanted to sign. Of course, Mr. Lily is assimilated to Senior Miho already, so I'm guessing it would actually be a child or something."

"Oh, man. Your hand wash. Exactly..."

And Mr. Kuda pinched his mouth.

His eyes are gleaming at Lily.

Lily had a terribly harsh look on her face.

I had been uncomfortable myself.

It can't be. Because that means they use their own children.

... Of course, people who have spoken of those opinions wouldn't think of that otherwise.

They have no ill intentions either.

Many Explorer members only know monsters.

In fact, Fujita also said earlier, 'I thought all the monsters would be the same until I first met them'.

Without will, without self, it is the monster who strips his fangs as just evil against people.

I recognize that Takahiro Mashima is the one who uses it well as a tool.

So I guess it also leads to ideas like the one before.

... Yes. I can understand.

But how this side feels about these ideas is another story.

Whether malicious or not, anything offensive was offensive.

He just noticed your hand wash, which made him look dull.

"Ah. No. I'm not saying this. Thank you. That's what I'm talking about. Thank you, Okazaki-san."

"... that's him. Don't get a good idea of what you're proposing."

Mr. Suda sighed.

Shimazu-san's list of signatures also had the name "Universal Vessel" Okazaki Minato, so it wasn't strange for that name to come up here.

On the other hand, Mr. Shimazu, the originator of the signature, had faded pale.

"Hey, what, that. I don't know that."

With a glaring eye, she looked this way.

"I want you to wait, Mashima. I really didn't mean to..."

"... I know. Shimazu-san must have done it with good intentions towards me."

I really feel sorry for her on this matter.

She believed it was best for each other to do this, and she was breaking my bones.

It just screwed me along the way.

Perhaps it happened while Mr. Shimazu was away from the Imperial City.

In retrospect, she herself said something about how it would have been nice to have a gathering of signatures in addition to thoughts.

I guess the reason for this is the story your hand washer told earlier.

In the first place, Mr. Shimazu was not to blame for this development because the reason he left the capital to take his eyes off the signing activities was to come and pick me up.

It's just a fact, that's what that list was all about.

That's where your hand wash is at issue.

"… Aoi. I mean, is this what you're trying to say?"

Tetsuo Ishida opened his mouth as he remained silent until now.

"I was just flushed by the word that we might be able to resuscitate the dead, and that's not consent to rendezvous in the original sense. And he said there's actually something incredible about Senior Mashima's integrity."

I hear that your handwasher and Ishida are childhood friendly.

So, the trick of putting it together succinctly was familiar.

The fact that we tried to lay low on the expedition will now have all been passed on.

As a result, Mr. Handwash and Mr. Takita had exposed their distrust.

Apparently Ishida also agreed with the childhood taming opinion.

Nakatsuki and Kuriyama have not changed their faces in particular, but still about half of them have reacted badly.

Most importantly, it was a predictable thing in itself.

I am not the only one who has ever resisted.

I knew it was a bad impression.

It's heartfelt to think we've got our hands on each other, but that's not even what they know about each other.

Not to mention the people who belong to the expedition retain their previous values intact.

A strong sense of justice also means that it is a cleanliness habit.

Anyway, after deepening the interaction and understanding each other, I knew it was very bad to be known in the first person.

I had predictions, so I was ready.

If this happened under any circumstances, I gave up that there was nothing I could do.

So they accepted the situation so well.

... myself, I was.

However, there were those who were sorry.

"Hey, wait a minute!

It sounded like gatan and Kato got up.

You were in a hurry the rest of the time, and the chair made a loud noise.

"... Kato?

Only this reaction was unexpected.

I wondered if you had any ideas, but apparently that wasn't how it was either.

"It's not! Aoi misunderstands!

There was confusion in Kato's face.

"Seniors aren't like that!

I stare at your hand wash and say it in a strong tone.

There were wolves, there was anger, there was confusion.

But there was no special reason to ambush the opponent against it.

Now, I just said what I thought.

If she were a calm, settled, regular girlfriend, she wouldn't have moved like this.

But - in retrospect, she might have always been like that in front of your handwasher.

A girl by the name of Kato Shinaka was shattered once in this world.

I know she was built only after that.

And the reunion with your previous friend, Mr. Handwash, may now have brought back what has been lost.

Girl from when I was living my days in peace without being hurt badly.

There's no girl there who's even cold at times.

From my eyes, such changes seemed preferable.

Because Kato seemed happy.

If Kanahiko for you is going to be your handwasher for her.

That's what I thought.

I was hoping.

However, in this current situation, it does not work in the right direction.

"Vegetables! I don't know why!

"It would be Aoi who doesn't know!

Emotional opinions just have emotional objections.

Emotions bounce, and each time they increase their fever.

Even though, where I'm losing my usual calculated height, more importantly, my own friend roughed things up.

Originally, Kato, who is not resistant to sudden events, is in a hurry to overlap words.

Your hand washer's face turned red when I heard about it.

"So far, I don't know yet!?

When I said that, she was completely tranquil.

Running over to Mr. Kato, I grabbed that shoulder.

Did you add or subtract the force wrong, Kato groans small.

In the meantime, your hand washer kept his mouth open.

"Wake up! Minnaka!"

The look on the girl's face is what I think of my friends.

I was only certain that it was real.

- More than that, that's why I should say this happened.

"That guy's got his hands on all sorts of women. He's the one who can't help it!

Mr. Handwash pointed his gaze at Kato, pointing at me and shouting.

And he spoke of a decisive dialogue.

"Even if you like Vegetables, you're just going to be unhappy!

That's why your hand wash made things rough.

This was only an act if you think of your friends.

"......"

As if time had stopped, Mr. Kato was frozen.

As I looked around, my cheeks turned red.

And soon it turned pale.

I guess my cool-watered head regained its normal calm and understood the situation correctly.

I know why your hand washer did this and what it was for that made things rough.

Maybe what we should do now.

And the only girl I didn't hesitate to notice was a girl by the name of Kato Vegetables.

From Kato's face, any expression disappeared.

"... what am I mistaken about"

He had a terribly cold voice.

My eyes look cold at the person in front of me.

That was exactly the look on his face against the enemy.

"Ma, mayu...?

In front of Leopard Weird, your hand washer raised a bewildered voice.

I guess this is the first time I've ever been so cold.

However, Mr. Kato no longer willingly intervened.

"Senior Mashima is not like you. In fact, I've been with my predecessors for a long time now, but I never got my hands on them."

Kato waved away, not missing a loose gap in your hand wash that grabbed her shoulder.

Take a few steps and look at the girl you were once friends with.

"My predecessor protected me with integrity. It's... very unpleasant to be told badly about a benefactor"

"Vegetables......"

From blaming to blaming.

Your hand washer can wolf without keeping up with changing circumstances.

"But Makoto said something about Senior Mashima..."

"That's where you're wrong in the first place."

Mr. Kato said cold, breathing.

At that time, my gaze turned to this side.

For a moment, I felt its mouth crooked like it was about to cry.

Maybe it's just my fault.

As if nothing had happened, Kato told her.

"I don't like seniors."

I assure you with a voice without temperature.

Seeing what she looks like right now, there will be nothing to doubt that word.

"It's annoying to be mistaken"

……

Your handwasher lost his word and stood up.

I found a decisive groove carved between the two girls.

As a result, the atmosphere was no longer at all my fault.

Around here, Mr. Kato must have been after it too.

What an easy way to change people's impressions.

Kato induced the impression that the misguided handwasher had caused trouble here.

That's how the silence fell on the room.

It was then.

The door of the room opened again with a loud noise.