Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

"... right. I feel that, too. I don't know if I can get past the silver test, but my strength has increased. And that's for a reason."

That's what I said, because Augley's mention was just a good topic to cut out the story.

Augley leaned her neck against it,

"... is that why? Sounds like you didn't say you worked hard on your training... No, I always worked hard, but if that was going to make you stronger, you'd already be in the silver class. But... what else..."

They can't even think about it.

Well, it's obvious.

Think normally, if one day you suddenly become a demon, your strength has risen, because there's no way you can get to the conclusion.

But I would have to tell you about this.

It's a bet on how he reacts, but Augley's personality knows him well in his relationship at Malt.

Not as much as Lorraine, Augley trusted me, too.

I say.

"Well, there's not much to it, so I'll say it in the end. Just don't be too surprised."

Still, it was a dialogue once I thought I needed foresight.

Augley is

"... you've had enough already"

"What are you talking about? This is the time I set up for you to prepare my mind."

"Yes, yes, okay, okay. So?"

You took my words as a joke to relieve the tension in the field, and I said to Augley, shrugging my shoulders, that I wouldn't care anymore if I had to behave like that.

"... I've become a monster"

"... what?

He was Augley, who leaned his neck strongly, like a skeleton in a abrupt confession.

With a little silence, my dialogue gradually penetrated.

"... hey, wait... Huh? To the demons, who?

That's what they asked me, so I pointed myself at it.

Next door, Lorraine is pointing at me again.

It's kind of a nuisance situation.

Well, even if it gets too serious, that's it... it's easier to say all sorts of things with this kind of air.

"... when?

Augley's been asking for more, so I'll tell you more.

"That's exactly when I was being treated as missing. When I was diving in the labyrinth, I was unluckily attacked by the Dragon. When I realized I was a skeleton."

With that said, Augley laughed relieved,

"... what, are you kidding me? You're human now, no matter what you think. I can only see the top half of my face with a mask... but even my eyeballs are frowns. So the bone man Skeleton can't be a boulder."

I thought it was a relief to say so, and I wanted to explain.

"Now you're a vampire, not a boner, Skeleton. Well, you look just like a person. Mostly, I'm making sure it's not different from what it looked like before this happened. But I'm not a person... see"

That said, when I put out my arms and gently scratched and scratched there, a puffy, bloody sphere emerged, but the wound immediately blocked.

This is not possible, first of all, in humans.

The same thing can happen with healing magic and sanctity, but it would be obvious that I'm not using either right now.

In other words, it is obvious to say that you have healed only with self-healing powers, and there are only a limited number of beings who can do that.

"... hey... I was wondering what they would ask me, but to the boulder... this is..."

You have to believe the fact that I became a demon, Augley thought, holding his head and saying so.

"Horrible? Or did you despise him?

When I asked, Augley shook her head,

"No, nothing. Well, you wouldn't have known if I had a strong hatred for demons or if I had a hard time accepting demons for some reason, because I don't feel that way in particular. Demons are basically enemies, but that's because I'm an adventurer and it's my job to defeat them. When a friend is turned into a demon and asked if he can see the friend with a hateful eye... that's not true at all"

That's what you told me.

I had the fear around it, but I basically can't hear about the adventurer's past.

I don't answer when I ask, and where I answer, it's a lie or a joke.

The really deep part is that we get along pretty well, and sometimes it's spoken of as pompous.

I've known Augley a long time, and I know we're not strange friends for that to happen, but we never talked about that in real life.

Because we kept each other from stepping into places like that.

That said, I'm glad I don't have any hard memories about demons, anything like that.

I do, but that's not true when people ask me if I have anything against demons in general.

I just hate that silver wolf, and I have somewhere interesting to look at about the other demons.

When you look at habits and lifestyles, there are a lot of interesting phylogenetic demons, including goblins.

Same with humans, same with bad guys and guys who aren't.

Well, it's true that most of the time when you look at a person, a little intelligent demon is exceptional.

"I'd appreciate it if you'd say that. Because my body has become a demon, but I didn't abandon people's hearts, and it's still hard when I can see it with my eyes telling my old friends that..."

"I guess so. But... Vampire? After all, you drink blood?

I asked him if he was interested, so I answered.

"Well, you are. It's not like I can't have a normal meal, but the blood tastes better."

"... you're not attacking a raucous young woman around there, are you? The next time I go to Malt, if the number of Malt beauties is down, I'll be pissed."

"You wouldn't do that. I'm getting a little something from Lorraine. With proper consent."

"Oh...... well, that's all I have. Enough? If it's not enough, I can raise it, too. I can't do enough to fall on a boulder."

It really seems Augley has zero repellency.

Well, maybe it's because I haven't really felt that much yet.

You've barely changed your looks in the first place, and you're just dressed like that.

Unless you act like some kind of demon, it may be normal to just have the feeling that it's the same as before.