That day, the soldier in charge of guarding the cathedral had a strange experience.
The first feeling of discomfort was that something passed by, not the wind.
"Hey, did you see anything?
"No... I didn't see anything."
The soldier calls out to his colleague who was walking beside him, but says he hasn't seen anything.
But I thought it was because of my mind, and there was an unnatural wind in the garden.
……
The soldier's colleague also noticed, pointing the lamp light he had towards the garden.
But I tried to close my eyes, but there was nothing.
─ ─ This is a garden that grows a red rose called the "Rose of Favor", one of the roses cherished by the Ramina Church.
A strange flower that keeps flowering all year round, regardless of the season.
You can see the beautiful red blooming in the garden in the darkness of night, but you can't see anything else.
But... there was another unnatural wind.
Soldiers immediately pull out their swords and enter a state of alert.
I knew there was something going on.
"Yeah, but I can't see you."
Step out into the garden and gaze at the bushes.
It is not so uncommon for intruders to enter this Ramina Cathedral.
Poor, spies, heathens, thieves and thieves blinded by money.
The breakdown varies, and there are many things inside the church worth stealing.
One candlestick is worth a year for the poor, and there are fine cloths, books, jewelry and delicacies that have been donated here.
There are many things I don't know about being a security guard, but it seems that there are treasures in this church that have been received since the time of the founding of the country, besides roses.
So it's not so strange that there are signs of intruders in the outdoor garden...
"... after all, is this your fault?
Did the wind just blow?
The intruder trap doesn't seem to be working, and there's no sign of any other guards making a scene.
Apart from the main gate and back entrance, there are only tall walls, and there is always a sound when you try to cross them.
"Looks like it's okay. Let's go back around."
─ ─ Yes, I was about to speak to a colleague.
It looked as if a light had run in the corner of the garden. The soldier is pulled by a colleague when he tries to say it.
"Hey, what is that!?
Seeing the pointing, the soldier was about to turn over.
"When, the statue of the earth...?
In the place I went earlier, there was a person who looked like he was made of dirt.
And it's probably shaped... by soldiers and their colleagues.
That's where the soldiers were before. Raise the lamp and pose as if you were suspicious of the garden.
─ ─ The creepiness made me sweat cold.
"Nah, nah, what is it? Someone's messing with you? No, that's stupid."
A soldier's colleague says he wants to come closer and check it out. But what if it's some kind of trap?
Nevertheless, I can't do without looking into it.
You two try to get close to it by surprise.
The statue of earth resembled the man with the opposite haircut and the man with the ponytail.
Soldiers still think they look like they are.
... this isn't normal.
The soldier's sixth sense began to sound alarm.
"Ah, the devil's work...?
"Hey, don't be ridiculous!
"But it's not like this!
Yes, it's strange.
'Cause it shouldn't be possible to prepare something like this in advance.
Because the route of the patrol and the pair of patrols are changed daily.
Soldiers and their colleagues are passing through here today... and no one knows they're turning a lamp in the garden.
And yet, here's a statue that looks like it was made in an instant from the earth.
The soldiers felt their feet trembling.
"Besides, if you're going to attack us, I still know. Why are you making fun of me? Oh, it's the devil, isn't it?
"Idiot, there is no such thing as being in this country. If you were there, you wouldn't be in the church."
"So, are you kidding me?
Yes, that should be it. This is a sacred place.
The closer this country gets to the center of the city, the more powerful it is, and the higher the level of the beast is losing power.
There is no foolish beast who has come all the way into such a place and plays tricks.
Damn it, I can't forgive you. I don't know how long you're going to be doing evil in a holy church.
The soldiers thought so and scolded their trembling feet and shouted.
"Shit, come on! Show yourself!
I'll say that to the void.
Looking around the neighborhood, I noticed the voice, and there were some running-armor footsteps.
"Hih!?
Suddenly a colleague screamed.
When the soldier returns what happened this time, he points up with his shivering fingertips somehow.
"Yes, yes, just now, through the moon... something has passed!
"Moon?"
I looked up and found nothing. It's just the moon floating in the night sky.
"A bird?
"No, most birds don't usually fly at night. And it was much bigger!
That's right. Except for some birds, such as night hawks and birds, they don't fly much at night.
So... what did your colleague see?
"I'm not a bird. Something bigger and more refreshing!
"What are you talking about!?
Both denied fear, but there was already a terrible image in the brain.
─ ─ A mischief like laughing at humans.
Something unusual with invisible shadows and flying magic.
"No, it's the devil! What should I do?"
"There's nothing we can do about it, we have to crush it!
"But what can we do by ourselves!? That's it, Daijin-sensei, I have to call a great man...."
The other guards who heard the noise arrived.
"What happened? What's that statue of dirt?
"That's it...."
As I tried to speak, a blast of wind passed through the garden.
"Wow!?
"What is it!?
Soldiers wait for the whirlwind to stop while covering their faces with their arms.
And the moment I lifted my face up from my arm... all the people on the spot were utterly stunned by what I saw.
"Ah, ah, ahhhh...."
Soldier colleagues raise their voices of despair.
─ ─ With the moon as the background, two bat-like feathers floated over the sky.
One has black hair and the other has blue hair. It's about the size of a child and it's human.
There are two black horns growing on his head, and his face is covered with a silver mask.
A shiny black robe is shaking in the wind.
Looking down at the soldiers from a distance, they were small, but with some obvious will, standing still to observe the soldiers.
Soldiers get nervous.
Then I heard the child laughing in the wind.
At last, a soldier's colleague goes crazy.
"Well, outside this country, which is not protected by the Great Junction, there really is a human-shaped demon beast..." No way, no way, is that it!?
"The devil... does that really exist!?
Everyone froze on the spot.
─ ─ Devil.
It resembles a level of Demon Beast or fairy tale that is identical to a disaster.
It is said that the Church is hostile to the gods who offer prayer. An unknown being that lives far longer than a human being.
Rumor has it that they are usually mistaken for humans or live deep in the woods.
It is said that once angered, the city will perish easily.
Why are you here?
"Isn't this country safe?
Before the power of God, weren't demons powerless!?
The moment when everyone's thinking circuit was so short.
The two bodies split up into left and right, and they circled around the soldiers at a speed beyond sight.
"Uhhhhh!!
"What, wow, stop it, don't get close!!
Fear panicked everyone.
Some try to slash with a long sword, but the soldiers are too close to each other to shake properly because they are being hunted around.
I didn't even feel like hitting an overhead opponent when I shaken it.
The chanting of spells is unlikely to work in such a state of chaos, and ends in an unexpected state.
In the first place, the spells that would work seem to be long, so I chewed my tongue and couldn't pronounce it properly in this situation.
The two "demons" flew around surrounding the soldiers for a while, but stopped moving once to show each other.
And face down to discuss it with you... and then you can drop something from the sky with a parallax.
"Hee, hee!?
I've shaken countless things.
You can't calmly judge what it is in the dark.
Some faint with fear, others sit down with their hips pulled out.
"Oh, it's over, the devil will kill you!
"God help me! Oh, Mom and Dad! I don't want to die. Hey!
The soldiers finally began to cry for their parents.
And finally, I turned my eyes, and everyone was about to faint.
"─ Seeds?
Someone murmured.
"... what?
I thought someone had finally gone crazy, but someone who heard the words said it.
"Ah, really... it's a sunflower seed."
The soldier was caught in his armor, and it caught his eye.
I was wondering if it was thrown with poison or cursed powder, but it was a seed of grass and flowers without any aberration.
"... seeds."
"Seeds."
I'll show you the demons above.
Then the two demons waved their hands as if they were babbling, and then melted in the night sky, and vanished.
As you can see, the statue of the earth has collapsed and disappeared.
"... what was that...?
It wasn't the devil, was it?
I wonder if it had been transformed into something.
No one is injured. There is nothing left that could prove its existence.
Now, even if I appealed to the top management, it was a level where I thought I was drunk and fucked up during my assignment, and I almost finished.
A strong wind blows, and we're all freaking out at seeds coming from the outside?
If you interpret it that way, you can't even see it.
... they all fell in love with each other with their hips pulled out for a while.