Sairin Yuusha no Fukushuu Hanashi

A sunset inserted from the gap between the trees is dyeing the ground in a sea color.

Relying on that light, we proceed without stopping the precarious scaffolding.

We're still far from our destination, and we have to get through this forest first.

The way forward is southwest.

From the Patriarchate in the eastern part of the continent, going southwest towards the Empire, along the way you reach the central part of the continent of Leitesia.

Central - I mean, we were walking in the direction of Demon King Castle right now.

Two days have passed since the battle with Luzas and the Four Heavenly Kings.

The wound has already healed and the depleted magic has recovered.

As a hero, I have experienced these precarious paths of scaffolding many times, so my pace of progression is quite fast.

If you're a person without experience, to the extent that you probably can't follow.

…………

There were people who followed me in such a perfect pace, silently.

She's a brunette, dressed like a big kimono.

He's standing in line with me without breathing, shaking his dark hair like a tail that's as far as his back.

This woman's name is Beldia.

I'm taking people's appearances, but this guy's not human.

Black Flame Dragon (Carsdragon) dressed as a human using witchcraft - a demon.

Elfi, a former demon king, is called your husband and calls himself his pet.

There is no different part of the story between the two, and there would be no mistake in considering them to be true Beldia.

"... a horde of demons is coming"

In the midst of such thought, Beldia accidentally opened her mouth.

Then a few seconds later, as she said, a wolf-shaped demon appeared in herd.

Since entering this forest, Beldia has referred to the proximity of demons several times.

"The smell of the dragon species is a boulder."

Beldia said the smell seemed to tell the proximity of the demon.

Demon vision and sense of smell are high, not just for dragon species.

Being a human form doesn't seem to change that.

"... Humph"

To these words, Beldia snorts somewhere good.

Because of his faceless expression, his face and movements do not engage, although it is creepy somewhere.

Maybe he's imitating Elphi's stuff.

"Awo on!"

The wolves, who were exhaling roughly in front of their prey, moved out with the screams of a leada-like individual.

I'll try to block this escape and break up with my lid, strip my fangs off and run out.

Beldia takes a step forward with no expression on the trends of such demons.

And when you spread your little mouth as wide as you can -,

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO -!!"

The roar of the dragon breed struck the looming wolves.

To that cry, which even has mass, the wolves roll down the ground with cans and screams.

As it was, he fled to the back of the woods at first sight, screaming finely and pitifully.

"... that's a big deal"

... The Roar of the Dragon Breed.

A cry with intimidating abilities, equivalent to the "beauty of the god" used by the superior ghost clan.

Many times since entering the woods it has been attacked by demons, but all of them had been repelled by the roar of Beldia.

I wonder if Beldia would be better at handling demons if she did worse than Elfi, which she was dealing with......

"... when you speak out loud, it's convenient because they're all running away. A little sad."

Sad......?

"But your husband wasn't scared. Instead he told me he was cute. So I like."

"... right"

Even the sunset I was plugging from the trees was completely unreliable.

"... the sun will soon fall. Let's go wild here today."

Before it gets completely dark, I want to build a base and wake up.

"... ok. Help."

"Oh."

Along with Beldia, a few minutes have passed since we started preparing for the camp.

"Oooh......!

From the rear, I heard such a weak voice.

The Lord of the Voice slowly, over time, approaches us one by one.

Eventually, I saw a sweaty girl with rough breaths.

When the girl sees us, she just rushes over with the last minute.

Why don't you just hold your breath and get your messy pink hair done for a dozen seconds.

Finally, the girl opens her mouth.

"Ha... ha...! Both of you...... too soon!! I want you to work a little weak for me!?"

The name of the girl screaming like outrage is Idler.

A demon clan calling itself "Reaper”.

"... you're just too late"

"It's bad you ran around in the first place."

"Grunt...... yes, but come on!

When I went into the woods, Idler said, "Hi-ha-ha! He was running around screaming," etc.

That lasted the first five minutes, and I've been out of breath ever since.

Shaggy, this woman is wearing her chest with him somewhere.

"... I don't care, help me get ready soon"

"Gu...... I get it. I'm gonna tie a line around you."

Disappointed by Spicy Berdia's words, Idler walked away with Tobotobo.

I don't know, these guys have a relationship.

"... reasonably good. Let's get started."

Remove cloths, pans and other tools from the porch and prepare for the camp.

It's good to have Elfi and I disperse the baggage.

Most of the food was in his head, but just in case he left a few days worth of food on the porch.

Today I decided to cook with pork, vegetables, cheese and red wine that I had purchased in the diocese.

Stir the chopped onions, potatoes and pork while seasoning with salt pepper and red wine.

Then add in the pan, water and cut tomatoes to an easy to eat size.

Boil for a while while while adjusting the flavor with salt pepper.

Cheese at the end and you're done.

Pork and vegetable tomato soup boils down in a pan.

This and the wheat bread is for dinner today.

…………

After I finish preparing my meal, I realize.

Just like dealing with Elphi, I made it for the number of people.

Those guys will have enough to prepare their meals, and I don't have the in-laws to make them in the first place.

"... jiuru"

…………

You smelled it, or I could see Berdia sipping the covet as she was preparing.

"... that, Iwo eats it all...?

"... there's a lot of people."

Exhale into Beldia, who asks with a craving face.

I can't eat it on my own on boulders, and is it okay to split it it?

Anticipating the return of Idler, who finished his bond, it was time for a meal.

Pour the soup into the vessel and hand it to both of you along with the spoon.

Berdia sips again and stares at the contents of the vessel.

"Will you share it with us, too?

While receiving the vessel, Idler asked with a strange look on his face.

'Cause I made too much.'

"Ah, ha-ha. So it's a tribute to me, isn't it?

"... you don't have to eat anything else though?

"I'll have it!

An idler who hastily put his mouth on the soup, but he was crying out, "Fever!?" if it was a cat tongue.

With his tongue out, he is breathing and cooling his soup.

Ignoring such idlers, Beldia is silently sipping soup.

It's faceless, but it looks happy somewhere.

However, the wheat bread I gave him looked bitter and ate it.

It's hard and crispy.

"... soaking bread in soup is delicious."

"... n"

It softens, and I can show you the soup-stained wheat bread.

Elfi was soaking in the soup with joy when I told her.

"... delicious"

A while later, Beldia zeroed her thoughts with Pottori.

Long dark hair is moving with a bump to show emotion.

I was wondering if the dragon seeds could eat this dish, but apparently they liked it.

Is taste approaching humans because it is in human form?

"I would love to feed your husband too"

He seems to have appreciated it for a long time, and Beldia whines about it as she does the changeover.

"... Elphi made it before."

I remember you flattening up to my minute, rejoicing that it was delicious.

Beldia raised her third cup, according to her vessel, as she thought of it.

I came up with a good thing, but the eyes are shining.

"Yes, Iori. You should be your husband's cook. I think making three meals and polishing your nails would be enough......!

"... say no"

……!?

If you don't understand, Beldia has a startling look on her face.

I remember this exchange before.

"Why...? Then you can have no nail polish. Just make three meals......!... and I want you to make my share."

"Fine."

……!?

Beldia trembles with the look that it's impossible.

Or don't add your share.

…………

Watching Beldia makes me feel a little complicated.

Because we had a subordinate relationship, or because the verses of Beldia's words and deeds are reminiscent of Elphi.

I'm not going to forgive you, but I'm a little out of my mind, like when I met Elfi at the Nara Labyrinth.

"... Momogu"

After all, Beldia looks like him.

I remember hearing about pets when they were in Japan when they looked like their owners.

I guess Beldia's trying to reach for my share of the soup, also because of her resemblance to Elfi.

…………

Is he safe?

I'm not a lightly dying guy, but I can't wipe my anxiety.

"... are you thinking about your husband?

Berdia, who drank the fourth cup of soup, peeks this way.

I snort silently into my reddish black eyes.

"I hope you're okay."

"Your husband will be fine."

I couldn't get my hair in, and Beldia assured me so.

Those eyes, they believed in him.

"... oh yeah"

He's an annoying former demon king who won't die if he kills him.

Anyway, by now, you'd be calling me hungry.

Besides, I haven't finished my contract with him yet.

What's it like to be interrupted by these people?

"Let's pick him up early"

"... yeah"

It was when Beldia smiled slightly and nodded so.

"... delicious! Hey, Iori, this is delicious! What is this!?"

With the vessel in one hand, Idler shouted with his eyes shining.

This guy, has he been cooling soup all this time?

Now it is delicious and delicious.

"... Shut up. Shut up and eat."

"Kind of me and Beldia can't handle it too differently!?"

Naturally, I didn't trust him.

That's the same thing with Beldia.

Staring at idlers making noise in tears, I remember.

Why am I acting with these guys?

◆

- I'm also known as Reaper.

Two days ago, on the hill of the Patriarchate.

The girl who named herself Idler spoke of herself as a "reaper".

With a glaring smile, not commensurate with the appearance that makes you feel young.

- Reaper.

I've heard that name several times.

At first, Elfi had spoken the word in the Nara Labyrinth.

He said the only person who could use "karma" was Reaper, who was one of Orteguia's men.

Also from Lewsas, I hear the word Reaper

Reaper taught me magic.

If Idler is really a reaper, he's a dangerous opponent.

――――

With her pink hair shaking and a friendly grin, Idler reaches this way.

With that hand in my hand, I glanced sharply at Idler as I grabbed the jade knife.

"Wahia!?"

You felt this kill, Idler screamed and fell back to roll.

"Wait, wait! Let's settle down for a second!? I won't expose myself to fighting with you!!"

From its rushing appearance, it doesn't make you feel like a martial arts sign.

When it came to combat, I found myself as if I were an amateur.

"You, are you really" Reaper "?

Elfi said Reaper was an Ortegian subordinate.

But this guy is talking earlier about wanting to kill Orteguia.

"Even if they ask. I don't have the means to prove it..."

"From Luisas, I heard your name. You taught magic, didn't you?

"... um, yeah"

After frowning and showing a distressing bare gesture for a while, Idler removed a small stone from his nostrils.

If you look closely, it's a demon stone.

Grasping the demon stone, Idler drew something like a letter in the air with his fingers.

Right after that,

"-" Loss Magic (Lost Magic) - Causal Reburial "

The area glistened with his fingers, shaping a certain crest.

It's exactly the same thing that was in Lewsas' robe.

――――

"With my magic power, this is the best way to draw a crest, and it can't be effective."

It was for a moment that the crest was floating, and the next moment it was misty as a sumptuous.

"Lewsas, I remember teaching you how to" diverge the underworld "in addition to this. I can't use this one either."

"Sure, you look like a real Reaper"

But even if it was real, there are still doubts.

"You said you wanted to kill Orteguia. Did you hear that Reaper was an Ortegian?

"... I'm one of his men? Is that what Elphiszark said? If so, it's a joke that's not funny."

To my question, Idler distorted his expression.

Idler turned his uncomfortably narrowed eyes this way,

- Again, I want to kill Orteguia.

I repeated my earlier words so as to throw them away.

"I'm in a rough shape because of him. I'm just having a normal time, and the demons are dropping by."

"The demon is coming over...?

"It's the same" exorcism "that releases magic all the time in your body. Trouble is, I'm always releasing" smelly "things that attract demons."

I had never heard of such a physique, I planted it in my mouth and remembered.

Shortly after I met Idler, that a flock of pterosaurs had arrived in the Holy City where demons were not supposed to be close.

"Remember? Sure, it's my fault the Winged Dragon attacked Schmelz."

Idler affirmed, as if he had read this idea.

"Whoa, but I hope you don't blame me for that. Even I want to slow down in the city sometimes, and sometimes I inadvertently stay too long. Besides, it's because of Ortegia that they attract demons."

"How can you say it's because of Ortegia?"

"I originally hated fighting. I don't care about humans or demons. I was only in the Demon King's Army, hanging around the continent. But when Orteguia became the Demon King, he kicked me out saying," You don't need to be. "

In doing so, Idler said, he was made into his current physique.

"I tried to figure out if I could solve the curse, but I could only find one way to solve it. The only way to break this curse is to kill Orteguia, the man who created it."

"So you want to kill Orteguia?

"Exactly. The demons that come near me, they try to eat me without question. How many times have you tried to kill me by demons? I can't live in a place with a lot of people in this shape, and I can't stay in one place."

I can't wait, and Idler shook his head in disgust.

"Then you taught Lewsas the magic of loss, too, to make him kill Orteguia?

"That's right. He wanted power, and I thought it was just fine. Even if you don't win, expect me to be able to bring it in for as long as I discuss it. After all, it didn't work out."

…………

For one thing, I understood what Idler said.

He's cursed by Ortegear, and he's trying to kill Ortegear to de-curse it.

You can't win on your own, so you helped me and Elfi, who are hostile to Orteguia.

"... Idler and I have a different purpose. But there's a match of interest."

Until then, Berdia, who remained silent, came into the conversation.

"Yes. I want to help Elphiszark to kill Orteguia. Beldia wants to help her former husband. We all agree that we want to help Elphis Zark."

And that would be the same for you, wouldn't it? and Idler has reached out.

"You, too, want to help your buddy, Elphiszark. The purpose is different, and there's one thing we need to do. Well, don't you think it's more efficient to work together?

Idler sticking his hand out, as he asks for a handshake.

Behind that, Beldia's staring at me.

Dragon breed trying to help Elphi to a sorcerer trying to kill Orteguia.

In view of the circumstances of both,

"I appreciate your help, but I don't need your help. I'm gonna go help him alone."

I turned down their proposal.

Regardless of Berdia the Dragon Breed, Idler is unlikely to be useful as a force of war.

Rather, it would be more likely to come together on your feet.

I can't feel the advantages of acting until I take the risk of being betrayed.

"Tell Elfi about Beldia. Come see me after I help you."

That's what I said, when I turned my back on the two of you and walked out.

"Huh. Well, that's one choice. You must be terribly sorry you couldn't help Elphiszark as a result of that choice."

I stopped by the cold voice I heard from behind.

"What?"

Looking back, Idler was laughing as he mocked somewhere as he stroked his pink hair.

"Where are you going in the first place? If you're headed to Demon King's Castle to help Elphiszark, you're wasting your time."

"... what do you mean"

"It's a simple story. Unfortunately, there is no Elphiszark in Demon King's Castle"

Beldia nodded small behind her to Idler, who had said so.

"... Your husband is being taken away by one of the Four Heavens"

Was it that dark green haired demon clan called Gracia?

To him, Elfi was taken, Beldia said earlier.

"I know where Elphiszark is now. When I helped you earlier, I planted some sort of detective magic on Gracia."

"Can you do that?

Soon, Idler raised his index finger.

"I'm proud to be overrated, and although it feels good, you can't underestimate it"

in such an atmosphere, like when teachers instruct students,

"Overlook all war situations, gather all information and make the best use of the means you can have. Until now, I have foretold the doom of men, subpeople, demons, villages, cities, castles, nations - all things. - Hence the Reaper."

――――

"So let's answer your question like this. - That's possible, of course, isn't it?

Unexpectedly, I breathed.

It does not come from absolute power, like Elphi or Orteguia.

Nor does it come from an endless obsession, like that of Lewsas.

That was a pressure I had never felt before.

"You can look for her place on your own, but you can't say it's too clever to take the time. Isn't that right, Beldia?

"... yeah. We have to hurry, no."

With a slight hatred in his eyes, Beldia said.

We have to hurry, give us a reason.

―――――――

I accidentally mumbled at what she said.

If that's true, Elfi is...

"... the brave man of our time. I'll do whatever I can. So...... please, I will. Please help your husband."

I distorted my face with remorse, and Beldia bowed her head to me deeply.

beside the begging Berdia, says Idler.

"I can show you where Elphiszark is. Beldia can get you to your destination quickly. And you can use that power to help Elphiszark."

- What do you choose?

――――

◆

That's how I made the choice to join hands with these guys to help Elphi.

But I'm not going to forgive my heart.

The only thing I trust is Elfi.

"... don't look so scared. I want you to be afraid and respectful of me."

Idler sips the soup as he says what he's been lying about.

"Well, let's go plainly. I use you, and you use me. Let's make full use of each other's interests, like merchants who exchange contracts. That would be good, wouldn't it?

"I'm not complaining. I'll just say one thing."

Look at you two, I'll tell you.

"As long as I'm in a partnership, I will never betray you. Absolutely. So swear I won't betray you either."

"... Hmm"

"It's good to use. It is also good to treat it as convenient. But I will never allow you to betray me."

"Heh. Let me ask you something of interest, what happens if you betray me?

That's settled.

"- Use any hand to make you regret your betrayal"

No matter how long it takes, never.

…………

Beldia nods cocklessly at my words and Idler smiles silently.

"... you understand," Reaper ""

Pressing caution on Idler, who remained silent, he said, "... I'm scared," and then blued his face a little.

"Yeah. Again, Io. It'll be a short time, but nice to meet you."

I accepted Idler's handshake, and I nodded too.