That Person. Later on…

I came a little further to Leganil. By the time I got here, of course, there was no inn or anything, and I had spent more time in the wild, but Marau worked harder than I thought on that journey. He made good promises at Nojuku, changed bedtime, and wondered if the ingredients for the rice had fluttered into the woods, so he prepared mushrooms, mountain vegetables, rivers nearby or even fish. The cooking skills were good and delicious. That's how he showed up when he was taking his last break to Leganil in the woods. He who appeared making noises from the woods hid himself with a black robe, his face also visible only in the lower half, and his face was not known. I know it's only a man's back, but when he saw us, he couldn't help but raise his mouth and shouted gladly at us.

"Kehihi...... I finally met people. Now we can continue the experiment."

Experiment. In those disturbing words, me and Mr. Grave immediately moved, and when we put Marau behind us, we stared at the man as we observed. The man somehow said he bumped his words when he got his skinny hands out of the robe.

"Answer my voice as promised."

"Summoning magic!!

When four different magic formations, large and small, emerged around the man to accommodate Mr. Grave's words, each of the beasts crawled out of that magic formation. The beasts that came out of the magic formation were all the same in size. It is commonly referred to as a "synthetic beast (chimaira)", where various parts of the beast are connected to the body. Did those beasts recognize us as enemies? "Grrrrr..." he roared low and moved slowly and stood forward to protect the man in the robe.

"Kehihi... be nice to me. It's okay, I won't kill you. Because freshness is important."

The man in the robe strokes the head of one of the beasts near him, and he turns to us with a grinning and disgusting grin. Besides, I'm not supposed to be blind. From behind that robe, I felt a gaze like observing this one. Disgusting.

"Well... I'm talking about experiments, and when they catch you, it's a busy thing."

"Oh... I remember that... bastard who likes to experiment with summoning magic. He's a wanted criminal!

"Kehihi...... I've become famous too"

"What did you do?

"There's only one thing he's done, an experiment like he said... it's just an experiment where he chops up a new human body and sticks it together... the number of its victims is over a thousand... the worst son of a bitch ever"

"Kehihi… it is my sacrifice to create a new humanity and become God. Instead, I need you to think about it."

That thing really sucks. I'm just going to end this, and Marrao sounds sorry from behind where I went to punch him.

"Oh, um... what's it like to ask at a time like this..."

"Hmm? What's up?

"I always think I read stories and stuff..."

"Humph..."

"... why is there always one person like that? Don't you have any friends?

Ma, Marao...... do you hear that? Shall I ask? Marrao's doubts made me and Mr. Grave look really troubled too. I wonder how you answered. You don't have any friends because you do this, you do this because you don't have any friends... when you're worried about how me and Mr. Grave should answer, it's louder from the guy in the robe.

"I'm here!! I'm about a friend!! What are you really talking about, that little girl?"

I've said. Isn't that proof that the opposite is true... that the man in the robe began to love the beast even more nearby?

"Really, that little girl. What are you suddenly saying? You have so many friends here, don't you see? Are you an idiot? You're gonna be really rude, aren't you? Hey! Hey!

Stop!! Just stop!! Don't look like that because it makes you cry!! The beloved beast also seems to hate something, so he really wants to stop!! But Marrao pursued it further without looking particularly concerned when he was called a fool.

"No, I'm not... Of course, I think it's nice to have a pet as a friend, but you don't normally have people's friends?

……

You can't snap. Marrao... me and Mr. Grave, there's no word for the man in the robe to return Marrao's words and he's silenced. You don't know what to do with the beasts, either. I'm gonna alternate with the guy from Khorokyo and Robe. Me and Mr. Grave, what are we gonna do with the robe guys looking at each other, too? I've got air like that. As I was worried about what to do with it, suggestions flew in this time from the man in the robe.

"... uh... so next time... you mean bring a friend... once dissolved? What do you mean by...? … the answer is even when we meet again…"

"Ah... oh... yeah... no, but it's also like overlooking criminals like this... hey?

"Well... yes... yes... right?... miss... not for a reason... right?

"Those are the people who don't clarity!! Zuba, if you keep telling me the answer, it's over."

Marao is too Zubazuba!! It's a delicate problem, this is!! It's a matter of being able to hurt my heart!!

"... then... we'll get caught so hard... if you mean making new friends there and asking him?

"Well then... wouldn't that be nice?

"... it's... hey"

"Enough, let's go!! You're not gonna answer me now anyway, are you?

Calm down!! Marao, calm down!! Because I'm going!! Because I'm already going!! The man in the robe was heavily captive when he wiped the beasts out of this place with summoning magic. We tie a robe man to a tree by the street nearby.

"Uh... are you okay? Aren't you tough?

"I'm fine. Thanks."

"No... my friend... you can do it, I'm sure..."

"Oh... I'll be sure to reveal it"

"Good luck"

That's how we moved on to Leganil again. Robe's man is a criminal, for sure, but I feel sorry that he doesn't have any friends. I missed people too so I went down the mountain... so I secretly hoped he would make friends.