Nevertheless, it would be difficult if Mr. Nervia's motivation, the key to the upcoming dragon exorcism, were to be lowered.

I gently lay my hands on the hand that Mr. Nelvia, sitting next to me, lay on his knees.

"Ah..."

Ms. Nelvia, who instantly erased the atmosphere and expression that seemed grumpy, stares straight at me as she dyes her cheeks.

So I tried to put some thoughtful words on you...... but when it came to it, I realized Kaylis wasn't there, and I kept smiling softly.

Guru, I didn't know it would be inconvenient to get this far without Kaylis.

But without words, my feelings seemed to have passed to Mr. Nelvia, and when she grabbed my hand back as she scuffed, she regained serenity like she had kicked Lil out of consciousness.

Kind of unlike when I was a baby, it feels so fresh when my eyes are close when I sit down.

For once, I'm going to give Reggie some follow-up, and I'm going to look at Reggie sitting across one of Mr. Nelvia's, but surprisingly, he was already lacking (yawning) as if he'd lost interest.

Is that...? Words that doubt strength are supposed to be the greatest insult to the Beastman tribe. Regardless of me or my fellow indulgents, it shouldn't be quite weird to come to my head if Lil 'l or something tells me...

While I was distracted by that Reggie anomaly, Lil 'put his hand on Clit's shoulder sitting beside him.

"That said, I knew if you had a brave man, you'd be a hundred manpower. I was unconscious the other day because it was an ambush. Now it's time to do it."

To Lil 'l's words, Crito nods with her scarlet eyes softly narrowed.

"... the Devil's Clan will almost, without giving a shit. Especially that dragon."

I felt dangerous signs in her scarlet eyes, as if all sorts of dark, starchy emotions were swirling as chaos. It is the eyes of madness, the last to be reached by humans hunted down to the cramped poles.

... I've seen that in a company in my previous life, about two or three times. This is the human eye where the decisive hoop (taga) comes off and does the hard work.

I'd like to rescue her if I could, but whatever outsiders say will just be depressing, and she can't have ears to listen to the moonlight consolations and common sermons.

In the end, I think the only way to move forward with her stopped time is to confront the dragon again and settle. If I were in the same position as her, I might kill all the people who stand in her way.

Having been hit by a bandit in a village and in crisis, I can imagine how she feels right now, like she does about herself.

But I can't be shameless enough to say without embarrassment that I can understand how she feels.

She can only understand how she feels. The separation between empathy and understanding is as much between heaven and earth as you would normally realise if you had some life experience.

All I can do will be to support Crito not to be impotent in this showdown.

... Still, if the dragons are waiting for more than two, other demons intervene, or feel set in some kind of trap, they are deciding in an ops conference that they will flee immediately.

It is the iron rule of society to set clear priorities for challenges (tasks) and to comply with them.

My top task is family safety. This time it is a little off the stone because I went to exorcise the dragon due to various circumstances, but if the imminent danger to our children still exceeds the allowable amount, I intend to escape without worrying.

I also know it hurts to know that every beautiful thing that fails to protect something important is a play.

When Crito settles for a battle with the Dragon, what conclusion does she come to fulfilling... I don't know about that, but maybe one day the time will come to rival me, at least as long as she hopes for 'the annihilation of all demons'.

With that in mind, I steal his expression, worried that Reggie was not offended by Crito's words.

Then, unexpectedly, Reggie was just looking at Crito with a pale look that didn't make her feel bad.

I couldn't read his thoughts from the side of it, but in Reggie, maybe some change is starting to happen.

The carriage takes us on such an endless plain.

And then a few hours later, when we went to the entrance to the demonic realm, the demonic realm of Boboloza opened its mouth and waited for us.