"My ... I'm a subordinate. You should have been with the lady escort with me at the Duke's House."
Moore tells Minerva in a painful voice when they see the two dead by the beast.
Minerva also knows the emblem engraved on their equipment. A sign indicating that it is a military under the direct control of the kingdom. Even more, Moore has confirmed his face directly. There is no doubt that they are soldiers belonging to the kingdom.
We can see that they have already died. It is not known why they were attacked by beasts in such places, but it is likely that they encountered the same situation as the Minervas. Maybe there are other people in the duke's house nearby.
Funeral "Let's do it ..."
When Moore murmurs to no one, Moore prepares them, prays, and burns with flames. There was not enough time to bury them, and there was no way to dig them.
"Lady. Don't use this. You have to put up with the smell of blood, but it's better than it looks."
Moore throws the dead female soldier at Minerva.
Minerva was thrown into this situation from the bedroom, dressed as a noble lady-no matter what he was, he was a problematic figure. Sorry to the original owner, but his stomach could not be replaced, and Minerva hides his lightly-dressed body in his cloak.
"I'm back at the start."
All we got was Minerva's cloak and an uncertain guess that other people might be in the same situation. There is no water or food to know the way to the royal capital.
"Hey Rona, don't you know where the water is?"
When he asks Minerva to ask him without any hesitation, Rona turns silently when she shows her expression as if she couldn't help.
"Hey, do you really know the water?"
Moore reveals surprise in Rona's way of saying that she is following her.
"Beasts have better nose than humans, and Rona may know something we don't know."
"Well, nothing else.
When Minerva and Moore exchanged words, they began walking westward through the meadows, following Rona, who was slowly leading.
Eventually when I walked about 30 minutes. Minerva arrives at a stream running through the grasslands.
"Ah! River, Captain Greysta"
"I was saved. I'm finally breathing."
The brook is about three meters wide, even where it is wide. The amount of water is by no means abundant, but it would be more than enough to soothe the throats of the two humans.
Minerva, who has been walking without even a drop of water, immediately became thirsty.
"It looks okay."
Moore, who has confirmed that there is no sign of a beast, invites Minerva.
"Well ... I'm coming back."
Minerva smiled with her hands carrying water from the river.
"I wish I had something in the container ..."
Jun Moore, who also throats, mutters.
"Would you like to rest here for a while now? Did you get tired of the young lady because you've been walking all the time?"
"Yes, it's better not to overdo it-what happened, Rona?"
Minerva responds to Moore and notices Rona's change.
Rona, who had been drinking water from the river just before, now looks around to find something. Its ears, covered in golden hair, stand up and move slightly in response to the sound of the grass swaying in the wind. The appearance of looking around without being busy seemed to indicate that the danger was imminent.
"Is the beast approaching?"
Moore notices Rona and begins to watch out for her.
"Is this a beast?"
"I don't know. But we don't just need water. If there's only water around here, it's no wonder the beast comes."
I haven't fully grasped the surroundings, but I've walked so far and haven't seen any rivers or lakes, let alone humans. This brook is likely to be a valuable drinking water for the creatures around it.
Naturally, creatures will include not only adult beasts, but also fierce carnivores that prey on herbivores.
"Leave here immediately"
"Yes. That would be better."
Immediately in agreement with Moore's decision, Minerva rose and heard a voice reminiscent of a wrinkled old man.
"Oh hey, don't you have to leave so quickly?"
They suddenly strengthen themselves.
"Who is it?"
Moore, who looses his stiffness for a moment and pulls his sword from his waist, hides Minerva behind him.
I said, "Hoo-ho-ho. It's a terrible territory that makes me laugh.
A voice that continues to resonate. There were no creature-like shadows around.
Looking ahead, Minerva turns his eyes and notices that Rona is looking at a point. A mysterious sight came into Minerva's eyes following his gaze.
Stream water flowing slowly. There was a strange change.
Part of the water clearly increased in thickness and gradually became dark blue. The dark blue water spreads as you see the area, and eventually fills a three-meter-wide creek. The erosion ceased after dyeing a distance of about five meters from upstream to downstream, and this time it began to stretch into the air, contrary to reason.
It has a shape reminiscent of a fountain gently flowing from an upward outlet. Of course, this is not a fountain, and there is no outlet that is installed upward. The phenomenon, which can be said to be a mass of discomfort, stopped expanding when the dark blue water reached about 2 meters in width and 3 meters in height.
"What is this guy ...?"
Prof. Moore's questions don't come out before the strange scene.
Ignorance of ignorance "I see, what is this?"
Mock It trembles like dark blue water did. A muffled voice like an old man reached Minerva's ear in connection with the movement.
"Demons speak human words ..."
Obvious abnormal situation. That made Minerva recognize that the opponent was a monster. Since the incomprehensible entity is not a beast, not a human, there is no name other than a demon that can describe it.
Re: "But if you don't know, you can't help. Ignorance is worth it; rudeness is worthy of condemnation. You should at least devote yourself. If you can be a part of me, Let's find a piece of value in our lives. "
The dark blue water demon tells unilaterally only from the top.
"Four feet out there. If you put both feet on you, you'll miss it. Isn't there enough wisdom to avoid useless strife?"
Mouth and eyes are not found in a liquid body. But if this monster had an eye, it would probably have its eyes on Rona.
The only four-legged one here-a dark blue water monster that casts words on Rona. Asking for silence, or a monster that was supposed to provoke a growl, resulted in an unexpected response from Minerva.
"... I'm sorry but I'll refuse me politely. Anyway, if you abandon Minerva, there's no face to match Al."
Moore and Minerva dye their faces in astonishment with the clear words coming out of Spinona's mouth.
"Speaking ...!"
"Rona, you ...!"
The other monster responded in a stunned tone without any surprise at Rona's utterance.
Dwarf "Well, poke the shield or four legs?
Rona replies with a calm expression to the demon that has created an intimidating atmosphere.
"If it were, I wouldn't say that I would just miss it, even if it's conditional. Water? "
Rona vomits nothing but provocation.
The dark blue water starts to shake greatly with a moment of silence. It seemed to represent the monster's anger.
"... Don't say it! You mustn't say it! You have insulted yourself in the noble and pure innocence! The dirty four-legged hair bean! You are no longer begging for life! One drop, not even one hair! "
"It's easy to say. Well, no matter how wise you say, after all, you're just polluted water that keeps polluting and growing, so be silent and roll with the filth I wonder if it's a hundred years later, can it be purified and become a little decent water? "
"This is ...!"
Demon Still attacking, a monster that looks like Rona is provoking.
A number of needles were created and ejected from the swaying body. The needle that pierced the ground where Rona stood a moment ago quickly lost its shape and penetrated the ground.
"This is a little bit!"
"They run away quickly!"
As he sent instructions to Minerva, Rona flew around the demon, fending off the needles that were released one after another.
Utsuto "She!"
Subsequently, the body of the demon changes. As if a part of the body had become misty and wrapped around Rona, the next moment it condensed and turned into a needle-like shape, just as it was pointed earlier.
"Rona!"
Minerva shouts at the situation of Rona surrounded by needles all around.
Countless needles that are ejected from all directions to Rona without any pause. It is impossible to avoid it.
"That's it for me too!"
As Rona hit the ground with his right forefoot, a fierce wind centered around him. The turbulent wind that swirls around the needle breaks, swirls, and blows away the needle that attacks from the surroundings. The aftermath reaches Minerva and others in remote places.
"It's ridiculous"
Moore exclaims.
Minerva agreed with that. Minerva doesn't know much about magic or magic. However, she can understand that the scene unfolding in front of her is not a battle by physical means. Even more, Rona's wind was not naturally generated. Obviously it's like magic.
"Rona is ..."
Rona, happily eating sweets from Minerva's hands, never understood that she could understand human language and have the intelligence to manipulate magic.
Despite the puzzled Minerva, the battle between Rona and the demon continues. Rona, who has stripped the siege of the needle with the magic of the wind, is now on the offensive.
Kick the ground in a crawl-like position and approach the demon from your feet. He flew left and right through the bundle of needles that were pointed to intercept, but jumped into the monster's pocket as soon as he narrowed the distance.
The inverted triangular ears move. Before the demon takes a defensive action, he slams the flame into his right forefoot and slams it into the body of dark blue water.
"The little boy!"
The voice of a hatred monster resounded.
"I get hurt because I get up early without any sense what I need to sleep calmly!"
Rona, who made a repulsion blow, also immediately flies and moves away.
Sumi: "Watari-san! Watari-san! Is this such a dense magical power flowing in and passing over?"
Although you can't see his expression, it's no doubt that the demon is rageous from that tone. One Rona is so cool. Meanwhile, Rona's eyes, confronting the demon without any steps, with a generous expression, were narrowed slightly in response to the demon's words.
Demonic attacks increase in intensity. When the body of water takes on the shape of an elongated whip, it attacks from the side of Rona while flexing.
At first, Rona, who had a cool face at first, can't dodge everything if the number of whip exceeds ten. Hands were gradually injured by the infinite number of needles and whip connections.
"Battalion! Rona!"
"……I know"
Moore sees the struggle and tries to get out of the way, but Rona screams in a hurry.
"What are you doing! Run away quickly!"
"I can't run away with Rona alone!"
Rona's reluctant words are stabbed into Minerva as he dies.
"I can't help but get in the way where you were!
"Such ...!"
Minerva spells out in the cold. Moore's hand was placed on his shoulder, turning forward.
"... Lady. As he said, we were all right. I'm sorry but I'm not going to keep up with that speed."
Moore seems to admit his helplessness, but he is still trying to follow Rona's words with Minerva's safety first. Meanwhile, Minerva is still down.
I know they are useless if they are here. But is it OK to leave Rona facing that dangerous monster? Such hesitation is questioned and turned to Rona.
"You are ... are you okay alone?"
"Dakarara! I don't know! I'm less dangerous if you're not here!"
Rona tells her with a disgusted tone. Meanwhile, the needle and whip of the demon steadily carved a wound into Rona's fur.
"I see ... Rona, don't overdo it."
After accepting Rona's words sadly, Minerva leaves to squeeze out and turns back.
"Don't leave me, young lady"
"Yes……"
A glimpse of Rona fighting backwards, Minerva began running with all her power, following Moore's lead.