The wife of the villains, returning to death to change her mind.

"... the village chief? He said he needed us... Huh!?

At the village chief's house, waiting for the villagers whom Teros had called to come, one woman said so with her face out the door.

At the beginning it seemed like he was going to ask Teros something in the usual manner, but he opened his eyes and stiffened his body when he saw me sitting in a seat where there would always be Teros.

Then,

"Also, I'm sorry, nobles. I thought there was a village chief here... please punish me only..."

And I lowered my head.

This is not because I am my Duchess, it would simply be against the nobility.

Regardless of the big city, whether or not there is such a village villager in a lifetime as dealing with nobility.

For this reason, common sense about the existence of nobility is quite biased.

At least, we all have the feeling that there's nothing to be involved in, and that's why this attitude is.

And the feeling is generally not wrong.

There are quite a few decent aristocrats out there, because you should be careful.

It wouldn't be a hoard to be treated poorly and cut to death.

Of course, I don't do that, so I say.

"I'm not going to punish you, so keep your head up. And then here."

"Ho, is it true...?

"Absolutely. In the first place, I was the one who asked you to call me this time. So, uh, are you the only one who came...?

"Oh, no. Look, we're all inside..."

After she comes in, prompting by the door, Zorro and the villagers come in from there.

The first one to come in was a little girl about five years old, who immediately cling to the woman's feet.

I guess it's her child.

Then it goes on with the hunter of the grand age and the man, the farmer's couple.

It belongs exactly as I asked someone to do this kind of work.

The hunter's man is staring sharply at this one, not too scared of things, and the farmer's couple feel slight in the opposite direction, nicotine and losing their shoulder strength.

I guess the first young woman to come in is the most nervous.

Does the child also feel nervous about the mother?

I thought I'd have trouble with this, but I turned my gaze to Walter.

Then Walter took something out of his nostalgia and handed it to me.

I got up, went to the kid, stood on my knees and gazed at him,

"... I'm sorry I called you out of the blue. I called because I wanted to talk to everyone. So don't be scared."

Then I grabbed the mother's clothes even more gnarly, so the mother was better off,

"Luca, look..."

Encourage.

So finally Luca,

"... talk... Luca too?

And he answered, so I smiled and nodded,

"That's right. But I won't tell Luca I can't. If you're bored, you can eat this and wait for me next to your mother."

Hand over three or so candy things in a small bottle that make a noise of karakara.

Luca had a bewildered look on her face, but when she sees her mother and confirms that she nodded, she receives.

"... what is this?

"Recently, it's a popular treat in the territorial capital, but it's sweet and delicious when I'm licking it in my mouth. It'll take a while to melt, so you'll enjoy it for a long time. So much so that boredom blows up."

I was told, when I put one piece of candy in my mouth with a half-hearted face, did I know what it tasted like?

"... yes... wow, yummy! Thanks!"

He told me, so I just relaxed a little bit of the field air.

"You're welcome... well, I was wondering if you'd all take your seats"

That said, each of the villagers sat on their seats with a bewildered look that was a slightly frightened look until just now.

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"I'm calling you today because there's something you all wanted to ask me."

A hunter man asks me fearlessly, coming in quickly from an errand.

"... what the hell is that? There doesn't seem to be much unity among the members, though."

"These days, crops have been beastly damaged in this village, haven't they? About that."

Then the hunter man and the farmer's couple nodded as they were convinced.

If you're the first mother and daughter to come in, I guess I am, but not yet.

"Did you just call me to ask what kind of beast attacked you?

"Right. A forest deer or ghost rat, the village chief said..."

That said, the hunter man looked at the village chief with such a blame,

"Mayor, I thought you said that wasn't a forest deer."

I said, so I ask the man.

"What do you mean?

"Oh... uh, I don't know about your lady, but the forest deer, right? It's bouncing. So if Mori Deer did this..."

And where I said that, I had a prediction, too.

"The fence couldn't have broken that way."

…… Exactly. Heh, already to see the field?

"Yep. They showed it to me. I thought the same thing about you..."

"Really? So, ghost rats, too?

"You know what... I just wanted to ask Luca"

When I turned my gaze, I noticed a little bit because I was licking candy like it was crunchy, but my mother,

"Ru, Luca. Here."

And I urged him to turn his face here in a good mood,

"What?"

He told me, so I ask.

"Have you picked up the ghost rat tail lately?

On this question the village chief tilted his neck, but the more the other villagers, the more he gave the expression.

To my question, Luca,

"Not really. Geim and Justa are always collecting in the field, 'cause they haven't fallen much lately."

A hunter man put on an arm to this. With a difficult look,

"Hmm. If that's the case, aren't you a ghost rat..."

I said.

"I guess so."

"But when it comes to not being a forest deer or a ghost mouse... around Komori Wolf? No, but I don't know how to break that fence..."

And I was about to talk to him, and Teros said,

"Hey, give me a minute. How do you know that? Miss Elaine."

I've been asking.

I answer this.

"Teros, you, you were in the city when you were little, weren't you?

"Huh? Well, yes... how do you know?

"Because the outfit was popular a while ago in the capital, and the tone is urban. Besides, you don't seem to know anything about ghost rat tails."

"What the hell is the ghost rat tail...?

The hunter man replied to this.

"That's a good play tool for kids in the village. A ghost rat only falls off his tail when he feels in danger. Sounds like it's going to grow again soon, but the key thing is that this tail stretches a little when it comes to strength. It's not that sturdy, so it's hard to use for processed products, but the kids in the village often grab both ends and pull until they run out. We did great when we were little, too."

Both Luca's mother and the farmers nodded in nostalgia for this.

It's just that Teros didn't know because he lived in the city when he was a kid.

"... but what the hell..."

I say to Teros, who is still leaning on his neck.

"I mean, if there's a bunch of ghost rats coming to the field, it's normal to have a bunch of tails off. Especially around here, right? Then there must have been plenty of ghost rats who would be surprised to drop their tails. But according to Luca's story, the tail hasn't really fallen off"

"I mean, not many ghost rats are here."

A hunter's man gave me his conclusion.

"So, what the hell is it that made the field so rough...? When it comes to not being a forest deer, a ghost mouse, or a Komori wolf..."

"I'm not sure, but I have predictions."

"Is that...?

"Of course......"

- It's a demon.

To my words, the villagers breathed.