noon of the day.

We were on our way to Dracula to be apprenticed by a new master, and we got off the train in a town on the way.

I decided to pursue my destination while training Nemia.

"How long will it take you to reach your destination?

"Dracula is way over that mountain, so I guess we'll be walking for a week"

"Can you stay with Lord Ash for a week! This is going to make you stronger!

Nemia is a big deal.

You admire me so much, I need to make you strong enough!

Then we hung out in town and bought a souvenir for the candidate master, and then we headed to the mountains.

Where it was difficult on the mountain road, Nemia becomes emotionally unstable.

"Ko, this is... it's like there's going to be demons..."

Nemia seems scared of her first demonic exorcism.

"What would you like for dinner today?

Meanwhile, Mr. Noir seems concerned about his dedication this evening.

"There's so much dried meat and beans, I plan to simmer it and turn it into soup."

"Imagine I'm hungry. Can I help you?

"There's a lot of dried fruit I bought the other day, do you want some?

"I'll take it."

Nemia shuddered as she gave Mr. Noir dried fruit.

"Oh, aren't you two scared?

You look surprised to see our non-nervous interactions.

"I'm not scared. I'm used to walking down mountain roads."

"Yes, you don't know when demons will pop up, do you?

"I'm tired of seeing demons."

"Are you tired of seeing it!?

Nemia opens her eyes like she was struck.

And my eyes sparkled like I was impressed.

"You two have been through numerous dead lines! I want to get to you two as soon as possible.

"We're just paralyzed, so we better not make it a goal."

"... is my senses paralyzed too?

"I do."

I answered confidently.

We met too many demon kings.

Because of this, my fear of demons was paralyzed.

By nature, fighting demons is life-threatening, and it's not like Nemia's never fought demons.

It's decided you should act nervously instead of trying to be like us.

"I want to be as grand as Lord Ash! How can we overcome our fear of demons?

"If you fight the Demon King, your fears will be paralyzed."

"Are you the Demon King!? So, but wasn't the Demon King supposed to have been defeated by Lord Ash?

"There are plenty of demon kings. I'll see you in a minute."

"Is the Demon King alive!?

Seeing Nemia trembling with hesitation, Mr. Noir asked, "Why are you frightened?" and makes me wonder.

For us, the Demon King is like a glass mechanic, but not in general common sense.

In fact, this world is about to be destroyed by the Demon King.

If they find out there are even a few threatening demon kings, the rest of the world will panic.

If it gets noisy, it won't be a place to train... and it sounds like you should keep it a secret that you have a demon king.

"Mr. Noir likes jokes."

"I see! Lord Noir is a grandfather."

Nemia is honest.

I misled you for one second... but if I let you keep up with our pace for a week like this, Nemia's senses are going crazy.

You can't mess up general common sense and give it back to Mr. Tronko... sounds like you'd better ask a common sense guy 'Training Act to Be Strong'!

I decided so. I gave Mr. Noir my phone.

"I want to talk to Mr. Fermina, so why don't you magic my phone?

Mr. Fermina, the most common sense man I know and wizard of the same level as Mr. Noir, must know the right training method for Nemia.

"I'll flush."

Mr. Noir grabs his phone and pushes it all the way into my ear.

Because I have little magic power, I can't make a call until I get Mr. Noir to supply it.

Doing so, I hear a nostalgic voice coming from the phone mouth.

"Hiccup, Ash! Where are you now? How's Nova?!? Of course Ash-kun's fine!

You're doing well anyway.

That's the good thing about Mr. Fermina.

"Hissing. Me and Mr. Noir are fine. I'm in a place called Grune Kingdom right now."

"The Kingdom of Grune!? Well, then you've gone far again! Eating right!? Glad you could let me know if there's a delicious BBQ shop in Grune Kingdom!

"What do you think? I haven't had a chance to eat meat lately."

"What!? You have to eat properly! Meat is a source of strength! I'm a little worried about your diet! I'm in town called Demonia, because there are so many delicious BBQ shops over here! If you ever come over here, I'll show you! I got a lot of money, so I'll give you a luxury!

"I'll contact you if you ever go that way..." Demonia? Demonia is the western town of the kingdom of Elstadt, isn't it? What do you mean, you belonged to the Western branch?

'Yeah! The Northern Branch was my number one aspiration, but you have plenty of fighting power! They sent me to the West looking for young men! Oh, my God, I'm active as an ace there. Yo!

Mr Fermina said lightly.

"Really!? Wow!"

I can't believe my friends are working great, no more good news!

I can't lose, either! We need to train more and increase our magic and be wizards like Mr. Fermina can't beat us!

Hey, it's time to get down to business.

"By the way, Mr. Fermina, is there something you care about when you fight demons?

"Are you trying?" Yeah, well, I'm fighting to protect my precious one. '

"Do you have an important one?

"Yeah. Ash-kun, Nowa and Efa, plus my family and one of the townships - I'm telling you it's my job to protect everyone! Then you'll have so much power!

You mean fight for your life to protect one of your loved ones?

For example, I defeated the Emperor of Light to protect Grandpa Maurice.

But I fought for myself, not to protect you, to be strong.

It seems similar and completely different from Mr. Fermina, who trains to protect his precious one and battles for his life to protect his precious one.

'I thought it might have just temporarily gotten stronger, but when I measured the magic, it was getting so strong! I can protect everyone, I can be strong, I kind of feel like I got it!... Was this helpful?

"Of course! Let me help you! Sorry I'm busy."

He said, "You can say it! Ash-kun's phone is always welcome anytime, anywhere! I just got a little cheerful talking to Ash for the first time! I'm glad you called again!... Will you?

"Of course I'll call you. Look, there's something about Grandpa Maurice's birthday."

"It was my birthday! Then it's time for you to meet Ashkun! I look forward to seeing you all!

"Me too. See you later."

"Ugh! Say hello to Nowa, too! Tell him you haven't eaten all the melon bread, and sometimes you have to eat meat! Ash-kun too! Bye! '

Finish the call with Mr. Fermina.

Nemia turned an exciting glance when she was nostalgic for her cell phone while telling Mr. Noir about the melon bread.

"How was it?

"Fighting demons with the intention of protecting one of your loved ones will make you stronger."

"I see! I will make a note of it before I forget!

Nemia just takes notes.

KIEWIN!!!!

The sound of catching a blackboard on the lid sounded, and Nemia dropped her notebook.

"Hey, what's that noise!? - That's a distortion of space!

"This is a distortion of time and space. There's a demon coming out of here."

"Ko, is this a distortion of time and space......! What should I do?

"Hide behind my back, just in case. If Nemia's a demon she's going to defeat, she'll fight for it."

"I see. I understand!

Nemia and Mr. Noir hid behind me, and Pachyne and I cracked the space.

A copper knight pops out of there.

Oh, this guy, no way -!

"Ghahahahaha! I am the Emperor of Copper (Bronze Road)!! On behalf of your three families, I've come to kill Ningen, who interrupts the captivity of the Ice Emperor!!

Pahhhhh!!!!!!!

Make it wood dust for now.

"Lord Ash!? Now, what was it!? Just before it was shattered, I was talking...!

"Nothing."

"So, but I think I was talking... and there's only a demon king precedent for talking about demons...!

"Nothing."

"I see! You're nothing!

Nemia is honest.

Well, he's really a demon king. That makes Nemia panic, and if you find out the first demon you see is the Demon King, it's trauma confirmed.

Best to decide what you didn't see.

"Ash, at some point the demon king was targeting you."

Mr. Noir's ears are pounding.

"As far as I'm concerned, I'd appreciate it."

I reply in ears.

The demon king's aim is now me, which means Mr. Noir is no longer worried about being attacked by the demon king.

I didn't expect to have your three families over the Four Heavens King... but I shattered one of them, The Copper Emperor, and that means I'm done with two more.

Maybe there's a 'Great Demon King' over your three houses, but I'm honestly glad I see the end.

If we don't have to worry about the demon king targeting us, we can focus on training!

"Lord Ash! Me, I'd like to try and fight the demons soon!

Besides, we need to make Nemia stronger now.

That is how we sought demons and walked down mountain paths.