This Hero Is Invincible but Too Cautious

A few days have passed since Master Napun was an eta.

Back to back with me with the death flag heavily on my back, the divine world was still calm and sunny that day. A short distance away, Johnde and Kirico are barebacking the wooden knife, and Aria and Lady Adenella are at the garden table at the café colluding over a cup of tea brought by Cerceus.

Peaceful routine. But, inadvertently, Aria stiffened the movement. I feel the air straining around me.

"What's wrong, Aria?

Asked close, Aria had turned her serious eyes.

"Lista, I have a message for you from Isister. He said to come to the room right now."

"Ugh, yeah! Ok!"

I immediately rush to the room of the Isister of the Temple. My chest was beating hard.

Opening the door wide, Master Isister changed his usual serene expression and spoke to me strictly.

"Artemios, the demon king of Ixforia, has awakened"

- Ugh! At last...!

"A call from Master Isister at this time" - no matter, I had a feeling it might be. Still my nervousness is MAX state.

"The demon king, who had previously covered himself with a veil, temporarily exposed his presence. It's like sensing what I'm seeing and letting myself wake up..."

"Wow, wow, I'm going to tell Holy Blessings about this!

"If you're in the Dragon Palace, you're in the square right now."

I thanked Master Isister and then jumped out of the room.

As Master Isister taught me with a thousand eyes, Sacred Aya was in the square talking to a strange male god.

"... No, Wye is from the god of booze. I don't know what to tell you."

He looked like he was asking God of plenty of fat booze about something, but now it's an emergency. I break into conversation.

"Holy shit!! Isister contacted me!! It looks like the Demon King has finally awakened!!

"Right."

The liquor god scratches polypoli and cheeks with his fingers.

"What's the big deal? Howie, in this corner..."

After the god of liquor leaves, I quickly propose to Saint Aya to let out the gate to Ixfolia. But Sacred Ya shook his head quietly beside him.

"Wait a while longer"

"Arr!? Aren't you going?

Surprised, because I thought if I heard that the Demon King had awakened to the boulder, I would leave soon.

"Oh, well. Yeah, then a little more..."

Still, if Sacred Ya isn't ready yet, I was going to wait until I said it was good...

"Brave man. 'For a while', how long the hell?

A serious voice sounds. Looking back, Johnde and Kirico are standing. Apparently he was listening to our conversation.

"Duh, what's going on, Johnde? You look scared?

Johnde turns his hand to stop me and then speaks to Sacred Eye.

"I'm going to see how much your hips weigh after all the battles you've been fighting. I also hear that the last failure was the result of a rush to act, although I want to save Ixfolia quickly. Still, let me tell you something. These days it just seems like you're wasting your time in God without meaning."

"Let's see, there's no way that Sacred Yi is in the divine world for no purpose!!

"Right!" and look back at Sacred Eye. But Sacred Aya was silent.

"Even earlier. I was talking to the god of liquor, like a chat, about my soul or something. I don't think that's the conversation I need to take down the Demon King."

"Shut up, shut up" etc. from the character of Holy Ya, I thought I would tea Jonde's head, and I hissed. Yet Sacred Eye turns her back, trying to avoid Jonde's gaze.

"... if you're ready, I'll call you here"

Surprisingly, that's what I leave behind and walk away from. "Chip," Johnde tongued. In the meantime, Kiriko groans.

"Seiya...... I feel like I'm waiting for something"

"'Something'? Kiri, what the hell is that?

"I don't know. But I feel that way."

Kiriko's account at times like this is sharp. But just like Kirico, I wasn't sure what Holy Ya was waiting for.

The next day.

When I went to the cafe in Cerceus, Aria opened her eyes wide and looked at me.

"Lista......!! Oh, you, you were still in the god world......!?

"Yeah, Sacred Wow isn't ready."

"Haha," she laughs at me. Aria changes her blood phase and approaches me.

"Oh, no!! I knew it, I thought we'd already left!!

"Aria......?

The red-stained Aria's face felt like she was pregnant with anger and learned to fear. Aria fixes her smile as she realizes haha.

"Oh, I'm sorry. That's a lot longer than usual this time...... no... that's true too, isn't it? 'Cause it's a demon warfare."

After I said that in a hurry, I walked away somewhere at first.

I don't think I've ever seen such aria before. A little wolfish, Kiriko pokes me in the back with a chong.

"Mr. Lista. Um... I mean Aria..."

"As it were, well, that's right! If the Demon King wakes up and finds out he's still in the divine realm, be angry and deserve it!

"No, I'm not. I'm talking about yesterday."

"Hmm? What?

"Yesterday, when Lista was sitting in a cafe chair, Aria had a scary face like that earlier, and I approached Lista from behind. And I saw him trying to take something out of his chest..."

"What!?

"Wow, me, I got kind of scared and dropped the teacup I was carrying! When Lista looked back when she heard the noise, Aria looked in a hurry and walked away!

- Ugh, shh...!! What, that!? Aria, what were you trying to do to me!?

"I wasn't sure whether to tell you or not about this. There's no way Aria would do anything weird to Lista..."

"Well, that's right! Aria is like my sister! She hasn't looked after me since I was a little girl!

"Right! It must be my fault!

"Yeah, yeah! There's been a mistake!

... That said, in addition to the Death Flag, Suspicious Aria's Behavior. My heart couldn't wait to mourn.

I can't stay or stand, and I'm going to ask Master Adenella for her opinion, and I'm going to take a seat. Cerceus was just carrying coffee to Adenella-like, who was alone at the table.

As I approached them, they glanced at me for some reason.

"Ri, Lista. I can't stop saying this."

"What, what is it?

"Uh... no, I knew it, okay. or stop..."

"!? What the hell do you mean!?

Screaming, but distracting from me, Dear Adenella. Then Celseus next door,

"Goho, geho!

I suddenly coughed up.

"Cerceus!?

"Hey, nothing! Because I have cooking!... Ouuuuuuuuu!

Put your hand on your mouth, try to escape and leave.

- What are you both, that attitude... and yes, yes, yes, yes!?

If you look, the gods in the square are gazing at me with strange faces! And when you see eye to eye with me, you do so at first, and you lay your eyes down! My spine froze to an unusual atmosphere.

What the hell is this!? What is happening to me?

In the meantime, God's strongest destructive god, chained to his body, passed by. I run to Lady Valkyrie with the thought of straw.

"Dear Valkyrie!! Please help!! It's weird!! The gods look at me and look weird!!

Then Lady Valkyrie wrinkled between her brows.

"You're the weird and weird one, Listarte.... Damn, I feel like rubbing milk on boulders today."

"Yes, what the hell do you mean!? Tell me!!

"If no other god can say it, Atashi will say it clearly. Look, Listarte..."

And Lady Valkyrie pointed at me bish.

"Fuck you, you are!!

"!! hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!?

Ku, the smell... you mean the body smell!? So everyone was avoiding me because the smell is tight!?... Hina, Oi!!

"I've smelled a little from time to time, but it stinks again today!! Take about a bath!!

"And rude!! Me, every day properly, I'm in it!!

For not being able to bathe properly in Ixfolia, I always wash my body with consideration in the divine world...... I mean, wait, wait!! I didn't just take a shower to wake up earlier!! Still smelling!?...... Ha, body odor is such a thing!? No, no, no, no, no, no, it's too weird for anything!!

That's when I heard a noisy voice from behind.

"Kiriko! Let go!

"No, you can't, Mr. Aria! Don't hurt Lista. Come on!

Turn around...... it surprises me! Turning away from Aria's releasing divinity, Kiriko grabs Aria's arm and she's a jerk!

"Ahhh!

I fall out of the screaming aria's hand and look at the stuff rolling on the ground, I'm gross! That was a vial marked with a doc!

Master Valkyrie takes the vial and takes a serious look.

"Aria. No way, Temei, this is..."

Aria says it's pompous as she thinks it is.

"Finally... you found out..."

Ugh, you're lying!? No way, hey, poison or something!?

"Oh, that vial, what is it, Aria!?

When I asked in fear, I got a reply that I didn't even think about.

"This is' Yagatte Kusakunar '- a perfume made by the stinking god Okshare."

"Yagate Kusak...... no what, sole!?

"It contains an intense ingredient that strengthens body odor hundreds of times. Lista, I've been looking at these gaps and I've been spraying them on you."

"!! Aria, how could you do such a terrible thing to me!?

So it was Aria's fault that they kept saying 'stink' and 'sooth' in Gearbrande and Ixfolia!?

"What's so great about this? Even if I sprinkle it, it won't work right away. In addition, you can regulate the time to bad odor by swinging it more often."

"No, so why are you spreading that stuff on me,"

I realize it when I say it. Only when Aria was in tears.

"... aria?

"You saw it in crystal balls, didn't you? A year ago in the Battle of the Demon King, I was swallowed whole by Artemaius, the end of a volume. I'm so sorry to hear you cry."

Next to me says what Kirico came up with.

"Aria...... hey, lest Lista be eaten by demons?

Spilling tears, Aria laughs at Kirico.

"That's right. I didn't want Lista to feel the same way about me..."

I did, Pork Beast Man Bunogeos scolded me for 'rotten weird stuff' that smelled so full, I didn't eat it! Harawatta boiled back then... well... thanks to Yagate Kusakunar, I was saved!

"Well, if that's the case, I wish you'd told me directly!

"Because... if you find out 'eventually it'll stink,' Lista, you won't like it, will you?

"Yeah. Well, I'd definitely hate that..."

I put my hand on Aria's shoulder crying.

"But I'm happy for you! Aria cared about me!

"Lista......!

"Yagate Kusakunar...... from now on I'll swing it myself!

Then Aria cried and hugged me.

"Lista! Please! Save Ixfolia!

"Leave it to me! I'll do my best!

When he saw us hugging each other, Lady Valkyrie gave him an exuberant laugh. And slap me on the back mighty, bang me.

"Ok!! Come on, body odor goddess!!

"!! I'm a healing goddess though!?

Kiriko laughed joyfully when I saw Tsuko.

Even that night, I slept in bed with Kirico in a room I had rented to Cerceus, as usual.

"Lista......"

In the darkened room, suddenly Kiriko next door spoke.

"Duh, what's up, Kiri? Hit me, stink? That's crazy! I should have tweaked it so I could smell more later!

"No, sir."

"Then bee body odor!? Hey seriously!?

"No. I'm not talking about smells."

Kiriko laughs when she dulls.

"I...... it's sooo much fun with Lista every day!!

"Oh, yeah?

"Mr. Johnde seems to want you to save Ixfolia soon. Of course I feel the same way... but on the other hand, I wish these fun days would go on forever."

Grasping his mouth a little, Kirico scratched his head like it lit up.

"Careless...... right......?

"Ugh. Neither do I. I want to live happily ever after."

That was undisputed earnestness.

"Mr. Lista. When I was depressed on the Ballada continent, you said, 'Good kids have a nice future ahead of them,' right?

Kirico holds my hand. Even though it's a machine, Kirico's hands always seem warm.

"I, Lista, would be happiest if you stayed healthy and fun forever!

"Kiri......!

My chest gets hot. At the same time I felt ashamed.

Kiri always cares more about others than she does about herself. Yet even though I'm a goddess, I'm just worried about myself...

Huh. I had an idea that came to my mind.

I was with Kirico, too, avoiding the Demon King battle somewhere in my heart. If I went, I had the fear that 'I might be killed'. But... what if Sacred Aya sees my feelings? If so, 'What Sacred Aya Waits For' must be......!

The next day. I headed to Master Isister's room alone.

"Dear Isister, I have a favor to ask."

Before the Great Goddess, I say so with clarity.

"In the fight against the demon king Artemaios, Saint Aya may also use Valkyrie's final destruction ceremony, Valhalla Gate (Heavenly Gate). At that time, I order (to enforce the Special Measures of the Divine Realm Act) to save Sacred Blessing. Even if that were to result in further punishment from the deepest divine realm..."

After a while of silence, Master Isister nodded with a serious look.

"Your readiness has been conveyed. In case the time comes, I'm going to allow your order, too."

"Thank you"

And I stretch my spine and proclaim to Master Isister.

"I risk my life. But I will defeat Artemaios and save Ixfolia!

"Risk your life…………"

"Yes! I am a goddess! I don't spare my life to save the world!

"Listarte......"

"Of course, I'm not going to go ahead and die! When Ceremonik cursed me, Sacred Aya told me! 'Don't give up easily. Keep fighting till the last moment'!

Throughout the night, I try to put into words my own readiness to get worried. Fear had vanished and I was feeling somewhat sunny.

I said to Isister, grinning, I bowed my head deeply before leaving the room.

At Café de Cerceus, Saint-Yi sat in a garden table chair, arms together and eyes closed. It creates a difficult atmosphere to get close to, but I walk without hesitation.

"Holy shit. Are you ready yet?

"... I told you when the time came to go, I'd call you from here"

After one deep breath, he raises his voice against Holy Ya.

"I'm ready! Accept any fate!

As soon as I got there, Sacred Eye stared at me. After a while, I realize that that gaze is pouring behind me as well.

Looking back, there was Jonde and Kirico behind me. We both have a serious look at Holy Blessings.

"Brave man! If you're ready, I'm ready too!

"Wow, me too!

After a little silence, the next thing I know, Saint Ya turned a staring eye to me. Still, I can't beat the strong eye of a brave man. Turn your hardened will into words and hit Holy Blessing.

"Holy shit! Defeat the Demon King! I couldn't save Ixfolia then!

"Sacred Aya!

"Brave man!"

- Defeat Artemaius to bring back a peaceful Ixfolia where Queen Carmilla and Kiri can live in peace! Yes, for that matter, even if this body decays...!

"Let's go, Dragon Palace Holy Aya! A hundred years from now, two hundred years from now, for Ixfolia!

... eventually Saint Ya stood up completely. Kirico and Johnde, and after looking at me in turn, throw a sharp gaze into the sky of the divine realm.

"Lady Perfectly Ready"

... I thought so.

The last time in the Battle of the Demon King in Gearbrande, Sacred Aya did not say that dialogue.

But this time. Sacred Aya said the dialogue that had surely defeated the enemy after she had said it.