Transported to a hyper-realistic RPG.

"That day, I was pulled out of the darkness... no."No. I'm sure I'm still in the dark.I can't change the past, and I know I have no power.That's why I think they gave me the light.Even in the darkness, I can see ahead.And you made me realize it.The light of Piltee keeps shining on my feet, and it keeps me from falling apart. "

"Light... I don't think it's such a big thing."

“No. For us, it's the same thing that saved our lives.”

…………………

"Since then, it's been a really rough day, but it's getting brighter and brighter around me."One by one, people show up to give us light... I'm really grateful. "

I don't have any particular awareness of what I did, and I don't know how to react.

"Most of all, I am grateful for Pilate."

She was many times harder than me.Even though it was hard, I had to take care of it.

From what I've said, it's normal for her to be thankful... but... I think it was really hard. "

As Heine said, I don't think Heine could have done anything and put the burden on Pilate alone.Certainly, there was no doubt that Heine was not in the right tone.However, in order to keep Pilate alive, she decided that she was the only one who could read the memory of the blood, so that she would not be involved in Pilate.He said he needed someone to take over his duties, and that's what he meant.But perhaps Pilate needs us alive.That should have been the best.

I don't think she carried all the burden on Pilate alone.There may have been some parts that I relied on a lot, but for Pilte, Heine was also the support of my heart.

But even if I told Heine about it, I might not be convinced.As a mother, I lament that I could not support it.

"But. Since Shinya and Nil properly met, everything has changed."

I was really saved, as was Pilate. "

No matter what happens, Heine's emotions come through.

Even if her gaze turned to the Pilates, she knew what she wanted to tell them.

"Most of all, I am grateful that Pilate is laughing, regretful, and looking up."

Ever since she started spending time with me, she's been hanging out somewhere.I think that the memories of my childhood when I was originally human and was badly tortured made Piltee do so. "

It may not be as much as a hundred souls of a triple child... but after all, those who have experienced the experience of being greatly criticized for their spirit in the past will unconsciously lose the way of thinking and behavior drawn by that experience.

Me and Nil, I know that.

"But since I met Nil properly, I can see that it has eased a lot."

We don't really understand everything about people who are normal slaves outside of the demon world, but we do understand that they are treated very badly.

Even though you're such a slave, you're under the influence of Nil-chan, who lives with a strong core. "

"Nil is probably also influenced by Pilte."

“Yeah, that's why I'm grateful.Both I and Pilté were saved, and Pilté, who had been reluctant to move in his own way, was trying to move.I'm... so glad.

That's why.... "

Heine looks me in the eye again.

“Thank you.”

If you make it a letter, it's only five characters.

How much emotion is in those words?

There is embarrassment and shine, but I feel that the area around my heart is getting hot.

You're welcome... and I don't feel that it's appropriate to return the word... to Heine's five-letter words.

I don't know what to return.

No, in the first place, is it right to return to this word...

Leaving nothing to be said, Pilte and Nil look at me and Heine and lean their necks to see if something is wrong.

"Fufufu. Now, shall we do what we have to do?"

Heine looks at it and leaves me.At that time, I saw that the cheeks that appeared in the back of the beautiful black hair were slightly reddened.

A demon race that lives in the demon world.

They are a race who say that power is what counts.Still, it's not without emotions.

This way, you can think, feel and... make me feel a lot of things.

From one side, you might think they're savages.No, that's the truth.However, I think it is very lonely to be afraid of no darkness just because I don't know it, and to decide that I am an enemy.Not to mention the difference between believing in a different god and making a fuss about being a demon or a savage.

For me who grew up in modern Japan, religious wars are not very familiar and difficult to understand.Still, I can't just shut up and watch them being mercilessly killed.

"I'm done here, but... I wonder if it was a bad time to come back?"

The voice from behind makes me twitch.

Looks like Surakutan came back after finishing placing the slimes.

“No, I think it's the best time.”

I thought it was my fault that Heine left so inconveniently.

"I wish I hadn't interrupted you."I wonder if it was an important story? "

Look at my face as I sneeze.

"Hey, what's going on?"

"No. I wonder what kind of story it was because Cynthia has a face that I don't really understand."

I don't really know what my expression is like right now.

"I'm not talking about tea-transformers."

"Hmm... well, I guess it wasn't a bad story, and I won't even ask about the content."It's good to have stronger ties in the party.

And when you're ready to sleep in, we'll have to talk a lot. ”

"That's right. I really want to hear what Pilate has looked into, and there are some things I'm curious about..."

Let's get you ready, shall we? ”

Alright, here we go!

Heine gave an indescribably embarrassing air for a while, but by the time she was ready, she was back on track.

"Well... the whole thing is over, so let's rub together the information and decide on the future policy."First of all, can you start with Surakutan? "

"That's right. So, first things first, I found out about Zarain Farm."

From then on, the discussion continued until the morning.

This time, our operation involves the destruction of Zalain and the Zalain Farm.The abduction of the lords. These two were the main objectives.

Both objectives have been achieved, but in the meantime, there are unexpected things and newly understood things, and we will summarize them.

First of all, it was Zalain's primary purpose this time.

This was investigated by Suratan, and it was found that the seeds and bulbs were subjected to some kind of treatment, and the alcohol was absorbed.

There was a lot of speculation, but in Suratan's opinion, the use of alcohol is probably due to the treatment applied to seeds and bulbs, so it is something that is unavoidably necessary...

Growing Zalain rapidly, and making cultivation possible.It seems that processing to clear these two tasks will require alcohol.It is necessary to experiment and check, but it is not known in one or two days, so I decided to leave this matter to Surakitan.

At first sight, there was a partition about Zalain, but considering that there was someone who had brought the story to the lord, it was not surprising that Fjorde was cultivating and selling Zalain elsewhere, just because the lord had not been informed.Therefore, Zarain's disablement and the creation of the antidote will proceed at the same time.

As for Suratan, he said that because a large amount of raw Zalain was obtained, the speed of research would increase greatly, but it still does not mean that the results will be available immediately, and it will be necessary to wait for a while now.

Next, the Lord's Castle where Sura Tantan and Pilte investigated.

First of all, it was a farm that Kevin said he saw, but it was definitely a fake.There was a field, and there were plants similar to Zarein planted there, but when they were removed, they seemed to have no bulbs and no distinctive fragrance.It was a complete dummy.

It seems that the lord's chambers have learned more about why they purposely built such things in the lord's castle.When the two of them searched the lord's room, they found a hidden door, and there was a secret book and something stored behind it, and there were various things written on it.For example, documents that prove that a mysterious person who brought Zahrain's cultivation methods instructed him to make dummies in the castle, and documents about Zahrain's warehouse.Apparently, we also found a book of Zarain's earnings.

They said they saw Zarain's earnings and saw his murderous intentions flourish.It must have taken that amount of money from the people of the city.

It seems that there are a lot of documents that show the connection with Handyman and documents that show the communication with Fjorde, but as far as I checked, I found that most of the people in the city are from the Fjorde side.Guards, big chambers of commerce, and those who can't be too shabby.Anyway, it seems that most of the people with power have breath of fjorde.Not only Ponatala, but Janoya as well.No, it must be even worse because Fjorde is the city he owns.

If we find evidence that Fjorde and the others are working evil, even if we bring it to the guards, we're going to get caught.And he was murdered in secret.

In other words, even if you have evidence of Fjorde's evil deeds, you can't help it, and you won't even be weak.

As soon as they found out, Sura and Pilte stopped gathering information and went after the lord who would have fled.

In summary, the information obtained in the castle was not particularly conspicuous, but only corroborated previous speculations.

Then, the important information had to be heard in the lord's head, so I decided to leave the information from the handyman cadre man and the lord to Heine and Pilte as planned.

Next, about Handyman...

After all, the people named Hand and their dead were the arguments.

As I heard from Garrosa, the people called Hands are quite troublesome opponents, with Piltee and possibly Heine's enemies.That alone is a sufficiently threatening opponent, and even those who are not skilled at secrecy are likely to have considerable strength.

There are others who will need to be quite vigilant, but right now, among the members of the handyman, I decided to move carefully with my hand.

This was decided immediately, but the problem is that it seems to be dying.

The tree that grows in dead meat called Kalka somehow jumped out of the stomach of the Hands and took their lives.There was considerable disagreement about this.

Suratan said that the seeds in the flesh suddenly grew rapidly and killed three people.Whether this is possible or whether it is growth from seed in the first place was discussed at a considerable length.

If there is no doubt that it has grown rapidly based on seeds, then some kind of influence has been exerted on it.The timing line cannot be discarded, but from the timing and the words and actions of the three dead people, it was concluded that it would not be possible.But when that happens, there's still someone out there watching us, and we can only assume they influenced us.

However, if that place, under the circumstances, was hiding nearby and we were fighting the three of us, there would definitely have been a gap.However, considering that they didn't attack me, I couldn't be convinced.

Undoubtedly, the Kalka tree, which killed three people, was meant to wrap us around and kill us.I mean, the guy who was hiding was trying to kill us.And yet, they didn't attack.I don't know why…

Even though it is difficult to read others' minds, the current amount of information does not tell us anything.However, if the same person comes to attack us again, we should consider that there is a certain degree of speculation here.Therefore, the discussion became heated, and the final conclusion was that...

I decided I couldn't win.That's what happened.

Even if you attack the opponent under the circumstance that your position is not known, you are not confident that you can kill the three of us, so you will rendezvous with the main team and change to the operation of attacking with the number of people at a later date.Or maybe you thought of taking our information back and using it for the next step.That's what happened.

I don't know the correct answer, but there is no doubt that I can judge the situation and act correctly.

And maybe he's helping Zarain cultivate it.Maybe... that's who I and Surakitan are thinking about... until we figure out if he's a player.

This is the next item on the agenda, in short, the players who might be on the bandit side.

An item reminiscent of the original world with a special magic or technology that makes trees grow rapidly.And this is quite a leap forward, but it was a dummy field in the lord's castle.If it was made in anticipation of being peeked into from the top of the castle, the flesh that makes it possible... in other words, it's a trap intended for players.

Thinking about all of this together... we come to the conclusion that the players found out about us, fed us to Zarane, and... that they had a plan to kill us.

We discussed this with Surakutan several times later, but thought that there would be plenty of possibilities, so we decided to pay close attention to it in the sense of against the player.Naturally, Heine and Pilte also told us that there was a possibility that someone similar to us might be mistaken, and if that person showed up, they promised to escape without a thing or two.

If the player were really the opponent, Heine and Pilate would probably be killed instantly.If the opponent is a player who has just started the game, or is a mid-level player, there will be no difference in their strength, but if they are the top player or second best, they will be killed with no hands or legs.That's all we have to stop.

Personally, I think I should be on the same level as the black dog in this case... no, I think I should be more vigilant than that.

The last thing we talked about was Hunter's Larrabee and the Black Dog.

Assuming the player tried to kill us, it would be better to assume that Hunter's Larrabee and Black Dog were involved than that the handyman organization surrounded the player.If not, I'll be lucky.Conversely, if you do not anticipate and do not take measures... then the danger will increase. I want to avoid that.

Considering what the Hands knew about me, and what they saw about my disguise, I'm pretty sure that Handyman first, and especially the Hands, got the information from the Black Dog.It's quite a pity that the three Hands are dead, but we'll have to wait for our next chance.

I still don't know the trend of the black dog, but considering that there are people who are likely to be involved with the black dog, it may be time for things to move a lot.I started talking about preparing my mind so that I could move at any time.

In terms of future policy, it feels like Suratan's research on Zalain, gathering information from Handyman executives and lords, gathering information about Handyman's main squad and Fjorde, and taking measures against enemy players.

The research is slurred, but the matter of the executives and lords is decided by Heine and Pilte, and with regard to Handyman and Fjorde, Nil and I are in charge, and the discussion is over.

As for what Nil and I will look into, it would be more efficient to rely on the information obtained by Heine and Pilte, so we'll wait first.Nil and I thought about going to another city or village, but since the presence of the player was suggested, it was not good to leave poorly, so we decided to wait.

And a few days after we moved to the relay.

Sinya-san.

I wonder if you've gotten any information from the two captured. One of them, Heine, is coming up to me.

Incidentally, the two captured men entrusted management to Heine and Pilte, and they had a dedicated tent set up to collect information from them.

"What do you got?"

“Yes. It's a bit urgent, so I'd like you to call in Suratan.”

Okay.

Looking at the serious expression on his face, he realized something important.

I'll call Surakitan right away and get back to Heine.

Naturally, Nil is with me, so the conversation is between the four of us, excluding Pilte, who is watching the two prisoners.

"Please get started."

Yeah.

Heine first draws some lines on the ground and shows them to us.

"Right now, we're around here."Southwest of Ponatala. Janoya should be... northeast of Ponatala, so it'll probably be around here. ”

Heine wrote a map of the area, a simple one, if you can understand it.The branches of a fallen tree explain a part of the map.

We don't reply, we nod and encourage the continuation.