Transported to a hyper-realistic RPG.

Druas is an invisible spirit that lives in a tree. Sometimes it looks rare, then it looks like green light. Because I can't see my face, I can't originally read Druas's emotions. In my case, this is how I am mentally connected to the Holy Soul, so I can feel Druas' emotions. However... I remember that a spirit called Druas is a spirit that has almost no rough emotions like this one.

Many souls are pure and have no rough feelings, but among them, Druas is a particularly gentle spirit. I thought it was a spirit that didn't have to be angry.

That's what's causing the spirit to wave so much that it can be said to be raging.

I was wondering why Durias was so emotional... but it soon became clear why.

Baba baba baba!!

"Huh?!"

The man in the white coat pale the two arms of his right hand and used similar magic to stop the progression of the plant against the magic of Druas.

"That light..."

It resembles the light that I see on my left arm and the light that leaks out of my sigil when the slatan works with Pure Slime.

The moment that light and magic were emitted, the strong emotions of Druas flowed in painfully.

I knew it. Did you have one too?

That said, the person in the coat who escaped the magic of Druas stops and turns to us. His voice was low and he knew he was a man.

Then, the next moment, a pale yellow-green light appeared immediately near his body.

The identity of the light is a semi-transparent creature of the dwarf type. No, I'm worried about whether I can describe myself as a creature, but at least I'm not a monster.

No, actually, I know the right answer.

It was a friendly demon.

……………

I was quite surprised, but I kept it out of my face as much as I could and looked at the man in the coat.

I don't know my face because I'm wearing a deep hood.

Since the appearance of the green translucent dwarf, Durias' emotions have become even more rough. It may be close to rampage. Usually, I feel that the connection with other sacred souls besides Bertoni Rey is still strong, even though the connection is thin immediately. That's all there was to Druas's emotions.

Nil and the others came back to me after the magic had calmed down, but they were quite alert to the unusual magic.

"Is that... a Friend Demon...?"

Surakutan has a contract with Pure Slime and somehow seems to understand that he has the same existence.

"That's... Essasson."

I know the green translucent dwarf creature because I have seen it on the island where the sacred souls live.

Essasson is a green translucent dwarf type with virtually no individual differences, and is called a tree fairy.

I think that Druas is very similar to Druas, and it feels like the children of Druas... It's just a feeling that applies to people, so I don't say it's exactly the same feeling, but I think it's similar.

It's not like Druas's childlike existence makes him angry because he has a contract with a bandit.

The sacred souls judge people by whether they harm themselves or not, regardless of whether the opponent is a bandit or a royalty. Sacred souls and human beings are very different races in the first place, so their sensibilities are completely different. Do the holy souls think of people as enemies, allies, or not? Not only that, but it is also the most important thing for the souls.

I don't see what kind of work the other person is doing or what kind of past they have.

And the sacred souls recognize that many humans are harmful to themselves. I heard you were treated badly in the past, and I can't help it. That's why I was asked by Bertonilay to take on the role of finding and guiding the sacred souls who should be relocated to the island.

Durias, one of those sacred souls. Usually, the calm holy souls are so furious, perhaps because of the way Esson is currently progressing, causing harm to the man in front of him...

I don't know how you're being hurt... but I think it's the first time I've seen Druas stirring up emotions so far, and I think he's been doing pretty terrible things.

Though Essson is a dwarf fairy, he can't exchange words. The reason is simple, because Esson is only imitating the shape of a human being and is naturally an intangible fairy.

I don't know what imitates the shape of the deceased, but I am convinced that I am trying to protect myself by imitating the shape of the subject of fear.

If you can receive emotions through the sigil, you can feel them to a certain extent without exchanging words, but unless you do so, it is impossible for people to accurately read the emotions of Esson. Perhaps the limit is somewhat to be appreciated from the movement. Therefore, I have no idea what kind of a state Essson is floating near a man in front of me. It's just floating, and I can't read any emotions from it, so I don't even know if I'm happy or sad.

So... even if Essaenes were in the tears of suffering, and kept screaming, we wouldn't know. But if you look at the rage of Druas to an unusual extent, it seems that Essasson is in a state close to it.

"I don't think Essson would be happy to help kill people......"

Sinya-san...?

In the middle of the conversation, Heine looks worried when she frowns at me.

From before, Druas's emotions were coming like a turbid stream... and it hurt.

It is not really painful. I'm not suffering physical pain because I'm just mentally sensing Druas' anger.

However, from the other side of the path connected to Durias' emotions...

Help her! Help her! Help her! Help her!

Such words continue to flow in from Druas.

Apparently, unless you do something about the man in front of you, Druas' anger won't subside, and his connection to me won't diminish.

According to Bertonilay, the reason why the sacred soul magic was limited to two times was because it was too powerful for my body.

Originally, Druas's magic was already complete, and the number of times left was zero, so I could no longer leverage the power of the Holy Soul. It's still connected. If I make the decision to use magic... maybe the power of Druas will flow in, and there's enough magic to slaughter one person, even if it's not the same as before... Maybe. I'm not honestly confident because it's my first time.

It's good to be able to use Druas' magic... but if I use Druas' power here again, I don't know if my body will be okay.

What kind of Friend Demon did you get?

The man glances at the levitating Essson and then speaks to me.

Even if Druas isn't so angry, I don't think he's being nice to Esson. I feel it from the edge of the word.

"... you can't have a contract."

I did not answer the man's question, but recalled the notification of the friend demon system release.

Even if the Friend Demon System was liberated, without the power of the Devil's Eye, it would be impossible to sign a contract with the Friend Demon. A contract made by the Reasonable Eye inherited by the Demon Emperor of Ouca Island. Without this, we can't easily sign a contract.

Even if I had met Beltney Rae, I don't think Beltney Rae would have recognized him.

As for the possibility, I think there was a demonic eye similar to the Reality Eye, and I used it to sign a contract... but if the Friend Devil himself did not trust the other person to some extent, the contract would not be concluded. In other words, Jesuson, who is with this man, admitted this man and accepted the contract.

However, based on Druas's reaction, there is probably a reason he is angry there.

"Come on. I wonder why."

Under the deeply wrapped hood. The mouth that I see smiles.

"...... Simya......"

What I heard there was Bertoni Rae's voice, which I heard a little more clearly than before.

"Beltney Ray... what do you mean?" Durias' anger is unusual. "

It's more about Esson now than it's about the reason why Beltney Ray's voice sounds clearer than before.

Although there was still a bit of a hard part to listen to, what Berto Nilay briefly explained to me...

Perhaps the contract itself was made by a human with a demonic eye that had a similar ability to the Reason Eye. This was as expected, but at that time it was said that Essson was not in a sane state.

Even if you had a demon eye that could conclude a contract, if the holy soul itself refused, the contract would not come to fruition. Still, when trying to make a deal, the methods are limited.

For example, let the Holy Spirit trick you into making a covenant.

It's a pure holy soul, so I don't think I can fool it. However, as Bertonilay said, the sacred soul is once deceived by humans and is in terrible trouble. Therefore, holy souls basically do not trust humans, and no matter how pure holy souls are, they should not be so easily deceived.

In addition, there is no other possibility that it was originally a holy soul that loved such people...

Just like humans, holy souls have their own personalities. I have heard that there are holy souls who like such people. But not Essson.

Holy souls, like humans, have never had a truly opposite character even in the same race. There are some differences, but the fundamental character is completely fixed by the race.

For example, in the case of Druas, there were many people on the island, but every Druas was very calm and gentle. There was an individual difference there, and there was something more mild in character or more gentle, but there was no such thing as a tight personality Druas. It is a characteristic of the holy soul, and it is not because it was on that island or how it was born. It is not influenced by such things. Beltniray made this clear to me, so I'm sure it's true.

Then, after learning about it, I thought about Essson's personality. Essasson's character is very calm and gentle, as can be seen from Druas's childlike existence. I have a little bit more of a liking for pranks than Druas, but it doesn't come out of the range of pranks either. She was a gentle but mischievous fairy. But it can also have a very sensitive aspect to human malice.

The pure character of Esson looks, at first glance, like a deceitful child. In fact, there are parts that can easily be deceived by people who like pranks. But knowing the evil intentions of man, Jesuson became purely fearful and suspicious of man.

We got along with the souls on the island of the souls, but we are one of the races that struggled to get along.

I don't think that Essson will ever miss the man in front of him.

Beltney Ray would have thought the same thing. Thinking of it that way, there is only one possibility left.

I was in a situation where Essasson couldn't make a normal decision...

"... you... what the hell did you do to Essson...?"

"What? You didn't say anything, but you found out what you did?"

"This guy!"

A man who gently admits that he did something.

Nil, who had gotten along with the Holy Souls in the same way, unexpectedly came forward, but she managed to endure it. I want to slash it right away, but I can stand it.

“What are you so angry about? Since you have a contract with a similar person, you did a similar contract, didn't you?"

"... what did you do?" Essasson is usually in the trees and doesn't come out easily. ”

"You know very well. Certainly, he lived in a tree and didn't come out easily, so he had a hard time pulling it out.”

………………

"I'm not convinced." I don't know what method you used... well, there are no other people here, and I'll teach you specially as a companion who has the same Friend Demon. "

Having said that, we were stunned to see what the man pulled out of his pocket.

Plants shaped like muskari. A small flower that blooms in a bell on the tip of a long stem in a thick, elongated leaf.

It's Zarain.

"Zarein..."

“Did you know that? This plant's awakening affects them only a little bit. Well, it was just a coincidence that I found out.”

A man said that and struck Jesson floating.

Durias sends a rough emotion that feels horrible. However, when I heard this story, I had the same emotions as Nil and Sura.

I can't believe you used Zarain to take away Esson's sanity...

I thought it might be a lie, but Bertonilay immediately answered the question of whether Zarain's Awakening Effect was really effective.

In conclusion, it is possible to make it work.

It was only a condition that the opponent was Esson, but it was affected by Zaraine's effect.

Even though it is a sacred soul, there are various spirits, fairies, holy beasts, etc.

Among them, the presence of spirits is very powerful, and there are many entities that are impatient, and it seems impossible to try to make the spirits act on Zalain first.

In contrast, the Holy Beast has a substance, an animal's... evolutionary system, and has flesh and blood. It seems that if you have a physical body, things that act on the physical body will often act. When I became a sacred soul, I became a stronger body than my original existence, so it seemed to be quite lightly effective and compatible, so there were many things that didn't work.

Fairies like Essson are just intermediate beings of spirits and sacred beasts, and there are many things that are intangible but have substance. It is usually difficult to see by magic or something, but it does not disappear.

If there is a substance, it may take the influence of Zalain into the body. And unfortunately, Zarein and Esson go well together... no, I should say bad in this case. Because it's a plant fairy, it feels like the toxins of the same plant won't work, but it seems that Esson's power won't be able to disable all of Zarain's toxins. Because it is a plant fairy, it seems that the affinity is too high, and the reason is that Esson does not have the power to exert a great influence on the plant in the first place.

This is information from Bertonilay, so it's good to be almost certain.

Furthermore... Druas is a spirit that settles in a tree, but it is not an individual tree, and the whole forest is a residence, and it is not limited to a specific tree. In contrast, Jesus settled in a beautiful place of water and air, in a place of abundance, and determined only one tree, and lived with it until the tree withered away. Do not leave the tree unless there are special factors such as deterioration of the surrounding environment.

In other words... For example, when you isolate the trees where Esson lives and send in the smoke of Zarain, Esson loses his escape and can lie in them. It's much stronger than humans, and because it's stronger than poison, I don't think humans will go crazy like they did when they ingested Zalain, but it will have the effect of losing their sanity and being unable to make a normal decision. If we use such a vile method to force the contract to be concluded semi-enforced... it's no wonder that Druas is broken.

"I don't know how many Zarains I've used because of that." At that time, I couldn't use his power, so it took time, money and effort to collect Zalain, so I had to get him to work hard enough. ”

In other words… it was a coincidence or something, I found the tree where Esson lived, and I managed to make him a friend, but Esson realized the man's malice and didn't shake his head vertically.

I learned that Zalain's Awakening Effect works on the Essasson while doing a lot of things, and I acquired Zalain. Perhaps he was already working as a bandit at this time, and he had a good relationship with the nobles. If that were the case, it wouldn't have been so difficult to get Zarain.

He used the Zarain he acquired to dishonor Esson and close the deal in the meantime.

Even though it was the result of a coincidence, I didn't think there was anyone who would sign up with Friend Demons in this way.

“Did you use Esson to make money in Zalain?”

"Ah. Well, it turned out that way, but Zarain originally made me try to get another Friend Demon." It was unexpected that it turned into a tree of gold. Kukukuku. "

After gaining the power of Essasson.

He must have cultivated Zalain using [alteration], the power of Edison. It was unexpected that the original method of use was somewhere else...

I don't know for sure what kind of force this modification is... but I think it is a force that can change the nature of the growth rate for plants. In other words, rather than magic, we were rewriting some of the plant's parameters with the power of the sacred soul, and doing various things with that rewritten power.