Con...

Yes.

* Giggle *

Knocking, Pilate opens the door immediately.

I knew right away that I was looking sorry.

"I'm sorry..."

As expected, Pirte immediately lowered her head and apologized to the three of us.

"It's a delicate matter, and I know how Pilate feels, so there's no need to apologize."

In my words, Nilu nodded and laughed at Piltee.

Nil immediately leaned over to Pilate and shook his hand without saying anything.

Nothing was said, but still, Pilte smiles as he feels Nil's feelings.

The relationship between them is one of rivalry and best friend, and from the point of view of the man, they are flirting.

Nil's expression changes as she worries, hurries, laughs, and gets angry.

I basically keep a certain distance to people other than myself, and I don't change my expression very much, but I show a completely different expression to people who can get along with Nil beyond a certain line.

She had a different expression than she had when she was with me, and Nil still needed a friend who could forgive her.

The demonic women who had become friends on Ouca Island were treated in the same way, but Pilte was probably among them.

Seeing the friendship between the two, Heine opens her mouth somewhat soothingly.

“Cynthia, I'm really sorry, but could I stay in this city for a little longer?”

With that question, I can see what conclusions Heine and Pilate drew.

"Yeah, I'm fine.

I've heard where we can meet Tetra. It would be nice if you two could go at the right time. ”

“Thank you.”

“Thank you.”

I'll explain the location to Heine.

It's close to where the store is, so you shouldn't get lost, so it's not difficult to meet Tetra even if you're out with Heine and Pilte.

By the way, I heard you got entangled with your dick, but are you sure you're okay?

“Yeah, that's fine.

Nil instilled fear in us and Tetra. ”

What we saw was a sort of thug in any city, unlike the bandits.

It was a little strong, so I got on my feet... and I was pretty frightened that Nil was flustered.

I wonder what happens when these bastards play around every morning without training, without failing to train, and fight Nil who has dived through the dead ends over and over again... a snake strangled frog. Unfortunately for them, they didn't even have the strength to see through the opponent's strength, and they became a frog that pushed in without knowing that the opponent was a snake. When they couldn't move due to fear, it was after being bitten by a snake.

In the end, they ran away in fear and crying, but as long as they were scared, they would never show their faces again. Naturally, Tetra would have known we had something to do with it.

You might think I'm afraid of retaliation, but I'm sure that's okay. When I saw them, I pulled out the blade such as a knife, but my waist was pulled back and the swinging method was amateur. I think it's probably the first time they've pulled out a blade against someone.

This neighborhood is within Tempest's radius, and suddenly it's gone, so it's all under our control! But I thought I'd gotten on my feet...

I may try to live with this and be honest with you tomorrow. It was the opponent of that level. At first glance, Nil dared to witness it with bare hands in order to give the opponent a sense of despair. Just because Tempest is gone doesn't mean you guys are going to get stronger, so just be quiet.

"The five of them are so lucky to be able to live by selling a fight to these two people."

"Considering that the people who sold the quarrel were Shinya-kun and Nil-san, wasn't it rather bad luck?"

If you are a group of five, it would normally be quite a threat to one or two people, but it would not be a threat to these two people, so it would have been a disaster. "

"Come on... don't say people like killers..."

"Fufufu, I'm just kidding.

But it looks like Tempest is definitely influencing you. ”

"I guess. The people around here called Gyuuu have disappeared, and the people who were scared of Tempest and couldn't move until then are moving."

Even if they did, if they were bandits, they'd already be in the Tempest, and even if they were, they'd still be there. With Janoya at the center and the Hunters' Lalabah caught one by one, there will be no bandits still trying to operate around here, so a serious bandit will not be around for the time being.

This neighborhood isn't even safe, but it's definitely one of the least desirable places for bandits right now.

"That's right. You two haven't had dinner yet, have you?"

I can't stop talking about Tetra, and I ask Heine and Pilate about dinner.

"I see. I'm getting hungry from the boulders."

While we were talking, Heine and Pilte were having a conversation, of course.

"I bought you the food from the restaurant we ate, so you both have to eat."

Place the food taken from the inventory on the table in the room and recommend it to Heine and Pilté.

"Mmm! It smells delicious!"

“I really envy being able to bring food with me.”

"That's right. I wish I could use it." Ah, but there's no problem because you can use Suratan. "

Me, me?

Yeah.

Nikoniko's Heine.

In Heine's opinion, Pilte and Sura Tan will eventually be together, so Sura Tan will be Heine's son-in-law.

It is absolutely impossible for Pilte to leave Heine alone and live apart... That means we'll be living together, so if Suratan can use the inventory...

Pilate immediately realized what his mother wanted to say and turned bright red, but Surakutan didn't seem to know what she was talking about.

"Sura, do your best."

"What?! What?! You mean with the luggage?! I'll do it as much as I want, but..."

Now, what's going to happen to Piltee? At this rate, I'll have to ask Piltee clearly one day.

After an unstoppable smile, I turn to the Eff.

"Cynthia?! What was that smile?!" Hey?! "

There was something screaming from behind, but I should probably think about it myself.

"Look."

I'll put some of the food I bought in front of the folks sitting in the corner of the room.

………………

However, the Eff won't even look at us.

"If I don't feed them, they won't eat me?"

"Tsk......"

The tongued Efu gnaws at me.

"Don't be silly. I'm tired of being in a fight all the time."

"Hmph... that sounds good."

What do you want?

"If, as you say, the Demon King was manipulated by someone, he should go to the Demon Realm immediately." It shouldn't be the case if you're slowing down in a place like this. ”

"I agree suddenly, but this is necessary." If we don't make sure we get supplies, we might not be able to do anything.

Even Heine and the others said that if you keep going like this, you may lose focus.

Besides, the reason why Heine and the others stop here is because of your black dogs. "

The men who killed Issus and Sasana, Heine's and Pilte's subordinates, were blown apart by two magic spells. In other words, the Ephraim is not involved in the matter. And knowing that, neither Heine nor Pilate hath smitten his wrath against Jehovah.

However, it can also be said that there is a grudge against the black dog as a whole, not only because it is an organization called the black dog. It may not have been what he did, but it was caused by a friend, so Effe has no right to blame it strongly.

………………

Do you understand that, Efraim is silent in my words.

"Don't take anything, just eat your dinner."

……………

Effe is staring me in the eye.

Unlike staring at me, I had a gaze that I was observing.

"... you said you would help the demon king, didn't you?"

Yeah.

"... why?"

"Because..."

"The two vampire women there are demons, so I know." However, the others would not be demons. "

“By the way, I didn't say anything about that.”

In the first place, why are Nil and I trying to help the demons?

It comes from the story of the Great Alliance and the fact that I am its messenger.

For once, because Nil is a Black Winged and a Demon Clan, I want to save the demon world that is their home, and my parents must be somewhere, so I want to find it... It's mixed with personal reasons, but it's private.

I can't tell without covering it up, but I can tell you about the big alliance.

Although the Great Alliance is moving in the shadows to some extent, it is about to become bigger and not completely hidden.

There are stories of several races holding hands against the Holy Knights.

He says he can't put a door in a man's mouth, but it seems to be the same everywhere. There's been a lot of talk about how and where the leaks came from.

However, it seems that the tribal kings knew that the information would be leaked from the beginning, and they did not regulate it strangely, but pushed through the silence.

It's like admitting to regulation, and by insisting on silence, I don't know the truth, but it's just a rumor... To deal with it calmly would have been decided beforehand within the Great Alliance.

I don't dare to regulate rumors... Maybe, but to encourage other tribal kings to join my alliance... Once we hear the rumors, there will be a number of races that will want to know the truth and join the Alliance if it is true.

Especially with a small number of races who wanted to protect themselves from the Holy Knights, I thought it would be enough to take such action.

I don't know anything about politics, so I can only imagine that... but I don't think that the great alliance in which the beast king, who is the father of the excellent Plitju, also depends, will play a senseless hand. In a different sense, it would be a countermeasure with some meaning.

Incidentally, I heard about this area from Nam's men.

Therefore, the great alliance should probably be passed on to the demonic race, so there is no problem in saying that it is the emissary. However, I kept silent that Nil was a demonic race.

Sometimes there are no slaves in the demon tribe, and we will talk after we are convinced that we can trust them.

“Did you know that different races are now fighting the Holy Knights?”

"I've heard rumors."

White answer. Perhaps he even knows it's happening. Since the Black Dog has been out of the demon world for quite some time, and you've been chasing us, you know I'm the messenger of the Great Alliance.

As an Eff, I don't know if I'm really an emissary, so I suspect... okay.

"The rumor is true. In fact, several races have already promised to join hands.”

……………

“And Nil and I are working to get you to commit to joining that big alliance.”

"Do you have any evidence?"

“Here it is.”

I'll show you a letter from the Beast King from the inventory.

There is also a text that proves that we are messengers, and a mark inscribed with magical power so that you can understand that it belongs to the Beastman King himself.

"I see... this belongs to the Beast King."

In other words, you're going to meet the Demon King with the letter and ask for help... "

“To be more precise, we're not going to help, we're just going to bring in a proposal to team up and push back the Holy Knights.”

"It's only from an equal standpoint..." They're sassy people. ”

Treating the demon leader, who can be counted as one of the three great forces, alongside the kings of other races... may be a rude statement, but it's irrelevant now.

The only enemy is the Holy Knights, who fight against the same enemy. When you bring a relationship up and down there, it can be a lot of trouble. That's why the Beast King, who will be in command, thinks a lot so that all the races are equal and the balance of power will not break even after the war.

No matter how big the demon tribe is, if the agreement not to create a vertical relationship is broken, the great alliance itself could be broken.

It's the Demon King who judges that, isn't it?

"...... Damn......"

"However, if the Demon King is manipulated by someone and can't make a normal decision, it will be difficult to talk." Then I'm in trouble. "

…………………

……………

Effe looks at me and thinks I'm telling the truth.

The letter I showed you, was it really the one I received from the Beast King? Isn't it something you took from someone? Even if it's an emissary, isn't it a trap to bring down the demons? There are as many possible situations as there are.

The letter I showed you and the information that I am the messenger are too weak a material to convince Ef. That's why I haven't talked to you about what Nil and I were supposed to do.

I don't think you're convinced by this... I thought so...

"... I see."

Huh?

An unexpected reply unexpectedly led to a strange response.

"Let's believe that you are moving to help the Demon King."

Oh, really?!

If you don't want it, I'll take more time.

"No, that's not true." It would be helpful if you believed me. ”

"...... Hmph. Unwillingly."

Even if he is unwilling, it is probably because he is a black dog that he can judge the correct answer from the situation, not his own emotions.

As far as we're concerned, we already have some faith in Effe.

In the journey to this point, we were also exploring whether the Eff was on the enemy's side.

We gave Effe the opportunity to accept that the slime was pushed into his body, that we were having a banquet and even though we were alone, we did not try to escape or poke through our gap, and other things, if he was an enemy, he would judge it as a great opportunity.

If this was really the enemy thing, the scariest thing right now is that we're headed to the demon world.

We've already won a big war against the bandits, so we've decided it's a threat. If I knew that it was going straight to the demon world, I would naturally try to sabotage it.

Even though there were demon kings and demon princesses, we couldn't ignore them.

In other words, if the Effesters are on the enemy's side, they will either try to stop us from going to the demon world, or they will try to run away and prepare their people to stop us.

But Eph did neither.

Another possible way is to dare to dive into our midst, win trust, and betray us later. But... the Demon King and the Demon Queen are in the cards, and even though we know that we can't force ourselves to attack with our power skills at that time, there is little merit in using that hand. On the contrary, considering that there are Heine and Pilte here, and that they can read the memory of blood, it is highly likely that they will drop the information... The disadvantage is too great.

I will not use this hand at all.

From these things, it can be seen that it is extremely unlikely that the Eff is on the enemy side.

"But even if I say this, I won't completely trust you." That's why I don't mind letting those two read their memories of blood. "

As a fugitive, I don't think we can fully trust the word "trust". Now that she's decided to trust us, she needs to prove that she's no match for us, so we need to give her evidence quickly.

But...

“I'm fine. The wound has been relieved and the blood has returned. Blood loss does not kill you to the extent that you can read your blood memories."

"Yes. Then I will not hesitate to drink your blood."

He's the one who came into Effe's conversation with me.

Looks like everyone was listening to me and the Effe.

When Heine hears the words of Efraim, she comes up to him.

Neither do we, but Heine and the others have been chased around by the Black Dogs for much longer than we have, and they're going to be depressed. At the very least, you will understand, but if it is okay with you, I will not forgive you.

In fact, reading the memory of the blood and confirming about the Effe is the surest way right now, and I was going to do so when the Effe's physical condition returns, so I should do so if I say I'm okay.

I'm worried about Heine overdoing it, but I'm sure Heine knows it too, so I'm not going to do anything stupid.

Even though he was not frightened by Heine's words, the Effe agrees to be honestly drunk of blood.