Vermillion

Moon and night.

Shaken on the horse, the man looked up to heaven.

A picturesque three-day moon floats in the night sky. Is that being fulfilled and lacking, or is it being filled -? I think about and distract myself from the fact that I don't have the art of knowing right now, and from what I know, it means nothing.

Yes, the man needed to be distracted.

Skin cold.

The season is late summer. The meadows at night are chilling. There, the heat is taken away from the body as funny because it is driving the horse, literally cutting the wind, dressed as just a pair of coarse hemp trousers on a short sleeve shirt.

The man who gently rubbed his nose so as not to sound like the same (...) companion (...) thinks alone.

(How long the hell do we have to keep running -)

An unassailable wandering, such a word turns my head. But that's what I thought, an arrow tip, a companion who was traveling a few meters away across a black horse, said, "Koo!" I have called for it.

"Over there, I see a village near the woods!

A beauty with dark hair, wearing a grey robe. Under the moon, her eyes look shitty. It's not a metaphorical representation, it's really a cat animal. It's reflecting the light. And at the top of his head, the ears of a beast, like a cat, were growing.

Her name is "Illis."

He is one of the game buddies who halfway inherited the hallmark of her species Panthenian within [DEMONDAL].

"That was good!

Man - "Koo" answers with a smile on that Asian child's face.

"I was just wondering if it might even be an attentive hotel there!

Ironically of Kou, Iris laughed with a troubled face. Still, I can't get rid of the feeling I'm dreaming about - given the situation, it's clear that both Iris and Koo are in a world that looks terribly like [DEMONDAL] 's game.

And the [DEMONDAL] world unfortunately doesn't have two letters: 'Peace'.

Just because you have a village doesn't mean you'll be welcomed warmly.

Not to mention that in the middle of the night, you can stop by pretending to be a traveler, but rather...

"……… Now, what is it?"

With his nose, Kou blurts and squeals. Beyond that gaze lies a quiet village. Distance to the extent that it can be seen in the moonlight, even with a less nocturnal kou. The two men who disembarked were lurking on a tree stand.

Simple wooden houses are built in such flavors as a very discreet border village. Compared to the villages in the game, I don't feel the rough atmosphere and get the impression that they live quite a lot to see how well the houses are built and a little decoration underneath.

There are no lights in the village. I guess all the residents are on the floor. There were signs of people, but they didn't make a single sound.

"You don't have a watch."

Illis squeaks next door. Koo accidentally laughed bitterly at the dialogue as if he were a rogue planning a night raid. I was also unconsciously noticed in my gaming habits that I was thinking about a path of entry.

"I didn't come here to attack you."

"Oh, of course. Not Bernard."

Iris, who replied to the teasing Cow's words, trying to bite him, silenced on the name he had given him.

"Bernard" - another game buddy.

Should I say 'former (...) companions' to be precise? It's the man that the two of us have now left behind. He inherited the characteristics of the race 'Dragonman (Dragonia)' in the game almost intact, he was the owner of the brutality he deserved for its appearance and the kind of 'buh-flying' thought circuit with a few screws off his head.

"What are we going to do after this?" Koo asked him, and he instantly replied, "Let's attack even the village."

What if he finds such a tranquil village?

Thinking about it, Koo could not have forbidden his dark thoughts.

Sure, both Kou and Iris acted as extremely evil outrageous rogues in the game, but that's just 'roleplay'. Even in the game, I still didn't feel like dyeing my hands with evil under what seemed to be "reality."

Not to mention raids in people.

When I leave him, I expect Bernard to be asleep, and Koo uses his usual catalyst to sleep, so he won't wake up for a while - but he should still be out of surgery by noon tomorrow.

The biggest problem was that we weren't so far away from where we left off to this village.

For once, measures such as entering the river once and erasing the horse's footprint have been put in place to make it difficult for Bernard to track it down, but I don't know how useful that would be. If he comes to this village, I don't know what to do.

(No, you're first about yourself)

Kou shook his head and dismissed his disturbing thoughts. In the first place, as a suspicious person, you might eat the front door payment, and vice versa, it could even be a village gurumi chase. It all depends on the response of this village, and Koo finally got up.

"……… What are you going to do?

"In the meantime, I guess a visit from the front. I want information, I need supplies."

To the anxious Illis, Koo shrugged his shoulders small.

Although we have come to the conclusion that we should move towards a return to the real world for now, everything is lacking to exchange it. I don't even know if the inhabitants of this village are human in the first place, and I don't know if the words will make sense. First, we have to make sure of them. If it is possible to interact, to change to food, to locate information - what I want is a mountain.

And fortunately, the Koos possessed only a few gold-eyed objects. Shortly before he came to "This Way," he attacked the village in the game and robbed the hardware. As a rogue, this could be described as an undesirable fortune for the Koos, who usually had only the least amount of weapons to lose but not spare, and clothes like borough cloth.

(I wonder what's going on with this currency. Gold coins and silver coins suck, can they be used for trading as precious metals too...... if the words make sense.)

It is only the view of the Koos that they are very similar in the game. In fact, there is also the possibility that they are completely different worlds, even if they are similar. Quite harsh if the words didn't make sense, etc., whining in his chest, Koo sighed small, stretching lightly on the spot to ascertain the feel of the wand in his hand.

Cane - It's just a homemade stick that roughly scraped out the trees around it. For once, I have tamed my magic powers, so they are more robust than just sticks and have the effect of reducing the recoil of witchcraft.

Kou played the game as a complete outlaw (outlaw) with no interaction other than combat with other players, so he grew canes for minimal woodworking to self-suffice his weapon, riding for mobility, and melee combat, and the rest of the character's resources are all allocated to witchcraft. Speaking physically, he is a magician there with clever fingertips, strong ankles to the point where long horseback riding is not bitter, and muscle and strength to wield the wand the way he thought it would be.

To be honest, he's a pretty halfway character to call me a magician or a magic warrior. I originally planned to be a rough guy who just wielded a stick, but I was able to unexpectedly make a contract with the fairy, so there are circumstances where I changed my nurturing policy suddenly to a sorcerer. I'm forcing you to age with bills to ensure maximum magic - speaking of which, what's the age of this body? And as he tilted his neck, Koo waved his wand in a large way.

Contemplate virtual enemies and navigate the movement of paying off sword and spear attacks. A compact poke that hits the head, an aggressive twist that smacks the side of the head.

"... a spear if you poke me, a sword if you pay me, a knife if you hold me."

In-game and pale, the body moves. Okay, and one snorted.

"……… What are you doing?

"Because they're not necessarily friendly. Protective technique, I guess."

Answer the question of Ilis, Kou without any further ado. I notice that Iris' face tenses so hard that I worry about what's going on. In the game it was the audacious female leopard that turned, in fact, seemed like a weak-minded lady. At this rate, I suspect I can kill one of the mosquitoes.

Well, I'm not much different in that regard, but while mocking myself, I put my wand on the ground to measure the height.

"He said he was the same height."

The height of the 'koo' in the game was set at 170 cm late as in reality. The fact that you don't feel uncomfortable with the length of the cane you put up on the side should also conform to your height in the game. Now it turns out that the feeling of intermission and so on doesn't matter as usual.

Finally, double-check the lumbar pouch. It is home to a number of essential catalysts for witchcraft. Clean sand exposed to the full moon light, freshly picked petals, preserved sugar confectionery, chunks of crystal, and salt.

"How's Illis doing? How's your body doing?"

When Kou asked, Illis stood up naughty.

Her in-game race - 'Panthenian' - is characterised by a setting in which females are more powerful than males and are very good at their physical abilities. In fact, muscle strength in the vegan state was stronger than the players of coarse physical specialization, and in the game it was even possible to crush stone bare hands.

The power of the stone thrower (sling) wielded by its arm power was unusual - in "this one," because of the fact that it is somehow a reality compliant appearance (the young woman who produced the leopard ear), it is no longer visible to the holder of such a suspicious power.

A lightly jumping iris on the spot to make sure your body is in good condition.

"Hmm."

Standing back, Illis jumped up. It was a vertical jump with no force at all, but reaches a height that slightly exceeds the height of the koo.

"The body feels... kind of, lightly. than when gaming. I wonder if your powers have changed much? Maybe he's getting a little weak."

Something didn't stick, and Ilis, leaning over his neck, unraveled the black cloth that was roughly wrapped around his forearm. No matter, it's not just a piece of cloth. If you fold it back, it's just in the middle. It has a leather receptacle.

A stone thrower (sling).

Because it was easy to manufacture and obtain in the game, it was a jumping tool for outlaws. It's harder to use than a bow, but its power is origami.

Especially if the Leopards have muscle strength.

Picking up the proper fist-sized stone spot from his feet, Iris sets it on the receptacle and begins to unravel by gripping both ends of the sling.

Hyun, the sound of cutting the wind with Hyun is gradually turning into a blunt sound with Buun -

Momentum gained, and Iris let go of one end of the sling.

A bochy-unleashed stone spot is sucked into the darkness at night. One beat late, the sound of a catoon and something smashing. Kou had no reason to know, but Iris saw with his shining eyes the trunks of the distant trees swaying, and the birds of the forest winging with the bayonets.

"Mm-hmm. Looks like the stone thrower's gonna be okay."

It seemed that Iris was well cared for when he was forced to hit him exactly as he was aiming. At least, the odd atmosphere like the one we had earlier lurks the ringing. I don't know what would happen if we actually got caught up in this mess.

(Let's not expect too much)

Koo shrugged in his heart because if he hadn't made it athe from the beginning, he wouldn't have been stuck at his feet.

"Good for you, Illis."

"I'll do my best to keep my legs together. I'm counting on you, Koo."

The iris, which stands inclined with a flickering wave, also looks a little stronger.

On the other hand, there seems to be a slight movement in the village. It seems that someone was surprised by the sound of the stones thrown by the Illis, and the flock of wild birds that suddenly flew away. There are some signs that people are moving.

"Well... shall we go with the first contact? I'll talk to you. Keep your hood on, Illis. Because I don't know how that (...) will react."

"……… Okay."

Hey, hey, Kow, showing his ear over his head. Iris nodded with a strange face, wearing a hood at the depth of his bare eyes.

Pull the horse's reins and leave the tree. When I reached the entrance to the village, I gleefully pulled the horse's reins and dared them.

………… So, whoa, who are you guys!?

And a man with a lantern in his hand from a nearby private house shows his face and screams as if he had just admitted what the Koos looked like.

It was English.

(The words make sense!

While relieved that the inhabitants were ordinary people, Koo, who first broke through the first gate, shouted delightfully in his heart, but did not even take such a snapshot, opening his mouth with a strange face.

"I'm sorry, I'm a traveler, but I'm lost. Can we take the inn in this village?

"Can I take the inn?" I asked deliberately, but of course, it's just an excuse to cut the story out. I don't even think there's an inn in such a rural village - rather, I'm even suspicious if there's a decent store in the first place.

"Huh? Travel? Cebu?"

A villager turning a flimsy, carefree gaze. I guess that's true, Koo laughs inside too. Dressed in a short sleeve shirt with a coarse hemp trouser, a man with only a rough cane in his hand and a woman wearing a robe like a grey borough cloth and hiding her face in a hood.

Obviously suspicious.

It's a light outfit to be traveling, and it's too creepy to come visit in the middle of the night.

"……… wait a minute"

Villagers ran to their neighbors' houses, as their vigilance was revealed. Don't hesitate to knock, wake up the neighbor. And the neighbor, with his sleeping eyes on his face, also opened his eyes slightly to the appearance of two visitors illuminated by lanterns and moonlight.

"What is it? They!

"They say they are the (...) people (...) of the journey (...). Get me the village chief."

"Okay. This happened a long time ago……………."

A knocked up neighbor runs to the back of the village as the First Villagers monitor the Koos with a lantern. The word, calling for the village chief, was also harshly heard by Kou.

(Well, now, what happens)

Koo looks up at the moon as he taps his wand with a ton of tongues and his fingertips.

"……… Illis"

"…… Hmm?

"Follow me."

"I'm gonna do it from the edge."

Exchange in a whisper. Kou is going ad hoc.

Close enough to be kept waiting. Keep an eye on the surroundings, or as more wild horse villagers have grown, zazzling footsteps from the back of the village.

"So, you're with the traveler."

I guess they woke me up sleeping nicely, a slightly grumpy old man with curved hips and a well-widened middle-aged man appeared on the boulder.

"I'm doing this Taaf village wrap-up, Bennett."

"His son, Danny."

The old man named himself 'Bennett' and the fat man 'Danny' respectively.

"...... I'm so sorry for the night off. I'm Yonegawa."

When Koo was right and praised him in a very frightened manner, the old man - Bennett - also gave thanks with a loving laugh. On the other hand, that son Danny and I snap our noses and glance at Koo, distracting ourselves as if we had lost interest.

Koo, who sees the difference in attitude and takes it, sets the person to talk to Bennett. Often, the kind of time that each other observes each other.

"…… Again, I am Yonegawa. Koutarou-Yonegawa. Koutaroo is the name, Yonegawa is the family name. This one's with me, it's called Illis."

"Ho, what is this... and what can Lord Yonegawa do for our village?

Without breaking the ambiguous smile, Bennett.

"Explain it, it'll be a long time, but I got lost on my journey. As you can see, it doesn't even work on clothes. If I can accommodate the overnight inn, can't you accommodate food? Whatever it takes, I'll pay for it."

"Huh, he said it was' en route '! Bullshit, too. Come on!

And here Bennett absurds his voice.

"Such a light outfit, traveling without even holding a lot of luggage, etc., it hurts one stomach! Those clothes are terrible, too, as if they had been stripped from the bodies around them! You guys, it's no good being a burglar!

Danny turns his swordswallowing gaze. Kou accidentally got stuck in the words. The shirts and trousers I'm wearing were exactly what attacked and stripped villagers in the game.

"And the overnight inn," he said!? Neither do you, but so is the woman next door! You can't let a suspicious man in the village who doesn't even show his face! If you're gonna do me a favor, you're gonna have to thank me at the very least first!

And, Danny points the spear at Illis. Suddenly, Iris, exposed to the villagers' sweeping gaze, trembled with his hood on.

"Hmmm......"

I expected it, but the villagers didn't react very well. With his forehead held down, Koo turns his mind around.

(I'm pretty sure it's a world that looks terribly similar in the game...... the way the guys here talk is just like the NPC in the game)

Kou's focus was on the villagers' English 'poem'. Although of Japanese descent, Koo, born and raised in the UK, is a born English speaker. He had therefore realized that the subtle accents of English used by the villagers were the same as those considered 'official languages' in the game.

In addition, we observe the villagers again and see from the culture of clothing and other items that their current position is around the relail region where they say it is in the game.

Definitely. This is The World of Games.

In other words - common sense in the game is likely to work in 'here' as well.

"Come on, say something! Otherwise I'll stick you out to the lord as the undeserved!

Danny starts to heat up somehow against the Koos who remain silent. The surrounding villagers are also in tune, but only Bennett seems to be watching calmly.

Kou decided to cut his own biggest bill in order to open the situation.

[- Darlan.

tons, and lightly strikes the cane to the ground, releasing the inner force.

The noisy villagers simultaneously push silence. Behind the koo, in the darkness of the night, a dwarf who produced wings that laughed like pranks - because he visioned the fairy figure.

"…… Actually, you look like a magician."

Koo laughed at Nihil, looking at Danny. The fat middle-aged man was so stunned that his eyeballs popped up.

(Well, if it's game compliant, there's no such thing as a magician.)

Kou laughs damned.

"I'm traveling for a purpose....... Illis"

"Become, what?

"Get the hood."

"... what, but..."

To the sudden request of Koo, hesitant Iris. Koo looked firmly at her and nodded.

"It's okay. I want you to believe me."

"……… Okay."

With his stomach bracketed, he feels more like half a jerk than half a jerk, and Ilis takes away the barley and the hood. Again, the villagers turned. It emerged from under the hood because what a brunette beauty with beast ears on her head.

"Behold, Lord Yonegawa, what the hell is this......!?

"My purpose is one thing. … to break her curse."

To upset Bennett, Koo began to speak with a strange face.

It's the story of a noble birth warrant.

Because of her beauty, she was blinded one day by an evil wizard.

Being proposed and naturally refusing to do so, she is cursed by an angry wizard.

A curse that turns its flesh into a beast while it lives.

Although the magician of the journey who happened to stop by managed to stop the curse before it was complete, the ears and tails that grew once could not be erased.

And with her expelled from the city, a wandering journey began to break the curse.

But as a result of getting lost in the fog on my journey, I lost even my luggage and by the time the fog cleared up, I didn't even know where I was currently.

As I wandered through the darkness at night, I reached this village...

The villagers were completely drawn to Koo's truly impending smooth narrative. Bennett and Danny, who had exposed their distrust earlier, are also impressed, and even Illis, who knows the truth, looks just like, "Did you..."

"… so could you please forgive us for relieving the fatigue of our journey in this village? Fortunately, we have the right consideration, and if that doesn't seem to be enough, let's help you with something. What I can do with my 'power', if…"

"That's not going to throw the Sorcerer out here."

Bennett, who completely changed his attitude, concurred with the idea.

and Bennett, who pulled the knife out of his hips, put it up in front of his face, in a harsh tone,

"…… let us, the villagers of Taaf, swear here to welcome you wholeheartedly, without working evil against Lord Yonegawa, Lord Iris"

I swore an oath. Hiraki and Bennett look at Koo.

(We can't even invite powerful people in as easily as we can.)

Convinced Kou also takes a dagger out of his waist belt and swears a similar oath - 'not to be malicious' - to the blade.

"Thank you very much, Lord Yonegawa. Now the villagers can rest assured."

"No, no, this is the one. Unless you're sorry to disturb me. Thank you for your attention, Mayor Bennett."

"Ha ha, that's an excessive word...... sasa, here you go. Although it is a rural village with nothing, we will treat you with the utmost hospitality."

Bennett, with a gracious face, leads the Koos to the village himself. The two Koos following Bennett were scattered around, talking about, "Are you a traveling magician…", "Wow…", "Something similar has come before…", etc.

Koo stroking down his chest, saying that he managed to do well. Then a fluttering phosphorescent light dances beside his face.

If you look closely, Kou's covenant spirits - "The Fantasy Spirit" and "Dalran" - were swimming in the air laughing.

(... kind of a different vibe than in the game)

I got the emotional impression, somehow, that it was just an ill-founded AI compared to the in-game.

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When Kou whispered softly, Dalran vanished flushly, consenting. At the same time, there is a feeling that all the magic can be taken.

"If we have someone who is malicious to us, let us know -"

Darlan took this ambiguous "favor" of Koo. An impossible place to work in the game.

Though I admire the fact that this place is still real, Koo makes a difficult face.

(How can I go back to the real world...)

The more this world is overflowing with realism - the farther I can feel the original world. Suddenly, Ilis looked delicate in a dark atmosphere.

Later, at the village chief's house, Kou and Iris receive a whispering welcome.

The story of Koo and Bennett, and Danny bounced to bounce, who silenced in and drank a little bit of wine.

As we overlap the cup, Koo and Bennett will rap -

And just like the Koos, about two months ago, as a traveler who suddenly visited the village.

It didn't take long until the name of 'Kay' came up on the subject.