Yomigaeri no Maou

Stephanie says that the bridge, which was broken from a few days ago to today, was the only way to connect the other side of the cliff behind the forest with the side of the village.

It's not like you can't come and go if you go far, but it takes a lot of time, and ecosystems are divided there, so it seems that natural creatures rarely make significant moves.

And on this side of the cliff - that is, there are not many demons in the forest on the village side, and they seem to be all things that aren't so threatening to be there, but on the other side of the cliff, there were many powerful demons that could not be dealt with unless they were adventurers, to say that they were dangerous.

"But... if that's what you know, wouldn't Yurk even bother going to the other side?

Stephanie answers that question as Illis runs through the woods mumbling Stephanie.

"Yeah. Because there's a grandmother on the other side. Yurk, maybe I went to see Grandma."

"Grandma?

"Yeah. It's Grandma Solange. He's a very strong magician. The sword can be used by the three of us, and Grandma tells us how to fight in her spare time."

When I heard that, I could understand why Yurk was oddly strong for a child and the basics were done again.

There was a good teacher.

And I guess Yurk was easily defeated by Iris yet, and anxious about his strength.

Did you say that you wanted to be stronger?

Asking Stephanie for such a guess,

"Yeah. I'm sure...... I train hardest, because I'm a yurk..."

I replied.

Even as an Illis, I know exactly what it's like to want to be strong, not to lose.

I used to think the same thing over and over again.

No, I still think so.

That is why I felt that scratching a foot for it was in itself a very preferred attitude.

But that's not a good idea to go to a dangerous place and worry about childhood training.

I was just going to take you back and tell you that if losing to Illis is the reason for your loss of confidence, I'm a little different from the others.

"I'll give you some speed. Mr. Stephanie, hold on tight."

When Illis said so, Stephanie nodded and strengthened the force of her arms held to Illis' neck.

After all, she is powerful for a child of this age, and it is also clear that she is getting an archery done by someone who says Solange.

In a few years' time, there will be three adventurers at one end.

That's why you can't let that dream turn you down on the way.

Illis did some physical strengthening magic on himself and on Stephanie, who bumps on his back, to increase his speed.

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Something, sounding like a high scream, awakened Lulu's consciousness, which was blurred by the idyllic view of the forest.

In order to get a better idea of where it came from again, I could understand that if I strengthened my senses, it was from the direction Aurbea was headed earlier.

The villagers should have already left, and I haven't heard there's a village on this side of the cliff.

People, etc., can't be there, but maybe there's no zero chance that some hunter or adventurer was wandering the woods.

Before Solange told me to watch here, I wasn't sure what to do, but it's also not sleepy to abandon me here and die.

It was understandable from that magic that Solange was also quite a powerful mage, and it is hard to assume that she would suffer a great deal if those Aulbearers came back and bowled together.

Considering that it would probably be all right, Lulu decided to leave a single line behind the scene and head to the place where he heard screams.

That place I arrived at.

The sight there was of one boy slipping his hips forward of a giant aur bear.

Besides, I recognize that face.

Isn't that the kid you've been talking to on your way to the village chief's house?

"What are you doing here!?

The moment his figure entered his eyes, when Lulu asked so, the boy looked at Lulu with frightened eyes.

At a distance, he feels that no matter how hard Lulu tries, he can't get in there to help.

That prediction is in fact wrong, but if Lulu is a junior adventurer in both fame, it's a feeling that's not wrong, and the boy who can judge it by staring at it is surprisingly fine, without nervousness, Lulu thought he might be capable of judging the situation.

And at that moment when Aurbea tries to strike the boy, Lulu forges a bond before the boy.

Something that consumes a lot of magic but is slight from Lulu because it is only a little far away.

There was nothing wrong, a strong junction formed, and Aurbea's huge, sharp nails hit the junction and ended up just scattering sparks.

The boy stares at the clear thin blue junction built in front of his own eyes with a surprised look.

I guess I don't immediately understand what happened.

Lulu ran and rushed under such a boy and said over his back relative to Aurbea.

"Don't worry, it's all right now"

But the boy doesn't seem to believe the word.

Tell them to disagree.

"So, but! It's an Aulbearer! Who's in the hands of a junior adventurer. Bye......!

Totally correct opinion, but it seems that the fact that such an existential attack could be suppressed once and for all in the first place has not yet penetrated his head.

Or did you decide that you did everything you could for about a blow, but you wouldn't have any leeway left?

Either way, you may be thinking unexpectedly calmly.

But in any case, what the boy is saying is not getting the facts right.

For Lulu, there is nothing like Aurbea.

To show that, Lulu dared to break the line and laughed to provoke Aurbea

Seeing it, the boy opens his eyes and says in a desperate manner.

"Hey, what are you doing! The world! Why did you solve it!?

Lulu does not answer it and lets his own palms precisely break into its orbit as he looks at Aurbea's thick arms, which have come towards him on the provocation.

Aurbear is a giant over four meters.

Lulu was supposed to be crushed by the difference in mass if it were meant to be, and the boy also had a hopeless look in anticipation of it, but the sight that was there a moment later was beyond the boy's imagination.

The forefoot of the giant Aurbea was stopped over Lulu's palm, and, furthermore, Lulu was grabbing that forefoot lightly.

Aurbea seems to be trying to escape that restraint somehow, but it was obvious from seeing it not moving at all.

"... it would be a lie..."

The boy told me to groan.

But reality is in front of us.

Lulu saw how such a boy was,

"That's why I told you it was okay, right?

That's what made me laugh.

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When he heard a scream, Iris increased the speed at which he would run, capturing precisely that direction with hearing beyond the person.

She also sounded like Stephanie, and her face was blue when she looked back for a moment.

I suppose you're assuming the worst.

Illis may be very bad too, I thought, but when we got to the scene, that prediction came off in a good direction.

"... my brother-in-law!

I was there because Lulu and Yurk, and Aurbea, but Lulu had caught Aurbea's huge arm with one hand, and Yurk had no injuries whatsoever, he was just falling out of his hips.

"You've come to the right place, Illis. Get that boy away from me a little bit."

and eyes behind him. Lulu says.

Iris nodded and lowered with Yurk aside.

From then on, it is Lulu's single altar.

As a result of the release of Aurbea's arm, he let the hypnotic magic fall into his sleep at the same time as the powerful Aurbea fell in.

Aurbea snuck into the world of sleep without time to fight it, and the battle was over.

Shortly afterwards, its three childlike little Aulbearers flocked around to protect their big parental Aulbearers, but decided to leave the scene because the purpose, be it Lulu or Illis, was to help the boy, not to call him an Aulbearer crusade.

The child Aulbearers stared with a vigilant gaze at the Lulu's to stay away, but they were relieved more than some distance away, and began to sleep and play over their parent Aulbearers.

He can see that he's just asleep.

Lulu's hypnotic magic can be solved in less than an hour.

Once Lulu had responded to Solange's demand that he should not be harmed, he decided to leave the scene safely and head towards the cave.

The Iris follow suit.

Walking, Lulu asked the Iris what was going on.

In other words, the circumstances in which Illis fought Yurk and slightly defeated him, but this is what happened.

I'm listening. Lulu told the boy,

"Oh, my God, you don't..."

And he shrugged, so the boy said to Lulu furiously.

"That's what you're talking about! For me... it was a big problem... then I can't be an adventurer... I can't believe junior adventurers are so strong..."

and around slowly toning down, I guess it's a really serious problem for him.

But Lulu didn't make fun of the boy or insult him, he simply wondered what the problem was with becoming an adventurer because he couldn't beat Illis.

So Lulu decided to teach future juniors to be honest.

"Uh, did you say yurk"

"Yeah......"

"Are you so sorry you couldn't beat Illis?

"Yeah......"

"Well...... by the way, that changes the story, but just because you couldn't beat Aulbearer, you're depressed?

To Lulu's story, which suddenly changed, Yuluk tilted his neck.

…… I'm not depressed... that's a tricky monster to beat even intermediate adventurers. Just because you couldn't beat something like that doesn't make you depressed. I heard Illis was a junior, but you beat that one. At least it's about intermediate superior, isn't it?

I beat a demon who couldn't win without a few intermediates.

So, Lulu is at least intermediate or better, I guess.

It's not logically wrong.

But in reality, Yurk's predictions are wrong.

Lulu tells the story plainly.

"No? I'm a junior adventurer just like Iris."

To Lulu's terminal words, Yurk opened his eyes.

So is Stephanie walking hand in hand with Iris.

Yurk says.

"Ugh, that's a lie! That's why... there's no way the elementary school is so strong!

"Well...... maybe it does. Me and Illis haven't signed up for a big day yet. I didn't even get a lot of requests. Inevitably, the rank will not rise... because you have to make a request to raise it."

Yurk and Stefani with their open mouths unblocked, just saying that -.

You liked those two reactions, Lulu went on even further.

"Well, if you're still not convinced, me and Iris have one interesting title, huh?

"... what's that?

Yurk asked, with a voice that sees even the scary ones.

Lulu says.

"I'm the winner of this fight, and Illis is the semi-winner."

Yurk and Stefani laughed and said to the words, and now they say no words.

He had his mouth full for a while with a totally time-stopped look.

Then Yurk said he finally calmed down or he could talk.

"... that's the one where you say the fight competitions in the meantime are out of specials too...?

"Right. What's wrong with that?

"Extraordinarily, you say you won!?

To the words, Lulu understood that the results of the martial arts tournament had not yet been communicated so far.

It is a peripheral village.

That would be natural, too.

Nobody in particular responded to the names of Iris and Lulu, which is why.

Well, even if the name was passed on, it doesn't mean either name is so rare.

Anything like this that can determine that a child is the winner/semi-winner of a fighting tournament would be about who was actually there.

Lulu nods and answers Yurk's words.

"Oh. Gran or Shui...... and I fought Uvezd or something, but I won. Hey, we were all strong enemies inside..."

If you actually name your opponent, they still looked like celebrities, and Yurk was there showing surprise with the look on his jaw just coming off.

Stephanie doesn't seem to be that familiar.

"Who's that? Who?"

And he's asking Yurk, but he can't afford to answer Yurk.

Lulu smiled at both of them and walked towards the cave.