"... ho?

A demon king watching the void accidentally leaked a grunt.

It sounds like I was impressed there, because I was actually impressed.

"Four... No, five, is it? I didn't know that's all the reactions would disappear in this short period of time..."

So whining, he moves his gaze to explore something.

Keep going for a while... the corner of his mouth was lifted inadvertently.

"Ho... and didn't one of them make you head near the border to cause chaos? I should have stayed away from you there for once... have you been distracted? No, or..."

Keep whining, the look is somewhere fun.

I don't know what you're looking at at at the end of your gaze, keep your mouth shut, narrow your eyes...

"... that's surprising"

And, to a voice that accidentally rang from side to side, the Demon King turned his gaze with a slight surprise.

Because I didn't expect you to talk to me from the other side.

"Sometimes it's unusual. I didn't expect to hear from you... what kind of change of heart is that?

"Hmm... I'm just saying I've had a lot of free time"

"Ho? Do you ever think you're free? Interesting... well, good. So, what's the surprise?

"... in many ways. You wouldn't have tried to use that power."

"... I see. I'm sure it might be."

Saying, one finger rings.

A dry sound sounded and instantly appeared at the tip of its feet is a magical formation with intricate texts.

It begins to glow. Try to seep from it. Darkness overflows, forming itself as darkness.

It's human, but it's also shadowy.

"You may go. But there is nothing I can do about it to the extent that it has increased. Be careful and observe until you know who you are."

When I got that word, I tried to be sucked straight into the ground and disappeared.

If there was anything else to see that sight, it would probably have been a terrible surprise.

Anyway, the thing that just disappeared is a demon called Shadow Eater.

Obviously, he was listening to the Demon King, but there should not exist anything that could do that to the demon.

Moreover, before that, the Demon King even summoned demons.

It is also something that could not have been possible.

But.

"This is already my power. So it's natural to use it?

"... Still, you wouldn't have used it before. Not to mention using demons like hands and feet."

"Hmm... that means if they destroy me three times just now, I'll punish you too. Besides, can't we keep our gods waiting? It's only natural to use everything you have."

The power to summon and serve demons.

The Demon King does not know why such power can now be used.

But I didn't care about that.

The only thing that matters is that its power can be used now, and depending on how it is used, it is possible to be sufficiently useful.

"If we can use it well, we can easily and chaos the whole world and terrorize the humans... can't we just get there yet? Well, let me give it a try on this land."

"... whatever you want. It's none of my business."

"Ho...? You were going to sprinkle chaos on the world and terror and despair on humans?

"... this self is not a dragon already. No need for fear, no need for despair... in the first place, there's only one thing I have right now"

With that said, it used to be a dragon, now it looks like a youth, and it narrows its eyes to stare at something.

But the demon king snorted, seemingly overflowing with hatred from all over his body.

"Well, if you don't get in my way, you can do whatever you want. I need your help."

"... I don't even need to be told"

The Demon King snorts again at that figure with his gaze on the other side.

Then, as he turned his gaze toward his feet, he rang one finger, and let the dry sound echo on the spot.

The moment I saw a familiar sight, to be honest, Soma was slightly surprised.

Because there was no big difference between what I remember and what I remember.

- Rumburg, Baron of Arvent, Kingdom of Radius.

It's where I once came with Sheila and the others, but from Soma's point of view, it's the first place I've visited in a long time.

But what I saw over a year ago and what is now spreading in front of me makes no difference in the literal sense.

The townships, the people walking there.

Yes, in Lumburg, people were usually walking, unlike yardsters.

Besides, I can't even feel the dust in the rush.

When the usual routine continues today and tomorrow, it feels like I believe unconditionally -

"Hmmm... according to Doris's story, there were some evacuees in Lumburg too..."

"... the people in the city don't know why or what?

"Sounds like it. To avoid confusion, dare you, do you mean?

Perhaps, that's what it is.

However, even though the numbers are not so high, the people of Neumont territory should have evacuated as well.

It should be quite a few if paired with the Yardster people, and that doesn't change where it's dispersed all over the place.

Even if I don't know why, it seems like I would have noticed that something had just happened if a large number of people had evacuated at the same time... but I looked over the scene again and I still couldn't feel those vibes.

"Ha... I wonder what that means?

"If you care, why don't you go to the guild and ask? You're staying here today, aren't you?

"Hmmm... sure, is it best to ask where you seem to know best"

Even though the sun is still high, I will stay here overnight, from Yarster to this point, because I have forcibly forcibly marched again.

I used to use a carriage for a week, this time on foot for a week as well.

Felicia and Aina must have been forced to do a lot.

There's still a distance to the Wang capital, and we can't let it force us any further here.

"In the meantime, why don't we go to the inn first? We don't have to hurry."

"You don't have to worry about it, do you? I'm not that tired, to be honest, I'm getting used to it."

"Uh, you do have that. Like, what, I don't really care because it's normal to be tired, like?

"... the one you shouldn't be used to"

"I still think I need to go to the inn first."

They took the two people who insisted they were still okay, and if they let them into the inn, they immediately fell asleep the moment they lay down to rest for a little while.

Soma shrugged her shoulders when she smiled bitterly at Sheila for coming to tell her so.

"What else is there?"

The two of you are working really well together.

That's about as hard as you're trying.

Although Aina said a lot before this, still even Sheila's hard work would be inferior to the two of them.

Unlike Neumont territory, there are demons on the road, so we need to be vigilant around us, and we need to repel them from time to time, but it still doesn't extend to the hardships of the two of us.

Including that Soma and Sheila are the only ones in charge of the night watch.

"In other words, if it's true, you two should leave it here... if it's here, there are people there, and it's safe there."

"... that's the easy part.... but"

"I know. That's why I don't talk about it."

I'm not going to do that, because sometimes you two don't want to, but I don't want to leave you two in this city in any more of the current uncertain circumstances.

As long as I do that, I can feel more comfortable letting the two of you force me to stay right around.

Even where the shadow eater and the others are attacking, they think they can handle it.

But in short, it's just the selfishness of the Somas.

That's why you both look forward to it, but...

"Fortunately, we don't seem to have any intention of doing so at the moment. Then I'll just have them follow me."

"...... hmm.... and we'll do our best for it."

"There are limits to what we can do..."

Saying so and smiling bitterly, Soma rose from the chair where she was sitting.

For now, when it comes to what we can do, it's about finding out what's going on in this city while the two of us are resting.

"Hmm... So I thought to myself, even if it was a souvenir for both of us, but when I thought about it, I didn't walk the last time I saw this city. I don't even know where it is or what it was before..."

"... okay because I know.... I've been here a long time, so you'll see."

As always, Sheila's atmosphere was confident, although she remained hooded.

That's what I might have seen if I hadn't worn a hood.

Although the atmosphere alone was rare enough.

"That's reliable. Well, let's start with the Alliance."

"...... hmm. … I don't know if I can get the information."

"It was then, and I had no choice. I don't want to know."

"... n"

And while we talked about it, Soma and the others went to the guild first, so they left the inn behind.

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