Chapter 300

Upon returning home, I was greeted by two unexpected visitors, Cheryl and Seneran.

I welcomed the guests for a while, saying that there was something like a health food to eat when the demons overworked their magical powers, and I thoughtlessly talked about the request in front of Seneran, who came with a package, and Cheryl, who came to visit and deliver Siegfried’s message. I made the mistake of taking it out.

result? Of course, it was the jjuguri Eldmia.

Seneran, who was struggling and stubborn next to her, seemed to be able to somehow get over Ashley, who was only puffing up her cheeks and setting the mood, but Cheryl’s cold, dead eyes were so menacing that I hesitated without even realizing it.

Thanks to that, now I had to kneel in front of the two of them and make excuses, with Seneran beside me.

“No, it’s not really dangerous? Besides, I didn’t just accept this without thinking. Isn’t it one of the first abnormal symptoms I experience after creating a magical organ? As you move, you have to record and organize what kind of condition you are in, what symptoms you have, and how far you can be active so that you can be fully prepared for a really serious situation later.”

Of course, I didn’t even think of that.

It may not have been received thoughtlessly, but it wasn’t a request I received after such constructive calculations. However, in this situation, it was obvious that if he said so openly, a situation could come in which he would have to ask for permission to even go out of the house, let alone ask for a request.

Was it quite plausible for a hastily made excuse? Seneran made a tempting expression and stopped struggling, but Cheryl and Asillie’s reactions were calm. At the moment when the thousand and one Eldmia in my head were making a fuss about the need to come up with the next excuse, Asilie was the first to speak.

“Nuna, I really don’t know. Someone in the world is trying to move again in two days after fighting the Great Devil.”

“Aren’t demons really no big deal? This time, it was a bit annoying because he didn’t have a heart and he did a lot of shoveling, but he really wasn’t a big deal. He just transformed into a fake dragon and struggled a bit, so that’s all.”

Even though the explanation was based on facts, Asilie seemed to trust Cheryl next to her more than my words. It’s like, ‘I did, but does he react like this?’ It feels like.

“Hey, Cheryl. You saw it too. Why are you making such a scary face?”

“I’ve seen it. Even if it’s a fake dragon, it’s a dragon, but after getting hit directly by the tail, and then using the recoil to ride on its back, it’s so absurd that it’s so absurd.”

You damn devil... It doesn’t help your life anyway.

“That’s... hey... but he’s a devil, and I didn’t know what kind of trick he would do, so I chose the lesser evil. In reality, I was at a disadvantage, so he suddenly flew up into the sky. If I hadn’t gotten on then, he He must have fled while shooting a breath at the city.”

“...mmm.”

Fortunately, Cheryl’s gaze wavered slightly as she presented the cowardly facts as evidence. Although that reaction was short-lived, it was enough evidence to present to Asillie.

“And noona, don’t you believe me? There’s no way I, who works hard to keep myself healthy, can’t pick and choose the things that will hurt my body. Look, Cheryl may be worried that I’m acting a little recklessly, but I can’t completely deny that my judgment at the time was the best. You know. It’s the same this time too. The request is just for a quick drink, isn’t it?”

“...Ugh, if you can’t even talk to me, I don’t hate you.”

Since she was an Asilier who was always more worried than angry, she shook her head with a long sigh despite being reluctant to my rational rebuttal, and headed to the kitchen to help Yan Tier prepare refreshments.

In the end, Seneran, dissatisfied with my notification, began to roll on the floor in someone else’s house without dignity, but it was just a struggle that had no effect on me.

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“I heard a little bit about Raviel on the way back.”

Yan Tier, who skillfully prepared cookies from unknown sources, sat down and joined the conversation while being dumbfounded at Seneran sipping tea and giving up neatly, as if asking when he had acted indecently.

“Even so, it wasn’t a big deal. I committed corruption without thinking much, but it was a situation where I was involved with a traitor. ”

“Hmm, as the guild leader said, the support itself is not going to be a problem...” “

That’s right. There’s already a lot of money going in, such as the construction of villages and infrastructure for economic activities. I don’t remember any complaints about wages. do.”

Unexpected cross-validation puts my mind at ease. It’s not so lax that you can’t get paid after working, but being put in such a situation itself is unpleasant, so it’s right to be careful.

“Just...”

But Yan Tie’s information didn’t seem to be all there was to it.

“There was also talk that the village guards were suffering more damage than expected.”

“Is there a possibility that the skills of simply hired guards will be sluggish?”

“There’s enough of it. Early winter is the most violent time for monsters who feel pressured by the unprepared cold. If you say it’s the result of carelessness, variables, and lack of skills overlap, it fits to some extent.”

There was no reason to worry about our personal safety anyway, unless it was a minor variable, but it’s not just the two of us standing guard in the village, and if we constantly suffer damage, the overall atmosphere is bound to be blurred. In the meantime, some unconscionable people may try to slander us, saying that if we have the skills, we should go further, and then we could get beaten up by me.

I was sipping tea, hoping that this would not happen, but Seneran, who rolled his eyes for a moment, spoke calmly.

“Still, it seems that the fact that the damage continues to be known and caught as statistics is a level of incidents that can be dealt with.”

“...is that so?”

“That’s right. It’s not that something like disappearance is involved or a strange phenomenon has occurred and you can’t even figure it out, right? Like the housekeeper said, it’s highly likely that the monsters who became a bit violent found an unprotected residence and rushed at it blindly. Didn’t you ask for support, rather than ask for self-sufficiency?”

It was a very clear and cool hypothesis that I couldn’t believe the person who was complaining just before.

“And it also means that there is absolutely no reason to worry about you. It also means that there won’t be a situation so urgent that you neglect the record. .”

And Cheryl and Asillie, who heard the hypothesis, seemed to sincerely understand it, unlike when I desperately made excuses.

Thanks to that, I thought for a moment whether I should feel trust towards me in the attitude of the two people who understood that it was nothing special based on me, or whether I should feel a slight sense of betrayal in accepting Seneran’s words more credibly than what I said. I had to.