233 Lesson 212

"Guidance to where the Demon King is? You can do it."

"That!?"

The night Lord Lloyd ordered me to carry out a mission to crusade the Demon King.

Back in the dormitory, I talked to Fermu about his guidance to the Demon King's Realm with a serious face, but the answers I returned were too light.

Fermu, sitting across the dining room table, looked at me in surprise.

"Why are you surprised?"

"No, no! You don't have many good memories of Demon King's Land!?"

"You treat me like a child...!"

For some reason she gets grumpy, I don't know why.

Seeing me confused, Nair sitting next to me is laughing at the pieces.

"After all, you're so worried, you're thinking more seriously than Fermu himself. Does this guy look so delicate?"

"Yeah."

"Quickly."

I know that the ferm is quite delicate.

Honestly, I've noticed it since I was locked in a jail room.

Taking a deep breath to regain her composure, she sat back in the chair with momentum and put her arms together.

"Mostly, Demon King's Land wasn't a good place for me, but that's all. I'm so out of touch with the village where I was born... and I don't need to worry about it anymore because I'm already a traitor to the Demon King's army"

"... okay? Are you okay?"

"Shit. I said I'm okay, so I'm okay. Besides..."

Bishi, and Fermu point to me.

Lifting her eyes, she shuddered her shoulders in defiance.

"I haven't forgotten! After he threw me into the lifeguard, he immediately left me on a paperwork trip!"

"Hmm? Oh, yeah."

I think I left that one, or I just couldn't get it out of the kingdom in Fermu's shoes.

"Do you have any idea how much hell Rose showed me after that!?"

……?

"Hey, why can you look strange there...?"

"What are you looking at..."

Well, I just think it's bad that I left her alone and went on a journey, which is exactly what causes Ferm to join the lifeguard.

But you wanted to go on that journey...

When you have it so far in the roots, you can ask about the strength of that feeling.

"Either way, I'd be comfortable if you could show me around. Even for me, it would be very helpful to have you."

"... I'm not your armor"

"I'm not. I mean, I'm comfortable with being one of them."

……

Indeed, he is strong assimilated to Fermu.

But it's comforting to have people close to me who can count on more than that.

I don't know what I thought, I'm trying to talk to Nair with a cheek wand on the table from Fermu, who's shivering his shoulder as he leaned down, and stop.

"Nair, well, I'm going, and I don't have to ask."

"No, listen to me. I'll follow you, though."

"Well, you don't have to ask."

With that said, Nair somehow wakes her body off the table with an invincible grin.

"Don't you see? I miss you if you don't mind me in moderation."

"Are you a maiden or something?"

Oh no, how proud...?

When I'm told with such a confident face, I feel masculine the other way around.

Return your gaze from Nair to Ferm with a slight glimpse.

"Ferm, if you'll follow me on my crusade to the Demon King, may I ask you to come with me to the castle tomorrow"

"Oh, what can I tell you?"

"Maybe it's about the demon kingdom terrain and demons..."

"... indeed, the Lord of Demons is far from here. Okay."

Ferm nodding with his hands on his chin.

I look at her like that and ask her what she cares about.

"What kind of place is Demon King?"

"A shady place"

"Or even if it's my hometown, you've said so much..."

Don, pull. To Nair and me, Ferm laughs with his nose.

"At least that's what my growing village was like. It was always dangerous in the woods because of the land pattern, where the crops were difficult to grow, and because there were only fierce demons to eat that day, even if hunting"

"... a fierce demon"

"You may already be asking, but you can almost think of it as impossible to travel on a horse. If you ride a horse in a place like that, you'll soon be targeted by demons or by hungry people."

"Are you in so much trouble? The Demons."

"Before the Demon King woke up, it was worse."

Speaking of the Demon King's name without interest, Fermu shifts his eyes to the view outside visible through the window.

"I don't know how I did it, but I empowered the land the Demon King called the Demon King's Land. Thanks to him, the crop grew and the water became clean."

"... but it's out of standard. The Demon King."

"Is it magic...? Even so, it's too much magic to cover the vast realm of the Demon King..."

But from what I've heard, does this mean that the demon kings of our time have moved for the demons who live in the realm of demons?

Maybe I challenged the human side to battle...... no, is that a sweet idea?

If the Demon King was the kind of person who would take the way it was written in his notes, it is normal to think of it as a means to create an army that would be his own hands and feet.

Only, let's keep this in the chest as one thought.

But...

"Is defeating the Demon King a mission as a brave man,"

So what happens to the Demon Clan after we defeat the Demon King?

Each reason they fight remains unknown to us.

Can I challenge the Demon King without knowing that?

"I should see the demon kingdom with these eyes."

I'm still unconscious.

to what it means to defeat the Demon King.

To find out, you have to know.

"Hey, Usato"

"Yeah?"

When I looked back at Nair, whom I had spoken to, she spoke in a slightly sleepy manner as she slammed against the table again.

"When are you leaving for that demon king crusade?"

"He wants to leave as soon as possible because he doesn't know when he's going to recover from the demon king's condition. Welsey says... as early as three days, we'll leave the kingdom of Ringle and be ready for the final battle in the battlefield before entering Demon King's territory."

"Huh, you're pretty stuffed with chopped feathers"

"Right. I guess it's hard not to know when the Demon King will recover."

Though I have a desire to rush, 'haste blunts judgment, so calm down!' cautioned Mr. Wellsey, so I must proceed with caution without rush.

Thinking that far, I realize that Nair looks like she's worried.

"I know we're leaving soon, but then Nack's gonna be alone again."

"... right"

If me and Nair and Ferm out here leave, all we have left is Knuck here.

Now that the Roses are not back, we're going to leave him here, twelve years old.

"I think about him properly. He said we'd talk after this."

"Really? Then you'll be fine."

I was thinking about Nack, too, so I promised to talk to him later.

Talking that far, Nack comes to the dining room.

I think it's just fine, and I stand up and I talk to him.

"You're here. Nack."

"Yes. Uh, I heard you wanted to talk to me..."

"Oh."

... I can talk to you here, but do you want to talk while walking outside because of your mood swings?

"Naa, can you make dinner for me?"

"Yeah, all right."

"It's gonna be tough on your own, so I'm gonna go help you when I'm done talking to Nack."

"Fine, talk to Nak more closely than that. I'll let Fermu help me."

"Ha!? Why me!"

"Hey, I'm coming," Nair said to the dissenting ferm, heading toward someone in the kitchen.

I dropped off Fermu, who followed him reluctantly, and turned to Nak, and I urged him to go outside.

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As I walked down the road from the lifeguard quarters to the training ground, I briefed Nack on my trip to the Demon King's Crusade.

Though it's information that hasn't been revealed to the public yet, I thought it should be told to Knuck, and I told him -- Knuck's reaction to hearing that seemed somewhere shocking.

"Why..."

After all, have I been shocked that I might be left alone here...

I couldn't help it, so I kept talking to him, and he spoke before me.

"Why does Usato do all those life-threatening things..."

"Nack...?"

"I can't believe the battle has just ended, but the demon king is next... Mr. Usato is still dead..."

... I'm an idiot.

When I'm shocked that Nack is going to be alone, I'm ashamed of myself for thinking so.

"How much, Mr. Usato, is impossible and sturdy"

"Yeah......"

"Someone so nervous that he ate and hung up on Mr. Rose."

"Ugh, yeah......"

"Occasionally, even if you have a doubtful or abusive personality"

"... hey, Knuck?"

Isn't that a little too much?

But the leaning knuckles don't stop.

"Blunt enough to know beside you."

"... hmm?"

"Even if my naming sense is broken"

……

"Even if you're so polished by movements you don't think people are"

……

"I just can't believe the demon king is against me... maybe"

"Whoa, wait a minute. Nack."

That's the most we've ever had! I'm already overflowing with the truth in my heart!?

And I'm saying it feels like I'm losing it, but I'm saying pretty good, right?

That!? Could it be that I'm still mad that you can leave me alone!?

"Excuse me. I said about half of it"

"Not half, right? All of it, right?"

"No, in the sense that I said half of what I wanted to say..."

That's half what I meant.

I'm afraid of the other half, so I can't ask.

"Honestly, I know why Mr. Usato has to go to a dangerous place. When I was helping the castle, I heard what Usato and the others were doing."

"Oh well..."

"So you don't have to worry about me"

"Hmm? Why?"

I honestly questioned Nack's words.

In return for me, he continues with a slight surprise. [M]

"After you've received your important assignment, you'd better concentrate on that one than on me. I don't want to get in Mr. Usato's way either."

"Nack."

Stop and call his name.

I showed Nack the way into the lifeguard.

I leave the guidance to Rose, but I still have a responsibility.

"Ready? I never thought or thought I'd get in your way."

……

"You are my apprentice, my man, and one of the same lifeguards. It doesn't matter what year. Of course, the mission is important, but I don't think I can cut you off because of it."

I know how Knuck feels.

But still, I can't leave him alone. [M]

"Nack, why don't you go help the captains?"

"... Huh? Help... you're all here now..."

"Yes, I'm treating the injured now at a base in the plain zone. Maybe we don't have enough people there"

No matter how much Guerna you are, there are limits.

If Rose is also seriously injured, one more person will want help.

"In the near future, we will be heading to the Demon King's Lands. I'll leave you there with the captain. … and then it's up to you to do what you do"

After the battle, so no danger, but still a hard sight may await for Knack.

Even for me, I don't know if it's right to take him to the base.

After explaining that again, I'll ask him if he wants to go.

"What do you think?"

"... I'm coming! Much better than smoking here all by yourself!"

"That's settled."

Nack is strong.

His spirit is strong because he has experienced a hard past and has been beaten down many times, and he does not break in terms of line-up. That's what it seemed like when he was left to me while I was gone.

... because I can't stay in the base.

Build a grip and watch for the knucks that are motivating you, while realizing that you can see the training area nearby that you always use.

"... it's too early to go back"

Nair and Ferm are cooking dinner for us, but we'll probably wait a little while when we get back now.

"All right, Nack, don't tell Nair, okay?"

"What is it?"

"I'll teach you a little of my moves."

I've been advised by Nair before, but I wouldn't mind just a little to encourage his growth.

As we headed straight to the training ground, Nack and I walked up to the tree by the training ground.

Let the raised fist wrap its magic around it and show it to the nack.

"Healing punch is simply a technique of beating with a fist that entails healing magic. I'm not doing anything else. It's a simple move, but with this guy, any opponent can take consciousness intact."

"Fine, it's simple. Sounds like I can do it... maybe it won't work like Usato..."

"As I said before, all you have to do is find your own moves. Mine's just a rough move."

Then, gather the magic that has been wrapped around your hands in your palms and make a magic bullet.

"And healing magic bullets. Are you familiar with this?"

"Yes! I've been hit with tea!"

That's some catchy way of saying it......

No, I know it's not offensive.

Refresh your mind and throw the healing magic bullet at the tree at the end of your gaze.

Pan, the magic bullet that struck the tree directly with the sound of it plays and flies.

"But throwing magic bullets normally doesn't make it that powerful, does it? Once, I tried to manipulate it, but I couldn't do it at all."

"Ha, you don't have to throw this move."

"Yes!? Really?!?"

Although it is easy to be mistaken, my healing magic bullet is just a move to throw a magic bullet with a force move.

If you can normally release magic bullets, you don't have to throw them.

"That's exactly what I said..."

"I didn't have the gift to unleash magic, so I had to throw it. So, normally if you want to release a magic bullet, it's a move that anyone can make."

"To me, too?"

"Oh. Yours, you can do it your own way. I'm more like a teacher on the other hand. You shouldn't make mistakes, should you?"

"Ha, ha, okay"

Nack, who nodded at my words, created a magic bullet in his right hand, just like I did.

Then he set his hand in front of him with a magic bullet floating, releasing a magic bullet straight ahead. The unleashed magic bullet slipped slightly away from the target tree and flew back.

"is off..."

"But I succeeded. Nack, this is your cure magic bullet."

"Mine, healing magic bullet..."

Slightly shivering his voice, Nack mouths so.

From what I've seen, the way you aim seems the same as a healing flying fist. Then I think I can give you some advice.

Approaching him, I straighten my right arm and place my hand on my shoulder.

"Straighten your shoulders to your palms. Imagine passing between your shoulders and your palms, releasing magic bullets."

"Yes."

"You can fail. Don't rush, set your aim."

"Don't rush..."

That's right, squealing, Nack releasing a magic bullet from his palm again.

Watching him like that from behind me —— just a little bit, I felt like I knew what it was like to be Rose training me.

I guess it's a relief to have a disciple who can entrust his "next”.