255 Lesson 230

Keira is gone.

I had a fierce bad feeling about Greff's words as he ran to the empty house where we were resting late at night.

I knew Keira was coming up with it.

But she can't possibly be unaware of the danger of going outside alone in the dark.

With a hunch that something big was about to happen intuitively, I calmed down Ram and Rosé, who cried out with Mr. Greff in a hurry, and I immediately decided to carry out a search for Keira.

At night, we left Mr. Greff and the others outside to look for Keira, so he asked him to look at Ram and Rosé, and we split up and went into the woods to look for Keira.

"Burlin! Remember the smell of Keira?!?"

"Grrr!!"

"Please, you're the only one I can count on!!"

Fast-legged me and my seniors rely on Brulin's sense of smell for searches.

Kazuki, Mr. Leona and Amako are looking for the neighborhood of the settlement.

"Nea!! How about from the sky!?"

"He's not here! Rather you guys are too fast!! more to suit me flying in the sky!!"

I can hear Nair panicking from the sky, but neither me nor my senior nor Brulin are going to stop that leg.

The forest at night is quite dangerous.

Some demons attack me in the dark, and most importantly, I'm worried that Keira's own magic won't harm her.

"Usato, this direction..."

"Yeah, I know."

'It doesn't seem like a coincidence... It sucks.'

Nodding at the voices of the Ferms heard from within.

In the direction Burlin is going--there is that huge ruin.

Going along with the deliberate chills stirring up the bushes - we head out into the ruined wilderness.

Along with that, the weaponry of me and my predecessor's brave men unfolds on their own.

"... apparently, it was decided to come here"

"Sounds like it."

The senior, whose gaze shifted to the sheath where the knife was delivered, returns so with a bitter smile.

I went out to the open place, and Nair, who was flying in the sky, came down to my shoulder.

"Usat. Burlin says Keira's ahead?"

"Oh.... can you bring us Kazuki because we're anxious alone?"

"Copy that. And there's someone ahead of us."

"... Did you see it from the sky?"

"From a distance, one person and one Feilong-like demon. I don't see anyone else... what do we do?"

Manipulate the flying dragon.

A demon army soldier...?

As we think about what to do, the seniors we were listening to together speak to Nair.

"Nair, you're Kazuki. Get me you guys. Me and you, Usato, and I'll see how things go in Burlin, and then I'll tie you up if I have to."

"Yeah, I get it. Be careful."

Nair, who jumped straight out of my shoulder, flies through the night sky as he rises into the sky.

As we lose sight of her, we try to get close to someone who is near the ruins.

"Burlin, be quiet?"

"Gru."

"Guru."

One extra squeal.

I turn to my senior. [M]

"Senior, I don't need you in an emergency. Don't pinch me."

"Yes......"

A soggy senior.

Keep your mind back on it, and as you move forward, you'll see the debris at your feet.

"When it comes to the wilderness, there's rubble everywhere."

"It's not looking conserved, so I guess it's on the decaying side.... Maybe it's supposed to be worse inside. We need to find Keira as soon as possible..."

"Yes."

As you go in the shadows as you hide in what looks like the remains of the ruins, you find yourself a little far from the ruins, as Nair put it - a demonic woman burning in a place surrounded by the remains of the ruins.

"Usato, Suzune, from the outfit, he's a soldier of the Demon King's Army."

"Doesn't sound irrelevant..."

"... you're talking to Fei Long about something. Let's just eavesdrop."

Is it thin on its own, the woman who was confused in front of the fire was speaking to the red flying dragon beside herself.

To eavesdrop on it, we move behind the rubble and listen.

"Ahhh... Mr. Koga and the others aren't back yet, there's a dong patch noise from inside, and I was wondering if I should go home now."

"Gurgh"

'Yeah, yeah. Are you going on a journey with Sean in this far away place? Outreach, around the land of the beast man or something, right? What would you like to eat if you went to the land of the Beast Man?'

"Guh."

"Oh, my God, that's Mr. Bull. The kingdom of the beasts is rich in nature, and there must be some wild cows."

What a nasty thing to whine about far from the problems we have.

But there was one name in the woman's words that I couldn't miss hearing.

"... Koga? Is he here?"

'It's him more than that... I don't like it. If I saw you, I would have attacked you...'

"Don't say..."

He seems to have a good understanding of how troublesome Koga is around Fermu being easy on him.

But if he was here, wouldn't he be looking at Keira, who would have gone through here?

"Seniors. That guy, maybe he knows about Keira"

"If you were here, you could be watching.... Wouldn't you rather listen to Usat in Demonic Mode? I'm here looking for Keira. If I make contact with her body, she won't be suspicious."

"It's a nice idea. Well, let's just... Ferm."

"Oh."

The black magic that covers me turns me into a grey-haired brown demon tribe.

I'm still not used to changing the color of my hair, but it's just what I look like, so I'll just put up with it.

"... All right. Okay, I'll ask."

"I asked you, Mr. Usato!"

"Gru."

I nod to my senior and Brulin, and get out of the shadows and approach the demonic woman.

As she dared to kick the rubble so that she could know it existed, the woman and the Fei Long immediately turned back and exposed their guard.

I know the lights on the fire are just in the shadows and I can't see the woman's face very well, but I'm terribly alert.

"What guy!?"

"Guh!!"

What the...?

Catching on to anachronistic rhetoric, he throws his voice with his hands up.

"Excuse me, I see the lights... are you from the Demon King's Army?"

"... hih!?"

"Huh?"

A female demon clan who somehow lags behind when he hears my voice.

Immediately she returned to me, shaking her head beside her, with a convulsive smile.

"Hey, it's nothing. Wow, I'm a soldier in the Demon King's Army. What about you?"

"I'm a traveler. As a matter of fact... there are no more kids to accompany me on my journey... so far I've been looking for them. Um, she's about twelve years old with gray hair..."

"... Sean, have you seen it?"

"Guh......"

When the woman looks at Fei Long, Fei Long slowly shakes her neck to the side.

Wow, he's communicating like me and Burlin.

"Um, if you like, can I help you find it? Sean and I can find him from the sky."

"... please"

Keira takes precedence over her own emotions now.

Maybe we can find her from the sky.

"In the meantime, come here. I can't even see my face from there."

It's complicated from the standpoint of fighting Demon King soldiers more than once, but they usually seem like good people.

... Naturally, even the Demon King's Army isn't fighting with resentment alone.

"Oh, it would be hard to be standing, and sit down"

"Yeah, yeah. But..."

"It's important to calm down first. If only you could tell me the characteristics of your child, I'd fly with my partner Sean to find him!"

Sean? That's a familiar name. Where'd you hear that?

Twisting her neck, she nodded at her words and approached the fire.

So finally, I can check the woman's face too...

"Hmm? You..."

He looks familiar.

But Hannah's men, the leader of the Third Army, who fought during the battle against the Demon King's Army... are the ones who were.

I heard you escaped during the demon king's attack, but how did you get here?

- Wait, she knows my face.

No, I'm in Demonic mode now, so I should be deluded by the fact that it's someone else's aerial similarity.

"But it's a distinctive outfit."

"Really?"

"I saw an organism wearing the same clothes, but I was making a hell of a move. Definitely not a human being."

"Oh, yeah..."

"Oh, excuse me. I am the Demon King's Army, in the Nono Hellestair belonging to the Feilong Cavalry... Huh?"

She said that and lowered her back to the stone in front of the diagonal - Mr. Nono looks at my face as he introduces himself and stiffens.

All right, say you're a demon right here, and if you get to know me, you'll be fine.

"hi, he!? a, akma!?"

"Yes?"

"The horns are growing!? True figure!? Did you tear away the human skin!?"

Wait, first of all, the premise stopped forming.

Why did you recognize the devil from the beginning? Why did you come up with the idea of who you were?

To her confused, unable to say anything, she distorted her face in fear as she fell back.

"No way, to grab the kid!? Well, that's it. And here to find me and Master Hannah who missed it!?"

"Hey, just calm down -"

"--- cucumber"

She looks at me, screams of fear, and she faints as she is.

A flying dragon, beside Mr. Nono, threw his limbs out and fell to the ground, so as to chase me into confusion.

The way even wings rub against the ground is exactly what the five bodies throw in.

I can't say anything to the sight of chaos beyond my imagination.

'Something, I'm sorry. Usato'

"Why are you apologizing..."

'No, I'm really sorry. I'll make Nair apologize later...'

It looks complicated, and Fermu apologizes.

Seeing this situation, subtle expressive seniors and brulin come out of the shadows.

"... what have you done to this child, Usato?"

"This man was my prisoner in the midst of a battle with the Demon King's army..."

"I see. I guess I get it. Then... I can't help it."

I'm not convinced you'll be convinced there...!?

This is what happened. I can't help it. Let's give up our search from the sky and wait for the Kazuki and the others here.

Feilong--round your big body beside Mr. Nono, scared, so you won't have to be alarmed. As for Fei Long, I know why you can be frightened...

"Burlin, do you know where Keira is?"

"Gurrah."

Brulin, with his nose sniffed by Kun Kun, turns his forefoot to the end of the darkness.

Ahead--it wasn't rubble, it was the only place where there were ruins that kept their shape.

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We joined Kazuki, Mr. Leona, Amako and Nair, and we were ready to enter the great ruins.

"Usato, is it okay to leave her alone?"

Turn your gaze to Mr. Nono, who is being put to sleep by Mr. Leona passing out.

You seem pretty shocked, so you won't be awake for a while... well, you'll be fine.

"I don't think there's a problem. My face was seen… maybe not recognized as human…"

"Oh, really?"

Mr. Leona shows me a slight pull, laughing at herself.

Well, other than that, if you try to harm Mr. Nono, there's also a reason because the frightened Fei Long beside you is going to resist with all his might.

"Worst of all, it could be a battle with Koga......"

I don't want to fight Koga at a time like this, but it's about him.

I'm sure you'll be challenging Keira to battle with a betty threat or something.

... sucks, let's all hit the octopus.

"Usato"

"... hmm?"

With that in mind, Amako called out with an owl state nair on her head.

"Perhaps prediction is no longer avoidable"

"Yeah, I guess."

"So. I've been thinking..."

Amako leaned over a little too hard to say.

When I kneel on the ground to match the height of her gaze, she opens her mouth in confusion.

"Our behavior, someone might have guided us."

"Induction? To the guy you dream of?"

"Maybe, though. Somehow, he's frigid, more suspicious than anything else."

If Amako feels that way, I guess it's pretty good.

... You're starting to stink all at once.

"From what I can tell, Keira looked more and more cornered. Though that may be from the sentiment that Usat might abandon him... if not, he could be manipulated in some way"

"... Nair, is it possible?"

"Honestly, I don't know. But if you could deceive my senses, you'd be a pretty good operator. … it seems possible that he let his thoughts be guided so that he would act voluntarily"

You think there might be a guy behind it manipulating Keira?

Using that kid's emotions, which were driven by anxiety that he might hurt someone, he tried to lure us here.

Keira was scared of the dark magic she had, and couldn't believe herself like no other.

Still, I didn't want to hurt my family, Mr. Greff, with all my heart, relying on me and trying to learn how to handle dark magic, but I had assumed somewhere in my heart that she herself couldn't do it.

I don't know who it is, but if you mean you were using her kind-hearted that nobody wanted to hurt you -

"... no"

Let's not be poorly preconceived.

Now it's a prerequisite to find Keira and make sure she's safe.