We arrived safely in Miarak after a long, physically long journey.
Fortunately, there was no noise on the road, so we packed our bags and decided to go down to Miarak's harbor.
When I got down to the harbor in the form of leading the Demon King and the Korga, there was a face there that I knew would pick me up.
"Mr. Caron!"
"Whoa, it's been a while. Usato!"
Mr. Caron, a big man with a pleasant grin.
He's a Miarak knight who used to run wild because of the dragon's power.
When he waved gently at us, he next spoke to the Demon King in a serious manner.
"Welcome aboard. Demon King's Palace"
"Mm-hmm. Falga's blood."
"! Did you know..."
"Naturally. It's not a mix of dragons and people."
Scratching his head in the light of the Demon King's words, he made a fist-punching form of salute to his chest.
"I will lead you to Norn, Queen of Miarak."
Apparently, Mr. Caron is the guide to the castle.
Confirming that the Demon King has accepted, he goes this way next.
"I'll take care of the rest. You guys should move to the inn."
"Got it. The Inn..."
"As I have informed you in advance, it is near the Demon King's Palace"
From here, the Demon King is supposed to meet Dear Norn, Lloyd and Falga.
Once we take over as escorts to Mr. Caron and Mr. Leona, we head to our base quarters in this country.
"You look tougher than before, Usato."
"Yes, no, not yet."
"That's the same place."
Mr. Caron, who tapped me lightly on the shoulder, looks at Mr. Leona.
"Leona, show him around without stopping by."
"I know. You do your job."
"Ha. See you later, Usato."
When I see him and Miarak and the kingdom of Ringle, and the knights of both nations, going with the demon king toward those with the castle, I realize that there is one.
Isn't Mr. Caron walking normally without a cane?
"Is Mr. Caron's leg better?"
"To the extent that there is no obstacle to everyday life. Falga's magic and potion, and rehab have managed to make him feel better. We can't fight like we used to."
"That's enough."
I'm so glad.
Mr. Caron even relieves himself of the fact that he can walk without a cane.
Then I realize that the senior next door has a difficult look on his face.
"Senior, what's wrong?"
"Oh... because I met Caron from another world once. It's kind of strange to think about it."
"Ah."
Seniors used to fight me in parallel worlds with Kazuki.
I forgot that I was encountering Mr. Caron in that world there.
"Of the parallel worlds he was, maybe because Usat didn't meet me"
"Really? Nair."
"Because the power of the dragon of Karon went wild because the soul of the evil dragon was resurrected"
Nair tried to manipulate the wreckage of the evil dragon to catch me, and the soul of the evil dragon was resurrected in its detachment.
Without that encounter itself, there would not have been Mr. Karon rampaging by the wake of the evil dragon, and so in the parallel world there would have been Mr. Karon as Miarak's brave man?
"Hmm, just a little lonely to think about that"
"Just a little bit, it's tough on me"
"Actually, I'm not so worried about you. In the parallel world, you changed your mind, didn't you? Then you'll meet me someday."
You're strangely sure.
Well, to be honest, I'm thinking that way too.
"I'm already dead, so I'll never meet you!"
"I'm probably dead, too, or I'll never meet you because you're such an enemy!"
……
"I wish I hadn't told you if you were going to be depressed..."
"I don't know if you're an asshole, these guys..."
More and more depressing to my predecessors and to Fermu, me and Nair are frightened.
Yeah, I'm over there, and I'm never gonna get to the reality where I am right now.
I don't have Kazuki with my senior.
I couldn't stand such a reality and I kept fighting until I hurt myself.
I guess I thought that would be punishment for myself for not being able to save Kazuki with my senior.
"Still, you had a reason to fight..."
I'm sure I had other reasons to fight than revenge over there.
Because of that, I kept fighting for someone without crossing the last line.
"Hey, Usato"
"Yeah?"
"Take a look. The streets of Miarak."
Turning forward to Nair's voice, the place moved from the harbor to the castle town.
The city was full of people and there were many outdoor shops and shops with seafood like the market.
I'm blinded by a completely different sight than when I was here.
"It's more picturesque here when people are busy."
"I wanted to show you the sights of this city.... when you visited here before, the people of Miarak were evacuated..."
The people of this city had taken refuge elsewhere because Mr. Caron had been swallowed up by the power of the dragon and stormed out before.
Because of this, this place was transformed into a ghost town, so this city overflowing with people today is the first sight for me to see.
"There's a lot of fish for sale."
"I knew you'd be lively when people were around."
Ferm, who is assimilating with me, and Nair, who is on his shoulder in an owl state, are also looking around with interest.
Although I can't help but put the magic of dark magic on the table, it has attracted quite a bit of attention from the people around me at the time I'm putting an owl on my shoulder.
"Is that Master Usato the brave one..."
"Thanks to him, we can stay here..."
"He's just a kid, but he's not fine."
... No, I'm really getting some awesome attention.
Is it because we have Mr. Leona, the brave man in this city?
You realize I'm twisting my neck, and Mr. Leona talks to me with a bitter smile.
"You saved this city. You're a useful actor. Of course, his face is known."
"Huh... that's kind of itchy..."
"Besides, as one involved in the end of the war, as someone in the vortex of the brave Suzune's erotic commotion, the name has spread in many ways."
"" Ha ha! ""
Me and my senior can do it at the same time.
Regardless of the Demon King relationship, it was really unintentional for my senior arr to sound here.
"No way I've come here and had past failures... Sorry, Usato, though I'm reflecting so much on all this...!"
"Yes, no, I know it's no offense, so I won't do anything to blame you now..."
Plus I got a rumor fix from the kingdom of Ringle, so suspicion shouldn't be so misleading.
I'd rather think so.
It annoys me to think that someone in this attention is making such a mistake.
Anyway, I guess it doesn't feel very good for seniors either...
"Huh...... hmm?"
At that time, he finds a different shadow of the atmosphere from the people of the city in his sight.
I stopped by accident and looked at you, and there you were a girl with a neutral appearance wearing a grey robe like a traveler wearing?... was a boy.
In addition to the robe, the cutlass was placed in the sheath at the waist? equipped with a song knife similar to
He was staring at this one with his reddish dark hair tied behind him in one piece, but when he noticed my gaze, he smiled a nostalgic smile and waved at me.
"Usat, do you know him?"
"No, I'm not... let's just wave"
It's bad to ignore it, and wave back at discipline.
Then, slightly moving his gaze, he accidentally turns that look into something bitter.
———!
"Hmm?"
I tilt my neck, not knowing how to make such a face to him who distorts such a fragile face as I can see in the distance.
You're not sending me a gaze, so why don't you go ask him?
With that in mind, a senior who approached me stopped put his hand on my shoulder.
"Usato, what's wrong? Stop right there."
"Oh, no... just now, there's... there's no?"
Nowhere is the boy who was there until just now.
There's an alley nearby, so he went over there?
"No, it's nothing"
Well, let's get ahead of ourselves.
... For once, let's remember about the boy earlier.
I just realized that when he changed his expression to something bitter earlier, there was just a senior ahead of him watching.
Maybe someone with a grudge against a senior.
"Senior"
"Hmm?"
"Do you remember buying someone a grudge? Except me."
"Oh, no?... so you have a grudge against me!?"
Well, I guess so.
There's no way this guy would do anything to make people resent him.
... No, thinking here won't give you an answer forever.
Let's just report this and do what we can now.
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Leona guided me through the city in a section that used to be on the lake.
Apparently, he made the city wider for the next talks to be held, and built an inn on top of it for the Demon King, the upcoming royalty, and their associates.
There are a number of large inns lined up in the sections that have been added to stretch out of the city, and all of this is amazing because they say it's an inn for people coming to the talks.
I guess I can make something this big in a short amount of time because of the presence of magic, but this is what I call a water city, so I understood it well.
"Fermu, you can solve the assimilation."
"Oh."
Solve the assimilation with Fermu at the inn.
Although the exterior felt more like a luxurious mansion than an inn, it was also quite large inside,
"As you know, you will live here as the Guardian, the Guardian of the Demon King."
"Of course I do.... Kazuki, are you with Lord Lloyd?"
Mr. Leona nods at his senior words.
"Lord Kazuki is the same stronghold as King Lloyd's escort. It's not that far from here, so you should go see him. Just..."
Mr. Leona looks complicated when he shifts his gaze to Fermu.
Leona speaks with a heavy voice to her, leaning her neck strangely.
"Demons...... I want the Ferms to try not to walk outside. It is the royals of other countries, their associates, who gather here. The same is true of the image of the demonic tribe, but many of them will be sub-racist. So..."
"I know. You're saying this for me, aren't you?"
"... sorry"
"Fine. Thanks."
It was not long ago that the battle against the Demons ended.
It's not strange to have a country that still has a horrible image of the Demons.
Ferms know that properly, too.
"Rather than, this is normal just because the kingdom of Ringle is weird. You don't have to worry about it."
"Oh well...?"
"Oh. When I go outside, I'm assimilated to Usat or Nea, so it's no problem."
"Huh, can I? Ferm."
"You're physiologically impossible."
"I'm the same girl!?"
Gabby on what Fermu says, and a senior who is shocked.
Later...... I can say the same to the Demon King, but the Demon King, Mr. Ciel. Armilla wouldn't do that on her own.
The problem is Koga, but should I look at him?
"Let's continue?"
Then I get an explanation from Mr. Leona about this inn.
First of all, it's about taking care of and supporting the employees who work here.
I'm talking about Miarak hiring someone who has no prejudice or repentance against the subpeople, but the other guy is still a demon king who is tall and releasing a sense of intimidation just because he's normal.
Even those who are not afraid of the sub-people will be scared. Because they are Bae people, we are here to help.
This is a story that I can't help, so my senior and I agreed to it.
"Later, yeah, I don't want you to use this too much, but there's a training area in the section where this inn is located"
"Training Ground? Why?"
"I thought you said Miarak was going to have a lot of royalty or a bunch of people involved in it? Some groups came in a few days before the talks, so we had a place for entertainment, like a training ground, so we couldn't afford it."
The royals train themselves... right? So you're saying there's a place to watch the game?
Is Leona worried that I won't let her off at the training ground?
"Don't worry. I've decided not to train like I did in the lifeguards while I was here."
"You're not the same idiot who was doing the weird thing of upside down on a boat."
"Absolutely you, you'll do weird things in another direction. I know, I know."
……
I silently grab the root of Fermu and Nair and look back to Mr. Leona.
Drive, "Mr. Leona, could you tell me where that training ground is for a second? - I'm going to be with these kids for a little while." "Ugh, you're lying!? So stop training on the trip!?"
"Ha, I can't let go!"
……
Well, that's just a joke, so I'll let you two go.
Mr. Leona laughs bitterly at the two blues on her face.
"If you need anything, let the innkeeper or the guard knight know."
Copy that, sir.
"I will now return to Master Norn. I asked for the rest."
"Yes, thank you for getting this far"
Drop Mr. Leona off as he walks out the inn door.
I look back here to see if she remembered anything where she put the door in her hand.
"Oh, yeah. I just heard from the guards that there were other people who had already arrived besides you."
"Huh? Really?"
"It is the chief temple of Hinomoto, the kingdom of the beast man. How about a visit to his inn, where Amako and Lord Kannagi are?"
Mr. Hayate is here!?
True, Miarak and Hinomoto are next door, so it's not weird at all to come early.
We still have time for the demon kings to come back, so shall we say hello to Mr. Hayath by then?