Volume 3 - CH 1.6

Part 6

Three days later──

Diablo’s group had their meal at 《The Triangle Ears》.

It was a shop on Faltra City’s western street, and a male Pantherian was the shopkeeper. Interestingly enough, it was a eatery where there were cats inside the shop.

The meals at the usual 《Relief》 weren’t bad, but people will want to occasionally have a different flavor.

This shop boasted of having thick meat and good smelling cheese, and as a meal for the masses, it was on the luxurious side.

It was lunch time, so the shop was crowded.

Maybe because the shopkeeper and the employees were Pantherians, many of the customers were demi-human. Many of the high class shops that Humans used were in the northern district.

At the beginning, because of Diablo’s outward appearance of growing horns and because there were 《Slavery Chokers》 attached to Rem and Shera, inquisitive glances were turned towards them from those around them.

Maybe because they had gotten used to it from it happening several times, they now didn’t make a fuss over every little thing.

Rem paid attention to a conversation in the neighboring seat.

Diablo also turned his attention to it.

A pair of man and woman Dwarves were talking.

「Hey, it seems that a Holy Knight has come to town.」

「Ehh～, to do what?」

「Isn’t it because there are rumors of the Demon King’s revival? A Demonic Being had appeared just a little while ago after all. There might’ve been some information that were Demon King Worshippers.」

「That sure is scary.」

「We also need to do our best to be careful.」

「Why? We’re not worshiping the Demon King, you know?」

「Well, it seems that that Holy Knight is that Sadraa guy……and they say that he’s a really dangerous one. It seems that he’d capture people for no reason, torture them, and then, saying that they were Demon King Worshippers, execute them.」

「Ehh～, why!?」

「Who knows? It seems that Demi-humans are easily aimed at. It might be a good idea to leave town for a little while.」

「But, we have our jobs to worry about, don’t we?」

「……There’s a Dwarven village about four days southeast of here. It’s my hometown and my parents are there. If you’d like……um……」

「Eh? Is, isn’t that…………Really?」

Tsk, go explode.

Diablo thought that while clicking his tongue.

──Looks like an outrageous guy that I would have a bad affinity with has come.

Rem looked his way looking uneasy.

「……It might be best if we go out of town for a while.」

So she was thinking the same thing.

Shera also nodded.

An armored figured man was expressing a gentle smile.

He carried several swords. The chains attached to the pommels made metallic sounds that were a pain to the ears.

Since this was an area close to the former Demon King territory, platemail wasn’t anything unusual but……

That man looked this way and smiled.

Alicia left her seat with signs of panicking. That facial expression gave off a feeling of being tense.

Diablo realized it. That, this guy was Sadraa.

──As I thought, it would have been better to not go outside!

Though shut-in thinking had exploded out, Diablo also stood up.

Rem and Shera also stood up.

Behind Sadraa, about four Human knights with similar looking appearances accompanied him. They each carried one sword like normal, and they were turning their vigilant looking eyes towards the surroundings.

So they are the Holy Knight’s convoy. The so-called subordinate knights.