"I promise, it won't be dangerous."If it's just me alone then it'd be alright. The opponent is just a level 30. Moreover, I have a magic attack and magic shield, not only physical now."No, I'll go with you."That's bad. The demon is in the forest right now, but I don't know when it's going to be back. I want to leave Kagari in the safe zone."If you say further than that, I'll use 『Order』.""Try it, my maiden's heart won't lose to such a thing like 『Order』."It can't be helped.I didn't want to use 『Order』 as much as possible."Kagari, this is an order. Go to the village I've said earlier and ask the mayor about the work. Wait in the village until I get there."After telling so, I go down the wagon.I hear something falling on the ground behind me along with Lulu's short scream.When I turn around, I see Kagari crawling here while her face becomes blue."I w, will absolutely go with you. This time... I won't... Let you go alone... Ha."By disobeying my order, she's not only tormente
Two horse-drawn carriages have come from the baron to pick us up. Either of them is a two-seater carriage. The doors are carved with relief that looks like it'd make stylish nobles happy and also adorned with golden stones that seem like jewels.Hayuna couple get on separate rides from us.I've known it from a preliminary check already, but this city is too deserted. Even though it's almost twice the size of Seryuu City, the population is only around 1/6 of it. Houses are standing in rows as we leave the gate, but in the middle of the way, a series of vacant lots covered with weeds unfold."There are many vacant lots huh.""Sir, are you familiar with the incident 20 years ago?""Yeah, although I don't know how much of it is true, I've heard the general rumor.""Most of it is probably the truth. The vacant lots were the result of the king's armies setting fire in the city to destroy the many undead who were attacking."The coachman answered my question while facing the road. His voice
"Father and sister are being tricked."How many times have I told this to them? Yet, my words didn't reach anyone. And now, those vulgar ruffians are strutting this castle like it's their own.Maybe that's why. I feel like something is calling me, and I've strayed to the old, old collapsed building inside the castle.It's an old building that has been around in this Marquis Muno castle since 20 years ago.It has already been 15 years since my father received this territory. My mother, sister and me arrived in this castle 16 years ago, we've never left even once since then. The time when Uncle Toruma came to play during my childhood was the most fun time.Even though it's called a castle, there are small forest and a pond inside its grounds, maybe it's to show the power of a marquis, so I don't really feel locked up.I've searched through the inside of the castle, but this is the first time I'm here. Usually, the maid will not let me inside saying, "It's dangerous."I wonder if this is
I knew that the baron's castle was wide from the map, but after I actually went inside it, it was more vast than I'd imagined. There is a forest and a big pond that occupy about three times more area than the castle.People only occupy a few percent of the whole area, won't the maintenance be hard I wonder?Hayuna-san and co. had been separated from us since they didn't get involved in the trouble.We're heading toward a four-story big mansion on the hill in the same area, not the castle. There's no problem since Baron, Hayuna-san and the others are there.Of course, the fake hero is also near the baron.The split body of the demon is also there, but it doesn't get close to the baron. The real body is inside the forest as usual. Seems that it doesn't participate in the battle and only lets the goblin soldiers do it. I wonder if it's enjoying them killing each other?The carriage enters the rotary in front of the mansion while I'm thinking so.Although there is no red carpet spread, ar
Thanks to Pochi, we've become closer to the baron family, and with Ossan's help, I'm checking various things with the baron, but..."Then, you didn't issue an order to collect congratulatory gifts from the people?""Of course. I've heard from the consul that this year we have a bad harvest. If we do such things, the people would starve."In fact, the people are abandoning the children and the elderly."Do you know that every village is selling their people to the extent that merchants even avoid them?""Fumu, I can't say that every village is prosperous, but we aren't collecting tax to the point that they would starve. And this year, in accordance with the consul's suggestion, we should have shared food to them though?"The villagers that I've met are all thin, from the serf to the village head. I don't think that the village head is embezzling food."There was a girl who jumped out in front of our carriage today. The coachman said that carriages were not to be stopped even if it woul
I hear Pochi saying, "Bones are chasing after people.", while she's still hugged by the daughter."Bones? Are there skeletons inside the city?""Yeah, it seems there are some people who could use ghost magic. The elderly are probably scared of undead because of their experiences with the No Life King's army encirclement during the time of Marquis Muno.""It can't be helped then. It's not like we can help them from here.""Since there are only 20 skeletons inside the city, I'll do something about them with Remote Arrow, though it might be futile. I won't aim at the ghost magic users since they would likely die if hit."I come out to the balcony using a different door than the baron and the others have used.The magic, Magic Arrow which Remote Arrow is derived from is written in the beginner magic book that I've bought.It is said that [『Magic Arrow』 is the basic and ultimate of magic. The more you master it, the further away it could travel, and the more you could release. If you maste
"Gjallarhorn he said? Don't tell me, it's the real thing?"Kagari is astonished.Is that twisting holy sword famous? I'll ask what kind of anecdote it has next time.The fake hero's sword is also named Gjallarhorn when I see it with AR, however the type is not of holy sword, but a magic sword. The explanation is the same as the one I have even though it's just a magic tool. Needless to say, it's a counterfeit. It's only as strong as a normal iron sword, and its appearance is also just a normal straight sword."Hero, you dare to strike me with the fake sword I've given to you! Foolish.""Shut up, demon! Where did you put the real consul!"I see, so they interpret it like that.I'd like to stop doing this farce and deal with it as soon as possible since there's a high possibility that the split body (splitter) is connected with the real body. If I eliminate it with overwhelming force, the real body could be cautious and conceal itself somewhere. It'd be annoying if that happens.Looks l
(Lulu Perspective)Hello, Lulu here.What should I do? Liza-san has been acting strange since a while ago."Call the village chief!""Who are you? I ain't getting ordered by a beast."Liza-san strikes the ground with her spear wrapped in cloth.Even her wagon driving to this village was rough. I think she really wanted to go together with a master like Kagari after all.The villager-san with a big body is trying his best to oppose Liza-san, but it seems that only his word is big without courage. His feet and voice are shaking.Thankfully, a boy is leading a gentle-looking man here while running. That kid was the kid who ran toward the village earlier. It looks like he's called the village chief."Well then, what exactly is your demand? As you can see, our is a poor village, we're short in food let alone treasures."Exactly like Chief-san has said, the children and the man earlier look famished."We don't need treasures or food. My great lord desires stones that look like this. Prepare