近づく異世界人
翌朝、僕達は食事を終えて再出発の準備を奴隷商人達が整えている間に一ヵ所に集合することにした。
どうせ交代するのなら、と僕達後衛側が前衛へと移動すると、そこには燃え尽た焚き火で炭になった木材を手で握りつぶし、粉にする遊びをしているレイラちゃんと、青褪めた表情で震えながら体育座りをしている女冒険者Bがいた。
なんとなく予想は付くけれど、僕は状況を理解するべく周囲を見渡してみる。すると、すぐに原因が見つかった。
レイラちゃんの後ろの地面が赤黒く染まっている。そしてあの男Jと女冒険者Aの姿が見えないことから、多分レイラちゃんが食べたんだろう。そして女冒険者Bはそれを見た、かな?
とりあえず不憫だから僕は女冒険者Bの下へ歩み寄り、話し掛ける。
「えーと、大丈夫?」
「ヒッ......! いや、いやいやいやいや......ごめんなさい......ごめんなさい...許して、食べないで......死ぬのは嫌......いやいやいや......!」
「あ、きつね君! おはよっ」
すると、僕に気が付いたレイラちゃんがにこやかに笑い掛けて来た。まるで人間みたいだ。
そして近づいてきたレイラちゃんは僕の目の前に座っている女冒険者Bを見ると、ああ、と思い出したかのような表情で苦笑した。
「いやぁ、昨晩きつね君の所に行く途中で二人程食べちゃって......それを見られちゃったらしいんだよー......それで仕方なく話を誤魔化す為に一晩中お話してたんだけど、こんなになっちゃった......うふふっ♪」
「笑い事じゃねぇよ」
ということは仲間......想い人を食われる様を見た挙句、その喰った本人と一晩中一緒にいたってことか。精神がガリガリと削られる思いだったろうなぁ、何時自分が喰われるのかと思いながら、数時間ずっと話し掛けてくるレイラちゃんの相手をしていたんだから。
この調子じゃあと二日レイラちゃんの傍にいさせるのは少し可哀想かな?
「えーと......もしもし?」
「ひぃぃぃぃっ!!」
「.........このまま『不気味体質』発動したらどうなるかな......?」
「君の悪態も久々だねフィニアちゃん」
なんというか、相当レイラちゃんがトラウマと化したようで、彼女は最早冒険者としてやっていけるかも定かではない程に憔悴してしまっている。この分じゃあ護衛依頼も無理かなぁ。
そりゃそうか、仲間を全員失って、尚且つ殺した張本人の居るパーティと一緒に依頼なんて出来る筈ないよね。まして、今の彼女はこの中で唯一知己の人間が居ないんだから。
「ふー......仕方ない、今日はレイラちゃんと僕、フィニアちゃんで前衛をしよう。リーシェちゃん、悪いんだけどこの子も入れてもっかい後衛やってくれる?」
「出来ればまぁ......励ましてあげて頂戴。ルルちゃんも、お願い出来る?」
「はい、分かりました」
リーダー気取っていたあの男Jがいなくなってしまったから、必然的にパーティのリーダーである僕が指示を出すことになる。
そして僕は考えた結果、レイラちゃんとこの女冒険者Bを引き離すことにする。リーシェちゃんを一時的に後衛パーティのリーダーにして、ルルちゃんをその補佐の立ち位置に。おそらく女冒険者Bは役に立たないだろうから、後衛は二人だけになるだろう。
でも、フィニアちゃんを荷馬車の中間に配置しておけばすぐに救援に向かわせられる。レイラちゃんは僕がいればふらふらと何処かへ行ったりしないだろうし、何かあれば彼女に対処して貰おう。
「それじゃ、そういうことで......二日目、頑張ろうか」
僕の言葉に、全員が頷いた。女冒険者Bを除いて。
「うふふうふふふ......二人っきりだね、きつね君♡」
「あーはいはい、そうだね」
「きつね君って華奢だけどやっぱり男の子なんだね、印象よりもがっしりしてるっ♪」
レイラちゃんはさっきからずっと僕の方に首を動かして話し掛けてくる。全部スルーしているのだけど、正直良い匂いがするし身体は柔らかいし可愛いし本当なんなんだこの子。後ろからちょいちょい胸の谷間が見えてるしさぁ。
御者の男も猫みたいに擦り寄るレイラちゃんの黒いワンピースの裾から伸びる生足にちらちらと眼を奪われている。
怪物だと分かっているから良いけれど、そうじゃなくただの人間の女の子で普通の感性を持っていたとしたら、きっと彼女は多くの異性にモテただろうね。
本当、凄く残念な美少女だなぁ。
「ん......レイラちゃん、あっちの方向......何か見える?」
「うん? んー......ああ、魔獣がいるね......それもこっちに近づいて来てる」
僕は最近得た『直感』のスキルでなんとなく嫌な気配を感じ取った方向を指差し、レイラちゃんに何かいないか聞いてみると、やはり魔獣が近づいて来ていることが分かった。
彼女は魔族だから、気配察知能力も人間以上だ。しかもそれがスキルではない所がまた化け物染みている。人間もスキルでない第六感的な能力を持っているけれど、やはり魔族には劣るんだろう。
「何体?」
「そうだね......3体くらいかなぁ」
「はぁ......」
僕の『直感』はそれほどの脅威ではないと告げているけれど、魔獣に襲われるという危険が迫っている事には変わりない。すぐに手を打たないとね。
「フィニアちゃーん!」
「ん! なーに? きつねさん! そこの発情魔に何かされた......あー! なんできつねさんの前に座ってるの!!」
荷馬車の中間地点で全体を警戒していたフィニアちゃんを呼ぶ。すると、彼女はすぐに飛んできてくれた。すぐにレイラちゃんを疑う辺りやっぱり仲良くは出来ないらしい。
「うん、ちょっとあっちの方から魔獣が3体来てるみたい。お願い出来る?」
「いいけど......う~......」
「あー......レイラちゃん、君も行って」
フィニアちゃんは頼みを承諾した物の、やっぱり僕に寄り掛かって座るレイラちゃんが気になるようだ。
だから僕はレイラちゃんにも出るように言う。すると、彼女はくるっと振り向いて悪戯を思いついた様な笑みを浮かべた。
「じゃあ、ちゅーだね♡」
「うーわ凄いめんどくさい......」
レイラちゃんは自分が僕の仲間では無いことを理解出来ている。だから、僕の指示に従う理由はないし、対価を求める権利があることも理解出来ている。
故に、性質が悪い。彼女は僕からの頼みに対して何か報酬を要求出来るんだ。今言ったように、キスを求める事も出来る。しかも僕の頼みが大事な要求であればあるほど好都合だ。
今ここでレイラちゃんを出さなかったら、フィニアちゃんは気が気でないだろう。僕としてもそんな心境のフィニアちゃんを行かせたくはない。
かといってレイラちゃんを動かすには約束のキスをしてあげないといけない。一日1回、何とも面倒な約束をしてしまったものだな。
「......分かったよ」
「わーい♡ えへへ、それじゃあ......ちゅー♡」
「むむむむむ......!」
フィニアちゃんが凄く恨みがましい視線で見てくるけれど、レイラちゃんは構わず眼を閉じて唇を差し出してくる。
そういえば僕からキスするのって初めてじゃない? ちょっと緊張してくるなぁ。怪物だけど可愛い顔してるし、そう思うのも仕方ないよね。
「はぁ.........ん」
「んっ♪ はぁぁあ......♡ やっぱりきつね君最高......! じゃあ頑張って来るね! いこっ、フィニア!」
「きやすく呼ばないで!」
手早くキスを終えて、立ち上がったレイラちゃんはやる気満々、満ち満ちた活力を見せながらフィニアちゃんと魔獣に向かって駆け出して行った。
そしてフィニアちゃんはやっぱりキスを見せられて不愉快なのか、少し怒った様子で一緒に飛んで行った。
そして、すぐ近くまで魔獣がやって来ていたのか、フィニアちゃん達が出て行ってからすぐ、鶏の首を締めた様な呻き声が聞こえてきた。きっと瞬殺だったんだろうなぁ、フィニアちゃんの八つ当たりとレイラちゃんの漲る活力のぶつけどころに選ばれた魔獣に、少しだけ同情してしまった。
「冒険者の兄さん......」
「うん?」
すると、隣に座っていた御者の商人さんが話し掛けて来た。
「アンタぁ......随分とモテるんですねぇ......」
「......出来れば代わって欲しいけどね......」
「............頑張ってくだせぇ」
「ありがとう」
少し羨ましそうに僕を見た御者の彼だけど、僕が遠い眼をして返したら、何かを察したのか短く僕を応援してくれた。
久々に人の優しさを感じた気がした。
―――その頃、グランディール王国では。
勇者、
教えられたことはスポンジのように吸収し、指摘された所はすぐに直して改善する。彼は勇者として、また戦うものとして、天賦の才能を持っていた。
勇者として召喚された時、彼は自身の身体能力が上がっているのをすぐに理解した。
元の世界では運動能力に優れてはいたが、流石に人の域を超えてはいなかった。にも拘らず、この世界に来てから彼は異常な程身体能力が向上していたのだ。走れば馬よりも速く駆け抜け、軽く跳べば数mも高く跳び上がることが出来、殴れば大岩すらも一撃で粉々に出来る。それほどの力を手に入れていた。
基礎スペックが常人の何倍も上になっていたのだ。そこに王国の騎士達による指導が入れば、彼が瞬く間に強くなって行くのも当然だった。
桔音が彼のステータスを覗いたとしたら、こんな風に出るだろう。
◇ステータス◇
性別:男 Lv57
筋力:8340
体力:9010
耐性:300
敏捷:6560
魔力:2400
称号:『勇者』
スキル:『剣術Lv6』『身体強化Lv4』『俊足』『威圧』『魔力操作Lv3』『天賦の才』
固有スキル:『希望の光』
PTメンバー:セシル(人間)
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彼はこの世界へと召喚されて一週間と少し、桔音と比較するのもおこがましいほどに強くなっていた。その強さ、冒険者ランクにしておおよそAランク相当。このグランディール王国の中でも、屈指の実力者に名を連ねるほどだ。
しかもその正義感溢れる好青年な面もあって、城の中でも気兼ねなく話しかけられ、多くの人に親しまれている。
称号だけの勇者ではなく、本当の意味で彼は『勇者』だと認められていた。
「『赤い夜』?」
「はい......Sランクに、つまりは魔王に尤も近いAランク魔族の名前です」
「ふーん......そいつがどうかしたのか?」
そんな勇者、芹沢凪は今、自分のサポート役としていつも傍にいる巫女、セシルと話していた。
話題は、『赤い夜』......つまりレイラ・ヴァーミリオンについてだ。
勿論彼らは『赤い夜』の正体を知らないし、ましてSランク魔族になったことなど知りもしない。
「実はこのグランディール王国には隣国にミニエラという国があるんですが」
「一週間ほど前、ミニエラ付近の森に『赤い夜』が出たという情報が入ったんです」
「......それで?」
「幸い、今の所なんの動きもないらしいのですけど......一週間も経てばグランディール王国に近づいて来ていてもおかしくはない、と私は考えています」
セシルの言葉に、凪は思案する。
彼はこの一週間ちょいの間で、最も長く一緒にいたのがセシルであることを自信を持って言える。故に、彼は彼女の事を一番信用しているし、一番信頼している。
勇者としての訓練を終えるまで、幾ら長引こうとも嫌な顔一つせずに待っているし、終わればタオルを持ってきて甲斐甲斐しく世話を焼いてくれる。なにかと異世界での行動で困ることがあれば助けてくれるし、王様と話す時も緊張する凪に寄り添って支えてくれる。
そんな風に健気に尽くしてくれるセシルは、今の凪にとって信頼出来るパートナーになっていた。恋愛的な意味では無い、あくまで桔音とフィニアのような支え合う関係だ。
そんなセシルが言うのだ、恐らく勇者である自分でも容易に倒せる相手ではないことは、少し考えれば分かった。
「それで......その『赤い夜』ってのはどんな魔族なんだ?」
「良くは分かりません......が、夜行性で赤い瞳をしています。身体はどす黒い瘴気で隠されていて、未だ真の姿を見た者はいません......ただ、出会った者は全て殺されていて、規格外に強いらしいです......」
凪はそれを聞いて、正体不明の魔族に少しだけ恐怖心を抱きながら、興味が湧いた。武者震いとでも言うのだろうか、身体がぶるりと震え、戦ってみたいと思った。その魔族に勝つ事が出来れば、自分はもっと強くなれると思った。
「......セシル、大丈夫だよ」
「......何がですか?」
「その『赤い夜』が来ても、この国は俺が護る! 俺は勇者だ、信じろよ」
凪は歯を見せて笑う。セシルの艶のある黒髪を撫でながら、彼は力強い言葉でそう言った。
セシルは不思議と、その言葉に大きな安心感を貰えた気がした。そして、自分に向けられた笑顔に少しだけ頬を紅潮させる。
「......わ、私は......ナギ様のこと、信じてますよ」
セシルの小さくか細い言葉に、凪ははにかむ。
そしてセシルはそんな凪の笑顔と頭を撫でられることで顔を真っ赤にして、俯いた。勇気を振り絞って出した言葉もさらりと受け流されてしまい、やられっぱなしだ。
でも、セシルは思う。
優しくて、強くて、ちょっと鈍感だけど、皆の期待を背負って前に立とうとするこの人だから、付いていこうと思えるのだろう、と。
グランディール王国、勇者を召喚し、魔王討伐に力を込めている軍事大国。その中で、勇者は自信を支える巫女と絆を深める。
だが、勇者にとっても大きな存在となる人物......同じ異世界人である薙刀桔音は、話の『赤い夜』を連れて......すぐそこまで迫っていた。
The Approaching Otherworlder
The next morning, after we finished our breakfast, we gather at the place where the slave traders are gathered in preparation to continue the journey.
Anyhow, since we're going to swap our post then, or so I thought, so we the rear guard team go to the front guard place, and the one there is Leila-chan who is playing by crushing the lumbers that were used as bonfire and have turned into charcoal with her hand, and woman B who is sitting in shiver while hugging her knees with a pale expression.
It's something I somewhat have predicted, but I still look at the surrounding to grasp the situation. And then, I immediately find the reason.
The ground behind Leila-chan is dyed in dark red. And, from the fact that I don't see man J and woman A, perhaps they were eaten by Leila-chan, weren't they? And then woman B accidentally saw that scene, or something along that line, right?
First of all, since she's too pitiful so I come to where the woman B is, and calling out to her.
"Umm, are you okay?"
"Hii...! No, no no no no.... I'm sorry... I'm sorry... please, please don't eat me... I don't want to die... no, no...!"
"Ah, Kitsune-kun! Morning!"
And then, noticing my appearance, Leila-chan greets me while smiling. As if a human.
And when Leila-chan who is approaching me sees the sitting woman B before me, she floats a face that say she just remembered about something.
"Umm, last night, I ate both of them before I went to your place, Kitsune-kun... and seems like she saw it, you see~... so, to gloss that scene over, I had a chat with her all night long, but she somehow became like this... ufufu."
"That isn't a laughing matter, dammit."
That means... after seeing her comrades, her beloved one got eaten, she sat all night long together with the one who ate them, huh. Her spirit surely was shaved off and crumbled, wasn't it? While thinking about when she might get herself eaten, she had to accompanied Leila-chan who was always came talking to her all night long, after all.
At that state, it may be a bit too pitiful to let her at the same group as Leila-chan again today, right?
"Umm... hello?"
"Hiiiii!!"
"...what would happen if I use 'Eerie Constitution' at her right now, I wonder...."
"It's been a while since the last time I heard your abusive words, isn't it, Finia-chan?"
How should I put it, since it seems like Leila-chan has carved quite a deep trauma upon her, I doubt she'd be able to live as an adventurer any longer. At this state, seems like it's even impossible for her to continue this guarding request.
Well, that's a matter of course, losing all of her comrades, moreover to be at the same group with the one who killed them, there's no way she'd be able to do her job properly, right? Moreover, right now, she has no even an acquaintance at this place.
"Hmm... it can't be helped then, today I'll take Leila-chan and Finia-chan to guard the front side. Rishe-chan, sorry but could you please guard the rear side again together with this girl?"
"If possible... well, please try to encourage her. Lulu-chan, too, could I ask you to do it?"
"Yes, understood."
Since man J who is supposedly act as the leader has gone, inevitably, I, as the party leader, must take the command rein over.
And after I think about it, I decided to separate Leila-chan and woman B. Appointing Rishe-chan as the temporary party leader, I place Lulu-chan there, too. Since it seems like woman B won't be any help, so perhaps the rear guard would be only these two, though.
However, if I put Finia-chan at the center of the wagon, then she'd be able to immediately back them up when needed. As for Leila-chan, as long as I'm there, I doubt she'd go anywhere, and if there's something appears then I'd simply ask her to handle it.
"Well then, since it has been decided... for the second day, let's do our best."
At my word, everyone nod their heads. Except woman B.
"Ufufufu... we're alone together, Kitsune-kun."
"Ah, yes yes, you're right."
"You look frail but as expected you sure are still a young male, right? You're tougher than you look."
From a moment ago, Leila-chan is always shifting her neck to face me and comes talking to me. I ignored all of it, but this girl sure is cute, she has a nice scent, and her body is also soft. I can even occasionally see her cleavage from behind. And the coachman man is also stealing glances at Leila-chan bare legs; that are stretching out from her black dress; like a cat.
Since this girl is only wearing a short black dress, her shoulders are exposed, and her bare legs that are stretching out from her cuff are also fascinating. Her collarbone and nape are plain visible, I can even somewhat see her chest, since black sandals are wrapping around her bare feet, so she sure looks like has an excessively high exposure rate.
I'm good since I know that she's a demon, but to anyone that don't know about it and think her as a mere normal girl, I'm sure she's very popular among numerous male.
Honestly, what a deplorable cutie.
"Hmm... Leila-chan, that direction... can you see something there?"
"Hmm? Hmm... ah, there are several magical beasts there... moreover they are coming this way."
I point at a direction where my new skill 'Intuition' somewhat feels a bad presence from there, and when I ask Leila-chan about it, I understand that magical beasts are approaching, just as I expected.
Since she's a demon, her presence perception is beyond human capability. Moreover, since that isn't a skill, it shows just how unworldly she is. There are people who has a sixth sense-like ability that isn't a part of skill, but as expected it's inferior to demons', right?
"How many of it?"
"Let's see... around three, I think."
"Haa...."
My 'intuition' tells me that it isn't that much of a threat, but it doesn't change the fact that there's a danger of the approaching magical beasts' attack. We have to handle it quickly.
"Finia-chan!"
"Yes! What's it? Kitsune-san! Does that lustful demon do something to you? ... Ah! Why are you sitting before Kitsune-san!!"
I call Finia-chan who is watching out both sides at the center point. In doing so, Finia-chan immediately flies toward me. Looking at the fact that she immediately suspects Leila-chan, it seems like they can't get along well as expected.
"Yes, seems like there are three magical beasts coming from that direction. Can I ask you to handle it?"
"I don't mind, but... u~...."
"Ah...Leila-chan, you also go there."
Finia-chan readily accepts my request, but she is surely uneasy about Leila-chan who sits and leaning on me.
That's why I ask Leila-chan to also go with Finia-chan. In doing so, she immediately turn her face at me and a floats a mischief smile.
"Then, kiss me."
"Uwah, how bothersome...."
Leila-chan is fully aware that she isn't a part of my party. That's why, she has no reason to obey my order, and she also aware that she has the right to ask for compensation in return.
Moreover, her nature is the worst. She has the right to ask me something as compensation for obeying my order. Like what she just said, she's even able to ask for a kiss. Furthermore, I feel like the more important my order is, the more higher she'd ask me in return.
If I don't send Leila-chan out right now, I'm sure that Finia-chan won't be at peace, right? As far as I'm concerned, I don't want to send out Finia-chan at that kind of mental state, though.
Be that as it may, to move Leila-chan, I have to give her the promised kiss. Once a day, what a troublesome promise I made back then.
"...got it."
"Yaaay. Ehehe, then... chu..."
"Mumumumu...!"
Finia-chan is looking with a very resentful gaze, but Leila-chan is ignoring it and presenting me her lips while closing her eyes.
Come to think of it, isn't it the first time that I become the one kissing?
"Haa....n."
"N... haaa... as I thought, you sure are the best, Kitsune-kun...! Well then, I'll do my best! Let's go, Finia!"
"Don't call me like we're friends!"
Finishing the kiss quickly, Leila-chan stands up fully motivated, and then runs toward the approaching magical beasts alongside with Finia-chan while showing an intense energy.
And then, perhaps Finia-chan is really unhappy about seeing we did a kiss, she flies there with a somewhat angry expression.
And then, perhaps those magical beasts have come quite close to us, so soon after Finia-chana and Leila-chan left, I can hear an intense groan, as if a chicken that got its neck tied. I'm sure it's an instant kill, isn't it? I bear quite a sympathy toward any magical beast that receive the crash of Finia-chan's outburst of anger and Leila-chan's intense energy.
"Adventurer bro...."
"Hmm?"
And then, the coachman next to me comes to talk at me.
"You are... quite popular, aren't you...?"
"...if possible, I want someone to take my place, though...."
"...please do your best."
"Thank you."
At first the coachman man is looking at me with a somewhat envious expression, but when I answer him with distant eyes, perhaps he presumes something and gets sympathy on me, he shortly cheering on me.
I feel like I finally feel someone's kindness after a long time.
--around the same time, at Grandile kingdom.
The hero, Serizawa Nagi steadily increased his strength.
He absorbed everything they taught him as if a sponge, and he'd immediately corrected and improving any mistakes they pointed out. He, as a hero, possessed a natural gift in accordance to his duty to fight.
The moment he was summoned as hero, he realized that his physical ability was increased. He already had an excellent physical ability at his former world, but as expected it wasn't something that surpassed humanity level.
Nevertheless, ever since he came to this world, his physical had abnormally increased. He could run faster than a galloping horse, his light jump could easily surpass several meters height, he even could shatter a large rock into pieces with only one punch. That was just how much strength he got.
His initial spec was several times higher than normal. With the guidance of the kingdom's knight, it was a matter of course that he had become far more stronger.
If we used Naginata Kitsune's skill to peek at his status, then it should be around like this.
*Status*
Gender                     : Male Lv. 57
Strength                   : 8340
Stamina                    : 9010
Resistance               : 300
Agility                       : 6560
Magic Power          : 2400
Title                           :{Hero} 
Skill                            : {Sword Art Lv.6} {Body Reinforcement Lv.4}  {Swift} {Overpower}  {Magic Manipulation Lv.3} {Natural Gift} 
Innate skill              : {Ray of Hope} 
PT Member             : Cecil (Human)
*
Just around a week ever since he was summoned to this world, he had become absurdly stronger compared to Kitsune. That strength, in adventurer term, it would be approximately about A rank. Even inside this Grandile Kingdom, his strength had been known as the top class across the country.
Moreover, as a young man with handsome face and overflowing sense of justice, he had become intimate and could talk freely with numerous people even inside the castle.
Not just hero in tittle, he had been recognized as a 'hero' in its truest meaning.
"'Red Night'?"
"Yes... the name of an A rank demon that is the closest one to reaches the S rank, demon lord, domain."
"Hmm... what to do with it?"
And that hero, Serizawa Nagi, was currently chatting with Cecil who was always at his side to support him.
The topic was, "Red Night"... that means, about Leila Vermilion.
Of course, they didn't know about the real identity of the "Red Night", nor the fact that she had become an S rank demon.
"You see, at the neighboring area of Grandile kingdom, there is country named Miniera."
"There was an information that said that around one week ago "Red Night" appeared at a forest close to Miniera."
"...then?"
"Luckily, it seems like it doesn't make any movement since then, but... with one week time has passed, it won't be weird if it's suddenly appeared at Grandile kingdom's dominion, or so the possibility I thought."
At Cecil's words, Nagi thought about it.
He was sure that around this past one week, the one he spent his time the most with would be none other than Cecil. Therefore, she was the one he trusted the most, the one he depended upon the most.
Till his training as hero finished, no matter how long it was prolonged, she would surely wait for him, and would presented him towel every times the training finished. If he had any troubles about this other world then she'd surely help him, even when he was nervous in the audience before the king, she was there to soothe him.
Such mindful and devoted Cecil, for the current Nagi, she had become a partner he could trust the most. Not in romantic way, to the utmost, it was akin to Kitsune and Finia's supporting each other relation.
And such Cecil said that, perhaps even for a hero like him, it wasn't something he could easily defeat, he could easily understand that.
"And then... what kind of demon is this 'Red Night'?"
"I do not particularly know about it myself, but... it is nocturnal and has red eyes. Its body is concealed by a darkish miasma, and no one ever saw its real body... however, it could kill anything it encountered, so there is a high possibility that it is out of normally strong...."
Heard that, while slightly feared about that unknown demon, Nagi was slightly interested in it. Perhaps that could be said as trembling in excitement, his body is trembling, and he thought that he wanted to try fight it. If he could defeat that demon then he thought that he could become even more stronger.
"...Cecil, don't worry?"
"...about what?"
"Even if that 'Red Night' appeared, I'll definitely protect this country! I'm a hero, believe in me."
Nagi lightly smiling. While caressing Cecil's charming hair, he reassuringly said so.
Cecil strangely felt as if she received a great sense of security from that word. And then, her cheeks slightly blushing from the smile he floated at her.
"...I, I... belive in you, Nagi-sama."
At Cecil's fragile words, Nagi was shy.
And then, Cecil's face blushed more and she hung her head because of Nagi's smile and him caressing her head.
However, Cecil thought.
It was because he was kind, strong, although a bit thickheaded, but he would always advancing forward while shouldering everyone's expectation, that she wanted to accompany him.
Grandile kingdom, it was a military country that had summoned the hero and put its most strength to subjugate the demon lord. Inside that country, the hero had deepened his bond with the miko who was always together with him.
However, a person who would become a great existence for the hero... the similar otherworlder, Naginata Kitsune, was taking along the just mentioned "Red Night"... and had approached him till a very close distance.
I Kinda Came to Another World, but Where’s the Way Home?
【書籍化】異世界来ちゃったけど帰り道何処？
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