Ch.158The NPC Who Found Out. (1)

[(!)Quest#%mx^&ㅡ: Kill the opponent in front of you without e!o#gh%k with them.]

[Reward!kd#: The Forest w!%^lrl t#m Kill dl!# will be opened.]

[Failure Penalty@xl: You will be trapped in this f$%usd#ml world.]

The status window that appeared after a long time was all broken, as if it had been beaten up somewhere.

“How about it?! Isn’t it extraordinary?~ This body and face! Don’t you think any man would want to hold me at least once?~♥”

The final boss from ep.4 who killed me in the game is now courting me while completely pixelated.

In the past, I would have been flustered by this absurd situation, gone through a long thought process, and ended up lamenting my own stupidity.

“Ahem. Excuse me, are you the demon of the Seven Deadly Sins, Lust (Luxuria)?”

“Oh~ Indeed! You don’t just look exactly like that person, you know me too?”

“…Um, did you perhaps come looking for Forest Keeper Jack and found me by mistake?”

“Ahaha! Certainly. I am looking for that man too, but today my target is you, darling♥!”

[Warning!!%$gja#!!: Avoid the demon’s temptq초!r… t..to!#@]

Today’s me is a bit different.

The status window is warning about danger, but unfortunately, my brain is working at full capacity right now. Don’t think of my usual Windows 98 brain.

“Did you come looking for me knowing who I am?”

“Huh? Aren’t you the Forest Keeper?”

“No. I’m not.”

“Eh, ah, you’re not?”

“No. I’m not.”

At my firm answer, the fully obscene… no, I mean the demon of lust seems flustered.

But why is she completely pixelated?

She was dressed somewhat provocatively in the game too, but it was originally a 17+ game so there was no problem. Am I suddenly getting an age restriction now?

“Uh, oh my~? But you look exactly the same, and your movements were also the same…”

“More importantly. You say you came to court me, but isn’t it quite rude for someone as important as one of the Seven Deadly Sins to appear with a bunch of lesser demons in tow?”

“Uh, huh?”

She seemed genuinely confused by my continued verbal assault.

That’s right, I have no intention of letting her think straight for even a moment. Since she came at me with an absurd conversation topic, I’ll counter with nonsensical blabbering!!

This is absolutely NOT because all my skills are currently disabled and I know I can’t match her!!!

“That’s what you did when you appeared before me just now.”

“Uh, what did I…”

“You said you’re blind with love and full of affection. But what you’re doing now just looks like a threat. Like you’ll kill me if I don’t date you. That’s how it appears.”

“Eh, EHHH?!!”

She seems genuinely flustered by my words, as the pixelated obscenity-like figure flails around.

Are those wings flapping up and down? The pixelation makes everything look weird.

“N-no, that’s not it?! I didn’t bring those things with me?! W-wait a minute!!”

The pixelated demon’s words suddenly cut off as she spins around. And then.

-KWAAANG!!!!

“See, see! How about that? I didn’t bring them with me, right?!”

“…Did you just kill all your comrades?”

“Y-yes!! I didn’t bring them, see?! They’re not my comrades!! Despite appearances, I’m a modest, pure woman who knows manners!! It’s just that because I’m one of the Seven Deadly Sins, lesser demons get summoned on their own due to the demonic energy I emit!!”

“It’s hard to believe you’re modest and pure when you’re the demon of lust.”

“Ah!! It’s true!! I’m a virgin, I tell you!!”

There was no setting in the game about the lust demon being a virgin, but I’m too tired to be surprised by such things anymore.

The world I was in was already quite different from the game, so how would I know the settings of this insane world where bestiality is common sense?

More importantly, fighting this demon now would be absolutely disastrous. The lesser demons scattered on the mountainside were literally shredded.

I’m not sure if I could handle something like that even with my Forest Keeper skills activated, but fighting her in my weakened state would be suicide.

“…Alright. I’ll believe you since you’ve disposed of all the lesser demons…”

[Warning!!%$gja#!!: Avoid the demon’s temptq초!r… t..to!#@]

[Warning!!%$gja#!!: Avoid the demon’s temptq초!r… t..to!#@]

[Warning!!%$gja#!!: Avoid the demon’s temptq초!r… t..to!#@]

“Ugh?!!”

“Huh? W-what’s wrong?! Are you hurt from the attack just now?!!”

The status window appears blocking my view, and suddenly a headache hits me. Shit, what’s going on?! Is it because I talked to her when it told me not to? But.

[(!)Quest#%mx^&ㅡ: Kill the opponent in front of you without e!o#gh%k with them.]

[Reward!kd#: The Forest w!%^lrl t#m Kill dl!# will be opened.]

[Failure Penalty@xl: You will be trapped in this f$%usd#ml world.]

Even with broken text and special characters inserted between words, my eyes, familiar with keyboards from my previous life, can read the message.

Don’t talk to her, kill her, and the Forest Keeper skill will open. If I fail, I’ll be trapped in this world.

These are all instructions given to me since the status window appeared. But you know what.

“…Shut up.”

“Uh, huh?! M-me?”

“…Not you.”

I extended my hand to her, signaling her to wait, and continued my train of thought.

Who do they think they’re fooling? Did they think I wouldn’t notice?

Clearly, before this obscenity appeared, there was more than one entity looking for me.

Yes, [Status Window], you were looking for me too, right? And.

‘The penalties and rewards changed from before entering the trial to after entering. You idiot.’

[……]

They must really think I’m stupid. Moreover, this headache I’m feeling now. It feels familiar. No, specifically.

‘It’s exactly like the headache I felt the day I recalled my past life memories, the day I got hit in the back of the head by a goblin.’

Why, why have I never thought about this until now? It’s ridiculous even thinking about it now.

Yes, Gor, born from the status window.

I know her, the one who possessed a golem with her own consciousness.

But even after she fell, the status window continued to follow me.

I remember the day when Gor was wandering alone and attached the status window to me, calling it her avatar.

But.

‘When we started this journey. Gor didn’t separately attach a status window to me.’

She didn’t say anything, and I just assumed it was natural for the status window to be by my side.

However, now many questions arise, and things are starting to fit together.

‘The Spirit King, or rather his fragment, also spoke to me through the status window, which means.’

Now you. Status Window, who are you?

[…You’ve opened your cl eyes.]

As if reading my thoughts, the status window that was warning about danger disappears, and something responds in broken language.

Yes, things have been strange since the trial began.

My thinking speed wasn’t normally like this, and even now my mind is functioning normally while telling the obscene demon to wait.

I’ve thought all this through in less than a minute?

What the hell are you?!

[There’s no way to AㅏㄹGㅏf explain.]

‘Then at least don’t interfere…’

[This is a situation outside the normal gh. You need to leave the trial immediately and return to the original world…]

What is it? Why did you stop mid-sentence?

“Um, d-darling? Did I make another mistake? Ah! You know, I also like people who have sex with animals…”

“Please wait a little longer. It’s not your fault. And I don’t like bestiality.”

“Uh, um, oh? Ah. R-really? Then, perhaps you don’t like women of other races…?”

I can’t help but smile bitterly as I get the feeling that this fully pixelated obscenity reminds me of women I know well.

Geez. I never thought a demon who was supposed to kill me would be begging for my love.

I just shook my head and signaled her to wait, and the pixelated obscenity hesitantly stepped back.

Hey, damn status window, are you not going to finish what you were say—

“Look out!!!”

“Huh?”

“Huh?!”

At the sudden sharp voice coming from somewhere, both the pixelated obscenity and I turn our heads.

“You demon!! I won’t let you harm the Forest Keeper!!!”

“Wh-what?!”

-KAAANG!!!

“Kyaah?!!”

-KWANG!!!

“What?!”

A hammer that suddenly appeared struck the pixelated demon and sent her flying, and the owner of the sharp voice landed lightly in front of me, holding a hammer as large as my body.

What is this now…

“Are you alright, Forest Keeper!”

“Ah, um, well…”

“Don’t worry anymore!! I’ve dealt with all the demons rushing toward the city! I sensed a massive demonic energy, but wondered why it wasn’t approaching. So you were holding off that vicious demon!!”

“Ah, yes. Um… but, who exactly are you…”

Fiery red hair, and a beautiful woman who could definitely compete with our ladies in terms of beauty, looked at me with sparkling purple eyes at my question.

“Ah! I haven’t introduced myself! I am the Battle Saint of the [Great Holy Nation]! Known as the Saint of the [Hammer], Ira!!”

“…What?”

And she happily smiled as she spoke the name of someone I knew all too well.