episode_0029

“You guys are the first humans I’ve seen today! Nice to meet you! Can you untie this for me?”

The ears of the carefree elf perk up as if to indicate a lively voice.

Shouldn’t humans who come into places like this usually be wary?

The personality of this elf that remains in my faint memories of the game was not like this.

Although they looked the same, the atmosphere was very different.

The elf in the game seemed to have an extremely cold atmosphere.

···This is not a thoughtless, harmless appearance.

“Huh? Don’t you have any keys? Uh, wait a minute… where are the keys…?”

“Have you ever thought that I am an ally of those who imprisoned you?”

“What?! Were you such a bad guy?”

Squeak.

The elf began to struggle.

It looked so stupid that I said it without realizing it.

He immediately believed what he said and looked at me full of disbelief.

“Oh, sister! Don’t say that! You’re confused! Now, Miss Elf? We’re not bad people. We’re here to save you.”

“Really? Oh, really. Don’t confuse me. I thought you were a bad person.”

This elf.

Is this really okay?

Isn’t that what happened because of some kind of amnesia spell that I don’t know about?

Even children cover up and believe things that might be considered suspicious.

No, I will save you…

“You’re so stupid…”

“Oh, you’re so stupid! What are you talking about? Apologize quickly!”

No, I hear this.

Are you saying those long ears aren’t just decoration?

“I’m sorry, I’ll be careful from now on.”

“That’s enough! Just behave yourself!”

Even though I didn’t say I did anything wrong, I accepted the apology.

this is right?

With a sigh, he broke the chains binding the elf’s wrists with force.

When I touched the chain, a sensation that felt like something I had experienced before ran through my body.

···Where have you experienced this?

“Hey, human! Your strength is so strong…! It’s amazing!”

The elf girl is amazed at my strength.

···Is this really the cold-looking elf?

No matter how many times I see it, I can’t believe it.

If those eyes were slightly sharper, it would definitely have a similar vibe to the illustration.

“Um, um… Instead of calling me human, why don’t you call me by my name? My name is Yuna, and this person is Airi.”

“Airi, Yuna. Yes! I remembered!”

“Then could you tell me your name? Miss Elf, because it doesn’t sound good if you call me that.”

Before I knew it, Yuna was handling that elf skillfully.

He was luring her in with a careful attitude, like a kindergarten teacher handling a child.

“Lizbeth!”

“Miss Lisbeth, I understand.”

Yuna was briefly silent as if she was memorizing her name.

…Now that I think about it, it was that kind of name.

“Then, Miss Lisbeth, do you know what happened here?”

“···Huh? I’m not sure…”

“Well, I see…”

It seemed like the conversation would end without Yuna being able to come up with the right answer.

No, just by looking at him, he doesn’t look very smart.

You shouldn’t ask that.

“Well, let me ask you another question. What is everyone else doing here besides you?”

“Huh? They brought other humans to draw pictures on the boat.”

Other humans?

···Painting on a boat?

Is this what I think?

“Ho, by any chance… What is the gender of those brought here?”

“They were all women?”

It is certainly.

It’s an H-scene event!

“Can you draw that picture? It doesn’t matter if it’s rough!”

“Hmm, why me…? I want to get out of here quickly…”

“If you listen to us carefully, we’ll feed you sweet snacks later until you’re full!”

“···gulp.”

Lisbeth was instantly bribed by me.

I was so embarrassed that I just said it.

This works.

“Is it okay if I don’t show it in a picture?”

“Yes! Even if it’s only in a rough form….”

“Here, it looks like this.”

uh?

When Lisbeth, dressed in rags, lifted her top, there was the picture I was thinking of.

In an ugly state, different from what I thought it would look like.

“It hurt a lot when I drew this. Other humans were also in a lot of pain.”

“···Miss Lisbeth. Do you know where the people who painted this picture have gone?”

“I don’t know. He resisted a lot, but when the picture was finished, he suddenly started twisting his body. When it was finished, other people took him out.”

···what is this.

A cold feeling suddenly swirls through my head, as if coolant had been poured into my excited head.

The liquid that was overflowing in my head was quickly running down my spine and sending a chill down my spine.

It was a tattoo.

okay. Ya games, doujinshi, pornographic stories…

A tattoo that resembles the shape of a woman’s uterus is popular everywhere.

It was a tattoo called the vulva.

However, the tattoo on Lisbeth’s stomach was gruesome.

Traces of forcible cutting, as if angry at a tattoo that was not engraved.

The scars engraved between the pink tattoos gave an idea of what she had suffered here.

“···Lizbeth. How long have they kept you here?”

“Huh? ···About a month?···Why?”

Oh really.

It’s hard to watch.

···I haven’t seen a drama since I was young.

When I watch my mother’s TV, I always see the main characters going through hardships in dramas.

Experiencing embarrassing situations in front of others, being embarrassed by your boss, being scammed by someone…

Every time I watch those scenes, I have to experience what it feels like to be me and not someone else.

In morning dramas, the main characters often have unfair experiences, so I couldn’t stand such scenes and always left the show.

I found out what it was called after becoming an adult and searching the Internet.

Did you say it was an empathy value?

Feeling like you are experiencing the shameful things that other people experience and situations where you are criticized.

That’s why I hated comedy movies.

Because other people became a laughing stock and everyone was laughing at that scene, but I couldn’t laugh.

…I felt as if I had become a laughing stock there.

There was no reason to feel that way when I came here.

The bandits I killed?

The succubus killed in the village of beginning?

I didn’t really think about it.

So much so that the main characters in the novel who were worried about killing their first person seemed foolish.

Even when I looked at the women who were raised by orcs, I felt envious when I saw their happy faces.

So I was worried that he might have lost his mind after eating the fruit in that forest.

…Anyway, I don’t think anything has changed.

When I look at Lisbeth’s horrible looking lower abdomen, I get this unpleasant feeling.

“It’s terrible. Who on earth would do something like this…”

“I need to quickly ask Jupiter for treatment. It would be nice if the scars could be erased.”

Lisbeth looks at us questioningly.

A pure expression that doesn’t know what’s wrong.

Lisbeth doesn’t look that young.

In fact, Yuna looks younger because she is so cute.

However, this seemingly innocent behavior makes her look younger.

As if he didn’t believe that other people would lie, he immediately believed what Yuna and I said.

“Lizbeth, do you remember what they said?”

“Hmm, what was it…”

Lisbeth, who had been groaning for a moment, shouted as if she remembered something.

“Ah! This can’t be common sense! You guys, please come to your senses! Is that what it was? That’s the way it was said.”

“···Did everyone talk like that?”

“Yes. Everyone became quiet after the picture was drawn.”

Lisbeth’s testimony piles up in my head.

I think I know roughly what the situation is.

I think I understand, but I can’t solve it right away.

Because I don’t know the location of the culprit.

Even if we catch him, it is doubtful whether this case will be solved.

…As expected, what is lacking is information?

“Yes, Lisbeth. Thank you for the information. Sorry, things are not good out there right now. We are solving a case.”

“If you follow me, I’ll give you sweet snacks and a really delicious drink! It’s really delicious.”

“Really?! Do you want to go, do you want to go? You guys are such good people!”

Yuna seems to have realized what I was trying to say in an instant.

If you just let this innocent kid go, he’ll get caught again soon.

In that case, it is much safer to tie it to someone around you.

Besides, our enemy now is probably the entire city.

No matter how strong I am, I never put all my strength into it.

It is questionable whether you can handle the city alone, and even if you can, there are many problems.

You can’t kill the entire population of the city.

I told the lord that I was going to resolve the demon lord’s situation.

I don’t want to say that I killed them all by mistake.

“First of all, I have to join Jupiter.”

“Yes. That might be important. Let’s join as soon as possible.”

“Jupiter? Who is that?”

“Ahaha, she’s a pretty and kind nun. I hope I can get to know Miss Lisbeth when I meet her.”

“Really? I’m looking forward to it!”

Tap, tap.

On my way out of the dungeon, I wondered how Lisbeth was captured.

If you’re an elf, you’ll stand out a lot.

Was it kidnapping or something?

“I’m asking just in case, how did you get caught here?”

“Huh? Ah, those people are liars!”

···liar?

“Bad guys. They said they would give me five candies if I followed them, but they gave me nothing!”

Oh yeah.

Well then.