episode_0046

“Yes, master.”

“···huh?”

“They say the hero was captured.”

“?”

Refreshing morning.

The day started with Vivian’s unexpected noise.

“···Your sister is here?”

“So… But, the hero has been captured and I’m no longer needed. They’re telling me to return?”

“Hmm. What on earth is going on?”

We all started to worry about the absurd news.

···I was caught?

“Sister. Where was the place we first met?”

“It was a gambling place. I guess they gave a lot of donations back then.”

“···I think you’re right, Sister.”

Jupiter started to have some doubts towards me.

Assuming I was really caught, I wouldn’t be myself here.

When I answered the question right away, my doubts quickly disappeared.

What is it really?

Do I have a twin sister that I don’t know about?

…I don’t think there was such a setting.

“Gulp, gulp… Isn’t it just a misunderstanding?”

“misunderstanding?”

“Yes. They may have misunderstood that he was a hero and that he was holding someone else, not you.”

Lisbeth said while drinking grape-flavored honey, a test product.

Another kid?

···Is there such a child?

No, was there anyone who would have suspected it was me in the first place?

“Why, you know. The blonde-haired man I saw the other day. Was he a Sentai hero?”

“···But, he is a man. Could you be mistaken?”

What Lisbeth said made sense.

He was a warrior in the past, and I am also a warrior.

Since the clothes are similar, there may be a misunderstanding.

But he is a man and I am a woman.

···If I say it this way, I am confident that I have a pretty good body.

Her breasts are sticking out just enough.

The hair is also much longer.

There is no room for misunderstanding.

“I don’t know about that. But, other than that, I can’t think of anything else.”

“Yes, but… does that make sense?”

“···It might be possible.”

For a moment, I doubted Vivian’s words.

Are you confusing me with that guy? really?

Are humans unable to recognize faces the way they see cats?

No, it’s still a physical characteristic…

“If we’re not humanoids, we’ve been hiding here for decades. That person goes around bragging that he’s a hero, right?”

ah.

I felt like I knew what Vivian wanted to say.

“I heard that it wasn’t long ago that a rumor spread that a new hero had appeared? Then you might not know. I didn’t know there were two heroes either.”

“···But, it’s just an impression thing.”

“Do you think demons would talk about such things in detail? Imps ask as much as they can, but those who are confident in their power don’t ask about such things.”

“But, isn’t that a good thing?”

Yuna asked Vivian.

Since she is the most knowledgeable person in the demon world here, you probably want to ask her opinion.

“what?”

“Well, those people are targeting Airi-nee… If they are mistaken, can’t we just leave it as is?”

“No. We’ll get caught eventually. Then our plan will fall apart, so it’s right to fix this.”

“···Ah, you mean that plan? To attract the devil…”

Honestly, I thought everyone would hate it.

Because he doesn’t want to kill a lot of demons, he’s bringing in an unknown threat here.

It was a situation where I might put countless people in danger just because of my greed.

Since Vivian was a demon, I probably didn’t think much of it, but they were different.

People born and raised in this world.

Of course I thought you would hate it, but you didn’t.

“I can’t help it. I can’t help it if I want to save everyone as much as possible.”

Jupiter, who heard the story from Vivian, persuaded everyone.

Even if they are demons, they live like us.

Rather than defeating the devil by brutally killing them, wouldn’t it be better to choose a path that would save as many lives as possible?

…Honestly, I thought it would be impossible with such persuasion.

If it fails, it is an action that will cause irreversible damage.

But, he believed in me.

If it were me, I wouldn’t hurt people.

I was grateful for that trust.

Before falling into this world, I had never received such trust.

As I looked at my colleagues trying to figure out a solution to this situation, I was lost in emotion.

Quang!

…But that sentiment was shattered in an instant.

“Breaking news, breaking news!”

“Key, Mr. Kimia? What’s going on…?”

How quickly did you run?

I’m out of breath and my whole body is shaking.

When Yuna used magic to make cool ice and bring it to her, after a while she truly spoke again.

“Breaking news! We’re in big trouble! Guynis is missing!”

“Oh my. I guess I was mistaken for the real thing.”

“Uh, what. Did you guys know?”

“No. I was just guessing. It was really a misunderstanding.”

No, you really misunderstood?

An inexplicable feeling of defeat came over me.

…I’m not pretty enough to be similar to that guy?

She must be quite pretty as she is the female lead in a nightgame…

“···What? I brought this information because I thought it would be helpful to you. I’m a little disappointed.”

“Ahaha. It was helpful enough. Hey, would you like to try the new product?”

“Uh, what is it? I want to drink it! ···It tastes like grapes. It’s delicious.”

Jupiter gave Kimia, who brought her advanced information, a new product he had recently created while understanding the ecology of dryads.

Well, I noticed that the taste of honey varies depending on the tree.

Grape-flavored honey could be harvested from the dryads on the vines.

We are slowly recruiting employees, and we are planning to start sales soon.

How can something like this suddenly happen?

“Okay, I can’t help it. I really don’t like this guy, but we have to rescue him.”

He too was a warrior.

What if, while investigating him, you discover a way to cross the Red Sea?

It’s just the beginning of a war.

A war in which we have no way to attack, but only the other side can attack unilaterally.

That is absolutely not enough.

“Kimia, do you know the location?”

“Uh, huh? They said it was a dungeon a little far away from here… If you ask the guild, it will be accurate.”

“Thank you.”

“Uh, huh? Anything to say?”

I immediately get up from the table and go outside.

The maids immediately saw us off, and the rest of the people except Vivian and Kimia left the room.

The lord was waiting for us with an anxious expression.

“Ah, hero. Kimia said she had something urgent to say, so I sent her in, but whatever happened…”

“It looks like the Demon Lord’s army has begun to take action. They say Gainis has been captured.”

“Go, Gainis…”

“I’m sorry, my lord. I’m just renting a room for a while, but you made such a fuss.”

I sincerely apologized to the lord.

…Honestly, I was very sorry.

There is no such thing as a nuisance.

“No. If the hero was comfortable.”

“I’m sorry. And, I don’t think I’ll be able to come for another few days. We have to rescue him.”

“You mean Gainis? Please come back, warrior. I will be waiting for you.”

I always get help from him.

However, seeing them help me silently without asking anything makes me keep expecting help.

Ah, damn it. I have to ask for another favor.

“···I’m sorry. Please take care of Vivian.”

“Don’t worry. She will be well protected by us.”

“···okay.”

As expected, I always felt sorry for him.

I will pay you back tenfold someday.

***

“···This is the dungeon.”

“Hey, that’s pretty gloomy.”

The dungeon where Guynis went missing.

As I entered, the moist air tickled my lungs.

“···An enormous amount of bones. It looks like there was an intense battle.”

As the saying goes.

From the entrance to the dungeon, numerous bones were scattered on the floor.

Probably a trace of Guynis.

That guy, no matter how he looked, was a hero.

I could guess that it must have been quite strong.

“···The trail leads that way. Let’s follow it.”

First, I decided to walk along his traces.

“Wow, how long do I have to walk?”

“Whew, I’m quite tired. How much longer do I have to walk?”

It’s been three hours since I walked along the scattered skeleton bones.

Although there was a slight difference in density, I was amazed at the sight of the bones continuing uninterruptedly.

No, how many were there?

Isn’t that too harsh?

As I looked around in awe, I saw a box in an exquisitely hidden location.

Didn’t you touch that?

“···? Wait, there’s something over there.”

“Huh? I can’t see anything…”

“It looks like a box. Let me open it for a moment.”

“Oh, ah?! Wait a minute, sister! If you touch the box carelessly…!”

Suddenly.

In an instant, the box swallowed my upper body.

···uh?

After a moment of panic, I felt several hands grabbing my feet and pulling them.

They’re probably trying to get me out.

And, this box, presumed to be a Mimic, was also holding on as if it did not want to lose its prey.

No, but it’s so amazing.

Even while Mimic and his colleagues were playing tug-of-war using me, I looked inside Mimic without realizing it because the inside of Mimic was fascinating.

No, how is it that the inside of the box is made of meat like this?

They do not have protective colors like chameleons, nor do they mimic body shape like insects.

It’s just that the outer shell of the body looks like a box.

···It’s really amazing.

I think I might be the first to be able to observe the inside of a living Mimic’s body so slowly.

With that in mind, I tried touching Mimic’s uvula.

Oh, talkative…

I was curious so I massaged it a few times.

Mimic spat me out.

why not.