episode_0142

Mariel’s mansion.

After work was over, Meruru came to see Aruru and they were talking together.

Since the demon sanctuary was moved from the capital to Kubel, there have been more opportunities to meet these sisters with furry ears and tails.

As opportunities to meet Meruru increased, Aruru’s personality also became much softer.

“Sister is naturally good! It’s because Yunoa hit her sister too hard!”

Meruru said that I was the reason why Aruru was so wary of me.

Well, I couldn’t deny it. To be honest, when I still make my fist, I remember the feeling of punching Aruru in the stomach.

It was a soft, warm, and somehow clingy texture.

If I tell Aruru something like this, he will run away from me for the rest of his life.

“I came today because I had a favor to ask. There’s something I want to test.”

I went to Aruru and told him.

Aruru was eating snacks in the mansion with Meruru.

“Well, what is it… … .”

Aruru asked, covering her lower abdomen with both arms.

Now that I’m used to it, I don’t even think about it.

When I look at Aruru, I learn that trauma does not go away that easily.

Anyway, the reason I came here was to test Mariel’s magic tools.

A magical tool that becomes invisible to demons for a short period of time.

Since the exact performance cannot be confirmed through Mariel’s explanation alone, the intention is to verify the performance with the demons here.

“So… … .”

I explained to sisters Aruru and Meruru in detail the magic tool I was going to test.

Meruru listened to me with interest and asked with excitement if she wanted to play hide and seek.

Aruru, on the other hand, looked at me with somber eyes and opened his mouth.

“How is that different from invisibility magic?”

“Huh?”

“That’s right. If you want to make yourself invisible for a while, isn’t magic more efficient?”

Aruru narrowed his eyes and spoke to me.

That’s what I heard.

Mariel… After all, did they create trash?

Since I normally have no connection to magic, my thoughts didn’t even reach that point.

But then, Mariel suddenly appeared from somewhere.

“No! That’s not true!”

“Wow, it’s a surprise!”

The way things appear these days is so sudden.

Where were you listening to us?

Obviously it wasn’t there until just now.

Mariel said with an ahem expression.

“Magic is natural, but if the other person is someone who uses magic, they will quickly see through it! Magic can create a variety of powerful effects, but it is also easy to destroy. But magic tools are different. It’s difficult to create powerful effects with magic tools, but once you create them, it’s almost impossible to destroy them! The most powerful wizard in the world! Even if I try my best, I won’t be able to detect the invisibility of this magic tool. … … Although I am not a demon.”

At those words, Aruru was looking at Mariel with eyes that asked, ‘Is this true?’

Even though Mariel spent most of her time confined to the lab, the two were living in the same mansion.

Aruru probably knows very well that Mariel is an absurdly strange person.

『Mariel’s words that the invisibility magic can be easily destroyed were true.

This was even more true for demons whose magic power was qualitatively different from that of humans.

Among monsters, there were some that had magic vision from birth and could naturally see objects made transparent by magic.』

The narration gave strength to Mariel’s words.

In that case, I guess I should cancel the claim that magic tools are trash.

It’s really hard to understand magic.

“So, does this mean that with this magic tool, even if the sky splits in two, it will never be visible to demons?”

I asked Mariel.

Mariel nodded her head loudly.

“Mmmmm! That’s right! Even if the devil’s special rain comes, you won’t be able to see it. In the first place, the invisibility of this magic tool is different from magic!”

“Other principles?”

“Magic always leaves traces of magical power. That’s because magic that doesn’t use magical power doesn’t exist in this world. Don’t you know that you too can sense magical power? Even if the opponent becomes invisible, their presence can be known by detecting their magical power.”

“Definitely… … .”

“But the invisibility of this magic tool is a little different. It’s like having your very existence temporarily erased by the demons!”

“The idea of your existence being erased is a bit of an annoyance.”

“If it’s not a demon, it looks fine.”

Then the existence is not erased.

“Why not try it instead of saying this and that? Isn’t there a good partner?”

Mariel said, pointing to Aruru.

In fact, that was what I came here to do from the beginning.

From Mariel’s explanation alone, I couldn’t tell exactly how long the magic tool lasted or whether it was truly effective.

Whatever the reason, the demons protected in the mansion were also demons.

If the magic tool is effective, I should be able to make myself invisible to Aruru.

Moreover, since there is Meruru next to it, isn’t there a comparison group?

I decided to ask Aruru, Meruru, and Mariel to test the performance of the magic tool.

“Mariel, can you cast something like a detection spell that will allow them to see invisibility?”

“That’s easy! All you have to do is amplify the sense of magical power and make it possible to see the amplified sense of magical power with your eyes.”

“Please hang that.”

“I understand!”

If the magic tool’s invisibility is really that great, I think Aruru, a demon, should not be able to see me even if I take measures to detect the invisibility.

Activating the magic tool was easy as I just had to wear a ring and pour my magic into it.

“Now… Then let’s try it.”

Aruru and Meruru were set up, and magic power was slowly poured into the magic tool, the ring.

“Hmm?”

I didn’t feel like anything had changed.

The ring’s color only glowed a little reddish.

Meruru was also looking at me with wide eyes.

but… … .

“I… Is it really gone?”

Aruru took a step back and said with wide eyes.

I am standing right in front of him, covering his lower abdomen with an anxious face and rolling his eyes here and there.

“I’m here, but you can’t see me?”

“It’s strange! Yunoa is here! Are you really invisible?”

Meruru said, pointing a finger at me.

Mariel is also fixating her gaze as if she can see me clearly.

Only Aruru was wandering with his gaze as if he couldn’t see me at all.

“You can see it?! Aren’t you kidding me? Am I really the only one who can’t see?!”

“Aruru! Hey Aruru!”

“What, what!”

As I was looking at Aruru’s embarrassed appearance, I wanted to play a little prank, so I walked closer to Aruru.

Then I gently poked his side with my finger.

cook.

“Heee!”

Aruru raised his ears and tail stiffly and made a strange sound.

Mariel said, looking at the scene with interest.

“Woohuhuhu, it works well! If you use that, even if Aruru peeks right next to you, he won’t even know you’re there!”

“… … I don’t do that.”

Why can’t you even give an example like that?

But the effect was really good.

While the magic tool’s effect lasted, I was completely invisible to Aruru.

I don’t know what the principle is, but it would be useful if it had this effect on all demons, even the demon lord.

The magic tool’s demon-limited invisibility was canceled after about 10 minutes, when the ring’s reddish glow went out.

“da… Don’t ever use that in front of me again!”

Only then did Aruru’s eyes turn to me again.

About 10 minutes… … It was definitely not a long time.

However, it is not so short a time that you cannot do anything at all.

It was a sufficient duration for Mariel’s original purpose of ‘running away’.

After finishing all the performance verification of the magic tools, I was about to leave the mansion, but the door opened as if someone had come to the mansion again.

The person who opened the door and appeared was Algot.

And there was one more person who came in after Algot.

“What… … .”

I was startled and hurriedly stood to cover Aruru.

The one who came in with Algot was Prince Edward, a man with royal blood.

In the first place, no one could enter Mariel’s mansion.

In the first place, it is basically a no-entry area unless someone who is friendly with Mariel and has free access to the mansion brings them there.

The biggest reason was that the mansion was being used as a temporary demon shelter.

A blind hatred towards demons that is deeply rooted in the kingdom.

Therefore, special care was taken to prevent people who had become demons from being discovered by the general public.

However, Algot, who was at the forefront of hiding the demon, brought Edward with him.

What on earth are you thinking?

“Ah, Yunoa was here too.”

Algot said as he approached me with Edward in tow.

I was watching Edward’s reaction.

Behind me was Aruru, a beastman who had been transformed into a demon.

There are demons under protection in other rooms as well.

Since they were already inside the mansion, it seemed difficult to hide the existence of the demon from Edward.

“You don’t have to hide it. Because I came here on purpose to show you.”

“Are you really okay?”

“I’ve said enough.”

I left Edward’s work in charge and he did something outrageous.

Anyway, if Algot says so, it’s okay.

Because she is taking the lead in protecting the demons here more than anyone else.

Unlike when we met before, Edward’s expression was a little stiff.

Did he properly acknowledge to Algot that he was of royal blood?

What on earth did the two of you talk about that led to this?

I had a lot of questions, but I decided to listen first.

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