Table of Contents

1. Illustration
2. Prologue
3. Chapter 1: Infermia remodeling plan
4. Chapter 2: The sleeping beauty on the solitary island
5. Chapter 3: Infinity Sword
6. Chapter 4: ASAGIRI RIRIKO
7. Extra Chapter
8. SS Chapters: Opening Up the Road to Montfort Island!
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 Prologue

When I see an acquaintance in an unexpected place, I lose

confidence in myself for a moment, wondering if it was the
person in question or someone else resembling them. All the
more when wearing something I’m not used seeing.

– Y… you’re.

On the deserted ramparts. A blue robe emerges from the

light of the stars and the light of Caldart.

Standing in front of me is a priest of the Orzelia order who

offered the Orzelia armor to Satan. The man who planned to
convert Orzelia order into Hellandia’s religion in return for
the armor. A mysterious character who behaves in a way
uncharacteristic of NPCs.

That man took off the plague mask modeled after a bird’s

face.

From below, a face I had never imagined appeared.

– That’s mean. Did you forget me?

A weak smile appeared on his mouth and Akagami

shrugged his shoulders.

──Year 2 Class A Akagami Souma.

– No, no… I’m surprised.

As I answered that, Akagami showed a satisfied-looking

smile on his face.

When he brings down the hood that is part of the robe and
pulls out his head, a reddish hair appears. The bangs shook
in front of the downcast eyes.

Akagami always gathered in a corner of the classroom with

three or four people to talk about anime and games. It goes
without saying it’s the lowest group when it comes to Year 2
Class A’s school caste. By the way, I don’t belong to any
group, so I’m not subjected to this rating, I’d say I’m the
lowest in general… anyway, I remembered Akagami as one
of the persons of the lowest groups.

The seats of such lowest group are very close to my seat. I

also have a deep knowledge of anime and games even if I
say so myself. So I was often interested in the conversations
I heard.

But even if we had the same hobbies, I didn’t feel like

hanging out with them. Certainly, it would be fun if people
with similar interests talk about the same topic. However,
that’s a momentary pleasure. Nothing comes out of it, it just
increases the cost and risk of human relationships
frivolously.

Anyway, based on the conversations I’ve heard, Akagami

didn’t seem to particularly stand out in the group. He had
the impression of being a weak-willed man who gets
refuted, doesn’t say anything back, is laughed at and is
deceived.

Akagami smiled and raised his hands lightly.

– Haha, that’s right. Sorry, sorry. So you were surprised, huh.

His mood is different from when we were in the classroom…

his way of talking felt strangely cheerful, but also
uncomfortable. He isn’t that sociable and I’ve never seen
him talking to anyone other than his mates.

– Even though things may appear this way, my intention

was to not be noticed. I’m sorry for disturbing your date with
Asagiri-san in Laguna.

– Wha… n-no, it was nothing… like a date.

The smiling face of Akagami changed to a thin へ all of a

sudden.

– By the way, have those guys from 2A Guild noticed the

truth of this world?

The truth of this… world?

– No… I mean, I don’t understand what you’re asking.

What on earth are you bringing up and why? Are you going
to give sermons of Orzelia order or talk about your brain
settings?

Akagami raised his index finger and closed one eye. A

terribly pompous gesture.

– Listen, Doumeguri-kun. This is the world of the game

『Exodia Exodus』.

– Wha!?

——How do you know that!?

– Yare yare, I surprised you again.

Akagami tilted his head to the side and smiled in a good

mood.

But it’s not a laughing matter for me.

Calm down, Doumeguri Kakeru. Stay cool. I don’t know the

fact. Therefore, it’s common to doubt what Akagami says.
Then, as I question him, I’ll find out why he knows that
information.

– Certainly, I thought it was a game-like world, but… how

can you affirm that it’s that Ex… that it’s a game?

– Well, that’s easy. My job was to debug at the game’s

company development.

– ──!?

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?

My heart is pounding loudly.

Akagami is a debugger?

I worked at home, so I never met any employees other than

Aikawa-san. To say nothing of an acquaintance with a
debugging part-time job. Similarly, Akagami probably
doesn’t know I had a development part-time job.

However, if he knows the situation, then he should

understand the difficult situation we’re in and thus
cooperate for the solution of the problem──,

No, wait.

I swallowed saliva.
If that’s the case, then why is he playing the role of an
Orzelia order priest?

And why did he support Satan?

And why is he approaching me?

Cold sweat soaked my whole body.

The first thing I have to know is what this guy is thinking,

and what he’s planning.

The low-profile classmate suddenly feels like an eerie

monster.

… Get information from him now. And never show your

cards. Think calmly. What kind of reaction do I take when I
hear this story without any prior information?

I folded my arms and inclined my head to the side.

– Then… in this game we’re in, we were allowed to

participate in the game? But we didn’t get to hear about a
game like this Exowhatever, you know?

– Yeah. It hasn’t been announced yet. However, a rumor

among enthusiasts said that HELLZDOMAIN was developing
a great game.

I didn’t expect to hear that company name from anyone

other than Aikawa-san in this world. Damn you company
that exploits its employees!

– What’s wrong? Doumeguri-kun?

– Oh, it’s nothing… I think I’ve heard HELLZDOMAIN

somewhere, but… having a game this realistic is…
impossible, isn’t it?
With a troubled smile, Akagami shook his hands to the left
and right.

– Oh, no. This is Exodia Exodus, but it’s not Exodia Exodus.
It’s a game, but not a game.

…? What do you want to say?

Akagami spread his deep blue Orzelia order robe as if

spreading his wings.

– This is the game world. But we aren’t logged in to the

game. Which means! This is a different world based on the
game 『Exodia Exodus』! We have reincarnated in another
world!

I gazed at Akagami’s face with my mouth still unconsciously

opened. Akagami’s cheeks are somewhat blushing, and his
always downcast eyes were wide opened.

– To think it would happen to me! Such a miracle really

happens! It’s wonderful! Truly marvelous!
With both hands open, Akagami looks up at the starry sky.

– I was chosen by the world… by God. No, maybe God saw

me, who was being treated improperly, and noticed his
mistake.

– …Akagami.

──Are you sane?

I held back from saying those words.

– In short… there’s a game, a completely different world that
Akagami knows and we were thrown there? Is that what you
mean?

Akagami lightly put his palms together as if clapping.

– This is not a minor matter, Doumeguri-kun. You’re very

calm. Although one would generally deny it from the start,
you accepted the truth meekly.

– No, it’s not like I completely agree with it…

I mean, look how serious you are.

Akagami smiled and said in a tone of voice as if looking

down from above.

– I think it’s justified. Rather, you can take pride in your

understanding and adaptability.

– Is, is that… so?

Suddenly, the figure of a person appeared about 100 meters

behind Akagami. The silhouette in simple armor is that of a
guard who protects Caldart. He walks on the ramparts in
this direction, but it’s a simple NPC, so I don’t have to be
particularly careful about him.

– But why Akagami never showed himself to 2A Guild until

now?

– I have no intention of acting with 2A Guild.

Akagami showed a bitter smile. That way of laughing

suddenly reminded me of Akagami in the real world.

– Everyone in 2A… yes. If possible, I don’t want to bring the

relationships of the original world into this world.
I felt an eerie darkness spread in the back of his laughing
eyes. I can’t understand what Akagami is thinking from his
distorted laughter.

– Hey, Doumeguri-kun, you never thought about this? We

weren’t rewarded in our world. Because our world was
wrong. But it’s different in this world. This time I can show
my true power…

Suddenly, I remembered being tossed into Exodia Exodus. I

became the Demon King l and reign as an absolute ruler.
Thousands of Hellander and four leaders I can trust in.

On the other hand, there’s Doumeguri Kakeru from 2A Guild.

In the real world, I never talked to my classmates properly,
but before I knew, I talked equally with the top-caste
Ichinomiya and Asagiri and manipulated and guided
everyone from 2A to my intended path.

I came here and… changed?

──No. Don’t be deceived.

I showed an ironic smile on my face and shook my head in

denial.

– I wonder… I feel that I haven’t changed much since

coming here. But Akagami is… different, right?

– Doumeguri-kun…

Akagami gazed at me with sad-looking eyes.

– Is that so…? Like I thought, you’re treated like that by 2A

Guild.
And this time it turns into a sharp look in his eyes as if he
had gotten a little angry.

– In our world, no matter how hard you try, you’re not

rewarded. If you aren’t rightfully appreciated, what you do
is just useless. But here, true strength is recognized. Both
you and I.

As I turn my face down, I make my brain go full operation.

How serious is Akagami? Why is he talking to me so kindly?

I’m sure he has an objective. Does he want companions
with similar circumstances? Or….

– Hey, Akagami… Are you saying we can be properly

estimated here, in this world?

– That’s right. I have a special power to prove that.

At that moment, the NPC guard passed by the side of

Akagami.

Akagami suddenly grabbed the guard’s shoulder and

immediately pulled it down and behind.

– H-hey!? What are you doing Aka──

The guard groans and falls down. Even if it is a mere NPC, it

will retaliate if attacked. Just as I thought, the guard stood
up and drew the sword he had on his hip.

Whoa, fighting in the city is troublesome! The guard springs

up, shopping can no longer be done. If you do it poorly,
you’ll be penalized, that means, you’re prohibited from
entering and leaving buildings.*
*TN: I have no idea what “shopping can no longer be
done”. It’s a literal translation as I couldn’t find
anything explaining what it means.

However, Akagami scowled at the guard in a calm manner.

He frowned and power is put into his eyes. It looked as if a
light of madness dwelled in them.

– You don’t have time to point your sword at me, do you?

The moment the guard nodded obediently, countless letters

and symbols ran on the whole body of the guard.

– That’s right.

──!?

– Now, go down fast and rampage in the street stalls. That’s

your job, no?

– I know even if you don’t tell me. It’s none of your business.

Wh…at?

The guard went down the stairs with his naked drawn
sword.

What? Was that just now?

Akagami turned around and laughed cheerfully.

– Hahaha, you have a face that says “I don’t get it”.

– Yeah… you certainly were attacked by the guard…

– You see. I can control the behavior of others. I have the

ability to give absolute orders.
Wha──!?

– No way… no, no matter how you look at it, that sort of

thing──

– Then what do you think I did now?

– Hyp…hypnosis? Suggestion…? Some kind of magic that

restricts the behavior──

– That’s just changes the way you say it, no?

– ……

Akagami smiles as if enjoying my reaction.

– In a few moments, you’ll understand even if you don’t like

it.

The words that Akagami said earlier.

『Now, go down fast and rampage in the street stalls. That’s

your job, no? 』

That’s going to be fulfilled?

What if he really can’t fight against the order of Akagami?

Don’t fool around… isn’t that way too unparalleled?

No way.

Am I also being controlled by Akagami? Before I realized it?

Without being able to hide my confusion, I stared at

Akagami with quavering eyes.
– Though it’s not perfect. It doesn’t work with beings that
came from another world──namely, those guys from Year 2
Class A.

I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart. It seems that my

whole body loses strength spontaneously.

– Is… is that so?

– Yes. So I won’t brainwash you. You don’t have to be

frightened.

I heard the screams of people and sounds of something

breaking in the distance.

– Oh, it looks like it has begun.

Akagami beckoned with a seemingly happy face. I go to the

end of the ramparts and look down.

– That’s…

The guard destroys stalls and rampages.

– Is he really… executing it? Akagami’s order?

– Yup.

He answered carelessly.

The sword wielded by the guard slashes the back of a

customer who tried to escape and pierces the owner of a
store who tried to protect their stall.

– Isn’t… that terrible?

– Why?
– Don’t “why” at me! There’ll be victims. They’ll really die!

– Ah, but they’re NPCs… I mean, when we talk about this

world, there are many of them. Well, they’re like extras, so
they aren’t important. And even if they die, there won’t be
any effect so it’s okay.

– Okay…?

What’s this guy’s okay standard?

Well, there are times I point to battle as the Demon King

Hellshaft. And many NPCs have actually died. Is my thought
to accuse Akagami selfish?

I overlooked the street stalls again. A complete change from

the pleasant night until a moment ago: A picture of hell
unfolded there. The guard who rampaged indiscriminately
destroyed the stalls, killed people and dyed the area with
blood as the number of victims increased one by one.

Yes, they’re NPCs, but… it’s not for the sake of protecting
anything, or for the sake of accomplishing some great cause.
It’s like killing people for amusement. However, it’s certain
they aren’t people living in the real world. Damn──

– Oh, the guards came.

According to what Akagami says, about ten armed guards

run down the main street. They’re guards with a high
fighting strength that rush when there’s a player killer.
Unlike ordinary guards, they wear plate armor that covers
the entire body and carry a sword with high lethality. With
this, the matter will be settled at last.

Thinking so, Akagami said, looking excited.

– Now! Watch from here. Look carefully, Doumeguri-kun.

An armed guard draws his sword and attacks the rampant

guard. However, the guard wields his sword one moment
faster than him. The shockwave blew away ten armed
guards.

What the hell is that!?

The guard thrust the sword towards the fallen armed guard,
as if attacking a routed enemy. The armed guards convulsed
lightly and stopped moving, still collapsed on the ground.

– Why was that guy… that strong?

– This is my other special ability.

Another, one?

– I can improve the ability of an equipped item. If I use this

ability, no matter how weak a weapon is, I can turn it into
the strongest weapon.

As if to prove his words, the powerless guard, whose main

role is to lookout, is giving hell to the armed guards of the
conflict group in succession.

There were running figures against the escaping surging

crowd.

One is a dignified man like a hero. The other is a pure

shaped-like swordswoman.

– What is this ruckus!?

– Everyone! Run away fast! Leave it to 2A Guild!

Ichinomiya! Asagiri!
I heard a clicking-tongue sound next to me.

– 2A Guild… yare yare. Spoiling the fun, huh.

While Akagami mutters, Ichinomiya raises his set-to-fire

sword overhead.

– Sunshine Blaze!

The sword that was swung down smashed the guard’s

sword.

Asagiri quickly cuts her way into the enemy from behind
Ichinomiya. When she passed by the guard, she swung an
incredibly fast sword. A light-like sword trajectory bisects
the guard.

– Lightning!

The guard’s torso is now cut right in half and disappeared as

light.

──Nice!

I unconsciously scream in my heart. In contrast to that, I

hear a sulky voice coming from my side.

– Even if they hadn’t butted in, the durability of the weapon

had already ran out… the more strengthened it is, the
shorter the life of the item will be. If given the choice, I
would have explained that too. Well, doesn’t this look like I
set the table for the sake of 2A Guild?

Ichinomiya and Asagiri were surrounded by the townspeople

and received their thanks. Averting his eyes from that,
Akagami scratched his head with a disappointed facial
expression.
– Well, now you know my power at least, right? Any monster
isn’t an enemy as long as the ability to give absolute orders
and the ability to strengthen equipment is there. To tell the
truth, it’s cheating even if I say so myself. In the original
world of Exodia Exodus, I had no such ability. That’s why this
power is the proof that I am the chosen one. It’s a proof that
this world is different!

I see… Is that the reason why you say this world is a

different world?

– I’m invincible in this world. For example, that Satan, I

could always beat him if I felt like it.

——Satan?

– But it was better to use him than killing him, so I kept him
alive. I pretended to be the God of Orzelia and put Satan in
a cursed armor.

What? Wasn’t that a Shintai?

– Actually, did you know it’s an armor called 『Blue Blood

Armor』… in Brabus mountain pass?

– No… I’ve never heard of it.

Oh, I see──Akagami spilled.

– There’s a small wayside shrine halfway up the mountain.

You’ll never find it just by walking normally. The cursed
armor is there. And I borrowed it.

This guy… knows the world too well.

– Originally, its magic defense is perfect and its durability is

by far the best. So I used my abilities to raise the defense
power regarding physical attacks to cheat levels. You can
say it’s the completion of the perfect armor.

If you hadn’t done an unnecessary think like that… I

wouldn’t have had that much trouble, and I… I wouldn’t
have to pay that much!

– However, the problem is that once you wear it, your

mental status will drop, and you will soon become a living
corpse… or at least that’s what the curse does. Usually, it’s
worn by players, so if you are unable to act, you can just
remove the equipment, but that’s not the case in this world.
Immediately after Satan put the armor on, he was in a
mindless state. But when I used my absolute order ability,
he acted nicely as I ordered.

That was that much of a scary armor…? But then that

means Satan followed Akagami’s orders all this time?

– Then Akagami was always controlling Satan?

– Well, it’s a hassle to issue detailed instructions, so I only

gave him rough instructions, you know? “Satan, accomplish
your objective. Dominate this world and defeat God. And
make of Orzelia order a state religion”──something like that.

Now I get it… That’s why Satan easily accepted Orzelia

order.

Other than that, this just reaffirmed Satan’s original

purpose. Was it originally that nature of his or the order of
Akagami that persisted in defeating God? After all this time,
I still don’t know.

– And there was a bug in the original world of Blue Blood

Armor. When attacked, the defensive power of the player
himself increases. Sure enough, Blue Blood Armor in this
world had the same ability.

That wasn’t an ability but a bug…?

– But to think he would end up being defeated. Can you tell

me how you defeated him?

As one would expect, I can’t tell the truth. Prior to that,

Doumeguri Kakeru wasn’t there.

– Well… I didn’t participate in that fight.

– Oh, I see. But have you heard anything?

– Hmm… what I know is that we cooperated with the Demon

King Army──with Hellshaft.

Akagami showed a gesture like he was pondering.

– Hellshaft, huh… shouldn’t you have defeated it first?

My back trembled.

Certainly, if it’s this person’s ability, he can do it. Terrifyingly

strengthened weapons and armor. If he were to form an
army of NPCs equipped with them, he’ll be able to crush
Hellshaft with the strength of a few people.

On the other hand, I cannot move the Demon King Army. If I

do so, Akagami’s special ability will easily take the Demon
King army from me. Akagami can take the Demon King’s
army and use it as his subordinates, or he can make them
attack each other. I’ll have everything taken away from me,
without being able to do anything. My country, Infermia.

And──Hellzekters.
When Satan was alive, they kept their loyalty to me.

But this time is different.《LOYALTY》 isn’t a problem at all.

They can’t go against Akagami’s absolute orders.

Therefore, it’s not possible to bring Hellzekter close to

Akagami.

Those are the only ones… I don’t want to lose.

Akagami scratched his head with a relaxed face.

– Well, I’ll keep that last boss in reserve. After all──the hero
will finally defeat the Demon King.

– Eh?

– Oh, it’s nothing. It’s the beauty of form of the original

game. The Demon King has to be there as the Demon King.

Something worries me, but… it’s troublesome to press,

become grumpy and be suspected.

– But Akagami. Strengthening and controlling Satan… why

did you do such an elaborate thing like that?

Akagami laughed “ahaha” and said, “why, you ask?“ And

started explaining.

– Religion has the power to control a nation, right?

Therefore, if I spread Orzelia order, then I can rule a country.
Hellandia is also one of them. You can’t ignore the military
power over there. Then, if all the countries of the world
become Orzelia order countries, it will be the same as
controlling the world. The pope ranks above the king.
… Big words there again. But with the powers of this guy,
it’s not impossible. I imagined a scene in which countries
such as Hellandia, Arzheim and Rowalrinna, and city-states
such as Caldart and Laguna were ruled by Orzelia order.

– Is Akagami a Pope?

– No. The Pope is──someone else. Well, I’m a close friend of

them though.

Cold sweat flows down my cheeks. To think the quiet guy in

the corner of the classroom was such a tactician. Besides,
his special abilities that have lots of practicality and are
different from mine. To put it bluntly, a Demon King whose
only value is ero magic and paid items is no match for him.
Moreover, he has tons of information about Exodia Exodus,
which made good use of his experience as a debugger. So
boasting about being a cheat class is natural.

– Also, there’s one thing I couldn’t do without using Satan’s

power.

– Something you can’t do…? Like making Hellshaft fall

down?

– You serious? I can do that by myself. It’s not that…

Akagami frowned.

– I wanted a way to completely erase 2A Guild.

I felt like a knife was suddenly thrust at me. The inside of my

chest quickly gets cold.

– The dreadful thing about Satan is that he can completely

eliminate defeated enemies. Unlike other guys, the guys
from Year 2 Class A will be revived no matter how many
times they die, right? I just wanted to secure a way to erase
them… in case of emergency.

Akagami, who felt like the god of death, said so. My throat
makes a sound.

– Erase…? Why do you need such a method?

Akagami puts a hand on his chin and ponders. However, the

worries transmitted from his face are shallow. It’s as carefree
as thinking about what to eat for lunch.

– Hmm, of course I’m not going to use it. But I don’t know
what it is. Rather, I’d like to secure a way for the time being.
Like, if they try to harm this world, I have to fight to protect
this world. If I don’t have a way at that time, we’ll be at a
loss.

No, don’t make it us. You’re the one who’ll be greatly

troubled!

– Doumeguri-kun, I’d like you to not misunderstand. I don’t

want to do it if possible. But they don’t understand this
world. This world is different from our world. However,
everyone is being troubled by behaving selfishly as if they
were in our world. I’m worried that they have such illusions
that common sense, rules, relationships and hierarchy pass
as the same as in our world.

I gradually came to understand that.

I don’t know if Akagami really believes this world as a

different world. But at least he’s acting on that premise.
Returning to our world isn’t in his head. Like me, the
opening movie when logging in may not have been played.
And he’s trying to get back the share he didn’t get in the
real world in this world. And clinging to interest more than
the initial investment.

I haven’t grasped it well yet… Akagami is taking a calm and

composed attitude, but in reality he seems to be the type
that is nervous and has a strong self-esteem. If that’s the
case, there’s the risk of danger that he’ll rampage with
thoughtless remarks. The weapon this guy holds is a real
bomb. Depending on how he uses it, it’s as dangerous as a
nuclear bomb. So as to not step on Akagami’s landmines, I’ll
have to look for a way out while I avoid them skillfully.

Fuck. Now I have a headache.

– Hey, Akagami… Why are you having this conversation with

me? After all, as Akagami says, I’m also one of those guys
who don’t understand this world, right?

Akagami laughed scornfully.

– If that were the case, I wouldn’t talk to you, would I? To

begin with, you’re being left out, right? But you still
estimate 2A Guild, yes? To whom do you feel such loyalty?

– That’s…

He dared touch a sore spot. Akagami speaks calmly with a

kind-looking smile.

– Say, Doumeguri-kun. You should be the same as me. Didn’t

you think it’s unpleasant to see that the self-proclaimed,
high-caste group acts self-importantly? In their hearts, they
look down on us. Even though we were finally reincarnated
in a different world, there’s no need to maintain that
hierarchy. Don’t you think your circumstances now are
unfair? Don’t you think it’s unreasonable? Don’t you think
it’s wrong?

Don’t sweet talk into me, Akagami.

It feels good looking down on me… no, that’s not it.

– I’ve got something to ask you──won’t you help me out?

– Me?

– I want you to be my companion… to join Orzelia order.

──I knew it.

Akagami’s eyes smiled happily. As if they enjoyed my

reaction. Akagami is waiting, although excited, making a bit
of cruelty run on his lips.

Until now, Akagami has been searching for me as a

companion… no, to see if I can be a subordinate of his.

In other words, I have no choice, do I?

If I decline here, I’ll lost connection with Akagami. If that

were to happen, I won’t grasp his actions. Based on what I
heard of his plans regarding 2A Guild, I shouldn’t leave him
alone… and, if I refused, he’ll go into a frenzy and I’ll end up
being killed.

Without a moment’s delay, I made a glad-looking face for an

instant. However──,

– But Akagami has great abilities… what would my role

be…?

Akagami turned his wrist and pointed at me.

– But you want to take revenge on 2A Guild, right? For that
reason, you betrayed 2A Guild once and tried to side with
Satan.

– That’s.

– At that time, you had already made a decision. “To take

revenge on 2A Guild”.

I’m surprised as if that had hit the mark. And I hung my

head to avoid Akagami’s gaze.

– At… at that time, it was the only way to save my life…

nobody from 2A guild can be trusted or relied on.

How was this… answer?

Just simply replying “I’ll be your companion” isn’t enough.

Whether or not it’s worth making a companion, the answer

should have already made it. If he thinks it holds no value,
he won’t talk to me.

So what I should do is have no lingering attachment to 2A

Guild or have personal connections. To make Akagami
believe there are no factors that will betray him.

“Yeah, this guy called Doumeguri has no other option than

to rely on me”, so if I can make Akagami believe that——,

Akagami opened his arms with a smile that made him feel
even ecstatic.

– I’ll tell you something good. Something about the creed of

Orzelia order. Only life suitable for living exists in this world.
To the public, the interpretation is that『The beings that live
in this world exist because they’re suitable for living 』. But
the hidden meaning is──『With the exception of the life
judged to be suitable for living, they should be eliminated
from this world』.

I see… then the words he said to Satan and the words he

said to the believers in the church are an interpretation of
both the front and hidden meaning?

– I don’t want to punish people of my own free will. But

when their existences are unforgivable, I have to become an
angel and punish them. Doumeguri-kun, you’ll be the one to
give punishment. That’s your mission. So there’s no need to
feel guilty about trying to side with Satan and antagonizing
2A Guild.

I don’t understand the ones called humans. To think

Akagami was this eloquent. The fact that he came to this
world and changed might be true as far as Akagami is
concerned.

– I don’t know if I have such qualifications, but… I think

Akagami can make a better decision than me. If Akagami
says it, I…

Akagami put his hand on my shoulder. Strength is put into

his fingertips.

– I guarantee it. As long as you hear what I say and believe

in the God of Orzelia.

– … Understood. Include me in your group, in Orzelia order.

– Yeah, I welcome you.

It seems I have passed, for now. I breathed a sigh of relief in

my mind.
– That’s right, from now on, won’t you call me Souma?

Eh? What’s with this somewhat shameful suggestion?

– T-then… call me Kakeru, alright?

When I forced myself and match him, Akagami held out his
right hand.

– It’ll be a pleasure working with you, Kakeru.

Extending my hand, I took Akagami’s right hand and shook

hands.

– It is I who should say so. It’ll be a pleasure working with

you, S-Souma.

I succeeded, but I don’t know if it’s a perfect score or just a

passing grade. However, and for the time being, it seems
that I can come back home alive. Don’t be relieved, thinking
you can eat food again.

– I know it’s immediate, but there’s something I’d like to ask

Kakeru. A difficult mission for you. But only you can do it.

Hey hey, that fast? You surprisingly work your employees

hard, did you know?

– Sure. What should I do?

– Please rejoin 2A Guild and tell me what they are doing.

──So that… was it. I knew it.

Akagami has no way to obtain information from 2A Guild.

That’s where I come. The pitiful loner ostracized by 2A
Guild. However, I still have a chance to return to 2A Guild.
I’m truly the most suitable talented person.
I deliberately made a difficult-looking expression and folded
my arms.

– If I can help Souma, then I’d like to do that… but I’m being
excluded, so it will probably take some time to return to 2A
Guild?

– It’s better than rushing and failing.

It’s really something he wants to hurry, but his priority is

making me agree with it.

– Under──

No, wait? With Akagami’s special ability, I can solve that

problem that has been troubling me for a long time.

– Souma. Actually, there’s another problem. It’s an

embarrassing story, but my level, compared to the others,
doesn’t go up at all. My attack power and defense are low…
that’s one of the reasons why 2A Guild doesn’t listen to
me…

Clapping his hands, Akagami laughed loudly.

– You serious? According to people, the way levels and status

go up is different, so they don’t care. Can you lend the items
you usually use?

I handed the weapon and accessories that I usually use with

2A Guild.

– You’re using a weak weapon, huh. Its durability is running

low, so you might have to replace it. The bracelet and the
chain will do…
Akagami grasped tightly the thin leather bracelet that I
always wear and the silver chain attached to my waist with
both hands. Countless numbers emerge in his hands.

– Yes. Try equipping them.

It’s extremely quick. I re-equipped them, half in doubt.

– Whoa!? What is this?

My ability score is supposed to be terrible. The attack power

and defense, which were originally around 20, suddenly rise
to 140. This is a value equivalent to level 25.

The eyes of Akagami, who was full of expectations, stared at

me.

– You’re amazing! You’re really amazing, Souma! It’s a

miracle, I mean, you’re really unrivaled!

Akagami broke out into a delighted face.

– Hahaha. I’m not amazing at all.

– Yes, you are. You’re way too humble I dislike it.

– Stop it, Kakeru. Actually, it’s not a big deal for me.

The smiling face of Akagami who replied, looking

embarrassed, was like a child’s smile.

– And their durability has gone down, so they’ll break. That’s

right, it’s my spare item, but I’ll give you one. If it breaks, I’ll
do it again.

I thanked him many times and received the items.

– By the way, Souma. Is there another person from Year 2
Class A other than Souma in Orzelia order?

– Hmm? No, I’m the only… no, there’s another person.

– Oh, so there’s another one. Who?

With an impish smile, he turned his finger around and

pointed at me.

– What are you talking about? That one is Kakeru, no?

– Ah…

Akagami spouted out, seeing me expose a stupid look for a

moment.

– Ahahaha, no, don’t laugh. Don’t laugh?

I hold down the neck of Akagami who endured the laughter.

– Souma! Damn you!

– Ahahahahahaha! Sorry, sorry! That was just a small

teasing, alright?

Like the often jokes in the classroom.

Exactly like friends, the springtime of life, sort of.

But neither I nor Akagami remember doing that in our

original world.

What is this?

Is this a game of make-believe?

For me, it’s a way to soften Akagami’s wariness.

However, my chest mysteriously hurts. Is it because I feeling
that this isn’t bad?

Slipping through my hand, Akagami escaped to the stairs.

Akagami, who had tears in his eyes for laughing so hard,
turns his head.

– I’m returning soon.

– I see… when will we meet again?

– I’ll get in touch with you. For the time being, return to 2A
Guild. Do your best.

We waved our hands to each other and exchanged farewell

words, then Akagami disappeared.

I fell into the place as if my whole body had lost strength.

After playing at being fake friends, the heavy reality weighs

on me.

I-I’m tiiiiiiiiiiiiiired──…..

I lay down just like that and looked up at the starry sky.

──Even though,

Annoying things increased. No, they aren’t annoying or

something like that. Akagami is more of a threat than Satan.
The biggest crisis for both 2A and Hellander.

But──

– Cancelling the dissatisfaction in our world in this world,

huh…
He’s using the advantages he got in this world without
hesitation and to his heart’s content. Straight to his desires.
There’s no hesitation there.

I have a problem with what he’s doing and I don’t know

what dangerous things he’ll do in the future.

However, he is so lively and bright, he’s like a different

person from Akagami when he was in the classroom.

And to make a comparison, why am I spending such difficult

days every day? Why am I doing something I don’t want to
do?

I’m as free as he is──Hmm?

I feel a slight vibration from the pocket of my jacket.

I lay down, took out the purple gem from my pocket and put
it near my ears.

– Yes, this is Doumeguri──

『How long are you going to keep me waiting────!!』

I jumped up due to my conditioned reflex. And immediately

stood at attention.

『Because you said we’ll have a meeting, I finished early

and now I’m waiting! It’s already 15 minutes past the
promised time, you know!? What and where are you having
fun!?』

– A-Aikawa-san, I wasn’t having fun. I was a bit busy so I──

『Then send me a message saying you’ll be late! It’s

common sense! Or? Are you telling me that your promise
with me means nothing to you!?』

A different kind of cold sweat than before flows down.

– I’m sorry! I’ll explain it later! I’m very sorry! I’ll be back
right away.

I bend 90 degrees towards the empty night sky.

『If you have time to apologize, then come soon!』

– Yeeeeeees! Yes ma’am!

When I put the communication gem down, I open the menu

in a hurry and look for the teleport category.

What I have in my mind now is to go back to Infermia and

apologize to Aikawa-san? With that much.

The troubles I had just before were completely blown away.

 Chapter 1: Infermia
remodeling plan

I returned to the Demon King Infermia Castle, put on the

armor of the Demon King and headed to the warehouse, the
meeting place, at full speed. Then as soon as I jumped into
the room, I slide and kneel down on the ground. Like in F1,
the knee armor scatters cobblestone and sparks.

– I am sorry for being late!

– Eh? Oh right…

Hmm? What is this dispirited reply?

When I raised my face, Aikawa-san kept her back turned on

me.

It ended up taking me more than an hour doing this and

that to get here after being called via the communication
gem. Precisely because I was afraid of her, wondering how
big the scolding would be, this was somewhat anticlimactic.
Or did the anger break through so much that she even lost
the strength to get mad?

Aikawa-san turned her face over her shoulder. Her gaze that
stared at me and seemed to want to say something shook as
if hesitating.

– Is there anything wrong?

– Eh!? N-no. It’s nothing.

There was a banging sound, and Aikawa-san put something

back on the shelf.

– Were you reading that?

Aikawa-san’s shoulders went up and down, as if taking a

deep breath.

And the moment she turned around, a shock wave

happened.

– I did tell you to come early! Why is that it took you an hour
since then!?

I banged my forehead on the floor.

– I am sorry!!

The floor tiles cracked and shattered.

– Debugger… to think there was a boy like that…

When I explained the reason for being late while prostrating

myself before Aikawa-san who had a sullen face, Aikawa-
san’s expression changed from anger to surprise.

– Souma Akagami. Do you know him?

– Since specialists are in charge of debugging, it was

impossible to know he was only a part-time worker. Still, a
troublesome person appeared, am I right?
– To be frank, he’s on a cheat level! The ability to control all
NPCs and strengthen equipment items, how is that
possible? Unlike me, he has a legitimate and usable special
ability… I’m so jealous. I only have paid items and adult
mode erotic magic!

– And knowledge that made use of his debugging

experience. Probably, among the people who are logged in
now, he’s the most familiar with Exodia Exodus.

The screams of my heart are flatly ignored. Aikawa-san put

her hand on her mouth and frowned.

– His personality seems to be quite problematic, but… is he

really going to eliminate other children?

– It seems he’ll do that… I don’t think it’s possible to judge

how serious Akagami is unless I get closer to him.

Aikawa-san combed her bangs upwards with a worried look.

– It looks like you’ll be busy again. But having regular

dealings with a third force and using different faces for each
one… will you be okay?

I shrugged my shoulders. She can’t see me in the armor, but

of course my face has a bitter smile.

– To be honest, it’s hard. As hard as Aikawa-san’s outsource

management.

– Geez… I’m seriously asking you.

Aikawa-san glares at me with upturned eyes and with a

sulky-looking face.
– That’s right… I think it would be easier if I could have an
ally in 2A Guild. Asagiri? Ichinomiya? Or maybe
Shizukuishi… she’ll be too troublesome, no?

– That’s….

The frowning Aikawa-san mumbled.

– … Too risky, right? If you lose yourself for a moment and

reveal your secret, you may not recover from that, don’t you
agree?

– I agree.

From the beginning, I have no intention of doing so. But,

The sound of knocking on the door resounded.

– My King. I have heard from my subordinates that you were

here, but are you there?

Oh, was I perhaps seen running with my facial expression

changed? He was able to find my whereabouts easily.

I lightly clear my throat before answering.

– Adra? What do you need?

– I have something to report. If it is alright with you, I would

like you to come to the King’s room.

– Hum. Under──

White breasts shook bouncily in front of me.

– Kyaa! Hey, d-don’t look this way yet!

Aikawa-san dexterously took out her blouse from the gap
between her binding clothes. A pair of soft pink tips were
popping out from two round holes. Aikawa-san hurriedly
hides the swellings with both hands.

– A-Aikawa-san!? Wh…what are you doing!?

While hiding her breasts, Aikawa-san looks back at me with

a surprised look.

– We… we have to deceive him, no?

– It’s okay. Unlike Forneus and Grasha, Adra doesn’t break

into the room suddenly.

– Eh? Is, is that… so?

Aikawa-san’s face instantly turns red.

– R-really… say that kind of thing first!

– Hey, although he’s not going to step in, don’t go

screaming like that please.

Aikawa-san turned her back on me as if she had gotten

angry, crammed her blouse into the gap of the binding
clothes and began to wear clothes. From the other side of
the door, I hear Adra’s suspicious-sounding voice.

– My King? Is there something wrong?

– It’s nothing. I’ll go soon. You go first.

– As you wish.

After confirming that his footsteps were moving away, I

raised my hands lightly to Aikawa-san and apologized. Then
I gently opened the door and left the warehouse.
The Demon King’s Tower rising in the center of Infermia.
Only the Demon King Hellshaft and the Hellzekter are
allowed to enter the conference room-cum-office 『Demon
King’s space』 on the upper floor. One of its sides is 100
meters long. It’s a very large room, comparable in height to
the 10-story stairwell.

I always think this, but from the outside, the upper part of
the Demon King’s Tower is considerably thin and it’s not that
big, so a big room like this fitting in it is impossible. I’m sure
the outward appearance and the internal map are different,
and the modeling data are different too. However, that is
interpreted as the distortion of the space caused by the
demon’s magic power.

– Shall we listen the reports?

I idly sit on the seat at the head of the long table and looked
at the faces of Adra, Grasha and Satanachia. Forneus is still
in recuperation because she suffered a lot of damage from
Satan.

– So, do I start?

– Yes. What happened? Grasha.

– Recently, the number of corps members has decreased

considerably as the war continued. I’d like to get new ones if
possible.

– … Is that so?

Although they are NPCs with nothing but simple AI, it is still
painful to lose corps members who fought as subordinates.
Even though they were being manipulated by Satan, some
of them were people I got myself.
… Once things are settled, should I build a memorial
monument?

– All right. Hurry up and rebuild the army corps.

The army corps will recruit field monsters roaming the fields
of the Balgaea continent while others will recruit those who
have applied for recruitment. It had been decided to call the
most outstanding ones among the people assigned to each
region of Hellandia to Infermia as necessary castle staff
members.

Then, the ones who have experience as platoon commander

and the like will leave Infermia as the ones in charge of each
region and sent to the regions of Hellandia… that’s how it
should go.

Then I suddenly realized something.

– ──But the condition is that a personal background check is

done when recruiting. In particular, anyone related to
Orzelia order shouldn’t be accepted in the army.

I hadn’t been aware of it until now, but from now on, we

have to be a little careful about selection.

The same thing is emphasized to the Vampire Corps and the

Dark Elf Corps, and the topic ended. One issue is settled.

Now it’s Satanachia’s turn. The beautiful Dark Elf

Commander began to talk with a cool voice.

– I have received information from Zeragiel-sama in

Rowalrinna. The grand festival 『Vertinas』 will be held in
Rowalrinna. The contents this year are to particularly
elaborate a plan, so she would like to invite Hellshaft-sama
to this event without fail.
Last time, Zeragiel coldly refused the request to dispatch
troops to subjugate Satan. However, now that things were
going favorable to Hellshaft, she is currying favor with me.

– She’s truly cunning. My reply to her invitation is──

Satanachia makes her eye sparkle.

– What is it? Satanachia?

– Oh? Ah, no. It’s nothing.

It doesn’t look like it’s nothing. You look incredibly happy,

you know?

She tries to make a cool face, mobilizing all her facial

muscles, but her closed mouth seemed to rise and her eyes
were completely smiling. I can even see the illusion of large
flowers blooming behind Satanachia.

– Satanachia. Is this festival so important?

– It is! Certainly it is. It is a festival that has an ancient and

honorable origin and that has been held since 2,000 years
ago. It is a festival to thank for the good harvest, invite the
Holy Spirit and the spirit of the dead, show gratitude to the
past prosperity and pray for future blessings. This year
marks its 20th anniversary, so it will be even more
spectacular.

Satanachia, who entwined her fingers, blushed and made a

fervent speech, was like an innocent girl. I unconsciously
smiled under the helmet.

– If so, then all of the Hellzekter will accompany me to that

festival.
– Eh? But then nobody will be in Infermia…

After showing an anxious facial expression, Satanachia’s

complexion suffered a complete change and turned pale.

– I, I am sorry. I got too excited and forgot my place…

although I definitely want to go, I…

– If the repairs in Infermia that are being done now are over,
the defenses will be dramatically stronger. We won’t have to
stay in the castle all the time.

──Yes. After defeating Satan, the first thing I did when I

came back to the throne was the strengthening of Infermia’s
defense measures. In other words, the Infermia remodeling
plan.

Why? Because Infermia has fallen twice in a short period of

time. The first time was when the Allied Forces of 2A and
Elves destroyed the defense of the castle. The second time
was when I myself did that. The defense capability was
obviously poor and measures were needed.

– So, when is the festival?

– It will take place in… 35 days.

– Adra, will the construction work end by then?

Adra stands up with a report in one hand. Satanachia looked

up at Adra, who was also the construction manager, with a
gaze that mixed dispiritedness and a bit of expectation.

– If laborers are increased by 200 people, it will be possible.

Although the cost will increase, it may be possible to offset
it to some degree due to the effect of reducing the labor
cost by shortening the construction period.
– Alright. Satanachia, I leave the preparations for the trip to
Rowalrinna to you.

– Ye… yes. Thank you!

Her eyes are shining brighter than before. She wanted to go

that much, doesn’t she?

– My King. Speaking of the construction work, this is related

to the report about it, but… how about this? Would you do
an on-site inspection for a moment? The morale of the
people on site will increase.

Certainly I’d like to see the location once. Besides,

appreciation is needed in order to shorten the construction
period. When Aikawa-san suddenly changed the scheduled
delivery date from one week to three days, I was indignant.
At that time, she used some gentle words: do your
best──wait, am I that obvious to trick?

– Sure. I shall hear the report tomorrow while doing

inspection.

The repairs have been completed in the audience room

destroyed by Satan, the facilities in the castle destroyed by
the battle and the gates destroyed by Grasha and Yuuki. The
decoration of the audience room will happen after this, but
there’s no problem in that coming later.

I got in the carriage and went outside the castle. Although I

say carriage, it’s not like a horse is pulling it. It’s a vehicle
pulled by four big tiger-looking monsters. An escort carriage
runs in front and behind me. Inside them was the Vampire
Corps wearing Gothic dresses and tuxedoes. We’re near
Infermia, there haven’t been reports of hostile entities
entering the territory now. I don’t think something like a
guard is necessary, but I let Adra do as he likes.
The carriages run down the straight wasteland road. This
road was also built for this construction work. The stone
paving road is paved quite nicely.

After advancing for a while, the sea was in sight.

This is the boundary between the inner and outer seas

surrounding Infermia, where there used to be a channel of
about 200 meters wide. But now it was merely about 10
meters wide.

– At this site, land reclamation will be completed in about

four days.

In the past, the allied forces of 2A Guild and the Elves closed
in on Infermia through here. Therefore, this channel will be
reclaimed and sealed off, there will be only one place to get
to the inland sea and there will be a sea gate and a fortress
for defense there. Then, the inland sea surrounding Infermia
will be developed and used as an extended location.

Furthermore, a canal will be excavated until near Infermia to

build a harbor. Up until now, the logistics that had mostly
relied on land routes will be shifted to water transportation.
And if we can procure transport ships and warships, the
Demon King Army will be able to control the sea as well.

We’ll have to set up barriers or protective walls on the land

route of Caldart side, but that’s the next stage. This is the
remodeling plan of the Demon King Infermia Castle for the
time being.

According to the plan, hundreds of orcs and magic beasts

are devoting themselves to public works. A loud voice was
heard at the scene, a cloud of dust rose densely.

– They are quite excited, aren’t they?

– Yes. It is a complete production system, if you do it, your
income will increase. That is the arrangement. Even if they
steal the work of others, they are all just trying to make
money, so they naturally compete and work quickly.

– Hmm, I see…

The magic beast that carries soil on the shoulder with a pole
on his shoulders shouts, making his eyes shine brightly.

– Move out of the way, move out of the way! Today’s dinner
is high-quality meat! I have to make 10, no 20 round trips!

Several orcs push hand trucks with heaps of earth and sand.

– Puuuuuush! Push as much as you can!

– What!? I’ll make money here and buy a plot of land!

Where is the soil brought to? I thought that the distant

mountain was cut in half. From the mountain, a giant troll
comes holding another huge crate. Maybe there’s a lot of
soil inside of it. Every time the troll steps, the ground shakes
and the orcs run about, trying to escape so as to not be
trampled down.

Laborers of various races throw earth and sand into the sea
in succession. Surely this space will be finished in four days.

An orc ran from behind the cloud of dust. It looks like he’s
the site foreman or something like that.

– Adra-sama! Why have you expressly come to a dusty and

smelly place like th──

The orc looked up at me and solidified.

– A-Adra-sama… is this person…

– He is the Demon King Hellshaft-sama. He gratefully came
here incognito to inspect the way you work.

Cold sweat began to flow from the face of the orc. He

jumped back, got on his hands and knees and rubbed his
head on the ground.

– I, I have been terribly ruuuuuude! I am really! Really!

Really sorrryyyyyyyyyyyyy!

I said coolly without going as far as losing dignity.

– It’s fine. Don’t worry.

The site foreman orc shouted with his face still facing down
the ground.

– Heeeeeeeeeey! You lot! Behave yourself! T-the D-D-Demon

King! The Demon King-sama! The Demon King Hellshaft-
sama has arriiiived!

The workers who heard his voice gazed at me. Then, when
they saw Adra and me, they threw down the soil they were
carrying and prostrated themselves on the ground. That
thing spreads throughout the construction site like a chain
reaction.

As expected of Infermia, my residence. Both control and

loyalty is complete, it feels good. But to tell the truth, I’d
rather have them work normally and not do this because the
work gets delayed.

– Receiving the work of the Demon King Army this time is an

honor I don’t deserve! I thank you on behalf of all the
workers!
It seems that he is doing quite his best, so should I give him
some words of gratitude?

I glanced at Adra and he nodded small as if answering my

question.

– The soil You piled up isn’t soil

It’s a legend

The cornerstone of a glorious victory that colors me

You can be proud!

Of the fortune that is the accomplice of an unrivaled

myth

– Ooooooooooo!

From the cloudy eyes of the site foreman, tears flow down
like a waterfall. Other workers cried as they muttered
「Demon King-sama」in unison. Then they unconsciously
began to shout with crying voices and raised their dirty arms
overhead.

– Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell!

The slightly dirtied workers swing their arms up together.

After the chant continued for a while, I lifted my hand as if

saying enough. Adra opened his mouth, waiting for the
moment the chant calmed down.

– The words of appreciation of my King are more than you

deserve… a reward someone like you can’t get to accept.
Remember that very well.
– Of course! Is there a better reward than that? Everyone
here will brag about this, even the generation of our
children and grandchildren.

Adra’s glasses glow.

– You are thoughtful. By the way, it was planned that the

work would be completed in four days… but is it possible to
finish it in three days?

The site foreman raised his face and smiled fearlessly.

– Fufu, what a nice joke, Adra-sama. Three days is…

Adra’s eyebrows twitch. He opens his mouth, about to ask

something.

But before that, the site foreman powerfully continued the

conversation.

– Two days are more than enough!

– ──Hou.

Adra smiled broadly.

The site foreman turned around and cried.

– Hey! Can you do iiiiiit!?

A turbulent-like reply returns to that question.

– Of course we can!

– We’ll do it!

– If we don’t do it, we’ll lose our honor!

They got incredibly excited.

But it’s good. There’s no endless retakes, no specification

changes at no extra cost, and nothing like unreasonable
extra work. I super envy these guys that will get paid only if
they really work.

Adra nodded, looking satisfied.

– Very well. If you want to continue helping my King, prepare

the list of names within two days. There is work to expand
the inland sea and build a moat. We are recruiting
additional laborers.

The eyes of the workers shone brightly.

– I’ll do it! I’ll do it!

– Me too!

– I’ll earn more money, right!? Let me do iiiit!

We got into the vehicle and left the scene, giving a sidelong
glance at the site foreman who kept back the rushing
workers.

Staring at the land reclamation site which was getting

steadily away from us, Adra bowed his head.

– Thank you very much, my King. Going as far as doing so

is…

– You brought me along with that intention, no? It’s fine.

What’s next?

– Next is the construction site of the strait stronghold.

Upon arrival, the workers at the site here were impressed as
well. Most of the workers were Mirni, a small race about a
meter tall. They were just like a human child, except that
they had big pointy ears like elves.

– We are working away from our nearby village, but this year
we were in great trouble because no crops were harvested.

The village headman, as their representative, came to

express his gratitude to me.

– This time, the village was saved thanks to the construction

of the Demon King-sama. Thank you very much.

We leave the strait stronghold, the next step is the extension

of the inland sea.

And the excavation work of the canal.

Finally, I arrived at the planned construction site of the port.

The construction hasn’t started yet, the land currently had

nothing but grass growing here and there.

– The construction of the strait stronghold will be completed

in 30 days. But the construction of the port will take more
time, it seems.

– Hmm. There won’t be a problem if we block the entrance

for the time being. It’s better to do a little more research on
canals and ports.

All because I look around the construction like this I felt that
I was the company president of the general contractor.

Because of this, there are many expenses. However, there’s

no point in simply depositing money in the Infermia’s vault.
When you use it, and because you use it, money is valuable.
These are necessary expenses.

And surprisingly, there seemed to be emergency demands

regarding local monsters. I was worried that it would get
difficult if a rebellion caused by harsh forced labor occurred,
but on the contrary, the local people thanked me wherever I
went.

– And we are currently negotiating with the Laguna and

Sandiano shipyards to buy the designated ship.

– Negotiation? Is there something wrong?

– No. Since it is the Demon King Army’s flagship, they want

to receive the order even if they have to pay with their own
money… I expect a competition being held soon.

I see… even if they’re left in the red, it will become an

advertisement and an honor for them, so will it be possible
to make up for it with its effect?

– When I receive the blueprint, I would like you to confirm it.

I answered “Sure”, got in the vehicle and went back to

Infermia.

+ + +

When I returned from the inspection, I went to visit Forneus’

room.

She was treated immediately after the battle with Satan,

but for some reason, neither medicines nor healing magic
had effect on Forneus. Was it because of her origin as an
angel? It may not be effective unless it’s holy magic rather
than magic or medicine of the demons.
However, more than a week has passed since the battle with
Satan. I’ve heard that she’s still in recuperation, but no
matter how you look at it, she should have been recovered
by now.

I knock on the beautifully decorated wooden door.

– Forneus. Are you awake? I’m going in.

I gently opened the door of Forneus’ room and looked inside.

– Ah! Hell-sama!

Forneus, who was lying down on the bed, suddenly stood up.
She made her pure-white wings flap, floating lightly and
jumping at my neck.

– Yaaay! Hell-sama came to see me!

Her wounded body and feathers plucked by Satan were

completely restored.

I’m glad… I’m really am.

– You look fine.

– Ehehe, it’s all thanks to Hell-sama.

– Is that so? Then you can go back to work.

I say so and Forneus suddenly looked away.

– …I’m still a bit weak.

– What? Do you feel pain or something?

– Yes. When I try to go out, I feel sick.

I looked around in Forneus’ room. Bags of sweets and manga
are scattered on the bed; unfinished puzzles, a movie
projector, a bundle of films and garbage of things that were
eaten such as juice bottles were on the floor, it’s such a
mess there’s no space even for my feet.

– Forneus, you…

Even though she’s an NPC… she dares enjoy her hikikomori

life to the fullest!

I let go of the hand holding Forneus. Then, Forneus hung

from my neck.

– It seems you’re completely healed and that’s a relief. Well

then, shall we return to work? If you can’t do it suddenly,
then starting from rehabilitation isn’t a problem.

– No. I’m not completely healed. If I don’t stay idle after

eating food and snacks, my stomach starts hurting… if I go
outside, I’ll definitely get worse.

That’s not illness but pseudo-illness! This hikikomori NEET

angel! It’s more appropriate to write worthless angel than a
fallen angel!

– You can start from tomorrow, so at least do an inspection

tour of the Undead Corps. After that all you have to do is
attend Hellzekter’s meeting.

– Eehh? But it’s a bother.

She clearly said “it’s a bother” now, didn’t she?

– The Undead Corps don’t need food because they’re dead.

Even if I don’t take care of them, they’ll come up with
something.
Hey, aren’t you the corps commander though a bit
imperfect!?

– But… the number of corps members is decreasing and

there are various things such as reorganization and training
as well as maintaining the insufficient corps members, no?

Probably because she doesn’t understand what it means,

Forneus frowned and groaned.

– I don’t understand complicated things like that. Forneus…

err, follows『the principle of laissez-faire』. I look forward to
everyone’s 『independent growth』

This fallen angel. It’s useless.

– Unyu?

I held Forneus under my arm, opened the door and left the
room.

– W-what are you doing?!

– We’ll go around the inside of the castle.

– If you do that, I’ll definitely die! Hell-sama is a fiend!

What on earth were you thinking about me?

– After that, we’ll have a meeting in the Demon King space

after inspecting the area of the undead corps.

– Funyaaaaaaaa! Somebody help meeeeee!

But no one listened to Forneus’ call for help.

──Now. The problems that will come.

I, who was now in the shape of Doumeguri Kakeru, stood still

in front of Caldart’s guild hall. I’ve been here like this too
many times now.

At any rate, I know I’ll be verbally attacked. I’ve been

preparing my mind for it, but now that I stand in front of the
guild hall, I want to flee.

However, even if I do this forever, nothing will be solved.

After all, it’s impossible to be forgiven with a single apology.
Today I’ll apologize and apologize only and leave. That will
do.

I have no time to stop in my tracks in a place like this. I have

no choice but move forward.

Telling that to myself, I opened the door of the guild hall.

The first floor is a large lobby with several sofas. It’s crowded
with adventurers and other guilds that came for quests and
information, but nobody from 2A Guild was to be seen.

Were they out in a subjugation quest?

However… when I try thinking about it again, the leveling of

the 2A Guild is bad news. They have gained a lot of
experience so far, thanks to the two attacks on Infermia and
the search for removing the curse from Asagiri. On the other
hand, I have been unable to impede their leveling up and
that situation has been continuing. Although there are
individual differences, at the stage of the battle with Satan,
their levels should have been between 22 and 26.

If I leave them as they are, the day will come when I and the
Hellzekter will be defeated. I overlooked it last time, but I
must stop 2A Guild from leveling up as soon as possible.
And I have to think of ways for us to become even stronger.

As I think about it, the door behind me opens and I felt

multiple people coming in. I try to get out of the way, then
move aside and turn around.

– Ah!

– Wha!?

As if returning from a quest, the guys from 2A Guild stared

at me and opened their mouths.

Damn! Why the very moment I relaxed my attention!?

I was unable to say anything, they were also unable to say

anything while having their mouths open. We just stared at
each other in silence. Without being strangely verbally
attacked, the exchange-glances time lasted for several
seconds.

– Doumeguri-kun! You finally came back!

Asagiri came before me, pushing her way through the rest of
2A Guild.

– A-Asagiri… err, I.

Asagiri looks back at the standing-still 2A Guild.

– Well, everyone is okay with it, right? Just as it was decided.

Decided? What is she talking about?

– Well… it can’t be helped.

– Roger. Then I’ll take a rest in my room for a moment. Let’s
go, Uiko.

– Y-yeah.

– Yahoooooooo! We’ll have a party tonight!

– I’ll be going to the 『Dancing Unicorn Restaurant』first. So

they prepare the food.

W-What? This reaction.

The members of 2A Guild return to their rooms. Especially

without turning hostile eyes at me, they don’t even
complain. Rather, all pass by without making eye contact
with me. I looked at Asagiri, the only one who remained
there, as if looking for an answer.

– I explained the situation to everyone.

Wh… what?

– I said that you cooperated with Satan to calm everyone’s

panic and bring us together. To help us.

– But…. they don’t believe such a thing…

– I mean, I just felt they didn’t want to believe in you. But

when I explained it with perseverance, everyone came to
understand it.

Asagiri smiled to make me feel relieved.

──Asagiri, you are.

Half astonished, I stared at Asagiri’s face.

To my eyes who kept staring at her, Asagiri showed a
troubled-looking smile and fiddled with her hair.

– I’m sorry for doing it my way. Doumeguri-kun might think

that it’s… unnecessary, but I just can’t control myself.

– No, no, you don’t need to apologize! Rather, it is I… who

regrets letting you do such a thing. I mean, thank you… err,
what should I say to thank you…?

Asagiri smiled happily. With that single smile, the lobby of

the guild hall suddenly became brighter, it felt as if the
number of lights in the room had increased. Through that
smile, I felt the joy of Asagiri and something like a sense of
accomplishment.

– It is I who should thank you, you know? I returned the

favor, just a little bit.

Asagiri, who brought it to a finish, saying “you’re strange,

Doumeguri-kun”, passed next to me.

– Ah, be at the Dancing Unicorn Restaurant in one hour.

We’ll be celebrating Doumeguri-kun’s return.

– You don’t have to do such an outrageous th──

Asagiri went up the stairs humming a tone and disappeared

as if ignoring me who said that.

– … What the hell?

This is so anticlimactic. Rather, it’s a surprising

development. But, either way, I’m glad….

Asagiri. You’re truly an angel, no, a Goddess.

Feeling that I’ll be moved to tears if I keep ruminating the
event just now, I go up the stairs while striving to think
about something else. Is my room the same as before?

At the top of the stairs, on the third floor, there was a man
with his arms crossed, leaning against the wall.

– Ichinomiya…

– I have something small to talk to you.

– Yeah… what is it?

Regarding Ichinomiya, he feels inferior to me. I tricked

Ichinomiya and that hasn’t changed. Moreover, after Asagiri
ended up spoiling the story, it had become an ugly role for
Ichinomiya. It was the same as being disgraced. Well, it’s
natural to get angry.

Just as I thought, he pretended to be calm, but the anger

that could not be hidden from the expression of Ichinomiya
was exuding.

Ichinomiya walked away from the wall and approached me.

We stare at each other in the empty hallway.

– Punch me, Doumeguri.

──Huh?

– Why?

– Back then, I grabbed you by the collar and tried to hit you.

– Yeah, when I said I’d be on Satan’s side… but in the end

you didn’t hit me, did you?

– Because Shizukuishi stopped me.

Yup. Rather, instead of that, I wanted Shizukuishi to say
something like「Hit me!」. That hit was quite a good punch.
It’s cute compared to Ichinomiya’s punch though.

– And Doumeguri kept being left out after that. So do it.

Hey, hey. Please stop that youth development. I don’t know

how you can do an embarrassing thing like this.

I tried to get through it with a bitter smile, but Ichinomiya

wouldn’t let me through like a basketball defense.

– It won’t end until you punch me.

– … Alright, I get it.

– Yeah. Please go with all you’ve got.

Saying so, I made the gesture of hitting his cheek with my

own fist.

Being evasive and hitting his chest won’t be alright… if I go

easy on him, he’ll absolutely say 『One more time』 or
something like that… oh dammit, this is troublesome!

I lightly swung my fist. Breathing in, I seriously slammed my

fist against Ichinomiya’s cheek.

–…

Ichinomiya staggered. It seems something is cut in his

mouth because when he rubs his mouth with his hand,
something red was in his fingers. And my hand hurts. I
stared at my fist. Compared to Hellshaft’s fist, it was an
extremely small and unreliably fist.
Ichinomiya raised his face and smiled as he rubbed his
painfully-looking cheek.

– Thank you. This is refreshing. But you see──

– Eh?

He came straight up to me and suddenly grabbed me by the

collar. In front of me was the burning-in-anger face of
Ichinomiya that couldn’t be compared with what I saw a
moment ago.

– H-hey. Ichi──

– Never do that again!

I was overwhelmed by the spirit of Ichinomiya. The hands

that grab me by the collar have so much strength in them
that they are trembling.

– No matter what I say, it’s useless. I can’t persuade them.

Yes, that might have been the case. Doumeguri might have
been correct. But I can’t stand it! Don’t be full of yourself,
doing things on your own, don’t carry all on your back and
don’t try to look good!

– Ichinomiya…

– I! I haven’t think of trying to sacrifice someone to survive!

He yelled and let go of his hands.

– That’s all.

Ichinomiya turned his back on me and went down the stairs.

I didn’t say anything and saw his back off.

Ichinomiya.
You,

You really are a good guy.

You are pure, honest, and fair. That’s why I can’t tell you the
truth.

I turn my back on Ichinomiya and walk down the hall.

Now that a guy like Akagami has appeared, I’m not just
going to gloss it over. I may have to use underhanded
methods more than ever. A hero of justice like you can’t
handle it.

I open the door of my room and go inside.

Shizukuishi isn’t here, so let’s take a shower and organize

my head. I take off my clothes while thinking about
something. At that moment, my right hand that punched
Ichinomiya was sore.

Good grief… I, who punched him, didn’t I suffer more

damage than him?

As I think about that, I entered the bathroom, closed the

door and the hot steam hit my face.

Huh?

Why──

– ！？！！★〇〆X▼♂！？！？！？！？

I heard a soundless scream. And I shout in my mind.

– ！？！！※★＊▲〒♀！！！！！！！！
White limbs submerged in the bathtub. A girl with long
black hair and a towel wrapped around her head was
looking at me with an amazed look.

Shizukuishiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!?

– Hyaaaaa!!

Shizukuishi hid in the hot water with a splash while hiding

her breasts. After sinking, half of her face slowly rises to the
surface.

– I zee… I get ith. Whath do u want?

It’s hard to catch her words because she’s talking in the hot
water. However, the bubbles thrown out of her mouth and
the anger that appears to be boiling are more dreadful than
the content of those words. With sanpaku and scornful eyes,
she stares at me from inside the bathtub.

With only her mouth coming out of the hot water,

Shizukuishi bared her fangs as if threatening. She makes her
lips quiver with a flushed face that I don’t know if it’s
because of the accident or because she warmed it herself.

– So it was your intention to wanting to see me bathing

again and again and again until now! Even so, to think that
you would come and enter so boldly, your perversion
amazes me!

– T-that goes for you too! Why are you taking a bath in
someone else’s room!?

– Excuse me!? This is my room! This time I won’t let you say
it’s because of a bug. I carefully checked if it was connected
to any room!
– Then why…!?

I turn around and check my room.

… Huh?

There are some luggage that I don’t recognize.

Come to think of it, I didn’t pay attention to the details of

the room because I was all this time absorbed in my
thoughts. The layout is the same in every room, so I didn’t
feel any strangeness, but this is….

– M-maybe… we changed, rooms?

– We did! Because I was away for so long, the guild

registration disappeared!

Does that mean that this time is really my mistake? But then
why did the key open the door?

– I-I’m sorry! But the key opened the door of its own accord, I
wasn’t suspicious at all! I was absorbed in my thoughts, I
didn’t even look in the room!

– Shameless…

The gaze of Shizukuishi concealing deep-seated grudge

went down starting from my face. Then she pursed her
mouth, making a straight line and opened her eyes in
surprise.

– … ♂♂♂♂♂♂♂♂♂♂.

– Hmm? What’s wr──

I mean, my penis was hanging out! This is bad, I don’t have

a towel!
– H-hey, don’t fixedly stare at it like that!

I shouted and hid it with my hands right away.

– H-how rude! I’m not interested in t-that kind of thing! If

you have the time to hide it, then why don’t you get out! Are
you stupid!? Do you want to die!?

– Hey Shizukuishi, what’s wrong? Somehow I could hear

your voice even outside.

A figure was reflected behind the frosted glass.

This voice──Busujima!?

Shizukuishi and I look at each other immediately.

This is the worst.

We can’t make excuses if we are seen like this. An

established couple. Moreover, with established facts.

Shizukuishi pulled my arm and vigorously dragged me into

the bathtub.

– Wh-what are you doing?

Shizukuishi made me sit down in the bathtub as if pushing

me into it, then sunk herself into the bathtub, putting
herself between my legs. The momentum undid the towel
wrapped around her head, and her black hair spreads out.
And said to me as if whispering.

– If you’re there, she’ll find you out because of your

silhouette. Are you a moron?

– B-but this is….

Unmistakably a mixed bath. Or rather, taking a bath
together. Although it’s to avoid groundless doubts, this
situation is more aggravating. What a contradiction. The
western-style bathtub has a shallow bottom, but it’s long.
Thanks to this, even two people can get in side by side.
However, the bodies will inevitably come into close contact.

Shizukuishi sits, looking small and quiet between my legs.

The very picture of a lover’s lovey-dovey bath time. In

appearance only.

– Because there’s a frosted glass, she can only see

silhouettes. By adjusting our position, she’ll only see one
person.

– I, I see…

But we have to try not moving. I’m having trouble where to

put my hands on, but it’s impossible to hug Shizukuishi
tight. I put my hand on the edge of the bathtub and pulled
my body to make space for Shizukuishi. Because of that,
Shizukuishi draws back as if shuffling her feet. The person
herself seems to be completely unaware, but she pushes her
soft butt against my precious thing.

Uoooooooooo! Stay cool! Stay cool! Calm down, my

Excalibur! You devilish demon rod! Now it’s not the moment!

Shizukuishi took a big breath.

– Busujima-san? It’s nothing special. I remember something

a little annoying, so I just shouted to let the stress go out.

– Hee, that’s unexpected. Isn’t Shizukuishi rather cool for

that? To do something like that.
The shadow reflected on the other side of the frosted glass
approaches. I unconsciously caught my breath. I can feel the
tension running from the back of Shizukuishi. She leaves her
back on my chest, as if retreating from the shadow of the
approaching Busujima.

– …!!

I was about to emit a sound. The soft body of Shizukuishi

closely adheres to my chest, abdomen, and lower abdomen.
The tender and smooth skin of Shizukuishi sticks to my
body. I felt that the part where our skin overlapped was
warmer than the hot water.

– Yes. Also, I don’t like being interrupted while bathing.

– Ah, sorry. But the key of the room is broken, you know?
Somehow it opened of its own accord.

– Eh?

An awkward air flowed in the bathtub.

– I, I see. Thank you for telling me. While it’s okay to enter
the room, don’t go into the bath.

– Ah, how mean. I don’t lack that much common sense. It

doesn’t bring me joy seeing a naked woman.

If she opens the door, she’ll see a man and a woman put
together.

Shizukuishi’s black hair spreads in the hot water. The

contrast with the white skin quivering in the hot water is
beautiful. Suddenly, the naked body of Shizukuishi that
appeared when I was pulled into the bathtub is brought
back in my head. A slender and supple body like a willow. It
was clear that the chest, which looked small when wearing
clothes, was actually shaking a lot when she was naked.

Oh, this is bad.

– Hmm…?

The face seen from the side of Shizukuishi distorts in

suspicion. She gazes at me, and whispers in a low voice.

-Don’t move.

– I’m not moving because I want to. It’s a phenomenon that

transcends my will.

The increasingly frowning Shizukuishi glares at me.

– What are you sa──

She extended her hand to the strange object pushing her

back behind her. And the moment she grabbed it, she
realized what it was.

Shizukuishi hurriedly pulled her hand away and turned to

the front. I can’t see her face but her ears are all red. Then
Shizukuishi turned around again, stared at me and half-rose
to her feet.

– ….

Then sits on my abdomen and squashed me with her back.

– !!

Ouch! Why are you hitting the back of my head against the
wall!?
I lie even more sprawled, almost sinking into the hot water. I
barely took my neck out of the hot water and gazed at
Shizukuishi with hateful eyes. In front of my eyes,
Shizukuishi’s face in profile approaches and her pink and
wet lips whisper.

– It can’t be helped. I don’t want to touch that… thing of

yours.

Instead of that, your body is completely on top of me!

Thanks to that, there’s no sign of my vigor becoming weak,
you know!?

– Say, Shizukuishi.

Clicking her tongue as if saying “she’s still here?”,

Shizukuishi replies.

– What is it?

– Well, Shizukuishi, are you dating Akira?

– Excuse me?

Shizukuishi seriously tilted her head to the side.

– Of course I’m not. I don’t know whether Ichinomiya-kun is

going out with you or Asagiri-san, but I’m not interested in
him.

Shizukuishi answered with her usual coolness, as if she had

regained her composure. I gazed at Shizukuishi’s face who’s
right next to me and breathed in the smell of fragrant
flowers from her neck and nape.

But Shizukuishi. There’s one big problem with this position.

You will soon be aware of that problem too. At that time, let
me know… whether or not you can avoid raising your voice!
Your temperament as a hero!

. …?

At that time, Shizukuishi suddenly looked down.

She surely felt discomfort between her thighs. However, in

front of the casually-hanging line of sight was──

– Eek!? ……. !!!!?

– What’s wrong? Shizukuishi.

Shizukuishi screamed at the mysterious object that

emerged from her crotch. To Shizukuishi, it might have
looked like an alien making its appearance.

Shizukuishi replies to Busujima in a trembling voice.

– It’s… it’s nothing.

She had the intention of avoiding it without touching it, but

it was the opposite, it appeared from Shizukuishi’s crotch.

Shizukuishi looked away and glared at me with teary eyes.

– Don’t show off… this kind of thing.

– It’s impossible. This posture is…

– Then make it smaller!

Don’t ask for the impossible. Even if it’s more or less a joke,
I’m taking a bath with a naked beautiful girl. It’s common
sense that a healthy and fit male high school student will
show this reaction, it’s inevitable, inevitable I’m telling you!
– Hey, Shizukuishi… you’re on good terms with Doumeguri,
aren’t you?

With a jump, Shizukuishi and I got surprised at the same

time.

– C-can you stop? When you say that I’m on good terms with
that guy, I get the creeps.

– Eh… is that so?

– Yes, if possible, I don’t want to touch him or approach him.

However we’re embracing each other naked now.

– If anything, Asagiri-san is… ah!?

Because the body of Shizukuishi slid down and I gained

more momentum, the great disaster, the third close
encounter happened. How is this the place to tell jokes!? My
sacred thing and Shizukuishi’s sacred thing are touching
each other!

– Ah… d-don’t…

If we make a mistake, we’ll really rush into a terrible

mistake. I’m terrified.

Shizukuishi must have felt the same. She desperately closes

her crotch, trying to protect herself. The tentacle of the
opposite sex is caught in Shizukuishi’s thighs, preventing its
invasion.

It’s impossible to──feel relieved with this.

T-this is bad… it feels so good!!

Without knowing that such a desperate battle is taking
place in the bathroom separated by one door, Busujima
continues talking.

– I know right? Recently, Asagiri-san has… been somewhat

different from before.

What? What do you mean?

– Maybe she’s interested in Doumeguri.

──!?

That’s… No, no! There’s no way that’s… kuh! Shi,

Shizukuishiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Don’t put strength into your thiiighs! W-
when you press it hard like that, it feels good!!

– T… that means nothing to… me.

Shizukuishi’s efforts are useless, and in the end, my thing

continues to stimulate the sensitive part of Shizukuishi. To
try preventing it even a little, the twisting and rubbing of
the thighs that sandwiched me had the complete opposite
effect. I’m almost at the limit. From Shizukuishi’s back, a
shivering similar to a convulsion is transmitted to my chest.

– I see… sorry for the inconvenience. Later.

The figure of Busujima moved away from the frosted glass

and the sound of the room door closing sounded.

At that moment, my whole body became weak.

We managed to make it through. We won.

The rough breathing of my relaxed comrade on top of my

body felt strangely comfortable. Shizukuishi is fatigued,
tense and exhausted, she seems to have no strength in her.
I feel like trying to speak out or pat her, but that would make
her get even angrier, so I said nothing.

Eventually, Shizukuishi looked away.

– Hey… come out first. This time, go to your room.

An excuse, even if it’s about what happened now, we

shouldn’t touch each other. Maybe she’s thinking so. I agree
with that.
– S-Sure. Can you make way for a moment? I can’t leave like
this.

–…

What? I guess you want me to go away soon.

– My hips have… no strength… lend me a hand.

Are you really that tired? Well, I don’t blame you. I make the
body of Shizukuishi float by supporting her from below and
slipped out from below Shizukuishi. I ended up touching her
butt, but it cannot be helped. Shizukuishi didn’t particularly
complain either.

The moment I stood up in the bathtub, Shizukuishi turned

away.

– It goes without saying, but what happened now──

──*Poke*.

Shizukuishi… embarrassment has a limit.

A marshmallow-like soft feeling was pressed against my tip.

– Ah… ah, ah…

It seems that my thing sunk into her cheek. Shizukuishi

trembles with fear, her mouth still open.

I hurriedly pulled back and escaped from the bathtub.

– I-it’s not my fault this time! It’s an accident! It’s an

accident so don’t worry about it! That’s right! Take it like you
were bitten by a dog and forget it!

– C-can I forget something like being bitten by a dog!?

– T-that’s true!

– Hurry up and get oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooout!

+ + +

After that, I secured the room safely and finally took a break.
I lie down on the bed and close my eyes. Then, the naked
body of Shizukuishi etched in the back of my eyelids was
recalled. Not only that, the sensation of the direct contact
between skin and skin.
Let’s stroll about outside for a moment. Thinking so, I left
that room and Asagiri turned up, walking down the corridor.

– Oh, right in time. Now, let’s celebrate your return. Let’s go

to the Dancing Unicorn Restaurant♪

– Eh, that’s… you see.

The pure smile of Asagiri hurts my heart! While she was

preparing for the welcome, I was taking a bath with
Shizukuishi even though it wasn’t my intention. I feel
strangely dirty, I mean, I feel lots of guilt. No, it’s not like
Asagiri has anything with me, so I don’t need to feel guilty.
But ──

『Maybe she’s interested in Doumeguri』

*Beat*, my heart jumped up.

Damn, aren’t I strangely conscious because Busujima said

so?

– Hmm? What’s wrong? Why is your face red?

– Eh? It’s nothing. It’s nothing, seriously!

– Is that so? Shall we go then?

I quietly followed Asagiri’s back. Thinking I’ll disappear if left

alone, she came to pick me up, huh. She really takes care of
others.

A few-minute walk from the guild hall. Everyone was already

gathering at the Dancing Unicorn Restaurant, waiting for me
and Asagiri. And with Ichinomiya’s toast, the banquet “The
celebration of my return” began.
– Let’s work together again, Doumeguri.

– Yeah, Ichinomiya.

We place the glasses of liquid that looks like beer no matter

how you look at it together.

– Welcome back, Doumeguri-kun.

– Thank you… Asagiri.

The glass of Asagiri that she held with both hands and my
glass make a small sound.

I look at the opposite seat and Shizukuishi, who’s sitting in

the corner, completely disregards me. Busujima on the front
presented the glass with a somewhat angry face. Miyakoshi,
who’s next to her, stares at her, looking surprised.

Without being able to ignore her. I raise my glass.

– L-let’s work together again… Busujima-san.

Again or not, I don’t remember working well with her from

the start, but this is something said for politeness’ sake. We
gently make our glasses meet each other. When I thought
“this is when she verbally attacks me”, she didn’t say a
word, her mouth was still closed tightly in a へ shape. Is she
ill or something?

– I kept you waiting〜 here are the Caesar salad, French

fries, assortment of sashimi and fried chicken.

Arisugawa arranges the dishes on the table.

– Arisugawa is cooking as usual?

– Yup. I can prepare dishes that the menu doesn’t have. And
it’s fun.

Saying so, no matter how you look at it, his smile is the one
of a girl.

Hinazawa, who was next to Miyakoshi, lifted the skirt of

Arisugawa who turned around with a very natural
movement. From below the skirt, a revealing and pure white
underwear appeared.

– So today is white, huh…

– Eh?

Arisugawa grasped the situation an instant late. During that

time, the lovely underwear of Arisugawa kept being
exposed.

– Hyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

He held down the skirt in a hurry, but it was too late. The
pervert view was burned in my retina.

– W-w-what are you doing, Hinazawa-san!

– Lifting a girl’s skirt.

– But I’m an elementary school boy!

– Well, that’s true. It’s underwear fortune-telling. Because

my tomorrow’s fortune depends on Alice’s underwear.
Choose with motivation, alright?

– D-don’t say stupid things!

Arisugawa started to cry.

– Sniff… e-everyone saw me… wearing this thing… uwaaa.

– But it’s good, you know? It’s great because you kept my
order properly.

Asagiri looked surprised.

– Are you saying Naru-chan put it on him?

Arisugawa answers while heaving with sobs.

– Hic, Hi, Hinazawa-san, made me wear underwear for

women, uwaa… because it increases both defense and
mental status….

Asagiri stared at Hinazawa. Hinazawa whistled shamelessly,

looking in a different direction. After breathing a sigh,
Asagiri gently spoke to Arisugawa.

– For that reason, it’s not embarrassing to wear girl’s

underwear, is it? It’s okay. And it suits Alice-chan.

Turning around, Hinazawa continued the words of Asagiri.

– That’s true! You’re so cute, Alice! Because I thought it

definitely suits you, I recommended it, you see〜

– … Is that so? Then it’s fine, I guess.

Fine?

Yuuki is quietly eating food next to Hinazawa, who gets

carried away and gives backhanded compliments to
Arisugawa this time. She unexpectedly eats quite often. Do
fighters consume a lot of energy?

Beyond her, Ougiya and Leonhardt were getting excited,

talking nonsense. Hmm? Why is there an NPC sitting at the
table with them…? Ah, it’s Yamada.

– Oh, somehow, the products in the store have been

enhanced lately.

– Wow! There are manga and light novels in the bookstore!

With this, I can fight for another hundred years!

– No, no, don’t make it 100 years.

Yamada retorted extremely normally.

– I wish there were erotic books.

– Wow! Ero doujin! Certainly, if there are no ero doujin, I’ll

die!

– You won’t die though?

– There’s some sort of cinema? There are people inside.

– Woooooooooow! Finally, I can watch

animeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

– Yeah, movies are good too. I can finally enjoy my hobbies.

– Hmm? Yamada had hobbies?

– Movies and reading.

Normal hobbies….

When I pay attention to him, it seems to be a sad fact that

he just actually watches TV streams and reads weekly
manga magazines, so stop with the retort.

However, it seems new stores are open, and in fact, they

have started to operate properly because bookstores only
had dummy products and movie theaters weren’t screening
movies…. Perhaps Santa──X wasn’t entirely a problem,
given that there are parts that were updated properly?

Dropping playable content meant being concerned about us

being trapped. But… is that really the case?

– Here, Doumeguri-kun.

Before I knew it, Asagiri was distributing the food.

– S-sorry. Thank you.

Suddenly, and for some reason, I saw Busujima staring at

me. Busujima doesn’t like Asagiri, but she shouldn’t like me
either. So it’s not interesting to have the people at the top of
the caste caring about someone like me.

I certainly feel sorry for making Asagiri attend to me. From

now, I have to be the one who will entertain Asagiri.

Thinking so, I emptied the glass.

Hmm?

Busujima’s eyes are swimming. Why is her gaze going back

and forth between me and the drink bottle?

– Doumeguri-kun.

– Eh?

Before I knew it, Asagiri was holding a bottle and smiling at

me. Moreover, she inclines the tip of the bottle a little and
requests that the glass is brought forward.

– I’m really… sorry.

I’m not thoughtful… as soon as I determined so.

– What are you talking about? The protagonist today is

Doumeguri-kun after all.

– I’m ashamed… of that.

Busujima gulps down the glass with a sullen face and

reaches for the bottle. When she poured her own drink into
the glass, she glared at me and drank it in one gulp.

Sorry, Busujima. I was defeated by Asagiri’s service spirit.

From a while ago, Miyakoshi has been looking at Busujima

with eyes as if looking something rare, she’s a bit worried
about her… well, not that it matters to me.

I turned to Shizukuishi sitting in the edge. She’s still facing

away, looking bored.

Asagiri shouldn’t leave such a companion alone. She boldly

talked to Shizukuishi.

– Nonnon, you… you’re happy that Doumeguri-kun is back,

right?

– No, not at all!

Asagiri was troubled by the reaction, by the reply full of

anger and irritation. I think about the event moments ago
and let out an unpleasant sweat from my whole body.

– But you’re on good terms… right?

Shizukuishi turned her face away and turned her eyes only
to Asagiri.
– Good terms? Stop making bad jokes. Doumeguri-kun is the
third in the list of the ones I want to kill.

You really made one? But I’m surprised that there are two
people above me.

– Well, although Doumeguri-kun is like bathroom mold, he

acts as the bridge between me and my important one.
That’s why you may think we’re on good terms.

Suddenly, Hinazawa leaned forward.

– Who is that important one!?

To my left, Ichinomiya is in a restless state, he makes his

gaze wander about. Ah… this guy remembers that I
conveyed Shizukuishi’s request, doesn’t he? It seems that
he’s pretending to not be shy by dressing himself in a
nonchalant air… but Ichinomiya looks a bit pitiable.

Miyakoshi threw a sexy smile at Shizukuishi as if making fun

of her.

– Then〜why don’t you have a wedding with that person you

think that way at the church〜?

– Church?

On that subject, was the marriage system implemented?

Well, those are unknown words for me. I mean, was there a
church in Caldart?

Asagiri guessed my look and taught me.

– It looks Doumeguri-kun doesn’t know, but a church was

built while we were away.
– Is that so…?

– You remember, don’t you? I saw a church with Doumeguri-

kun in Laguna. It looks just like that one.

──Orzeria order!? I felt that something cold was poured onto

the nape of my neck.

So that Akagami built a church in Caldart…? Now I see why

he showed up unexpectedly before. He was that close.

It must have been built while Caldart was under Satan’s

control. Even so… Akagami. Probably he aimed at 2A Guild.
But I don’t know what he’s going to do.

– If you care about that, then let’s go see it later. Like when
we’re on our way back.

Asagiri smiled at me with a cloudless smile.

– No, that’s not what I mean. Thank you for taking me into
consideration. But it’s already late, so I’d rather go straight
back ──

– Doesn’t that sound good? Let’s make a short visit.

For the first time on this occasion, Shizukuishi spoke to me.

– No, but…

– There’s something I want to confirm.

──Confirm?

Shizukuishi showed a defiant smile on her face.

+ + +
– This is…

Basking in the light of the moon, a blue building stood tall.

It gives a Christian church feeling, but the color of the walls

is blue and the shape of the cross is different. Is this cross
the symbol of Orzelia order? The four ends of the cross are T-
shaped. Should I say it’s a shape that combines the capital
letter I with a cross?

Stained glass is inserted into the windows, the light inside

show through them, making a beautiful shape stand out in
the city at night.

– He〜 It’s my first time coming at night, but it’s very

pretty〜.

– That’s true. The church is really cool somehow.

Miyakoshi and Busujima, who were very excited, were

cheerful and in high spirits.

But I’m filled with tension. Is Akagami really here? Or just

NPCs? At any rate, and as the proverb says, the spirit you do
not approach will not curse you. Bringing these guys closer
to Orzelia is a complete disadvantage. I didn’t like it, so I
called out to everyone.

– G-guys. It’s bad to visit this late at night, and religion has
all sorts of trouble, no? Thoughtlessly approaching it is a
bit──

As I talk, Shizukuishi opened the entrance door and looked

inside.

– It’s open. Let’s go in.

Shizukuishi!! Damn you, tsk, listen to what people say!!

– Ah, you meanie!! I’ll go too!

– We’re going too!

– M-me too…

The other guys go in, following Shizukuishi. Dang it… I have

no choice, do I?

I finally go through the door and go inside.

– This is…

I unconsciously was at a loss for words.

The stained glass covering the whole wall sheds a beautiful

light as if it were emitting light. In reality, stained glass does
not look beautiful without the light of the sun. This is
because the color of the glass stands out only when the
outside light goes through it. However, the stained glass of
this church casts a beautiful light into the church even in
the darkness outside at night.

Yuuki muttered mixed with a sigh.

– It’s very… pretty.

– It is. It’s amazing… especially the blue color, it’s fantastic.

Hinazawa grieved while turning her neck, looking around

the church.

Certainly, as Hinazawa says, the blue color is beautiful. It

feels as if I’m floating in the blue sky or floating in the
middle of the sea.
– Doumeguri-kun, it’s amazing… and beautiful.

Before I knew, Asagiri was next to me.

– Yeah. But…

– The atmosphere is quite different from what we saw in

Laguna, right?

That’s right. In the church we saw in Laguna, the content of

the religious paintings on the walls and ceiling was quite
brutal. Angels were punishing humans who were judged as
sinners, but it was quite realistic, one could say it was
gruesome.

However, the religious paintings in this church are really

beautiful. A saint who gives gifts and miracles to people. An
angel descending before people. Only such beautiful scenes
are depicted.

– Oh my, did you come to pray at a time like this?

──! !

The door next to the altar opened and a man in a blue robe
appeared. A pest mask modeled after a bird was on his face.

Is this guy… Akagami?

Since he’s wearing a mask, it’s difficult to know if it’s him

because an effect is applied to his voice.

– Ah… I’m sorry… hmm? Are you the priest who was in
Laguna?

Asagiri asked, looking astonished.

– No, I have never been assigned to Laguna… oh yes, it is
not unreasonable to think so. This appearance is the one of
a priest. I am a part of Orzelia order, I am not an individual.
That is why I hide my face.

The priest returns a laugh to Asagiri who apologizes for the

misunderstanding. He answered that there is no need to
apologize. But… is that really the case? We have no way of
confirming that fact.

– Leaving that aside, are you travelers? Or you came to

sightsee the church?

Ichinomiya denied it as he smiled.

– No, we’re people from 2A Guild who have made of Caldart

their hometown.

Then the priest clapped his hands together, exaggeratedly

surprised.

– In that case, are you all from 2A Guild, the strongest guild
in Caldart that defeated Infermia!?

Ichinomiya smiled wryly.

– Well, saying we defeated it is──

Ougiya shouted with an incredibly loose face.

– Quit it! I give uuuup! The strongest guild, huh〜 Well,

that’s certainly the case! We’re the heroes who sent the
Demon King Army flying!

– Us? Did you call us like that?

– He〜 that doesn’t sound bad.

The priest took out beautiful stone pendants from the sleeve
of the robe.

– This is a proof of acquaintance. Please accept it.

– Oh!? What is this!?

Ougiya accepted the pendant from the priest’s hand without

hesitation. Ichinomiya said as if chiding Ougiya.

– Hey, Ougiya, you’re too careless.

– It’s alright! Akira-kun, what should I do if I don’t accept

this given item, Akira-kun!? So, what is this? Is it expensive?

– It does not worth that much money if sold… but that is

Orzelia’s good luck stone. Wearing it will bring good luck to
you all.

While having a suspicious look, Ougiya wore the pendant.

– Wow, it’s true! My critical rate increased just by wearing it!

With the appearance of the excited Ougiya, the rest of the

gang reached for the pendant. And one after another, they
shouted in surprise at the effect.

– It does not conflict with other items, so please carry it as a

charm.

Because it would be strange if I’m the only one not receiving

it, I was the last one to receive it.

A strengthened item that makes use of Akagami’s special

ability… but it’s a delicate item. Honestly, not only the
attack power and defense power increase, but also the luck
value increases? Moreover, it’s not that dramatic. Well,
because of that, it will last for a long while.
… Still, what does he mean by giving a present to 2A Guild?

While everyone was hanging the pendant around their

necks, there was one person who didn’t equip it.

Shizukuishi looked up at the priest’s plague mask with the

pendant in one hand.

– I have something to ask you.

– What is it?

– What is Orzelia’s armor?

Shizukuishi!?

The priest cocks his head in the plague mask.

– Let me see… an armor you say?

Shizukuishi glares up at him, making the already bad look in

her eyes even grimier.

– Satan called the armor he was wearing “the Orzelia

armor”. Are you people partners of Satan?

A stir runs in 2A Guild. In the hearts of everyone, I felt they

suddenly got even more cautious. Asagiri muttered as if
digging up her memory.

– Come to think of it… he might have said that.

You’ve done it, Shizukuishi.

Now, what will you do? If this guy is Akagami, he’ll probably
have a scared face under the mask.

The priest slowly raised his hands. Then clapped.

2A Guild made their bodies tremble at that sound.

– Yes, I remember. Speaking of which, there was an incident

in which the armor was stolen from the treasure house of
Orzelia.

– … Stolen?

Shizukuishi frowns.

– Yes, stolen. However, I do not know the details. If you really

want to know, go to Graslenner where our cathedral is
located. I think that there are also materials left there.

– I see… I get it.

– When will you come?

– One of these days.

Leaving those words with him, Shizukuishi turned on her

heels and headed for the exit. The rest of 2A Guild followed
her retreating figure in blank amazement as she fluttered
her black hair, going away.

The plague mask also stares at her retreating figure. I

couldn’t imagine the expression below it.

+ + +

– Oh man, it was awesome for us! Seriously!

Probably because being flattered was too much of a joy for

him, Ougiya kept repeating it over and over. Ichinomiya
changes the topic as if to say “calm down”.

– Aside from that, it was nice to get a good job.

After that, the priest began to talk about a job request. A
believer asked him for advice, it was something about a
nearby field devastated by goblins. Asagiri frowns and
groans.

– Hmm, are you sure about this? We’ll just drive off a group
of a few goblins? I think receiving 5,000 sol is too much.

One sol has a monetary value of about one hundred yen. In

other words, the work was for 500,000 yen.

Certainly too high. Is Orzelia aiming to be 2A Guild’s

financial supporter?

– What? Asagiri, what are you talking about? I’m telling you
we got it so we should accept it ♪.

– Yup yup. If you like, we’ll have our own brand? Something
like that.

Miyakoshi and Busujima are in a good mood. Since the

application of Santa──X, the variety of clothes sold at the
store has increased, so it would be a big welcome if they
enjoy making money.

– Well, we’ve been in this world quite a while already.

Around 10 months? I mean, Uiko, whom I brought up and
raised under my personal care, became a splendid warrior. I
wonder if I can have it easier with Uiko’s earnings.

Yuuki doesn’t know how to react to Hinazawa’s joke, she’s

confused. Then, she turned the force of the argument to
Arisugawa.

– And Alice also became a fine girl. I’m too old, and I’m
about to retire, so take care of me, alright? Alice.
Arisugawa smiled as if he was troubled.

– Jeez, I don’t understand what you mean. And we’re of the

same age, aren’t we?

At the boke (the funny man of a comedy duo) Hinazawa,

laughter spreads among everyone, softening the
atmosphere. And the blue gems we got from the priest
shake on everyone’s chest.

For the time being, will this be an operation that tames with
money and stuff──?

– Hmm? Is this?

Am I dizzy?

The world shakes. I felt suspicious about my sense of

balance.

– Hey, has something changed?

– Isn’t it trembling? Eh, are you serious?

– Noooooo! It’s an earthquake! Everything is shaking! It’s a

catastropheeeeee!

Nonsense! An earthquake in Exodia Exodus is, is

something──

Suddenly, the catastrophe when Santa──X was applied

flitted in my head.

──No way, again.

The sensation similar to dizziness turned into a violent

shaking as if I was suddenly thrown away. Ichinomiya yells
at everyone.
– It’s an earthquake! Everyone, hold onto something!!

The ground shakes greatly, it’s impossible to be on our feet.

Everyone falls to the ground and crawls on all fours. Without
being able to do anything, we just continued being shaken
in fear.

I look up, the buildings in the city sway from side to side like
a pendulum.

The ground in front of me suddenly collapsed.

– Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

– Uwaaaawawaaaaa!

Screams mixed with the subterranean trembling flew about.

The shops on both sides of the road slip off together with the
collapsing and falling ground. They go down a precipitous
slope, then are sucked into the hole. It was unbelievable.
Feeling that the cracks in the ground have spread, they
collapse the next moment, making the hole even bigger. In
the blink of an eye, a hole with a diameter of fifty meters
had grown.

– Go down! Run away!

With the instruction of Ichinomiya, everyone left the hole

while crawling on all fours.

As things are, will Caldart be swallowed underground? Such

fear crosses my mind. However, the shaking gradually
subsided.

And the collapsed hole didn’t spread any further.

– Is everyone safe!?
Voices confirming their safety are heard. I gave a vague
answer and stood near the sunken hole. It seems to be 20,
30 meters deep. A strange thing was seen in the dancing
cloud of dust.

──Historic ruins?

Underneath the rubble, I could see something like an

arrangement of stones, this was certainly not man-made.

What on earth is happening?

A new fear and anxiety began to run through my body.

 Chapter 2: The sleeping
beauty on the solitary
island

The earthquake damage hit various places. I returned to

Infermia and summoned Hellzekter to confirm the damage
situation in Hellandia. By the way, Forneus is joining us
today. She’s lying down on the desk, clearly unmotivated.

– ──I confirmed all the inside of the castle, but there are no
major damages. At the construction site for defense
measures, there were some phenomena such as landslides
and liquefaction. The effects of them are not great, but the
works have stopped for the day. The schedule as a whole is
expected to be off for about three days.

Adra finished the report and I nodded.

– The delay isn’t that much of a deal, so it’s not a problem.

Good work.

A delay of three days, huh… I wonder if Aikawa-san won’t

forgive it.

Grasha continued.

– Excepting Infermia, it seems holes were made in the

ground. I don’t know the details yet though.
– Got it. Let me know whenever you have a follow-up report.

I also investigated the remains of Caldart’s collapse. It looks

like a ruin, but the entrance was nowhere to be found,
probably because it was buried in the rubble. I feel like there
is something inside of it.

Grasha looked at the languid Forneus.

– Hey, Forneus. Shouldn’t you tell King-sama about that

island you saw?

– I got tired because I went a little far away…

– “That island”? What island, Forneus?

Forneus replied as she stretched her hands, lying the upper

half of her body on the table.

– I can fly in the sky, so I was sent to a distant controlled

land. Then, I heard that a new island was created to the
north, so I went to see it.

Looking annoyed, Forneus pointed at the map that was laid

out on the desk.

──North of Caldart?

– It was about two or three kilometers from the coastline. It

was a small island, but there was a castle and a castle town,
and the whole island looked like a fort somehow.

I stood up and went to the side of Forneus.

– That’s interesting. Let’s dispatch a research group next

time.

While saying that, I patted the head of Forneus.

– Fushuu… it feels good….

Satanachia, the one next to her, stares at her with an

incredibly envious look.

– Satanachia. Are the preparations for the trip to Rowalrinna

doing well?

– Eh!? Y-yes. Of course.

Was she excited? Her dark brown skin was reddish.

– I am currently editing a guidebook for the trip. Even if

there are ports of call along the way, we should try adopting
tourism that serves as a bit of inspection. While also
selecting souvenirs for Zeragiel-sama.

You got quite motivated, Satanachia. It’s kind of charming.

However, Adra throws a cold gaze from behind the glasses.

– If you are nothing but in a frivolous mood, you will make

mistakes. Be careful not to put my King in risk on the road or
in Rowalrinna. It must be remembered that this is a political
visit.

That’s true, but when I see Satanachia feeling despondent, I

want to come to her rescue.

– What Adra says is natural. But this time is also half fun.

Eh? Satanachia expressed, raising her face.

– Your work since the arrival of Satan until I regained

Infermia was truly amazing. Furthermore, after that, the
castle was restored and the army was revamped, you made
a wonderful work indeed. I can’t do much, but I want to
show appreciation for your efforts. Think of this as a
pleasure trip for you.

– My King… that is more than we deserve.

– Because you guys came along with me, I was able to

defeat Satan. The Demon King Hellshaft can solely exist due
to you all. I fully realized that this time. If you hadn’t been
there, I wouldn’t have been able to get Infermia back.

– King-sama…

Both Adra and Grasha stared at me with tears in their eyes.

– We were constantly chased by critical situations and

impatience, the days of the journey were difficult…. but it’s
strange. Now they feel nostalgic, like a good memory.

Satanachia nodded with cloudy eyes.

– Because Hellshaft-sama and we, the four of us, didn’t

spend that much time together before…

– Forneus had fun too ♪.

──Yeah, that’s true.

Right now, I’m acting as Hellshaft in order to raise

Hellzekter’s 《LOYALTY》… hmm? Why is it so painful inside
my chest… that my lacrimal gland feels hot?

– … I want to continue finding opportunities and reward you

for your hard work now and then. The only work to do is the
discussion between Zeragiel and me. You should have fun as
much as you want. I’m going to give you a proper reward
someday, but forgive me for now.
Adra takes off his glasses and presses the inner corner of his
eyes with a handkerchief.

– My King… the way you are is…

Grasha also looked upwards so that no tears are spilled, and

sniffed.

– Tch… geez. It can’t be helped.

Satanachia gently wiped her tears.

– Hellshaft-sama… Satanachia will be by your side the rest

of her life…

Forneus raised her hands as if she had regained her energy.

– Yees! I’m looking forward to it ♪.

This is bad. If they say anything else, I’ll lose sight of myself.

– Well then, today’s meeting is over. Break up.

When I stood up, the Hellzekters stood up and bowed. In

that same position, they saw off my withdrawal.

I hurried down the hall.

To the person who can recognize me the most as me.

Naturally, my legs get faster.

After peeking into a few rooms, I came to the warehouse.

– Are you here? Aikawa-san.

Aikawa was sitting in a wooden box and reading a book, but

when I called her name, she closed the book as if panicking.
And she put it aside to hide it from my line of sight.

– What is that?

She made her gaze loiter as if searching for something for a

moment, but she immediately reached for the book she had
been reading. And showed me the cover.

– It’s the book where Satan’s password was written on.

──“Item K2 for the campaign test” is written there.

– You saw it before, no? Why now?

Shrugging her shoulders, Aikawa-san bent her mouth into a

へshape.

– I had nothing to do. It was my free time and for some

reason or other, I took a look at it. More importantly, were
you affected by the earthquake?

– I’m fine! About that, is it really a patch?

– I can’t get in contact so it’s not necessarily that.

– Then, that thing that was really… strange was an

earthquake? Is that also a feature of Exodia Exodus?

But Aikawa shook her head.

– I never heard any of that. To be honest, what’s happening

is also a──

Aikawa-san makes her fingers jump in the air as if she had

noticed something. I’m sure she’s operating the menu.

– Huuh!?
Suddenly, Aikawa-san let out a wild voice.

– Good grief! Stop making fun of us!

– W-what happened? Aikawa-san.

– This is awful! I received an email now saying that “the

earthquake was part of an update reaction”.

What an ex post facto report.

– What are the contents of the update? Wait, don’t tell me

that the contents of the patch are outrageous like
Santa──X?

– It’s not an extensive patch, but for the convenience of

work, it temporarily diverts the data of the expansion and
makes a partial application of it.

– Expansion?

– If you advance the story and meet certain conditions, it

can be applied. New continents, even events, characters,
equipment, job types… and all sorts of stuff. It gives the
feeling of a world expanding continuously.

– But the game itself, rather, the first part you play, hasn’t
been completed yet and these guys already made an
expansion?

Aikawa-san pulled a wry face and pressed her forehead with

her hand.

– Based on the schedule, it should have been completed a

long time ago.

Yeah… it seems that I ended up being touched by Aikawa-

san’s distress.
– And now this important note…

– … What, what was written?

– Players should not get near places where some data is

overwritten. In the event they were in those coordinates, the
player data will be… destroyed, and impossible to repair.

──Wha,

– What the hell!?

Caldart’s land subsidence. That thing that happened in front

of 2A Guild!?

– Doumeguri-kun. How is 2A?

– They’re safe… by a hair’s breadth.

The safety of Shizukuishi, who left earlier, was confirmed

immediately after that. But what the hell is wrong with
those guys outside!? Do they really intend to help us?

– Ah….

Aikawa noticed something and raised her voice.

– The time stamp was three days ago… could it be that

there was a delay?

– Is the mail system delayed?

However, that thing being faulty doesn’t add up. Also… I

don’t know what the in-game mail system is, but maybe it’s
possible to rewrite it as a time stamp.

Damn… the suspicions coming out are endless. I’ll end up

losing my mind.
I told myself to stay calm and took a deep breath.

– Aikawa-san. Do you know the details of the expansion?

However, Aikawa-san frowned apologetically.

– I don’t know in detail because the person in charge is

other. Besides, there are multiple expansions and limited
time events…

– Eh? There are many of them?

– This kind of game ends when you get tired of it, so it has to
be constantly updated. The expansions were scheduled to
be launched every six months, so they were developed in
parallel.

Just hearing that, it seems that I can hear the BGM named
crunch. Even though the way that thing is implemented is
irresponsible, HELLZDOMAIN firmly stands on the plan of
making money.

Looking annoyed, Aikawa-san bit her nails.

– The development team that was in charge of the

expansion was brilliant… the higher-ups started to arbitrarily
change people’s assignments with strange interferences,
and from there everything went crazy and downhill.

– Just listening to that, the hopes of being saved start to

disappear.

Aikawa-san desperately denied it as she panicked.

– S-still, they’re mending their ways and managing it

properly! In addition, the excellent development staff will be
thrown to the front line!
But, still…

– Both the matters of Santa──X and this one, don’t you feel
there’s something off?

Aikawa-san folded her arms and looked down.

I’m sure even Aikawa-san feels it.

Something is wrong.

Is this simple clumsiness?

Or──

No, let’s stop.

It’s not good to think too much about weird stuff.

What I have to do is defeat 2A Guild, defeat other forces,

and defend Hell’s Gate.

And return with everyone alive. That’s it.

….

──Still,

What is really going on in the outside world?

+ + +

2A Guild was now in the North Sea. Three days after leaving
Caldart. Finally the destination was in sight.

A castle floats in the sea about a kilometer from the shore.

That’s part of the expansion that appeared temporarily with
this update. It was an island named Montfort.

Is this the newly emerging island that Forneus came to see?

A triangular island where only the top of the mountain

emerges from the sea. The island wears the castle like a hat
and wears the castle town on the steep slopes as if putting a
robe on.

The misty island with a diameter of only 300 meters above

the sea looked very mysterious.

– Wow… it’s amazing. It looks like Mont Saint Michel!

Excited, Asagiri shouted.

– Yeah, it does look like that.

Actually, when compared with the eye with the real one, it is
different, but the mental image is the same. Maybe the
designer used it as reference. Asagiri sees the vague shape
of the island and gets unusually excited.

– Somehow, I feel like we finally achieved our original

purpose.

Oh, is that so? Originally, it was supposed to be a world

heritage educational tour using the next-gen VR education
system.

– Come to think of it, Asagiri wanted to go to Mont Saint

Michel.

– Yeah! Huh? How did you know, Doumeguri-kun?

– Ah, well I heard you talking about it when I went to the

audiovisual room.
Asagiri stared at me in puzzlement.

Oh, this is bad. It sounds like I was eavesdropping on her,

and that’s disgusting, isn’t it? What do I do if she says “are
you a stalker or something?” to me?

However, Asagiri smiled with her whole face and joyfully

blushed.

– I see. You remembered something like that….

Excuse me, Asagiri-san? Please do not show such an

expression to others. There are many people who will
misunderstanding, you know? For example, like me.

– This! It’s really that Mont Saint Mitchel in France! Namely,

this is Normandy! A fierce battle unfolded here!

Arisugawa, who is next to Leonhardt who is highly excited as

always, makes a grim face.

– Geez, don’t come up with something unlucky. We’re only

going to investigate so there shouldn’t be any battle, right?

We didn’t come to have a happy picnic. We accepted the

commission of the priest of Orzelia order and came here.

『The newly discovered island seems to have a monastery

that really and perfectly suits us… can I ask 2A Guild to
investigate it?』

He wanted to ask us “if monsters happen to roam there, can

you tell if you can easily defeat them? However, if it looks
difficult, it is not necessary to forcefully knock them down”.
The reward is 30,000 sols. 3 million yen. If divided by twelve
people, the job would be 250,000 yen per person. The job
will take a week, including the round trip, but it’s still quite
good.

——But the problem lies in the precautions of the email that

Aikawa-san received.

『After the end of the work, the expansion will be removed

again. At that time, please be aware that the player
information on the map included in the expansion will be
deleted』

The island, the place we’re about to go, is exactly that.

Moreover, three hours remain until the scheduled time of
the end of the work.

As things are, the consciousness data of everyone from 2A

Guild will be erased. And nobody will be able to revive
again.

This commission at this timing. It’s the worst.

No way… that priest is actually Akagami and commissioned

this to 2A Guild, knowing the danger?

– Alright, shall we start moving?

At the signal of Ichinomiya, we started walking on the path

floating in the sea. I don’t know if someone made it or if
sediments naturally accumulated on the path made of soil.
It was an unreliable path that would hide under seawater
when the tide was high.

– Waa〜 Amazing, amazing!

Looking up at Montfort as we gradually draw near it,

Asagiri’s spirits suddenly increased. She’s next to me,
delighted, jumping up and down. It’s probably quite rare to
be able to see Asagiri like that. She looks a little more
childish than usual, and cute to some extent.

– Don’t you think so? Doumeguri-kun ♪.

And this smile filled with unconditional love turned at me.

I give up.

– What the hell? Aren’t you too spirited? Control yourself.

I could hear Busujima cursing at her behind me. Of course,

that reaches Asagiri’s ears. However, it has no effect on the
energetic Asagiri.

– Eh? You don’t think it’s amazing, Busujima-san? It’s cool

and romantic.

Busujima unconsciously quailed at Asagiri who expressed

her excitement straightforward.

– N-not at all, I don’t like that sort of thing. It’s old fashioned
and uncanny.

– Is that so? Hey, what about you, Doumeguri-kun?

She casually holds my sleeve between her fingers and asks.

Asagiri-san! Such a casual physical contact with an exquisite

sense of distance!

– T-that’s right. Historical buildings and ruins are human

heritage, I mean, we should study them, transcending
preferences. Well, it’s not the real thing, but the feeling
factor is the same, I mean, the heritage in this world──

Dammit. When I begin to talk without knowing what to

answer, I lose control.
– Are you stupid? I can’t handle you any longer.

Busujima quickly turned her face away and overtook us with

quick steps.

– Heey, wait〜 Meg.

From behind, Miyakoshi follows her while letting out an

annoyed voice. The moment I was overtaken, I made eye
contact with Miyakoshi. Is it my idea, or her eyes looked like
she was staring at me?

While doing so, we arrived in front of the castle gate.

Ichinomiya draws his sword.

– Okay, we’ll go through the castle gate. Be careful,

everyone.

Doing a complete change from the face in high spirits that

she had until moments ago, the face of Asagiri was gallantly
tightened. This ON/OFF switch is perfect.

We went through the gates while keeping a reasonable

distance from each other. The vanguard is Ichinomiya, and
I’m the rear guard. The ten people between us form two
rows, focusing their attention on the right and left sides,
respectively.

We follow the cobblestone road that continues from the

castle gate. It’s a narrow island like a hill. The road is
naturally narrow, there are precipitous slopes and gentle
curves. Buildings made of stone and plaster are lined up like
walls on both sides of the road. The wooden doors and
window frames fitted to the walls are on the verge of decay,
indicating that a considerable amount of time has passed.
Looking inside through the bent window glasses, I can
faintly feel the furniture in them and the lived-in feel.
– They look like abandoned buildings….

As Ichinomiya says, there’s no sign of living things.

Hinazawa answers with a bright voice, but with a careful

look as she moves her eyes quickly.

– But I don’t feel like it used to be crowded in the past, you

know? Check the stores on both sides.

There are several signboards hanging from the walls

overhead. Each of them had letters and simplified pictures
drawn to show what the stores were like.

I advance while turning my face back in order to accomplish

the role of the rear guard. But I’m not preparing for the
enemy. I’m waiting for them to come.

Two and a half hours until the time limit… please, hurry up.

We climbed the steep slope and went out to a place where

the visibility was a little open. We can see the opposite shore
behind the roof of the stores.

At that moment, I could see the figures of the ones I was

waiting expectantly. The shadows of about twenty people,
crossing the road floating in the sea while raising a cloud of
sand. It’s a special unit consisting of fast-moving vampires
and magic beasts, selected by the leaders of the two corps
who run leading them.

──I waited impatiently for you! Grasha! Adra!

I looked up at 2A Guild going up the slope.

– Guuuuuuuuuuuys! We have trouble! The Demon King

Army is here!!
– Eh!?

– What?!

– Are you kidding me!?

– Ou!?

– Fuee…

Everyone let out surprised voices. And when they see them
running, they change their complexion.

Asagiri turned the tip of her sword towards the Demon King
Army.

– We’ll have to engage them. Don’t you agree? Akira-kun.

– Yeah. At any rate, there’s only one way home. We can’t go

back unless we defeat the Demon King Army.

Yes, I’ll completely defeat 2A Guild here.

If they take their time investigating, the three hours will

pass in the blink of an eye. It will take time to drive them
out. The quickest way is to beat them to death and cause
them to be revived in Caldart. For that, I ordered Adra and
Grasha to annihilate 2A Guild in Montfort.

──To choke the life out of all eleven people.

– Replace the formation!

With the instruction of Ichinomiya, the front and back of the

formation are switched. I’m the rear, placed on top of the
slope this time. This makes it easy to escape. If it turns into
a melee fight, I’ll immediately evade my responsibilities.
At that time, Adra and Grasha ran up the cobblestone road.

– Uraaaaaaaa! Let’s gooooo!

Baring his fangs, Grasha came rushing. Seeing him, Yuuki

shouted loudly like she never does.

– W-Wolf-san!?

– !! ──It’s you.

Grasha easily jumped over the shield of Ichinomiya and

Asagiri and plunged into the middle of the formation.

– Uooooooooooooooooooooooo!

His strong fist as he falls. Yuuki’s guard stops the fist just like
a meteor raising flames and swooping down at her. The
stone pavement underneath her collapsed and fragments
flew high in the air.

– Kuu…!

Clenching her teeth, Yuuki endures it.

– Like I thought, it’s you, Yuuki! What are you doing? In a

place like this?

How is throwing a punch at her and taking on her with all

your strength a greeting? I want to retort, but the people in
question don’t seem to care.

– I-it’s work… so we can to investigate this place.

– By the order of King-sama, we came to kill the guys on this

island. That means──
Yamada swings at Grasha from behind. Yamada! You’re
unusually making yourself stand out! When I think that,
Grasha blew him away with a back kick without turning
around. Yamada, who was blown off easily, slammed against
the wall of a store, became grains of light and disappeared.

– I’ve decided that I’ll fight you again.

Grasha bared his fangs and smiled happily.

– Really. What’s wrong with me? I break into a smile when

fighting with you.

– Eh…

Receiving the puzzling gaze of Yuuki, Grasha scratched the

tip of his nose as if being shy.

– Isn’t it fun to exchange fists? I mean, it’s weird because

there are tons of guys stronger than you. But it’s kind of fun.

Saying that, Grasha smiled broadly.

– A little while ago, when I spotted you, I immediately came

jumping.

– Ah… wa.

Yuuki’s cheeks slightly blushed.

– M-me too! In… in the field, I’m always looking for Wolf-
san…

Yuuki hung her head, looking embarrassed, and made a fist

in front of her chest.

– I, I’m afraid of fighting… I’m not very good at it… but.

She raised her bright red face as if to muster her courage.

– I don’t d-dislike fighting with Wolf-san!

This time, it was Grasha who stared in puzzlement.

To be honest, I was surprised too. Such assertive Yuuki is

super rare.

– When the front of my fist hit Wolf-san… I was happy.

Grasha smiled broadly again.

– What, what? That confidence you have, I’m going to beat

the hell out of it.

Grasha put a fist in front and clenched it.

– Bring it on. Let’s have fun.

The face of Yuuki shone brightly.

– Y-yes!

She answered happily, stepped into Grasha’s bosom

instantly and drove her fist into him. However, Grasha wards
it off very easily. Then, the counter-looking strong fist
buzzes.

Yuuki calmly stares at Grasha’s fist and avoids it with a

minimum of body movement. It’s a trick that can’t be done
unless she has enough guts to calmly see the fist coming
towards her. The way she looks today, I can’t imagine it from
the usual fearful attitude she has.

Then, the world where only two people talk with each other
with fists was developed. A 1 VS 1 match that doesn’t
intend to be connected at all to a party play. But it wasn’t
the case to complain.

The formation of 2A Guild has already fallen apart after

being toyed by the rushing magic beasts and nimble
vampires. It may be possible for Ichinomiya to give
instructions and reorganize, but…

– Ku…!!

Ichinomiya throws his shield away and rushes to Adra who

has just killed Arisugawa and Hinazawa. Sparks scattered
between the silver and red swords.

– Adra!

– You… you are that human from before.

Adra pushed the sword of Ichinomiya back with all his

might. The moment Ichinomiya loses his balance, he
immediately waves his sword and attacks him.

– … Guh!

Enduring the fierce attack, Ichinomiya, who opened some

distance with Adra, stared at him.

– I’m Ichinomiya… Ichinomiya Akira.

– Hmm, I do not need to know your name. I do not even

need to remember it.

As if to decide it with the next blow, bloodlust begins to

overflow from Adra’s body.

– I’ll make you remember it even if you don’t like it… even
like now.
Ichinomiya has been fired up for a long time. Then runs to
show off and his whole body disappears. At this point, the
loss of 2A Guild is confirmed.

All I have to do is take advance of the chaos and hide myself.

I stepped back slowly, turned on my heels and ran up the

hill.

– Wa-wait!

──Eh?

Busujima chased me from behind. And further behind, even

Miyakoshi was running.

Don’t chase me! Let me be alone! Without the cries of my

heart reaching her, Busujima caught up with me.

– If you’re alone, you’ll be killed easily!

– R-right… that’s true.

Considering it’s Busujima, it was a sound argument. I go up

the slope with Busujima and turn left at the fork. Then there
was a staircase leading to the castle. We ran up there and
got inside the castle, there was a big hall in it. I stop running
at last and take a breath.

Miyakoshi also caught up with us there.

– Haa… wai… a se…

Miyakoshi seems to be running out of breath, she’s unable to

speak. Her endurance is terribly low. Are you really a high
school student?

Busujima muttered, overlooking the stone hall.

– This is… kind of creepy.

A hall without anything to show off. There’s only a thick

pillar that supports the ceiling. Both the walls and floor have
uncovered stones, a cool air drifted there. The question is
how to deal with these two. It’s best to have the magic
beasts and vampires kill them, but I’ll be killed together
with them and that cannot happen.

– Hey, Doumeguri… what do we do now?

Busujima asked, looking uneasy.

– Eh?

Why do you rely on me? At times like this, you should be

saying “I don’t want to be with this disgusting guy”──

A black shadow wavered behind Busujima.

– Busujima!

– Huh?

The next moment, a sharp sword slashed the back of

Busujima.

– Ack!?

The body of Busujima falls forward and rolls. The girl in a

Gothic black dress flew down as if to follow her body. The
sleeves were made thin and the skirt were made short for
easy movement.

A female member of the Vampire Corps ──the so-called

Carmilla uniform. Her handsome face is cold and beautiful
like a doll. Without altering her beauty, she carries a red
sword in her hand and springs at Busujima again.
– Tch!

I reflexively wielded my sword. The silver sword repels

Carmilla’s red sword.

– ──Eh?

Amazed, Busujima looks up at me.

All thanks to the item I got from Akagami. Until now, this
action could never repel the sword of the Vampire Corps.
And with this, the days of buying items every time I joined
2A Guild are finally over! That makes me happier than
anything else! And, I suddenly noticed there.

──Shit! I didn’t have to protect Busujima!

– Watch out!

Coming to my senses with the shout of Busujima, the

Carmilla immediately drew before my eyes.

– Gah!!

A sharp sword like a razor slashed my chest.

Damn! I was careless.

I hold my ground and ready my sword again. However,

before that, I eat continuous chasing attacks.

Tch! This is bad. The next time I eat them, it will get pretty
dangerous.

The Carmilla spread her skirt, turned around, and this time,
aimed at Miyakoshi. Maybe she judged that it would be
advantageous to defeat the sorcerer first. She jumps over
Busujima and me, and swings down her sword towards
Miyakoshi.

At that moment, I felt a cool breeze blowing from Miyakoshi.

– 『Freezing』!

Miyakoshi opened the sorcery book 『Butterfly Effect』. Then

the folded cover opens and transform into a butterfly with
its wings spread. A light of magic power flowed into the
wings. The temperature of the room drops in an instant. An
intense cold air was generated around the Carmilla, freezing
her body. However, it’s not enough to stop her movement.
The Carmilla’s sword slashed Miyakoshi diagonally from the
shoulder.

– Hmm aaaah!

Screaming, Miyakoshi falls.

I ran toward the Carmilla, and put myself between her and
Miyakoshi.

Busujima, who is behind the Carmilla, points the staff of the

Divine Artist at us. 『Rose Oasis』, the favorite of Busujima.
A gorgeous and cute equipment with the design of a flower
blossoming on the tip of the staff. The large flower shines.

I think it’s recovery magic. I’m sure she’ll heal the wounds
either on me or Miyakoshi. No, it’s obvious that is Miyakoshi,
right? I have to do something about me. I put my finger on
the item list to get energy. However, the sword of the
Carmilla attacks.

Ku!
With energy in one hand, I tried to slash at the
Carmilla──just before that, my body was wrapped in a white
healing light.

──Recovery magic!? To me!?

And the Carmilla’s attack passes by me and heads for

Miyakoshi. The sword of Carmilla was stabbed into Miyakoshi
who opened her eyes wide in surprise.

– Hey, why, Meg!? Wha──

Miyakoshi’s body became fragments of light and

disappeared.

In the meantime, my sword mows down the torso of the

Carmilla.

– ──!!

Raising a soundless scream, the Carmilla was reduced to

ashes and vanished.

– Busujima! Now that we have the chance!

– Y… yeah.

Busujima follows me more obediently than I expected. When

we go to the back of the hall, a narrow entrance is there and
stairs that lead upwards continued there as well.

We went up the stairs and came to another room.

– Let’s take… a break here for a moment.

I said so to Busujima and sat down on the floor of the empty

room. This is a little smaller than the hall. The structure
itself is the same, but the impression is completely different
because there’s a large window on the wall and light shines
through it. The walls with windows are decorated with vines
and flowers as a motif, giving it a solemn atmosphere.
Maybe it was originally a church or something.

Busujima also sat a little further away, then dropped her

shoulders and sighed.

– … I did something bad to Ageha.

She muttered just a few words.

Thanks to giving priority to heal me, Miyakoshi, who was put

off, ran out of HP and disappeared. But she saved me. Not in
an HP sense though, because if I had managed to do
something about Busujima, then the problem would be
settled. I have to become Hellshaft fast and join the Demon
King Army.

– But you saved me. Thank you.

– Not really… even you saved me before, didn’t you?

Yeah. A regretful mistake.

– Was it unnecessary to do it? Somehow, my body moved of

its own accord.

– Oh, it’s the same for me. Somehow I used healing on you.

Busujima suddenly smiled.

Ordinary people embraced sense of security especially when

they are the same as others. I hate being the same as
others. But Busujima, you’re a self-proclaimed high caste,
shouldn’t you hate being with me who’s at the bottom?

– Say, Doumeguri-kun.
– Yes? Busujima-san.

Damn, how do I get rid of her…? Do I have to use Ecstas?

But if she suddenly gets sexually excited twice when being
with me, no matter how stupid she is, she’ll undoubtedly be
suspicious of me. It would be nice if there were at least one
enemy… but just two of them would be bad.

– Recently… you’ve been really close to Asagiri-san, right?

Was it… like that?

She slightly dyes her cheeks and stares at me.

She told me this before. At that time, I successfully glossed

it over, but… after defeating Satan, we became so close that
I myself am bewildered. It’s understandable for her to doubt
me.

– N-no… I don’t think so. Asagiri-san is kind, so maybe she

couldn’t leave me alone or something like that. I’d say she’s
extending her hand to a poor person?

A deep groove was carved between the eyebrows of

Busujima.

– But that just mean taking advantage of Asagiri-san’s

kindness then. You always have a lewd look on your face,
and flirting with her… all the time.

Eeeh!? I had a lewd look on my face!?

– No, no! That’s not true. Flirting is… someone like a

goddess who lives in the celestial world like Asagiri-san
knows that she doesn’t have to associate with me!

Saying that, Busujima blatantly makes displeasure run on

her face.
– That makes me angry. Why is Asagiri-san that good? That
young lady may be an honor student, but that kind of thing
is absolutely selfish. There’s no telling what she’s doing
behind the scenes.

Do you want to praise or look down upon Asagiri!? Which

one is it!?

– ──

I turned to the entrance and listened carefully.

– Wait! I hear people──

– Busujima. They came.

– Wha──Eh!?

I stood up quickly and Busujima stood up in a hurry.

From the stairs, a girl in a Gothic dress slowly appeared. A

Carmilla different from the one before. Besides, there are
two of them this time.

I point my sword at the two Carmilla and Busujima holds her

staff.

– There are two of them this time! There’s no place to run

here! What do we do!?

In my head, I reconfirm the structure of the room I

confirmed earlier. This room has only one entrance. We have
to defeat the two Carmilla to escape.

However, the time limit is approaching. I must annihilate 2A

Guild and send them to Caldart. And if the withdrawal is
delayed, Adra and Grasha will disappear along with the
island.
– Watch out!

Busujima let out a shrieking-sounding voice.

The sword of one of the Carmilla draws a sharp arc and

approaches my face. When I put my sword in front of my
face right away, sparks scattered in front of me. The sword
judgment of the Carmilla was sharp, I was trying my best to
defend against it.

– Wa, wait! Doumegu──kyaaaah!

The other Carmilla swings her sword down at Busujima. The

startled Busujima ate the attack without doing anything and
immediately applied recovery magic to herself.

If this continues, both of us will be killed in due course. If

Busujima dies first, I’ll gladly welcome it, but I may die first.

The risk is high, but there’s no choice but to do it.

If I make her mind be in a pleasure state with Ecstas, she

won’t be able to make normal decisions. Furthermore, if I
use Hell & Heaven, she shouldn’t be able to distinguish it
from a dream even if she thinks back upon it after reviving.
Actually it seemed to be like that with Arisugawa and
Hinazawa.

Now I have to believe in my adult mode!

While directing my gaze straight to the Carmilla, I move only

my hand and open the menu. I find the category I’m looking
to while not being noticed by Busujima.

──『Ecstas』!!
At that moment, a luscious pink glow wrapped around
Busujima’s body.

– Hyaan ♡!

– What’s wrong?

She held her chest and bent her back suddenly.

– Eh, umm… something, strange… I mean… nnh ♡.

– No way, you were attacked by the vampire’s magic!?

The moment I said so shamelessly, my fingertips were

already on the next magic command.

At that time, one of the Carmilla kicked the floor, holding

her sword.

Too slow!

──『Hell & Heaven!! 』

One of adult mode’s secret weapons.

The non-standard magic effect separates this room from

common sense and transforms it into irrationality.

The stonework on the walls and floor slides like a puzzle,

blocking the path of the Carmilla.

– !?

Stone pillars stand tall from the floor, and cages and chains
rush out as if flowing out of the gaps in the walls. Those
chains twine around one Carmilla. The Carmilla, whose
limbs had their freedom stolen, had her legs spread and was
mercilessly forced to straddle a triangular wooden horse
that emerged from the floor.

From the mouth of the Carmilla, a scream that wasn’t either

painful or coquettish came out.

The other one is stripped of her Gothic dress and lays face
down on a table. She’s in a humiliating posture, she looks
like the 大 character with both arms and legs open. Red
candles light a number of candlesticks that were pushed out
and offered on top of her body. The melted candles pour like
rain on the back of the Carmilla. Red drops leave marks on
her white skin.

A cry of sensuality and pain echoed from the sexy lips of the
Carmilla.

The stone church, which seems to be honorably poor, has

transformed into a room that should be called the opposite
pole of it.

This place is now a torture room where I make lewd and evil
judgments.

And one very interesting phenomenon was happening.

──What’s that?

Numbers showing damage emerge from the bodies of the

Carmilla who suffer tortures. Namely, the opponent’s HP is
shaved off by erotic attacks.

Ah, are you serious!? Really!?

Hell & Heaven had that way of being used!?

Come to think of it, although I haven’t been able to predict
what the effects of Heaven and Hell will be, I’ve never been
in something like falling into a crisis.

To some extent, it reflects the wishes of the user… or

something like that.

I focused on Busujima.

Before I knew, Busujima was in her underwear and tied to a

stone pillar with a rope. Moreover, a tortoise shell bondage
that enhances the lasciviousness of her body. The white rope
bites into her tanned brown skin. Moreover, because of the
binding method that emphasizes the chest, the two bulges
appear to swell out more than usual. And the rope that bites
into her crotch stimulated the important part of Busujima.

– A, aa… ❤ ha, aaan ❤.

A hot sigh leaks from the mouth of Busujima. This situation

after being compulsorily excited to have sex by Ecstas.
Perhaps her consciousness was all vague too.

The problem is that I’m not Hellshaft now, but Doumeguri

Kakeru. I think Busujima isn’t conscious already… but will I
be okay?

Busujima looked up at me with feverish eyes.

– What… do you intend to do… to me, Doumeguri?

– N-no, I’m not doing…!!

Busujima muttered with intoxicated eyes.

– It’s fine… I don’t care.

A sexy voice flows out from her glossy lips together with a
hot sigh.

– I didn’t know Doumeguri… liked something like this ufufu

❤.

– Eh!? “Like”!? It’s a misunderstanding, Busujima──

Making a grumpy face, Busujima stared at me lightly.

– You have to call me Meg, alright?

Oh right, you don’t like your last name, do you?

– Meg?

Smiling with her whole face, Busujima made her body twist.

– Hmm… yeah… even if you touch me. I’ll forgive you.

– N-no… that’s──

– You don’t find me attractive?

When I thought she was laughing at me, this time, she had
tears in her eyes and looked like she was about to cry. Since
some time ago, her emotional instability hasn’t been a
laughing matter.

– You are, you are attractive! So please, don’t cry.

She smiled with a “ehehe” as tears accumulated. What

the… I always see her having a surly face, so, how to say it,
this is somewhat refreshing….

Although she said to touch her, I wondered where I should

touch.
She’s in underwear and tied up with a rope. I hesitated and
touched her shoulder.

– Hmm….

Busujima let out a soft voice and the number 1 emerged

from her shoulder, just like with the Carmilla.

This is… damage display! !

Ah, could this be──

I crept my fingers around the nape of her neck and her

cleavage tied in a diamond shape. The numbers 3 and 7
come up, respectively. I make up my mind and let my hand
softly creep her chest covered with a bra.

– Haaann… there, aaan ❤ .

This time it was 20.

In other words, it represents the pleasure of Busujima, and

at the same time, the damage dealt to Busujima. That is, if I
make Busujima feel it in this condition, she will disappear!
And it also means that she can escape to Caldart.

Alright. I don’t have time, I only have to do it!

I started fondling the body of Busujima. From her toes to

calves and thighs, from the waist to her navel, chest, arms
and face. The value of her chest was truly big, but
unexpectedly the number on the toes was big too.

– Aah! Haa, aan ❤ a, yaaannh ❤

Doing so, and as I find out the erogenous zone of Busujima,

her face told me she was completely enchanted. Her sweaty
face has blank eyes and her tongue and drool peek through
the loosely opened mouth.

– D-Doumeguri… you had experience doing this?

It’s like taking an exam while seeing the answers. However,

her HP doesn’t decrease more than I expected. At this space,
it will likely take tens of minutes.

──I have no choice. Forgive me, Busujima.

I put my finger on Busujima’s bra. The bra was on the verge

of sliding down, so it slipped off easily. A dazzling white skin
appears from there. The clear sunburn marks were strangely
lewd.

– Do, Doumeguri… you’re surprisingly audacioussssssss❤.

I rubbed the two-tone breasts of Busujima. Each time I did

so, a number emerged.

– Ah aaahha, so bold ❤ I like it!

I put the hardened parts together and roll them with my

palms. Then Busujima shook her head to the left and right
and shouted in joy.

– Hey… it’s okay, you know? Doumeguri wants to… do that,

right?

– That!?

I was startled for a moment. However, when I followed the

eyes of Busujima, I understood what she was trying to say.

There were various types of whips on the wall.

– I don’t like pain that much… but it’s okay. If it’s
Doumeguri, I can endure it.

I heard impossible words coming out of the mouth of

Busujima. Adult mode is amazing, isn’t it?

Certainly, I feel that a lot of HP will be shaved in terms of

appearance and damage. It’s worth trying.

Thinking that, I took the smallest whip that seems to be

made of leather in my hand.

– Okay then… here I go.

I nervously whip her.

A miserable sound is made and the whip struck Busujima’s

arm.

– Iaaaaaah!

Still, a big number such as 15 emerged.

Is that so? It’s not real pain, but a mental one. Even if it’s not
physically painful, the feeling of being hit deals great
damage.

Having a bit of confidence, I whip the stomach of Busujima.

– Aaaanh!

Then I wave it downward at her thighs and breasts.

The more I get used to it, the more sounds are made. Each
time, Busujima twisted her body as she gasped.

Still, I felt bad hitting her too much, so I took a short break
and brought my face closer to the body of Busujima. I
carefully observed that the parts I hit had no bruises.

I unexpectedly ended up bringing my face near her two-

colored breasts and I involuntarily became startled. As I
observed the natural breasts of my classmate at a super
close distance, I heard the anxious voice of Busujima from
above my head.

– He-hey…

– O-oh… sorry. I was just seeing if you were injured──

Without caring about me who gave an excuse, Busujima

asked with a worried face.

– Am I… cute? Or am I… an extremely ugly woman?

Tears accumulated in her eyes, they seem they will fall at

any minute.

She was laughed at when she was a child because of her

name, it became both a complex and a trauma. Now, she’s
in the upper ranks of the school caste and acts like a gal.

──Humans, everyone seems to be like that.

I touched the cheek of Busujima.

– W-well… you are pretty, aren’t you?

The moment I replied so, the eyes of Busujima shone. And a

lot of numbers representing damage from her chest
emerged.

Uwaah!? This… is a-amazing──

The numbers stopped appearing abruptly. And the next

moment, the body of Busujima shines. In front of the
surprised me, the body of Busujima became grains of light
and disappeared.

With this, what’s left is──

I quickly open the menu, change my equipment and the jet-

black armor is put on my body. I can feel the force
overflowing inside my body and my whole body expanding
greatly. My point of view goes up and up. And I transformed
into the Demon King Hellshaft.

I head to the two Carmilla with the whip in my hand.

– The Sweet Painful Poisonous taste

Fall fleetingly Demons of the night

Lured by the fire of sin called me

It’s fine to end Burning your life

I am the emperor of the night and ruler of pleasure! I

am the Demon King Hellshaft!!

The Carmilla looked up at me, who held a whip in his hand,

with eyes of hope and ecstasy.

– I hate killing my subordinates with my own hands. I don’t

want to do it if I can. But if I don’t do it ──

There’s the risk that my identity will be revealed. If that

happens, I can’t be Hellshaft. I’m sorry… forgive me.

However, the Carmilla with her back reddened by the wax

smiled.

– Ah… to be finished off by Hell-shama is.

The other Carmilla on the triangular horse also made her
voice quiver in joy.

– Moreover, to pass away with such a climax is… like a

dream.

──You two.

I whipped their bodies.

Two sharp plosive sounds resounded.

Their bodies shed light as if bursting into flames, become

ashes and crumble down.

At the same time as I throw the whip away, the effect of Hell
& Heaven ends. Like an absurd trick house, the walls and
floor move and return to how they were before.

──I overcame this difficulty at last.

Now if the rest of 2A Guild is dealt with, the mission will be

completed… I mean, Adra and Grasha won’t fail to kill them.
I feel that a weight is off my shoulders a bit. Maybe because
of that, I was able to relax and appreciate the inside of the
room.

When I look at it again… yeah, this room is peculiar. Special,

I’d say…. I walk along the wall and look at the decorations.

– Hmm?

There was a strange thing under the big window. It’s a white
stone plate about 2 meters long and 70 centimeters wide. It
was about twenty centimeters above the floor and had
reliefs carved on the surface.

Was there something like this a moment ago?

I crouched next to it and traced the relief with my finger. A
strangely cool dragon mark. Is it a family crest or
something?

– Oh?

Then an unfamiliar window appeared in my sight.

『Sealed platinum──Release』

What is this? Is it maybe the name of an event included in

the expansion?

The relief on the floor makes a loud noise and opens.

– Is this…?

A bright silver metal box gradually rose from under the floor.
Gorgeous decoration is applied to the design that feels
dignified. Its size and shape were that of a coffin.

This metal coffin strangely feels out of place in the castle

made of nothing but stone.

A stone pedestal placed on the metal coffin appeared, and

the coffin stopped at a height of about one meter.

I casually touched the coffin.

At that moment──,

– Wha…!?

There was a sound like something came off, and the lid
floated.

The sound of scraping heavy stones and the sound of

rotating metal gears continue to sound. The massive lid
opens with a heavy sound. White cold air and particles of
light gushed out from the opening.

Wha… what is──this…?

In that box,

That felt even scary,

A beautiful girl was sleeping.

She looks like a middle… no, elementary school student. A

two-haired color that mix light blonde and pink. A platinum
crown is put on her head, wonderfully adorning her clean-
cut facial features. The eyelashes of her closed eyes are
amazingly long, each one of them is beautiful.

Her light-complexioned skin is so smooth that it doesn’t look

like she’s a human, it shines brightly. She has a small build
and both her body and limbs are thin. The leotard-looking
clothes that clearly makes the lines of her body stand out
are the beauty and mystery of an instant, they’re neither of
a child nor an adult. It represented the forbidden color and
luster that an instant miracle produces.

The slightly bulging chest that symbolizes that beauty

doesn’t move at all.

She’s not breathing.

However, she doesn’t appear to be rigid, and her body which

has a soft skin is lying in a natural position.

It was a girl I could affirm “all of this seems to be man-

made, on the contrary, if it’s not man-made, then there’s no
way it can be this beautiful, right?”
… Who is this girl?

Of course, it’s a new character that appears in the

expansion.

Still….

She’s really beautiful.

Platinum hemming and scale-like decoration that is

impressively used in her clothes.

A gold and silver dragon medal that shines in her chest.

The Princess Platinum who wears delicate and gorgeous

clothes, whose eyes are peacefully closed, who is the only
one in the decayed castle and who continued sleeping as if
time had stopped.

Above her head, a piece of paper was stuck to the wall of

the coffin.

This is?

I tear off the paper, try examining it, and the following was
written on it.

『The sad princess waits as she dreams for the day to wake
up with the lips of a person』

This is really…

If kissed, she’ll become a human and… wake up?

This can’t be a fairy tale.

No, I mean, it may be an event of that kind.

There’s no doubt that the character has poor circumstances
and will wake up with the kiss of a human. There’s no doubt
that that’s the setting. However, who on earth is she?

Come to think of it, I’ve never seen an important human

character or NPC.

It seemed that doing this event was very important. Besides,

if this girl is awakened, I’ll be able to get new information.

I want some information now. I need to know more about

the Exodia Exodus we are trapped in. And because it will be
useful for my purpose which is waiting for rescue while 2A
Guild is defeated.

Besides, if the event is carried forward, it could lead to the

discovery of important items or even more important events.
There may be new ways to escape from this world or hints
as to why we fell into this situation.

And there’s Akagami. He is far ahead of me in knowledge

and information. If Akagami seriously bared his fang at 2A
Guild, as I’m now, I’d be unable to compete with him.

I made an L-shape with my thumb and index finger and

twisted my wrist.

Suddenly, I cast my gaze at the face of the girl.

Her fresh and youthful lips that only seem to be sleeping. At

a glance, her glossing and light pink lips seemed to be soft, I
couldn’t take my eyes off them.

Feelings of guilt surged abruptly. Even though she’s an NPC,

the hesitation about stealing her lips while she’s asleep
makes my determination falter.
Do it, Doumeguri Kakeru! You might get some important
tips!

My finger stretched over the standard equipment of

Doumeguri Kakeru.

– My King, are you here?

Adra appeared from the exit.

Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

I kicked the floor and instantly moved to the exit. Then, I

stood in front of Adra, blocking the way like a wall.

– A-Adra! W-w-what’s wrong!? What do you want!?

– N-No… I heard that you came in advance, but I did not see
you… Has something happened?

– Y-yeah… I have something little to take care of. How are

things going?

Running up the stairs, Grasha jumped into the room.

Nuah!? Trouble has increased by one!

I opened my hands as if to keep him back. I put my palms in

front of Grasha so as to block his line of sight.

– Hmm? What is it? King-sama.

I block him by moving my hands, matching Grasha who

shakes his body to avoid my hands. It feels like we are
playing basketball.

– Are you hiding something, King-sama?

Ugh!

Not just Grasha, Adra suspects of me too!

Now that it has come to this!!

I spread my cloak and made a flashy pose.

– The three men of Infermia The men’s group

Women are prohibited on the isolated island in the

sea

This time we gather together at The World Heritage

The two, who were filled with awe, quickly knelt.

Uh oh! If they kneel, I can’t hide her with my hands!

I showily make the flame cloak spout out from behind. From
the shoulders to the back, it looks like a normal cloak, but as
it goes down, the cloth sways like a flame, and the hem is
completely in flames. Changing the size freely is a
convenient point. Obstructing Grasha’s and Adra’s view with
the cloak, I asked.

– So what happened to 2A Guild?

– Well… Nine of them were dealt with. The other two cannot
be found.

Is that so? That’s fine.

– About those two, I killed them. That makes 11 people. The

job is done. Thank you for your efforts.

Adra and Grasha bowed again.

– One more thing, King-sama. What is this island?

– I don’t know. However, I have a bad feeling. You guys leave

this place right now. Then go straight back to Infermia.

I casually checked the time──ack! There’s only 30 minutes

left!

– What about my King?

– There’s something small that needs to be dealt with. Now

leave and don’t come back to the island. Are we clear!?

「「Yes sir!」」

They answered, stood up and left the room quickly.

After waiting a few seconds, I stepped out of the exit and

looked down the stairs. I can’t hear any sound. It looks like
they left obediently.

Now that I’m alone, I make a triumphant pose and shout.

– Alllllllllright! Today’s mission is completed! I did it! It’s

finisheeeed!

I prevented 2A Guild from disappearing while also curbing

their level up process. I killed two birds with one stone.
What happened today is perfect! In this case, Aikawa-san
will also praise me, won’t she!?

──Now,

The problem is that.

I returned to the back of the room, to the coffin with the lid
still open.
I look down, the girl sleeps without a change. Now that I see
her again, she sure is beautiful.

A short cloak is put on to hide her heavily-exposed body and

a cloth that acted as a substitute of a skirt that hung from
the accessory wrapped around her waist hangs down.
However, neither of both things is very good at hiding her
body. This is because both the cloak and the skirt are see-
through materials that shine in a silver color.

However, and curiously enough, the lining is pink and

opaque. It was really a mysterious material. I want to doubt
if it’s a mistake in the setting of the texture.

I reread the paper stuck on the coffin many times.

『The sad princess waits as she dreams for the day to wake
up with the lips of a person』

I took off the Demon King Armor and returned to the

appearance of Doumeguri Kakeru.

I hold onto the edge of the coffin and bring my face closer to
the girl.

I honestly say.

As I get closer, I start to feel nervous.

The beautiful girl is about 30 centimeters away. I zoom in on

her face, the destructive force isn’t incomplete.

Her small face is still small even when looking at it closely.

However, with the fine details becoming clear, I cannot help
being deeply moved by her delicate beauty. The change in
color and the strength and weakness of the thickness
regarding each hair is applied to the eyelashes and
eyebrows. Despite the texture of the skin, it feels thoroughly
smooth and captivating. The modeling of her face that gives
a thin and hard impression while making it feel soft.

Of course, Satanachia and Forneus are also beautiful.

However, I feel a kind of unique beauty from this girl. A
beauty clad in something ephemeral. Also, and maybe
because of the child’s body shape, it’s not a glamorous body
like Satanachia’s or Forneus’.

Moreover, she carries a sad destiny on her back. Goddammit

you HELLZDOMAIN! To prepare an extremely savage event in
which you steal the lips of such a cute and unfortunate girl
as she sleeps! However, I’m determined to accomplish this
event!

Yes, this is all that is needed to advance the game. Saying so

to myself, I suppress the feelings of guilt and shame.

My heart beats so fast that it hurts. My face is hot. I closed

my eyes tightly.

I slowly approach her face.

At that time, someone pushed my back.

──Wha!?

When I opened my eyes, and without me noticing it, the

surroundings were dim.

I turn around, but I can’t see anything. Or rather, I could see

the reverse side of the coffin lid.

It appears that, after a certain time has passed, the lid

closes and returns to its original position──ah, this isn’t the
moment to be calm!
The lid of the coffin mercilessly closes as if twisting my body
off. My ribs make a creaking noise, and the damage-showing
numbers constantly appear.

This is bad, really bad! I’m going to die! I’m actually going to
die!

I saw the girl’s face in front of me.

Such a stupid way to die is not a joke!

I closed my eyes and stretched my neck with all my

strength.

Go! A little bit more! Just three centimeters more──,

A soft and foamy feel spreads on my lips.

Unlike Aikawa-san’s lips, it’s an unreliable and transient

softness.

I was worried whether I really kissed her or she really

existed.

I spontaneously open my eyes.

Just as I thought, a girl was there.

I wondered if my heart would stop beating.

Her eyes were open.

Golden eyes fixedly stare at me.

The iris of the eyes draws a complicated pattern as if it were

a computer network; fine gold particles are constantly
moving and glittering. And her pupils grew, shrunk and
moved many times as if to find a place to focus on.
Furthermore, when I thought they became vertical for an
instant like a cat’s eyes, they changed to a round shape
again.

The girl was fixedly staring at me. Without panicking or

losing her cool.

– Uwaah!

I threw up the lid of the coffin and jumped back greatly.

The girl sat upright and moved her neck as if to check her
surroundings. And confirms that her body moves? She raises
her arms and moves her fingers. Considering it’s a girl with
unparalleled beauty, seeing her doing a-bit-idiotic
movements was somewhat charming.

The girl tries to get out of the coffin, so she holds onto the
edge of the coffin with both hands and lowers her feet
towards the floor. But her feet don’t reach it. At a glance,
that’s dangerous. She puts her toes down on the floor, as if
sliding down halfway. However, without being able to lower
one leg, she falls backwards.

– ──!!

I extended my hand right away.

To hold the girl’s body from behind.

She’s light.

And soft and unreliable, to the point I thought “Am I really

hugging her close?”

– Are… are you okay?

The girl straightened herself with an awkward movement
and turned to me abruptly. The surprised-looking, wide-
opened golden eyes stare at me unblinkingly.

By facing each other in this way, I can actually feel again

how small her build is. The hair gathered behind the head
like a bumpy hair makes her look a bit taller, but in reality
I’m one head taller than her. A huge ponytail extended from
the bumpy hair. The ponytail, which is light blonde with pink
stripes mixed in it, is thick and it seems that it reach the
ground? It’s so long that that seems likely.

The girl makes her eyes sparkle and looks up at me.

– Is master Mel’s 『Darling』?

Eh?

She pressed her face against my body and sniffed. What?

What are you sniffing?

The girl looked up in a flash and showed a cloudless smile.

– Oh, so that’s it! Yup, darling worked hard for the rescue of
Mel.

– … Err, what?

Mel? Is that the name of the child? Moreover──,

– Um, Mel? Can I call you that? Umm, who is that

『darling』?

Mel looked at me with a suspicious face,

– What are you talking about? When it comes to Mel’s

darling, there’s no one other than you.
– What!?

– The fact that you were able to awaken me, Mel, is proof of
that! Yes, there is no doubt.

She folded her arms and nodded as if consenting alone.

──In short, this means that is that sort of scenario?

It’s exactly like “The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods”. An

event where she is tied together with the person who wakes
her up with a kiss.

It would certainly be impossible unless it was an event-

prepared NPC or I had MAX likability the moment I met such
a beautiful girl without doing anything. That makes me
happy as a player, but I feel like I’m carrying a tremendous
amount of heavy luggage on my back.

– Ah… who are you? Can you give me an exp──uoh!

Mel suddenly jumped at me.

– What’s wrong? You look displeased. Does your stomach

hurt?

Because she clung to my neck, I slightly panicked.

– H-hey! Mel!

A small children is just taking advantage of me. I say to

myself, but she hugs me close with her delicate and soft
arms, and because of that, my heart ends up beating fast of
its own accord. Her sigh tickles my ears and a very good
scent tickles my nasal cavities. And her lightly-dressed chest
is pressed against my body. Her breasts are small, but their
softness was still clearly different from the rest of her body.
Damn! The other person looks like a fifth grader of
elementary school, you know? Was I a lolicon!?

However, according to the definition of lolicon, I think it’s

irrelevant and ridiculous that a high school student like me
calls himself a “lolicon”. Yeah, what will happen to me?

– Err, well… Mel, who are you? I mean, what kind of person
are you?

Mel took her hand off me and landed, then grabbed the see-
through cloth down from her waist and gave a pretty
greeting like a lady.

– I’m the Princess of the Dragon Clan. I’m Platinum Dragon

Mel. We can love each other for many years to come.

The Dragon Clan!!!???

Wait a minute! You were a monster, not a human!?

Moreover, a princess!?

I unconsciously stepped back.

I’m not going to be eaten all of a sudden, am I…? As long as

I wear the Demon King Armor… no, the opponent is a
dragon, isn’t it? I don’t know what position and how strong
dragons are in Exodia Exodus, but they shouldn’t be weak.

Seeing that I felt nervous, Mel inclined her head to the side,
looking curious.

– What’s wrong? Darling.

– It, it’s nothing… I’ve never met a dragon before so I don’t

know what the best thing to do is.

Mel clapped and nodded as if she had understood.

– Oh, so that’s what it is! Then Mel will explain it in an easy-
to-understand manner. Dragons are very strong and very
smart. We are respected by humans and we are worshipped
as Gods.

Like I get it and like I don’t get it…. Her knowledge and
explanation are at child level just like her looks.

– Is that so…? Then why does Mel call me darling?

Mel nodded with a big smile on her face.

– That’s simple. Darling will marry Mel!

I suddenly and involuntarily choked. W-what is this child
blurting out all of a sudden?

– And give birth to a baby!

I coughed violently.

– W-wait a minute! There are too many problems of all

types!

– Hmm? Like what?

Like hell I’m going to take that much responsibility with a

kiss… what kind of event is this?

– Ah! I mean… you’re not of age and──

Is it useless to preach the real-world laws and ethics to NPC

characters in the game? AI doesn’t seem to be that smart.

– Could it be that darling feels inferior because he’s a

human being? If it’s that, you don’t have to worry about it.
That’s not it!

I don’t care about that, and were human beings inferior in

the first place!?

– Mel doesn’t discriminate on a race basis. Besides, Mel is

actually half dragon and half human!

– W-well… while there’s that, we have to know each other

better and…

– Hmm, certainly. What is darling’s name?

You had to start from there!

– … My name is Doumeguri Kakeru. I’m more or less and

adventurer, I guess?

*Wooow*, Mel shouted in admiration

– An adventurer! That’s so cool!

– Not really… not as much as being a dragon.

– With this, there are no obstacles to marrying darling!

That’s too fast!

– I have more questions to ask… For example, why was Mel

sealed in a place like this? And what is this island?

With a puzzled face, Mel looked around me and the inside of

the room.

– …I don’t remember.

──Seriously?
– Um, what were you doing before that? Before entering this
coffin.

Mel hung her head and groaned for a couple of seconds, but
in the end, she dropped her shoulders.

– As I feared, I don’t know.

Hey, don’t tell me you have zero information? I’m not sure
what to do now, I feel like I was just being pressed against a
troublesome NPC!

– … Hmm?

I hear something coming from outside.

──No way!

When I check the time, ten minutes remain until the time
limit.

Damn! Adra and Grasha, even though I said that much to

you, why did you come back!?

I started running and went down the stairs.

– Ah! Wait! Darling!

The NPC that I intended to leave came running after me. Oh

crap, the situation is going to get worse and worse. How
should I explain to Adra and Grasha about Mel?

As I think so, I pass by the room where Miyakoshi froze a

Carmilla, and come out to a place that looks like a small
open terrace.

Ah, I was still in my human appearance. I have to wear the

Demon King Armor soon.
I stop running.

There’s no ceiling, the sea breeze comes swaying with a

feeling of freedom. I looked up at the sky, thick clouds
covered my head. Then, when I lowered my line of sight, a
wide staircase continued down from the terrace──,

Warriors with crocodile faces were lined up there.

– … !?

They are lizardmen, crocodiles that walk on two legs like

humans. They’re standard monsters, but reasonably strong.
Moreover, there are about thirty of them. All of them wear
tattered equipment that seems to be stolen from enemies
they killed. They were just like violent bandits. I can imagine
them being a high-level class among lizardmen.

– There they are.

Making their vertically long pupils narrow, their small eyes

gaze at me.

– Is he alone?

– There should be twelve of them.

– Search and kill them.

– Those who are not qualified to live in this world.

── !?

No way… these guys.

Cold sweat flows down my cheeks.

These are assassins who were aiming for 2A Guild… and
probably take their lives──

– Akagami… is it him?

I reflexively clenched my fist, my back teeth made a sound.

All the lizardmen have awfully strong-looking facial

expressions. Since they received the absolute order of
Akagami, they won’t obey me even if I become Hellshaft.
And if their equipment was also strengthened… can I really
fight against their number!?

– I finally caught up with you. Jeez, what would you have

done if I had become lost, Darling?

Letting out a carefree voice, Mel came around.

– Hey, Mel! Run away quickly! Those guys will kill us!

Mel looked at me and the lizardmen alternately with a look

of amazement. Vexed, I involuntarily shouted loudly.

– We have no time! I’ll defeat these guys in these minutes I

have, you must escape from the island! So leave fast──

– Hmm? So that was the deal, huh.

Mel suddenly came out in front of me.

And looked down at the lizardmen in an overbearing

manner. Her eyes are completely different from the ones
that see me. The eyes of an absolute monarch who sees
helpless and miserable preys. Perceiving that haughty
attitude, the killing intent coming from the lizardmen waver.

– What the, that brat is…

– Is she also our slaughter target?

– Not that it matters. We have to kill all the creatures on the

island, so it’s all the same.

Holding their bloody axes, the lizardmen go up the stairs.

– They look so cheerful. And yes, everyone has cute faces.

Mel showed an innocent smile on her face──and raised her

eyes sharply.

– But I can’t forgive them for making darling be scared.

At that moment, Mel’s eyes glowed golden and her pupils

extended vertically. Sharp fangs flicker in her pretty mouth.
The lizardmen’s feet stopped as her small body began to
glow thinly. Shivers creep up on my back.

It’s pure, instinctive fear.

A fear similar to the feeling of despair when facing a being

with overwhelming power.

– Because I’ve been sleeping for a long time. This will be a

light warm-up exercise.

──!!

A gust of wind breaks out from Mel’s body. Mel’s long

ponytails and cloak are instigated by her own wind, acting
violently. And a little above her buttocks ──a silver spine
came out.

It looks like a tailbone that appears from under the skin, like
a metal tail. And when it stretched long, it became a reptile
tail like it was made of platinum, a bright and beautiful
silver color that moved flexibly.
Sharp metal appears on the left and right sides of her thin
waist.

Those were skeleton wings. The platinum bones were

marvelously big, so much that I wondered where her small
body ended. When opened to the left and right in a big way
as if stretching them, a pink glowing membrane was
stretched between the bones. The wings are strong and
beautiful, they even make me feel awe.

Her appearance from behind that grows a tail and spreads

huge wings from the waist. Her figure that emits white
glowing particles from her whole body is exactly like the one
of a platinum dragon.

The ruffian lizardmen, who seemed to have relatively gone

through a scene or carnage, were shaking from fear.

– N-no way…

– A… dr-dragon?

At the signal of that mumble, the fear of the lizardmen lost

all restraint.

– Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun!!

– Uawaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Without caring what others thought, they screamed and ran

away.

── This is bad!

If we let them go, the news will reach Akagami!

– Mel! Don’t let any of them escape!

Mel glanced at me and showed a fearless smile.

– Understood.

Fangs line up in the open mouth. The back of her mouth

shone brightly.

Then, she twisted her body and shook her head with all she
had as if striking towards the running lizardmen.

An explosive torrent of light rose.

It shone so much I couldn’t keep my eyes open.

The flame transforms into a stream of white light and

lightning coiling around it. The beautiful and violent
brilliance swallowed the lizardmen deeply. They evaporate
and disappear in the blink of an eye.

Just like a light of destruction. It was the evidence of an

overwhelming violence.

The stonework of the stairs comes off and goes up. Mel’s

flames also blew away the shattered stones and pulverized
the lizardmen who had narrowly escaped the flames. The
dreadful dragon flames open a huge hole in the floor under
the stairs, drilling a hole to the underground.

I, who watched the curse of events in blank amazement,

came to my senses there.

– Me… Mel! It’s enough!

Mel’s flames gradually became thinner and eventually

disappeared.

When silence returned, the thirty lizardmen had

disappeared. Like it was a lie that they were there moments
ago. The fragments of light floating in the air and the light
of the remains of the lizardmen that died made me aware
that they were there seconds ago.

Mel fixedly stares at me.

– Mel, you…

After staring at each other for a while, Mel said, pouting.

– You are not going to say anything? Darling?

She quickly approaches me and without hesitation, sticks

her head out.

This is, don’t tell me….

I fearfully extended my hand and touched Mel’s head. Her

slender and graceful blonde hair is very comfortable to
touch. When I move my hand further, it feels even better. I
see that Mel smiled with her whole face, she was showing a
very delight expression on her face.

– We… well done, great job. There, there.

– Ehehehe, that’s right, that’s right ♪ Mel is a useful child.

Somehow, it feels like I can pat her like this forever.

──Ah! There was no time to relax or anything!

When I pull my hand away, she approaches her head as if

going after my hand. Then she hit her head against my
chest.

– Pat me more. Don’t be stingy.

– No, wait. This is not the time for that!

– Oh, if I remember correctly, you said you wanted to
escape, yes? If so, get on your hands and knees.

G-get on my hands and knees?

– I told you we have no time to play!!

– I’m not playing. It’s the quickest way to leave the island.

As I crawl on all fours while not understanding why, Mel sits

on my back. She’s light. Unusually light, despite having a
big and tough tail and wings. Aren’t that made of metal?

Holding my body firmly with both hands and legs, Mel said
close to my ears.

– Alright then, here we go.

The wings that grew on Mel’s waist spread out to the left
and right as if stretching. And flaps her wings once in a big
way. The membrane of the wings shines and a wave motion
of light pushes the stone pavement.

– Uh! … Waaaaah!?

I was launched into the sky with a strong sense of

acceleration.

– Wha, wha…

In front of the panicking me, the castle and castle town of

Montfort, which became distant in the blink of an eye,
looked like miniatures. I was about to freeze from the
extreme height. It’s scary even if one doesn’t have
acrophobia. I cocked my head in puzzlement and spoke to
Mel on my back.

– Mel, you’re amazing…

– Yup ♪ Obviously. You can praise me more.

Mel inclined her wings and slowly circled over Montfort.

– Ah!

A strange phenomenon happened on the island and I

spontaneously shouted. It’s time for the expansion to return.

The spire of the castle sways greatly from side to side. The
whole island is vibrating. The surrounding sea bubbles and
undulates as if to shake the entire sea. And finally, the
whole island began to sink into the sea.

– Unbelievable….

It was like watching a striking movie.

However, I think it’s better to return to land quickly.

I pointed to the land and said.

– Mel! Go in that direction please.

– Roger!

She made her wings flap greatly and accelerated at once.

We crossed the coastline and flew over the grasslands.

– Mel, I’m only saying this, but don’t let me go! Don’t even
pretend to do it! Don’t ever let me go!

To be honest, I’m scared. If I was wearing the Demon King

Armor, I think I would be safe even if I fall…. If so, I’d
rather──

– Fly a bit higher please.

– ? Understood.

If we fly high enough to get time to change equipment, then

all is good. I’m worried if we’re going to be too high.
Anyway, I was able to relax a little. Then I felt like I was
flying in the sky with wings that I had grown. It travel in the
sky at a speed that is a world apart from walking on the
ground.

Like this, going directly to Infermia will… no. Certainly, she’s

a monster, but I’d say she’ll be considered a human. And if I
believe what Mel said earlier, then she seems to be a mixed
race of human and monster.

It’s necessary to establish what’s possible and what’s

impossible, and consider whether it’s right to take her to the
human side or the demon side.

If I had more information about what kind of character Mel is

then that would be a basis for my decision… but if the
person in question has no memories, then it cannot be
helped.

Both sides have disadvantages. But if I take her to the

demon side, she will reveal my identity to everyone. There’s
a great risk in handing all information to anyone. In that
case….

Pointing towards Caldart, I said.

– Mel, head in that direction next.

– Alright. Leave it to me.

Mel listened to what I said obediently and changed course to

Caldart.
+ + +

We arrived in Caldart when the sun went down.

When we came down to the nearby forest, I clearly

explained to Mel to hide for a while, then I went back alone
to the city of Caldart.

If I don’t return alone, 2A Guild will probably doubt me. For

the time being, I have to think of an excuse.

– Ara? You came back.

I came across a member of 2A faster than I thought.

– You’ve been hiding in that small island for a long time,

huh. How long did you disgracefully run from place to place?
Did you shamefully beg for your life? I was wondering if you
would be able to live again.

The one who incidentally appears and that I don’t want to

see is almost always her.

– Hey, Shizukuishi, I’m sorry for not being able to live up to

your expectations, but I did nothing of that. Since I came
back here, I’ve just been wandering and eating food. After
we tried acting as a group, I want to be alone for a while.

– Oh, I see. Well, I don’t want to understand your feelings,

but I have the same opinion in that regard.

Shizukuishi folded her arms and sighed.

From the direction she has been walking… Is she coming

from the church of Orzelia?

– What did the Orzelia priest say? Did he get disillusioned

because the commission failed?
– No. It turns out that knowing that the Demon King Army
was there was enough for him, it seems. “Try to not
approach them for a while”, he said. And we got the full
reward.

– I see… isn’t he magnanimous? That’s nice.

-Everyone went to a celebration party prepared by the

priest. Are you also going?

– What about you?

Shizukuishi folded her arms and looked back at the road

with a stern look.

– I don’t like… these Orzelia guys.

– You’re still not wearing the pendant you got, huh? “Hate
the priest and you will hate his very vestments”, am I right?

Yeah, something like that, Shizukuishi gave an indifferent

reply.

– Well, just in case, put it in your item list, it may be useful

one of these days.

– I’ve thrown it away already.

You really carry out that fussiness of yours without

exception!

– By the way, Doumeguri-kun.

– Yes?

– In the end, I was amazed that you succeeded in abducting

a little girl. How far can people fall? When I see you,
something makes me want to ascertain the people at the
bottom of the social pyramid.

– You can disrespect my past self all you want, but the
absence of coherence is way too…

Little girl?

── Seriously!?

I turn around like I was flipped.

– I got tired of waiting. So I came to pick you up.

Mel was standing right behind me.

Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!

Even though I told you to hide!

── Hmm?

Wait, why can you enter the city? She’s a monster, and yet.

– What on earth did you do that child? Even though this is

not the real world, I wonder if you’re really a person or not,
acting and going against what is ethical and humane.

– Y-you’re wrong! I mean, you’re the one saying that!

Calm down, me. Shizukuishi isn’t wearing glasses now. In

other words, she can barely see Mel. It was no more than a
speculation from her height because she said little girl. If I
calmly deal with her, then I can gloss it over somehow!

– Hey, darling. Who’s that person?

– … Darling.
Shizukuishi frowned with all her strength hard and looked at
me as if she were watching a parasite video.

– Y-you’re wrong! Shizukuishi! Don’t misunderstand!

Fuck!

I have to say something appropriate, and deceive her! And

even if it’s for an instant, I’ll run away quickly!

– I found this girl who happened to be lost. She was sent to

her guardians once, but it seems she’s been missing ever
since, so I happened to see her and now she accompanies
me.

– Oh, it’s the solo quest of the lost child. That’s certainly
seems to be the case… but there’s something a bit strange.
What kind of child is she?

Shizukuishi frowned and made her face have an evil look in

her eyes with all her strength. She approaches to get a
closer look at Mel.

Letting her observe any more than this is bad! I don’t want
to be needlessly investigated and suspected without cause.
Having my hands slip, I’ll probably be suspected but with a
cause!

Mel looked up at me, pointing at Shizukuishi who was

approaching.

– Hey, darling. Can I eat that?

– Excuse me!?

The face of Shizukuishi, who stopped walking, twitched.

Then she silently opened the menu. She’s going to wear her
glasses!? I’m right in front of you, aren’t I!?

She’s dangerous! This is more than impossible! I’m at my

limit!

I held Mel under my armpit.

– W-What? So suddenly?

– Hey, Shizukuishi. I’ll escort this girl home. See you.

– Eh? Wa──

I started running without listening to Shizukuishi’s reply.

I run down a narrow alley while looking back to make sure

I’m not being chased. After turning a few corners and
entering an empty alley, I sighed as if I had used all the air
in my body.

– What on earth is happening? Darling.

– Well… all sorts of things.

I don’t think you can understand it even if I explain it.

Rather, the question is where to accommodate this girl
today. There’s no way I can take her to the guild hall. In that
case, there’s a hotel here in Caldart, although money is
charged. And it’s best to not be seen by others.

– I see. Why don’t you bring Mel to a new castle?

– What?

There was certainly a castle in front of the sparkling eyes of

Mel.
– It’s a little small, but it might be just right for two people
to live in.

A certainly-medieval European-style castle, a small building

as if fitting into one of the districts of the city. And it has an
awfully flashy signboard attached to it.

Although it’s more or less shaped to fit the world view, it’s

what is called a love hotel.

In this world, there are facilities that cater to normies. I wish

I had died.

──However, I feel that the use of this facility, which I

considered useless except for destroying it until now, had
finally come.

This is a facility for adult mode only, so general users cannot

enter. In other words, if I bring Mel there, she won’t be seen
by the eyes of 2A Guild.

– It appears that you came to take a liking to it. Then, from

today on, this is Mel’s house.

– Yup. Mel and darling’s house!

– Mel’s.

– Mel and darling’s!

Our views differed a lot, but I didn’t care and went into the
love hotel, carrying the little girl under my arm.

Strangely enough, I felt like I was committing a crime.

 Chapter 3: Infinity Sword

The hotel 『Nightingale』 where I brought Mel──rather,

where I hid her, doesn’t fall short as a hideout. Room service
will bring her food and drinks, and she can have fun with
movies and games. By the way, because the atmosphere
was regarded as important there, there was a screen by
means of magic circle floating in the air instead of a TV. I’ll
try introducing her to Infermia next time──well, apart from
that, making a senseless NPC like Mel living here was
perfect.

But there was a catch.

As one can guess from the keyword “adult mode only”, this
isn’t free. The denomination is yen. That is, real money.
Choosing the cheapest room is 5,500 yen per night.

Whether it’s one night or two nights, it’s too expensive to

make her live all the time there. For example, if she were to
stay for a month, it will cost 170,500 yen.

Indeed, I clearly understood that financial power is needed

to keep a lover. Although I say that, it’s not like Mel is my
lover.

Even if I misappropriate the budget of the Demon King

Army, I’ll have to build Mel’s house somewhere quickly. If I
act as Hellshaft, I can order the Hellanders to make any
preparations, even a villa, but this is not the case for that. I
have to do everything by myself.
– Goddammit. This is nothing but trouble…

Swayed by the stagecoach, I looked at the scenery of the

peaceful countryside. The idyllic scenery doesn’t heal the
savage fatigue that lurked in my heart.

Now I’m heading to the city of Glasrena. Why? I received a

letter from Akagami four days ago. The contents said: “The
cathedral of Orzelia order in the city of Glasrena is being
rebuilt anew, so I’d like to show you around once. And
definitely come to sightseeing too”.

Glasrena is located about two days north of Laguna. From

Caldart, I would have to go to Sandiano, then take a boat to
Laguna and take the land route again.

For that reason, I left Mel who is immersed in games behind

and teleported to Laguna. And that’s where I’m now.

At that moment, the coachman turned his face and

announced in a loud voice.

– We can now see Glasrena.

I stared at the city that emerged beyond the grasslands.

Glasrena was a much bigger city than I had imagined.

Unlike Caldart, it has no walls, and as I went down the road,
the number of houses gradually increased; it became lively,
turning into a city-like street.

I get off the carriage in the bustling town and look for the
meeting place as I go sightseeing in the city.

The road was paved with cobblestones, and many people

and carriages came and went. The buildings lined up are
also stone-built magnificent things. There’s also an art
museum and a theater, it looks like the cultural maturity is
quite a big deal here. It may be one of the most progressive
cities on the continent of Balgaea.

The cathedral of Orzelia order was slightly a bit away from

the heart of the city.

A familiar face was in the crowd of people.

– Yo.

– Hi.

We both raise a hand lightly and greet each other. Akagami

suddenly turns around and walks toward the square. I
trotted and caught up with Akagami.

A lot of people were gathering in the square. Children

played in the water fountain and couples talked on the
benches. There were also old people feeding birds and a
priest of Orzelia order talking to people about something.

– It’s a lively city, don’t you agree?

– Yeah. This is probably the most prosperous city on the

continent of Balgaea. Look, that’s the cathedral under
construction.

– Oh…

The building was beyond the square. It’s still under

construction, but the scale of it is perfectly transmitted. The
width of the building is about 200 meters. A corridor
extends as if spreading its wings from both sides,
surrounding the square in front of it. I was astounded by the
scale, the number of portraits of gods and angels that
decorate the exterior of the cathedral, and the precision of
the sculptures.

– It’s… amazing.

– Hahaha, having you to say that makes me happy.

As I went up the stairs at the front entrance of the cathedral,

Akagami laughed cheerfully. He’s not wearing the priest
clothes he always wears. His real face is exposed, and his
clothes are ordinary ones that fit in this world.

– So this is the base of Orzelia order, huh.

– Well. I’m going to erect the country of Orzelia order with

this cathedral as its heart.

– A country? But there’s more or less a king here, right?

Glasrena is a kind of city-state. There are politics where the

king played a central part, and there is management.

– Look, it’s like the Vatican City in Italy. Something along

those lines.

We stopped in front of the entrance.

– The inside is still under construction, so this is far as we

can go for today. Well, I think it will be completed soon, so
I’ll call you again at that time. Now I’ll guide Kakeru to his
reservation.

I smiled and thanked him lightly.

– ──Hmm?

-What is it? Souma?

Akagami glared at the square in front of the cathedral.

At the place of relaxation that we just had walked through.

Apparently, a clearly-strange group came into the square, as
if cutting that peaceful landscape to pieces.

There are ten men wearing black clothes and hiding their
faces with masks. Even though it was in the downtown, they
wore armor and carried drawn swords, causing a dangerous
mood to be in the air. And yet, the masks have playful
designs, such as clowns, animals and characters that I’ve
seen somewhere, which creates an even eerier atmosphere.
The group raised their swords all at once and shouted
together.

– Die, Orzelia order! We judge you in the name of the great

Hellshaft-sama!

──Wha,

What!?

Wait a minute! Who the hell are you!?

A priest of Orzelia order, who was near, flared up at them

with an angry look.

– What nonsense are you saying!? Leave immediately!

One person of the group, a man with a clown mask, casually

swung his sword down at the priest. The blue robe was torn
apart, and the next moment, bright red blood gushed out.

– Gyaaaaaaaaaaaa!

The priest rolled on the ground with so much pain and

shock. However, the clown ruthlessly stabs the priest from
above. Letting out his last agonizing scream, the priest
stopped moving.

The scream echoes in the square immediately. People ran

away, caring only about themselves.

– Don’t let them go away! Dye the square of Orzelia with

blooooood!

The black group attacked the fleeing people.

The peaceful square turned into hell in an instant. Instead of

the fountain spewing water, blood spouts from the fallen
bodies. Instead of laughter and happiness, screams and
slaughter overflow.

It doesn’t matter if they are related to Orzelia order or

pedestrians, women or children. They kill at random.

These guys, what are they doing by arbitrarily misusing the

name of people!!??

– Souma! Who the hell are those──

– They’re Satanists who follow the Devil.

A Satanist wearing a cute panda mask caught a little girl

who was late to escape. He grabs her hair and pulls her, and
thrusts the sword at her face.

– Nooooooo! He-heeeeeelp!

– Hihihi, blood! Offer your blood!

The girl struggles desperately, but she can’t escape from the
hands of the Satanist. The tip of the sword stuck into the
girl’s back, a red bloodstain spread on her clothes.
– Damn terrorists….

Muttering so, Akagami kicked the floor and broke into a run.
Just like a bullet. He runs down the stairs at an unthinkable
speed for a human and kicks the stone steps. He jumped a
few meters in one go.

– Haaaaah!

He pulled out the sword in the air and cut off the arm
holding the girl as he twisted his body.

– Kyah!

He hugs the girl who falls to the front while landing.

– Are you okay?

– Eh… y-yes.

Akagami releases the girl’s body and glares at the Satanist

who was left with one arm.

– D-damn you… who the h──

It was there that the Satanist realized that he had lost one
arm.

– Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Akagami frowned annoyingly at that scream.

– M-my! My arm! Where’s my aaaaaaaaaaaarm!?

– Calm down. It will stop hurting soon.

– Don’t fuck with me! Why would there be a reason for

thaaaaaaaaaaat!!??
Because the pain was too much, the Satanist leaned
forward──with that momentum, his head fell off his neck.

– Iyaaaaaaaaaa!

The girl screamed and ran away.

– I caused her to be rather afraid of me, huh….

Akagami scratched his head, looking apologetic.

I was dumbfounded, staring at the series of movements.

Was his head severed when cutting the arm, no, before
that? Then I turned over the point of the sword and the
dropped arm. How was he able to do such a stunt in an
instant?

The other Satanists gather in response to the screams of

their companion.

– You bastard… how dare you…

A muscular man wearing a girl’s mask comes facing

Akagami. The sword in his hand is extremely long and wide.
Double the size of the long swords of the gang.

– Turn into minced meeeeeeeat!

A bold wind cutting sound resounds. Akagami held his

sword horizontally with a cool face. He intends to defend
against it, but he’ll be smashed at this rate.

A violent metallic sound echoed──The big sword snapped.

– Gah…?

Cold sweat emerges on the body of the muscular man.

– It doesn’t matter if it’s big.

Making the best use of the spring, he passes by the side of

the muscular man in one step. A sharp flash enough to
make me feel chills went through the body of the muscular
man. The torso is cut in half and falls to the ground
separately.

Eight people remain.

As one would expect, they’re on guard. They surround

Akagami at a distance, pointing their swords at him.

A man with the mask of a clown said as if noticing.

– This guy… no way, is he Souma?

The pure-white face mask muttered as if being surprised.

– Wha… Infinity Sword Souma, you say…?

They stepped back.

Akagami laughs, looking troubled, then releases his stance

and shoulders his sword.

– Don’t be so nervous. You can’t show your true strength if

you aren’t relaxed, can you?

He says so as if making fun of them and surveys the

enemies with a fearless expression, his waist brought down.

– Kuh! You have the nerve to look down on us.

– We’re eight. No matter how strong you are, we’re going to

win! Let’s go!

Eight people surrounded Akagami and fought all at once.

What the Satanist said is correct. In battle, the side with the
higher number has an overwhelming advantage. It doesn’t
matter how strong one is, it’s useless if there are multiple
opponents. That is the same both in the real world and in
this world. Additionally, one would usually avoid 8
opponents.

However, the strength to overturn even that, Akagami has

it──

Akagami aimed at a corner of the Satanists who surrounded

him. He charges there in a low position, and slashes upward
as if crawling on the ground.

– Gyaaaa!

One.

He returns the tip of the sword that was raised overhead and
bisects the man on the right as if hitting him down from
above.

Two.

He points the sword back without looking behind. The pure-

white face mask gets his stomach pierced.

This makes 3 people.

No Satanist can keep up with the speed of Akagami.

– This piece of shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!

Two men wearing a cat mask and a dog mask slash at him
at the same time. Akagami leaps toward them.

– ──Wha.
The distance was closed in an instant, and the two missed
the timing. Before they swung the sword down, their torso
was bisected by Akagami.

This makes 5 people. Three people remain.

The clown swings his sword up.

– This bastaaaaaaaaaaard!

Akagami’s sword prevents the sword loaded with all the

strength of the clown. However, at that moment, Akagami’s
sword broke.

──This is bad!

Akagami’s strengthening special ability is amazing.

However, and because of that, the lifespan of the equipment
is shortened.

– Aaaaaaalriiiight! Die, Soumaaaaaa!

The clown dispatches his sword toward Akagami──but a

new sword is clutched in the right hand of Akagami.

– ──Wha.

Akagami grins at the surprised clown.

Did he replace the equipment almost at the same time as

the sword broke!?

Akagami turned his body once and slashed the clown’s body.
The sword and everything that tried to defend against the
blow of Akagami were bisected. Because the clown seems to
be wearing stronger armor than the others, the sword of
Akagami broke again with the blow. He grasps a new sword
that quickly emerges from the air.
──A momentary weapon exchange.

He prepares more spare swords as their lifespan shortens,

and replace them one after another.

Infinity Sword Soma, huh…?

Did he calculate the lifespan of the weapon while fighting

and prepare for the equipment exchange of the next
weapon while killing his enemies? When? With such a fierce
offense and defense, he often has room for that.

I made a sound with my throat.

Meanwhile, Akagami brilliantly made his sword move

around and cut down the remaining two Satanists.

He got them all.

──Amazing.

Superhuman speed and movement that ignored the laws of

physics. Probably due to the power of the strengthened
items, but… he knows his abilities and uses them perfectly.

– Phew.

Akagami put his sword in the sheath and sighed. I

approached Akagami.

– You’re amazing, Souma!

– Eh? Oh, I’m not that great. More importantly, I’m sorry, for
this to happen during our conversation.

He answered as if the battle just now was truly nothing.

Cheers came from the people who were watching,
surrounding us at a distance.

– Soumaaaaa!

– Our Infinity Sword!

– Thank you very much, Soumaaa!!

Suddenly and in a loud voice, the people surge forward,

everyone praises and gives thanks to Souma. Even I, who
got involved, am jostled.

– Ka, Kakeru. Let’s run away. At this rate, it will get serious.

– You sure? Somehow, they seem like they’re grateful to you.

– Never mind that! Run!

Akagami advances, pushing people aside. I follow his back.

When we finally get out of the circle of people, Akagami
beckons a little ahead.

– Quickly! This way!

What… the hell?

I caught up with Akagami and entered a cafe a little away

from the square. I take place on the sofa in the back and
sigh. Akagami also exhaled as if he were tired.

– Aah, I got into trouble.

– Because of those Satanists? Or the praises?

– Both… maybe?

Akagami answered, showing a bitter smile on his face.

– Even granting that, you’re popular. Isn’t that amazing?
You’re like a hero.

– Stop that please, it’s nothing like that.

– Really? But your fighting style was actually awesome. You

defeated the terrorists who were like random attackers
alone and protected both the city and the people, so you’re
praised as a hero.

Looking embarrassed, Akagami flushed and turned his palm

toward me.

– Stop that already. Don’t praise me anymore!

– Welcome.

A cute waitress with light brown hair turns up and arranges

drinks and dishes that we didn’t order one after another.

Akagami asked the waitress as if he was confused.

– Could it be that you got the table wrong? We haven’t

ordered anything yet.

The waitress smiled cheerfully and turned her hand toward

the counter.

– It’s from those customers to Infinity Sword-sama.

We look in the direction of the counter, a group of drinkers

raised their glasses all at once.
– Hurrah, Infinity Sword!!
They raise strange voices and laughing voices, and get
incredibly excited. On the other hand, Akagami held his
head and fell prostrated on the table.

– Don’t be so indifferent. Wave your hand at least.

– Geez, Kakeru… you think this isn’t your problem.

As he says so, drinks and dishes are brought to the table one
after another. To be honest, I can’t neither eat nor drink this
much. I took a sip of orange juice and spoke to Akagami.

– But I was surprised. To think Akagami has two sides.

– Hmm… well. A sword can’t save people by itself. Both are

needed… but will you keep this a secret, please?

– Sure thing. But you can use these two “faces” quite well.

– I guess so.

Akagami smiled bitterly and shrugged.

– … If reported more or less properly, you’ll have officially

returned to 2A Guild.

– Is that so? I was wondering if there was a chance that you

would be with them when you came to the Church in
Caldart some time ago. You were unexpectedly fast. As
expected of you. You’re truly a brilliant man.

This means that that priest was actually Akagami?

– No, don’t go out of your way to praise me.

– Why? It’s the truth.

Saying so, Akagami closed one eye.

– But I was defeated by the Demon King Army in Montfort
last time, you know?

– Oh. The Demon King may have been aiming for that island.

Akagami picked up a sandwich from the dishes lined up on

the table and put it in his mouth. He looked like he was
thinking about something while eating it.

After the Demon King Army defeated 2A Guild, the

lizardmen came around.

──Aren’t you the one who sent them?

I wish I could ask that, but it would be strange that I know

that fact. As I was pondering what to talk about, Akagami
opened his mouth first.

– Then, one can say that the ability of 2A Guild isn’t that
great… I mean, they defeated Satan, so they clearly…

So, your intention was to judge the ability of 2A Guild with

those lizardmen? If they had been brainwashed by
Akagami’s absolute command, that is.

– I wonder about that. At least, I’m sure they’re weaker than

Akagami.

Being a bit bashful, Akagami replies.

– You think so? Oh, but there are people who seem a bit
stronger than me, you know?

Hou, like who?

– For example, Shizukuishi.

What?
Neither Ichinomiya nor Asagiri?

– Well, if I remember correctly, she’s the best sorcerer in 2A

Guild…

At any rate, the others are the hostess and German

Akihabara. Their level is low.

– Really…? I didn’t know at all because I wasn’t interested

when I was in the classroom. What kind of person is she?

Hmm, it’s a really difficult question to answer.

– She’s the type that goes her own way. She does have
ability and is smart. However, it seems that she has gotten
obsessed with the Demon King Hellshaft recently.

Well, something like that. To be frank, this looks like a

meeting to diss Shizukuishi.

– ──I see. Why does she care about… so much about Demon
King Hellshaft?

– Well? I don’t understand her well myself. Probably nobody

in 2A Guild is that close to Shizukuishi.

When he heard my answer, Akagami laughed brightly.

Be that as it may, he only asked about Shizukuishi.

Is he that cautious of her?

– Then I’d like to ask something to Kakeru who returned to

2A Guild.

Wariness welled up in my chest. I become aware of it as if to

not let him perceive I put myself on guard.
– Hmm? Go ahead, tell me.

+ + +

Akagami’s request was simple.

The details were: “I want to dispatch new priests to the

church in Caldart, so I’d like you to introduce them to 2A
Guild”.

And while I’m at it, he asked me to guide them to Caldart. I

was thinking of using teleport on my way back, it was a bit
of a bother, but it couldn’t be helped.

Suddenly, I remembered Mel who was staying at

Nightingale.

She may feel lonely, should I return early…? For some

reason, I feel like an owner who left their dog or cat pet
behind and went on a trip.

– What is it? Doumeguri-san.

– Eh? It’s… it’s nothing.

– Is that so? Please tell me if you need anything.

I can’t see the face with the plague mask, but I’m sure he’s
showing the good smile of a person on his face.

There’s a total of six people accompanying me in this travel.

Four are priests and two are escort knights. The knights are
wearing silver and blue armor and have the Orzelia mark on
their chests. They seem to be members of the Knights of
Orzelia. It’s amazing that he even made his chivalric order.
But… are they also brainwashed by Akagami?
And there’s another thing that worries me. Why does he
need four new priests? There should already be one person
in Caldart.

I went through the Caldart Gate as I think of something that

I’m not satisfied with. Then, when I guided them to the
church, the priest who stayed there and who wore a mask in
the shape of a human face instead of a plague mask greeted
me.

– Well then, Doumeguri-san. Can you summon all the people

in 2A Guild?

– Eh? We just arrived; can it be for tomorrow?

– It’s an order we received from the Pope, so the sooner the

better.

Somehow, I felt uncomfortable with his stubborn way of

saying it. We traveled together for three days, I didn’t think
they are bad people… but I’m terribly worried.

I left the church and started walking towards the guild hall.

However, I can’t understand Akagami.

If I only take into consideration the matter of defeating the

satanic cult in Glasrena, he’s like the ideal figure of a hero
who is loved by people. But what about this wariness, which
can be called aggressiveness towards 2A Guild?

And is it necessary to go that far, to act as a priest of Orzelia

order?

What is he going to do to 2A Guild?

As I walk while being absorbed in my thoughts, I came to
the street stalls. Surrounded by the noisy hustle and bustle, I
remembered that thing from that time.

Akagami who controlled a guard and made him rampage at

the street stalls. His face in profile who watched that,
looking happy. And when 2A Guild came──,

I stopped walking and turned back the way I came.

I returned to the church, trotting, tried to open the door, but

desisted from doing so. I went around to the side of the
building and stealthily looked inside through the windows
lined up there.

The priest who was taking care of the church was in front of
the altar. The four new priests are wearing plague masks,
standing in the four corners of the church, and holding a
sorcerer staff in their hands. The escort knights were on
both sides of the entrance and in a position so they could
block the doorway at any time.

──These guys don’t look like they’re just having a meeting….

I returned to the front, opened the door and went inside.

– Thank you for your hard work, Doumeguri-san… where is

everyone from 2A Guild?

The priest standing in front tilted his head to the side.

– I called them, but it will take them some time to be

prepared.

– Is that so…? Well then, let’s wait for them for a moment,
shall we?
I quickly make my eyes move to the four priests in the four
corners. They make no particular movements. If it’s a trap,
will they move when everyone is gathered?

– But what are you going to do with 2A Guild?

– What… you ask?

– For just a greeting, having four high-level mages and two

swordsmen isn’t amicable at all, is it?

The priest shook his body as if getting a shock. And the

magicians in the four corners have their staffs at the ready. I
panic and spread my hands.

– Whoa whoa! I’m not an enemy! Calm down──

There were sounds of armor walking from behind and

sounds of swords being drawn.

I slide my hand on the menu that was left open.

– Tch! Give me some information!

Iron armor is put on my body. My status changes from

human to Demon King. The tiny being called me transforms
into a powerful ruler.

Dumbfounded, the priest looked up at me.

– Y-you! You are!?

– Call your greed “God”

After all, it’s a fantasy world
It is fine to look for souvenirs of death
I am the Devil and the God of Death! The Demon
King Hellshaft descends!
I turned the flame into a sword and swung it down at the
priest.

– ──!!

Shortly after raising my voice, the priest is slain. I kicked the

ground and ran to the sorcerer in the left corner.

I’ll leave the swordsmen for later. Keeping the sorcerers alive
for a long time will become a nuisance.

A magic circle emerges at the tip of the sorcerer’s staff. The

next moment, my body became heavier. I felt the resistance
of water like when one walks in a pool, but it felt like it was
extremely heavy. Both hands and feet need all my strength
to move forward.

Kuh! Is this slow!?

The sorcerer in the right corner pointed his staff at me.

Flames run from the red magic circle.

– Uguooh!

A sharply sharpened, fine blow pierces my side. It was a fire

arrow that attacked me aiming at that point.

Shit! These guys had this planned beforehand!

I made light of them, thinking powerful magic wouldn’t be

used so as to not destroy the church, but after sealing my
movement, they fire it with precision! Dammit! With how
slow I am, I’m just a target!

And the next is──,

I turned my head back and saw the two knights swinging

their swords up.
– Guaaaaaaaa!

I receive their slashing attacks, my feet staggered. My HP,

which was 1000, had already become 750──Ah! It went
down a lot.

These guys received Akagami’s strengthening ability!? If so,

do I have any chance to win!? Fuck! If that’s the case, I
should go for paid items, and even now, stronger is──

– Uoaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Additionally, I ate a hail of magic and swords.

It’s impossible! As things are, I’ll die in a matter of seconds!

I don’t have time to waste or buy up plain paid items.

──I only have one way left.

– 『ECSTAS』!!

A pink magic circle spread at my feet, eroding the floor of

the church. A heart-shaped crest emerges, overwriting the
Orzelia mark on the sorcerers’ chest.

The next moment, my body gets lighter.

The magic circle of slow that was shining at the tip of the
sorcerer’s staff disappeared.

Ecstas is an adult-mode exclusive magic that greatly affects

the mind. The power of the magic depends on the mental
status. They’re left in an anomalous condition by Ecstas.
With this, they can’t even cast magic.

I turn around and swing my sword toward the Knights of

Orzelia. I felt a heavy impact in my hands, this let me know
that it was a critical hit. Mental status also causes a great
effect on physical attacks. The accuracy rate of the
opponent’s attack drops to pitiable levels, and on the
contrary, they can’t even defend from my attacks.

– Uoooooooooooooooooooh!

I swung my sword. I just thought of swinging the sword

vertically, horizontally, from above, from below, diagonally,
in any way, and fast. I hit the enemy even if a little faster to
defeat the enemy even if a little faster.

There are six enemies in total.

If even one person escapes, it’ll be the end. My true identity

will be revealed.

One of the Knights fell to his knees and collapsed on the

floor.

– Uraaaaaaaaaa!

I concentrate the attack on the other knight. I slam the

sword against him as if rotating the arm.

The knight’s body was smashed.

– Nuaaaaaaah, here I go, sorcereeeeeers!

I ran towards the sorcerers who were swinging their staffs

many times, about to cast magic. I hurried so much I almost
fell. As I half-fall, I cut the body of a sorcerer in half.

As I fell, I stared at the next target, and when I got up, I

dashed as if dragging the sword along. Then swing it with
all my strength and thrust the sword at one of them.
It’s not a vivid and beautiful swordplay like Akagami’s. It’s
desperate, unrefined and indecent.

But what’s that?

That’s me. In an incomprehensible situation like this, I’m a

loner who just struggles desperately.

Do I care about my look and style?

But, on the other hand,

I try to accomplish my objective without fail!

I grab the moribund sorcerer and throws him at the sorcerer

in the back-left corner. After that, I charged after them.

– Go to heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell!

I hold my sword and push out my shoulder. I crushed them

to death by slamming them against the armor of my
shoulder and pierced their stomachs with my sword. And
when I swung the sword, the bodies of the two sorcerers
tumbled down, becoming one.

──One guy left!

I turned on my heels and rushed to the right corner.

– This is the eeeeeeeeeeeeend!

However, a magic circle spread out in front of me.

──What.

The effect of Ecstas has expired!?

A strong lightning strike hit me.

– Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

My body is numb. A shock that felt like the circuit in my

head was burned off. The sword in my hand falls to the floor
and returns to flames.

– Gu… sh, it.

This magic power… it’s not normal. What kind of

strengthening is this?!

I put my quivering legs forward. The electric shock whips

and tortures my body incessantly. An intense pain as if being
constantly beaten from the tip of my feet to the tip of my
head.

I lost movement of my body, so much that slow feels cute.

Just before I was about to lose consciousness, something

broke in my head.

What is this level of magic and pain?

I’m the man who defeated that Demon Lord Satan.

I am the Demon King of this world.

I am Demon King Hellshaft!

My desperately stretched hands reached the sorcerer. I grab

his head and body with my huge hands, and put all my
strength into them. From the palms of my hands, the
damage dealt to the sorcerer emerges as numbers.

I have no time to draw my sword.

So, I’ll pinch and crush him,

Like this!

The sorcerer’s body begins to squeak. I felt a critical

response in my hands. That was like the sound of bones
breaking. A series of bone-crushing sounds keep
reverberating from the body of the sorcerer. An
incomprehensible scream burst out of his mouth.

Then the sorcerer’s body became fragments of light,

shattered into pieces and scattered.

Sparkling particles of light flowed, and silence came.

– … It’s over.

I mutter as I breathe heavily.

──No. One more thing remains.

I spread my cloak. The hem that burns, becoming flame, is

long, wide, extending to no end. The swaying flame spread
to the floor, walls, altar and ceiling of the church; the entire
interior of the church was covered with my cloak.

──Burn.

The cloak reached the temperature of a real flame and

spread inside the church. The building is made of stone, but
the interior and roof are made of wood. In an instant, it
burned with a lot of smoke, making roaring sounds.

I become Doumeguri Kakeru again, open the door and look

outside. The passersby are still unaware of the fire. I went
outside in a casual manner and left the place. Then, I sprint
through the main street as fast as I can.

For the time being, I have to fulfill the promise.

I hurried to the guild hall to bring 2A Guild to the church.

+ + +

After looking at the burnt down church with the guys from
2A Guild, I headed in a different direction than the guild
hall.

Mel might be angry because I neglected her the whole

day…. I go to the shopping street and enter an arcade
covered with a glass roof. A pattern is drawn in the tile-
covered floor, it’s a pretty path. There are fashionable shops
lined up on both sides, restaurants such as cafes and bars,
shops selling clothes and accessories; works of art, small
articles, stationery, souvenirs, etcetera, are sold as well.

Should I buy something…?

I stopped in front of a store selling accessories.

──At that moment,

The sound of glass breaking resounded loudly over my head.

Then, a customer who was in the arcade screamed.

What!?

I cover my head in a hurry and lower my body. My body

floated gently in the air.

Wha!? What the hell!?

My body ran through the arcade at a tremendous speed. I

jumped over the heads of the fleeing guests and flew high in
the sky of Caldart from the exit of the arcade.

– Welcome back! Darling.

– Wha…

When I turned my head back, a big smile was there.

– Me, Mel!? What?

Laughing with an “ehehe”, Mel circled along the ramparts.

It looks like I was captured by Mel who attacked from the

sky. Suddenly, I remembered a video of a black kite stealing
a tourist’s lunch box.

– I smelled darling who haven’t been with me at all lately.

That’s why I knew it was you right away.

– I… I see.

That being said, I, who is holding and hanging from the

nape of Mel’s neck, feel very uneasy. The night view of
Caldart, which flows far below, cools my chest. When I think
if she lets go of my hand, I’ll die──my internal organs seem
to gradually rise.

It would be great if I was hugged tightly like before, or if we

were high in the air, but because I’m barely caught in Mel’s
fingertips, we’re not that high. If Mel’s hand slips, it’s the
end of the line.

– Me-Mel! I appreciate your flashy welcome, but bring me

down, quickly!

– Can’t do that. Darling leaves Mel alone too much. Spend

some time with me.

– Okay! I’ll do that!

– Then, will you have fun with me?

– Of course! T-that’s why…

Mel showed a satisfied-looking smile.

– Understood. Then we will go home.

– Uo!?

Making only one of her wings flap, Mel’s body took a sharp
turn, I was swung around in a big way.

– We’ll go home! To our castle!

– T-that’s right! We’re going home! And don’t let go of me!

No matter what!

Just like that, the miniature-looking spire of 『Nightingale』

drew near.

Going back to that castle now gives me a sense of security,

as if I were returning home.

+ + +

– What… does that mean?

Akagami sat down on a stone block and took off the plague

mask.

Two days after the church of Orzelia order was burned down.
On the ramparts of Caldart, I was facing Akagami who wore
priest clothes. The stars are shining in the sky, just like that
night when Akagami revealed his true identity.

I answered in a disappointing and apologetic mood.

– I don’t know… As soon as I arrived at Caldart, they said to

me We would like you to summon 2A Guild”, so I went to the
guild hall. And when I brought everyone back….

Akagami pulled a grim face and covered one of his eyes.

– That’s ridiculous… who on earth can do something like

that…?

I folded my arms and wrinkled up my eyebrows.

– Maybe those Satanists who were acting violently in

Glasrena?

However, Akagami replies clearly.

– No, it’s not them.

– Is that… so? Sorry, it was a silly idea.

Akagami waved his hand, his face still facing down.

──So what happened now was something Akagami

instructed?

The next day, I, who was looking out the coming and going
of people on the ramparts, noticed that three carriages with
cages had arrived. The coachmen weren’t part of Orzelia
order, but once they entered Caldart, they went home
without doing anything.

If those were subordinates of Orzelia order, then his plan

was probably to confine 2A Guild in the church in some way
and take them somewhere in the carriages.

Akagami arrived a day after them.

Is this series of events happening according to Akagami’s

will, or the reckless behavior of the believers?
I stare at the dispirited Akagami.

– Sorry… it’s my fault too. Maybe it’s because I relaxed my

mind after arriving at Caldart. It’s my responsibility.

Akagami raised his face and smiled with upturned eyes.

– No. Kakeru’s role is to guide them to Caldart bring

introduce 2A Guild to the priest. Guarding is the role of the
chivalric order. The responsibility lies with the chivalric
order. It’s not Kakeru’s responsibility.

– But…

– It’s okay.

I showed a smile of great admiration on my face.

– Thank you….

I ponder again and make a gesture.

– Even so, who did this…? Should I investigate in detail

whether or not there was a cause for our party to be
attacked?

Akagami got up and stretched.

– … As Kakeru says, it may be the Satanists’ doing.

– Eh?

– I didn’t expect them to come to this place. Those guys are

certainly capable of anything. Did they escape before the
guards arrived, or did they kill each other? Or something
along those lines.
Wearing the plague mask, Akagami walked toward the
stairs.

– Are you going home, Souma?

– Yeah. I have all sorts of things to do. I’ll contact you one of
these days.

Surprisingly, Akagami left quickly.

I joined my hands behind my head and lay down on the

stone wall.

As I look at the starry sky, I thought about what happened

lately.

Orzelia order, Souma Akagami, the expansion pack,

Montfort, Mel.

A lot of things are happening, I’m about to panic.

──Ah, come to think of it, there was also the construction

work in Infermia. And the festival in Rowalrinna where I was
invited by Zeragiel is about to begin.

… Do I return to Infermia?

I sit up.

– Why is there so much work for me…?

Such words leaked out naturally.

+ + +

I, who returned to the Demon King Infermia Castle, first

searched for Aikawa-san to report.
──But,

– She’s not here…

I can’t find her either in the kitchen or in the warehouse. Is

she skipping job in my hideout?

As I pondered in the middle of the hallway, I heard a cool

voice calling me.

– Is it something wrong, Hellshaft-sama?

– Oh, it’s you, Satanachia. I should be the one asking so.

That’s some incredibly big luggage.

Satanachia had her hands full, holding paper bags.

– Yes. I am ready to go to Vertinas. Souvenirs for everyone

and Zeragiel-sama, leisure goods, food, sweets and drinks
needed during the trip… I am very busy because I have only
two days left until our departure.

Satanachia put the luggage on the floor for a moment and

took out a thin booklet from one of the bags.

– This is a travel guide. If Hellshaft-sama has time, please

take a look at it.

– S… sure.

I tried flipping through the booklet. It looks like a guidebook

for a school trip, but it’s surprisingly elaborate inside. The
introduction of Rowalrinna is obviously written, but that’s
also true for the travel route, the highlights of the ports to
stop by, even the local specialties. It’s a great way to
motivate others.
– By the way, Satanachia. Don’t you know where that human
slave is?

– At this time, she is right in the middle of a lesson.

– Lesson…?

Somehow, I have a terrible bad feeling.

– Yes. Physical labor is a work that has a lot of high points,

but I have to say that Hellshaft-sama summoning her again
and again is not charming, so I commented that she falls
short as a sex slave.

– S-so… what’s the matter?

– If she is being rude to Hellshaft-sama, then it might be too

late to put her back on track. For the time being, it has been
decided to educate her with one of the arts. She has been
training with the Dark Elf Corps for about a week.

– T-t-that’s… umm, quite smart.

Satanachia smiled very happily.

– Thank you very much! I think the training will be over

soon, so what do you think? Will you try testing her?

– … I, guess.

I feel like this is already beyond salvation. Cold sweat

appears all over my body, I tremble with fear. I’d rather leave
this as is and pretend I don’t know.

– Lead… the way.

I, who said so as if squeezing it out, followed Satanachia and

headed to the Dark Elf Corps area. This is the area where the
dark elves, who were stationed in the area surrounded by
the castle walls, live. At a glance, there was a suspicious red
building in it, I had heard that it was a theater. We come in
and Satanachia gives some instructions to the dark elf in the
lobby.

– This way, Hellshaft-sama.

I opened the door and went to the guest seating. There was
no one there. Making me sit in the front row, Satanachia sat
in the row behind me. The lights go out right away and the
curtain rises.

What on earth is going to happen now? No way, Aikawa-san

will… no no, she works as the corporate slave of an
exploiting company. Maybe she easily completed one or two
banquet arts.

When the dance music resounded and the spotlight hit the
stage, I almost couldn’t stand up. There was Aikawa-san
who was beautifully made up for the theatre and wore an
erotic costume.

It wasn’t the usual slave clothes, but clothes with a military

uniform design. However, the lower half of the body has
super high-leg leotard underwear fully exposed. It makes me
wonder if she forgot to wear pants or a skirt. The part of the
chest of the red jacket is also hollowed out, her saggy
breasts are in full view. A heart-shaped accessory decorates
the tip of the breasts, and a gold chain connects the tips of
the left and right breasts.

Aikawa-san performs dance steps lightly, matching the

rhythm. Her body goes up and down greatly every time.
Naturally, the breasts bounce greatly with those
movements. Geez, it’s a choreography one should call
“Please see how the breasts shake”. And, as planned, I can’t
take my eyes off of those movements. I’m confident that I’m
definitely hypnotized now.
When I timidly look at her face, thinking that she sure is
angry, she was surprisingly smiling broadly. Huh? So she’s
not angry at all. I feel relieved.

Aikawa-san suddenly turned around.

The smile disappeared from her face for a mere instant as

she turned around, and eyes full of murderous impulse
pierced me.
So she is angry!
A smiling face when facing the audience and surely a raging
face when turning around. In contrast to such a scary face,
the butt turning towards me is very cute.
The butt that usually has a jacket tied around it and that I
can’t worship easily. Moreover, the super high-leg leotard
and super T-back underwear are no different from wearing
nothing when seen from behind.

She repeats the movement of making her body go up and

down in the same way as before.

Then the flesh of the bottom shakes up and down this time.

A-amazing… the butt moves like this!?

Not only that, she shakes her hips strongly from side to side
this time. Her butt shakes from side to side. Fascinated by
such movements, this time she started to obscenely wriggle
her hips. Then, matching the music, she turns around and
faces the front. I get excited at the same time as she moves.
The chain that connects the left and right breasts moves
flashy, emphasizing the dynamics and lewdness.

And Aikawa-san, following the music, performed a dance

that was the result of her practice. She twists and wriggles
her body, acting flirtatiously. It’s a dance that single-
mindedly aims to make Aikawa-san’s body look lewd and
sexy. And it was a dance aimed at making the viewer
passionate.

To be honest, she wasn’t very good at it, it wasn’t sharp, and

she made mistakes in the choreography right now. Thinking
those things are there, her amateurishness is revealed.
However, that Aikawa-san is dancing such a dance for me,
and that fact made me excited even if she didn’t like it.

And the embarrassment and humiliation that she’s feeling is

beyond imagination.

– How is it? Hellshaft-sama?

– Owaa!

A strange voice whispered in my ear all of a sudden.

– Oh… Satanachia. W-well. She’s… quite good, isn’t she?

This is the result of the training of the dark elves.

– Well… I am honored to be praised.

Looking happy, Satanachia joined her fingers. Then she

called out to Aikawa-san on the stage.

– Congratulations. You were praised. Come to receive your

reward.

Aikawa-san’s smile solidified. Cold sweat flows on her

cheeks.

– What is it? Don’t be modest.

Reluctant, Aikawa-san approached the guest seating. Then

knelt at the edge of the stage and brought her breasts
together with both hands.

Eh? Why are you presenting your cleavage to me?

– Hellshaft-sama. Give her a reward please.

Saying so, Satanachia gave me a roll of banknotes.

Obviously, it’s sol and not yen. The in-game currency.

– What do I do with this?

I asked and Satanachia blushed, looking embarrassed.

– Please put the money into the cleavage of that slave. The
money will be the slave’s allowance. It is money that she
can use as she likes.

Aikawa-san didn’t know that either? She opened her eyes

wide. There must have been a conflict in her heart. She bit
her lips for a while, but then she pushed her breasts
forward.

I pulled out a 10-sol banknote from the bundle and pushed

it into Aikawa-san’s cleavage.

– … Hmmm!

My fingertips touch Aikawa-san’s breasts, they are shoved

into her cleavage. The feeling that my fingertips are
wrapped in something soft. Moreover, this is what Aikawa-
san desires. But she really doesn’t want to do it. The
contradiction made me even more excited.

– You did well. Your efforts paid off ♪.

Satanachia smiled at her with sincere good intentions and

without a bit of malice.
Aikawa-san has a bright red face, her back teeth make
grinding sounds. Tears appeared in her eyes.

– Hellshaft-sama. This girl really did her best, so could you

reward her a bit more? Put a bit of money into her panties.

– … !!

Aikawa-san’s conflict seemed to have become even more

intense, but she pulled out the money from her cleavage
and put her in the string of her panties. And pushed her hips
out to me with teary eyes.

I pinched the string of her panties with my left hand to make

space and held a banknote with my right hand.

As I held one banknote, Satanachia whispered into my year.

– Excuse me, Hellshaft-sama? Since this is never happens,

can you please touch her body?

– Is, is that so…?

I extended my hand toward Aikawa-san’s breasts.

– Fuaaaaaann!

Aikawa-san lets out a seductive voice as I rub her breasts.

– Ah, a, no, aaan ❤.

Even though I haven’t used Ecstas, she’s extremely

sensitive, rather, her reaction is intense.

As I rubbed her breasts, I tried to put money under her

navel. Since I’m doing so with one hand, it looks like I’m
forcibly pushing into it. As I taste the feel of Aikawa-san’s
belly, I move to the bottom. And the fingertips, which had
too much momentum, reached a place that shouldn’t be
touched.

– Iyaaaaaaaaaa ❤ Aaannnnnnnn Aaaaann ❤ ❤

Aikawa-san, who wore a different outfit than usual and

frowned and let out a coquettish voice, was very beautiful.
Suddenly, I thought it was uncommon for Aikawa-san to
wear panties.

+ + +

– Doumeguri-kun! Why did you let them do such a thing to

me!?

– Well, even if you say that to me… I thought my

subordinates had good intentions…

– Good!? That!?

Yelling so, Aikawa-san pours the wine she bought with the
money she just earned into a glass. And gulped it down in
one go.

After that, I brought Aikawa-san to my room. After seeing

such a sexy show, and because I took her home, the dark elf
Onee-sans are thinking that ──we’re surely doing it by now.

Actually, she’s incredibly──mad.

Obviously, I’m sitting in seiza on the floor. The slave lies on

her back with her legs outstretched on my bed, drinking
alcohol proudly.

– This is like with the goblins last time! Your subordinates

have no education, do they!?
– N-no. It’s quite difficult to give instructions to them… all
the time.

– Satanachia supervises them directly, no!? Isn’t she a

leader too!? I don’t believe that you can’t understand each
other!

– Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!

After that, Aikawa-san was angry for a whole eternal hour, I

kept apologizing, and I managed to satisfy Aikawa-san’s by
telling her that they won’t make use of slaves without
permission from now on.

Aikawa-san crossed her legs and glared at me. Anyway, from

this position, I see various things, my heart is pounding. Now
that she was deprived of her panties, she looked the same
as usual.

– Leaving that aside, what about the report? I haven’t heard

anything in a while.

– Yes, there was something I wanted to discuss. As a matter

of fact──

I started telling the details of Montfort. However, as the story

progressed, Aikawa-san’s mood became visibly worse.
Especially when I defeated Busujima with Ecstas and
Hell&Heaven, that’s when the limit was surpassed.

– Just when I thought… what were you doing…

– Eh… was there a factor that made you angry?

Aikawa-san stood up vigorously, stepping firmly on the floor.

– Look here! Yes, it’s convenient, but aren’t you relying too
much on adult mode!? Why do you make a female
classmate submit to you, doing le…lewd stuff then you kill
her!? As a person!?

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!?

– Wha!? Why is Aikawa-san saying that now!? The purpose is

to break their hearts so that they don’t have the willpower to
face the Demon King! I’ve been using Ecstas to overcome
crisis, and even if I report it, I’m praised, aren’t I?! Why is it
so wrong all of a sudden!?

Being suddenly at a loss for words, Aikawa-san’s cheeks

turned red.

– T-the past doesn’t matter! The situation is constantly

changing, so we have to deal with it by adapting ourselves
to the requirements of the moment!

– Changing…? What has changed?

– Th… that’s….

Her face became even redder; Aikawa-san turned her eyes

away.

– Aikawa-san?

Clearing her throat with a cough, Aikawa-san put her hand

on her waist.

– In the first place, Doumeguri-kun! Aren’t you enjoying such

crisis as excuses?

– Wha!? I haven’t done t──

The moment when I used Ecstas on Asagiri crossed my
mind.

– … That at all, you know?

– Why are you looking away!?

Aikawa-san’s anger exploded again.

– Listen! You only do that to help those kids, don’t you!? You
don’t do it just to enjoy erotic stuff!

– I’m! I’m m not enjoying it! I only do it to survive…

– Anyways! It doesn’t matter with whom or where

Doumeguri-kun does lewd stuff, it has nothing to do with
me! I don’t care! In the slightest! But, as an employee of
HELLZDOMAIN, I can’t overlook the abuse of adult mode!
The sacrifice of your classmates for your distorted desires!

– I’m telling you it’s not like that! Besides! I always have
erotic encounters with sexier people in Infermia, so I don’t
have any distorted desires for those childish girls!

Pulling a surprised face all of a sudden, Aikawa-san stared at

me with her mouth still open.

– Eh… is, is that so?

I felt that Aikawa-san’s anger was rapidly extinguishing.

– Of course! It’s obvious if you compare them. The curves of

the breasts and hips are completely different, and the
sexiness is a world apart, they cannot be compared!

Aikawa-san blushed and looked down diagonally. She feels

restless somehow, and combs and combs her hair.
– I… I see. Then, it’s okay… not that I care.

Were the contents that powerful? For me, I just stated the
facts.

I mean, if you give it a thought, you’ll get it. The physique of

Satanachia, Forneus and so on are impossible in reality,
don’t you think? Seeing such bodies on a daily basis and
having physical contact with them. Even if I’m reluctant, I’ll
earn experience, and I won’t be that scared of real girls.

– Err… then, I’ll continue the report.

– Oh, that’s right. Then why don’t you come here and sit?

Eh!? Seriously? Instead of making sit in seiza, you’re letting

me sit on the bed!?

– C-Can I really do that? I’m happy…

Aikawa showed a sickly-sweet smile on her face.

– Fufu ♪ Sitting next to me makes you that happy? Good

grief…

Yup. I feel that the happy points are a little off, but what
gives?

But now that I think about it, this──is my bed, isn’t it?

+ + +

Two days later, we set out on a journey to Rowalrinna.

Our ship is a large sailing ship and is quite fast. Still, the
one-way trip will take five days. We move from one end of
the Balgaea continent to the other, on top of that, we’re
heading to the Logress continent. I was readily invited, but it
was a long trip that would take more than two weeks for a
round trip. Naturally, I was scolded by Aikawa-san.

As a compromise, we agreed that I would return to see

Caldart via teleport from the ports we stopped by on the
way. I was told to return to Infermia if I had the time for it.

But, well, when it comes to Infermia, and when push comes

to shove, Aikawa-san should contact me via communication
gems. However, what will become of the Demon King Castle
in which the emergency measures in case of crisis rely on a
slave?

Considering we’ve departed already, it was going to be a

good trip in which I could spend a relaxing time after a long
time. By the way, today I stayed at a tropical resort island, a
real vacation. I’m spending a “socialite time” that I
absolutely can’t experience in the real world.

When Exodia Exodus is completed, I wonder if I’ll be able to

enjoy this kind of life at home, I have big dreams, but when I
imagined the amount charged, my spine shivered.

Come to think of it, how much was my amount charged?

Actually, I’m scared, I haven’t tried looking at it until now.

Even if I did, my debt won’t decrease, and even if I decide
something like “I’m not going to be charged at all!”, I don’t
think I can keep it. Rather, because of that, I feel like a bad
decision will be made and I won’t be able to recover from
that.

However, because of this stress-free tour, the completely-

generous me had the whim of glancing at it.

──I wish I hadn’t seen it.

– Is there something on your mind? My King.

I’m at a fancy beachside cafe. I’m sitting on a luxurious sofa

under a parasol on a deck overlooking the sea. Turning into
pure-white ashes in front of me, the commander of my
Vampire Corps came along before I knew.

– Adra…? I was thinking about the relationship between

money and life.

– I am sorry for disturbing your profound meditation. It is

very hard for me to get used to the atmosphere of this resort
too. Even though this is a great chance I have received, and
that I would like to spread the information, all I have in my
head is the construction of Infermia and the internal
problems of Hellandia.

Considering all that, you still went with that resort fashion,
didn’t you? It’s pretty rare for you to wear swimming trunks
and a Hawaiian shirt. I mean, I didn’t know you could take
off your tuxedo.

– What are you saying? Resting is also part of your work.

Besides, going around unseen lands in this way will
eventually be of help for my world domination.

– ! I-I have been thinking that this trip is not just a pleasure
trip!

Adra went down on his knees and took an oath-of-allegiance

pose. In resort fashion.

– I am unable to understand the true intentions of my King,

I, Adra, feel ashamed. The lands that my King will eventually
rule. I want to confirm it only with my own eyes.

This is bad. I ended up saying something big all of a sudden!

– Hmm. But there’s no doubt that everyone’s vacation is a
priority. You can spread the information while having fun.

When Adora bowed again, Satanachia came running.

– Hellshaft-sama!

The floral swimsuit with pareo looks great on her brown

skin. Her platinum blonde hair flutters under the wide-
brimmed straw hat. Her figure is certainly the one of a
celebrity Ojou-sama.

– You are here too, Adra! Hellshaft-sama, Grasha is getting

into a fight with the local mafia, the city will be in trouble!

Adra held his head with an unpleasant face.

– That idiot…

Ah… No, was he thinking that he had to do something?

– … Adra. In the same breath I said “take a rest”, I’m afraid

that… will you go?

– Yes, of course.

Upon standing up, Adra turned sharp eyes toward

Satanachia.

– Satanachia, you protect the King. The mafia may come to

retaliate.

No sooner he said so than Adra ran away at a terrific speed.

– Satanachia. Sit down and drink something. Adra said so,

but it’s the mafia after all. They’re probably the small-time
yakuza in this region.
– They are… a group organized around marine creatures
with high intelligence and ability, and a group of pirates
that also employs adventurer-wannabe swordsmen and
sorcerers. It is rumored that they also are a mercenary
business.

Really?

– Well… if that’s all the problem we have…

At that moment, a huge column of water stood in the sea

with an eye-piercing explosion.

– What was that!?

It’s a huge water column that reaches a height of 100
meters. The surface of the sea was surrounded by an
extreme water vapor, so it wasn’t clear what had happened.
– Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

– Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!

The people swimming in the ocean scream and run away.

High waves surged forward to the beach due to the effect of
the huge explosion.

– Uwaaaaaaaaaaa, ruuuuun!

The customers who were barbecuing on the beach are

swept away by the waves together with the utensils. A little
later, the seawater that soared with the explosion fell like
rain.

– Hellshaft-sama! It may be an attack. Be on guard!

Satanachia held the bow-shaped accessory attached to her

swimsuit.

– Blackheart Shooter!

She quickly nocks an arrow to her favorite bow that changed

its appearance immediately.

When the water column fell into the sea and the sea breeze
wiped away the water vapor, a giant creature floating in the
sea appeared. However, its white belly is facing upward, it’s
completely still. A girl with wings stands on top of it…,

– Heellsaaamaaa! Look, look! I caught a big fish ♪.

A whale-like creature with a total length of 50 meters. On

top of it, Forneus was proudly jumping.

– Hellshaft-sama. It seems that it was Forneus’ Sacred….

– Yeah… now that I see it, I get it… I do get it.

I unconsciously covered my face with my hands.

– Ah, is she your companion?

An old lady with a fish-like face came trembling. Her eyes

are separated to the left and right, and has whiskers like a
catfish. I quickly realized that she was a sea-folk race that is
common in this region. She is dressed in white clothes and
looks like the priest class.

The word 「I don’t know her」 came out to my throat, but I

managed to swallow them.

– Err… well.

– Oh! How to say it… that is the guardian deity of this

island!

– Saataanaachiaaa! Heellsaamaaa!! It’s so big that even if

everyone eats it, we can eat to our heart’s content ♪.

I’m sorry. It seems that she’s going to eat your god. My fallen
angel.

The catfish-looking old lady appeals to me while shedding

tears.

– I’m sure something terrifying will happen. The curse of

God… the myth that says: For three days and three nights
from the night God is lost. All the calamities will hit this
island. The disaster of the first night is──

Oh, this is a pattern that fights that disaster.

– Satanachia… it seems like we cannot leave this as is.

– I understand. But──
Satanachia frowned and inclined her head, looking worried.

– Will we be in time for the Vertinas Festival?

– ….

For the time being, it seemed that this would be a mission in

which we would fight the local mafia and do something
about the three-day curse of God until tomorrow morning.

+ + +

At the end of all kind of turmoil, we finally arrived in

Rowalrinna, the same beautiful country.

A magnificent river flows through the green and

overgrowing forest, and our ship goes up the river. Then, I
arrived at Schwarzkrone Castle, the castle of the Queen.

– I have been waiting for you. Hellshaft-sama.

It was Queen Zeragiel who stood at the dock and looked up

at the ship. When the ship came near and I went down the
ramp, I walked until I was in front of Zeragiel.

– What a surprise… the Queen herself welcomes me? How

august.

Zeragiel raised her eyes slightly and smiled sweetly.

The Dark Elf Queen Zeragiel is by far the largest of the

tallest elves. Her height is probably close to 190
centimeters. She has a wonderful figure that matched her
height and huge breasts that are about to burst and will hit
a terrifying number if simply measured.

Zeragiel gently leaned against me and pressed her huge

chest against my body.
– Well, aren’t I your friend? Don’t say such a cold thing.

Uuuh! Even if I know her seductive techniques, it feels like

I’m easily controlled! As expected of the Dark Elf Queen!

– Hou, I certainly wanted to hear that word while I was

fighting with Satan though.

– Aan, geez… Hellshaft-sama, you’re a meanie ❤.

As if taking advantage of that, she leaned coquettishly

against me and entangled my arm with hers, and before I
knew it, we started walking with our arms liked like lovers.

And we walk side by side like this, this surely was how other
people saw us. I haven’t tried meeting a woman other than
Zeragiel who doesn’t lose in terms of mass to the Demon
King Armor. If I were a human, we would perfectly be an
adult and a child.

– There are many things I can’t do as I want, you know? But I

will make up for it with plenty of hospitality.

As her word says, a wonderful entertainment with careful

attention to the smallest detail was waiting for me.

Not only me but also the four Hellzekters were treated well
with generous meals, alcohol, and elegant rooms.

Rather, I was surprised to find that there were no rooms

available, but I was peremptorily dragged away by Zeragiel
who said 「Now, in my room, tonight ❤」. All I can say about
the conversation that was held is that the Ecstas acts I do
are still insufficient.

And the next day, I went sightseeing in Rowalrinna. Seeing

the core members being treated, including Zeragiel, this
day tells me that they really value me and Hellandia highly. I
may be able to form a formal alliance with Zeragiel and
form a united front.

… I’ll never going to yield to the entertainment offensive!

Then, at night, the Vertinas Festival finally began.

The roads, rather, the streets of the castle town were

dazzlingly decorated with illuminations and decorations.
Although I say illumination, they emit light not by electricity
but by magical power. It reminds me of the events that take
place during the Christmas season in my world.

But it’s spring and it’s very warm. And confetti and not snow
falls from the sky. A parade came under it. The parade that
marched through the city finally arrived at Schwarzkrone
Castle and greeted Her Majesty the Queen.

Then, they pray for abundance by performing their best

songs and dances, and give thanks to the Holy Spirit.

I was watching the finest show in a special seat next to the

Queen.

The courtyard of the castle was illuminated by magical light,

producing a particularly fantastic and beautiful space.
Overhead, magical fireworks ascend, drawing momentary
paintings on the canvas of the starry sky.

And the dark elf girls sing and dance, matching the rhythm
of the music played. It seems that they’re still young, they’re
all small and cute. As the children jumped up and down
with all their might along with their beautiful singing voices,
smiles naturally leaked out from the spectators who
watched them.
In a place a little further away from me and Zeragiel, Adra,
Grasha and Forneus sat cross-legged on a luxurious carpet,
watching the scene in a relaxed manner.

– How is it? Hellshaft-sama?

– It’s really magnificent. Wonderful… I can’t help but feel

gratitude for inviting me.

Saying “Oh my”, Zeragiel laughed in a high-pitched sound.

– You’re really treating me as a stranger. Meanie ❤.

Then squints and stares at me with a gracious facial

expression.

– The world is complicated and often doesn’t go as

expected… I am really sick of it.

– Yes, I’m fully aware of that.

– If so──

Zeragiel stretched her neck and whispered to me.

– Rather, why don’t you rule the world so that you don’t
have to worry about it? You and I.

Zeragiel?

Fireworks go up in the sky.

Certainly, in the daytime, I thought that might be good,

but….

I’m reflected in Zeragiel’s eyes.

How serious are you? Queen.

– … It’s a very, very interesting proposal. It deserves a
serious consideration.

When I answered that, Zeragiel lifted the corners of her

mouth with all her strength and smiled with satisfaction.

– Oh, Hellshaft-sama. The next parade is a must-watch.

– Hmm? Is that so?

The young dancers who were dancing until just now retreat
to the side, and the next parade enters the courtyard. This
time they are women with mature bodies. Even at this
distance, I could guess that their physical appearance was
wonderful. All of them are dressed in revealing costumes,
showing off the beauty of their bodies. The golden costumes
matched very well their brown skin. The most wonderful and
gorgeous so far. It seemed to shape the crystallization of the
beauty of the dark elves.

– This seems to be the ace team, huh.

Zeragiel happily put her hands together.

– Correct.

A team of about fifty people? When I think about “How do

they move perfectly coordinated, matching the music?”,
each one does a different choreography and synchronizes
again. I am overwhelmed by the movements of all the
members, but each person’s dance is also beautiful.
Especially the woman in the front and at the center──Eh?

– Satanachia…?

She was definitely Satanachia. The Corps Commander of

Hellander’s Dark Elf Corps. Satanachia smiles and performs
a dance overflowing with uplifting feeling.

– Hey, isn’t that Satanachia!?

Grasha seems to have noticed too, he lets out a loud voice.

– It is her! It’s Satanachia! Saataanaachiaaa.

I think she can hear their support. Laughing and looking

embarrassed, the movements of Satanachia became even
sharper.

As she rotates her body to express joy, her beautiful

platinum blonde makes circles. It received the sparkling
magical light, reflecting various colors and shining in the
seven prismatic colors.

She jumps high to express the joy of living.

Her supple body dances in the air to express joy.

I was spontaneously captivated by her beauty.

– How is it? Hellshaft-sama.

– Oh… Satanachia, she looks happy.

– Yes. It is the first time I have seen that girl’s face be that
bright.

Certainly, it seems to be a lie that when we first met, she

was the type whose emotions couldn’t be read.

– On that subject, when I sent an army against the Allied

Forces of Humans and Elves, Satanachia was amazing,
wasn’t she?

– Amazing?
– Yes. That child begged me with a desperate face. Seeing
her be that bloodcurdling, even the other children began to
bow their heads with her, you know? I felt like I was the
villain.

Imagining that scene, even though I didn’t intend to, a

laugh came out.

– But the Queen goes out of her way to help the commoners.
How admirable.

– Because they are all my daughters.

──Daughters?

– So, sending Satanachia to you felt like giving my daughter

away, you know?

I unintentionally choked.

– Hey, Hellshaft-sama? Of course, I know that accepting her

as your wife is impossible, but can you kindly welcome her
as your concubine? I am sure she will be helpful.

– Wha!? Sa-Satanachia…!?

– Though I might become your legal wife.

Although I didn’t intend to, I was confused by Zeragiel who

seemed to press me for an answer.

– Why… Zeragiel? Behave yourself!

Giggling, Zeragiel put an extraordinary bewitching smile on

her face.

– I thought about that last night, but when it comes to your

field, the field of a hero like the Demon King Hellshaft-sama,
you sure are like an innocent boy.

– … !! I’m, I’m sorry!?

– Fufufuh, see? On the contrary, you ignite a woman’s heart

❤.

Zeragiel stared at Satanachia with tender eyes.

– But that child used Laguna Bringer, making part of

Arzheim an uninhabitable land, and went from being an elf
to a dark elf… in a true sense, she seems to have made her
way through everything.

Laguna Bringer…?

I feel it’s necessary to find out what kind of hidden treasure

it is.

Be that as it may, Ulriel doesn’t look like she’ll show it to me

that easily.

I pulled myself together and watched the best show

unfolding in front of me.

I was captivated by the beautiful glimmer of Satanachia and

her companions who danced happily.
Chapter 4: ASAGIRI RIRIKO

The festival lasted three days and three nights. Still, I was a
little worried about Infermia and Caldart, so I left Rowalrinna
as if to shake free from the restraining Zeragiel.

When I stopped at the nearest port on the continent of

Balgaea, I decided to stay overnight there and teleported to
Infermia.

– Nothing in particular has happened. It’s peaceful here.

Aikawa-san, who was working in the vegetable garden

inside the castle, replied in a relaxed manner.

– That’s wonderful. Now that we’ve defeated Satan, I don’t

see a threat appearing right away.

Contrary to my expectations, when I thought she would

agree with me, Aikawa-san looked grave.

– That’s… good but.

– ? … Then, I’ll be going to Caldart for a while. If anything,

I’m more worried about them. Because I destroyed the
church, I don’t think he’ll move immediately.

── I, who thought so, was being overly optimistic.

– What the hell is thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis!?

No one from 2A Guild was in the guild hall, which is where
they were supposed to be. And there’s a letter left behind by
Asagiri.

This really gives me a déjà vu feeling!

『Err, I’m sorry, but once again, we’re leaving first. We were
invited by a person of Orzelia order, and we decided to go to
the city called Glasrena. They say it’s an important
ceremony, and the date has been determined, so it looks
like the departure date cannot be shifted. I’m sorry. But
since it’s you, Doumeguri-kun, it might be easy for you to
catch up with us (haha). For that reason, I’ll be waiting. Do
your best!! (lol)』

Oh wow, for some reason, she’s smirking.

However, that ceremony is still the inauguration ceremony

of the cathedral.

Inviting 2A Guild at this moment is…. It’s impossible for me

to say that I don’t have a bad feeling. Besides, the priests
who ambushed 2A Guild in the church. It’ s natural to think
that that’s also due to Akagami’s instructions.

But when I take in consideration the estimation of those

around him and his devoted and heroic way of fighting in
Glasrena, I wonder if he’ll really do anything irreparable to
2A Guild.

And… I understand Akagami’s feelings.

Wanting to come to another world, throw away the past, and

start again from the beginning in a place where no one
knows you. That feeling isn’t unusual. Those who aimed for
changing their image and becoming more social and
extroverted upon entering high school were the majority.
Also, the time would come when one, the unrewarded,
would be rewarded. Wishing for that was a natural desire.

──However,

For that reason, when it comes to sacrificing all his

classmates, it’s a different matter.

Even if the other party are NPCs, it doesn’t feel good. In

particular, the more sophisticated the AI is, the closer the
NPCs are to humans, reaching the point where one feels
reluctant to kill them. Moreover, living human beings form
2A Guild. They are people who are his acquaintances, who
exist in real life and whose bodies are still alive.

──It’s impossible.

No matter what comes out of his mouth, actually dirtying

my hands isn’t something I can easily do. Besides, Akagami
has cheat-like powers. 2A Guild shouldn’t be scary for him.
There should be no reason for him to feel like threatening 2A
Guild.

There shouldn’t be──and yet.

– Anyway… I shall go after them.

It’d be nice if I could catch up with them on the way from

Laguna to Glasrena.

I teleported to Laguna and decided to calmly wait for 2A

Guild to come.

+ + +

– You caught up with us after all! As one would expect from

Doumeguri-kun.
A small village halfway between Laguna and Glasrena. It
was there where I caught up with 2A Guild──or pretended
doing so.

The sun has set completely; the surroundings are already

dark.

There was only one inn in the village, so when I visited it,
Asagiri welcomed me. Since the number of rooms is small,
only girls are staying at the inn. I’m told the boys will be
camping in a nearby campground.

– Huh? Doumeguri-kun. You caught up with us.

Arisugawa showed a smiling face from behind Asagiri who

stands at the door. When I raised my hand lightly and
responded, Arisugawa also waved his hand back and walked
to the back of the corridor.

After seeing off Arisugawa’s back returning to his room,

Asagiri turned to me.

– Have you eaten dinner yet?

– Nope. But I have packed lunch with me, so I’m fine.

– You should eat properly, you know? Oh, that’s right. Will
you enter for a moment?

Eh, but isn’t this the so-called women’s dormitory (sort of)?
As I was confused, she forcibly grabbed my hand and pulled
me in. Then, I’m immediately taken to the kitchen.

The kitchen was a largish dining kitchen with a table for six
people. Asagiri looks at me over her shoulder while starting
a fire in the kamado.
– Sit down and wait a little bit. I’ll make you something now.
I can only do simple things though.

– Eeh!? You mean… Asagiri’s home cooking?

– Yup. You don’t like it? Like I thought, do you like Alice-
chan’s home cooking better?

– No, no! That’s not it, I mean, I’m sorry for making you go
out of your way to do this.

Fufuh, Asagiri laughed and went towards the pot.

About fifteen minutes later, Asagiri’s handmade carbonara

pasta, Caesar salad and stewed meat were lined up in front
of me.

– You must be hungry, so I made these in a hurry. I’m sorry

that the stew is the leftovers from dinner. But this was also
made by me.

– D-doing that much… thank you.

– Please enjoy.

I wind up the pasta with a fork and bring it to my mouth.

The taste of eggs and pepper spreads in the mouth, the rich
flavor is irresistible.

Asagiri sits opposite me, smiling delightfully and staring at

me as I eat.

– This is good.

– Really? That makes me happy ♪.

The next is the stewed meat. The flavors have gone through,
and the food texture that crumbled in my mouth was
irresistible.

──That reminds me, it has been a while since I ate Asagiri’s

food.

I remembered the days when I continued escaping with

Asagiri who was cursed by Satan.

Although I was there as Hellshaft, eating and sleeping with

Asagiri for several days was an irreplaceable routine. At that
time, I ate Asagiri’s home cooking every day. Because of
that, Asagiri’s cooking skills may have improved.

– Asagiri, you got better at cooking. Everything is really

tasty.

Uh oh, I thought after saying that.

– Doumeguri-kun, have you ever eaten my food?

– W-well… that’s.

– Oh, I see. You probably thought I couldn’t cook at all, don’t

you?

Asagiri glares at me with scornful eyes while showing a

smile on her mouth.

– S-sorry! But it’s really tasty!

– Fufu, thank you. I hope it was worth practicing.

Asagiri helped me by making a convenient interpretation,

and I finished the rest while panicking in my mind.

I took a break after having a cup of tea after the meal and
decided to head to the boys’ camp.
– This way, Doumeguri-kun. It’s dark so watch your step.

– O-okay.

Along with Asagiri, I walk through the raised footpath in the

field for vegetables. There was a forest spreading in front of
me, and the road continued as if going through it.

I told her that she should tell me only the location, but… she
overwhelmed me, saying she would lead the way.

The moon is bright, so it’s not a pain to walk at night even

without a lamp.

As I went through the forest, the meadows spread out and

the narrow river made sounds of water.

– ……Hmm?

Countless blue lights floated as if wandering around the

slow-flowing river.

──Are those… fireflies?

– Wow… it’s amazing. Don’t you think, Doumeguri-kun?

Asagiri makes her eyes shine sparklingly and walks towards

the lights. I followed Asagiri and went to the center where
the lights wandered.

It was like walking in the starry sky.

The soft drifting lights swim gracefully around us while

spreading small particles of light.

– It’s very beautiful….

Asagiri chose a camping sheet from the menu and laid it on
the lawn.

– This is a rare chance, so why don’t we appreciate it for a

moment?

– S…sure.

I sat next to Asagiri with a tense and awkward movement.

However, the river flowing while receiving the light of the
moon and the lights swaying gratefully caught my heart in
the blink of an eye and erased my nervousness.

– It’s really… beautiful. Or magical I should say…

– Yup. This world and… the landscapes are much more

beautiful than our world.

Certainly. Since it’s a created fantasy world, the landscapes

are flashier and reflect the ideal, so they naturally become a
display of landscapes that are more beautiful than reality.

– I agree. When it comes to choosing something like the 100

Landscapes of Japan here, it would be hard.

– Ahahaha, the 100 Landscapes of Balgaea? How would they

be chosen?

– … Asagiri will choose them.

– Eeh? Me? That doesn’t represent everyone.

Oh, she’s right. Well, that’s usually the case.

– Is that so? That’s a very big responsibility.

Asagiri laughed happily.

A gentle air flows between us. Have I ever enjoyed talking
trivial stuff with Asagiri with such a calm feeling?

– Doumeguri-kun. I’d like to tour the landscapes around the

world, of this world.

– … Yeah, I know.

– It’s hard to choose by myself. Will you help me?

──Does she mean “together”?

Traveling together with Asagiri again… but this time as

Doumeguri Kakeru. …… Hey. The mood is quite good, don’t
you think?

After eating homemade food, I was invited to see a romantic

scenery, and now the promise of a trip for only two people.
Think objectively: would she go that far for a man she’s not
interested in at all?

No, wait, wait. Calm down, me. If I have the wrong idea and
I’m pertinent, I’ll lose face, right? At any rate, the person I’m
talking about is Asagiri. The good-looking guys who court
her are a dime a dozen. Why is Asagiri looking at me? Hey,
look. When you think about it, you’ll see that it’s impossible.
The goddess-like Asagiri that is equally kind to everyone. It’s
not a promise or anything. It’s just a frivolous talk. Hanging
out with me this time is like lip service.

I looked at Asagiri as if I was stealing a glance at her.

–!

Asagiri was staring at me with a hot gaze. Her cheeks are

slightly dyed and her moist eyes are shining. It’s as if a star
is appearing in her eyes.
– Hey… Doumeguri-kun.

My heart throbbed just from having my name called. My face

is hot. I’m sure even my ears are red. I want to get closer to
this girl in front of me. I want to touch her. Such unbearable
desires overflow from the bottom of my being one after
another.

I can’t think properly and I don’t know what I’m trying to do.
It feels like my consciousness leaves my hands and starts to
move of its own accord.

──Something is strange.

– Somehow… my head.

I feel dizzy.

A pale light passes between us while scattering drops of

light.

──Wait.

– A-Asagiri… this is bad. These things are monsters.

Oh crap… I’ve never seen these little things that just shine
like this, so I was careless. Maybe this effect is confusion or
bewitching… shit, I can’t think straight.

– Let’s stand up… and run away immediately.

Asagiri is tilting her head with an intoxicated facial

expression, probably because she can’t understand what I’m
saying. I took Asagiri’s hand and tried to make her stand.
However, the moment Asagiri stood up, her knees became
weak.

– Uwaah!
Without being able to support Asagiri, I was pushed down.

– …. Are, are you… okay?

Asagiri stared at me with out-of-focus eyes while being on

top of me. Then, she tried to sidle up to me and approached
my face.

– Doumeguri-kun….

Asagiri’s face was in a position where I could touch the tip of

her nose.

– Asagiri, you’re… confused by a monster effect. Maybe… we

should run away from h──

The continuation of my words was blocked by Asagiri’s lips.

– ○X▲!? □♦!!

A-Asagiri!

I don’t understand what’s going on. The only thing I see is a

very close Asagiri with her eyes closed. However, the feeling
I felt on my lips was without a doubt Asagiri’s lips──and
when I thought about it, my confused head became even
more confused.

Asagiri piles up her lips on mine many times as if she were

pecking at them. Her tickling, but pleasing lips pulled back
after who knows how many times.

– Asagiri…

If I stick out my face, the face of Asagiri will be in a place

where I can touch her again. Asagiri’s eyes shine as if
wishing for something.
I approached my face as if being attracted to her and our
lips overlapped again.

This time I was more aggressive than before. My tongue

stretches and tries to pry open Asagiri’s lips. I don’t even
know what I’m doing. All I had in mind was the desire to feel
Asagiri more.

Asagiri made her body quiver, but in response to my knock,

she slightly opened the entrance, her lips. I make my tongue
slide into that opening. Once I get in, Asagiri can’t close her
lips. The movement of Asagiri’s tongue, which was confused
and tried to repel the invader, changed to a movement that
sought each other’s tongue and became intertwined.

We tasted each other’s mouths without worrying about the

drool hanging from the corners of our mouths. The inside of
Asagiri’s mouth was very soft and sweet, making me want to
stay connected forever.

Our faces separate as if wanting to take a break.

Asagiri sat up while breathing heavily; now she was

straddling me. And looked down at me with a red face.

– Hey… can I?

She touched my chest with her thin and beautiful fingers.

– Do as you like.

Her fingers slightly sink into my chest. Pushing up her

clothes from the inside, I couldn’t take my eyes off the
bulging and strained breasts.

I extended my hand while having the desire of wanting to

touch her. I felt like I heard a voice in a corner of my head
saying “you mustn’t”. However, that voice gradually became
distant, and eventually became completely unnoticeable. It
was more important to touch Asagiri’s breasts than that.

My hands grab Asagiri’s breasts without hesitation.

– Aanh! ❤

Excitement and pleasure are delivered to my palms. This is

the feel of Asagiri’s breasts.

I touched them with Hellshaft’s hands, but it’s my first time

as Doumeguri Kakeru.

Never getting tired of them, I kept rubbing Asagiri’s breasts

thoroughly.

– Nnh ❤ Aah, ah, hey… is it okay? From above… the clothes.

I don’t know what’s okay. But I answered reflexively.

– Is-is that so? Sorry.

My fingers unbutton Asagiri’s clothes. Asagiri squinted and

watched my fingertips attentively.

The front of her coat opened, and the dazzling skin of

Asagiri and her pink underwear showed up. I extended my
hand to take off her underwear and lost the destination of
my fingertips.

– The hook is… to the front.

When I was told so as if to guide me, I put my finger on the

hook of the bra. I couldn’t take it off because I got flustered,
but the hook came off with a light sound, and Asagiri’s
breasts, which had been pressed down, jumped out forward.
– … !!

I unconsciously caught my breath. A large pair of white hills

with pink tips. Beyond the two round things, I can see the
embarrassed smiling face of Asagiri.

– Ehehe… you saw them.

She threw out her chest as if to say “go ahead”.

Following my lust, I stretched my hand to the bare breasts of

Asagiri. When lifted from below, the smooth skin seemed to
stick to my hands. Feeling the weight of her breasts, I
rubbed Asagiri’s breasts to my heart’s content.

– Haah! Anh, unh, it’s, it’s okay, do as you like ❤.

– Yeah, Asagiri, Asagiri!

I rubbed her raw breasts thoroughly as if kneading them

while calling her name as if I were talking in delirium.
Asagiri frowns and makes a painful face. However, what
comes out of her mouth is a voice of joy.

– Nnh ❤ More, anh, the t-tips too.

I pinched and pulled the hardened and pointed tip of the

breasts.

– Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaannh ❤.

Asagiri makes her body bend loosely back and forth and
makes a coquettish voice resound. With that voice, my head
regains its sanity for a moment.

– Oh… Asagiri. I’m doing this to the honor student, to the

pure Asagiri… but I can’t stop, I can’t stop. I’m sorry, Asagiri.
However, Asagiri showed a smile that mixed the tenderness
of a goddess and the lewdness of a succubus on her face.

– It’s fine. Don’t worry… I’m also… a normal girl, you know?

Those words make my head cloudy again.

– And──I’m not really a good girl like everyone says.

Asagiri took off the jacket from her shoulder. Her upper

body, which wore no clothes, was very dazzling. Asagiri
shakes her hips against my abdomen as if to rub my crutch.

– Nh ❤… there are things I can’t tell everyone… anh.

Things you can’t tell?

– Well… everyone has one or two things that can’t be told to

anyone, right?

–…

Asagiri just keeps letting out sexy sighs, she doesn’t reply. I
pinched the tip of Asagiri’s breasts with my fingertips as if to
press her.

– Aan ❤ B-besides, this isn’t… my first time doing this kind

of thing.

My chest hurts.

Could it be… that Asagiri already did it with another man?

– Even though it was the enemy… I don’t get it, but I ended
up doing that kind of thing.

Oh… you mean me──Hellshaft, huh.

As Hellshaft, I used Ecstas to trampled down Asagiri. I
stripped her naked and wanted to apply lotion to the
completely naked Asagiri.

Asagiri leaned forward. Her breasts rested on my face.

The even skin tone before my eyes feels suffocating.

– I-I’m sorry… I can’t put strength in my waist.

Asagiri supports her body with both hands and sits up. Her
two big breasts move away from my face. However, it seems
that she can’t get up completely, and her breasts, which
hang in a hanging-bell shape due to gravity, keep jiggling in
front of me. They’re like fishing bait for fish. Asagiri must be
expecting me to take the bait.

When I raised my chin and looked up, there was the face I
felt from Asagiri. Her cheeks are red; she’s smiling
ecstatically. Her hair stuck to her sweaty forehead, and drool
hung from the corners of her loosely-opened mouth. A look
that I cannot imagine from the everyday Asagiri. The bright,
pure and correct Asagiri making such a facial expression
that has fallen into pleasure. That fact raises the
temperature in my brain.

I stretched my neck and put one of the glowing pink tips in

my mouth.

– Haaaaaaaannnnnh ah ❤.

No milk should come out. Despite this, a sweet scent spread

in my mouth.

I also rub the other breast with my hand.

– Aun! S-so good.

Asagiri twists her hips and presses her body against mine
strongly.

– Ah, ah, ahh, I’m, I’m…!! ❤ Unnnnnn!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Curling up her back, Asagiri made her body quiver.

A voice similar to a sob is played through the gap, through

the clenched teeth. For a moment, she made her body
twitch as if electricity were running all over her body, but
eventually she grew weak.

She hugged my head and leaned over me as if collapsing.

– Asagiri…

While tasting the soft feel of the breasts pressed against my

face──the fog cleared from my consciousness and my
normal thoughts gradually came back.

– A… Asagi, ri?

Looking up, Asagiri became pale and sweated like a

waterfall.

– Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

– Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

Jumping back as if being repelled, she hurriedly fixes her

personal appearance. I stood with my back turned towards
Asagiri so as not to look at her. Come to think of it, the
firefly-like lights disappeared before I became aware of
them. Did they go somewhere?

– U-umm…
I fearfully turned around, Asagiri fell prostrated on the
ground, feeling down.

– I’m, I’m sorry! Asagiri.

I instinctively kneeled down on the ground.

– Do… Doumeguri-kun?
– I don’t get it… I lost control of myself with Asagiri! I’m
really sorry! Though I don’t think apologizing will be
enough!

I thought that with this, I had lost the best ally I have in 2A
Guild. But──

– … No. Maybe those lights were monsters. So, if anything,

it’s my fault. Rather, it is I who have to apologize to
Doumeguri-kun.

I quickly raise my face.

– W-what are you talking about? I did such a terrible thing to

Asagiri──

Asagiri blushed and stuttered.

– B-because, if I hadn’t said “let’s appreciate it”, Doumeguri-

kun wouldn’t be in that state… so it is I who, err… didn’t
prevent you from doing so.

– No, but.

Asagiri hit the sheet used for camping.

– Ah, end of the discussion! That was an accident, neither of

us is in the wrong! That should do it, right?

Asagiri stood up and stored the sheet. Are we really okay? I

stood up feeling anxious. Because, despite the effect of the
monsters, I did that kind of thing, you know? I don’t think I
can be forgiven so easily….

– Then I’ll be going back. The campsite is along the road, so

you’ll reach it in five minutes if you keep going.
To say it bluntly, Asagiri turned her face away suddenly in a
bad mood.

Oh, she’s angry after all….

I talk to Asagiri’s back as we started walking, wondering

what to say to apologize.

– But Asagiri… you really disliked it, no? Now you hate me…

– I don’t hate you!

She raised her voice and replied without looking back.

Maybe it’s just a lie or she feels anxious about it. But I was a
little relieved.

– Ah, but I have to say this.

She came to a stop and turned around abruptly.

I reflexively hold my breath. No matter how painful it may

be, I am prepared to accept it. Say anything! I shouted in
my heart.

Asagiri’s face dyed bright red. Her upturned wet eyes were
looking up at me. Asagiri raises one index finger and presses
it against her lips.

– Keep this a secret… from everyone.

There’s no feeling of anger on her face.

There was embarrassment and, strangely──a happy facial

expression there.

+ + +
The ones waiting in a row for 2A Guild to arrive in Glasrena
were a large number of citizens, a spectacular ceremony,
and a welcome from Orzelia order.

The square in front of the cathedral is filled with the citizens

who gathered to see it. Orzelia’s chivalric order was lined up
in front of them, probably because as a terrorist measure
against the Demonists*.

*TN: I’ll be using Demonists instead of Satanists from now

on.

The spectators greeted us with great cheers as we came in

front of the cathedral.

– Wooooooow!

We’re really being welcomed as heroes, it’s incredible!

Ougiya waved his hand to the gathered citizens following

the momentum of his welled-up excitement.

Hinazawa talks to Yuuki without being that dissatisfied as

others would have thought.

– Well, the shallow playboy is getting too carried away, but I

don’t dislike it.

– Yeah… but it’s kind of scary.

Busujima and Miyakoshi are also triumphantly putting on

airs, walking on the red carpet.

– This somehow looks like that. Like when movie stars and
celebrities gather together.

– I thought! That too! Have we really become celebrities in

this world?
Everyone from 2A Guild is totally ecstatic. Even Asagiri and
Ichinomiya are smiling at the line of Orzelia believers.

──No,

Only Shizukuishi is walking silently with a sullen face. She

could be a little more amicable though.

But supposing it’s the matter of the church in Caldart──as I

read it, it’s a trap to capture 2A Guild, and if that’s the will
of Orzelia order… I don’t think they’ll just send us home.

I stole a glance at Orzelia’s chivalric order, the escorts.

Their number is quite big. If Akagami participates too, then

they surely are using reinforced armament. If that’s the
case, 2A Guild has no chance of winning. But that’s fine too.
Since their data can’t be eliminated, only Satan can. If
they’re defeated, they’ll be revived in Caldart, and that’s no
different from escaping.

A priest who was waiting in front of the cathedral happily

opened his arms.

– Welcome, 2A Guild.

A plague mask and a blue robe, the regular style of the

priests. Yup, I really can’t tell whether the one in those
clothes is Akagami or not.

– This way, please. I will guide you into the cathedral.

Some time ago, I was able to only see the exterior… I’ve
never seen the interior.

When we entered a door that was ten meters high, we were

lost for words.
An impressive world was spreading so much that we had our
hair standing on end.

Anyway, the scale of everything is huge.

The ceiling and wall in the back are faraway, but the altar,
pillars, and ceiling paintings in the center are huge, the
sense of distance can’t be grasped. Only when we try
getting close to them, we were surprised at their huge size.

And beautiful and flashy paintings and sculptures that

completely fill each and every gap. The guy who made it
must be monomaniac or has a phobia about gaps.

Compared to this, even the Demon King’s Infermia Castle is

also sober. This is another world in Exodia Exodus which is
another world.

If this is shown, then many people will feel like the god
called Orzelia actually exists. I can understand that they
really believe in the illusion that their prayers will save the
world.

By doing this much, then lies become true.

Even though I wasn’t a believer, the air felt sacred, and the
light flowing in through the stained glass appeared to be the
light of God coming from heaven.

– This way, please.

There’s a huge sculpture at the very back. The statue of a

goddess sitting on a chair. A golden light shines from her
back; a figure that is praised by an angel while clouds
suddenly appear. It’s very real, like it would move at any
moment.
Is this the image of the god of Orzelia?

In front of that, there’s a full row of Orzelia order’s believers.

They all wear blue robes and masks. However, the color and
flashiness of the robes and the shape of the masks are
slightly different. Apparently, the difference represents the
rank. And standing in the center is the most beautiful
woman wearing a deep and bright blue. Her mask was
simple and because of that, I was able to see her beautiful
face.

The priest who guided us led us in front of the woman and

introduced us.

– These are the people from 2A Guild who came from

Caldart.

The woman smiled sweetly and looked at our faces.

– Nice to meet you, everyone. I am Christina, the 16th Pope.

Was the Pope a woman──?

The other guys also murmured with the unexpected

appearance of the Pope. One usually imagines an old man.
That goes for me too. However, a young and beautiful
woman is likely to become more popular with the masses.

Her appearance with a gold cane in her hand and a crown

on her head is majestic, she doesn’t feel like she’s a Pope for
decoration.

By the way, Akagami said that he was on good terms with

the Pope… what does he mean with “being on good terms
with such a beautiful woman?” Whatever it is, I don’t care.
The problem is that the Pope is an NPC.
In other words, if we’re talking about Akagami, then he can
control her with his absolute command ability.

The Pope closes her eyes as if to bow and greet.

– I would like to build a good relationship with you all. Would

you please help Orzelia from now on?

Ichinomiya came forward as our representative.

– Yes, thank you for your support toward 2A Guild. If there is

anything we can help you with, please tell us without fail.

The Pope opened her eyes and stared at Ichinomiya.

– Actually, I have one thing I would like to ask. It is great

that this cathedral was completed, but its structure is
growing rapidly, so we are in trouble because there are not
enough guards. Recently, the acts of terrorism by the
Demonists have increased, and our defense is extremely
shorthanded.

– We as guards?

– Yes. I would like you to take charge of some security. It will

take about a month to levy new guards. During that time,
you will not be able to leave the site, but you will be
guaranteed a comfortable life.

Asagiri said as if to confirm.

– Does that mean we can stay overnight here but we can’t

go outside?

– Yes. However, we will prepare the highest quality room for

each person. And assign you a dedicated chef for cooking,
yes? You cannot go outside, but I do not think you will get
bored because there are plenty of amusement facilities. Of
course, we will give you a proper reward.

Busujima whispered into Miyakoshi’s ear who is beside her.

– Isn’t it amazing? Staying at a place that looks like a castle

is the best.

– I know right? Like real socialites, you know? I say yes～.

However, and probably because she was excited, her voice

was so that we heard her.

– I’m with you! I’ll do it too!!

– Yo! This looks fun!

They yell in unison. Moreover, because the amount of

compensation presented after this thing was considerable,
the taking of the job was decided.

– We have reached to an agreement. Then──

The Pope raised the gold cane in her hand. When the tip of
the cane shone, everyone’s chest shined.

– ──This is.

The talisman previously given by an Orzelia priest. That

jewel began to shine.

– Now everyone is free to walk around the cathedral and its

annexed facilities. However, there are some places that are
forbidden for you, so you cannot enter there. Also, you can
no longer leave the grounds.

This pendant is an item that grants access. In other words,

we were wearing this necklace before that?
I tried to remove it, but the system didn’t let me.

– After a month, the mobilization restrictions will be lifted as

the work is completed. At the same time, you will not be
able to go to the back of the cathedral.

Ougiya pouted in dissatisfaction.

– Hey, wait a minute. I don’t want you to interrupt my

freedom of your own accord.

– For a short period of time, you will be treated in the same

way as the monks in the cathedral. You need to abide by the
same commandments. Besides, I am sure I mentioned the
restrictions earlier. Wait, are you telling me that abiding by
them was a lie?

– No… that’s not… what I mean…

Ougiya is lost for words.

– Then everyone, we are all good. I shall guide you to the

back of the cathedral, where the general public is not
allowed to enter.

When the Pope turned around and was about to walk to the
back──

– I refuse.

A cold voice resounded in the cathedral.

Shizukuishi Non was glaring at the Pope with the grimoire

she habitually used in one hand.

– Even if you say so, the agreement is already completed.

Taking off that pendant is──
──That’s right.

The pendant doesn’t shine on Shizukuishi’s chest.

Because she──

『I threw it away already』

She got it and swiftly threw it away without equipping it

even once.

For the other guys, even selling it was dirty cheap. It would
be helpful even if one used it for the time being. I thought I
should have it just in case, but only Shizukuishi was
different.

She didn’t trust those who resented Hellshaft.

Shizukuishi turns on her heels, makes her black hair flutter

and heads for the exit.

– And Demonists? That sounds nice. If anything, I’m more

interested in them.

– What?

Angry voices arise from the priests.

– ──!?

A chain suddenly appeared from below her feet and twined

around Shizukuishi’s body.

– This is…

Shizukuishi looks around quickly. One of the present priests

stretched his hand to Shizukuishi with a grimoire in one of
his hands.
– Minion of the devil! Don’t think you can leave silently! You
will be imprisoned in the dungeon for 100 or 200 years!

Shizukuishi stared at the grimoire opened by the priest. A

cover with human eyes drawn in the center of a pentagram.
An eerie design reminiscent of human bones and blood and
flesh as a whole. And the chains restraining the book move
like they were living things.

Shizukuishi smiles broadly. Coupled with a stern look that

wrinkled up the area between the eyebrows, she looked like
she had a fiendish smile.

– Listen… 『Necronomicon』 is a sorcery book that isn’t

suitable for noble and correct priests.

– S-shut up! For a fellow of the devil like you, it’s necessary
to control poison with poison!

If the sorcery book used is a high-level one, then power will

increase even with the same magic. The Necronomicon is a
very powerful sorcery book. However, not many people want
to use such an eerie one. It also had the characteristic of
exhausting the mind a lot. An equipment that choose the
person to use.

If that’s the case, that priest is an NPC with considerable

mental power.

Asagiri changed her complexion and shouted at the

exchange, which was becoming an even more dangerous
situation.

– Please stop! You too, Nonnon!

Then she appealed to the Pope.

– Please, Pope-sama! Please stop. Nonnon is really a good
girl, she just has a sharp tongue!

The Pope replied without changing her countenance.

– Fear not. We will not kill her.

– But──

At that time, the chain that restrained Shizukuishi blew off

as if bursting.

– What!?

The loosened chains raise smoke and crumble. In the smoke,

Shizukuishi also opened the grimoire. A pentagram and an
eye are on the cover. And a chain that moves like a living
thing.

– You… you have the same grimoire!

The priest was at a loss for words.

Shizukuishi showed an evil smile on her mouth.

– ──The same? Fufu, please stop joking.

Shizukuishi combed the hair on the back of her head

upwards and swept it to the side. Her glossy black hair flows
smoothly.

– What edition is yours? fifth edition? fourth edition? The

third edition is the best, no? But not mine.

Not only the priest was surprised, I was surprised as well.

When it comes to grimoires, the original is the most

powerful, and the power grows weaker with each passing
generation like the second and third editions. When it
comes to manuscripts, the level falls completely.

I once set up a quest and tried to entrap 2A Guild. The

product item I offered at that time, the Necronomicon, is
Shizukuishi’s Necronomicon. But that one should have been
a cheap fifth edition….

– You’re bluffing!

A magic circle emerges in front of the priest. And flames

started overflowing from there.

– 『Flame Tempest』!

The same magic circle appeared in front of Shizukuishi.

Then casts the same spell.

– 『Flame Tempest』!!

Both flames collided. Tornados of flames collide. Normally,

and at this rate, the magic of both sides will cancel each
other out.

– Wha?

The flames of Shizukuishi swallowed the flames of the priest

in the blink of an eye. And the scorching whirlpool goes
towards the priest.
– This sort of thing is…! Ridiculous!
The flame drill, which rotates at a tremendous speed,
engulfed the priest’s body. The priest’s robe burst into
flames, the plague mask was blown off, and rolled on the
floor.

When the priest’s body disappeared inside the flames, the

plague mask also disappeared, becoming fragments of light.

– My Necronomicon is──a first edition.

She closed the evil sorcery book.

However, the situation isn’t settled with this. The

surrounding knights are seething with anger and place their
swords in their hands.

Could it be that this is Shizukuishi’s aim? She’ll be killed by

a group just for instigating them a little. Even the guys from
2A Guild who have been weakened by Orzelia will open their
eyes when seeing this situation. Shizukuishi herself
intended to withdraw to Caldart slightly earlier.

──Now, what will you do? Pope-sama?

The priest who was holding back behind the Pope came out
all of a sudden. And whispered softly in the Pope’s ear.

– Pope Christina. Let’s overlook this with deep mercy. Her

heart is enthralled by the devil. But we will definitely try to
convert her.

The Pope was listening to the words intently. And suddenly

spoke loudly──

– Don’t lay your hands on her! The girl is a lost and

miserable lamb. Warmly see her off!
The killing intent disappeared from the chivalric order that
was about to spring at her. They pulled their hands away
from the swords, straightened up their backs again and
stood in a row.

– … This is so boring.

Shizukuishi muttered annoyingly and left. The Pope smiles

at 2A Guild who follows Shizukuishi’s back with their eyes
until she is out of sight.

– To think something like this would happen. I can’t help but

be surprised.

Suddenly coming to his senses, Ichinomiya apologized.

– I apologize… for the behavior… of our companion.

We came to celebrate the inauguration of the cathedral and

we killed a priest. That’s, well, apologizing doesn’t make up
for that.

But the Pope urged him to raise his head.

– Don’t worry. That priest who committed one-sided violence

first is in the wrong. Certainly, I feel the presence of the
devil from that girl. But the priest and his manner of doing
things was wrong. It is us who are sorry.

Saying that, she bowed her head a little.

– Well then, let’s regain control of ourselves… and guide the

people from 2A Guild.

With a sigh of relief, 2A Guild follows the Pope.

I look at the priest who whispered into the Pope’s ear.

Then he raised his index finger and put it on his mouth.

──Akagami.

Like I expected, it’s you, huh.

+ + +

There were no lies in the words “we will prepare you high-
class rooms”.

They were as luxurious as the mansion of a European

aristocrat. Sitting alone on the fluffy sofa, I think about the
course of events.

This is a prison.

No matter how splendid the room provided is or how

delicious the food served is, the fact that we are locked up
doesn’t change.

What are you going to do, Akagami? As he said before, 2A

Guild has disappeared from this world in a way. By locking
up us in a special space called “church”.

However, it will be for a month. What does this mean?

I closed my eyes to try imagining all the possibilities. But all

that comes to mind is the possibility of a bad end.

Damn, no matter how much I think about it, this doesn’t

make sense. Should I boldly escape by transforming into
Hellshaft? No, even that has no point.

Concerning crisis occurring from here on, it’ll be extremely

hard for me to deal with them alone. As I said to Aikawa-san
earlier, me wanting to have an ally in 2A Guild has become
an urgency. I wasn’t serious at that time, but the situation
changed.

──Asagiri.

What comes to my mind is Asagiri’s smile.

The play I performed to remove Satan’s curse. Seeing

through that, I dispelled everyone’s misunderstandings. And
after that, I got closer to Asagiri. When I noticed, Asagiri was
often nearby me, and the number of times she talked to me
increased.

Something incredibly unexpected happened on our way

here, but she still forgave me. She was bashful, but it didn’t
appear like she loathed me. The trust and kindness Asagiri
has towards me is──I think it shouldn’t be misunderstanding
or presumption.

If it’s Asagiri, then I can trust in her.

If so, she should understand my behavior.

So,

I’ll reveal everything to Asagiri. And——,

No, calm down!

Even if I confide in her, I have to get the consent of Aikawa-

san first.

More importantly, now I have to wait. Akagami will definitely

come to see me soon.

The sound of a knock resounded at that precise moment.

The door opened and Akagami came in extremely naturally.

– Kakeru, I came to visit you.

– … It’s fine if you came to visit me, but will you give me a
proper explanation, please? What on earth is going on?

– Ahaha, I’m sorry. I was thinking of calling all members of

2A Guild once to get them to learn by heart how to behave
in this world. Kakeru is with them, so if you have preferential
treatment then Kakeru will be suspected in various ways
and that will trouble you, no?

Akagami sat on the opposite sofa while laughing.

– Well, yeah… thank you for the consideration. So, a short

course will be held, right?

– Yes. Little by little while I get them to work. Actually, I had

tried summoning them before once. That’s why I asked
Kakeru for guidance.

– Oh, when the church was burned… did the priests at that
time intend to take 2A Guild to Glasrena?

– Yup. To put everyone to sleep with magic. I was thinking of

using a large-scale magic with multiple people to make
everyone lose consciousness and bring them in the
meantime.

──In the end… it was your suggestion. Akagami shrugged

his shoulders.

– But I stopped using high-handed means. Because I

thought that if I invited them, they would be delighted to
come.

– But there was one exception

– Yeah, a sore spot.

He covered his face with his hands and said as if lamenting.

– To think I would fail to catch one person… I’ve come this

far; I’m not going back.

– Well, Shizukuishi is that kind of person.

– Yeah… that’s not bad.

When Akagami raised his face, he smirked.

– I took a liking to her. Shizukuishi-san.

– Well… even if you say so, she went back.

Akagami shook his raised finger from side to side in front of

his face.

– I have lookouts. They won’t let her escape from the city. I
want her to receive my hospitality.

He carelessly says without shame. But this confidence. Does

he have a way to catch Shizukuishi…? I sill can’t tell what’s
more convenient for me: if I should let her escape or keep
her here….

– But Souma isn’t going to show himself to 2A Guild?

– No… that’s not necessary. Kakeru will be my substitute.

Please keep telling me what the circumstances of 2A Guild
are.

This looks bad… at this rate, I’ll be unable to move.

– I can do that, but don’t go as far as imprisoning me…

As if noticing that, Akagami lengthened his hand toward me
and grabbed the pendant on my chest. His hand glows
lightly.

– Sure. This will do. You can now go outside at will.

– Wow! Really?

– If you don’t have free access, then I won’t be able to go out

and have fun with Kakeru.

– That’s true. Thank you. Show me your great efforts outside

again.

Akagami scratched his head with a bitter smile.

– I told you, drop that already.

Laughing lightly, Akagami made a bit-serious face.

– Kakeru. I’ve been thinking for a long time.

– Hmm? “Why don’t we protect this world? You and me.

──This guy,

What are you saying all of a sudden?

Protect? Protect what?

I took a little breath and said.

– That’s impossible.

Akagami opened his eyes wide as if he had received a

shock.
– I’m not a hero. The one who protects the world is you
Akagami, right?

– Is… that so? But you are──

– I’ll help you.

– Eh?

– I don’t have the ability to protect the world. For that

reason, I’ll support Souma. That’s a task proper for me. But
helping the hero to protect the world sounds important
somehow.

Saying that, I laughed. However, Akagami didn’t laugh. He

kept quiet and stared at me. When I was worried that I had
said something awful, Akagami muttered a few words.

– Humans can’t be trusted, neither in our world nor in this

world.

Akagami cast down his eyes and showed a dark expression.

I felt that the old Akagami in the classroom came back.

– But if there was someone one could trust… they would be

irreplaceable assets. And the best weapon.

Akagami raised his face and held out his right fist.

– Kakeru, if it’s you, I can do it.

– Yeah.

I also held out my right fist and hit his fist with a bump.

Akagami’s eyes were slightly wet. Standing up vigorously as

if to hide them, Akagami went towards the exit.
– I’ll come again tomorrow night. At that time, let’s go out to
the city.

– I am looking forward to it.

– Soon, I’ll have to go to the Elven Country on the Logress

Continent, so I have a lot of things to discuss with──oh, let’s
talk tomorrow. See you.

Hearing the sound of the door closing, the space for one
person only came back.

I stood up and let out a big sigh.

What the hell, are we pretending we are friends now?

Gaining trust and getting closer to Akagami is going just as

planned. Thanks to that, I understood all sorts of things. The
Pope of Orzelia order is Akagami’s puppet. It can be said
that Orzelia is effectively controlled by Akagami. What is he
going to do with that power?

I grasped my right hand and stared at my fist. The sensation

of making my fist meet Akagami’s fist remains. He likes this
world. He wants to protect it from foreign enemies. He
wants to preserve the world he loves in the state he likes for
eternity. I understand those feelings well.

I walked to the window.

It may be a cozy world. But what about 2A Guild?

That’s right. Once a month has passed, what will he do?

What would I do if I were Akagami?

After a month, he won’t have to worry about 2A Guild.

In other words, the complete deletion of 2A Guild──,

A person stood outside the window.

– ──Eh?

A white figure is floating in the total darkness.

Two golden lights shine on the shadowed black face.

– Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

As if being unable to stand up due to the surprise, I fell

backward.

A g! A ghost!?

In the cyberspace!?

M-maybe a phenomenon is happening! But scary things are

scary!?

The window opened and the white figure jumped in.

– Daaaaa────rliiiiiiiiiiiiiiinggg!

– Guah!?

The platinum lump head-butted my abdomen and blew me

away to the sofa.

– Good grief, I looked for you everywhere. Did you get lost?

– Me-Mel?

I dumbfoundedly looked up at the beautiful platinum girl

who was straddling me. The beautiful girl, Mel, was looking
down at me with a smile.
– Y-you… why are you here?

– I told you already, I said I came looking for you.

From Caldart? To here?

– You truly found me… you’re amazing, for real.

When I said that, Mel threw out her chest, looking

triumphant.

– Hee hee ♪ That’s right, that’s right.

Still on top of me, Mel moved up and down as if she were

riding a horse.

– Then go home. You’ve neglected Mel for too long. You know
that.

– I’m sorry… but I still have things to do. I’d like you to go
home early.

What the? These words are the ones of a husband who is

apologizing to his wife for going home too late due to
overtime even though they are newly married!

Hmmm, Mel groaned and folded her arms.

– Then I’ll tell you this. Mel will help you. What’s so difficult
to do?

Even if you tell me that….

– I’m grateful for your consideration, but it’s a little bit

difficult… for Mel.

When I said that, Mel inflated her cheeks.

– What are you saying! Mel is a proud platinum dragon
princess! If it’s an errand of darling, then it’s easier than
breathing out fire!

Why do you look so self-important when you don’t even

know your own circumstances?

I said half-carelessly.

– In short, I’m wondering if there is a way to completely

delete the data of a character──to kill them completely so
that they can’t be revived.

– Oh.

With a blank face, Mel tilted her head to the side.

Her eyes tell me she can’t think of anything. Though

pretending to be thinking about it is cute.

– About it, you can use the sword of the elves called
Ragnabringer.

–…?

──Eh?

Hold on,

– … Mel?

– There is no need to modify the source code. Anyone can

use it because it has a user interface function that allows
you to directly disconnect and delete data while logged in.

──!?

I jumped up and grabbed Mel’s shoulders.

– … !!

However, I can’t say anything.

I stiffened; I can’t open my mouth.

What,

What are you talking about?

– Was darling worrying about that? More importantly, what’s

so surprising about it?

– Ah……

Why so forthrightly?

Are you kidding me?

– Why… do you know that?

Mel frowned and made a serious face.

– Even if you say that, I can only say what I know. I don’t
know why I know that. It’s like being asked why you know
how to eat a meal.

Cold sweat emerges on my forehead.

My head spins, I don’t know what to do.

Mel.

Who on earth are you?

– Hey, darling. How long will you stay here? Go home soon.

Mel shakes my body but I can’t answer.

Dammit!

Pull yourself together.

A user interface function that allows you to directly

disconnect and delete data!?

I don’t know why Mel knows that.

However, while having no reason, her words had a

persuasiveness that didn’t let me say yes or no.

Ragnabringer.

Used by Satanachia to make a part of the elven country

uninhabitable──

I hold my head.

──Akagami!?

『Soon, I’ll have to go to the Elven Country on the Logress

Continent, so I have a lot of things to discuss with──oh, let’s
talk tomorrow. See you』

+ + +

I ran around in Infermia looking for Aikawa-san.

I told Mel to return to Caldart for a moment, and I

immediately teleported back to Infermia. As soon as I wore
the Demon King Armor, I ran around the castle.

– Are you in here!?

Aikawa-san was in the warehouse again.

With a surprised face, Aikawa-san stared at me.

– What’s wrong? Appearing so suddenly. You’re back
already? I haven’t heard that the ship has come back
though.

– That doesn’t matter, I have bad news! Actually──

I quickly talk about 2A Guild being actually in a confined

state. The information about Ragnabringer I heard from Mel.
And Akagami planning to go to Arzheim.

And──

– Aikawa-san! I wasn’t really serious before, but now that

we’ve come to this, I think it’s better to reveal my identity to
Asagiri only and ask for her cooperation!

–…

I didn’t expect her to nod immediately. However, her

reaction was unexpected.

Without making eye contact with me, Aikawa-san showed a

ponderous expression on her face.

– It’s okay. Asagiri should appeal to everyone, like when she

mediated between me and 2A Guild this time. Besides… I’ve
been very close to Asagiri lately. I mean… she’s always close
to me and we talk about anything──

Aikawa-san raised her face. For some reason, she had a

pitiful expression on her face.

– Umm──listen, Doumeguri-kun.

– Yes. I don’t think you can trust her even if I say this. And
that it’s hard for you to believe that a loner like me who is at
the bottom of the school caste is so close to Asagiri and has
gained her trust! But──

– You’re wrong!!

I became speechless at the sudden sharp shout.

– …?

– That’s not… what I mean.

Aikawa-san pulled out a book from the shelf. Then opened

the page with the bookmark.

The book that Aikawa-san has been reading these days.

– That’s… the book with Satan’s password written on it,

right? Rather than that, what is going to happen from
now──

– I just thought this password was a randomly generated,

meaningless character string… but when I looked at it, I
noticed something.

Aikawa opened that page and showed it to me.

SAIIASRRNAIITGRKAO

Err… is this the password that Aikawa-san told me via the

communication gem?

– Was it like this? Anyway, that situation… I don’t remember

it at all.

Aikawa-san brought paper and a pen from a nearby desk.

– I thought there were too many “I”, but… there are “A” and
“R” too. I felt that it was inclining to randomness, and I
thought it was strange that numbers weren’t used.

– That may be the case… but if it’s random, how can

something like this occur?

Whether or not she heard my counterargument, Aikawa-san

continued.

– It may be just a coincidence, but if we add a space every

three characters from the “S” at the beginning and try
reading it.

– Huh? S… Three letters… next is A, then N, T──

S AII A SRR N AII T GRK A O

A trembling ran down my spine.

──SANTA

– T…that’s a coincidence, isn’t it?

– If SANTA is used as a stop, and we divide them into four

groups of three letters each, then the last one is “O”, right?

AII SRR AII GRK O

– Read each group of characters in turns from the beginning.

And leave O as the last one…

– Eh…

I noisily swallowed saliva and laughed forcibly.

– Ahahaha, I don’t like this. This kind of thing is like a

detective novel for children. Aikawa-san, did you hide this
from me and played with it?
Aikawa-san stares at me with a painful face that seemed it
would start crying at any moment.

I smile brightly. However, my voice trembled for some

reason.

– G-good grief, this isn’t typical of Aikawa-san… isn’t it a

normal thing to read random characters strings as a
coincidence, or an accident?

– That’s true… I also find it a coincidence. There’s something

I want to check though.

I followed the letters with shivering fingertips.

– Things like forced interpretation and distorting the

intended content are common──

I felt like my heart was crushed by someone.

ASAGIRIRIRIKO

Asagiri Ririko.

There was a buzzing in my ears.

I’m suffocating.

Before I knew, I was holding my breath.

Even though my whole body is sweating, I’m cold.

The world loses its color and sound.

In a world where I couldn’t hear anything, only her voice

reached my ears.

– Hey, Doumeguri-kun… is this a coincidence?

 Extra Chapter

『Busujima-san and Miyakoshi-san』

The stark-naked Busujima Meg received the hot water of the

shower.

Her tanned skin repelled the water. The unflicked drops flew
down along the limbs, as if forming a stream of lines that
clung to Meg’s body. From the smooth shoulders to the
depression of the clavicle, and the large, gently raised
breasts and cleavage. From the depressed navel, they rose
slightly and flew into a deeply depressed valley.

After she went out to the field and fought with monsters,
she always took a hot shower and got in the bathtub. That
was Meg’s habit.

This time, she went to the trouble of going to the island

called Montfort for three days and came back without any
good results. No, rather than call it a return, it should be
said that she was killed and forced to return.

– This… is so much the worst…

Being killed by a monster was fine. And this time it wasn’t

that cruel. The Beast and Vampire Corps of the Demon King
Army weren’t that filthy or smelly.

She didn’t want to get near slime, undead or decomposed

things, or putrid and filthy things whose mucus flew around.
She encountered some monsters during the trip, but they
were defeated by other 2A Guild members.

But that wasn’t the reason why Meg was feeling down.

——Why did I end up killing Ageha at that time?

Miyakoshi Ageha and Doumeguri Kakeru. Both had low HP.

She was pressed to choose which one to heal.

She didn’t get it even when looking back on it now.

It was so instantaneous that it wasn’t an action she thought

about.

Not even Meg herself knew why she healed Doumeguri. She
thought it was something like a conditioned reflex. It might
be that her body came to move of its own accord after
gaining experience in party battles.

And somewhere in her head, she really wasn’t going to

die──she seemed to have grasped so. But those reasons
didn’t explain why she healed Doumeguri instead of Ageha,
the one she considered her best friend.

——I did something ugly… I wonder if Ageha is angry.

I don’t know what a good excuse should be, and don’t know
what kind of face I should have when meeting her after that.
When she revived in the city of Caldart and returned to the
guild hall, she jumped into the room sneakily while paying
attention to the surroundings so as to not meet Ageha.

But she couldn’t avoid her forever. She had decided to meet
her soon, and above all, Ageha was her best friend. That was
why she had to say it frankly. That she unconsciously healed
Doumeguri at that moment. There was no other way to say
it. All she had to do was apologize.

She breathed a big sigh, took a shower and washed her hair.

Then rubbed her body with her palm to relax her tired body.
Her arms, shoulders and breasts. When she rubbed them
strongly, the soft breasts changed shape limply. When she
pulled her hand away, they returned to their original shape
as if bouncing back. The flow of the really hot water
delineated their soft shape.

Meg was a little confident in the size of her breasts.

——But Asagiri-san’s breasts are bigger.

When overlooking them, the breasts were white, their

original skin color was still there.

Tanned skin and white skin. The boundary was strangely

clear, they seemed to be painted in a two-tone color.

– … Why did I do this? Isn’t this ugly?

She muttered alone.

Actually, she thought it would be better to tan her whole

body cleanly, but it was difficult to get a tan naked. That
was why she got a tan in a smallish bikini. With this, she
thought that no one else would normally see the border of
the suntan.

– But… I’ve read something about suntan marks being

sexy…

Meg reflected her whole body in the bathroom’s mirror.

She was usually armed with clothes, becoming a gal. Even if
I take off my clothes like this, am I still a gal? Or do I return
to the plain and ordinary girl I was in the past?

– I’m… an extremely ugly woman, aren’t I?

She talked to herself in the mirror as if wanting to believe

that.

Then stopped the hot water and left the bathroom. When
she wiped her hair and body with the towels provided at the
dressing room and put on the bathrobe, she heard a knock
at the door.

– Hey Meg, are you there?

–!

It was Ageha’s voice.

Returning from the dressing room to the one-room, Meg

took a deep breath and then said facing the door.

– I’m here. You can open it now.

When the door was opened, Miyakoshi Ageha was standing

there in casual T-shirt and hotpants. She looked at Meg’s
appearance and tilted her head.

– Huh? Were you taking a bath? Sorry.

– No. I just got out. Come in.

Without appearing to hesitate, Ageha sat in a chair in the

center of the room. There was a T-stool on the other side of
the small table, but Meg didn’t sit there, she returned to the
dressing room. She got another towel and started drying her
hair.
– … Hey, Ageha. I’m sorry for before. I didn’t cast heal on
you.

– Hmm? Oh, it’s not a big deal.

She said so being incredibly nervous, but Mega felt relieved

with that simple reply that came back. And the feeling of
gratitude to Ageha welled up in her chest.

She hung a towel around her neck and returned to the

room.

– But… what’s with Doumeguri? I mean, do you care about

him?

She unconsciously was startled.

– Ahaha, it really looks like that. Not even I get it. It was for
an instant. Ah, do you want to drink something?

Ageha shook her head lightly.

– Well, things like that do happen. However, there’s

something I’ve found strange for a while.

– Eh? Strange?

Ageha groaned “yeah” as if she were worried.

– Be honest, Meg. Is Doumeguri taking advantage of you?

– What!?

To the unexpected question, Meg let out a high-pitched,

squeaking voice as if it were coming from somewhere.

– What… what do you mean?

– I mean, you’ve been weird recently, you know? You were
fidgeting at Doumeguri’s return party. You can’t take your
eyes off Doumeguri.

– I-I don’t do that!

– I’m telling you did that. You were wondering what to do

while fixing your eyes on the empty glass.

– … !!

– If he isn’t taking advantage of you… then you fell in love

with him?

– Fell in love…?

Meg’s face turned red.

– D-don’t joke with me! T-that’s not the case at all! It’s
absolutely definitely impossible! Yuck! Jeez! I’m really angry!

Ageha moved back as if being surprised by that tremendous

menacing look.

– Okay, okay, you don’t have to go all red and get angry.

But Meg folded her arms and puffed her cheeks.

– And it’s impossible that he’s taking advantage of me! I’m

not going to be troubled if he knows my weaknesses, and if
that were to happen, far from Doumeguri threatening me,
I’ll be the one doing so, I’ll send him flying.

Ageha laughed happily, probably because she imagined that

picture.

– Ahahaha, that sounds interesting. Do we force him into

doing something? Like being our gofer? What do you think?
– Eh…?

– Well, even if we don’t do so, he’ll hear what we say.

Anyway, that virgin will do whatever we say, even if it’s
doing lewd-ish stuff. Why don’t we make him our slave and
have him work hard? That would be a reward for
Doumeguri. Oh, but we won’t let him touch us a finger, of
course.

When she imagined that picture, Meg’s feelings

mysteriously faded away.

– Stop with the lewd stuff. We are….

– Right, Meg hated that.

– Yup. I like to look a little sexy and cute, but… is that

wrong? I’d like to cherish that.

– Yeah, it’s a waste. If I had beautiful breasts like the ones

Meg has, I’d be changing men one after another.

– T-that’s not true. Even Ageha is sexy, you know?

*Fufu*, Ageha showed a meaningful smile on her face.

– I guess. Dating a man is a self-improvement. If you can

control a man as you will, then you’re a life winner, don’t
you agree?

Saying that, she brushed her hair up and stared at Meg with
a sexy look.

Meg always envied this confidence of Ageha.

– I… can’t do what Ageha can do.

– I really think you can though.

Meg shrugged her shoulders.

– You’re amazing, Ageha. You’re like a witch.

Ageha looked up a little as if pondering.

– Hmm, is it because Ageha is actually a witch now?

The Battle Class of Miyakoshi Ageha in this world was

『Sorcerer』. Certainly, she was a splendid witch.

– But I think it’s better for you to have fun while you can.
Because our magic is for a limited time.

– For a limited time?

– What I mean is that magic that seduces a man cannot be

used forever.

– ….

– So, you have to enjoy yourself with all you have so that you
won’t have regrets when becoming an adult.

– Really～? We don’t have to study that, do we?

– Well, Ageha is dumb after all.

That felt painful for Meg for some reason. Taking a breath,
she said with a smiling face.

– Well, why don’t we go eat something?

Ageha also replies in a loud voice, as if getting excited.

– Good idea, let’s go, let’s go! Let’s go as we are!

– I’m not going like this! I’m not a pervert!

Ignoring Ageha’s laughter who also said “but you look so
sexy”, Meg went into the dressing room. Then she took off
the bathrobe to change into her everyday clothes.

END
 SS Chapters: Opening Up
the Road to Montfort
Island!

Hellshaft gave orders to the Hellzekter to immediately go on

a journey from Infermia to Montfort Island. The distance,
which would take four days by foot, needs to be covered in
only two days.

While Forneus was the fastest since she could move long
distances in the air, Hellshaft gave that mission to Grasha
and Adra.

Hellshaft, aka Doumeguri, summoned the Hellzekter in

order to bring the 2A Guild down. However, this of course
refers to everyone other than Doumeguri himself.

If he sent Forneus, he’d probably be blown away by her. It’s

better to say that this is a very high possibility. Then who
should watch over Forneus who will be left behind?

Adra would be more appropriate. But in that way, the ones

to head towards Montfort Island would be Grasha and
Satanachia. Keeping an eye on Grasha would be too much of
a burden for Satanachia. Might as well say that Grasha
would definitely ditch Satanachia immediately and run
ahead alone. Also, Satanachia was already busy right now
for her travels. But Satanachia and Forneus got along well.
Surely. she would be able to take care of Forneus without a
hitch.

So he let Grasha and Adra team up and go.

Although the beasts were prepared, it is impossible for them

to run for two consecutive days. Even if there is a rest in
between, in the end they would still have to rely on their
own feet. Therefore, the other corps selected some guys that
could run really fast. While doing so, time was also passing
by.

Eventually, it was already thirty-six hours before the

scheduled arrival time on Montfort when they departed from
Infermia.

-Damn it! Can’t you run any faster!?

The two cars sped through the wilderness.

One was a double car driven by Grasha himself who was

holding the reins. Although it was called a car, it was
actually something like a carriage. The ones pulling it were
not horses, but fast running two-headed beasts named
Gajua. The car was a lightweight Type D. Said car was
carrying ten elite soldiers of the demonic beast legion.

-Grasha! You’re going too fast! Lower the speed a little bit!

Adra, holding the reins, drove close to Grasha from behind.

The beasts that pulled the carriage and the carriage being
pulled are the same types as those on Grasha’s side. In the
car there were ten members of the vampire Legion.

-Cut the crap! If we run slow, we won’t arrive in time! And

there’s no telling what can happen on the way! If we don’t
run faster, we won’t be able to make it!
-You brainless dog! If you maintain a good speed, the
probability of an accident will decrease! If you continue to
run at that speed, the car will definitely break down!

-Eh! It won’t break that easily! I’ve actually been driving this
car for a long time!

Upon hearing this, Adra’s eyebrows were furrowed.

-What…did you just say?

In the next instant, the car in which Grasha was riding tilted
to the side.

-Uh oh!?

Grasha was thrown into the air in an instant, and the car
rolled over and slid across the wilderness.

-Grasha!

Adra pulled up the reins and ordered the Gajuas to stop.

However, in the next moment, Adra’s car sank deeply into
the ground.

-Wha…!?

Although the car was not yet topped upwards by the uneven
ground, it was not possible to ride it in its current state.
When the car stopped, everyone got out of it.

Then the legion of beasts crawled out from underneath

Grasha’s overturned car. Adra clenched his fists and stared
at the sight.

-Grasha! You lowly dog——!

The usually calm and always composed Adra was in a state
of rage.

Grasha, who landed easily after being thrown off the car,

suffered less damage than his subordinates. He scratched
his head in distress as he apologetically smiled and
answered Adra.

– Sorry sorry. But it’s not like the beasts got tired of running,
it’s the car’s fault, right? This kind of thing is just bad luck, I
guess.

Adra walked to Grasha and roared furiously.

-You fool! Running faster will shorten the car’s lifespan!

Grasha was very surprised by the sight of an angry Adra,

which instead allowed Adra to regain his composure. Adra
sighed deeply, and then pushed the bridge of his glasses.

– Listen up, the longer you use a machine, the less it will
last. Think about it, even a sword that kills many humans
would break if it hit a rock. Look at the car you were riding.
The axle that supports the wheels is broken.

-Oh damn. That’s quite serious.

– You’ve got a really low IQ. And what did you just say? That
you’ve been driving it for a long time?

-Huh? Oh, yeah. But I only use it when no one else does.
There’s nothing wrong with that, right?

-Yes, there is! You idiot!

Adra roared again.

-Materials have a durable time. This car will break after a
certain period of time! So you need to replace the parts
before that time comes. You actually went and drove this
car? And there’s no record of it either! You’re so
incompetent!

-It couldn’t be helped! I don’t know anything about that kind

of thing!

– That’s why the rules were made! You must make a request
to use it and leave a record!

– Cut the nonsense! Don’t get stuck on such trivial things!

Adra stared at Grasha with a sharp gaze.

– I’m angry because I can’t fulfill the king’s order due to your
fault.

After being told so, Grasha had no words to retort.

-This car is no longer useful. Trying to reach Montfort Island

now is….

-What are you talking about, Adra. What are your feet for?

-What?

Grasha yelled at his men.

-Listen up, you guys! Next, we’re running to Montfort Island!

The ones who fall behind will be left here! Run like hell! Got
it!?

-Hey, stupid dog. We’re still halfway on the road, no matter

what, it’s too late.

Grasha smiled slightly at Adra.

-Then you rest here, Adra. I will take responsibility for my
own transgressions, but the king’s order will be mine to
fulfill.

After that, Grasha ran off with his subordinates. Adra gazed

at their backs and let out a speechless sigh.

-This idiot…let’s go too!

The vampire legion then chased after the demonic beast

legion, both running in the wilderness.

Grasha’s fight and Adra’s troubles

Adra, who received Hellshaft’s orders, ran on the street.

According to Satanachia, Grasha seemed to be fighting with
the local gang.

-Really… This was obviously a secret trip. That damned dog.

After crossing the street filled with souvenir shops, he came

to a bustling street full of local residents.

“I should have asked Satanachia about the location” – When

Adra was regretting it, there was a fierce explosion.

Then, people shouted and screamed in the distance. Adra

came to a large road and looked for the direction of the
voices. Across a broken house, he could see an object in the
air on the opposite side, rising above the roof.

——The harbor？

Something that was like the mixture between a marine

creature and a human, was shot into the air and then fell.

-There.
Adra easily jumped on the roof. He then started running on
it.

Then he ran towards the place where there was fierce

destruction and collapsed houses.

-You bastard! Behaving with such arrogance in our island,

don’t think we will let you off easily!

The man that was covered with something like a crab shell
roared.

-Heh! Interesting. What can you even do to me? Come tell

me.

Grasha smashed the crab man with his strong wrist.

-Guuaaaaaaaahhh!

The crab man screamed and ran into a nearby house. Due to
the impact, the broken house collapsed.

-You stinky dog…I can’t bear it anymore. I’m going to kill

you.

At a glance, there seems to be about ten marine monsters

that are locals. They surrounded Grasha with dangerous
weapons such as axes and harpoons in their hands.

As if to break through this layer of encirclement, a figure fell

through the air.

-Oi! What’s going on!?

-Is it the enemy’s companion!?

He is the commander of the Vampire Legion wearing a

Hawaiian shirt and shorts.
-Oh, Adra! You are here too, but I don’t need your help, it’s
just these guys—

Adra walked towards Grasha without scruples, and then

suddenly punched him.

Grasha fell to the ground and couldn’t help but let out a
groan.

-…What?

But then Grasha immediately jumped up, baring his fangs.

-What are you doing! You shitty four eyes!!

-That’s what I should be asking you. Obviously, I repeatedly

emphasized not to make any eye-catching actions, so how
can you go and be so conspicuous? After coming here and
seeing it, I’m not just speechless, but I also can’t help but
admire you.

Grasha grinned while scratching his head.

-Sheesh, no need to compliment me like tha – woah!

Adra punched Grasha’s head again. Veins were bulging in

Adra’s temple.

-Who is complimenting you? Idiot.

-Hey, are those guys really companions?

-An internal fight?

-That doesn’t matter. Anyway, let’s first fight against them

till they’re half dead and then make their boss pay a
settlement fee.
This sentence reached Adra’s and Grasha’s ears.

-Your punishment will happen later. Get these guys first.

Adra bit the back of his hand with his teeth and then made
a sword with the blood flowing out of it.

-In other words, it’s okay to bring down their entire gang,
right?

Grasha cracked his fists and gave a vicious smile.

-Don’t make any more commotion. Just shut their mouths.

Go on.

-Ou!!!

Adra and Grasha attacked the gang like arrows released

from the string.

Aikawa-san’s show time

The work of slaves involves all sides.

Cleaning, washing clothes, cooking, serving vegetables,

farm work, organizing warehouses, repairing equipment in
the city, taking care of domestic animals, etc. They are
endless.

I, Aikawa Shuuko, have been an slave for about ten months

in this demon king castle of Infermia. I’m so happy that I
managed to survive all the way, I admire myself. However, I
was able to live here because of the experience
accumulated in the real world.

Although this is not a happy thing, but thanks to the

experience in the hell of the real world, I am quite okay. If I
experienced this kind of thing when I was a student, I might
have committed suicide long ago.

In the real world, the outsourcing wage earner who was my

subordinate who had been doing endless overwork became
the Demon King. He not only became my boss, but also my
owner. This situation that transcends tragedy and seems to
evolve into joy is the reality of this fictional world.

After cleaning the hallway that was nothing but spacious, I

put the cleaning tool into the cabinet.

– Slave, over here.

– Eh?

I looked back, and there was an incomparably beautiful

woman standing there. I was amazed that she unknowingly
stood behind me, but for a dark elf, this kind of thing is no
big deal. Their athletic ability is not at the same level as
humans. If it is a high-level warrior, it is not easy to say, but
it is very simple to come behind a slave without being
discovered.

That said, it’s not to say that she quietly approached from
behind, she just came over in an ordinary way.

– It turns out to be Satanachia-sama, I apologize, you’re as

beautiful as ever.

After I finished, I lowered my head deeply.

– Well, well, you’re a slave but quite the polite one, aren’t
you?

From above came the voice of the happy Satanachia.

The ten months I spent in Infermia were not in vain.
Although it is rare for slaves to pay tribute to their superiors,
I have investigated them carefully. Before talking about
business, it is a matter of first investigating good old
customers’ hobbies, conversation materials, etc, and to be
responsible for the production and execution of the work, we
must also cooperate with different people to change the way
of saying and urging. Well, even in this kind of place, social
experience works. I really am a capable woman.

– Please raise your head.

I raised my head when I heard Satanachia’s words. Looking

up at her from the front, I noticed that the greeting just now
was not me merely complimenting her, but stating facts.

Because she is really beautiful. What is this? Are the

designers and 3D team of our company possessed by God?
No, the real time processing of the ambient light should be
thanked to the programmer.

The contrast of the shiny silver hair and brown skin. Long
eyelashes and eyes as beautiful as gems. The chest is too
big to make me want to say that I can maintain that shape!
If this game is officially released, there must be many male
players attracted to her. There must be a lot of people who
turn on the adult mode. Krypton amount must be high too.

– What’s wrong?

That’s bad, she was staring at me.

– No, I’m very sorry. It’s just that… Satanachia-sama is so

beautiful, I accidentally looked fascinated. I’m really sorry.

I lowered my head again, and then planned to take my

leave.
– Wait, wait a minute.

Eh?

– You look very promising. I can see how hard you work.

– Satanachia-sama……

Ah, I’m a little happy. No matter who the person is, people
will be happy to be praised.

– So, Hellshaft-sama has summoned you many times, but…

I’m a little nervous. Not good, that is a taboo topic. If

Doumeguri-kun was here, I could take advantage of his
presence, but now he is not in Infermia.

– Your labor force is impeccable, but as a female slave… it

feels like you’re lacking in charm a little.

Waa! This is too much for my heart! And lately I’ve been a
little worried about whether I’m throwing away what women
should have!

– Ah, you don’t have to worry too much. It’s not your fault.

– No, to continue letting you see something so shameful will

stain your eyes…I’m being disrespectful.

– I didn’t mean that, I meant that I want to make you a real

female slave.

– That…what does that mean?

– If you’re summoned by Hellshaft-sama like this, you’ll be a

bit disrespectful. Therefore, I want to dress you up a little
more beautifully, even if it is the same, I want you to learn
the skills to make Hellshaft-sama happy.
Is this cinderella’s magic? Daddy long legs?

– By this way, you can not only make a deeper impression in

Hellshaft-sama but you may also be rewarded.

To be honest, that doesn’t really matter to me, but it makes

me happy to be able to dress up a little more nicely.

– Yes, yes! Please!

So, I was taken to a suspicious red building. At that time, I

never dreamed that it would evolve into that situation…