126 – 126. Winds of Plague (8)
Kalix.
In the past, they were more like familiars who were called from the other world and helped summoners all over the continent of Kempreton.
Magical Augmentation, Combat Assistance, Weakness Remedy, Ability Creation.
With talents commensurate with their summoner’s abilities, these creatures were once a stark example of the current type of magical power.
Then why was it forbidden to summon them?
It is true that it can help in beneficial fields, but there are people who abuse it for crimes.
I can ask if there will be people who misuse the Calix if this is also severely punished. But what if the summoned Calix commits a sin?
I don’t know if it’s usually a strange familiar with no intelligence or an animal-type pet with little intelligence, but the humanoid Calix has intelligence.
It is not easy to regulate crimes including robbery, murder, and looting, and those who run amok.
How was it after all? As the bad precedents piled up, I had no choice but to ban it all over the continent of Kempreton.
Rather than stopping them, if you don’t summon them, nothing will happen.
This is the reason why Junon was tested, and this test was conducted to see if he was capable of committing evil.
‘I thought there must be a reason for Senia’s boasting so much, but…’
I didn’t expect it to be like this.
It is true that he has tinkered with his bracelet to some extent, and it is also true that he had many options.
Nevertheless, he exceeded expectations and arrived here without causing any damage to the Sirens.
It was a very early time, and it was a very unexpected result.
“Now, let’s talk a little bit. Ha… Ha ha ha…”
Nella looked at Junon’s face and turned her words around like she was trying to look away.
After falling down from Chire’s charge, his face was shiny, probably from the saliva that was covered in it.
However, the elder was still very wary and passed over without realizing it.
“Ha…”
Suddenly, he let out a slightly angry sigh. Are you sure you want to start working now?
Thinking about it, the room was not prepared. If you want to take a hostage here…!
“Excuse me. Before we talk. I don’t know if I should start with this…”
“…Something.”
You must be vigilant. You never know what will happen to this man who is always one step ahead.
But for the sake of the sirens, I would gladly burn this old body. That way, you can avoid situations where you might become a hostage to the author.
But…
“I feel like I’m going to die of embarrassment right now? Let’s wash my face for a while. That’s fine, right?”
“Oh?”
I thought I was going to do something, but I suddenly wanted to wash up. At the moment, along with a bewildered sigh, the heightened alertness finally subsides from the elder.
If you look into why he radiated anger, it was because of his face that was all messed up. Even if you look at it wrong, isn’t it that you looked at it for a long time?
‘Looks like I’ve become too sensitive.’
In fact, the mere thought of it was no different from committing a serious disservice to him.
***
A few minutes later.
When Junon opened the doorknob again after washing his face from the lizard’s saliva, he carefully opened it, wondering if something was flying.
Then the elder and Senia also seemed to think so while clearing their throats.
Well, that’s what happened…
“Big…! Ahahahahaha!”
“Nella… Even if you shouldn’t laugh.”
“But, but…!”
I warned him not to laugh, but since the situation was completely out of whack, I couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
The sound of children’s laughter fills the room.
The two are sweating in fear that Junon will be offended by Nella, but in reality it wasn’t like that at all.
‘That must have been so funny.’
When I cautiously opened the door and entered, it was obviously an awkward atmosphere. I noticed and coughed, but the story would not have progressed readily.
Perhaps, I couldn’t even get my head around it, and no one even tried to open their mouth first.
I wonder if this desolate atmosphere was somehow broken by the laughter of an innocent child.
‘I’d better let him laugh as much as he wants.’
Junon smiled and waited.
At first glance, the way he was flustered and tried to cover it up was ridiculous, but I didn’t feel the need to wear anything else.
In the first place, that smile isn’t a bad laugh, it’s the most natural smile.
Unlike those things I have always received, I feel a sense of relief as if a blockage is being cleared.
I heard a little muffled sound from behind, but this time I thought it was this way.
‘I’ll leave it alone. I hope you can talk well.’
‘Okay. Go out, Senia.’
Nella’s voice gradually diminishes as she laughs as if even the belly button she was holding will fly off before she knows it.
As Senia closed the door and left, the time for conversation returned. The questions are likely to be asked by both sides, but the priority is one-sided.
Even so, Junon took a step back.
“You do it first. I’ll ask questions after that.”
“…Are you really okay? I should be able to lead the conversation.”
“To be honest, it’s because my head isn’t organized yet.”
You know what I mean when I say I have a lot to say, but I can’t.
Junon still hasn’t figured out what topic to talk about to make communication smooth.
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So the plan was to induce the other side to ask questions first and solve them slowly.
“Then, as you have been lenient, I will ask first. May I ask how she got to know Nella?”
“Hmm. We met in the woods by chance. I was wandering around there because I had some business as well.”
“…Then they just let you go? The sirens?”
“By the way.”
As long as they maintain hostile relationships, it is not strange for humans to show hostility towards the Siren. As much as I’ve had experiences from all sorts of depravity and depravity.
That’s why I’m suspicious.
Again, I wondered if he was a human with a dark heart who wanted to drive the sirens through tricks like this.
“It must be real, Grandpa. I saw it myself.”
“Sup. Nella. I told you not to interfere.”
“No. I even hid it in case other humans would find out!”
The girl who laughed while holding onto her stomach earlier is expressing her opinion by clenching her fists.
Even after hearing the situation in detail, the elder does not bend his will.
“That’s what a child says. I don’t intend to listen.”
Then Nella gets angry, pulling her elder by the collar.
“You don’t have to doubt that oppa! It’s real! He covered it from two other people who said they saw my flaws, and he hid me too!”
Even though the person concerned appealed to release their suspicions about Junon, the aged siren still did not resolve her doubts, even though the causal relationship as well as the specific circumstances were correct.
“I don’t know the specific situation, but I understand the general idea. It seems that the humans hit the back of the head severely. It’s not just once or twice. Is that right?”
“That’s right. I’m sorry for you, but we were in a position to be suspicious.”
“Is that why you took this test to see if I was the kind of person who would harm the Sirens?”
“Exactly. I have nothing more to add.”
It was indeed a keen grasping ability.
At that level, Senia’s boastful assertion that Junon would understand and come to this place like chewing gum came true.
Of course, that doesn’t mean the contradiction disappears.
“Then it’s strange. Why did you save the humans, and why did you test only me?”
From the point of view of the sirens who are hostile to humans, there is no need to save this isolated unit.
Nevertheless, they took a belated step forward and brought humans into this barrier, providing shelter for tired humans rather than confining horses. Even though the choice is clearly given to them.
But the elder trembled.
“Well, I’m not sure about that. Why do you think so?”
Are you asking me to speak more clearly? It was what I was hoping for.
I can’t prove it with poor security arrangements.
Junon responded to the elder who let go of his pretension by raising his bracelet-clad wrist.
“Isn’t this bracelet planned? So that I can escape from there.”
It was too obvious evidence to deny. It didn’t make sense that the bracelets I had filled to be vigilant against none other than humans wouldn’t work.
The elder did not deny it any more.
“Hoo. You’re as sharp as Senia.”
“You put on a defective bracelet, don’t you know it?”
“Hmm? Wait, defective?”
“Even if I filled that up, my mana was spinning briskly. That’s why I noticed it sooner.”
Then the elder’s face turned into confusion.
I wondered if it was embarrassing to say that there were defective products, but I didn’t bother to say it.
“Anyway, I know you wanted to test me, but I want to know why it is me and move on.”
But the elder did not answer.
“Sorry. That’s a bit difficult to answer.”
“Can you also tell me why?”
“…So it is.”
So, Junon’s first question was blocked. Actually, the question itself wasn’t that important.
For now, it’s enough to find out the rationale for why they acted this way.
This article is here.
“Okay. Then I’ll ask you a further question. Is it possible to defend this place with only the strength of the sirens?”
“…!”
Of course not.
If only the sirens could protect it, they would never have encountered humans.
For the different races who can live farther north than here, it is expected that it will be enough without settling down on this lake.
That’s right. They moved south because it was difficult to deal with the Devourer on their own.
“We can help if you release us. Originally, we were an isolated unit separated from the main unit.”
What they lacked was soldiers.
Humans can compensate for the weakness that few fight directly after setting up a barrier.
“You said that you rescued and imprisoned the weary humans, but in fact, this was no different than providing them with a shelter. If we made a mistake, we could have destroyed them on the spot.”
For that reason, it is not difficult to convince the sirens who provided shelter for them to work hard for symbiosis.
All you have to do is ask why the sirens helped us.
“At this point, how about tearing down the wall completely?”
In the end, Junon threw a number.
If the wall between the two factions is broken down, the strength will increase.
You can keep safe here with augmented power by filling in the unstable barrier with human power.
If distrust of the Sirens disappears, all the remaining people can survive while waiting for support.
Furthermore, after returning to the principality, in order to reduce the damage by starting research on the Lemtert Plague and developing a cure, escape had to be the premise.
“…”
I thought it would be an attractive topic even for an elderly siren.
If the two forces join forces. If we can clear up each other’s misunderstandings.
Perhaps the future where hostile humans and sirens live together again in the principality…
“That won’t work.”
“…Yes?”
Junon was taken aback by the elder’s resolute reply.
“One of you may be. But the others cannot be trusted.”
Yes.
The feelings embedded in them were not just hate.
Endless distrust enveloped it, and it radiated bitter contempt toward humans.
The deep-rooted anger toward humans was not something that could be resolved to such an extent.
“It would be better to end the story here.”
Sirens did not get stabbed in the back of the head by humans.
I risked my life and death to escape from them.
To live.