Chapter 134 – …To give it back?
Chapter 132
“Alicia.”
“Ugh, huh?”
“Are you sure there is a nest over here?”
“That’s right!”
On the way to Diana Kingdom in time for the regular briefing session, we were making our way through the dense bush after hearing Alicia’s words that Mother’s nest was now.
On the way, Alicia suddenly said that there seemed to be a nest over there. It wasn’t marked on the map the pope provided, but I believed it was Mother’s words…
However, despite going through the forest quite a bit, there was no trace of the monster.
I started searching when the sun rose in mid-sky, but the sun is already setting. I looked back at Alicia and said.
“Just say no.”
“Hee, hee!”
“Abel, don’t be too hard on yourself. Could it be that I am not mistaken?”
“It’s not even a person, could Mother be like that…?”
At my words, Elfriede pondered a little, then nodded her head.
“…That’s right. If not, Alicia has cheated on us, so let her punish her.”
“Bu, bee!? Oh no! I never cheated!!”
Alicia shook her head. Judging from her reaction, she seems to think she really was….
“Let’s find out a little more and go.”
“Estel?”
“I don’t think Alicia will lie now. If she did, she would have lied long ago.”
…That’s right.
According to Estelle’s opinion, we decided to search a little longer, and since it was late today, we decided to camp. The search can resume tomorrow.
“I will watch the night watch first.”
“Yes.”
“Okay.”
Simply lighting a bonfire, the four colleagues except me lay down on a piece of cloth roughly spread on the floor. Originally, it was enough to lay one, but as people lined up, I had to lay two. As the number of people increases, this also feels a bit new.
Estelle and Celine lay together, and Saint Cynthia and Elfriede lay together. And Alicia…
“You should be by my side.”
“Me, I’m sleepy too…”
“You know when the monster will come out. And does Mother really need sleep?”
“We need to sleep too! Sleep is a necessary activity for all living things!”
“Then sit next to me and sleep. That way, I’ll know when something shows up.”
“…….”
I grabbed the holy sword.
“Oh, I got it!”
After all, this is medicine.
Not long after the girls lay down, I could already hear the sound of light breathing. I looked in the direction the breathing sound was coming from and it was Estelle.
And not only Estelle, but everyone else seemed to be tired and sound asleep. Seeing them made me smile.
“Good night.”
When I said that while looking at Estelle, Alicia, who was next to her, quietly spoke to her.
“…Estel is scary but kind.”
“I do…But do you think so too? Estelle is also human.”
“What does being human have to do with this? If you’re nice, you’re nice…”
“Ooh.”
You have a more equal thinking than most people. Is it more because you’re not human?
“He said he was sleepy. I’m closing my eyes.”
“All right, all right. If you fall asleep anyway, you’re going to say you’re sleepy again…”
“Because I’m not that mean?”
“Hey, it sounds like you’re mean.”
“…What?”
As she slipped her hand up to grab the holy sword on her back, Alicia shook her head hurriedly.
“No, just kidding! There is no brave warrior like you, then.”
“…Hmm, yes.”
I’m just passing it on once.
“Oh, that’s right.”
“Huh?”
“I have a question.”
“What, what?”
“You’ve been with Estelle a while ago, and you’ve also been with Celine.”
“Yes, it was.”
Alicia replied with a nod of her head. I asked her
“Who did you prefer to live with?”
I just suddenly became curious. Estelle or Celine, who took good care of this little boy? Although her words are mother, in fact Alicia, outside her nest, was as vulnerable as a little girl.
With no powers and no knowledge of this world… What, is this me from a few months ago?
“…Who said it was good?”
“Uh.”
“It’s hard to tell who is superior or inferior… But I was a little more comfortable with Celine because I was less afraid of her.”
“Hmm…Why is Estelle so scary?”
“Did you forget that Estelle blackmailed me into finding out about you?”
“Oh, I did.”
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That’s why.
“Apart from that, are they both similar?”
“Yeah, you could say that. Because you both treated me well…”
I am surprised. I thought, of course, that I would lean towards Celine. It wasn’t that Estelle couldn’t take care of her children, it was because Estelle had a strong dislike for her monsters.
I’ve been through things like that in the past, so of course I can’t help but feel that kind of rejection. So, of course, I thought Estelle would have been a little more negligent.
“…I guess that wasn’t the case.”
“What, what?”
“No. I was talking to myself. Now close your eyes and get some sleep. If you feel something, tell me right away.”
“Oh, I got it.”
Alicia sat down next to me and closed her eyes. And she stayed still for a moment, then her head nodded.
Looking at the irregular nodding of my head, I got up from my seat. Then, she pulled out her holy sword and went into the surrounding bushes.
“Alicia said she couldn’t pinpoint the exact location unless she was her own children. But how did she know there was a nest here?”
After passing through the bush, I raised the holy sword. And aimed at the one over there.
“Mother, who is the best in the room, doesn’t seem to have noticed, but all I can say is that you guys were deliberately showing off. He must be hiding his presence again now.”
“…You’re pretty crazy about the human subject.”
A monster in the form of a woman who emerged from under the shadow of darkness and proudly appeared before my eyes. Perhaps it was ‘Mother’ that Alicia felt was the owner of her nest.
An inverted eye with a hard gray outer shell and white eyes that are clearly visible in the moonlight and covered with a black upper. It was definitely Mother.
I laughed out loud at the sight.
“Are you insane that Mother appears in front of me, a hero?”
“Could I have come alone? And I came not to fight, but to make a proposal.”
“What?”
Now Mother is asking me for her trade?
“No matter how mighty a warrior you are, you will not be able to deal with all my children around me right now. So why don’t you listen to the story first?”
This mother, she really is offering me a deal. The deal Mother is proposing, she’s interesting…
“…Before that, let’s ask one question.”
“What?”
“Have you ever hurt a human?”
“…You are asking something obvious.”
Mother said with a smile.
“Yes. A lot. Just like you’ve hurt countless monsters.”
“…Really?”
Then it’s not even worth listening to.
“The conversation ends here.”
“…Now what?”
I immediately kicked off the ground. Estelle’s blessing that had hung over me since I entered the forest was still strengthening my body.
Thanks to that, I was able to run at an incredibly fast speed, and before Mother and the monsters around her reacted, she stabbed the heart of the monster guarding Mother nearby.
“…If you see that this doesn’t respond, you have to hit it hard to see if it’s the Gorgon level.”
“Ji, are you rejecting my offer now!?”
I said as I pulled out the holy sword.
“He said he killed humans. Then it’s not worth listening to the offer. You will all be killed.”
“…Huh! It’s ridiculous. Children, make that foolish warrior regret it!”
According to Mother’s order, the monsters hiding in the darkness moved. But there really wasn’t just one or two of them. It didn’t even seem like I was going to where my colleagues were sleeping.
“…You brought a lot. Did you bring all your power?”
I’m worried about that side, but… I’ll have to deal with the things in front of me first.
The monsters that appeared in front of me were by no means easy to deal with. There were only three individuals that looked like high-risk monsters, and there were also drakes who were considered the most dangerous among high-level monsters.
Looking at the size of the force… I wonder if we can get some valuable information.
“I have a lot to ask you, that’s great.”
“What? Let’s end the conversation with you…”
A ray of light flashed beneath the deep night covered in darkness.
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“This… This is…”
“Haa, I think this is the end…”
Chew, blood splattered on the floor. It was the blood of a high-risk monster that poured out as the holy sword that had been stuck in the monster’s body a while ago came out.
Abel, a gray-haired warrior who looked tired, clicked his tongue as he watched the blood dripping from the wound on his arm. After dealing with three high-risk monsters and even having drakes, there was no choice but to get injured.
Thinking of going back and treating his wounds, Abel approached Mother, enduring her pain.
“Then it’s question time.”
“What the hell…What did you do!?”
“What did you do…You saw it with your own eyes. Fighting.”
“My, my children are defeated so easily…?”
“It’s easy, but I’ve had a hard time.”
Fortunately, there were no such dangerous guys. All of them were monsters from the Behemoth class to the Leviathan class, so while dealing with all three at the same time, it ended up hurting her arm.
No matter how much Abel is capable of defeating Amon-class monsters one-on-one, if there are too many of them, it will be difficult because there are too many anomalies.
Abel pointed her holy sword at Mother’s neck and said.
“Let me ask you one thing, you came to me on the orders of the demon king.”
“Kuh, did that traitor tell you everything…!”
“What was the order? Are you ordering me to be captured again?”
“Don’t ask when you know everything!”
“…Do you know why?”
“Why should I teach you that?”
Mother showed a confident attitude, as if she had no reason to teach Abel about it. Then Abel snorted at her and said.
“Then die.”
Abel raised her holy sword high. And as I hit it hard, MOTHER hurriedly spat out a word.
“I don’t know exactly! Just ask her father to give it back….”
“…Return it?”
“Yes, yes!”
“…Hmm.”
When an Amon-class giant monster appeared before, what Mother said at that time was ‘give it back’. Recalling that memory of her, Abel was troubled.
‘…What the heck?’
As Abel thought for a bit, Mother asked him.
“…Th-Looks like that, will you save me if I tell you the information? Then I can give you information like that traitor did. I’ll let you know whenever you want, so if you help me…”
“Huh? Why me.”
“…What?”
The biggest reason Abel decided to leave Alicia alive and take him with him was because Alicia had never harmed anyone. However, there was no way that Abel, the hero, would save Mother, who had obviously harmed a person.
“You hurt people, why would I save them?”
“Whoa…You blown the information you want!!”
“That’s just because you were scared. You were going to kill me whether you let me know or not?”
Abel raised her holy sword high.
“You don’t seem to know anything else anyway, good bye.”
“Wait a minute…”
Suddenly!
Mother’s body was split neatly in half. Abel brushed off Mother’s blood from her holy sword, and muttered as he circled behind her.
“…What the hell are you asking for back?”
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Useless.
As for our names, mother, what they call queen is useless at all. How can you not carry out a simple order to capture a person?
Even those with power don’t actively step forward. Even after listening to the monarch’s orders. What kind of monarch is this?
“…Failed again.”
“Yes.”
I received a report from the throne, which I have become accustomed to by now. The secretary came today with only the word that he had failed.
“…So those with a lot of power just need to move a bit!”
“Sorry, Your Majesty. The queens each have their own work to do…”
“Ah!!!”
I’m annoyed. It’s annoying that I’m suddenly in this situation, but the subordinates don’t listen… What the hell is his first order?
…And why the hell is my body still walking around when I’m here? I really want to bring it in and ask.
Why are you occupying my body? Who are you?
“…I want to go back.”