67 – Grand Duke Aka – 67
After the situation calmed down to a certain extent, Priscilla touched her forehead while looking at Gallier, who still couldn’t get up easily.
“… … This is also the academy, and you didn’t come to see me as the princess, so could you please stand up first?”
“Ha, but how dare I meet the princess… … .”
“Then you’re saying you’re going to ignore the princess’s orders, right?”
“I-I’ll stand up!”
After adding a little threat, Gallier finally jumped up from his seat. But I still couldn’t raise my head.
“… This is why I didn’t want to come to the Imperial Academy.”
I felt like I needed to freshen up the atmosphere here.
“Galli. Summon Hercules.”
“Yeah, that’s right. All right. Hercules.”
When Heracles’ name is called, a black hole forms next to him and something crawls out.
“Have you arrived? hmm?”
Hercules is puzzled by the scenery that is completely different from the forest he had been before.
“here is… … .”
And I said it in a way that introduced him to others.
“This is Hercules. He is a vassal who followed me in the demon realm. Raphael must be old, right?”
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Glancing at her expression, Raphael was also quite surprised.
“He… … .”
“Oh, I see a lot of nice people today!”
Every time he laughed, blood began to flow from Hercules’ wounds.
“uh… … Hey, isn’t he seriously injured?”
“Ha ha ha ha ha! You can’t even call this a wound! If I couldn’t protect my summoner, that would have been a wound.”
“hahahaha… … You are a wonderful person.”
“… … Anyway, this idiot is a bit injured and I’m going to seek medical attention.”
“Yeah, well, it’s not that difficult. Fortunately, he doesn’t seem to be seriously injured. Priscilla, Amel. Can you help me?”
Rosé looked back and asked. The other children didn’t seem to feel much reluctance either.
Raphael smiled and hugged Priscilla’s head from behind.
“Priscilla is going to be tough. Because she always sticks with me, her mana has divine power.”
“Yes, Neet?! Ha, but I wanted to treat you… … !”
“I can’t help it. Shall we bear with it even if it is regretful?”
“… … yes.”
At best, he was unable to heal, but for some reason Priscilla looked at Hercules with a look of great disappointment.
“Amel, are you okay?”
“It’s not too difficult, so let me help you.”
“Thank you.”
As it is, Rosé and Amel approach and put their hands on Hercules’ body.
“I’ll start treatment.”
“Hey, hey! Boo, please!”
For some reason, Hercules’ black body gradually begins to turn red.
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Gallier put on a puzzled expression as he watched the two girls heal his pet.
“then… … Did you say Galilee?”
“yes!”
“I want you to continue what you said earlier.”
“ah… … . About what happened the first time you met Hercules?”
“okay.”
“… All right. Didn’t you even say that you went back to the village with Hercules?”
Let’s nod our heads! Galia, who trimmed her throat with a clatter, begins to tell the story.
“But, as we got out of the forest and started to get closer and closer to the village, I started to hear a commotion in the village.”
“You mean the village?”
“Yes, so when I headed to the village with Hercules… … … … ”
* * *
He had only been away for a few hours, but the town was vastly different from what Gallier had known.
The field, which had been fine this morning, was burning, and the flames were soaring in the outskirts of the village.
“Hey, what is this… … .”
“Is that burning village where you live?”
“Oh no! I’m sure I was fine until I came to the forest… … . what the heck is this… … .”
And then, with the sound of cutting the wind, something flew towards Gallier.
“It is dangerous.”
And Hercules quickly sticks his head in and cuts it off.
It was a rusty arrow that flew towards Gallier.
“… Fire, arrows?!”
“Anyway, it seems your village was attacked by those guys.”
Hearing Hercules’ words, Gallier slowly turned his head to follow his gaze.
──Kirik!
──Kekkeek!
Seeing the body of a child, weapons held in dainty hands, jagged teeth and hideous appearance, Gallier gritted his teeth.
“Goblin… … !”
After finally finding out why the village had become this way, Gallier looked at Hercules and said,
“When the goblins come, the villagers are supposed to gather in the center of the village and build a fence to defend it! Go to the center of town and there will be people!”
“… … is it? So, what are you going to do?”
At Hercules’ question, Gallier shouted without hesitation.
“Of course I have to save it!”
“… … From those goblins?”
The goblins who shot their bows in the distance were slowly approaching, wary of Hercules.
“yes! The uncle is also very injured, so stick behind me and follow me well. I don’t know about other monsters, but I can defeat goblins as well.”
Looking at Gallier, who picked up a stick that had been rolling around, with a very serious expression, Hercules nodded without saying anything.
“Okay then, follow me! The center of town is this way!”
After saying that, Gallier grabbed Hercules’ hand and started running in the opposite direction of the goblin group.
Even though he had just come down from the mountain and was about to run out of breath, he hurried toward the center of the village, leading the gigantic Hercules.
“… Isn’t it difficult?”
“hahahaha… … . mandible… … . are you okay. how about you?”
“Um, fine.”
“thank god. ah! I see the villagers over there!”
Where Gallier pointed. There, villagers wielding farm implements at the goblins approaching the fence, and a group of goblins surrounded them.
Right now, they were barely able to block it by relying on the wooden fence, but it was noticeable that the villagers were starting to get tired.
“mom! dad! mister!”
“Go, Gallier!”
Among the crowd, a figure presumed to be Gallier’s mother is startled and shouts at Gallier.
And at the same time, a goblin jumped out from the side of the building Gallier hadn’t seen before.
“Kiyaaa!”
“aaagh!”
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Galia is so surprised that she falls backwards. Luckily, Gallier avoided the goblin’s attack and quickly swung the stick in his hand at the goblin.
“Kieek!”
A goblin who collapses leaving behind a dying word. Gallier’s hand, holding the stick stained with green blood, trembled.
“boy… … .”
“I don’t have time to be like this. We have to save the villagers quickly… … !”
After saying that, Hercules grabbed Gallier’s hand as he was about to run towards the villagers.
“Ahh! let go! I have to go get my family!”
At his words, Hercules brought Galier up to his face and said,
“Boy, wake up. Nothing will change if you go there.”
“Ha, but! I have to protect my family!”
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Gallier struggles while being suspended in the air by Hercules. Hercules spoke calmly as if trying to persuade Gallier.
“Anyway, you are just an ordinary boy. Do you think the battle situation will change just by you running there?”
“But——”
“We call what you, the powerless, are trying to do. Also called futile struggle. Are you still going?”
“──I’m going!”
“… … .”
“I’m going! So, let go of this right now!”
“… Why are you trying to do that? You didn’t say there was nothing you could do———”
“It is wrong to give up without even trying! If you’re just watching here and all your family members die, you won’t be living even if you live!”
“… … Go on.”
“I’m going to struggle against that. If only there was a tiny bit of hope! I will do anything to protect my precious people!”
“… is it.”
Just like that, Hercules puts Gallier down from the air.
“If so, don’t stop me.”
“Yes, Thanks.”
“Before that, I want to ask you something.”
stop.
Hercules catches Gallier on his horse as he runs toward the barrier.
“Why didn’t you ask for my help?”
No matter how much Heracles was wounded, he was no ordinary being.
It was Hercules himself who could easily deal with a goblin even with a wounded body.
Still, for some reason, the boy didn’t ask for help until the end.
Even if it was just a request.
“Yeah, I didn’t want to involve Mr. Insect at my risk.”
As if it were natural, Gallier answered and ran toward the wooden fence without hesitation.
“aaa!!!!!”
He then swings a stick at the head of a goblin brandishing a spear to break the barrier, kicking the goblin next to it.
“Galli! Run away now!”
A man who appears to be his father runs and shouts at Gallier. But Gallier shook his head and shouted.
“no, I do not want! I, I will protect everyone!”
Realizing that humans outside the fence are attacking them, the goblins’ eyes are focused on Gallier.
“Kirik! Kyaaagh!”
“Kyaaa!”
And at the same time, a group of goblins rushing towards Gallier.
Nevertheless, Gallier shouted, gripping the stick even harder to ward off his fear.
“I will not give up!”
“——It’s a good resolution. boy.”
────────!!!!!!!!!!
With a tremendous roar, the goblins rushing towards Gallier become porridge and scatter into the air.
It was the result of something crashing into it with its overwhelming weight and size.
“Hey, Mr. Insect?”
“At last, a man should naturally have that level of determination. i forgot that… … I owe you a great favor.”
After saying that, Hercules hesitated and glared at the goblins who stepped back.
“… … Is the captain here?”
“yes? Are you the captain?”
“───Rolling!!!!”
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Gallier’s question. The answer to that question sounded like the blowing of a huge trumpet.
“Ogre. Apparently, that guy was the leader of this group.”
“Oh, what a ogre… … !”
Ogre. A monster that is said to turn a small village into a flat land with just one.
It was one of the monsters that were so powerful that there was a saying that in order to catch an ogre, you had to mobilize knights.
“Ogre… … !”
“Are you going to give up?”
Hercules asked while looking at Gallier’s expression.
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Gallier’s expression stiffened at his question, but he smiled and looked at the ogre in front of him.
“… … It can’t be!”
“Good.”
“Did your uncle say that? What I, powerless, want to do is guest.”
“Well, I said so.”
“… … Will I be able to protect my family and villagers?”
“It would be impossible.”
“… … is that so.”
“If you are alone, that is.”
“yes?”
yet again. Gallier’s body floats in the air.
“Huh?”
However, the difference from just now was that Hercules placed Galier on his shoulder.
“What if there was a way even you, a powerless boy, could do it?”
“Of course I should.”
“… … Even if it might make life difficult for you?”
Upon hearing Hercules’ words, Gallier hath! and laugh
“Rather, at that level, it’s cheap, right? great! What is that method?”
Hercules answered Gallier’s question as if he had been waiting.
“contract.”
“… A contract?”
“No matter how much I am, it’s a bit difficult for me to be an ogre with this body. If I sign a contract with you, even if my overall strength is weakened, I will be better than now when I am injured. If the contract is concluded, you will stay in this world with a new body.”
“… … I heard about it from an adventurer a long time ago. In this world, people who fight together with partners called summoned beasts. There are people called summoners.”
“Oh, you know? That would make the story easier. Then come on… … .”
“but.”
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Gallier speaks, interrupting Hercules.
“Are you okay, Uncle? The adventurer uncle said. Summoners have a great influence on their summoners. He also said that the better the summoner, the greater the number of summoners. I’m just an ordinary farm kid. Are you okay though?”
“It is an honor.”
“… … yes?”
For some reason, Hercules, who was just an insect’s face, seemed to be smiling to Gallier.
“It would be an honor to fight alongside a summoner like you.”
“… … mister.”
“There is no way that a person with a heart and determination like yours would not be great. A demon with the strongest power in the demon realm. I, Hercules, assure you.”
“Cre -ah ahhhhh !!!”
Is it that I can’t just watch anymore? The ogre, who had been watching closely, screamed at the two.
Even in the midst of that, the two of them were calmer than ever.
“My name is Hercules. The demon of the underworld and the strongest demon serving Gregory Jones. Will you accept the contract with me?”
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Gulp. answered Gallier, who swallowed.
“My name is Gary. He is the son of a farmer in La Mancha Village, belonging to the Holy Heinbern Empire, and an idiot who only puts his mind ahead of anyone else. Even so… … I want to sign a contract with you.”
At the same time as he answered, Hercules pounded his chest and shouted into the air with all his might.
“The contract has been concluded——!!!”
At the same time, black smoke enveloped Hercules’ body, and Hercules, who was instantly enveloped in black smoke, had changed to the size of a human male.
“Then, from now on, I, Hercules, will follow your orders. What are your orders? my summoner. Galilee.”
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Gallier answered his question cautiously.
“Are you okay? It’s gotten a lot smaller.”
Hercules didn’t care about this and glared at the ogre.
“No matter how small it is, this body is a demon that is said to have the strongest power in the demon realm. There is nothing difficult about an ogre.”
Hearing his confident answer, Gallier grinned.
“Then Hercules! Please defeat that guy who threatens my family and villagers!”
“I will follow your orders.”
burrr
Hercules’ wings began to move wildly.
Leaning forward, Hercules looked at the ogre in front of him and opened his mouth, like an angry bull about to charge at a bullfighter.
“Jeonjinmuuitak (前進無依託)”
“Crow———ah?”
As the ogre screamed and rushed at it, a huge hole was opened in its chest, and at the same time, its huge body fell forward.
burrr
A bug-type demon that holds its wings that were constantly vibrating and gradually loosens its posture.
His name is Hercules.
He was the one who overcame any hardship and adversity.