72. Witch Hunt (3)
Has the demon summoning episode already started?
Unfortunately, it was difficult to gauge the beginning of the episode through knowledge of the original story.
The school closure order, which should have ended in less than a week due to Karina’s wide-area healing, has been continuing for more than two weeks.
It was doubtful whether the episode would continue as it was because the heroine died and many people were injured due to the appearance of the Hell Hound. For example, suppose that a victim who appeared in the original story, like Elina, died during the Hell Hound Incident.
Since you can’t kill a victim who has already died, the target will change.
With that alone, the content of the episode could have gone wrong. Does that mean that the little information I know turns into useless scraps of toilet paper? It’s cruel if you think about it like this, but if you moved with only the knowledge of the original source, you couldn’t turn it back.
…Should we start with the inquiry first?
Open your eyes wide and prick your ears. Because it is not known when the first disappearance will occur, which marks the beginning of the case. The problem is that I’m not that bright of an ear.
Is there any way?
“John? Why is it dead?”
“…It reminded me of Elisha.”
“What, did you fall in love?”
I shook my head at Lenny’s playful answer. What do you like? Would you fall for a guy who sees people and calls them monsters?
My face seemed to show what I was thinking, so Lenny smiled and said, “I’m kidding,” Before she put the jam-covered bread into her mouth.
“Fall in love? Who?”
Milia, who was eating the bread with jam smeared on her mouth, immediately asked for her rice cake. For some reason, I picked up a tissue that could only be seen in modern times, with the background in the modern era, and wiped Milia’s mouth.
“Do you remember the girl I met at the restaurant last time?”
“Uh… the one who shouted that she was that monster?”
“Yes.”
“Why is he?”
What is that accusing expression? Seeing Milia’s sharper attitude than usual, I swallowed her sigh. Why is work so bothersome because of him?
“I met Karina on the way to see her. He fainted when he saw me.”
“I was tired of peeing… “
Thinking about it again is absurd. Do I look that scary? Yes, even if I look at it, there are scars and burn marks on the face, so it can look scary. But isn’t fainting crossing the line? I don’t look like a zombie or anything.
If I had a glass mentality, I would have been sniffing in the corner of the room by now.
“John! Are you okay! Because I like John!”
“Ah yes… Thank you.”
Slices of bread are bouncing towards me. Can you speak calmly? Unable to bear the sight of her ugly face, I put my hand on Milia’s head and turned her to the other side.
“Why is that!”
“Don’t talk with food in her mouth.”
“Even if you go to school, you won’t make friends?”
“No!”
“I told you to close it.”
Only then did Milia shut her mouth and murmured. Huh, it’s finally calming down a bit.
“Oh, I am full. Yohan, when you’re done eating, follow me. I will tell you what to do as an escort knight.”
“Yes.”
“I want to go too!”
I looked at Lenny. Now he is my senior, and he is more advanced than me, so I couldn’t allow it on my own. Millia put her hands together to see if that was the case, and looked up at her Lenny eagerly. I don’t think Lenny will listen to her pretending to be cute like that…
“…Well, good. But can’t you get in the way?”
“Yes! Thank you!”
A thin smile crept across Lenny’s lips. After all, Lenny is also a member of the Milia group. She has relatively little contact with her, but she said that it was a snack. She’s like everyone’s younger sister. Karina also took good care of Milia who survived after escaping from the dungeon.
“Then go right away.”
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“You can eat more. You still have some left.”
“I want more!”
“Okay, okay.”
Milia stretched out her arms wildly and moved three loaves of her bread onto her plate. She always thinks but is a fearsome appetite. I don’t know what happened to Dyurahan’s stomach, but wouldn’t it be so big that it couldn’t even be compared to an ordinary person? Although she’s not that big for something like that. I thought as I watched the bread being swallowed mercilessly in her Milia’s mouth.
“Everyone stay! Let’s go!”
“Even if you want to close your mouth.”
“Hing.”
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“Now, these are sponsorships for Karina-sama.”
“…There are too many of them.”
I skimmed through the boxes stacked in one corner of the room. Big and small gift boxes. I don’t know what’s inside, but at least it’s not cheap. Considering the value of the name of the saint, it must be a tremendous item. I’m curious what’s in it.
“Karina gets a lot of presents too! I’m envious… I want to get a present too!”
“I’ll buy you one when I get my paycheck later.”
I don’t know how much it will come in, but it’s an escort knight for the saintess, so it’s not a low salary, right? Looking at Lenny with her question, Lenny shrugged her shoulders.
“Don’t expect too much. Even though the escort driver’s salary is high, maintenance of the equipment will cost you a lot of money… No, you can repair the equipment yourself, right?”
“It is possible without magic tools.”
“I envy you. If the armor is broken, fixing it and refining the weapon will cost a lot of money.”
“…Isn’t it expensive for alcohol?”
Leni scratched her head and averted her gaze at Milia’s words as she tilted her head. We’ve seen people drink at least one bottle of alcohol a day. Even though I bought and drank alcohol that looked quite luxurious. If you drink a bottle every day like that, there’s no way your salary will be left over.
Don’t you save money for your old age? Is that right?
Are you living the life of an alcoholic with no future?
“…No, don’t look at me like that! In the first place, even if you drink a bottle of strong alcohol, you won’t get drunk!”
Oh, I bet you are. It’s because he’s a famous senior with one of the best monster bodies.
“Anyway! From now on, I will check each gift one by one! Make sure there aren’t any dangerous items inside, that there aren’t any gifts that came to you by mistake, or that you haven’t spoiled anything because you sent something to eat! Let’s open the gift box one by one from now on! Practice!”
“Do it!”
As soon as Lenny finished speaking, Milia raised her hand and shouted. It seemed that he was very excited about opening the gift. Because it’s really fickle. But why are you looking at me do me too?
…Milia wants to do it, but I can’t.
“…Do it.”
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“John! Look at this!”
Miliana held out a small bottle in front of me. The bottle contained an unknown pink powder. What is that?
“Ah, that’s powder made by drying and grinding azalea petals grown by feeding them magical powers. It is very popular because it makes the skin plump when applied with water.”
“Does this make your skin better?”
“That’s right. It’s a pretty hard-to-find powder, but I sent this as a gift. Would you like to give it to me?”
“Here!”
Leni took her bottle from Milia, opened the lid, and inserted her little finger. When the tip of her little finger was buried in the powder, Lenny pulled out her finger and studied the powder tenaciously.
“…That’s right. Azalea powder is right.”
Lenny capped the bottle and set it down in the safe gift-sorting area. Has it already piled up like that? No, if you think about it, a third of all the presents were judged unsuitable. I look pretty strict.
Come to think of it, what happens to gifts that are judged unsuitable? There were all sorts of oddities, from unpleasant-looking dolls to ornaments subtly poisoned. What are these crazy people sending stuff like that? The Harpas Church bastards must have mixed it up, right?
“Lenny. How do I deal with items that are judged unsuitable?”
“Most of them are discarded.”
“If you are going to dispose of it, how many can you bring? There are some things that look pretty useful-“
“… Can’t tell anyone else know?”
“Of course.”
“I don’t know what you’re going to use it for, but I’ll assume it’s for a good cause.”
“Do I look like someone to use for bad things?”
“Uh… That’s right.”
I was confident. Every time I do something heinous, there’s a reason for it. What if we don’t poison the well? I don’t do stuff like pushing zombies into a pond.
“Leni Leni, can I take one too?”
“Which one?”
“That doll! You’re cute!”
The doll Millia pointed at was a teddy bear that was a bit out of line with the general sensibility and looked strangely unpleasant. After examining it, Lenny found that it was a doll with a wiretapping magic inside. You’re bugging me here too. Well, eavesdropping is the basics of information gathering, but there’s no way we can’t do it…
Anyway, since Lenny broke the orb with wiretapping magic inside with his fingers, there shouldn’t be any danger. When Lenny picked up her doll and handed it to her to take, Milia was delighted and held her doll in her arms.
“Thank you!”
“I need to sew it up, so hand it to me.”
“Yes!”
“Then let’s start over. We still have a long way to go.”
That was the moment we started working again.
Knock Knock.
The sound of knocking on the door automatically turns my head toward the door. Who is it? User?
“Who are you?”
“…Yo.”
Your voice is too low. I met Lenny’s and her eyes. Not a user
“I will open it.”
Lenny quietly gave her permission with a nod of her head instead of words.
I strode over the gift boxes scattered on the floor and grabbed the doorknob and turned it. The door opens slowly. Through the small crack in the door, I found a purple head.
Huh?
“Hee, hee…That, uh, that, uh, that, ah… Les, Les, Professor Lennon is…”
Hey, don’t cry. Why are you doing this to me.
I feel like I’ve suddenly become a piece of sh*t!
I swallowed a sigh as I looked down at the weeping purple hair, no, Elisha.