Predation – 4
Idria admitted in a bitter tone.
“To put it bluntly, yes. He’s been trying to help me until now, so that he can work hard to raise me and absorb my power.”
“… … .”
“Do you know how I felt when I found out? It’s the feeling of a livestock who trusted and followed the owner who always provided quality feed, but realized that it was actually meant to be fattened and slaughtered.”
Everyone swallows saliva.
But I denied her words.
“You never really believed in and followed a Velocian.”
“That’s what it means. He’s a more modest man than I thought to ask them all.”
“Anyway, I understand the situation.”
There is good reason for Idria to kill Velocian.
If you don’t kill him, he will die.
The reason why I had to kill Velocian was clear.
How many demon kings have descended on the world? This is not a hero, but a disaster that cannot be stopped even if the brave grandfather comes.
Once that’s happened, there’s nothing you can do about it.
You have to stop it before you wake up. In other words, you must kill the Velocian.
I said.
“He is locked up in a special room. To give Kayle my powers.”
“I know. Anyway, to grant the power of the Demon King to the human Cald. It must also be the ability to interfere with the law.”
“uh. But after making Kayle strong, I’m going to take a break. They said it would be a formidable task, even for a Velocian.”
“who?”
“… … .”
“Is it Impelium? What the hell do you have to do with the Impelium? Even Ardin didn’t know that.”
Actually, that’s what I want to ask.
Of course, even if I knew it, I wouldn’t be able to explain it kindly to Idria.
I changed the topic.
“Anyway, I understand what you said. But not enough.”
“Not enough? what?”
“If I kill you, then my reputation will rise. But will it rise high enough to kill the Velocian?”
“… … ?”
“Think about it. Defeating the Demon King is something that all the warriors in the past have done.”
Grade is the Demon Lord of Destruction.
Lephia is the demon lord of greed.
Leon defeated the Demon King of Corruption, respectively.
Soberus is out of the question.
Anyway, if I had to say that I had to kill Idria, it would just be a repeat of the feat that had happened three times in the past.
Idria asked.
“But you must have already far surpassed the reputations of the heroes of the past. Isn’t it pointless to compare them with them?”
“Instead, the ‘enemy’ of this era is also different from the past. My intuition is that the reputation that goes up simply by killing you will not be enough to kill the Velocian.”
“Then what else are you going to do here?”
“I was thinking… … .”
I whispered a little.
For a moment, the surroundings were engulfed in silence.
Not only Idria, but even our party members didn’t make a single breath.
After a while, Neryl opened his mouth.
“How the hell do you think like that?”
“Why are you so surprised? I have to overcome the feats of the heroes of the past. You have to do things that the warriors of the past have never tried before, and you have to go down a road that you’ve never been before.”
“No, anyway. Ha, indeed.”
She touched her forehead as if she had given up thinking.
Then Idria said.
“I think that way makes me so miserable.”
“Shouldn’t we kill the Velocian? You are not in a position to measure this or that.”
“… … .”
“If you use my method, there will be no future where you will be eaten by Velocian. Of course, after finishing all the work, you will fall to my sword.”
She burst out laughing as if in shock.
“Aren’t you supposed to say that you’ll save me now, even with empty words?”
“I don’t want to lie in front of the Demon King of Lies.”
“Then there would be no reason for me to help you.”
“Then, will it be eaten by the Velocian?”
“If I am eaten by a Velocian, he becomes a demon. It won’t be good for you either.”
“In that case, I will find another way. As always.”
Surprisingly, Idria seemed to understand my last words.
“okay. You would definitely do it.”
“… … .”
“What are you going to do specifically? Are you going to start right here?”
Her question had nothing to do with accepting my offer.
I restrained the corners of my lips that kept twitching and answered.
“no. If I fight with you right now, without even a mouse or a bird, the reaction to increase my reputation will be delayed. I definitely felt it in the last muddy fight.”
“… … .”
“Showing our fights in real time is a good way to harvest fame all at once. Wouldn’t it be better to deal with monsters like Velocians as quickly as possible?”
Idria said.
“It’s definitely not wrong.”
“I always say the right things.”
“… … i get it. Join the operation.”
“great. You can come out now.”
I have grown the cracks in space for a long time.
Enough to allow Idria to enter.
After a while she came out of the room and stepped on the floor.
The party unwittingly put their hands on the weapon, but Idria didn’t care.
She looked up at the sky and said.
“What time and place?”
“I haven’t decided on either. Well, in the case of time, it should be within three months of the Velocian being locked up in a special room.”
“Call me when you are ready.”
“I do. Neril, do you have any spare communication marbles?”
Neryl sighed and put her hand in her arms.
Then he hurriedly threw a communication ball at Idria.
Idria said.
“How do I deal with this?”
“What? Don’t you even know?”
“Is there any reason I should know?”
“ha. The day will come when I will teach the Demon King how to use the communication beads.”
Neryl explains the simple handling.
Idria quickly cooked and put the marble in her arms.
I said.
“Are you going to stay here until the next call?”
“no. Thanks to you, my cave flew away too. It was my favorite place.”
“I’m not sorry for this.”
“I’ll decide on my whereabouts, so it’s time to turn it off quickly.”
“I will call all of your limbs. Say hello and go.”
I spoke somewhat cynically.
“Thanks to your warm consideration, the false finger has everything to do with our party members. It’s a long way back and forth, so I have to say hello.”
“under.”
“Come to think of it, only the third finger is unknown. Which of us is he related to?”
“… … 👀”
Idria suddenly smiled low.
“The child has nothing to do with you.”
“Really? It’s hard to believe because he’s the demon king of lies.”
“Then let’s find out for ourselves. With the eyes of a good-natured battery.”
“Oh, that’s right. I forgot, thanks for letting me know.”
A twisted smile crept across her lips.
“Made Mohan. Unlike Bion, you are very displeased.”
“Thanks for the compliment.”
“… … My children will call after you are gone. Now turn it off.”
“I am wary of the yard that has come this far.”
Well, it seems like the country is like that too.
I glanced at Xenia.
Soon she calls Agril.
I said to Idria before soaring into the sky.
“Do you have any message for Bion?”
“But, he probably doesn’t want to hear that.”
“Then don’t do it.”
“Our fight is about to come to an end. Please say goodbye until the end.”
“Stop.”
I told Trail.
‘You have nothing to say?’
[If there was, I would have done it myself. I’ve seen many times that I can talk with Idria even with my soul.]
‘Well.’
So we are in the Sacred Forest… … Exactly, I left the place that was ‘the forest’.
I turned to look at Idria, who had become a dot.
Trail said.
[Are you going to see it anyway? The Secret of Idria and Vatore.]
‘uh. It’ll be fine to kill time on the way home.’
[Well.]
widely.
screen comes to mind.
＜I used the Eye of the Battery.＞
＜The current battery’s eye level is 5. The secret level that can be read is S level.＞
＜The selection condition is ‘Secret between Idria and Vatore.’＞
＜This secret level is D level. Browse.＞
Eh? Class D?
The figure of Idria appears on the screen.
Behind her stand Soius and Florence.
Surprisingly, they were walking leisurely in a quiet village.
It’s like being human.
Soius says:
“Idria. Is it okay to walk around like this?”
“Because of your face?”
“Oh, no. His face was covered with a helmet… … In the first place, my face now is completely different from Padania, so it doesn’t matter.”
“Then what are you worried about?”
Sobius answered with a stern voice.
“Rather than worrying, I wondered if this was okay. Walking around in the middle of the realm of humans.”
“I have been mingled with humans countless times. It was me who gave the jewel to King Mu.”
“Yeah, yes.”
Florence intervenes.
“Sorius-sama is a person who worries a lot. I feel it every time I see it.”
“Hmmm. Don’t pretend like you’ve known each other for so long.”
“He’s also a fun guy to make fun of.”
“… … .”
“The fact that Padania-sama, whom I admired so much when I was a human, was actually a timid person. This is a fact that I would not have known if I hadn’t met Idria-sama.”
Seeing that they are not called mothers or mothers yet, I think they know that it is a thing of the past.
However, Florence’s personality seems to be the same as before and now.
Idria said.
“I came out to commemorate the completion of the first round of courtship in Florence. Sometimes there must be days like this.”
“Go, thank you. … … Yeah? Primary?”
“You will have to go through a few more adjustments to master the power you have been given. The time to be active is approaching.”
“Ugh. It was pretty painful.”
Sobius said.
“As a senior 200 years ahead of you, I express my deepest condolences. But after going through it, it’s all memories.”
“Soberus, you must go into the adjustment one more time.”
“… … Yes?”
“The day my wish will come true is soon, so I want to do everything I can.”
You can’t see it covered by the helmet, but you can bet your entire fortune on that guy’s distorted face.
Seeing Florence sulking, Sobius turned his head.
Idria spoke in a light tone.
“Besides, it must be a form of deception for the Demon King to wander around among humans. It’s a very small thing, but it’s also something that gives me strength.”
“Oh, yes.”
“Then next time over there… … yes?”
That was then.
There was a sudden commotion at a nearby bakery.
“This baby is fucking again! Hey, aren’t you out there?”
There, a young man was eating the bread on display.
The owner picks up the stick right away whether it’s happened once or twice.
Without hesitation, he slapped the young man on the shoulder.
perk.
“Cheep. gulp.”
“Oh, come down. Aren’t you sick?”
“No, it’s delicious. Hehe. tasty.”
“Well, it wouldn’t hurt. He’s an asshole who can’t do anything other than put food in his stomach.”
“Give me more bread… … .”
“Hey guys, will you just watch? Let’s get this bastard out together.”
At the owner’s words, people from nearby stores begin to flock.
They suffered as much as the bakery owner, so they worked together to bring out the young man.
However, from where such strength comes from, the young man almost hung on the shelves and began to eat the bread.
“Oh really! Still, there are a lot of things that make me angry.”
The master lifts the club with all his might.
He slammed it on the young man’s head.
perk.
“… … uh?”
He probably didn’t even want to kill him.
However, the young man was crooked forward.
Blood drips from his head.
“Hey. Wake!”
“Shake. Are you dead?”
“Hey, this is just an accident, it’s an accident!”
“Once treatment… … No, from reporting.”
“Don’t report it. just to cover How much has we all lost to this bastard! After all, he has no family or friends. uh?”
Idria was watching all the scenes carefully.
Florence asks.
“Idria. Why?”
“Well.”
“Well… … .”
“You are strangely concerned.”
Idria folded her arms, wondering if she was curious about herself, and tilted her head over and over again.
After a while she said
“It’s okay to make an impulsive decision once in a while.”
“Yes?”
Idria snapped her finger instead of answering.
Then, all the personnel who were murmuring in front of the dead young man collapsed.
toothpaste.
Idria skillfully opened the space and said.
“Let’s go for a walk here. I will take him back.”
“Ah yes.”
Sovereign and Florence had a lot of things they wanted to ask, but they kept their mouths shut.
If it was a recent couple, they would have been curious about this and that, but I guess they weren’t close enough back then.
They disappeared into space with the young man’s body.
drop.
The screen disappeared.
Trail opened his mouth in a muffled tone.
[what. It really didn’t matter. Because it was a D-class secret in the first place.]
‘… … .’
[Why are you quiet?]
‘Well. No, nothing.’
As the trail says, it’s not a big deal.
But why?
Why does the back of my neck keep tingling like this?