115. ring
…you haven’t said anything yet and you’ve been fine.
why today That’s just today. That’s what catches my eye…
whoa…
as naturally as possible.
Natural is the point.
“Ah~ that ring on your hand, lady?”
“Yeah. It looks the same as yours, doesn’t it?”
“Ugh~ No~ It’s just the same shape. And silver rings that look like this are everywhere, right? hahahaha…”
It was a ring with nothing special about its shape.
Master was not a person who cared too much about luxury items, and he was not the kind of person who would put expensive, colorful gemstones in a ring like this.
“…but why are the two of them wearing the same ring, even if it looks the same?”
Sarah’s expression looked slightly dark.
I was just going to tell you that I got it as a gift from the head of the household…
“Doesn’t the hero lose his head at that level?”
Luna took over the answer instead of me.
I’m pouting, trying to keep Seria from imagining things like that.
Is that what you have to do? It’s Luna.
“How does the world understand that a man and a woman matched the same ring as a pair? Hero.”
“That’s it…”
Sarah bit her lip.
Luna smirked and continued her answer.
“My father has already admitted it.”
“Count Giaros?”
Seria widened her eyes.
In general, there were few cases of marriage with servants.
It was common for servants and masters to have a tryst, but when they officially became partners, it was because the eyes of the people around them were stingy.
“Sure.”
In fact, we still haven’t met a man named Count Iaros.
The Demon King had no way to acknowledge me.
But Luna was so brazen that she couldn’t say anything.
“You’re already done with your baby plans, right? Sirius?”
“…You’re kidding too much.”
Luna glared at me, but I had to bear it for Seria’s mental health.
“Isn’t it…? Are you kidding…? Yuwol-ah…”
Sarah looked at me with trembling eyes.
“Sure…but this isn’t the time for us to be like this.”
This statement was true.
Although we have driven Peanus and Ashur out of the human world, we still have work to do.
“It does.”
At my point, Seria only then showed leadership and tried to sort things out.
“For now, I’ll listen to the story about the battle itself on the way back.”
Seria gave us missions one by one.
“First, Natasha, work with me to rescue the survivors.”
“Okay.”
Natasha nodded her head with a refreshed face, probably because she had been asleep for quite a while.
“And Luna and Sirius. The two of you, please quickly remove the device that maintains this barrier.”
Even though the two people who set up the barrier disappeared, the barrier was still maintained due to the magic stone.
Of course, it would disappear after a certain period of time, but there was no reason to let Magi contaminate the earth.
“Okay. Let’s go. Sirius.”
“Yes. Miss.”
One by one, Luna and I removed the mana stones remaining in the village.
“I planted a lot.”
“That’s right.”
Since Seria and Natasha weren’t with us, Luna and I were able to have a conversation between demons without filtering.
“Dog star.”
Luna stopped for a moment and looked at me with a serious face.
“huh.”
“The things Peanus said. Are they true?”
I could tell what he was talking about without having to say it out loud.
“Are you talking about how to unlock the Demon Lord’s unique magic?”
The bondage of the demon king that demons cannot escape.
Peanus said he dared to find a way out of bondage.
However, to be honest, it was difficult to believe what he said.
It was because even Amelia-sama, who was more proficient in magic and mana than anyone else, could not reach the answer.
However, Peanus is an oddity among oddities among the Great Demons.
A demon tribe that was recognized for its intellect rather than force and occupied its position.
It was hard to imagine that he would do this without any basis.
He thrust a knife into Luna.
The fact that the demons threatened Luna was practically an act of suicide.
“Yeah. But if that’s true, this isn’t the time for us to be doing this.”
to the demon realm. I had to inform the demon king about this.
If a large number of demons started to escape from his command, the world of demons would be engulfed in war.
“For now, let’s go back to the academy and talk again.”
“Still, I think the report should be done as quickly as possible.”
“Luna, you will contact Master.”
Luna nodded.
After collecting all the mana stones, the barrier gradually lost its power and began to collapse.
The dingy sky regained its color and shone blue, and the sun also informed us that we were in the human world.
Returning to the center of the village, we were confronted by villagers who could hear wails.
“Oops. We. Andre. Andrega.”
A middle-aged woman was weeping bitterly.
Listening to the explanation, it seemed that the owner of the body Peanus borrowed was her son.
“…I will make sure to pay for this enemy.”
Sarah hugged her.
It was certain that it was cruel.
The young boy’s body was taken away by demons and turned into powder, so the parents’ feelings would not have been able to be measured.
Residents were looking at the village that had become a mess with a devastated expression.
“…my house! my shop!”
The village where the meteor shower poured in was in a state of devastation.
It is safe to say that there are very few buildings that have maintained their intact appearance.
And there were also quite a few casualties.
Some people who were hiding in their houses to avoid the demons died without being able to escape Peanus’ magic.
The old man, presumed to be the village chief, thanked our party with a miserable expression.
“…I thought I was dead.”
In fact, if we hadn’t come, it would have been with a high probability.
“But thanks… for saving even the rest of us… Thank you so much…”
He held Seria’s hand and cried.
It was true that many lives were saved, but there were also many lives that were not saved.
In particular, Seria seemed to feel more responsible because she could not participate in the battle.
“…The demons will pay for their sins.”
She answered, holding his wrinkled hand.
I could feel the resolve in Seria’s eyes growing stronger.
Seeing her like that, I couldn’t help but feel heavy.
Will one day have to face her wrath… me and Luna?
How long can the little peace between us last?
From a distance we could see the soldiers who had guided us first running towards us.
“honey!”
“you!”
A touching reunion of the people left in the village and the soldiers who could not enter the village followed.
They hugged each other and cried.
And our party silently looked at them with pitying eyes.
“It’s disgusting.”
Natasha said as she looked at the miserable sight.
“…I see.”
It’s not to the extent that there aren’t any sites left like Homeron Village, so I should say it’s fortunate…
Seria seemed preoccupied with comforting people even as she received thanks here and there.
“My baby… my baby…!”
A young woman with a baby in her arms came up to us.
This…!
Traces of demonic energy remained on the child’s body.
I could see black marks on my hands and feet that looked like they were scorched.
It looked as if the powerful magic emitted from the mana stone was eating away at the baby’s body.
“…Yuwol-ah. Is there any way?”
Neither magic nor mana was her specialty, Seria stomped her feet and looked at me with a pitiful look.
It’s a pity, but at this rate, the baby…
Die.
Excessive Magi contaminates the human body and eventually disintegrates it.
But now, with the ring on, I can’t…
no. Even if I took off the ring, I honestly didn’t have the confidence to safely remove the magic.
If it was Luna, I turned my head slightly towards her to see if she knew how, but as expected, Luna also shook her head.
“…Then will this baby die?”
Seria whispered to me in a voice that the baby’s mother wouldn’t hear.
“…maybe.”
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t come up with a sharp way.
If you’re not a wizard, but a priest with divine power…
fuse…
fuse?
There was a person who suddenly popped into my head.
“Seria.”
Seria, who was looking at her wife and baby with a gloomy expression, turned to my call.
“If it’s a problem like this, we know someone who can solve it better than anyone else, right?”
Seria tilted her head, as if her thoughts hadn’t reached that point yet.
“who?”
“…Who is that? The woman who did us so badly.”
“…saint!”
The correct answer came out of Seria’s mouth.
“Yes. She must be able to safely disenchant the baby.”
“That’s right! Then I’ll send a letter to Lian as soon as I arrive at the academy!”
“Yeah. Also, would it be okay if I ask you one more favor?”
“What?”
“Tell the saintess to visit the academy again.”
Seria widened her eyes.
“For what purpose?”
What is it? It’s self-interest.