Vol-06 Ch 4 – Wriggling Malice

Part 1

I was able to get permission for Kaori and the others who were still asleep to rest at the shrine, so I took advantage of the hospitality and carried everyone to bed.

"───So? What was that all about earlier?"

After putting everyone to bed, I was interrogated by the shrine maiden like that.

"Um… I don't even know what that thing was either…"

"You're lying. You must have something to do with it, right? Otherwise, it wouldn't explain your power to defeat the monster earlier."

"Even if you say so…"

When asked if that has anything to do with me, it seems that the monster is an "evil beast" that is a corruption of the "evil" from the other world, so I can't say that it has nothing to do with me. However, I have no idea why such a being appeared on this Earth.

For a moment, I thought that the door to the other world in my house might be the reason why it came out of there. Still, it would have to break through the mysterious barrier covering Sage-san's house in the other world. More importantly, Night and Ouma-san would have noticed it… though Ouma-san would likely have left it alone.

With that in mind, the shrine maiden, who once again wore a serious expression, opened her mouth.

"I don't know exactly what, but there is a presence of evil in you, too. So, I will exorcise it."

"Eh?"

The sudden offer made me shout in a distracted voice.

"Do you mind? I don't know if you're aware of it or not, but I can feel the same evil presence in you as in that monster. So if I don't exorcise it right now, you'll be in trouble again."

"Eh, no, that's…"

"Hey, is this woman trying to make me disappear?" said Kuro.

The shrine maiden's words made Kuro, who was inside me, panicked. Certainly, the evil beast was extinguished with that talisman, and it may be effective for Kuro as well.

"Um, It's not like I'm───."

"It's okay! For now, take off your clothes for the exorcism."

"Why?"

I opened my eyes to the shrine maiden's sudden request. Eh, taking off my clothes?

I was confused, but the shrine maiden frowned unhappily.

"Can I? In order to exorcise that evil presence, we need to borrow power from the holy air that floats around the world. So, the more skin you expose, the easier it is for the holy spirit to enter. That's why I'm telling you to take off your clothes because they're in the way."

"Eeeeeehhh?"

"Yuuya! You should never take off your clothes!" said Kuro in a hurry.

"No, I'm not taking my clothes off!"

"Why not? I said, take them off!"

The shrine maiden finally took a hard line and tried to pull my clothes off! I know she's trying to be nice, but I don't want Kuro to be exorcised, and I don't want to take off my clothes either.

I'm stronger than her, but if I resist with all my might, I might injure the shrine maiden, and more importantly, my clothes will tear.

W-what should I do with this?

"Oh, geez! Stop your useless resistance!"

"N-nooooo! Help meeeee!"

"…Yuuya-san, what is going on here?"

""Huh!""

When we were startled by the unexpected voice, Kaori was glaring at us with fierce eyes.

"Yuuya-san… who is that woman over there? And why is it that Yuuya-san is undressed…?"

Kaori was about to say that much, but she seemed to recognize my current appearance once again, and her face gradually turned red.

"Ka-Kaori! It's a misunderstanding; it's a misunderstanding!"

"T-that's right! It's not like I'm doing anything wrong…!"

The shrine maiden and I rushed to clear up Kaori's misunderstanding. Then Kaori, who managed to regain her calm after resolving the misunderstanding, looked around again.

"By the way… where are we? We were supposed to have come to test our courage…"

In response to Kaori's reaction, I couldn't help but look at the shrine maiden, who also had a puzzled expression on her face. No way, does she have no memory of meeting that evil beast?

Then after Kaori, Kaede, Rin, and the others woke up, and everyone was confirmed to be safe. However, none of them seemed to remember anything about the evil beast.

Seeing the reaction of Kaori and the others, the shrine maiden quietly approached me.

"…It seems that everyone doesn't remember anything about that."

"Y-you're right."

"Phew… I would really like to ask them some questions, but they don't seem to know much about that monster either, so there's no need to tell the rest about it. I'm worried about what it might do to their body later, but I've never seen anything like it before, and there's nothing I can do about it. Well, I've been attacked in the same way, and there's nothing physically wrong with me, so I think everything will be fine…"

Certainly, considering the fact that everyone suddenly fainted, it would be better to think of some kind of effect.

For the time being, I checked the condition of everyone with the [Identification] skill, but I didn't see anything strange.

"It's okay. Anyway, if you learn anything from this, don't try to test your courage again; just leave quietly."

That's all the shrine maiden said as she turned to leave.

"W-wait, please!"

"…What?"

When I hastily stopped her, she looked at me with a slightly unhappy expression. But, undaunted by such a gaze, I opened my mouth.

"Um, I'm sorry about this… And thank you for letting Kaori and the others rest here."

"…I don't mind, that's about right. But next time, you should be a little more careful."

"Yes… we'll be careful."

As we were about to leave, the shrine maiden unexpectedly called out to us.

"You!"

"Huh? I-is it me?"

"Yes."

The shrine maiden looked at me closely and asked quietly.

"…What's your name?"

"Eh? Oh, I'm Yuuya Tenjou."

"Fumu… Tenjou, right?"

As the shrine maiden muttered that to confirm, I couldn't help but ask her.

"Um, and you are…?"

"…Mai Kagurazaka."

Shrine maiden-san, or… Kagurazaka-san said and turned her back on us once again.

And then…

"I have a feeling I'll be seeing you again at some point."

"Huh?"

"Well then."

That was all Kagurazaka-san said, and this time she left. After that, we went back to the cottage quietly and went to bed immediately.

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The next day, we made it back to our hometown safely.

"Well, the beach was fun!"

"Y-yeah. It was fun to play with everyone."

"Though we were a bit confused when we were suddenly asked to help Sawada-sensei's family!"

"That's true. I was more surprised about meeting Sawada-sensei at the beach."

"…She was boing boing."

"Yu-Yukine-chan?"

Rin murmurs with a wry smile as she recalls her memories of the beach.

"Even so… the fun time flies by so fast."

"That's right… I had a lot of fun playing with you guys too! Thank you very much!"

"That should be our line, you know!"

"Yeah. Thanks to Houjou-san, we were able to play with all our might like this."

"R-really? If you say so, it's worth inviting everyone!"

"But now that the beach is over, the summer vacation will continue for a while. Can we go out again somewhere?"

When I suddenly suggested this, Kaede's eyes lit up.

"That's good, let's play, let's play! I've already finished my summer homework, after all!"

"That's because I took care of it for you."

"Thank you very much for the help, hehe…"

"…So, what's next, a summer festival?"

"Oh, a festival! That sounds great."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! Then let's have a festival next time!"

So, after promising to go to a summer festival, we parted ways this time.

Then I went straight home too…

"I'm home!"

"Woof!"

"You're back, welcome home."

"Buhi buhi!"

"Mmm? You finally returned. Now, prepare the food. I'm starving."

Night and the others greeted me.

…In the past, it would have been hard to imagine. Playing with friends and having someone welcome you home like this.

While enjoying such happiness, I prepared food for Night and the others. But as I prepared the food for them, I kept thinking about something.

What is that monster… the evil beast? I've heard that it's an incarnation of evil…

What's more, how can it cross into this world?

I asked Ouma-san about something that had been bothering me.

"Um, Ooma-san…"

"What is it? I'm hungry now. Go ahead and make me some food! I want to eat curry!"

"Y-yes."

I was going to ask him about the evil beast that had crossed into this world, but as I was busy preparing the meal, I missed the chance to ask him.

Part 2

It was the next day after I came back from Kaori's vacation house. The summer vacation is still going on, so today, I was thinking of cleaning up my grandpa's warehouse, which I hadn't done recently.

Then, Ouma-san, Yuti, and others came to see me, as if they were interested in my grandpa's warehouse.

"Hmm… I've always thought this place had a strange vibe, but looking at it again, I can feel it more strongly."

"Affirmative. It's strange."

"I-is that so?"

There are indeed many things in this room that grandpa acquired during his travels, all of which are of unknown use, but…

As I contemplated and tilted my head, Ouma-san let out a sigh of exasperation.

"Yuuya… you're in a room with all this power swirling around you, and you don't feel a thing?"

"Huh?"

"It's not just one kind of power. Every single one of them has a power that I do not know. Who is this… grandfather of yours anyway?"

"W-well…"

There are things that even Ouma-san doesn't understand… Grandpa, what did you really have collected?

I was going to clean it up now, but I'm getting a little afraid to touch it. However, if I don't do it, it won't be finished anytime soon, so I start to sort it out.

Ouma-san looked interested in the beginning, but he eventually got bored halfway through and went back to another room in the Earth house. Yuti also said she was going to practice archery and headed to the garden of Sage-san's house in the other world.

…Well, I was going to do it alone from the beginning, so that was fine.

While sorting it out little by little, I also activated my [Identification] skill while I was at it…

"…Really, grandpa, where did you get these from?"

Some things, even with the [Identification] skill, I couldn't even tell the name of the item, let alone its effect.

For example, I don't know what the principle of this thing is, but I can't tell the name, the effect, nor the material of this cubic stone (?) floating on a pedestal. No, really, why is it floating? It's not like it's magnetic…

As I continued to sort through the items while activating [Identification] skill, I suddenly found something familiar.

"Huh? This looks like something… a monk would carry, doesn't it?"

It was something called Khakkhara, and in my mind, it was a thing that a monk would carry. I'm not particularly surprised that such a thing would come out of nowhere in a world overflowing with things whose purpose is unknown, but it does make me curious.

I thought that the [Identification] skill would not work on this one either, but this time it did.

However…

"[Heavenly Khakkhara], huh… It's somewhat quite a bit of a thing, but… what is it? This "Exorcise" is…"

What's more, there was only one word of effect written on it. I can't understand anything about this.

"What is it? This is… This is similar to the talisman that Kagurazaka-san was using the other day?"

The other day, when an evil beast attacked me, I suddenly remembered that Kagurazaka-san, the shrine maiden I had met there, had used a talisman to kill the evil beast. I wondered if that was also a kind of exorcism?

An item I don't understand? Is it a weapon? As I was bewildered in front of the unfamiliar item or weapon, I noticed…

"Woof… woof!"

"What's wrong? Night."

Suddenly, Night barked, and as I wondered what was wrong, I felt the presence of several people following Night.

"? What is it?"

I paused for a moment and put the Khakkhara I had in my hand in the item box, then headed for the garden of the other world house.

There, I found Owen-san, Lexia-san, and the others. All of them walked quickly into Sage-san's garden.

"Hah… hah…"

"We managed to get here somehow…"

"H-hey. We've set foot in this Great Devil's Nest many times already, but I still wonder how we've survived…"

"In any case, it's thanks to that person, followed by Captain Owen, and Luna, who was appointed as Lexia-sama's bodyguard, is also quite strong…

"Rather, except for that person and the two of them, we do not have the ability to enter the Great Devil's Nest properly…"

The soldiers already have wounds on their bodies, and Owen-san and Luna are also out of breath. Although I looked around to see if anyone was hurt, fortunately, no one was fully injured, and I didn't need Akatsuki to lend me a hand.

I don't know why Lexia-san and the others came to this place, but I think they had something to do with me, so I told Night and the others to rest at the Earth house for the time being. But I wondered who was "that person" the soldiers were talking about earlier.

In the midst of all this, Lexia-san, the only one in good spirits, spotted me, and her eyes sparkled.

"Yuuya-sama! I came to see you! Wait… Who is that girl?"

"Huh?"

"?"

Yuti, who Lexia-san pointed out, tilted her head in wonder. Luna also nodded several times as she caught her breath at the sight of Lexia-san.

Speaking of which, when capturing the first prince of Alceria, Rhaegar-sama, I mentioned that we were attacked, but I didn't tell Lexia-san or Luna who the attacker was…

Even so, I had already explained this to Owen-san and Arnold-sama when we were discussing Ouma-san's case the other day.

Owen-san already knows about it, so when I explained to Lexia-san straightforwardly, including the introduction of Yuti, Lexia-san and others were troubled in their minds.

"Such a girl is a member of the Dark Guild that conspired with my brother… Are there only girls in the Dark Guild?"

"N-no, not really… but I've never seen this girl before either. And I'm also surprised that she's a disciple of the Bow Saint…"

"Certainly… I thought that the "Holy" was only in fairy tales…"

In response to their reaction, Yuti tilted her head even more and said something outrageous.

"? Unknown. I'm not involved with the Dark Guild anymore."

"Huh?"

That seemed to be the first time Owen-san had heard of it, and everyone rolled their eyes.

B-by the way, Lexia-san's words reminded me of the fact that Yuti is related to the Dark Guild…

More than that, the information that he is a disciple of the "Bow Saint" is more significant.

"Before. I tried to kill the people who killed my master. But it was the work of the Evil. So now I have no reason to kill humans. …I still hate them, but I won't take that feeling out on people who aren't related to me anymore."

It seemed that Yuti had made up her mind about other humans in her own way, and unlike when she first attacked me, now she no longer thought of any human being as an enemy.

This was probably due in large part to Kaori and the friends she had made at the school on Earth. It really was a good thing that I transferred Yuti to my school.

"Conclusion. That's why I'm not in contact with the Dark Guild anymore. There's no need for it."

"Y-you mean you don't need them? What was your role in the Dark Guild anyway?"

"A bouncer?"

"I don't know why you made that as a question… but the Dark Guild even hired bouncers, huh? You're not a member of the guild like me, but you probably have connections with the upper echelons. No wonder I never see you…"

"Affirmative. I used to see him all the time; he seemed like a great guy."

Owen-san, who was listening to Yuti, is pondering with a grim expression.

"In other words, there is no one in the Dark Guild that is as good as Yuti… At the time, it was right after I found out that Yuti was a member of the Dark Guild, so I thought it would be very difficult to get rid of the Dark Guild… This is something that I will have to tell His Majesty as soon as I get back to the royal capital."

"By the way, what brings you all here? I believe the road was dangerous…"

According to Owen-san and the others, the place where this house is located is called the "Great Devil's Nest," and the people of this world rarely go near it, and it is not a place where you can come and go very easily.

However, Owen-san and the others had come to such a place many times just to meet me. There's no convenient item like a telephone, and there's no magic, so there's no way to contact me either. …No, even if there were a phone, it wouldn't have been in my house.

"Oh, about that───."

(───I protected them, you know.)

"Eh, Master Usagi?"

Apparently, Master Usagi was the one who escorted them to this house. Was it Master Usagi that the soldier was talking about earlier?

"What exactly happened?"

(What? As usual, I was on my way here to train you when I saw a rare human figure, which was unusual. And since they were struggling at the entrance to the Great Devil's Nest, and it seemed they wanted to see you, so I brought them along.)

"I-I see…?"

It's true that if Master Usagi had been escorting them, they would have been safe…

However, the soldiers were strangely tired of that, so I couldn't help but turn my attention to them.

"I-it's too strict… and more than double the usual training…"

"Being forced to go one-on-one with a goblin elite… What kind of nightmare is that?"

"If we try to escape, we'll get one hell of a kick in the ass…"

"Yeah… It's good that we're still alive…!"

"…Master Usagi?"

(What? I'm just giving them a little workout, that's all.)

"…Is this normal in the Great Devil's Nest?"

"He's a rabbit, and he's strong, I don't get it at all…"

"And he's speaking normal human language…?"

Apparently, Owen-san and the others were tired because Master Usagi had trained them, and the soldiers were pale in the face. T-thank you for your hard work…

Owen-san coughed one to change the atmosphere.

"Ahem! By the way, the reason we came here today is───."

"Oh, that's right! Yuuya-sama, let's go to the festival together!"

Part 3

"Oh, that's right! Yuuya-sama, let's go to the festival together!"

"Huh?"

"…Lexia. That's too much to say, no matter what."

When I raised my voice dumbly at Lexia-san's sudden words, she went on with a sparkle in her eyes.

"It's fine! This girl… uh, Yuti, was it?"

"Affirmative."

"I have a lot of questions I want to ask Yuuya-sama about Yuti, but! But it's more important that you go to the festival with me!

"No, that doesn't explain anything…"

Luna said tiredly at Lexia-san's state and then told me with a serious expression.

"The fact is, the Regal Kingdom, which has friendly relations with the Alceria Kingdom, is holding a national festival to celebrate its centennial. And Lexia is inviting you."

"Huh… Well, it's hard to say without checking my schedule…"

"And by the way, you can't say no to that."

"Why?"

It would indeed be difficult to refuse the request of the princess, Lexia-san, but…? It's not that it's difficult; it's that it's impossible because of my status. I'm a commoner, you know.

Despite my surprise, Owen-san explained it to me while holding his head.

"Ah… Well, I am very sorry. Lexia-sama's behavior has caused the Regal Kingdom to take an interest in Yuuya-dono."

"Yes? W-why me? What can I say? I'm just an ordinary person──."

"""That's not true."""

"You don't have to deny it all at once like that…"

"Yuuya. Lexia and I just learned about it in the Regal Kingdom. I heard that… you tamed a legendary dragon, didn't you?"

"Oh, you mean Ouma-san? It's not that I tamed him; it's that it was a coincidence…"

"You should have realized something was wrong at that point."

"S-surely…!"

No, I'd completely lost my senses! I'm starting to forget that Ouma-san is a legendary dragon.

After all, he's either sleeping or eating all day long. When he first came to Earth, he was interested in my textbooks and books about Earth, but he seems to have gotten bored with them.

I need to buy a TV so that he won't be bored anymore. I'm really sorry that he can't go around the Earth freely…

"Sigh… Anyway, the Regal Kingdom has taken an interest in you. The king of Regal is very interested in you, and we made a promise to him."

"Eh? What promise?"

"The king wanted you to participate in a tournament in front of the people at the founding festival."

"What about my will?"

A tournament, you say? It's that, right? It's where martial artists show off their skills in front of important people. And they will fight each other, right?

…Why am I involved in such a situation?

Lexia-san averted her gaze somewhat awkwardly at the dumbfounded me.

"U-um… The king of that country said that Yuuya-sama is weaker than the Sword Saint…"

"Huh?"

(Little girl. Did you just say Sword Saint?)

Master Usagi, who until then seemed uninterested, reacted to Lexia-san's words and asked with a slightly surprised look.

However, Lexia-san seemed to be more bothered by Master Usagi's words than that.

"W-who are you call little girl? In the first place, who are you? You're a bit stronger than Owen and the others, and just because you can speak human language, don't get carried away!"

(What is it, Yuuya? Didn't you tell these people about me?)

"Eh? Ah… if you ask me that… or rather, why Master Usagi didn't tell them your name himself?"

(I did name myself. It's Usagi.)

"Can that be called a name…?"

When Master Usagi said that, I tilted my head. W-well, he's telling the truth, but he's not teaching them anything important like he's a Kicking Saint or anything like that.

"…So, thinking about it again, we were being protected without really knowing this person. Since the rabbit suddenly spoke to us and had a power that we could not match, we were forced to follow him quietly…"

Owen-san also muttered in astonishment. Master Usagi can be very forceful. It can't be helped.

I awkwardly introduced Master Usagi.

"Um… this is my master, Master Usagi. He is the holder of the titles of Kicking Saint and Ear Saint."

"Eh?"

"What? T-this person?"

"Yuuya, how much more do you want to surprise us…?"

When Lexia and the others found out that Master Usagi was a Holy, their eyes widened, and they froze. According to Owen-san's story, just like Ouma-san, Holy is existence in fairy tales that is beyond admiration…

When I was thinking about that, Master Usagi tilted his head in wonder.

(What, you haven't fully introduced me yet.)

"Eh? What else do I have to introduce…?"

(It's true that I'm teaching Yuuya the art of fighting, but at the same time, I'm also learning magic from Yuuya. In other words, we are both master and apprentice, are we not?)

"Ah…"

"Eeeeehhhhhh"

"Empathy. I agree. Yuuya is quite crazy."

It's not only Lexia-san and the others, but even the soldiers who were listening in the back were startled out loud by Master Usagi's words.

"N-no, I can understand being a disciple of the Holy, but…"

"Hey, hey, you don't know what a disciple of the Holy means, do you?"

"A disciple and master of the Holy, the master of the legendary dragon… who the hell exactly is this… Yuuya-dono…?"

I feel that various things are being mentioned about me, but all of them are force majeure!

Master Usagi rescued me when I was in a pinch, and I owe him a debt of gratitude, but it wasn't long before I became his disciple and then his master. I have so many things to say, but Master Usagi's words completely misunderstood me as an extraordinary person.

Not caring about my feelings, Master Usagi smiled fearlessly at Lexia-san.

(So, that's why. Do you understand now? Little girl.)

"U-ugh…"

As expected, when she's dealing with Master Usagi, she has to admit that she's been called a little girl. In fact, I don't know how long Master Usagi has been alive, but he's the best aside from Ouma-san…

Then Master Usagi's smile disappeared, and his expression became serious, and he looked at Lexia-san again.

(Now, enough with the teasing. I'll ask you one more time, is there really the Sword Saint in the Regal Kingdom?)

"Y-yes. That's what the king over there said. Then, the king heard about Yuuya-sama's greatness and said that the Sword Saint was greater than Yuuya-sama! So I denied it, and before I knew it…"

Lexia-san's end of the sentence gradually disappeared. She was really taken for a ride by the king of the Regal Kingdom…

But this is all there is to it.

I don't know why Lexia-san thought that I was stronger than the Sword Saint, but the Sword Saint is the same as Master Usagi, right? I can't even beat Yuti, who was only a disciple, so how could I possibly compete with the Sword Saint?

"Um, I am sorry. This is only a preliminary match, right? So I will──."

(You should participate.)

"Eh?

I couldn't help but stare at Master Usagi. Um… Master Usagi? What did you just say?

I broke out in a cold sweat and asked him again, thinking he was just kidding.

"Um… what did you say?"

(Didn't you hear me? I told you to participate. You can't refuse it. It's master's order.)

"Isn't that too arrogant?"

I couldn't help but exclaim when he said that to me. However, Master Usagi crossed his arms and smirked.

(If there really is the Sword Saint in that country, it's convenient for me as well. I also need to consult with her about the Evil. But more than that, it's perfect for your training.)

"Eh?"

(I can teach you how to kick, but I can't teach you how to use a sword. Your fighting style is a mixture of hand-to-hand fighting and a variety of weapons such as swords and spears. So you need to learn to use a sword, right?)

"That's, well…"

As Master Usagi said, if anything, I mainly fight using the weapons left behind by Sage-san, such as the [Omni-Sword] and the [Absolute Spear]. Of course, I also do some fighting, including kicking, which I learned from Master Usagi.

At my slurred speech, Master Usagi gave me a serious look.

(No matter what you think, Evil will no longer let you go. I feel bad that I got you involved in the battle with the Evil, as you are not officially the heir to the Holy. But there's nothing I can do about it. That's why it's my mission to train you so that you can survive as long as possible.)

"Master Usagi…"

As I thought during the attack on Yuti, I really don't have enough power to live safely in this world.

…I still regret that when the Fist Saint attacked Master Usagi, I couldn't move properly with my own strength.

According to Master Usagi and Yuti, the power of Kuro… the Evil inside of me could have defeated him, but the reality is that I couldn't even handle it properly. If I were to become a danger not only to Master Usagi, Yuti, Night, and the others but also to Kaori and the others on Earth, I would never be able to forgive myself.

So I have no choice but to get the power so that I can stay safe in this world without relying on Evil's power.

"…Are they talking about something outrageous?"

"Let's pretend we didn't hear that."

Then, behind me, Lexia-san and the others talked about something, but I didn't pay attention to them now, and finally, I nodded once.

"…I understand. Fortunately, I have some time now, and I don't know how far this will go, but I will accept it."

"R-really? That's great! Right, Luna?"

"Y-yeah. But are you sure you want to do this?"

"Yes. But, as I said, I'm not as good as Lexia-san expects me to be, so if you can take that with a grain of salt…"

When I said that confidently, Master Usagi smiled ferociously.

(Then, I will continue to train you so that you can compete with the Sword Saint at least a little.)

"Eh?"

(Little girl. When is this national festival?)

"Huh? Oh, let's see… It's in a week, but…"

(A week… It's so short, but I'll make you better than now. Are you ready for that?)

"Yeah…"

I was trembling with fear, wondering what kind of hellish training awaited me in the week leading up to the national festival.

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───While Yuuya was receiving training from Master Usagi in preparation for his match against the Sword Saint, the young boy Evil and the two Fallen Saints were talking in the Orz Forest in Regal Country.

"Aah~, I can't wait to go on a rampage! I want to mess up the Sword Saint and hear her scream!"

"Gugyaaaaaaa!?"

"Guruooooooo!"

The boy with the shining eyes, Evil, was taking out his stress of not being able to attack the Regal Country in front of him on the monsters around him.

All of them were A-class or S-class monsters, and they were not the kind that could be easily defeated.

However, to the boy's Evil, there was no difference in the monsters' existence, and he recognized them all as equally weak.

"Hey, hey, hey! You have to help me pass the time!"

"G-gaaaaah!"

"G-gugee…"

As soon as a black mist seemed to erupt from the boy's Evil body, it turned into countless sharp blades that pierced the monster's body or sliced through its flesh.

Because the monsters were classified as A-class or S-class, their defenses were not ordinary. Still, the boy's Evil attacks easily penetrated the monsters' defenses and reaped their lives.

The corpses of some of the monsters had already been killed and were being cut up for comfort, and before the boy knew it, a pile of monster corpses had formed around him, and the smell of blood filled the air around him.

Then, while the boy's Evil was killing and playing with the monsters, the Fallen Spear Saint called out to the boy's Evil.

"───Can I have your attention for a moment, sir?"

"Hmm~? What's the matter?"

"I've heard that when I went to check on the situation in the Regal Kingdom a while ago… it seems that the Sword Saint is also thinning out the monsters in this forest."

"Huh~! Is that so?"

"So, if you move too flamboyantly, there is a risk that our movements will be detected───."

It was the spear's Fallen Saint who almost said that much, but he couldn't come up with the next word. Suddenly, the overwhelming killing intent that came from the boy's Evil made his body unable to move.

"Hey, why are you the one telling me what to do?"

"I-a… a… ugh…"

Although he desperately tried to move his mouth to say something, the spear's Fallen Saint was unable to speak.

Originally, if Holy is against the Evil, not only will their status be fully released, but they will be able to fight Evil with double stats. However, even if the two of them were to attack the boy in front of him, he was sure that neither of them would be able to inflict a single scratch on him.

This is the reason why he descended on the Evil as the Fallen Saint because there was such a difference in their abilities, and they had made it clear.

Not only the spear's Fallen Saint but also the scythe's Fallen Saint are stiffened by the killing intent emitted by the boy's Evil.

"It looked like you're getting carried away, but you're just pawns for us. You are a slave. Do you understand?"

"….."

"A slave expressing their opinion to their master is just… disgusting."

As the boy's Evil waved his arm irritably, a jet-black surge shot out from his arm, wiping out a large portion of the Orz Forest.

A huge crater was created there.

Suddenly, the boy's Evil softened the atmosphere as The Fallen Saints' bodies stiffened more and more from the sheer magnitude.

"…Well, I don't care if the Sword Saint finds me here and we fight, but that wouldn't be much fun, would it? I've done it again, but as you said, I'll be quiet from now on. As for me, I want to hear the best screams in the most fun scenes!"

The boy's Evil smiled innocently and thought about the upcoming national festival.

──Thus, a variety of thoughts were converging on the Regal Kingdom.