Chapter 186 – Nosferatu (13)
Although Adela suddenly hit me on the back or her shoulder, her journey went smoothly even with that included.
I don’t know why he hit me.
Even if she asks why she slapped her.
“You don’t know that either? Under… !”
The same answer came back. She was a bit embarrassed to be honest, but decided to let it go. She’s not sick at all.
“Ha!” She laughed and hesitated after a while.
“… Aren’t you sick? If you are sick, I will at least heal you.”
“It didn’t hurt.”
“… It’s such a pity!”
… Because the same conversation always went on.
What. Are you a tsundere? Tsundere already has Eileen. There was even an older sister as a higher compatibility.
“Adela.”
“Something, Duke?”
“The tsundere seat is full.”
“…”
Oh, this is real. It’s a look of real contempt.
Fortunately for Adela, it seemed that she did not particularly have a romantic interest in me. It was just that he hit me because he was really annoyed with the past me, and then apologized belatedly because he felt sorry because he had no memory of me.
Anyway, it doesn’t change that I’m in an unfair position.
Rather.
“… The owner has had quite a few relationships with women in the past. Okay. I guess I wasn’t special…”
“Even though I came in last, aren’t you really looking for a successor? Hey? Are you listening?”
The problem is the two people who are gloomy and constantly mutter to me.
No matter how much I say no, it’s not like I believe it. Yes, the distance between Adela and I is very close even to me.
However, what was really misunderstood was that I felt comfortable with Adela because she was a homosexual—in other words, because she likes women, so she feels the same way.
It feels like dealing with a friend of the same sex.
I don’t know if Adela has eyes for my woman.
“Adela.”
“What else, Duke? Don’t keep talking to me and take care of your woman—”
“What are your tastes?”
Rattle.
Not Adela, but the shoulders of the two women who were overhearing me shook. It was like asking a woman who is interested in who her ideal type is.
It seems that the misunderstanding is going deeper, but I decided to clear my curiosity first.
“… Well. Is it a beautiful face like a goddess? I think that should be enough.”
I have a big dream… , I was about to scold, but I stopped talking for a moment.
A face like a goddess.
There are just a few that come to mind right now.
Iris, Leticia, Luna… Three of the most beautiful people on the continent to mention.
… This bitch, are you my lover by any chance?
Perhaps sensing my suspicious glance, Adela raised her eyebrows fiercely.
“I know what you think, but what do you see me as? Unpleasant, really!”
“… Hmm. Sorry.”
“Enough to know!”
Daisy and Eileen, who had been alienated from this series of conversations, put their heads together and struggled to interpret the conversation between Adela and me.
I thought I wanted to let you know.
The saintess is a homosexual. Adela is a subject I can’t talk about unless she comes out herself, so I turned my head away and pretended not to see her.
Anyway, knowing that Adela is not my rival, I am a little relieved.
She’s glad she doesn’t have to worry that Adela will find her love, which she can’t achieve…
“It’s annoying.”
Puck!
For some reason, Adela’s fist stuck into my side didn’t hurt, but I could feel the emotions contained in it vividly for some reason.
*
The smooth journey has come to an end.
“… Unpleasant air.”
Adela furrowed her brow, and Daisy and Eileen, too, braced themselves against the displeasure that enveloped her whole body.
“It is a hobby to be nasty once in a while.”
Tsk— as he clicked his tongue, all three women nodded.
We are in Iagena, a city located on the outskirts of the Empire, on the outskirts.
It’s neither big nor small, the soil is moderately fertile, and there are port cities and mines nearby, so even though they’re not very wealthy, the locals don’t have to worry about starving every day…
So, in short, it was a good city to live in.
And.
“I didn’t expect to be hiding in a place like this.”
Daisy muttered in exhaustion. Knock! Her kicks got stuck in the shadow of the building.
Yes.
Arriving in Iagena, we started a full-scale investigation. It was to accurately specify the location of Nosferatu, which was known only as a guess.
Because it was definitely around here.
Thanks to diligent research on the road, he succeeded in improving the range and effect of the great magic used in Blackwood’s territory by reducing it, so the investigation was easy.
As a result, it has been a week since the investigation started. We got results Not at the performance level, right.
Found the answer.
Home of Nosferatu.
Fortress of the Crimson Oath. The eternal fortress of blood-stained red bats was right here, at the bottom of the city——in the shadows.
“Who would have imagined that we would have built a world hanging upside down in the shadows.”
Even in the archives of Chepes, there was no record that Nosferatu had set up their base in the underworld at all.
Rather, the records only said that Nosferatu was hiding somewhere on the continent.
If so, they must have moved the base altogether. Even in the not too distant past.
“They seem to know what they are doing.”
“So that’s why you’re hiding like this.”
“Abominable…”
Hatred, anger, contempt… The three women spit out their respective emotions. I don’t know if it’s too much and I’m going to eat myself, but I’m going to have a proper stimulant, so I’m going to watch it for a while.
Match!
Clap your hands to get attention.
“Don’t be too hot here. What should I do?”
“… Shall we go straight in?”
Daisy asked cautiously. I pondered for a while. Is it right to step back and enter after being fully prepared?
Conclusions came quickly.
As much as we observed them, they must have observed us too.
It’s better to get it done quickly than to give it time.
“Go in.”
“All right.”
“Whoa…”
As if nervous, instead of answering, Daisy stood up so that she could pull out her sword at any time, and Adela answered stiffly. Eileen takes a deep breath and relaxes.
“Everyone.”
It was then. Adela quietly opened her mouth. Our eyes, each of us preparing in her own way, focused on her.
“This fight may not be the end, but nonetheless… I think this fight will be a great gateway to the big war in the future.”
Indeed, although Adela’s words were a bit out of the blue, she made sense.
Currently, there must be Sitri in the realm of Nosferatu, and there was a high possibility that other demons also descended.
“Surely. After killing even the greatest demon of the size of Sitri, there will be nothing but war after that.”
The Demon King won’t be idle any longer. By that time, I will have found my memories and reached the stage before I lost them, and beyond.
This was not speculation, but a kind of certainty, so I was also convinced that when the time came, the demon lord—Baal would come out with his heavy body.
Devil.
At that heavy name, the atmosphere subsided slightly.
He reached out and took Eileen’s and Daisy’s hands. I felt my stiff body relax a little.
“Phew. … Thank you.”
“I’m afraid of the demon king too, but… Yes, as expected, the name Nosferatu is a little more relatable to me.”
Eileen smiled softly. Daisy making fun of herself. … Certainly, Daisy, being the subject of a trauma, would be very emotionally relatable.
“… That’s not what I said.”
Adela, who was looking at us with a slightly troubled face, cleared her throat and said, “Ehh.”
“That’s what I mean. After today, the continent will change dramatically.”
“I guess so.”
“So I wanted to tell you in advance. When this battle is over, the girl will—”
“Wait for a sec.”
“Yes, what is it, Duke? To cut off a girl midway through, to be honest, I feel a bit bad, but since I’m a duke, I’ll forgive you.”
“Because it becomes ominous, talk about things after the fight is over, literally after the fight is over.”
“… Duke, are you the type to believe that? I knew it first.”
I don’t really believe in it though. Even if you don’t believe it, that’s an ominous line. “Have you done it?” Class.
“Anyway, it’s done. It eased the tension quite a bit thanks to our banter. Eileen, hold Adela’s hand. I’m really going to go in now.”
Unlike Daisy, who held the sword, Eileen, with her free hand, held Adela’s hand.
After confirming that they were holding each other’s hands, she moved the shadow.
Seruk-. My shadow, which I had intentionally separated until now, overlaps with the shadow of the city.
──Woe!
“Don’t let go of your hand!”
Along with my cry, a pitch-dark curtain covered the party’s bodies.
*
The world is well made.
The world created by the goddess, the distant light, the masterpiece created by the two goddesses who were born in the beginning…
That’s the world right now.
Chaos, disorder, destruction… , In the world where there was nothing, flow and order were created by the power of the goddess, and the apostles who defended the order appeared one after another.
Only the goddesses thought.
They are the ones who created and tuned the world to the end, so the fact that they can only look at the lovely children they created with all their heart is very, very sad.
So, the goddesses decided to come down to the stage themselves.
Giving up the far-high authority, instead adorning themselves with the names of the sun and the moon.
With that alone, all the intelligent beings on the continent, all living beings, praised the two goddesses, and the goddesses were very happy.
But.
The two goddesses, who downgraded themselves from existence outside the stage to existence on the stage, lost the power to coordinate the world outside the stage as always.
She thought she would be fine though.
Because the world is well made. Even if you put down the ‘eyes to see’, it won’t be a big deal.
Until the ‘Demon King’ appeared, she thought so.
