A transcendent who may possess the same power as Sylph, who did not circulate at all no matter what Maria thought.
“……”
However, the girl who might be the transcendent devil possession, was right now, eating meat and vegetables deliciously with a big smile.
No, well, as long as has a human body, it might be necessary for her to eat, but it was far from the image of a devil possession that Maria had imagined.
From her gentle atmosphere, she doesn’t seem to be a very dangerous existence, but at least, in addition to the superior magician who contracted with the Spirit King of the Earth, it means that there is a monster of a devil possession class in this place.
Maria was once again afraid of that fact.
However ––––
“Well, rest assured. The guy you fought at that time is pretty special, even if it was said the he was a devil possessed. Such a monster-class devil possessed rarely occurs. If there are ten beings on this world like that, that will be the cause of this world’s destruction. –––– You remember that. The host’s body can’t stand it. So, at worst, we just have to endure. The two of us, can defeat that.”
At her words filled with confidence, Maria patted her heart with relief.
Only when it comes to strength, that she never tells lies.
Then, it might be a true thing.
Maria regains her mind, and takes a deep breath once.
And then, she turned her eyes to the remaining two, a boy and young girl.
It was a boy with the same black hair as Maria, and a young girl with black hair.
The little girl will not be particularly problem.
Then what about this boy.
When she sees the boy, he takes the initiative in grilling meat and vegetables.
I’m sure that he’s a servant or something.
…… Well, those two shouldn’t be a big deal as expected.
Maria concluded so.
As seen base from his body’s gesture that she has broken down, no matter how she looks at him, he’s an ordinary person.
If that’s the case, we’ll have no problem with him.
It was the next moment Maria thought so.
When she saw Sylph next to her, she was dripping with sweat and twists her neck “Gigigi” like a broken doll.
“Wha,what’s wrong?”
In Sylph’s atmosphere that’s unusual, Maria exposed her unrest.
“……Le,let’s run away.”
“……Ha? Sylph-sama, what the hell are you –––– Sylph-sama?”
The next moment, Sylph ran away without any care about Maria.
She just sprinted.
“Wait! Sylph-sama! Please don’t leave me!”
She’s not sure, but Maria continues to run.
The two left to escape from the place.
“Haa, haa, haa”
“Haa, ––––tsu, haa, haa”
When she finally catches up with Sylph, as they breathed with their shoulders, they left their bodies lean on a nearby tree.
Looking at Sylph’s expression, she looks like she’s going to die at any time, and she was staring at the ground at her feet.
“Sy,sylph-sama. Please, explain properly.”
Maria asks Sylph for an explanation.
Neither the contractor nor that demon-possessed girl was a big deal for Sylph, this just happened after she says that.
Maria didn’t understand.
Then Sylph grabbed Maria’s shoulders, so strongly that she felt pain from it.
“That’s dangerous! That’s too dangerous! The children I mentioned earlier are also dangerous to say the least, but! That is no longer in such a dimension! That doesn’t work at all with our common sense! That was such a monster!”
Sylph talks on and on.
It was abnormal.
Maria can’t keep up with her in such a hurry.
“Ca, calm down, Sylph-sama. Please explain properly so that I can understand.”
Maria has never seen Sylph’s figure so agitated before.
She’s usually fooling around, but she wasn’t the kind of person who would tell a lie in a situation like this.
“Fine!? I’ll only say it once!? The person next to that boy! That is one of the many kings in the underworld, one of the three pillars that are considered to be heretical! King Frey! Why is she here! It’s out of my mind!”
“…… Is she so dangerous like that?”
“She’s not just dangerous! That guy’s ability is cunning! Sly! It’s a cheat! That guy takes away the life energy around her and uses it for herself! In other words, a compulsion range drain! If that guy was injured, that guy will snatch away the life energy in such way, and she’ll immediately recover! Even if we’re lucky enough to defeat her from outside her drain range, if there is even one other life near her, she’ll take it and immediately revive! Even if it’s just one grass, water, or ant, she will revive even from dust! “
Sylph completely snapped.
To summarize the story, in other words, she has the ultimate regeneration ability.
That’s what the little girl has.
However, that little girl was a devil possessed which Sylph said earlier.
If that is so, is there still a possibility for them?
“Bu.but, Sylph-sama. You mentioned this sometime ago. If the King of the underworld does not host something, he can’t stay on this ground, right? The host is that little girl, so can’t we do something?”
The devil possessed cannot exert more power than the magic power of the host body, and the body cannot endure more than that, that’s what Sylph herself said earlier.
However.
“…… Unfortunately, that is just a transient appearance. The host is something like a sword. The most troublesome type. This is a little different from devil possession, it’s a kind of a so-called magic sword, but there’s no limit to its magic power output. Unlike with humans and demons, if this vessel breaks, she just has to fix it. …… Well, of course, there are some disadvantages to it, and her power is now less than that of a tenth of her body in the underworld.”
“The,then ––––”
“–––– Nevertheless, still, we can’t win anyway. …… Even if the host was really a child as how he looks.”
“Tsu!?”
In Maria’s word that seems to be clinging, Sylph dismissed it.
“…… Just as Maria can’t beat me, there are existences I can’t absolutely beat.”
There is an existence in this world that even Sylph can’t win.
The words pierced Maria’s heart.
It was existence that even made Sylph said thus far.
Perhaps Maria, won’t even earn time for her.
Silence continued between the two for a while, and Maria waited for Sylph’s words.
“–––– Alright! I’ve decided! We didn’t, see anything today! Is that right, Maria!”
Like wiping out the dark atmosphere, Maria’s face begun to smile by Sylph’s cheerful words.
“Yes! I didn’t see anything!”
“Good! Then, let’s go home!”
With a big smile on her face, Sylph said so.
Yup. That’s the best option.
We don’t have to force ourself to fight anything.
They are in the middle of enjoying their barbecue right now.
If we don’t disturb them, they shouldn’t get their hands on us.
Because that’s right.
If Sylph’s story is true, then probably due to her ability, that King of the Underworld, must have noticed the existence of Maria and the other.
Nevertheless, Maria and her companion were able to escape so far.
In other words, the king judged that Maria and her fellow were no harm to her, and it’s highly possible that they were let to escape.
Then it’ll be all right.
There’s nothing that can be said for it.
What a peaceful solution!
––––Yes, it was the next moment Maria thought that.
Sylph’s body, stopped in an unnatural way.
It’s as if, she was being entwined with something like an invisible thread ––––
“Wha,what is happening?”
She has a bad feeling about this.
And unfortunately, this bad feeling, often applies to disastrous events.
“I, I can’t move! My body won’t move! No no no!”
Sylph doesn’t seem to be playing around.
With a staggering cry of “Funnuuuuuuu!” which is not particularly feminine, she was trying to move her body with all her might.
Looking at that expression, you can see that she is doing her utmost.
But even if she tried her best with that, Sylph’s body didn’t move at all.
As if Sylph was being pulled by an invisible hand, she was sucked in the place where she and Maria were hiding just now.
“Sy,Sylph-sama!”
Maria started rushing to her right away.
When Maria instantly closes her distance with Sylph, she firmly grasped the hand that Sylph stretched out with both hands.
“Absolutely don’t let go! I request, don’t absolutely let go!”
Sylph goes on a struggle in the air in a frenzy state halfway.
She doesn’t know what to feel.
Perhaps, this is the attack of that King of the Underworld.
As expected, of the king of the underworld.
It didn’t feel like, she’s letting her go.
“Sy,Sylph-sama! Please calm down at once!”
“Noooooooooooooooooo! I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die!”
Sylph furthermore rampages.
Maria manages to calm down such Sylph.
“Sylph-sama! Rest assured! I will not let go of this hand even if I die! That’s why, please calm down!”
Perhaps she was relieved by Maria’s words, Sylph stopped struggling around.
And Sylph tearfully expresses her gratitude to Maria.
“Thank you! Really, thank you very much!”
It was her first time seeing such a pitiful Sylph.
Somehow today is the first time she’s done that.
“It’s okay! Please don’t worry! Sylph-sama has saved my life once! It is absolutely impossible for me to abandon Sylph-sama!”
“For real!? You won’t abandon me at any moment!? You don’t, hate me!?”
“Yes! For me, Sylph-sama is irreplaceable! There’s no way I’m going to hate you!”
That was, Maria’s true feelings.
–––– However.
“Really!? No matter what I say, you won’t get angry at all!? …… Then, I’ll tell you at this time! I was really the one who ate Maria’s dessert yesterday! I’m very sorry!”
But those words, had enough destructive power to make Maria angry.
“…… Ha?”
It was yesterday.
The dessert that Maria left with care.
It was now gone.
Because there were only Sylph and Maria in this forest, the culprit was roughly …… Or rather, she was convinced that the culprit was Sylph, but she has no evidence of it, she couldn’t blame Sylph, and this matter became severe.
By the way, I’ll make it clear here that Sylph at that time was “Hah!? You’re blaming me without any evidence!? Maria is the worst! To your lifesaver, it’s really the worst!” being unreasonable like that.
…… This bastard.
Maria momentarily thought, about letting go of this hand, which is Sylph’s lifeline.
However, still, she felt sorry for her, and thinks that she’s really cute now.
It’s true that eating my dessert was a cause of offense, but as an adult, let’s have self-control here.
That’s what she thought, but––––
“A,and then! The earrings that Maria said she lost a week ago! That was actually my fault too! I stepped on it and broke it, and I threw it away! I apologize for that too!”
“…………………………………………………………”
“I’m really sorry! But, I seriously am reflecting on it! Nonetheless, you will forgive me, right!? Because I am, Maria’s lifesaver! …… A,a’re!? Ma,maria! Wait! Your hands have a grip like a newborn baby!?”
After returning to the inn, buying all the ingredients for barbecue, and getting ready, we started preparing for a barbecue at the Lake in the Spirit Forest.
I have collected dead tree twigs in the forest, and put them on the ground.
I have a lighter which I brought from Japan for fire, so we can use that, but we decided to ignite it using magic anyway.
Yumina ignites the dead tree branches with magic.
She puts charcoals on the dead tree twigs that has been ignited to use as an igniting agent.
The charcoal caught fire.
All that’s left, is to place the barbecue grill.
Leafa and Frey, was looking restlessly from behind, as if they couldn’t wait for the preparation.
Well, I understand their feelings.
After all, the table in front of us is filled with colorful vegetables, and there is also the meat which looks quite expensive.
This is my first barbecue in a different world, so I got pretty excited today, that I bought good meat in the town.
To tell the truth, I wish I had some rice, but well, the things I desire more than this, as expected, it’s probably just luxury.
I set up the barbecue grill while being fascinated by such high-quality ingredients.
Then, I heard a bone-cracking sound like “Paki, Paki” from nearby me.
I look up from the high-quality ingredients, and gaze in the direction of the sound.
“Tsu!?”
Then, there were the figures of Yumina and the others who were doing a preparatory exercise(warm-ups).
Push-ups.
Cracking their necks.
Each of them, were doing such preparatory exercises.
The,these guys ……!?
I quickly reached the true meaning of it.
“Lord and the others. I’m sorry, but only now, only at this time, let me break the master-servant relationship. Please forgive me for being serious about this myself.”
Frey said that, while holding a chopstick in her right hand, and a chopstick in her left hand.
It was exactly, Frey’s barbecue specialized attack.
Anyway, I want her to get serious about something else, but well, I guess it’s an impossible discussion.
“Ha? What are you talking about? I’m serious about eating this, too. It’s a matter of course as an athlete.”
Leafa, on the other hand, has chopsticks on her right and a bowl on the left.
That’s pretty orthodox compared to Frey, but it can be said that it’s a solid barbecue ideal type that combines attack and defense.
I mean, Leafa, when did you become an athlete.
“The vegetables, look delicious.”
And there’s this dark horse.
It’s Yumina.
Yumina doesn’t have any chopsticks or bowl, but what she held was a long and flat tool –––– spatula in her hands.
As the name suggests, it’s a cooking utensil used to turn over grilled foods.
Yumina intends to, snatch all of those barbecues with that spatula.
Yumina, I believed you were normal, but as I thought, you’re a type that they can call a friend.
Or rather, I seem to have made light of barbecue in another world.
Barbecue, is not something you eat in serious harmony.
Barbecue, is war.
I finally understand that now.
“…………”
If that’s the case, I also have to determine my resolve.
This is not a situation to say something beautiful.
I kindly oiled the grill, and declared the start of the barbecue.