Volume 11, Chapter 3: Trying Out Going to Caliture City - Part 6

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Sorami placed her chin on a bridge made with both of her hands.

Her atmosphere changed a bit.

「Well then, this time, please answer my question, okay? Those chokers that are fitted on Rem-chan and Shera-chan──Just what are they?」

Depending on the answer, it seemed like his life would be in danger. Men of another room might come rushing in.

Diablo made a dry gulp.

「Hmph……Th, the thing about that is……」

Wondering how he should talk about it, he desperately suppressed how his voice felt like it was going to start shaking.

Rem then smoothly explained it.

「……I made a mistake in the Summoned Beast Magic, and the 《Slavery Choker》 meant for Summoned Beast use was fitted on to me. Since it would take a great deal of time to undo it, we have postponed it for now.」

It was concise.

She might have thought about how to explain it beforehand.

Sorami frowned.

「As I thought, magic really is no good. Muscles won’t betray you, you know?」

「……The problem wasn’t in the summoning technique. I was just inexperienced.」

「If you had stayed here and continued your training, I believe you would have become stronger than me by about this time.」

Shera reacted to those words.

「Is Rem strong!?」

「She was really amazing, you know? As a Fistfighter, she was higher than level 40 even as a child. Her talent was higher than us siblings, and she was praised as being the second coming of the Fist Saint Gado.」

As if boasting about her prided little sister, she spoke sounding delighted.

Rem shook her head sideways.

「……The Fistfighter is a Class that exposes their own body to danger. If a Summoned Beast is used, although I won’t say that was absolutely safe, at that time, I had a reason why I couldn’t die. That is why I chose to be a Summoner. I don’t regret it.」

She made that declaration clearly.

Going “Fuu～”, Sorami breathed a sigh.

「Is that so. Well then, I only have one more question──That ring on your ring finger, what is up with that?」

Rem’s face went slightly red. She sent her gaze to Diablo.

Shera also made a similar face, and held out her left hand.

「Eheheー」

「……We’re, married.」

With Rem staring at him while saying that, Diablo felt like his face was going to turn red. No, it might actually be red already. His face was hot.

Sorami’s eyes went round.

「Arara, are those 《Marriage Rings》!? Rem-chan, you got married to another race!?」

「……Yes.」

Rem nodded, and Shera caressed her ring.

「That’s right.」

Sorami alternately gazed at the two’s rings.

「Between two women!」

Silence swept the room.

It seemed that Shera was unable to understand the meaning of that, as her eyes blinked several times.

Rem was like a rusted machine, and moving her head with a *gigigi*, she looked at Diablo.

「……What does she mean by that?」

He was exposed!! Could he push through with his Demon King role play?

No, that would be way too insincere.

However, wouldn’t deceiving her here be one of those “gentle lies”? An excuse?

So being honest was best……

As a result of fighting it out with himself, a vague response leaked out.

「Ah, no, the thing about that is……」

「……It’s true, isn’t it?」

He felt like a bright red aura was being emitted from Rem who had guessed everything.

Sorami leaned forward.

「Ara ara! You’ve trained your Gaikikou (Outer Radiance Achievement) quite a lot too, haven’t you.」

──Gaikikou?

He was interested in that, but this wasn’t the time to ask about it.

Rem stood up from her chair.

She silently tried to leave the room.

Diablo also half rose to his feet.

「Y, you must wait, Rem!」

「……I am going to cool my head, for a bit. We can talk, later.」

Rem with her back still turned towards him, was scarier than when he confronted the Great Demon King Modinalaam.

*Batan!* The door to the room was closed.

Shera’s ear twitched.

「It seemed like, Rem, was angry.」

「What a helpless fellow.」

He breathed a sigh, but he was well aware that the helpless fellow was himself.

His plan of switching out the Marriage Rings before they figured it out was a complete failure.

To begin with, it was impossible for him to switch out those rings that they never took off even when they were bathing or sleeping.

Sorami made a face that looked like she was troubled, and put a hand to her cheek.

「Ara ara……Could it be that, the one that Rem-chan and Shera-chan are married to is, you──Diablo-kun?」

──She didn’t expose that fact knowing that? Rather, Diablo-kun?

She was a woman that destroyed his Demon King majesty as if knocking down a tower of blocks.

Going “Hmph!” and folding his arms, he leaned his body on the back of his chair.

「That is how it is.」

It was only now that Shera seemed to finally realize what it all meant.

「Hah! Does that mean that this 《Marriage Ring》 is the pair to the one that Rem has!?」

Diablo averted his gaze.

「W, well, seeing as how I am the Demon King of another world, it might feel like I am a bit estranged from the customs of this world.」

It was a lame excuse.

Shera lightly laughed.

「Ahaha……So that’s how it wasー. Well then, Diablo’s ring will be needed tooー.」

──I was forgiven!?

Diablo unblinkingly stared at Shera on reflex.

This girl, could it be that she’s actually an amazing girl?

Sorami narrowed her eyes.

「Yup, yup, a very good child indeed.」

He felt like he was saved a bit.

The door to the room opened, and the food came.

Meat, meat, and meat……

Ham, sausage, and grilled meat, and even raw meat.

Sorami gave the order to 「bring some to Rem-chan as well」. A waiter Pantherian separated some of the food and carried it out.

Shera’s eyes sparkled.

「Waaaai! It’s food of the Racesー, it’s been so long!」

Diablo felt like he was going to choke over that.

Currently, this town was in the middle of war with the Kobolds. The fact that they were at that Beastman race’s settlement until just the other day was an absolute secret.

Clearing his throat so as to gloss over that, Diablo grabbed some meat.

What was unusual was the raw meat that wasn’t cooled down.

It wasn’t jerky that was typically circulated, but soft and bright red raw meat. It was slightly warm.

Since this other world didn’t have refrigerators, it was only natural that foodstuffs couldn’t be chilled, but raw meat would rot in a short time if left at room temperature.

In other words, it went from being a living creature up until just now, to being cut up and immediately served.

In the original world that Diablo was in, distribution had developed thanks to refrigerators, but that is also why he never had a chance to eat raw meat that wasn’t cold.

After trying out putting it in his mouth, it had a dense smell of blood.

It also had a beastly smell.

And then, a taste that was the condensation of the idea “it is truly meat” started melting on top of his tongue.

It wasn’t about it tasting good or bad──There was a unique exaltation of being able to clearly have the actual feeling of “eating a life”.

He felt as if his vitality was welling up with just one bite.

Sorami also had a mouthful of raw meat, and smiled looking satisfied.

「This is the liver of a 《Woods Bear》.」

「Hou……This is my first time eating this.」

He had defeated them several times in the game though.

「It gets you energized, right?」

「It certainly does have that feeling.」

「That energy continues on even throughout the night♥」

*Boffa!* He spit out a bit.

「S, so it was that kind of energized!?」

Diablo unconsciously made a retort.

Shera tilted her head.

「Hoeh?」

It seems that she didn’t understand the meaning of that. She was chewing on and holding a herb filled sausage in her mouth.

How fearsome. In front of Sorami, it was difficult for him to maintain his Demon King act.

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