Chapter 213

Chapter 213 \nChapter 213 – Morning Chirping\n

She had really done it now……

Louise was greatly troubled. Anyone in the world could make a mistake. In fact, Louise normally wouldn't be this worried about it. If she hadn't cautioned herself she would have brazenly done it. So what Louise was strongly regretting was breaking the promise she had made to herself.

Concretely speaking, Naoki was naked and sleeping next to her.

「Ahーit's not a dream.」

So saying, Louise remembered what happened last night.

Due to yesterday's battle, the people who could do medical treatment had their hands full, so Louise as a fellow party member undertook Naoki's treatment. But when Naoki woke up he was awfully upset. Because it was too severe, she forcibly borrowed a private room and threw Naoki inside to treat him, but Naoki calmed down and started talking. Apparently, Jinrai's arm was bitten off before his eyes, the devil shouted abuse at him for being useless, and he was saved by his sister in the end.

Naoki was crying about how he disliked how he was too weak and pitiful, and Louise was probably a little mentally weak at that time. She had decided not to make a move on Kazane's younger brother, but she unintentionally became choked up with emotion.

When she noticed, Louise was comforting the crying Naoki. The lonely expression, boy's liveliness, and kind worry about bothering her he sometimes displayed touched her, and she suddenly found herself going to bed with him.

Unlike usual, it wasn't her seducing someone, but her being naturally enticed. She was the one who became unsteady from the sweetness of the smell and was tempted. She understood why so many girls were falling in love with this boy. Scary. The womanizing power of the boy next to her was scary. Incidentally, she felt that today was a dangerous day when it came to THAT. It was difficult when the races were different, but she was scared now that she had done it. It was scary. Super scary. With such feelings, Louise was falling into a panic.

「Louise-san?」

「Oh, you woke up.」

The woken up Naoki had a splendidly manly expression. Or it might be Louise's correction due to her emotional state, but he seemed somehow gallant.

「Umm, yesterday」

Then Naoki seemed embarrassed as he tried to say something,

「No, wait.」

Louise stopped him.

(Not good not good not good. Even putting Emily and Tiara aside, there's Kazane)

The young girls who wouldn't make an approach of their own accord weren't worth worrying about to Louise. But if Kazane became aware of it, it would be bad. Bad, or rather, she might become detestable Louise-san to Kazane. Speaking frankly, the super-Kazane-love Louise-san wanted to refrain from behavior that would incur Kazane's displeasure.

Perhaps it showed on her face, as Naoki cheerfully smiled and replied「I understand.」

「Louise-san simply had a little compassion for the pathetic me and helped me. She shared her courage. That's how it is, right?」

It was a terribly favorable interpretation.

「Ye, yeah. That, that's right. Yeah.」

Louise replied while nodding to Naoki.

(That understanding face, good grief)

Louise laughed with a slightly red face, and Naoki also laughed.

「Well, you're not a bad guy, but…」

Naoki understood from Louise's words that she wasn't serious about him.

「One night only. Nothing happened between me and Louise-san… something like that?」\n

He understood that she didn't want to bring such a thing inside the party. The warmth of her skin made it a little regrettable, but he understood that she wasn't serious, so he would voluntarily separate.

「That's how it is.」

So saying, Louise gently touched Naoki's cheek and smiled.

「Well then, once we go out that door it's back to normal. Okay?」

Naoki nodded after Louise’s words. It would end with their one night only promise.

By the way, it was swiftly exposed by the scent.

◎ Great Dragon Palace, God Dragon Emperor Throne Room

「It's fine. It's not like he was trying to make a child to match his older sister.」

Kazane was angry and making buu sounds.

「If you were going out I wouldn't be particularly angry. What makes me angry is that both of you decided it would be a temporary thing. It's indecent.」

Kazane making buu buu buu sounds was like a pig. Louise thought it was cute.

『Kazane. Isn't that enough?』

「Husband, be silent.」

Kazane snapped at him, and Naga went silent.

(Uwaー, this girl is a big shot after all)

Louise shuddered at the leader who was dominating the greatest class of dragon.

「Yeah, well, um. I'm sorry.」

Louise obediently apologized. Kazane couldn't say she disliked being apologized to so straightforwardly.

「Well, fine. I simply want you to clearly state whether you'll date Naoki or not.」

「Understood. We won't date so…ok?」

Louise bitterly smiled after Kazane’s words. If her younger brother actually did get her pregnant, it seemed like Kazane would truly be happy about the pregnancy itself. She suddenly remembered Naoki muttering Aneki while he was sleeping on the bed, which was a little painful. Then she rubbed her stomach. Well, if she got pregnant she got pregnant, and she slightly thought becoming sisters with this girl might be nice.

「So then, can we continue the discussion?」

Ao cleared his throat and interjected. The two people's bodies instantly tensed up, and they looked at Ao.

「I'm sorry, Ao-sama.」

Louise apologized, Kazane stopped making buu buu sounds, and the discussion just before continued.

Kazane and the others were currently in the God Dragon Emperor's throne room. Louise with Mefirus in her arms had joined Kazane, Naga, and Ao. It was a meeting about a certain result from Louise concerning the black monsters that attacked yesterday.

By the way, it seemed Kazane would be staying here with Naga until the child was born.

(It seems different from something like romantic love, however…) \nShe felt that the sense of distance between Kazane and Naga was strangely shortening. Louise thought it was like they were playing a married couple game of make-believe, but since they had actually made a child together it wasn't clear. From seeing her attitude toward Naoki, she knew Kazane's emotions were a little excessively intense. She had heard it was the same when she saved Tiara, so it didn't seem like something that had suddenly changed.

(I wonder if Kazane will stay here as a wife when the party disbands)

Well, that probably wouldn't be a bad thing. Although Louise didn't think Kazane was the type to settle in one place.

In any case, Louise had stated that the black monsters were parasitized by devils. The conclusion was that they were possessed by devils in that way. Simply put, it was like the black Beared Dragon that rampaged at Deidona City. But the Beared Dragon didn't have white faces jutting out like the monsters.

And Kazane had seen something like that. It was the runaway process when Genzo became a devil Hiruko. Louise said that when a devil was in a runaway state, a temporary persona may be conceptualized, causing a soul to evacuate to the outside and appear as a mask.

『So they were in a runaway state?』

Louise shook her head after the question from Mefirus in her arms.

「No, it probably wasn't a runaway state. They transplanted Devil Seeds when they bit, so I think they were made like that.」

Ao's face turned to Louise after she spoke.

「So then, who made them?… that's how it is, right?」

『Probably, those devils.』

Louise nodded after Naga's words, but continued with「However…」

「The number of devils was over a thousand. Devils essentially act independently. Moreover, I sensed that those black possessed monsters didn't have their own wills.」

『They didn't have their own wills?』

Louise nodded once again after Naga's confirming question.

「Although devils are filled with malice, they are existences like masses of human nature. Moving in such a disciplined way is impossible.」

「That would certainly mean they did so somehow or other, right?」

After Ao prompted her to continue, Louise opened her mouth.

「It's probably brainwashing.」

『Isn't brainwashing and other mental manipulation ineffective against devils?』

Louise shook her head after Naga's question.

「It should be said that their resistance is extremely high. Anyway, they are basically only their minds. If the right technique is applied they can be manipulated. Being manipulated is identical to being completely dominated for them.」

『I see.』

「So then, the problem is that number?」

Louise nodded after Ao's words, then spoke.

「I fear it's likely they were taken from a devil hunting Cancer family purification barrow.」

Everyone’s eyes narrowed after those words.

「Louise-san, that's your family, right?」

After Ao asked a question confirming the obvious, Louise nodded.\n\n「I see. But a scandal for the devil hunters is inseparably a scandal for the countries. It seems necessary to set up cooperation with Tsuvara and Hyvern behind the scenes before threats come in.」

「Yes, if we can do that. Then the problem is…」

「Zeku Cancer.」

Ao muttered that name with a chill far different from how he had spoken until then. That was natural. Ao's son was killed by Zeku.

「Yes, my grandfather and teacher Zeku Cancer. Patriarch and oldest member of the Cancer family. But it’s still just an eyewitness report.」

Louise’s expression was cloudy as she said that. Louise still couldn't be suspicious of the old man who was one of her few allies in that icy house.

Or it could be someone in the family trying to kick Zeku down. That was why Louise wanted to entrust this matter to a third party. They would probably see more correctly than her emotionally clouded eyes.

Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Magic Swordswoman

Title: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer, High Beast Summoner, Rea King

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Two Handed Sword『Black Fang』, Adhesion Sword『Gum』, Spell Dagger, Dragonscale Breastplate, Drake Gauntlets, Silver Sheep Clothes, Sylphyn Skirt, Plasma Pants, Dragon Eating Ogre King's Greaves, Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, Heroic Spirit Summoning Ring, Circlet of Wisdom, Aim Bracelet, Magic Accumulator, White Magic Accumulator

Level : 32

Health: 124

Magic Power: 235+420

Strength: 55+20

Agility: 50+14

Endurance: 32

Wisdom : 62

Dexterity : 39

Spell : 『Fly』『Torch』『Fire』『Heal』『Firestorm』『Healer Ray』『High Heal』『Golden Dusk「Dragon Exclusive」』

Skill : 『Kick Devil』『Warrior's Memory』『Night Vision』『Crushing Blow』『Dog's Sense of Smell: Lv2』『Golem Maker: Lv3』『Rush』『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』『Healing Principle: Fourth Chapter』『Air Jump: Lv2』『Killing Leg: Lv3』『Fear Voice』『Invisible』『Tiger Eye』『Wall Walking』『Intuition』『Cheat Death』『Nimble』『Charge』『Material Shield: Lv2』『Information Link』『Optical Camouflage』『Dash』『Bloodsucking Blade』『Dragonization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Regenerate』『Soul Breaking Blade』『Stealthy Placement』『Thunder Chariot: Lv2』『Sturdier Teeth: Lv2「Dragon」』『Crystallization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Fabricated Coercion』『Stone Minotaur』『Mega Beam: Lv2』『Space Expansion』『Pseudo-silver Creation』『Poison Claw』『Fireball「Dragon」』『Cuticle「Dragon」』

Yumika:「Ahーahーthey did it.」

Kazane:「Eh, Yumika doesn't think anything more of it?」

Yumika:「Why?」

Kazane:「Nnーback then, I was happy when I thought Yumika could become my sister.」

Yumika:「Sorry. That guy's gross, so it's impossible.」

Kazane:「Right?」