Chapter 57 \nChapter 57 – Let’s talk about the black history.\n
「Yoshi/alright, Zinray-san. Is this good?」
Kazane dug a hole using Golem Tebasaki-san, and buried the corpse of the adventurer.
「It might be dug up by a monster. Once we hand in the guild card the rest will be taken care of by the guild.」
「Roger. Is there no/any materials from Diablo?」
There was an amorphous black mass in front of Kazane. It was the『Corpse』of the monster named Diablo that they took out a while ago.
「Even if it says/is a corpse, someday it will revive. Sorry, it’s best to have it all sealed.『Louise-onee who killed Diablo』right?」
So Zinray said. Louise standing next to him nods. They don’t doubt it.
「I have finished collecting the fur/pelt of the Elder Cat over here shishou/teacher/master. There’s only a little bit of a hole in it.」
「That should be fine. Burn the corpse. If it becomes a zombie that’s no joke.」
Yumika moves back to the corpse of the Elder Cat where Tiara and Mefirs are standing.
「Tiara looks to be working diligently ne.」
「Even if you’re a princess, you must not hold the party back. Mefirs knows that too.」
Kazane nods to Zinray’s words.
「The remains are this ChildStone ne. I examined it a bit, but after all it seems that the owner has changed to Kazane.」
Louise says so and holds the childstone out to Kazane.Then, the child stone flashed slightly.
Kazane grimaces and asks Zinray her thought.
「No, the child stone unlike the heart Ball is recognized as privately owned. It is unusual to be chosen as a host/owner, but it is not a bad thing. There will be no problem. However, I’m still concerned about the reason why the Elder Cat come to this level na.」
「It caught/snagged something?」
「Perhaps there is a monster with a quite powerful childstone in the lower levels, so it tried to move its territory to this side? The expansion period is happening in earnest. Louise-onee, give that child stone to Kazane.」
「Righto~ (TL: lit is Haina, so like a semi sarcastic/playful ‘Yes sir’). Kazane, don’t lose it. 」
Saying so, Kazane receives it. When she touches it, the stone sphere shines faintly.
「You are popular/You are liked. Kazane~」(TL: Louise is saying the stone likes her, but at the same time referring to how she/everyone likes/wants Kazane)
The light feels strangely ticklish.
「Oh, it can also be used to call an Elder Cat like that one earlier.」
「It’s a summoned beast, is not it?」
「That’s right. When the owner changes, the characteristics of the Elder Cat would also change based on the summoner, basically you can’t expect one that fights on intuition like the one we fought.」
「Well, I’ll try to use it later.」
Kazane puts it away in the item box/storage.
「So, are we returning today?」
「That’s right. With a devil as an opponent it is exhausting indeed. Honestly, without Louise it would have been horrifying.」
「Well, that’s what I was called for ne.」
Their conversation was based on the premise that Louise had defeated Diablo. Yumika and Tiara would both agree with the same story.
「Un, Grandpa(Ojii-chan)/Old man. Keep the silence/Lie quiet.」
Kazane had a whispered conversation with Mefirs to the side.
Louise was able to solve the Diablo situation….it was Kazane who told this lie. It took place right after Diablo was overthrown.
◎Rock Hold Cave – Level Four – 1 hour ago
Gyahahahahahaha … extreme laughter was heard.
The fight was no longer able to be called a fight. Unilateral one-sided slaughter, just a trampling. Diablo was tormented like a worm and was killed with no apology, no groan of hatred, no screams of grief, only fear.
「Level up. I got the skill『Cheat Death』? Is that the reason Diablo didn’t get defeated before?」\nKazane opened her status window and saw that her level went up and a new skill was added.『Cheat Death』, a skill that literally cheats death, recovering from an otherwise fatal condition. This is the reality behind the strong “Constitution” that Diablo self-conceitedly claimed before. For this passive skill to have been triggered proves that the opponent’s power far exceeded his own. Activation alone had damaged Diablo’s pride.
『I wonder if I can get an explanation for this situation. Kazane…』
Next to her is Mefirs, in front of them is the black object that resembles the corpse of Diablo, and the rest of the companions are on the ground behind it. Kazanes second character was responsible for the companions being knocked out as well. This monster of an avatar knocked her companions unconscious using the demon eye of forgetting immediately after defeating Diablo.
「I was also surprised when he suddenly did that, but I think he probably erased their memory of him.」
Kazane nods to Mefirs’s question.
「If it were me…let’s see ne. When Louise shot the anti-demon magic at Diablo, I think he removed the memory from that attack onwards.」
The second character agreed.
「When they wake up, the story will be that Louise defeated Diablo, grandpa(Ojii-chan) please go along with this.」
『Why do you need to do so?』
Hearing the words of Mefirs, Kazane looked at the second character and smiled sadly.
「This is my black history. The forbidden past which should not be touched, should not be forgiven by nature, there is no need to exist.」
Kazane’s eyes contained no light, making Mefirs think of the/an abyss.
「Yumika, you are the (main?) one who must never know.」(TL: note, sentence is a little ambiguous, could mean ‘Yumika is the only one who can know’ as well, time will tell.)
Mefirs was horrified. He felt fear toward this one girl who had been shouldering the burden of (being an/such a) abnormal/different existence up until now. However, Mefirs judged that since this girl in front of him said so, he should not dig any deeper.
『I understand. As long as there is no danger for Tiara, I am good with anything.』
Kazane laughs lonesomely/sadly. As the second character became light and faded away, the companions woke up one after another.
◎Rock Hold Caves – Fourth Level – Present
（Hmmm, well I was wondering what I was going to do since everyone except him forgot, but since I have pursuaded Grandpa, this is fine.）
Kazane, who actually knocked down Diablo, concealed a great relief. It was partly for Kazanes own piece of mind, but it was mainly because she was able to avoid having Yumika find out about it, a thing which must be avoided at all costs.
Spell : [[Fly]] [[Torch]] [[Fire]] [[Heal]]
Skill : [[Goblin Language]] [[Night Vision]] [[Crushing Blow]] [[Dog’s Sense of Smell]] [[Golem Maker: Lv2]] [[Rush]] [[Fire Principle: Second Chapter]] [[Healing Principle: Second chapter]] [[Air Jump]] [[Killing Leg]] [[Fear Voice]] [[Invisible]] [[Tiger Eye]] [[Wall Walking]]『Insight』『Cheat Death』
Yumika「This story. I am locked out and I can not see it.」
Kazane「Well, there is something like that. It’s just a side story about Tatsuyoshi-kun.」
Yumika「What kind of story is there talking about that guy? Is my presence decreasing that fast?」
Kazane「Well, I’m going back to the main story after four episodes of two stories a day. This is the 39.5 side story.」
Yumika「Oh, the writer left himself as a phantom.」