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Chapter 7




Yuusha Isagi no Maou Hanashi Volume 5 Chapter 7
Seeing Shuu changed really much on how mature he become after several months they didn’t see each other, Isagi didn’t even had any intention to greet him like, You’ve become prettier after I didn’t see you for so long, huh.
The reason that he grew his hair until such length probably to hide the mark of the Sealing Technique that was on his cheeks.
Though, now he looked more beautiful compared to the normal girl in the town.
Isagi took a slight distance from Shuu.
He put his vigilance level to the highest the moment they met.
Shuu, who wore the adventurer guild’s staff uniform, waved his hand at Isagi.
“Hey, Isa-kun.How have you been doing, are you healthy?”
“Why, are you here
 ”
Isagi remembered the past, then he shake his head.
“No, I guess it is obvious. Standing on the side of the adventurer, return back to our world, Dynacity is the important point for both of them.It’ll be weirder if you weren’t here
.. But, why did you know that I am here”
As Isagi asked him so, Shuu take out a letter from his pocket.
“
 That’s”
“Yep, this is something that you bring to the main branch yesterday, right? Now, I’m working as the guild staff, you know, that’s why I realized”
The name of the sender was, Isa.
To think that the one who will inspect the content of the letter will be Shuu.
“I already read your letter. As I thought, you’re not the person from this age, right?”
Isagi felt a sharp pain on his chest. In the first place, he know that the letter will be opened.
But he already wrote the letter in a way that if other person than Bardz tried to read the letter, they wouldn’t be able to identify him as the sender.
Probably, even before reading that letter, Shuu already realized about Isagi’s true identity.
There were three people who were able to see through his true identity, the first one will be Dyutyu, the second probably one of the five demon general— Madressa, and the third person will be Shuu.
On the main road where Caliburnus just passed, people started to gather.
The corpse already got taken cared of before anyone realized.
In the middle of the hustle and bustle of the street, Shuu said.
“The brave Isagi, 20 years ago passed away after defeating the demon emperor Anrimanyu. Officially, he died because of the curse that was casted at him by Anrimanyu. But the truth is different. He got summoned to this age instead”
” 
 ”
“What an ironic story. If you had lived, the world probably become a warmer place than this one”
” I understand that fact, the most. You don’t even need to tell me about that, Shuu”
Shuu peered into Isagi’s eyes.
Isagi felt like some lab rat that was observed by some biologist.
“
 Well, anyway, it seems that you’re still fine”
Isagi wondered what the heck Shuu talking about.
Shuu laughed while pointed toward the back alley.
“There’s a shop that I usually visit. It’s quiet calming place, you know”
“There’s nothing that I need to hear from you”
“But, you want to know right,‘his’ true identity?”
Perhaps now that Shuu was showing his true nature, the way how haughty he act around Isagi felt more appropriate for his character.
It’s something that passed the level of self-confidence.
” I don’t come here to ask for your forgiveness. But, you need my information and guidance. And, I need your power, too. This is a transactions”
“Something like that won’t be able to be created unless the two side have faith in each other, you know”
“I don’t think so. Human only work for the sake of profit, no?”
” 
 “
He understood.
If he accept Shuu’s invitation, things would get complicated.
However

“
 I understand, I’ll go”
“Ahaha, thanks, Isa-kun”
“I don’t remember doing something worth your thanks. After all, I still don’t believe in you”
“Haha, I too, didn’t said thanks with that kind of intention, you know. The staff on the guild said their thanks to the adventurer after finished using them, right?”
“
 You”
Isagi about to said something, but he stopped.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained, there is such saying, but it’s not only that.
In the end, compared to the overwhelming aura that Caliburnas emit, Shuu’ was just like a little kid.
It was a bar located where no sunshine could passed through.
The customers were those person who somehow, had the smell of criminals.
Shuu who wore the white suit of the guild staff really stood out in that place.
“It’s unexpected. So you like place like this, huh”
“Is it that weird? This place is calming, you know?”
“The thing that suit for you are those, open cafe like thing, right?”
“Oh, that’s nice, it’s really nostalgic. Really”
Shuu smiled happily.
Isagi wondered why shuu could act all friendly with him even though they were separated as enemy.

 This really broke Isagi’s pace.
“What are you doing all this time”
“That’s right, it’s not really something complicated, you know. I mingled with the adventurers, crossed the continent, then using carriage to go to Dynacity. It’s been two month since I arrived at this city, I guess. After that, I was hired by the adventurer guild”
” 
 Then, are you helping them to destroy the demon race?”
“Not really. I haven’t done something significant. I just have been giving advice to the adventurer who accepting quest. Also curry the authorities, also making up some plan. It helped me that the head of the main branch is girl”
Cups carried to their table.
Isagi wondered when did they ordered this, a sweet fragrance tickle his nostrils.
It was tea.
Shuu, who seems the regular of this place, waved his hand at the waitress.
Isagi could see that girl quickly leave the place with reddish face.
“Feel free”
” 
”
Being offered, Isagi taste the drink. It’s delicious.
It seems they used fine quality tea leaves for this drink.
“It’s good, right?”
” 
 Well, I suppose”
Isagi placed the cup on the table roughly.
Even if there was poison poured into this cup, it wouldn’t be effective againts Isagi.
“I come here not to having tea time with you. Let’s start our transaction”
“Don’t need to rush like that. You will be unpopular with girl, you know”
Isagi didn’t really want accompany Shuu in his leisure talk.
“It’s him. Caliburnas”
“Yeah”
“What in the world is that person.Is he really.. a human?”
“I can say he is, but at the same time, he is not”
Shuu elegantly bring the cup to his mouth.
He intentionally put halt in their talk.
He gazed at Isagi.
That look, it was the same eyes when he left them, it was sharp.
” Isa-kun. What do you think god is?”
” 
 hah?”
“The general conception of god. The human-like god, that come out in the legend. Or perhaps, the god who govern over all creations. In our world, there are a lot type of god exist”
“Oi, Shuu”
“In Arbarisus, god, also exist.That’s right, they’re the ‘Divine Race’ that left this world in the gold age”
Shuu didn’t sound like he was joking when he said that.
“I wonder why did they abandon this world. But, probably it’s just our misconception in the first place. What if, they’re not really leaving this word, and still staying in this world, but just in the different form, what do you think about it?”
“Oi, answer my question, Shuu”
Hearing Isagi’s voice, Shuu just smiled slightly.
“Indeed, I never intend to distract you, but, if I put this matter in order and explain it all, it’ll take quite long time. It’ll be quite trouble to explain it in the way that you could understand”
“
 Somehow, you’ve really changed since you left the demon lord castle”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah. You become quite annoying”
“Haha”
Shuu laughed..
That smile, he somehow looked happy.
“I’ve piled up quite bit of stress, you know. The life of salaryman at the adventurer guild is hard”
“If you invite me to the bar just for spout your complain, I’ll go home”
“Then, the continuation of previous talk”
Shuu suddenly changed the way he talk.
For sure, the serious talk started now.
“Do you still remember the story that was told by Shirbenia-chan? This world is made by four world; Physical world, Magic world, Soul world, and God world”
“Yeah. The time when she talked about the basic of the magic technique, right?”
“What did she said about the god world?”
“Shirbenia did talked about it, about the theory behind that.If my memory didn’t fail me
 In the past, I remembered that I heard it from my friends
 ”
The one who said it should be Plea and Selder.
“It was, the place where the vanished soul went, the world of rebirth and death. Anyway, as long as that world couldn’t be observed, it shouldn’t have any relation with our world, I guess”
” 
 hmm”
Shuu shifted his gaze, then mutter.
” Is that so, so they only know that much
 As I thought, the people in this world have a too little knowledge about the divine race”
Shuu put his hand on his lips as he shakes his head.
Isagi frowned.
“
 What are you talking about”
” The god world, just like it’s name, it is the place where the divine race reside”
“Hah?”
“Simply saying, it is different from the god that have personality in polytheism, or the only being like creation god. The divine race in this world, is nothing more than just a mere energy. It’s nothing so complicated. You should remember right? The sealing technique that placed on our body said to make us able to have the divine power reside in our body. That is wrong. The divine race is the power itself. Furthermore, the god world is the place where physical, magic and soul world constructed by the ‘Divine energy’,  it’s become the base of magic and physical theory 
 Well, the talk after this will be quite hard topic, maybe it’s a bit too hard for you”
Isagi urge Shuu as he pressed his temple.
“
 Then?”
” Ok then, I’ll think that you already understood everything I said up to this point, so let’s continue. In the age where we live, there was one epidemic. That disease called as “God Territory disease”.It’s a disease that destroy one’s individuality as they were smeared by the divine energy. To be able to reveal the true form of this disease, it take me whole three years, you know. However, revealing the mechanism of the apotheosis—“
“Wait a moment, Shuu”
Isagi cut his talk.
Just when Shuu started to talk about some bizzare theory, he told in in a messed chronological order.
“Three years, you said 
 what in the world are you talking about”
Shuu slightly avert his gaze then nodded.
“
 That’s right, Isa-kun. I already thinking to tell you about this sooner”
Shuu slightly brush his hair, then spoke.
“Just a moment ago, I’ve said this to you; you and him are an irregular. But, to say it more precisely, it is you, me and him. Compared to us three, Renzou and Yoshinobu are just a person who posses forbidden technique. I was summoned to this world, 400 years faster than you,and that time, I was called as the Hero, Mashu”
Isagi opened his eyes wide in surprise.
“Seriously
”