cost.
cost.
“Hmm…”
The devil, whose head was blown off three times, listened to my answer and fell into trouble alone for a long time. Her mother’s eyes narrowed subtly as she watched him quietly. Mother tugged at my sleeve and whispered in a small voice.
‘Kill and kill.’
Looking at it, I think he is very incompetent. To be honest, there was a moment when I even had that thought. Before I could answer my mother’s words, the belated mouth of justice opened again.
“Even if my friend thinks about it, if I touch her hand one more time, do you think her head will explode again?”
“It’s already exploded three times. Wouldn’t the fourth be similar?”
“Then give up. give up cleanly. As my friend said, if my head exploded three times, this body would be at its limit as well!”
Even though he said to give up with his mouth, the devil still looked at me with very hot eyes. As if you had just found a super fun toy.
“Didn’t you read my relationship and say that you would give me an appropriate price?”
“Yeah it was. I will keep my word, so don’t worry.”
The demon strode forward and lightly placed a hand on my shoulder. I was nervous to see if the devil’s head would fly off again, but luckily the devil removed his hand from my shoulder with his head intact.
“Did my head explode again?”
“no.”
“okay? There is nothing wrong with reading only recent relationships. Interesting. Very interesting.”
“I would like you to tell me what you will give me, but…”
“Yes, yes. I understand, my friend. Did I wait too long?”
The devil put his hand in his bosom and rummaged about. What he pulled out was a pistol. A black pistol resembling a revolver was engraved with a pattern of a white snake winding its way up the barrel and handle.
“Come on, take it. It’s pretty valuable.”
Is this a relic of the gun-shaped ancient empire that we have only heard about? I accepted the revolver-shaped relic of an ancient empire he held out.
The problem was that I didn’t really need this. I already had a magic cannon that automatically recharged. In the first place, a gun is useless without bullets. If you gave me a gun like this, it was just a pretty ornament.
The devil added quickly, as if he had noticed what I was thinking.
“I am not handing this to you as a friend. Even if you think about it, doesn’t it seem like the Mother of Corruption needs a means to protect itself? In that sense, this thing must be quite useful?”
‘Hat killed?!’
Mother opened her eyes wide at the word that it was something she was given for her own use. Well, it didn’t have to be something I would use. Coincidentally, since my mother is becoming more and more separated from me, it wasn’t bad to have my own means of self-defense.
Of course, the most important thing is the mother’s thoughts. I handed the empty gun to my mother.
“What do you think?”
‘Say hat!!!’
My mother took the gun from me and was very excited as she tried to strike all kinds of poses. It seemed that he really liked having his own weapon.
“How do I replenish ammo?”
“Wait a minute, because that’s a late Imperial model, so ammunition can be used together?”
He pulled out a small pouch from his pocket and handed it to me. When I opened the pouch, it contained a bunch of bullets presumably used in that handgun.
“Use those bullets only in emergencies. It’s hard to find now.”
“Then what should I usually wear?”
“Is there a wizard among your friends? Ask him to imbue him with magic. Then six rounds will be loaded. Of course, it will be less powerful than live ammunition.”
Did you mean to use it together in the sense that it does not discriminate between live ammunition and magic power?
“how is it? Do you like the price I offer?”
sly voice. As long as he had eyes, there was no way he wouldn’t have seen my mother’s reaction.
“ha. You like it that way, so it’s okay to say no.”
“Yes yes! Very well thought out! friend!”
‘Kill kill!’
As soon as our eyes met, my mother, who rushed to me, had already given a grandiose name to her pistol-shaped artifact.
Slayer.
Seeing him talking excitedly about having given it a name similar to my butcher, it didn’t matter what happened to that monster now.
The devil approached such a mother and told her various details about how to use and manage ‘Slayer’. Mother listened to the devil with a very sincere look.
It was really the first time my mother listened so intently to anyone other than me. Of course, it was an exception when someone was talking about money and treasure. After all, that’s a story about a precious treasure in a big way.
“…you can do it. Did you remember everything? If you don’t remember, let me explain one more time.”
‘killing!’
When the devil finally finished explaining, the mother shook her head and expressed her intention that she remembered everything.
“He remembered everything.”
“I’m glad you remembered! Then, will it be all right if I take that friend with me?”
The devil pointed at the monster lying on the floor with his chin. Now that you have received the goods, is it time to say goodbye?
“great.”
“okay! After all, he seemed like a good friend who kept his promises! ha ha ha!”
The demon strode toward the monster and waved lightly at it, causing the monster to shrivel in an instant and transform into a stooped man. The devil held the hunchback in the princess’s embrace and chinned it to me.
“Follow me.”
“yes?”
“Son of Avad Finisho. Aren’t you going to take it? I will guide you to the cabin where this friend lived. especially.”
Thanks for the suggestion, but I had things to pack here. Immortalium threads and swords used by the emperor’s spiders. They were treasures that there was no reason not to take care of them.
“My friend, if you’re thinking of taking care of the equipment that’s scattered over there, I’ll advise you not to do that. The equipment used by the emperor’s spiders has been specially treated so they can be tracked at any time. I intend to disrupt things here and there, but if you take those weapons, my measures will be of no avail!”
I was going to give each of my companions one bag at a time. No matter how precious the Immortalium sword was, it was a specification that it came with pointless problems. After all, Dakia and I were the only ones in my group who knew how to use a sword properly.
“All right. Please guide me.”
“okay!”
Justice, who came belatedly, smiled broadly and carried the hunchback across the woods. As I walked behind him, my mother followed me, fiddling with the slayer she was holding in her hand, as if she was still happy to have a weapon of her own.
“Are you that good?”
‘killing!!!’
My mother pretended to fire a gun at the invisible enemy and confidently declared that all enemies standing in our way were now dead. Looking at his confident appearance, I felt a little uneasy for some reason.
It’s possible that this isn’t a friendly shot…?
“How about not using it for a while?”
‘Hat killed?!’
The mother’s large eyes widened even wider.
“So I’m not saying don’t keep writing. I’m asking Dakia to stick with her practice for a while. Until you get used to shooting a gun. Instead, listen to me and I’ll buy you a nice holster to put it in as soon as I get back to Ebedos. How is it?”
The mother nodded her head coldly, as if taken aback by the word “cool holster.”
‘killing!’
“You did well.”
I patted her on the head and my mother put her hair in my hands with a very satisfied smile.
“It’s a sight I can’t get used to any time I see it.”
The devil had been talking to me while my mother was trying to figure out how to put her finger in the slayer’s trigger hole and spin the gun nicely.
“Can’t you just tell me a little bit about what you did?”
“I don’t remember doing anything special to my mother…”
“Really…? Hmm… but you know what? friend?”
“What do you mean?”
“No matter how much I can’t use my abilities properly because I’m in this body, it’s never easy to manipulate a demon’s memory, right? Aren’t you actually a god or something like that?”
“If I were God, would I be here like this?”
“Well…”
The demon’s eyes twinkled.
“If it’s not like that, it’s like being connected to something that’s equivalent to a god.”
With that one word, I remembered an existence that showed miracles that humans could not see. Impero. What tricks did he play with the devil who was trying to read me?
The devil looked at my face and smiled briskly.
“As expected, do you have any guesses? Friend, can you tell me a little bit?”
“Can I refuse?”
If I went around talking about him, I might get beaten up the next time I was called by Impetro. Or, as soon as I open my mouth, he summons me into that world and beats me up.
“That’s a bit disappointing…”
“There are circumstances.”
“It is said that there are circumstances… Well, everyone has circumstances. Like this friend I’m holding…”
The devil kept talking about things I didn’t even ask as he headed for the mansion where the lord’s son was. The story of the life of this hunchback Katus.
His life, which he heard through the devil’s mouth, was a tragedy. A life in which the woman he loved lost, his memory of her lost, and the flames of revenge failed to burn properly.
I quietly listened to the devil’s story. Finally, after the story, the devil asked me with a mischievous smile.
“how is it?”
“It is a very sad story.”
“Are you going to kill me the next time we meet?”
I smiled and nodded.
“That’s another story.”
The devil looked at me and smiled.
“As expected, you are also a son of corruption. It has a very bad ending.”
“By the way, what about that friend now?”
I was slightly curious and asked about the future of the hunchback Katus. It seemed that this demon had plans of his own for his life.
“First of all, I have to carve a new motivation into a friend who has lost this motivation. I will prepare various hardships just for this friend.”
“It’s bad taste.”
“It’s bad taste!”
The demon giggled and nodded.
“I love making one heroic epics! Like a pearl in a shell! Like a lotus flower that blooms on muddy water! A man who falls short of the others finally rises on his own volition! Isn’t it thrilling just to think about it? If you sneak up on a little love fight on top of that, the icing on the cake!”
“A fight of love?”
The devil answered as if he had been waiting.
“okay! Fight for love! I’m thinking of making this Katus meet Ena’s younger sister who is doing mercenary work very ‘accidentally’! Coincidentally, you don’t have a boyfriend either, and you’re the type who grumbles but is overflowing with benevolence! This Katus friend feels a strange sense of deja vu while looking at Ena’s sister! That’s how the two of them get closer little by little… and they end up facing small, very small ‘hardships’.”
Justice, who came belatedly, stuck out his tongue and licked his thin lips. The tongue play was very perverted.
“In the end, Katus reveals himself as a monster to save the woman he loves… There, Ena’s sister meets a man who has become a monster! What choice will Ena’s sister make? Aren’t you starting to wonder?”
“I’m honestly curious, but it doesn’t seem very desirable in terms of manipulating other people’s lives.”
“lets think! this is my friend! He said he would secretly find a life partner for this friend who would grow old alone anyway, but is this really a bad thing?”
“It seems like a bad thing…”
“Hehehe. okay? Can’t help it if you think so! Besides, the story of this hunchback Katus does not end here!”
The devil looked at Katus in his arms as if he was very lovable.
“If Ena’s sister accepts him as a monster… then the real ‘Ena’ appears! Quite by accident! Katus loses his memory and doesn’t recognize Ena, but the moment he sees her, he feels a strong attraction! A stronger attraction than I ever felt for Ena’s sister!!! The battle between sisters’ love begins like that! Who will Katus choose between the older sister and the younger brother?”
“…Didn’t I say I was dead?”
“It was handed to me almost dead. of course! I saved her and put her to sleep for the future!”
Justice, who came belatedly, moved his hand slowly and stroked the cheek of Katus, who was holding him in his arms.
“I like the ending where the main character says, ‘We lived happily ever after.’ Even if the story loses its probabilities a bit! ha ha ha! Of course, the end of the story depends on what this friend does! Oh, everything has come.”
At the demon’s beckoning, the brambles withdrew and a hut appeared from among them.
“The lord’s son will be asleep inside. But if you don’t want to ask the emperor’s spiders to take me away, I’d recommend just leaving the lord’s son quietly in the castle and going about your business! After all, most of the precious treasures owned by the lord of Ebedos have long since been stolen by the emperor’s spider!”
“All right.”
It was enough for me if the lord’s son returned and the blockade of Ebedos was lifted.
“Then see you again, friend! You too live happily ever after!”
The devil disappeared with such a very light greeting.
***
“You know what! Priest Marnak?”
Jamel circled around me as I came down to eat, excited as if I had discovered some very important information.
“The lord’s son was found in front of the castle gate last night!!! This is some hot information I just found out!!!”
“That’s what I brought you.”
“yes?!”
“By the way, did the search in the port go well?”
“huh.”
The answer was not from Jamel, but from Giselle. She opened her mouth slowly as she tied her long black hair back for breakfast.
“Thanks to the documents you gave me, I got some pretty important clues.”
