Do You Think Someone Like You Can Defeat the Demon King?

When the ink opens its mouth "ahem," Eterna shrugs the boiled beans on the spoon, putting them on top of her tongue.

The ink that chews it, without being shy, is truly satisfying.

As long as she tells them where to cook and the menu, she basically does the meal alone.

However, sometimes difficult or somewhat cumbersome dishes prompted Eterna to eat them.

As is often the case, during meals in this house, the landscape is not so rare.

But only today. For some reason, Milkit, sitting next to the flam, stops his hand and looks at the two of us in a blur.

"Milkit, I'm staring at you, but could you possibly be jealous or something?

"... Huh? No, it's not like that."

"So what were you staring at so much?

"Just a little bit, I thought it sounded like fun"

"It's not like I'm having fun."

"I know that! Somehow, I just thought so."

That said, the mill kit restarts its meal with a slight red dye of cheeks.

The feeling of fun, I honestly wasn't sure about Flam.

But the curiosity that sprang up casually moves her hand.

And when I took the little bread piled on the table, I approached the mill kit without saying anything.

……

Today, the bandage shakes with his neck hanging.

Flam stared into her eyes like that.

It took a while to guess the intention, but when I understood it, my cheeks became red again.

Oh, are you really going to do it - glance at such confusion, but Flam doesn't react whether he notices it or not.

Milkit put his mouth on the bread because he had no choice, and twitched small, as the little bird stumbled.

"... I see"

Somehow convincing flam.

Milkit swallows the bread in his mouth and asks.

"What, I see?

"Sure could be fun"

"... I was a little embarrassed"

I don't feel bad, but still I didn't feel like doing it where someone else was.

Eterna has a white look with only a heart.

But without putting that aside, when Fram gets close enough to get another bite to eat...

Flam, I got your letter.

Ink mentioned that.

Her ears are good. She seemed to hear a letter being put in the post outside.

"Thanks, Ink. 'Cause I'm gonna go check it out after dinner."

"Yeah...... but maybe something's wrong"

"What? You just got the letter, didn't you?

"Sure it is, but you didn't hear footsteps. Normally, even though I hear people running away carrying letters."

Flam thought it might have just been undone by other sounds, but as far as that anxious look goes, that doesn't seem like it.

I have no choice, so she's eating but taking a seat and heading to check the post.

When I left the house and peered inside the wooden box - nothing was written, there was a white envelope in it.

"What the hell is this?"

Watermarked by the day, there was apparently one tri-fold letter in a bag of paper that didn't even say who sent it.

Enter the house for one second and return to the three waiting in the living room.

"Welcome aboard, sir. What was in the post?

"It's this..."

Flam had a bad feeling somehow.

Because an unknown sender letter in this situation should not have seemed like something that would break the peace between the present bundles.

So she gently told the ink, especially that she cared about its contents, "It's only after dinner to open it".

And after dinner - I was just finishing cleaning up, and Flam opened the envelope.

Take the letter out of the inside and spread it in the middle of the table.

Three people, Flam, Milkit and Eterna, who saw its contents, accidentally silenced themselves.

"What did it say?

blind ink asks anxiously.

It was Eterna who answered that.

On white paper, in large letters with red ink, with only one sentence written, mouth as is.

"Four more days."

Nothing else is written down.

Really, that's all.

It was also conceived as a possibility of being a child's jerk.

But in the present situation of conflict with the Church, there is no one here who can dismiss this as just a jerk.

The tranquil atmosphere after lunch is lost at once, and the air of the venue stares.

I remember one thing at Sheol, and nature and everyone shut their mouths.

"... Also, has the Church set something up"

Milkit's voice breaking silence.

Go on, Eterna gives an opinion.

"But you don't have to bother telling us that"

"Surely Eterna's right, it's weird to make threats. Why are you counting down?"

Eterna and Ink are right, you shouldn't need a declaration or anything to launch an attack.

Rather, could this letter also be said to be an attempt to tell the Flams that the crisis is imminent?

"But if you're not the enemy, I wish you'd tell me what's four days"

But on the other hand, Fram's words are also true.

Why lay low the details, the sender is unknown - too little information.

As it stands, it was an unintelligible suspicious document that only fuels the anxiety of the Flams.

"I'm also curious that you said you couldn't hear footsteps, for once I'll look into this letter"

"Please, Mr. Eterna. I was just about to go to the guild, so I'll talk to Mr. Gadio."

That's what Flam said. When he stood out of his chair, he began his discipline.

Milkit will help with that too and be ready to go out in less than five minutes.

Her business at the guild was - to talk to Gadio about Childrens' new base.

◇ ◇ ◇

Coming to the guild, an unfamiliar blonde man was cleaning the street in front.

He said that when Flam came close,

"Chihuahua!

And he greets me familiarly.

When Fram confused and interpreted him as "Hi," he gave a nostalgic grin.

Also, resume cleaning with the hoe in your hand.

Flam into the guild looking at him.

As soon as she approached the counter, she spoke to Eela, who was rarely and seriously working there.

"Hey, Ella, who's that guy you were cleaning at the entrance?

"Slough, you mean you?

Flam pulling 'wow' on the inside to what Eela is monarching about.

When she is in front of a man of her choice, she is a woman who openly sells her charm.

If you ask me, my face was neat, and I wasn't the type that Ella was going to eat.

"He's new. Slough Vladness, eighteen. There were a lot of clerks who quit because of Dayne's disturbances, so the master hired them new."

"Well, that's what Mr. Gadio does."

Did hiring mean that Gadio also did the interview directly?

Though I say its face, I say its physique, and it seems quite oppressive just sitting in a chair.

"Not naturally. Sure, a lot of things aren't there, but I'm doing what I do right, that guy. So much easier than before thanks to you."

Previously, the Alliance here in the West Side was absent a master.

That's why Elia and Dayne were able to do whatever they wanted, but on the other hand, they also had a lot of work to do just for the lack of a master.

It was at first that Eela neglected the disciplined Gadio, but now she says she has a lot of respect.

"Oh, yeah. That being said, it was this morning, and a guy named Linus came here."

"Mr. Linus?

"Yeah, it's really cool to see the real thing nearby. I thought it would be nice to meet you, but I'm afraid I left early."

Ella has a lukewarm look as she remembers Linus' face.

The brain image is beautified, but it doesn't matter because there is no connection between him and her anyway.

"Because you don't have to trip. Why did Mr. Linus come to the guild?

"That's good. That's about it. I think I was coming to see the master, but when I heard about you, I changed my blood and left. Looks like he was responding to the word" sign of slavery. "

"Uh... I passed it on"

I thought that would happen eventually, but I didn't expect that to happen anywhere unrelated to Flam himself.

Besides, I didn't expect Linus to be so upset that he changed his blood phase.

I didn't even talk much about it on my journey, so I thought it was perceived as something I didn't really care about.

Honestly, I'm very happy.

But it was passed on to Linus, which also means it was automatically passed on to Cyril and Maria.

"Oh, or did I pass it on? Ah. I wonder what Cyril thinks..."

Put your hands on your chest and crush.

I hope you're sad, I think so from the bottom of my heart.

While I understood it was a convenient, hopeful observation, I still couldn't help wishing.

"I haven't really touched it before, but you're really the flam apricot they called that hero."

"That's what's going on."

"Why are they marking us as slaves? Like the other members hated you?

"... that's right. Someone hated me so much, they sold me for money."

"Wow, it feels like I've seen the darkness of a hero."

"That's the way it is, you're human. By the way..."

Flam forcefully changed the subject.

I can't say I've broken it off already, but the memory of that time when it was sold to a merchant is not a good memory.

Regardless of the encounter with Milkit, I can still just remember when he was stamped with a baking mark in the square.

"Is Mr. Gadio here?

"If you're a master, you're on the go, maybe it's time to come home. Why don't you wait at the referral office?

It's still a little earlier than the time I promised.

Fram sat down in the introductory office as Elia told him, ordering juice of fruit and waiting for him as he drank.

Then enough later, Gadio, with his black coat on his wings, enters the guild.

He walks over to her when he finds out what Flam looks like and tells her to stand still.

"You kept me waiting. Quick, but we're going outside."

"Weren't we supposed to talk?

"That's behind us, we've got business to finish first"

"errands, is it"

Flam not to follow all of a sudden.

Gadio speaks of purpose simply and clearly, as she can see.

"Explore Childrens Base"

◇ ◇ ◇

Fram was being taken to Gadio and stepped into an underground tunnel strewn beneath the king's capital.

It is still bright outside, but it is dark in the basement without the fire of Cantera.

"Are you sure it's okay just me and Mr. Gadio"

toward Gadio, led by Fram, he asked anxiously.

"It won't be a problem, it's likely it's not already in use."

He answers as he glances at the back of the aisle, which is likely to be swallowed up by pitch black.

Dafiz's dossier says there's an entrance to Childrens base at the bottom of it.

The documents entrusted to him contained information about various churches in addition to what Welsey had published in the newspaper.

Gadio had asked an adventurer he knew to keep an eye on the entrance that existed on the east side of the Central District during the day he returned from Sheol to the King's Capital.

But then, four days later, no one went into this tunnel.

"But as far as Mr. Dafiz knows, this was the newest base, wasn't it?"

"Don't be like that."

"The surveillance began the day we returned from Cheol. If you abandon the base before that..."

"I know exactly what you're trying to say. It moves (...) too fast (...), right?

Flam nodded.

Nect was supposed to destroy that facility with all the materials.

It is also possible that he abandoned his base just in case for fear of leaking information from Dafiz - as he said, "It was difficult to move," securing a base in the Wang capital is not easy.

Come on. It won't be something you can let go of.

The two walk further back.

The basement is subtly damp and smells like mold.

If I hadn't focused on the place, I would have continued my research in a better environment.

Why did Mother so obsessed with the King's Capital, anyway, he has many mysteries.

"That's the end of the line."

A brick wall stands in front of the two of us.

When Flam stopped his leg, he observed a dim perimeter wall.

"It doesn't seem like a bend."

"Stay back, destroy"

Gadio pulled out the great sword he was carrying - he couldn't even go swinging it in the narrow underground aisle - releasing a sharp thrust against the wall.

With massive planas, of course, and increased destructiveness.

Dogo-o-o-o-o!

In the narrow and long passage, a roar echoed.

Flam is no surprise now either.

But the big hole was so brilliantly empty, he exclaimed "oops".

"Was it still going on in the back"

"... the atmosphere has changed. It feels similar to the lab we saw in Sheol."

It was supposed to be a sturdy entrance, unlocked by some trick or something.

Now Gadio destroys us, and we have no shadow to see.

The interior of Childrens' laboratory is as dark as the underground.

Cantera lights alone are not comfortable exploring the interior.

"What do you do, turn on the lights?

Gadio closed his eyes and felt human signs in the facility.

Within his perceptible reach, the organism other than himself and Flam - apparently, does not exist.

"Oh, please"

Hearing a short reply, Flam rushed over to the switch on the wall.

Put your hands on a crystal ball embedded in the wall and pour magic into it.

But...... yeah I wouldn't even say it would.

"That, I wonder if it's broken. I'm sorry, Mr. Gadio, I don't think I'm gonna light it."

"No... I can't help it, it's not broken, it seems to be broken (...)"

Gadio looked up at the ceiling and said.

Bringing Cantera closer in your hand brings the situation up even more vividly.

The ceiling had deep scars from end to end, as if scratched with giant nails.

The installed lamp was on its way, so it appears to have been finally broken.

"Ko, this... what is it"

"Did the spiral children (spiral childrens) tease and destroy, or..."

"Trail of battle, is it?"

Gadio was silent on Flam's words, but it should be taken as affirmation.

Few people know about the existence of this facility.

With the exception of the Frams, there should only be about a human being involved in church research.

There was a scar in a place like that that obviously couldn't be made with normal human hands, and what it meant was...

"Here, what the hell happened?"

"You may find out if you move on."

The number of rooms in the laboratory is not as high.

Through the ceiling scratched entrance, there is a hallway ahead, with two rooms on each side.

One room further down the road.

In other words, there are six rooms in total in this laboratory.

Flam and Gadio explored one by one from before them.

That sounds terrible.

"I can see it after someone gets busted"

The bookshelf is empty and the research device has been physically destroyed.

The floor was littered with pointy fragments and just walking was a dangerous condition.

All four rooms at both ends of the hallway were in this condition and nothing clueless had fallen.

And finally, step into the room at the far back of the hallway.

Gadio opens both doors and walks in front of the flam.

It was a little heavy to see if the debris was in the way, but I pushed it forcefully with my arm.

And the indoor air floods the hallway where the two stand - it smells so intense that it turns back.

"This is..."

A spacious room with several glass cases connected to the device.

From the entrance to the wall, it was there.

A corpse of a green-haired boy, beaten with intense force and left in a state of twist on a concave distorted wall.

A splash of red fluid on the gray wall looked like a flower as well.

There is a large hole in the chest and the core is pulled out.

The torso is completely shaken, but the head is damaged less, staring firmly at the ground with vain eyes.

That made the sight unnecessarily different.

"How could this child...!

"You know what?

Flam nods over and over again.

I've only seen him once, but he's well engraved in my memory.

"I do think his name was Fuwis...... he's one of the spiral kids (spiral childrens)!

Desolated unmanned stronghold.

Trail of battle.

And the tragic body of the boy who was the enemy.

Each thought had already begun to move in places unknown to the Flams.