Foreigner's Mistake

Book 8: Chapter 149: Steady Advance ~ 02

Today's breakfast was a large amount of steamed potatoes. They may be potatoes, but they have a slightly different flavor from the potatoes Satoru is used to. They are a little less starchy and have a hint of sweetness. The bacon was added as an accompaniment. The addition of bacon adds a salty flavor to the dish and makes it very tasty.

Satoru thought that he would like to eat potato salad with mayonnaise, but come to think of it, he has never seen mayonnaise in this world.

After the meal, over a cup of herbal tea, Satoru heard various stories from Isolde. The information from her was still unorganized.

Isolde was extremely clear about the point that Isolde was scolded about, that there is probably no problem if the Holy Sword is broken.

We have taken care of a lot of famous demons in the last few thousand years. I don't think the Demon King will come back after all this time, and I would even go so far as to say that the Holy Sword has completed its role. Therefore, I can say that there is no need for you to worry.

Is that so? But there was a demon race in the labyrinth of the World Tree in the Deep Green Forest as Lord, wasn't there?

Ingolsheness, right? I heard that from Leia-dono. Elves do not leak information to the outside world. Especially when it comes to the labyrinth at the foot of the World Tree, which was the object of their faith. If we had known, we would have gone to defeat it.

Satoru was convinced and felt his depression lifted a little. He is not sure how many generations Isolde has been in the clan, but since Isolde, who was the head of the clan, says so, there is no doubt about it.

Ingolsheness, middle to upper-class demon general. He was one of the few generals whose whereabouts were unknown, but if he was defeated by Lord, there can be no mistake.

Huh? Satoru raised his voice. Looking back, he had not thought that Ingolshenes was that strong.

That's the middle of the pack, huh? Then the demon race is no big deal either.

No, I think so because it's the Lord who defeated it. From the point of view of those who live in this world, they are a formidable opponent.

The actuality that there are Leia and Solor around, and now Isolde, who has excellent swordsmanship, is right next to him, it's hard to feel it. But Rico's soul is now well above the average.

So, how many missing named demon races are there that Isolde's Holy Sword Clan and others were aware of?

Six. Now that Ingolshenes has fallen, there are five more. Two of them are known opponents, though. If the other three had been eliminated, there would have been no need to worry about the future.

If only one hand is left, it is certainly understandable to declare that you have roughly eliminated all of them(?). However, as Leia said, the remaining demons, even if only a few are left, are still the natural enemy of the human race and are a terrifying existence.

Hmmm,......Then, if I could afford it, I'd like to find them and exterminate them. It's kind of the responsibility of those who have broken the system of this world. ......

Satoru has a sense of responsibility for having destroyed the existence that has protected human society since the world began its history. Isolde says that he does not need to worry about this burden, but Satoru also thinks that if there is a tear, even a small one, it is the responsibility of the one who destroyed it to pick up the pieces.

But Isolde shakes her head.

I appreciate your concern. For hundreds of years, our clan well, that's not the right word anymore. The clan has been looking for them for hundreds of years, but they haven't come out. I don't think they will come out. There is a strong possibility that they are already dead.

Satoru looked at Isolde with a reluctant look on his face. The Holy Sword Clan had established their own information network in this world, and although their numbers were limited, it could be said that they covered almost all the land. Even so, the demons could not be found. It was not something that Satoru would be able to find on a casual search.

There were three remainings. I should at least get their names.

But firstI'd like to confirm this with Leia-dono.

Isolde turned her sharp gaze toward the first magical slave.

...... I have a good guess. It;s about Iblis, right?(TLN: = Ivuriisu)

Indeed.

The other people are also stumped, as well as Satoru. They can only guess that there is something in Leia's past that is related to the demon race. Isolde's expression was serious, and Leia's expression was heavy as well. Leia glanced at Satoru.

To tell the truth. I haven't told my Lord about the situation yet.

My words

Well, that's all right. I'll just say the conclusion. Iblis has been taken care of without a problem. So you can rule it out.

Until now, Satoru had never asked about Leia's past, which was probably known to the whole world. Leia's past is quite complicated, and he has kept the promise he made at the beginning of the journey that he would not ask about it unless Leia herself told him.

There is probably information there that only Isolde and Leia know, but Satoru still does not intervene. Whatever her past, Satoru has already accepted the very existence of Leia.

......Very well. I'll believe you.

Isolde nodded gravely. She seemed a little unconvinced, but if Leia had not even told her Lord, Satoru, then it was not Isolde place to question her further.

That leaves two remainings: one is Brodsson, a mid-level demon general on par with Ingolsheness, and the other, if this one remains, is a problem, the upper demon general Hyalvas.

Let's just leave the name in the corner of my memories for now, Solor raised her hand toward Satoru, who was working hard to carve it into his low-capacity brain.

Um, Demon General Brodsson is already dead.

What?

Isolde raised her voice in astonishment. Solor was only told the fact.

It is in my data. In the year 960 of the Magical Calendar, when he was asleep, he was discovered by a wizard of the Castile Kingdom at that time, and after taking a lot of data, he was killed.

Is this true? Ummm......... 960 years of the Magical Calendar is three years before the Seven Days of Disaster. I heard that there was a lot of mixed information in those days, and I'm not sure if the story reached the clan.

Umu-umu, Isolde is convinced by herself. Frankly, it's all gibberish except for Leia and Solor, but if it's one less thing to learn, so much the better. Only one person needs to be remembered I don't know if it is correct to call it one person against a demon race.

Empress of Flame, Hyalvas, is a beautiful goddess of death who manipulates thousands of flames and leads an Immortal Family of flames estimated she has a 40,000 soul, she is one of the Four Great Demons Generals. Even in my data, her life or death has not been confirmed.

Solor's voice, which sounded as if she was reading out the information in an indifferent manner, made everyone except Satoru horrified. The estimated 40,000 soul is a figure that has only been heard of in the Five Dragons class. Were the people of the time before the Ancient Magic Kingdom waging war against such a monster?

However, if it is simply a number, Solor is superior. It's just that she can't use advanced sorcery and magic, which is probably restricted, but from Satoru's point of view, who doesn't even have a problem with Solor, he doesn't particularly care about the size of her soul value right now.

40,000 ...... Empress means it's a woman, huh

More accurately, it's a female body. There is no definite gender for demons above the general level.

Hoo, Satoru groans. Ingolsheness was also a demon general, which means that he(?) is also a gender-neutral beinga huge, well-trained physique with a goat head and horns, which can be considered a symbol. I think he was a male because he has a male body. It is surprising.

That guy is hermaphrodite, huh? It certainly looks like a demon race.

Herma, phrodite?

Satoru strokes and rubs his chin in response to Rico's question.

Ahh, let's see ......Like a male and female living together in one body. Like worms and stuff.

My words. I didn't know that. My Lord is a fount of knowledge, isn't he?

Not at all. It's called the difference in world common sense.

Satoru blurted out with a bitter smile. To be honest, Satoru is not very smart. Even so, the people of this world call him a treasure trove of knowledge because the common sense of the world is different. Even the level of knowledge learned in compulsory elementary and junior high school education is truly knowledge of another dimension from the perspective of this world. It is only natural that this would be the case considering the level of education in this world, where even the four arithmetic rules and letters are questionable.

Hyalvas, huh? I'll keep that in mind. Well, if I could, I would like to exterminate her.

If you could have found her, we wouldn't have gone through all that trouble.

Isolde returned discouraged. Even with a tremendous class of 40,000 soul spirit value, there would have been no problem if a Holy Sword existed, but that sword, which could be said to be the natural enemy of the demon race, does not exist in this world now.

If those Hyalvas or whatever appeared after Satoru was able to return to his original world. There is no way for the human race to resist. We need to think about this a littleSatoru groaned.

By the way, all of them are in the shack drinking tea and talking, but Minerva is rowing out of the boat(nodded off), perhaps because of the difficult conversation going on.

At the same time, information was brought about the Immortal King Yarth.

Although not a demon, the feared Immortal King Yarth is an existence that the Holy Sword Clan has of course been checking out. Since his existence was confirmed, he has not caused any harm to the general public and has remained quiet, but it is said that his activities have been spreading around the world. However, rumors of his activities were heard especially in the southeastern part of the continent, and it was said that Rothfort was probably his base of operations.

I knew it, Rothfort, huh. ......

Satoru glanced at Leia. Leia also noticed his glance but did not raise her voice.

It is clear that Leia was a royal presence related to Rothfort. The fact that Isolde said this to Leia at the beginning of the fight with Satoru is not a mistake.

The problem is that even at this point in time, Leia is still keeping her past a secret from Satoru. Would it be a good idea to go to Rothfort and confront Yarth if they were to become enemies? Satoru has not yet made that decision.

Just like that. But Isolde, who understood the meaning of those words about two tempos later, suddenly turned bright red on her slightly tightened face.

Eh. Oh, no, th-that's...

Liz and Rico both half laughed as she was literally flustered. Solor has her usual expressionless face, while Minerva is completely sleepy and is about to make a snot bubble.

All of them knew that this Isolde was an uncommunicative woman. And apparently, she also has an aversion to sex itself.

As long as she descended as a magical slave and her gender was different from that of her Lord, Isolde would have known that she could be used in such a way, but it was out of her imagination in the first place.

Isolde noticed Satoru's indescribable gaze and flapped her arms even more.

Aahhh, umm, no, ummm, no, no, it's not that I don't want to have a physical relationship with Milord, umm...

Or rather, your wrist.

Isolde blushed, even more, when Leia pointed out that her right wrist was not perfectly healed. She fidgeted, crossing her arms behind her back as she violently waved her arms, not the kind of behavior one would expect from a woman of dignified, sharp good looks over 20 years of age.

Satoru was more than half-amused and reminded her again.

I don't mind it. I don't even want to hold a woman who doesn't have that intention.

......I'm, very sorry

He must have felt that he was being taken advantage of. Satoru looked up at the ceiling and breathed a single sigh at Isolde, who was seriously depressed.

I told you I don't mind, ......so? How am I supposed to train that body to channel magic power?

Leia held out her hand to Satoru, who had no choice but to drop the subject.

Wait a minute. Before that. This is an opportunity. My Lord.

What is it?

I would like to give you a sermon.

A sermon?

Satoru looks at Leia with a puzzled look. Leia is certainly an important person for Satoru. Although they are in the position of magical slave and lord, Satoru does not refuse to allow magical slaves to speak directly to him, not just Leia. However, he thinks a little about Leia's comments. Did I make a mistake that would cause her to lecture me?

Leia sighs in exasperation at Satoru, who doesn't seem to really get it.

Certainly, my Lord's soul is so large that it cannot be seen in numbers. But you see.

With a bang on the cheaply made desk, Leia turns her sad, yet angry gaze on her beloved Lord. Minerva, who was dozing off at the sudden noise, woke up in surprise.

It was an incredibly dangerous gamble to compare soul against a Holy Sword, you know!?

Satoru broke out in a cold sweat as he remembered that.

N-no, that was ......

I guess my Lord did it because you thought you could do it. If you had lost, you would have lost the chance to see your sister forever, you know!? I wish you would think a little more!

Leia's scream, with tears in her voice, made Satoru choke.

Satoru decided that it was possible, and he also thought that Isolde would not be convinced otherwise, so he did so.

But, you know...

There was no "but"! I can't tell you how anxious I was at that moment!

Leia's voice, which had been so sharply silenced, was completely fearful as if she was remembering that moment.

Satoru, who had been blocked from refuting her, looked around as if seeking help. Minerva and Liz were in the area at that time. Minerva was confused when she woke up from sleep and saw Satoru getting scolded by Leia. Liz, on the other hand, was just staring at Satoru.

...... I think Leia-san's opinion is correct

Liz did not realize the danger of Satoru's choice at that moment, but considering Leia's point, Satoru's choice at that moment can certainly be called shallow.

Satoru, immediately judging that he had no allies, shrunk his large body down to a small size and said a few words.

.....I'm sorry

You should be reflected on what you have done for making us feel so rushed.

Rico and Liz exchanged glances and giggled at Satoru, who was unusually small.

Although Satoru is the Lord of the magical slaves, he does not act arrogant. He listens carefully to the opinions of his slaves. The fact that Leia has accompanied Satoru on his journey from the beginning of his journey, of course, she is probably the most comfortable with him, but there is no such thing as a magical slave who is so angry with their Lord. And also the Lord, Satoru takes their words seriously and reflects on them.

Isolde, who had witnessed the heterogeneous relationship between Satoru and his magical slaves, had a strange expression on her face, but when she saw that the conversation had calmed down, she taught Satoru how to channel magic power into his body.

The basis is meditation. The Holy Sword Clan's art is to be aware of the pool of magic power below the navel, draw magic power from it, and channel it into the body, and the accuracy of this art has been raised to the utmost limit. Minerva, who is not very good at imagining, and Liz, who is not physically gifted, had a particularly hard time with it, but in any case, it is not something that can be done overnight. Satoru himself is unable to be aware of the magic power and sighs as he undoes the full lotus position.

I guess there are some things you're just not suited for.

Yes, there is. For example,......, you are good at Shukuchi, right, Rico-dono?

Y-yeah

Rico suddenly raised her voice as if she was puzzled by the conversation.

In the case of Rico-dono, sending magic power to your limbs, especially to your feet, is probably what you are best suited for. I think you have been able to use it even before you were aware that it was art?

Right.

Rico used Shukuchi even before she was aware that it was an art. This is not particularly unusual. It is said that physical art is often used without being aware that it is an art.

That is also a talent. Perhaps, but I think that once you get used to it to some extent, you will be able to sustain more than twice as long at one and a half times the speed you can now. Eventually, I think you can double your current speed.

D-doubling my current speed........I can't imagine it

As a result of the increase in soul due to repeated intercourse with Satoru, even so, both the speed and the duration of maintenance have increased dramatically. It doesn't ring a bell when Rico was told that it will be further extended. However, the Holy Sword Clan was probably strong because of their mastery of these things. The running speed of Zelphys and other members of the clan who had received their last orders from Isolde as the last head was certainly faster than that of Rico.

And the rest, well, let's see. Swordsmanship? I didn't learn kendo either.

Kendo? A fighting style that uses swords? Huh? But I thought Satoru's world was peaceful.

Not for killing each other, but some kind of practice.

In high school, where Satoru spent only a year or so, he did judo in a physical education class and swimming in the club. The only other things he had ever done were bare-knuckle fights.

And that's how the moves, which, to be honest, is a bit irresistible.

Isolde only laughed bitterly. Even when Isolde used her Holy Sword and gave it her all, she was still no match for Satoru. As expected, Satoru had an overwhelming advantage in physical strength, but even Isolde did not expect Satoru to surpass her in speed. No one in this world can match Isolde with a sword. It is so clear, and yet Satoru surpasses even her.

Well, I will teach you as much as I can.

Rico is a self-taught fighter who learned it naturally in the Thieves' Guild, and Minerva and Liz have no knowledge of fighting arts. Leia and Solor seem to know a little bit, but they are sorcerers. Even if they don't have to fight mainly with sorcery or swords, it is not a bad idea to learn how to move their bodies and how to avoid an attack.

Isolde was thrilled that her knowledge would be useful in those areas.

In any case, after your injuries are healed.

Ugh.......U-understood

Isolde broke out in a cold sweat when she remembered that her wrist was not in perfect condition at that point. Since she forgets so easily, she covers the affected area with a cloth and Satoru warns her not to use it for the rest of the day. Isolde looked frustrated, but Satoru was aware that she would soon forget, so she simply accepted the situation as it was.

Well, it's going to be a long journey. At the very least, you'll have to put up with it today and tomorrow.

Isolde nodded her head in agreement to the words of Satoru, the man who had torn her to pieces.