Heibon na Watashi wa Tonikaku Hibon

"I thought I was going to die..."

Ruby gave me a ride for a day. I thought it would take about a day and a half. Ruby wasn't half as fast as he had reduced the journey.

Leaving Lapis and Jet behind, my soul was about to flow with me to the scenery I was going past, and yet that forest, which I reached in a day, was exactly where the word "native forest" fit.

"Wow, wow!

The Vestibular Fang Forest also has large trees growing inside, but this place is incomparable with that.

Ask the forest spirits for directions while standing at the forest entrance and waiting for the Lapis to arrive. If you get lost, it matters.

Lapis, Jet and Ruby arrived a short time ago and traveled through the woods for a dozen minutes.

Lapis, who had been smelling the smell of soy sauce and the area for some time, runs away with joy in a single blast.

"Oh, hey, Lapis?

If I rushed after him, I went out to the place I had pioneered.

"This is the lake where the shrine is?... Ah, Lapis. What, arf!?

Waterfront of the lake, one person nestled there. And Lapis beside me.

I looked familiar behind it.

If you raise your voice in surprise, your eyes turned wide open as if you were surprised.

"I didn't know you were here because Lapis showed up, but, Rio, why are you here?

"That's our dialogue. Why are you here?

"For the wild."

"Yes. I'm asking for a contractor. The monastery on the lake is being targeted by bandits, so they want us to capture the bandit."

"Bandits?"

"Yeah. Uh, it's like the magicians of the country sensed a weakening of the junction that had been on the temple on the lake for about two months now, and it's been an observation area, but for another week or so, people from nearby villages have witnessed unfamiliar people entering and leaving this forest, and they're speculating that the person is involved in weakening the consequences. So, the leading information is that the person may be a bandit targeting objects in a temple on the lake. Therefore, the request is" Capturing Bandits Aiming at "Temples on the Lake". He wants to hear about the purpose of catching bandits and the means that weakened the bonds. Something seems to have seen a similar weakening of the junction around the country lately. Well, it looks like the rest of us went right back to normal. "

Speaking while looking at the requisition, 'About two months ago...', 'A week ago...' said Arf, whining somewhat bumpy.

I had a slightly nasty feeling about him like that, so I couldn't help but smile and ask.

"Arf, what time have you been here?

"... it's been about a week."

……

……

"Are you the killer!!

"Prisoner!? Wait, you're wrong in the first place, it!!

If you accidentally point your finger at it and scream, Arf will raise his voice as if he were surprised.

"That" is the requisition.

"Wrong?

"I didn't weaken the line because I came. I'm here because my bonds have weakened."

"Hmm? What does Arf have to do with the junction here?

Arf spoke after a few rounds if he leaned his neck.

"Before this, when the Demons appeared in the capital of the king of man, another, the Demons, was coming to the land of man"

"Huh?"

"The guy who went to Wang Du would have been dazzled, so to speak. Because they don't understand what it's really about."

"Real purpose?

"I was putting my boundaries in this place. There are several such places on human soil. The land of man used to be that of the devil tribe. So there is something precious to the Demons in the land of man as it is."

"Precious to the Demons?

"It could be the tomb of the first demon king or an architecture that is historically regarded as precious. When I gave the land to the humans, I joined them so that they wouldn't get too close."

"So here too?

"Things are a little different here."

"Then what is this place?

"It's Wemili's grave."

"Wemili is Earf's..."

"Oh, he's the person who was my wife. I sealed his soul here."

"Sealed... Huh? Grave, what is it?

"It's a name. In fact, it is bound to a temple to seal his soul."

"Why are you sealing it?

"Humans and demons live at different times. There is a difference between heaven and earth, especially as I am powerful enough to be the Demon King. He would have been my wife, too, after he convinced me of it. But he's changed since he was old enough to feel death close."

Sadly Arf speaks.

At the end of a straight gaze lies a beautiful temple nestled in the middle of the lake.

"Later in life, Wemili was repeating like a curse. 'I will definitely be back, I want you to wait'. At first I thought you were asking me to wait for the reincarnated Wemili soul, but I wasn't. His soul, which refused to enter the circle of reincarnation, was at my side, even if he lost his body. Looking for a new soul vessel..."

"The vessel of the soul..."

"It was an arithmetic to look for a body that would go well with my soul and take over. If you are reincarnated, your memories will be erased before that, and your soul will be the same, but you will be born completely separate. I guess Wemili thought it was her and not herself. And I thought you couldn't allow someone who wasn't you to be by my side. Even if you were reincarnated, it would take a long time before you were born next. In the meantime, I guess you thought I couldn't even forgive you for turning my heart to another. … that was exactly what I deserved to call" madness ""

An unusual obsession, directed from the one you love.

Arf's voice, who said it was "madness," was quiet, the opposite of that emotion that was directed at her.

"Let it go and involve unrelated human beings. That's why I sealed his soul. That's the place. On the day the Demons came to Wang Du, I thought something in the things I tied the line might have something to do with it. The thought had hit me, and there were marks of some interference in all the junctions. We've been rebuilding all ties for the last two months, and this is our last place."

"Something like hitting a few? But in the end, the demons don't know what they're after."

"Yeah. But you know why the Demons are fighting to get to the tunnels?

"To find" something "with a bond..."

"And to break that bond and do something."

"Hmmm......"

Something, once one mystery was solved, created a new mystery.

"Well, if the Rays defeat the Demon King safely, it doesn't matter what the Demons are up to."

"The goddess is better than Ray and the others. Well, what's the special power that only the goddess has?

"I don't know. I don't know because I've never met the goddess in person, but humans are deceiving the name of God. I guess that's the right kind of power."

"That's the right power. Well, as long as Ray and the others come home safely, it doesn't matter to me whether the Demon Nation plans or the Demon King crusades succeed or not."

"You're as clear as you are."

"That's a compliment, isn't it?

"Of course."

I noticed a teasing color floating in the red eyes I saw for two months, so I swallowed the words delighted to reunite and relieved myself to look safe.