Monster no Goshujin-sama

seventeen

"Hey, hey, hey!

Lily went into it alone against Iino, who was not rivaled by the total attack of his family.

I don't have a favorite black spear in my hand. They took it away from me on an earlier offense, and I guess I didn't have time to recover it.

"What can you do with your bare hands?

Rino glanced at me and asked.

Look at me, not Lily......

... Since earlier, for some reason, Iino has only spoken to me.

He's hitting on me with a dialogue that he should have told Lily.

I also thought it would be just weird if it were repeated over and over again.

Her attitude was as if Lily and the others didn't recognize her personality or anything.

I don't admit my personality to monsters.... Speaking of which, earlier, Iino was shouting 'I can't beat a monster manipulated by a villain' when he met with Gabella from the front.

Ability to manipulate monsters.

What comes to mind is him, like me, who has become decidedly different.

Is this a coincidence?

In the first place, why did Iino attack us?

It wasn't the other way around because they were hostile with no questions asked and they almost did it because they were close to domination, but Hirano is making a hell of a mistake...

"Ah!?

I didn't have time to answer the question, and I saw Iino kick Lily in the stomach.

Lily, who has no weapons, defenselessly devours that blow to her belly.

However, the mouth was hoisted more by the attacked lily, and vice versa, there was a slight surprise in Iino's face on the side of the attack.

"Huh!? This, how does it feel...?

Iino's feet were unnaturally deep into Lily's belly.

If my guts got all messed up too, this would happen, but this isn't it.

I immediately understood what Lily had done.

She must have partially de-modulated her abdomen and returned it to the body tissue of the slime.

Slime's body is flexible and tough. It absorbs simple blows.

"... Gotcha"

Lily grabbed Iino's leg after a moment of gap stiff to her surprise.

Instantly increasing signs of magic. Expanding is the Green Magic Formation.

- Wind magic on the third staircase. The range is narrow and as dense as it is for that matter.

Just like that, magic activates to surround Iino and Lily.

This goes through.

I know you're manipulating the magic as much as you can and taking it off target, but it still doesn't spare Lily the damage herself, it's a throwaway attack. This can't be going through the damage.

And it's about the next moment I thought.

Iino sank himself slightly.

No way, when I thought, Iino was taking action.

Spring a shrunken one leg, 'Wewaten' 's leg strength kicks the ground. The result is explosive propulsion.

"... somthing!?

Lily screams. Her legs float off the ground.

And then there's nothing to hold back the speed of 'Wewaten' anymore.

Iino left the magical activated realm for a moment.

The wind that prepared Lily scratched the air in vain.

"... you do terrible things, Mashima"

When I shook my legs and shook Lily off, Iino threw words at me here.

"Even if it's a convenient toy, I can't believe you dumped a cute monster and pawned it."

Behind my eyes, the flames of anger are burning.

Seeing her attitude like that - I was convinced she was making a mistake.

"Yona Iino!

That's when. And a sharp voice lifted up, that we might know between us.

Iino, who was about to hit me, raised her eyebrows.

Turn to the Lord of the Voice. It was a supremely natural reaction, but since Iino came here, it was also his first action.

"Eh, you sure..."

"I was deputy chief of the Alliance's Third Knights, my name is Silan"

"Oh, yeah, yeah. Mr. Silan. For once, we talked."

Obviously, the reaction was different from that to the Lillies.

Though slightly chilled, there was at least room for a conversation between Silan and Iino.

That meant that Iino dared ignore the Lilies, and more importantly, that all the disaster since Iino came here was due to her mistakes.

"Why, all of a sudden, did they attack us? I'd like to ask your sincerity."

You were craving a gap to interrupt, and Silan just asked to be here.

There is a slight glimpse of tension in the face of strength, probably because we correctly understand the poor situation we are trying to shelter.

Even where Silan has joined forces, the situation will not be covered. That's all the difference in power between us and Iino.

"... rather, as far as I'm concerned, I'm more doubtful why you're acting with Takahiro Mashima."

Iino returned it in a thorny tone against Silan, who did not hide his accusations.

"Is this the killer who manipulated the monster to attack Fort Chile?

Silan opened his eyes, and I narrowed my eyes and frowned the other way.

My certainty was right. That's why I'm happy and I don't care.

The situation was largely readable.

Almost two months ago, Iino set out from Fort Chile to the depths of the Tree Sea.

Coming back, she must have witnessed the abandoned Fort Chile. You must have some idea of what happened there.

However... to some extent. It's not perfect.

It has to be hearsay that Iino receives more information than he was on the spot. There will be a lack of information. Might even be a mistake.

And this is terrible.

I don't know what happened, but Iino was told I was the one who raided Fort Chile.

Naturally, it's a total misunderstanding.

The problem was that the misunderstanding was of a rather nasty kind.

"Huh!? Well, that's not true, Lord Yuna."

"What's the difference?

"The monster who caused Fort Chile to strike is Kudo Lu. It's not Takahiro."

"I hear about Kudo."

"So, then the story is quick! Takahiro has nothing to do with the raid. Anyway, he defeated Tatsuya Shigami, who raided Fort Chile, and hunted down Kudo Lu, who was manipulating the monster behind him, because he was no other Takahiro!

It is a fact. What's the one thing about Silan, he's not lying?

But Iino waved for the first time.

You're not listening to me.

"Oh, no...!

If you try Iino, both what you heard earlier and what Silan claims are heard from others as well.

If so, which one do you trust the rest?

Silan is my companion.

As an insistence in the body, there may be places where reliability is rather underestimated.

"And... you said Crossword attacked Fort Chile?

Iino doesn't believe Silan's words. On the contrary, the signs pointed sharply.

"Yeah. I heard there were people who were talking about those ridiculous rumors, but it was true."

As one of the First Expeditionary Corps along with Iino, the Cross is a companion who traveled with us through the Tree Sea.

It must have been familiar to him, even if he was one of the many.

In addition to that, thank you. Iino was originally heard somewhere saying 'there are such stupid rumors'.

If that's how you were listening, now, who wouldn't be able to work it out where you told them. It simply makes my heart certificate worse.

And... the extreme is that my companion, who is nothing else, spoke of it.

Iino knows the fact that I let Lily eat Miho Mizushima.

Maybe she even thinks I killed Miho Mizushima.

No matter, I didn't do that, but I didn't have proof where I claimed to be, and even where I could clear it and prove innocent, it doesn't change the fact that I let Lily eat the body.

At that point, there's no excuse for saying that I thought that was what it would take to survive.

Takahiro Mashima is an evil being and it is no surprise that he raided Fort Chile.

As long as there is this premise, Iino won't back down.

From the front, it is impossible to defeat 'Wewaten' with my hand tag.

That's why I can't even convince you. Even Silan, a third party, could not.

Grasp the situation and find out again. It's blocked. There's nothing I can do.

But......

"... Um, come on. Come on, why don't you give up?

Iino, out of sight of Silan, spoke to me in a somewhat fed up manner.

"You already know you can't win, right?

Lily was gathering magic until she gave me a glimpse.

"Lily......"

The expression has another strength than that of Iino.

Incorrigible will. She didn't give up.

If so... no, it doesn't have to be.

I can't give up. I can tell through the path. No one else in my family has ever given up. You can't just give up.

That's when I decided on my mind.

Something unexpected happened.

"Wow!

It's not me. If it wasn't Lily, it wasn't Gabella or Rose.

"Mr. Kato!?

It was the girl who was supposed to be helpless who raised her voice like a rash and ran right past me.

Run along the mountain path, which runs in such a way that it snaps against the cliff, holding the knife backwards, at a foothold that can never be said to be sharp.

It was just something I didn't envisage at all, and the reaction was delayed.

That was the case with everyone on this scene - but where it was delayed, 'Wewaten' is the fastest.

"Knock."

"What are you going to do?

Soon, Mr. Kato was held up by Iino.

"From what I've seen, I don't even seem to have woken up to cheat abilities..."

Holding him to the ground, Iino frowned when he saw Kato's face up close in agony.

"What, you... hey, Kato Makoto-san?

"Why are you talking about me?"

A knife made of rose fell from his hand, which shoved and killed him, and was turned to his back by Iino's hand.

He answers Kato's query by keeping an eye on us who were about to rush over unexpectedly.

"Takaya told me you were dressed alike."

"Oh. Speaking of which, Takaya was joining the expedition..."

"... you don't understand."

The tone of Iino's voice fell.

"Takaya tells me you were a good junior with Mr. Mizushima. And yet, how can you be with Mashima, who fed that Mizushima-san to a monster?

"Come on, isn't it because the criteria are different from yours?"

While stretching her expression to the pain, Kato's response was somewhere floating.

I didn't understand Kato, either, in a different way from Iino.

"Mr. Iino. I think what you're saying is right."

Her behavior was not as if she had been cornered and stuffed with feathers.

"What the seniors did is wrong. So seniors are bad guys. I see. You know, you must be a good man. Besides, it's so full of justice that I don't really see it. Assuming that we Gentiles were not treated as brave men in this world, you would have acted in the same way. Maybe the truth is, you're a brave man."

"What..."

"But even so, it was Senior Mashima who helped me. Not you."

Kato caught sight of the bewildered Iino.

"From me, you're the evil one who hurts Senior Mashima"

"Wow, I'm evil...?

"I don't care if you're a good person or not. Oh, no. If you dare, is this convenient enough for you?"

... convenient?

That was an odd statement. What does it mean?

"Mr. Iino has been on the loose since just now, hasn't he?

"... what?

Kato continued while I was distracted.

"If you're into it, all of Lily's necks will have fallen by now."

I wonder what you're talking about.

And although I thought at first, if you ask me...

Despite this overwhelming difference in strength, there are still no dead among us. There must have been a lot of opportunities to kill.

Only against Gabella did Iino wave his sword.

I just did that, and I just dropped my spider leg.

"Even if you knew it was a monster, waving a sword at something that did a human scab was resistant? Besides, even about seniors, yes. Instead of beating him, he could have slashed him away."

"Well, if you did that, you wouldn't be dead!

Iino says back in a slight way, but as for me, I can only be stunned by the difference in perception.

In retrospect, Iino said 'knock me out' from the beginning, and in fact, I was punched in the face.

With a fist holding a sword. Instead of being slaughtered.

He said he was desperate to think this one was going to kill him, but this one was fighting with modesty...

What a desperate situation the facts asked seemed to indicate, but they were different for Mr. Kato.

"That's right. It would be tough if he died. After all, you are a real brave man. I'm glad you're like that."

She had a strong smile on her sweaty face.

"Remember that. Like you just said, I'm just a human being. If you don't have the strength to fight, you don't even have the skill to survive when something happens. If you have to, you're a weak person, and you don't hate to stick to other people's weaknesses."

"What do you mean..."

Iino, who I was about to tell you, looked up all the time.

"Knock... Knock. It's Lord Kato. The concubine is still the most horrible."

At the end of that gaze was Gabella, who should have been scattered.

Apparently, Mr. Kato managed to rebuild his posture while buying time.

"I don't think it's sane."

"That's terrible. As I said before, I'm still scared."

"That's why your Lord is terrified"

Garbera, who interacts with Mr. Kato, stabbed the remaining spider legs firmly into the ground of the mountain path, holding, on one hand, the handle of the car she was towing.

When Rino beat me up earlier, there was a car borrowed from the Allied Knights in Garbera's fall position.

Gabella was holding it up with one hand.

Iino looked a little frightened.

"... a lot of nasty strike weapons."

It's a sturdy body that Rose customized so she could carry it.

To hold him like a stick like that should have put a lot of force on each place, but he never broke it down in the air, even as he grinned.

It would be possible to use it as a strike weapon.

But I don't even think I can fight Iino with that. Gabella, who was losing her legs, was all the more upset because she couldn't even travel properly.

"Mashima. I know this is your strongest hand. But how much can you rely on this guy right now?

It's natural for Iino to think so... but I was more concerned about something else.

Gabella. Yes, it's Gabella.

This is what I remember, the identity of discomfort.

Iino doesn't know, but Kato and Rose are really close.

Yet Mr. Kato rushed over to Gabella without giving her a glimpse of Rose being slammed against the shoreline.

It seemed disturbing, but the behavior was puzzling.

If so, rather the other way around.

Kato was not in a hurry. He was moving calmly, coldly, looking at the situation. It must mean something obvious that she rushed over to Gabella than that - …….

"That's it, over -!"

Iino showed off the lead of "Weiwaten" and ran out.

The opposing Gabella spinned the cars in her hands.

Of course, you can't capture such 'Wewaten'.

Gabella wasn't even after her in the first place.

"Become!?

The car, which was treated as just a blunt weapon, left Garbera's hand and passed over the heads of Silan and Kay, who were in front of it, was slammed by the brittle stratigraphic cliffs that spread on one side of the mountain path.

Iino hasn't even gotten to Gabella yet. I can't even put it together.

The sturdy body of the white Arakune was slammed against a cliff that was about to collapse even when Rose was just hit by Iino earlier.

Both the body and the crashed cliff surface were crushed.

As a result, many times before, we have been stuck on the road - landslides are triggered.

Mountain roads crumble out to the gorge beneath the cliff.

Regardless, 'Wewaten' will not be damaged with this stuff. With her speed, it would be easy to get out of here.

Yes. If it's just her, it's easy.

"Hey, why...?

The rice noodle I was about to tell you about was annoying.

She must have remembered, too. Give me Kato's dialogue earlier.

- Remember that. Like you just said, I'm just a human being. If you don't have the strength to fight, you don't even have the skill to survive when something happens.

"No way."

Looking back. Ahead, smile and offer your hand, Kato's appearance.

For God's sake, I was wary.

Just having a landslide doesn't get you away from 'Wewaten'. At least, Iino will only secure my condition.

But this situation.

In front of you is one weak girl who has no power whatsoever, who will die if someone does not help.

"Ba..."

Break evil or help weakness.

Iino, on the scale, chose not to hesitate to take Kato's hand.

"Idiot - Huh!

But it is. Iino is making one mistake.

Mr. Kato does not have the power to fight directly. That's true.

But it's never just the weak.

Her weapon, I'm ready for that.

The way it is, it is not justice. Or so I said, not evil either. Kato Mandarin is just a desperate girl.

So the hand I offered you is not asking for help.

The bracelet in the wrist was a magic tool I gave you for protection.

The embedded jewel is a flashing imitation demon stone. It is a one-time, blinding tool that does not even have the ability to kill.

- Because I'm a weak person, and I don't hate adding to other people's weaknesses if I have to.

There are no lies in the girl's words.

A crumbling mountain path was engulfed by an explosive white light.

"Hey... wait..."

I guess you didn't expect me to eat an unintentional blow from the girl who was on her way to help. Iino went into the white light defenselessly.

"Look... really stupid - ugh!?

With a scream, Weiwaten fell.