Sairin Yuusha no Fukushuu Hanashi

A few days after the odd pair helped me.

Elfiszark was healing wounds inside their cabin.

In the last few days, I've figured out a few things.

Apparently, there are villages of that size around here.

He hides the existence of the village by witchcraft and lives secluded.

Surprisingly, the village is said to be inhabited by humans and demons, few but subhuman.

If you look at your face, you kill each other. You can't imagine coexistence among other races, etc., but as far as Ferna and Rai, who are human and demonic but friendly, didn't seem to be lying.

Ferna and Rai live in that village, and they seem to be part of a vigilante protecting the village.

Ferna is a mage, Rye is acting in pairs as a warrior.

From what I've seen, we're both rehearsals.

He came to the bottom of the valley to confirm the anomalies taking place near the village, Ferna said.

The anomaly is - that black thing.

He has suddenly appeared from a certain time, attacking demons in the neighborhood indiscriminately.

Because of this, the demons have come all the way around the village, running away from the monster, or the neighborhood is out of balance.

Looks like the two of you are exploring what that monster is and where it is now using it as a hut base.

"You just don't get it."

A monster, not a demon or a demon tribe, that had eaten or pimped the demon eye.

And the Fernas who are supposed to be hostile but acting together.

The more information we gather, the more questions we have.

"I'm home!

"... Back"

The door opens and Ferna and Rye enter the cabin.

"Phew. You've been a good exercise," said Ferna, who sits in a chair with a good old man smelling oddly, and Rye, who shuts the door silently with wild rabbits and wild birds hanging from her belt that she would have hunted.

Looks like he went out to investigate the mold, but from the looks of the two of them, he couldn't find it.

"There were traces of something raging, but I still couldn't find the key compound today. I think I hid somewhere."

"Hmm. With all that strength, do you act out the signs? Sounds pretty intelligent, too."

"... I've tried to follow the smell, but troublesome thing is, I'm taking a bath or something to get rid of my smell. Too cautious for just a demon. Things could be more serious than I thought."

Although not as good as the werewolf or man-dog breed, Rye has an excellent five senses.

It's no big deal that he can't find it for a few days.

Wrinkles between eyebrows in a troublesome situation, and Rye sighs troublesome.

"Perhaps you should report it to everyone once.... but if I keep thinking bad things, I'm gonna get tired. The animal was caught because of it, and let's make it dinner!

"... right"

Nodding, Rye headed to the cooking place with wild rabbits and wild birds hanging on his belt.

Elfiszark exhaled in admiration at Rye, who was handy and peeled his skin and feathers.

I don't know what it does, but they're handling it under the name of blood loss.

"Elfi's hungry too, isn't he?

"Mm... Mm"

Ferna turns an uncontrolled grin on Elphiszark sitting on the bed.

Elfi, I nod small, feeling itchy about the unfamiliar nickname.

A few days after we met.

Ferna continues to be friendly with Elphiszark, who is not supposed to be good at it.

On the contrary, I'm packing a dong-dong-dong distance.

It was the first time they called me nicknamed it, combed my hair, and listened to the Demons.

Rye's attitude, which he was wary of at first, is also gradually softening.

Perhaps the roots are gentle.

Although it is good with this, it draws water to wash the body and divides the food.

The villages of the devil tribe also had help, but that was because they were of the same race and were companions.

The people of the village won't think of trying to help an inexperienced being from outside like this.

Even myself, I'm not trying to be vigilant and help.

Ferna, Rye, and that black thing, it's really just the first thing I've ever seen.

Much remains to be seen.

- But only one thing I do know.

"Look, we got it."

Rye brings the dish he can serve to the table.

On a wooden vessel is a vanilla grill of chicken and ravioli.

From the meat with grilled eyes, there is a fragrant smell that runs through the nostrils.

Salt, liquor, and sauces fermented with fish originating in the Empire are used for flavoring.

"Ooh... ooh"

My voice was accidentally leaking out of Elfiszark's mouth at the dish that came out.

What Elphiszark figured out.

That's - diet means it's not just for nutritional intake.

On his first day at the cabin, Elfi ate Rye's food.

I shuddered unexpectedly at its so delicious taste.

It doesn't stink. It's not tannic. It's not painful. It doesn't hurt.

The chicken, which was just seasoned and baked, was surprisingly delicious.

The tear glands irritated me so much that I could almost cry without knowing.

As good as what the stuff I've been eating was, it was delicious.

If you ask them, they're down-treating the ingredients with a procedure that's been passed down for a long time and seasoning them with seasonings.

Naturally, even Demons cook. I also have seasonings.

But he was different.

I tried licking the seasoning but it was delicious at the time of seasoning.

Many of these seasonings have been created by humans in a long history of trial and error, Rye said.

The villagers said humans did not fight from the front and were inferior to smallworkers.

But no.

It's not like it's a good thing to do with the word smallworker or something like that.

“Technology”, created by hard work, drilling and an endless sense of improvement.

- The dishes they make were so shocking that they put their thoughts around things like that.

"Mmmm... mmm..."

"Hehe. It looks really good."

Ferna breaks his face on Elphiszark, who carries the dishes served to his mouth in a heartless manner.

It's the usual dish from the two of us, but it was a pleasure to have them eat so deliciously so far.

"... ugh"

Elphiszark finishes his dishes and strokes his belly satisfied.

"How was the food?

"Satisfied. It was delicious."

"Yes! That's good!

Cooking, too, but not at all dissatisfied with my life in this cabin.

On the contrary, it's as comfortable as the village I've lived in.

Even looking at the furniture you have, etc. conveys the will to try to make your life better.

"Are you sure you're satisfied?

"Oh."

Asked by Rye, Elphiszark nods again.

"... right"

After a little eye meditation,

- You don't laugh.

Rai accidentally said that.

"I'm not laughing, either, but you're like a doll."

"... laugh, or"

Like Rye said, Elphiszark doesn't laugh.

Because so far in my life, there have been no events that have moved my mind greatly.

I'm not much of a conversationalist with my parents.

I've never laughed before because I didn't have any friends like this.

"Doesn't not laugh mean you shouldn't?

"I shouldn't, that doesn't mean. I'm just curious."

"... I don't know when to laugh"

Village warriors were smiling, such as when they killed humans and subhumans.

But Elphiszark couldn't laugh.

I couldn't even see the point of laughing.

"It's easy. You just have to laugh when you're happy or having fun!

Ferna answered Elfiszark's question with a snarl and a grin on.

Think of it, this girl always seems to be laughing.

"For example, you can laugh when you're having a good meal."

"Hmm..."

"If you laugh, you can tell the people around you that you're having fun. That would make the people around you feel like fun. And you can share joy with others when something pleases you."

Hearing Ferna's words didn't really come with a pin.

But I felt good when I was eating the food.

Besides, I'm not in a bad mood while I'm talking to these two.

"... let's think about it for a second"

"Yeah. You don't have to laugh. But if we can laugh at each other with Elfi, I think it would be a lot of fun."

Ferna's grin at that time somehow caught my mind.

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Then, furthermore, a few days passed.

Within spending time with the two of us, I've felt more pocky and warm than I've ever felt before.

I still don't know what this emotion is, but I wanted to know.

Besides, the human stories we hear from the two of us were very interesting.

In the urban areas of the human country, it is said that the latest delicious dishes can be eaten.

Others seem to have created one new magic trick or magic grant (magic item) after another in the Empire.

I've also come to want to know more about humans.

The three of us got closer together, but we couldn't find the black carbide that was Ferna's original purpose in the end.

So it looks like the two decided to go home to the village for a report once.

He asked Elfiszark, whose wounds were almost blocked, if Ferna would come to his village.

"... Ferna. Bad time. The Demon King's army just attacked me and I just got a victim. Bringing the Demons home will not make the villagers look good"

Rye seemed against taking Elphiszark home.

Apparently it is caused by the fact that Elphiszark is more of a Demon than untrustworthy.

I wanted to know more about these two and their lives.

"Do you wish you weren't a Demon?

So I decided to fit in the 'disguised bracelet' that I had borrowed from the village.

Now Elphiszark has the horns of his head gone, and his magic is transformed into that of man.

I don't care where you look from, I'm just a human being.

There is also the disadvantage of magic being suppressed, but there is no choice but to go to the village.

"What is that magic grant (magic item)... If there's such a thing, you can break into an enemy country all you want."

"I've borrowed it as a cost to get to. It's very convenient."

"Heh. But it kind of feels strange to have no horns!

Elfi answers all the time to the warring Rye.

Next to it, Ferna stares at the part where there were horns, as she was concerned.

"You're lying, you guys..."

Rye sighs heavily after putting his hands on his eyes for a headache.

Well, Rye nodded, separating the conversation.

"... then you should be fine"

Subject to not removing it in the village, Elfiszark was to go to the village where the two lived.

◆

The first thing that surprised me when I came to the village was the level of precision of the junctional magic unfolding.

In addition to its high resistance to physical and magical attacks, it cleverly conceals the existence of the village itself.

It will be difficult to find this village unless you are so well versed in witchcraft.

"Are you back? Are you both hurt?

As they enter the village, the villagers speak to Rye and Ferna one after the other.

The villagers were interspersed with humans, demons, and subhumans.

I can tell by how busy they are that they really live without a race relationship.

"Oh. Who's that kid?

"I helped him get hurt when he was attacked by a black monster."

"We spent a while together, but we decided we could trust him and brought him in. The injury wasn't completely blocked yet."

When you two say that,

"Right. That was a disaster. You should slow down in the village until the wounds are blocked."

The villagers lightly embraced Elphiszark.

They were too far from their own villages to ostracize and try to kill if they saw them as other races.

There was tolerance in this village to accept those who were different from themselves.

Then for a few days, Elfiszark stayed at Ferna's house and was to live.

In doing so, I still found that the dishes devised were delicious and that they were devising for a better life.

A good example is a magic grant set up in a house where water and flames come out just by running magic.

I try to shorten my time so that I can do a lot with fewer procedures.

I wonder how rich the capital of human life is because it allows such a convenient life in the village.

They also invested in educating warriors.

They placed more emphasis on strength as a group than on individual strength.

It is very different from the demonic tribes of many who overtrust their power.

I've seen it in this village and I've seen the battles of the Cathedral Knights and figured it out.

Conscious that they are weak beings, they continue to devise ways to compensate for their weakness with those other than power.

The easier part is trying to make it easier and save as much waste as I can.

Unlike the demons who continue to raze when they are strongest, they try to move forward with the understanding that they are weak.

- Great, I thought.

I don't blindly believe what I'm told.

That attitude of thinking for yourself about what is right and continuing to look for the more right than the answer you have now.

I sincerely thought so, saying that their appearance was worthy of respect.

And at the same time.

I also witnessed the misery that the war continues to engrave.

I saw some of the villagers' bodies missing.

When he was out there, he said a large number of casualties came out because of the rumbling demon king's army.

So I heard that many of the villagers were frightened by the demon king's army.

…………

"What's wrong, Elfi?"

As I stood in front of the grave, Ferna called out.

"The people of this village are afraid of the Demon King's Army, but not the Demons."

Somehow, Elphiszark said that.

"Right. Some Demons aren't in the Demon King's Army, and there's no need to be afraid of the Demons themselves. There are a lot of good demons."

"... right"

Hearing Ferna's words made me want to inadvertently ask.

"Ferna. Have you ever thought about what you were born for?

"Hmm? Suddenly it's hard to say.... Right."

After trying to think about it for a while,

"I've never thought about it that deeply, but I may have been born to heal all my injuries and make sure everyone can live in the village in peace. I'm good at healing magic!

"Is that why you were born?"

"Mmm...... Well, I just thought about it, but maybe I'm not wrong."

Hearing that word of Ferna, Elfiszark understood.

The reason I've been looking for it, the reason I was born.

That is to say that it is not something that occurs at the moment of birth, or something that others decide to do.

On top of that, what is the meaning of my birth?

Still, I couldn't make up my mind about Elphiszark.

- It was then three days later that the village was raided by black compounds.