Tensei Oujo wa Kyou mo Hata o Tatakioru

The time is a little before seven o'clock in the evening.

The place is the room of the fort. It was a room assigned to me that I could use whatever I wanted during my stay.

Leonhard, who came right in at the time of the call, had a delicate appearance that he could be bothered and troubled.

"I'm amazed ...?"

"Are you sure?"

Rather, too much.

Did your unmarried daughter invite a man to your room at night?

Or did you cook not only lunch but also dinner for the knights?

Leonhard smiled at me as she turned blue.

"I'm not surprised. Given the content of the consultation, your judgment is correct."

Even though he says right, his expression is not clear. Are you amazed that you made dinner? Leonhard is annoyed if he asks for a long trip.

"I thought you were in trouble, and you just helped? I can't be surprised. But ..."

"……However?"

"……nothing"

It wasn't like Leonhardt's, but it was a bad trick.

I can tell even dull me that it is absolutely nothing. However, she looked up asking me not to go any further, and in the end she gave up trying to pursue.

When I didn't want you to step in, Leonhardt watched, not asked. Even if I have teeth, I will endure.

I didn't go against the topic that started flowing to the main subject, so I switched my thinking.

From the bundle of materials lent by Vice Commander Wolter, extract the map and spread it on the desk. The brief description of the collected materials and the writing of the maps and their relationships were briefly explained.

"I see, it's an interesting hobby."

Leonhardt looks at the map with interest.

"I think some folk tales have an intention to keep children away from dangers and contraindications."

A child who doesn't sleep at night can be taken to the Demon King or pulled by a monster in the sea. In many kinds of fairy tales, there is often a feeling that parents do not want to approach dangerous places or to exercise caution.

"If the Demon King was sealed around here, I expected that there would be many Demon Kings in folk tales ..."

"In other words, did you not find it as much as you expected?"

"Is it true that it is almost" no "?"

Leonhard frowns with doubt.

"It's ... weird."

I nodded greatly at the words.

"There are many fairy tales based on the Demon King, not only in Nebel, but also in many other countries around the world. But why is it only here? It's only my own guess, but as much as possible, You didn't want to remember that? "

I thought that because it was a land where the Demon King was sealed, I thought it would remain in folk tales, but it was the opposite. Because it was a contraindicated land, it was necessary to diminish the threat of the Demon King from people's memories. Don't be interested. Do not give information to those who want to be resurrected.

"I don't know if that's the case, but" bad spirits "are common. Children who fail to keep their parents' instructions will not be able to return home because of the spirits."

There are various types of fire spirits, wood spirits, and dark spirits. The appearance is not fixed, such as a beautiful woman or a boy, but the story is similar.

A child who has been tricked by the spirit into the night forest can no longer return home. And a fairy who looks just like a child returns to the parent who was looking for him.

When I first started reading, I recalled the commutator-changeling, a European tradition of the earth. But if you think about it, it's similar to the story of the Demon King. Do you think too much that the area that resembles the person but is not the person implies the resurrection of the Demon King?

"The existence of a" bad spirit "was created to make the existence of the Demon King fade from memory and keep it away from the sealed land."

"Yes. However, there were too many stories of this kind and I could not narrow down to the area."

I thought that the position of the temple could be narrowed down in the distribution map, but it didn't work. If you're squeezed, there's no point in hiding it, so it's natural.

Since the simplified version has been lightly read, there is a good chance that new discoveries will increase in the future.

"But there were many descriptions that got lost in the forest, so maybe the temple ..."

"It may be in the forest."

I nodded and pointed at a sign on the map.

"I checked with Mr. Wolter and told me that this temple ... Among the three candidates, the temple in the village farthest from the fort should have a forest nearby."

"Okay, let's investigate it first. We'll leave for tomorrow once the weather recovers, so be prepared."

"I understand"

When I accepted, Leonhardt lifted himself off the sofa.

"See you tomorrow"

"Oh, please wait. I still have something to talk about."

I put a wait on Leonhardt who is about to leave as soon as the story is over.

As he rose, he sat down on the sofa again and leaned lightly to encourage me to talk.

"Um ... this is the one you met when you entered the restaurant in the village you came to."

When you start the story, Leonhard-sama's look becomes severe.

"It's a man called latte."

"……Yes"

I stretched my back, breathed deeply, and nodded.

I'm not confident I can explain well. But if I don't talk, I will regret it.

"I actually knew that person before I met him the other day."

"It means ... what does that guy know you are?"

I shook my head like Leonhard, who was asking questions.

"I never met him. It was in a dream that I first knew him."

"!"

Leonhard's eyes open.

He seemed to understand what the word "in the dream" meant.

From there I told Leonhard what I knew about Latte.

I know that Rath worked at a restaurant in the royal capital and was a former assassin. He had an old acquaintance with the assassin of Raptor, who now works as his father's subordinate in Nebel.

I'm just telling you the facts, so as not to make any assumptions.

Probably there were some difficulties. I think it was an outrageous story that made me want to stop waiting.

Still, Leonhardt silently listened to the story.

"... That's all I know about him."

When I finished talking, my heart was nervous and almost broken. My heart beats as if I was sprinting. I felt even breathless.

After a while, Leonhardt muttered, "I see."

"I thought it wasn't the movement of the general public, but the former assassin .... but I didn't understand it anymore."

"What is it?"

"I may think too much, but I felt that guy was" too suspicious. "

Too suspicious?

When I returned the parrot, Leonhardt showed a little hesitation.

"Probably that guy is a lot of skill. If you're looking for us, you'll be better off."

If we were to say, if we were a target, we wouldn't say we were looking for a temple. You will be alerted.

Catch a towel brilliantly, and if you are both-handed you will not expose your hands.

"But if you think you're just a villager, it's unnatural."

Too suspicious for ordinary people.

It's too shy for an assassin.

What if you were a raptor's spy?

If you don't know our identity and just recognize that you are likely to have a clue, isn't that an unnatural behavior?

The more you think, the less you understand.

"I don't think I'll get an answer right now, so let's do that today."

I was confused, and returned to Leonhard-sama's proposal.

This time, Leonhardt stood up to leave, but stopped as he remembered something.

When I was called Princess, I raised my face and Leonhardt looked at me with a gentle glance.

"Thank you for talking."

"e……?"

"You have the habit of holding everything alone, so I was glad to consult you."

Leonhardt laughed, saying so.

"That's it. Then ... good night."

He left the room, leaving me too shocked and hardened.

I was stunned for a while, but as I understood, the heat gathered on my face. He fell on the sofa and fought the urge to make a strange voice.

Surprise is cunning ...!

And with such a gentle voice, "Good night" ... It's a feast !!

I was writhing with my face buried on the sofa, and after more than 30 minutes, I finally calmed down. However, when I tried to change my mind, I remembered every time, and that day I ended up lacking sleep.