Yomigaeri no Maou

The middle of the night arena is quiet.

There are few signs of people, at best as rarely as the knights in charge of night security walk around, and not a single ordinary person.

Few people approach the arena this time of year, and all the ordinary people are out drinking in the city.

The knights of security wanted to do that if they could, too, but there's nothing they can do because they're the ones who got lucky and pulled in charge of today's arena security as a result of the screw-up.

But still, work is work.

No matter how much I wanted to go to the city and nodded, as a knight at one end, I had stretched my spine to keep an eye on the arena that the work I worshipped had to be done seriously.

By the way, this is why they guard the arena in this way, but because it is a problem to have hazardous materials etc. installed in the sparse time of midnight people.

Regardless of the usual, nearly three times as many knights are put in during martial arts competitions where national and international dignitaries gather, especially as strict security is required.

When two knights stood at such an entrance to the arena and chatted with vigilance as to whether there was anyone to approach them, they found themselves in footsteps with this one.

"... Anybody here?

Of the knights, a large, magnificent man says so and hands close to those of his hips as he turns forward.

Standing on the other side of it, the young knight, still seemingly inexperienced, listened to the voice, and his gaze answered without deviating from the front.

"Sounds like... I don't seem particularly in a hurry to find out from the footsteps... no suspicions, though"

Having such a conversation finally reveals the full picture of the person.

The magic lights (magic lights) installed at the entrance to the arena illuminated the person. Nay, the vigilance of the two knights was slowly lifted.

"Till such time, good luck..."

It was the youth of the ancient tribe (the elves), the biggest victim of making it the merit of the Games now, not to mention, who approached me with an atmospheric dialogue that cared so much.

The two knights ask once and for all, with sympathy for the look that truly represents a deep neighborhood and fatigue that can even be clearly seen under the magic lights (magic lights) that light the darkness of the night slightly.

"No, that's this dialogue.... It's midnight now... Can I help you in the arena?

To the words of the magnificent knight, the ancient (elf) youth answers.

"Yeah... there was something definitely bothering me about the barrier generator"

I recall being told that the Magnificent Knight heard a story about the magic apparatus that created the absolute barrier of the Ancient Clan (Elves), which was destroyed without skin in that fierce battle between Lulu and England.

And supposing that the story of it being broken was true, I thought for a moment that it might bother me or nothing, but it seems that the ancient (elf) youth understood the heart of such a magnificent knight, he said with a smile.

"I'm not asking you to fix anything else. If it breaks that far, there's nothing you can do unless you go to your home country and put the parts away, and it's faster to rebuild it from scratch..."

To the words, the young knight also asked tilting his neck.

"So why...?

"Any tool would be, but knowing how to break, is hard to break, and really important to make something of high quality… Now the Ancients (elves) who have come for our fighting competitions are in the process of investigating which parts of the device have gone wrong and broken, and studying how to improve them. I'm just taking one of the devices to the compartment given to us in the royal castle to find out, but I was wondering if it's any different from what we have here... it depends on how you got your feet"

Both knights were convinced of the reason and nodded.

Besides, the last words the ancient (elf) youth gave me were enough to invite me to laugh.

"To be honest, I'm scared up there when I go home like this... because it's the bottom line. I really want to have some excuse materials."

The feeling was also well understood by the two knights who, as knights, hit the lower end, passing through the ancient (elf) youth because there was nothing particularly suspicious about it, and kept guarding.

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I hear fireworks.

Because today is the closing ceremony, Lulu thought right after he woke up with his eyes open.

I was in the tavern until midnight yesterday, but I didn't go until morning because of exactly what happened today, and I came home to get some sleep.

Some of them will be drinking to this day.

Sometimes it is said that the closing ceremony itself is set at a late hour in order to stay intact in the night club, so there is still no problem.

In Lulu's case, I just took care of it.

I wouldn't have cared so much if it were an ancient demonic body, but the human (human) flesh is unexpectedly made weak.

I was concerned about my health because there is also a risk that I might suddenly fall if I use it too badly in my old senses.

There are people who are not young enough to make such a lull, but there is no alternative to this.

Saying that, by the way, are childhood friends and adventurers of the same age I know in this city.

Sure, they're young in spirit and flesh, so it's true that when they say that, they feel like they're not young...

If you get up and go to the living room as usual, the food is ready and the three of us eat it: Lulu, Illis and Kyou.

Underfoot, the hookah also seemed to eat delicious rice, and it kind of soothed.

Rusty and the Gayas often join us here, but I guess they're still in the tavern by now.

He slept at the table until around noon, worked where the sun was going down, and it seemed like he was headed to the closing ceremony.

I don't feel sloppy, but maybe it's something else today or so.

Kyou, who worked at the tavern, but yesterday, she was back in as much time as the Lulu's.

In the first place, it's odd, if you think about it carefully, that she's serving in third place, but she's herself.

"We have to celebrate you both more than we do about me! Plus, the store will be busy, so being a working girl, I work!

I had a history of forcefully starting to work as a service, saying things like that.

While crossing the various tables, each time she also said, "Happy third place prize!" or "If I hadn't worn it out in the last game, you might have won!" It was celebrated, "so maybe it was a good idea.

By the time the celebration was almost at the middle of the day, it felt like Lulu and Illis were winners and semi-finalists were being used as a pretext for drinking.

"Finally, you get your prize today!

I cleaned up the dish that Kyou was on the plate while saying that, and gave the dish to Illis as he said it was a replacement.

Iris smiles bitterly at how Kyou looks like that and hands it to Kyou with a new serving on the street and on the plate all the time.

"Third place is panacea... and now Krall is cured."

Illis nods at Lulu's crush.

"It was really good... because it was Kyou who came third, which means that Kyou is practically priceless... so much so that I want to thank you for something. … how about giving you a semi-finalist prize?

When Illis said that he was not particularly interested in prizes and such, Kyou said after worrying a little.

"What I want! Fifth place communion table hanging only! So the semi-finalist prize is especially...... but speaking of which, what exactly was the winner and semi-finalist prize?

When asked with his neck tilted, Lulu becomes impoverished with answers.

I was just thinking that you could talk to His Majesty the King, and to some extent the prize money, and I didn't ask him what exactly he would get.

But it looks like Illis was different.

"The prize of victory looks like a high-ranking magic sword. The semi-finalist said he was a demon-resistant amulet..."

Neither is likely to be very useful for Lulu and Illis.

You can make your own magic sword, and even if you get a demon-resistant amulet or something, Illis can withstand most magical phenomena in a vegan state.

It would be slight where resistance has increased somewhat.

Listen to the words of Illis, says Kyou.

"I knew I didn't need it - I wouldn't use a sword or anything, and I'm demon-resistant... yeah. Because it doesn't make sense..."

I just wanted to ask you what reason it doesn't make sense, but you wouldn't want to expose your hand, neither Lulu nor Illis stuck there.

It's understandable not to use a sword because it's obvious from the way we fought that we showed it at the fight.

In the end, it will mean that neither Lulu nor Illis has anything to give Kyou, but Kyou doesn't seem to care about anything.

"Fine. Neither of you is going to get anything from Mr. Crayle, are you? Same goes for me... That said, I wish I'd hung a table of communion..."

The first half was very splendid, and Lulu and Illis were impressed, but the second half is nothing but food and the emotion is halved.

Well, I guess it's a little joke or something.

I thought about it that way and thought I'd finish the story here, and Lulu realized he had an idea of what he might be able to give Kyou, he said.

"... I can't table communion... Kyou, give me a minute"

That's what Lulu says. He goes up to his room.

Then I grabbed a bunch of magic gear and fished around presenting a store-like look, and took the skin water bag out of it and went back to the living room.

Then, give it to Kyou.

"Look. How about this?

With that said.

Kyou, handed a water bag, tilted his neck,

"... isn't it just a water bag -?

and I was choking, but when I opened the lid and smelled the liquid inside,

"... hmm!?

So I put my mouth on it and started drinking very much.

Then,

"This is good apple juice!

said and smiled, but leaned his neck again,

"... that, you drank it and it's not diminished?

I heard, so Lulu answered.

"It's a magic apparatus that has a similar effect to a communion tablecloth. It's called" infinite water bag "..."

The effect is that as long as the owner has the magic power, as much water comes out.

It was also not only water, but some drinks… for example, apple juice or tea… but it comes out when it touches the demonic stone sewn next to the water bag.

The supply of magic may be made up for by himself or by demonic stones, etc.

Virtually all the demons used to have because it's a useful magic tool that makes water less troublesome and it's not that hard to work with.

However, I have yet to see what remains of modern times was not so durable for what was being made in large quantities.

What Lulu gave Kyou was something that added a little ingenuity and turned it into a more durable material.

It therefore does not seem to break so easily.

I kicked in such an explanation, and she was very happy to

"Oh, thank you! What a great bag of water...... even with this, you never tease your throat on the journey......!

I put up a water bag, saying, etc.

When it was the first time, she had a water bag, but she just remembered it was empty and drew attention to the fact that she was making something like this.

If you can please me so much, I was happy not to run out of magician profits.

That's how I finished my meal, and I was able to thank Kyou enough, and the question arose as to what I would do until the closing ceremony.

It seems Kyou has something to do.

"Me, I'm coming out a little! Oh, I'll be right out for the closing ceremony!

And I said, and I jumped out in a hurry, and I said, "Lulu and Iris are the only ones who don't have any plans.

By the way, the water bag I got quickly drooped over Kyou's waist, and I found out that he liked it.

"... what do we do?

When Lulu asks that, Illis says,

"Just fine, and why don't you come to the Adventurers Union (guild). You said Mr. Uvezd would make a request as soon as he left, and you should just try to take it before the closing ceremony is over and crowded..."

Uvezd returned earlier than the Lulu's after that.

The reason for this is because I am old, etc., he said, but you must be joking.

As for the request for Lulu and the others, they had already made a request form, and they asked me to make it whenever I wanted because I would submit it on the way home.

Upon hearing that the Adventurers' Union (Guild) would be very crowded at the end of the closing ceremony, Lulu, who thought it best for Illis to say, decided to head to the Adventurers' Union (Guild) for the two of us.