Seirei Gensouki's
Chapter 84: The Inhibitory
It happened in an instant.
As he thought Rio was facing a ghost in his path, the wind blew gently and Rio's figure disappeared from the field of alphabetical vision
「N」
Due to being a ghost, he used his five maximally strengthened senses, but even though his eyes looked around instantly, he was unable to find Rio's figure.
How come?
Alphonse instinctively sensed danger to his life and immediately jumped back.
He flapped his wings to face the ground from above and, he saw the figure of Rio circling behind the ghost standing at the end of his field of vision.
The ghost's neck was blown away in that instant.
The sound of blood gushing came afterward, it spread a dark liquid that could not be considered as something that came from a human, the body of a ghost who lost its head fainted heavily and fell down.
What just happened
No, he knows the answer.
Although he could not see the sword line with his eyes, there was no doubt that it was caused by Rio's slash attack.
But, he could not catch that series of movements.
When he saw the first step, when he saw the end was approaching, that person had already given a god-like slash.
"Back"
When he sent out his instructions in a loud voice, the ghosts frantically turned their heads.
But, before he realized it, Rio had already returned to where he was standing at the beginning
Of course, since there was no Rio when they turned around, the ghosts were perplexed.
Rio started to approach them a second time by using that gap.
Instantly readying his sagging sword, he began to move where pre-motion could not be read at all.
For exquisite movements, like fluttering petals, gulps, Alphonse could only swallow his saliva.
But, when he realized that he was completely captivated by the opponent he wanted to kill, prominent veins appeared on his forehead.
「N ....」.
As he spun to the back of the ghost standing at the end of his vision, he beheaded the other.
Seeing that figure, Alphonse bit his teeth.
Only one ghost he could use was left
Seeing that the brain that sent the order to the body was separated from their bodies, the beheaded ghosts fell to the ground and stopped moving.
Even for ghosts, when they were beheaded, they would die within 10 minutes at most.
Although it was possible to reassemble the separated parts by relying on their regeneration ability if reconnected immediately, Alponse hesitated as it seemed like he would be killed if he did that.
「GUGAA」
Section 2
When he thought that, the remaining ghosts rushed to Rio after noticing it.
「FOOL STOP」
Alphonse tries to stop the ghost subordinate immediately.
But, that ghost movement was already unstoppable.
Howling with all his muscles, he swooped down to Rio's side.
As fast as a ferocious beast hunted its prey, it was a flexible defensive movement.
One punch of extremely high speed was unmatched if it was an ordinary person.
Those sharp and pointed nails would pierce through Rio's body with unparalleled accuracy.
But, to Rio, that series of movements looked as clear as day, to the point of being able to deal with it with some leeway.
From the same time as strengthening his physical abilities, he also strengthened his body, reaction speed, and kinetic vision.
As for the impending spear spikes, Rio overcame it by dodging.
「N」
As a result, the attack hit empty air.
Rio observed the movement warily from the side and then, he easily cut off the ghostly arm that missed the target.
He drew his sword even before the ghost realized that his arm was cut off, and added another horizontal slash.
It easily split the ghost's body in two.
A few seconds later, the ghost's body and arms shattered on the ground while raising a cloud of dust.
Even so, even though the ghost was humbling itself on the ground, it died from great damage when Rio decapitated its head.
The individual who can still move against Rio is only one, Alphonse.
And, even 30 seconds had passed since the beginning of the battle.
"It's impossible"
Alphonse shouted in great surprise.
He was born again.
For the sake of killing those annoying people, and to give every suffering and disgrace in this world to those who dare to look down on him. He happily advanced full of excitement and pleasure.
He sees everything in this world in a different way, which is the ultimate pleasure.
He gained strength comparable to that and a strong body, his current self was invincible.
He was clearly standing on top of the food chain, the horde, every one of them had to prostrate before him.
As a first step, for the sake of enforcing the new rules, today's attack is certainly the best moment for it.
When he found Liselotte, he would kill her after humiliating her.
When he finds people who look down on him, he will kill them after showing his new strength. [Lol]
It should be like that. Should have turned there.
However, why was this man trying to hinder him.
It's okay if you become bait to lure the women in and get beaten up into a rag-like shape.
Alphonse was currently living by following his instincts, his mental state losing all control called reasoning.
Section 3
If there's one, it's just one, I'm the rule.
That's why he can't forgive her if things don't go his way.
Ah, THIS THING. THIS MAN AND WHAT NOT TO GET
Therefore, it was inevitable that a gloomy dark feeling swirled within Alphonse's head.
It even erased his fear with hatred.
He did not feel like mocking Rio because he felt the threat from a while ago.
Why would he, a noble existence have to be afraid of this kind of minor disappointment.
For fools who live outside their own position.
He remembered about Aisia, the owner of peerless beauty, something that would not happen even if the best craftsmen risked their entire lives to produce a woman.
Even if she was disrespectful, the image of the shameless woman who put aside her hands would not go away and be imprinted on her heart even now.
The other women as well, each of them was a beauty that she did not mind keeping as a mistress.
They would definitely make a good face if he brought this fellow in a half-dead state.
Alphonse showed a big smile on his face.
「Ku-KUFu-kUKukU-KuhahA」
Rio sent a doubtful look towards Alphonse who let out a laugh sound even though it was only from his depressed heart.
But even that doubt was only a moment.
Alphonse dashed towards Rio like lightning.
Without being bothered by the quick approach, Rio twisted his hips and stepped with his right foot first, he took a very low stance with his sword draped on his back. [TL: Probably similar to Kenshi Himura "Battoujutsu". ]
Their figures overlap the next time――
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Liselotte unintentionally gulped her saliva seeing Rio fighting against those ghosts.
Strong Moreover very strong.
Although he could not perfectly understand his figure with his eyes, he did not make any useless movements from what he could see from the side.
Rio slaughtered those ghosts one after another in a short period of time while adopting the horses to draw his strength from the natural movements.
We were saved since Haruto-sama came
While being shocked by Rio who showed strength beyond his expectations, a feeling of pleasure due to his luck came and settled deep within Liselotte.
The total number of ghosts that appeared in the mansion numbered six.
In the case of the six ghosts that attacked Liselotte soon, she would definitely fall under the hands of the ghosts.
But, the four of them had somehow rushed towards Rio, only two of them had come to Liselotte.
Moreover, the 3 ghosts that attacked Rio had been slaughtered, the only ones left were the black ghosts that could be considered a variation.
Although the black one was considered a problem as it had more strength than normal, it did not seem to be a problem after witnessing Rio's strength.
Section 4
This side had not even beaten one but, as expected, demanded them to show the same level of ability as THAT [Rio] was too ruthless right?
In front of Liselotte, Natalie who was equipped with her twin daggers and Cosette who was equipped with her short spear were facing two ghosts.
They could fight easily thanks to Rio.
Although it looked like a children's game compared to Rio's battle, it didn't mean that the girls were weak.
Because the two of them held a high rank in power even among the nobles who served him when it came to closing the battle.
Their physical abilities that were strengthened by magic were almost on par, Cosette and Natalie won by a large margin compared to the ghosts that followed their instincts.
If they were equipped with adamantite steel weapons, they might even be able to deal a clean blow to the steel-like ghostly skin.
Despite the steel-like skin and ghost recovery abilities, during that one-on-one battle, it might only be a matter of time until they provide damage that exceeds ghost recovery capabilities.
It moved
And at this time, the battle between Rio and the black ghost was nearing its end.
After the black ghost laughed strangely, it suddenly appeared in Rio.
Facing the approaching ghost like a ferocious beast, Rio took a stance aiming for a counterattack.
As their figures intersected, Rio moved his legs to the right and dodged the ghostly blow with a thin sheet of paper.
A pitch-black fist that could crush a rock even if it crashed, only barely grazed where his left arm was.
Rio swung his low stance sword upwards and then released the slash aimed for the ghost's body from his right hip diagonally upwards towards his left shoulder.
Slashes in an instant. [TL: ⁇ ⁇ – shinden issen – flash of sword]
His sword whose tip was raised upward diagonally split the ghost's body.
However, when the upper part of his body nearly collapsed to the ground, the black ghost howled noisily.
It has incredible vitality.
「Na」
A voice of astonishment unintentionally came out from Liselotte lips.
The black ghost twisted its body by using the momentum falling from the top of its body and circulated its nerves to release its spear hand at Rio.
That indomitable punch was aimed with unparalleled accuracy towards Rio's heart from behind.
At that moment, the black ghost showed a wide, sinister smile.
"ORIGINALLY"
Liselotte immediately shouted at him.
But, along with Liselotte shout, Rio dodged the attack.
After he moved with a light foot movement that made one wonder if what was left was a shadow, he drew a line with his sword, fighting the slash as he turned around, halving the ghost's neck.
The vision turned into a body that lost its head, the black ghost then realized its reality.
「Go …. . DddDAmnNnIIiiiiiiiiIIITttTTTTTTT 」
Section 5
That was the upheaval of his death.
At the place it was destroyed, it showed an angry expression, the black ghost finally died. [AS: Sayonara …. OgaPhonselol]
Even the lower part of his body that was wriggling after losing its upper part stopped moving, the jet-black layer that covered his entire body started to peel off.
「Ah, Haruto-sama」
Although Liselotte called out her name, Rio ran over without even turning his face away.
The only thing left in that place was a ghostly shadow that left only their magic stones.
Just a little bit, Liselotte who was looking at her retreating figure could suddenly feel an impatience that could not be felt from a normal Rio.
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And then, back to the past a little bit.
In the central square of Almond, Aria killed the approaching monsters one after another.
Her incomparable glass-like beauty, her pale skin and smooth as snow, her appearance released an overwhelming presence around her, especially in the midst of battle.
Even though he had already slaughtered over a hundred monsters, there was not even a single speck of blood on his shirt.
Suddenly, Aria's figure disappeared from the male field of vision and then, many monster heads fluttered in the air at the next moment.
Although the other monsters looked dumbfounded at the necks of their wandering friends, the heads of those monsters continued to float in the air as Aria's sword line continued to kill them.
Although they could see nothing but a terrifying scene from the side, whether they were male or female, all were captivated by it.
It was truly a dance of a goddess.
「Aria-chan as beautiful as ever right?」
Seeing Aria play an active role, the men joked in a light tone.
One of the chief warriors who worked in the Almond warrior brigade, the man who was also known as the strongest warrior, Matts.
Upon seeing Natalie rushing towards the alley, Matt hurriedly went to the central square bringing along soldiers and adventurers.
Although not as strong as Aria who participated in the battle earlier, the number of monsters he killed was already over a hundred.
Aria and Matts, even if only one of them was in Almond, since those two strong men were competing in battle, the battle situation in the central square was already on a safe path.
It might only be a matter of time for the monsters in this place to be completely annihilated――.
When they sensed that, two gray ghosts appeared in the corner of the square, they then rushed to attack the adventurers and soldiers fighting in the square.
「A-What a man this」
「M-MONSTERS」
Due to the intrusion of a new monster species, the frontline is temporarily in chaos.
After Aria stared for a moment and confirmed their strength from a distance, she called out to Matts.
Section 6
「Matts-san's chat. Since I will kill those new demons, I will hand this place over to you 」
"Make it to me . But, won't you call me without honor? 」
Without responding to the off-site talk that made people think that they were not in the middle of a battle.
Aria let out a short sigh, and then she rushed towards the ghosts who showed their anger at the corner of the square.
Swinging his sword rhythmically almost at the same time as he approached the ghosts, they were decapitated.
Despite being an unknown demon, Aria killed him with her usual indifferent expression.
If one were to look from Aria's point of view, whether they were ghosts or goblins, they were both demons that had to be exterminated.
After taking some distance before the sprayed fresh blood stuck to her cloth and froze, Aria approached another ghost.
「N」
The ghost was startled when Aria suddenly approached him.
But, at the next moment, another head jumped in the sky.
「Fumu. Is this the new demon mentioned above? It was certainly troublesome when a number of them gathered ... 」.
Sighing, he dealt the final blow to the ghost squirming on the ground and then took out his magic stone.
If by any chance the ghosts formed a team and went to attack that mansion, he knew that defensive battles would be difficult with the current battle potential in that mansion.
Therefore, honestly she wanted to go to Liselotte's side immediately but, right now Aria came to this place because she received an order from Liselotte.
The content of the order was the extermination of demons in the plaza.
Seeing that he had left some personnel in the mansion as his bodyguards, he might not be able to escape being reprimanded by Liselotte if she immediately returned to the mansion.
Aria's current job made her unable to leave before seeing the end of this crowd of demons, completing this work was also connected to Liselotte's safety.
Aria who decided to stay in this place would never have imagined that the demons that were troubling in this place, all of them, were merely a distraction; he would have never imagined that their true target was Liselotte.
But, the existence of those ghosts was more alarming at the moment, there was also a need for risk management.
"Relationship"
「HAI」
When Aria called out that name, a treasurer who was nearby replied.
「10 minutes is enough if I am in this place. You will return to the mansion carrying half of the room caretaker squad in this place, please act as a guard for Liselotte-sama. The demon that left this magic stone was heading towards the mansion. The remaining Chamberlain will be scattered across the city as core personnel for the 」 search-and-kill mission
「Awltified」
After giving a clear answer, the treasurer named Grace immediately started to make a move.
「Now, I have to quickly eliminate the demons in this place」
After muttering that, Aria moved her gaze to the demons who showed their anger in this place even now.
Section 7
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After leaving Liselotte house, Rio jumped into the sky and immediately left the city.
Rising until he was close to the clouds in an instant, he speeded up by manipulating the wind.
His mind was only to continue forward, and heading straight home with most of the moments under control, he arrived around the house with a quarter of his usual time.
When the stone house was projected in his vision from afar, and he could ensure the safety of Aisia and the others with his strong eyesight, he felt relieved.
But, somehow the neighborhood of the house had been destroyed.
As if a battle had just happened—
And, at this moment, Rio saw a flying object heading towards him from the direction of the house.
It seemed that the other party had also noticed Rio's figure, and decided to meet him in midair.
If there was something that really surprised Rio, the other party was the man wearing the black robe.
Her appearance was human-like and she flew through the air, just like Rio.
「Yes, you ....」.
It seemed like the other party was similarly shocked, he looked at Rio with extreme curiosity while his eyes opened wider.
「Spirit art warriors at the level fly in the sky. I see, so you are a Human Type Spirit Contractor 」
This man— Reis muttered as if realizing something.
Rio's strengthening hearing ability picked up his voice without missing it.
"What do you mean"
Rio asked while glaring at him.
「Oo, very scary. Please stop glaring at me with eyes like that. You certainly do not need to worry because everyone who lives in the house is safe 」
「You, what's your business with the house」
Rio asked about the suspicious matter with a stern tone.
「I don't have any business there, you know. I am just a pedestrian 」
Reis shook his head to the side while shrugging his shoulders.
「..... Sorry but, I won't buy your lie」
Even if there was no definitive proof, Rio stared at Reis warily without being confused by such words.
And then, at that moment.
Section 8
"ArHaruto's. ”
Telepathic communication had been connected from Rio to Aisia.
Most likely because he could sense that Rio had entered the telepathic ranks.
Aisi. Are you okay
Despite observing Reis without letting there be any gaps behind, Rio replied to Aisia.
”OmetSometimes, the house is surrounded by demons. Don't worry, everyone is safe. I think the other party in front of Haruto is the instigator. The barrier of the house was also neutralized by the man. ”
Another security confirmed, the faint fog on Rio's head completely vanished.
But, when the information conveyed from Aisia said that Reis was guilty, his expression became gloomy.
"–Be careful . I could feel something unpleasant from the man. He may not be human. ”
And then, Aisia sent out a warning.
Entiendo. I'm gonna do something about this guy. Stay there because there might be this guy's friend
Rio decided to leave everyone's protection to Aisia and nodded in return.
"Nddangy. ”
A reply came from Aisia, and then their telepathic communication ended.
「I want to know the reason you attacked that house and instigated those demons」
Rio demanded an answer from Reis with a stern attitude.
「Oya, so it's been leaked huh. Fu ~ mu .... 」.
And then, Reis showed the act of thinking while touching his chin.
「Why, isn't that Honestly, it's because I failed to notice this place」
Soon such words were spoken when he opened his mouth.
「That's not why you」
Rio replied in a low tone.
「That's how it is, isn't it?」
Reis continued to act while smiling wryly.
Section 9
「Well, it should be fine. I was only very interested in the spirit power in that place. Although I plan to eliminate it if it becomes a hindrance by seeking its power, if you close your eyes on this case, you will receive a promise from me that I will not hurt you and your colleagues 」
He smiled boldly as he said those words.
「While to me, it means nothing to the person who partnered with you」
「So that's what happened isn't it?」
Reis nodded in an arrogant voice.
「..... You are behind the demon that raided Almond now ya」
Rio asked the facts when he guessed based on the information from Aisia's testimony.
Although it was a very small movement, Reis narrowed his eyes.
「Bulls eye ya」
Rio drew the conclusion from that very small reaction.
「You know how else, right? Well, I promise that I will not attack you and your comrades, including my subordinates. Even though the condition that you are not a barrier is still there, I also will not actively harm you or your colleagues 」
And then, Reis continued on with calmer terms than before.
「And that's it, what you think Along with ignoring the case, are you going to keep a secret about the fact that the mastermind behind the demon attack in Almond is I」
He continued on, adding this kind of proposal.
「I have no room to make honest transactions with someone who has manipulated demons. I'll limit you to this place and hear more information. Get rid of you safer for my side correct 」
Rio shook his head while smiling wryly.
But, his eyes that were watching Reis with sharp blades like luster did not smile at all.
「So this is it? As far as I am concerned, the party that chose to escape was wiser right? 」
Receiving the merciless and hostile gaze from Rio, Reis shrugged as if completely depressed.
「Do you think I'll let you go」
「Yes, how curious I am. I don't know unless I try no- ... 」.
Even though the two of them were talking cheerfully, a critical atmosphere must have floated around them.
A few seconds later, the first step was from the side of Reis.
After gaining incredible acceleration, he opened up a distance of 40 meters in an instant. [TL: 40m/s]
But, Rio easily took over that speed and got stuck behind Reis.
Section 10
「I wonder. Are you really human 」[TL: Yes, a new type called" Snow "]
Reis asked with a slightly confused expression and paused for a moment.
「That's my line」
Rio asked back while furrowing his brows as he felt suspicious.
「……. I saw . Looks like you're really human 」
Although Reis was looking at Rio as if examining him, he muttered as if understanding something.
But, a hint of a color of surprise floated on his face.
「I won't be able to escape at this rate right?」
Reis let out anxious words.
「Then, how will you handle this」
After saying that, several balls of light appeared around Reis, and he shot them all at once.
Each one of them was guided and rushed to Rio drawing a gentle bow.
「CEH」
After which, Rio glared at her while clicking her tongue.
And then, moving his line of sight, he caught every approaching ball of light without missing a single one of them.
In the next moment, Rio took a random orbit, and dodged all the light balls that approached him with incredible reaction speed.
"It's done well"
After praising Rio's skill of perfectly handling his attack, Reis unleashed a second wave of attacks.
They are twice as many as before.
This time, Rio dodged the approaching ball of light without doing the barrel.
Even the ball of light that almost hit him bounced as he created a storm with spirit arts.
「Hou」
Even Reis paused for a moment to start another attack.
Despite firing the third wave of the ball, Rio advanced steadily towards Reis as he skillfully dodged the attack even while looking very casual.
When Rio was in front of him with unstoppable speed, Reis tried to retreat in haste.
But, Rio's speed was faster, his knee landed on Reis' body.
It was accompanied by the sound of his bones creaking.
「…… !!!」
Reis instantly crashed into the forest below with the power of Rio's flying knees, Rio flew up to chase after him.
Section 11
Then, some extremely striking light spheres, which were larger than the previous ones, came from within the forest.
After dodging the first few balls by turning his body immediately, Rio poured a large amount of magic power into his drawn sword.
The sword that reacted to Rio's magic power released a bright light.
After he cut through the incoming ball of light with his sword, Rio instantly fell down unhindered.
After which, Reis showed himself from within the forest.
Reis gathered his magic power in his right hand as he shaped it into a sword and surmounted it from Rio's side. [TL: Swordhand is similar to sword aura or sword qi that comes out in many xianxia]
The next moment, the two of them intersected in midair, Reis' arm was cut off and floated momentarily in midair.
Reis immediately grabbed his chopsticks arm and was a bit far away from Rio.
「Yeah, that's very close. To think that you are this much .... 」.
Reis gave a compliment to Rio while smiling grimly.
The damage he received on his body from the knee attack, his dominant arm was cut off, Reis currently had wounds all over his body.
However, the color of the pain did not rise on his face, tantamount to saying that the swaying of his feelings was completely unreadable.
He's a very scary guy.
「How about now, further resistance is useless, want to give up now, it would be better if your chopped arm is plugged back quickly kan」
「Although I really wanted to give up, the circumstances did not allow me to do so. Besides, even if I give up you will throw me out after I say all the information, will not you
Reis spoke cheerfully even when the situation reached this point.
But, that in no way meant that he was ahead of himself, let alone saying he was going crazy.
He guessed something as he felt the calmness behind the tone.
「…………」
When he realized the intent behind it, Rio sent a sharp glance towards Reis.
Although it was as powerful as expected of Rio, he felt that something was not right.
Even though he wanted to get that information, talking to this man more than this might get him fooled—
Although Rio entered the battle with the intention of capturing him alive, according to his own intuition, even the matter of killing Reis was included in his calculations.
It's fine as long as he can use his mouth. No need to leave his legs or arms.
Even so, he wouldn't admit that he didn't make her feel helpless, he might even kill her if there was a counterattack.
He was the one who tried to harm Miharu and the others by inciting demons in the first place.
There are no pros and cons in killing him here right now.
「Oo, very scary」
Perhaps because he was good at reading this kind of change in Rio's goals, Reis showed an exaggerated joke.
There was a bold smile traced in his mouth.
Section 12
「Funu, you're a quiet person aren't you? It seems beyond this really a life or death situation 」
Perhaps everything was taken into account including that arrogant attitude, Reis sent a line of sight as if admiring Rio for not being provoked.
「Putting my hand out at you is a scary thing. It's not as if you're just going to be a hindrance on our part, right. Then don't forget about today 」
Although Reis said that while shrugging his remaining left shoulder, it was unnecessary since Rio already knew his intentions.
The extension of the conversation to try and stall for time was clearly a trick of this man, Rio threw a storm by manipulating the surrounding atmosphere with spirit arts towards Reis.
「Muh」
Reis' balance was slightly shattered, further weakening him with this movement.
Rio did not miss that chance.
After accelerating himself by creating a jet of wind, he approached Reis in an instant.
And then, at that moment.
「!!!!! 」
Rio immediately created a jet stream and deviated from its orbit as if jumping.
The next moment, a bright red hot flash passed through the place where Rio should be.
"There ……"
When he looked towards the direction where the flash was coming from, a black dragon could be seen hovering in the distance.
It seemed like the flash just now was the dragon's breath.
Reis grinned from ear to ear.
「Because it seems like my reinforcement has finally come. Then I'll excuse you first 」
After leaving those words, Reis started running boldly.
「W-WAIT」
Although Rio was chasing frantically, Reis threw countless balls of light to disturb him.
It was not even a threat to him with just this much.
At the place where two or three of them were hitting, although his speed was slightly decreasing, he could flick them with a storm of spirit arts covering his surroundings.
But, the black dragon that kept sending him lightning attacks from afar could not be ignored.
It was only one attack from many people, but, if it hit him, the power put into it was incomparable even if he shifted his orbit by a storm.
In addition, the goal is quite accurate, although the orbit is straight, it seems like a minute adjustment of the emissions in it is possible by changing the direction of the mouth that breathes the flash.
Fully focused on avoiding that glint, bombed by several balls of light, Rio's speed continued to fall.
And then, even though he chose to slightly upset his balance, the flash shot out and aimed at Rio.
Section 13
「CEH」
He reluctantly stopped at that place and then, Rio decided to intercept the dragon breath from the front.
By gathering a large amount of magic power in his right hand, he transformed it into pure energy with spirit arts and then, shot it in the direction where the flash came from.
Although Reis looked at the image with an astonished expression from a distance, catching up with him after this should have been impossible.
Apart from the spirit art that was fired, the lightning strike, for the final blow, Reis cleverly avoided it.
The black dragon also turned around and then ran off in a different direction from Rio.
Rio sighed deeply as he looked at the two shadows that disappeared into the distant sky.
And then, after he lightened his battle state, Rio retreated towards the stone house.
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One month later .
Rios made sure not to leave Miharu and the other party as much as possible, despite consolidating the protection together with Aisia, the daily life in this one month passed peacefully as if the unrest from before was a lie.
Even though he was locked up inside the house, probably because he sensed something as soon as the demon approached one month ago, Masato began to handle his swordsmanship training more earnestly.
It was also the same with Aki, she did not interfere with Masato's training by saying that it was too extreme, she was a bit embarrassed when she asked Rio to supervise her training.
Although she felt that the two were a bit too enthusiastic, Miharu was already holding them back from overdoing it.
And then, even though a month had passed in the blink of an eye, Galwark kingdom had announced the existence of the hero just a few days ago.
The name of this hero is Sumeragi Satsuki*, from the fact that he has the same name as Miharu's acquaintance, it must be his own person. [TL: His Kanji name means "Empress of a million hundreth-Month"/ ⁇ ⁇ , kanji is being read "Sa" instead of "Suna"]
Right now, in Galwark kingdom every day there were rumors about him.
Although Almond managed to repel the demons, the damage was by no means negligible.
Traces of the damage made by demons can be seen everywhere in the western part of the city, currently in the middle of restoration.
But, the atmosphere of Almond also changed very well due to the good news of the summoning of the hero who appeared again after more than 1000 years.
To fulfill the interview with Liselotte, Rio visited Almond again a month later knowing that he had information and to gather information.
In doing so, he wants to help Miharu, Aki and Masato in meeting with Satsuki again but, seeing that Satsuki's existence is the capital, some kind of connection is needed to meet her from the front.
Although he could have raided the capital bringing them, it would cause many kinds of problems when he thought of the consequences.
After expressing his thoughts, whether the plan is good or not, Rio arrived at Liselotte house.
He had an appointment to meet with her after a month, his business was to report about the contract regarding the supply of liquor.
While at the same time he brought some samples of liquor.
Although Liselotte was feeling tired with the ongoing restoration work, she was met with a full smile as Rio showed himself.
Meanwhile, when he was serving Seirei no Tami's original liquor, Rio was led towards the inside of the mansion by Liselotte.
While having a small talk, Rio decided to especially let her know after he left the house, and after finishing hearing the general situation he sent liquor.
Section 14
「Regarding the demon magic stones that were beaten by Haruto-sama, would you accept them if they were bought by us Because you are suddenly the reason that the mansion avoided the crisis, we will give you our best price」
There, Liselotte was asked to check if the magic stone of the four ghosts beaten by Rio could be sold to her.
「Ya, I don't mind but ....」
Rio easily nodded at her.
First of all, he desperately flew back to his house at that time, the matter regarding the magic stones of the ghosts did not appear in his head.
This was similar to the item thrown away for Rio, Liselotte suddenly noted that Rio had ownership over the item.
"Thank you very much "
Liselotte nodded happily.
Rio was also happy with the unexpected income.
「But, it shouldn't be enough for a gift just by adding an extra amount of money to the sale of the magic stone, right? Although I was wondering if I could compensate you with anything else, would you tell me if there was something you expected?
「That gift」
Rio stared with wide eyes at the unexpected proposal from Liselotte.
"Yes nih . Because thanks to Haruto-sama that the evil spirits that appear in the mansion can be conquered, the damage on our side is at least 」
Although Rio did not even think of anything when he left right after defeating the demon that continued to resist him, yet many people were saved by his actions.
Although the rest of the ghosts that roam the city are completely exterminated by capable personnel like Aria, as ghosts appear in the mansion that has no war potential, they would definitely not be able to expel them if not for Rio's cooperation.
"Is it so . I see……"
Rio muttered as he placed his hand on his chin as if thinking of something.
Rio did not defeat the ghost to save Liselotte.
Therefore he had no intention to accept the gift, even though he was originally going to reject the gift, he was suddenly struck with a very good idea.
Although he was a little hesitant when he thought about the validity of the plan, he felt as if it was not a bad choice.
He feels so, though,
「Then, I will tell you my wish」
Rio cut off the conversation with a dignified voice.
Hearing such a way of speaking and staring as if she was determined in something, Liselotte straightened herself to hear what kind of desire she wanted.
「I want to have a meeting with the hero of Galwark」 kingdom
Liselotte eyes opened wide due to the unexpected request from Rio, and let out a somewhat childish smile.