Vol 2 Chapter 5.1 (1/2)
2nd Volume, 5th Chapter 【The Devil of the South】 1st Part
Author’s note: go on.
The PoV isn’t Seiji’s in the first half.
You may think you’re reading the wrong novel, but it really is 『Thieving in the Otherworld』.
Its golden eyes were like gla.s.s marbles. Its head was endowed with a sharp beak like that of an eagle’s. The talons on its forelegs possessed the characteristics of a raptor’s. There were wings on its back, but by no means was it an eagle. It was a beast whose lower body couldn’t be more different from a bird’s.
That creature――the Griffon was *kyorokyoro* searching around restlessly.
Surprise floated up onto the faces of the occasional pa.s.sersby, but they resumed walking as if they had understood something.
Eventually, a man who stood before the Griffon uttered.
「You have truly subdued a Griffon… Pardon me, really.」
The man, who muttered so, stepped into a cave which appeared as if a great stone wall had been gouged out.
Advancing further in, one would realize that it wasn’t an ordinary cave. It was an artificial one.
It was a place built to accommodate a humanoid creature. Even though sunlight was striking through a hole, it was dim.
A stone decorated on the wall was emitting a phosph.o.r.escent light which was illuminating the room.
The man called out to the person inside without any reserve. The person, who had turned around, didn’t have a shred of delight.
「What is it, Dino? Do you have some business here?」
「Hey, hey, do I need a business to visit my fiancee? I just wanted to see your face.」
「Really? Now that you’ve seen it, leave.」
The man named Dino, despite not having been offered by the other party, slumped into a chair.
His body covered in muscles and his clothes seemingly made of fur added further to his wild nature.
Even when he sat down, he didn’t look any smaller.
His skin was swarthy and his eyes were dark crimson like blood. Two small horns could be glimpsed through his dark crimson hair.
The woman facing Dino had similar colored skin and eyes. However, the color of her hair was a brilliant silver. As for her horns, they couldn’t be seen either.
「Hey… Don’t play with me. Lemme see that friendly look on your face a little…」
「Unfortunately, you’re not a fiance that I chose myself, so I have no reason to be friendly with you.」
The silver haired woman-――Alba, coldly declared.
She didn’t return Dino’s humor at all.
「Oh well. It (marriage) has already been decided. Since it (Griffon) loves you so much, teach it at least one way of being useful to a man by then (marriage).」 (TN: The line was confusing by itself, so I added a few aids)
Dino and Alba――were demons.
Their parents engaged them in order for a superior descendent to be born through the marriage of two powerful demons. All for the sake of regaining their former glory.
The truth is, both Dino and Alba were extraordinarily capable.
In the southern tip of Aesha Continent, which was inhabited by the demons, there were many demon groups. However, the parents of these two, who were the heads of their respective groups, were close.
「Even if… it’s only a griffon on the surface? Since it’s a troublesome partner, I’ll catch it only if necessary. At least a woman shows more love.」
「I asked you because if I brought it here myself, it would be dead. Besides, I didn’t catch it, I’m friends with it.」
「Hehe, I’m glad.」
「To be honest… I hate you. If you were one of those humans living up north, I would have killed you already.」
Dino laughed such words off and replied.
「Sorry to disappoint you, but I’m a demon. So are you, and you’ll be bearing my kids. That matter has already been decided.」
「I regret that I appointed you to bring Luna here…」
Dino’s voice contained a tinge of anger.
「Luna…? Is that this fellow’s name? Then, take care of it even more from now on. When you’re out, tell it to attack me on sight. Oh well… In that case, I’ll be free to hit and kill it.」
「Hou… Then, that will be a chance for me to let anger take its course and kill you.」
Their eyes crossed; silence ensued for several blinks.
In the room that had attained tranquility, Dino was the first to voice.
「I get it… I’ll return for today. Really, though… You’re pretty only on the outside. Inside, you’re belligerent.」
「Thank you for the compliment.」
「Oh well. If you hate me so much, why don’t you bring it up with your parents? If you sweep some garbage up north, they may accede to your whims.」
*Hirahira* fluttering his hand, Dino left.
That was a joke, of course.
No matter how capable Alba was, she would only spell trouble for herself if she plunged in to exterminate by herself.
「――Fuu……」
Alba’s, who was the only one left in the room, sigh echoed in the empty room.