Chapter 74 (2/2)

Frau, who is flying above her, reaches over to pat her head.

Let's hope it works this time....

A spear is thrust into the goblin's heart.

, Pione dodged the hobgoblin's swinging axe, and thrust her spear into its neck and then tore it open.

”Haa!”

Within minutes, the goblins were annihilated.

Pione, holding a spear, was breathing heavily over the fallen goblins.

The result was a success.

In the first battle, she managed to kill the enemy with her spear.

In the second battle, the stiffness of her body disappeared and she was able to fight without any problems.

And the third was the one she just had. She was able to fight with complete ease.

”Fueeee”

Pione is so tired that she falls to her knees and sits on her legs.

We ran to her and congratulated her on her success.

”You did it!”

”Yeah, I guess I'm good with a spear.”

”I think you're getting better.”

”Hah, I'm level 84 now.”

Pione smiled and nodded.

Apparently, she is satisfied with her results.

84 is quite a high number.

Now she will have no difficulty in demonstrating her power as a Lord.

In any case, she'lll have to do the rest on her own.

”I'm all sweaty and sticky.”

”There's a river over there, do you want to take a dip?

”Yes, I would love to.”

Kaede, Pione, and Frau head to the river.

”Hiiiiiiiiiiiih!!!”

”Huh!?” 　 Suddenly, Pione comes running back to me completely naked.

What is it this time?

What's all the fuss about?

She clings to my body and points to the river.

”K-Kaede-San turned into a beast!”

”It can't be... The ring.”

I put my hand on my forehead and grunted.

This is what we were trying to avoid.

I thought we could fool her for a few more days.

I was too careless with Pione.

”Master!”

”Aaaaah!”

Kaede and Frau also returned.

Hearing their voices, Pione hides behind me.

Kaede is in her Beast form, with a towel wrapped around her body.

”You tricked me!”

”That 's not true!”

”You seemed so kind and sweet to me and I felt so at ease with you! How dare you deceive me!? I was so happy, I even thought of you as an older sister!”

”I-I'm so sorry.”

Her fox ears droop and her tail sags.

”Why did you take off your ring?”

”Pione-San said it was beautiful, so I wanted to show it to her more closely.”

So Kaede was also caught off guard.

Now that we have reached this point, it will be difficult to fool her again.

I guess it's time to show her the truth and then tell her to go home.

I took off my ring as well.

”Huh!? Toru, where did your horns go!?”

”As you can see, I am a human. I'm sorry for deceiving you.”

”Heeeeeh!?”

”...Would you please cover your body?”

I scratch my cheek with my finger as I look away.

There are many things jiggling that I would prefer not to look at.

For the time being, I asked Pione to calm down and gave her an explanation of what is happening.

I am here to fight the Demon King. 　 I will not fight the demon race any more than necessary.

The purpose of our disguises was to avoid unnecessary conflicts.

I don't expect you to understand the whole situation.

But it's hard for me to just walk away from her without explaining what's going on.

”I understand the situation. Toru is here to defeat the demon king and the traitorous hero, not to fight demons in general, right?”

I nodded silently at her words.

”To be honest, our country is not cooperating with the current demon king. In fact, I think they even hate her.”

”So...”

Before I could say anything, I was stopped by Pione's hand.

”But the relationship between humans and demons is too toxic. We have a long history of conflict. Although Toru and his friends are good people, I am a demon aristocrat.”

”I'm glad you think so, thank you Pione.”

”Although... If you wear the ring you'll look like a demon! Does that mean you can stay with me?!”

”Yes.”

What happened to her serious look just now?

Now she has a strange expression of satisfaction. Give me back the feelings of admiration I had for you.

But, thank you... I am very relieved.

”Maybe it was for the best to hear about this. The king of my country was looking for someone who could defeat the demon king. It's best that Toru take on that task.”

”Hm? The demon race wants to wipe out the demon king?”

”There is a magic transfer circle in the capital that will take you to the basement of the Demon King's castle. I will ask them to let you use it.”

Pione-San, for some reason...

I feel like I admire you again