Chapter 10.2 (1/2)

Part 2

Nut is saying so with an entranced voice. He couldn’t think of anything.

「Don’t you want to go there, Diehart-sama？」

Nut is saying so while heading toward the direction of the voice.

Nut’s condition seems to be strange judging by his voice.

Somehow, he became like this after hearing this song.

「Understood, let’s go」

I wanted to see the owner of this voice too.

After walking for a while, we arrived at a vacant plot of land with a huge fountain.

There was a naked woman immersing herself in the fountain with her lower half inside the fountain; it seems this woman-like thing is the one singing this song.

「Who’s there？」

Maybe because she noticed our presence, the woman is looking at our direction.

「Ah, no… My apologies for disturbing your singing session. We were wondering who was singing with this wonderful voice」

I apologize. In fact, I am thinking, “Thank god my curiosity won over me, I got to see a rare thing.”

「It’s nothing, please don’t worry about it. How about you come to take a bath too？ 」

「No, we’ll refuse that offer. Well, we’ll excuse ourself then. Please continue your singing session」

When I’m about to leave.

「Diehart-sama. The water is so pretty. How about spending our night here？ 」

Nut, who remained on his place, is saying so.

「Nut, you can’t drink this water, you know. There’s poison mixed in the water」

「EEH, POISON！！ 」

Nut shouts with a surprised expression.

There’s poison, made of magic, mixed in the water of this fountain. It seems to be the type that will paralyze your body.

「Why that kind of poison is… Let’s rest for a while」

The woman’s saying so.

I could feel a bit of agitation in her words.

This woman is looking at myself like some kind of predator.

I became sensitive toward the gaze that neither had malice or hostile ever since I came to this world.

Even if, for example, we were separated by dozens metres, I can feel the malice as long as it’s being directed at me. According to Ruugas, it’s seems like enemy perception ability, but I don’t feel good at all on being exposed to such an unpleasant gaze.

Moreover, this woman is using charm magic upon us since a while ago.

That’s also the cause of such unpleasant feeling. Maybe, Nut becoming strange is also thanks to the song a while ago.

This woman might be a demon as I can’t feel anything on seeing her body[naked].

She was a demon that preyed on the charmed living beings that approached her because of her female-like human body and her song.

Naturally, I have no intention to be eaten by her.

But, I couldn’t get into the mood to fight this demon.

So, I’m thinking of leaving it alone. That’s why I want to leave this place immediately.

For that reason, I activate my intimidation so that she won’t be hostile toward us. Though we were frequently become targets for demons along with our journey, most of the demons will run away as long as I send my intimidation toward them.

But my prediction is way off, this woman shaped demon has turned even more hostile toward me.

「You bastard！！ 」

The woman’s expression twists into anger and a gigantic head of a beast suddenly comes out from the fountain.  There are six beast heads that are rushing to attack me by stretching their long necks.

My prediction is way off, that beast didn’t have any intention to let me go. Moreover, its agility didn’t match its appearance.

「HA！！ 」

I’m avoiding one of the heads that come to attack me first and then kill it while drawing my sword.

「GUUUUUUUUUUUUU！ ！ HOW DARE A MERE HUMAN！ ！ ！ 」

The woman is showing an anguished expression. That face already lost all of its grace from a while back.

「EVEN THOUGH YOU’RE MERELY FOOD！！ ！ 」

The water of the fountain then rises in the air to form a gigantic lump of water.

「Bubble Shot（Water Splash）！！ ！ ！ ！ 」

As the demon shouted, the gigantic lump of water is descending upon me.

「Magic Shield（Magic Shield）！！ 」

A circular shield of light engulfed my entire body as I shouted that name. ‘Water splash’ is thwarted by my magic shield.

As I stopped the water shot, the demon came out of the water.

The lower half of its body hidden within the fountain became exposed in bright daylight. Several tentacles and six gigantic beast heads were its lower body parts and woman-like upper body parts respectively.

That was an ugly figure.

The demon is trying to come toward me.

It’s not that agile, so it might not be able to move quickly on the land. あ

「Are you safe, Nut？」

「Yesh… Somehow it become quite hectic」

It seems Nut couldn’t follow such a rapid development.

「Get down, Nut」

After Nut landed on the ground, he immediately retreated behind me.

「H-HOW DARE YOU TO DO THAT TO ONE OF MY HEADS！！ 」

The demon is looking at me with eyes that are filled with rage. Black blood that spilled on the ground from the head that I cut is decimating the land. White smoke is rising from the path where the black blood is flowing at. The vegetation in the surroundings where the blood spilled is withering. Maybe there’s poison in this demon blood.

Though I noticed it doesn’t have quick movements, I’ll be safe as long as I run away, but the condition of the demon made it clear that it’ll chase me till the end.

That was a bit troublesome. Moreover, I might be able to win if I fight.

「A MERE HUMA~~N！！ 」