Chapter 9 (1/2)

“Ji-chan, who is this person?”

“Mm? This? It looks like a human, but it may be a Mazoku”

“Eeh! Is it safe to bring it?”

“I think it will be all right Anyway, this is the person who brought back the Divine Beast”

I openedsuch unfamiliar words

It’s a language I don’t know, but I can understand it

“Oh, they opened their eyes La Kerlada! You woke up”

In order to figure out the owner of the voice, putting e of the bed, I slowly sit the upper part of my body up

“Ah, you got up〜”

I turn my face to the owner of the unfamiliar words

M from his head

Next to the old irl with horns on her head

The girl seems interested in me

The chestnut eyes are focused on one point

An old man and a child Still, the horns on the old man are excellent Unlike the horns of the child, the shape of tightly wound horns grew frooat

The Horned Race

Winding horns with a sharp tip

The strong horns seeh bone density and natural detail

The white hair suitable for his age was mixed in with chestnut-colored hair

Deeply chiseled features, and chestnut-color eyes too It’s a wrinkled but tough face

The hair of the child is chestnut like the old man

The horns are small and childlike

The features arranged enough although she was young, she’s a pretty girl

I tried to sit in a comfortable position

While shi+fting into a cross-legged posture, I purposely looked away fro eyes

Eh? I, I’m naked

Which re

Understanding, I should yawn There’s no equipment or clothes I can pick up and wear

Only the necklace with the decoration of the lady bug, it’s worn around my neck

I, was seen in the nude……

Well, it’s fine So, here, I wonder where it is

If I’ht with the white monster and made a contract with the black beast……

Why am I here?

I look around

Sun light coht

The dust in the roo silver

Wooden shelves form a line in the left corner There’s junk on one shelf over there, old dirty clothing, leather clothing, the oil of the lamp had been put in beeswax

The cloth curtain where light leaks froht

There’s a door way

Here, it give the impression of a hut

Rays of light shi+ne in through the wooden blinds

When I’ht with thea daydream

Theblood is recalled

The eyes of the two people watch me curiously

…Passing by the cat froirl–

Mm? Cat? I instantly look back to the cat’s eyes

It’s a black cat Watchon the incense box

A cat, with ears pinned up, it’s the size of a kitten

It’s a kitten, but t

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here was a presence

There’s……feelers growing aren’t there?

These red, characteristic eyes, by any chance……is it the black beast I contracted with then? There aren’t six feelers, however there are two

I named her, Rollodinu?

“Rollodinu?”

I raised one eyebroith a worried expression, and called the black cat so Then, the black cat cutely calls “nya” and jumps into my chest

On ed, it turns round and round

Pointing her small face up, she stared at me with round red eyes

It’s cute Unbearably

I wasn’t able to endure the adorable gaze of the black cat

Patting the head of the small black cat, I pass oro back

Then I reached the feeler

The feeler–makes a small shuru sound, and touches my cheeks kindly

『I’m happy』『Sleepy』

The feeling of the black cat is transmitted

It’s strange

Though it was said feeling could be conveyed at the ti is like this

I’h while sitting cross legged and she places her small chin on my knee That way, her eyes close

The purring sounds too

It’s a cat A but, but……the black beast I contracted with

Well, the drea

Also the monster ore that white armor in it

Running away, running away……cornered, a fight aware of death

I was desperate

I’ain

There,the old man atched my state the whole time showed a worried look and asked

“……Young ht? After that you, when you passed out, a little, because your body smelled, I washed it with Refaa”

I follow I’m embarrassed, but it can’t be helped In order to pull ether, I decide to ask where I am

“……Well, where is here?”

“This is the village of Goldiba It’s a plateau surrounded by e My name is Achilles This child is Refaa

Achilles, and the child next to him is Refaa

The child Refaa leaned forward

“……I’m Refaa〜, what’s onii-chan’s name?”

This child is full of curiosity It’s a very interesting feeling

“I’ari”

“Strange〜, there are two names〜?”

“Ho, a noble or so?”

I’erated person

“No, there’s no such reason Please call ari as you want”

“Then, Shuya It’s sudden, but “ere you there?”

Achilles’ eyes become sharp with that question

There, well does that mean those shrine like ruins?

Well, it’s suspicious, me

“Does Achilles-san ht with the white monster?”

“Ah, “to be clear” I saith these eyes”

Achilles-san nods strongly

Attaching two finger to his, he talks while estures

“You, Shuya is the one who overwhelmed to apostle? After that, at the es to revive, I say it clearly with y naked eyes So, Shuya who collapsed, was carried here by me Is what happened”

You helped me

Ah, and this, that I’e is revealed too?

“Thank you for helping So, if I’round”

Day light can be seen

This should be on the surface

“Ah, as for that, saying I’ll explain it late, could you give a response to my first question?”

The attitude became solemn

“Ah, yes Eeeh〜so……”

I’m a little tense

Mration it wouldn’t be understood, and……

I’m not able to satisfactorily express it in words

Well, it can be the memory loss like with the old bird dwarf Iappropriate to talk about……

Like that, without talking at all about transularly

I talked about being a special vae

Hoping he convinced by h explanation I look at Achilles-san’s face and he nodded his consent with a quiet face I touch the short er

I fell silent to think about so

After a short period of time

“……Alotten A special Dhaht is okay too?”

Achilles-san stares with a pair of severe eyes

“Yeah……”

“Well, not even reacting to being exposed to light when I carried you here, I though it was strange”

Even if I’ht, if I was an ordinary vampire I would burn and die……

“It’s a, it was Shuya Onii-chan that beat the apostle”

Refaa holds both of her sainst her chest, and displayed an appearance of constantly ad me

Is that white ht called an apostle?

Underground the dwarf Loirr called in a “Guranba”

“An apostle, is that what you’re calling it? Well, that white guy”

“Yes That’s right, Ji-chan, when you went underground, didn’t I hear that you so”

“That’s correct Achilles-san, it is strong”

“Living for a long time, now I’m an armed priest”

“An Armed Priest?”

When I ask, Achilles-san takes the roundfrom his neck and presents it to me

“The person whoes Lohse-sama’s shrine here is called a ‘Ar the God tohich is in the teround to the Lohse-sama shrine When I say Shuya defeated an apostle, it’s easy to understand”

Ah, there’s a God tower here

Moreover, according to the story it’s a nuance I can use even now Loirr said they must be broken and unusable, but the one here works

The place I ran away to happened to be a shrine, and there was a God tower there

Ah, beyond the statue a hill was visible

I’m lucky

I nod having understood

“……Is that so Over there was a shrine So for when I was saved, thank you”

The round God Tower medal

The place shrine I fought at

Here is connected to the underground

Loirr told me there are innumerable God Towers

This one re broken

Well, as far as what Loirr said, the God Towers leading to the surface weren’t specially checked In the underground world of the dwarfs, those prejudiced Maguru seem to be humans

“……That is so But, the shrine may already be unnecessary –Lohse-sama’s condition is here”

Achilles-san’s points to the black cat sleeping on my knee

“Before she said she was called Lohse-sama in the past”

When Achilles heard what I said he went pale

Narrowing his brow together, his brown eyes grow big

“You’ve talked with this Divine Beast-sama?”

“Yeah We spoke about various things e contracted I should mention, her name isn’t Lohse anymore It’s Rollodinu”

“Oh, La Kerlada……contracting with Divine Beast-sa able to revive in a such a form Her name also isn’t Lohse-sama, it’s Rollodinu-sama……”

Achilles-san’s expression changed from a look of surprise to one of joy Both hands are clasped in front of his chest in prayer

That is as expected, the black cat, Rollodinu is so like a God……

Even then, Achilles-san is , what is La Kerlada?

It’s not translated through the skill?

Is it some kind of ceremonial word?

When I turnfroently……I nodded

La Kerlada, I’ll try asking about the word

“……I’m sorry What is La Kerlada?”

“Ah, it’s a kind of charh the Goldiba It’s a prayer for the protection of the Divine Beast-sa of thanks in certain words too”

Mood words

“Such a ood words Thank you The words of protection and thanks La Kerlada”

“That’s right It seean to use, but I don’t know much more than that Now then, Shuya I want you to receive this Isn’t it a tradition passed down through generations? According to tradition I a with La Kerlada” to the person who help the Divine Beast-sama be reborn

Saying so I arasp it in my hand

“Ah, thanks, thank you But this, isn’t it so important? Can I really have this……”

This o

It see important……

“……The medal is for you to have A time when it is useful may come”

Achilles-san has stern eyes

Ma, since it is being offered I’ll receive it I put it around my neck

The number of necklaces become tith this

Next I’ll ask about the “Guranba” or “Apostle”

“Then I’ht?”

“The Apostle It’s a eneration to generation Fortunately, they don’t appear on the surface They seeround shrine The kind ings are called hunters, iven names A sweeper or soldier……”

“So many……”

The White Monster, there seeht I killed it and sucked all of its blood, though I was surprised it was a virgin

“Ah, the amount don’t appear to be as many recently They seee numbers”

However, the fact that Apostles only exist around the shrine, they ……I remember the story of Rollodinu’s past,exist without end

“……Therefore, the monster back there was an Apostle”

“Humu”

The girl Refaa doesn’t seem interested in mine and Achilles-san’s conversation, she only looked at the black cat