Chapter 042 (1/2)

Volume 1

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 1 Chapter 41

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「……This thing is much more amazing than I thought.」

While looking at the scenery that could be seen from the crystal pane window, Shion muttered that.

What the scenery that streamed by in no time demonstrated was the Earthworm’s speed.

He even thought that if this much transportation could be realized with this much speed, then the utilization them should be investigated more proactively.

「There was a time where Earthworms were classified as monsters, you know?」

「Looks like it would.」

Shion replied like that to Kain’s question.

Certainly, if he had seen a scene where something like this made a full powered sprint, he would probably classify it as a monster.

However, Earthworms were not monsters but insects.

Insect-type monsters certainly did exist, but Earthworms themselves were not monsters and were mere insects.

Since Shion had stealthily performed a Status Confirmation on it before getting onboard, there was no mistake about this.

On the contrary, the Earthworm had strongly received the divine protection of the God of Earth Atlagus.

However, it was only natural that Humans could not make that sort of distinction, and there were vague parts that made them be classified as insects and monsters.

As a matter of fact, that sort of problem also brings about a slightly troublesome argument called the 「Demi-Human Controversy」.

This was said to have its beginnings when a group of priests started talking about whether or not Beastmen, who were of mixed parentage with Beastia which were Mazoku, were potential enemies of Humans.

And from here, it became a controversy that extended to other Demi-Humans but……from Shion’s point of view, there was nothing more ludicrous than this.

「In short, it is whether or not they will be harmful to mankind.」

「Couldn’t they have classified them more properly……」

「That would be difficult. It is said that the Hero used magic called Status Confirm though.」

It was possible to do something similar with a 『Reveal Crystal』, but as expected, it was impossible to have an insect that cannot communicate with words load its consciousness into a crystal.

Going “However……”, Shion had a thought.

「It’s not like I don’t think there is any meaning to that sort of classification though.」

「Eh?」

「No, it’s nothing.」

Responding like that to Sharon’s words, Shion stopped the conversation.

However, Luuty bit at that.

「Certainly, whether or not there was a meaning to it is a very interesting topic. To begin with, if classification had not happened, the Demi-Human Controversy would have never happened after all. However, even so, people cannot exist without classifying things. They are those kinds of living creatures after all.」

「……」

No one replied to those words.

It was because they had no words to reply with.

「This goes for the Ogres that are at the place we are headed to. They are classified as Mazoku, but that is because they are clearly enemies to mankind and because it is impossible to have a mutual understanding with them.」

Ogres.

Shion had not met with an actual one before.

After all, living creatures that would be called Ogres did not exist in the Dark Continent.

However, he had only heard rumors that they were extremely ferocious since he had come here.

「Do you mean that they might not actually be?」

「That might be the case, but you must not hesitate if you meet with one. Unless you want to be eaten.」

Kain and Sharon stiffened up by those words.

Ogres.