Chapter 104 (1/2)

Volume 2

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 3 Chapter 17

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Ever since Nefas Albania had met Nino in the St. Altlis Kingdom’s Edius Adventurer School, he had been scheming to somehow obtain her.

However, while he unable to come up with even a single effective hand and was anguished over what he should do, Nino’s whereabouts became unknown.

And when he thought that he had no choice but to give up on her, Nefas coincidentally discovered Nino in the Jiol Forest Kingdom’s royal capital, Roumrelus.

「Wait, wait wait! Don’t you remember me!?」

「Nino knows that trick. It’s a pattern where you hit on someone by making them drop their guard by acting like an acquaintance.」

「That’s not it! Don’t lump me together with that sort of thing!」

「Getting enraged from getting defeated in an argument, you overpower your opponent. But that will not work on Nino.」

「Like I said, that’s wrong! I’m begging you, please wait!」

While breathing a sight, Nino turned around to face Nefas who was hot on her heels.

「What? Nino is busy.」

「You just ate a fried cake! No matter how you look at it, you have free time!」

「I see. Goodbye.」

Nefas hurriedly went around to the front of Nino who had once again started walking.

「I still haven’t finished my business with you!」

Clicking her tongue, Nino averted her gaze from Nefas.

There were two choices.

Either silence this guy, or leave this guy behind.

As Nino started to think about which one was better, Nefas misunderstood that as her waiting for him, and breathed a sigh of relief.

「……Phew, honestly. I had introduced myself at that time. I’m Nefas. You remember, don’t you?」

「……」

Making him faint and silencing him was the easiest thing to do, but the man in front of her seemed persistant.

It would be the same even if she left him behind here, and would probably appear before her over and over.

In that case, making him eternally silent would be for the best, but as expected, she felt that would be over doing it.

As Nino thought “well now, this is troubling……”, Nefas’s irritated-sounding voice resounded.

「Oi, are you listening to me!」

「Nino wasn’t. What do you need?」

「As I said! Your master……I am asking where Shion is!」

Hearing that, Nino expressed a question mark.

Shion──if he knew about Vermudol from when he was infiltrating mankind’s territory, he should have seen him at yesterday’s parade and noticed though.

「You, what about yesterday’s parade?」

「Ah? Come to think of it, there was some kind of ruckus, wasn’t there. Since I wasn’t interested, I didn’t see it.」

「That so.」

In other words, it seems he didn’t see the Demon King Vermudol’s figure.

That being said, there also wasn’t a need to expressly explain it to him.

「Nino is currently in the middle of a job, so Nino is alone. If you can grasp that, leave.」

「……I see.」

Nefas said that, and he was about to turn around and leave surprisingly easily.

However, in the middle of that, he stopped and stared at Nino.

「……I had heard that you were swallowed up in a revolution and died.」

「Hーn.」

「Tell this to your master. This country is also in quite a questionable situation. That it would be best to leave this place quickly.」

Hearing that much, Nino thought that the man in front of her seemed to have a utility value.

It seemed that he possessed a fair amount of information.

Moreover, although she didn’t really get it, he looked like he found Nino to be favorable.

When Nino thought about how her mission was to gather information, there was surely a need to have a conversation with him and pull out some information.

「If you know something」

「Nn?」

「Nino is kind, so Nino is willing to listen.」

Hearing those words, Nefas made his eyes go round, and made a strained laugh.

He thought that she would be the same as that time……when they had first met, where she simply dealt with him coldly.

Then again, he didn’t think that he would make any progress despite the difference……however, even so, he didn’t feel like letting this chance he had finally grasped escape.

「……Ahh. In that case, why don’t we have a meal somewhere.」

「It is enough with that.」

When Nefas looked at where Nino pointed to, there was a juice stand.

The menu was nothing but ringo-squeezed juice.

「That’s……ringo juice?」

「That’s right. That is delicious.」

Although Nefas tilted his head wondering “is that so?”, he approached the ringo juice stand.

「……Give me two.」

「Aiyo. That’ll be eight small copper coins.」

「The smallest thing I have is a large silver coin though.」

「Aryaー. I’ve got it, I’ve got it. Just wait for a bit!」

When the dog Beastman shopkeeper said that, he placed slightly dirty small silver and copper coins into Nefas’s hand.

Seeing that, Nefas subtly distorted his face, but he reluctantly put them into his pocket.

Receiving the juice, he breathed a sigh and returned to Nino’s side.

「……Here’s the juice.」

「Nn, thank you.」

After Nino accepted the juice and took a sip, she prompted Nefas to continue his story.

「So, what do you mean by questionable?」

「Nn? Ahh……To start with, this is connected to the story as to why I am in this country.」

Nefas’s father, Rudias, was a duke of the St. Altlis Kingdom, and was an outstanding man of importance even in the country.

In order to have a conference with the Jiol Forest Kingdom’s cabinet minister, he had come to this royal capital a few days ago.

And then, being fed up with the St. Altlis Kingdom’s recent atmosphere, Nefas also accompanied him.