Chapter 10 (1/2)

Chapter 10 – The Current Situation, and the Future＊

“Umm, Ojisama What did you just say?”

Iris’ sleek silver hair fell from her shoulder as she tilted her head to the side

Luru had been thinking that he didn’t want to tell her if possible, but that was impossible

As long as you were living in this world, this era, it was so you needed to accept at the bare minimum

That’s why he told Iris clearly

“…Iris From that time; from the time that I was killed by the hero, thousands of years have passed I’ll say this just in case, but this is definitely not so that I’ve properly confir based on things I’ve coht be a measurement error, but…”

While speaking about this, Luru hinted that there ht be a small possibility of a mistake

It was in consideration for Iris

He thought that it ht be easier to accept if he spoke about it like that

Luru had confir that thousands of years had passed since those days, but it was unreasonable to expect the girl before him to accept immediately

For noould have her keep mistakes in mind as a possibility, and then have her slowly comprehend and believe in the reality

However, Luru had underestimated Iris a little

There was no mistake that Iris felt shock at Luru’s words, but even so, she was certainly not rejecting his words

On the contrary, she was properly processing this inside, and even investigated on top of that

“That is… You must have found some proof that convinced you, correct?”

Whilst feeling shocked, Luru slowly nodded

Despite her proper speech and the intelligence she had, Iris was still a child

Unlike Luru, there was no hly 10 years old

Though she had lived a few years after Luru’s death, there was no mistake that she was not yet an adult

But despite this, Iris calmly spoke to Luru with a pensive expression

“Ojisama Ojisah I feel sad at having those close to one far away, but I have become a little used to it already…”

Her words contained a deep grief, and the remains of a sadness that had been worn down froain

‘Right…‘ thought Luru

The period in which Iris had lived, and the period in which Luru had lived were the same

The weight of a life was unbelievably light, and both of the their life just a few dozen centimetres away from them

Though Iris was still a child, she had gone through such experiences; being concerned about her resolution was an incredibly foolish act

“…Sorry”

So Luru apologised

It was an apology as the dey as her friend for failing to protect his own life

Iris accepted theht ahead, and then smiled with a soft expression

“It is fine… Ojisama I believe that you tried your absolute best Were it not for you, the de as it did… Both as a banner under which we rallied, as well as the king that ere proud of, you were the hope of we deise Our conversation has taken a glooht nohat is rasp the current situation Is that not so, Ojisama?”

Like that, Iris immediately recovered

Luru felt that he had seen the strength of females

He was , and still choose to move forward

Perhaps it was just Iris in particular

However, Luru didn’t think too deeply about it, and continued the conversation to tell Iris what she needed to hear

“You’re right… We can talk about the past whenever ant Right… Iris I’ll confirm it once more Since that era, thousands of years have passed And this is important; in the current era, it seems that those of the demon race like you and I don’t exist”

“…Is that to say that over the thousands of years, they perished?”

Iris asked with a feeble voice, casting her eyes doards in sorrow

The de that had also passed through Luru’s mind; a sad reality

However, Iris was right here before him

There ht be other members of the demon race like her that survived into the present

That hat he now thought

That’s why Luru shook his head

It was because they shouldn’t give up hope

As Luru began to explain, Iris’ expression showed her difficult to express, strange feelings

Even if she was told that her own race had becoend, it was understandable that she soe emotions about it

You could say that her expression was natural

“That is… I seee existence, haven’t I? However, as you can see, I exist… Will I not be caught if discovered?”

Iris seemed to feel a little worried

However, Luru shook his head at her question

“That worry is probably needless, I think The adventurer that you bleay… Gran, didn’t realise that you were an ancient de”

Considering that fact, it was probable that they could overco that Iris was a human

There ht be a tool that identified your race, but the kind of technology needed for that had declined in this era

On top of that, Luru thought that it ht be easy to find some kind of way out of it

However, Iris was more cautious than he’d expected, and asked for more details

“Could it not be the case that only that person doesn’t know?”

Certainly it wasn’t impossible

In truth he wanted to go to a large town and confirht now that would be difficult

However, adventurers like Gran and Yuumis were at the end of the day, essentially jack of all trades

Their knowledge covered things from the everyday to the professional

It was difficult to iine that they didn’t even have a coe

If Yuumis didn’t know either, then it wouldn’t it support his theory? Or so Luru was thinking

Yuumis was an ancient demon race freak, and should have known about thee person For even somebody like her to be unaware of the racial traits of the demon race, meant that Luru’s prediction was correct, you could say

That’s why Luru explained this to Iris, with that thought as the main principle

“I think it’d be best to consider such infor that wasn’t passed down, not only to Gran, but to noruy is a pretty skilled adventurer, after all I don’t think there’s anythat normal people don’t know I don’t know about people with a scholar’s level of knowledge but… We can confirm that later”

Having heard that much, Iris seemed to finally accept it

Nodding with a smile, she said,

“I understand From what I have heard, there see by your side, Ojisama”

Like that, Iris touched on the heart of the matter

Indeed, you could say that having thought it out that far, there probably wouldn’t be any proble her race

However, if Iris wanted to stay by Luru’s side, there was a problem that she had to overcome no matter what

“Yeah, you’re right There basically don’t seem to be any problems Like I mentioned before, if we play you off as a human, and moreover an orphan who’s lost her parents, then… But, I also mentioned earlier that I have parents, you see If we’re to live together, it’s so that we’ll have to overcome no matter what”

So he said, but Luru didn’t think that it would be a big deal

As long as Iris understood a certain amount about this era, if they could adjust her story later then things would probably work out somehow

Hearing Luru’s words, Iris tilted her head to the side

“Regarding your… parents…? Indeed I have no skills to offer, and would just beco but eat, wouldn’t I…?”