170 Episode 63: Unknown Country (1/2)

”What the hell is that supposed to mean?

I asked him that, not measuring the meaning of the words in acrylic mouths. What the hell is that supposed to mean?

How disturbing it was to make nature and expression rude to the air. Acrylics shook me up a little because you saw my expression like that.

But she exhaled loudly once and opened her teasing mouth.

”We, Ricant, lived inside ourselves. I knew about the existence of a clan ancestoring other demons like the Taurus we talked about earlier, but they were basically non-interferent with each other unless something happened. So in principle, people who approached themselves were getting rid of them. But I got caught by that person.”

”Caught...?

”I don't know what the purpose was. We just kept being forced to fight. I've killed people, and then I've killed something like the strange demon you were saying earlier. I've just never seen a stupid big guy like Oyama on a boulder.”

Acrylic gave me a harsh look, telling me about his circumstances, which would be difficult to say. Al is frowning slightly uncomfortably at whether he was listening first.

”... how big was the demon that acrylic had ever seen?

”It's falling apart. Because it's small, you think it's bigger than me? Just a malformation like a mixture of various creatures as a characteristic and having demonic eyes. Was the rest more playable? So it was quick to crush the nuclear demon stone and kill it.”

”The characteristics match…”

So the odd demon Ennis encountered is the one that occurred in the Kingdom of Cambus? And you were letting the extermination of that demon capture and process subhumans like acrylics? But why the hell would you do that?

Were you just looking for power to get rid of it? In the first place, is that strange demon something that occurs naturally? It is also likely that having vampire properties is an artificially created demon.

Is that what's holding your hand behind it is the Kingdom of Cambus? The vampire's shadow really flickers my unpleasant hunch and imagination.

”... so maybe the Taurus man hated the demon too. Sometimes they killed me, so they killed my people and tried to avenge me while I fled to the Kingdom of Palletia.”

”... to the point of becoming”

”But I think the guy was rewarded in the end. Because that's all it's special to us to entrust the Demon Stone”

”Is it special?

Acrylic nodded strongly at my inquiry. Makes me feel that it's serious in itself, that's all that matters to her.

”Demon Stone is more important to us than heart, soul, and maybe even more. That's why dedicating it is a tribute to those who have dedicated it. For example, for those who have reached life expectancy to entrust next, for those who have fallen ill to inherit their own aspirations. And then, you know, when you admit your opponent in a life-threatening duel. Then you will give your own demon stone.”

Acrylic put his hand on his chest and told him to bite it off with his eyes closed. For a race with demonic stones, it would mean a great deal to dedicate demonic stones, the nucleus of one's existence.

Then at the end of the day, he was able to meet someone who could also entrust the Demon Stone to Gark. Hearing that, I thought Annis was right to politely mourn his body.

Because if I had listened to this story without condolences, I'm sure Annis and Gark would have regretted it.

”... It's inconsiderate because to me it's just a clan that had an edge, but you might want to believe that there was someone inside you who thought it was a good idea to give away the Demon Stone”

”... thank you, acrylic. You've made me talk about things that are hard to talk about.”

”Fine. I don't care.”

That's what I said. Acrylic hid on Al's back again. Perhaps the vigilance was lifted a little, as the acrylic tail was just shaking like a little bit in a good mood. Perhaps this is also due to Anis and Gark.

”But... then there may still be a monster that Annis was talking about? It's troublesome.”

”Oh. And when the Kingdom of Cambus is involved, That country is too good to know.”

”It's not like there's official national traffic between countries. I can only be vigilant now...”

That's what I decided to think, still much better than staying ignorant of anything. To hide the unpleasant feeling that has come up in my chest.

”I have stories to accumulate, but I would be tired from the long journey. Take a meal or rest for once.”

”... so is that”

I nodded at Al's suggestion. One of the reasons I must have heard a few shocking stories.

Canvas Kingdom. Again, it doesn't seem like you can decide to stay still.

”In the first place, what kind of country is Cambus Kingdom?

Raini asked me that way when I was finishing my meal and bath and getting my hair dried by Raini.

”I was under the impression that Acrylic was more like one of the people of the Ricanto clan than a people of the Cambus kingdom, but then what kind of country would you say” Cambus kingdom ”?

”... there are few materials in the Kingdom of Cambus. The first contact that remains in the dossier is when I embarked on the development of the border, and I say that I was the first to make contact when I was going deep in that investigation. About 150 years ago?”

About one hundred and fifty years ago, the pioneering of the eastern part of the Kingdom of Palletia had concluded a paragraph. To be more precise, you should say that you have succeeded in creating a base for pioneering.