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At these words, the tension in the atmosphere dissipated However, there was one person who dissented

“No, your majesty If it’s possible, can we talk about the main issue here and now?”

“Are you sure, hero? You’ve just coht?”

“Yes After all, this is the pattern in which we have to confront the devil king I wish to ask about it as soon as possible”

The king showed his consideration for the hero’s request after pondering over it

“…Understood Since that’s what you, the hero, wish for, I’ll tell the story”

But, that happened way too fast It was impatient and abrupt They still hadn’t discussed about this unprecedented case with three people yet

Suimei, driven by his impatience, asked Reiji in a whisper, “O-oi, Reiji! What do you intend to do? Do you have to answer after hearing this? Rather, it’s a matter of course-”

“Suih, just leave it to me”

“What? Leave what to yo-Reijiiii!”

Before they finished talking, Reiji stepped out, with Sui his dissent

This was so Suimei absolutely did not want to be responsible for To suppress the de — what the heck kind of fantasy story was this!? Provoking a fight with people who had basically zero combat potential and experience was not only insane, but also, in the first place, they were not obligated to do such a thing anyway

Moreover, Suimei had a reason to quickly return He had proacy of his new proposal about icians are fated to always be at the risk of losing their lives, it doesn’t

While thinking such thoughts, he anxiously looked at Reiji’s back Although there was no reasonable reason for them to take responsibility, there was a soft-hearted person who deviated froree

The king asked Reiji who had previously stepped forward

“Until what part of the story have you already heard about?”

“Earlier, from the princess, I heard that you wantedBesides that, I have heard nothing else”

“Is that so? Well then, Gless”

The king glanced at the temperate, elderly man that was nearby, who nodded The man called Gless stepped out

“I am Gless Duress, the Prime Minister of Astel Well then, first, I will explain, starting from the current state of affairs”

“Please”

“To the north of here, the Astel Kingdoid country called Noxius The northern Noxius was the boundary between demon territory and hu the invasion of the de time had been called to the northernhtning-like invasion had caused the capital to capitulate, and brought about the fall of Noxius”

With a grimness that leaked into the atmosphere, Prime Minister Gless continued the story

“In spite of the fact that the people of Noxius lived in such a tense atth not inferior to that of the flat lands, with a strong national army, but when faced with the invasion of the million-man demon army they couldn’t stand tooth to tooth and they fell in less than a month”

Then, Mizuki, seely with difficulty, asked for the details

“U the fall of Noxius, the people…”

“The demons have no need to take prisoners of war At the time of the invasion, most of the citizens were killed by the deht were hunted down The feho survived had survived because of their good luck The Noxians, as a people, no longer exist”

“Man hunts, you said? That’s…”

“Those are the kind of monsters that demons are They completely look down on humanity, treat huh strength to back it up We tried to negotiate, but their response was far from a reconciliation; rather, they did the reverse, and attacked us”

After Mizuki heard Gress’s story, her face turned blue Perhaps she didn’t think there could be a story as cruel as that If the deirl often had friends, a botto about animals with help/salvation

Currently, everything was progressing like as if it were a story Including me, when there is a story-like devleopment, there is often salvation, and ere still optimistic

However, the demons in this world are completely different from those in stories

Although it was impossible to s the entire story, the fact re from the massacre to the complete annihilation of Noxius was true, and they had to cross paths with such monsters

“Then after that, according to the Salvation Church’s Oracle, the ruling deed to one called Nakshatra He believes that if the demons are to be able to live freely, then humanity would need to be destroyed”

“Countries that sa dire the situation was each began to develop their own countermeasures But, Noxius had already fallen, and they were essentially forced to assu to the scale of the demon army, their ideas that would break the deadlock could not work and plans disappeared one by one That is how ainst the indomitable wizards”

Pausing here, Gress looked at (the grandiose) Reiji

“Thus, fro a hero froic Guild and the Salvation Church were able to hold this hero sureement, this cerereat crisis, establishi+ng a firm precedent If each country were to only prioritize its own national interest and hold the su, then the world would become chaotic”

“This world has that many problems…?” Reiji scrunched his eyebrows (I really can’t think of the actual phrase here; it’s like when you’re “wtf” and your eyebrows go up and together)Heup

“Yes According to what has been passed doohave appeared twice Tyrants have atterasp the world in their hands three ti will ree, Astel Kingdom is one of the four countries that is to perfor ceremony”

“Four countries…”

Upon hearing this unexpected news, Suimei started to mumble to hiuys with such a ridiculous request as suppressing the de When they refuse, they could always come up with some other safety measure, and Suimei and the others wouldn’t have to be entrusted with an impossible task

“And we are the summoned ones?”

When Reiji asked about the heart of the matter, Gless closed his eyes and confirmed

“It is as you have said”

And, Gless put on a griain

“Currently, the demon army’s invasion has slowed down, but in the near future, the human countries in the world, and thus our country, will be traous demon army Like how Noxius was destroyed”

Gless’s face lost its color, and his voice became heavyIt was an act that evoked sy, but if it the sureement, then failure would result not only in their loss of diplomatic face, but also in the loss of the people’s faith As the prime minister who had no choice but to worry over the country, he had no plan, and he couldn’t suppress the seeds of irritation in his mentality

After Gless had finished his story, seeing as good a ti spoke

“Hero Thisto do with you who ca this world’s people, can you somehow help?”

“…”

“Please…Somehow or another?”

The King i doards as if in deep thought

“The King is, well of course, deterht Suimei

But of course, Sui to do with this ician, for the sake of protecting both hih he did have combat experience, did not really want to take part in such a ridiculous fight He, of course, did not want to die

Sui aside his sliver of anxiety, earnestly prayed to the Gods that Reiji would not accept

nobody dared to even gulp After a brief period of silence, Reiji raised his resolute face

And-

“I accept”

“Of course He won’t do it He won’t — Wait what?” thought Suimei

He accepted He actually accepted What Suiination

“Is that so! That’s-”

“WAIT A SECONDDDD!”

Sui’s elated voice frohout the audience room

Suihts with his shout, and stunned everyone in the audience roo’s voice was rude, but the abruptness of the shout and the incredulity of the people led to nobody to criticize Suimei

The soft-hearted person who had accepted had a look of utter confusion on his face

“Wha-what happened Sui your voice so suddenly…”

“This dim-witted person! The one who accepted and has a rotten brain is you! You just said you’d fight a dangerous guy who’d destroy the world! Why do we have to fight a guy who has an army of God kno many millions of demons!? Is it weird for me to shout out in a loud voice when you didnt even consult us about it!?”

Sui a breath Reiji, with unyielding eyes, looked at Sui for breath

“But, because of that De, lots of people have had unfortunate experiences, and more will experience the same Thus, the people’s last resort was to su and everything within my limits to help”

“How did it become like this!? We have absolutely no reason to help!”

“Yeah It’s undeniable that today is the first tiation to help But there is hope Hope is the essence of every person Aren’t humans just a pile of hope? Moreover, a sense of duty isn’t present fro you create?”

Reiji answered in a somewhat cool, philosophical manner no idea here

“That is certainly true, but…Rather, that kind of philosophy has nothing to do with the matter at hand! First of all, how can you possible do it by yourself!?”

Just now, the question thrust at him by Suimei stopped Reiji in his tracks Reiji was just a student Unlike Sui Without even speaking of his ability to fight, any means to win could not be seen

But even then, Reiji shook his head

“You don’t understandThere’s an aht be able to defeat the De if I have this power”

And thus, the matter was settled

“What a powerrrrrr!? There’s no way you could even TRY to beat hiainst their huge numbers, Aniki!” indifferently! No ht against an army of several million!”

“No, I can’t tell without having tried The people who have been summoned into this world have the power to save it”

That is certainly what is said to be the case However, in the end, that ht just be a story passed down by humanity

Thus

“So that’s how it is”

“This kind of result is unchangeable I cannot abandon troubled peopleIt may not be smart, but I wish to cooperate with the people of this world”

“Reiji Again, you…”

Sui Reiji’s sincere words, lowered his tone After that, there may have been a hint of compassion This could be said to be Reiji’s weakness He cannot neglect people in trouble It’s been like that since the olden days He’s been like that since the day Suimei had met him

He would run about, trying to save so in someone else like him, but he would save everyone in the end He was a man who could not discard this weakness That is the person known as Shana Reiji

Since he was his good friend, Suimei understood Reiji’s character quite well

“Suimei If you think it’s unpleasant, you don’t have to Honestly if you’re with , but the one who received power is me You don’t have to come with me”

“You… Certainly, I don’t want to go, but that…!”

“Yeah I know You’ll worry about ht? You were always the one who followed up for h”

Saying it in such a as kind of sneaky Exactly since Reiji was this type of guy, Sui out with him

But still, this time-

“I’ me into this kind of mess…I don’t want to die yet”

As expected, he still declined There was no choice However one could think about it, it was too reckless

“Okay Sorry, Suimei”

“If you’re going to apologize, you , with his voice having returned to that of one without surprise or resignation

Now, Reiji turned to Mizuki

“I’ Thus, I want you to stay with Suimei, Mizuki”

In front of the Reiji’s display of deter She was thinking about so

There was no reply for a brief period of ti, raised her resolute face and looked at Reiji

“…No, I’ll go with you”

“Mizuki…”

“You too, Mizuki,” Suimei had said in a puzzled voice He did not think another one of his friends would possibly say such an unrealistic thing The sa as what Reiji had said

“Mizuki, you can’t What I’ you with er”

When Reiji had refused Mizuki’s request, she shook her head

“Since there won’t be peace anyway if you don’t defeat the Deerous That’s why, even if it’s a little, I want to help you I’ or even if I understand, nor do I understand if I have the sa you do, to help the people of this world, but I still want to go with you”

“It’ll be dangerous I’m not sure if I’ll be able to protect you”

“Okay I won’t mind even if you abandon me So please…” That was undoubtedly not what Mizuki wanted However, to stay with her important one, she had lied

Reiji, after some consideration, spoke

“Okay If you’re going so far as to say that, let’s go together However, I will never, no matter what happens, throw you away, okay?”

“Okay…” answered Mizuki no idea She was happy, but in her eyes you could see a faint resolve, and some tears

“Your Majesty, the King The , I will take on The two of us will face him”

“Understood Mizuki, are you really sure about this?”

“Yes!”

The King sent a happy-kind of like towards Mizuki who had responded so cheerfully, and then turned his gaze to Suimei

“Suimei, you still…”

“I cannot fight against such an absurd ao with them”

“Is that so…” His voice had a soretAs expected, he had so

Despite the King’s reaction, the surrounding criticized Sui, that boy…” and “He has no pride whatsoever” could be heard

“These guys that don’t move out of their safe spots say whatever they like Well, I’, since I decided I wouldn’t go… There’s a ht Suimei

Suih, and paused for a bit, before asking the King for a favor he needed at any cost

“Your Majesty, the King I have but one favor to ask; may I?”

The surroundings becaain, and such exclamations as “What insolence!” and “You’re in no position to ask His Majesty the King for a favor!” but they were ignored

The King, in particular, did not seem to mind; he did not raise his voice and responded

“Go ahead”

“Okay Since I won’t go help suppress the Deinal world”

He would not go fight Thus, there would be no reason for hi cereain to quickly return to his oorld

However, for so did not reply

Instead, a heavy silence swept over the roos, one would see Reiji with a puzzled look, and Mizuki with a face as if she had just realized so titania and Felmenia’s faces were of a poor co

The source of this was so bad Suimei had just asked to return Then, their faces had become like this

Then, a hypothesis had popped into Suimei’s mind

“Hey, wait It couldn’t be…”

Suiuess did not hit far froet

Before long, the King opened his mouth with resolution

“Sorry, but you cannot return to your original world Don’t get ; it’s not that I don’t want to return you Rather, a method to send you back does not exist”

“What the FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!?”

Suihout the audience room