For some reason, the place that left the most impression on me in Kamherio was the training ground.

I prefer to use places where I can train, but I think it's because I was able to interact with the heroes and squires of other nations here.

 

"Usato-kun, you really shouldn't move, right?"

 

When I arrived in front of the entrance to the training ground, my seniors said so with a staring eye.

 

「…… I don't want to be so persistent. Usato-kun, as soon as you take your eyes off him, he'll start training."

"I know."

 

I don't want to be bothered that you care about me.

Besides, the reason why he keeps saying it is because he has a problem on my end.

When I opened the door of the training ground and entered, the senior looked up.

 

"It looks like there was little damage here."

"Isn't it?"

 

There's a little hole in the ceiling, but other than that, it seems to be fine.

The hole is now closed, so you probably don't have to worry about anything falling.

 

"Well, it's not popular, is it?"

"Wait a minute...... No, wait a minute."

"Hmm?"

 

I saw something a little curious out of the corner of my eye, so I headed there.

The destination is the edge of the training ground.

Someone was lying on a couch for resting.

 

"I ...... sleeping in a place like this."

"Are you okay with that...... What is this child?"

 

I wondered if he had fallen asleep here because he was suffering from an injury the other day, and when I rushed to him, I was surprised to see the sleeping child clearly.

 

"Liz?"

"Wow...... Wow...... Wow."

"Hey, I'm sleeping."

 

Liz, an orange-haired girl curled up like a cat on a couch at the edge of the training ground.

Dressed lightly instead of her usual thick coat, she somehow slept in a place like this.

 

I'm going to sleep in a place like this, and I'm going to catch a cold."

"Fuhihi......"

 

I can't watch it for the time being, so I take off my clothes and hang it on her.

 

"Why are you here?"

"Hmm...... Mr. Usato. I know why she's here."

"What, do you understand!?"

 

I look at the senior who is nodding yes.

 

"First of all, Liz is a thief bear who has a crush on Usato-kun."

"What......?"

"And yesterday I had a hard-fought fight with Liz, a tough fight where we congratulated each other on our good work."

"No, what are you doing?"

 

What are you really doing while I'm sleeping?

And why would I sleep here?

 

"She didn't want to bother the sleeping Usato-kun, and she thought that her guardians, Ulua and Elisha, would be angry with her, so she came up with an idea."

"Any thoughts?"

"I decided to wait for you here."

 

…… No, why?!

Seriously, why do you think that you are waiting for me here!?

 

"Usato-kun, as long as you regain consciousness, you will come to the training ground in the morning, and if you are at the training ground, I will be able to encounter you."

"I ...... such a person like a person who loves a training ground."

「……?」

"Yes, I'm a person who loves training grounds......"

 

I couldn't stand the gaze of my senior, who tilted his head with a wry smile.

I don't mind making fun of my seniors, but I don't want to embarrass them.

Just as we were admitting our mistake, we heard a sound coming from a different door than the one we had entered.

 

"Did you come after all?"

 

What came was Reval, the hero of the kingdom of Garga, and his followers who adored him.

Dressed in training clothes, they saw me at a distance and came to me with a relieved and stunned smile.

 

"Is the brave dog a chaperone?"

"Yes, I just woke up and came here."

 

Rival looks at me with stunned eyes at my senior's words.

 

"You fainted from using too much magic, didn't you? Why don't you rest a little longer?"

"I slept well all day and I'm hardly tired...... Are the Rivals training?"

"They say they're going to do it, so you can't help it."

 

Rival said it tiredly, but I and my followers know that he is quite enthusiastic.

He shrugs his shoulders, looks around, and then quietly talks to us.

 

「…… Was Lanzas okay?"

 

Rival also seemed to be worried about Mr./Ms.'s safety.

As for Mr./Ms., information is so tightly controlled that even the brave men who know he is protected do not know what is happening to him now.

 

"Oh, I've torn off the demon that has taken possession of his body, and his body is fine now."

"Tear it off...... Is it something you can do normally?"

"A technique that disrupts the opponent's magic power with healing interference, using a healing vibration fist."

"Why don't you stop talking on the premise that you can understand this?"

 

In principle, it is not such a difficult technique.

It's not a skill you can handle if you want to.

 

"It's a technique I used on you when I first met you, when you were rough."

"Ugh, uh, that technique...... Surely the feeling of being disturbed inside the body would work for the devil."

 

Rival when he was overwhelmed by the heavy responsibility of being a hero and was desperate.

Of course, he has grown a lot since then, and his friendship with his servants seems to have deepened.

 

"And what about you?"

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"Have you decided how you are going to act as a hero of the Garga Kingdom from now on?"

 

As soon as the dust is over, we will return to our respective countries.

The Rivals will return to the Kingdom of Garga and continue to act as heroes and their attendants...... He would have given up on himself again.

 

"No, I haven't decided at all."

"yes?"

"As you said to me before, I had the idea of creating our own form of hero...... But we can't do it as it is."

 

Listen to Rival's words.

 

"This incident made me realize how immature I was, and I thought I did the best I could, but in retrospect it wasn't enough."

 

From what I've heard, Rival and his followers have been working hard with Rain to lead the evacuation of the people of Kamgelio and to rescue and treat the wounded.

They did what they could.

I think it's a great thing at that point, but Rival himself doesn't seem to be convinced.

 

"I've only taken a step forward, and I've been stomping my feet all this time, and I've had them push me ...... back, but I'm not resisting them at all."

「……」

"But it's still a step, and I'm not going to look back. It's not my country's choice, I'm going to go ahead to become the 'hero' I want to be."

 

Before you can create the form of a hero, you must first become a hero who can recognize yourself.

He looked the same but came to a different goal, and when he looked at me and my seniors as if in a huff, he looked away embarrassedly.

 

"I've said something blue, and I'm going to shut up to them, okay?"

"No, I won't tell you...... In the first place, your squires are listening in the background."

"Huh!?"

 

Taken aback, he turned around to see the retinue of Rival close enough to hear the voices.

They all look impressed, and Rival trembles in a trap.

 

"Ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

""Wow!!""

 

Rival runs out screaming, and the attendants run away all at once.

It makes me smile to see them smoothly transition to the run-in training.

 

"They've changed, too, thanks to your training, too?"

"I'm just giving him the opportunity, because it's because of his own strength and the people who adore him that he was able to move forward."

 

All I did was run it without asking questions and stir up a rebellious spirit.

…… Run, ?

 

"Mr. Woosato?"

"Are you an Esper?"

 

I just thought about it for a moment, but I was nailed.

Eh, did you say that you want to run like that?

 

"How many years do you think you've been your senior?"

"We haven't done it in a year since we met......

"Then it's a childhood friend!"

"What's the definition of a childhood friend?"

 

- Return the tsukkomi to the seniors who spin and slam new super theories.

The senior, who smiled with satisfaction at my words, took a light breath and looked back.

At the end of her line of sight is Liz, who is still sleeping.

 

"A girl who doesn't fall asleep there, but a bear sleeps there."

"Wow, wow."

"You know you're awake, right?"

"Wow, wow."

 

Did you wake up?

His sleeping phase has changed from before, but to the outsider, he only looks like he is sleeping.

Seeing Liz still asleep, unresponsive to her senior's voice, she moves her hand to her side.

 

"Alright, Usato-kun, turn your back a little."

"I'll ask you, what are you going to do?"

"It's something you can't say."

 

Oh, I have to stop this for Liz's sake.

At the same time as she decides and tries to move, Liz's body rises vigorously.

 

"Hmm, I slept well."

"Tick ......."

"Usato, Inukami, good morning, nice morning."

 

Based on this reaction, I ...... if it really happened.

- Liz naturally wears my team uniform as if it were her own and greets me, and the senior blatantly clicks her tongue.

 

"If you sleep in a place like this, you'll catch a cold, won't you?"

"I thought Usato's going to be the first thing he would be here when he woke up."

"What would you have done if you hadn't come......

「? But here we are."

 

What is the level of trust in this mystery?

Do you think this is because you were at the training ground most of the time you were here?

Damn, I can't say anything back......

 

"Did Usato come to training?"

"No, I'm just here to show my face this time."

"That's right."

 

…… If you wake up, I want you to return your uniform.

Liz doesn't seem to care about it and wears her uniform, so I'm not sure if I should say it.

 

"So Usato."

"Hmm?"

"It's about loan 2."

「……」

 

Come to think of it, I ...... that I owe this child two things!

The first time was to get Nea to shut up in disguise and to help her in the fight against Ember.

 

"What, Liz? Usato-kun? What do you mean by lending? Usato-kun?"

 

And my seniors ...... also interested!

The senior, who sensed my silence, turned to Liz as if in a hurry.

 

"Liz, I'm going to refuse any request that's too unreasonable!!"

"Okay, then, Usato. Come to my country."

"You haven't made the slightest concession, have you?!"

 

The kingdom of Milva wanted to know the secret of my healing magic, but Liz was straight up recruiting me.

But this is probably trying to call me regardless of the country's intentions.

 

"I'm sorry, I don't think that's possible."

"yes, I'm not kidding, but I'm kidding. I really want to ask you something else."

"Oh, are you kidding...... Hmm? Aren't you kidding? Hmm?"

 

I ...... feel like a contradiction has arisen in the present moment.

Anyway, what else do you ask?

 

"When I learned about my biological father, I learned about my hometown, which I was never supposed to be involved with."

「…… That's right."

"To be honest, I don't really care about my father, but I've always cared about the Beastman Country."

 

I think it's understandable.

For her, Jinya Mr./Ms. is a father she doesn't even know, so it's true that she doesn't care.

But my home, the Beastman Country, is a special place that I have never seen before.

 

"For me, I belonged in the country of Elisha and my teacher, and I didn't think I was going to have to worry about anything else...... But."

"Yes."

"Somewhere in my heart, I care about my hometown, and I want to know where the beastmen like me live. …… Well, it's not a strong feeling, it's like this...... It's just a small part of my heart."

 

Liz pauses and looks up at me.

 

"Honestly, it's really uncomfortable right now, and it's been a constant struggle in my mind for a long time."

 

Disgusting, huh?

Worries don't always come with me, and it's certainly uncomfortable when they come out of nowhere.

When I was a little convinced, a senior came forward with a hand to his mouth.

 

"In other words, there was a figure that I wanted by chance at the store, but now I don't have the desire to buy it as much as I did back then, and I thought that I didn't have to buy it because I wanted it for a while, but since then I have been in agony because the desire to buy it has been sobering...... So that's it."

"Senior, please make it simpler."

"Oh! I'm selling this now! But I don't want it as much as I used to! But I still want a little! I'm worried!!"

"I see."

 

I am convinced by the change from a very fast-talking long sentence to a short sentence that is left to the momentum.

I ...... it's very easy to understand when you say that.

 

"So, Usato, I want to go to the land of the beastmen. That's why I'd like to ask you to speak up."

 

If you ask me if I can or can't, I can.

From the beginning, he had planned to tell Hayate Mr./Ms. about Liz, the daughter of Jinya's Mr./Ms.. As the daughter of someone who was once his best friend, Mr./Ms. Hayate wouldn't be able to leave her alone.

 

"But Liz, that's ......."

"It's not that I want to go home, it's not that I want to break up with Elisha and my teacher."

"Is that so......?"

"Or rather, you can go straight to Mearlark instead of going back to your country."

 

…… Is that okay?

 

"I don't care about the country, because the country we live in is quite tolerant, and the teacher is trusted in vain."

 

After learning about the Kingdom of Milva and the Kingdom of Garga, I realized that there is really a difference in the treatment of heroes in each country......

 

"But the Beastman Country is still a closed place, so we may not be able to enter a large number of people."

"You can accompany me with Elisha, and I'll have Miarak stay with me."

"What, are you sure? So."

"I'm sure the teacher will be convinced."

 

…… I should ask Mr./Ms. Urua about this later.

He smiles wryly at Liz, who shows confidence that he doesn't know where he came from.

 

「…… Endorsement. I'll send a message to Chief Hayate Mr./Ms.."

"Thank you, Usato."

"You saved me Mr./Ms.."

 

But it would be nice camouflage for Liz and the others to accompany the Mealak team on their return.

He will be your escort when you hide Mr./Ms. in the Land of the Beastmen.

 

"Usato-kun"

"Yes?"

"I also want to go to the land of beastmen."

"No."

"Isn't it OK in terms of flow!?"

 

In fact, it's hard to get the OK out of this flow.

…… Come to think of it, my seniors had never been to the land of beastmen.

I'm worried that my seniors will be rough with the beastmen in the land of the beastmen, but more than anything, I'm worried that Amako's mother, Kanoko Mr./Ms., and the seniors will come into contact and cause Amako to hurt her stomach.

 

"No, but that's ......."

「…… Hmm? What?"

 

That's what happens when Mr./Ms. and Liz meet face-to-face.

Seeing her tilt her head curiously, I thought so inwardly.