We rushed into the basement crowded with demon soldiers.

Moving with an invincible enemy sensor named Amako in the lead was surprisingly able to move along the road without encountering any enemies.

The world she sees is ahead of us.

 

"Suzune, stop"

"Suzune, coming from the corner"

"Suzune, don't talk."

"Suzune, don't try to touch your ears."

 

Does this mean that there are no more openings?

Before I can even think about it, Amako says it.

 

"Amako, I'm not going to touch your ears, ......?"

"No, Suzune suddenly and without warning reached for my ear, and I don't think he thought anything of it. That's what he looked like."

 

Amako was right, she probably didn't think anything of it.

Because that's where the beast ears ...... be!

…… Jokes aside, I can feel the signs of enemies in this tier fading from earlier.

 

"Amako, you obviously have fewer soldiers, right?"

"yes, it looks like the patrol has gone up as well."

"So, Kazuki-kun, ...... is he okay?"

 

…… Let's believe him.

We can't afford to turn back now, and the situation is definitely moving now.

Not long ago, there was a sound of something fighting on the lower level...... Could it be that Usato and Leona are already fighting underneath?

 

"Do you think the sound of the battle just now is Usato-kun?"

"At first, I thought it was the sound of a big monster fighting...... I don't think it's crazy if it's Usato."

"I don't know for sure......

"I think it's probably Koga who is fighting, and Usato, who was fighting helplessly, gradually picked up Koga's pace and really punched each other."

 

It's as if I was watching the scene.

Is it easy for Amako, who has the overwhelming advantage of traveling to deliver letters, to read Usato's movements?

 

"......."

"I don't know why I'm frustrated...... Oh, wait."

 

Amako waits as she walks down the aisle.

He holds his hand on the hilt of his sword.

Amako stares at the end of the aisle for a few seconds, concentrating on her prediction, and looks up at her.

 

"If you can go down like this...... I think."

"Are you sure?"

"The soldiers didn't even look to the side, they went up, so it's okay."

 

Then let's go down now.

As you descend the stairs, hurry ahead as much as possible.

 

"The fact that Usato and Leona Mr./Ms. are already down there means that they have arrived at the Demon Lord, and they are either being stranded by Koga and Amira ......."

"Then we have to go even faster."

 

He nods at Amako's words.

You've been able to conserve your strength, and you should hurry ahead even if you encounter a few enemies here.

If Usato is getting to the Demon King first, I'm worried that he's overdoing it.

 

●

 

——— then, Hisago's situation Mr./Ms. was nothing short of awful.

Thrown into a land where he didn't know right or left, what awaited him was a vicious magical training.

As a doll that was given the mere honor of being a hero, he was simply slapped with all his might.

After being verbally taught how to handle magic, the time passes when you can just slap the magic on it.

 

"——Don't be arrogant."

 

There is no one to help him as he spits out and falls to the ground.

I've only seen a small part of his violence.

But even so, I can understand that this is not decent.

 

"You can't use magic for the bowl."

 

They don't even teach Mr./Ms. how to use magic.

 

"Why can't you stand? If you're useless, you're worthless!!"

 

- She should have been summoned to another world without question, but she is exposed to heartless abuse.

What did he do?

Didn't he come to this world to be called a savior?

Treated like such a nice Mr./Ms. bag, and then just spat on and left under the cold sky?

It's just too unreasonable.

 

"———, this is ......!"

"Usato ......?"

 

He looks at the Demon King with angry eyes.

He has a faint smile on his face, as if enjoying my reaction.

 

"This is not training! It's just torture!!"

「「……」」

 

Nea and Ferm turn their faces away, wondering if they feel the same way as me.

Oh, this can't be training.

 

"In the first place, the very existence of a hero was suspicious to a soldier, right? He who stands above is like that. It is only natural, then, that those who serve them are about the same."

"Why doesn't this person resist?"

 

If you were treated like that, you would be angry.

At least I was angry.

So much so that I was so angry that I was worried about this bastard who would rather do it.

In response to my question, the Demon King rests his elbows on the throne.

 

"He's not at all unhappy with the way he's been."

「…… Huh?"

"I don't think I even put it on my teeth in the first place."

 

Even though you're being treated like that?

Is it because he has accepted the status quo that he doesn't resist or complain at all?

Is there no rebellion, not even anger?

 

『———』

"Usato, this person is still trying to move......"

「……!?」

 

Then, the phantom of Mr./Ms. Hisago from the past begins to move.

Struck by the sword, he stood up with his whole body covered in wounds from the magic, and he clutched the hilt that was oozing blood, and began to swing as it was.

 

"He's a soldier."

「……?」

"In the world before he was summoned, he devoted himself to battle as a soldier -- he was supposed to be defeated at the end of the battle, and in the end, he was supposed to be taunted and killed by the enemy as a defeated soldier, but for some reason, he came to this world by summoning heroes."

 

Mr./Ms. Hisago continues to swing his sword with all his heart.

We can roughly predict what era he was in, but is his perception different from ours in the first place?

 

"He no longer has a lord to protect, no family to protect, and with nothing left for him, he is trying to repay the debt of gratitude to the kingdom of Hagar, who happened to save him from the brink of death."

「…… I want to return the favor ......."

"You don't understand, do you? When I heard this from him, I couldn't believe my ears."

 

The Demon King laughs happily.

I want to return the favor because it saved my life.

In a way, that makes sense, but I don't see why you would want to stick to it in this situation.

 

"And I was intrigued."

 

The Demon King twirls his fingers.

Then, the surrounding scenery moves around in a hurry and is fixed in a single scene.

It is a group of jet-black magical beasts that run so much that they cover the earth.

During the attack of the demonic beasts, the people who appear to be the knights of Hagar are attacked and fall.

 

"I didn't have it in my eyes for a long time, but I sent the magical beasts created by magic to the territory of the Hagar Kingdom, so that I could see the strength of the hero."

"Whit......!"

"Naturally, the panicked king of Hagar tried to intercept it, but the extent of the armed forces of a country that is not even dealt with by other nations is known, what do you think the king did when he realized that there was nothing he could do and his country was going to be destroyed?"

「…… Did you send Mr./Ms. Hisago away?"

"You're half right."

 

Half......?

When I tilt my head, Mr./Ms. Hisago appears.

Behind them are badly soot-stained—no, these people .......

 

"Beast, man"

 

Countless beastmen, in the order of 200, are being shackled and sent forward by the knights.

In his hand he held a crude sword with a broken blade, but they were too emaciated to wield satisfactorily with their thin bodies.

 

"The Hagar Kingdom decided to use the beastmen they held as slaves as food for the magical beasts to buy time."

"———!"

 

Suppressing his inner anger, he slams his fist on the table.

The table, which is made of marble or something, shatters in half and falls to the floor.

I can't forgive the Hagar Kingdom for decoying the beastmen with a nonchalant face.

I can't forgive the Demon King for creating a reason to do so.

But anger here and now will not change the past.

 

"Usato, calm down."

"Oh, I know......

 

Ciel Mr./Ms. has lost her hips.

Feeling a little sorry, he sits down in his chair and straightens his collar.

I'm glad Amako wasn't here.

While the anger is calming, the scenery begins to move.

A group of black magical beasts covering the earth, beastmen with weapons thrown out in front of them, and Mr./Ms. Hisago.

 

"Jujin, Toyara"

 

He turned his attention to the beastmen and silently wielded his sword, slicing through the iron shackles.

Without even looking back at the beastmen who were stunned by the shackles falling to the ground, he let the same light magic emerge from his palm.

 

"Run away"

 

With that one word, the beastmen who were freed run away.

The demon beast attacks them, but just before that, a beam of light emitted by Hisago Mr./Ms. pierces the demon beast.

 

"I'm the one you're dealing with......

 

Like a turbid stream, the demonic beasts attack Hisago Mr./Ms. in numbers.

However, even in front of him, he does not stop, and he cuts down the magical beast with the sword and magic in both hands.

They shouldn't have had any decent magical training.

Even though it should be the first time he has fought a demonic beast, he easily cuts it down and turns it into a corpse.

If the rays of light he emitted are swept away, the torsos of the demons in the line of fire will be severed in two.

It's not a way to use light magic to minimize Kazuki's damage, it's just a power to destroy the opponent.

As he continued to fight with overwhelming strength, there were no more enemies in front of him, only the corpses of the demonic beasts.

 

『———』

 

But he still tries to find his enemies.

As if to say that it wasn't over yet, he didn't let go of the hilt of his half-broken sword, and walked swaying across the battlefield covered in the blood of the demonic beasts.

As he wondered what was causing him to do so, and what seemed to be his behavior, a small hand grabbed his clothes.

When he turned around, there was a beastman child.

 

"It's over...... Are you ......?"

 

Dirty golden hair that was stretched out in a sloppy way.

When we saw the fox-like ears and tail on its head, we were surprised.

 

"Amako ......!?"

"Why did she ......!?"

 

A beast girl around 10 years old looking up at Mr./Ms. Hisago with lifeless eyes.

Mr./Ms. Hisago, who had finally come to his senses at her voice, let out a hoarse voice as he dropped the sword in his hand to the ground.

 

"Uh-huh.HinagiDaisy……!?』

『……?』

"No, it's not...... Who are you?'

 

Mr./Ms. Hisago, who is exhausted and sits on the ground, mentions that the girl who resembles Amako does not have a name of her own.

 

"What about the others?"

"Everybody ran away."

Then why are you here?

"This was the safest place to stay, so I stayed."

 

Words of conviction, as if he knew it.

Mr./Ms. Hisago sighed heavily, realizing that it was not a lie and that he was really saying.

 

"Do you have a place to go?"

"There can't be such a thing."

"It's strange, it's the same as me......

 

He puts his hand on it to cover his eyes.

 

"I have lost my lord whom I have to protect, and my wife and children, whom I have sworn to cherish above all else, are gone...... Why don't you let me die?'

 

It was a human emotion that Mr./Ms. Hisago finally showed.

Seeing him like that, the girl was stunned, not knowing what to do, and saw the knights of the Hagar Kingdom coming to the battlefield where they were.

 

"What are you going to do now?"

"I can't get away now, and I think I'm going back to being a slave again."

"......Oh,, if you come this far, you're going to be abandoned......

 

Scratching his head, he stands up and faces the girl.

 

"Will you follow me?"

『…… Are you sure?'

"Oh...... You didn't have a name, did you?'

"Yes......."

 

Mr./Ms. Hisago crosses her arms as if pondering for a moment to the girl who rolls her eyes.

After a dozen seconds, he turned his gaze back to the girl.

 

"Your name is Nagi...... It's a kannagi.'

"Kang, Nagi?"

 

Was this child Mr./Ms. Nagi ......?

It looks exactly like an amako, and on the contrary, I didn't notice it.

Come to think of it, it's not surprising that they look similar because they have the same bloodline, but ......!

 

"Didn't you like it?"

"Well, from today onwards, I'm Kannagi."

 

Mr./Ms. Nagi, a child who mutters his own name over and over again as if ruminating.

Or rather, she has seen Nagi Mr./Ms. in the past without her knowledge, but is this okay?

 

"This is the encounter between Hisago and Kannagi that you know, Hisago saw the remnants of his dead daughter in Kannagi, and Kannagi found his place in himself by gaining a name."

「……」

"But in this battle, Hisago showed his heroic power to many, including the Hagar men, and to me at the time."

 

Show your ability as a hero.

That shouldn't be a good thing considering the time when there was a conflict between countries.

Above all, it was the Kingdom of Hagar who summoned Mr./Ms. Hisago who was trying to use him in a conflict between humans, and there was no way he could overlook his ability to deal with a large number of magical beasts alone.

 

"No way, Hisago Mr./Ms. is just a tool of war--"

"No, that's it, the funny thing is that I was expelled."

「…… Huh? Expulsion?"

 

The demon lord bites back a smile and gives me an expression that not only me, but also Nea and Ferm don't understand the meaning.

 

"Hagar was horrified when he finally found out what kind of entity he had summoned."

「…… No, it doesn't make sense."

"A force worthy of a hundred soldiers, that is the hero that Hagar wanted, but Hisago has achieved an extraordinary battle result of destroying not only a hundred, but also ten thousand demonic beasts with a single horse. And the king realized: if Hisago was so inclined, he could easily destroy the kingdom of Hagar."

"Such a stupid ......."

"It seems that they were aware that they were oppressing Hisago, who was a hero, and it was a funny sideshow. They are terrified of retribution from those who are beyond their power."

 

Mr./Ms. Hisago, who had a hundred people and one horse, was an unjust existence of a thousand people.

I don't know if he acquired magic and acquired that much strength, or if he originally had that much power, but I didn't expect that he would become feared because of his power...... too strong.

 

"In other words, the king of Hagar, who didn't know him and even gave up on facing him properly, as a result, gave up his power as Hisago and set out on a path of destruction."

 

Involuntarily scratching your head.

If you were going to do such an irresponsible thing, you shouldn't have summoned ...... hero.

 

"In the first place, Hisago is different from the two heroes you know."

"That's ...... Isn't it natural?"

 

Although the process is similar, the surrounding environment is completely different.

 

"You have to tell me of the feat of heroism that Hisago has done.groundwork・・But he had none. There is no anecdote as a hero, and there is no reason to have it."

 

Senpai and Kazuki had achieved the feat of sealing the Demon King by Hisago Mr./Ms., the previous hero, so their position was also established.

Well, if that's the case, Hisago's Mr./Ms. as a hero at the time was appreciated after sealing the Demon Lord, so he ...... until then.

 

"It's funny how he lived in his time, even though I don't mean it in a bad way for you."

 

Again, the Demon King looked genuinely amused and glanced at Hisago Mr./Ms. and Nagi Mr./Ms..

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When I was little, I used to eat sea cucumbers and melons.

In addition, the growth rate seems to be completely different.