Chapter 368 – Proof of Peace
“Although I did nothing but fight, I thought I could teach them general studies and magic, so I was entrusted with the task of taking care of the young children in this settlent…… at first, the children didn’t warm up to because of my skin color, and especially because of my grumpy face, so it was a daily struggle…… but I thought that was not good enough, so I tried various things, and…….”
The living room of Mr. Chieftain’s house.
We decided to first talk it over among ourselves – , Espie, Mr. Chieftain, and Larou’iph.
Larou’iph started talking about what happened from more than a decade ago until now……
“So, you’re saying that at the end of it all, you beca a bunny to make the children more receptive?”
“No, it’s not just a bunny…… I also have a cat…… and then for naughty children, I …… dress up in a lion outfit and say things like, ‘I’m going to eat you’. “
“Ah!? Amicus did that too! Eh? So, Amicus was influenced by you!?”
“Well, it’s true that Amicus does sotis use that catchphrase…”
And we laughed together as we listened to Larou’iph’s stories of the fulfilling days she had been living since then.
“I used to be so conscious of what other people thought of and my appearance…… I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t sing out loud with the children. But that wasn’t good enough…… I had to change… I started thinking that, and… umm… by the ti I realized it, I had beco like that.”
“Haha, I see. But… when I saw how those little kids and Amicus treated you, I thought you had really changed.”
“In terms of popularity with children, Espie and Slayer are not to be outdone. They often co to the settlent to play and look after the children.”
“Now that I think about it, Amicus looks up to them as her older brother and sister……”
“Hmm, Slayer in particular has close ties to the region. Elves don’t co down to human settlents very often, so all the tools in this settlent co from Slayer’s equipnt shop.”
“Oh, is that so…….”
“When I heard from Espie that a child was born between Hiro and Mamu of the Seven Heroes, and that its na was Earth Lagann, I was not only surprised but also realized once again that what you said was true… it made want to live with an eye to the future.”
Larou’iph has really changed over the past decade or so.
Sohow, I felt happy and relieved about that.
“Personally, I would have liked to see you reunited with Mr. Aka right after I t him, but…… I’m sure you’ll be able to et Mr. Aka directly now.”
“Ugh, that’s …….”
When I said that half-jokingly, Larou’iph suddenly beca fidgety, even though she was not shy about the bunny.
“Well, I an, it would probably be a bother if a woman he hasn’t seen in over a decade suddenly showed up out of nowhere…… a, and unlike over a decade ago, when it actually cos down to it, when I think about going to find him… I get… kind of nervous……”
“Ahahahaha, it can’t be helped, Big brother. One way or another, Lal has been thinking about her first love for over a decade, without any dating experience ♪. From what I’ve heard, there were people in this settlent who tried to propose to Lal because of her dedication, but Lal only has eyes for Aka…… but that’s exactly why she gets so timid.”
“Sh, sh, shut up, Espie……! Unlike you and Slayer who just ‘sort of’ go with the flow… Aka knew back when I was covered in blood and unsightly, so… there’s a chance that he won’t accept … if Aka rejects , then I… I wouldn’t even have the will to go on…….”
To be honest, I don’t know how old Larou’iph is, but she has the innocence of soone who has just fallen in love…… sohow, I think she’s beco really cute.
I don’t think Mr. Aka would reject her. Well, I don’t know that much about romance, and it’s all a matter of Mr. Aka’s own preferences……
“Well, that’s not the case…… I was able to reunite with Big brother, now you need to find Aka.”
“Yeah. I’d like to et Mr. Aka too…… you should step out of your scared and timid ways, take the first step.”
“Ugh…… stop it.”
In any case, my desire to soday et Mr. Aka again grew even stronger after I traveled back from the past.
“Well…… indeed, such revelry in matters of love and jest is but a sign of peace… and it seems, Young man, that you are exceedingly well-favored among the hearts here.”
And, Mr. Chieftain gave a cold, narrow-eyed glare as he sipped his coffee.
“O, oh, Mr. Chieftain. By the way, thank you for continuing to write sequels to the Destiny series.”
“It’s nothing special ~…… just the keeping of a promise unto you, Young man, for all the boons you have granted us ~, and yet~,…… to think of my very own daughter thusly.”
“E, excuse for that.”
“No, worry not ~, if things between you were earnest~, then would be between the two of you~, but well ~, you are quite the sought-after fellow, as I hear~? Were my daughter to be drawn in as another mber of a harem—well, a father’s heart would take a blow at the thought ~”
“Harem, hey……”
“Huh…… I crafted the tale of Ragaan-Man as a gesture of gratitude to you, Young man…… yet never did I imagine Amicus would grow so fond of it~…… Now, should she discover that the Young man was actually Ragaan-man himself, who had journeyed to the past by way of an enchanted relic, I fear she’d be thoroughly enraptured… and so, here we find ourselves~”
He said it so naggingly that I couldn’t help but shrink back.
To be honest, there was nothing I could do about it, so what could I do now――――
――Clatter!!
“””” Hmm?””””
At that ti, there was a loud rattling sound coming from under the floor of the house.
Eh? Is there sothing under the floor?
“…… Hmm, it looks like there’s a cat… under the floorboards.”
“Un, what a cute, pesky kitty.”
“For my part, that feline is the most precious in all the world……”
The three of them now seed to realize what was under the floor.
Then I activated my magical radar as well… and discovered a human-shaped cat with unusually large breasts listening intently under the floorboards.
I see…… so you were eavesdropping……
“Anyway, we’ll talk about that later. There are a few things I need to discuss with Big brother. Seriously.”
“Hmm?”
“I don’t know if Big brother is aware of this or has noticed, but… even the demons have been paying close attention to your movents since the Graduation Match. It wasn’t just us who were watching that tournant, the demons of the Demon Realm were also watching.”
“Wait, this really turned into a serious conversation out of nowhere!?”
“Of course, Slayer and I will protect Big brother no matter what happens in the future, and we will stay by your side. But there are so things you need to know…”
To be honest, I thought it would be difficult for Espie to suddenly switch from talking about Bunnies to talking about sothing like this, but from the way she kept a straight face, I could tell from the atmosphere that she was pretty serious about it.
“Big brother is being pursued by the Empire…… La’iphant, the forr Six Supremacy and current Supre Ruler of the Demon Realm Governnt, is also in on the trend…… he also uses the Breakthrough, and apart from exchanging information with Hiro and the others, it seems he is also using his own people to investigate Big Brother…… well, and Slayer would like to know why Big brother can use the Demon King’s technique…… but that can be explained another ti.”
“Oh…… I see……”
“And, I got information that Hakuki is also curious about Big brother, although I don’t think Hakuki even realizes that Big brother is the sa man he t a decade ago…… However, Hakuki also has connections with the remnants of the Bockmati Family, so it seems that he is trying to obtain information using even more underground people than La’iphant.”
“Hmm~…… that’s …… well.”
The story that Espie told is certainly a serious one.
Still, it was also a story that I sohow knew.
I’ve never t La’iphant, a forr Six Supremacy, but if he saw that Graduation Match, he must be interested in , and there was also Hakuki, Jamdi’el, and Kron after all……
So, it was a serious matter, but not so surprising, so I cald down and sipped my coffee……
“And…… Norja found out that Big brother was the Ragaan-Man she fought a decade ago…… she’s been ranting about how she’s definitely going to make you take responsibility, and the pretense of coming from the Demon Realm to investigate the Shiznautmy ruins is just an excuse, in reality she’s sneaking out and trying to kidnap Big brother.”
“Buboooooooooooh!!”
I spat out the coffee.
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