We are guiding the special forces dispatched by the institution to the school.
It was surprising that the mbers followed without saying a word.
I thought there would be whispers expressing anxiety.
They seed to fully trust their leader's decisions.
That man leading the group. A veteran for sure.
Still, that is that and this is this.
I can't hide my disappointnt that only a small number of people are sent even when the danger has been fully inford.
Even though the existence of the institution I knew was far from complacency.
Hmm...
As I looked at him with a questioning gaze, his eyebrows slightly curved.
He's quick-witted.
"Do you have sothing to say?"
"There is. That... Um, what should I call you?"
"Call Jas."
"Okay, Jas. You can call Ella. And there's sothing I want to ask you."
"Sothing to ask... I can't promise that I will answer."
"Really? Does an unanswerable question includes the level of your troops?"
At my question, Jas face looks puzzled. That shouldn't have been a strange question.
"What do you an?"
"Too few. This is place is so full of monsters that you've already t so, but there's only a few people. At least it's wise to bring an army."
"...I could answer, but it will be quite long. It would be prudent to talk after arriving."
It's good that the answer is simple. I like this guy.
There seems to be a reason for that too.
"Okay. When we arrive... Ah!"
"?"
While talking, I found Ha-rim rummaging through a bag on the floor.
She is doing this again!
"Shin Ha-rim! Didn't I tell you not to blindly investigate missing bags?!"
In this world, as ti goes by, monsters beco stronger and the environnt changes.
In the past, I would have allowed her to investigate freely, but not now.
There is the luck artifact, so I don't have to worry too much...
"Sorry, it's like an instinct... But if its a missing bag, I need to investigate!"
This little girl... Retorted?!
I hit Ha-rim on the forehead with a flick. She beca sullen.
"Stop over there, Kim Eun-jeong."
"Uh... Um."
"Eun-jeong, I know you like the scent of flowers, but do you want to even sll the scent of a flower with eyeballs?
"...Hehe, surprisingly not bad."
"I told you not to do anything dangerous. You're trying to slip away again. The pampering has gotten worse lately. Now just cuddle and sleep by yourself when you sleep!"
"No!"
Leaving behind Eun-jeong, who whined like that~, I searched for the next target.
The target was the boys. When my gaze is fixed on them, their shoulders tremble.
These guys are bystanders.
"Suho! Fix the complacent attitude of thinking they're safe because you're watching! That shield is not omnipotent. Kyeong-min, you too were too absorbed in taking notes and neglected stopping the kids."
The children who hesitates and can't easily make excuses.
Obviously, the relationship has grown closer and their performance has improved, but as they beco more comfortable with each other, their shortcomings beca apparent.
When it's not about this, each of them does well on their own.
It's speculated that my presence plays a part in making the kids relaxed.
Give a break. The children walked in a line with rigid postures.
The gaze of the woman dressed as a nun beca strange.
The corner of Jas mouth is slightly raised.
I don't know what they're thinking.
But it doesn't matter.
Because now it's all over.
"Is this a safe place?"
"You'll know when you enter."
I quickly moved to the mirror in front of the school gate and ca out again.
Being a monster, I am physically blocked, so I have no choice but to do this.
The kids followed into the school.
Jas also followed them without question. Then he nodded his head.
"Indeed. When I ca in, sothing felt different. There are no strange plants either."
"Yes, this school has barriers that physically block the monsters."
"Monsters?"
"Let's go in and I'll tell you."
I showed them a place to stay.
I guided them to a usable classroom and inford them that there was a convenience store by the back door.
"There is food brought by us."
"Sotis snacking is okay."
"Hoo."
Jas gave a curious look.
He also asked about the salt placed everywhere, so I introduced it as purifying salt.
When he asked permission to collect so, I granted it.
After doing maintenance, Jas asked for a talk.
Is it a conversation between leaders? I told the kids to rest and ca back after talking to them for a while.
In an empty classroom, we sat in desks facing each other.
There was on one side, and two opposite to .
Jas and a woman dressed as a black nun.
"Who?"
"I am Agent Maria. From the special forces."
She is the person that talked the most with Jas, the leader.
"Don't care. Why didn't you bring all the mbers to this classroom and interrogate them?"
"No need. Excuse ."
Jas pulled out a recorder. It was sothing I had only seen in spy moves, but it was amazing to see it in person.
"For convenience, I will call you D-888, not your first na. Do you agree?"
"Sure."
"Good, that makes things faster."
When he pressed the button, it started recording without a sound.
I made eye contact with Jas to talk, and realized that those eyes were now very sharp.
I have heard that the eyes of people who work as detectives are different from those of ordinary people.
If I had to say, it gives an impression of the eyes of a snake. It feels like my mind is being pierced.
But if I don't have any bad intentions, there's no need to be nervous.
I have to say sothing.
I hold his gaze and spoke confidently.
"But I want you to keep in mind that this is not a one-sided interrogation. Ella also has questions for you."
Jas seed to like my attitude.
"Of course. And I'll ask first, D-888. Are you a resident of this place?"
"Yes. So I know this place well. I know the counterasure against monsters. Now it's Ella's turn. Why are you so few? I'm sure I said there was a giant demon. It must be difficult with this level of manpower."
"It's strange."
"Huh?"
"We were constrained by the world when we ca here. As if it shouldn't be too easy, the amount weapons and manpower we could bring were restricted from the beginning."
I've never heard of such a thing, is it the Devil? No, not even it can touch the laws of the world that makes the ga's background... I see, it's the system!
This is a horror ga. Pushing with overwhelming firepower is unacceptable.
If you think about it, it makes sense.
The troops led by Jas were affected by that.
"Um... Maybe because it is the nature of this world..."
"What does that an?"
I can't openly say that we're in a ga, so I explained in an improvised way.
"Literally. In this world, it's unacceptable to overwhelm the monsters. At least for humans. Perhaps, if it wasn't for Ella, the children and you would have been pushed into extre situations?"
"That's interesting. Then the next question. You call the monsters outside cryptids. What exactly are they?"1
"Abstract thoughts, and stories about strange fears are gathered to take physical form in this world. Sotis it exists only as a phenonon. I am one of them. Now it's my turn. Is it possible to do it with a small group of people? Killing the Devil?"
"..."
I stared at him, who didn't answer.
Are you sure you can't let know? Then it gets very boring.
To properly help them, I should at least know what their goal is.
As long as the Devil interferes with us, we need to build partnership.
But I was worried for nothing. Because Jas opened his mouth.
"There is."
"Wait, Agent Jas. Are you going to tell her everything?"
Maria covered his mouth.
That sounds like pretty important information.
Well, it's strange to say it so easily.
Basically, it's because I'm suspicious. On one side, I'm a monster, and on the other, I'm the one who brought them here.
Jas removes Maria's hand from his mouth.
"You're too extre. What's the problem?"
"What's the problem? That you'll tell the demon all of our plans!"
Eh? I feel like I have heard sothing pretty important?
"We need help anyway. Moreover, the operation we are going to do is so simple that it's embarrassing to even call it one. When we do it, it will be obvious what it is."
"Still!"
"Wait a mont."
At my words, Maria and Jas simultaneously turned their heads towards .
Perhaps they can see the bewildernt engraved on my face.
"Just now. Did you call a demon? Why am I one? Do you na cryptids as demons?"
Jas looked at curiously.
Maria had a blank expression on her face.
As if I had said sothing I shouldn't have.
"Looking at your reaction, it seems like you really don't know. The D-888 I said ans demon number 888. The institution has already registered you as a demon."
Jas took ou a machine with so analog chanisms attached to it from his chest.
It is a thing completely apart from modern science, but it seed more credible because of it.
A small beeping sound is heard.
"It's a asuring instrunt. The official na is different, but D-888... As soon as we t you, it reacted. It didn't react to the monsters outside."
I'm... A demon?
Could this be one of the ga's hidden settings?
Even if I've played this ga for a long ti, I don't know everything the creator put in it.
The setting that Ella was a demon... It's strange that only Ella is treated specially, so the fact that the bosses behave differently from other monsters seems to be related to this "demon" setting.
"...I didn't know."
But now, what does it matter whether I'm a monster or demon? I am no longer a human.
"It's also difficult to see you as a complete demon. There is demonic reaction, but it feels like one-fourth is of a demon. I wanted to ask you this, but you yourself doesn't seems to know either."
Maria sees my reaction and puts on a complicated expression.
Curiosity. Shock. Questioning. Doubt. Denial. Those mixed feelings.
Jas, who didn't have Maria stopping him, explained the operation they were going to do.
6 relics.
They are divided into 2 types of 3 each.
The relic in the shape of an angel plays the role of pushing back the power of demons and punishes them at the sa ti.
A chanical device that mixes computers and hands like modern art does the work of modifying reality.
If you place them exactly in the designed positions of a hexagonal form, you can destroy and modify this world itself so that it can be integrated into the outside world.
When both worlds are combined, the power will be dispersed, so the demons will naturally disappear.
It's the surest way of defeating the giant Devil.
It was the correct choice to call them.
However, although the operation is simple, placing the artifact itself is not easy. That's right...
"You have to put it in a pretty awkward position."
This is because the place where you need to put it include the boss stages.
My mansion is a free pass for now.
It seems that Pierrot can be persuaded sohow, but will Mary, who is selfish, allow it?
Right now, they call the boss room their "hos".
The most difficult is Ms. Spider. Seeing the spider-monsters running rampant, it's not normal.
As they are hostile, we might have to fight her.
After all, there is no easy way to do it.
Nonetheless, there is one question that arises.
Why do you believe in and tell this much?
A simple task where they just need to place an artifact. The risk of getting caught is great, but there was no need to tell .
There was also a way to ask only to take them to the location.
Jas noticed my question and answered it.
"I have been working on this line of work for a long ti. What I an is that I am sowhat free of prejudice. Agent Maria trembles when it cos to demons, but there are so among my acquaintances."
Maria's expression hardened.
"It's the first ti I've heard of a demon among your acquaintances."
"Agent Maria. You're the only one that knows. But your affiliation is too radical."
"..."
"I'm- no, Ella is grateful. Ella will help with the operation."
"Good. This eting is over. Can I send Maria to you?"
"...Surveillance?”
"There is that too."
"Don't care."
It's a small thing anyway.
The talk just now had the feeling of a conversation, not an interrogation, so no coercive ans had been used.
Jas added an apology before turning off the recorder.
"Oops, I almost forgot the most important thing. D-888, where is the Devil you speak of?"
POV Switch - Maria
I was organizing my thoughts in the won's restroom.
Mainly D-888. It was about whether the demon called Ella could be trusted.
The demons I have t attacked people in bizarre ways.
However, the demon nad Ella, let alone a strange appearance, looks like a charming girl... Was there a child demon in the succubus line?
To put it bluntly, the monsters roaming outside looked more demonic.
I heard that high-level demons have human form, but the demonic reaction from Ella is low-level... Above all, the problem was that the behavior was too human.
Even clever demons show in their reactions.
A selfish and evil personality.
It's hard to fool people's eyes unless you're a really old demon.
Even I and Jas have often identified demons with just a few words.
However, the way she took care of the children in detail was very human-like.
...No, it's only been a day. It's too early to be sure.
"Jas... Should I thank him?"
I was sent to guard Ella's group for 2 reasons.
First is monitoring.
Report their behavior when in private.
I was sent because I would be more skilled than the other mbers in the field of demons.
The second is convincing.
Jas seed to think of Ella as a trustworthy demon.
If it was soone else, I would think he was hypnotized and hit him in the head.
However, knowing Jas eyesight is amazing, I let it go.
Even though Jas knows I still didn't trust her, he sent , so I must confirm it myself and convince him.
'He could just order to obey, but he has a strangely soft side.'
I left the restroom and walked to the club room. As I walked down the hallway, I was within sight of the door to the room.
A boy wearing glasses jumped out of the room and ran towards as soon as he saw .
"Nun Teacher!"
"Te... Teacher?"
Teacher! It sounds good.
Although I now work to exorcise demons, I used to think that when I retired, I would like to teach children.
That's because innocent children are cute.
Being called a teacher by kids was on my bucket list.
I coughed once to hide the corners of my mouth that kept rising.
"Ahem... What happened?"
"Can you help calm Ella down?"
"!"
The demon is a being that is "selfish". It's not strange when it changes its attitude.
It seems that it is an ergency now that it is not even clear why she is protecting the children.
"Let's go!"
I opened the door to the club room with the boy.
Swoosh!
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