The area we arrived at under the guidance of Kuro is a different kind of bustling place than the one we were in a while ago.
When I heard the words “food stalls”, I couldn’t help but think of it as the festival stalls that could be found back in my previous world, but the stalls lined up here look more like a shopping street.
There are many small shops lined up on both sides of the street, and the people passing by all had a cozy, enjoyable atmosphere around them.
I’ve heard from Kuro that the area where I’ve been shopping before is full of large shops, especially those that deal in clothing and furniture, because there are many mansions of nobles erected nearby.
On the other hand, it seems that the Adventurer’s Guild and many apartnt complexes nearby this place, and that’s why there are many shops here that deal with food and drinks.
As one would have expected, it’s currently lunchti, so not only is there a lot of people on this street, but I can also sll the appetizing scent of food wafting in from the shops here and there.
It’s a good ti to eat now anyway, so we decided to have so lunch and then go walk around the city, and so , we ca to a restaurant that Kuro recomnded.
There are benches and tables in front of the small wooden restaurant, and I personally prefer the atmosphere of a restaurant that caters to the masses.
[Good afternoon~~]
[Oya? Isn’t this the Underworld King. Welco.]
When Kuro stood in front of the store and greeted them with a bright smile on her face, a woman of delicate age who seed to be Human ca out of the store.
The woman, who looks like the owner of the store, notices Kuro and smiles back, as if she had spoken with her before.
[I’m here to eat lunch~~]
[Thanks for your patronage. Oya? Is that child over there Underworld King’s acquaintance?]
[Unnn. He’s Kaito-kun, a child from another world.]
[Ah, speaking of which, it was rumored that soone from another world had co this year other than the Hero-sama. Welco. Co and fill yourself up.]
[Ah, yes. Thank you very much.]
It seems that no matter which world it is, the aunties’ talk skills are very good. She then led us to our seats with a light conversation and sat down with Kuro.
Although we were led to our seats, this place isn’t really a cafe or a restaurant, so they didn’t have a nu, but the shopkeeper auntie just led us to our seats and began cooking our als.
A few minutes later, as the scent of at wafter around. It has at and vegetables of differing colors sandwich in between two pieces of beautifully baked bread was brought over…… Is that a baguette sandwich?
It’s a visually stunning dish, consisting of a large piece of bread filled with at and vegetables sandwiched in between. This certainly looks delicious.
[Thank you for the wait, this is our special “Red Bear” sandwich! Now, dig in.]
[Yay~~]
[………………..]
Is it just my imagination…… Did the shopkeeper auntie just say this is a red bear sandwich? When she ntioned bear, is she saying that this sandwich has bear at in it?
N- No, it might just be that bear at is a common ingredient in this world but…… If possible, you shouldn’t have told before I ate it. You should have at least told after I took my first bite……
Unaware of the conflict within , the auntie left after serving the food, and Kuro is just like usual as she began to eat her red bear sandwich like it’s delicious, as if she’s not bothered at all.
[You’re not eating, Kaito-kun? It’s delicious.]
[…… Thank you for the food.]
I should change my perceptions. This is a different world, a world with common sense different from my previous world. Besides, back in my previous world…… or rather, in Japan, bear at may not be very common, but there were still so places where you could eat bear at.
That’s right, let’s just think of this positively. Let’s just think that it’s good that this isn’t made of snake at or frog at.
Receiving Kuro’s words, I hold the red bear sandwich in my hand and bit into it in one go.
[……Tasty.]
[You see~! The food they make here in this shop is really good~~!]
I’ve heard that bear at has a strong, gay stink and taste, but this at doesn’t have any stink at all. Rather than having any leftover gay taste, it tasted rather refined instead.
The taste of the at itself is very light, but that’s why it’s not overpowering and rather, matches the vegetables and the sweet and spicy sauce, so it doesn’t feel too heavy despite the volu of its appearance.
The scent and flavor of the bread, which is baked to be a little crusty, splendidly combined in my mouth, and the sweet and spicy sauce increases my appetite, making want to take another bite.
Kuro, who had been watching greedily devour the sandwich with a smile on her face, suddenly began to look around and muttered while tilting her head, as if she found sothing strange.
[……I feel like there’s hardly any people nearby.]
[Really? I thought this place was pretty bustling already, so there are usually more people here?]
[Unnn. The Adventurer’s Guild is nearby after all. It should have been more crowded here during lunchti…… But I hardly see any adventurers today.]
Indeed, now that she ntioned it, I don’t think I’ve seen many people who look like their weapon and armor-wielding adventurers.
Thereupon, the shopkeeper auntie, who may have heard Kuro’s mutter, stopped wiping another table and approached us.
[That’s the thing though. There have apparently been sightings of a herd of wyverns up north in the mountains. It looks like the Adventurer’s Guild and the Knight Order have been working together since this morning to take them down.]
[Heehhh~~ It’s very unusual for a wyvern to build its nest so close to the city.]
[D- Doesn’t that sound pretty bad…..]
Wyverns…… A pterosaur in which its wings and hands were one. A monster that can be considered as a standard in fantasies.
The na of the monster itself sounds quite frightening, but from the way the auntie spoke about it, it seems that they were seen quite close to the city. Moreover, with a herd of those wyverns, wouldn’t they be able to cause damage in the capital?
Thinking this, I timidly asked, and Kuro let out a small smile in response.
[Don’t worry, wyverns have low intelligence compared to the dragons and they were categorized as weak monsters.]
[I- Is that so……]
[Young man, you should take what she said with a grain of salt. The wyverns are obviously as weak as ants for the Underworld King, but even one of them is a terrifying monster for humans. That’s why the Knight Order and the Adventurers ford a subjugation team early on and set out to defeat them.]
[…………….]
When Kuro just referred to the wyverns as weak monsters, the auntie corrects her with a wry smile on her face.
If that’s the case, as expected, it will be a pretty big battle to defeat those wyverns. There might even be so injuries and deaths among the Knight Order and the Adventurers.
It’s not that I know any of the Knights or the Adventurers but…… For instance, if Kuro were to defeat those wyverns, wouldn’t she be able to defeat them in an instant without any of them having to get injured?
[……Kaito-kun. I can understand why you think like that, but that’s no good.]
[……Eh?]
Sensing my thoughts, Kuro muttered in a serious tone, unlike the lightheartedness she has earlier.
[This is a trouble that happened in this country…… in the Symphonia Kingdom. I shouldn’t be carelessly involved in it.]
[……………..]
[Sure, just like Kaito-kun thought, it’ll be over in an instant if I go out there. It doesn’t matter if there are hundreds or thousands of wyverns, I’ll be able to take them out in an instant. But that’s no good.]
A quiet, yet sohow solemn voice resounded.
Her golden eyes look straight at , with the majesty of a real king dwelling within them.
[As long as it takes the form of a monarchy, all the trouble that occurs within its territory must be resolved by this country’s power as much as possible. If they would just keep on relying on Demons, they would lose the trust of their own citizens and the “equal” relationship between Demons and Humans will be destroyed. Of course, if I’m formally asked for assistance, I’ll comply, and if I think it’s too much for the people to handle, I’ll help…… but as long as that’s not the case, I, as one of the Six Kings, can’t just get involved in every single thing for no reason.]
[……………..]
I didn’t even feel like refuting her. Indeed, the thoughts that ca to my mind were just based on my emotions, and Kuro’s words are entirely correct.
This kind of situation made realize that Kuro really is much older than and her ideas were more level-headed than mine.
After having said all that, Kuro’s expression crumbles and a reassuring smile appears on her face.
[Well, it will be alright. There are lots of excellent knights in this country, and since they’re near the city, that would also make them able to easily restock the stuff they would need.]
[Yeah, that’s right. We’ve also got plenty of adventurers here, and they certainly wouldn’t want to be late in getting so shares in those wyverns.]
[…..In that case, that’s a relief.]
Dear Mom, Dad—– I heard a wyvern nest has been built near the royal capital. Kuro and the auntie said that it’s safe but…… I wonder why? I don’t know if it’s just my imagination or not—- but that sounds like a flag to .
In the mountains north of the royal capital…… A subjugation team composed of knights, adventurers, and environntal investigators from the royal capital was ford to exterminate the wyverns that build its nest in these mountains.
This is the largest monster extermination operation that happened in recent years, and as the flesh
There are famous adventurers and division commander-ranked knights, as well as those who have experience in defeating wyverns in the past, so there shouldn’t be any problems happening…… is what everyone on the subjugation team thought.
The mbers of the subjugation team that had arrived at the rocky mountainside, where the wyverns were presud to have built their nest based on the reports were now—– trembling in fear.
Before them lies nurous wyvern corpses, but the person who killed them was “not from the subjugation team”.
[Captain!]
[……How is it?]
[They’re unmistakably dead…… However, “there aren’t any wounds on their bodies at all”.]
The knight who was entrusted to lead the subjugation team has a strained expression on his face after receiving the report from his subordinate.
In fact, before they ca here, they had encountered and defeated two wyverns. However, the wyverns were acting strangely…… It was the first ti they’ve ever seen a wyvern look so desperate, even though they have defeated them many tis before.
When they arrived at the nest at a pace faster than they had expected, they found more than 50 dead wyverns…… and none of them had any wounds.
[……Captain, this is…… Perhaps……]
[Yeah, the only one who could do sothing like this is……]
At the words of the knight who asked while looking pale and his body slightly trembling, the captain also arrived at the sa conclusion with fear appearing on his face.
Yes, these two know. This situation could be described as abnormal…… And the one who could do it……
And as if to affirm their premonition that they don’t want to co true at all, a shadow cos down from near the top of the mountain.
[……Ah– Ahhhh……]
[……Impossible…… Why is she in a place like this…… Even though she wasn’t supposed to be out of the Demon Realm very often……]
The two people who saw this shadow…… No, all the mbers of the subjugation team shuddered with fear visible on their faces.
They would normally never et her in a place like this, her, who is a symbol of fear that can be likened to a calamity.
[……”The Death King, Isis Remnant”……]
When those words were muttered by soone, the King of the Dead, clad in the deaths of many beings, descended before their eyes.
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