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Then there was a scene that made them doubt their eyes.

“Ah, awawawaaa~~~……”

Priscilla let out a muffled scream, and Roy’s eyes darted around.

Roy and Priscilla had planned to push the greyhound to someone else, a stranger, and escape on their own.

While their hearts almost clenched with tremendous guilt, they made up their minds and took action.

As a result, they were forced to herd the greyhounds, and they were going to meet a horrible end.

Sometimes you have to be ruthless to survive in the adventuring world.

There are times when you must make ruthless decisions to save your friends and yourself.

As a result, you may have to sacrifice others…

Even so,【Press】is a despicable act that is notorious even among adventurers.

This time, even though it was an emergency, the act of forcing a demon on another person is not something to be praised.

Roy, however, decided to go ahead with the press, willing to drink the mud for the sake of his childhood friend.

Priscilla also agreed with her childhood friend’s feelings, even if she didn’t say it in words, and joined in forcing the demon on him.

If you’re going to bear the guilt, you should bear it together…

Roy and the others had indirectly stained their hands with human blood, they thought.

That’s what it was going to be, they prepared themself as they passed each other.

And yet,

“Get out of the way～～, you dogs～～～～～!!”

“Hahahahaha! You can’t please me with those soft fangs! Come and torment me more seriously!”

The first black-haired man and the tall, gray-haired woman with the girl on their backs were taking on the greyhounds with only their feet.

One after another, the greyhounds were flying through the air like a ball.

The demon makes a nasty sound of bones and internal organs being crushed as it is kicked away.

Probably less than a minute has passed.

The number of safe greyhounds had been reduced to less than half.

Then, as the girls on their backs were lowered to the ground and their arms were freed, the carnage accelerated further.

Without any weapons, the greyhounds were being buried with just their bare hands.

A fist to the brain crushes the head, and the eyeballs pop out as they die. If grabbed by the neck, they would snap it with only a grip.

“Umu… good opportunity. Let’s see how much magic I can do against these guys now… Husband! Titan! Stand down for a moment!”

“Hey! Don’t be too reckless!”

“Hey! Let me have a little more fun, sister!”

“You’ve had your fun. Come on, get out of my way, get out of my way.”

“Hey…”

And then, before Roy and the others could see, the slaughter of men and women stopped, and a silver-haired girl took the brunt of it instead.

“Wha―――!?”

What the hell are they doing?

To put a young girl who looked younger than them in front of them when they were so close to kicking the greyhounds to the curb.

Roy and Priscilla, forgetting what they had done earlier, looked accusingly at the black-haired man and the disheveled woman.

“Now, it’s been two years since I’ve done any offensive magic, but I hope I can do it…”

There were four greyhounds left.

Even though their numbers were overwhelmingly reduced compared to the first time, it was hard to believe that a girl like that could win against them.

The next moment, however, Roy and the others opened their eyes in even more astonishment.

“Dee-cha~n, keep up the good work~~!”

The green-haired girl was cheering on the silver-haired girl in a carefree voice.

“If possible, I would have liked some support from my husband… That’s okay…”

The silver-haired girl put her hands out in front of her and activated her magic at the greyhounds coming towards her.

“……『Fireball』”

Then, right in front of Roy and Priscilla, there was an explosion.

““Eeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh～～～～～～?!”

The two screamed.

Suddenly, the silver-haired girl spewed out powerful mana.

The magic that the girl invoked was undoubtedly the weakest and most rudimentary form of fire magic,『Fireball』, according to the magicians.

However, the blow that the girl unleashed had power and range that was clearly on par with advanced magic, and it blew away the entire greyhound on the street.

“Umu, well, that’s about as much as I can do.”

“No, no, no, that was too much. It blew up the Anima Crystal, didn’t it?”

“Hahaha! Dee-chan doesn’t know how to take it easy!”

“Muu… I thought I had it under control, but…”

“Well, I suppose this is a small scale for a sister in her prime.”

“Ah… that’s true… I’ve been beaten up before, too… and it was tough.”

“H-Husband! You don’t need to recall such a long time ago!”

The four of them were having a conversation that could be described as light-hearted as if it was nothing at all.

Roy and Priscilla, however, could not keep their mouths shut and their knees were shaking.

And even though they didn’t talk to each other, their minds were in complete agreement.

I’ve done something bad to some bad people…

The two kicked out a herd of greyhounds that numbered more than 20, and the girl was able to make beginner-level magic as powerful as advanced magic.

Priscilla sat down on the spot, unable to comprehend the gravity of the situation, and Roy was also stunned, unable to move from his spot.

Then a green-haired girl noticed them and approached them, smiling.

““Hee!!””

The two new adventurers let out a choked voice and let fear take over their hearts.

But they didn’t feel like running away. Rather, they couldn’t imagine a future where they could escape from these guys with such bullshit abilities.

As cute as the greyhounds looked, the group of four that had appeared in front of them was the epitome of fear for the two of them.

The girl who was running towards them now must have some kind of extraordinary power, just like the other three.

They would be punished and purged for forcing the demon on them.

“Fufufu, Hello♪”

At last, the Grim Reaper arrived in front of them.

She is smiling innocently, but now it was very frightening.

But Roy saw his childhood friend sitting and trembling, and impulsively stepped in front of the girl.

“I-I’m sorry! No, I understand that it’s not something that can be forgiven with an apology! But I was the one who suggested imposing the demon on you earlier! So if you’re going to punish me, punish me alone! As for her, just let Priscilla go!”

“No, Ro~chan, you can’t! If you say that, I’m the one who caused Ro~-chan to make such a decision! So, it’s not your fault, Ro~chan! If it’s punishment, I’ll take it!”

“What are you saying, Priscilla? If it’s punishment, I’ll take it!”

“No, no, no! I’m the one who’s at fault! I’ll take the punishment!”

And in front of the girl, the two of them were protecting each other.

In front of both of them, the green-haired girl smiled at them as if she was watching something interesting.

“Hey~ guys? Do I look like such a scary person~? It hurts my feelings you know~?”.

“―――?! I-I would never think anything like that!”

“A, auu, uuuu…”

“I think I’d better punish the man~, for pushing his demons around… wha!! Geez~! Who’s… Dee-chan?! What are you doing~?!”

And before they knew it, even the silver-haired girl who had just unleashed ridiculous magic was standing nearby.

With beautiful eyes like purple crystal amethysts, shining silver hair, and above all, a beautiful face that was complete, Roy and Priscilla forgot their fear and couldn’t help but admire her.

“That’s my line. Don’t be so mean. Let’s get a move on. Come on, get on with it!”

“Aa~hh, n~o! Wait, wait, wait, wait please!”

“What is it?”

“Don’t look so scared~ It’ll all be over soon.”

When the silver-haired girl’s arm was freed, the green-haired girl crouched down in front of Priscilla, and as she did so, her hand began to glow green, just like the girl’s hair.

“You’ve got a scraped knee and a little bruise on your face. You’ve got a pretty face. You’ve got to take care of it,『Heal』!”

““Ehh?!””

Roy and Priscilla shouted in surprise, not understanding the sudden action of the girl.

They were expecting to be killed or worse if they were not careful, and they never thought that they would be able to cast a recovery spell on her.

However, the green-haired girl smiles like the sun, not caring about the reaction of the two.

“Well, we’re leaving now. Be careful on your way home, okay? Bye by~e!”

“W-Wait a minute!”

Roy called out as quickly as he could, but the girl went with the silver-haired girl towards the man and woman who had destroyed the greyhound with their bare hands.

They too took a glance at us, and the man raised a small hand. Then a small voice reaches my ears, “Be careful next time.”

After that, he carried the girl on his back, just as he had done when they met, and ran off at a furious pace down the street toward the town of Cid.

“Did we, survive?”

“Looks like, it… haahh～～～～～～～!”

The girl he had known since childhood deflated and let out a huge sigh.

And Roy, too, sat back at the fact that he had been freed from the reality of death only moments before.

“I thought I was going to die… this time, for real…”

“Yeah…”

As adventurers, even new ones… there were many scenes where they almost died because they were a rookie.

This incident had definitely shortened the life span of the two of them, and looking back on the past, it had been a very bad situation.

But after all, was said and done, the mysterious party with its monstrous strength had annihilated the greyhounds, and there was no blame for forcing the demons on them. They even used recovery magic to heal our wounds, which can only be seen as the result of a combination of good luck and good fortune.

“What were those people, anyway?”

“I don’t know. At least they weren’t adventurers from the town.”

“Yeah.”

In the first place, if they were that good, they couldn’t be unknown in the small town of Cid.

If that was the case, then they must be famous adventurers who came to this region from outside.

The two of them stared in the direction where the group of four had disappeared.

“I mean, they helped us, right?”

“As it turns out.”

“I never said thank you.”

“…Me neither. They were like a storm, though.”

Roy and Priscilla looked at each other, and then looked again to the end of the street where they had driven off, and bowed deeply.

“If we see those people again in town, we’ll have to thank them properly.”

“Yes. I’ll have to apologize to them for what happened.”

“Right.”

There was no doubt that the four of them were headed towards Cid.

If that was the case, there was a possibility that they might meet again.

The two of them made a mental note to apologize and thank them for the incident.

They also gathered tusks and skins from the gray wolves they had killed, and on their way back, they made sure to gather medicinal herbs. They made an unexpected extra income.

“I wonder what a strong adventurer like that has to do with a small town like Cid?”

“That’s right, I wonder why…?”

While conversing with each other, the two new adventurers dragged their tired bodies back to the town of Cid without incident this time.