151 – Necrosis (2)

“…Is there a Demon King over there?”

“Yes, yes why?”

“Are you okay…?”

Even as Wiz spoke, he was dumbfounded by himself. Who cares about whom now.

“…What is it?”

The tone was still friendly. However, he couldn’t hide the fact that he was sensitive as if he had been stabbed by a sharp nail.

“No… It’s nothing…”

As expected, he is hiding something. I don’t know if the target was emotion or information, but it wasn’t Wiz’s business. She shook her head and erased her needless worries from her head.

“Oh yes…”

Innis awkwardly nodded and looked away again. At the end of it, as before, there was Iba, a boy holding two women and smiling dejectedly.

Wiz also had him at the end of his gaze. That simple smile could have disappeared forever because of himself. Thinking about it still gives me goosebumps…

“Everyone~?”

Minerva’s voice broke Wiz’s thoughts. Her confident yet easy-going voice drew her attention.

“It’s good to share the excitement of the reunion~ but I haven’t fully grasped the situation yet~”

“The person who went around saying good things until now is good at talking, Master…!”

“So, can you explain the situation?”

A strange way of speaking that freely encompasses respectful and informal words was Minerva’s characteristic. Iva let go of her arm that was holding her Lillia and her hand that was stroking Stella’s hair and straightened her up to sit.

“So what?”

“Hey. Can’t you stick around a bit more?”

“Iba, don’t you lack kindness to a friend you haven’t seen in a while?”

“What bullsh*t…”

Complaints poured out from the two of them, who had been enjoying their happy hugs until now, but Eva brushed her lightly on the head and ignored them.

“Okay… Where should I start talking about…”

Eva looked at everyone around her. Not only did she get caught up in the regression, but there were also people who didn’t know why she was here.

“No.”

“What do you mean no~?”

Iva let out a small sigh and looked at the Prophet.

“The Prophet.”

“…”

“Don’t you answer? Our Prophet friend.”

It was still a silent answer. She had no answer and was blowing protest with her eyes. Sharp eyes, green eyes that were always hidden behind the hood, were piercing him.

“Lyla’s older sister, a half-elf who used to be the shaman of the World Tree. Please answer me.”

“…Something.”

The Prophet answered coldly. He rolled his eyes and glanced at Layla. It seemed that she wanted to hide from her brother what she had been doing for a living.

“Please explain the situation to those two.”

“Yeah?! Why me?”

“Lyla is not a child.”

It may be different from the standards of elves. However, her sister left the forest and chose to live in human society rather than elven society. By that standard, Lila is an adult, older than her junior Lilia.

“Doesn’t your sister need to tell you why she’s out of the woods with all that sh*t?”

“What are you talking about over there…?”

Lila asked, swallowed by her question. Eva had her sympathy for her. Her sister’s skirt style created a wall of information. The world capital shrine maiden and her beloved sister were thrown outside without knowing what she was doing.

Being with compassion was a weak sense of superiority. That great, highly educated person lags behind himself in information superiority. It was a sweet, low-key pleasure.

“Uh, what has your sister been hiding…? Why does Mr. Iba know you? Why does Mr. Iba talk as if he knows everything? Oh, no, he wasn’t dead in the first place? Uh, how? … I’m nothing…”

They randomly picked up questions and threw them. There were many, but all of them were questions that deservedly been asked. There was a lot, and Lila was frustrated that she didn’t know that much.

‘Again, I didn’t tell you anything because I was lacking…’

“Lyla, don’t get me wrong.”

Eva cut off those suspicions.

“It’s not that you didn’t know because you weren’t good enough. Someone decided and hid it so you didn’t know. Wouldn’t it be more strange to find out? You are still a noble being and a person. Don’t forget that.”

Her fast-paced negative thinking choked her with those words. Before the wave became a tidal wave, she was blocked and became a splash, as if it was crushed and disappeared.

“…Yes.”

“The Prophet.”

Her eyes warmly looked at Layla and turned sharp as she turned to her Prophet.

“It was something I had to say at some point. Say it at this opportunity.”

“…Let’s do that.”

The Prophet nodded in agreement. Minerva, who had been quiet since the situation seemed dire, opened her mouth only then.

“So, then we just need to get an explanation from the green witch~?”

“The Green Witch?”

A new name came out. I was curious, but I didn’t want to talk further, so Iba didn’t ask more.

“Then… Let’s go over there.”

The Prophet gloomily lowered his head and entered the dark road. Even while the hood was gone, I hid myself looking for a shadow to cover my face.

Layla followed the path, looking around confusedly, while Minerva moved her feet leisurely, humming her song.

A calm has arrived.

“Whoa…”

Eva stood up and then she let out a deep sigh.

She gave all the reasons before, and the reason she told the Prophet to explain her situation was simple.

It was annoying.

To tell the long story? Oh that’s too much

As expected, the mouth went back well, probably for the sake of the basic human instinct, indolence.

The reason for the annoyance was also simple.

I was sleepy.

She’s not just sleepy. Very sleepy

Just as a copper statue turns blue over time, his eyes darken over time. He couldn’t go back. Suma doesn’t discriminate the time.

You have to enjoy the joy of the reunion, and you have to make plans for the future. Not caring at all about that situation, Souma came over and strangled him.

He touched his eyes with his hand and parted his lips.

“That…The reason I didn’t announce my survival is not much.”

Every aspect of the Iba Expedition focused on him.

“I just wanted to be cautious. I’m going to say it on the premise that you guys have heard the explanation from Wiz… You know about the demon of death, right?”

“Uh. I know everything, so tell me quickly.”

“Okay. That’s all right.”

Lilia replied calmly. Eva smiled contentedly and let go of her hand that was rubbing her pad.

“The Death Demon’s Ritual lasts one year. I have now inherited all of the Ritual’s offerings…. The Ritual was severely distorted in the process. No one knows the details of the Ritual anymore. Maybe. I cannot deny the possibility that a demon of death will appear in the world because I acted hastily.”

Eva’s breath gradually rose.

“If the demon of death rises again… Everyone here will die.”

Imagination becomes poison. It was like that even now. The assumptions that popped into Eva’s head were enough to drive him into fear and nervousness.

“…Is that why you hid it from me?”

“As I said before, I wanted to be cautious. I wanted to reduce the variables as much as possible until I entered the World Tree and hid myself. That’s why I informed you after entering the World Tree.”

“Do you think you’ll understand?”

Stella questioned. It was a cold voice, but it was full of resentment inside. She seemed to feel betrayed.

“Only because of your prudence… I thought you… Must be dead…”

“…”

Eva was silent. Once again she rubbed her eyes, then slowly lowered her head.

“… Huh?”

His head went beyond a mere right angle to below his waist. His feet stretched back slowly, his hands gathered neatly behind his back.

Stella, who thought she was simply apologizing, crooked her eyes in embarrassment.

“What are you doing…?”

Finally, my head touched the floor.

Commonly referred to as ‘head banging’.

He leans into a prone, stretched position and balances on his legs and head alone.

It was the greatest apology Iva could think of.

“You’re going to hit the head.”

Stella’s eyes went cold.

“Crazy bastard… Mad bastard…”

With her head buried in the ground, she took a deep breath, and then she cried out.

“Sorry!!!”

“Please apologize normally, you madman…”

As if Iva didn’t intend to finish her apology posture by simply hitting her head, she gradually removed her feet and lifted her up.

Assuming a handstand position with only her head, Eva raised her voice again.

“You guys have been like that sometimes too! There are times when people get nervous and sensitive sometimes! I was in that state.”

“Okay. I’ll understand. Please, apologize in a normal way.”

“Admit it! I was crazy for a while! I did things on my own without explaining what I should have explained!!”

“What is ‘crazy’? Don’t use the past tense. You’re still crazy. You crazy bastard!”

How many ‘crazy’ are there in one sentence? Stella was sure, though, that she couldn’t contain his madness.

Eva continued her sincere apology, even raising her hand in parallel. An inverted cross in the shape of a man appeared on the ground.

“Ha… hahahaha. It’s really going to turn.”

Lilia lost her words and only parted her lips and let out a big smile. It was her maddening way of apologizing beyond her own imagination.

“I’m so sorry! It was necessary! That’s all I could think of with my lowly brain! I couldn’t just watch someone go through so much trouble!”

“…”

Stella raised her hand to her forehead, sighed deeply, and approached him.

“Hey.”

“That… Stella. I’m embarrassed, so why don’t you lower your eyes? The location is a bit…”

“What a surprise.”

She put her finger on her groin and then gave a light push. Took. Iba went over in such a trivial way that it was absurd.

“Oh.”

It hurts. But the sleepiness did not go away. As she raised her head, Stella’s groin was very visible. She became the opposite of Stella from before.

“…Ah.”

Noticing his gaze, Stella silently blushed and took a few steps back.

“Yes. It could be. I understand.”

“Really?”

“…Really.”

Stella smiled and bent over her body. With her fingers, she caressed the bridge of his nose and continued her words.

“That’s the side I liked about you. Isn’t it a bit like arguing now?”

Even in the days when justice was fading, I wasn’t just watching the suffering of others.

That’s why Stella was able to stay close to Iva.

“…..”

Innis, who had been watching the scene with a smile, left for a moment.

“?”

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Wiz alone noticed the movement. She didn’t pay too much attention and focused her attention again on the flirtatious conversation between two of her own friends.

As expected, it’s happy to see two people you like getting along well.

**

‘Uh, uh uh uh, what should I do???’

Inis avoided her seat and sat down, covering her cheek. His heart beat loud enough to drown out the noise outside.

Under a smile hardened like plaster, a torrent of emotions comparable to a waterfall was flowing.

Now that he realizes that his feelings for Iba have gone beyond simple friendship and reached her love affair.

‘Me, how am I supposed to see Eva now???’

She was at a loss as to what attitude to take.

She forced the corners of her mouth up and made her smile. Underneath that, just looking at Eva makes her happy, and her shame is surging like crazy.

What kind of expression should I make? How should she act? Was there anything awkward about it?

She restrained herself, locked herself in, and tried to hide her love affair. She was so busy that she couldn’t properly focus on what Eva was talking about. The sounds outside her were drowned out by the beat of my rapid heart, the storm of intense emotion.

‘What shall I do now…’

Love feeling was more than friendship, it was a strange feeling to Innis.

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