Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo Dorei Majutsu

Volume 11, Chapter 2: Trying Out Going to the Newly Developed Southern Territory - Part 3

When he opened his eyes, he saw the blue sky.

「Uugh……」

「Are you okay, Diablo?」

Rem peered at him with a worried looking expression.

Shera’s face was also beside her.

「You alright?」

「Umu. What about you two? You seem to be alive but……do you have any injuries?」

Diablo raised his body.

From what he could see, Rem and Shera looked safe.

「……We are fine. It’s because you protected us when we fell.」

「This tree saved us too.」

With Shera’s words, when he looked around──

The foliage of the standing tree had caught Diablo’s group as if it were a huge palm.

「Can it do that sort of thing!?」

「It was a kind tree after all.」

She said that sounding delighted.

Rem shrugged her shoulders.

「……Elven royalty must be special.」

「That’s not it, it’s ‘cause this child is a kind treeー」

「……No matter what kind of tree it is, a normal person of the Races wouldn’t be saved like this.」

「I’m telling you it does happenー」

「It does not.」

Making a sidelong glance at the two who were quarrelling after such a long time, Diablo turned his gaze towards the valley.

The path in the mountains had collapsed from the blast.

It was fine that the gigantic monster was defeated, but if the army were to come in later, it looked like they would have a lot of difficulty.

The wreckage of the carriage couldn’t be found either.

Was it at the bottom of the valley together with the crumbled path?

Within the surroundings, countless fragments that were burnt black were scattered about.

With the fact that it didn’t turn into particles of light and vanish, did that mean that it wasn’t a Demonic Being or a Demonic Beast, but a monster that would be classified as a wild animal?

──Although the explosion’s might was high, there’s no mistake it was of the Earth Attribute. I wonder if it would have been right to defend against it with the Wind Attribute magic 《Storm Wall》.

This time, things ended with them being uninjured thanks to the large tree of the forest but……

When he recieves an attack in the middle of flight, he is unable to ignore fall damage. Since he was too focused on protecting Rem and Shera, he made a mistake in choice.

When doing Solo Play, differing decisions would be necessary.

For self-destructing enemies, confinement type attacks like 《Gravity Abyss》 and 《Naraku》, and even 《Ice Age》 which would cease actions within a certain range were available as choices.

Being surprised by a special action that wasn’t in the game and committing an error due to that was really upsetting for him.

──I need to be more, adaptive. Careful. Thoroughly prepared.

Unlike the game, this world didn’t have a reset or revival. He would lose precious things from a moment’s miscalculation.

How was he when they had first met? He couldn’t really remember.

What about now?

When he thought about how he might lose Rem and Shera……he got a chill down his spine.

The girls got down from the cushion that was made of foliage.

「……Let’s go, Diablo.」

「We don’t have any choice but to walk after all.」

Gazing at the bottom of the valley where the carriage had most likely fallen to, the two of them spent a bit of time offering silent prayers.

And then, Diablo’s group walked a path through the mountains.

For a while, Shera looked a bit sad, but to begin with, she had a personality that wouldn’t worry, wouldn’t be depressed, and wouldn’t be dragged down.

She showed a smile.

「It’s been a while since it was the three of us walking like this, hasn’t it!」

「……Now that you mention it, he have been moving around only with carriages recently.」

「It reminds me of Faltra’s Lake East Forestー」

「……As I thought, journeys should be walked. No matter how many days it would take, walking is much better.」

Even though they had lost their carriage, and became a journey on foot where they didn’t know how many days it would take, Rem had instead become energetic.

Shera made a wry smile.

「I, prefer the more comfortable one though……Ah, come to think of it, Rem, weren’t you about to say something earlier?」

「……」

Since she was hesitant to say, Diablo urged her to talk.

「It was about the newly developed Southern territory Caliture.」

「Right, right! It somehow felt like Rem had some sort of special circumstances with it, rightー」

Maybe because she resigned herself to her fate, she started talking.

「……First, about the newly developed Southern territory Caliture, I will give a simple explanation. It is a mountainous region covered by a deep forest that spreads out south of the Lifelia Kingdom.」

「Mountainous?」

「It’s a region with many steep mountains.」

「Ahh, I get itー」

Shera looked around at the area.

Certainly, there was nothing but mountains.

「……The time that the Lifelia King of three generations ago had spread his territory to this place, was about 100 years ago. That’s why although it’s called a newly developed territory, it no longer has the impression of being new……but putting that aside, the largest town of this region is called the 《Frontier City, Caliture》.」

Going “ahh”, Shera nodded.

「Faltra City is also the Faltra region, isn’t it.」

Come to think of it, that’s true──is what Diablo also thought. In the game, it was a setting that he didn’t pay much attention to.

Rem spoke frankly with a serious expression.

「……I……um, was born in the Frontier City Caliture.」

「Hehー, is that soー」

As if Rem’s serious tone was a lie, Shera replied with an easy going mood.

Diablo thought that it was strange.

The newly developed Southern territory Caliture had been introduced in the MMORPG Cross Reverie as well.

It wasn’t all that big, but it was a town where cheerful merchants gathered. The feudal lord boasted saying “there is nothing that can’t be bought in this town”.

There was also a place that was like an arena, and it was a town that had liveliness but couldn’t be said to be elegant but……

He didn’t think that it was such a terrible place that she would feel guilty about revealing her secret of being from Caliture City.

Suddenly, he realized──Come to think of it, Rem had lost both of her parents, didn’t she. She might have some sad memories.

She was a fully fledged Adventurer of firm character, but she was still a young fourteen year old girl.

「Is it, hard for you to return to your birthplace?」

Rem made a bewildered looking face.

「……It isn’t really like……Could it be, do the two of you not know about Caliture?」

「I’ve at least heard of the name though.」

Shera was the type that wouldn’t care about the small details.

Diablo thought.

If he were to reply “isn’t it a town of merchants?” here, it would be embarrassing if he were to be off the mark.

This other world was really similar to the MMORPG Cross Reverie, but there were also many parts that differed.

Going “hmph……”, Diablo curved the ends of his lips.

「It is not like I do not know of it……You, are you. No matter what kind of town you were born in, what is there to be bothered with?」

「……That’s true. Thank you very much. I might have been too bothered about it.」

Rem’s expression softened.

Faintly, her cheeks were dyed.

Seeing that sort of expression, even Diablo felt like he would be bashful.