Chapter 038 (1/2)

Volume 1

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 1 Chapter 37

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「……In that case, go and immediately make preparations for departure.」

When Shion said that, Nino pulled out the luggage that was crammed in the back, and started packing.

The maid that was also a knight, the Maid Knight was experienced with this sort of thing.

Towards Kain and Sharon who were looking at Nino’s skillful movements as if they were admiring her, Shion cleared his throat once.

「Immediately made your preparations, and then gather in the restaurant below. Don’t forget to bring purification-type tools.」

「Ah……Yes.」

After seeing Kain and Sharon off as they left in a fluster, Shion sunk himself into a sea of thoughts.

What he needed to think of was their means of travel first.

A carriage probably wouldn’t go as far as their destination.

If Ogres have come out, there should be a self-restraint claim from the stagecoach union.

By some chance, they might bring them to a nearby town, but there was the problem of what to do after that.

There was the hand of buying horses, but buying them, riding them, then tossing them away was something that he didn’t want to do on an emotional level.

As for going on foot, the problem of time would be big.

For example, if the opponents were a group of Goblins, the town should be able to hold out until they arrived if the town scale was large enough.

However, when it came to Ogres, that wouldn’t work.

There was the fear that the walls that protect the town would be destroyed and that the town would annihilated.

Moreover, Shion had a thought.

The feudal lord’s response was incomprehensible.

It would be one thing if it were a village, but to abandon a town, that is a statement that brings the feudal lord’s nature into question.

If he had that sort of response for only a single Ogre, it wouldn’t just be an uproar about incompetence.

Even if it was an atrocious Ogre, if a feudal lord scale army were to be dispatched, the extermination should be simple.

However──

What if, it wasn’t just one.

If there were several of them, the circumstances would surely be different.

In that case, there was no telling how much time would be left for the town.

For there to have been enough leeway to send out a request, most likely the town hasn’t targeted until that point.

However, there was no telling how long that would last.

It would be out of the question if they arrived but the town was annihilated.

Of course, he wouldn’t feel anger for that itself.

In the end, Shion was a Demon King, and he wouldn’t be sad about something that would weaken the Humans’ strength.

However, if damages on the scale of a town being ruined were to come out, the influences given to Human society would be large.

He wouldn’t be able to stand cries of the Demon King’s revival created due to needless anxiety.

「Preparations, are done.」

Shion closed his thoughts from Nino’s words that came from behind him.

「Ah, yeah. Thank you.」

「Nn.」

After Shion said that and then placed his hand on Nino’s head, she narrowed her eyes looking delighted.

「So, what shall we do?」

「Let’s see……It will probably take a while until their preparations are in order. I guess we’ll have a meal until then.」

Preparations for a journey weren’t things that could be quickly put in order.

After Shion and Nino carried the gathered luggage on their backs, they descended the staircase.

「Huh, Shion! Are you leaving already!?」

The poster girl Carol, who was moving about and ready for the peak of congestion, detected Shion and Nino and raised a surprised voice.

On the first floor of the Steel Fish Store, many good smells were already started to waft about.