Chapter 096 (1/2)

Volume 1

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 3 Chapter 9

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In the capital city of the St. Altlis Kingdom, Edius, where a large number of Beastmen, Sylphid, Metalio had left all at once due to the Demi-Human rejection, the period of chaos had ended.

The personnel that flowed out and vanished were replaced with people that came flowing in from other regions and Humans that came back from foreign countries, and other than the point that there was almost no demi-humans, things could be said to have almost returned to how things were.

The reason why the end of the chaos came quickly was because the business transactions with the other countries had continued.

Putting aside the Jiol Forest Kingdom that they were in a state of tension with, the merchants of the other countries──especially the merchants of the Canal Kingdom and the small countries other than the four major nations, were still doing business with the merchants of the St. Altlis Kingdom.

So while there was a circulation of goods from other countries through merchants like that, the endeavors to raise self-sufficiency in the St. Altlis Kingdom also continued.

Like that, Edius was at peace on the surface──However, with the atmosphere of the smell of war definitely intensifying in the air, today as well, it received the night.

「……So it’s you again.」

What appeared at the side of the young girl who sat on the roof of a vacant house was a single young boy. He probably entered the house without permission, and climbed up from the attic.

Ignoring the young girl’s annoyed face, the young boy sat down beside her.

The young girl’s name was Ein.

The young boy’s name was Kain.

The two of them possessed similar sounding names, however, there was a decisive difference between them.

It was how Ein was a Mazoku, and Kain was a Human.

Incidentally, Ein was here to perform an investigation on the St. Altlis Kingdom on Rokuna’s orders, so having Kain following her around was a bit of a bother.

However, ever since she saved Kain from an Alva attack, Kain came to visit Ein almost every night as if to see what was going on.

The fact that she would definitely be discovered by Kain no matter where she was also hurt Ein’s pride as a spy a bit.

「I am sure that I told you to not get near me though.」

「Haha……You’re just the same as always.」

「You’re the one who is the same as always. Don’t tell me that you still haven’t given up.」

When Ein cast a sharp glare at him, Kain averted his eyes and scratched his head.

「No, I actually haven’t given up.」

「Give it up. It’s a waste of time.」

Kain, who was a student of the Edius Adventurer School, was tenaciously inviting Ein to join his Adventurer party.

Of course, since Ein had the objective of investigating and needed to do covert actions, she continued to refuse even now.

「If you want a vanguard,, then that spear wielding, wild boar of a girl should be sufficient.」

While remembering one of the girls that got along with Kain and was the daughter of the Necros Duke house that was called the Spear Princess, Ein said that sounding like she found him to be a pain.

Thanks to Kain coming to see her like this, Ein had come to be acquainted even with the female group that was around Kain.

It was extremely bothersome, but on the other hand, for some reason, there were a lot of people related to important people among the girls, so there was the merit of being able to obtain various information. To Ein, this gave her mixed sentiments.

「Ahh, you mean Seria. I had thought of trying to invite her too……but, there’s this whole situation going on, see. It seems that her worries are pretty big even as a Duke.」

「It seems that a majority of the royal capital has calmed down though?」

「Uーn……Certainly, it looks like it’s calmed down on the surface. But it’s really muddy on the inside.」

「Is it about that Demi-Human argument thing? Then it would be fine if you relied on that woman you call senpai. She holds an important position, right?」

The one that Ein was talking about was Quelia who was Kain’s senpai as well as the daughter of the Head Priest of St. Altlis’s Grand Temple.

It seemed that she had built a good senpai-kouhai relationship with Kain, and she could sometimes be found happily walking together with him.

「Ahー, yeah. Qu-senpai, huh……」

When Kain was about to say something, he hesitated, and just like that, he turned into a groaning ornament.

The reason for that was simple. It was because Quelia was a supporter of the Demi-Human argument.

Publically, she demonstrates an understanding with ways of thinking other than the Demi-Human argument, and although she might not be self-aware of it, Quelia was also one of the people that created the current atmosphere of the St. Altlis Kingdom.

「A bit more……I think that I’ll consult Qu-senpai a bit later.」

「I don’t care. Do as you like.」

「Yeah, I’ll do as I like.」

Seeing Kain say that with a smile, Ein breathed a blatant smile.

She had gotten involved with a truly bothersome man.

Also, ever since that day she made direct contact with Kain, the strange Alva continued to appear.

The Alva that attacked Kain spoke words and tried to obey orders, which were features that made it hard to imagine that it was an ordinary Alva.

To begin with, the action of the Alva targeting a specific person itself was something strange.

In order to investigate what the Alva’s objective was and what the person that was being targeted by Alva was, Ein monitored Kain, but as a result of trying to prevent the Alva’s strange actions, she ended up revealing her figure in front of Kain.

Like this, although she became acquainted with Kain and no longer had to hide from him, it seemed like the Alva would also come to attack her frequently if she were to make movements that were even a little showy.

「And so.」

「What, do you still have some kind of business with me?」

「Ahh, yeah. It would be great if you knew though.」

Seeing Kain acting hesitant, Ein clicked her tongue and urged him to continue on with her gaze.

Since Kain had also gotten completely used to this, he saw that as an acknowledgement and continued his story.

「Do you know anything, about things like the Jiol Forest Kingdom’s internal conditions?」

Hearing the words “Jiol Forest Kingdom”, Ein reacted in her mind, but she feigned calmness.

Certainly, the internal conditions of the Jiol Forest Kingdom weren’t known in the current St. Altlis Kingdom.

The St. Altlis Kingdom had sent out spies……but since the Jiol Forest Kingdom’s vigilance level had increased, they could not get a great deal of information.

……That is the story that Ein had heard from the spy of some country that she had just happened to find and defeat not too long ago though.

「Why, would you want to know something like that?」

Information related to the Jiol Forest Kingdom needed to be treated especially carefully nowadays.

The fact regarding the treaty of friendship between the Jiol Forest Kingdom and the Zadark Kingdom was continuing on in secrecy for the time being.