Chapter 117 (1/2)

Volume 2

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 3 Chapter 30

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「……You are?」

So as to protect Seira who was beside him, Kain stepped forward.

His wariness was laid bare, but that couldn’t be helped.

A man who was blue from top to bottom had appeared all of a sudden.

Swept back blue hair. Blue eyes that gave off a strict impression.

And then, vaguely sinister blue armor.

Powerful magical power could be felt from the longswords that hung from both sides of his waist.

From an ordinary person’s point of view, he would be at the level of a 「suspicious fellow」, but even that alone was enough of a reason to be cautious of him.

But……the method of vigilance that Kain’s group used wasn’t ordinary.

Not just Kain, even Seira, and of course Ein had extended their hands to their own weapons.

He should have naturally noticed their vigilance, but the man showed absolutely no signs of being perturbed and opened his mouth.

「I am Brutus. Just as I said before, there is something I would like your assistance with.」

「Something you want assistance with……you say?」

In response to Sharon’s words, who was hiding in Ein’s shadow, the blue man who called himself Brutus nodded.

「An important person, might be somewhere in this forest. I want you all to help me search for them.」

「Eh!?」

The one who reacted first to those words was Kain.

In this forest where powerful Elements were lurking, someone might have lost their way.

Thinking that that was very dangerous, he surely felt that they needed to save them.

However, with the fact that the possibility of it being a trap having vanished from his mind, Kain was a hopelessly good-natured person.

「W, wait a minute, Kain. To begin with, we haven’t heard who that important person even is, nor why they are in a place like this……」

「Right, that’s a natural doubt.」

Brutus responded to Seira’s words which were said while she pulled on Kain’s arm.

「However, I am sure they are within this vicinity. My companions are searching within the town……but this forest is too vast for me to search it alone.」

Hearing about the search inside of the town, Rokuna opened her mouth.

「So hey. Could it be that the person you’re searching for is a purple, fluffy girl?」

「……Could it be, have you met her!?」

Brutus raised a voice of surprise, and his eyes sparkled.

「We haven’t met with her. I heard about her from a red armored guy and a white armored guy.」

Hearing those words, Brutus became visibly dejected.

Looking at his appearance, it doesn’t seem to be an act……is what Rokuna determined.

Of course, it only looked like that, and while that may be, she couldn’t definitely say that it wasn’t a trap.

「……The one I am looking for is certainly that person.」

「Let’s go search for her right away.」

Kain said that and urged everyone on.

Hearing that it was a girl, he probably increasingly thought that they needed to save her.

「That’s really helps. Well then, I’m counting on you.」

Saying that, Brutus turned his back towards Kain and was about to head into the forest.

「Eh, wait!? Aren’t we going to search together? Besides, are the traits mentioned earlier the only traits your going to give?」

「It’s inefficient to move as a group. You’ll understand once you see her. Plus, time is limited. Well then, I’m relying on you.」

Answering like that to Kain, Brutus vanished into the forest.

Seira hit Kain’s shoulder as he was flabbergasted.

「Come on, Kain. Get a hold of yourself.」

「Eh? Ah, un……He was a kind of amazing person, wasn’t he.」

Kain said that and breathed a light sigh.

At any rate, now that they accepted, they had no choice but to search for that girl.

「Erm……Rokuna-san. This has turned out quite different from how you wanted things at first but.」

「I don’t particularly mind.」

「Eh, th, thank you very much.」

Saying “you don’t need to thank me”, Rokuna waved her hand.

It wasn’t like she was doing it out of good will.

The red knight, Olred.

The white knight, Shironos.

The blue knight, Brutus.

The existence that those three knights, who were most likely considerably strong people, attended to.

She had grown an interest in who that person was and where they came from──that was simply all there was to it.

Were they unknown war potential from somewhere among the four major nations of the Shutaia Continent, or were they war potential of some other small country?

For the sake of the Zadark Kingdom from now on as well, if it was something that she could quickly grasp an understanding of, then she should do that.

「Purple……huh.」

「He did say that we’d understand once we saw her.」

Seira nodded to Kain’s words.

「That’s true. In any case, we need to hurry and find her. Sharon, you think so……too?」

When Seira turned around seeking agreement from Sharon, Sharon was still hiding behind Ein.

「What’re you doing?」

While burying her face into Ein’s back, who was making a troubled-looking face, Sharon was trembling a bit.

With Sharon like that, Ein called out to her with a look that said she had no choice.

「……Sharon. He’s gone already.」

「U, un……sorry, it’s just……that person’s eyes were scary.」

「His eyes?」

Kain made a curious-looking face.

Certainly, he had eyes with a strict impression, but he didn’t seem that scary to Kain.

Seira seemed to also have the same impression, and exchanged glances with Kain.

However, Ein had noticed.

They were eyes just like the ones that could occasionally be seen in the Humans of the St. Altlis Kingdom.

Eyes that were differentiating something.