Chapter 162 (1/2)

Volume 2

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 5 Chapter 13

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Coming out of her office, the place that Fainell and her adjutant headed towards was the reception office.

Basically, guests for Fainell would go through to her office, but for other guests, the reception office would be used.

「So, what kind of person is she?」

「Let’s see……She is an extraordinarily intellectual woman. Her outward appearance is young, but I have seen that she is definitely equipped with knowledge on magic.」

「Hou……that’s, how should I put it, a rare pattern, isn’t it.」

Going by the nature of Mazoku, 「intellectual」 was a word that was extraordinarily disconnected from them. There were many among the Mazoku who believed in 「Fight first, think later」, so thinking about things came to be their weakness.

However, after things came under Demon King Vermudol’s system, those intellectuals and those who could think became very important.

For that reason, Mazoku that could think about things were extraordinarily helpful everywhere.

That is why Fainell started to harbor a somewhat favorable impression of that Mazoku called Arum.

「Fufu, I’m starting to look forward to meeting her a bit.」

「You will meet her very soon.」

After the adjutant smiled saying that, she knocked on the reception office door and opened it.

Within the room, there was the figure of a young girl that stood there fidgeting as if she couldn’t wait for something.

「……Un? She’s quite small, isn’t she?」

Those were the first words that came out from Fainell’s mouth.

She was a young girl that had her blue hair gathered up in twintails, and possessed eyes that were of the same color. Wearing the white clothes that were the Eastern Army’s uniform, the young girl……was small similar to Nino’s size. That was something extraordinarily rare in the Dark Continent.

「Yes. Actually, it seems that she had completed her regeneration only recently……and by doing so, she became smaller.」

「……Regeneration?」

Although the Dark Continent was vast, Mazoku that possessed the ability of regeneration were limited.

Namely, Amoeba. They were Mazoku that lived according to their instincts, and could regenerate as long as even a fragment of them remained.

This probably meant that the young girl in front of them was a Mazoku who was an Amoeba that transformed into a Majin.

However, if she had regenerated just like that, that should mean that she didn’t transform into a Majin just recently.

Fainell came to have an intensely bad premonition. The thought “could it be……” came to her mind.

「Oi, could it be that you’re……」

「Fuhoho……It has been quite a while, has it not, Fainell……no, Fainell-sama.」

What could be heard was a clear and beautiful yet cute voice.

However, she could not forget that peculiar way of speaking even if she wanted to.

Although she harbored something close to confidence in her idea, Fainell asked the question.

「You……Could it be, are you Arum the Explosive Flame!?」

「I have been called as such in the past, yes.」

Arum the Explosive Flame. That was the Mazoku that Fainell fought against to the end during the match to decide the top in the east in the Lulugal Forest. It was a Mazoku that was a Majin that transformed from an Amoeba whose trademarks were an Original Magic called Volcanon Orb and a red robe.

「You……Did you change your appearance again……」

Last time Fainell met Arum, she had the figure of a dignified elderly man that grew a white beard.

The time before that, she had the figure of an effeminate man, and the time before that should have been a muscular giant of a man.

However, since they shared the point of being the figure of a man, Fainell naturally perceived Arum as a man.

「This time, to change even your gender……No, wait a second, in that case, did you give up?」

Hearing Fainell’s words, her adjutant expressed a question mark.

She was surprised by the facts that the Mazoku before her was acquainted with Fainell, and that she was the famous 「Arum the Explosive Flame」, but she was also bothered by Fainell’s strange behavior.

She was bothered by how she was backing away for some reason, and what did she mean by 「give up」?

The answer to that was immediately spoken by Arum who had remained standing.

「Oya oya, there is no way that would be the case. I am wholehearted in this matter, see? I had appealed to you with all sorts of male figures, but they had shown no effect at all. In that case, I finally thought that you had swung that way, see?」

Seeing that Arum was slowly filling the distance, Fainell took one step back.

The adjutant stepped in between them, and lightly glared at Arum.

「Ahー……Arum-dono. Even if you are the famous Arum the Explosive Flame-dono, you are currently a fresh recruit of the Eastern Army. Could I first please have you explain the situation?」

「Mu? That is quite true as well -jya na. Well now, from where should I start my explanation.」

Arum said that, and cutely tilted her small head.

After groaning with things like “fuーmu” and “uーmu”, Arum suddenly raised her head.

「Umu, this is a bother -jya! In short, I am longing for Fainell-sama, can we not just leave it at that?」

「What do you mean longing for! Saying that after having totally tried to attack me in my sleep……I believe that I’ve told you several times to come at me fair and square, you know!?」