Chapter 191

「I will accompany you to hell. Father.」

Hearing the words ladened with various muddled emotions, I smiled bitterly.

You would not think that the conversation on the other side of the door was one between a parent and child.

Despite this, it seems that the person herself thought this was the way a family ought to be.

Was this what people believe nowadays or something.

Ooh, how scary, how scary, I walked further away from that place while rubbing the goosebumps on my arm.

After the hero summoning, the castle gradually lost its liveliness, and was enveloped in stillness.

This was because there were also people who had mysteriously disappeared, not only because those guys from the Chivalric Order left the castle.

They suddenly disappeared, without letting anyone know, not even their family.

The king and the princess did not notice the strange situation within their home.

No, even if they did notice, there was nothing they could’ve done.

It was also a matter of course that the shutdown of the royal castle affected the citizens, and the downfall of this country was a matter of time.

「Maa, it is for this reason that I am here though.」

It’s my duty to keep this country together until then.

No matter how many people left, the “compensation” of a country was quite high.

It’s my duty to effectively use that “compensation” to fulfill the wish of our king.

「Y, you….」

As I was thinking over the next steps to be taken, someone suddenly called out to me from behind.

Reflexively putting my guard up and turning around, there was a girl standing there, her face pale.

If I remember correctly, wasn’t this girl the princess’s accompanying maid.

「Do you need something.」

She should know that I was currently an invited guest of Retice Castle.

There was nothing unnatural about it, and as proof of that, I had yet to be stared at with suspicion.

Even so, the girl in front of me was looking at me with eyes filled with fright and doubt.

It could’ve been anything that led to this.

Aah, the humans truly had eyes everywhere and it’s so troublesome.

I perceived my own failure and wanted to click my tongue.

「Where did you…take that girl, Angie. Yesterday, I saw her with you. But, she had disappeared the instant you touched her. I searched for her in the castle, but she’s not here. Where did you take her. That girl….」

「…fufufu, ahahahahahahahaha!!!」

Hearing her seemingly anxious tone of voice, though it was somewhat filled with conviction, I blinked in surprise and then laughter spilled from my lips.

The sullen look on my face completely disappearing, and me bowled over in laughter must’ve been extremely ominous.

The woman took a step back.

I stepped forward and approached her until I was close enough to touch her.

The woman who had never been in combat before was not even able to react as her hand was seized by me.

「Aah, you humans are truly amusing. Foolish and silly, you are truly beyond saving.」

My voice reverberated throughout the corridors of the abandoned castle.

Just recently, there were people here, and somebody would’ve witnessed that, but now, there was no one.

That’s a matter of course.

Since they had disappeared.

「I see, so I was seen yesterday, huh. That was my mistake. Let’s give my apologies to that woman named Angie or something.」

I put my hand into my pocket, and took out what was inside.

Clutched in my hand was a small stone.

「Y, you said that you would apologize, didn’t you! Where is, that girl Angie!?」

The hysterically screaming woman swung her arm in my grip, trying to escape, but my arm did not move an inch.

I tilted my head to the side and held the small stone in front of my eyes.

So that it could be seen better.

「Here, look carefully. This is the woman you’ve been searching for.」

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The woman’s movements suddenly stopped.

The woman’s lips were trembling.

「The value of you humans is truly surprisingly low. The conversion of your life is about the same as the stones on the ground. Maa, it probably couldn’t be helped that the amount of magic power that you possess is pitifully small compared to us.」

「Ah, aah, it can’t be…. Why is a demon here!!! Somebody, hel….」

She realized the truth of my identity, and the moment she was about to scream, she disappeared.

I opened up my hand that gripped the woman’s hand, and there was a stone that was not there before.

「Your life is a stone as well, huh. How boring.」

I randomly threw it to the other stone.

There was no point even if I had these things.

Really, the humans were truly pitiful.

My skill『Conversion』could exchange things with something with equivalent value.

Or perhaps I should say, because I was not the one who judged the value, I could only exchange it.

As a test, I had tried to exchange the most important person, but they only became a jewel.

And, those I had absolutely no interest in became an elegant tiara that was embedded with large gems.

What’s unpleasant was that, my intentions had nothing to do with it.

According to what my king said, it seems that the one who decides was the god of this world.

If I remember correctly, wasn’t his name Aitel or something.

I had never accepted the existence of something like a god, but I acknowledge that that value system could not possibly be human.

After all, it was impossible for everyone related to me by blood to all be small jewels.

It was extremely improbable, and I left it at a suitable place.

Maa, normal people would not think that humans and stones or jewels were of equivalent value.

It couldn’t be helped that humans were pitiful.

How did it feel for their life to have the same value as a stone.

Even so, they’re fervently trying to live, therefore beyond saving.

The humans struggling to live seemed silly.

Aah, how amusing.

「I’m fed up with stones as well. Next, why don’t I try exchanging for a flower.」

My footsteps reverberated in the corridor where there was no one.

I wonder just how much this country was worth.

I know, until there’s a signal from the king, let’s ascertain the value of the summoned heroes as well.

It would definitely be a good way to kill some time.