A few days have passed since I left the labyrinth city of Denanma.

The road to the church city of Rourrow is still far away, and we have to go further south. I couldn't help hurrying, so I dropped my luggage on a small hill and took a short break.

Sit on a suitable stone and tilt the water bottle made of sheepskin.

When I looked up, the sky was covered with thick clouds and it was all gray. On the other hand, when you look down, you can see a dense forest. It's like a fluffy blanket. However, it's not the lice that are in the blanket, but the creatures that can't be laughed at, such as beasts and monsters. Then, in the middle, many thin cliffs like pillars on the rock surface stretched high and high toward cloudy weather.

It was the second time I saw it on the way to Denanma and now, but it is a mysterious terrain no matter how many times I see it.

"A strange landscape"

There was a voice like the tone of a comfortable musical instrument.

A self-proclaimed arc demon, probably my hallucination and auditory hallucination Anna was looking at the cliff in a strange way. She has brown skin, long black hair, and red eyes, her toes are slightly floating above the ground, and she is a little transparent. She also has a slippery kid's lunch, which is the exact opposite of me.

Again, it ’s the exact opposite of me.

OK?

"I don't recommend looking good. And what is that guy?"

Anna pointed to one of the sparsely lined pillar-like cliffs.

Well, I'm sure ...

"It seems that the giant's finger is called here. It seems to be a tourist spot. Yeah."

"Giant's finger? Why are you a giant and a finger?"

Anna tilts her head with a well-shaped eyebrow. The gesture is cute even if I see it as a woman. I think men can see it even more forever. However, I want to quickly erase the illusion of self-proclaiming the enemy who slashed my left arm and weakened it with the level drain, whether cute or not.

I turned my eyes to the surroundings again.

Alright, there is no one. If this is the case, no one will see it with strange eyes after talking for a long time.

Anna can only be seen by me, and her voice can only be heard by me. Therefore, from the perspective of others, it seems that I am speaking to myself endlessly. I don't want to be considered a dangerous person.

I point my finger at the cliff.

"Do you see that there are five cliffs from here?"

Anna obediently nods.

"I liken each of the cliffs to a finger, because it looks like a giant deep in the ground reaching out. The finger went through the ground, but the area below the palm remained buried. It feels like that, so the giant's finger. "

The giant who wanted the sun never saw the sunlight after all. The person who explained to me the origin of the giant's finger concluded this. It is a memory of the distant past that I remembered earlier.

"Huh. A finger that extends from the ground. It certainly doesn't look like it. Why do you think of interesting things with humans? "

Anna giggles.

At first glance, she is a girl in the middle of ten, and if she keeps silent, she has the innocence of her age. Hmm. She's a little cute, isn't she? Unexpectedly she may like such a story.

As soon as she thought so, she narrowed her red eyes like a ruby.

"Even though I have a poor body, my imagination is just before me. However, when it comes to magic, imagination works. Many people have tried, but not all of them have reached my feet. I don't really understand it. "

correction.

It's not cute at all. It's a hallucination that speaks really well. After all, I have to remove the curse quickly and remove the curse. I hold my fist tightly in a position invisible to Anna.

Well, it's about time.

Put her water bottle in her backpack and put on the knitting hat beside her. Since it is wearing a deer leather cape, it will not look like a temple knight when viewed from the side. Well, you can tell from the ash cross drawn on the shield.

"Look, the chat is over. I'm going. Stop chatting for the time being."

Immediately Anna dissatisfiedly sharpens her lips.

"Don't talk is out of my mind. I can't eat or drink anything. When it comes to talking, talking is the only way to kill time. Is it okay for the apostle of the devout God to do such an outrageous thing?"

"You're a demon, right? No problem, because I can't help pagans or evil spirits."

"Muu. I can't say anything when I say that. "

With that said, Anna curled his back as if he was sick. However, the gesture is really playful. He will not shut up as it is.

"That's right ..."

As expected, Anna still doesn't seem to close his mouth. He floats around me as if to let the flow of the wind flutter

"Instead, why is such a girl becoming an adventurer and fighting against the demons? Let me know again someday. "

He grinned and lifted the edge of his mouth. The smile that floated was a demon-like evil thing.

"Including the reason for not fighting the North and South heathens"

………….

This female kid has a light intuition. No, is it a natural story to know if it's a hallucination I created? I dared not reply and stood up. It must be the result of training as a monk that he did not change his complexion.

It's a hallucination that speaks really well.

Especially today I speak well.

"What is the full moon tonight? I'm thinking of talking as much as I can now. "

Haha. I see.

I'm not convinced, but I understood.

For unknown reasons, these demons have weak magic only on the night of the full moon. The weaknesses are too fatal, while instigating "human beings are stupid". By the way, it seems that level drain is no exception. So Anna is still in the daytime, but it doesn't seem to be in good shape.

No, the demon is no less stupid than it is.

"If so, is it okay to be quiet from now on?"

I casually said so, and immediately started to go down the hill.

Anna on her back, bee! I'm sticking out my tongue, but of course I'm ignoring it.

"Hmm. Someone who can't be ignored has come. "

The foot stopped reflexively.

Huh. What does that mean?

Looking back, follow Anna's line of sight. Then, the sound of rustling and squeezing through the bushes and approaching. I turned to the direction of the sound and immediately pulled out the mace from my waist. Then he holds a shield tied to his prosthetic hand. Ordinary people do not come out from anywhere other than the road. It may not be a person in the first place.

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"Huh, it's a rare dog"

Anna muttered in a strange way.

About three dogs walking on two legs came out from the other side of the bush. Each hand holds a poor club, exposing hostility and threatening me. Of course, dogs don't walk on their hind legs and don't carry clubs.

"Kobold. It's a rather popular monster."

It is no wonder that Anna called these monsters dogs. The Kobold looks like a bipedal dog. Although the physique is a little closer to the humanoid. The first jobs that a fledgling adventurer who is not a dungeon receives are the two strengths of exterminating Kobolts and weeding the fields.

Well, in short, it's a small fish among small fish.

However, even though it is not so far from the forest, it is rare to come out in such a place even though there is a road. I don't want to know what evil creatures like monsters are thinking and acting.

The Kobolds with rough breathing seemed unlikely to return to the forest even though I was pulling out their weapons. It seems to be motivated, barking with one-on-one.

All right. Then, as a good temple knight, it is also my duty to get rid of these evil ones. Although it was weakened by receiving the level drain, it was not trained to lag behind the Kobolds.

"I can't participate in the rough affairs. You should do your best at best. "

At the same time that Anna evacuated to the sky, the Kobold in the foreground swung up the club and attacked. Even though it is a club, it is a poor one with thick branches.

I easily pardoned it with a shield and slammed a mace into my head. My head broke and blood spewed out.

This mace has a special skill, and you can take away the sense of balance of the opponent you hit for a moment. Kobold entwined his legs and fell on his back. At the end, hit it again to silence it.

Hmm. The movement of the body is heavier than I expected. Whether you swing the mace or guard it with a shield, there is a sense of incongruity that there is always a delay.

However, I don't have a hard time with such an opponent.

The remaining two Kobolds are about to hit. One of them threw a fist-sized stone. I do not avoid it, pull my chin and play stones with a knitting cap. When I forcibly entered the Kobold room as it was, I hit him with a shield before swinging down the club. The Kobold stepped on the tatara with that alone, exposing the defenseless figure. After that, just poke with a mace as before.

Three corpses were completed in no time.

"Muu. It was an uninteresting battle. "

After all was over, Anna gently landed next to me with a plain face.

The Kobold's corpse was pecked with his toes, and Anna yawned in a boring manner. Even though it's an evil monster, I wonder how to say it after exchanging her life.

"Huh, does an adventurer preach the preciousness of life to a demon?"

Anna squeaks and squeaks her throat. Her eyes, which give off her red and suspicious glow, narrow.

"I'm generous. Abuse is overheard. "

Abuse? Where on earth is my rant?

I'm not convinced, and a hazy thing remains on her chest.

I wiped her blood on the mace, staring silently at Anna, who wouldn't talk anymore.