"Nice to meet you. I feel like I haven't seen your face in a long time."
"Ah, it's been a long time."
"It's been a while since I saw a spider."
"That's right, it's been a long time.
The person who greeted us when we visited the village of the demon tribe was Irori, the wife of Enki, the chief of the village of the demon tribe. She's a petite and cute girl like a little girl, but she seems to be a moderately fierce person. At least my husband Enki can't win in a fistfight.
She used to wear a black Arkenian kimono with beautiful embroidery, but today she's wearing a kimono with some kind of plant pattern dyed into light purple fabric. I hear purple kimonos are hard to pull off, but you look great.
"This is the first time I've seen a woman with long ears over there. I'm Irori, the wife of the head of this village."
"Elmina. One of Taishi's wives."
Irori and Elmina-san smile at each other. There's a vague sense of tension in the air, but what the heck is going on?
"...Fumu, it seems like it's quite a user. Spider, isn't it better than you?"
"We haven't had a serious fight yet, but I can't say that it's easy to give up."
Elmina-san looks at Irori and Kusuha who are having such an exchange with a smile on their face.
"Umm, Elmina-san?"
"Ufufu, it's getting a little fun. You can find it wherever you are."
"Heh..."
I feel like something like fighting spirit is gushing out from Elmina-san. Does it mean that the strong know the strong? Regarding Irori and Enki, when I tried to look at them with an appraisal eye before, some kind of interference was put on me, so I haven't even tried to look at them with an appraisal eye since then. No, to be exact, I didn't even think to look at Enki because Irori had hinted that he would be hindered when I tried to see it, and that he understood how it works.
"Was Elmina-san such a battle maniac?"
"It's not like that. But it's certainly exciting to find someone who's as strong as me. There's a lot of competition."
"Is that so?"
It just doesn't feel right to me. Overwhelming superiority is fine. It feels easy. To be honest, I don't want to fight people like Vault or Dior. It hurts, the equipment is destroyed, and there is nothing good about it.
"Even so, spiders, long ears, that's what women like. Do you like older men?"
Irori said such a thing with a grin and a smile that seemed to eat people. Bishiri, I can feel the air in the place freezing. Oh no! No customer! ah! No!
"If I am an old man, then you must be an old man too, aren't you? Oh?"
"I got married to my husband a long time ago because I knew my situation. Even if I was with the spider that made me squirm. Even so, you often married such a troublesome woman. Raw wounds don't stop. right?"
"That's right, I'm fired up."
Stop! Don't talk to me! Elmina-san's lack of reaction is scary... just when I thought that, Elmina-san suddenly hugged her in her arms. It's not as soft as Kusuha or Flam, but it's quite soft. Oh, happiness was here
"I envy you? You're strong in battle, but Taishi-kun is also strong at night, you know?"
"Oh, it's hot. It's no match for a newlywed.
Irori turned on his heels with a gleeful smile. Kusuha sighed at her aloof behavior, and Elmina-san put her strength into her arms. Hey, does it hurt a little?
"You endured it well."
"I won't fall for such cheap provocations. I know you're old, right?"
"Elmina-san and Kusuha are both beautiful, and age doesn't really matter."
In the first place, it is useless to say things like age to someone with a different life span. If you say that, let alone Elmina-san, even Melkina is about the same age as my mother in the original world, or if you're not good at it, you're older.
"The size of the master's vessel is as expected."
"Yeah, really."
"I don't think it's such an exaggerated story."
It's hard to say that the vessel is big because of this. All the more so if it becomes a woman's taste. I think the strike zone is just a little wider. If I were to say that I'm just a womanizer, that might be true.
Following Irori, who was walking ahead of me, I passed through a gate that separated the village from the outside world, and the scenery of the demon tribe's village spread out in front of me. A vast field, a rustic wooden house with a thatched roof, structures and shrines that look like red torii gates in various places, and a long road that looks like a main street that leads from the gate is the one used in the previous "discussions". You can also see a special ring that looks like a sumo wrestling ring and a particularly large building. That seems to be a building used as a gathering place.
"I'm sure there are many buildings I've never seen before. What is that red thing?"
"It's similar to what happened in my world, but I've never heard of what the demon tribe is building. I think it had a variety of meanings, such as a place for birds to perch on, a gate that connects to the world of gods, and a barrier that separates the divine realm from the secular world. But honestly, I have a vague recollection."
"Phew, it's sacred, isn't it?"
"It's not necessarily the same as what I know, but it was generally something like that. There are several in this village, so it's an amulet or something?"
"Even I don't know the history of that thing. It seems like it's been around for a long time. I don't remember seeing it outside of the village of the demon tribe."
I turned my gaze to Kusuha, but she said so and shook her head. I've only seen it in the demon tribe's village, so I wonder what it is. If that's really a torii, it's possible that the ancestors of the demon race are related to Japanese people from the original world. It may be a culture that originated independently, so I can't judge it.
"That's the wedge of the barrier. I don't know the details, but by building the torii and shrine in the right direction, it seems to have the effect of keeping monsters away from the village."
Irori, who seemed to have heard our conversation, explained while facing forward. Is it still a torii and a company? With my barrier magic skill, I couldn't tell if the torii and the shrine had such an effect. The technical system may be fundamentally different.
The right direction... direction? It's like feng shui. Or onmyoji? Hmm, I don't know much about the occult. No, I feel like I'm just shooting magic bang bang. It's technically straightforward.
"It's a big building."
"It seems that the building is being used as a meeting place."
"Fumu, this is the first building I've seen."
"It's only been ten years since we built this meeting place. The last time a spider visited our village was about fifty years ago, right?"
"It's been so long. Days without stimulation pass quickly."
You're talking about fifty years on a large scale... I think half a century is a lot of years. For the long-lived girls, it might be just a few years ago. what will my life be like? For some reason, I'm separated from ordinary people, so I honestly don't have confidence in whether or not I have a human lifespan. I wonder if I'll listen to this again in real life.
"We've already arranged the faces in the assembly hall. Let's talk thoroughly today."
"With words? With fists?"
"Either way is fine. Fists are quicker in many ways."
"Then let me use it as a last resort."
If possible, I'd like to solve it with words, but if it's faster to talk with my fists, I wouldn't hesitate to use it.
When I entered the meeting hall, it was just as Irori had said, and all the main faces of the demon race were there. Starting with Enki, the head of the village, the leader of the demon tribe, Gyuuki who is the right arm of Enki and the leader of the Oni tribe, Genki who is the leader of the small demon tribe and is related to Irori, Senki who manages the warrior group of the demon tribe, Sougai is in charge of farmland management, Tetsuzan is in charge of pottery and sake craftsmen and carpenters, and there are several young men and women who don't know their names. The confidant of the coordinators, the right arm, the successor, and so on.
The demon tribe can be broadly divided into the large demon tribe and the child demon tribe, and there are also various skin colors. Some have bright red skin, some have blue skin, and some have skin that is not much different from humans. There are also black and purple, and it really varies. The number of horns is also one or two, and the place where they grow is subtly different.
"It was around the time I thought you forgot about us, right?"
"What, were you lonely? Unfortunately, I'm straight and my hobby of stealing things from people--"
Two fiancés "as a result" in my mind... No, three if Nera is included? The face of a pitiful cold-blooded bastard who has been scratched comes to mind.
"- Not really. At least I'm not thinking of doing it actively, you know?"
"Master, you're not convincing… well, put that aside. In this discussion, the first place we visited was the demon tribe's village.
"Hmm... that's fine. So, what is this time? I'm happy that it's a profitable story, isn't it?"
"It's a profitable story, huh. I think I always come up with a good story. Actually, the demon tribe has never suffered a loss until now, right?"
Saying that, I look around at the faces of the demons who have gathered here. Most of the officials in charge did not move their expressions, but many of the young people had expressions that seemed to be convinced.
"I want you to listen to my request here. Of course, we will accept the same autonomy as before, but I would like you to strictly observe these three articles."
"Self-government means that we can decide everything about the village. Are you trying to break that and impose rules from above?"
"The Brave Demon Federation recognizes its autonomy. The demon race fulfills their duties as members of the Brave Demon Federation. I think it would be better.
Take out the paper with the three articles written on it from the storage and thrust it at Enki, who continues to emit a sign of sword swallowing. With a red face, Enki read the contents of the paper she received before handing it to Irori, who sat right next to him. I waited for a while as the three articles were read around, and after confirming that everyone had read them, I opened my mouth.
"Have you read them all? The three articles I brought with me this time are the national policy that the Federation of Brave Demons will uphold in the future. Eliminate discrimination against people, work hard, and ensure that men and women of all ages can live in good health.These three articles will be effective throughout the Demon Federation.In other words, this village, Clover, and Arkenia. Whether it's in the village, in the realm of the river people, or in the village of the fairy tribe."
In response to my remarks, the demons fell silent for a while. Are you ruminating on the contents of the Three Articles, or are you thinking of a counterargument to my words... it wasn't Enki who spoke first, but his wife, Irori.
"There is no problem if you say that there is no problem with anything in terms of content… but the first rule is what we are stuck on. We respect strength. "
"Hmm... Well, you're right. I don't understand what you're saying. I don't like people who say no, no, no, no, no, no from somewhere safe, even if they're risking their lives to fight. Warriors should be respected. is"
It's only natural that public order should be protected, and it's only natural to serve the citizens because they're living off of taxpayers' money. I don't want
"But I also think that warriors aren't just for those who put their bodies on the line to fight monsters and other enemies. I struggle with the thought that someone might die because of the poorly made armor, and the carpenter thinks that if I do a poor job, a small gust of wind or an earthquake might cause my house to collapse. I think everyone is fighting for themselves, their families, and someone else."
A few demons nodded at my words. They are the people who are in a position to bring together craftsmen and farm workers.
"Well, it's not just about the village of the demon race. The demon race and Arkenia aren't the only ones in the big organization called the Federation of Brave Demons. Beastmen, centaurs, lizardmen, elves, Antilles, right now. There aren't that many of them, but the number of humans will increase eventually.In this situation, I think that the power of the demon race, Arkenia, and even the fairies as a species stands out. If you go outside, there will be a situation where there will be people who are "weaker" than the demons, in the future. I'm here."
"Are you forcing us to be patient?"
"I'm not going to say that you should forgive rudeness. I just want you to treat each other with respect. I want to say no, I
I shook my head in response to Irori's words. I just don't want the demons to behave arrogantly and end up being hated by races other than the demons.
"That said, the weak are the weak, aren't they? You can't live without the protection of the strong, so shouldn't it be natural to behave accordingly?"
I wonder how seriously Irori thinks so when she says that with a faint smile. I can't help but feel like I'm being put on Irori's pace.
"No matter how strong you are, you can't live alone. Weapons, alcohol, food, beds, and so on, it's because there are people who prepare these things that warriors should be able to wield their weapons powerfully. It's a relationship, so I think we should respect each other.It's the warriors who will dry up if they turn away all at once, right?"
"Isn't it fine if I force you to obey me then?"
"Yes, it's a muscle-brained statement. I don't like the idea that strength is justice. It's a cultural life to communicate with each other with words and hearts, and to live with mutual respect. .in addition"
I look around the meeting hall.
"According to that theory, there will be no one left who can give me an opinion. Is it okay to say that this is the view and consensus of the demon race?"
With that one word, the atmosphere in the assembly hall changed. Anger... no, it's not anger. What is this air?
"Well said! Then why don't we 'Let's talk'!"
"Ah"
"It was a perfect fit."
"Wait? Aren't you an assistant to prevent this from happening? Hey?"
"Isn't it good that it's quick? Taishi-kun won't lose."
"Well. In the first place, it's wrong to try to reason with these guys. These guys are natural brains that can solve anything by fistfighting, you know?"
"Ugh!
I scratch my head involuntarily because I'm at a loss where to put my emotions. Seeing me like that, Irori laughed out loud.
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, we've been following this style for a long time already. give it up."
Before I knew it, Irori, who was standing next to me, hit me on the back. He got hit pretty hard, but it wasn't that much. It's better not to underestimate the ghost VIT and physical resistance skill level 3.
"Ah, yes yes. I was deliberately avoiding fistfights. When we discussed various things before, we never intended to fistfight."
I stand up from my seat and turn my feet to the outside of the assembly hall. It seems that most of the demons who had gathered at the meeting place had already left the meeting place and headed for the special ring that looked like a sumo ring, and the inside was already empty.
When you go outside the assembly hall, the special ring is already in front of you. There were demon race men who had already taken off their upper body clothes and exposed their skin. Uho, isn't it light enough for women to see through?
The women of the Oni race, both the Oni race and the Goon race, have a glamorous style of bonkyubbon, so it's really eye-pleasing. Thank you very much.
"Oh!?"
"Master, you've seen too much."
"Ufufu, it's not good to be blatant, you know?"
When I turned around, I saw Elmina-san with her fist covered in magic and Kusuha swinging a heavy attack bowl. I think it would be life-threatening to hit him with that boulder, but that's it.
"Well, come on. We're here to support you."
"You can't go easy on girls, okay?"
"Wow"
I took off my jacket, entrusted it to Elmina-san and went up to the special ring. Her number one spear seems to be Senki, who is the leader of the group of warriors. Senki is a blue-skinned demon who looks like a muscular macho man. He has a thick frame and is covered in battle scars all over his body.
"It's the first time we face each other properly."
"ah"
"Are you against the three articles I brought?"
"no"
"Are you still going to do it?"
"ah"
"Right. No more words needed, come on."
As soon as I said so, Senki closed the gap with a slimy movement. He doesn't move his center of gravity excessively and throws thrusts with minimal movement.
"Humph"
I matched that right fist with my right fist and shot it out. Fists collide with each other, making a dull sound. But Senki only slightly frowned, and he immediately kicked him with his left foot. No no, I'm sure I would have broken his fist, or just frown his eyebrows.
Drop your left elbow on the kicking foot that is approaching the horizontal sweep. He didn't feel like he hit his bones, but he got a nasty bruise too-! ?
"You're pretty tough, you."
Using my left leg, which should have been shot down by a terrible blow just now, as my pivot leg, this time a kick flew with my right leg. Don't shoot it down, catch it with his left hand. Senki didn't answer my words and wordlessly pulled back his right leg and hit me with his right fist. With the right fist that should have been broken.
I don't know the reasoning, but it seems that this guy is unusually strong, or that his natural resilience is extraordinary. I certainly felt the sensation of crushing my fist, so it's natural recovery power... No, it's more appropriate to call it regenerative power. Senki probably has something like a powerful regenerative ability. If you know that, there are many ways to hit this.
"Don't die"
Put magic power into your right fist and strike the approaching right fist with your right fist as well. At first glance, it looks like a reproduction of the first attack. But the difference in results is clear.
"Ahhhh!?"
Senki's right fist that received my fist - no, the entire right arm raised a splash of blood. It was a gruesome situation, as if the blood had lost its place to go and the blood vessels in the entire right arm had burst. It seems that Senki, who had only a reaction to move his eyebrows when his fist was crushed, couldn't stay calm after receiving this blow.
"That's it!"
The moment I put magic into my fist to hit Senki, who hadn't lost his fighting spirit yet, with another blow of magic, I heard a voice from the side. If you think about who it is, it is Enki, the chief of the village, who has not had a fragment of presence until now.
"It's a win for the kid. Is that okay?"
"...it can't be helped"
Senki, dripping blood from his right arm, sighs regretfully. If she can come at me even if I crush her right arm, I have no choice but to crush her limbs. Is it okay for you to stop me?
"I'll treat you."
"It's useless.
No, I think it's probably a compound fracture in the bones of my arm... but the bleeding has already stopped. Besides, it sounds like something is wrong... I wonder if even my bones heal at that speed, oh my god.
"So, you're still doing it, aren't you? Keep coming at me. I'll crush everyone."
"Tch, I'm a kid with plenty of leeway. If the kid says so, go ahead."
I mowed down the demons who came up to the ring one after another and attacked me. It hits the chest of the ogres that attack and blows them away, grabs the legs of the gnomes that throw a flying kick, swings them around, and hits other ogres. The thinly-dressed female demon gleefully pounced on me. As expected, hitting a woman on the boulder makes me feel guilty, so I take it gently and throw it outside the ring.
picture? Can men and women be beaten equally? Of course, there's no such thing as punching them, but I don't feel like going out of my way to punch them when there's a difference in strength that's enough to handle them all with ease. It's not like I have any other grudges. If you hit your buttocks or chest when you throw it, it's an unforeseen accident.
"Master? Aren't you impressed that I'm doing too much?"
"If it's us, we can touch as much as we want, right?"
"I'm sorry."
I couldn't fool the eyes of Kusuha and Elmina-san.
In fact, if you just throw it away, it will come back and attack you again and again, so what's the matter? I don't hesitate to wield a social murder fist, but it's also not good to expose the skin of a woman who may be before marriage. If this happens, there will be no choice but to use another trick.
"Hi!"
He grabs the arm of the Oni tribe woman who has attacked him, twists it up, and masters the joint.
"Kuh, this!?"
"I'm sorry... forgive me!"
"What are you doing...Hyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?"
Pour my magical power into the woman's body, and conversely, steal the magical power from the woman's body. Magical power circulation using primordial magic... The opponent who did this will be enveloped in euphoria! It's a lie, it just makes me feel so good that I lose myself a little bit. actually safe.
Throw the limp female Ooni tribe toward the female Oni tribe waiting outside the ring.
"If you still come to me, this Taishi, I will show no mercy! Those who want to expose their unsightly ahegao should come to me!"
"Huh! It only works on women, right?! Let's do it!"
While the other demons were hesitant and hesitant to jump at them, a young goblin man reluctantly rushed in. Hurry is a really straight movement. I capture the man without difficulty.
"Who said it only works on women...?"
"what...?"
"Become the light!"
"Well, wait, stop…!?"
Throw the goblin man who ascended to heaven with a terrible expression outside the ring. I think there was some kind of juice coming out of his body, but I'm sure it's just my imagination.
"Well, who's next? Hey, it doesn't hurt, so I'm not scared. It's good to come."
Aside from being hit or thrown away normally, it seems that there is resistance to exposing your ahegao after getting comfortable with primordial magic. Yeah, it's obvious. I hate it too
"Don't be timid. I saw that at most two people could use that move at the same time. If it's like this, they'll all hit at once."
"But isn't that cowardly?"
"Oh, come on, come on. You shouldn't think of me as an equal opponent. Think of me as a large monster or something."
If it comes all at once, you can save time and effort. There is a mystery that I opened my eyes for such a time as a joke. Knead the magical power in your body and concentrate. This is also one of the murder fists that I was able to reproduce because I steadily accumulated magic control in Taikikai.
"Let's go!"
"Uoooooooo!"
"Noaaaaaa!"
Ignoring the approaching demons, I sat down in the middle of the ring and sat cross-legged. At the same time, he closed his eyes, lightly raised both hands, and developed a complex barrier all around. Kuku, I can see it. I can see the movement of the enemy.
"Guh!? My body can't move!?"
"Kuh, a barrier!? How precise!"
I immediately radiated magic power from both hands and connected the path of magic power with all the demons who were surrounded and unable to move. The trick is not to connect each person to each other, but to connect everyone so that they form one circuit.
Shortly after, the magic channels extending from my right and left hands connect with all the demons and become one. The demons must have felt something, their faces cramped up.
"No, stop..."
"○ Doo! Passionate ○ face fist!"
While shouting the name of the secret technique, I channeled magic power into the magic paths of both hands, stole it, and circulated the magic power all at once. Because there are many people, the output is strong. The results should be inferred.
"""Oh oh oh oh oh!?""
The demons who had surrounded me crumbled down while screaming their death throes.
"At least you should die peacefully without knowing pain..."
"This is terrible"
"What a disaster."
All of them fainted while convulsing, so they didn't even scream. No one got hurt and it all ended well. As expected of me.
"Well, what? It's your turn next, Enki's old man? Prepare yourself for irori. I won't forgive you because you're a married woman."
"Wait, calm down, just talk and you'll understand"
"No questions asked!"
"Kuh, hey spider! Do something about it!"
"I refuse.
"Hmm... I'm a pass too. You deserve it, accept it. If not, fight back."
"Hyaha! Punishment time!"
"You wicked boy!"
A few minutes later, the pitiful cries of Enki and his wife resounded in the demon village. Yeah, it's wonderful that you resisted me, who was relatively serious, even for a few minutes. That's impressive. But it's pointless.