Volume 2 - CH 27

Chapter 2-27. Princess and Young General

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I got the 1st place in the daily ranking! I did it! !!

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(*Congrats author-san)

According to folklore, the white snake understands the language that they are speaking.

So Hisui, the demon shrine maiden, explained something to me as if to speak to me ... but in reality, it seems that she didn't think that the snake really understood peoples' language because it was just a folklore. ..

Well, it's their folklore.

I don't know how old it was, but it's understandable if she don't think I can really understand their language ...

By the way, the shrine maiden is ... Yeah, it's easier to understand if I call her a princess instead.

She doesn't feel like a shrine maiden at all.

Alright, let's call Hisui a princess from now on.

So, although she is the princess, she has corrected her posture immediately after she learned that I could understand her words.

Of course, I'm kinda nervous about this situation, but I don't know what to do.

I have a lot of things that I want to ask, but ... hnnnng!

It's frustrating that I can't think any questions.

For the time being, I think it's better to twll her that "I won't kill you" ...

What should I do?

I can't proceed unless I tell her something ...

What should I do.

Oh, how about I do something to Tenda.

I use water in the shape of a finger and point to the Tenda.

"Uh, what about Tenda? Um ... -should I wake him up?"

Yes. Please wake him up.

This can't be anything but 'yes' if I nod there.

For the time being, I would like Tenda to get up and proceed with the story.

Really ... I'm in a hurry.

"Geez! How long are you going to stay asleep! White snake-sama is calling you!"

No, you're the one who make him passed out.

"Hngg ... ha! I'm the one who ..."

"Tenda! Come back to your sense please!"

"Princess? What the hell is- ... White snake-sama !?

Tenda who was came out of the closet seemed to be injured and blood was bleeding from his head.

How strong was that blow ...

Well, I can't do much in this situation, .

It looked like she kicked him very lightly, but let's just assume that is how serious the princess is.

But he don't mind being injured like that.

Come to think of it, I was able to acquire recovery skills.

But I haven't tried it yet ... then!

Let's use him as lab rat- I mean trying the skill [Great Heal]!

When I use it, Tenda is wrapped in light green light.

But it soon disappeared.

I thought it was a failure, but my MP is decreasing properly.

The fact that my MP didn't decreased that much meaning his injury is not that fatal.

"Oh, ooooh? The wound is ... closed!"

"Eeh? How?"

"If I'm not wrong, isn't this a [Great Heal] ... is this from ... the White snake-sama?"

Huh, he guess it right.

I had a lot of trouble acquiring this skill.

That was really hard ...

Uhhm, what?

I feel that the way the princess and Tenda saw me have changed.

Eh, did I do something wrong? Eeh?

"The White snake-sama have a healing skill!"

Ahh, I have some actually.

"[Great Heal] is a skill that is quite difficult to acquire. It's a wonderful skill!"

Oh, is that so?

It's itchy when I suddenly get praised.

Is recovery skill really that rare?

Well, it took me a long time to get it, and I had a hard time to get them ...

If that so, then is [Area High Heal] also a rare skill?

To be honest, I would like to take it one step further and make it a skill similar to [Great Heal].

The higher the ability of recovery skills, the better!

"You know, White Snake-sama. Healing skills are very rare skills. It is no exaggeration to say that the skill to recover yourself is an essential skill for adventurers, not many adventurers possess it, but not only they can heal themselves, you can accidently heal the opponents if you use it incorrectly, it can be misused too, so please be careful when using it. "

"That's right. There must have been some people who were enslaved just because they had healing skills and forcefully took them around as a tools to heal them."

Healing skill holders with narrow shoulders!

It's a very good skill, but it's a very risky skill!

Uh ... this is such a terrible world that the skills I have acquired through hard work are going to rarely exposed to the light of day.

I thought it could be used for negotiations, but this is uite bad, isn't it?

I can't use it as a bargaining chips either ...

However, I am grateful to receive such information.

After all it may be okay to get along with these two people.

Though their race is demon. There is a sense of intimacy ans respect.

...... No, it doesn't mean that I already close with them yet.

For the time being, let's remember the information that was given to me.

I drew a circle and answer, "I understand."

"... Princess"

"What is it?"

"It' seems that the White snake-sama can understand the words is true ..."

"Tenda, you believe it too? I thought it was just a folklore."

These guys.

It's about time to put out an emoticon saying that I'm in a bad mood, right?

"Even so ... if you have recovery skills ... you don't have any magic skills, right?"

Wut? Is that so?

For the time being, I will just nod and listen to his true intentions.

Let's put a question mark on my head.

"People who have recovery skills do not have curse skills. I do not know the reason in detail, but it is hypothesized that the skills will repel each other. ...... The white snake-sama will not cast a curse on us. Tenda, it's okay. "

"Is that so ... I'm sorry that I've just blurted out earlier."

That was a lackluster folklore.

Well, the misunderstanding has been resolved, so let's do it.

By the way, I disn't know anything about Tenda.

I'm curious that he had an interesting skill, but I'd like he to introduce himself for the time being.

"Oh, my bad! I'm Tenda, who is in charge of escorting the princess."

"Tenda is a young general of Demin Village {*Oni's settlement}."

He is a young general!

He is too weak!

In what world is there a guy who is an escort kicked by the person who is supposedly he protect and faints ...

Isn't the princess stronger than him?

Well, that's fine, but why are these two in such a place?

Obviously she doesn't suit this kind of place.

There must be some reason, but ... I'm really frustrated that I can't ask a question!

I want to find out somehow.

No wait?

These two are kind lime Japanese youkai.

I think they can speak Japanese! ??

I should try it!

Let's write some letters!

It foes with, "My name is Ouren, can you read this character?"

"... Tenda"

"Sorry princess. I don't even know what is that."

It's no good huh ...

In the end, they also didn't know.

If I could learn the characters of this world even a little, the conversation would be easy.

Well, if I had such time, I would go looking for Satella instead.

"Princess, is White snake-sama want to ask us something? That's why he wrote something?"

"I think so too ... I've never seen a character like this. It may be the ancient letter."

No, it's not.

But I'm grateful that he got my intention.

As you can see, I can't speak, so I can only tell by emoji or emoticons.

"(´ ・ ω ・ ｀)".

"What does White snake-sama want to know about?"

I wonder if there is anything I can ask while it can be reproduced with emoji.

Oh, that's right.

Should I drew a demon with water for the time being?

I want to tell thwm "I want to know about you" ...

"Oni? Is it about us?"

Nice one, princess!

I nodded and expressed my intention, "Yes."

"We are a race of demons. My and Tenda's hometown is in the depths east of the mountains from here. There is a castle and everyone is very close with each other! It's a small village of about 200 people. Each of us have our own role, so we don't have much trouble, but ... we came down here for some reason ... "

At first, she was cheerfully talking about her village, but the princess's excitement become more down from the middle and fell down.

Tenda, who sensed it, explained the rest to me what happened on behalf of the princess.

"... It was triggered by the arrival of a slave trader in our village. The slave trader said something unpleasant like, 'Because I'm use them as a slave, show off the strength from this village.' It is true that we demons are a powerful race, but no one willing to abandon their companions into slaves. And we couldn't afford their demand, so we immediately turned them back. "

Oh? Somehow this is similar to the information I received from Alena, right?

It was said that a slave trader came to the lord, but he immediately turned them back.

I didn't know what they were talking about, but they came to Demon Village ... these slave trader.

"But the problem happened after that. About two weeks ago. More than a thousand troops attacked our village. We brought it to the siege ... Enemy troops have used the skill of using flames to burn the surroundings and break through. We demons, no matter how strong we are, we cannot gain an advantage unless we approach them. If you get shot through your legs, you won't be able to walk. During the fierce battle, the number of villagers who were 200 has decreased to 32 ... Only the research team is the survivor of the village. "

It seems that these two has completely going around and now hiding themself.

I see ... The demon I was thinking of was a monster that able to destroy the ground and crushing a mountains, but they has their own weaknesses.

Is it better to say that there is something wrong with them?

So, the enemy accurately struck the opponent's disadvantage and brought it to victory.

I know what I'm going to say is quite rude, but it can't be helped to say that the demons who couldn't cope with this battle were weak.

Even I, an amateur, think so.

Over a thousand troops!??

I'm sure some country or nation is involved!

Are they already planned this ...?

And they are not juat a slave trader.

They has grown to the scale of a war, but it's the same as where Alena was.

Perhaps some demons endes became slaves in that battle.

And two weeks ago ... I met Alena about a week ago.

It was said that there was an attack on the village shortly before that, and the timing is almost the same.

You may think that the slave traders who attempted the assault are the same group.

But ... Slave trader ... They are pretty quite formidable opponent, huh?

Almost at the same time, slave hunting was carried out in different villages, and more than a thousand troops came to the demon village.

This means that they have the money and power to deploy an army.

There is a possibility that slave hunting is taking place in addition to Arena Village and Oni Village, but that will be understood later.

"Thanks to all the princesses and lords who threw their lives and confronted the enemy, I managed to escape to this point, but ... we will surely destroy that slave trader ... I'll show you. "

A tingling air accumulates around Tenda.

Is this also one of his skill?

Well ... that was a normal reaction.

He is not the kind of person who is just stay calm after their comrade has been killed.

"Tenda. Please snap out of it."

"! ……I'm sorry"

Tenda, who was warned by the princess, dissipated the air.

Apparently, it seems to be something that automatically activates when he becomes emotional.

My condolences.

Hmmm.

Maybe I can find a clue about Satella.

It might be better to be with them a little longer.

I can't raise my level, but I can raise it along the way.