They had returned to the inn.
When they reported to the Adventurer’s Guild and had dinner, once everything was over, it was completely night.
Diablo sat in the room where only the light of the candles were swaying.
In truth, he was tired enough that he wanted to lie down on the bed but……
Since there was only one bed, he sat on the floor.
The only other person in the room was Shera.
She had sat down on the bed, and sometimes, she would intermittently look his way.
——What the heck is this?
He couldn’t handle being alone with a girl.
He was troubled.
Rem, who he could rely on at times like this, was called by a messenger from the Magician’s Guild and had gone to where Celes is.
It was probably about the matter with Galak.
Diablo’s group did not mention Galak’s name in their report but……To begin with, the receptionist knew that the one that commissioned the quest was Galak.
If the Magician’s Guild’s name was used without notifying the organization, it would naturally become a serious problem. There was probably an apology from Celes in regards to that.
How Rem would be the only one to go was a consideration from Diablo’s side.
If Diablo were to go, it would only make the other party needlessly afraid. How he had thrust away Warrior Emil and was judged to be outside of evaluation standards by the Adventurer’s Guild’s Guildmaster was already very well-known.
On top of that, there was his appearance and his speech and conduct.
Making an extremely apologetic face that looked like she were going to cry, Rem——
「Um……Since it seems like Celes would deeply apologize more than she would need to if Diablo were to go……I will go alone.」
went and said this to him.
——Well, since I’m poor with communication, that actually saves me.
However, Shera is acting weird. Please hurry up and come back, Rem.
Again, she looked at him.
Unable to endure it, Diablo raised his voice.
「Do you need something?」
「Hyah!? U, um……The snake was huge, wasn’t it!」
「Hn?」
Thinking for a bit, he realized.
「Ahh, the 《Spotted Snake》.」
「If the quest wasn’t a trap, we would have had to fight with that, right?」
「Luring it out with Rem’s Summoned Beast and bringing it down with my magic wasn’t that bad of a plan. Well, there was also the option of just freezing that area.」
The game’s Freezia wasn’t given a range of effect as vast as that.
Maybe it was because when he used magic, he imagined it using scientific knowledge. Or maybe it was because the game presented it in a moderated way.
By the time he noticed, Shera had come down from the bed and gotten closer.
「Yeah, yeah, Diablo, your magic sure was amazing!」
「Well, of course it was……There is something I learned a bit regarding levels. The people of this world live so that they won’t die. Without any pointless troubles, and as safe as possible.」
「Isn’t that how it normally is?」
「I made efficiency the maximum priority in order to quickly level up even if I died. That was the kind of world I was in.」
「Is that about the other world that Diablo came from?」
「Umu. That’s why a level difference has opened up. I still don’t know if it’s just the races that are weak, or if the monsters are also weak but……from the impression of when I tried using Freezia.」
「Ah, that’s the ice magic from earlier, right?」
「That’s right. Judging from the reactions of the wild animals from that time, they looked weaker than the ones that I know of. They also probably held their lives as precious.」
Shera made a wondering face.
「Diablo, don’t you value your life?」
「I do not intend to throw it away idly.」
「Hey, doesn’t, your stomach hurt?」
「What? It’s not like I ate something weird……Ahh, could it be that you’re worried about how I took that arrow earlier today?」
「I mean, Selsio’s arrow was the Greenwood Royal Family’s treasure. I heard that it was an amazing arrow and Diablo, you made a bit of a pained looking face, right?」
Everyone else was completely astonished by how the arrow didn’t go through him.
It seems that she even worried about his expression.
「In my equipment, there is an effect that recovers HP……Ah, no……that heals wounds. There’s no longer any problem.」
「Is that so!? That’s amazing!」
Certainly, it was plenty strong. The insecurity that he felt when he was just summoned had been resolved for the most part.
「If it’s just to live in this world, well, it’s probably fine to just hunt wild animals or something. However, the Demon King Krebskrem can’t be defeated like that.」
Shera gulped.
As I thought, I guess the Demon King’s name is something dreadful for the inhabitants of this world——is what he thought but, it looked like it was a bit different.
Shera’s expression sank.