“Vill…ager?”
The person’s response distressed Rex, and he had a plethora of questions to ask.
How did he protect himself from their attacks? Why was a villager in such a place? Why was he not equipped with any weapons or armor? Why did he protect the Demon?
Rex could not understand the person in front of him. Why was he picking his nose in this situation? Perhaps he looked down on them? Everyone in the Hero’s party had similar thoughts.
“The Villager from back then!?”
Rex finally remembered that he and the villager had momentarily interacted with each other only a few hours ago. Kagami’s presence had been too weak, and Rex had completely forgotten about him.
“…How did you…?”
“Eh?”
“How did you block our attacks? What did you do? Exactly what kind of item did you use?!”
Why was he here? Rex’s pride ignored the fact that Kagami had protected the Demon. He had let the Villager in front of him shatter his confidence. Rex was in disbelief and could not forgive Kagami.
“An item? Ah…yes, fufu, shall I inform you?”
Rex waited for the answer with a sour face while Kagami smiled sentimentally and picked his nose, as if he was making fun of the Hero.
“The strongest item I used…is my right hand.”
“Your right hand…you say?”
As he spoke, Kagami pulled out a booger and flung it away with a *Pin* sound before putting his finger straight back into his nose.
“Wait, haven’t you only been picking your nose this whole time?”
“Yes, I crushed all of your attacks with this right hand that picks my nose this much.”
“Impossible! With a hand covered in boogers?”
“Hold up, it’s not covered with them, right? Just how much mucus do you think my nose makes?”
Whether or not what they pointed out had hurt him, Kagami took his finger back out of his nose and sighed.
Krul stepped forward in an attempt to calm down Rex, who stared at Kagami angrily.
“Whatever you did, at least you are uninjured. It would have been terrible to kill a regular citizen.”
Krul politely lowered her head. She did not care about how he had protected the Demon. Her priority was to find out why this Villager had protected the Demon, and whether or not he was an enemy.
“That child is a Demon. Did you protect her because you knew this, or did you not know anything? Please tell us.”
“No, this child is not a Demon.”
Kagami replied to Krul’s question, as if to declare that they had misunderstood. Of course, Kagami knew that the girl was a Demon.
He also knew that the Heroes would try to kill the girl because she was a Demon.
“I can feel that girl emitting Demon magic. There is no doubt that it’s a Demon.”
“Ah…she isn’t a Demon. Because she is my little sister.”
Everyone in the hero’s party looked at him when they heard his words. The girl muttered “eh?” in a dubious tone, making the situation even more puzzling.
“Y-your sister? H-however…this magic? Though you do seem to be a Human…”
“It’s this, the horn of the Blue Devil. Don’t you know about its effects? I made my little sister hold it.”
Kagami said as he reached into the girl’s worn out cloak, as if he was going to show them the horn of the Blue Devil that the girl supposedly held.
As long as the Blue Devil’s Horn still held magic, it could prevent Monsters from becoming hostile to the holder. Bottles and wineskins were needed to prevent the magic from dissipating.
However, this magic was the same type as the magic emitted from Demons and would increase the spawn rate of Monsters when used in a dungeon. It was extremely aggravating for any other people who entered the dungeon at the same time.
“I was completing the Blue Devil quest when it just happened to drop, so I made my younger sister hold it. I didn’t bring a bag to store it in but I didn’t want to waste it, so I told her to keep it safe.”
Kagami pulled out the completed 30 Blue Devil quest sheet with magic and showed it to the Hero’s party.
Of course, Kagami had taken the sheet out of his Bag of Holding.
As Kagami talked with the Hero’s party, he glanced around quickly, hoping that the Demon girl’s presence was spawning a large number of Monsters. He evilly thought about how nice it would be if another quest like this one were to be issued.
“A…Villager? And two of them? 30 Blue Devils? I have never heard of this!”
Tina unintentionally raised her voice, surprised that the girl was not a Demon and the Villager had already completed the quest.
“That’s not much of a joke. Are you really a Villager?”
Kagami showed his Status Window’s Role with a wry smile when Palna accused him. Palna muttered “You’re kid