Chapter 80

AS Chapter 80~Expectations~

『Is that true!?』

Yoru pounced on Kurou right after snarling at him .

He was in kitten form, so there wasn’t much impact, but if he were bigger, Kurou would not have been able to avoid it so beautifully .

「Are you going to make me say the same thing twice? Only if she returns . 」

This guy, was he a tsundere .

I didn’t even take care of her!, or something like that?

Well, I’m relieved .

It didn’t seem like Kurou had any intention of coming, but even so, he’s lending us a hand .

「Kurou, can you help us?…help us find whoever is leading the demons . 」

Pushing his body that had lost its strength, perhaps due to his relief, he said this to Kurou .

Placing Yoru on his head, Kurou looked over at me with a look of discontent on his face .

Wow, did this guy always look displeased .

「I’ll investigate it even if you don’t ask me to . Demons appearing here is still being hidden from the general populace, but the announcement from the king is just a matter of time . Since many adventurers saw the demons, not just this guy over here . When that happens, the first thing they’ll investigate is where they they came in from . 」

I nodded in agreement .

Even if this was a port city, the defenses were not so lenient that they were able to invade the city so easily .

Rather, it was because this was a port city that the security was tight and there’s even an Adventurer Guild here .

Of course, it was because of the dungeon that the Adventurer Guild was here, but the more skilled adventurers there were, the more powerful people there will be, thus it should’ve been extremely difficult to invade .

Although the appearances of demons and humans looked almost exactly alike, even those who have no knowledge of magic would sense the demons’ ominous aura .

The race that was well-known for being quick to fight, the beastmen, had absolutely no knowledge about magic though .

「If you’re going to look into it, you need to first investigate the guildmaster Linga and his younger brother Sena . 」

Yoru and Kurou both widened their eyes in surprise .

『Master-dono, that’s… . 』

「Linga, when that guy was talking to the adventurers in front of the guild, he said 『We will not allow the demons to defile our town』 . I don’t think that the other adventurers noticed since they were tense due to the outbreak of war, but at that time, not a single demon had appeared yet . 」

Sena, who didn’t seem to have any reaction to that, was also somewhat suspicious .

If you thought about it rationally, you wouldn’t send yellow or red ranked adventurers to the front lines, would you?

There were many powerful beastmen, there was a silver ranked adventurer party there as well .

At that time, the response had already been delayed, and there were quite a number of monsters that appeared in the town .

If it were me, I would have the highest ranked adventurers such as the silver ranked ones get rid of the high level monsters and then have the red and yellow adventurers focus on the other monsters .

At that point in time, the entrance to the dungeon had already collapsed, so even if you reinforced it, the monsters would still emerge .

If that was the case, then it would be much more efficient to not bother with it and dispatch the adventurers to the areas where evacuation was delayed to exterminate the monsters .

Linga’s strategy would not be able to guarantee the safety of the civilians who couldn’t evacuate in time .

…if so, then it wouldn’t be strange for there to be someone who could fight among the people .

「…it couldn’t be, it was intentional?」

『Master-dono?』

Yoru called out to me who suddenly turned silent and muttered that as my eyes widened .

「…it’s very likely that Linga is the mastermind . The deployment of the adventurers was entirely done by that guy, the guildmaster . That’s why, even if the evacuation of the village near Kurou’s house was delayed, he was able to do something like not dispatch the adventurers there . Even if it was investigated in the future, he would be able to make excuses like the chain of command was chaotic . 」

Yoru frowned, as the true meaning of my words was difficult to comprehend .

As for Kurou, he was making a face as if he had swallowed something bitter .

『What do you mean?』

「…if it’s guildmaster Linga, it’s also possible for him to anticipate that Amelia would assist the civilians who were unable to evacuate, and persuade her to join the battle . 」

There were others who could’ve done it .

Of course, there were people who ran all over the place, serving as messengers .

However, for that guy to do something like that, it was too risky .

He wouldn’t be able to explain himself, and perhaps it would expose himself to danger as well .

「…it was like that, huh . Then, I will go collect the evidence . For now, you rest . 」

I nodded and collapsed into the bed .

I had reached my limit .

After I realized that the use of shadow magic consumed a ridiculous amount of magic, I had used it sparingly, but this has never happened before .

That was to say, this was the first time that I had depleted my magic .

I did not think that magic depletion would be this severe .

Let’s be more careful next time .

As soon as I closed my eyes, I found myself falling asleep .

Yoru and Kurou were discussing something, but the me right now had no way of comprehending it, and my consciousness gradually sunk into the darkness .