Rodrick came closer to us and questioned Kishian's question.
"What do you mean? Why did the monster come out... This is a place famous for monsters, so we came."
"The Grand Duchess is here now."
After saying that to Rodrick, Kishian looked at me again.
"I actually thought the monsters wouldn't appear. The monsters disappear around the Grand Duchess. Still, I came here because I didn't want to go back until my wife defeated the monsters..."
"Monsters disappear from her surroundings?"
He asked in bewilderment, and Kishian nodded.
"The capital was safe while you were in the Imperial Palace. As soon as she left the Imperial Palace, the number of monsters there increased again, and instead of monsters, her new residence, the Grand Duke, decreased. They all disappeared from the monster hunting grounds, so I managed to find one and catch one."
This is the first time I've heard of a decrease in monsters in the Grand Siege.
It was something that wasn't reported to me.
In the past, I wouldn't have believed his claims, but now I have a little more confidence.
I already have the power to purify the Magic.
It didn't seem like it had the power to drive out monsters.
'I don't think it means that monsters just disappear like they evaporate, but instead run away from where I am?'
Disappearing wouldn't mean evaporating into the air like it says.
If that were the case, I wouldn't have been able to find the monster that had been sold as a pet at the Spring Festival before.
Rather, it felt more plausible to run away from where I was.
The small monsters that were left at the festival must have been captured and couldn't escape.
In other words, if it were a monster that roamed freely in the forest like this without being captured, it should have run away before I even came here...
"Why did the monster appear? No, I think I know why."
This time, I took the cube out of my suitcase.
I brought it because it seemed useful, but I was glad I brought it with me.
When he took it out, Rodrick asked in surprise.
"Didn't you leave the interpretation to the person I introduced you to?"
"It's enchanted, so it came back to me on its own. Rather, I think I understand why the monster appeared. Maybe there's a seed here."
To the bewildered companions, I explained as briefly as I could.
About the seeds that generate monsters, the power to distort space, and the monsters that are strongly affected by them.
After I finished speaking, I came to my own conclusions.
"The seeds keep generating monsters. The monsters created in this way do not leave this forest to protect the seeds. That's why they haunt us whether I'm there or not."
In other words, as long as the seeds exist, no matter how much we try to catch monsters, it will be useless.
Hearing my words, Rodrick muttered in embarrassment.
"It's troublesome. Killing all the monsters here is the contract I made with Viscount Gottlief. That means that this quest is impossible to succeed at all. If the monsters continue to appear, no matter how much you catch them."
Haynes, who was beside him, spoke cautiously.
"You just want to do this quest..."
"Then you have to pay a penalty of three times the down payment. I didn't know there was a seed or something like that."
Kishian, who had been listening to the conversation, spoke in a crisp voice, as if he had come up with a good idea.
"Let's do this. You promise to disappear from the Grand Duchess' side. Then I'll pay the penalty for you."
"Hah."
Rodrick's lips twisted into arcs.
"You have a knack for making me feel dirty with just a few words. Are you saying that you should eat a little money and get out?"
"It shouldn't be a small amount of money. You said it was three times the down payment. If Viscount Gottlieff wasn't very small and had commissioned such a tricky subjugation, he would have paid a pretty high contract. Three times that amount is definitely not a small amount of money. Isn't it?"
As soon as Kishian finished, Rodrick's hand reached.
Rodrick squeezed the Kishian by the throat with a rough hand.
"I won't give up, no matter how much you give me."
Kishian looked into Rodrick's face, silent.
To be precise, he seemed to be examining his turquoise eyes.
I felt something while looking deep into their eyes
Perhaps the depth of Rodrick's feelings for me, or the concentration of his speculation towards the Kishian.
A conclusion was soon drawn from the tightly held Kishian succession.
"...I have no choice but to kill him."
That was how he seemed to have come to that conclusion.
No matter how much I threatened and tried to convince him, Rodrick wouldn't give up on me, and in the end, Kishian had no choice but to kill him.
Earlier, he had hesitated to hear Rodrick's shout and was stabbed, but the same move would not work twice.
In addition, Kishian has a special constitution that heals wounds quickly, so if the two faced each other, victory or defeat was decided.
This time, Rodrick is really going to die.
Thinking that I couldn't leave it alone, I finally slipped between the two of them.
'Please stop both of you, what's really wrong with you?"
I wondered if the monster had swept me away once, but unlike before, when I ignored my words, their eyes fell on me this time.
His eyes were sharp, and Rodrick's eyebrows drooped like a guilty puppy.
"No. I'm angry because he talks like I can buy and sell you with money..."
In the meantime, I ignored Rodrick, who was disparaging Kishian's behavior, and glared at him this time.
"Go over there and talk to me for a minute."
Kishuan twitched his shoulders, but soon returned to a calm expression and nodded.
I took him to a quiet place where there were no people.
"Kill Rodrick, don't make that weird joke. It's time to focus on the monsters."
"Did you hear it as a joke?"
Of course. It didn't sound like a joke.
At first glance, it looked like he really wanted to hurt Rodrick.
I tried to dismiss it as a joke, but Kishian spoke in a serious tone that overshadowed my efforts.
"I'm not kidding. It looks like he won't give up until he dies."
"..."
"I feel uneasy every time that bastard looks at you with strange eyes, and I can't help it..."
"But no."
I firmly cut off Kishian's words.
It was an issue that could not be withdrawn. Even if I've already chosen to go with Kishian.
"I can't see you killing people."
Kishian swallowed his words shut.
The forest air mixed with the smell of grass swept through our bodies.
Through his disheveled black hair, his eyes shone mysteriously with complicated emotions.
I didn't avoid his gaze, and his lips finally opened.
"Is it that good?"
"...What?"
“Rodrick.”
Rodrick was a great help to me.
So, of course, I had a crush on him, but the question that Kishian had just asked me wasn't about that.
I was about to say no, but a sad emotion spread across Kishian's face without a moment's hesitation.
"Bring it to the government, then."
"What... you bring in?"
I couldn't believe what I had just heard.
It seems that words that could not have come out of his mouth came out, but am I mistaken?
It didn't seem to be a mistake.
His face was distorted in pain, as if he was spitting out blood, and he repeated his words.
"You want him so much that you can't give up. I can't help it. So let's bring him to the government and take them to play."
"..."
"I'll pretend I didn't see it."
When I hear a reply that is so unexpected, my head goes blank.
So I was frozen in a daze, but I was arbitrarily advancing the story in the meantime.
"Instead, you should keep your marriage with me, because your husband is me, and he's just a mistress."
"Nope... Why do I get Rodrick... How far can you go in your imagination..."
I was so embarrassed that I almost burst out laughing.
But unlike me, who was about to burst out laughing, he had a really serious face.
His face was so sad that it hurt to see it, and I reached out to his eyes without realizing it.
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