Chapter 37 – [Hero] Beyond the Door
“Damn!”
Unknowingly, the curse came out.
I turned my head slightly to see if Arin or Uni had heard it, but it seemed like they couldn’t hear it because they were quite far away.
Thank god.
No, I can’t say I’m lucky.
Because I couldn’t find Seria’s whereabouts.
Judging by the remaining coat of hers, it must have happened out of the blue.
The opponent first aimed for the time Seria was left alone.
I deliberately made her leave her seat because Arin was in her seat.
If it is possible to disguise as someone from the church, the opponent is probably a doppelganger.
The doppelganger kidnapped Seria.
And the doppelganger is luring us in now.
If you want Seria back, come here.
The map that was placed along with her coat is proof of that.
There’s no way she left her map on her own and went after her doppelgänger.
It would be more correct to say that the doppelganger intentionally left it behind.
There must be a trap waiting for you.
But you can’t throw away Seria.
It wasn’t just me, Uni and Arin were the same.
Even if some kind of trap awaited us, we couldn’t give up on Seria.
I suddenly felt like I was running alone, so I looked back and saw that Uni and Arin couldn’t keep up with me.
“Ha… Ha… Hero, go first!”
“I’ll follow you soon… !”
I forgot for a while that they had lower stamina than me.
Should I leave it behind?
It would be safer to go together than to go alone.
However, the longer we delay, the more dangerous Seria becomes.
She wonders what will happen to her…
As I hesitated, unable to make a decision, they urged me to go.
“It’s okay, Eric! Go first!”
“I’m sorry for interrupting you, hero. Soon… I’ll follow you soon.”
I have the power bestowed by the Goddess.
I can borrow their help when the need arises, so it would be okay for me to go alone.
I made up my mind and handed them the map instead.
“Yo, warrior… Go find Seria first!”
“No. You might get lost come see this Because I memorized them all.”
The important thing is that the three of them should join safely.
Even if Seria is saved, it is meaningless if the two who lost her way are defeated by the enemy.
The road… I was a little anxious, but I roughly remembered it.
You’ll recognize it right away when you get nearby.
It must be a place where evil demons thrive.
“Okay. Eric, be sure to save Seria.”
Uni took her guidance.
She looked me in the eyes and left her concerns for Seria to me.
“Huh.”
Must be saved
Before it’s too late
According to my memory, it must have been around this time.
I looked around and found a suspicious building.
Everything is the same
There is no distinction.
Is this really the right place in the first place?
It’s too… It was so calm.
Just an ordinary street
There was no mention of a group of evil demons attacking a private house, or that there was a building that looked suspicious at first glance.
There are no people on the street, but it’s not too strange considering it’s around sunset.
Everyone should be at home already. Not many people go outside at this time.
Can’t you just ask around?
No, now is not the time to cover the means and methods.
Bang!
I knocked on any door and asked where Seria was.
“Who are you looking for? Um, I’ve never seen it…”
“Oh, I heard someone was screaming and running around…”
“Well, I don’t know where you went…”
I went door to door asking, but no one knew exactly where she was.
All she knew was that she was chasing her doppelgänger.
Wasn’t it kidnapping?
So is it lure?
Either way, it doesn’t change the fact that she’s dangerous.
Damn, where are you Seria… !
I continued running in the direction they indicated.
I am confused as to whether I am slowly following the map.
But the direction they told me would be more accurate.
As I ran, the number of houses without owners increased.
Could it be that she is somewhere among these abandoned houses?
I paused for a moment.
Even if it goes like this, there is nothing special.
There are just more similar buildings lined up.
If her doppelgänger lured her to this place, there is no particular building in front of it, so surely one of the buildings here must have been her target.
If so, you can’t just pass by empty houses.
Smart.
“Seria! Are you there?”
There is no answer.
It’s just an empty house.
The door was not locked.
In the empty house, only trash was rolling around. Nothing special.
Not here.
Next.
Smart.
“Seria!”
Likewise, no answer came back.
This is also an empty house.
Clap.
But the door was locked.
Are you here?
Thump thump!
“Seria! Seria!”
I put my ear to the door just in case, but there was no sound from inside.
Is it not even here?
It would be nice to have a window or something, but I can’t look inside.
… Shall I break down the door?
Maybe you’re stuck here or something.
I squeezed the hilt tightly.
Can not be done.
There is no guarantee that she will be here.
There are not only a couple of locked houses here.
Are you going to demolish all the empty houses?
… Let’s find another house.
Thump thump!
“Seria! Are you there?”
No one… Me?
“… It!”
What a noise!
Could it be that you didn’t hear it wrong?
“To… Whoops!”
It’s definitely a human voice!
It’s small and hard to distinguish, but it’s definitely a human voice.
Thump thump!
“If anyone is there, please open the door for a moment!”
If you see people’s voices coming out, is it an ordinary private house?
“… Eup, huh… Chew up…”
It makes a strange noise.
It sounds like you’ve heard it somewhere…
“That, stop… Chuup, Chuup…”
… Ugh!
Embarrassed, I hurriedly widened the distance.
When I asked why he didn’t respond to my words, he seemed to be busy with other things.
“… Great.”
I was embarrassed for nothing and left the place with a cough.
You’re doing that at the door… It’s unimaginable to me.
Let’s find another place.
Smart.
“…”
Just like before, I quietly knocked for fear of disturbing the important moment.
Is there anyone?
It is difficult to tell where people live and where they don’t.
Damn, how do you find Seria?
“Eric!”
“Hero!”
A familiar voice came from behind me.
“Scale! UNI!”
Thank god. It seems that neither they nor I have lost our way.
“Did you find Seria?”
“No, not yet… But I think she might be here somewhere.”
When I roughly explained the situation, they immediately understood.
“Okay… So, shall we split the three of us? It would be difficult to tour all of these houses.”
Arin nodded her head and said.
Okay. It’s faster to find it in parts than to find it all together.
“But don’t push yourself too hard. Call me right away if anything happens.”
“Huh, are you worried? Thank you, warrior.”
“Ah! Arin, don’t stick too hard!”
Arin sneakily approached me, and Uni held onto her tightly.
“Sheesh. All right, Uni. Then, shall we investigate this house first?”
Arin then tried to knock on the door of the house to her right.
That house…
“Now, wait a minute, Arin!”
“Yes?”
“Oh, there… I did it earlier.”
People live in that house. I checked earlier.
… I was doing something embarrassing.
“Is it so? Then I’ll look over there. What will Uni do?”
“Me? I am… I’ll look across!”
Arin decided to find the opposite side of me, and Uni decided to find the opposite side of me.
“…”
That house, which I had forgotten about for a while because of Arin, started to pay attention to me again.
Woman’s sexuality.
There’s no way Seria could be like that, so it must be a resident living in this city.
… Can not be done. Listening secretly is bad.
A little bit though… I was just a little bit curious.
It’s me who usually goes out with three beauties. All three even have a crush on me to some extent.
As a man, I have no choice but to think about this and that.
But I had to put up with it.
I don’t want to hurt anyone else, because subjugation of the Demon Lord is more urgent for us.
Still, wouldn’t it be okay to satisfy my curiosity for a moment, for a very short time?
Okay. You never know
It turned out that it was actually Seria… No, what are you talking about Absolutely no way.
She admits that she’d rather be curious and want to hear it, and it’s a sin to imagine that she is her.
“Eric? Didn’t you say you checked there earlier?”
I hear Yuni’s puzzled voice behind her back.
“Bird, now that I think about it, I think I didn’t check properly… All, once again…”
“Okay? Okay!”
Uni then summoned the spirit to check the inside of the house.
I see If it’s spiritism, that’s possible.
If so, I can do it too.
I was a bit reluctant to secretly check other people’s houses, but this is an emergency, right?
Therefore… Maybe it will be ok…
Not out of curiosity…
I apologized to Yuni and borrowed her elemental magic.
A little boy with only his upper body exposed from the floor.
It is the spirit of the earth.
I can’t speak, but I can understand what I’m saying.
“Show me what’s inside.”
He nodded his head and sank back down.
And in my eyes, it started to make some noise.
It’s a feeling that’s really hard to put into words.
It’s like having an extra eye.
It is completely different from human vision.
The eyes of the spirits do not distinguish objects as clearly as our human eyes.
It should be said that it is a little crushed, it is a somewhat ambiguous sense of feeling that one can know what an existence is doing but not who it is.
Oh, it’s starting to show.
The spirit and my vision were connected.
Come to think of it, I didn’t even ask for a sound.
Well, I can hear it a little bit through the door, so it should be fine.
Wait, wait, let’s just check and move on…
“Chu-eup, chu-eup… Chwup, chup chung.”
And inside the building, I could see a man and a woman kissing passionately, tongues intertwining.
