Chapter 123 – Preparing for the Journey
“Guys, it may be hard to believe, but I am the hero, and Roxia is the demon king.”
Roden, who threw a stone fastball by putting out the most important facts first without any introduction or metaphor, checked her twin sister’s reaction.
“Uh… Umm… ．Roden oppa is a warrior,”
“Loxia is the demon king… ?”
As they pondered Roden’s words, they looked at Roden and Loxia alternately with a dumbfounded expression.
Hey, hey, it’s a natural reaction since I heard the absurd story right after it started.
“To be more precise, the hero who is said to have defeated the demon lord 15 years ago is me, and the one who inherited the power of the old demon lord and became the demon lord of this generation is Loxia.”
“Thank you for making the explanation longer, but to be honest, it doesn’t really come to me. Should I say that the scale suddenly got too big…”
“The mercenary and the old demon tribe who fought earlier told the two of them a few times what the hero was like and what the demon king was like.”
Apart from the matter of believing or not believing, she couldn’t believe it. Marill, who nodded her head next to her sister and recalled what she had seen and experienced a moment ago, remembered the weapon Roden was holding throughout the fight and stood up. Woke up.
“Come to think of it, the jet-black weapon wielded by Roden’s brother is definitely…”
Unsure of what to say, she went to her rucksack, which had been set down in the corner of her seat, and rummaged through it to find her old book, which she had kept since her twin sister read it when they were little… This is a book that contains stories related to warriors.
Since it was a book published with considerable effort by the Altma Kingdom at the time, the price was quite expensive, and some pages contained illustrations, among which illustrations and descriptions of the 『Jet-Black Sword』 Used by the hero were included.
Returning to her seat, Marill opened the book on the table and spread out the page with the hero’s weapon drawn on it.The weapon in the book was very similar to the black sword Roden was holding.
“… Huh, I didn’t know about it until now because I didn’t read it specifically. It looks like this was even written in the book.”
It’s a book… It just went well. Having at least one piece of evidence would be a little more reliable than talking softly.
“I don’t know how it’s described in this book you cherish, but this guy is the partner I used all the time when I was called a hero.”
While muttering something curious, she thought it was just fine, so Roden took out the black sword she had put in her inventory and handed it to her twin sister.
ㅡSurereung.
As soon as they received the black sword, without anyone saying anything, the twin sisters grabbed the handle and the scabbard and slowly pulled it out.
“Is this a jet-black sword made by refining the horns of higher-ranking demons? The day will come when you will see the real thing…”
“Hey, hey. It could be a fake.”
“… No it’s not.”
Roden, who narrowed her eyes and shot Merim, returned the black sword she had given to her twin sister and spoke again.
“It will be difficult for you to completely believe my words, but to continue the story, what is written in this book is my approximate past history.”
“Then, what is the conclusion that all of the subjugation party that invaded the demon castle fell together with the demon king?”
“The last part is true and a little bit different. The hero officially died at that time, but as you can see, I have since changed my name and lived a quiet life in my own way.”
Roden annihilated all of the punitive force except for one at that time and fought the demon king alone… I decided not to mention the dirty truth.
It is information that has nothing to do with the problem to be dealt with in the future, and the twin sisters who have loved the story of the warrior enough to cherish this book will be shocked when they find out about it.
Meanwhile, the twins still had a hard time believing that Roden’s identity, which they had been secretly curious about, was the longed-for hero whom they had only encountered in books so far, but what they vividly witnessed… When I recalled the fight between the strong, which was far beyond common sense, it was somewhat convincing.
The moment Roden and her twin sister are about to talk more,
ㅡ smart smart!
“You may come in.”
“I brought the food you ordered, sir.”
When I got the room, the waitress who brought the meal I had ordered with me came in carefully and began to put the food on the table one by one in a nice way.
“… If you need anything else, please feel free to call.”
After a while, quite a lot of food was put on the table. Compared to the amount they usually eat, the stomach was a lot, but I didn’t think it was excessive at all.
The energy and blood shed through intense fighting must be replenished as much as possible through eating activities.
“Shall we talk while eating?”
“Yes.”
“Okay.”
Right before the meal, the party tried to wake Loxia, who had been lying on the bed, by gently shaking her, but she only slightly flinched her eyebrows and did not wake up.
“It looks like he fell asleep quite deeply. Rather than waking him up, it would be better to let him sleep soundly.”
At the same time, Roden, who sat at her table with her twin sister who nodded her head, decided to continue talking about Loxia as the three of them started eating.
“… As you can see, I and Roxia are not related to my uncle and her niece.”
“Well, that’s natural. Since Roden oppa is a human and Roxia is a demon…”
Since the races are different, there is no way that a kinship relationship can be established.
Eventually, when Roden had just settled in this manor, he first encountered a demon girl who was being sold as a heterogeneous sex slave at a simple auction house, noticed that she was the demon king through the vague demon, and bought it right away. He told me about the beginning of the relationship.
“… That’s how I met you guys, who were the first ones to visit the store shortly after we started living together.”
“That’s why she called Roxia from a while ago her brother Master.”
“Yeah. I tried to say that it’s fine to call him uncle not only when people see him, but he always insisted on the title of master.”
Roden smiled bitterly and continued.
“For whatever reason, I purchased Roxia, who was sold as a sex slave, and I have been hiding that fact until now.
“If her brother had abused Roxia by taking advantage of the difference in her status, she would probably have despised it.”
“I didn’t do that. I’ve been watching the two of them so far, so it’s easy to see that much. That Roxia, who was with my older brother, was genuinely happy.”
“Okay? Thank you for taking good care of me.”
Is it happiness… She certainly didn’t think of her as lonely or empty after spending time with Roxy.
While talking to her twin sister, Roden, who had her head turned and saw Roxia sleeping soundly, connected the stories she had told so far with the events that had taken place today and went to the main topic.
“… And the names of the demons who made today’s mess are Escaros and Merlin.”
Escaros felt like he was tricked or manipulated by Merlin.
The twin sisters widened their eyes when they heard the names of the two demons, one of whom was the leader of the Nation of Demons and the other a giant widely known as the Great Wizard.
“I don’t know the specific reason, but they’re aiming for me, the hero of the old generation, and Loxia, the demon lord of this generation, and they haven’t given up yet.”
Roden recalled the look in Merlin’s eyes right before entering the portal.
No matter where you are, no matter what happens, I will definitely find you again… It is a look with a strong will.
After finishing the meal, Roden got up from his seat and sat down on the bed, gently caressing Loxia’s head as she lay there.
“If we continue like this, an attack will happen again sooner or later. After more thorough preparations, they will resort to tricks. In order to revive my rusted skills in order not to be attacked like today, I plan to start a long journey with Loxia in the future. Sun.”
At the end of the trip, we must end the bad relationship.
Since the house to which we are returning is also completely destroyed, we can leave this land without much regret now. Then, the only thing left to worry about is the twin sisters we are talking with… ．
“What are you guys going to do?”
“Of course we will go with Roden oppa and Roxia.”
“A lot of things that are much more dangerous than today might happen, are you okay?”
“But it doesn’t matter. Rather than waiting for the two of them who don’t know when they’ll come back, we’d rather go along with them.”
Merim and Maril’s expression showed firm determination, so Roden decided to respect their decision.
“… I’m sorry for saying things that seemed to test the two of you. Okay, let’s leave together as the four of us.”
As I looked at the scenery outside the window, the night had deepened before I knew it, and I felt that I was getting tired.
Making a detailed plan, including the direction of the trip, was postponed until tomorrow, and the three people who finished the immediate story called the waiter to clean the dishes and sat down on the bed together.
Her twin sister, seated on either side of Roden, looked anxiously at her missing left arm and opened her mouth.
“A little while ago, obviously… Did she say there was a way to fix her arm?”
“Obviously, the artifact said something…”
“I was going to talk about this before, but I was cut off.”
She decided to take care of the problem with her left arm that had been put on the back burner while taking her room, feeding her stomach, and explaining the situation to her twin sister, albeit belatedly.
Reaching out his hand and rummaging through the inventory, Roden took out an iron ball the size of a bowling ball, an artifact he had been putting aside since he acquired it in the dungeon in the past.
Its official name is a magic-powered biological metal sphere.
Having briefly experienced firsthand how uncomfortable being a one-armed person was from the end of the battle to the present, Roden decided to use the biometal without hesitation and pressed it closely to the amputated surface of his left arm.
As I was organizing my inventory, I grumbled that this guy was taking up space every time I picked it up, but in the end, the moment I had to use it came. ．
Loden recalled how to use it through experiments he had tried variously while storing it, and started pouring mana into the bio-metal that was in close contact with him through the severed surface of his left arm.
The biometal, which showed an immediate reaction, gradually escaped from the shape of a ball and completely covered the cut surface that was in contact with it…
ㅡShurreuk! Puff-puff!
Like a plant planting its roots in the ground, several strands of biometal transformed into thin tentacles pierced the left arm, into the muscles, and made contact with the nerves.
… !
Sensing the intense pain that pierced her nerves and connected them at the same time, Roden let out a moan.
I had vaguely expected that there would be considerable pain in the process of connecting her prosthetic arm, but this was beyond my imagination.
It feels like several thin wires are mercilessly digging into the flesh right under her fingernails… If he had been alone in the room, he would have screamed loudly.
… I should have taken a painkiller.
It was a short, thick pain, so it was too late to regret it later.
Marill took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her eyes.
“Brother, are you okay?”
“Whoa… It only stings for a moment. Thanks for caring, Marill.”
On the other hand, Merim, who was concentrating on the change in Roden’s left arm rather than her face, showed a curious reaction.
“This is the artifact my brother said… But the shape is a bit cocky…”
At first glance, the tip of the bio-metal, which was completely rooted in Roden’s body and connected to nerves, was in the shape of a smooth sphere, and looked very simple.
… These are Doraemon’s hands.
Roden, who laughed inwardly, infused mana into the bio-metal and imaged the left arm he normally used.
It was composed of metal, not flesh and blood, so it was so sophisticated that it was indistinguishable from the real hand, except for the fact that it was silver.
